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I got one question but not sure if this is the right one.
Phone is rooted and installed Rom Manager. Once I clicked Rom Manager, it asks me 'confirm phone model'. I don't see samsung infuse on the list but only
Galaxy S Fascinate , Vibrant, Captvate, Galaxy S4G, Si9000. Which one I should use?

mbworldz said:
I got one question but not sure if this is the right one.
Phone is rooted and installed Rom Manager. Once I clicked Rom Manager, it asks me 'confirm phone model'. I don't see samsung infuse on the list but only
Galaxy S Fascinate , Vibrant, Captvate, Galaxy S4G, Si9000. Which one I should use?
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Doesn't matter, only one dev ever released ROMs via ROM Manager, and he pulled those releases because ROM Manager caused too many problems:
1) Green CWM would mis-flash too often
2) Those who did successfully flash would come to the dev thread without reading the first post of the dev thread. Manual downloads force people to at least read part of the first post.

[Q] soft bricked s4g now stuck in voodoo

First off, Thanks to everyone for the posts and for future patience.
I know there has been a lot of discussion on this subject, but I seem to have elevated it to a new level of loopy. Bear with me, please; I'll make whatever changes needed. I have researched/read a lot tried many of the recommended procedures and frankly, I think it has all become mud stew in my head. My wife is none too happy, and if you guys could help me save my genitals/marriage, I'd be much appreciative.
The facts: 1 T-Mobile SGS4G t959v, 1 Mac os X 10.6.8, 1 Heimdall 1.3.1 and 1 ticked-off wife.
So, following the xda forum, I successfully rooted the device. Then I downloaded ROM manager and installed CwM (now I realize the error of my ways), downloaded and flashed Bionix. Phone looped "3e" recovery.
After much research, found heimdall on XDA, and was able to get the recovery image changed to CwM Voodoo Lagfix Recovery v3.0.2.8x. Now, I'm looping that recovery. Tried the bali 3.3 kernel, flashed just fine. found sgs4g official gb2.3.6....Rom, flashed just fine. Still, I remain at the red voodoo screen.
Obviously, I can access the sd card through my mac, and have tried various update.zip procedures, and various ROMs.
So, I've been reading for several days now, poring over these and other forums, and if I understand it correctly, bali3.3_heimdall.tar.gz (thank you very much!) is supposed to undo the ROM manager screw up from earlier (and I can only think that I am missing some critical info here), but no, still looking at the voodoo recovery.
I AM kind of new to this, however I have rooted and modded 4- MyTough 3g's and a defy, All running CMx.
Thanks again,
SN

Try disabling voodoo lag fix and see if that helps
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Thanks again,
it's done, with no change.

You are aware that Bali3.3 is a Froyo kernel? If the last rom you flashed was GB 2.3.6 then try flashing a GB kernel and make sure your mounts are correct.

missed the bali/froyo. does this imply that I might flash a froyo rom over bali? or do I need to flash a gb kernel for the 2.3.6 rom? Also, I'm using heimdall and I don't know how to use non-.tar files with it; or if you can.

supernugget said:
missed the bali/froyo. does this imply that I might flash a froyo rom over bali? or do I need to flash a gb kernel for the 2.3.6 rom? Also, I'm using heimdall and I don't know how to use non-.tar files with it; or if you can.
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:facepalm:
There are line-by-line instructions all over this forum to install kernels and custom roms.
The search button is your best friend here. Use it! Google can also search the xda forum... try starting your search with: site:forum.xda-developers.com
For example:
Code:
site:forum.xda-developers.com Galaxy S 4G Heimdall
or
Code:
site:forum.xda-developers.com galaxy s 4g download mode
Learning to use XDA will help you find what you need. Following the rules will help you get answers.
I say all this, because every problem you are having is already answered in this forum!

Please use the Q&A Forum for questions Thanks
Moving to Q&A

[Q] Galaxy S2 Skyrocket - CM9 Nightly from July24th

After much reading through these forums, coming from never having flashed a ROM before, I was able to successfully flash and am thus enjoying CM9. I had been waiting for this to come out for the Skyrocket since I bought the phone last year, so, thanks
My question(s) is in relation to CWM Touch. I would like to update CWM to CWM Touch.
1) Is CWM Touch going to foul up any part of CM9? (that is, prior to CM9 i had CWM installed, but now due to "internetz confusionz" am unsure if the current version of CWM after CM9 flash, is one that came with CM9, or not)
2) Where I've read to basically never go near ROM Manager for flashing CM9 for now, what about using it to update its own CWM to CWM Touch? I see the option to do so but when I click it, it reads along the lines of "You must first install CWM before installing Touch"....which i thought i...or at least CM9 did..see question 1.
3) Alternate method to #2, I found " download.clockworkmod.com / recoveries / recovery-clockwork-touch-5.8.4.3-skyrocket.zip "and have downloaded it. I thought perhaps I could simply flash this through CWM itself (due to another post somewhere saying this was ok, but it referenced a SGS2, not a skyrocket). Will doing it this way force me to reinstall CM9 (as yet, still other, posts on the internetz would have me believe?)
Overall the goal is to end up with CWM Touch and not have to reinstall CM9 as i've spent far too long customizing the crap out of (and enjoying) it.
thanks!

This is the general section. This thread belongs in the Q&A section.

General is for anything and everything so don't sweat it man. And for the using of ROM Manager I think you should be good to flash touch through it, although I have never tried. I flashed mine via Odin. As for the question will it affect your cm9 the answer is no.
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Incorrect ^^^^
Q&a is where questions belong. Reported.
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SGH-I727 using Tapatalk, running cm9. Trouble searching? http://www.googleguide.com/advanced_operators.html

Swisser said:
General is for anything and everything so don't sweat it man. And for the using of ROM Manager I think you should be good to flash touch through it, although I have never tried. I flashed mine via Odin. As for the question will it affect your cm9 the answer is no.
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lolno. If it was for anything then we wouldnt have a Q&A section and it would just be in general.

Although I marked the post as a question during submission, I have no problem with an Admin moving my post to a proper section if it will yield more responses so that I may average out any and all contradictions as well as receive answers to all questions.
thank you

To answer your question, recovery has NOTHING whatsoever to do with a ROM. They are completely independent. You can flash any recovery and it will not affect your ROM. Some ppl had issues with the new CWM recovery so I would recommend you to stay away. I do not know if it was fixed. I would highly recommend sk8terwiki's (sorry sk8 if I butchered the spelling ) 5.5.0.4 v4.2 recovery in the dev section. Its the one I use and it gets the job done. He has a zip that you can flash in CWM. I have not used TWRP but heard good things about it. To install twrp just get goo manager from market, hit menu->install open recovery script.
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rolled the (weighted) dice based on swisser's response.
I "Installed" CWM via Rom Manager. What this really did was update me from 5.0.0.27 to 5.8.4.3 for the skyrocket (after i chose it from a menu).
*As discussed 30 something pages deep in the CM9 General thread, this **BROKE** the ability to flash anything from *EXTERNAL* SD Cards. Flashing from Internal worked fine, so I rebooted my phone and copied over the 5.8.4.3 CWM Touch i had downloaded from the site in my first post, to my Internal SD Card. Rebooted back to CWM and flashed from internal SD and now i have CWM Touch Working.
I've run out of tools and toys to flash so i haven't tested if CWM Touch will flash from External SD, but according to that thread, it does.
One thing i've noticed *MISSING/REMOVED.../Moved(?)* (basically i couldnt find the ****er) was the ability to Mount USB Storage while in CWM. This was a handy escape route for me previously and i'm sad to see it (seemingly) gone in both TOUCH and NONTOUCH 5.8.4.3

Moved to Q&A. General is not for "anything and everything". General is meant for discussions and or news regarding the device . Questions belong in Q&A. Side note OP did you try looking for you answers in CM9 discussion thread in general as well?
Cheers

Hint: I posted a quick fix there..

Guys i have a question rather a really dumb one but i am confused 1stly where cm9 for skyrocket cuz i still can't get it, the only one i got.is.through rom manager and that was build for s2. Is there a way to knew what rom is actually build for ure done through rom manager cuz i have tried a few roms from there but nothing worked rather i have to.restore from Odin everytime i have been unable to get a particular rom from there rather i was able to dload cm7 via the web and am using that but looking for an update, as per the rom i have is sky-ics on cm7 and have no problems with it except recently it has started rebooting or shutting the phone itself and takes a long time to start again but now even that rarely happens but still can anyone help me on this so i can have a proper fix and not end up in the same....
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idlestranger said:
Guys i have a question rather a really dumb one but i am confused 1stly where cm9 for skyrocket cuz i still can't get it, the only one i got.is.through rom manager and that was build for s2. Is there a way to knew what rom is actually build for ure done through rom manager cuz i have tried a few roms from there but nothing worked rather i have to.restore from Odin everytime i have been unable to get a particular rom from there rather i was able to dload cm7 via the web and am using that but looking for an update, as per the rom i have is sky-ics on cm7 and have no problems with it except recently it has started rebooting or shutting the phone itself and takes a long time to start again but now even that rarely happens but still can anyone help me on this so i can have a proper fix and not end up in the same....
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You need to seriously take some time and read. =/

If i would have understood.it i wouldn't have asked the question.. just need a little guidaance please or direct me to the link which can help me.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727 using XDA

idlestranger said:
If i would have understood.it i wouldn't have asked the question.. just need a little guidaance please or direct me to the link which can help me.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727 using XDA
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^^what prbassplayer said. you really really need to read. if none of these roms are working for you: you either dont have a skyrocket, or you're not reading all of the instructions. check out the dev section and the general section. if you read in both those sections you will find cm9. you could probably read my signature too... but dont go doing that until you do a lot of reading first. =/

BStinsonWhadup said:
After much reading through these forums, coming from never having flashed a ROM before, I was able to successfully flash and am thus enjoying CM9. I had been waiting for this to come out for the Skyrocket since I bought the phone last year, so, thanks
My question(s) is in relation to CWM Touch. I would like to update CWM to CWM Touch.
1) Is CWM Touch going to foul up any part of CM9? (that is, prior to CM9 i had CWM installed, but now due to "internetz confusionz" am unsure if the current version of CWM after CM9 flash, is one that came with CM9, or not)
2) Where I've read to basically never go near ROM Manager for flashing CM9 for now, what about using it to update its own CWM to CWM Touch? I see the option to do so but when I click it, it reads along the lines of "You must first install CWM before installing Touch"....which i thought i...or at least CM9 did..see question 1.
3) Alternate method to #2, I found " download.clockworkmod.com / recoveries / recovery-clockwork-touch-5.8.4.3-skyrocket.zip "and have downloaded it. I thought perhaps I could simply flash this through CWM itself (due to another post somewhere saying this was ok, but it referenced a SGS2, not a skyrocket). Will doing it this way force me to reinstall CM9 (as yet, still other, posts on the internetz would have me believe?)
Overall the goal is to end up with CWM Touch and not have to reinstall CM9 as i've spent far too long customizing the crap out of (and enjoying) it.
thanks!
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Just odin cwm touch or re-flash from within current cwm recovery, don't use rom manager.

K thanks slot ill try to search for it then l, i was under the impression that i would be able to upgrade to cm9 since i already am on cm7.
Anyways thanks alot
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[Q] Fearful of "Confirm Phone Model"

Hey guys , names Carocrazy132 I'm native to a host of other forums so feel free to flame if I make noob mistakes, I deserve it :highfive:
Anyways, yesterday I got my new Galaxy S Blaze 4G (on 2.3.6) via T-Mobile contract and some $ and I love it. Today, I rooted it and installed CWM via Odin 3 v1.85, however, I didn't use CWM on my last phone (Motorola Droid X2) so I don't really understand how ROM Manager (v5.0.2.1) works and I'm scared away from clicking like i normally would by the following message: "Confirm Phone Model". It lists the Galaxy S i9000 and T-Mobile Galaxy S2, but certainly no Galaxy S Blaze 4G. I followed several links to the CWM ROM Manager section (which I can't post the link to) where I still found no Galaxy S Blaze 4G.
Are most features of ROM Manager not working, is there another phone compatible with it, does it not matter, or is there another way?

ROM manager does NOT support our phone. DON'T click anything. UNINSTALL ROM MANAGER!! Manually get to CWM, although, ROM Manager can take you there.

Yea if you are using Rom manager to boot into recovery/download mode I suggest using Quick Boot. It works on GB and ICS roms and is very simple.

[Completed] Where to find correct instructions for installing custom ROM - Samsung GT-I9100p

I would like to find accurate instructions on how to install a custom recovery and custom ROM on my Samsung Galaxy S2 GT-I9100p.
I have examined many conflicting pages of instructions over the past few weeks across many threads in various forums, and I think it is time that I ask for help, please.
I am concerned that most of the custom recoveries and custom roms are for the Samsung Galaxy S2 GT-I9100 model, and not for my model which is the Samsung Galaxy S2 GT-I9100p. At this point, I don't mind losing the NFC functionality. I just don't want anything to go wrong that can't be fixed if I install the wrong thing.
I have copied to my removable SD card "recovery-clockwork-4.0.1.5-galaxys2.zip" and from the "Android system recovery <3e>" I selected "apply update from external storage", and then selected "recovery-clockwork-4.0.1.5-galaxys2.zip". This allows me to access "ClockworkMod Recovery v4.0.1.5", but after I reboot from here and re-enter the recovery (holding power, home and vol up), it goes back to "Android system recovery <3e>" each time. I understand that this may be because this model of Samsung phone cannot accept a permanent installation of a custom recovery. I have read that it requires flashing a kernal with the custom recovery included into it.
I am not sure if what I have read so far is accurate. Please could you advise me where to look from here.
Thank you.

XDA Visitor said:
I would like to find accurate instructions on how to install a custom recovery and custom ROM on my Samsung Galaxy S2 GT-I9100p.
I have examined many conflicting pages of instructions over the past few weeks across many threads in various forums, and I think it is time that I ask for help, please.
I am concerned that most of the custom recoveries and custom roms are for the Samsung Galaxy S2 GT-I9100 model, and not for my model which is the Samsung Galaxy S2 GT-I9100p. At this point, I don't mind losing the NFC functionality. I just don't want anything to go wrong that can't be fixed if I install the wrong thing.
I have copied to my removable SD card "recovery-clockwork-4.0.1.5-galaxys2.zip" and from the "Android system recovery <3e>" I selected "apply update from external storage", and then selected "recovery-clockwork-4.0.1.5-galaxys2.zip". This allows me to access "ClockworkMod Recovery v4.0.1.5", but after I reboot from here and re-enter the recovery (holding power, home and vol up), it goes back to "Android system recovery <3e>" each time. I understand that this may be because this model of Samsung phone cannot accept a permanent installation of a custom recovery. I have read that it requires flashing a kernal with the custom recovery included into it.
I am not sure if what I have read so far is accurate. Please could you advise me where to look from here.
Thank you.
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Hello, and welcome to XDA! You could use ODIN v1.85 which is compatible with the Samsung Galaxy S II I9100P: http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...08-2013-odin-3-09-odin-1-85-versions-t2189539. Hope this helps!
Good luck!

StrangerWeather said:
Hello, and welcome to XDA! You could use ODIN v1.85 which is compatible with the Samsung Galaxy S II I9100P: http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...08-2013-odin-3-09-odin-1-85-versions-t2189539. Hope this helps!
Good luck!
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Thank you. I have been looking through that link, and have since found the link for the Samsung Galaxy S2 xda area http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s2#subForums which should also help.

drhmnic01 said:
Thank you. I have been looking through that link, and have since found the link for the Samsung Galaxy S2 xda area http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s2#subForums which should also help.
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Great news! I will therefore close the thread.