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[Q] Newby Questions

I just recently rooted my Samsung Galaxy S 4G.
Now that I've done it I have no idea what all I can do with it.
I was wanting to add a theme but I was told I had to flash it. I have no idea what it means to flash.
I also want it to be less laggy, get better service and have a better battery life.
Help is greatly appreciated.

What version on Android are you running now? Since you rooted it easily, I would assume 2.2 ? First thing to decide is whether to go to 2.3 (gingerbread) or 4.0.4 (ice cream sandwich)
Each has it's pro's and con's, and you can google and read the forums here. Biggest diff's are ICS has lots more features, nicer interface, run's apps like google chrome, but sucks more battery life. It's is also a work in progress, probably 90% complete to where the dev's want it I would say (few minor bugs to work out but everything works like calling, messaging, etc)
GB is more stable as it's older and pretty complete in the features for it. Better battery life, not as many features as ICS.
There is lots to play with on here, I've been trying all kinds of ROM's.

Hey Jacob said:
I just recently rooted my Samsung Galaxy S 4G.
Now that I've done it I have no idea what all I can do with it.
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Your first order of business should be to read the SGS4G wiki here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/Samsung_Galaxy_S/SGH-T959V
Read it, then read it again.
Get a good idea of what you want. And be sure to know what you have and what you want. If all you want is to cut down lag, for example, you might be happy with just getting rid of Tmobile's bloatware by using something like Titanium Backup from Play (Market).
If you decide that you want to do more, then i strongly recommend checking out lumin30's and juls317's guides:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1470716
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=22169757#post22169757
Good luck.

Battery life is a personal opinion and depends a lot on how you use your phone. There are also significant improvements in ICS over GB in terms of usability, as well as things like Bluetooth robustness. The common complaint about WiFi signal strength has been shown to be almost entirely cosmetic. Try a ROM or two, for a week or so each, then decide what works for you.
Posted from my SGS4G, thanks to Team Acid development

getochkn said:
What version on Android are you running now? Since you rooted it easily, I would assume 2.2 ? First thing to decide is whether to go to 2.3 (gingerbread) or 4.0.4 (ice cream sandwich)
Each has it's pro's and con's, and you can google and read the forums here. Biggest diff's are ICS has lots more features, nicer interface, run's apps like google chrome, but sucks more battery life. It's is also a work in progress, probably 90% complete to where the dev's want it I would say (few minor bugs to work out but everything works like calling, messaging, etc)
GB is more stable as it's older and pretty complete in the features for it. Better battery life, not as many features as ICS.
There is lots to play with on here, I've been trying all kinds of ROM's.
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Hey getochkn,
In the time between me posting and seeing your post I found a great thread by lumin30. I am on Stock GB (Firmware version: 2.3.6), I have an efs backup, Rooted and have custom kernel with CWM. Currently I'm stuck on flashing this ROM to my phone, it says I must wipe my device before doing so, does that mean a factory reset?

Manumission said:
Your first order of business should be to read the SGS4G wiki here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/Samsung_Galaxy_S/SGH-T959V
Read it, then read it again.
Get a good idea of what you want. And be sure to know what you have and what you want. If all you want is to cut down lag, for example, you might be happy with just getting rid of Tmobile's bloatware by using something like Titanium Backup from Play (Market).
If you decide that you want to do more, then i strongly recommend checking out lumin30's and juls317's guides:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1470716
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=22169757#post22169757
Good luck.
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jeffsf said:
Battery life is a personal opinion and depends a lot on how you use your phone. There are also significant improvements in ICS over GB in terms of usability, as well as things like Bluetooth robustness. The common complaint about WiFi signal strength has been shown to be almost entirely cosmetic. Try a ROM or two, for a week or so each, then decide what works for you.
Posted from my SGS4G, thanks to Team Acid development
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Thank you both for the responses, I will definitely have a look. I'm stumped on whether or not wiping means a factory reset, some one had already told me that but when I tried to do it it said data wipe failed.

Hey Jacob said:
Hey getochkn,
In the time between me posting and seeing your post I found a great thread by lumin30. I am on Stock GB (Firmware version: 2.3.6), I have an efs backup, Rooted and have custom kernel with CWM. Currently I'm stuck on flashing this ROM to my phone, it says I must wipe my device before doing so, does that mean a factory reset?
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Yes from CWM. Wipe data/factory reset, wipe cache, and wipe dalvik cache(under advanced). If you want to keep your apps get Titanium Backup paid from market first. With it you can batch backup all your user apps and data. Then restore them after flashing a new ROM. If you wanna save your SMS look into some apps from market that can do that as well.

hechoen said:
Yes from CWM. Wipe data/factory reset, wipe cache, and wipe dalvik cache(under advanced). If you want to keep your apps get Titanium Backup paid from market first. With it you can batch backup all your user apps and data. Then restore them after flashing a new ROM. If you wanna save your SMS look into some apps from market that can do that as well.
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How do I go about getting it back to stock if i wanted to?

First go here and download the stock rom http://sourceforge.net/projects/tea...T959VUVKJ6_STOCK-UVKJ6-One-Click.jar/download then go to lumins guide here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1470716 and follow the heimdall steps and then you can go back to stock. I hope that helps.
Sent from my SGH-T959V using xda app-developers app

Hey Jacob said:
How do I go about getting it back to stock if i wanted to?
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Make a nandroid backup in CWM before you flash anything. Then you can just restore your stock backup. You won't wanna go back to stock though, trust me.

hechoen said:
Make a nandroid backup in CWM before you flash anything. Then you can just restore your stock backup. You won't wanna go back to stock though, trust me.
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And what if I wanted to flash to a different ROM?
Edit: I had a look on the SGS4G Wiki and found the answers to most of my questions. =D

Hey Jacob said:
And what if I wanted to flash to a different ROM?
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Lumin30's guide takes you through the entire process for GB ROMs. Follow those steps, and it's painless.
If you decide to flash an ICS ROM, follow the dev's directions in the OP of the ROM you've selected. Again, should be painless.

hechoen said:
Make a nandroid backup in CWM before you flash anything. Then you can just restore your stock backup. You won't wanna go back to stock though, trust me.
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I actually had to go back to stock when I tried to make a nandroid backup because my phone froze up.

It kinda depends on the rom because the rom might use deferent custom recoveries. For example, some roms need a ginger based rom before installing it. other need ics roms before installing. So when installing(what i do to be safe.) Back up contacts and such with go back. Then factory reset your phone. Reboot. Do a nandroid back up, (if needed do full wipe as in,1factory reset,2wipe cashe partisions,3 wipe dalvik cashe,4wipe battery stats,5 format system,6 flash rom.)If u DON'T need fullwip just do steps numbers 1-4 and 6.

Cant connect to google services.

Well, strange issue here that I'm going crazy over. Recently I've rooted and such but run stock Rom on my one s. I downloaded a google play patcher and freedom apks to check them out and suddenly lost connection whenever I would open google play store so I knew right away it was a result of those apks. I uninstalled them and tried again with no luck. I then reinstalled google play store apk and cleared all the data/cache with still no results. At this point I decided to back up my important apps via titanium backup and did a complete factory reset. Setting my phone back up it asked me for my google account to synch contacts and such. Full signal 4g and full signal WiFi both fail to connect to google. Aside from trying to flash a new Rom and try I'm at a loss. I don't want to use a custom Rom I only want root access on my phone. Does anyone know how I can fix this ? I know the google patcher and freedom jacked my phone up and I do intend to avoid them for good now. Thanks.

RussianBoots said:
Well, strange issue here that I'm going crazy over. Recently I've rooted and such but run stock Rom on my one s. I downloaded a google play patcher and freedom apks to check them out and suddenly lost connection whenever I would open google play store so I knew right away it was a result of those apks. I uninstalled them and tried again with no luck. I then reinstalled google play store apk and cleared all the data/cache with still no results. At this point I decided to back up my important apps via titanium backup and did a complete factory reset. Setting my phone back up it asked me for my google account to synch contacts and such. Full signal 4g and full signal WiFi both fail to connect to google. Aside from trying to flash a new Rom and try I'm at a loss. I don't want to use a custom Rom I only want root access on my phone. Does anyone know how I can fix this ? I know the google patcher and freedom jacked my phone up and I do intend to avoid them for good now. Thanks.
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Reset wont work if the patcher patched an apk. If you got TWRP or CWM you could try flashing gapps to see if that works.

Thanks for the quick reply ill try to figure it out. Would gapps be on already or do I have to go find it somewhere?

RussianBoots said:
Thanks for the quick reply ill try to figure it out. Would gapps be on already or do I have to go find it somewhere?
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Get gapps here and make sure you get the right one.

Thanks again but how do you determine which one? I run stock Rom. Those appear to be for cyanogenmo. Would I need to flash that beforehand? I'm not experienced really in doing any of this and I know its not your problem so I really am quite thankful for the assistance. The only thing I've done is unlock bootloader, flashed TWRP and installed superuser. Flashing other rims I wanted to avoid as I'm content with the stock and didn't want to move away from the familiar. If its the only way to recover my google access then ill have to though I guess.

RussianBoots said:
Thanks again but how do you determine which one? I run stock Rom. Those appear to be for cyanogenmo. Would I need to flash that beforehand? I'm not experienced really in doing any of this and I know its not your problem so I really am quite thankful for the assistance. The only thing I've done is unlock bootloader, flashed TWRP and installed superuser. Flashing other rims I wanted to avoid as I'm content with the stock and didn't want to move away from the familiar. If its the only way to recover my google access then ill have to though I guess.
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If its 4.0.4 then use the one for CM9 and if its 4.1.1 then you want the CM10. If that don't work and don't want custom rom the you need a RUU to get it fully stock.

Well phone told me 4.0.4 so ill give it a try. Thanks again, ill report back if it worked.

Well, I downloaded, booted recovery, flashed it, rebooted and now all the google apps just force close so I can't even get the connection error. I'll try flashing a Rom later or the ruu. If anyone has any ideas much appreciated.

Did you clean cache and dalvik-cache after you flashed it? You also need to clear the data for the google apps (done in settings -> apps in the phone) alt. factory reset it.

Goatshocker said:
Did you clean cache and dalvik-cache after you flashed it? You also need to clear the data for the google apps (done in settings -> apps in the phone) alt. factory reset it.
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Yup already done. Both actually, I cleared the data/cache in the settings and I did a factory reset twice. No luck. I'm going to attempt flashing a custom ROM if I can find one that is actually decent but most appear to have issues with WiFi or something that'd drive me nuts. flash the partition patch is recommended like with the viper but after readying 20 pages I have no idea still wth they're talking about.

As far as I can work out, it seems the wifi issues is mainly with t-mo devices. Ive never had any wifi issues on mine with hboot 1.14.

I have a TmoUS HTC ONE S S4. Not entirely sure what hboot is. Like I said i'm still kinda new but I did read enough to see that there's WiFi issues so I don't want to push it. Ive been reading through all the ICS ROMS and half seem to be outdated and broken.

If you want an ICS rom, go with ViperS 1.2.1. Great rom
hboot is listed in the bootloader.

Viper is the rom that's apparently having wifi issues from what I read where it says to flash the partition or whatever and I couldn't find out what they were talking about. I'm checking out some JB rom now called jellybam, if I can manage to install it hopefully it works out. As for the hboot thing still no idea lol I'm honestly not going to try to figure it out. I simply want my phone with root access and working google again I don't want a custom rom at all but I apparently have no choice

RussianBoots said:
Viper is the rom that's apparently having wifi issues from what I read where it says to flash the partition or whatever and I couldn't find out what they were talking about. I'm checking out some JB rom now called jellybam, if I can manage to install it hopefully it works out. As for the hboot thing still no idea lol I'm honestly not going to try to figure it out. I simply want my phone with root access and working google again I don't want a custom rom at all but I apparently have no choice
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Try Viper 1.2.1 and if you have issue then there is a TrickDroid thats T-Mobile base so it should be fine there.

I've successfully flashed Viper 2.0 and have access to google again now finally. Only issue is that sine I had the 4.04 update my wifi no longer works so I have to figure out how to fix that. There's flashing of something but I have no idea what he was talking about as he simply said that and provided no links or explanations.

RussianBoots said:
I've successfully flashed Viper 2.0 and have access to google again now finally. Only issue is that sine I had the 4.04 update my wifi no longer works so I have to figure out how to fix that. There's flashing of something but I have no idea what he was talking about as he simply said that and provided no links or explanations.
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You can't fix it without upgrading to JB which you can't yet or downgrade the Hboot, so you better off trying Viper 1.2.1 and see how that goes for wifi.

xD exactly the reason I didn't want a non-stock ROM lol Honestly after the headache I'm just going to keep what I have. I thought the H signal was pretty much the G network but it turns out that it's fast like my normal 4G which it keeps bouncing between 3G and H. Makes no sense to me but as long as i'm not down in the basement I should have 4G signal. All this flashing and having to reinstall everything and update blah blah just isn't worth the trouble and effort. I have half the mind to revert back to stock rom and just reroot and leave it there hopefully working.

RussianBoots said:
xD exactly the reason I didn't want a non-stock ROM lol Honestly after the headache I'm just going to keep what I have. I thought the H signal was pretty much the G network but it turns out that it's fast like my normal 4G which it keeps bouncing between 3G and H. Makes no sense to me but as long as i'm not down in the basement I should have 4G signal. All this flashing and having to reinstall everything and update blah blah just isn't worth the trouble and effort. I have half the mind to revert back to stock rom and just reroot and leave it there hopefully working.
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I think this is the best time to do it since you not settled with it yet and I like I said there is T-Mobile TrickDroid so you wont even lose wifi calling and also pretty much stock.

For some reason that didn't work either. I relocked bootloader, reflashed stock Rom and rerooted. Everything works again, thanks again for the help though guys. This thread can be closed now.
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[Q] n00b seeking help with custom ROM installation

Long time lurker (though I can't say I always understood everything I read), first time poster.
I've had several iPhones in the past and I finally decided to try the other option. I got a Verizon GS3 last November and I couldn't be happier.
However, like many others, I'm looking to get more from my phone. I do like TouchWiz (I have used a Nexus 4 for a week and didn't like the stock android), so I want to stay with about the same UI that I have now. I did some research and found that Synergy is probably the best option for me in terms of getting a bit more from my phone but still staying with (mostly) the same UI. Of course, getting rid of all the annoying Verizon apps is a huge bonus too.
This is what I have done already:
Used this method to root and unlock my bootloader: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2332825
Used TWRP to make a full backup of my phone to an external SD card
Used Titanium Backup to make a full backup of my apps to an external SD card
Here are my questions:
I have the latest Verizon OTA installed (June 20th, I535VRBMF1). I have read all the posts from the last 14 days on the Synergy thread and I think I understand that since my phone has a newer firmware than the one in the latest synergy ROM, I will need to downgrade my firmware before installing the ROM to avoid camera and wifi problems. Is this correct? Someone linked there to I535VRBMB1_firmware.zip. How do I install this firmware? I have ODIN but when I choose PDA it will not let me choose the zip file. When I extract it, ODIN doesn't find anything too.
What kind of wipe should I perform before I flash to Synergy? Should I take my SD card out for the wipe or leave it in? Do I even need to wipe?
Can I install the ROM from ROM Manager or should I always use recovery mode and TWRP?
Is it recommended to just restore my Titanium full backup after the wipe? Should I have backed up everything except verizon apps if I don't want these? Should I just restore those apps where I want my old data (like game progress)?
Thanks in advance for any help. I have learned a lot from these forums but I feel I need a bit more clarifications before I proceed with a task that may be damaging for my device.

Slartibartfast_ said:
Long time lurker (though I can't say I always understood everything I read), first time poster.
I've had several iPhones in the past and I finally decided to try the other option. I got a Verizon GS3 last November and I couldn't be happier.
However, like many others, I'm looking to get more from my phone. I do like TouchWiz (I have used a Nexus 4 for a week and didn't like the stock android), so I want to stay with about the same UI that I have now. I did some research and found that Synergy is probably the best option for me in terms of getting a bit more from my phone but still staying with (mostly) the same UI. Of course, getting rid of all the annoying Verizon apps is a huge bonus too.
This is what I have done already:
Used this method to root and unlock my bootloader: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2332825
Used TWRP to make a full backup of my phone to an external SD card
Used Titanium Backup to make a full backup of my apps to an external SD card
Here are my questions:
I have the latest Verizon OTA installed (June 20th, I535VRBMF1). I have read all the posts from the last 14 days on the Synergy thread and I think I understand that since my phone has a newer firmware than the one in the latest synergy ROM, I will need to downgrade my firmware before installing the ROM to avoid camera and wifi problems. Is this correct? Someone linked there to I535VRBMB1_firmware.zip. How do I install this firmware? I have ODIN but when I choose PDA it will not let me choose the zip file. When I extract it, ODIN doesn't find anything too.
What kind of wipe should I perform before I flash to Synergy? Should I take my SD card out for the wipe or leave it in? Do I even need to wipe?
Can I install the ROM from ROM Manager or should I always use recovery mode and TWRP?
Is it recommended to just restore my Titanium full backup after the wipe? Should I have backed up everything except verizon apps if I don't want these? Should I just restore those apps where I want my old data (like game progress)?
Thanks in advance for any help. I have learned a lot from these forums but I feel I need a bit more clarifications before I proceed with a task that may be damaging for my device.
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1 - You can roll back to MB1, or flash a kernel that supports the camera w/MF1. The camera not working seems to be the primary issue. I know Ktoonsez kernel works as do a couple of others.
2 - Wipe system, cache and Dalvik. You don't need to do anything with your card.
3 - At least the first time, I'd recommend using TWRP in recovery mode to flash your new ROM. Someone else may have a different opinion, but you'll already be in TWRP to wipe everything.
4 - Different people have different experiences with TiBU. Most would recommend not restoring system data, but apps(non-system) and app. data is usually okay.

lvgdgts said:
1 - You can roll back to MB1, or flash a kernel that supports the camera w/MF1. The camera not working seems to be the primary issue. I know Ktoonsez kernel works as do a couple of others.
2 - Wipe system, cache and Dalvik. You don't need to do anything with your card.
3 - At least the first time, I'd recommend using TWRP in recovery mode to flash your new ROM. Someone else may have a different opinion, but you'll already be in TWRP to wipe everything.
4 - Different people have different experiences with TiBU. Most would recommend not restoring system data, but apps(non-system) and app. data is usually okay.
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I appreciate your detailed response!
I'm probably going to attempt this tomorrow. Will report back with what my results. It looks like BoneStock might be another good option for me + save me the kernel replacement or firmware flash. I have some reading to do now

Slartibartfast_ said:
Here are my questions:
I have the latest Verizon OTA installed (June 20th, I535VRBMF1). I have read all the posts from the last 14 days on the Synergy thread and I think I understand that since my phone has a newer firmware than the one in the latest synergy ROM, I will need to downgrade my firmware before installing the ROM to avoid camera and wifi problems. Is this correct? Someone linked there to I535VRBMB1_firmware.zip. How do I install this firmware? I have ODIN but when I choose PDA it will not let me choose the zip file. When I extract it, ODIN doesn't find anything too.
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Just to add onto lvgdgts' post: files ending with ".zip" are flashed in recovery, files ending with ".tar" or ".tar.md5" are flashed via Odin.

SlimSnoopOS said:
Just to add onto lvgdgts' post: files ending with ".zip" are flashed in recovery, files ending with ".tar" or ".tar.md5" are flashed via Odin.
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Thanks!

I decided to go with BoneStock 3.1. Whole process took less than half an hour. Used TWRP manager to wipe+install the ROM. Restore from Titanium restored 95% of my stuff, only needed to manually restore my text messages.
Thanks for the help!

[Q] Go back from EOS4 to EOS3 or rooted stock 4.1.2

I have xoom 604 running latest EOS4. I have issues playing some old games that played fine on EOS3 155. I'm planning to give this tablet to my father. He will be using it mostly for web, book reading and some gaming. So the questions are:
1. Should I downgrade back to EOS3? If yes, anything I need to watch out for coming from 4.2.2 to 4.1.2 running latest TWRP 2.6
2. Should I keep it at EOS4?
3. downgrade it to rooted stock 4.1.2
Thanks in advance

Anybody?

lepa71 said:
Anybody?
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Sorry I dont have the answer but Im also looking to go back to a stock Rom. Do you have the stock rom or a link to one.

I went back to EOS 3 v155 and very happy with it. There is a link to rooted 4.1.2 stock. I would never go back to unroot.
Bobby Buggs said:
Sorry I dont have the answer but Im also looking to go back to a stock Rom. Do you have the stock rom or a link to one.
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lepa71 said:
I went back to EOS 3 v155 and very happy with it. There is a link to rooted 4.1.2 stock. I would never go back to unroot.
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Why is root so necessary, Perhaps cause im old now and dont mess with my devices like I used to Im missing something. At this point I just want reliability over anything else. Been using EOS 3 stable and its locks up and acts weird initially just about every time I go to use it.

Because I can back up everything and remove ads. Try 155 it's better, but do a fresh install wipe everything.
Bobby Buggs said:
Why is root so necessary, Perhaps cause im old now and dont mess with my devices like I used to Im missing something. At this point I just want reliability over anything else. Been using EOS 3 stable and its locks up and acts weird initially just about every time I go to use it.
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Thanks for responding, Its been a while since I did anything what do you mean by wipe everything.

In recovery do factory reset. You can backup users(only) apps with TB. After install, let android restore your apps and if you need restore backed up apps+data from TB
Bobby Buggs said:
Thanks for responding, Its been a while since I did anything what do you mean by wipe everything.
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lepa71 said:
In recovery do factory reset. You can backup users(only) apps with TB. After install, let android restore your apps and if you need restore backed up apps+data from TB
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So do the factory defalt in my current rom then install the new one, do a Ti back up before and save it to my card

yes

Have you given 4.2.2 a spin? It runs quite well on my Xoom.

That wasn't the question , was it? My xoom has issues running some games on EOS4 that runs fine on EOS3. I was giving to my family member who wants to play those games.
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Have you given 4.2.2 a spin? It runs quite well on my Xoom.
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Lepa, been busy and have some time now but I am not able to down load any of the roms 3-155 or 4. When I click on the dl links all I get is a page that says, Welcome to nginx!

Bobby Buggs said:
Lepa, been busy and have some time now but I am not able to down load any of the roms 3-155 or 4. When I click on the dl links all I get is a page that says, Welcome to nginx!
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same here, please help anyone...
Sent from my MZ601 using xda app-developers app

Back up your apps( not system apps) with TB. Find BT back folder and copy BT backup folder to your computer. You might have to copy TB backup folder to download folder first before copying it out to pc, eitherwise you may not see when connected to pc. Wipe everything including internal storage in TWRP. In TWRP mount usb and copy latest working EOS3 and EOS3 gapps into the Xoom. Install ROM and GAPPS. After first boot google should restore all apps you had installed before than copy TB backup folder back.
Hope this helps.
lightlord said:
same here, please help anyone...
Sent from my MZ601 using xda app-developers app
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Can't get latest firmware update

Hello,
I'm a Canadian user (6045i) that installed the US firmware (7SR4-UE40) a while ago. I'm rooted (flashed SuperSU in Recovery mode).
Today, I finally decided that I wanted to get the latest firmware update (5.0.2-7SRA-UEA2). I did a full unroot with SuperSU, rebooted, checked that the phone was indeed without root access and tried to get the OTA update. Every time I try, it says my system is up to date. Why is that? What can I do to get the update?
Thanks.

So, I'm the only one with that problem?

Download UEA2 and install it like you did with UE40? That's what I've done to get the latest US firmware. We're not going to see the US OTA updates through a Canadian carrier. We have to install these ourselves, manually, just as you did with UE40.

Muskoka said:
Download UEA2 and install it like you did with UE40? That's what I've done to get the latest US firmware. We're not going to see the US OTA updates through a Canadian carrier. We have to install these ourselves, manually, just as you did with UE40.
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I thought of doing that, but if I recall well, someone mentioned that doing this, you were missing some of the stuff that was installing while doing it with the OTA. Can someone confirm this?
Did you notice some improvement with your phone since you installed the latest update? As for me, the double tap never really works well (well maybe i out of 4 times), this is something I'd like to see improved...

metaleloi666 said:
I thought of doing that, but if I recall well, someone mentioned that doing this, you were missing some of the stuff that was installing while doing it with the OTA. Can someone confirm this?
Did you notice some improvement with your phone since you installed the latest update? As for me, the double tap never really works well (well maybe i out of 4 times), this is something I'd like to see improved...
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As far as I know the firmware's posted here by users are the "exact" image you would get if you did a OTA update yourself. Improvement, a bit I guess. The double tap can still be an issue once and a while. I find a reboot solves the issue, but only for a while. The Chinese rom was the best performing firmware all around, but changed too much internally (files system) for my liking, so I went back to stock UEA2, with root.

Muskoka said:
As far as I know the firmware's posted here by users are the "exact" image you would get if you did a OTA update yourself. Improvement, a bit I guess. The double tap can still be an issue once and a while. I find a reboot solves the issue, but only for a while. The Chinese rom was the best performing firmware all around, but changed too much internally (files system) for my liking, so I went back to stock UEA2, with root.
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So, no need to unroot to flash this firmware?
Do you have a link to download it? I can't find it at the moment... Thanks.

metaleloi666 said:
So, no need to unroot to flash this firmware?
Do you have a link to download it? I can't find it at the moment... Thanks.
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Here's the post I followed (for others that might read this)....instructions are in the first post. I'm pretty sure you need to un-root, I did anyways.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/idol-3/general/convert-canadian-6045i-to-6045i-updates-t3177979
See the 3rd post of this thread for all the user submitted firmwares, UEA2 is at the top of the US firmwares, submitted by Brian117. As famewolf has stated in that thread, these are "out of the box".
http://forum.xda-developers.com/idol-3/general/want-to-able-to-install-ota-updates-t3163745
Hope that helps.....

Thanks! If I were doing this as an OTA, I won't have to wipe my device and start all over with the apps. Is there a need to wipe everything with this update? I did wipe everything when I installed the US firmware (from the Canadian) the 1st time, but I'm not too crazy to start all over again...

Try without wiping apps/data, should work fine. If not, you'll have to wipe everything. As your rooted you should have Titanium Backup installed, and doing routine backups of your apps/data. I have my apps/data backed up every night on a automatic schedule at 2 in the morning. It's always there on my external sd card should I have a issue. Makes swapping roms / firmwares a non issue.
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Try without wiping apps/data, should work fine. If not, you'll have to wipe everything. As your rooted you should have Titanium Backup installed, and doing routine backups of your apps/data. I have my apps/data backed up every night on a automatic schedule at 2 in the morning. It's always there on my external sd card should I have a issue. Makes swapping roms / firmwares a non issue.
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I do have Titanium. So, yes, I'll be able to come back to where I was quickly if I have to wipe everything. I was not rooted when I installed the US firmware at first, so I had to reinstall everything. Didn't think of Titanium before asking this time....
Thanks again!