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[Q] Upgrading from HC to ICS .. P6800 ~ 7.7

hey guyez ..
i just bought a new galaxy tab 7.7 3G / WiFi (P6800)
it comes with Honey Comb 3.2 .. i have to say it's a little laggy
saw that there r ICS versions out .. so i was thinking to upgrade from HC to ICS .. but got many questions
1- what's the best ICS out yet ? there r LQ1, LQ2 and LP5 i think
2- is it safe to make wipes ? saw there is brick bug and i don't want to lose the tab i just bought .. saw that there is a safe kernel or CWM .. somthing like that
3- is ICS better than HC in general ? heared that ICS is way faster and smoother than HC
thanks in advance for who will answer my questions .. i really appreciate it cuz i just bought the tab and dunno any thing yet

vegetables said:
hey guyez ..
i just bought a new galaxy tab 7.7 3G / WiFi (P6800)
it comes with Honey Comb 3.2 .. i have to say it's a little laggy
saw that there r ICS versions out .. so i was thinking to upgrade from HC to ICS .. but got many questions
1- what's the best ICS out yet ? there r LQ1, LQ2 and LP5 i think
2- is it safe to make wipes ? saw there is brick bug and i don't want to lose the tab i just bought .. saw that there is a safe kernel or CWM .. somthing like that
3- is ICS better than HC in general ? heared that ICS is way faster and smoother than HC
thanks in advance for who will answer my questions .. i really appreciate it cuz i just bought the tab and dunno any thing yet
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On LQ1 here. ICS IMO is much smoother and responsive than HC. I flashed (after rooting) the Austria ICS ROM from samfirmware.com then installed TWRP. All is well on my unit. Let mobileODIN do all the work. If I recall I didn't wipe Davik or cache.
Follow steps exactly and all should be well.

skeeterpro said:
On LQ1 here. ICS IMO is much smoother and responsive than HC. I flashed (after rooting) the Austria ICS ROM from samfirmware.com then installed TWRP. All is well on my unit. Let mobileODIN do all the work. If I recall I didn't wipe Davik or cache.
Follow steps exactly and all should be well.
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Thanks for ur answer .. but still need some things to know
What is TWRP ? and what i have to do with mobileOdin ?
And is there any safe kernel i could use to make wipes ?
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vegetables said:
Thanks for ur answer .. but still need some things to know
What is TWRP ? and what i have to do with mobileOdin ?
And is there any safe kernel i could use to make wipes ?
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TWRP is a custom recovery. Read about it here
mobileODIN is, IMO, the closest thing to "fool-proof" ODIN one can get. It almost won't let you do anything that would bork your flash. Very handy. And doesn't require using a computer. Works on your tab.
I've not needed to install any kernels. If I felt the need, I can assure you MUCH research would be in order before wiping anything. Many have been reporting Superbrick occurrences (or similar).
HTH

skeeterpro said:
TWRP is a custom recovery. Read about it here
mobileODIN is, IMO, the closest thing to "fool-proof" ODIN one can get. It almost won't let you do anything that would bork your flash. Very handy. And doesn't require using a computer. Works on your tab.
I've not needed to install any kernels. If I felt the need, I can assure you MUCH research would be in order before wiping anything. Many have been reporting Superbrick occurrences (or similar).
HTH
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so there is no way to make wipe safely ? what if i want to wipe .. ?

i believe you can wipe all you want to, as long as you're on HC.....
Do not wipe anything on ICS....
do all your wipes and resets on HC first..
then flash LRQ..
all done... fresh install.. don't wipe after ICS install..

jimmbomb said:
i believe you can wipe all you want to, as long as you're on HC.....
Do not wipe anything on ICS....
do all your wipes and resets on HC first..
then flash LRQ..
all done... fresh install.. don't wipe after ICS install..
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Okey .. thanks for ur answer
The reason i was asking that i got the same problem on my galaxy note
ICS kernels r buggy and will brick the note if i wiped on them .. and to avoid that i flash safe kernel (GB kernel) then reboot recovery then wipe
And after wiping on the GB kernel .. i flash any ICS kernel back
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vegetables said:
so there is no way to make wipe safely ? what if i want to wipe .. ?
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Admittedly, I have not read ALL the posts on those who have has issues and those who have not. Personally, unless the flash requires a wipe, seldom do I wipe (except Dalvik). Some have reported "leftover files and whatnot" from repeated previous flashing that would require wipes but I've not encountered a situation that absolutely required a full wipe.
I tend to approach android as I do medicine..do the least needed to avoid problematic interactions!
HTH

what about full reset from settings? is it dangerous too?
best regards
Sifou
Galaxy Tab 7.7

sos_sifou said:
what about full reset from settings? is it dangerous too?
best regards
Sifou
Galaxy Tab 7.7
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Reset from settings = Wipe data from recovery mode
It's the same ..
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HC to ICS
skeeterpro said:
TWRP is a custom recovery. Read about it here
mobileODIN is, IMO, the closest thing to "fool-proof" ODIN one can get. It almost won't let you do anything that would bork your flash. Very handy. And doesn't require using a computer. Works on your tab.
I've not needed to install any kernels. If I felt the need, I can assure you MUCH research would be in order before wiping anything. Many have been reporting Superbrick occurrences (or similar).
HTH
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Hi ! Can I flash a different country's ROM on my tab 7.7 (saudi / middle east) as ICS is officially still not available for the middle east. Are the firmwares available on http://www.sammobile.com/firmware & http://samsung-updates.com/ genuine and risk free ? If yes, then how do I flash it on the tablet.
Sorry for the questions, still a newbie

mailppl said:
Hi ! Can I flash a different country's ROM on my tab 7.7 (saudi / middle east) as ICS is officially still not available for the middle east. Are the firmwares available on http://www.sammobile.com/firmware & http://samsung-updates.com/ genuine and risk free ? If yes, then how do I flash it on the tablet.
Sorry for the questions, still a newbie
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No problem. Know that there are ALWAYS risks modifying stock ROMs in all android devices. Odds are all goes well...but not always.
That said as long as you use a compatible ROM all should be well. My tab is running the Austrian ROM and has been running flawlessly.

Samsung keyboard pulled from a stock S2 rom

Hello
Will a Samsung keyboard apk pulled from an international galaxy S2 i9100 4.1.2 rom work on our skyrocket JB leak UCLL3 ? what might be also needed to make it work ?
I need to know if someone tried that before I begin to extract the rom files from the stock i9100 tar.
Thanks

mahanddeem said:
Hello
Will a Samsung keyboard apk pulled from an international galaxy S2 i9100 4.1.2 rom work on our skyrocket JB leak UCLL3 ? what might be also needed to make it work ?
I need to know if someone tried that before I begin to extract the rom files from the stock i9100 tar.
Thanks
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You could use a stock CWM zip than the tar. Try and see.. Out of curiosity, why do you stay on ucll3 when there's official Rogers?

lingowistico said:
You could use a stock CWM zip than the tar. Try and see.. Out of curiosity, why do you stay on ucll3 when there's official Rogers?
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I need the apk from the middle east tar, so I will have to extract the tar to get the system files using linux extractor. ..I know what I'm doing but was curious if some one did it before ...
The JB flashable zip in dev section is not a stock rom. . It is just a gutted one. . Which I don't like. . At least for a stock rom. ..

mahanddeem said:
I need the apk from the middle east tar, so I will have to extract the tar to get the system files using linux extractor. ..I know what I'm doing but was curious if some one did it before ...
The JB flashable zip in dev section is not a stock rom. . It is just a gutted one. . Which I don't like. . At least for a stock rom. ..
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There is the full Rom too
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I tried it on ICS , it worked with some minor issued here and there..But the new JB Samsung keyboard is more temptating. .it combines the good of both Google and swype

mahanddeem said:
I need the apk from the middle east tar, so I will have to extract the tar to get the system files using linux extractor. ..I know what I'm doing but was curious if some one did it before ...
The JB flashable zip in dev section is not a stock rom. . It is just a gutted one. . Which I don't like. . At least for a stock rom. ..
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That explains it. The rom by vincom is very much stock, i think he switched out the kernel for a better one and you won't be needing rogers bloat in middle east.
If xcrazydx is antisocial then you have a major attitude problem and i have a patience issue But this is all irrelevant, you should just try because there's not too many middleeasterners here

lingowistico said:
That explains it. The rom by vincom is very much stock, i think he switched out the kernel for a better one and you won't be needing rogers bloat in middle east.
If xcrazydx is antisocial then you have a major attitude problem and i have a patience issue But this is all irrelevant, you should just try because there's not too many middleeasterners here
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No. .Vincom did not just change the kernel. ..I tried his cwm flashable rom and that's not the way I'm comfortable with. ..I like to custom the stock to my liking. . He removed so many things from the official rom. It is like his superlite roms..I like to do things by myself if I'm going stock. .. Sure I don't need the Rogers bloat but stil I need the arabic language which he deleted from his cwm flashable jb rom.And it is not about middle east or not , it's about a keyboard from The galaxy s2 being compatible or not with skyrocket..btw I'm not living in the middle east..
Now for the attitude, I don't need anybody to come to my thread and just throw stupid comments to just ruin the purpose rather than being helpful..
Thanks

mahanddeem said:
You're right. . My OP was far away from rom selection .. I asked a clear question. ..Some just rush for suggestions and they even didn't read the original post..
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You're making everything far too difficult. If you want stock, dl and flash it. If you just want the keyboard, pull the file.
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mahanddeem said:
No. .Vincom did not just change the kernel. ..I tried his cwm flashable rom and that's not the way I'm comfortable with. ..I like to custom the stock to my liking. . He removed so many things from the official rom. It is like his superlite roms..I like to do things by myself if I'm going stock. .. Sure I don't need the Rogers bloat but stil I need the arabic language which he deleted from his cwm flashable jb rom.And it is not about middle east or not , it's about a keyboard from The galaxy s2 being compatible or not with skyrocket..btw I'm not living in the middle east..
Now for the attitude, I don't need anybody to come to my thread and just throw stupid comments to just ruin the purpose rather than being helpful..
Thanks
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Okay. here's vincoms CWM zip "FULL BLOAT, NOTHING WAS REMOVED AFAIK". So it's nothing like the superlite roms.
You said that you need to unpack middleeastern tar and try that keyboard on a skyrocket (which only has between 3-4 languages and it NEVER had arabic). Only AOSP/AOKP roms have all languages. Maybe there will be a confilct or issue with languague compatibility. Since there aren't too many middleeasterners here, i'm thinking not too many has tried this specific operation. I don't know about others but i don't care if you're a middleeasterner, i'm talking technology not geography. You're a bit edgy man, calm done, we're not out to get you wallah habibi :good:

It appears this thread had lift off and then took a nose dive....while it burns out, I will just post this THREAD CLOSED and Thank You.

whrere can i get drivers for this phone..??

Im trying to root my sisters blaze but the link i found dont work.. Anyone kno where i can get the drivers so i can root? Thanks.. UPDATE.. I got the drivers.. Im trying to root my sisters phone.. I have odin setup.. I have that blaze.pit file in the PIT in odin and i have that blaze-root-kernel.tar in PDA now do i need to flash both of these and what about a recovery? What files and what order should i flash?? Thanks guys! she is still on gingerbread do i have to flash a gingerbread rom?? Sorry i new to odin and samsung.. She wants me to try and get google now on here phone also

Nooblube said:
Im trying to root my sisters blaze but the link i found dont work.. Anyone kno where i can get the drivers so i can root? Thanks.. UPDATE.. I got the drivers.. Im trying to root my sisters phone.. I have odin setup.. I have that blaze.pit file in the PIT in odin and i have that blaze-root-kernel.tar in PDA now do i need to flash both of these and what about a recovery? What files and what order should i flash?? Thanks guys! she is still on gingerbread do i have to flash a gingerbread rom?? Sorry i new to odin and samsung.. She wants me to try and get google now on here phone also
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Search and you shall find the answers you are looking for.
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Nooblube said:
Im trying to root my sisters blaze but the link i found dont work.. Anyone kno where i can get the drivers so i can root? Thanks.. UPDATE.. I got the drivers.. Im trying to root my sisters phone.. I have odin setup.. I have that blaze.pit file in the PIT in odin and i have that blaze-root-kernel.tar in PDA now do i need to flash both of these and what about a recovery? What files and what order should i flash?? Thanks guys! she is still on gingerbread do i have to flash a gingerbread rom?? Sorry i new to odin and samsung.. She wants me to try and get google now on here phone also
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All the info your looking for is in the development section.
Sent from my AOKP Blaze

I been reading for an hour.. My sis has build gingerbread UVLF5.. android 2.3.6.. After i root what roms can i flash? Do they have to be gingerbread? I do not see any info in this.. If someone could maybe explain would be great! ok i have read for a while and dont understand what the deal is.. My sisters phone is still on gingerbread.. When i go into settings check for updates.. It says there no update.. I just rooted the phone and flash a recovery.. How do i update to ICS? I know HTC phones this is all new to me. HTC is alot diff.. Any help would be great.. Thanks.. well i found i quess i have to use kies.. now if i use kies to update to the newest update will that mess root up? will i have to root over?

Nooblube said:
I been reading for an hour.. My sis has build gingerbread UVLF5.. android 2.3.6.. After i root what roms can i flash? Do they have to be gingerbread? I do not see any info in this.. If someone could maybe explain would be great! ok i have read for a while and dont understand what the deal is.. My sisters phone is still on gingerbread.. When i go into settings check for updates.. It says there no update.. I just rooted the phone and flash a recovery.. How do i update to ICS? I know HTC phones this is all new to me. HTC is alot diff.. Any help would be great.. Thanks.. well i found i quess i have to use kies.. now if i use kies to update to the newest update will that mess root up? will i have to root over?
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Once u have root u can flash any custom ROM u want GB ICS or JB just grab the newest radio from the stock ICS ROM thread and flash that after so u have the newest one just backup everything just in case something goes wrong
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johnb380 said:
Once u have root u can flash any custom ROM u want GB ICS or JB just grab the newest radio from the stock ICS ROM thread and flash that after so u have the newest one just backup everything just in case something goes wrong
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No once you have recovery.
I have never "rooted" my phone. Just flash a recovery and flash away. (yes I know the custom roms come with root, thats how I root samsung phones)

[Q] Most Recent Methods?

I just acquired a Samsung Infuse so am entirely new to this phone, have rooted it so far via SuperOneClick, but am not having issues determining the best method of acquiring CWM so as to flash some new ROMS.
there are a number of threads i found through searching the forums but all of them seem to be quite old (2011). one of them i tried and it did not work, i got an e-signature failed error of some kind and couldn't find any solid information about how to get around that.
for someone who is brand new to this phone and disgruntled with the performance of 2.3.3, what would be the best method to utilize to get CWM to get a good ROM on this thing?
Thanks in advance

Christrumentalist said:
I just acquired a Samsung Infuse so am entirely new to this phone, have rooted it so far via SuperOneClick, but am not having issues determining the best method of acquiring CWM so as to flash some new ROMS.
there are a number of threads i found through searching the forums but all of them seem to be quite old (2011). one of them i tried and it did not work, i got an e-signature failed error of some kind and couldn't find any solid information about how to get around that.
for someone who is brand new to this phone and disgruntled with the performance of 2.3.3, what would be the best method to utilize to get CWM to get a good ROM on this thing?
Thanks in advance
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This is one of the best way to update your phone, the option C is rooted and have CWM recovery http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1613523
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Great Question -- Great answer - keep it clean . Option C

thanks alot fellas, i appreciate the generous replies. i hadn't seen this one anywhere yet and it looks to be pretty straight forward so i'll try it out and let you know if i have any other questions! cheers

You guys are lifesavers. Is there a ROM any of you would recommend to load straight on the phone easily now that I have rooted GB 2.3.6 with the red CWM??
Looking forward to not having to deal with the brutal battery life and laggy response of 2.3.3! :laugh:

Yeah u can flash all the ROM over 2.3.6 thru CWM, But just keep in mind if u want JB then u have to flash ICS first the JB.
There are many many good GB roms with good battery life i will not name them just flash and see which suits u the most.
Sent from Nexus 4

rkkaranrk said:
Yeah u can flash all the ROM over 2.3.6 thru CWM, But just keep in mind if u want JB then u have to flash ICS first the JB.
There are many many good GB roms with good battery life i will not name them just flash and see which suits u the most.
Sent from Nexus 4
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hey rkkaranrk, thanks for the help. i want to flash entropy's CM9 so that i can move up to BeanStalk, but the download mirrors are broken. Is there another ICS rom anyone can recommend? Most of the ICS roms i'm seeing are actually just themed GB roms...
thanks again.
EDIT: nevermind got the cm9 download working. will try that and then hopefully flash beanstalk.

Christrumentalist said:
hey rkkaranrk, thanks for the help. i want to flash entropy's CM9 so that i can move up to BeanStalk, but the download mirrors are broken. Is there another ICS rom anyone can recommend? Most of the ICS roms i'm seeing are actually just themed GB roms...
thanks again.
EDIT: nevermind got the cm9 download working. will try that and then hopefully flash beanstalk.
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Entropy links should be working as the files are hosted on Dev Host, Check again if not lemme knw will upload the last build on dropbox.

Here try this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1661690
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thanks for all the help guys i got CM9 on there and then got greedy and wanted slimbean lol, flashed slimbean but now am stuck on the slimbean logo for ages. going to go back to GB 2.3.6 again and see if i can try it more successfully this time around... argh

Christrumentalist said:
thanks for all the help guys i got CM9 on there and then got greedy and wanted slimbean lol, flashed slimbean but now am stuck on the slimbean logo for ages. going to go back to GB 2.3.6 again and see if i can try it more successfully this time around... argh
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Here take a look at this guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1878458
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well i figured id update here as everyone's been such a big help and i really went through a heck of a process trying to get things back to a working state.
from CM9 i attempted to flash SlimBean and then got stuck in a boot loop. from there, i made the terrible mistake of panicking and trying to flash back to CM9, which seemed like it worked until i got stuck in a boot loop again. i panicked further and tried to flash all the way back to stock GB 2.3.6 which just messed everything up and i bricked it. could not get into download mode, nothing. i realize how stupid all of my mistakes were but thats what learning is about LOL.
finally today i uninstalled all versions of KIES, reinstalled latest version of java, used a different (non-front panel) usb port, with a brand new usb cable (one of my quality ones from a branded charger vs. the cheap one i was using previously). finally got ODIN to recognize my phone and flashed tue UCLB3 Unbrick w/ Root and it worked like a charm.
so i'm going to start again and try to work my way more carefully up to the top haha. thanks again for all the help guys, really appreciate the great infuse community here :good:

[Q] was wondering if anyone had this

Samsung SGH-T959V Galaxy S 4G Android 2.3.6 OS Update T959VUVKJ6 Stock no root
I was wondering if anyone had this completely stock cannot find it anywhere? I used to have all of the files for this phone but i lost them all on a hard drive failure...
I don't want rooted nor voodoo with it, nor do i want one click odin only...
All links for pretty much every download are not existant anymore..
Please help me someone thanks..

http://sourceforge.net/projects/teamacid/files/roms/GingerBread/Stock/Offical GB releases/
Those both look like odin roms and they should work fine. I'd still say to use a one click but that's up to you.

Sammobile should still have them up, but, I think you have to have an account now. Those would be completely stock.

champ1919 said:
Sammobile should still have them up, but, I think you have to have an account now. Those would be completely stock.
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Sammobile used hotfile and never updated any of the links. Use the ones FB provided and you should be good to go.
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Thanks y'all for your help..
Sorry it took me a while to get back to you..
I got it back to stock and rooted it myself..
The only thing that sucks is they did not put a lot of ram or storage space on the phone.. and they took away move to sdcard because people pirating...
But thanks for your help guys...