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So i've been here on the Sidekick 4G forums since the day its been made. From the first thread to the one your on right now. And i saw as development began to pick up many new Sidekick 4G users or people new to android in general have questions and some of these questions get asked multiple times and is answered by the same people all the time. We all do our best to keep a friendly atmosphere on the forums and make everyone here feel comfortable and welcome. But sometimes when the same people answer the same question 30+ times they may get a bit impatient and loose their friendly outlook, although they mean no harm.. they can still get frustrated. So thats why i decided to make this thread, i saw how well it works in other Forums and hopefully it helps here too.
First and foremost, this is the development section, not Q&A. If you need to ask a question such as "how do i...", "what does...do/mean", etc post it in the general section as we do not yet have a Q&A. Or simply post it here and i'll answer it for you. it is much better than to have 5+ new questions in the Development section every week and such a small count of ROMs and other things that actually contribute to Development for the Sidekick.
So Lets begin - FAQ
Q - What is Android ?
A - Android is a Mobile OS for smartphones, more specifically it's a version of Linux. There are several versions to date and they all have names as well as version codes. The most recent (at the moment) are Froyo(2.2), Gingerbread(2.3), and Honeycomb(3.0). also theres the upcoming Icecream Sandwich(4.0).
Q - What is Root ?
A- Short answer: If you don't know, you don't need it. Long answer: root is equivalent in Linux to having administrator privileges in Windows. It allows you to change more system settings as well as run apps that need root access. It also allows you to flash custom ROMs as well as do a lot more. Root is for power users, not your average user. Can the average user benefit from root? yes but power users will benefit more. Root can also screw your phone if you don't know what you're doing.
Q - Where can i get root ?
A - There is an easy one Click root method Guide for the SK4G here [GUIDE]SuperOneClick - Root/Unroot Your Samsung Sidekick 4G
Q - What is a Custom ROM ?
A - A Custom ROM, simply put, is software for your phone. It's the main OS and usually includes other apps, tweaks, settings, and things you like that you don't normally find in a stock phone.
Q - Where can i find a custom ROM ?
A - Here in the Devopment Section
Q - How do I flash a ROM ?
A - Short Answer: In Recovery (CWM) wipe data and cache then install XXROMXX.zip from sdcard. Long Answer: Download XXROMXX.zip and put it on the Root of your SDcard, Reboot into recovery and wipe your data and cache from the main menu. Then if you are on a orange Recovery be sure to Check your Mounts (if on RED VOODOO CWM then no need for this) to make Sure they look like this under "Mounts and storage" selection in CWM:
"UNMOUNT CACHE
MOUNT DATA
MOUNT SDCARD
UNMOUNT SYSTEM" - if they do then its safe to flash the zip select flash zip. Now go back to CWM main menu and select install zip from sdcard>choose zip from sdcard>XXROMXX.zip>yes, and the ROM will begin to flash. Once done if your on Orange CWM recovery check your mounts again to make sure they are still the same then select Reboot System Now.
Q - How do i get into recovery ?
Manually, Using the 3ButtonCombo (VolDown+VolUp+POWER, simultaneously) . Or while on the phone, Use an app like quick boot and if your ROM has an extended power menu you will have a recovery option that will boot you into recovery.
Q - How do i Flash a Kernel ?
A - The Same way you would flash a ROM
Q - What is a Kernel ?
A - A kernel is the core of a Linux OS, it's what all the other software is built around. No core/kernel, no OS. A custom kernel enables features that the stock kernel didn't have such as OCing and/or Ext4 capability
Q - How do i flash a modem ?
A - Same way you Flash a ROM
Q - Where can i find other modems ?
A - There are very few at the moment but you can find them in this thread [REF][MODEMS][CWM] Samsung Sidekick 4G
Q - How do i know what modem im currently on ?
A - Go to setting>about phone and it tells you under Baseband version. The last 3 characters are the code for your current modem.
Q - What is "cooking" a ROM ?
A - Building a ROM from source is usually referred to as "cooking" a ROM, but sometimes cooking can also mean rebuilding a themed ROM.
Q - Where can i find the Best ROM ?
A - There is no best ROM, only ROMs that are best for you. Look through the different ROMs and see which one fits your needs the best.
Q - I tried to flash a ROM now my phone is stuck at the "Sidekick 4G" Slash Screen HELP !?!
A - Most likely you missed a step in the installing process, possibly didnt check your mounts ? try a battery pull, then well if you can get back into recovery try wiping and trying the installation over carefully. If that doesnt work or you cannot get into Recovery your phone can still be recovered you just need to ODIN back to stock
Q - What is ODIN ?
A - Its a firmware flashing software for samsung devices, you can use it to restore you phone back to stock incase you need to return it or if you have softbricked your phone (or whatever else reason), you need to be in download mode for the program to Detect/connect with your device
Q - How do i get into download mode ?
A - Easy way is Using simultaneously holding the Trackpad+volDown+Power. The Fool Proof way is described here in this short post a made for another person having trouble getting into download mode
Q - Where can i find the Odin ROMs ?
A - For the firmware the phone was released with (KD1) Go Here and for the Update that Tmbile began Rolling out on July 21st (KG2) , Go Here
Q - How do i find out what version of android i am on ?
A - Go to Settings>about phone and it tells you under firmware version
Q - i still have questions that you havent answered, Should i make a new thread here ?
A - ... Nope, You can comment below and i can answer your question and add it to the OP if necessary. Or you an make a thread in the general section as we dont yet have a Q&A Section.
Thanks to dbzfanatic for inspiration to make a FAQ for the Sidekick 4G
Hope this is helpful to others ! If you would like/suggest i add anything to this post let me know below.
Many new android member's needed this , thank's for posting ill add it in my bible in a bit .
ayoteddy said:
So i've been here on the Sidekick 4G forums since the day its been made. From the first thread to the one your on right now. And i saw as development began to pick up many new Sidekick 4G users or people new to android in general have questions and some of these questions get asked multiple times and is answered by the same people all the time. We all do our best to keep a friendly atmosphere on the forums and make everyone here feel comfortable and welcome. But sometimes when the same people answer the same question 30+ times they may get a bit impatient and loose their friendly outlook, although they mean no harm.. they can still get frustrated. So thats why i decided to make this thread, i saw how well it works in other Forums and hopefully it helps here too.
First and foremost, this is the development section, not Q&A. If you need to ask a question such as "how do i...", "what does...do/mean", etc post it in the general section as we do not yet have a Q&A. Or simply post it here and i'll answer it for you. it is much better than to have 5+ new questions in the Development section every week and such a small count of ROMs and other things that actually contribute to Development for the Sidekick.
So Lets begin - FAQ
Q - What is Android ?
A - Android is a Mobile OS for smartphones, more specifically it's a version of Linux. There are several versions to date and they all have names as well as version codes. The most recent (at the moment) are Froyo(2.2), Gingerbread(2.3), and Honeycomb(3.0). also theres the upcoming Icecream Sandwich(4.0).
Q - What is Root ?
A- Short answer: If you don't know, you don't need it. Long answer: root is equivalent in Linux to having administrator privileges in Windows. It allows you to change more system settings as well as run apps that need root access. It also allows you to flash custom ROMs as well as do a lot more. Root is for power users, not your average user. Can the average user benefit from root? yes but power users will benefit more. Root can also screw your phone if you don't know what you're doing.
Q - Where can i get root ?
A - There is an easy one Click root method Guide for the SK4G here [GUIDE]SuperOneClick - Root/Unroot Your Samsung Sidekick 4G
Q - What is a Custom ROM ?
A - A Custom ROM, simply put, is software for your phone. It's the main OS and usually includes other apps, tweaks, settings, and things you like that you don't normally find in a stock phone.
Q - Where can i find a custom ROM ?
A - Here in the Devopment Section
Q - How do I flash a ROM ?
A - Short Answer: In Recovery (CWM) wipe data and cache then install XXROMXX.zip from sdcard. Long Answer: Download XXROMXX.zip and put it on the Root of your SDcard, Reboot into recovery and wipe your data and cache from the main menu. Then if you are on a orange Recovery be sure to Check your Mounts (if on RED VOODOO CWM then no need for this) to make Sure they look like this under "Mounts and storage" selection in CWM:
"UNMOUNT CACHE
MOUNT DATA
MOUNT SDCARD
UNMOUNT SYSTEM" - if they do then its safe to flash the zip select flash zip. Now go back to CWM main menu and select install zip from sdcard>choose zip from sdcard>XXROMXX.zip>yes, and the ROM will begin to flash. Once done if your on Orange CWM recovery check your mounts again to make sure they are still the same then select Reboot System Now.
Q - How do i get into recovery ?
Manually, Using the 3ButtonCombo (VolDown+VolUp+POWER, simultaneously) . Or while on the phone, Use an app like quick boot and if your ROM has an extended power menu you will have a recovery option that will boot you into recovery.
Q - How do i Flash a Kernel ?
A - The Same way you would flash a ROM
Q - What is a Kernel ?
A - A kernel is the core of a Linux OS, it's what all the other software is built around. No core/kernel, no OS. A custom kernel enables features that the stock kernel didn't have such as OCing and/or Ext4 capability
Q - How do i flash a modem ?
A - Same way you Flash a ROM
Q - Where can i find other modems ?
A - There are very few at the moment but you can find them in this thread [REF][MODEMS][CWM] Samsung Sidekick 4G
Q - How do i know what modem im currently on ?
A - Go to setting>about phone and it tells you under Baseband version. The last 3 characters are the code for your current modem.
Q - What is "cooking" a ROM ?
A - Building a ROM from source is usually referred to as "cooking" a ROM, but sometimes cooking can also mean rebuilding a themed ROM.
Q - Where can i find the Best ROM ?
A - There is no best ROM, only ROMs that are best for you. Look through the different ROMs and see which one fits your needs the best.
Q - I tried to flash a ROM now my phone is stuck at the "Sidekick 4G" Slash Screen HELP !?!
A - Most likely you missed a step in the installing process, possibly didnt check your mounts ? try a battery pull, then well if you can get back into recovery try wiping and trying the installation over carefully. If that doesnt work or you cannot get into Recovery your phone can still be recovered you just need to ODIN back to stock
Q - What is ODIN ?
A - Its a firmware flashing software for samsung devices, you can use it to restore you phone back to stock incase you need to return it or if you have softbricked your phone (or whatever else reason), you need to be in download mode for the program to Detect/connect with your device
Q - How do i get into download mode ?
A - Easy way is Using simultaneously holding the Trackpad+volDown+Power. The Fool Proof way is described here in this short post a made for another person having trouble getting into download mode
Q - Where can i find the Odin ROMs ?
A - For the firmware the phone was released with (KD1) Go Here and for the Update that Tmbile began Rolling out on July 21st (KG2) , Go Here
Q - How do i find out what version of android i am on ?
A - Go to Settings>about phone and it tells you under firmware version
Q - i still have questions that you havent answered, Should i make a new thread here ?
A - ... Nope, You can comment below and i can answer your question and add it to the OP if necessary. Or you an make a thread in the general section as we dont yet have a Q&A Section.
Thanks to dbzfanatic for inspiration to make a FAQ for the Sidekick 4G
Hope this is helpful to others ! If you would like/suggest i add anything to this post let me know below.
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Revolution said:
Many new android member's needed this , thank's for posting ill add it in my bible in a bit .
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thanks, no need to quote the entire post though cause its pretty long
Sorry ^.^ breh
very hepful faq. much needed imo.
although, i do have a question. i have orange cwm, where can i find the flashable *.zip file for red voodoo cwm?
ive been messing with android for a while, so im not a noob, but i just cant seem to find an answer to this question.
thanks
EDIT: ahhh, nevermind i found the answer. the "reboot into recovery" option in rom manager takes me to orange cwm, but manual button combo takes me to red voodoo cwm. so all is good. thanks
Red CWM is only found in the Bali kernel, as it includes the Voodoo Tweaks, that are only implemented in the Bali kernel. Orange CWM will work fine if you wish to use a stock kernel and CWM.
Another question to add:
How do I flash these Extras? AOSP Lockscreen, Battery Icons, etc.
Kuzar said:
Another question to add:
How do I flash these Extras? AOSP Lockscreen, Battery Icons, etc.
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put the zip on the sdcard then wipe dalvik cache choose the zip file wipe dalvik cache again and reboot the system
What is busybox?
Hi, last night I installed lighting rom and I see this Busybox installer. What's that for? SHould I ionstall it? (noob explanation please) Thanks
Busybox is a system tool kit, that provides a small, but extremely useful version of most system tools. It is smaller than a full blown gnu-utils install, providing core utlities to the system and usr, while saving space, ideal for embedded systems like your phone. The sidekick stock roms use toolbox, which is a completely barebones tool kit, borderline useless (imho).
The system itself is fine with toolbox, and most busybox installs leave toolbox as the primary tool.
Why you as a user would want to install busybox is convienence, as the busybox tools are infinetely better. If you dont muck around with the system (through connectbot or android commander or adb) and dont install any apps tha specifically need busbox (some root required apps might need it) you will never use it.
Tl:dr version, if you dont know what it is, you dont need it yet
This thread is now stickied by request to prevent confusion and duplicates.
A very good FAQ, very informative. Thanks.
Thanks! Great thread...tons of information.
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My Sidekick 4g is running very slow. I've started shutting it down at least once a day, but even when it first boots, it runs slow.
It's stock...right now. Trying to figure out which ROM would be best...I am not a heavy user, and I have the 3G turned off, in a feeble attempt to conserve battery life.
Assuming I can get this rooted (looks simple), does anyone have a suggested ROM I should try for speed and good battery life?
Thanks!
fuzzie said:
Thanks! Great thread...tons of information.
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My Sidekick 4g is running very slow. I've started shutting it down at least once a day, but even when it first boots, it runs slow.
It's stock...right now. Trying to figure out which ROM would be best...I am not a heavy user, and I have the 3G turned off, in a feeble attempt to conserve battery life.
Assuming I can get this rooted (looks simple), does anyone have a suggested ROM I should try for speed and good battery life?
Thanks!
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Turning 3G (or did you mean 4G?) Off won't really save battery life since your internet runs on the same radio (sprint's 4G wimax uses different radios so having 4G on sucks battery life bad) turning off wifi and gps will help a little. You should definitely flash a custom rom, they will help in both speed and battery life. You can go by date, the newer the ROM is the better because the devs have been able to grow and add more tweaks over time. Currently glorious overdose is your best bet, ICS looks promising but has some bugs to be worked out to make it good for every day use.
I think I got root...not sure how to check.
SuperOneClick didn't work for me, though.
I put the ROM on the SD card, booted into recovery, and it says it is in manual mode. Tried installing the ROM, claims bad fingerprint.
Ugh.
Any suggestions?
Thanks!
I'm not able to get root access, it keeps getting stuck on step #7, what is strange is that apps that would normally only work on rooted phones, work perfectly well on the sidekick now, even though superoneclick claims that my phone is not rooted. It seems I am semi rooted? Sounds stupid, but those apps work.
Sent from my Htcclay's SuperCM7 G2 using XDA App
can i get a new bootloader?
dj2muchxx said:
I'm not able to get root access, it keeps getting stuck on step #7, what is strange is that apps that would normally only work on rooted phones, work perfectly well on the sidekick now, even though superoneclick claims that my phone is not rooted. It seems I am semi rooted? Sounds stupid, but those apps work.
Sent from my Htcclay's SuperCM7 G2 using XDA App
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Use Titanium Backup to update superuser. If you really have root, then su app is all you are missing. What's step #7?
Hello, I've been using lightning Rom on my sdk4g for a while now and it's giving me a hard time so I want to try something new.
1. Could you recommend me the latest and best Rom for my sidekick?
2. What are the steps to change Roms?
Have a nice day and thanks in advance! :0)
4G Random Bootloop
Hey guys, I rooted and flashed Bali 2.2 and a custom rom thinking it would fix the random boot-loops, but it hasn't. It's not all the time, just sometimes, maybe when the cache is too full? I remember old versions of CM used to have random reboots when the cache was full. But I'm not sure why the phone would just do that. I'm seeing suggestions to flash back to odin, but I'm attempting to avoid that. Any suggestions?
Thanks.
Hello,
I have bought a North American (Canadian, to be exact) Galaxy Gio (S5660M, with an additional "M" from the European model).
There are lots of tutorials about S5660 rooting and unlocking, but none for S5660M. There has been some reports that flashing S5660 firmware on S5660M to root and unlock made their phones unusable (randomly changing screen brightness, etc).
I tried searching on google and XDA, but could not find any relating to S5660M.
Is it too early to see any rooting/unlocking on S5660M?
Thank you very much!
Hello,
After some reading on here to compare unlock methods, I decided to take the leap into the unknown. I used the one published in this thread. (EDIT: Check out this one instead, perfectly safe.) (It turns out that the Gravity Smart, Galaxy Q, 551, 550, Mini, Ace, Fit, and Gio are siblings in a few respects. They all share Qualcomm 7x27 family SoCs.)
One deviation from the above linked thread is that SuperOneClick does not work on the 2.3.4 MUGK3 firmware. Updated versions of SuperOneClick do work with the firmware. Worst case scenario the program won't finish gracefully, but you'll have a root shell and you can work from there.
I've uploaded my modified superuser zip that'll work with the 5660M. Install through recovery mode. Removed - the superuser files within were long obsolete. Get the current ones through proper channels.
I wouldn't risk flashing the ROMs posted here until we can get a complete backup ROM, either from samfirmware.com (they don't have one yet) or through efforts here. I'll be starting another thread here for that purpose. Backup made a long time ago and SamMobile has had an official Odin image for some time as well.
There's been some issues reported with the 5660M, ranging from odd screen brightness behavior to bricking. (Many ROMs initially posted for the 5660, left "as is" also flash both the kernel and radio: not good.)
Goodbye,
Darkshado
Thank you for the reply! I have successfully rooted & unlocked using the modified zip. I am not sure if it was your's (I have done it prior to looking at your reply... ), but it worked!
thank you!
Darkshado said:
Hello,
After some reading on here to compare unlock methods, I decided to take the leap into the unknown. I used the one published in this thread. (It turns out that the Mini, Ace and Gio are siblings in a few respects.) Make extra sure to follow the steps intelligently, especially the bit right after you get your code.
One deviation from the above linked thread is that SuperOneClick does not work on the 2.3.4 MUGK3 firmware.
I've uploaded my modified superuser zip that'll work with the 5660M. Install through recovery mode.
I wouldn't risk flashing the ROMs posted here until we can get a complete backup ROM, either from samfirmware.com (they don't have one yet) or through efforts here. I'll be starting another thread here for that purpose.
There's been some issues reported with the 5660M, ranging from odd screen brightness behavior to bricking. (The ROMs posted for the 5660, left "as is" also flash both the kernel and radio: not good.)
Goodbye,
Darkshado
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could you tell me how I could unlock my phone too.
New tonight
Just picked up a GIO here tonight.
BTW Future Shop in Canada has these on for $80 right now.
I think this is a great deal, for a very responsive 2.3 android phone.
OK,
So S5660m - is the version in canada it would seem.. I think there are going to be quite a lot of owners because of the pricing.
We should use this thread or another to setup a difinitive list of what works.
1. How to root the phone.
2. Unlocks that work - I have heard some methods brick Ms very easy. What is the best unlock method specific to the M
3. What ROMs can we use? do we need to have our own set of modified roms because of the modem portion?
4. Overclocking.. I have heard these can clock up to 1100 and run awsome!!
This is my wish list.
James
Hello James. Welcome to XDA.
Whoa there early thread starter! Use the search engine before even thinking of starting another thread. We don't have a dedicated Gio forum at the moment so things are scattered all over. Advanced search is handy as it outputs threads instead of posts.
Biker1bob said:
1. How to root the phone.
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Same as a lot of other phones, apply a zip file through CWM. You could also flash an already rooted ROM with Odin.
2. Unlocks that work - I have heard some methods brick Ms very easy. What is the best unlock method specific to the M
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The bml5 method is safe. I noticed I had left a link to the older and unsafe stl5 method in my post above and removed it.
And keep your unlock code accessible somewhere on the phone. This phone is known to relock itself to Bell in some specific scenarios.
3. What ROMs can we use? do we need to have our own set of modified roms because of the modem portion
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Yes, and no. If you only flash system.rfs, and maybe boot.img, it should work based on what others have reported.
I've cooked up a ROM for the 5660M that's called ArpegGioMod if you want to have a look.
Another point to consider if you want to run your phone in French: the Eurasian ROMs may or may not have that locale, and will likely have an AZERTY keyboard instead of a QWERTY one.
Do not flash radio (AMSS) or the other bootloaders from the Euro 5660. The former will make you lose all cellphone connection, the latter is unnecessary and increases your chances of bricking.
4. Overclocking.. I have heard these can clock up to 1100 and run awsome!!
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Where'd you get that? The only kernel mods I've seen so far for any Gio are all ramdisk modifications that left the stock kernel untouched.
Just to clairify darkshadow, by "bml5 method" you mean this ?
0) brand new locked GT-S5660M phone frome the store
1A) root the device using this zip
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=16962635&postcount=2
simplest method :
1.1 To begin, download the zip file from the link above and copy it to the root of your SD card.
1.2 Power the phone off.
1.3 Boot into recovery mode by holding the middle button and pressing the power button.
1.4 Once in recovery mode, select update from sdcard and choose the update.zip that you copied to your SD card.
1.5 Let the file flash and once done, reboot your phone.
OR
1B Follow EDIT2, for temp rooting on same URL below
2. Follow exact instructions as per here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=17148825&postcount=334
(with the slight modification for HEX code to search specified here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=17311381&postcount=358 )
Question: Does it matter if there is a SIM card in the phone when following these instructions ?
Any thoughts about "Network Lock Control Key" ?? ( ... would appear that this shows up as a separate issue for some users some time after unlocking see:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=992564 )
THANK YOU so much for confirming I got this right....I just want to make sure I am not missing anything, and these instructions are really safe as far as you know before attempting anything.
Darkshado said:
Hello James. Welcome to XDA.
Whoa there early thread starter! Use the search engine before even thinking of starting another thread. We don't have a dedicated Gio forum at the moment so things are scattered all over. Advanced search is handy as it outputs threads instead of posts.
Same as a lot of other phones, apply a zip file through CWM. You could also flash an already rooted ROM with Odin.
The bml5 method is safe. I noticed I had left a link to the older and unsafe stl5 method in my post above and removed it.
And keep your unlock code accessible somewhere on the phone. This phone is known to relock itself to Bell in some specific scenarios.
Yes, and no. If you only flash system.rfs, and maybe boot.img, it should work based on what others have reported.
I've cooked up a ROM for the 5660M that's called ArpegGioMod if you want to have a look.
Another point to consider if you want to run your phone in French: the Eurasian ROMs may or may not have that locale, and will likely have an AZERTY keyboard instead of a QWERTY one.
Do not flash radio (AMSS) or the other bootloaders from the Euro 5660. The former will make you lose all cellphone connection, the latter is unnecessary and increases your chances of bricking.
Where'd you get that? The only kernel mods I've seen so far for any Gio are all ramdisk modifications that left the stock kernel untouched.
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so i'm pretty new here... i have a gio n my usb port is messed up.. i wiped tha phone the other day n the network lock came back on.. so seeing that i can't use any usb what should i do?
thanks in advance
IMEI: Mod Edit: IMEI # Removed...not a great idea to post them on a public forum
Let me start with things you shouldn't do:
-Resurrect two year old, stale, threads.
-Post your IMEI for everyone to see.
Exactly *how* is your USB port messed up? Just not talking to the computer or not working at all?
Are you rooted? If not, get that sorted out by using one of the exploits that worked on Gingerbread. You'll have to do it manually, no SuperOneClick for you. (Although the binaries included might come in handy.)
It is possible to do the commands to get bml5 via a terminal emulator app, and then transfer that file over wi-fi. (Samba, WebDAV, FTP, Dropbox, etc...)
I'm not sure anymore if this is possible in GB, look into using ADB over wi-fi instead of USB. I've sold my Gio months ago, and all of my current devices run 4.1+.
Hi guys I'm new to this flashing etc world. I used rom manager and installed the wrong clokworldmod and my phone only loads samsung galaxy s 4g screen. I saw the thread about not using rom manager but I already did yesterdey. I'm trying to gain access to download mode with odin but I'm not able to get in!
Drake316PR said:
Hi guys I'm new to this flashing etc world. I used rom manager and installed the wrong clokworldmod and my phone only loads samsung galaxy s 4g screen. I saw the thread about not using rom manager but I already did yesterdey. I'm trying to gain access to download mode with odin but I'm not able to get in!
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yeah, ROM Manager is a bad thing when it comes to our phone.
ODIN does not put your phone in download mode. There are numerous ways to accomplish that and those are outlined in a few different posts here as well as the wiki.
Do you know if you were on Froyo or Gingerbread before you tried to flash something? Also, what ROM did you try to flash? Going from Froyo to Gingerbread, and vice versa, requires you to flash the proper boot loaders.
I suggest checking out Lumin30's [GUIDES] Fresh out of box Galaxy S 4G [SOLVED] | Heimdall One-Click For Dummies. Awesome guides and they should get you back to a working status.
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I was on Gingerbread 2.3.6 something like that, I wanted to flash to Vahalla Black but didn't even get close to that process sorry for my english. I will check the guides thanks for the fast respond! Thanks again already on download mode!
No worries on the English; you did quite well
Let us know how it goes and if you need help. There are plenty of us here that can help. Once you get the one-click installed, you should be able to flash Valhalla Black with no problem.
Good luck!
Just fine I think
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Thanks!!
Thank you very much!! Fixed my phone thanks to you and XDA! I will try to install a custom rom this time I hope to do it well thanks to the links you provided.
Question about flashing ROM
Hi, I fell I'm missing something I don't know where to start so I can flash my already rooted phone with Vahalla Black. Sometimes I read use CWM, other post dont use it,etc I feel lost here. Could you just let me know what I need to flash, software etc.
Drake316PR said:
Hi, I fell I'm missing something I don't know where to start so I can flash my already rooted phone with Vahalla Black. Sometimes I read use CWM, other post dont use it,etc I feel lost here. Could you just let me know what I need to flash, software etc.
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Use the method in the guide in the first link of my signature. Look for Flashing Custom ROM's. You will be using CWM to get Valhalla Black on your phone. The guide has step by step directions.
Hi i did go to Xperia Developer thread but it said i can only ask questions in General forums.
So here i am i really need help, i rooted my Xperia Arc and almost nothing is working, i can't turn on the Wifi, mobil network works for a second then the phone shuts down mobil netorks, keypad, etc.
When i start my phone i get: unfortunately, the process com.android.phone has stopped, when i try doing something else i get alot of "unfortunately" messages. please help.
I followed every instruction for rooting i have the 2.6.32.9- DooMKernel, almost all apps are gone and the superuser app have 0 apps in it.
Hi zobar,
There are General & Q&A forums for the Xperia Arc and you'll get users there with the same device, whereas this is a general forum for anything to do with any phone, regardless of make/model/os.
Do some reading in both the General & Q&A sections in this forum...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=962
If you can't find an answer then start a thread in the Q&A forum, as that's where all questions should be posted. The only place you can't currently post are development forums, but they're only for releasing development work anyway.
Hope you get your problem sorted
Try rebooting
zobar said:
Hi i did go to Xperia Developer thread but it said i can only ask questions in General forums.
So here i am i really need help, i rooted my Xperia Arc and almost nothing is working, i can't turn on the Wifi, mobil network works for a second then the phone shuts down mobil netorks, keypad, etc.
When i start my phone i get: unfortunately, the process com.android.phone has stopped, when i try doing something else i get alot of "unfortunately" messages. please help.
I followed every instruction for rooting i have the 2.6.32.9- DooMKernel, almost all apps are gone and the superuser app have 0 apps in it.
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Rebooting might help. Or you can restore an old ROM.
TrueXdaNoob said:
Rebooting might help. Or you can restore an old ROM.
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Hi can you please explain how i can restor an old ROM? i made a thread here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1838479
I rebooted and it's still the same, im sure i installed everything correctly as it all worked as instructed its just the end result im stuck with broken phone sort of, i can see my pictures in the widget picture thingy but there is no internet, no apps, i cant install any widgets as it tells me to install widget app.
Straightforward answer
Before a more experienced member rightfully closes this thread I will try to help you.
Download flashtool. A simple google search will sort that out.
Install it. The program will have a picture of a lightning bolt as its logo.
Find the stock firmware for your device. Search for that in google.
After downloading the firmware you should see it has a .ftf at the end.
Go into computer then flashtool then firmware. then drag and drop the .ftf into that folder.
Close the folder.
connect your arc.
Open the flashtool program.
Click the bolt icon in the top left.
select the name of the firmware you downloaded in the left panel. it will highlight blue.
Click ok (bottom right).
A box will appear telling you to put your device into flash mode. Follow the instructions it gives.
Once this is done the box will dissapear and firmware will flash.
Finally device will reboot and phone will be back to normal.
Hope it works for you. :good: Please thank me with the button if you appreciate my efforts. Please post in more appropriate places in future and someone will answer quicker. Sorry if this isn't what you wanted.
baddaman54 said:
Before a more experienced member rightfully closes this thread I will try to help you.
Download flashtool. A simple google search will sort that out.
Install it. The program will have a picture of a lightning bolt as its logo.
Find the stock firmware for your device. Search for that in google.
After downloading the firmware you should see it has a .ftf at the end.
Go into computer then flashtool then firmware. then drag and drop the .ftf into that folder.
Close the folder.
connect your arc.
Open the flashtool program.
Click the bolt icon in the top left.
select the name of the firmware you downloaded in the left panel. it will highlight blue.
Click ok (bottom right).
A box will appear telling you to put your device into flash mode. Follow the instructions it gives.
Once this is done the box will dissapear and firmware will flash.
Finally device will reboot and phone will be back to normal.
Hope it works for you. :good: Please thank me with the button if you appreciate my efforts. Please post in more appropriate places in future and someone will answer quicker. Sorry if this isn't what you wanted.
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Thanks alot im going to try it out but, wil that make my phone normal? not root anymore?... if so that kinda sucks, i wish to have a rooted phone.
yes it will make it 'normal'. From there I suggest following a youtube tutorial about rooting properly. This way you will avoid bricking your device again.
baddaman54 said:
yes it will make it 'normal'. From there I suggest following a youtube tutorial about rooting properly. This way you will avoid bricking your device again.
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DO you have any good new karnels? or any guides please? i followed one and bricked it so maybe the guide i used was bad? :S
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Did my unbrick guide work? SO your device is ok now? I hope so.
Here is a mini guide about phone terms. Sorry if you know this already.
Rooting is simply giving your phone administrators rights. No roms or anything. Once rooted you could install clockworkmod which would allow you to install a rom that would work on you STOCK kernel (the one that comes with xperia).
A kernel is a set of instructions to a phone. different kernels or custom kernels (not stock) enable you to flash some more advanced roms as not all roms will work on STOCK kernel.
Also, in most cases, different kernels allow overclock and undervolt. These things allow you to make your device run faster.
Unlocking your bootloader is required to install a custom kernel. Unlocking a bootloader can be difficult and if done wrong, can brick your device completely.(make it useless like a brick) This is why I did not do it until a few days ago - because I was scared.
If I was to recommend a rom, I would say cyanogenmod (cm for short). They focus on getting the galaxy nexus android - pure version.
You flash kernels with flashtool. But you MUST have an unlocked bootloader to do this.
If your device is fixed now i would say google cyanogen mod 9(ice cream sandwich) or 10 (jelly bean). CM10 is less stable (not everything works) than cm9. but cm10 is more fun. make sure you look at guides for your device and not any random one.
Sorry for the lecture. Thank if you found this useful. I appreciate it. Sorry if this isn't what you wanted.
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if you do not understand anything or want to ask anything else please feel free. Also you can check out videos of roms for your device on youtube and choose one you like. then look for tutorials on xda or youtube.
baddaman54 said:
Did my unbrick guide work? SO your device is ok now? I hope so.
Here is a mini guide about phone terms. Sorry if you know this already.
Rooting is simply giving your phone administrators rights. No roms or anything. Once rooted you could install clockworkmod which would allow you to install a rom that would work on you STOCK kernel (the one that comes with xperia).
A kernel is a set of instructions to a phone. different kernels or custom kernels (not stock) enable you to flash some more advanced roms as not all roms will work on STOCK kernel.
Also, in most cases, different kernels allow overclock and undervolt. These things allow you to make your device run faster.
Unlocking your bootloader is required to install a custom kernel. Unlocking a bootloader can be difficult and if done wrong, can brick your device completely.(make it useless like a brick) This is why I did not do it until a few days ago - because I was scared.
If I was to recommend a rom, I would say cyanogenmod (cm for short). They focus on getting the galaxy nexus android - pure version.
You flash kernels with flashtool. But you MUST have an unlocked bootloader to do this.
If your device is fixed now i would say google cyanogen mod 9(ice cream sandwich) or 10 (jelly bean). CM10 is less stable (not everything works) than cm9. but cm10 is more fun. make sure you look at guides for your device and not any random one.
Sorry for the lecture. Thank if you found this useful. I appreciate it. Sorry if this isn't what you wanted.
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if you do not understand anything or want to ask anything else please feel free. Also you can check out videos of roms for your device on youtube and choose one you like. then look for tutorials on xda or youtube.
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Hi almost everything worked out in the end just one problem left, the mobile network after rooting it tunring on and off like its droping the signal and after min it regains it, its a constant loop with network off and on.
Try switching on airplane mode and then switching off. This will restart your phone's radio and may fix this. Otherwise I am not sure. Great to hear it all went well
baddaman54 said:
Try switching on airplane mode and then switching off. This will restart your phone's radio and may fix this. Otherwise I am not sure. Great to hear it all went well
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Somehow insalling he ROM you told me about the c9 fixed my network connection but now this ROM has no Google Play store in it =/ what do i do? i wanted to download youtube.
Thank you so much for all the help just need google play and im all good.
zobar said:
Somehow insalling he ROM you told me about the c9 fixed my network connection but now this ROM has no Google Play store in it =/ what do i do? i wanted to download youtube.
Thank you so much for all the help just need google play and im all good.
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Try browsing to http://play.google.com from your phone.
mf2112 said:
Try browsing to http://play.google.com from your phone.
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Thanks everyone for being such undersanding community i finally managed to do everything i wanted, i installed Google play from Gapps: http://goo.im/gapps
Im loving the Cyanogenmod 9, its so cool
Just fyi I think he forgot to wipe data possibly, this can be the cause when the roms are 'half compatible'
Also, it wasn't bricked because it actually turned on
Sent from my ARCHOS 80G9 using Tapatalk 2
Great to hear my friend! need anything, just PM me.
Good to see you offer support
PCD Chaser/ LG Chaser
I can't find a thing on this phone at all and im trying to figure out a way to root my LG Chaser..
nickmahuta said:
I can't find a thing on this phone at all and im trying to figure out a way to root my LG Chaser..
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Good to hear. Try SuperoneClick. Have to say that I am surprised that this thread wasn't closed.
all good now.
Deftone said:
Good to hear. Try SuperoneClick. Have to say that I am surprised that this thread wasn't closed.
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I have found a root method now.
you use Poot-debug.apk and Ministro II.apk
Hey everyone,
I have a rooted Infuse that I've gotten stuck in recovery mode and I'm looking for some help! I have flashed several different ROMs over the last year but made a mistake last week by trying to take a short cut... Ya I know, noobie move. I had installed a rom and set up my phone but forgot to instal BLNTouchwake (it was compatible with the ROM) so I booted into recover any tried to install BLN without factory reseting and doing everything all over again. It messed up my phone a bit but I was able to flash a ROM onto it again and it worked until today. I tried to flash Carbon Rom 1.7 and it will no longer load a ROM. I am getting error status 0 and can't successfully flash a ROM anymore. I read a little bit about error 0 and that it's caused by a script error but that's starting to go beyond my technical knowledge and I have no idea how to correct that.
If someone could please give me some steps to try to get my phone up and running again that would be awesome!
Thanks,
Wardo
wardo777 said:
Hey everyone,
I have a rooted Infuse that I've gotten stuck in recovery mode and I'm looking for some help! I have flashed several different ROMs over the last year but made a mistake last week by trying to take a short cut... Ya I know, noobie move. I had installed a rom and set up my phone but forgot to instal BLNTouchwake (it was compatible with the ROM) so I booted into recover any tried to install BLN without factory reseting and doing everything all over again. It messed up my phone a bit but I was able to flash a ROM onto it again and it worked until today. I tried to flash Carbon Rom 1.7 and it will no longer load a ROM. I am getting error status 0 and can't successfully flash a ROM anymore. I read a little bit about error 0 and that it's caused by a script error but that's starting to go beyond my technical knowledge and I have no idea how to correct that.
If someone could please give me some steps to try to get my phone up and running again that would be awesome!
Thanks,
Wardo
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may need to start over from gb stock.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=28323349&postcount=4 - look here for some links
or this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1629079
post #3 - just the kernel flash may be enough to get you back on cm10 track..if not start over from gb
need to know how to use heimdall..if you don't read the heimdall thread...just make sure to read all of it...some due diligence is needed
if you're not comfy with heimdall...use odin - i can't offer much help there
Thank you! I have been looking through threads all day trying to get this right. I have a Rogers infuse so I believe that I need the UXKG3 kernel but I have not found a single link that is still working to download them. Will the UCLB kernel work for my phone or will that create the rainbow effect on my screen?
qkster said:
may need to start over from gb stock.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=28323349&postcount=4 - look here for some links
or this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1629079
post #3 - just the kernel flash may be enough to get you back on cm10 track..if not start over from gb
need to know how to use heimdall..if you don't read the heimdall thread...just make sure to read all of it...some due diligence is needed
if you're not comfy with heimdall...use odin - i can't offer much help there
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wardo777 said:
Thank you! I have been looking through threads all day trying to get this right. I have a Rogers infuse so I believe that I need the UXKG3 kernel but I have not found a single link that is still working to download them. Will the UCLB kernel work for my phone or will that create the rainbow effect on my screen?
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roger's phone comes preloaded with bootloaders...it is unlikely that you will get rainbows..if you're looking to get to jb..start with any gb..then ics..then jb