Returning to Stock - Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Ive had enough of running buggy, battery hungry roms and would like to return my Nexus S to stock. The last time I was on stock was 2.3.6 I believe. If I flash via CWM to the official 4.0.3 in this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1445570 will I then be able receive OTA updates, ie to 4.1.2? (obviously Ill be rooted again, but im not fussed)

Rotellian said:
Ive had enough of running buggy, battery hungry roms and would like to return my Nexus S to stock. The last time I was on stock was 2.3.6 I believe. If I flash via CWM to the official 4.0.3 in this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1445570 will I then be able receive OTA updates, ie to 4.1.2? (obviously Ill be rooted again, but im not fussed)
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Flash the stock images from Google and 4.1.2 instead.
https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images#sojujzo54k
Read the instructions, you need to use fastboot for these.

polobunny said:
Flash the stock images from Google and 4.1.2 instead.
https://developers.google.com/android/nexus/images#sojujzo54k
Read the instructions, you need to use fastboot for these.
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Best way to do it!

Rotellian said:
Ive had enough of running buggy, battery hungry roms and would like to return my Nexus S to stock. The last time I was on stock was 2.3.6 I believe. If I flash via CWM to the official 4.0.3 in this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1445570 will I then be able receive OTA updates, ie to 4.1.2? (obviously Ill be rooted again, but im not fussed)
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Buggy? Battery hungry ? You were in what ROM? All custom ROMs at almost 100% bugs free(especially CM10 and CM10/AOKP based). Weird ...

Dont have the time to setup the computer for Fastboot, couldnt get it working with Win7 last time out either.

aladin6 said:
Buggy? Battery hungry ? You were in what ROM? All custom ROMs at almost 100% bugs free(especially CM10 and CM10/AOKP based). Weird ...
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Tried all sorts, Oxygen, NSCollab, early ICS roms (awful), others i cant remember. Best combo i had was stock 2.3.6/7 with a Kernel i think. I found that invariably they become less stable the longer you have them installed. Of course if you change rom a lot you'll never notice.

I'm with you, running stock 4.1.2 since it came out, only with custom kernel for BLN, highbigmem and voodoo sound and don't regret it a bit. A lot of free time and no need to update all the time;P

Rotellian said:
Dont have the time to setup the computer for Fastboot, couldnt get it working with Win7 last time out either.
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How did you root and unlock your phone then? Only way to do it needs an actual working connection with fasboot/adb. Even the 1 click crap uses that.
I guess nothing stops you from flashing 4.0.3 then going the upgrade route, but I don't see that as a very efficient nor a clean way to do it.

madd0g said:
I'm with you, running stock 4.1.2 since it came out, only with custom kernel for BLN, highbigmem and voodoo sound and don't regret it a bit. A lot of free time and no need to update all the time;P
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OMG, how can you stay with ONE ROM more than one week . No seriously, there is 2 ROMs that they're perfectly stable and full of features: CM10 and ParanaoidAndroid. I no longer look to other ROMs. And ParanoidAndroid is in my device more than 2 weeks

aladin6 said:
OMG, how can you stay with ONE ROM more than one week . No seriously, there is 2 ROMs that they're perfectly stable and full of features: CM10 and ParanaoidAndroid. I no longer look to other ROMs. And ParanoidAndroid is in my device more than 2 weeks
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It would be hard to call CM10 something related to stable (same for any CM10 base ROM). Even they don't call it that. That's why the nightly tag is for.

polobunny said:
It would be hard to call CM10 something related to stable (same for any CM10 base ROM). Even they don't call it that. That's why the nightly tag is for.
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Other than "stable" "nightly" "RC" WORDS, CM10 is completely STABLE(at 99%). And i know what "stable" word means. Source: own experience .

polobunny said:
How did you root and unlock your phone then? Only way to do it needs an actual working connection with fasboot/adb. Even the 1 click crap uses that.
I guess nothing stops you from flashing 4.0.3 then going the upgrade route, but I don't see that as a very efficient nor a clean way to do it.
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Managed to get ADB working on my old XP laptop, which i no longer have! Just tried to install it, and again the driver problem rears its ugly head. Just wont recognise the inf file! Like I said, dont really have the time, guess ill just have to flash to 4.0.3 and wait for the OTA Dont have the time to muck about trying to get the drivers working. Might give it one last bash with the SDK

Rotellian said:
Dont have the time to setup the computer for Fastboot, couldnt get it working with Win7 last time out either.
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Returning to stock requires a computer. Official OTA updates will not install without the stock recovery.
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aladin6 said:
Other than "stable" "nightly" "RC" WORDS, CM10 is completely STABLE(at 99%). And i know what "stable" word means. Source: own experience .
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You'll see a lot of people still have complaints regarding functions that get broken with each version, only to come back working after the next one. It's silly to assume CM team doesn't know **** about development and simply tag "nightly", "RC" and "stable" for the sake of it. Please don't bring up made up stability percentages into the lot.
You can glance at the nightly changelogs yourself to see NPEs getting corrected in relatively core apps nearly every week. Not just for crespo too, but regarding CM10 as a whole.
I'll give you that though, on a day to day basis, the rom is very usable. But good luck getting a 1000 hours uptime without the thing becoming sluggish.

Rotellian said:
Managed to get ADB working on my old XP laptop, which i no longer have! Just tried to install it, and again the driver problem rears its ugly head. Just wont recognise the inf file! Like I said, dont really have the time, guess ill just have to flash to 4.0.3 and wait for the OTA Dont have the time to muck about trying to get the drivers working. Might give it one last bash with the SDK
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Just get the PDAnet Android drivers.

madd0g said:
Just get the PDAnet Android drivers.
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Was just going to do that, but think ive got it working now. Im guessing a full install from google's image will result in a compeltely stock phone including bootloader?

lol
Rotellian said:
Ive had enough of running buggy, battery hungry roms and would like to return my Nexus S to stock. The last time I was on stock was 2.3.6 I believe. If I flash via CWM to the official 4.0.3 in this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1445570 will I then be able receive OTA updates, ie to 4.1.2? (obviously Ill be rooted again, but im not fussed)
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lol, really you want to go back to stock?
wats buggy now?
stable roms of ics,gb came in...

I'm using this now: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1946338 . It'a a 4.1.2 stock rom, just flash it and you're ready to go.
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unnamed.aj. said:
lol, really you want to go back to stock?
wats buggy now?
stable roms of ics,gb came in...
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For me, cm10 m2 was buggy and slow. So I had decided to return to 4.1.2 stock (with Matrix kernel )

sergiu_s said:
I'm using this now: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1946338 . It'a a 4.1.2 stock rom, just flash it and you're ready to go.
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For me, cm10 m2 was buggy and slow. So I had decided to return to 4.1.2 stock (with Matrix kernel )
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Cheers, looks good Does it include radio? Just flash with CWM?

Rotellian said:
Was just going to do that, but think ive got it working now. Im guessing a full install from google's image will result in a compeltely stock phone including bootloader?
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If you use all commands from the flash-all.sh script, yes. No need to flash the bootloader and radio if you already have the latest version.

Related

[Q] How to update to GB

Hi guys most of you might find this question silly but there are some of us newcomers who are still getting into this!
So, I rooted my phone, have ROM Manager and CWM Recovery, version 3 and my question is how we're going to update to official GB when it becomes available? Will we do it through official T-Mobile update, or will some of you guys make it available for us?
Thank you all!
Yes...
you should be about to get it either way. If you get the official update you will probably lose root... If you wait a few there will be a rooted version posted by one of the many xda members...
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BobbyDukes707 said:
Yes...
you should be about to get it either way. If you get the official update you will probably lose root... If you wait a few there will be a rooted version posted by one of the many xda members...
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One more dumb question: Why is everybody so excited about the official GB update, when we have right now a few GB leaked versions with some custom ROMs (Bionix from TeamWhiskey, etc... ) available, for which as I hear, many say are excellent? Is this official one gonna be better in any significant way than these custom already out? Thanks! )
krekabl said:
One more dumb question: Why is everybody so excited about the official GB update, when we have right now a few GB leaked versions with some custom ROMs (Bionix from TeamWhiskey, etc... ) available, for which as I hear, many say are excellent? Is this official one gonna be better in any significant way than these custom already out? Thanks! )
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It will come with an official GB kernel and hopefully updated battery drivers and A2DP functionality...Amongst other LG fixes (again, hopefully).
sryan1983 said:
It will come with an official GB kernel and hopefully updated battery drivers and A2DP functionality...Amongst other LG fixes (again, hopefully).
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OK, I get it... So, all these unofficial GBs are sort of limited because they lack these LG stuff they're (hopefully) putting into the official one. That's why it's smart to wait a bit more.
Hopefully it will fix most or all the problems.
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krekabl said:
OK, I get it... So, all these unofficial GBs are sort of limited because they lack these LG stuff they're (hopefully) putting into the official one. That's why it's smart to wait a bit more.
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Yes, that's the case. The leak has issues (which makes sense, it's not a finished build), and almost all Gingerbread mods are based on the leak so they have the same issues. I know CM7 is using the Gingerbread source instead and has fixed a lot of the issues, but not all of them.
The official update is not only going to be completely stable (hopefully) but will come bundled with better drivers/kernel support which will fix most of the common issues with the phone (hopefully).
I've gone through an Over The Air update to Android before, and if it's like what I experienced, you're going to get a pop-up that asks if you want to update now or later. Choose later if you want to keep root, someone here will have the official build rooted probably within the hour but definitely within the first couple of days.
In the mean time though, don't be scared of trying out one of the ROMs that are available. I swear by CM7, but I've heard wonderful things about EagleBlood and Ultimate too.
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Yes, that's the case. The leak has issues (which makes sense, it's not a finished build), and almost all Gingerbread mods are based on the leak so they have the same issues. I know CM7 is using the Gingerbread source instead and has fixed a lot of the issues, but not all of them.
The official update is not only going to be completely stable (hopefully) but will come bundled with better drivers/kernel support which will fix most of the common issues with the phone (hopefully).
I've gone through an Over The Air update to Android before, and if it's like what I experienced, you're going to get a pop-up that asks if you want to update now or later. Choose later if you want to keep root, someone here will have the official build rooted probably within the hour but definitely within the first couple of days.
In the mean time though, don't be scared of trying out one of the ROMs that are available. I swear by CM7, but I've heard wonderful things about EagleBlood and Ultimate too.
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I have heard that official updating the rooted phone could actually brick it? And when a mod is nightly version, does it mean it it not completely stable? I am interested in CM7, but I could not find a stable version on their site.
Thanks!
i have question also since it's related to thread title. i'm running stock right now but rooted. once i update to gingerbread cm7, will i have to install all apps and settings all over? and will call log and stuff like that disappear also?
dn3g3l said:
i have question also since it's related to thread title. i'm running stock right now but rooted. once i update to gingerbread cm7, will i have to install all apps and settings all over? and will call log and stuff like that disappear also?
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You should be able to get all of that stuff after startup my hitting the square boxes in the initial setup. Worked for me yesterday with the Eagleblood 2.3.4 ROM, when someone recommended it to me rather than Titaniumbackup which screwed up my phone a lot because I went from Froyo to GB
dn3g3l said:
i have question also since it's related to thread title. i'm running stock right now but rooted. once i update to gingerbread cm7, will i have to install all apps and settings all over? and will call log and stuff like that disappear also?
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When I did an OTA update, it kept all of my apps and settings. I can't remember if it preserved call log.
I have heard that official updating the rooted phone could actually brick it? And when a mod is nightly version, does it mean it it not completely stable? I am interested in CM7, but I could not find a stable version on their site.
Thanks!
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I don't know if it will brick or not, my OTA was not rooted. And CM7 nightlies are NOT completely stable, but they're on build 58 by now and the ROM works perfectly fine. The only issue I can see with the phone is the top bar they added to the notifications menu that has toggle-able settings like WIFI, GPS, etc sometimes doesn't show up and in the camera, it calls both cameras "back" instead of one being "front".
But if you're concerned with stability that much, use the leak or EagleBlood.

ICS amazing on Cappy

I just wanted to say thanks to guys for the work on ICS on the Captivate. I'm an experienced flasher (almost addicted), and I'm impressed. Thread can be found here. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1363760
I did a few things little different because I've never quite liked the CM Rom, but that's just me. I flashed mine over Cognition 5v2, but you have to twice. Also, I had to go back and put on the uckb1 modem....and started getting 2 to 3 bars on my signal where I used to never get any, with any phone. Slapped in Contol Freak and overclocked it to 1.3 ghz, Volume Control+ for some volume, and this sucker is blazingly fast, amazingly stable, and makes the Cappy even that much more impressive.
Sad part...two days ago was showing off my Super Soldering skills I did on applying Adam's Unbrickable Mod (yes I had my phone apart with the board in my hand in the middle of Wal-Mart's parking lot) when my screen slid off the car and sadly is now cracked....and it's still amazing!
The crazy crap that happens at Wal*Mart. Wtf lol
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I love ICS on my cappy, I used Onecosmic's ICS 4.0.3 RC2.11 for i897 and couldn't be happier, I went from a non-rooted stock 2.3.5 to a rooted ICS and JVT modem which effectively fixed all my GPS woes as well.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1398223
Absolutely love ICS. Thank you to all that worked on it. My phone has been really stable and usable. Love it. I was planning on selling it and invest into something new but not anymore. I'll use it until it dies or someone gifts me a newer phone. **Doesn't happen often.
Thanks again ICS team.
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I just flashed the teamhacksung ICS ROM, and I have to agree, it is amazing. ICS looks great, and the transitions are silky smooth.
Im also runnin team hacksungs ics build, 13 that is. They have come a long way since i first tried it out on build 8 . keep it comin!
can we stop with the new threads about friggin ics already?
studacris said:
can we stop with the new threads about friggin ics already?
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That would require the use of search. What do you think?
I'm pretty excited about the work and progress of MIUI's version of ICS
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1411763
It's a work in progress, but I've found it to be a lot smoother than the other ICS roms I tried from Onecosmic and THS
Whats the advantages on ICS over GB.... Besides the over all look and platform...
I been wanting to flash ICS but i think ill wait for a more stable release
but for the rest who already have it
how is it so far??
jayRokk said:
Whats the advantages on ICS over GB.... Besides the over all look and platform...
I been wanting to flash ICS but i think ill wait for a more stable release
but for the rest who already have it
how is it so far??
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Teamhacksungs ICS build 13 is what I am using now, and it is very stable. The main advantage for myself is the increased battery life, way better stock web browser, among other things, you should give it a try. (I have been using it since way back, like build 3, lol)
They updated today to build 14 but I don't see any improvements in it that are relevant for the way I use the phone, so I am going to skip 14 and see what happens with build 15.
Hope this helps.
nok6100 said:
Teamhacksungs ICS build 13 is what I am using now, and it is very stable. The main advantage for myself is the increased battery life, way better stock web browser, among other things, you should give it a try. (I have been using it since way back, like build 3, lol)
They updated today to build 14 but I don't see any improvements in it that are relevant for the way I use the phone, so I am going to skip 14 and see what happens with build 15.
Hope this helps.
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Thnx
im on SauRom at the moment and i love how stable it is..
...oh is it OCd? and data and wifi are good right??
thnx for the answer
I put ICS on my phone and it ran well for about an hour.
Then the damn thing melted and my phone won't boot!
Bruce Inman said:
I put ICS on my phone and it ran well for about an hour.
Then the damn thing melted and my phone won't boot!
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OMG ICS melted your phone!? I"M REPORTING IT NOW!
I tried Flashing... got status 7 error(cause of build.prop)
i read that you have to flash CM7 to get passed that
got the same error FFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUU
what am i doing wrong???
i came from SauRom
with Corn Kernel
and kk4 modem
any help is appreciated
jayRokk said:
I tried Flashing... got status 7 error(cause of build.prop)
i read that you have to flash CM7 to get passed that
got the same error FFFFFFFFFUUUUUUUUUUUU
what am i doing wrong???
i came from SauRom
with Corn Kernel
and kk4 modem
any help is appreciated
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Flash back to stock first (I use kh3 one click with cwm) then flash teamhacksung Rom, let boot fully, flash gapps 7.1, reboot and enjoy.
You must flash back to stock gingerbread first cause u probably have voodoo enabled on ur file structure, therefore ics won't install.
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Here is a link for kh3 Odin one click, with custom cwm (boogs kernel), this is what I use before flashing ics, works every time.
http://www.multiupload.com/02H0BJWHKV
nok6100 said:
Flash back to stock first (I use kh3 one click with cwm) then flash teamhacksung Rom, let boot fully, flash gapps 7.1, reboot and enjoy.
You must flash back to stock gingerbread first cause u probably have voodoo enabled on ur file structure, therefore ics won't install.
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Here is a link for kh3 Odin one click, with custom cwm (boogs kernel), this is what I use before flashing ics, works every time.
http://www.multiupload.com/02H0BJWHKV
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I have Odin3 1.7 .... do i sue that one or is there another one click??
sorry for the n00bish q's but when i rooted i did it the old fashion way lol
now everyone uses Odin or Heimdall...
just need guidence on what to use cuz im far from a n00b
(rooted G1&2, MT, MT3G, Nexus One, Droid 1&2, Fascinate, and finally now Captivate.) so i know the risk i run but thnx for the help!!
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Got it i didnt know it was a single exe file... ran it
and now i have ICS thnx a bunch!!!
jayRokk said:
I have Odin3 1.7 .... do i sue that one or is there another one click??
sorry for the n00bish q's but when i rooted i did it the old fashion way lol
now everyone uses Odin or Heimdall...
just need guidence on what to use cuz im far from a n00b
(rooted G1&2, MT, MT3G, Nexus One, Droid 1&2, Fascinate, and finally now Captivate.) so i know the risk i run but thnx for the help!!
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Got it i didnt know it was a single exe file... ran it
and now i have ICS thnx a bunch!!!
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Glad it worked out ics is like a totally different experience.
I can't go back to gingerbread after ics, lol. I also found cm7 (181) to be very stable too .
Just be sure before flashing custom roms, its a good idea to keep that one click handy due to differences in file structures, it avoids a lot of frustration.
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Glad it worked out ics is like a totally different experience.
I can't go back to gingerbread after ics, lol. I also found cm7 (181) to be very stable too .
Just be sure before flashing custom roms, its a good idea to keep that one click handy due to differences in file structures, it avoids a lot of frustration.
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Yeah i was having a nerdspazm when i was messing around with it...
i dont think ill go back to GB unles phone starts acting up, but
seeing on how its running ...Im thinking this is gonna be my daily driver
Hi, went from ICS_4.0.3.0(RC2.11)_Captivate_Full with/and ICS_Captivate_20120107_r3180v_update....Worked great but no 3g----went to----->
ICS_4.0.3.0(RC3.1)_Captivate_Full
Now for the life of my can't get an sms sent, receive as many as I like, just can't send one.

Best GB ROMs?

I want to go back to GB as I'm not satisfied with the ICS ROMs I've tried (only had this phone a few weeks). Dev board is flooded with ICS, any GB suggestions?
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I highly reccomend Oxygen, only problem I ever had with it was sending and recieving mms. Other than that I say it is lightening fast and stable.
Were you able to fix the mms issue?
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i'd say BrainMaster's MIUI 2.3.7 ROM , i was running it before i updated to ICS
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i'd say BrainMaster's MIUI 2.3.7 ROM , i was running it before i updated to ICS
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Should have mentioned I want everything to work including 4g.
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Try .CIBERGR-MOD 's GB version. It's a fast rom. Although, I'm not sure if he has a NS4G version.
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Peter Alfonso's GPA19 ROM is the most stable one that I tried. Look for Peter Alfonso's site and click the Downloads link for crespo. I would post a link here, but XDA's nonsense won't allow it.
Download the 12-07-11 one to get the latest GB version. There aren't a lot of customizations like CM, Oxygen, MIUI, etc., but it's stable as hell. The latest Oxygen (2.3.2) has a REALLY obnoxious, and largely ignored, backlight notification bug where you have to reboot to get the lights to go out... only way I've ever found to fix it is to install another kernel. However, Peter Alfonso's got one of those too... just go to his site and it should be on the second page of the "blog."
I know you said you didn't like ICS, and I didn't either at first, but Pete's ICS ROMs are also great and very stable. The latest is 01-30-12, and you can get it from the same crespo download page.
question.
hey man i got a question, could i use peter alfonso's rooted stock rom for gingerbread (right?) when downgrading, right? instead of re rooting it.
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Peter Alfonso's GPA19 ROM is the most stable one that I tried. Look for Peter Alfonso's site and click the Downloads link for crespo. I would post a link here, but XDA's nonsense won't allow it.
Download the 12-07-11 one to get the latest GB version. There aren't a lot of customizations like CM, Oxygen, MIUI, etc., but it's stable as hell. The latest Oxygen (2.3.2) has a REALLY obnoxious, and largely ignored, backlight notification bug where you have to reboot to get the lights to go out... only way I've ever found to fix it is to install another kernel. However, Peter Alfonso's got one of those too... just go to his site and it should be on the second page of the "blog."
I know you said you didn't like ICS, and I didn't either at first, but Pete's ICS ROMs are also great and very stable. The latest is 01-30-12, and you can get it from the same crespo download page.
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Loaded up the 01-30-12 ICS this morning since that would be the easiest transition. Using Apex and so far, so good. Thanks!
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I'm currently running Euroskank CM7 kangs.
Wow, really. I don't have any ICS envy seeing how sweet those kangs are. They're smooth as butter and stable too! Checking my phone, my current uptime is 132 hours (5.5 days) since my last reboot, which was to flash the latest kang back then.
allenxx said:
hey man i got a question, could i use peter alfonso's rooted stock rom for gingerbread (right?) when downgrading, right? instead of re rooting it.
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I'm not exactly sure what you're asking. Both of his ROMs are pre-rooted, so no, you won't have to re-/root anything. But since you're going from ICS to GB you'll have to wipe everything, so there's no real "downgrade" path.
From a rooting perspective, the only difference I've noticed, that's kind of annoying, is that his GB ROM contains busybox and his ICS ROM doesn't. It's not a deal-breaker since there are Market apps to add it in, but it's kind of annoying that the binary has to be re-linked after each update/flash.
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I'm not exactly sure what you're asking. Both of his ROMs are pre-rooted, so no, you won't have to re-/root anything. But since you're going from ICS to GB you'll have to wipe everything, so there's no real "downgrade" path.
From a rooting perspective, the only difference I've noticed, that's kind of annoying, is that his GB ROM contains busybox and his ICS ROM doesn't. It's not a deal-breaker since there are Market apps to add it in, but it's kind of annoying that the binary has to be re-linked after each update/flash.
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Im asking that if i can reverted back to gingerbread version without loosing root, may i install his pre-rooted stock without loosing root. Thats all, but since you mentioned it, im relived to revert it back. but i couldnt find his link could you provide me one? Also is it regular to flash it back to gb or is there a special method to do it?
I can't post links yet because our fine friends at XDA say that I need to post more for the privilege. Pfft.
You should be able to type peter alfonso downloads crespo and get to the page. 12-07-11 is the latest GB version (GPA19).
There's no "special" method for flashing, just do what you would do when going from one incompatible ROM to another... wipe data/factory reset, format cache partition, format /system, wipe dalvik cache. There are probably a million different combinations that different people will give you for the proper install, but that's what I normally do.
Tryout CyberGR's CM7 MOD and you won't go back:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1378469
Just read the feedback in the thread and you'll understand.
perfect, and uh before i do that it could be any rooted gb rom right? just curious, that's all.
Don't mean to hijack the thread but what if I wanted to put a custom GB ROM on top of stock GB rom. I'm curious if you can just flash without wiping? Or should I do titanium backup instead?
charchuck said:
I can't post links yet because our fine friends at XDA say that I need to post more for the privilege. Pfft.
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you have only 5 posts and complaining ? I wonder when you hit 100+ post what would you do ? if you don't like the forums why you're here ?
calisoldier83 said:
Don't mean to hijack the thread but what if I wanted to put a custom GB ROM on top of stock GB rom. I'm curious if you can just flash without wiping? Or should I do titanium backup instead?
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Wipe.
10 chars.
I just put on the Peter Alfonso rom, it's super fast. Well probably keep this until official ics is released.
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JellyBean - JELLYTIME for DHD/Inspire4g - Beta 10 wifi problem

So after installing this amazing rom and loving it for a week or two; I see a kernel update and install it. Everything went smooth but I lost my wifi after the fact. I was hoping someone could help me keep the kernel and get the wifi going. nothing about wifi problems were stated and it work fine previously. I wiped everything and even tried the wifi fix manager thingy i got with the ics rom i was running previously to see if that would do it but to no avail. I wanted to ask the developer but need some 10 post so help a bro out!
p.s....gotta give props to the man who had me running jb before anyone of my friends with newer phones!!! RANDOMBLAME!!!!
bboygmoney said:
So after installing this amazing rom and loving it for a week or two; I see a kernel update and install it. Everything went smooth but I lost my wifi after the fact. I was hoping someone could help me keep the kernel and get the wifi going. nothing about wifi problems were stated and it work fine previously. I wiped everything and even tried the wifi fix manager thingy i got with the ics rom i was running previously to see if that would do it but to no avail. I wanted to ask the developer but need some 10 post so help a bro out!
p.s....gotta give props to the man who had me running jb before anyone of my friends with newer phones!!! RANDOMBLAME!!!!
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ditto, this happend with my Paranoidandroid install as well. kernel allowed me to stay running without crash, but wifi is a pretty big letdown...
unfortunatly, without the kernel itself being fixed, or the wifi module fixed, we are stuck looking for another alternate kernel... oh yeah, we are pretty limited.
thanks
appreciate the quick reply man. And I'll be keeping my eye out then
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appreciate the quick reply man. And I'll be keeping my eye out then
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found out a very possible reason . are you using his kernel with another system or is this all jt only? he mentioned something about kangbang changing drivers.
dakunesu said:
found out a very possible reason . are you using his kernel with another system or is this all jt only? he mentioned something about kangbang changing drivers.
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So I'm only using it with jelly time or jb. I'm flashing the os then the kernel cuz the os installs its own. This is an updated kernel for the os.I'm thinking i should maybe wipe the cache partition after the the os then do the kernel but at the same time I would think that other problems would be happening if that was the issue. What do you think?
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So I'm only using it with jelly time or jb. I'm flashing the os then the kernel cuz the os installs its own. This is an updated kernel for the os.I'm thinking i should maybe wipe the cache partition after the the os then do the kernel but at the same time I would think that other problems would be happening if that was the issue. What do you think?
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does the system function without the kernel update?
if it does, you might want to hold off on updating til the ROM updates for it.
dakunesu said:
found out a very possible reason . are you using his kernel with another system or is this all jt only? he mentioned something about kangbang changing drivers.
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dakunesu said:
does the system function without the kernel update?
if it does, you might want to hold off on updating til the ROM updates for it.
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It does. N You know I am not even sure what advantages I get from this updated kernel anyways lol but I want it!!
problem solved!
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It does. N You know I am not even sure what advantages I get from this updated kernel anyways lol but I want it!!
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The ROM was updated and the kernel included in the update! Amazing rom , highly recommended especially with the updated kernel!

Jelly Bean Miui?

Is there by any chance an miui rom based off of jelly bean is in the works for the nexus s?
Not yet. I've been lurking around miui homepage and miuiandroid but says nothing about it. But I'm pretty sure they'd get it out pretty soon.
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i dont want to open new thread so i will ask here.. i am using custom jb rom and custom jb kernel. i downloaded newest miui from their site, but i didnt flash it yet becouse i dont know it if comes with its own kernel?
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i dont want to open new thread so i will ask here.. i am using custom jb rom and custom jb kernel. i downloaded newest miui from their site, but i didnt flash it yet becouse i dont know it if comes with its own kernel?
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Yeah, it comes with it's own kernel, but I'm not sure if JB kernels will work with ICS MIUI.
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I don't think the guys at MIUI will release their JB ROM until it's near perfect. probably working on it as we speak.
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motoman992 said:
i dont want to open new thread so i will ask here.. i am using custom jb rom and custom jb kernel. i downloaded newest miui from their site, but i didnt flash it yet becouse i dont know it if comes with its own kernel?
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The ROM wouldn't boot if it didn't come with it's own kernel.
EVery ROM comes with its own kernel which will overwrite what ever you have previously. MIUI just had a major theme comp, therefore likely to stay on V4 until at least end of the year. Also, MIUI says that their ROMs or rather the kernel is at 60fps, it should be similar to the smoothness on JB project butter. you won't miss out much if you use MIUI.
Thx for all of your answers, i just installed it... miui kernel doesnt have voodoo sound
motoman992 said:
Thx for all of your answers, i just installed it... miui kernel doesnt have voodoo sound
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you can install 3rd part kernel , just make sure don't use JB kernel on the ICS ROM or otherwise
My inside source is saying we should get JB next week (2.8.24). That said we were supposed to get the sg Note rom 5 weeks before it actually got shipped so grain of salt...
More like bag of salt.
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My inside source is saying we should get JB next week (2.8.24). That said we were supposed to get the sg Note rom 5 weeks before it actually got shipped so grain of salt...
More like bag of salt.
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MI-TWO is launching MIUI V5.
Xxx oops! accidentally beamed from my awesome NEXUS S! xxX
http://miuiandroid.com/community/threads/miui-rom-2-8-17-changelog-and-jellybean.17607/ changelog released and the rom release status pending
MIUI rom is worst rom I ever used... It looks like freaking copy of ios and also very slow. Last time I flashed MIUI ICS to try it for the first time, it broke my radios. I tried flashing another roms but none of the radios were working even on stock roms and I spend so much time trying to fix it manually %&()#@
have a look miui jb
i tried it the memory drain is the same as the ics(xiaomi fix your [email protected]@@ scheduler in order to kill at list 1 up with out the need to slow down like hell and force the user to use the task manager)it work a bit faster thanks to butter but if they don't fix there issues miui will die before the end of the year even in one x(as far as i heard in forums) the rom is slow as hell because of the faulty management system of the rom, the 110-150 mb that are left free in nexus are far from enought to use apps or play heavy games the problem is that after a while the memory goes full on it's own and in the task manager all the apps+the game eat almost 350 mb so where are the other 150mb?
i made a thread, plz post ther
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1839927

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