I was wondering if someone could detail to me a sure-fire way to make the jump from GB to ICS. I've tried twice now and both times I got stuck booting into a blue CWM without being able to load a ROM at that point. I was able to boot Aroma but after trying to recover from there I got stuck at the Galaxy S screen. Yes I followed the instructions very carefully. Is there a way to do this via Odin or Heimdall?
Any help would be tremendously appreciated.
Stock GB with CWM > CM 9 flash twice first from red recovery and then again from blue > then JB.
Do a full wipe before and after all the flash.
I know u said u tried this way buy it did not worked for u just give it a try from scratch one more time.
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Stock GB with CWM > CM 9 flash twice first from red recovery and then again from blue > then JB.
Do a full wipe before and after all the flash.
I know u said u tried this way buy it did not worked for u just give it a try from scratch one more time.
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Thanks rkkaranrk. The one thing I didn't do in your instructions was a wipe before and after each flash. Instead I wiped once before I began. Could this be the problem? Is this a common problem? I've seen some mention the same issue in the Dark Knight ROM thread that said they have the same issue but wasn't sure this has to do with the ROM or the migration from GB to ICS in general.
It could be any thing which cause bootloop so its always better to wipe, I always do anand never faced any bootloops Just give it try.
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I'm going to give it a go today too. I've had a hard time convincing myself to leave Aeon though. It's been a rock solid / stable ROM..............
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I was wondering if someone could detail to me a sure-fire way to make the jump from GB to ICS. I've tried twice now and both times I got stuck booting into a blue CWM without being able to load a ROM at that point. I was able to boot Aroma but after trying to recover from there I got stuck at the Galaxy S screen. Yes I followed the instructions very carefully. Is there a way to do this via Odin or Heimdall?
Any help would be tremendously appreciated.
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it does sound as if you missed a step. OP states you wll get stuck at Galaxy S screen.
you then pull battery and reflash again along wth the wipes.
i did wipes in recovery, then on second flash (in Aroma) did the full wipe version. install went exactly as described.
loving 99.9% of the Paranoid Android ICS. may want to take that for a test drive for a bit first beings they can be similar from what i know (which isnt much) from flasing one of first versions of JB
thanx for all efforts in development, biting my lip on flashing JB.
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it does sound as if you missed a step. OP states you wll get stuck at Galaxy S screen.
you then pull battery and reflash again along wth the wipes.
i did wipes in recovery, then on second flash (in Aroma) did the full wipe version. install went exactly as described.
loving 99.9% of the Paranoid Android ICS. may want to take that for a test drive for a bit first beings they can be similar from what i know (which isnt much) from flasing one of first versions of JB
thanx for all efforts in development, biting my lip on flashing JB.
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Thanks for all the replies so far.
@captemo: I followed the instructions in the Dark Knight thread exactly but maybe those instructions need to be updated because they never mentioned multiple wipes. There is no mention of getting stuck @ Galaxy S screen either but that isn't what happened at first. It kept bootlooping into blue CWM. It was only after that I tried to recover with Aroma that I got stuck, probably not the the wisest move on my part however.
I will try the Paranoid ICS build next since it sounds like you have had success with it and it looks like a good one. Just so I am clear on doing this can you list the steps you took to load this ROM? I noticed there are two variants, one with and one without the Aroma installer.
Thanks in advance!
The Aroma installer is nice but in my opinion, based on my experience and reports from others it is too problematic on the Infuse. Would really suggest not using versions with it, at least not on your first flash.
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The Aroma installer is nice but in my opinion, based on my experience and reports from others it is too problematic on the Infuse. Would really suggest not using versions with it, at least not on your first flash.
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Thanks Pony. I'll heed that advice and wait on captemo has to say regarding the steps he took to upgrade. I really don't feel like recovering a third time.
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Thanks Pony. I'll heed that advice and wait on captemo has to say regarding the steps he took to upgrade. I really don't feel like recovering a third time.
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+ 10.
I had another thought, could Voodoo lagfix be the source of my issues? At the time I had the /Voodoo/disable-lagfix folder on my SDCard
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Thanks Pony. I'll heed that advice and wait on captemo has to say regarding the steps he took to upgrade. I really don't feel like recovering a third time.
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WOW, somebody waiting for MY advice??? are you sure you havent been sipping on grandpa's cough syrup?
Pony i'm sure has more experience than myself and is merely expressing experiences that others and maybe he himself have had. truth is every phone is different and will react different.
i do like the Aroma myself. allows you to install some apps automatically.
i did nothing special than follow OP slowly and carefully to the T. doing this, i have never had problems flashing anything.
if i do anything special it is carefully choosing what i wish to flash. when lookin for new ROM, i go to the last page and start reading backwards. that shows me the most recent problems and issues people may be having. if its a problem i cant handle, i dont flash.
i am not taking away from developers here because they are ALL amazing and i wish i could do some of these things. as for the Dark Knight rom, i download, but never flashed. i just didnt think the development was progressing enough for me.
thats just me.
good luck hope you like Paranoid Android. i like the tablet mode, though print can be small for old eyes like mine just changed the font to something BOLD.
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WOW, somebody waiting for MY advice??? are you sure you havent been sipping on grandpa's cough syrup?
Pony i'm sure has more experience than myself and is merely expressing experiences that others and maybe he himself have had. truth is every phone is different and will react different.
i do like the Aroma myself. allows you to install some apps automatically.
i did nothing special than follow OP slowly and carefully to the T. doing this, i have never had problems flashing anything.
if i do anything special it is carefully choosing what i wish to flash. when lookin for new ROM, i go to the last page and start reading backwards. that shows me the most recent problems and issues people may be having. if its a problem i cant handle, i dont flash.
i am not taking away from developers here because they are ALL amazing and i wish i could do some of these things. as for the Dark Knight rom, i download, but never flashed. i just didnt think the development was progressing enough for me.
thats just me.
good luck hope you like Paranoid Android. i like the tablet mode, though print can be small for old eyes like mine just changed the font to something BOLD.
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The reason I wanted your advice was because you had successfully made the jump from GB to ICS. The Paranoid thread assumes you are starting from ICS so there are no instructions to go from GB to ICS even thought the ICS ROMs are still there.
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The reason I wanted your advice was because you had successfully made the jump from GB to ICS. The Paranoid thread assumes you are starting from ICS so there are no instructions to go from GB to ICS even thought the ICS ROMs are still there.
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anybody on ICS or JB as made that jump, obviously with sucess. since Paranoids development has jumped to JB there are a couple of small differences in install (GAPPS for ex.) the first 80 pages still deal with the ICS developments of the ROM.
even though the OP has changed to address install of JB, if you go past the first couple of pages and all the congrats of the new ROM, you will get to where any of your questions will be answered. Scott and team are very attentive and if you read read read, questions and concerns are all addressed.
if then you are happy with ROM and are dying to try JB, i think page 80 is where JB discussion begins.
The GB to ICS process should be the same for any rom. You can use cm9 or uniyumaporn to get to ics and then flash jb.
First, be aware once you are in ICS, your recovery will be filled with rainbows due to the lack of GB bootloaders (I'm assuming you don't have those).
1) wipe data, cache, dalvik (format /system is optional)
2) flash ics rom
3) reboot (Not "reboot into recovery")
4) you should hang at kernel splash (galaxy s screen).. remove battery and use 3 finger combo to boot into recovery.
5) wipe again and flash
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I did this process two days ago. I went from factory att GB to ICS following the instructions for uniporn. Once I had uniporn fully booted and running I then rebooted back into CWM and followed the instructions in the cm10 thread.
The only thing to watch for is in the uni instructions. It still says to flash gapps. You don't have to do that now because they are included in build 40.
How did you update to GB by the way? That will tell us if you have GB or froyo boot loaders
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I did this process two days ago. I went from factory att GB to ICS following the instructions for uniporn. Once I had uniporn fully booted and running I then rebooted back into CWM and followed the instructions in the cm10 thread.
The only thing to watch for is in the uni instructions. It still says to flash gapps. You don't have to do that now because they are included in build 40.
How did you update to GB by the way? That will tell us if you have GB or froyo boot loaders
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Hi Goneeuro,
I just saw your post but I did exactly what you did. Basically I read the instructions of a bunch of ROMS and decided to follow uniporns steps and it worked just fine including the gapps installation. Seems to be working fine still but I wonder if its a matter of time if I see issues.
I don't recall how I went to GB, its been so long ago but I don't have the rainbow CWM. Probably because I loaded them during a recovery.
Anyway all is good now. Big THANKS to all of you.
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Dude thank you so much!
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it does sound as if you missed a step. OP states you wll get stuck at Galaxy S screen.
you then pull battery and reflash again along wth the wipes.
i did wipes in recovery, then on second flash (in Aroma) did the full wipe version. install went exactly as described.
loving 99.9% of the Paranoid Android ICS. may want to take that for a test drive for a bit first beings they can be similar from what i know (which isnt much) from flasing one of first versions of JB
thanx for all efforts in development, biting my lip on flashing JB.
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Really awesome I've been working on this for like 4 hours and all it took was pulling the battery instead of rebooting to get out of the bootloop. really appreciate it.
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I have been searching through the forums and have been able to find answers to a few of my questions. However I have been away so long and previous phone MT3G was so much easier to work with than the SGS4G I'm a little lost on some of the jargon.
I managed to get the amazing Bionix frost rom installed and working. Here is my question.
I was able to get CWM on my phone to flash the rom, now when I boot to recovery I am getting the stock recovery screen but if I select reinstall packages I get the CWM Recovery v3.0.2.8. On my MT3G when I booted into recovery the CWM screen was the first thing I saw, I just want to confirm that this is the normal and or correct method to access CWM on my SG4G.
thanks in advance for your responses.
flash dr honks kernel. that will make sure everything is correct with CWM. that should fix any issues you are having. If you have any questions let me know. Its not too bad. I think its easier using ODIN but you can do it either way.
That is the normal process for bionix. It uses an older cwm stock. Search for the Bali 3.3UV kernel. Once you flash that, you will go straight to cwm. plus other stuff. Read his op. Once you undervolt on frost...omg. That battery life is out of control
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Click on the Bali + CWM link in my signature. You might as well start learning how to use Odin.
Glad to know you started some reading on your own! FBis251's Odin Bali 3.3 makes flashing Froyo so much easier.
Here's five of the most valuable things I've learned so far:
1) Odin is your friend.
2) Losing your soft brick virginity isn't a bad thing. QQ if it's a hard brick though. Nothing in this forum would really give you a hard brick though.
3) The Bible is quite holy. Don't read it and you'll get some sort of punishment from the community.
4) Reading is fundamental.
5) The developers are awesome!
Not in any specific order. XD
You should try out the GB ROMs here once you get more comfortable flashing on this phone. They're crazy smooth.
Thanks all.
I have been going through the "Bible" each visit to the site. That's where I was able to figure out how to get the Bionix Frost rom working on my phone. And because I missed a few steps like making sure the permissions were correct before flashing I experienced my first soft brick. Which took another 3hrs of reading and playing with Odin to get fixed. But that's what I love about this site. Everyone is so knowledgeable and willing to help. It was't to hard to find out where I messed up and how to fix it. I appreciate all the help, I will start with FB's Bali+CWM upgrade and then I'm hoping to flash Valhalla. The rom looks amazing.
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Click on the Bali + CWM link in my signature. You might as well start learning how to use Odin.
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Thanks again FB, just followed your guide and now am enjoying the red CWM. Quick question, with this setup I can now flash any FROYO roms directly from CWM correct? The GB roms however like Valhalla will require the GB bootloaders.
Locobato said:
Thanks again FB, just followed your guide and now am enjoying the red CWM. Quick question, with this setup I can now flash any FROYO roms directly from CWM correct? The GB roms however like Valhalla will require the GB bootloaders.
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That's correct.
Hey guys, THIS IS URGENT!
Ok, here's my problem. Over the past week i have been forced to reinstall my ROM/ROM'S several times. My Infuse will at times shut itself down and i will have to restart my phone. after i restart my phone i notice that all of the apps that i have on the phone that i have gotten from the marketplace will be grayed out and really not on my phone at all. this is getting really frustrating and if i had the money i would be visiting my AT&T store to get a windows phone. I love android and want to stay with it but i am getting pissed.
Do I need to ODIN back to stock or what? The phone will run for about a day and then it will just do what i described above. If I have to ODIN to stock then could someone please tell me how to do it because i have not had to deal with that yet. I would like to be running Zeus on my phone but that is when this whole ordeal started.
If someone could please help me with this i would greatly appreciate it. I really hope that someone has had this same problem. Any help would be awesome!
Thanks,
Bassman
running on Zeus?
no running on dlevrom now...was running zeus and caty
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no running on dlevrom now...was running zeus and caty
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how did you get to dlev from zeus or caty?
what app were u running when it rebooted or crashed?
well i have a feeling that the way you worded that last post that i may fave effed this up myself.....heres how it went....i was on dlev first, then i flashed zeus, zeus did the missing apps, then i said screw this and went to caty, caty did it, and now back on dlev and it is losing apps....i know it's a crazy vicious circle but please tell me that i didnt do this myself and that it is just a fluke...
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well i have a feeling that the way you worded that last post that i may fave effed this up myself.....heres how it went....i was on dlev first, then i flashed zeus, zeus did the missing apps, then i said screw this and went to caty, caty did it, and now back on dlev and it is losing apps....i know it's a crazy vicious circle but please tell me that i didnt do this myself and that it is just a fluke...
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I have notice that crash mostly on zeus. sometimes it is triggered by tibu backups or different launcher or different setting of TW launcher with special animations etc.
This effect probably carried over from flashing other roms over zeus without proper factory reset or wipes.
go to my post on the q/a rom; use jordan's method of flashing the rom you want.
edit: here ya go
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1318160
i looked at the post that you gave me. is the method done by ODIN or heimdall? i am getting ready to bootcamp my mac so that i can try his method. after i do that method will i be able to run zeus again?
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i looked at the post that you gave me. is the method done by ODIN or heimdall? i am getting ready to bootcamp my mac so that i can try his method. after i do that method will i be able to run zeus again?
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his method is with odin.
(if you are familiar with heimdall, you can take the package apart and use heimdall).
on the last part, flash Zeus ROM
OK, I will give that a shot. Correct me if I am wrong but I have been reading about ODIN and a lot of the stuff that I have seen says that it is not safe for your phone. Is that the case? i would rather just take it back to stock and leave it there if i have a high risk of bricking my phone. Also I would like to thank you for helping me with this issue.
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OK, I will give that a shot. Correct me if I am wrong but I have been reading about ODIN and a lot of the stuff that I have seen says that it is not safe for your phone. Is that the case? i would rather just take it back to stock and leave it there if i have a high risk of bricking my phone. Also I would like to thank you for helping me with this issue.
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you're welcome.
SOFT bricking the infuse is pretty common. Easy to restore. According to Adam Outler, a bad bootloader flash is possible to HARD brick it.
I think if you're interested in using ROMs other than stock (what comes with the phone), learning how to use odin or heimdall is a must.
These tools will be need to restore your phone to it's original state.
There are some risks, but if used correcly, most are minimal.
I would venture to guess the devs and flashaholics odin their device more times than you can imagine.
It's a matter of comfort level.
In reality, I think the stock froyo or one of the GB leak stock is just fine.
I had a "funny post" in the q/a section you should read.
again thanks for all of your help. you definitely gave me a lot of insight and knowledge that i needed to know that i probably wouldn't have gotten anywhere else. i managed to get caty running. i tried to flash zeus and it bootlooped the samsung screen. so i just decided to go with caty. dlev just wasnt cutting it for me. you have been a huge help and i will definitely recommend this thread to other people who have had this problem.
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again thanks for all of your help. you definitely gave me a lot of insight and knowledge that i needed to know that i probably wouldn't have gotten anywhere else. i managed to get caty running. i tried to flash zeus and it bootlooped the samsung screen. so i just decided to go with caty. dlev just wasnt cutting it for me. you have been a huge help and i will definitely recommend this thread to other people who have had this problem.
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If you did get caty running again,
Before you do a whole lot, boot into cwm recovery.
Factory reset. Then wipe cache. Then goto advance. Wipe dalvik. Fix permission. Then reboot.
This should give you a relative clean slate.
Caty is also a very nice infuse base ROM. You're not really missing out on much. Just enjoy the phone. Leave the frequent flash to the flashaholics.
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I did do all of that and the ROM seems to be running flawlessly. Thanks for your help man.
I just got my Samsung Infuse 4G, and I'm very interested in learning to flash to improve the performance of my new toy, but I'm kinda intimidated lots to learn and seems like a steep "learning curve. Can someone point me in the right direction on a good place to start (good reading).
I'm most interested in using the Zeus ROM as it seems to not lose any functionality, uses the most current modem, allows for overclocking. Is there anything else I shouldn't flash with this ROM I've. heard things mentioned in other threads like, lag fixes, different kernels, and other various fixes. But like I said I'm a noob and have a ton of questions even about the most basic of topics.
All I've done thus far is installed the free version of ROM manager, used the flash Clockworkmod recovery, and used the backup current ROM (which would be the stock one). I'm a little scared to proceed as after I backed up the current ROM I went looking for the file I named but couldn't find it.
I think what I need most is a good starting point, any help is appreciated.
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I just got my Samsung Infuse 4G, and I'm very interested in learning to flash to improve the performance of my new toy, but I'm kinda intimidated lots to learn and seems like a steep "learning curve. Can someone point me in the right direction on a good place to start (good reading).
I'm most interested in using the Zeus ROM as it seems to not lose any functionality, uses the most current modem, allows for overclocking. Is there anything else I shouldn't flash with this ROM I've. heard things mentioned in other threads like, lag fixes, different kernels, and other various fixes. But like I said I'm a noob and have a ton of questions even about the most basic of topics.
All I've done thus far is installed the free version of ROM manager, used the flash Clockworkmod recovery, and used the backup current ROM (which would be the stock one). I'm a little scared to proceed as after I backed up the current ROM I went looking for the file I named but couldn't find it.
I think what I need most is a good starting point, any help is appreciated.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1437548
edit: welcome and have fun
edit edit: play with for froyo first..discover your phone. read up as much as your can for a week or two..then if you still want to, go ahead.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1437548
edit: welcome and have fun
edit edit: play with for froyo first..discover your phone. read up as much as your can for a week or two..then if you still want to, go ahead.
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Can't see anything to add.. Maybe check our the Infuse superthread which is stickied in dev section.
And definitely play with froyo. Feel and KNOW Android. Then you will know how your phone works and is supposed to play. You will appreciate the the custom roms all the more.
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I'd recommend Titanium Backup & Dropbox, they've come in pretty handy for me. And pay close attention when instructions say to wipe! I'm pretty new at this too, but I grasped the importance of the wiping after reading through a few threads and seeing what happened to those who forgot/didn't.
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I'd recommend Titanium Backup & Dropbox, they've come in pretty handy for me. And pay close attention when instructions say to wipe! I'm pretty new at this too, but I grasped the importance of the wiping after reading through a few threads and seeing what happened to those who forgot/didn't.
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Now, you're tallking Radio.
It only took Erik three months to figure that out..
check out albee's sig...lol
Thanks! I figure if I keep at this, pretty soon I'll be as "functionally illiterate" in Linux as I am in Assembly, SQL and VB.
Radiotsar said:
I am in Assembly, SQL and VB.
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Wow, you have all the right credentials to be a kernel dev.
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Now, you're tallking Radio.
It only took Erik three months to figure that out..
check out albee's sig...lol
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Woah what! Lol...
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Yes...+1...know froyo and your phone first, and read, especially if you plan on flashing a beast lime Zeus....
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Yes...+1...know froyo and your phone first, and read, especially if you plan on flashing a beast lime Zeus....
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I love lime! It is a wee bit sour. Glad to hear you lime them too... Lol.
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Thought I'd missed some new color theme.
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Thought I'd missed some new color theme.
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No, lol. Dman and his swype. SWIFT KEY FTW!
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Grrrrrr....
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Thanks all for the suggestions, I'll get to reading.
I've had the phone for about a week and a half and thus far I love it (coming from a dumb phone) and loved it even more when I learned Android is a Linux based system, as I switched to Ubuntu about a year ago.
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Grrrrrr....
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Try it dude. Worst case scenario you hate it. Promise you will love it.
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Result of my first flash
OK I've done quite a bit of reading over the last 24 hours familiarized myself with how flashing is done. Thus far I've flashed first the Infusion Kernel found here forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1134995 using ROM manager with ClockWorkMod Recovery. Got a little worried at first because it took so long to boot afterwards , but thanks to qkster's noob post I kinda expected it, it helped me a lot, so again thank you for that.
I do have some minor problems and some questions. In ROM manager I selected the option to flash ROM from SDcard, it then prompts me to select the ZIP file to flash and after I select it it asks me what to wipe so I select everything, It then reboots into CWM. I then have to select again flash from SDcard and select the file, my question is am I supposed to have to re-select "flash from SDcard" and re-select the ZIP file to flash? When I flashed the Zeus ROM I didn't do any wiping in CWM because I had selected those options in ROM manager, is this a goof up on my part, was I supposed to wipe again once inside CWM? I ask this because it seems like nothing was wiped, all my apps were still there, settings, pretty much everything. I also have an error right after I boot the phone up and my desktop is loaded, I then get a pop up thats really quick maybe 10 seconds
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The application android system (process system) has stopped unexpectedly please try again[CODE] with a force close button. Everything seems to work fine on the phone so I'd like to know what this error is about, is it linked to me not wiping everything once in CWM?
There is also some instructions for the Zeus ROM that I didn't understand regarding the swype keyboard not installing with the flash and I had an error pertaining that as well. The instructions on the Zeus ROM read as follows [QUOTE]This theme includes a themed swype keyboard (Thanks to nunhugger and studacris). After flash of the theme, Do not open swype, go to root explorer and install it, then it will work flawless. For some reason it will not install on flash, but its all good.
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This instruction is listed for the Aries theme (which I tried first) not the ICS revamped, but I'm having the same issue. How do I install Swipe via root explorer. I also really liked the Samsung keyboard any way to get that back? I did use titanium backup for a lot of my apps (haven't restored anything yet, as everything seems to still be there) but I'm not sure I did for the Samsung keyboard. Anyone have an .APK of it they can get to me?
Any help with my issues is greatly appreciated, keep in mind though I'm still a noob so instructions given that a 10 year old can follow are preferred.:p My wife likes the look of my phone now and wants me to do hers too, so I want to make sure I do it right, it's one thing to brick your own phone, quite another to brick your wife's.
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OK I've done quite a bit of reading over the last 24 hours familiarized myself with how flashing is done. Thus far I've flashed first the Infusion Kernel found here forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1134995 using ROM manager with ClockWorkMod Recovery. Got a little worried at first because it took so long to boot afterwards , but thanks to qkster's noob post I kinda expected it, it helped me a lot, so again thank you for that.
I do have some minor problems and some questions. In ROM manager I selected the option to flash ROM from SDcard, it then prompts me to select the ZIP file to flash and after I select it it asks me what to wipe so I select everything, It then reboots into CWM. I then have to select again flash from SDcard and select the file, my question is am I supposed to have to re-select "flash from SDcard" and re-select the ZIP file to flash? When I flashed the Zeus ROM I didn't do any wiping in CWM because I had selected those options in ROM manager, is this a goof up on my part, was I supposed to wipe again once inside CWM? I ask this because it seems like nothing was wiped, all my apps were still there, settings, pretty much everything. I also have an error right after I boot the phone up and my desktop is loaded, I then get a pop up thats really quick maybe 10 seconds
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The application android system (process system) has stopped unexpectedly please try again[CODE] with a force close button. Everything seems to work fine on the phone so I'd like to know what this error is about, is it linked to me not wiping everything once in CWM?
There is also some instructions for the Zeus ROM that I didn't understand regarding the swype keyboard not installing with the flash and I had an error pertaining that as well. The instructions on the Zeus ROM read as follows
This instruction is listed for the Aries theme (which I tried first) not the ICS revamped, but I'm having the same issue. How do I install Swipe via root explorer. I also really liked the Samsung keyboard any way to get that back? I did use titanium backup for a lot of my apps (haven't restored anything yet, as everything seems to still be there) but I'm not sure I did for the Samsung keyboard. Anyone have an .APK of it they can get to me?
Any help with my issues is greatly appreciated, keep in mind though I'm still a noob so instructions given that a 10 year old can follow are preferred.:p My wife likes the look of my phone now and wants me to do hers too, so I want to make sure I do it right, it's one thing to brick your own phone, quite another to brick your wife's.[/QUOTE]
If you are running zeus without problem, you must have done something right. The force close when booting up its normal. It will go away when you leave it alone 5 minutes.
You had mentioned that you used ROM Manager, try to avoid that program to flash. Wipe may be ok, idk. I don't use it. I usually wipe or flash in cwm.
In gtg post in the QA, the is a pin up on his original infused ROM thread. Use the cwm installation instruction.
The kernels are in that link.
In order to install something via Root Explorer, you should have that program. You can buy it from Market ....or look for it. When you run it, go to /system/app find the zombie Swype, and install it by click on it. You don't necessarily have to use root explorer, ES Explorer from Market will work as well. Root explorer is a better tool for modding.
Here is another Swype.
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1351512
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This may not be a traditional Q&A format, but I really wanted to make sure that the plan I have in mind is going to work out for me.
Hi! I'm a noob. I want to flash my first ROM ever after having gotten frustrated beyond belief with how often my Infuse crashes (every few hours I get the triple vibrate to crash). I've already rooted the Infuse and installed CWM though it seems that it was pointless for me to do both of these things as the steps I'm to follow seem to install the both of 'em.
Phone: Samsung Infuse
Carrier: AT&T
Current Firmware version: 2.2.1
Baseband version: I997UCKH1
Kernel version: 2.6.32.9
Build number: FROYO.UCKH1
ROM I want to install: Unofficial CM10
Steps I intend to take:
Back up with Titanium Backup (Free) - Done as according to ctkatz's thread.
I did not do a launcher backup, mostly because I don't know what it is and I don't believe I have one I'm interested in keeping. Also, I didn't use Rom Manager to make a nandroid backup since in the threads I've read the general consensus seems to be Rom Manager is REALLY AWESOME at bricking phones, but not so good for much else.. Rather, I booted into CWM and told it to make a backup. I'm under the impression this made a nandroid backup. If this didn't, please somebody let me know.
Install 2.3.6 Gingerbread via jscott30's thread and installing option D. And for some reason, this is the only step that requires me to use Odin. I'm not really sure why, if anybody wants to clear that up it'd be great!
Use Qksters EFS backup script to ensure that if I somehow mess things up, I can still save my phone! And to run this I just "flash" it like I would a ROM. Which is by selecting the install zip from sdcard option.
Follow Entropy's CM9 guide to go from GB to ICS And this is just because you can't jump from GB to JB? I'm assuming it's something along those lines. Either way, his guide seems straightforward enough. Also during this step, put the ROM, Overclock Kernel, and Gapp files for CM10 on my internal SD card.
Wipe in CWM
Flash the ROM in CWM
Flash Overclock Kernel in CWM because if I'm going through all this trouble to doctor my Android, I may as well give myself the ability to overclock it
Wipe Cache Partition in CWM I don't really know what this does, but I'm assuming it doesn't wipe anything I care about
Advanced/Wipe Dalvick Cache Same as the previous step. I don't know what it does, but I'm following instructions.
Reboot And I'm supposed to understand this first reboot will take like 5-10 minutes and I shouldn't run around my house crying that my phone broke when it takes a long time to reboot.
Wait 15 minutes and reboot a second time
Log into google account And this gets my contacts back
Restore user app data This gets my apps and my 3 starred all angry birds levels back?
CAREFULLY restore some system data that is green
And after that, I get to play around with my brand new shiny OS and enjoy my phone!
I apologize that this is not a very concise accumulation of questions, but there's not really a single guide that goes step by step through this ENTIRE process of going from Froyo to a customized jellybean OS while making sure you don't lose any app data. It's taken me about ~5 hours of reading through a number of topics and my brain is starting to feel fuzzy, so I really just wanted some of the more experienced members of the community to doublecheck my planning.
Thank you guys so much! Everybody in this community is just awesome for dumbing this process down for those of us who do not understanding the inner workings of a computer : ). I'm very appreciative!
You have pretty much the right idea.
There's a few pointer i would suggest. Back up your contacts to google. Save all your photos to your PC.
When you are making the move from 2.2.1 to 4.1.2 or 4.2, I would start it all new. I would not restore anything you had in froyo (2.2.1) to 4.1.2.
With that in mind, put your phone into download mode, flash jscott's gb with bootloaders.
Flash cm9 and then cm10 as instructed on their ops or andros's write up.
Also I noticed you have a step about flashing the OC kernel, but OC has now been integrated into the kernel that comes with the build.
And as qkster stated, avoid restoring data. If there is something essential you do not want to lose you may restore data for that specific app and in case you start having issues, you know what to blame.
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You have pretty much the right idea.
There's a few pointer i would suggest. Back up your contacts to google. Save all your photos to your PC.
When you are making the move from 2.2.1 to 4.1.2 or 4.2, I would start it all new. I would not restore anything you had in froyo (2.2.1) to 4.1.2.
With that in mind, put your phone into download mode, flash jscott's gb with bootloaders.
Flash cm9 and then cm10 as instructed on their ops or andros's write up.
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Luckily, the guide I read on backing up suggested both of those things, so I've done those.
I'm underway! I managed to successfully install the option D from jscott, but I'm a little confused on how to flash the bootloaders. Do I need to put my phone back into download mode to use Odin again? I tried that, and Odin doesn't seem to want to recognize my phone.
And sadly, I can't skip out on the bootloaders as I'm sure you guessed. Upon trying to go to CM9 I failed miserably due to rainbows. I actually used your guide to get back to well, stock UCLB3, and from there I've been trying to get the bootloaders on by putting my phone in download mode.
With no luck, sadly. Odin just doesn't want to show my phone as connected. Kinda stuck at the moment!
EDIT: I re-read the guide of yours I followed and saw that all I had to do was flash the thing a second time with the install bootloaders box checked. Unfortunately, I've done that, and I can clearly read the words "Uploading SBL...SBL upload failed!" on my screen.
Doesn't take much of a genius to figure out that the BL likely stands for bootloaders, so now I'm slightly freaking out. Heimdall One-click is currently trying to end the session. I'm of course going to let it go as long as I can hoping that it ends things nicely as I'm terrified to try turning anything off at this point. Hopefully I didn't just permanently destroy my phone =\
Andros: Oh thank you for saving me from the OC mishap. I suppose there's some good in me not having gotten that far yet due to problems!
EDIT 2: I can see the light at the end of the tunnel! I swapped my USB ports around a bit and kept trying with your Heimdall One-click stuff and finally got the bootloaders in! Once that went through the rest was easy as pie : ) Everything's going smooth, I'm currently installing JB Gapp stuff, then I'm going to follow the rest of my ROM guide and I don't forsee any issues. Thank you guys again, both of your guides and your responses were very helpful!
I want to thank YOU arguro. If everybody had the patience and intelligence to so thoroughly research what they wanted to do there would be so many less help I bricked my phone threads and a whole lot less irritated developers.
You went into the process with the right amount desire / fear. Glad you made it and welcome to jellybean!
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I have a samsung galaxy s 4g from t-mobile I was trying to upgrade from ginger bread to ice cream sandwich and now the phone keeps restarting. When it turns on it shows the samsung galaxy s 4g startup then it shows the ice cream sandwich i tried to download and it shows a progress bar when it gets to the very end it restarts and does the same process over and over again. I tried to plug into computer and the computer says my device is not recognized. I need help!! What do I do? If video is needed I will provide one
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There is no OTA update to ICS for this device. If you messed it up, you should use the one click back to stock, which will revert everything back to the way it was when you first got it.
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I know but I saw a video on youtube about it so i tried it and it just keeps restarting. Would you mind explaining how to do that because it I can't connect my phone to the computer it turns off every 15 secs and I can't go into recovery mode either.
The good news is that it is nearly impossible to "hard brick" an SGS4G. That you are seeing it repeatedly trying to start up tells me that it's more that you just have improper firmware on your device.
Take a look a the heimdall "one-click" collection http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1358498
@lumin30 has a great walk-through as well -- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=21953878&postcount=2
The most difficult thing about using them is getting the right drivers installed on your computer for your phone (and ROM).
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The good news is that it is nearly impossible to "hard brick" an SGS4G. That you are seeing it repeatedly trying to start up tells me that it's more that you just have improper firmware on your device.
Take a look a the heimdall "one-click" collection http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1358498
@lumin30 has a great walk-through as well -- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=21953878&postcount=2
The most difficult thing about using them is getting the right drivers installed on your computer for your phone (and ROM).
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I can't do this because when i plug my phone in to the computer it says device not recognized and the phone restarts about every 15 seconds. If you need to see a video I can provide one. I need to fix it because i'm stuck with this phone for a few more months.
Google samsung usb download jig. You can buy one or make your own for just a few bucks. There is a thread or two on xda on making one. Couple of threads on how to get into download mode too.
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I can't do this because when i plug my phone in to the computer it says device not recognized and the phone restarts about every 15 seconds. If you need to see a video I can provide one. I need to fix it because i'm stuck with this phone for a few more months.
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"Device not recognized" is Windows' polite way of saying that it can't make sense of drivers. I have a few polite things to say about Window's handling of drivers, but let's just say that it is tweaky, at best, and you apparently can only have one set of "similar" drivers installed at a time. You will have to work with the drivers once you get Download Mode under control.
That is is still rebooting seems to suggest that you don't have the power off / hold volup/vol dn / plug in USB sequence quite right.
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"Device not recognized" is Windows' polite way of saying that it can't make sense of drivers. I have a few polite things to say about Window's handling of drivers, but let's just say that it is tweaky, at best, and you apparently can only have one set of "similar" drivers installed at a time. You will have to work with the drivers once you get Download Mode under control.
That is is still rebooting seems to suggest that you don't have the power off / hold volup/vol dn / plug in USB sequence quite right.
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Thank you I just fixed it. I thought I was screwed thanks so much!! Do you know anything good to put on the device that is for the sgs4g because the last time I put the wrong ones and it ended up how it did. I tried valhalla final do you know any better ones.
I'm glad you got it going again! With luck, you won't have to try that again, but it is a great device to play around with as it is rather hard to get it to "hard brick" to the point where you can't get it into download mode and start again. Just keep lots of backups
There are lots of great ROMs out there for this device, in a few different flavors. You generally need to be careful how you upgrade between the flavors, especially as the big upgrade steps are often taken for granted by current ROMs
Froyo (I'll go out on a limb and say you don't want this)
Gingerbread, BML
Gingerbread, MTD
Ice Cream Sandwich (MTD only, I believe)
JellyBean (MTD only)
BML is the "stock" low-level disk routines used by Samsung ROMs, as well as some custom Gingerbread ROMs. MTD is an open-source alternative to BML that is popular with later Gingerbread ROMs, as well as probably all ICS and JB ROMs. If you are going to use an MTD ROM, you should find a solid MTD Gingerbread ROM to do the switch-over from BML to MTD to make sure it goes smoothly.
I can't really say which is "best" between all the ROMs. There are many good ones out there. A lot of people will have which ROM they use or like in their signature.
With any ROM, read the main thread to see what things might not work for you if you try the ROM.
Some of the general things that are pretty much universal are:
ICS
WiFi Calling doesn't work
Indicated WiFi signal level appears lower
JB
Built-in GPS doesn't work
WiFi Calling doesn't work
Indicated WiFi signal level appears lower
jeffsf said:
I'm glad you got it going again! With luck, you won't have to try that again, but it is a great device to play around with as it is rather hard to get it to "hard brick" to the point where you can't get it into download mode and start again. Just keep lots of backups
There are lots of great ROMs out there for this device, in a few different flavors. You generally need to be careful how you upgrade between the flavors, especially as the big upgrade steps are often taken for granted by current ROMs
Froyo (I'll go out on a limb and say you don't want this)
Gingerbread, BML
Gingerbread, MTD
Ice Cream Sandwich (MTD only, I believe)
JellyBean (MTD only)
BML is the "stock" low-level disk routines used by Samsung ROMs, as well as some custom Gingerbread ROMs. MTD is an open-source alternative to BML that is popular with later Gingerbread ROMs, as well as probably all ICS and JB ROMs. If you are going to use an MTD ROM, you should find a solid MTD Gingerbread ROM to do the switch-over from BML to MTD to make sure it goes smoothly.
I can't really say which is "best" between all the ROMs. There are many good ones out there. A lot of people will have which ROM they use or like in their signature.
With any ROM, read the main thread to see what things might not work for you if you try the ROM.
Some of the general things that are pretty much universal are:
ICS
WiFi Calling doesn't work
Indicated WiFi signal level appears lower
JB
Built-in GPS doesn't work
WiFi Calling doesn't work
Indicated WiFi signal level appears lower
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Ok thanks for the suggestions but I have been looking at the tutorials on this and it says you need cwm but that isn't supported by this device sgs4g. What do i do? Here is what I am trying to install http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2587589
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...you need cwm but that isn't supported by this device sgs4g.
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It is true that you can't install Clockwork recovery by itself on the SGS4G. However, the custom kernels have either CWR or TWRP "built in" to them. (On the SGS4G, kernel and recovery bound together and flashed as a single unit.)
Here is what I am trying to install http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2587589
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Well, that is quite a first ROM to try to flash! Let's see, it says "beta" in the header, it's been out for under 24 hours, people are reporting difficulties flashing it, it has a different partition structure than any other SGS4G ROM, oh, and it's the first KitKat ROM for the phone, so the Android part of the phone is very different and potentially still has major bugs. I think you're in for a world of hurt if you try something that hasn't stabilized to the point that people are generally successful with it, especially if you aren't comfortable with the whole flashing process yet.
I'd suggest one of the well-proven ICS ROMs as a start. The are relatively robust in their ability to install and generally perform very well on the phone. Take a couple weeks with it to know how it performs on the phone for you and then look again at what you might want to try out.
While you can generally upgrade your data from one Android release to the next using a tool like Titanium Backup, going back is dicey, at best. I didn't decide to upgrade my day-today phone from GB to ICS for quite some time after the ROMs were available for just that reason. I'd hate to find out that there was a show-stopper bug and I couldn't go back to GB without losing my data.
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It is true that you can't install Clockwork recovery by itself on the SGS4G. However, the custom kernels have either CWR or TWRP "built in" to them. (On the SGS4G, kernel and recovery bound together and flashed as a single unit.)
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I'm a noob when it comes to this stuff I have been looking around and I can't find any custom kernels that have it pre installed could you please help me on this.
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Well, that is quite a first ROM to try to flash! Let's see, it says "beta" in the header, it's been out for under 24 hours, people are reporting difficulties flashing it, it has a different partition structure than any other SGS4G ROM, oh, and it's the first KitKat ROM for the phone, so the Android part of the phone is very different and potentially still has major bugs. I think you're in for a world of hurt if you try something that hasn't stabilized to the point that people are generally successful with it, especially if you aren't comfortable with the whole flashing process yet.
I'd suggest one of the well-proven ICS ROMs as a start. The are relatively robust in their ability to install and generally perform very well on the phone. Take a couple weeks with it to know how it performs on the phone for you and then look again at what you might want to try out.
While you can generally upgrade your data from one Android release to the next using a tool like Titanium Backup, going back is dicey, at best. I didn't decide to upgrade my day-today phone from GB to ICS for quite some time after the ROMs were available for just that reason. I'd hate to find out that there was a show-stopper bug and I couldn't go back to GB without losing my data.
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That makes sense I'll wait for slim kat until the bugs have been fixed and until I get the hang of this.SO just to be certain I should start from ics then move up to jelly bean?
It's my personal opinion that the GB and ICS ROMs are the most stable and reliable for "daily driver" phones. Others like the JB experience. KitKat has a lot of potential, but I'd wait a bit until it settles down. The first few releases on any new Android version are generally a bit rough, even when from the best of devs.
The AntonX Basic kernel from the heimdall one-click thread should get you what you need to get started.
I'm a little puzzled though, how you flashed the first ROM if you didn't have CWR or some other recovery already installed. If it was ROM Manager that you used, it definitely would have caused problems (and will if you use it again).
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It's my personal opinion that the GB and ICS ROMs are the most stable and reliable for "daily driver" phones. Others like the JB experience. KitKat has a lot of potential, but I'd wait a bit until it settles down. The first few releases on any new Android version are generally a bit rough, even when from the best of devs.
The AntonX Basic kernel from the heimdall one-click thread should get you what you need to get started.
I'm a little puzzled though, how you flashed the first ROM if you didn't have CWR or some other recovery already installed. If it was ROM Manager that you used, it definitely would have caused problems (and will if you use it again).
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Ok I will try this right now see if I can even follow the tutorial and I got valhalla by using sgs kernel flasher which is an app on the marketplace.
jeffsf said:
It's my personal opinion that the GB and ICS ROMs are the most stable and reliable for "daily driver" phones. Others like the JB experience. KitKat has a lot of potential, but I'd wait a bit until it settles down. The first few releases on any new Android version are generally a bit rough, even when from the best of devs.
The AntonX Basic kernel from the heimdall one-click thread should get you what you need to get started.
I'm a little puzzled though, how you flashed the first ROM if you didn't have CWR or some other recovery already installed. If it was ROM Manager that you used, it definitely would have caused problems (and will if you use it again).
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ok so I decided to go for slimkat 4.4.2 and I actually installed it correctly but I don't have the google play store and all that I tried to install gapps but not sure if I had the right version. When I was flashing them it said installation successful but when the phone rebooted it says the applications stopped working.
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ok so I decided to go for slimkat 4.4.2 and I actually installed it correctly but I don't have the google play store and all that I tried to install gapps but not sure if I had the right version. When I was flashing them it said installation successful but when the phone rebooted it says the applications stopped working.
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Hullo man (or mam) I'm the tooth cavity bringer as u can see (w kitkat or sth like that). For your issue, I think you first should get used to installing custom ROM on this phone first, with Recovery: backup & restore procedure, flashing zip,... and heimdall oneclick procedure as jeffsf has been avised you tho before installing kitkat. And yeah, a user got Playstore work out by heimdall oneclick back to stock, and follow my instruction in the slimkat thread again carefully (super clean install) so you can try if you know what you are doing then.
If you are feeling confused and frustrated w the instruction and bugs that might happen to your phone, you can/should flash sth considered stable first like ICS ROMs (that Jeffsf recommended) w Jeffsf's kernels as they are easier to flash and almost bug-free .
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Hullo man (or mam) I'm the tooth cavity bringer as u can see (w kitkat or sth like that). For your issue, I think you first should get used to installing custom ROM on this phone first, with Recovery: backup & restore procedure, flashing zip,... and heimdall oneclick procedure as jeffsf has been avised you tho before installing kitkat. And yeah, a user got Playstore work out by heimdall oneclick back to stock, and follow my instruction in the slimkat thread again carefully (super clean install) so you can try if you know what you are doing then.
If you are feeling confused and frustrated w the instruction and bugs that might happen to your phone, you can/should flash sth considered stable first like ICS ROMs (that Jeffsf recommended) w Jeffsf's kernels as they are easier to flash and almost bug-free .
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thanks for the suggestions I installed slimkat but I didn't have the play store because I forgot to flash the gapps now I finally got everything working it runs pretty smooth. I wanted to challenge myself so I chose the harder one and I did okay.