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[Q] Just want to install a ROM....

Thats it... A simple (but I want to do it without bricking my $600 phone) ROM flash.
This is the ROM I would like to install:
Stock Sense - 1.13.605.7 Basic DeBloat
Thank you. I give up trying to get help in IRC. Waste of time (except for Dr_Drache, he was very helpful)).

what part do you need help on? are you rooted?

yes, I am already rooted. I had a major malfunction in BAMF 1.6.3 this a.m. when a battery went dead. I replaced the battery and the phone went nuts... So I unrooted the phone and then re-rooted. I couldnt get help in the IRC channel to install this ROM I am asking about so I thought I would try to get some help here.
Thanks for replying.

I am not seeing the question here... Do you have rom manager installed? You could install simply from there. That's how I did my initial rom install.
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Just download .zip place on sd card and flash using rom manager or manually on clockwork recovery.

tk192 said:
Simply download the rom place on sdcard and flash using rom manager. Just make sure u have the gingerbread radio installed as well, otherwise you won't have a data connection. Also be careful with this rom and other gingerbread roms because of the possibility of bricking your $600 phone. It's been reported the leaked radio was causing hard bricked phone (just an FYI)
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Stock sense basic debloat ROM does not use the GB radio. And to install I would recommend not using rom manager to install it tends to cause problems.
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Don't use Rom manager. Download the Rom. Reboot into recovery using Rom manager. Make a backup if you want. Wipe data. Wipe cache. Go to advanced. Wipe davlik cache and battery stats. Go to install zip from SD and select your Rom. When its done reboot.
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And ya that's not a gingerbread Rom. Is it based off latest froyo ruu?
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I'm still not sure what the question is here...but i'll lay some steps out for you.
FIRST AND FOREMOST: HAVE AMPLE BATTERY CHARGE!! I don't flash with anything less than 50%. If you do, then continue at your own risk.
1. Go to this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1081930 and pick out a ROM you think that you would like. I WOULD NOT RECOMMEND ANY GINGERBREAD ROMS. These are still in ALPHA.
2. After you have the ROM downloaded, plug your phone into you computer and put the ROM anywhere on your sd-card. I made a new folder called ROMs and put all my ROMs in there. This keeps things tidy.
3. THIS IS OPTIONAL, but saves you a lot of time in the future. Download Titanium Backup. I would HIGHLY recommend the PRO option. Costs money now, but will save you hours in the future. This program needs root. It will backup all your apps with their data so when you switch ROMs, everything is restored easily and fairly quickly. If you go with this approach, then open TB and backup all USER APPS with DATA. DO NOT BACK UP SYSTEM APPS!!!
4. If you do not have Rom Manager, Download it now. Free is fine. Open up Rom Manager and make sure you have the latest Clockwork Recovery installed. If you don't, then install it. If everything is fine, click the option to boot into recovery. While some people use RM to install the ROMs, I find its better to do it manually.
5. When in Clockwork, go to backup and restore(hit power or home button to choose highlighted option). Choose Backup and let it do its thing.
6. When done, press the menu key until it goes to the main menu.
7. Choose Wipe data/factory reset and let it wipe the data. Do not worry, this will not touch your sd-card. All your pictures, movies, music, ROMs, and everything else on the sdcard will still be there.
8. Go into install zip from sdcard and choose "choose zip from sdcard"
9. Navigate to where you put your ROM from STEP 2
10. Choose the ROM and let it do its thing
11. Press Menu button to go back to main screen and REBOOT
12. ALLOW LOTS OF TIME TO LOAD UP. First boot always takes a long time, dont worry about it.
13. When booted up, ALLOW EVERYTHING TO LOAD. Now enjoy your ROM.
14. If you used Titanium Backup, get it from the market(if it isn't pre-installed). If you payed for it, you won't have to pay for it again as long as you use the same GMAIL account that you used before. All paid apps are saved to your gmail account. Restore all USER APPS with DATA. NOT SYSTEM APPS!
I am by no means a dev or claim to be a genius. I've been around since when the OG droid first came out and I'm just helping out. I am not responsible if something goes wrong. If anyone see's a mistake in this, please point it out or add a step if you want.

gujupmp88 said:
I'm still not sure what the question is here...but i'll lay some steps out for you.
FIRST AND FOREMOST: HAVE AMPLE BATTERY CHARGE!! I don't flash with anything less than 50%. If you do, then continue at your own risk.
1. Go to this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1081930 and pick out a ROM you think that you would like. I WOULD NOT RECOMMEND ANY GINGERBREAD ROMS. These are still in ALPHA.
2. After you have the ROM downloaded, plug your phone into you computer and put the ROM anywhere on your sd-card. I made a new folder called ROMs and put all my ROMs in there. This keeps things tidy.
3. THIS IS OPTIONAL, but saves you a lot of time in the future. Download Titanium Backup. I would HIGHLY recommend the PRO option. Costs money now, but will save you hours in the future. This program needs root. It will backup all your apps with their data so when you switch ROMs, everything is restored easily and fairly quickly. If you go with this approach, then open TB and backup all USER APPS with DATA. DO NOT BACK UP SYSTEM APPS!!!
4. If you do not have Rom Manager, Download it now. Free is fine. Open up Rom Manager and make sure you have the latest Clockwork Recovery installed. If you don't, then install it. If everything is fine, click the option to boot into recovery. While some people use RM to install the ROMs, I find its better to do it manually.
5. When in Clockwork, go to backup and restore(hit power or home button to choose highlighted option). Choose Backup and let it do its thing.
6. When done, press the menu key until it goes to the main menu.
7. Choose Wipe data/factory reset and let it wipe the data. Do not worry, this will not touch your sd-card. All your pictures, movies, music, ROMs, and everything else on the sdcard will still be there.
8. Go into install zip from sdcard and choose "choose zip from sdcard"
9. Navigate to where you put your ROM from STEP 2
10. Choose the ROM and let it do its thing
11. Press Menu button to go back to main screen and REBOOT
12. ALLOW LOTS OF TIME TO LOAD UP. First boot always takes a long time, dont worry about it.
13. When booted up, ALLOW EVERYTHING TO LOAD. Now enjoy your ROM.
14. If you used Titanium Backup, get it from the market(if it isn't pre-installed). If you payed for it, you won't have to pay for it again as long as you use the same GMAIL account that you used before. All paid apps are saved to your gmail account. Restore all USER APPS with DATA. NOT SYSTEM APPS!
I am by no means a dev or claim to be a genius. I've been around since when the OG droid first came out and I'm just helping out. I am not responsible if something goes wrong. If anyone see's a mistake in this, please point it out or add a step if you want.
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The rom can't be in a folder on your SD card when flashing it has to be on the root of the SD card.
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Yes the rom can be in a folder. Only radios cannot be flashed from folders.
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jaysckap said:
The rom can't be in a folder on your SD card when flashing it has to be on the root of the SD card.
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Actually it can......FYI
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thoerr said:
Yes the rom can be in a folder. Only radios cannot be flashed from folders.
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Agreed... ROM does CAN be in a folder... Radios or baseball updates cannot...

Persiandeity said:
Agreed... ROM does CAN be in a folder... Radios or baseball updates cannot...
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Sorry bout that I stand corrected. I have never done it that way. I guess you do learn something new everyday
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Thanks for the replies. For not knowing what the question was, it sure was answered pretty thoroughly.
I did buy Ti Pro a while back and use it a lot. That should be no problem once I figure out why I am not rooted now. I did the whole routine yesterday and Ti cant get su for some reason now.... yay for that. I guess I will try the whole thing again. (It may be that I need to get the proper busybox for Ti Pro to work and be allowed su)
So if I have read this correctly, I will be alright with the debloat ROM I mentioned earlier right? Since it is not gingerbread based right?
oastl: You said don't use ROM Manager then after one sentence you then say to use ROM Manager.... Using ROM Manager to boot into recovery must be a different thing altogether I suppose...
Thanks again for the help... Very much appreciated!

danktankk said:
Thanks for the replies. For not knowing what the question was, it sure was answered pretty thoroughly.
I did buy Ti Pro a while back and use it a lot. That should be no problem once I figure out why I am not rooted now. I did the whole routine yesterday and Ti cant get su for some reason now.... yay for that. I guess I will try the whole thing again. (It may be that I need to get the proper busybox for Ti Pro to work and be allowed su)
So if I have read this correctly, I will be alright with the debloat ROM I mentioned earlier right? Since it is not gingerbread based right?
oastl: You said don't use ROM Manager then after one sentence you then say to use ROM Manager.... Using ROM Manager to boot into recovery must be a different thing altogether I suppose...
Thanks again for the help... Very much appreciated!
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That ROM is safe. And yes use rom manager just to boot into recovery
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jaysckap said:
The rom can't be in a folder on your SD card when flashing it has to be on the root of the SD card.
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My ROMS are always in folders when I flash them on my devices and it has worked just fine!

jaysckap said:
The rom can't be in a folder on your SD card when flashing it has to be on the root of the SD card.
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If you're using CWR (which i think is the only option these days?) you totally can. Just choose "install from SD card" and it'll let you navigate your folders. I have a neatly organized "RUU" folder on my SD card. Certain things like radios need to pushed as pg05img.zip on the root of the SD card.

Yufice said:
If you're using CWR (which i think is the only option these days?) you totally can. Just choose "install from SD card" and it'll let you navigate your folders. I have a neatly organized "RUU" folder on my SD card. Certain things like radios need to pushed as pg05img.zip on the root of the SD card.
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I guess I'm old school and never used that method
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Well, with all the help, I did manage to get everything back as it should be. Thanks a lot for that too!
I got super tired of trying to get someone to answer me in IRC. I think I will just come here with my questions from now on and leave that place to those who have the patience for it.
I also got too used to BAMF I think because I ended up flashing to 1.7 anyway... 2.0 looks really good. I think that is still in Beta or I read the post wrong altogether...

[Q] Installing Bionix Frost on SGS4g

I have been trying to install the Bionix Frost SGS4G rom from team whiskey, but I am having a lot of trouble doing so. I downloaded the file posted in the original thread (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1119986), downloaded Rom Manager through my phone, then CWM through ROM Manager. I attempted to install the .zip file from the SD through ROM manager. Everytime I click the button to install from my SD card, I choose the folder and then my phone restarts and hangs on the "Galaxy S" startup screen. After about a minute, it starts up normally. I know I must be doing something wrong, so would it be possible for someone to walk me through installing this ROM (in somewhat detail)? Thank you in advanced!

I don't know specifically what's going on, but I just installed it on an otherwise stock+rooted T-Mobile SGS4G and it worked splendidly. Did you follow their steps exactly (emptying the cache and all that, and mounting /system)?

Thanks for the quick response. I never get the options to mount/clear because once I choose the .zip file, the phone restarts. I also have rooted, but otherwise stock. I haven't done much with it. Did you just put the zip file on your sd card and run from rom manager? Im not sure if there are any steps prior to this that I am missing. Thanks.
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Use Krylon's CWM to install rom, do not use Rom Manager for now.
Uninstall Rom Manager, go to CWM Final thread download files and follow instructions.
Hope it helps

Flashed it and running good. What themes can I do? I want a gb theme.
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Ddang was right. I soft bricked twice because of rom manager.
Always use cwm from krylon's post.
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I just boot into recovery. Then do it. I dont use rom manager but I have the cwm from it though.

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ok. i uninstalled ROM Manager. Then I went to the CWM Final Thread (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1099374) and downloaded the 2 files. I Used Root Explorer to overwrite my recovery file. Then I placed the update.zip file onto my SD Card. I just dragged and dropped into the SD card. It is not in a folder or anything and located in /sdcard on my phone. Then I redownloaded the Bionix Frost SGS4G rom and placed it in my /sdcard directory as well. I reboot my phone press the power button, along with both volume buttons to get into recovery. I get into the "Samsung Recovery Utils --for BML--, I see the options to reboot system now, reinstall packages, delete all user data and delete cache. But before I do this, I want to be sure I am on the right track. This is the recovery screen that everyone uses right? I do not see anywhere that it says ClockworkMod. If it is, I know I will have to choose "delete all user data", followed by "delete cache data". But after this step, how do I get to the options to "Mount storage and mount /system"? Thank you for all of the help

Click on reinstall packages ... that will load update.zip and that's how u get into cwm
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got it!
Wow. i got it to work. thank you all so much for all of the patience and guidance. this was my first time flashing a rom and it worked great. since i was complete noob, anyone who needs any help with starting from scratch, i can walk you through it step by step. team whiskey, expect a donation soon.

cjry said:
I don't know specifically what's going on, but I just installed it on an otherwise stock+rooted T-Mobile SGS4G and it worked splendidly. Did you follow their steps exactly (emptying the cache and all that, and mounting /system)?
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I'm not sure if you got your problem fixed because I haven't read all the way thru this thread. But I had similar problems from what you described when I installed Bionix Black Ice with voodoo lag fix. I found that when I flashed the rom things didn't work right. My fix, after making a backup of everything, do a data/factory reset, then delete the cache, then delete delvik cache, then flash your new rom. After that, reinstall your apps thru the back up you created and all is good. I am using CWM to flash with and My backup root to backup my apps, files and what nots... Hope this helps!

sea, thats great advice. also, if you guys get any force closes, go back into cwm and go to advanced and fix permissions.

[Q] missing apps theory

Is it possible to flash via odin and cwm and some gremlins still lurk. I ask because i've flashed 3 roms today and each one seem to have the same issue with missing market app and such. I don't know if it's a app i'm using, but it seems wierd. I went from Gingerbread (where it started) back to froyo and flashed 2 froyo roms with the issue

Try RaverX3X's KC1. Unfortunately, I don't have the link, so look for it on this forum. That should clear up all gremlins you have.

Yeah i tried that the last time. Possibly I should do my flashing straight from that with the required stuff to get root?
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im getting the same issue, I've Odin stock kc1 without root then gained root, installed cwm. Then proceeded to install Audiophile Series: Redux. Still has the same issue. I've even odin gb Kg4, KG5, KH1, & KH2. All gave me the same problem. Everything works perfect up until I shutdown my phone and reboot it. Then I get the grey android icon with these apps:
com.amazon.venezla (Amazon Appstore)
com.monotype.android.font.felbridge (felbridge font)
com.quoord.tapatalkxdapre.activity (XDA premium)
com.touchtype.swiftkey (swiftkey)
net.everythingandroid.smspopup (Smspopup)
org.projectvoodoo.controlapp (Voodoo)
& of course my market app does not work either, even when i install the new market it force closes.
I have also not dont ext4 conversion, so that cant be this issue
Anybody know how to fix this problem?

Try flashing the KC1 Cleanup Rom first. That's at:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1129933
Then flash KC1 etc.

i figured it out. Thanks!!

digitallure said:
i figured it out. Thanks!!
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What worked for you? I have the same problem -- lost marketplace app and not sure what to do besides reflashing.
Curious that not everyone else is having this problem as I used the "Step by Step on how to flash any Gingerbread rom". Maybe it's occurring when EXT4 is done.

Lol I'm sitting here and reading all the posts and lolling XD.Just reboot onto recovery and go to mounts there normally should be MUUM but when apps are missing there is MMUM (i think i got that right, the unwanted mount should be data ) after you unmount data reboot and voila none of the apps are missing.
Source: personal experience ;-)
EDIT: don't forget about fixing permissions after rebooting
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spy4ka said:
Lol I'm sitting here and reading all the posts and lolling XD.Just reboot onto recovery and go to mounts there normally should be MUUM but when apps are missing there is MMUM (i think i got that right, the unwanted mount should be data ) after you unmount data reboot and voila none of the apps are missing.
Source: personal experience ;-)
EDIT: don't forget about fixing permissions after rebooting
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Mounts should always be UMMU. You got it the other way around.

You guys should check out my thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1223765
If you just want a Froyo cleanup only flash the KC1 ROM, if you want the GB cleanup, follow all the steps in the guide.

spy4ka said:
Lol I'm sitting here and reading all the posts and lolling XD.Just reboot onto recovery and go to mounts there normally should be MUUM but when apps are missing there is MMUM (i think i got that right, the unwanted mount should be data ) after you unmount data reboot and voila none of the apps are missing.
Source: personal experience ;-)
EDIT: don't forget about fixing permissions after rebooting
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Yeah that didn't work for me. Basically what I did was back up my sd card, partition it, then followed the steps FB posted.
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Dont understand why

A factory reset will solve missing app issue

tabii said:
A factory reset will solve missing app issue
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From my experience over the past couple weeks and through dsextons posts, I believe the issue is that your phone was still partially ext-4 when you flashed.

[Q] Bionix rom

Once flashed, is this rom compatible with Infusion Core A kernel? UCKL2 modem? I really like the look of the Rom.

Jep56 said:
Once flashed, is this rom compatible with Infusion Core A kernel? UCKL2 modem? I really like the look of the Rom.
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It will flash...but don't expect video (and whatever else it breaks) to work...
It is based off of the latest AT&T leak so it has to have the stock kernel for everything to work.
Yes any Infuse modem will work.

Fonts
Are there any fonts or themes for this rom? I was under the impression it was based on MIUI, and could therefore be customized. the only MIUI element I see is the lockscreen manager. Am i missing something?

Its a work in progress, give it time, Nop seems to have a lot in store for his new Rom!
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After flashing, Superuser is disappeared from App drawer and become "unrooted" but superuser is already installed as reported by Market.
Uninstall and reinstalling, no problem but still now shown in App Drawer and reported "unrooted" whenever useing apps which need root access..
Tried re-root with SOC, stuck with the messeage "waiting for device" and would not be continued..
Any idea ??

Paxunion said:
After flashing, Superuser is disappeared from App drawer and become "unrooted" but superuser is already installed as reported by Market.
Uninstall and reinstalling, no problem but still now shown in App Drawer and reported "unrooted" whenever useing apps which need root access..
Tried re-root with SOC, stuck with the messeage "waiting for device" and would not be continued..
Any idea ??
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Odin/heimdall flash a custom kernel. then download the su updater for cwm I think the link is in the open of caty rom or something. reflash the rom (sometimes su gets corrupt and causes all sorts of issues, best to format /system and reinstall the rom for good measure) and flash the su updater immediately after. make sure you do this before a reboot and that voodoo is disabled on your phone. there should be a folder on the root of the SD card named "Voodoo" the V is capital and in that rider should be a text file or folder named "disable-lagfix" if this is not there before you flash the voodoo/cwm enabled kernel and lagfix gets enabled you must disable it and reboot before you flash the rom.
this leak is really secure, you need the custom "insecure" kernel to root it and there seems to be an issue with the build of bionix causing people problems. read the thread but don't get too confused on all the different advice.
also if you can use heimdall I posted a heimdall flashable dump from my phone in the bionic thread. it already has updated superuser and su.

Dani897 said:
. there should be a folder on the root of the SD card named "Voodoo" the V is capital and in that rider should be a text file or folder named "disable-lagfix" if this is not there before you flash the voodoo/cwm enabled kernel and lagfix gets enabled you must disable it and reboot before you flash the rom.
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does that folder not exist if you have lagfix enabled?
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albee320 said:
does that folder not exist if you have lagfix enabled?
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no Voodoo exists but the disable-lagfix file/folder doesn't. it is usually a file but if you create it as a folder it works.
if you have no Voodoo folder you should create it as well as the disable-lagfix to speed up the process and avoid issues. or you can install bionix from my heimdall package. your choice.

I cant tell fron the screenshots....does this rom have the lockscreen that allows you to choose unlock, phone, sms, or camera?
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Yes
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I may need some help from someone. Here's the issue I have been experiencing with the rom. After awhile of just normal usage, performance begins to deteriorate. The symptoms can easily be described as lag. After a reboot, I return to square 1 with speed and response. Has this been happening to anyone else?
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b3asty said:
I may need some help from someone. Here's the issue I have been experiencing with the rom. After awhile of just normal usage, performance begins to deteriorate. The symptoms can easily be described as lag. After a reboot, I return to square 1 with speed and response. Has this been happening to anyone else?
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I notice quite a bit of lag after trying the included adfree apk.
You can try uninstalling adfree from tibu
If that doesn't work, you may have to try to figure out how to fix permission, wipe dalvik and wipe cache.
gl

Ok. Thanks. Uninstalling now.
qkster said:
I notice quite a bit of lag after trying the included adfree apk.
You can try uninstalling adfree from tibu
If that doesn't work, you may have to try to figure out how to fix permission, wipe dalvik and wipe cache.
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Monitoring today during a normal day. The removal of adfree appears to have taken care of the lag issue. Thanks again man! Running wonderfully and sitting at 92 pct battery after 4.5 hours off of the charger.
qkster said:
I notice quite a bit of lag after trying the included adfree apk.
You can try uninstalling adfree from tibu
If that doesn't work, you may have to try to figure out how to fix permission, wipe dalvik and wipe cache.
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b3asty said:
Monitoring today during a normal day. The removal of adfree appears to have taken care of the lag issue. Thanks again man! Running wonderfully and sitting at 92 pct battery after 4.5 hours off of the charger.
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np..glad i can help

Hows battery life on new version?
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I just installed this rom ontop of the old V2 bionix iv been running for months, figured it was about time I upgraded lol. Iv been playing with it a bit, and am getting used to the new layout. Maybe this is intentional but where did the battery info and pulldown task bar ontop go? Also some things seem to be not fitted to the screen correctly, like my contacts list and the lock screen is cutoff 3/4 way thru the clock on bottom. Ill keep playing with the settings when I wakeup I just wanted to check I didnt miss something or install it wrong, like a lingering file between the 2 versions caused an incompatibility. Other then that its pretty sexy sofar

Necessary to do wipes before flashing kernel?

I was using AntonX's Basic with a Twist kernel and I was having severe issues with many apps. Everything was perfect until I rebooted the phone; after that, the Google Apps framework kept force closing, and I couldn't read any emails in gmail or texts in Messaging without them force closing. I fixed permissions and had no luck.
I was just wondering if wiping the cache, Dalvik, etc. is necessary if all I was doing was flashing a kernel. I'm back to stock now, so unfortunately I can't grab a log cat for you, but I doubt I would have been able to anyways with all the FCs.
EDIT: Everything else was stock GB, only the kernel was custom.
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The cache partition and Dalvik cache are Java-land things, so they shouldn't need to be wiped if there is only a kernel change. The Java world exists above the kernel; Java, within reason, shouldn't care what it is running on, even different OSes. That said, those two are easy to wipe and shouldn't cause any loss of irreplaceable data. I pretty much always wipe them when I flash a full ROM, and would on "normal" kernel changes.
Generally changing out a kernel and all its associated drivers shouldn't be a big deal. Even if you miss a driver or leave one behind, the kernel typically won't load drivers from other builds, even of the same kernel (with the exception of hacks in the GB kernels to load Samsung proprietary drivers).
My guess is a "bad flash" of one kind or another.

jeffsf said:
The cache partition and Dalvik cache are Java-land things, so they shouldn't need to be wiped if there is only a kernel change. The Java world exists above the kernel; Java, within reason, shouldn't care what it is running on, even different OSes. That said, those two are easy to wipe and shouldn't cause any loss of irreplaceable data. I pretty much always wipe them when I flash a full ROM, and would on "normal" kernel changes.
Generally changing out a kernel and all its associated drivers shouldn't be a big deal. Even if you miss a driver or leave one behind, the kernel typically won't load drivers from other builds, even of the same kernel (with the exception of hacks in the GB kernels to load Samsung proprietary drivers).
My guess is a "bad flash" of one kind or another.
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Thank you, jeffsf. A few questions though.
All I was flashing was the kernel. Forgive my newbieness, but was I supposed to flash drivers with it? Probably a stupid question.
Also, after the problems and before I flashed back to stock, I tried to reflash the kernel through CWM, but the problems didn't go away and I lost a ton of apps for some reason.
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On the "drivers with kernel" question, it is a bit of both. The drivers can either be compiled into the kernel, or "modules" that can be loaded on demand. The former are stored on the same partition (like C: and D: on a Windows machine) and get flashed with the kernel. There are some cases where the drivers are on the same partition as the ROM itself, so they need to be copied over as well. For most installers, it is all transparent to the user. AntonX kernels through the one-click Heimdall shouldn't require any additional steps.
I'm not sure what file you tried to flash using CWM. It seems strange that you lost apps in the process. In any event, I'd re-download the file and check the MD5 if it was given.

jeffsf said:
On the "drivers with kernel" question, it is a bit of both. The drivers can either be compiled into the kernel, or "modules" that can be loaded on demand. The former are stored on the same partition (like C: and D: on a Windows machine) and get flashed with the kernel. There are some cases where the drivers are on the same partition as the ROM itself, so they need to be copied over as well. For most installers, it is all transparent to the user. AntonX kernels through the one-click Heimdall shouldn't require any additional steps.
I'm not sure what file you tried to flash using CWM. It seems strange that you lost apps in the process. In any event, I'd re-download the file and check the MD5 if it was given.
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I originally just used SGS kernel flasher to flash it, not the Heimdall one click. Was that wrong to do?
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No...
But rather than having another app on my phone taking unnecessary space...i use cwmr to flash it

Shortbus-Driver said:
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But rather than having another app on my phone taking unnecessary space...i use cwmr to flash it
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Haha yea but that's how I get CWM, I was on stock.
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I tried again, this time with the Heimdall one click, and still had no luck. Everything works fine for about a day until the next reboot, then random apps start to force close.
Going back to stock.
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Have you tried fixing permissions? I had that problem awhile ago and that fixed it for me. I would wipe the caches and fix permissions.

cpkelley94 said:
I tried again, this time with the Heimdall one click, and still had no luck. Everything works fine for about a day until the next reboot, then random apps start to force close.
Going back to stock.
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Try thomas.raines Gremlin Remover. There may be some little nasties hiding out. Then sgs kernel installer (free on play) to flash the kernel.
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Try thomas.raines Gremlin Remover. There may be some little nasties hiding out. Then sgs kernel installer (free on play) to flash the kernel.
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But doesn't the heimdall one click back to stock from bhundven do the same thing as the gremlin remover? I thought they both completely restored the phone to stock and removed any artifacts of previous flashes.
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cpkelley94 said:
But doesn't the heimdall one click back to stock from bhundven do the same thing as the gremlin remover? I thought they both completely restored the phone to stock and removed any artifacts of previous flashes.
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There a differing opinions. Gremlin Remover is a much larger (over 400 MB zipped, 600+ when extracted). If one doesn't seem to be working why not try the other? Also GR is Odin based so it uses different drivers than Heimdall. It's generally suggested to use different USB ports each for ADB, Heimdall and Odin.

Gremlin Remover is so large because it takes you to froyo and then to a early release of gingerbread. Either one should work however if heimdall is erroring out then I would use the odin based options. Otherwise if heimdall is flashing properly no need in using a odin one click.

thomas has a link in the GR OP to his Filesystem cleaner which can useful also.