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[FAQ][WIP] Inspire 4G Commenly Asked Questions w/Quick Reference

Just like the Guide in general this is an attempt for people to go to for quick answers, to the commonly asked questions. I am going to try and put this in a quick reference so it is easier to go straight to the question you want.
To quickly jump to an Question and Answer please open up the search function on your browser and type the number and the letter.
Note: This is not here to take place of the Q&A section, and this is not to answer rom based questions.
General Questions:
1a. I'm a noob where do I start?
2a. What is the best rom?
-- 2b. What rom has the best battery life?
---- 2c. What rom has the least amount of bugs?
3a. My phones rooted can I install the OTA ?
General Rooting Questions:
4a. Why is the rooting process so complicated?
5a. What is a gold card?
--5b. Why am I having Trouble making a gold card?
----5c. After I have rooted my phone do I still need the goldcard to flash roms?
6a. Why do I have no wifi/sound after downgrade?
7a. Why is rage not found?
Radio and Network Questions:
8a. What radio should I flash?
-- 8b. How do I flash a Radio?
9a. What is a RIL?
-- 9b. How do I flash a RIL?
10a. Why Are my data speeds inconsistent?
11a. Why is my data not working?
Rom and Flashing Related Questions:
12a. How do I flash a rom?
-- 12b. What is a rom?
13a. How do I flash a kernel?
--- 13b. What is a kernel?
14a. How do I make a nandroid back up?
15a. How do I flash a Theme?
16a. How do I flash a boot animation?
17a. How do I flash a splash screen?
18a. Why does my phone show desire hd and not inspire 4g
19a. I don't have h+ anymore only h how do I fix this?
Backup and App questions:
20a. What is the best thing to use to back up apps?
21a. What is the best app to use to back up sms and mms?
22a. Why won't my app install correctly.
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General Questions:
1a. I am a noob where do I start?
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The best place to start if you ware wishing to root your phone is the Guide that is stickied in the General section. It will cover the two rooting methods currently available to us. It also covers general fixes for soft bricks, how to flash a rom (not just for beginners, but for every time you flash a rom). You can find the guidehere.
2a. What is the best rom?
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This question get asked time and time again. The question itself is extremely subjective. The honest answer is there really is no "best rom". It all depends on what the development team is doing to the rom, and what the flasher is looking for in a custom rom.
2b. What rom has the best battery life?
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This question is also very subjective. There are to many variables that come into play with roms to narrow it down or pick a specific rom. Things like signal, network, radio, ril, cpu settings, apps, widgets, and kernel all come into play. The only way to find out, is to see what works best for you and your needs.
2c. What rom has the least amount of bugs
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Every rom is different. The very nature of custom roms are to be in a constant state of beta. With that said every phone reacts differently to every rom. Even the stock rom that comes with the phone is subject to bugs, for instance the captivate was released with numerous bugs.
3a. My phones rooted can I install the OTA?
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The OTA (over the air) update will download on sense based roms, but no matter how many times you try the install will fail. There are two options, return to stock, and possibly loose the ability to root or wait 24-48 hours until the dev's come out with a rom based on the update.
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General Rooting Questions:
4a. Why is the rooting process so complicated?
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Unlike most phones the inspire requires you to not only create a gold card, but also to downgrade the radio and rom in order to perm root the phone. There is no easier way or way around it. Visonary and Gingerbreak will not work.
5a. What is a gold card?
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Basically you are editing the sd card, so that you can bypass the CID check.
5b. Why am I having trouble making a goldcard
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Some SD cards just will not work as gold cards. Confirmed working sd cards: Kingston, PKNY. Some samsung sd cards will work (the ones that typically come with the phone). Though please note: it may take as many as 10-20 tries before you actually make one, and you will need to format the sd card each time you try.
5c. After I have rooted my phone do I still need the goldcard to flash roms?
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No, once the rooting and s-off process has completed you will no longer need your gold card. You can format your gold card, or you can leave it as is, and use it as a normal sd card.
6a. Why do I have no wifi/sound after downgrade?
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The rom/radio used to downgrade the inspire is a native ACE rom/radio, though it is not native to the inspire. The rom does not have the correct drivers. You will need to flash a custom rom of your choice, along with the recommended radio for the rom.
7a. Why is rage not found?
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When your anti virus/malware is activated, rage will appear to the program as a virus/malware. Essentially Rage is a forkbomb used on android to gain root access. It is not a virus nor is it malware. In order to use rage you will need to deactivate your virus/malware software so it does not quarantine/delete it. After the rooting process you can turn your protection back on.
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Radio and Network Questions:
8a. What radio should I flash?
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This is once again one of those subjective questions. Every phone responds differently to every radio. The radio's signal and data strength will differ for every region. Essentially what may work for some one may not work for you.
8b. How do I flash a Radio?
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The safest way to flash a radio is through the bootloader (not to be confused with recovery). You will need to check the MD5sum of the radio to make sure the file is not corrupt, you are able to do this on your computer or on your phone which ever you choose. The file will be in the form of a pd95img.zip which is the update file name for the inspire. You can find Radio & RIL's along with instructions here.
9a. What is a RIL?
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Tribalartgod: Radio Interface Library. In the most basic of terms, this is the link between your hardware and software on your phone. Think of it as device drivers. You can use other RIL files with your radio, but having matched pairs can warrant better battery life, and more stability on your signal/data strength.
9b. How do I flash a RIL?
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A RIL is flashed the same as any rom mod, theme, or rom itself, through CWM (Clock Work Mod Recovery). You are going to want to make a nandroid back up before flashing.
10a. Why Are my data speeds inconsistent?
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This is very subjective as well. There are numerous factors that come into play such as: Radio, RIL, network strength, network load, and apn settings. If you are having consistently slow speeds take a look at this thread(HenryBravo) or this thread(id10terrordfw)
11a. Why is my data not working?
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This could be a combination of a few things, but the most common problems are that 1. The sim card/sd card cover is not on, 2. You still have the downgraded radio, 3. You have no APN under network>apn settings.
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Rom and Flashing Related Questions:
12a. How do I flash a rom?
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Instead of reiterating the steps I will link to the guide which has a "noob" friendly step by step guide. You can find it here.
12b. What is a rom?
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Essentially a rom is what you see on the screen. Of course it is a little more then that, but that is the easiest way to look at it.
13a. How do I flash a kernel?
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First you are going to want to make sure the kernel you flash is compatible with the rom and or phone you wish to flash it on. The steps for flashing a kernel are almost identical to flashing a rom, with one major exception you are NOT going to do a full wipe!
13b. What is a kernel?
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Essentially the kernel is what makes it happen. It is the software that tells the hardware to work with the software and vice versa.
14a. How do I make a nandroid back up?
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A nandroid back up is probably one of the most important things you can do before flashing. Essentially it is backing up the entire rom to include: Sms/mms, Contacts, APPS, book marks, personal settings. It does not include anything contained on different partitions, such as radios and splashscreens.
There are two processes to creating a nandroid backup. The first method is using rom manager and selecting back up current rom, with this method you can name the back up which will be saved on your sd-card. The other method involves booting into recovery and backing up from Clock work mod recovery, note with this method you will not be able to name the backup, but it will be saved on your sd card.
15a. How do I flash a Theme?
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You are going to use the same process as you would with a rom, except you are NOT going to do a full wipe. Note: The exception to this is if you are using a cm7 based rom that has theme manger installed, in which case it is installed just like an app.
16a. How do I flash a boot animation?
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Once again this will be the same method as flashing a rom, you will NOT being a full wipe though.
17a. How do I flash a splash screen?
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Splash screens are flashed through the bootloader, just like a radio. The splash screen will be in a pd98img.zip format.
18a. Why does my phone show desire hd and not inspire 4g
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Essentially the inspire is a desire hd with slight modifications. This seems to bother a lot of people, but in all honest it is really trivial.
Note: If you do convert your phones name to inspire from desire, carrier billing may not work on some roms.
19a. I don't have h+ anymore only h how do I fix this?
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There is nothing to fix, the H+ is purely cosmetic, essentially H=H+ there is no difference.
You will see this happen when your using a rom based on the desire/pyramid, the images only make a cameo appearance on att.
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Backup and App questions:
20a. What is the best thing to use to back up apps?
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This is a subjective question as well, there are two main apps used to back up apps along with the apps data. Titanium backup /pro and My back up pro.
Note: Restoring backup-ed apps + data may adversely effect the performance of a rom.
21a. What is the best app to use to back up sms and mms?
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Go sms and a few other apps have the ability to backup sms and mms, the phone doesn't natively have this function.
22a. Why won't my app install correctly.
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9 times out of 10 it was downloaded incorrectly, and will need to be re-downloaded and installed. In the other 1% of instances it is a compatibility issue with the rom you are using.
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I will be updating with the answers tomorrow night, once I get done with some school work.
If there is something you would like to see added, please let me know. This is in an effort to be as informative as possible and help cut down on the vindicated questions.

Great idea mudknot, keep up the good work.
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How about this one.
"I have weak wifi/no internet after rooting"
No Hay de Queso No Mas de Papa

Sweet. Great work once again, mudknot.

I'VE got one for you. I have a Inspire4G and I am running Coredroid 7.0 and have been trying to change the model name back to Inspire4g from Desire HD. I've tried to edit the\ build.prop=Model name and \manufacturer=HTC. Saved and rebooted but it didn't change the model name. I'm new to all this fun stuff and its just really bothersome to me for some reason. I've also tried to flash the GB_Patch_DHD_to_Inspire4G33.zip and where it's made for Leedroid Rom it changes my Rom name. I've tried to Search the forums here and @ Coredroid.com .But still have no luck at a good/working fix.
If anyone can help me out it would be really appreciated. Thanks
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You kind of missed the point of this post.
Its a place to reference questions that are commonly asked, your vest bet would be to post in the cordroid forum after you get 10 posts, or pm one of the coredroid team members.
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Something in reference to the missing H/H+ after flashing a rom and the insignificance of it might be in order. Also, perhaps a brief explanation of s-on/s-off might not be a bad idea.
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Definitions
Is there a chance you can make a definitions/list section? I have been playing with different roms and have found that ROMS, Kernels, etc can be confusing. What do I flash first? Do I need to flash the LeeKernel if I am going to run Cyanogen? etc.
The thing I see is a lot of development is being done that says something like "based on FroYo" but it takes a bit of research as a noob to figure out what FroYo is. Definitions of Kernels, Roms, etc with a list of what is what may ease this burden.
*Edited* I just re-read the link in MudKnot's Sig... What I am looking for is there. DOH!
Anyway... great site guys. Thanks for doing so much work.

is this something you guys want stickied?

mudknot2005 said:
is this something you guys want stickied?
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Of course.

This is awesome. Thanks for taking the time to put it together. Already I see many of the questions I have listed here. Can't wait to read through it when its done!
Edit: Ive seen a few posts about people who may have bricked or soft bricked their phones. Maybe something that addresses that as well?
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thoffland said:
This is awesome. Thanks for taking the time to put it together. Already I see many of the questions I have listed here. Can't wait to read through it when its done!
Edit: Ive seen a few posts about people who may have bricked or soft bricked their phones. Maybe something that addresses that as well?
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That is in the guide posted in general.
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Scott_S said:
Of course.
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I would ask to pm a mod then as it would look a little better coming from some one other then myself.
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Guys, why is it that an atrix can support my wifi strongest signal which is a VIZIO. my INspire reads only the normal ViZIO signal which speeds to 2.4ghz (and so does every other devices as my cpu). And I tried with a stock inspire and my custom one.
But the issue lies on one day I used the Atrix from a friend, and it read my VIZIO (HD) which signal runs up to 5ghz. Does it have to do with the radio or is the app. Or there is a hardware issue?

joefrank said:
Guys, why is it that an atrix can support my wifi strongest signal which is a VIZIO. my INspire reads only the normal ViZIO signal which speeds to 2.4ghz (and so does every other devices as my cpu). And I tried with a stock inspire and my custom one.
But the issue lies on one day I used the Atrix from a friend, and it read my VIZIO (HD) which signal runs up to 5ghz. Does it have to do with the radio or is the app. Or there is a hardware issue?
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Please post this in the q& a section. The main purpose of this thread is to answer commonly asked questions, it is mainly for reference.
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I am watching.

mudknot2005 said:
Please post this in the q& a section. The main purpose of this thread is to answer commonly asked questions, it is mainly for reference.
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You knew this was going to happen didn't you?
BTW thank you so much for all your work. It's good to see you back. I would have DIED without your sticky when I was rooting my Inspire....well maybe not die....I like to exaggerate sometimes...

Hey mud, you may want to add under the goldcard section the fact that you can reuse a goldcard to root other inspires.

The reason I posted here is because WiFi and radio signals are a common question. And dont get fooled by my newbie estatus. Ive been here from the beginin. I lost one acount by memory loss. And I know the rules I ask you because you have a radio thread
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CWM-flashable roms from the One X

Now that we have an unlocked bootloader and working recovery, has anyone successfully ported any of the roms from the international htc one x (tegra 3)? Feel free to post which rom you used and how it worked out for you.
DO NOT TRY AND FLASH THE BOOT.IMG FROM THE INTERNATIONAL HTC ONE X ROM. MAY RESULT IN SOFTBRICK

wrong section buddy

Yeah and I know no one is gonna read the general q&a. Besides we are all wanting immediate rom goodness

What? You can't flash a international rom. r u drunk
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expertzero1 said:
What? You can't flash a international rom. r u drunk
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I didn't say it was possible I asked has anyone tried to port one from the one x and you must be drunk if you can't read correctly

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Now that we have an unlocked bootloader and working recovery, has anyone flashed any of the roms from the international htc one x (tegra 3)? I just tried Insert coin rom but it fails to install due to do mismatch in model id. I guess you could edit your build.prop to endeavor but I haven't tried it yet. Feel free to post which rom you used and how it worked out for you.
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I didn't say it was possible I asked has anyone tried to port one from the one x and you must be drunk if you can't read correctly
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I'm reading it and it says has anyone flashed, not ported. Lol

lol just make a backup in cwm. worst case scenario you have to restore like I did. Won't hurt to try.

Tiffany84 said:
I'm reading it and it says has anyone flashed, not ported. Lol
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Heh
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beeroatsnp90x said:
lol just make a backup in cwm. worst case scenario you have to restore like I did. Won't hurt to try.
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The international version has different hardware therefore their roms wil not work on our phone

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Yeah and I know no one is gonna read the general q&a. Besides we are all wanting immediate rom goodness
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People read Q&A all the time. This is no reason to ignore the rules and clog up Development with random questions.

^^^^ you act like someone stole your cookie. stop crying like a baby about simple misplaced thread

So now i have an unlocked bootloader and i have CWM installed. If i were to use a RUU, the clean rom DE, would it remove CWM and put the stock one back on? Or would it leave CWM intact?

jason.hamilton said:
So now i have an unlocked bootloader and i have CWM installed. If i were to use a RUU, the clean rom DE, would it remove CWM and put the stock one back on? Or would it leave CWM intact?
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wait a day for a few roms. They're already out there, they just need to edit them a tad.

beeroatsnp90x said:
^^^^ you act like someone stole your cookie. stop crying like a baby about simple misplaced thread
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When you start calling people names, you are the one that appears immature and childish, no matter how correct you may be.
The problem is, though, you are not correct. Maybe it only appears as a "simple" mistake to you, probably because you don't care or haven't spent enough time in the forums, but for people who frequent XDA then it has become a cumulative nuisance.
Also, when the majority of users responding in the thread you started is either questioning the logic of your statement or placement of the thread then maybe you need to reflect on what you were trying to accomplish and maybe take into consideration how you can achieve better results in the future. Long story short, try to learn from your mistakes.

Okay, so, International One x won't be compatible because of hardware differences, but what about the One S roms? I just tried flashing the CM9 port for the S, and it flashed successfully but upon reboot the screen was just filled with green graphical glitches. Rebooting back into recovery and attempting to restore my backup of the stock system didn't work at all, so RUU for me... but, why wouldn't a One S ROM work? It has 99% of the same hardware... besides the qHD screen. I remember being able to flash a Droid 3 ROM to my bootloader-locked Atrix 2 and it booting up just fine. What's different here?

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Okay, so, International One x won't be compatible because of hardware differences, but what about the One S roms? I just tried flashing the CM9 port for the S, and it flashed successfully but upon reboot the screen was just filled with green graphical glitches. Rebooting back into recovery and attempting to restore my backup of the stock system didn't work at all, so RUU for me... but, why wouldn't a One S ROM work? It has 99% of the same hardware... besides the qHD screen. I remember being able to flash a Droid 3 ROM to my bootloader-locked Atrix 2 and it booting up just fine. What's different here?
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LTE radio for one. Probably some other minor differences too.

SGH-i497 ROM compatibility?

I see that there are plenty of ROMs available for the P51xx's, and since the P51xx's and the 497's are both Galaxy Tab 2's, would it be possible, just to use the build.prop of the P51xx's on a 497's rom?

darinalleman said:
I see that there are plenty of ROMs available for the P51xx's, and since the P51xx's and the 497's are both Galaxy Tab 2's, would it be possible, just to use the build.prop of the P51xx's on a 497's rom?
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I know of none, the Tmobile one would be close, but you would still run into a few problems. Just keep checking back... Sooner or later some developer will come along and conquer the last hurdle....

Can you post your i497 build.prop?
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MultipleMonomials said:
Can you post your i497 build.prop?
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You are speaking greek to me. Build prop?
I dumped the rom
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/15191674/system.img.ext4
And my CWM backup
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/15191674/STCK_BKUP.zip
I reset everything before making the backup.....
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If you want something else, then let me know how I can get it for you. If I have to reset my device back to stock again, it isn't a problem because the CWM backup worked perfect...

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Can you post your i497 build.prop?
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Here is the build.prop of my i497..if only I was over my 10 post limit. I'll pm you the link and maybe you can edit your post with that link so that others can have it too?
Sorry for the late reply.

urgypel from
If you want something else, then let me know how I can get it for you. If I have to reset my device back to stock again, it isn't a problem because the CWM backup worked perfect...
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He was asking for your build.prop file. You can find it in /system.

No. There are more differences between the Verizon tab and the gtab then you think.

MultipleMonomials said:
Can you post your i497 build.prop?
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https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/15191674/build.prop

Oditius said:
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/15191674/build.prop
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Does anyone knows how thing with this request?
Thanks.

SnakeEYEPTY said:
Does anyone knows how thing with this request?
Thanks.
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Been around for a while, guess I deleted it by now. Since i no longer have the tablet...

Oditius said:
Been around for a while, guess I deleted it by now. Since i no longer have the tablet...
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Thanks, I just got one and I wondered if there is a way to make GSM Voice calls and so on...
Regards

SnakeEYEPTY said:
Thanks, I just got one and I wondered if there is a way to make GSM Voice calls and so on...
Regards
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I did once using google talk And another app I downloaded from the store, but it was so bad I could barely make out what the other person was saying (Speaker on back and it isn't really loud) So I just dropped the idea as not bearable,

SnakeEYEPTY said:
Thanks, I just got one and I wondered if there is a way to make GSM Voice calls and so on...
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The Canadian SGH-i497 (ROM appears on sammobile but I cannot find reference to a Canadian Tab2) may support phone calls and sms messaging. I downloaded the Odin ROM from here:
http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/3/?download=20711
And checked inside and it seems to have the proper files. Since the i497 has practically no support on XDA I have been reluctant to install it. But recently another member posted the ATT 4.1.2 so I was thinking of giving it a try in the near future.
Canadian version is listed on Samsung of Canada but that is about it. No info is given. Why would they release a ROM for a tablet that just doesn't seem to exist?
http://www.samsung.com/ca/support/model/SGH-I497ZSAXAC#
Found available at these 2 places but still practically no info:
http://www.microcad.ca/products/details/Samsung-GALAXY-Tab2-10.1-LTE-2000600657
http://www.canadacomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=710_375&item_id=066162

Oditius said:
I know of none, the Tmobile one would be close, but you would still run into a few problems. Just keep checking back... Sooner or later some developer will come along and conquer the last hurdle....
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I was just gifted a SGH-i497 and I have been searching for about a week now for a rom - to no avail.

MaterialDefender said:
I was just gifted a SGH-i497 and I have been searching for about a week now for a rom - to no avail.
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I too have one of these things...Really want to Root it and install other ROM's....Found Cyanogenmod for p5100 but also reluctant to try it as it is not the SGH-I497...but it's so slow and laggy, I just am dying to at least give it a try, as long as I can back up current firmware....just need to research on how to do just that first...

I have a I497 as well but it is for Digicel Jamaica, anyone knows if the AT&T or Canadian 4.1.2 Rom would work on it? I'm thinking they should all be compatible since they are all sgh-I497.
Agoattamer said:
The Canadian SGH-i497 (ROM appears on sammobile but I cannot find reference to a Canadian Tab2) may support phone calls and sms messaging. I downloaded the Odin ROM from here:
http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/3/?download=20711
And checked inside and it seems to have the proper files. Since the i497 has practically no support on XDA I have been reluctant to install it. But recently another member posted the ATT 4.1.2 so I was thinking of giving it a try in the near future.
Canadian version is listed on Samsung of Canada but that is about it. No info is given. Why would they release a ROM for a tablet that just doesn't seem to exist?
http://www.samsung.com/ca/support/model/SGH-I497ZSAXAC#
Found available at these 2 places but still practically no info:
http://www.microcad.ca/products/details/Samsung-GALAXY-Tab2-10.1-LTE-2000600657
http://www.canadacomputers.com/product_info.php?cPath=710_375&item_id=066162
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AT&T gave us one for signing up for their cable service. sad to know that no custom roms available.
was able to get it rooted. was going to be a fancy toy anyways. amazing how under-powered this thing is.

I just wound up selling mine, wasn't worth it. If I remember right there was a Rom, but it was only a stock one that had the AT&T junk removed.
HTC One M8 via Tapatalk and AT&T

Are there still no roms for this model of tablet?
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Oditius said:
I just wound up selling mine, wasn't worth it. If I remember right there was a Rom, but it was only a stock one that had the AT&T junk removed.
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Do you remember where that was? That's worth a shot...

Trying to install CM10.1. Issue on intallation. Now what!?

I rooted my phone with out issues. Then I installed CWMR without issues. I wiped data/factory reset, then wiped the partition. When I tried to install the ,zip, I got an:
getprop("ro.build.product") == "
skyrocket"
E:Error in /emmc/cm-10.1-2013072
1-NIGHTLY-skyrocket.zip
(Status 7)
Installation aborted.
It is still sitting here in recovery mode, as I'm afraid to reboot it. What should I do?
Thanks!
Courtney (Mr.)

how did u root before you installed cwm
are you sure you have a skyrocket model # i727

Well I tried it again, this time using the latest stable version instead of the latest nightly. Same results. Not sure what I'm doing wrong.
Courtney

Yes, I have an i727 Skyrocket.
Here's what I did to obtain root:
http://droidnoob.com/how-to-root-galaxy-s2-sgh-i727quick-guide.html/2
I downloaded Titanium backup afterward and it said I have root.
Courtney

do you have the newest recovery installed thats available?

Read the stickies bro
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do you have the newest recovery installed thats available?
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I have v5.8.1.3 Touch. Is that the latest?
Courtney

CSaab900 said:
I have v5.8.1.3 Touch. Is that the latest?
Courtney
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No
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Goomanager > twrp 2.5 > cm10.1.
Need more info than that, read stickies

I already have CWM on the phone, although it is obviously an older version. Can I use the .zip file on this page to update CWM by installing it in CWM recovery? I read the stickie, but it did not mention this specifically. I would prefer CWM over TWRP snce I'm unfamiliar with TWRP.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2264240
IS THIS even the latest version? I found the link in the stickie, so I assume.
Courtney

CSaab900 said:
I already have CWM on the phone, although it is obviously an older version. Can I use the .zip file on this page to update CWM by installing it in CWM recovery? I read the stickie, but it did not mention this specifically. I would prefer CWM over TWRP snce I'm unfamiliar with TWRP.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2264240
IS THIS even the latest version? I found the link in the stickie, so I assume.
Courtney
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Yes 6.0.33 is the newest version and you can find it in the developers section. Yes you can install the.zip like you normally would. I hope this answers your questions
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holeindalip said:
Yes 6.0.33 is the newest version and you can find it in the developers section. Yes you can install the.zip like you normally would. I hope this answers your questions
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Thanks for you help. Exact answer I was hoping for!
Courtney

CSaab900 said:
Thanks for you help. Exact answer I was hoping for!
Courtney
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Here comes the airplane! Open up!
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I installed the latest CWM recovery, then I got another abort trying to flash CM. This time it is telling me that I need a newer radio. I read through the stickies, but nothing was listed. Here's what I found in the Development forum:
5: RADIOS/MODEMS
Quote:
RADIO aka MODEM aka BASEBAND=Amss.bin & Mdm.bin.
The Radio Does Not Get Wiped During A Cwm/twrp Wiping Process.
The Radio Does Not Get Backed Up By Cwm/twrp Backup(nandroid) Method.
For Custom Roms The Radio Is A Seperate Flashable File Unless The Rom Dev Includes It In Their Rom.
What Ever Radio You Had Before Flashing A Rom Will Still Be Your Radio.
What Ever Radio You Had Before Restoring A Backup Will Still Be Your Radio.
Flashing A Full Stock Firmware W/Odin Will Replace Your Existing Radio (Amss.bin & Mdm.bin) And Ril/Csc Files.
Ril And Csc Files Do Get Backed Up & Restored Through Recovery.
Some Flashable Radio Zip Files Come With Ril And/or Csc Files - Since They Are Restored And As Such May Improve<>Impede Functionality Of A New and/or Existing Radio When Restoring A Backup.
Afaik Mohan_kr's Radios Do Not Include Ril/Csc Files.
Roger's radios are RAT Unlocked, which means the Network Mode in settings will work.
ATT radios are RAT Locked, Network Mode changes will have NO effect.
Flash Radio Twice W/out Cable Plugged In
WHAT IS RIL: A Radio Interface Layer (RIL) is a layer in an operating system which provides an interface to the hardware's radio and modem.
WHAT IS CSC: the consumer software customisation and is specific to geographical region and carriers. It contains the software packages specific to that region, carrier branding and also APN settings for data connection, MMS etc for your service provider. CSC has nothing to do with what languages the firmware supports and it will not add keyboard language support.
i727(r) freg's:
2G Network GSM 850 / 900 / 1800 / 1900
3G Network HSDPA 850 / 1900 / 2100
4G Network LTE 700 MHz Class 17 / 1700 / 2100
> 4G=LTE ON CM < ON CM AND ITS DERIVATIVES, AOKP, AOCP, PARANOID, ETC, THE 4G ICON IS THE LTE SIGNAL
BELOW IS GENERALLY THE COMPATABILTY OF RADIOS TO FW BUT NO HARD RULE - EXPERIMENT AND POST YOUR RESULTS
USE GB RADIOS FOR GB (2.3x)
USE ICS RADIOS FOR ICS CM10 AOKP ETC AND THEIR DERIVATIVES.
ICS RADIO'S MIGHT NOT WORK FOR SAMSUNG JB FIRMWARE
CM10.1 USE UCMC1 RADIO
JB RADIOS: READ OP OF ROM TO SEE IF THEY'LL WORK
[UCMC1] ATT OFFICIAL JB 4.1.2 .. By Mohan_kr
[UXUMA7] ROGERS OFFICIAL JB 4.1.2 .. By Mohan_kr
[UCLL3] UNOFFICIAL ATT JB LEAK 4.1.2 .. DEC 24 .. By Mohan_kr
[UCLK4] UNOFFICIAL ATT JB LEAK 4.1.2 .. DEC 09 .. By Mohan_kr
UCLi3 ATT ICS .. By mohan_kr
ATT UCLi3 ICS .. By cdshepherd
ATT & ROGERS Radios - GB & ICS .. By mohan_kr
Rogers Stock ICS Radio .. By Seanzscreams.
ICS Radios .. Go to the Radio Section - By Seanzscreams
ATT stock ICS radio .. Hosted On Hotfile.com
GB RADIOS .. By twopumpchump
T-mobile T989 radios/modems .. Linked To The T989 Hercules Radio Thread, Sister Phone To The I727 - Has T-mobile, Telus And Koodo Radios
757m modems .. same bands as the skyrocket and 1700aws - read thread .. By tjsooley
bell i757m Official JB radio .. By tjsooley
Stock Bell note radio I717MUGLA2 .. for bell users
Blaze_4G_LB7_ICS_Radio .. FOR T-MOBILE/WIND ON ICS
Telus_SGH-T989D_TLLE4_radio.zip .. Radio for Telus
Telus_SGH-T989D_TLUMC4 .... JB Radio for Telus
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I'm currently running I727UCLA3 on GB 2.3.6. I'm trying to install CM10.1, so I assume I would flash
[UCMC1] ATT OFFICIAL JB 4.1.2
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? In reading the posts on the link, it appears this is correct.
Next, I'm unclear (yes, UNCLEAR as I'm NOT as experienced as many of you are) as to his instructions:
* Upload to your device.
* Check md5sum (download link has the md5sum)
* Usual flashing precautions should be taken.
* Choose zip from CWM.
* Flash.
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What is meant by
* Check md5sum (download link has the md5sum)
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????
Courtney

CSaab900 said:
I installed the latest CWM recovery, then I got another abort trying to flash CM. This time it is telling me that I need a newer radio. I read through the stickies, but nothing was listed. Here's what I found in the Development forum:
I'm currently running I727UCLA3 on GB 2.3.6. I'm trying to install CM10.1, so I assume I would flash ? In reading the posts on the link, it appears this is correct.
Next, I'm unclear (yes, UNCLEAR as I'm NOT as experienced as many of you are) as to his instructions:
What is meant by ????
Courtney
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Yes, correct radio.
Google search what md5 is and then grab the software to do it.
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Yes, correct radio.
Google search what md5 is and then grab the software to do it.
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Thank xcrazydx! :good:
Here comes the airplane! Open up!
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I assume you're calling me a baby here. Yes, we all have our "baby-step" moments don't we. I'm sure there was a time when you were new to something too.

CSaab900 said:
Thank xcrazydx! :good:
I assume you're calling me a baby here. Yes, we all have our "baby-step" moments don't we. I'm sure there was a time when you were new to something too.
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I don't think anyone is calling you a baby and yes everyone does take "baby steps" but you want someone to spoon feed you then when you brick it, it will be everyone else fault but your for not reading. Do you have any idea what you are doing anyway?
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ozziedog said:
I don't think anyone is calling you a baby and yes everyone does take "baby steps" but you want someone to spoon feed you then when you brick it, it will be everyone else fault but your for not reading. Do you have any idea what you are doing anyway?
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Again, I've read the stickies. About 8 times now. In fact, I read though all of them again before posting to be sure the radio issue wasn't covered in the sticky, because if it was, I knew I'd get some condescending response.
Back in October, I bought my first Android phone. It was an i897 Captivate. I liked it very much but was not pleased with the fact that GB 2.3.5 was the best I would every get in an OS. I found this site, registered on the forum, and began researching custom ROMs. The members of the Captivate forum were welcoming and helpful. I was able to flash my phone with their help. The first flash resulted in some corrupt files, but they were able to work me through those as well. Since then, I've been running a stable version of CM10.1 without any problems.
I enjoyed the process of flashing the OS. I'd been thinking of an upgraded phone, so I found a new i727 on eBay. Last week, before buying it, I read through the sticky for the first time. It seemed like it would be as straight forward as the i897. Well, it is an entirely different animal. I asked a few questions that I thought I'd get clarification on before flashing. Yes, I jumped into the CWM/stock 4.1.2 question without going back to research it in the sticky, but it just popped in my head and I threw it out there. Sorry. So to answer your question; no, I don't know what I'm doing. However, I am wiling to give it a shot. If you're unwilling help, why not just skip my post? Some one who is willing to help will come along.
As for bricking my phone, that is what I'm trying every hard NOT to do! :laugh: If at some point in the past, some one has become angry with you or other forum members because they locked their phone, I'm not that kind of individual. I understand the risk I'm taking, but at the same time, it is just a phone! My goal here was to get the instruction necessary to successfully flash a new OS. That is what this forum is intended to provide, correct? So far, the members a have been the exact opposite of the i897 forum. Did they roll their eyes as they typed in the messages that helped me get a stable OS on my Cappy? Maybe. But they were still willing to help me through the process.
This is my last post. Thanks to 'holeindalip' for the only friendly response I was given on this forum! To everyone else; I'm out of your hair now. I mean you no ill will. Farewell.

The 727 and 897 aren't that different
Both use Odin to flash stock firmwares
The kernel contains the recovery on the 897 and on the 727 the kernel and recovery are on seperate partitions
Besides the partition differences its very similar the way you flash everything
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CSaab900 said:
Again, I've read the stickies. About 8 times now. In fact, I read though all of them again before posting to be sure the radio issue wasn't covered in the sticky, because if it was, I knew I'd get some condescending response.
Back in October, I bought my first Android phone. It was an i897 Captivate. I liked it very much but was not pleased with the fact that GB 2.3.5 was the best I would every get in an OS. I found this site, registered on the forum, and began researching custom ROMs. The members of the Captivate forum were welcoming and helpful. I was able to flash my phone with their help. The first flash resulted in some corrupt files, but they were able to work me through those as well. Since then, I've been running a stable version of CM10.1 without any problems.
I enjoyed the process of flashing the OS. I'd been thinking of an upgraded phone, so I found a new i727 on eBay. Last week, before buying it, I read through the sticky for the first time. It seemed like it would be as straight forward as the i897. Well, it is an entirely different animal. I asked a few questions that I thought I'd get clarification on before flashing. Yes, I jumped into the CWM/stock 4.1.2 question without going back to research it in the sticky, but it just popped in my head and I threw it out there. Sorry. So to answer your question; no, I don't know what I'm doing. However, I am wiling to give it a shot. If you're unwilling help, why not just skip my post? Some one who is willing to help will come along.
As for bricking my phone, that is what I'm trying every hard NOT to do! :laugh: If at some point in the past, some one has become angry with you or other forum members because they locked their phone, I'm not that kind of individual. I understand the risk I'm taking, but at the same time, it is just a phone! My goal here was to get the instruction necessary to successfully flash a new OS. That is what this forum is intended to provide, correct? So far, the members a have been the exact opposite of the i897 forum. Did they roll their eyes as they typed in the messages that helped me get a stable OS on my Cappy? Maybe. But they were still willing to help me through the process.
This is my last post. Thanks to 'holeindalip' for the only friendly response I was given on this forum! To everyone else; I'm out of your hair now. I mean you no ill will. Farewell.
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A simple Google search, or a search on xda, or reading the excellent stickies would have answered all your questions and some you didn't even know you had yet.
Enjoy the rocket.
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Does anyone have a copy of the stock kernel boot.img? Or even the entire stock rom.

This stuff is surprisingly hard to find. Anybody have that boot.img? I'm trying to flash the engKernel and I want to make sure I have something to go back to first. Playing with no-knox root methods which are flying around.

Going off of what I read from another comment somewhere on another thread,
you can download your firmware version and extract the boot.img from it and flash it back.
Hoping for someone to shine some light on this.

Ah. Yeah I was thinking that I would be able to do that. But where would I download my stock firmware version from? Appologies if this is public knowledge, I usually find it downright impossible to find stuff on XDA

light24bulbs said:
Ah. Yeah I was thinking that I would be able to do that. But where would I download my stock firmware version from? Appologies if this is public knowledge, I usually find it downright impossible to find stuff on XDA
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/att-galaxy-s7/how-to/firmware-stock-sm-g930a-pb5-odin-files-t3411468
Might be what you're looking for

TehPirate_ said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/att-galaxy-s7/how-to/firmware-stock-sm-g930a-pb5-odin-files-t3411468
Might be what you're looking for
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That's the AT&T stock firmware. Has a kernel for a totally different CPU actually, and probably other issues too, like the radio. But thank you very much for trying to help. Maybe that will be useful to someone else.

light24bulbs said:
That's the AT&T stock firmware. Has a kernel for a totally different CPU actually, and probably other issues too, like the radio. But thank you very much for trying to help. Maybe that will be useful to someone else.
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My apologies. Thought your question was in the AT&T sub-forum, too many tabs open. In which case I'm assuming yours is the G930F:
http://samsung-updates.com/device/?id=SM-G930F