That's all I want to know. Can I flash a JB rom now, and if so, which do you recommend?
I'd rather make a new post than search for the answer too.
+1
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The unlock just happened. Be patient as the devs need time in the kitchen. Just be happy that devolopment is going to expand in our community like crazy
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SFniner415 said:
The unlock just happened. Be patient as the devs need time in the kitchen. Just be happy that devolopment is going to expand in our community like crazy
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It's only a matter of time now until the "Original Android Development" forum really starts kicking. I can not express how excited I am about this.
Boy, the devs will go nuts with this phone now.
This is awesome...
OmidoStyle said:
It's only a matter of time now until the "Original Android Development" forum really starts kicking. I can not express how excited I am about this.
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I'm still confused on why we have two development sections. Care to explain?
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Try invisibleK's CM10 nightly (Version 1920 & above) All that I can find that is not working is NFC & face unlock.
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I'm still confused on why we have two development sections. Care to explain?
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+1 on this. I have no idea as well.
The original development section are for roms made from google source(vanillaOS) original sh1t if u know what i mean.
the regular development forums are just manufacturer(samsungSTOCK) rom+kernel lightly themed and lightly modded.
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invisibleK or dhacker's CM10. Both are awesome.
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The original development section are for roms made from google source(vanillaOS) original sh1t if u know what i mean.
the regular development forums are just manufacturer(samsungSTOCK) rom+kernel lightly themed and lightly modded.
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Its pointless anyway. Development is still development.. I can figure out if its original or not by the title. Never had this **** in old forums
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Link
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1762709
These forums have become quite confusing. Im just waiting it out until the developers make it easy. All the talk of mms and data being wonky and super sleep or something working or not just has me scratching my head...
you could have had JB quite some time ago...was no need to wait for the bootloader to be unlocked...
Metfanant said:
you could have had JB quite some time ago...was no need to wait for the bootloader to be unlocked...
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^ This. Kexec gave us the same capabilities as an unlocked bootloader. The unlocked bootloader just makes things a little safer (still not 100% idiot proof) and could draw outside developers who may have been on the fence due to the bootloader being locked.
I just installed a non-kexec recovery and cm10 from the sticky over in the original development section and am quite happy with it. There were a few hiccups but after a few restarts it seems to have smoothed out.
Just make sure you back up your imei.
Goodluck!
so does this mean once bootloader is unlocked new roms won't have possibility for the lost IMEI issue?
this is the only thing keeping me now from unlocking bootloader
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I just installed a non-kexec recovery and cm10 from the sticky over in the original development section and am quite happy with it. There were a few hiccups but after a few restarts it seems to have smoothed out.
Just make sure you back up your imei.
Goodluck!
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Any data issues?
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so does this mean once bootloader is unlocked new roms won't have possibility for the lost IMEI issue?
this is the only thing keeping me now from unlocking bootloader
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was worried about this too, but just back it up before doing anything very simple in terminal
Backup
su
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p11 of=/sdcard/efs.sbn
If you need to restore
su
dd if=/sdcard/efs.sbn of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p11
reboot
I used ez unlock worked perfect, backed up my IMEI, then used ez recovery to flash cwm, nandroided, wiped cache/dalvik/data, flashed CM10 +Gapps ... yesssss :good::good::good: another 535 freed from the shackles
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was worried about this too, but just back it up before doing anything very simple in terminal
Backup
su
dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p11 of=/sdcard/efs.sbn
If you need to restore
su
dd if=/sdcard/efs.sbn of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p11
reboot
I used ez unlock worked perfect, backed up my IMEI, then used ez recovery to flash cwm, nandroided, wiped cache/dalvik/data, flashed CM10 +Gapps ... yesssss :good::good::good: another 535 freed from the shackles
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Using your reply here and the guide here I now have CM10 up and running. Thank you! This is the first time I have used a non-stock rom (I came from a Moto Droid Pro, very unfriendly).
Though, the boot animation says Cyanogenmod 9? wat?
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So this is pretty much the same as every other base ota rom? Do we need another?
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So this is pretty much the same as every other base ota rom? Do we need another?
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No it's not the same, it's not rooted or tampered with, and the installation method is different. If you want to completely unroot your phone go flash the stock ruu
We don't need people like you complaining about roms you don't like, but you don't see me posting about that now do you?
The rom link is finished, and please don't flame me for sharing this "stock" "untampered" ota rom, thanks!
Thank you sir.......
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Thank you sir.......
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Np, I worked hard on getting the updater script to where it needs to be
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No it's not the same, it's not rooted or tampered with, and the installation method is different. If you want to completely unroot your phone go flash the stock ruu
We don't need people like you complaining about roms you don't like, but you don't see me posting about that now do you?
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Me? Talk ****? Nahh never! Did you just get butthurt about the interwebs? I was simply asking if your rom was different than the other 6 new OTA roms we have. You got offended, not my problem!
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Me? Talk ****? Nahh never! Did you just get butthurt about the interwebs? I was simply asking if your rom was different than the other 6 new OTA roms we have. You got offended, not my problem!
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I already answered your question, and the answer is yes
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Me? Talk ****? Nahh never! Did you just get butthurt about the interwebs? I was simply asking if your rom was different than the other 6 new OTA roms we have. You got offended, not my problem!
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You did ask if we needed another. A RUU is essential for every official update IMHO
Yeah TBH, I just made this for myself to safely flash the official ruu to see how it runs without loosing my eng spl and custom recovery. And I must say it does seem to run very well for me
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Yeah TBH, I just made this for myself to safely flash the official ruu to see how it runs without loosing my eng spl and custom recovery. And I must say it does seem to run very well for me
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If I flash this will I return to full stock (no cwm recovery and s-on)? Sorry to ask but I just wanna be extra sure. Thanks for your hard work! Your aosp kernel is a beast! Unbelievably fast!
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drob311 said:
If I flash this will I return to full stock (no cwm recovery and s-on)? Sorry to ask but I just wanna be extra sure. Thanks for your hard work! Your aosp kernel is a beast! Unbelievably fast!
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No you will not loose those things. The first post describes how to get into bootloader after flashing the update. Only your system partition (rom) and kernel will be the official ruu images.
I just noticed there may be a problem with the name of the .zip. There is a gap in the name so you will probably have to rename it and delete the gap in order for the recovery to be able to flash it.
I will work on fixing it later on but for now renaming it won't hurt the update at all
Thanks again, you have just created my new "fall back plan"...
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Yeah this is good to unroot back to the latest factory update
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This is also good for devs to get a chance to try the stock ota if they want to mess around with it. That was the main reason for this update. Hopefully someone will help to get the bootloader unlocked for people who buy a new evo shift . But luckily this update doesn't already have the locked bootloader in it
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I just flashed this, and with all my problems, it flashed, but when i reboot, i get to the sprint splash screen, and it just blinks there. So I am currently restoring back to my problematic rom. How can I get the blinking away? That's the only problem.
Are you wiping your system partition?
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the updater-script wipes system, data, so that is strange.
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If I had to guess id say hardware issues, either that or RUU and see if the problem still [email protected]
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2 basic questions. I'm running an atrix 2 right now but have been looking at this phone. I like the way Motorola runs android, and I remember having an epic 4g and I didn't like it. So obviously I don't wanna go stock, is the bootloader locked? And how good are the ROMs that have been released? Any input is greatly appreciated
A far as out community its awesome devs are nice, roms are smooth no major issues. samsungs are easy to root and UN root plus using Odin is super easy if you're soft bricked
I use nexusmod4 btw
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unlocked bootloader, and rooting is easy. Good rom support and devs are really good. No ics support as we wait for an official release, but in the mean time work is being done from scratch by jo and others in an aosp release
Sounds good, you guys respond fast too, I like it there's no way to hard brick is there? Lol happened once to me with the first atrix -.-
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There's a forum about it something about Qualcomm recovery and unable to get out without Samsung it can be jtagged for 50
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droid512 said:
There's a forum about it something about Qualcomm recovery and unable to get out without Samsung it can be jtagged for 50
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there's a forum on preventing that though right? I'm guessing it happens if you try to downgrade?
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there's a forum on preventing that though right? I'm guessing it happens if you try to downgrade?
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People here are bricking their phones by flashing ROMS for other devices or restoring a backup from a different phone that they saved, and some have checked repartition in Odin which is a big NO NO. That's what mostly is going on here for an unfortunate few. If you read and follow instructions, you'll have a pleasant time.
Edit: Don't feel bad, I bricked an Atrix the first day I got it. I did learn to read more before attempting unlocking BL and rooting.
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Hi guys. New here and just curious what you guys are running ,What everyone's preference ? Cm9, cm10, or aokp? Thank you in advance !
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Hi guys. New here and just curious what you guys are running ,What everyone's preference ? Cm9, cm10, or aokp? Thank you in advance !
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you are no different here than you were in the rezound forum!
I am running none of them because data still sucks :/
nosympathy said:
you are no different here than you were in the rezound forum!
I am running none of them because data still sucks :/
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No 4g or just not stable? I haven't rooted yet. Only got it yesterday and Im freaked out haha
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hopesrequiem said:
Hi guys. New here and just curious what you guys are running ,What everyone's preference ? Cm9, cm10, or aokp? Thank you in advance !
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CM10 is best for jellybean, i'd go with aokp for ics. Paranoid still has some major bugs to fix and i havent tried cm9 yet
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No 4g or just not stable? I haven't rooted yet. Only got it yesterday and Im freaked out haha
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it has 4G but yeah it isn't stable. Also if your going to flash one, go to the backup thread in the dev section for your IMEI and do that first.
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it has 4G but yeah it isn't stable. Also if your going to flash one, go to the backup thread in the dev section for your IMEI and do that first.
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Yeah I remember seeing that. That's why I am scared to root lol seems more complicated then HTC devices
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hopesrequiem said:
Yeah I remember seeing that. That's why I am scared to root lol seems more complicated then HTC devices
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nah, not really. Just different. Just with samsung keep in mind that odin is king.
also being newer to samsung, just read before you flash stuff.
I am amazed at the amount of people here that do not read and do things willy nilly and next thing you know they are crying because they cannot figure out how to fix their phone.
In my opinion I would stay on a stock or custom stock ROM. I just finished about 2 days of headache due to my IMEI going to 0 after using CM9. I will say that I've used CM10 and CM9. CM10 was glitchy, while CM9 was flawless from what I could tell right up until it all went wrong with my IMEI.
I am running cm10 as my daily driver, but it's not without its frustrations. For me, 4G data has been flawless. It's when the phone kicks over to 3G that data problem occur. Specifically, 3G data has erratic signal, periodic loss of connection, and general instability. However, when I'm in a 4G area, data is rock solid.
MMS is still an issue, as well as Bluetooth audio. But all in all, it runs great for a preview build. There haven't been any breakthroughs recently, so who knows how long it'll be before 3G data is stable. I'm thinking about returning to a stock rom for now just because I really need BT audio and will be going on a trip where I only get 3G.
What is the general feeling about which stock rom is most stable?
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In my opinion I would stay on a stock or custom stock ROM. I just finished about 2 days of headache due to my IMEI going to 0 after using CM9. I will say that I've used CM10 and CM9. CM10 was glitchy, while CM9 was flawless from what I could tell right up until it all went wrong with my IMEI.
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ya know, if you had done the EFS backup provided in the dev section, which has been available for almost a week now, you wouldn't have had a 2 day headache?
you would have written the EFS backup to the phone and been back where you started...
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ya know, if you had done the EFS backup provided in the dev section, which has been available for almost a week now, you wouldn't have had a 2 day headache?
you would have written the EFS backup to the phone and been back where you started...
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I have a question about restoring EFS and since I cant post in the dev forum yet, I will ask here...
How do you restore if you are using a windows machine and not linux. From my limited understanding, it seems as the commands in the various howto guides all pertain to Linux while some give commands to restore via Terminal Emulator on the phone. But what if Terminal Emulator is not installed... How do you install Terminal Emulator on a device with no IMEI ? Can a device with no IMEI still connect to market with WIFI ?
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I have a question about restoring EFS and since I cant post in the dev forum yet, I will ask here...
How do you restore if you are using a windows machine and not linux. From my limited understanding, it seems as the commands in the various howto guides all pertain to Linux while some give commands to restore via Terminal Emulator on the phone. But what if Terminal Emulator is not installed... How do you install Terminal Emulator on a device with no IMEI ? Can a device with no IMEI still connect to market with WIFI ?
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you can do it with windows, you can do it one of two ways
one is using the sdk toolkit and using adb.
the other way is copying your backup file to your phone and running the command through terminal emulator.
Yes wifi will still work with no IMEI allowing you to connect to the market and download a terminal emulator.
when he says linux, he means the command comes from the linux OS, but also because android of based off linux which is why it is used/works. He doesn't mean you have to run linux itself.
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ya know, if you had done the EFS backup provided in the dev section, which has been available for almost a week now, you wouldn't have had a 2 day headache?
you would have written the EFS backup to the phone and been back where you started...
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I read up on everything before taking the plunge with an AOSP ROM so I actually did back up my ESF data. The problem is that the method for restoring it does not work for an IMEI of 0. And yes I did try it anyway but what really fixed my problem was re provisioning the phone then using the method of IMEI restoring using QPST.
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I read up on everything before taking the plunge with an AOSP ROM so I actually did back up my ESF data. The problem is that the method for restoring it does not work for an IMEI of 0. And yes I did try it anyway but what really fixed my problem was re provisioning the phone then using the method of IMEI restoring using QPST.
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I'm so confused by this haha so many acronyms
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hopesrequiem said:
I'm so confused by this haha so many acronyms
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Might want to hold off on the flashing if you are already confused.
buur11 said:
Might want to hold off on the flashing if you are already confused.
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I know. I'm reading all I can and learning so I don't f up lol. I just got this phone a day ago. I'm just used to HTC which Ian where my confusion comes from. Htc is simple I'm my opinion. This probably is too. Just gotta read a lot hehe
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Welcome to the dark side of Samsung!
Nah really it's not all that bad. Things are just done a bit differently and if you haven't gotten your SDK setup and Odin 3.7 installed then I recommend you do so. It's like having the PH98IMG.zip file for the Rezound. Gets you back to stock in case sh** happens.
Marcismo55 said:
Welcome to the dark side of Samsung!
Nah really it's not all that bad. Things are just done a bit differently and if you haven't gotten your SDK setup and Odin 3.7 installed then I recommend you do so. It's like having the PH98IMG.zip file for the Rezound. Gets you back to stock in case sh** happens.
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I still have sdk from rezound although I assume I need a different version. Is Odin needed even if you goto use the non flashing root process ?
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I still have sdk from rezound although I assume I need a different version. Is Odin needed even if you goto use the non flashing root process ?
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If you already had it setup for the Rezzy then you should be fine. Odin is needed if you ever want to return to stock..you know in case something goes wrong. You never know when you may need it.
There is no reason NOT to use Odin, it is simple to use, pretty much foolproof & you don't even need to install it.
All you do is DL the files to a folder in your PC & then click the .exe file.
You don't need the latest version either, I still had Odin from back when I was flashing a Droid Charge & that same version works perfectly for the G3.
Nothing to see here, I'll wait til the official tool is released by the dev.
Looks like Adam has combined a bunch of the best root & recovery tools into one easy to use package. The DebugFS root is also available separately here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1792342
Im too much of a ***** to try this out but im hoping for the best!
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Im too much of a ***** to try this out but im hoping for the best!
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Worked fine on my GS3. Love having the ability to root, recover, flash stock, and unroot all in one spot.
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Worked fine on my GS3. Love having the ability to root, recover, flash stock, and unroot all in one spot.
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Ok question then. when I root will I lose all of the data on my phone?
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Ok question then. when I root will I lose all of the data on my phone?
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Depends on the root method. If this replaces the rom then yeah you will lose everything, but if you use this method:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1792342
then you will not have to change anything and it's pretty straight forward.
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Ok question then. when I root will I lose all of the data on my phone?
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I had to do a factory reset on my phone yesterday to troubleshoot another issue, so I can't say 100% but the few changes I made earlier today (wallpaper, lock screen shortcuts, ringtones, installed Pandora) stayed in place. From the script, it just copies files over and then moves them to system partition during next couple boots. It does not wipe data / cache / dalvik like when you load a new ROM.
I don't know about the java tool here but the one Aquila mentioned ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1792342 ) works perfectly.
You won't lose settings or have to clear anything. Its really useful if you're on the VRALG1 firmwares and don't want to revert to LF2 from flashing a rooted ROM.
I downloaded to my pc, then hooked up my gs3 nothing? What an I suppose to do?
Never mind it worked
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Should move this Thread to the development section. And let the Devs tell us if this is good or not, Pros and cons.
just noticed that Adam is a dev.but should move to development so it can be seen more!!
This tool works well without loss to data...of course no one but you is responsible if something goes wrong but from what I see it uses the debug method I have used it and obtained root fine
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I'm going to go ahead and say it...
Adam posted this in the development thread where they are working on cracking the bootloader. If he wanted the masses to be using it or if it was ready for the masses to use he would have posted it outside of that thread.
I don't know if it was bc of this thread or not, but this got picked up by droid life and he had to take it down off the R&D thread.
Stuff like this shouldn't be reposted outside of that thread until it is ready and the dev who came up with it says it is ok to do so (or just posts it himself).
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I'm going to go ahead and say it...
Adam posted this in the development thread where they are working on cracking the bootloader. If he wanted the masses to be using it or if it was ready for the masses to use he would have posted it outside of that thread.
I don't know if it was bc of this thread or not, but this got picked up by droid life and he had to take it down off the R&D thread.
Stuff like this shouldn't be reposted outside of that thread until it is ready and the dev who came up with it says it is ok to do so (or just posts it himself).
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This
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so it's not safe to use this?
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Hulk0069 said:
so it's not safe to use this?
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It may be safe, it may not be. I would go with there is a reason he hasn't released it to the public and you should use previously established methods for all this stuff.
Good point, wonder why he held back?
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Good point, wonder why he held back?
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Just from reading what he wrote in his post he was not ready for everyone to be using it yet...that's paraphrased but that was the gist of it
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Shame cuz this really looks looks a great tool for the s3
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Deleted the op, I was just asking but will just wait for the official release.
Just wondering what you guys thought.
I am rooted on JB and VRBLK bootchain. I don't know a lot about the Aroma installer. Where can I find more info on that, and can I install any ROM with it?
Or where should I start? There is so much info, it's hard to find a good place to start installing ROMS on the Verizon S3.
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Just wondering what you guys thought.
I am rooted on JB and VRBLK bootchain. I don't know a lot about the Aroma installer. Where can I find more info on that, and can I install any ROM with it?
Or where should I start? There is so much info, it's hard to find a good place to start installing ROMS on the Verizon S3.
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Droidstyle has written an excellent guide to help with all your flashing needs. It can be found here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1762709
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GoodVibrant-ions said:
Just wondering what you guys thought.
I am rooted on JB and VRBLK bootchain. I don't know a lot about the Aroma installer. Where can I find more info on that, and can I install any ROM with it?
Or where should I start? There is so much info, it's hard to find a good place to start installing ROMS on the Verizon S3.
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For you info aroma installer isn't some special process it is AIO program that devs use. Some ROMS are installed via the installer so we can cherry pick the mods we want. Also common knowledge is to go to the Android development section and the original development section for ROMS as those are the only 2 places with ROMS.
I know where to find them in the development section. I just want more info before I start flashing away. And with all of the recent changes to Jelly Bean, I don't want to flash something incompatible.
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GoodVibrant-ions said:
I know where to find them in the development section. I just want more info before I start flashing away. And with all of the recent changes to Jelly Bean, I don't want to flash something incompatible.
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Well since you do have a Verizon varient of the S3 phone all ROMS including the ported ones posted here are compatible that is common knowledge. There isn't a compatibility issue with these ROMS it is the "people can't follow directions when flashing" issue and some bugs on some ROMs. Also the devs provide info about what is in these ROMS. If the ROMs weren't compatible with Verizon S 3 phones then it wouldn't have been posted here at all. Those incampatible ROMS will be in a more suitable section of the site.
GoodVibrant-ions said:
I know where to find them in the development section. I just want more info before I start flashing away. And with all of the recent changes to Jelly Bean, I don't want to flash something incompatible.
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Well partner, look over that guide posted earlier. You can rest easy if you follow it because with the unlocked boot loader you can flash any if the ROMs for the Verizon s3. Just remember to back up you imei and read the op of any ROM you're thinking about because done like cm10.1 cause issues .
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Thanks guys.
On the Vibrant, you could not flash a gingerbread rom if you were on froyo, and vise versa. Are you saying it's ok to flash an ICS rom if you're running JB?
2 more quick questions.
What's this flash counter I keep seeing people talking about? What does it do, and how do I keep it from causing problems?
And, do I have to unlock the bootloader each time I flash a Rom or is it always unlocked after I unlock it? Or is it different with each Rom?
I know these are noob questions, but I've flashed plenty...... just not on this phone. It seems like Verizon tried to complicate the process.
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GoodVibrant-ions said:
Thanks guys.
On the Vibrant, you could not flash a gingerbread rom if you were on froyo, and vise versa. Are you saying it's ok to flash an ICS rom if you're running JB?
2 more quick questions.
What's this flash counter I keep seeing people talking about? What does it do, and how do I keep it from causing problems?
And, do I have to unlock the bootloader each time I flash a Rom or is it always unlocked after I unlock it? Or is it different with each Rom?
I know these are noob questions, but I've flashed plenty...... just not on this phone. It seems like Verizon tried to complicate the process.
Sent from my SCH-I535 using xda app-developers app
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The flash counter keeps track of how many times you've flashed via download mode(Odin only). It becomes a problem when you return your phone. You only need to unlock your phone once to flash custom ROMs only when you flash back to stock will your phone will be locked again.
Make your first flash synergy and back up your imei so we don't have to tell you that you should have...
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