Hey guys! I just bought the Galaxy S3 and I'm really loving it so far. However, it is my first Android device, so I'm still pretty new to all this rooting, flashing, ROM, etc. All I know is that rooting is similar to jailbreaking in iPhone (which I understand pretty well and use to do all the time) in that it allows you to do things you wouldn't originally been able to do. Because of that, I decided to root my Galaxy S3 following a Youtube video, which turned out really well and was pretty simple. After that, I watched another video to "flash a rom" (I think that's how you say it...) and installed CyanogenMod 10. I wanted Jelly Bean over TouchWiz ICS, so I'm liking it so far. Everything runs smoothly and that Project Butter is uh-mazing! However, I think I've noticed some bugs. For example, the camera's exposure settings don't work and every once in a while, my home button doesn't respond when I'm trying to wake it up from lock! I actually had to pull my battery out yesterday because it wouldn't respond and just froze ...Is there anyway that I can fix this? My Dolphin Browser doesn't play flash anymore too, but that's a little fine with me, since the stock browser is able to. And also, I noticed that when I flashed the rom, it pretty much wiped my phone clean, so is there a way to install all my apps and data back the way I wanted previously? I heard about somethings like Titanium Backup, but then I'm also confused about what the hell all that custom backup and recovery and ClockWork Mod and Rom Mananger is about ...Is it also ok that I installed Apex Launcher after getting CyanogenMod 10? I like how I can still customize it and whatnot.
Sorry for making this post so lengthy! I'm just really excited and curious about how all of this works. It's definitely a lot more complex (but a ton more fun and interesting! ) than just jailbreaking an iPhone. I've looked around the forum and have read some 101 Basics, but it's still quite a lot to understand all in one day. Anyways, if anyone can please provide some feedback, I would greatly appreciate it. Thank you! :laugh:
I was using SynergyRom v1.7 for a few days but was really laggy on my device. Ive since switch over to CleanRom 2.0 SP1 running CleanKernel 1.0, using CWM 6.0.1.0 recovery, and so far seems to be running alot smoother and faster than Synergy. The only problem ive found with it is the Rom comes with the cpu set up to 1.9 Ghz even when I have it set at 1.5 on SetCPU, and if im putting a heavy load on my device, the back gets pretty warm. There is a post I remember seein something about that issue but cant find it.
If you would like to give this ROM a try, you can find it here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1832070
The current version of cm 10 is nightly is not done and there is bugs. the only thing I got was the wake up thing but it never froze for me.
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fr8cture said:
The current version of cm 10 is nightly is not done and there is bugs. the only thing I got was the wake up thing but it never froze for me.
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So your's doesn't wake when you push the home button too?! Thought it was just me...And do you know when CM10 will be fully stable? Or are there other roms out there that are?
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So your's doesn't wake when you push the home button too?! Thought it was just me...And do you know when CM10 will be fully stable? Or are there other roms out there that are?
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I'm not using cm 10 anymore but try waking it with the power button, I'm currently using paranoid android and don't have the problem and its based off cm10
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And also, I noticed that when I flashed the rom, it pretty much wiped my phone clean, so is there a way to install all my apps and data back the way I wanted previously? I heard about somethings like Titanium Backup, but then I'm also confused about what the hell all that custom backup and recovery and ClockWork Mod and Rom Mananger is about ...Is it also ok that I installed Apex Launcher after getting CyanogenMod 10? I like how I can still customize it and whatnot.
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welcome! i'm still a noob too but customizing and flashing roms is definitely a whole lot of fun. A few things:
before you continue I suggest that you backup your IMEI if you have not done so. There are currently 3 methods to doing this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1852255
you can do all 3 methods just to make sure you are safe.
TitaniumBackup is an awesome program that can save your apps and their data, your contacts, your sms, all to your SD card so that when you need to wipe your data clean you can easily restore all your apps and such again. There is a free version in the appstore that I think is a must have.
ClockworkMod is a custom recovery for our device and basically what we use to flash new roms and kernels. Also we can create Nandroid backups (basically a snapshot of our system that we can restore at a later time) through CWM.
As for launchers you can feel free to use Apex, Nova, Holo, any of these launchers with the different Roms. They will generally come pre-loaded with one but if you have a preference you can just install that launcher and set it as the new default.
Welcome to Android and xda!
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welcome! i'm still a noob too but customizing and flashing roms is definitely a whole lot of fun. A few things:
before you continue I suggest that you backup your IMEI if you have not done so. There are currently 3 methods to doing this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1852255
you can do all 3 methods just to make sure you are safe.
TitaniumBackup is an awesome program that can save your apps and their data, your contacts, your sms, all to your SD card so that when you need to wipe your data clean you can easily restore all your apps and such again. There is a free version in the appstore that I think is a must have.
ClockworkMod is a custom recovery for our device and basically what we use to flash new roms and kernels. Also we can create Nandroid backups (basically a snapshot of our system that we can restore at a later time) through CWM.
As for launchers you can feel free to use Apex, Nova, Holo, any of these launchers with the different Roms. They will generally come pre-loaded with one but if you have a preference you can just install that launcher and set it as the new default.
Welcome to Android and xda!
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Thanks for replying! Sorry for asking, but what is an IMEI and why should I back it up? And what is the difference between a Nandroid backup and a Titanium backup?
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Thanks for replying! Sorry for asking, but what is an IMEI and why should I back it up? And what is the difference between a Nandroid backup and a Titanium backup?
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Nandroid Backs up your whole system and Titanium just backs up your apps and app data, Not exactly sure what a IMEI is but if you don't have it you wont have any service.
an IMEI is a code unique to your device that allows your phone to be identified by your provider. Without it you won't have a phone signal nor data. You should back it up as it has been reported that rarely users can lose their IMEI upon flashing a rom.
The devs have been hard at work at learning what triggers this to happen and ways we can get rid of the problem altogether but until then, it's wise to backup the IMEI and save the backups in a safe place.
Most have lost their Imei when flashing aosp roms but not all. Some have reported it with touchwiz roms as well.
The are 3different methods to back it up though not 100% .
All are featured in development section.
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Thanks for replying! Sorry for asking, but what is an IMEI and why should I back it up? And what is the difference between a Nandroid backup and a Titanium backup?
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International Mobile Equipment Identity
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Mobile_Equipment_Identity
CleanRom 2.1 just came out today in case anyone is interested...im gonna install it and give it a shot...heard it was much more stable and smoother than v2.0 which im running now.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1832070
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CleanRom 2.1 just came out today in case anyone is interested...im gonna install it and give it a shot...heard it was much more stable and smoother than v2.0 which im running now.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1832070
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How's the new rom? And if I want to install this new rom, do I just do the same thing I did with CM10 (flash, backup, recovery, etc.)?
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Nandroid Backs up your whole system and Titanium just backs up your apps and app data, Not exactly sure what a IMEI is but if you don't have it you wont have any service.
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Where is everything backed up to? Like say I want to flash a bunch of roms, and later decide to go back to my stock rom, what do I do?
All nandroid backups (cwm) by default are saved to the root of the internal SD card. They typically are small compressed files and really no need to ever move them, though you can have as many as you want, just label and sort them in cwm app.
Titanium defaults to internal SD (again root file that won't be wiped when wiping data), but you can easily change this location to your external to make you feel safer.
Same deal with rom zip files, if you drag and drop through your desktop, you can drop on either sd card or external. If you download through your phone it will be on internal in downloads file, safe from a wipe. You can then move if needs be using a file explorer app. Just remember your location when flashing so you can find your zip in recovery.
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All nandroid backups (cwm) by default are saved to the root of the internal SD card. They typically are small compressed files and really no need to ever move them, though you can have as many as you want, just label and sort them in cwm app.
Titanium defaults to internal SD (again root file that won't be wiped when wiping data), but you can easily change this location to your external to make you feel safer.
Same deal with rom zip files, if you drag and drop through your desktop, you can drop on either sd card or external. If you download through your phone it will be on internal in downloads file, safe from a wipe. You can then move if needs be using a file explorer app. Just remember your location when flashing so you can find your zip in recovery.
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Ahhh ok. So I'm pretty sure that I did a nandroid backup. So if I want to go back to my old rom, do I just reboot into recovery and click restore or something like that?
That's it. I have several nandroid backups of various rom's and configurations that I can then choose from in recovery. Just remember that if one of your recoveries is original stock (which you should have done), just remember that after flashing that backup, you probably will need to reinstall cwm or similar recovery. You won't need to do that with anything other than stock. I'll do my best to answer any other questions, and please tap the thanks button if this helped!
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That's it. I have several nandroid backups of various rom's and configurations that I can then choose from in recovery. Just remember that if one of your recoveries is original stock (which you should have done), just remember that after flashing that backup, you probably will need to reinstall cwm or similar recovery. You won't need to do that with anything other than stock. I'll do my best to answer any other questions, and please tap the thanks button if this helped!
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Oh ok. But if flash the stock rom, will it wipe my phone clean, or will I stay rooted? And do roms take up a lot of storage? I had quite a lot of free space, but after CM10 I lost about 1-2 gb I think.
Yes, roms do take up alot of storage, so its a good idea to put the zip files on your external sd card to keep your internal as free as possible, especially if you have multiple roms that your playing around with. As far as flashing stock, if you mean restoring your stock rom from a backup in recovery mode, then the answer is yes to staying rooted, and no to wiping it clean. It will be in the same state that your phone was in when you made the backup. However, if you flash on an original stock rom it can unroot you and wipe everything depending on how its flashed in. This method really should only need to be done if a backup was not made of your stock rom, or if you have bricked your device in some manner.
Oh okay. So I should be fine then. Which rom do you recommend for this S3? I'm trying to find one that is really stable and is hopefully jelly bean. I'm looking at CleanRom right now, because I like how it incorporates some touchwiz, but I think it's ICS?
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I know there is a thread similar to this already up, but my issue is a little different. I'm currently on Sasba Prime 3.0. Before that I was running a beta Jelly Time.
I've tried six different roms. Each freezes either in first boot or soon after. I know it is not the roms. I always do a full wipe. I have completely reformatted my sd. I've tried fixing permissions in 4ext and ROM manager.
Any suggestions? Because I am completely at a loss. Mainly because when I restore my backup of Sasba Prime, everything is perfectly fine with no issues.
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Try a different SD card...
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Try a different SD card...
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Tried it also.
Well, I finally got IceColdSandwich to flash okay. No force closes or anything. I'm never using Sabsa Prime again(No offense to the dev. It works great). It seemed like it was causing my issues. Someone had mentioned to me that some ROMs can take over a phone. I have no idea if this is true, but better safe then sorry I guess.
For the last 2 months or so my s3 has been having random reboots when acceding the internal or external storage. It happens when downloading files from web or transferring files over wifi. Happens when connected to home network or cell network. Also happens when moving or unzipping files that are already on my device. Generally files about 100mb or larger, but has happened with smaller files. May reboot once and I can finish downloading or transferring, or it may reboot repeatedly when I try to redownload or move files. I have Googled this and can only find older threads about freeze ups that occur when accessing storage but were for the GSM models of s3, and aging the threads were over a year old. Device info is 16gig with 16gig external card. Running aokp (8/20 build currently). BMS kernel (7/30 build). Happens on last few releases of aokp with stock (aokp) kernel or others (BMS). (Lean). Any one experience this or have any input on this issue?
Try going back to stock with stock kernel. If it still happens you have a faulty device or hardware is failing.
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Try going back to stock with stock kernel. If it still happens you have a faulty device or hardware is failing.
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Would it be ok to restore my stock nandroid? Or should I just use odin?
No use odin
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No use odin
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thank you, i will give it a go when i have a chance. just flashed beanstalk 4.3 to see if that helps. ill restock if i have any issues.
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thank you, i will give it a go when i have a chance. just flashed beanstalk 4.3 to see if that helps. ill restock if i have any issues.
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Going back to stock would only be necessary if you have a soft brick. You're already rooted, and there is no other reason to go through the entire process again until you've tried everything else.
Lots of things can go wrong with Odin that could put you in a predicament, such as accidentally putting the file in the wrong slot, a faulty connection, a bad flash, all of which would put you in a much worse situation.
Random reboots occur from many factors, but a lot of it can be boiled down to the phone not playing nice with the current rom you are on, these are the steps I would take.
1. Try a different rom, 4.2 aosp roms or touchwiz roms might fix it. Restoring your stock android would be a great step, just make sure you don't ota because you'll lose root.
2. If it's similar on all roms, then try a different kernel.
3. If it's still occurring, try to use a kernel that allows you to apply voltages such as ktoonsez, and raise the minimum voltage for each cpu step a tiny bit for each step.
4. If it's still rebooting, try formatting your internal SD card and reflashing a stock based rom through a custom recovery, such as cleanrom or a stock rooted rom.
5. Odin back to stock at a last resort.
If all of those steps don't work, then you have a hardware problem.
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If he just went back to official Firmware ie Stock he wouldn't have to screw around with different ROMs and kernels and voltages. No offense but you need to learn better troubleshooting skills. If he went to stock it would pretty much eliminate all things u suggested (ie low voltage). Odining back to stock would format his internal for him thus eliminating that step u suggested as well. I this this will save him time and frustration.
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If he just went back to official Firmware ie Stock he wouldn't have to screw around with different ROMs and kernels and voltages. No offense but you need to learn better troubleshooting skills. If he went to stock it would pretty much eliminate all things u suggested (ie low voltage). Odining back to stock would format his internal for him thus eliminating that step u suggested as well. I this this will save him time and frustration.
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What you're suggesting is basically a cure all for everything, but don't you think it would be better to troubleshoot the problem systematically than simply go back to stock everytime you have an issue you can't figure out? If that was the case, then I would have used Odin to go back to stock at least a dozen times by now.
It's a better learning experience to understand what a specific phone can run and can't run. It's a pita to have to flash back to stock and reroot when you don't troubleshoot the actual problem. Especially when it's a rom or kernel related issue that can be easily remedied.
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OK I can see where you r coming from.
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Ok so its been 10 or so hours now that I've been running beanstalk 4.3 (8/27 build) with bms kernel (8/15 build). I've transfered files around, made app back ups and downloaded latest update for beanstalk (200+ MB) and no reboots.
What advice is there when I have random reboots across roms. no matter which I try oi always get random reboots. is it tthe battery?
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What advice is there when I have random reboots across roms. no matter which I try oi always get random reboots. is it tthe battery?
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Odin back to stock and run it completely stock and see if you can repeat the problem.
If you're completely stock and your phone keeps rebooting, it's likely a hardware problem.
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will do thank you!
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Hi all,
I have looked all thought the forum and the closest thing I found to an answer was try twrp. What I have is an tf300t running 4.1.1 with stock rom, and cmw 6.0.2.3. Every time I try and create a back up I get "error while backing up boot image". I have tried backing up to external sd, internal, and even tried different SD cards. Nothing seems to be working. Has anyone else had this problem? Or any idea what it might be?
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Hi all,
I have looked all thought the forum and the closest thing I found to an answer was try twrp. What I have is an tf300t running 4.1.1 with stock rom, and cmw 6.0.2.3. Every time I try and create a back up I get "error while backing up boot image". I have tried backing up to external sd, internal, and even tried different SD cards. Nothing seems to be working. Has anyone else had this problem? Or any idea what it might be?
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Well, "Try TWRP" is indeed the right answer.
I think CWM uses the stock CM kernel and that does not expose the boot partition as a device. So CWM can neither read nor write the boot partition and an error is what you get trying to back it up.
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Thanks, I did go ahead and install twrp and it worked just fine. Should have done it from the beginning, I like it better anyway.
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Ok,, This is what happened
I was in stock 4.1.2 and installed Custom ROM,, since that I felt lost few of photos and videos. I didn't feel good with that Custom ROM so I installed back to stock 4.1.2 and automatically upgraded to 4.2.2. And since that I lost greater than before. I used many recovery software to recover my lost but I had nothing. I decided back to 4.1.2 but something worse happened,, 3/4 of my video and gallery disappear,, :crying::crying::crying:
Perhaps someone know what should I do or anyone had same experience like me?
# Sorry for my bad english :fingers-crossed:
Anyone?
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Anyone?
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some idk about that but in my case I lost all of my data including all the movies i copied in my tab.. After checking sd card throughly using CWM recovery i managed to find out that every thing was there but flashing a new rom mounted a new partition kinda thingy lol old data was saved as SDcard/data but after the flash new data was saved as SDcard/0/data and i couldnt find any way to access the old data.. I had to format the sdcard completely using CWM to get back the space taken by my old data though...
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some idk about that but in my case I lost all of my data including all the movies i copied in my tab.. After checking sd card throughly using CWM recovery i managed to find out that every thing was there but flashing a new rom mounted a new partition kinda thingy lol old data was saved as SDcard/data but after the flash new data was saved as SDcard/0/data and i couldnt find any way to access the old data.. I had to format the sdcard completely using CWM to get back the space taken by my old data though...
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Thanks for your reply.. so, there's no way to get our old data? I'm sure my data was not lost.. but hidden somewhere just like you said. Because my remain storage's memory was not increase (constant) since my data lost.. is it happen in tablet device only? Because I never face this case expect in tablet device
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Thanks for your reply.. so, there's no way to get our old data? I'm sure my data was not lost.. but hidden somewhere just like you said. Because my remain storage's memory was not increase (constant) since my data lost.. is it happen in tablet device only? Because I never face this case expect in tablet device
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You're welcome I'm always happy to help.. Well the problem is I couldn't find any way to recover the old data... so was forced to completely format my tab using CWM recovery to get back the space of almost 6 GB taken by my old data.. if you can somehow get back to the old partition then it might be possible to get it back but sadly i wasn't able to find anything on the net though.. BTW it didn't happened again though so far and yes you are right it only happened on my tab... I flashed new ROMs multiple times on HTC desire C and Samsung Galaxy Y DUOS but this never happened..