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Epic Unleashed 1.1! Get your bug fixes here!

Epic Unleashed 1.1! First DROID2 rom!
For all the bugs people reported, I thank you. This release should fix a bunch of those bugs!
UPDATE:If you are having problems follow the new instructions on how to install bellow.
Changelog:
MAJOR Bug fixes.
Screen turns off.
Keyboard works.
Wifi may work(untested)
Accelerometer works.
Missing anything...?
Thanks:
Thank you Brendan for testing this release for me while my phone takes a little "nap" lol.
Features:
Deodexed
Bloatware removed
Scripts
Build.prop mods
Not sure if everyone know's this, but all my releases come with a widget that looks just like the HTC Clock called Fancy Widgets.
Please report bugs to me as you find them. Best way to contact me is email me at [email protected] or my GTalk Matt4542.
How to install:Important!
You will need to download Koush's bootstrap application and bootstrap your recovery. Then you can boot into recovery via the same app or you can install via ROM Manager(by rebooting into recovery, not via install rom from sdcard). Once you boot into recovery do a FULL nandroid backup and then you go to mounts and storage and mount /system manually to avoid more issues. Install zip from sdcard and toggle signature verification to disable. Now you can install the zip from the sdcard. Once this is done, reboot.
Now after reading all that here is your download!
Download <--- Click Me
For the best support please join my IRC chat on Freenode. #epicrom
Thanks for using Epic the first DROID 2 rom! Say thanks if you like it
I am trying to buy a domain name to host my files. All I need is $15 dollars. You do not have to do this if you do not want to. It is just to help me out a little bit Please donate as little as $1 to my PayPal [email protected]. Thanks if you do!

NOTE: Updated September 7th, 2010. Added additional steps to the process. Reread to reapply the Epic Unleashed 1.1!
Please READ each direction CAREFULLY and BEFORE executing each step. I can not stress how many mistakes are made because someone did not READ the directions carefully. So... yeah, once again, READ THE DIRECTIONS CAREFULLY!
How to Apply EpicUnleashed 1.1
Credits: The ROM was created by Matt4542. Tutorial was written by me with some simple directions from Matt. You'll need to be rooted in order to run the Droid 2 Bootstrapper.
The fine print: Matt4542 and/or I (DarkOnion) can not be held responsible if you mess up. If you mess up, you mess up. That's why I wrote the .sbf recovery tutorial. Matt has also written one. More simple, but requires Linux.
Here we go.
1. Download Koush Bootstrap here.
http://koush.tandtgaming.com//motorola/droid2/Droid2Bootstrap.apk
2. Download Epic Unleashed 1.1!
http://www.epic.grrmode.com/Epic-Unleashed11Deodexed.zip
3. Move both files to the base of the SD Card. Best way to do this is to plug your phone into your computer and move it like that. Make sure you phone is in USB mass storage mode. To change it, pull down the notification blind, choose USB connection, and choose USB Mass storage. Now copy and paste the two files to the new removable drive that showed up in your My Computer. The Epic-Unleashed11Deodexed.zip needs to be at the base of the SD card, and not in any folders. After moving all the files over to the phone, change the connection type back to Charge Only. Notfication blind -> USB Connection -> Charge only.
4. Install Koush Droid 2 Bootstrapper. Using an app installer, Astro File Manager, or equivalent, navigate to your SD card. The folder in Astro File Manager will be called sdcard. Choose Droid2Bootstrap.apk and install it. Follow the directions.
5. Now that it is installed, open Droid 2 Bootstrapper located in your applications section menu. It'll probably ask you for Super User access, say yes.
6. Press Bootstrap Recovery. It'll probably ask you for Super User access, say yes.
7. Next, we want to back your system file up by making a system image. In the Droid2 Bootstrapper, which you are already in, choose Reboot Recovery. Your phone should restart and load up into the bootloader.You should see some green text with various options, and a little lower than the middle of the screen, it says ClockworkMod Recovery.
Notes for navigating through the system. You need to use the keyboard to navigate. "Enter" will select. "Del" will cancel/go back. and the arrows are movement.
8. Using your slide out keyboard, scroll down to backup and restore and press the enter key. It should take you to another window. Choose Backup. Let it runs it's course. After it is all said and done. Reboot your phone by choosing reboot system now. (I don't think the rebooting is necessary, but I am just going to do it be safe.)
9. After you are done rebooting, if you did this, go back to the Droid 2 Bootstrapper, and choose Reboot Recovery. It'll reboot, and you'll eventually be back at the screen with the green text.
10. Using your keyboard buttons, choose mount and storage. And then choose mount /system. After that, press del to go back to the main menu.
11. Using your keyboard buttons, choose install zip from sdcard.
12. You need to make sure signature verification is off. Choose toggle signature verification and make sure it is off. At the bottom, under ClockworkMod Recovery, it'll say whether or not signature verification is enabled or disabled. You want it to say that it is disabled.
13. Then choose install zip from sdcard. Choose Epic-Unleashed11Deodexed.zip. It'll ask to confirm. Scroll down to Yes, and press enter. You'll see some commands going and eventually say it is complete.
14. Now navigate back to the main menu by pressing "Del" on the keyboard. And restart your phone by choosing reboot system now. It'll reboot and that's it! You've added EpicUnleashed 1.1.
Note: Your first boot will take a little while, up to 10 minutes. PLEASE BE PATIENT. You know that you corrected updated if your start-up animation is different.
If you need to undo this thing, boot back up into bootloader using Droid 2 Bootstrapper -> Reboot Recovery -> Back Up and Restore (after the reboot) -> Restore.
If you like this tutorial or any other tutorial, please feel free to show your gratitude by sending me a few bucks my way. I am a poor college student always trying to make ends meet. It's just more than writing a tutorial. Troubleshooting, helping others when they get lost, constant updating and rewording to make the process more simple. All donations are greatly appreciated, no matter the amount. $1 USD is good for two taco's at Jack in the Box! Paypal: [email protected]
And please don't forget about Matt. Send some love his way, too. It takes time create this stuff, not to mention troubleshoot, fix, and update. Make sure you send some love his direction. He needs money for a domain name. Paypal him at: [email protected]
If anyone comes across and problems with instructions, please let me know. I am going to try to keep this thread updated and easy to use.
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How to Root Droid 2
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=7865824&postcount=164
How to SBF Recovery Droid 2
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=770224
How to Flash Epic Unleashed 1.1 ROM (see post #2)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=776320

I have v1.0 installed now. When I go into bootstrap and try to install 1.1 my phone still reads rom v1.0...?
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Same for me, I came from stock and it appears I am still stock (no weather widget, etc). I notice I did not move the .zip from my /downloads/ to the base sd card, I will try that when I have some time.
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pulptastic said:
Same for me, I came from stock and it appears I am still stock (no weather widget, etc). I notice I did not move the .zip from my /downloads/ to the base sd card, I will try that when I have some time.
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I am working on the issue now.

heartlessmcfly said:
I have v1.0 installed now. When I go into bootstrap and try to install 1.1 my phone still reads rom v1.0...?
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I am working on a fix for that.

Thank you for the quick response. I am very excited about roms on the d2! I will play around with it some more after dinner.
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I came from stock and it appears I am still stock (no weather widget, etc). Nothing has changed.

Maybe you can put the launcher2.apk for 2.2 as the main homescreen. I downloaded it from the droid incredible forum on my phone and everything is working alot snappier on my end. Still using stock just looking and waiting until everything is figured on this rom.
Later....
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pulptastic said:
Thank you for the quick response. I am very excited about roms on the d2! I will play around with it some more after dinner.
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As a test for now just try to install your recovery from ROM Manager and boot into recovery that way. It is untested but it is worth a shot.

trillside said:
Maybe you can put the launcher2.apk for 2.2 as the main homescreen. I downloaded it from the droid incredible forum on my phone and everything is working alot snappier on my end. Still using stock just looking and waiting until everything is figured on this rom.
Later....
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Actually all of the bugs have been ironed out. It is a problem with the recovery. It may affect you, may not. I would put the stock Froyo launcher but I am not going to risk screwing with blur and causing more problems now. I will do it in a later release.

ya i installed it, but i did it from my downloads folder, it took like 3 seconds and nothing is new lol, i will have to try from the root i guess.

th3drow said:
ya i installed it, but i did it from my downloads folder, it took like 3 seconds and nothing is new lol, i will have to try from the root i guess.
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I tried this and still nothing is new...

I tried to install this rom using multiple ways:
Wiped phone
Normal install as instructions say
Wiping SDCARD
Could not see any changes.

I'm sort of a noob at this but is this going to improve the speed of the device

Antiapplekid said:
I'm sort of a noob at this but is this going to improve the speed of the device
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Yes and no. It'll is suppose to help clean up some of the junk that is on the phone. Have you rooted yet, because if you haven't... you need to do that before you flash a fixed version.

Yep I have already rooted it but I am in the stage where it says to make sure that my signature check is disable mine is enable how do I get it disabled sorry for being such a noob lol i got 5th in the state of Minnesota for computer repair but I I haven't done this kinda of stuff before

Everyone who has had problems please read my updated instructions!

for those having problems installing epic 1.1 try going to mounts and storage in clockworkmod recovery and select -mount /system before installing update.zip. worked for me may work for u idk. it now shows epic under android version instead of 2.2...

JKASS5 said:
for those having problems installing epic 1.1 try going to mounts and storage in clockworkmod recovery and select -mount /system before installing update.zip. worked for me may work for u idk. it now shows epic under android version instead of 2.2...
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Yup. It does work. Thank you to you sir, and thank you to Matt for walking me through the updating process. I have updated the tutorial to reflect the changes.

Black Ice (krylon360)

The Best sgs4g Theme I've seen great job sir keep it up. Thanks

That's the truth
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Only problem I'm having is with the MTM keyboard. Even with the patch it always FC every time I try to switch to it

ak4life23 said:
Only problem I'm having is with the MTM keyboard. Even with the patch it always FC every time I try to switch to it
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Try a fresh flash. Leeave it for twenty mins and reboot. Then try the patches.
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cant wait for the final release should be coming soon i hope

This shouldn't have been started. If you have an issue pertaining to black ice, post it there. Threads like these make it hard when looking for something specific, etc.
Werd.
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Its not a theme btw
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robbbbit said:
This shouldn't have been started. If you have an issue pertaining to black ice, post it there. Threads like these make it hard when looking for something specific, etc.
Werd.
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+1 I've been in forums for a few years now....this is on the brink of chaos. Would a little organization kill us, really?
I can navigate the hell out of threads, but this is getting difficult for me even. Three threads talking about the same exact thing when there is already a thread specifically for that issue....eeeeeeeeeeeeeeeesh (my brain hurts)

I'm sure you guys were newbies ones which means you can't just post in the development section. So ease up its not the end of the world.

Yea Black Ice is not a theme, what I mean is the use of wallpapers, icons the notification bar and lock screens are great don't you call that the theme. Hello common sense.

sure call it what you want. The themes mr apoxalypse black knight ported from the vibrant
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Quick Steps For N00bs like me (ext4 and black ice)
I had to mess with my phone to get the settings right but I popped the android cherry with this Rom. I'll save the rest of you the trouble of going through the steps I did.
If you tried ext4 and reflashed with another rom, your cache will not mount until you use the rfs formatter zip and reattempt.
Files Needed:
Odin 1.7 +
BlackIce_KD1Base.zip (Stable Release from dev forum thread)
ext4converter (from dev forum thread)
rfs_formatter (in case you mess up from same thread as ext4)
update.zip (from final cwm thread in dev forum)
Assuming you are not on ext4:
1) Download stock kd1 and flash onto phone using odin.
Make sure partition is not checked. Click the pda button in odin and direct it towards the PDA_KD1.tar.md5file. Make sure that your phone is in download mode, odin will let you know its ready when one of the ports on the screen lights up yellow. If you cannot get to download mode through the buttons, take out the battery, plug in the usb, hold down the volume up and down key + power, and then pop the battery in while holding those keys until you get into download mode.
When you succeed installing the rom through odin, you will boot up into the samsung recovery menu. Just choose reboot and then place all the files listed above in the root of the sdcard through the stock rom os. This is because if you use the rfs formatter, it will wipe all data from your sdcard. If you got stuck at the samsung 4g screen after ext4, you have to start the process over by using the rfs formatter.
2) After installing all files in the root of the sdcard, navigate to quickboot and choose recovery. The phone will boot into the samsung recovery mode with blue text. Choose Reinstall packages from samsung recovery menu to enter cwm (it will be in blue text). Make sure you have the update.zip file from the final cwm version in the development section or this will not load.
3)Changing the mounts the first time.
go into the mounts menu and alter it to read like this:
unmount cache
unmount data
mount sdcard
unmount system
4)Goto the option install a zip from sdcard and find the ext4converter. Choose this zip file and let it do its work.
******************WARNING****************
After ext4converter seems finished, do not immediately choose the BlackIce zip to flash. Navigate back to the mount menu and set the settings so it reads:
unmount cache
mount data
mount sdcard
unmount system
5)Goto the option to install a zip again and choose the BlackIce Zip file.
Wait until it completes successfully and you should be back in the cwm menu
6) Choose reboot, and if you did it successfully, you will see the team whiskey boot up animation. Congratulations, you are winning, but not as awesome as Charlie Sheen.
If not, you will be stuck at the samsung galaxy 4g screen for a couple minutes. This means start back at step 1.
When you manage to get the stock rom loaded, you have to use quickboot and go into recovery to use the rfs formatter zip. This will wipe your sd card, so as soon as it finishes running, boot up the stock android, place all those files back onto the root of the sd card and begin from step 2 again.
I know this tutorial is a little longwinded, but I feel that its more helpful this way. Just bits and pieces by the rest of you guys wasted me a lot of man hours.
Edit For New Stable Release:
If you followed my instructions, and are on the first stable black ice and ext4, this is how you update to stable 2 and Bali v 3.0 sgs4g
Download blackice_voodoo.zip or stable release 2 from dev section
Download bali v3.0 kernel sgs4g from the dev section
Place these files on the root of the sdrom
Boot into cwm
Set the mount points to read:
unmount
mount
mount
unmount
and then choose install zip packages and choose the blackice_voodoo.zip
let it install and then goto advanced in the cwm menu and choose recovery reboot
you should see the red voodoo menu and then go ahead and check the voodoo options so that all options are enabled except for the debugging features on the bottom.
Go ahead and go back and choose install zip in the voodoo recovery and choose the bali v3.0 kernel on the root sd
it will say kernel successfully installed and then you will go to the samsung galaxy 4g screen for about 4 minutes.
******Warning*********
You will hear a voice 'Linda' even with headphones plugged in and the phone on vibrate only. It will count down from 3 minutes. You have been warned. I am embarassed to show my face in the office now. The robotic voice yelling a countdown and all the other people in the cubicles are looking at me funny. FML.
Anyways enjoy.

lol great instructions again btw. i've wasted more time fiddling with mounts combos and permissions than with the actual rom today lol

Would a little kindness kill you, ak4life23?
All we want to do is keep the forums organized.
No, it isn't a big deal that you made one mistake. But I think we'd all appreciate next time that you didn't do this.
Second, this isn't a theme, it's a ROM. The ROM includes a theme Krylon ported from another source. So, common sense would be that you called the actual theme the CORRECT name, "Mr. Apoc Black Knight Theme", and not "Black Ice".
And no matter what you modify, what **most** people call a theme is a ZIP you can flash that changes the wallpapers, colors, notification bars, or lock screens.
Not to be overly critical or rude, but just saying as a fellow user.
Thank you :]

when did they change that u couldnt post on the dev forums as a new user cause umm my firsts posts were on those same forums intrusting but ya its nice what u posted but tbh for sake of the forums the questions should have been directed to the thread that already contains the rom

danstheman7 said:
Would a little kindness kill you, ak4life23?
All we want to do is keep the forums organized.
No, it isn't a big deal that you made one mistake. But I think we'd all appreciate next time that you didn't do this.
Second, this isn't a theme, it's a ROM. The ROM includes a theme Krylon ported from another source. So, common sense would be that you called the actual theme the CORRECT name, "Mr. Apoc Black Knight Theme", and not "Black Ice".
And no matter what you modify, what **most** people call a theme is a ZIP you can flash that changes the wallpapers, colors, notification bars, or lock screens.
Not to be overly critical or rude, but just saying as a fellow user.
Thank you :]
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Couldn't of said it better myself
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This rom is amazing.

Wow this rom is sick... i just barely finished doing a backup of stable#1 and was just about to load up and flash the new release just a few minutes ago.. stable#2. But.. after just 2 reboots the 1st build is moving around like butter, AMAZING ROM over and over again from krylon

Old and deprecated guide

This guide is very old and almost none of it is true anymore...
NEVER SELECT REPARTITION ON ODIN, MAKE SURE IT IS UNCHECKED BEFORE YOU CLICK START
IF POSSIBLE, USE ANOTHER USB CORD THAN THE ONE THAT COMES WITH THE EPIC AND USE A REAR USB PORT.
IF I FORGOT TO CREDIT YOU, PLEASE PM ME. ALSO, IF YOU HAVE A PROBLEM WITH THIS GUIDE, CONTACT ME AND I WILL RESOLVE IT WITHOUT ANY QUESTIONS.
Credits (these guys are awesome!):
Noobnl
Firon
Dameon87
Rodderik
Koush
Qbking77
Google
Linus (the linux guy)
Sprint
Samsung
Jokeyrim
FAQ:
Q: VIRUS VIRUS VIRUS!!!
A: The rage against the cage exploit is technically a 'virus' because it uses a hole in android to it's advantage. It is not a 'bad' virus. Just add it to the ignore list or use a pre-rooted odin tar.
Q: I think I bricked my Epic
A: Read post 2
Q: The odin doesn't work
A: Try removing the .md5 extension from the tar
IF YOU HAVE ROOTED ANOTHER DEVICE BEFORE​
Please update your android sdk and remove all drivers from other Samsung phones
There is no s-on
The recovery buttons (volume down, power and camera) bring you straight to recovery mode and not to a fastboot menu
ROMS FROM OTHER PHONES DO NOT WORK
The first thing you want to do before you root is download my root pack, this will have everything you need to root, unroot, install ClockworkMod and unbrick: http://www.multiupload.com/2R449NILF9​
HOW TO ROOT:​
Download and extract the pack listed above
Install the Samsung drivers included
(optional but recommended) Install the android SDK
Read the FAQ
On your phone got to settings>Applications>Development and check the box that says 'USB Debugging'
Plug in your phone and wait for the drivers to be recognized
On phone choose charge only
[WINDOWS] Go to the root folder and run 'run.bat' as admin [LINUX] Run run.sh
Wait for phone reboot
Power off your phone after the whole process finishes
Hold Volume Down, Camera and Power until you get a purple recovery
Use the volume buttons to navigate to backup and restore and use camera to select [HINT: To go back use the back arrow]
Make a new backup
Choose reboot system now
You are now rooted, go flash a custom rom if you want [NOTE: Almost all themes don't work unless you are on a rom that is deodexed]
HOW TO FLASH A ROM:​
Find a kernel that works with the rom (like SyndicateRom Frozen and Genocide kernel) and put both the kernel and rom on your SD card
Go into recovery mode the same way as before
Choose wipe data/factory reset
Choose wipe cache
Go into advanced and choose wipe dalvik cache
Go to flash zip from sd card
Choose choose zip from sd card
Choose the rom
Do choose zip from sd card again
Choose the kernel
Reboot
***FIRST BOOT WILL TAKE UP TO 10 MINUTES BUT PROBABLY ~2
HOW TO FLASH A THEME:​
MAKE SURE YOU ARE ON A DEODEXED ROM
MAKE SURE THE THEME IS FOR THE SAME UPDATE AS THE ROM (EX. EC05 themes are for EC05 roms ONLY)
Go into recovery
(recommended but not needed) Wipe cache and dalvik cache
Flash the theme
Reboot
HOW TO FLASH A KERNEL:​
MAKE SURE YOU ARE ON A DEODEXED ROM
MAKE SURE THE KERNEL IS FOR THE SAME UPDATE AS THE ROM (EX. EC05 kernels are for EC05 roms ONLY)
Go into recovery
(recommended but not needed) Wipe cache and dalvik cache
Flash the theme
Reboot

MOTIVATION
-It is nearly impossible to brick while rooting
-When you root, you get cool stuff like a faster phone, bug fixes, themes and some root only apps!
-If you brick, first try some of the guides here at xda then, if they don't work, bring it into sprint and pretend you don't know what happened, DON'T admit to rooting...

Reserved for how to unbrick

HELPFUL LINKS
Epic 4G Wiki (Outdated, I will work on updating it) - http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=Samsung_Galaxy_S/SPH-D700
LATEST ONE CLICK ROOT - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1076967

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This is very helpful, specially for noobs

Thanks for making it all condensed and evil on the eyes. Xda already looks intimidating when ur new as it is.
Sent from my Epic 4G

Shoulon said:
Thanks for making it all condensed and evil on the eyes. Xda already looks intimidating when ur new as it is.
Sent from my Epic 4G
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Anyone is free to PM me a cleaned up version of the OP and I will credit them

Personally, I like it. It's informative and is a great post overall. Thanks a lot for this. I am by no means a newbie to rooting this phone or flashing ROMs and mods but I have friends who are.
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Make sure to include a note that says what "clear data/factory reset" does(erase all phone data). I like this maybe if it had a link to the one click root, and how to root and install cwm on gingerbread it would be better.
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ac16313 said:
Make sure to include a note that says what "clear data/factory reset" does(erase all phone data). I like this maybe if it had a link to the one click root, and how to root and install cwm on gingerbread it would be better.
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If your on gingerbread your probably not a noob. I need to upload the files i have.
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Very nice and easy to follow instructions .... qbking77 how-to videos are extremely helpful for those of us who are visual learners as well

Why do you say to never use repartition?
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Nice job marcusant
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Avelnan said:
Phones are going to come to life someday. Take note: LG Optimus line. ASUS Transformer. And now the Nexus Prime.
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So when does this become a sticky that 90% of noob xda app users will never see o_0. But I'm realy glad to see this up, much needed, THANKS.

I have a feeling it'll be kept up to without a sticky lol
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Avelnan said:
Phones are going to come to life someday. Take note: LG Optimus line. ASUS Transformer. And now the Nexus Prime.
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One thing that might be useful
When doing one click root; they need to turn off the anti-virus because it will see that rageagainstthecage is a virus (when it isn't) and their root process will fail

jdelano said:
When doing one click root; they need to turn off the anti-virus because it will see that rageagainstthecage is a virus (when it isn't) and their root process will fail
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That's already noted in the OP(i think)
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Avelnan said:
Phones are going to come to life someday. Take note: LG Optimus line. ASUS Transformer. And now the Nexus Prime.
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We need people to work on updating the rom, theme and mod list in the wiki.
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What about joey krim was it
The guy who found the initial exploit that was then packed into a one click by noobnl
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this sucks

Can't anyone explain roms and kernels. How do you do it and why can't anybody tell me now? All I want is a new kernal and from there on put dlevrom 5.0 on my infuse! Why is it so impossible? show me how instead of sending me some stupid link

For one...are you rooted? If so..you don't need a kernel to flash dlev rom ...if you don't have recovery just put phone in download mode flash Odin community kernel to get recovery go to recovery and flash dlev rom ...not rocket science if u read...
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Yes i sure am....superoneclick.

How do yo u put phone in download mode? Clockwork mod recovery does not work right

Read...
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Perpetrator said:
Read...
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^THIS.
If you read instead of complaining and giving up, it's simple. Everyone here has been in your shoes at some point, but they searched, read, and figured it out. There's nothing hard to do here. Just read and follow simple instructions.
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1) You must be rooted.
2) If you have a /Voodoo folder on your internal SD card, delete it and reboot.
3) If you're already running a custom ROM with Voodoo lagfix FULLY enabled, you can skip to step 7.
4) Download*CWM-community-kernel-v8.zip
*if you're on Froyo and place it on your internal SD card.
5) Install SGS Kernel Flasher from the Market.
6) Open SGS Kernel Flasher, select choose kernel, select the file you downloaded, and select flash kernel. Your phone will reboot and begin to enable Voodoo lagfix. Let it do that and boot all the way up. It will take a while (5-10 minutes) because it's converting all partitions to ext4.
7) Download the rom of your choice and place it on your internal SD card.
8) Power off your phone.
9) With the phone powered off, hold both volume keys and the power button for about 10 seconds and then release. This should boot you into*RED*CWM.
10) Select "install zip from sdcard" and select the ROM zip.
11) Once that finishes, select "wipe data/factory reset".
12) Select "reboot system now".
13) Do NOT restore system data with Titanium Backup. Do NOT restore ALL apps with data. If you absolutely must restore something with Titanium Backup, only restore MISSING apps with data.
I don't know if English is your second language but i do not understand why you don't want to read.
You are going to brick your phone if you don't read.
Up above are the directions I followed to get modified recovery. From there you need to go to cwm (red) and you can flash whatever roms you want.
I stole these directions from GTGs infused rom. So thanks gtg.

I'm not a fan of CWM either. Prefer to flash roms with Odin.
Just in case you give up, heres how to get into download mode (being that this is your thread and you don't need a lecture):
1. Power off
2. Pull out battery
3. Plug in USB cable
4. Press and HOLD both volume buttons together and replace battery
5. Keep holding both volume buttons together till yellow download screen appears (newer roms may have an "Are you sure?" screen. Press volume up and you're good to go.

I'm glad y'all explained this...thanks...I can't count how many times I've explained it in the last 3 days..please with all due respect...read...I learned how to port and now building my own rom from READING...ALOT...and studying...and some advice along the way...but they were thru pms ...I did not make a whole thread on it...thanks yall
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Switching ROMs

I'm currently on AOKP JB-MR1 Build 5. Is there a way to switch to a different ROM, like synergy?
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How'd you get aokp on your gs3 in the 1st place?
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Perhaps you could try...
dmce01 said:
I'm currently on AOKP JB-MR1 Build 5. Is there a way to switch to a different ROM, like synergy?
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Major first question before the answer:
What recovery are you using? Clockwork Mod, or TWRP?
I'm not personally familiar with that ROM, however, since I've gotten my I535 S3, I've gone through about five or six ROMs.
I suggest you don't do this yet, BUT this is what I've done to switch between ROMs. It's smooth and painless once you get the foundation setup:
Firstly, AFTER you root and setup CWM or TWRP:
- Go into your recovery menu and choose the option that performs a backup to external card.
- Find which ROMs you think you might like to use and compare, I recommend getting two or three to start, download the .zip files to your EXTERNAL sd card (you can't flash a ROM when it's on the internal memory since the internal memory usually gets wiped when flashing)
- Go back into your recovery menu and wipe data, cache, and dalvik cache. That order seems to be the most common, but I've seen people do it every which way. Theoretically you should do it in this order, since you are sort of sweeping the floor to clean it for a new carpet. I'm sure that's a brash way of describing the process and no doubt someone may correct me, but that's the main idea. Data = the bulk of the dirt on the floor, get rid of that and clean up the little stuff = the cache, and the remainder to make the floor sparkle = dalvik cache, which in effect optimizes app access times, from what I've read.
- Using your recovery menu, navigate to whatever option resembles installing from zip, and choose install from external card. These options may very depending on the version of recovery. Here you should see a file browser which you can go through and choose the directory on your external card to which you've downloaded the ROMs too. Just choose whatever one and bam. You may need to choose some options before installation, if the ROM uses an Aroma installer. If you don't know what you're doing, just choose default (the first) options.
PLEASE, someone let me know if there's anything I've missed or stated incorrectly..after a few years of rooting and ROM experience, this is my complete knowledge, and I've never had a problem. Bricked a few times because of experimentation, but always was able to recover :fingers-crossed:
Best of wishes - let us know what happens and DON'T hesitate to ask before you do anything. No sense it rushing and ruining your phone!

I used Odin. Is that too vague? I also used Clockwork Mod.
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Thanks! I'm going to wait until I get in front of a computer again before I attempt anting else, haha!
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