Hello guys im really getting sick of the bloatware on Blaze and want to get rid of it and i also want to root my phone. But im literally terrified to do so cause i heard it could possibly brick and i seriously do not have the money to buy another phone and also this is my first time rooting. My blaze is currently running 4.0.4 ics with Baseband version T769UVMB1. It would be a great help if someone could shed some light on the possibilitiy of bricking or destroying my phone, also it would also be great if someone could give me a root guid that is compatible with my Blaze and its baseband version
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chilife15 said:
Hello guys im really getting sick of the bloatware on Blaze and want to get rid of it and i also want to root my phone. But im literally terrified to do so cause i heard it could possibly brick and i seriously do not have the money to buy another phone and also this is my first time rooting. My blaze is currently running 4.0.4 ics with Baseband version T769UVMB1. It would be a great help if someone could shed some light on the possibilitiy of bricking or destroying my phone, also it would also be great if someone could give me a root guid that is compatible with my Blaze and its baseband version
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Kintaro1991 said:
Hello, I am new to this forum and just got my blaze 3 weeks ago. I know the phone is kind of old but I like it. Any way when I get a new phone the first thing I do is root it and get rid of the bloatware, but after 3 weeks searching and following 2 tuts from other sources I managed to softbrick my phone. All is good there and I managed to un-brick the phone both times. My question here, is there any tuts out there that can help me root my phone? I will post the specs below and hopefully someone can direct me to the right info.
Any help is greatly appreciated and If I missed sonething I apologise as I am in the U.S Army and usually very busy. Thanks guys!
T-mobile Samsung Galaxy S Blaze 4g
Current firmware: 4.0.4 (ICS I believe)-OTA updated accidently
The phone came pre-loaded with 4.0.3...I don't know why
Current baseband: T769UVMB1
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First, you should never look at "other sources". XDA is the best and you should have started here
Second, wrong thread. Questions belong in the General section.
Third, if you look there is a [GUIDE][ICS]How to root stock just a few posts down.
Lastly, this phone has never been on 4.0.3 lol. There was a recent baseband update to UVMB1 but it is still 4.0.4 just as UVLH5 was 4.0.4.
Hope that helps
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It seems they want us using the guide for UVLH5 although I followed it precisely (twice) and was unsuccessful.
you can disable bloatware apps with ics
you'd be able to permanently remove them with root
From what I've read on here, the Blaze is pretty hard to brick and if you do, fairly easy to fix. There's a thread on here by beastmode that lays out the exact process in rooting our phone running ICS. I'd never done it before, either, but followed the guide, Googled the info I didn't know, and it went seamlessly.
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njstein said:
From what I've read on here, the Blaze is pretty hard to brick and if you do, fairly easy to fix. There's a thread on here by beastmode that lays out the exact process in rooting our phone running ICS. I'd never done it before, either, but followed the guide, Googled the info I didn't know, and it went seamlessly.
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I believe the Beastmode thread you mentioned is the one I linked, and followed twice, unsuccessfully
It lays out instructions for rooting our ICS Blaze on firmware UVLH5. I (and the op) have firmware UVMB1. They are both ICS 4.0.4, I wouldn't think the process would be any different, and I don't know why it didn't work for me, but it didn't.
In that thread, there are a couple people using that version of ICS that rooted just fine. Odd it didn't work for you. Did you place the zip on your internal or external sd card?
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njstein said:
In that thread, there are a couple people using that version of ICS that rooted just fine. Odd it didn't work for you. Did you place the zip on your internal or external sd card?
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I tried a few more times today, and in combination with a separate root toolkit app, allowing "save root," I've gotten it settled.
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Does the new ICS for the att version of the skyrocket have a safe kernal or is it still at risk of having the emmc corrupted?
Update: it seems the brick bug is in the stock ics 4.0.4 , use caution when wiping back to factory. Entropy512 has informed me that the att rom has the mmc_cap_erase command in a host file where rogers does not. I will update as soon as more info becomes available to me.
Wipe internal in the rom and let us know
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Intub8 said:
Does the new ICS for the att version of the skyrocket have a safe kernal or is it still at risk of having the emmc corrupted?
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you gotta read more
Illnevertell said:
Wipe internal in the rom and let us know
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Lol no thanks.
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you gotta read more
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The answer is not in your sig. It may not be possible to tell until the source drops but maybe a dev has some insight.
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Now that ics source has been released can anyone confirm the brick bug in Samsung's kernels have been fixed
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Mike on XDA said:
Now that ics source has been released can anyone confirm the brick bug in Samsung's kernels have been fixed
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.....I can say that just today I went from rooted/rom/kernal to gingerbread stock, kies ICS upgrade (ran for awhile/made nandroid), reflashed to custom everything again and recovered all apps in 1.5hrs. No probs so far. Have to say that samsung/kies did spend about 20+ minutes on the phone. Even rebooted once during...
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.....I can say that just today I went from rooted/rom/kernal to gingerbread stock, kies ICS upgrade (ran for awhile/made nandroid), reflashed to custom everything again and recovered all apps in 1.5hrs. No probs so far. Have to say that samsung/kies did spend about 20+ minutes on the phone. Even rebooted once during...
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Not to be rude, but how does this apply to my question?
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Lmfao...
Samsung Galaxy s2 Nuclear Rocket - Embryo 3.2 [UCLE2 BASE]
iPhone 4S - Gave it away, not cool enough
iPhone 3GS - Went for a Swim
Dog - Custom Rom [Golden Retriever] [BEAR2 BASE]
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Not to be rude, but how does this apply to my question?
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I guess the kies upgrade to ICS. The question was posed somewhere wondering if samsung has fixed there OS. I'm saying that I didn't get it from this site but as up to date as possible. just say'n I guess I didn't mention that I have the supposed domed chip and that I haven't ever had issues
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I guess the kies upgrade to ICS. The question was posed somewhere wondering if samsung has fixed there OS. I'm saying that I didn't get it from this site but as up to date as possible. just say'n
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Wtf
Glad to hear u upgraded to ics without issue but this really doesn't apply to my question whatsoever. Your post was very confusing to top it all off
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Mike on XDA said:
Wtf
Glad to hear u upgraded to ics without issue but this really doesn't apply to my question whatsoever. Your post was very confusing to top it all off
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Was a little random. But I was in a car at the time. All I was trying to get across is that I couldn't have done that process with this brickbug being a prob.
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Was a little random. But I was in a car at the time. All I was trying to get across is that I couldn't have done that process with this brickbug being a prob.
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You are incorrect as from what I understood from your original post you were on a rooted gb rom and flashed back to stock in order to update via kies. 1st off, gb kernels aren't an issue and 2nd, Odin is a safe work around the brick bug issue.
No where in here do u say that u went into the settings on ics and performed a factory reset. That will be the true test
Edit: I revisited your post and see youbdidnt specify gb vs ics but even if u were on ics and went back to stock this wouldn't be a problem through Odin
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Mike on XDA said:
You are incorrect as from what I understood from your original post you were on a rooted gb rom and flashed back to stock in order to update via kies. 1st off, gb kernels aren't an issue and 2nd, Odin is a safe work around the brick bug issue.
No where in here do u say that u went into the settings on ics and performed a factory reset. That will be the true test
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Nope. I was on Embryo 4.1-->GB(no root)-->then kies upgrade to ICS-->then flashed recovery--> then back to Embryo 4.1......
....for what it's worth. No offense dude.
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Nope. I was on Embryo 4.1-->GB(no root)-->then kies upgrade to ICS-->then flashed recovery--> then back to Embryo 4.1......
....for what it's worth. No offense dude.
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??? What do u mean no offense?
I didn't read anything offensive. I was just trying to wrap my head around what u were talking about. I understand now. As I stated in my previous post though the gb kernels were not affected.
To anyone in "the know", I assume brick bug had been addressed and the kernels fixed but can anyone actually CONFIRM this? Thanks
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Mike on XDA said:
??? What do u mean no offense?
I didn't read anything offensive. I was just trying to wrap my head around what u were talking about. I understand now. As I stated in my previous post though the gb kernels were not affected.
To anyone in "the know", I assume brick bug had been addressed and the kernels fixed but can anyone actually CONFIRM this? Thanks
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I will ask entropy512 to rip the source apart when he has time. He was the one to discover it originally.
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Intub8 said:
I will ask entropy512 to rip the source apart when he has time. He was the one to discover it originally.
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Good to hear. Thanks!
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For a one stop shop here is Vincom's thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1652398
this a quote from this post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=28731347&postcount=27
Originally Posted by mohan_kr
"First of all there are two aspects to the brick bug (apart from the app., that it just *reports* the suspect f/w):
1) The latest touch recovery (5.5.0.4) 4.3 I believe has been moved to ICS with the EMMC erase capability disabled. I don't know about others, since I don't use it..do the research..
2) Executing erase functions from the running kernel, e.g. the stock firmware that is what this zip has..if you look at the sources and *if* the kernel was built with that source, it is safe there too..standard disclaimer applies..since i am assuming it is built with the recently released code.
In general, the brick bug was specific to I believe certain leaks not on our device. And, if you are flashing a custom rom/kernel they all have a big disclaimer, that you can brick your device in many other ways. If you are so afraid, then you should *not* be flashing custom roms, since pretty much every custom rom/kernel will have that disclaimer..
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And as for the erasing photos and all. Flashing does *NOT* delete the contents of the internal or external sdcard (except for platform specific data). It will delete /system /data and /cache, read the pinned threads here on what that means (as the install instructions says, you will have to do that step anyways and make a nandroid backup).."
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i'll leave it to you guys to decide what this means
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this a quote from this post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=28731347&postcount=27
Originally Posted by mohan_kr
"First of all there are two aspects to the brick bug (apart from the app., that it just *reports* the suspect f/w):
1) The latest touch recovery (5.5.0.4) 4.3 I believe has been moved to ICS with the EMMC erase capability disabled. I don't know about others, since I don't use it..do the research..
2) Executing erase functions from the running kernel, e.g. the stock firmware that is what this zip has..if you look at the sources and *if* the kernel was built with that source, it is safe there too..standard disclaimer applies..since i am assuming it is built with the recently released code.
In general, the brick bug was specific to I believe certain leaks not on our device. And, if you are flashing a custom rom/kernel they all have a big disclaimer, that you can brick your device in many other ways. If you are so afraid, then you should *not* be flashing custom roms, since pretty much every custom rom/kernel will have that disclaimer..
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And as for the erasing photos and all. Flashing does *NOT* delete the contents of the internal or external sdcard (except for platform specific data). It will delete /system /data and /cache, read the pinned threads here on what that means (as the install instructions says, you will have to do that step anyways and make a nandroid backup).."
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Thanks vin.
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Do a grep for MMC_CAP_ERASE in drivers/mmc/host - Give me a list of each file it appears in.
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Do a grep for MMC_CAP_ERASE in drivers/mmc/host - Give me a list of each file it appears in.
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Do I need to be rooted to do that entropy.
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Hello friends, a friend hand me a messed up locked AT&T Skyrocket flashed with the GT-I9100 Firmware for unlocked reasons.
Did not go well because some keys are not working, and else..
Android 4.0.4
Baseband I9100xxlq6
Kernel 3.0.15-I9100xwlpo-cl913058
Build number IMM76D.XWLPO
Im trying to get it back to stock, to get everything working well. I tried installing CWM with Odin and got FAIL message.
Any recommendations on how to do it?
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Hello friends, a friend hand me a messed up locked AT&T Skyrocket flashed with the GT-I9100 Firmware for unlocked reasons.
Did not go well because some keys are not working, and else..
Android 4.0.4
Baseband I9100xxlq6
Kernel 3.0.15-I9100xwlpo-cl913058
Build number IMM76D.XWLPO
Im trying to get it back to stock, to get everything working well. I tried installing CWM with Odin and got FAIL message.
Any recommendations on how to do it?
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im surprised it booted up at all, it shouldve of been hardbricked
read the sticky in my sig on returning to stock, read the whole op, espicially the troubleshooting sections.
if it doesnt work you would need a jtag repair, link in the 1stop sticky in my sig
edit: read this thread to see if it fits your situation, possible fix if returning to stock fails Odin Crashes at "Getting PIT for mapping
You are so lucky it booted! Christmas came late for you my friend. Hopefully you are able to successfully get it back to stock
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My jaw dropped at this lmao. How is that even possible?
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Your extremely lucky that your device booted up. Hopefully someone experienced on the forum will be able to correctly answer your question. Best of luck! :thumbup:
:S
Im not the responsible for doing that, my friend gave it to me like that, and Im trying to fix this.. I think they used a JTag computer or something. Im also impressed it boot. I have read a lot, but Odin doesnt seem to work. Im trying from CWM now.. Will i need to install new bootloaders or ill be fine with stock modem/kernel and FW?
Are you sure you're talking about a Skyrocket?
It sounds like you got an I777 in your hands, and Skyrocket is I727. Only I777 would even boot if flashed with I9100 build, Skyrocket would die. Triple-check it before you hard-brick the phone.
I agree with you.
OP
on the back battery cover is it smooth or is it textured.
Both will say galaxy s11
all of the above is true, you are lucky if it booted most people have HARD bricked from installing that
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I agree with you.
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on the back battery cover is it smooth or is it textured.
Both will say galaxy s11
all of the above is true, you are lucky if it booted most people have HARD bricked from installing that
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Or you could pull the battery out and check the model. lol
lol there is always that
So true
Yeah, sorry mates, my friend told me that it was an skyrocket and I didnt even bother to check that, its not an skyrocket, is only a SGH-I777
So what should i try now?
First step.... Dont use anything found on this forum.
Im sure the 777 FORUM has restore stock instructions
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Thanks!
Thank u people, is fixed now..
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Thank u people, is fixed now..
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Wow, you are a saint for hanging out with a dunce like him... Not to mention, calling him a friend jk
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Hi, I just got a S2 LtE rogers version sgh-1727r
I looked for a while and maybe you can help me quicker.
I am on GB and wonder what a good rom is for this ? ( i need otg, and other features, but like stable)
How can I root this on a mac (the easiest way) and is it the same as the ATT version ?
Thanks everyone ! I hope I am not cluttering up the board as i am sure the answers are there somewhere but my slow internet is bluetooth over a blackberry so as you imagine i am kind of having a hard time.
I am a noob to this
Use kies to upgrade to ics. Then read the stickies in the i957 development section. That'll get you started.
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blendobass said:
Hi, I just got a S2 LtE rogers version sgh-1727r
I am on GB and wonder what a good rom is for this ? ( i need otg, and other features, but like stable)
How can I root this on a mac (the easiest way) and is it the same as the ATT version ?
Thanks everyone ! I hope I am not cluttering up the board as i am sure the answers are there somewhere but my slow internet is bluetooth over a blackberry so as you imagine i am kind of having a hard time.
I am a noob to this
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Hi blendobass!
The correct model # is SGH-i727r. CyanogenMod 10 has USB OTG and is stable.
Read this thread for how to get CWM which you will need to flash CyanogenMod.
Or you could do as jd1639 says, update to ICS over kies. However i don't know if stock ICS has USB OTG enabled or not. The model he is referring to (i957) is nonexistant so i don't really know what he's talking about. Reading the stickies in the i727 forum won't hurt though.
Good Luck!
My mistake on the i957 (it's att tab 8.9) meant the i727 in my post. I have both devices.
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I have been trying to root all morning, i get in terminal and i paste when CD tot the directory of Skyrocket-Easy- Root
sudo chmod 755 Linux-Mac.sh
./Linux-Mac.sh
it goes threw its thing and says it worked at the end but it doesn't my GB verions is 2.3.5 if that matters.... frustration.. i am on a mac btw
so i got clockwork recovery flashed, and i rooted the phone.
Now I am on G.B. and trying to flash CW10 to the phone and it says aborted when i try to install it from zip on sd card... any help there ?
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so i got clockwork recovery flashed, and i rooted the phone.
Now I am on G.B. and trying to flash CW10 to the phone and it says aborted when i try to install it from zip on sd card... any help there ?
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i know you have a mac, but cant u borrow a pc for 5 mins. its so much easier.
what cwm version did you install, use sk8's latest version or twrp
note: if someone can post a step by step guide to install cwm/twrp with a mac so i can put it in the 1stop sticky, that would be appreciated
Hi, thanks for asking.. I flashed cw 5.0.26
Does it matter what kernal i have or anything else ? I am a noob thanks
I got a new recovery as you said and checked out your posts... got JB CM 10 running smooth... loving it thanks for the help guys. it is like a new phone.
Now to figure out how to get all the google apps on their easy..
Install from the play store. Not the easiest but the cleanest
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Hey thanks, ya that would be fine but i don't even have google play. Thanks
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Hey thanks, ya that would be fine but i don't even have google play. Thanks
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You need to flash gapps if you're using cm base Roms
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Are you using vincom's superlite rom? If so you probably need to flash the gapps package to get Google and play. Did you back up anything before you installed cm10 and of so what did you use.
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No I just flashed CM10 and it is so smooth, I am comparing with a NExus 4 right beside it and it is almost as just as responsive pretty stoked about it, glad i upgraded this and it feels like the vanilla android everyone talks about.
I don't think i can restore from backup as i messed up a bit flashing the rom (didn't clear the cache and stuff in the right ordeer so I think my last rom on there might have GB but I would hate to go back and mess with everything now, maybe I will just dig around for a good package to flash with all the google apps, just not sure what one to trust or if it will give me all the new google features (athough I don't like google now)
thanks guys and if any noobs are totally clueless like me about how to get your Rogers LTE S2 from old GB to unlocked and JB with Cm-10 I don't mind helping you out, it is confusing but once you do it, it all makes sense and I could now prob do it in a half hour while having a beer.
Dude, you have a pretty phone that doesn't do anything. You need to flash a gapps package for it do anything more than make phone calls whether you like Google or not. Before you do anything else read vincom's stickies in the development section. If you read them close enough you might find the gapps package you need. After you do the reading and if you have questions then ask.
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No I just flashed CM10 and it is so smooth, I am comparing with a NExus 4 right beside it and it is almost as just as responsive pretty stoked about it, glad i upgraded this and it feels like the vanilla android everyone talks about.
I don't think i can restore from backup as i messed up a bit flashing the rom (didn't clear the cache and stuff in the right ordeer so I think my last rom on there might have GB but I would hate to go back and mess with everything now, maybe I will just dig around for a good package to flash with all the google apps, just not sure what one to trust or if it will give me all the new google features (athough I don't like google now)
thanks guys and if any noobs are totally clueless like me about how to get your Rogers LTE S2 from old GB to unlocked and JB with Cm-10 I don't mind helping you out, it is confusing but once you do it, it all makes sense and I could now prob do it in a half hour while having a beer.
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how do you know you dont like google now, if you were coming for gb you never tried it, its the best app google has ever made, imho, its really not confusing if you read a few of the "updated stickies", but looking at your profile you should at least know of gapps, i didnt list the gapps packages because each dev has there own preference for their rom, and team chopsticks still recommends the 0726 on their website
CM 10 install abort on SGH-I727R from Rogers
I have a SGH-I727R from Rogers (Samsung Galaxy II S LTE). Thanks to the great information I've found from some of you, I successfully installed CWM 5.8.1.3 using Odin and rooted so I could back up with Titanium backup.
When I tried to install the Skyrocket zip for Cyanogen mod 10.0.0, the install (from CWM) was aborted. It seems to check for SGH-I727 but not with the extra R. So I'm stuck at the moment.
I'm digging and digging through the forums as someone has to have run into this before me. Just in case anyone notices my post and doesn't mind pointing me in the right direction, I would be grateful. Thank you.
42aross said:
I have a SGH-I727R from Rogers (Samsung Galaxy II S LTE). Thanks to the great information I've found from some of you, I successfully installed CWM 5.8.1.3 using Odin and rooted so I could back up with Titanium backup.
When I tried to install the Skyrocket zip for Cyanogen mod 10.0.0, the install (from CWM) was aborted. It seems to check for SGH-I727 but not with the extra R. So I'm stuck at the moment.
I'm digging and digging through the forums as someone has to have run into this before me. Just in case anyone notices my post and doesn't mind pointing me in the right direction, I would be grateful. Thank you.
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If it aborted, the likely culpret is that you didn't do an MD5 hash check on your rom download.
Check vincom's stickies, you'll find a md5 checker in there. The site you got it from will have the hash # on that page. Download, and check it twice. Once on your computer and again once you have transfered it to your device. "Dev-Host" is notorious for borking downloads.
Not the m5sum
wantowan2 said:
If it aborted, the likely culpret is that you didn't do an MD5 hash check on your rom download.
Check vincom's stickies, you'll find a md5 checker in there. The site you got it from will have the hash # on that page. Download, and check it twice. Once on your computer and again once you have transfered it to your device. "Dev-Host" is notorious for borking downloads.
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Thank you for the quick reply. Unfortunately that isn't it. md5sums match website/computer/sd card on phone.
The error I see during install seems pretty clear. It shows the installer checking build properties and device properties. It looks to be checking for various device strings like skyrocket and SGH-I727. My device from Rogers is SGH-I727R so doesn't match causing the install abort.
Update cwm to sk8's newer one or use twrp
if using cm10 for skyrocket, it will install on att and rogers phones without problems
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Hello to all
I have a Xoom from the day they came out. Cost a penny then but I thought it was great....not a iPad.
Anyway the Xoom is at it's EOL. OK, but I can still make it work good mounted in my truck (they are rugged).
I have the simple Wifi Xoom with 4.1.2 now.
I have read and read thru this site and others and it seems like it would be simple BUT some of us are not developers/programmers.
I have tried to make sense of it (why can't there just a 'One Click' root?
I need basic, simple instructions on how to root this.
Do I download the STOCK image and then what? Use CWM ok, but where do I get that? How do I put it on the Xoom?
etc,etc,etc......
So any help to get the instructions (and forget that someone is not going to ADB shell fastboot this and command line that) in a SIMPLE form for those of us who can do somethings (I can use Odin and reflashed the ICS back onto my Samsung Galaxy Tab 2 7.0 because I did NOT like the JB OTA,also rooted my Galaxy S3 (metroPCS) by following simple online instructions/tools) so I am not a complete dumba$$.
But the way this is all laid out, it is confusing to me.
So can someone help?
Thanks
And my Xoom (I am sure like others) is completely stock, gotta all the OTAs and is at JB 4.1.2 MZ604 JZO54K whatever........
Again
Thank you
philmiami
Hi,
Please look at the Frequently Asked Questions thread on the Q&A, this answer was already answered there
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2145522
All the best,
XxLordxX
Are you still working on updating the win version to work with JB?
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AW: Looked all around just simple instructions to ROOT 4.1.2 Wifi Xoom
Careful, unlocking the bootloader will format and reset your xoom to zero !!!
Btw, you can use twrp as recovery as well. Download latest version here -> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=28988754
joe2262 said:
Are you still working on updating the win version to work with JB?
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It's almost done
I and a friend are rewriting the whole code to make sure it attends your necessities at best! I will come with new info soon
I have acquired a Motorola Atrix 2 from a best friend of mine. I have been following XDA for years thank you for all the help with my optimus v. I do not know how to tell which leak I have I apologize but I have looked at the threads until my eyes have I apologize but I have looked at the threads until my eyes have bled and then looked again and I still see so much conflicting information I do not know what to do or think anymore. I want to know if I am running scvc 7 ICS supercharged.. If I can go to another rom. I hope I find out I have one of the phones that I can go back to Gingerbread. My friend is clueless he has no answers for me. again I a I'm not exactly a noob but . I owe is much is i know so far to you all so thank you in advance
Xanafuego said:
I have acquired a Motorola Atrix 2 from a best friend of mine. I have been following XDA for years thank you for all the help with my optimus v. I do not know how to tell which leak I have I apologize but I have looked at the threads until my eyes have I apologize but I have looked at the threads until my eyes have bled and then looked again and I still see so much conflicting information I do not know what to do or think anymore. I want to know if I am running scvc 7 ICS supercharged.. If I can go to another rom. I hope I find out I have one of the phones that I can go back to Gingerbread. My friend is clueless he has no answers for me. again I a I'm not exactly a noob but . I owe is much is i know so far to you all so thank you in advance
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Post a screenshot of your about phone screen. If the kernel build has a mid july build date, then it is leak 1 and you can go back to GB using my script in the dev section.
Otherwise you can only run ICS based ROMs (yes you can run any ROM that is ICS based, just not GB based ones).
If you have issues it is easy to use the ICS FXZ, as we did not have that yet when leak one and two were out. Hence the issues and bricks. You MUST know which version of the phone though (ATT, Asian, or HK) To properly use an FXZ, or you have a chance to brick.
Had to break out my optimus v, and I would like to personally thank you for responding so quick. I expected to get really beat up I have been following you all for years and I know how it is horrible to be redundant here. Well my new friend it looks like I am on week 2. I do not know what to do where I should go from here but I will tell you what more stable even stock would be better even if it is a ICS leak. I don't know why they call it a leak if it came over the air does that mean AT&T in Motorola send out experimental software? the fact that I'm posting speaks to the power that this phone is an anomaly. Through the years I have never once had to post. All of my hard questions have been answered by you all in advance.
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Post a screenshot of your about phone screen. If the kernel build has a mid july build date, then it is leak 1 and you can go back to GB using my script in the dev section.
Otherwise you can only run ICS based ROMs (yes you can run any ROM that is ICS based, just not GB based ones).
If you have issues it is easy to use the ICS FXZ, as we did not have that yet when leak one and two were out. Hence the issues and bricks. You MUST know which version of the phone though (ATT, Asian, or HK) To properly use an FXZ, or you have a chance to brick.
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thank you, does this tell you that I'm on the second leak? I don't know where to look to find out how to install a permanent recovery.. I suppose I'll have to use boostrap.. scary concept....
and FXZ..New one to me. I'll search the threads more for that.. unless you want to throw new some more hints. my girlfriend and I, are so grateful
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Think that's official. It's same as I have, and i fxz'd to official 4.0.4.
Going back to gingerbread is worthless. It'd be like going from Windows 7 back to xp.
We don't use bootstrap anymore, and If you have I'd fxz to stock, root it, and then install boot menu manager, or BMM. then can flash the newer stuff.
But be aware the what your on and Numa are the only fully functional and stable ones we have.
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MotoMudder77 said:
Think that's official. It's same as I have, and i fxz'd to official 4.0.4.
Going back to gingerbread is worthless. It'd be like going from Windows 7 back to xp.
We don't use bootstrap anymore, and If you have I'd fxz to stock, root it, and then install boot menu manager, or BMM. then can flash the newer stuff.
But be aware the what your on and Numa are the only fully functional and stable ones we have.
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Hey thanks man. We bought this from my best friend actually it was a gift. It is on leak two I believe according to Jim and also it came with SCV7. It is already rooted. I am just confused as to the next step to do how to FXZ ..it is AT&T phone. I am scared to death I will brick this ! And the scary thing is I have rooted been custom ROMs and recoveries on many different phones for friends and coworkers but I have never encountered anything like this Motorola Edison
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Xanafuego said:
Hey thanks man. We bought this from my best friend actually it was a gift. It is on leak two I believe according to Jim and also it came with SCV7. It is already rooted. I am just confused as to the next step to do how to FXZ ..it is AT&T phone. I am scared to death I will brick this ! And the scary thing is I have rooted been custom ROMs and recoveries on many different phones for friends and coworkers but I have never encountered anything like this Motorola Edison
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At&t FXZ is here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1961310
Don't know what to do with it? Read this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1909319
Want root? The root batch file jimbrigman posted here is (IMO) the most reliable method:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=28934153
All you'll need from that last link should be the root file. Be sure to read all the available instructions/information provided a few times until you are comfortable with what you're doing and you'll be OK. :thumbup:
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1BadWolf said:
At&t FXZ is here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1961310
Don't know what to do with it? Read this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1909319
Want root? The root batch file jimbrigman posted here is (IMO) the most reliable method:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=28934153
All you'll need from that last link should be the root file. Be sure to read all the available instructions/information provided a few times until you are comfortable with what you're doing and you'll be OK. :thumbup:
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wow that is incredible. And there is a lot of love in this place. I appreciate that. My next move is to borrow my friends laptop as mine has died and get started hopefully this weekend. I will report the results. Did I say you guys were awesome? Voice love this place and I cannot wait to start my classes, I'm going to study Linux and computer technology at the local community college here. And from there who knows. Anyways thank you to you all and many like you for the inspiration I cannot wait to get my girls phone working 100 percent again.. Now to focus on the other problem I will try to read the thread and then I'll post later the screen seems possessed like it touches on its own I don't know if its a digitizer or a program problem because it seems to come and go at different times of the month. Very bizarre. Anyways thank you any tips are appreciated and I will keep you informed on this little project, and I'm going to start Searching the threads hoping I have the answer to someone else's question :thumbup:
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