This is making me nuts!!! I keep reading references to clockwork mod. Where the heck does one find that file? I assume it's phone specific!? I know it's part of Rom Manager but I'd rather avoid that program. When do you flash with CWM vs flash with Odin?
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stoopendis said:
This is making me nuts!!! I keep reading references to clockwork mod. Where the heck does one find that file? I assume it's phone specific!? I know it's part of Rom Manager but I'd rather avoid that program. When do you flash with CWM vs flash with Odin?
Thanks all
Stew
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Welcome to xda buddy
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=24085665 that's the Touch CWM thread you have to use this version to install the IcS roms for the SGH-I727 (skyrocket) or T-989 (Hercules on tmobile)
Also you Odin when you're going back to stock or adding a new recovery. Most everything else can go thru CWM. The threads will lay out specifically which to use and when to use it
This http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=19262010 is the basic Odin thread. Read and learn my friend.
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Thanks for that, But I have the Rogers version (i727R) and I don't think I can use the touch version! But I maybe out to lunch on that.
I give that link a good read anyway!
Stew
Thanks again Androidsc. I read the thread and there were some fellow Canucks reporting good results with their sgh-i727R and the CWM touch!!
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OK! I now have CWM touch in the phone. Going to try the lastest Sky Rom. Don't know what's in the zip file but should I do a rom B/U first and a Titanium B/U too before theis next big step?
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OK! I now have CWM touch in the phone. Going to try the lastest Sky Rom. Don't know what's in the zip file but should I do a rom B/U first and a Titanium B/U too before theis next big step?
Stew
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Rogers im not so sure about make sure you read that's it specifically for that phone or you can brick
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I'm not sure about sky ics on Rodgers either but ask Sean he can tell you. But to answer your question about backing up yes always make a nanadroid backup of your current working rom before flashing anything. As far as titanium backup that's your personal choice I do backup my apps and data with titanium backup and restore them from there and never had no problem but again I'm not on Rodgers and no nothing of how Rodgers works but Sean the dev of sky ics could probably answer all that for you to...
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Thanks! Im pretty much up and running aside from loosing my LTE.
ya..i have new respect fot Titaniim bu!
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hello all,
tried flashing using cwm the new rom that's floating around...tried wiping always getting stuck at the galaxy s 4g boot screen. Well i can't boot into recovery, sort of freaking out here. I hold the buttons and it just goes back to galaxy s 4g screen not into recovery like it usually does. Any ideas?
Even if u cant get into recovery as long as the device will go into download mode again then ur okay! Just reodin the KD1 whitehawkx if thats what u where on. Sucks starting all over but thats the price we pay to test. Good luck my friend and never fear your device is not bricked it is still recoverable.
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Even if u cant get into recovery as long as the device will go into download mode again then ur okay! Just reodin the KD1 whitehawkx if thats what u where on. Sucks starting all over but thats the price we pay to test. Good luck my friend and never fear your device is not bricked it is still recoverable.
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thanks for the quick reply...i was just on the stock rooted. but i should follow the odin to flash back?
Do you have a pc
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Do you have a pc
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yup, I'm downloading the .tar off the noob guide for flashing using odin. Even though i can't get into recovery just follow those steps?
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thanks for the quick reply...i was just on the stock rooted. but i should follow the odin to flash back?
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Odin back in..from there look into krylons cwm recovery and back up..the official cwm back up and restore results from other members dont seem to be doing well. After that you should be able to restore and not have to worry
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Odin back in..from there look into krylons cwm recovery and back up..the official cwm back up and restore results from other members dont seem to be doing well. After that you should be able to restore and not have to worry
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is kyrlons cwm recovery and back up a different thread?
yes it is a different thread i believe its called CWM Final. Im running Stock KD1 from whitehawkxs, fota&fugu tweaks plus the gb theme and the bali 1.4 kernel... pretty smooth..
on another thought you probably should have posted this in the general section. just a heads up..
Good advice depackers1 but i think he was already using CWM and had backups but he got himself into a bootloop that wouldnt allow him to get into recovery so he couldnt use CWM. In this case if a person cannot even get into download mode then u will have to use a jig probably.
And kkoshko1 since it seems u are starting from scratch and u said u were on stock rooted so i assume u mean KB5. I would recommend trying whitehawkx KD1 ODIN. U might as well update to the best rom we have right now. KD1 is still stock but has some improvements from KB5. Hope that helps.
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is kyrlons cwm recovery and back up a different thread?
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Basically he was telling u to check out CWM and then make a backup after u get CWM up and running.
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Basically he was telling u to check out CWM and then make a backup after u get CWM up and running.
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you guys are great and i'm trying odin right now and doing the noob thread, hopefully this works i'll report back...so far in download mode!
okay update. IT WORKED LIKE A F*CKING CHARM! lol booted up just fine. You both deserve metals, i was worried for a minute but thanks for your help and all you guys do!
Sure thing brother! Glad we could help!!!!!!! Odin will always be your bestfriend. Since u were on stock here's a couple more suggestions. Try out drhonks bali kernel. It will save u a ton of battery life and open the door for a few other awesome things that u can find out in the bali thread. U can also free up some internal storage with the fota fix. Try the apk that one of our members created. Also try the fugu tweaks. It will make your application processes much faster. Welll have fun bro and im sure glad u got her up and running again!
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Good advice depackers1 but i think he was already using CWM and had backups but he got himself into a bootloop that wouldnt allow him to get into recovery so he couldnt use CWM. In this case if a person cannot even get into download mode then u will have to use a jig probably.
And kkoshko1 since it seems u are starting from scratch and u said u were on stock rooted so i assume u mean KB5. I would recommend trying whitehawkx KD1 ODIN. U might as well update to the best rom we have right now. KD1 is still stock but has some improvements from KB5. Hope that helps.[/QUOTE
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Sure thing brother! Glad we could help!!!!!!! Odin will always be your bestfriend. Since u were on stock here's a couple more suggestions. Try out drhonks bali kernel. It will save u a ton of battery life and open the door for a few other awesome things that u can find out in the bali thread. Also try the fugu tweaks. It will make your application processes much faster. Welll have fun bro and im sure glad u got her up and running again!
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I have a dropbox with all these files from the sgs4g xda section in it..if you are interested I could invite you into it to share..anything new that comes out I usually put it there so I dont have to search all over the place drop me a pm if interested
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Has anybody got a version of CWM that will work on the sgs4g? I accidentally flashed the galaxy s CWM from rom manager before finding this forum. Nothing has changed on the phone, except if i boot into CWM recovery i always get verification errors.
Also, are there any ROMs for the sgs4g that is running 2.3.6?
Thanks to anybody who can help.
Get rid of ROM Manager. I've read it doesn't work well on this phone. Check out http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1380331 for a 2.3.6 ROM with the latest CWM/root/voodoo lagfix.
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Has anybody got a version of CWM that will work on the sgs4g? I accidentally flashed the galaxy s CWM from rom manager before finding this forum. Nothing has changed on the phone, except if i boot into CWM recovery i always get verification errors.
Also, are there any ROMs for the sgs4g that is running 2.3.6?
Thanks to anybody who can help.
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You should try this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1422824
When it is time to choose a package pick the one that includes the beta 2d kernel from the Kj6 collection. Learning the one click method will also give you every thing you need should you make a mistake and need to recover from a soft brick
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Get rid of ROM Manager. I've read it doesn't work well on this phone. Check out http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1380331 for a 2.3.6 ROM with the latest CWM/root/voodoo lagfix.
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That is a link to a cwm flashable kernel.
Without cwm he will have no luck installing it.
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That is a link to a cwm flashable kernel.
Without cwm he will have no luck installing it.
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It's Heimdall installable, too, which is how I did it. I'm trying to leverage Heimdall more these days in an attempt to learn it better.
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It's Heimdall installable, too, which is how I did it. I'm trying to leverage Heimdall more these days in an attempt to learn it better.
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Noob moment
Yeah extract the zip and flash the zimage. I always forget about that...
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This may just be a noob question and I hope I'm posting in the right place. I'm running 2.3.6 as well and want to flash Valhalla Final onto my device. The instructions say you must have pre-installed kernel with clockwork recovery. Do I need to use Heimdall and load a kernel with clockwork recovery or is there another way to get the CWM? I am still learning the basics of all this stuff. Forgive my ignorance.
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This may just be a noob question and I hope I'm posting in the right place. I'm running 2.3.6 as well and want to flash Valhalla Final onto my device. The instructions say you must have pre-installed kernel with clockwork recovery. Do I need to use Heimdall and load a kernel with clockwork recovery or is there another way to get the CWM? I am still learning the basics of all this stuff. Forgive my ignorance.
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Since you're already on GB (2.3.6) you can do this, if you're not rooted follow:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/Samsung_Galaxy_S_4G#Rooting
Once you're rooted:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/Samsung_Galaxy_S_4G#Flashing_a_Kernel
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Since you're already on GB (2.3.6) you can do this, if you're not rooted follow:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/Samsung_Galaxy_S_4G#Rooting
Once you're rooted:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/Samsung_Galaxy_S_4G#Flashing_a_Kernel
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Worked perfectly. was able to finally start flashing ROMs. Thank you.
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Worked perfectly. was able to finally start flashing ROMs. Thank you.
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Save the wiki to your bookmarks. We're updating it constantly so you'll always get the most up to date info from there. Also spread the word when other users need help, point them to the proper section in the wiki .
Thanks to everyone for their insight. My sgs4g is no more now. Luckily, I learned a lot about flashing with it before it died. Including unbricking. Still haven't gotten heimdall to work. But I think I have been trying to run the regular exe instead of the front end. We'll see. Hopefully I get paid this week to cut on the internet again. Killing me here.
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if i got nandroud of gb Rom and install a ics rom make a nandroid and go back to GB nandroid do i have flash a modem and super dark wipe or is nandroud cover it all
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i asked this like twenty times in twenty threads for love god just answer me!! lol does nandroid cover modems or must I flash it back when I go from ICS nandroid to a GB nandroid I know someone knows!!! TELL ME
backup does not change modem but i just use ucalc4 modem on gb it works fine for me
This might help you understand what is on each partition and what a nandroid does NOT include : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=24049133&postcount=292
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if i got nandroud of gb Rom and install a ics rom make a nandroid and go back to GB nandroid do i have flash a modem and super dark wipe or is nandroud cover it all
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i asked this like twenty times in twenty threads for love god just answer me!! lol does nandroid cover modems or must I flash it back when I go from ICS nandroid to a GB nandroid I know someone knows!!! TELL ME
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A. If you asked this in 20 different threads you are trolling!
B. More importantly, if you asked this in 20 different thread in 26 minutes..you damn sure can type fast!
C. In my experience, Nandroids do not include the modem / radio. Flash the radio you want first (to be on the safe side) and then flash the nandroid.
Didn't ask all in one day I hear new modem sucks data loss any thoughts
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Didn't ask all in one day I hear new modem sucks data loss any thoughts
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Yep, the L5 modem is not good for happiness.
Best to flash UCALC3.
Lot easier if flash back a good GB ROM that has RADIO AND KERNEL then you can just nandroid back to your favorite settings.
My 2 cents.
My infuse is running ICS CM9 5/27/2012 build and it's just the way I like it. Then, performing a Rom Manager Backup Current ROM soft bricked my phone and it is confirmed here that this is a known issue. I was freaked out for a while but managed to Heimdall One-Click-Unbrick to get back to download mode so I could flash to stock GB, root, and install red CWM and then flash to ICS CM9.
So now I am kinda worried that running a CWM Nandroid Backup may also brick my phone after reading this. I know this is referencing a different phone but it is using ICS and CM9. So I could use some advice or guidance here. With ICS CM9 on my iNfuse, is there any risk to bricking my phone doing a nandroid backup?
Tai'Shar Xda
You can nandroid . I did and restored and was just fine.
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Worked here as well.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1702026
Or you can try Zen new program, btw when i tested it, i did a backup of ics also....works great...
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Tai'Shar said:
My infuse is running ICS CM9 5/27/2012 build and it's just the way I like it. Then, performing a Rom Manager Backup Current ROM soft bricked my phone and it is confirmed here that this is a known issue. I was freaked out for a while but managed to Heimdall One-Click-Unbrick to get back to download mode so I could flash to stock GB, root, and install red CWM and then flash to ICS CM9.
So now I am kinda worried that running a CWM Nandroid Backup may also brick my phone after reading this. I know this is referencing a different phone but it is using ICS and CM9. So I could use some advice or guidance here. With ICS CM9 on my iNfuse, is there any risk to bricking my phone doing a nandroid backup?
Tai'Shar Xda
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We have a completely different storage architecture than the E4GT. No eMMC chip, no Superbrick bug.
Edit: Also, on affected devices, at this point nearly all source-based kernels are safe. E4GT is one of the few devices still on leak repacks with CM9.
Thanks for the replies. I was able to perform the CWM backup with no issues. Haven't tried a restore yet but I will at some point...
Tai'Shar Xda
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1702026
Or you can try Zen new program, btw when i tested it, i did a backup of ics also....works great...
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Thanks for this link. I am going to give it a try.
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I'm rooting a friends at&t skyrocket tomorrow that is on official ics update from at&t and was wondering if that brick bug was still present.I know i might be a little late with this. I was told by a friend that it was only present on the ics leaks for this phone and just wanted to make sure now that this has official ics that i won't have any problems worrying about a brick on my hands by wiping data factory reset in cwm. Go easy on me please I was on the OG evo when all of this brick stuff happened so I never payed much attention to it
Thanks in advance
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I could be wrong but I thought the bug was only present in the i777 gs2...
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Vfan23 said:
I could be wrong but I thought the bug was only present in the i777 gs2...
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I thought it was for all gs2 variants
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Regardless, wiping data/factory reset using cwm won't effect anything. I'm pretty sure that problem was the result of wiping in the phones settings menu (if I remember right).
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Regardless, wiping data/factory reset using cwm won't effect anything. I'm pretty sure that problem was the result of wiping in the phones settings menu (if I remember right).
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O okay wasn't it a kernel issue ? Like it had a erase command or something?
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O okay wasn't it a kernel issue ? Like it had a erase command or something?
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Honestly, i'm not sure. I never really worried about it. Always use CWM for wiping and never had a problem with anything.
I think it happens when you try to format the internal SD card. Its an emmc bug (I think) but I don't have the bug and my i777 doesn't have it. I thought it was on the specific kernel for the i777 and the international variants.
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Thanks for the info guys hopefully nothing goes wrong when i try flashing AOKP on his phone when im done rooting it
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Thanks for the info guys hopefully nothing goes wrong when i try flashing AOKP on his phone when im done rooting it
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No sense in rooting if your gonna flash aokp. Just push cwm with Odin and flash away:thumbup: you can flash without rooting as long as you have a custom recovery installed
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Thanks for the info guys hopefully nothing goes wrong when i try flashing AOKP on his phone when im done rooting it
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Just follow the sticky here - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1652398
Once you get it rooted with CWM, i'd suggest updating CWM to this version - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1777970
If you're looking for the JellyBean version of AOKP, i'd really suggest this - http://rootzwiki.com/topic/34092-aokp-unofficial-galaxy-s-ii-skyrocket-i727-nov-04-milestone-1/
As far as flashing it, I:
-wipe data/factory reset
-wipe cache
-mounts & storage [format /system]
-advanced [wipe dalvick cache]
-flash rom
-flash gapps
-reboot
*you can do these x2 or x3 each if you wish just to be sure everything is clear*
Hopefully some of this will help if you already don't know any of it. Any other questions, shoot me a pm if you need or i'm sure someone here can help.
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No sense in rooting if your gonna flash aokp. Just push cwm with Odin and flash away:thumbup: you can flash without rooting as long as you have a custom recovery installed
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i know its that he wants to backup apps ect so i need root to use titanium backup before i start wiping and flashing
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Just follow the sticky here - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1652398
Once you get it rooted with CWM, i'd suggest updating CWM to this version - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1777970
If you're looking for the JellyBean version of AOKP, i'd really suggest this - http://rootzwiki.com/topic/34092-aokp-unofficial-galaxy-s-ii-skyrocket-i727-nov-04-milestone-1/
As far as flashing it, I:
-wipe data/factory reset
-wipe cache
-mounts & storage [format /system]
-advanced [wipe dalvick cache]
-flash rom
-flash gapps
-reboot
*you can do these x2 or x3 each if you wish just to be sure everything is clear*
Hopefully some of this will help if you already don't know any of it. Any other questions, shoot me a pm if you need or i'm sure someone here can help.
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i already had that version of aokp and have everything installed and in a folder im prepared . And that the same process i use on my GS3 but i use TWRP. Yea i was looking at that updated version i was gonna flash TWRP through odin for his phone but looks like CWM touch looks better on this phone then it was for my original evo and GS3
edit: do you have any kernel recommendations for this phone? I was gonna flash this kernel http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1949828 but i dont have this phone so i wouldnt really know which kernel work best. He really wants to overclock so thats the only preference he wants to be able to do
Hi, I used this method for my gs2 international. Using the zip method of Cwm and it worked without problems. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=28178105 The big bug is also details in the links. Good luck.
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Hi, I used this method for my gs2 international. Using the zip method of Cwm and it worked without problems. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=28178105 The big bug is also details in the links. Good luck.
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thanks ill be sure to take a look at it
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i know its that he wants to backup apps ect so i need root to use titanium backup before i start wiping and flashing
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Make sure not to restore system apps.
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i already had that version of aokp and have everything installed and in a folder im prepared . And that the same process i use on my GS3 but i use TWRP. Yea i was looking at that updated version i was gonna flash TWRP through odin for his phone but looks like CWM touch looks better on this phone then it was for my original evo and GS3
edit: do you have any kernel recommendations for this phone? I was gonna flash this kernel http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1949828 but i dont have this phone so i wouldnt really know which kernel work best. He really wants to overclock so thats the only preference he wants to be able to do
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I always use the stock kernel. I don't mess with oc/uv or anything. I don't see a need for it.
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thanks ill be sure to take a look at it
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Personally, i'd stick with the Odin method.
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Make sure not to restore system apps.
I always use the stock kernel. I don't mess with oc/uv or anything. I don't see a need for it.
Personally, i'd stick with the Odin method.
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im aware that you should never restore system apps. Hmm looks like i have to test these kernels out on his phone and yea odin method is the method i used to root a friends Skyrocket a while back
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yea odin method is the method i used to root a friends Skyrocket a while back
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Stalking smh
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