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Finally flashed

I've been lurking these threads for a couple of months. Got tired of waiting for AT&T. So I took the plunge and flashed Firefly 2.2. I'm really liking the experience so far.
I did have one minor hiccup after flashing, but I figured it out. After flashing firefly I noticed that the Ext filesystem is not installed by default. So after installing I booted into clockwork and selected the options for converting to ext4. That seemed to go ok, but after I rebooted, I did not have su privileges anymore. I finally figured out that the clockwork recovery had an option to apply root privileges. Everything has been good after that.
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I just flashed the same Rom. Seems to be working great. Battery life might be an issue.

factorycell said:
I just flashed the same Rom. Seems to be working great. Battery life might be an issue.
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search for recalibrate battery or just wait a few charging cycles.

redger725 said:
I've been lurking these threads for a couple of months. Got tired of waiting for AT&T. So I took the plunge and flashed Firefly 2.2. I'm really liking the experience so far.
I did have one minor hiccup after flashing, but I figured it out. After flashing firefly I noticed that the Ext filesystem is not installed by default. So after installing I booted into clockwork and selected the options for converting to ext4. That seemed to go ok, but after I rebooted, I did not have su privileges anymore. I finally figured out that the clockwork recovery had an option to apply root privileges. Everything has been good after that.
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Welcome to the wonderful world of custom roms!

I hope I can do that also, I'm afraid to flash roms due to some of what I read here in the forum, what r the causes of bricking?? >.< im in stock rom for 4months and 4months reading all the post here in xda >.<
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Me too... I flashed my captivate yesterday (finally)... I am running Cognition 3.04... Except battery issue, I found it great...
Thank you to all the developers and other members who contributed here... With your help, I am running Froyo now

I actually ordered one of the USB jigs just in case I ran into problems. I didn't flash until it came in. Turns out I didn't need it, but at least I have one available in case something goes wrong with future flashes.
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well... now that you´ve done it... let's see how much it will take for you to became an addict...
I´m flashing 2 ROMS a week already...

lyrad12 said:
I hope I can do that also, I'm afraid to flash roms due to some of what I read here in the forum, what r the causes of bricking?? >.< im in stock rom for 4months and 4months reading all the post here in xda >.<
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Bricking usually occurs when the flash is interrupted, like in the event that you pull the cable in the middle of the flash. I've actually never had a bad flash so far, and the vast majority of bad flashes can be recovered from by dropping into download mode (either with the three button combo or a physical jig).
You should check to see if your phone has the three button combo, since some of the builds have it disabled for whatever reason. You can find the build number under the battery, it's a 4 digit number like 1008.

modest_mandroid said:
Bricking usually occurs when the flash is interrupted, like in the event that you pull the cable in the middle of the flash. I've actually never had a bad flash so far, and the vast majority of bad flashes can be recovered from by dropping into download mode (either with the three button combo or a physical jig).
You should check to see if your phone has the three button combo, since some of the builds have it disabled for whatever reason. You can find the build number under the battery, it's a 4 digit number like 1008.
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hi , thnx for the info, mine is 1008, I think I need to buy a jig first before flashing any rom incase.. thnx much!
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I guess it was a good weekend to take the plunge! I flashed my first rom as well (Andromeda). So far, so good, I just have to figure out how to flash the speedmod kernal and some other tweaks I've had my eye on.
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ScottyNuttz said:
I guess it was a good weekend to take the plunge! I flashed my first rom as well (Andromeda). So far, so good, I just have to figure out how to flash the speedmod kernal and some other tweaks I've had my eye on.
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Sgs kernel flasher app from market
Dl kernel to phone
Open app, select choose kernel
Hit ......
Navigate to where kernel is saved
Select kernel
Flash
Phone reboots
Once back up, boot recovery
Advanced ulk options
Tweaks
Select all with R next to it
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king_2003 said:
Me too... I flashed my captivate yesterday (finally)... I am running Cognition 3.04... Except battery issue, I found it great...
Thank you to all the developers and other members who contributed here... With your help, I am running Froyo now
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I've used Cognition and had similar battery issues... then I switched to Precision... and BAM AMAZING BATTERY LIFE!

ddoubt said:
well... now that you´ve done it... let's see how much it will take for you to became an addict...
I´m flashing 2 ROMS a week already...
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+1!!! I flash every update to Suckerpunch and Precision within hours of updates

mcord11758 said:
Sgs kernel flasher app from market
Dl kernel to phone
Open app, select choose kernel
Hit ......
Navigate to where kernel is saved
Select kernel
Flash
Phone reboots
Once back up, boot recovery
Advanced ulk options
Tweaks
Select all with R next to it
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You're the man! Thanks!

Well I'm not quite there yet, but I'm REAL close.
Still have a couple of lingering questions about the whole process.
I'm rooted, flashed CWM, and have backed-up my current stock ROM. I've done a general app/data bu with Titanium.
Haven't ever done any sideloading related changes (the sqllite/ADB setting change thing), and I'm not sure if that affects how thorough the titanium bu was, or whether the sideloading thing will need to be done post-flash for titanium to completely restore my stuff.
I still haven't done all the requisite reading on the whole flashing process, but will do so as I get closer.
Encouraging results from other first-timers in this thread are certainly pushing me in the right direction. ;-)
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I finally flashed my first ROM this weekend as well. Have really enjoyed SuperNova so far.

[Q] Help! Messed Up! Need to reset!

So I'm a noob to all this rooting biz, but had done tons of jailbreaks so thought this would be similar. It's not!
I rooted my phone (Samsung Infuse) and was going to flash MIUI on it. It wouldn't work, so I gave up and went to the 'Download Roms' or whatever section in Clockworkmod and thought all of those would work for my phone.. So I tried downloaded Darky rom, and once it downloaded and flashed, the phone is now stuck on
'Galaxy S'
GT-19000
Samsung
When I take the battery out and go to do a reboot or hard reset, it shows the reg samsung logo for a second then glitches to that galaxy s **** and it doesn't work. I can't even get it into recovery mode!
I have a Mac and I don't know what to do. Please help me asap. I just got this phone 3 days ago. And if I can't fix this myself, will my insurance/30-day return still be valid or will this **** up my warrantee?

use this.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1116251

Is it Mac compatible?

itsjaylin said:
Is it Mac compatible?
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I believe so. It's what everybody uses when they mess something up. I'm in windows. But a lot of here use mac too. Just try it out. Follow the directions closely, and you'll get you phone back to stock.
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Next time read before you flash anything lol
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Well i'm borrowing my aunts pc real quick to try this.. Have you ever heard of it workin for this particular case?

Also, I don't have the 3 button method on my phone. So how am I supposed to put the phone in download mode?

Yeah your particular case happens tons of times. And like I said, follow the directions exact and you will get your phone back to use.
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jayson94538 said:
Yeah your particular case happens tons of times. And like I said, follow the directions exact and you will get your phone back to use.
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Ok, we'll see.. But if it doesn't work, would I be able to get a new one if I have ensurance? I've also had it less then 30 days

itsjaylin said:
Ok, we'll see.. But if it doesn't work, would I be able to get a new one if I have ensurance? I've also had it less then 30 days
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It WILL work if you do it right. And no because rooting your device or flashing roms voids your warranty.
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Well then I sure hope this works..

It worked! But should it have downloaded these extra tools and added a launcher?

itsjaylin said:
It worked! But should it have downloaded these extra tools and added a launcher?
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I believe that after it has done its thing, the phone should have rebooted into recovery mode and showing an option to delete all user data or factory reset. If not, try manually going into recovery mode:
1. Turn off phone.
2. Hold down both up and down volume keys and the power key.
3. Let go of the POWER key when you see the samsung logo pop up. (keep holding the volume keys until it boots into recovery)
4. Now go down to where it says delete all user data or maybe it says factory reset. Something along those lines. Let it do its thing and then
5. Reboot system.
After doing so, you will lose root and all of data. Re-root, add the custom recovery. And READ READ READ. The only roms you can flash from recovery mode is gtg's roms. So check out all roms in the development section here. Read the differences and flash away
I'm currently on miui and I'm loving it because it's very customizable. But battery life sucks on it.
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jayson94538 said:
I believe that after it has done its thing, the phone should have rebooted into recovery mode and showing an option to delete all user data or factory reset. If not, try manually going into recovery mode:
1. Turn off phone.
2. Hold down both up and down volume keys and the power key.
3. Let go of the POWER key when you see the samsung logo pop up. (keep holding the volume keys until it boots into recovery)
4. Now go down to where it says delete all user data or maybe it says factory reset. Something along those lines. Let it do its thing and then
5. Reboot system.
After doing so, you will lose root and all of data. Re-root, add the custom recovery. And READ READ READ. The only roms you can flash from recovery mode is gtg's roms. So check out all roms in the development section here. Read the differences and flash away
I'm currently on miui and I'm loving it because it's very customizable. But battery life sucks on it.
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Thank! I fell asleep downloading Odin, just so I could get it back to norm this morning..

itsjaylin said:
Thank! I fell asleep downloading Odin, just so I could get it back to norm this morning..
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Did you get it to work?
And sorry for the typo above, I meant to say that the only roms you can flash through rom manager is gtg's infused roms.
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Yes I got it
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Its because darkys rom is for i9000 and that is i9000 boot screen your looking at...do not try to flash anything for infuse off of rom manager...use infuse development thread.....you should be able to hold vol u vol down(at the same time) and power for about ten seconds and that will put you back into recovery....then if you are in green cwm go to mounts and storage...mount usb drive....and you can download a rom from our thread and put it on your sd card without having to reboot....wipe everything and flash rom that you downloaded...if you have red cwm...go to apply update zip..choose it...and flash it...now u have green recovery...hope that helped..
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[Q] Getting out of download without doing anything?

So the backstory is when trying to flash UCKJ4 I attempted to use heimdall. I got the phone into download mode but I couldn't get heimdall to see the phone. Google says a battery pull is the way to go. I did that but was left with a phone with multicolor dots sporadically spread across the screen. This was my first flash so after that initial sickness in my stomach I got ODIN to see the phone and went back to stock (thanks gtg). After some more hacking around I finally got heimdall to see the phone to flash rooted kernel and then back to stock.
So the question is....What is the best way to get out of download mode should something like this happen again?
I found plenty of threads of how to get into download mode but not much on escaping if you don't want to be there anymore.

Pulling the battery is an easy way. I've done it several times.
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Does it reboot normally for you? I got the crazy sprite screen.
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Yes it does. I've never had 1 instance where I got the screen you described.
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Thanks.
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That screen that your talking about, the multi-colored one, the only thing I can think of is flashing a leak without the bootloaders.
That's weird, but a battery pull while in download mode, but you haven't done anything, is completely fine.

[Q] Question to [airfluip1]

I Downloaded and installed your rom from HERE using rom manager, And I'm not sure what I did wrong but when I turn on my phone it goes to Phone Logo screen (first screen) then all black with a corrupted blue lines at the bottom about half an inch long. Then, a couple seconds later it goes to a full corrupted screen. then it just does everything repeatedly.
Sorry I can't take screen shots since my phone doesn't work. But any idea of what I might of done wrong?
My phone is already rooted and CwM was already installed. Not sure if the installation process was messed up or not. And I can't get my phone into the CwM recovery to fix this problem.

Dark9 said:
I Downloaded and installed your rom from HERE using rom manager, And I'm not sure what I did wrong
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There are a bunch of threads and a sticky! (2nd topic in the Dev Forum) that state Rom Manager does not work with this phone. That is what you did wrong.
you should have flashed the rom in CWM, but since the damage is done, you will have to get the phone in download mode and use ODIN to flash a new rom and start over again.
Hopefully, you can still get in DL mode by holding both volume buttons at the same time and inserting the USB cable.
use FB's starter pack post for the files you need for ODIN, and don't use Rom Manager anymore!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1223765

Or you can use the easier more stable alternative: Heimdall one click
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1422824
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I tried to do the One-Click. But for some reason A caution sign in-between the link connection of the phone and pc..
EDIT: I've Tried pulling everything out battery, sim, sd, usb cord both end. waited a couple mins... then put everything back and tried again..

Dark9 said:
I tried to do the One-Click. But for some reason A caution sign in-between the link connection of the phone and pc..
EDIT: I've Tried pulling everything out battery, sim, sd, usb cord both end. waited a couple mins... then put everything back and tried again..
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That's another download mode screen. The previous screen you described sounds like you didn't have the right boot loaders in place. Check out The KJ6 Heimdall One-Click Collection. Select any of the three of those you want to use, and follow Bhundven's instructions (really easy). All you need to have installed previously is Java.
Let us know how it goes.

Dark9 said:
I tried to do the One-Click. But for some reason A caution sign in-between the link connection of the phone and pc..
EDIT: I've Tried pulling everything out battery, sim, sd, usb cord both end. waited a couple mins... then put everything back and tried again..
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This is another form of download mode. Heimdall should recognize the device and flash it.
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Dark9 said:
I tried to do the One-Click. But for some reason A caution sign in-between the link connection of the phone and pc..
EDIT: I've Tried pulling everything out battery, sim, sd, usb cord both end. waited a couple mins... then put everything back and tried again..
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I think thats like the last resort for our phones. I get it if i mess up during the first attempt to unbrick

Sweet thanks for the help I've got my phone UP and running now. ^^

Dark9 said:
Sweet thanks for the help I've got my phone UP and running now. ^^
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> rom manager
Found the problem
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tehgyb said:
> rom manager
Found the problem
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Lol
That or ignoring the sticky (first threads) in the development section entitled "don't use ROM manager"
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Bassmanjames said:
Lol
That or ignoring the sticky (first threads) in the development section entitled "don't use ROM manager"
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Yeah. Lots of people don't read those. They just want to flash a ROM as quickly as they can. All the noobs should get a popup when they first join xda instead so they DO read it. Lol
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After the popup they should get quizzed on what they read lol
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erikmm said:
After the popup they should get quizzed on what they read lol
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We need operation iron fist back lol
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The only reason I used Rom manager is cause I was told it was one way to install the roms

Clockwork mod

I have rooted and unlocked phone but when it reboots into recovery its not listing all the options that will allow me to flash cm 7 nor cm9. Any help to get past this hurdle would be great thanks
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Although I might be using the wrong recovery file if so direction the right one would be appreciated
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What does it say the recovery version is ?

The first would be recovery 3e no Sig and then I've tried the advice from an earlier post for the galaxy is9000 I do believe. I just dropped 3e and going to try again with simply the is9000
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OK- you are not rooted- you can go to post 2 here and get root and red cwm recovery - thanks to qkster and Entropy
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1524081

i thought that i might have been rooted since i can run diff rom managers, i do have super user access, titanium back up and a few others must have root apps. But i will try and thank you very much sir

If Titanium Backup asked for Superuser permission and you granted and TB did not say you are not rooted then you are correct, you are rooted. My answer still holds to go to post 2 to get the proper recovery.
Edit: + 10 on not using ROM Manager. (from Andros11 below)

Do not use Rom Manager. You can either flash Entropy's DD kernel to get red cwm recovery or look in the iset thread for gtg's guide for installing cwm, and use method 1 which requires you have the 3e modded recovery.
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ok ok for sure thank you very much i was wondering what i was doing wrong so i will take it all back to stock and start from scratch on this one here. But one more question i feel like there is an instability in the os so this what really prompted me to root this phone. The usb works at times, it turns on when it wants, it turns off and locks freezes completely when it wants, to turn it on i have to remove the battery put it back in then when the battery shows i have to plug in to the usb port for the computer to get it to start. Overall i do not know what my friend did to his phone but it's a night mare. have you heard of this occuring with anybody else sir?
But i have managed to unlock and get free wifi hotspot out of it smh

I like your approach, however it sounds like the problems may be related more to:
a : power button may be sticking
b: may have issues with usb connection, either on phone or on computer or both.
Before you go any further, make a backup of the current rom on the phone if possible.

Understood, i will flash the new CWM, back up then progress forward on that note. As for the usb i've used several and the one i am using right now is not registering where it did yesterday, and it is like a females emotions very fickle in nature. I will play with it a lil bit more to see if i can download via usb if not i'll use the sd-ms card to pick up the files and move forward at that point. Thank you very much sir you have been a big !!