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[Q] Samsung Captivate-advice buying used

Hi all,
I'm looking for a Samsung Captivate, and i saw one online for $100, but the phone won't start. From what the seller said, it was rooted, and it'll boot up, but the phone then states something to the effect that "the launcher is not responding". My question is this: I don't have experience with Android phones, but does this sound like something that can be fixed using software methods?
I'm experienced with iPhone jailbreaking and WP7 hacking, so I'm not afraid of the challenge, i just want to know if there's a good chance of reviving the phone (assuming there's no physical/water damage)
Thanks in advance!

Launcher issues are easy to fix, fixed even easier with a factory reset which I assume you will do if the seller hasn't. If it's been factory reset and it's giving those issues....well I can only see that happening if there is a custom ROM loaded.
Either way, if you believe it boots, I would buy it. The launcher is basically your home screen, and if the phone can load that far, that's all software level stuff, easy to fix. I own a captivate and I always liked the phone, but rooted and ROM'd it is SO much better. Hope this helped

Hey, thanks so much for the reply! I'll see about piking it up today and let you know what happens
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No problem man, if you need help when you get back with it let me know. I'll be glad to help with whatever

So i got the phone today. The phone was pretty laggy, so i used the Odin3 one click sw to bring it back to stock. It worked, but the phone is still laggy. Wouldn't you think that flashing it back to stock would fix any issues with it? I tried it twice.
Also, when i try to open the applications section, it tells me that "TWLauncher is not responding", even after flashing it. I was thinking about just flashing it to CM7, but i have to get the .zip file onto an sd card so i can flash it from recovery. Do you think this might help? Thanks in advance!

Honestly man, my captivate was just like that (laggy), TWLauncher is the UI launcher, TouchWiz. There are thing's about it liked but mostly I hated it. I would root and ROM the phone with something stable (I run CM7, there is finally an RC for captivate). Also, Odin puts the phone back to 2.1, and there was all kinds of GPS bugs and stuff with it, they have 2.2 stock for it now, which runs a bit better but I still don't like.
Also, try removing the SD Card from the phone, in case it's a ****ty one and causing lag while loading in the beginning. That may not help at all, I'm no expert, but I am a huge nerd and it makes sense to me. Just realize the stock firmware on the phone ruins the experience a bit.
Edit: I didn't notice the CM7 part, just make sure the zip is in your main directory, don't put it on either of the SD cards (internal or external).

So the .zip actually goes onto the phone memory itself? That makes sense. I'm having issues getting my phone to mount and the computer to recognize it. My computer doesn't see it as an external drive. I'd try to go to the settings and change it to mass storage, but the stupid TWLauncher isn't working!

Can you load the android market? Try to get ADWLauncher, the free one. Get that installed, and when you push the home button it should ask you which launcher to use. Choose ADWLauncher, possibly reboot, and try again. Again, I hate TWLauncher, it was the first thing I replaced on my phone.
edit: lol, don't forget to hit "use as default" before you select ADWLauncher.
edit again: Dammit, I'm terrible at this...if you can't get android market open, make sure your phone stays on, go to the android market website, and install it from there. That should work for sure

Ok, so I used Odin3 one click version 2.2 (which has froyo and the JI6 build number. Everything works fine, but I'm not able to get out of airplane mode and get cell signal. the phone says the baseband version is unknown. If i use the Odin3 One click 2.1 (build JF6, the phone is in the same unresponsive state it was when i first got it. It doesn't even take me to the setup when you first launch the phone.
It's really weird. I wonder if there's was a way to flash it back to stock without one click. I'm wondering if the ROM in there is corrupt or something. The reason why i want to get back to Android2.1 is because all the CM7 tutorials say to start from there. So yeah. Any other suggestions?
Oh, i got rid of TWLauncher, and yeah. I hate that thing!

Well...the Odin I used took my phone back to base stock 2.1, after I was already on 2.2, you 2.2 has this sig verification crap and you can't flash anything. So I'm not sure which Odin I have, but it took it to 2.1, I imagine yours should too... This problem may need someone smarter... So make sure the Odin you are using is meant to take you to 2.1, make sure it specifically says it's for captivate. If both of those are verified, odin isn't working for some reason. Did you follow the Odin guide for captivate to make sure you didn't miss anything?

Well, i found a random thread on the CM7 forums that said to try using Odin regular, and flashing the original firmware. So i did that and it worked! The phone was usable again! Only thing was that i didn't have any cell service. So i flashed the CM7 ROM and the baseband was fixed. All is well, and i'm loving my device. Thanks so much for your help!

Woot! Man I'm super glad you got all that working, I had to return a Captivate due to no service...so I'm glad CM7 fixed that for you. Super awesome that it's working, glad I could help bro. Enjoy!

[Q] on my 3rd Infuse, is it me?

Setting the scene (without being too dramatic) Been on XDA since i jumped on the Captivate when it was first released, I respect all the work & knowledge that is shared here and rely on it more than the overpaid excuses-for-tech support @ att.
When i Grabbed the Infuse, i handed my cappy down to my kid, still no issues with it and even upgraded to GB.
I got my Infuse as a referb (as i did with my cappy) back in Sept of 11.
Im rooted, no ROMs loaded.
I cant pinpoint when things began (that im about to explain) but I thought after 2 replacement units (one through warranty [another referb], the other at the Device Support Center [a non-referb] it just might be me???
Here is what's happening:
1.when downloading apps, some freeze and never complete (reboot resolves, and restarts when phone boots up) I know this was once an issue with market app... but several "uninstall updates" of the market app later did not change this.
2. (most importantly) when rebooting phone, Apps located on SD Card do not (always) load, its a crap-shoot, it takes anywhere from 3 to 9 reboots for the apps to be recognized and accessible. Then, and only then, does #1 happen.
what is strange to me is that even when the apps do not load, all my music & video on my SD card are visible and playable from the basic audio/video apps (that are installed on internal sd) when the apps are not loaded, the External-SD can not be unmounted, even though i can browse to it, its as it it was never mounted
I played with several microSD cards and went to Samsung to find the optimal speed/class for the Infuse (class 4) and have tried several different manufactures of microSD (currently using a SanDisk 32GB class 4) none have resolved this issue..
what do you think?
any feedback would be GREATLY APPRECIATED. THANK YOU in advance.

Refurb is the keyword here...
I sent in my M11x laptop a couple months ago and it received a refurb motherboard and it hasn't been the same since...However, I've had refurb devices before with no issues, it's a hit and miss thing.
You could try starting from scratch:
Gtg's Unbrick or THIS one (which gives you root back and recovery if you ever need it)
Just make sure you read up on how to do it.

xIC-MACIx said:
Refurb is the keyword here...
I've had refurb devices before with no issues, it's a hit and miss thing.
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Agreed, but the one im holding now is not a referb, i watched them crack open a new box in front of me at the Device Support Center. which is why I'm suspect that it's something I have done (or am doing) wrong,
I have taken this one Back to stock several times with GTG's Ultimate Unbrick, so when i go back to Device Support Center, they cant give me that "well your rooted" crap. but nothing changes.
i dont know, honestly, it's the only thing keeping me from trying any ROMs, but I wonder if some of them might just fix it.

I have a refurb and it has not given me any problems. It runs better than when i bought a brand new captivate. As far as the apps on the sd card goes I had problems on start ups when i had more than ten apps moved to my sd card. With the last two leaks that problem has gone away. For some reason these phones don't like apps on sd cards.
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quasimotto said:
Agreed, but the one im holding now is not a referb, i watched them crack open a new box in front of me at the Device Support Center. which is why I'm suspect that it's something I have done (or am doing) wrong,
I have taken this one Back to stock several times with GTG's Ultimate Unbrick, so when i go back to Device Support Center, they cant give me that "well your rooted" crap. but nothing changes.
i dont know, honestly, it's the only thing keeping me from trying any ROMs, but I wonder if some of them might just fix it.
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Oh well that changes things lol I wouldn't let the issue stop you from installing Roms. Try out ZEUS, it is based off of one the newer leaks. (L2) Who knows, it might fix your problem, if not, you obviously know how to return to stock.

Thanks!
xIC-MACIx said:
Oh well that changes things lol I wouldn't let the issue stop you from installing Roms. Try out ZEUS, it is based off of one the newer leaks. (L2) Who knows, it might fix your problem, if not, you obviously know how to return to stock.
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Thank you. I will try.

Thanks!
tmease1 said:
I have a refurb and it has not given me any problems. It runs better than when i bought a brand new captivate. As far as the apps on the sd card goes I had problems on start ups when i had more than ten apps moved to my sd card. With the last two leaks that problem has gone away. For some reason these phones don't like apps on sd cards.
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wow. one would think that would be a serious software flaw, Ill see if ZEUS will fix
thanks!

UPDATE: 48hrs running ZEUS and not a single issue to report..
i reboot my phone for the heck of it and everything loads as it should.
thanks all.

[Q] Google problems after upgrade.

Goole Play no longer recognizes device after upgrade.
Upgraded Samsung Infuse 4G from GB 2.3.6 to JB 4.1.2 .
Any ideas on how to solve this?
dlw

What do you mean Google Play doesn't recognize device? And did you try to go from GB directly to JB without doing ICS first?
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Yes, I did. I understood there would be no problems.
So, I need to download ICS, then go to JB?
dlw

I would. You may want research more. JB is different partition format and you can't go backwards from JB to ICS or lower. Might need to Heimdall bac to stock. See this thread for proper flash guide.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=31342159
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Thank you for replying.
I may do that.
However, Amazon works fine and I prefer A to Goodle anyway.
Thanks again.
dlw

Might be me but still not sure how you went from GB directly to JB. Did steps change?
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It clearly states in the OP that you must install ICS first. You also have to boot up with ICS at least once before installing JB. At least I did.

Thank you for replying.
I'll try to explain. First, I am a noob. This is my first smartphone -used- and any attempts to fool with it.
I've ran a Linux based OS since about 2000 but I am NOT A GEEK, I am a USER, but do understand root.
Running Ubuntu 12.10 on a PC and an old EEE Netbook. The netbook is only used as a GPS unit when I'm in the forest.
So, I wanted to root my Infuse 4g -2.2.1. Did that and all went well.
Last Thursday morning very early the electricity went out, when it came back on it flickered several times.
I usually charge it overnight but turn it off. I forgot to turn it off the night before and woke up to a bricked phone.
After 2 1/2 days of panic, I finally got it back to GB 2.3.6 by using a OneClick.jar. I must admit it was very easy once I found out how.
After reading in the 'Infuse' forum that it was possible to upgrade to 4.+, I decided to go for it.
I tried 'pa' -Paranoid Android- first and did not like it. Next I flashed
'cm' -cynagen mod ?'- and it did not turn out right. Then I flashed 'Cypher Android 4.1.2' -aokp_infuse4g_unofficial_Oct-25-12.
Cypher Android is what is on the phone now.
One problem is when I answer a phone call, the screen turns black; returns to normal once the call is over.
There may be other problems but I'm not aware of them right now.
I am downloading 'apk's' and installing via 'adb' now so not interested in using Google or Amazon.
I am considering starting from scratch but need to learm more before I try.
Any help appreciated. My apologies for the long winded reply.
dlw

dlw1146 said:
Thank you for replying.
I'll try to explain. First, I am a noob. This is my first smartphone -used- and any attempts to fool with it.
I've ran a Linux based OS since about 2000 but I am NOT A GEEK, I am a USER, but do understand root.
Running Ubuntu 12.10 on a PC and an old EEE Netbook. The netbook is only used as a GPS unit when I'm in the forest.
So, I wanted to root my Infuse 4g -2.2.1. Did that and all went well.
Last Thursday morning very early the electricity went out, when it came back on it flickered several times.
I usually charge it overnight but turn it off. I forgot to turn it off the night before and woke up to a bricked phone.
After 2 1/2 days of panic, I finally got it back to GB 2.3.6 by using a OneClick.jar. I must admit it was very easy once I found out how.
After reading in the 'Infuse' forum that it was possible to upgrade to 4.+, I decided to go for it.
I tried 'pa' -Paranoid Android- first and did not like it. Next I flashed
'cm' -cynagen mod ?'- and it did not turn out right. Then I flashed 'Cypher Android 4.1.2' -aokp_infuse4g_unofficial_Oct-25-12.
Cypher Android is what is on the phone now.
One problem is when I answer a phone call, the screen turns black; returns to normal once the call is over.
There may be other problems but I'm not aware of them right now.
I am downloading 'apk's' and installing via 'adb' now so not interested in using Google or Amazon.
I am considering starting from scratch but need to learm more before I try.
Any help appreciated. My apologies for the long winded reply.
dlw
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It seems easier to pop up what seems like a simple problem without explaining where the source of the problems came from.
It takes some time to explain yourself but it's worth it in the end.
This may explain where some of us are coming from when we choose to answer a question or not:
http://catb.org/esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
When you have encountered any problems after a flash, assume that thing have gone wrong. If you fix it with a simple solution, other problems not seen initially may surface later.
I consider it better practice to start over.
Take out your microSD card. Factory reset the phone.
To get a decent base, use the uclb3 heimdall-1-click I put together. Flash it twice with boot loaders.
Flash ICS. Factory reset. Flash JB.
Review the instructions that have been laid out. It's there for a reason.
You can also click on my profile or profile of other users that have been taking time to answer questions. You will see a history of our posts. You can pick up quite a few answers.
(Nothing against you, dlw) But most of us enjoying sharing what we have discovered but it gets kinda old answering the same question over and over again. A little reading should be a requisite. I started out with a flip phone about 1.5 yrs ago. I knew nothing about root or android. I know a little more about root now. I'm a little more familiar with android. One of the things that I've been good at is the search function. (end rant)
Start over and have fun...
Happy New Year..

Thank you for your explanation.
I thought I was replying to psal217050 only who ask how I managed to update JB
dlw

I was trying to ascertain how you went from GB to JB and bypassed I've. I defer to qkster, andros11 and Pony Express on any complicated procedures. I can eff up my own phone (and have) but refuse to try and give advice on how to eff up someone else's phone. Simple procedures and clear instructions along with searching and their help have gotten me through many a day.
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Trying to install Rom

I have the T959v android phone, which I found out is a bit more complicated than my Samsung Vibrant.
I am running the gingerbread kernel after using Kies.
I have finally successfully flashed the T959v using Heimdoll following this guide. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=21953878&postcount=2
Super User has been installed using SuperOneClick.
After struggling with it and reading on some sites it's possible and some sites it's not possible, I've come to the conclusion that Rom Manager is not a good idea to use, to install a Rom on my particular phone.
I want to install this Rom here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1402966
However I reviewed the instructions and found I was lost on some parts.
I know how to get to recovery mode (with the phone turned off, hold down volume up and down and the power button)
However, here's where I get lost:
6. Perform Voodoo -> Disable Lagfix.
I do not have this option, likely because I'm missing voodoo or some sort of app. I've tried googling this and figuring out what it is, but I don't even know what a CWM is.
I haven't tried (since I'm atleast smart enough to review information before I start following them, lest I get myself stuck somewhere and unable to back out of). However I believe I can get as far as Step 5.
Unfortuantely I can't get any further.
The only apps I have installed (besides the annoying bloatware on the phone) are the ones I listed above.
This is my first time flashing a phone or doing any of the above, previously my friend did it for me.
So I apologize for whatever Incompetence I may have, however if you can simplify instructions I'm pretty good at following them.
The hard part is that I don't know how to do a lot of the instructions.
Is there a video? Perhaps a guide with pictures that includes all the software I need and how to install that software?
I'm sorry for the questions, I hope someone can help. This has been a long and frustrating process but I'm determined to finish it.
Thank you in advance.
Ah also this: "Must have pre-installed kernel with clockwork recovery!"
I cannot do this because when I try and use clockwork recovery it says it cannot support my phone.
It gives me a list of 4 devices, none of which are my phone.
Then I click on "My device is not listed" and it states the T959v is not supported.
I'm really sorry for all the questions.
Not only does this app look nice, and sound nice due to hardware acceleration. Above all it gets rid of that bloatware crap from T-mobile.
I look forward to giving this app a try.

Hello my friend i know how excited you are when it come's to flashing, installing, removing apps on your phone, but before you do any harm to your phone maybe
consider reading this http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/Samsung_Galaxy_S_4G before going further. it save's you a lot of time and headache plus you can avoid
flaming from other people here. and also try to use the search bar just i case you have further question's..
I advice you to take some time to read first on what do you want to your phone before doing anything.. don't be in a hurry we have tons of great roms in here..

Do not use clockwork manager...it is not for this device!
If you have super user ur rooted and good to go ...i would suggest you play around with the gingerbread roms for a spell before going to icecream sandwich roms,just so you get a feel for flashing on this device.....i too came from the vibrant and dearly miss it.
This phone is far from a vibrant but is coming along.
Feel free to pm me.....I may be a bit slow on replies since I'm working 7/12's 3rd shift.

Thank you both so much for your replies.
Warren I am checking that link out right now. Thanks
Shortbus, I miss my Vibrant too.
Technically speaking my Vibrant is still usable, but ever since I dropped it and cracked the screen it seems to have drastically slowed down (and the screen is annoying with all the cracks too).
Sad day for me.
I still want to try and get that Rom I had posted above working, as I doubt I'll move to another rom anytime after that. But I'll try and learn more about it using the link you gave me Warren. It'll probably take me several days ~_~
Shortbus I may email you with questions I come across from time to time if that's ok

Squeezitgirdle said:
Thank you both so much for your replies.
Warren I am checking that link out right now. Thanks
Shortbus, I miss my Vibrant too.
Technically speaking my Vibrant is still usable, but ever since I dropped it and cracked the screen it seems to have drastically slowed down (and the screen is annoying with all the cracks too).
Sad day for me.
I still want to try and get that Rom I had posted above working, as I doubt I'll move to another rom anytime after that. But I'll try and learn more about it using the link you gave me Warren. It'll probably take me several days ~_~
Shortbus I may email you with questions I come across from time to time if that's ok
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If you want to install Valhalla Final - read the guide in the first link of my signature and begin where applicable.

I don't mind.
Flashing roms on this device is easy once you realize its not the vibrant lol.
Like the vibrant....this thing is near impossible to brick,....just a lil bit more complicated than the vib.....till you get to understand it.

lumin30 said:
If you want to install Valhalla Final - read the guide in the first link of my signature and begin where applicable.
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Ah, so I should switch to Froyo instead of Gingerbread from the looks of it.
I'll get right on that I'm going to try following your guide now
edit: I saw that you switched to Gingerbread, jumped too far ahead of myself.
I'm getting pretty far along in the guide, I'm now at the part where I am about to install the rom.
I love that you guys respond so quickly too.
In the process of using Heimdall I ran into so many issues but was (slowly) able to work through them and figure them out.
It's nice to know I can come here if I have a quick question.

I'm not much help with heimdall....I use gremlin remover,its a one click Odin program....serves the same purpose....to bring you to a rooted stock state.

My SK4G Story

Hi all,
I finally decided to add a custom rom to my SK4G. I had retired it for a year or so, not from getting a new phone, but rather my youngest child dropped it in a mud puddle. I had put it in rice and all that good stuff. I was able to get it to turn back on, but it has very very very low battery. So I put it on the charger, and it would briefly show the charging symbol and disappear. So I had assumed that it was totally shot, And while I was disappointed, because I love this phone, it still was not surprising. I mean it was in a mud puddle right. LoL
Well about 2 weeks ago I got bored, and figured what the smudge, I will ticker with it. I figured, I couldnt do any worse to it than what was already done. So I once again tried to see if it would charge. Tried by wall charger, by car charger, and by USB charging. But alas once again nothing. Well my husband also has a SK4G. So I ganked his battery for a little bit, and lo and behold, it worked. Turned on flawlessly, and not one issue in the operating system at all. Well at least as flawlessly as a stock SK4g could get. lol
So I was thinking maybe the charger slot had shorted out for whatever, from it being in the mud puddle. I put the battery from my SK4G in my husbands phone and agin tried all 3 charging methinds, and still nothing. So I pluged my phone in with his battery and it went to charing just fine. Okay so, new battery. Not that bad, but I dont order anything over the net. I hate waiting, I live in a big enough city, I figured I could go to one of the electronic stores and get one.
So I tried 5 different places, no one had a replacement for it, but once gain I was impatient and didnt want to wait. Did some googling and found out Batteries plus carries a replacement for it. Wasnt thrilled by the fact that they charge 2 to 3 times more for it that other places. But whatever, if it got my phone running again, okay. I had my oldest son pick me up one on his way home from work. Gave him the stock battery numbers and all that. He brings it home, and I go to put it in and..................It is not even close to being a compatible replacement for the samsung battery. Went back down there and returned it. Told the sales clerk that their website was completely wrong. Upon looking through their wall of replacement cell batteries, I did find another battery that was a perfect match. Only to have the "Battery Expert" argue with me about it being the right one. Finally got him to stop running his mouth and bought the battery.
I had just recently ended my contract with t-mobile, and wanted to take my SK4G with me to a new carrier. Well in order to do that, I needed to unlock the network. So it was research time. Googled and found XDA. Which from then on has ben invaluable to the process. Found Sidekick 4G Unlocking *Follow Directions Closely written by troby86 and SuperOneClick - Root/Unroot Your Samsung Sidekick 4G by Ayoteddy .Had a few problems with SOC. It kept freezing at step 7. Took me a few to find the reason why ( answer is in the forums here, just took some digging and reading to find. The culprit was the "Exploit setting needed to be set to "psneuter". Changed that and finshed rooting with out any more problems on that part.
Next had to unlock the network, following the above mentioned thread. Tried it 2 or 3 times to no avail. Then it dawned on me that I hadnt rebooted after I got it rooted. So rebooted and tried the terminal part of it again. And Bingo! It took the commands or whatever you would like to call them. SK4G was now unlocked. Yay!
SInce I had already been in the forum looking at the unlock and root guides. I decided why not go ahead and put a custom rom on it too. I loved my SK I just loathed the software on it. Constantly freezing while surfing the net or trying to use facebook. I spent a bunch of time browsing the forums, reading the comments on all the roms and trying to decide which rom I wanted to use. I had orginally choose CM6-Merged.
So read the thread on it, and even watched a youtube video by sinesolder. The next task was to chase down all the files I needed to install that, plus the CWM stuff too. I flashed CWM using the app "Root Manager" in the play store. Next was to swap out the "recovery" file. Took a few mins to find it, but did. Placed it in the root of the SDcard along with the update zip. Downloaded Astro file manager from the play store. Went to bottem of list and copied the recovery file, then pasted in system/bin folder. Rebooted, clicked reinstall packages on the stock (blue) recovery screen. But it was a no go. it would not give me the orange CWM. It just ket saying E :file invalid, or some such rubbish. So back to combing the forums again. Had stumbled upon a post some where here, that said something about MNT/SDcard. And sure enough, I copied the recovery file from the MNT/SDcard directory, then pasted in the system/bin. Reboot again, reinstall packages and BAM Orange CWM! But before I flashed my first rom, i wanted to get the red CWM/voodoo recovery. That way I didnt have to worry about mounts while flashing. After much reading again in the forum, I found that the red CWM was already included with the Bali Kernal. Reboot again, then install from SDcard, choose Bali Kernal and installed. Woo Hoo red CWM was up and going. phew.... lol or so I thought. Plugged phone in and put CM6 - Merged on the SD. Back to recovery, wipe factory, wipe cache, wipe dalvik. Then install from SDcard again, chose CM-6 Merged.
This is where I had a bit of a panic. As I was not paying atternion the what Kernal or Baseband the rom was made to run with. So that ended up soft-bricking my phone. But yet again, XDA to the rescue. Searched it out and found the "ODIN to stock" thread. Just had to track down the right TAR and PIT files. I was orginally on KJ2 stock before I did anything, but I could only find the KD1 TAR. No biggie tho, just used the ODIN to stock method and I was back in business again.
Since I am far from having any real knowledge about roms and their internal workings and what-nots. I went about just trying to find roms that would run off of the Bali Kernal and the KD1 baseband. I did find working links to a few of them, not exactly sure how many, but I had serval choices. I went with GingerClone v.2.
Back to reboot, wipe factory, wipe cache, wipe dalvik. Install from SDcard, chose GingerClone and installed. Booted up and everyhting was all hunky dory again. Ran that rom for a few days. And yes it was a really nice rom, and it was faster than stock. It just was quicte what I was looking for.
Back to looking for ROM files, seeing which links were still good and trying to figure out which one I thought would work best for me. Tried TouchMIUIwiz v3, and again very good rom, but still not quite right. Decided to spend a whole day just comparing roms that would work with Bali and KD1. There are only a few roms that are made with KD1. So I wanted to go back to KJ2. I was thinking the only way I could do that was if I wiped again and the hooked up to Kios (or whatever it is called), But no, I found a working like to a KJ2 file. After another set of wiping in recovery, then Flashed the KJ2, then Flashed Nexus CM. Been messing with in for fwe days, and have to say I really really like this one. It has been smooth as glass and quick as a rabbit. I am thinking as long as I dont run into any major problems or bugs with it, this wil be my daily driver.
But I do have a question, since most of you have been here for awhile, and have been able to try out alot of these roms when they were new. Whick rom, in your own opinion, would make web surfing fast and smooth, and also works awesome with facebook? have already rooted and unlocked my husbands SK4G, but he surfs the web and does his facebooking from his SK, and it loves to freeze up and lag out when using both of those things.
Now that I am at the bottom with this, very sorry if my post seemed to long or anything else. Thanks in advance!

That's quite the story there. Crazy to believe it still works.
As for the ROM question, really all of the ROMS for SK4G are outdated. Due to software available. The only ROMS that I would say are up to snuff now are the neXus GB and JB ROMS by RicAndroid. They are chock full of tweaks and scripts. But keep in mind, you're not going to be on the actual newer Android versions. So it may run better, and it may be faster, but only so much.
Hope this helps

Zydrate_blue said:
That's quite the story there. Crazy to believe it still works.
As for the ROM question, really all of the ROMS for SK4G are outdated. Due to software available. The only ROMS that I would say are up to snuff now are the neXus GB and JB ROMS by RicAndroid. They are chock full of tweaks and scripts. But keep in mind, you're not going to be on the actual newer Android versions. So it may run better, and it may be faster, but only so much.
Hope this helps
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I was pleasantly surprised when it turned out to be just a battery issue.
Thanks for the answer on the roms. I realized that these are older roms now, and its not the most crrrent version of android and all that, and I am totally fine with it. I am just looking for something that is better, smoother and faster than the stock stuff on the phone, for my husband. He still uses his SK4G as well. In fact I dont think I could get him to upgrade to a new smartphone phone/ android device anyways. So I was just looking for something to stop his constant frezzing issue while he is web surfing and things like that. You were very helpful tho, so thanks a bunch.

I agree with Zydrate_Blue; the Nexus JB ROM is about as good as it gets with this phone.

Thanks guys! I will have to d/l and flash it.

CupCakeBombardme said:
Thanks guys! I will have to d/l and flash it.
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For a smoother internet interface. Get yourself NakedBrowser. They've got a free version that works just lovely. I haven't tried the paid version myself, but if may very well be worth it for someone who uses it a lot!