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ok im about to get my samsung epic and i want to put 2.2 on it but i really don't know what to do. And i don't know how to put a rom or stock on it so can anyone tell me step to step directions on how to put 2.2 on the samsung epic when you just got the phone.
BTW im new to the fourm
Follow this link to the wiki. It has links to other posts that will answer all your questions.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=Samsung_Galaxy_S/SPH-D700
Step one search 1 click root and cwm (clock work mod) recovery. read the instructions to set your phone up and install. You'll be first clicking the soft menu button. That's bottom left under the screen. Click settings-applications-development. Make sure to choose usb debugging AND stay awake for the 1 click! Once you have both of them installed you need to find the dk28 thread. That's 2.2. Read those instructions put phone in dowmnload mode holding the number 1on your actual hardware keyboard.
All the right info is available in the respected threads. Search both of these in the development section. Once you are on xda website and click into the Epic 4g Development forum, use the tool on the top right that's says search this thread. Also pm me if you get stuck on any specific part.
Xtra advice, read and reread all instructions until you are comfortable with the steps. One more topic to search for is "how to return to stock" incase anything goes wrong. The only tricky part is the gps but there are also 3 threads I believe on how to make sure gps works properly. Read those as well. I know you want to click and have 2.2 but it does take a bit of research.
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ok im about to get my samsung epic and i want to put 2.2 on it but i really don't know what to do. And i don't know how to put a rom or stock on it so can anyone tell me step to step directions on how to put 2.2 on the samsung epic when you just got the phone.
BTW im new to the fourm
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Welcome to XDA. As jprocha101 said, the wiki is your friend. Here's a link to the guides and references section. The comprehensive guide is pretty good.
The steps you'll follow are:
1. Root and install ClockWorkMod recovery (CWM) with 1-click.
2. Flash DK28 (leaked froyo build)
3. Choose a ROM (I like Viper and Bonsai) and flash with CWM.
4. Enjoy your better Epic.
The guide goes into details. It will be very helpful. If that doesn't work, search the Epic forums.
Again, welcome!
SpamDel said:
Welcome to XDA. As jprocha101 said, the wiki is your friend. Here's a link to the guides and references section. The comprehensive guide is pretty good.
The steps you'll follow are:
1. Root and install ClockWorkMod recovery (CWM) with 1-click.
2. Flash DK28 (leaked froyo build)
3. Choose a ROM (I like Viper and Bonsai) and flash with CWM.
4. Enjoy your better Epic.
The guide goes into details. It will be very helpful. If that doesn't work, search the Epic forums.
Again, welcome!
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k thank you and the others who helped me out also i got 1 more question when you add a stock or rom(admin your phone) what things can you do to it.Like is their any features or any tips or tricks you guys know
Tylertag238 said:
k thank you and the others who helped me out also i got 1 more question when you add a stock or rom(admin your phone) what things can you do to it.Like is their any features or any tips or tricks you guys know
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As of right now the roms are mostly stock optimized as much as possible (if your using dk28 or Froyo 2.2, the proper name). If you are sticking with 2.1, or DI18, eclair, you can flash a rom to overclock/undervolt which lets your phone run at 1.6g instead of 1.0g processor speed. If your using 2.1 and you use tanims odex script found in the development section, you can theme the phone, re odex it, and add on MobileAP a tether app people tend to favor. Keep searching, you'll learn all the things you can do with your phone.
Getting root is the biggest deal, cause you can run apps on a root level and unlock more features for example, when you back up your phone with any of the backup programs available on the market, if you have root, you can back up more user data as well as just the apps themselves but be careful to only restore data on the same rom you backed it up on or you might run into trouble. Once again, welcome to XDA, glad to have you aboard.
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As of right now the roms are mostly stock optimized as much as possible (if your using dk28 or Froyo 2.2, the proper name). If you are sticking with 2.1, or DI18, eclair, you can flash a rom to overclock/undervolt which lets your phone run at 1.6g instead of 1.0g processor speed. If your using 2.1 and you use tanims odex script found in the development section, you can theme the phone, re odex it, and add on MobileAP a tether app people tend to favor. Keep searching, you'll learn all the things you can do with your phone.
Getting root is the biggest deal, cause you can run apps on a root level and unlock more features for example, when you back up your phone with any of the backup programs available on the market, if you have root, you can back up more user data as well as just the apps themselves but be careful to only restore data on the same rom you backed it up on or you might run into trouble. Once again, welcome to XDA, glad to have you aboard.
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well heres my problem all i want to do is put 2.2 on my device and ya and probably some other themes like the gingerbread but i don't want to put all of the roots and roms on my device cause i don't want to brick it and make it slower. See my point
Bricking your phone is nearly imposible with the Epic and Odin (you know, the Norse god who resurrects fallen warriors to fight another day, get it?!). To get to 2.2 you're going to have to root and install the DK28 rom anyway, and you'll need to root again on 2.2 to get cusom themes, too.
Once you've rooted and installed CWM you're good to go. Everything else can be done from clockworkmod (except going back to stock).
There's really very little danger. All the devs give their disclaimer about bricking phones as a CYA move.
Btw, one of the threads has videos as walkthroughs. Those are very helpful.
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Bricking your phone is nearly imposible with the Epic and Odin (you know, the Norse god who resurrects fallen warriors to fight another day, get it?!). To get to 2.2 you're going to have to root and install the DK28 rom anyway, and you'll need to root again on 2.2 to get cusom themes, too.
Once you've rooted and installed CWM you're good to go. Everything else can be done from clockworkmod (except going back to stock).
There's really very little danger. All the devs give their disclaimer about bricking phones as a CYA move.
Btw, one of the threads has videos as walkthroughs. Those are very helpful.
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k thanks and what thread is that do you know?
Sorry been away, root and recovery are easy click menu-settings-applications-development then check usb debugging, and stay awake. Plug in usb into your pic and run the script. Follow on screen instructions which is choose root hit enter let it do its thing
Phone will reboot, then do recovery same way, nothing to worry about trust me
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As far as 2.2 and roms only install what you're comfortable with. Get root and recovery and pm me. I'll walk you through froyo
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As far as 2.2 and roms only install what you're comfortable with. Get root and recovery and pm me. I'll walk you through froyo
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k thank you and 1 more noob question say which way is eaiser the odin way or the way with the roms and stock. also are they both the samething to
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k thank you and 1 more noob question say which way is eaiser the odin way or the way with the roms and stock. also are they both the samething to
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both DI18 2.1 and DK28 2.2 (froyo) have a tar file called that because they end in .tar.md5 If they end in .md5, rename the file, and delete the .md5 so it ends up being filename.tar. They also have a flashable update zip for each. Its personal opinion and I prefer the update zips. I like to keep my stock rom update zip on my usb card and if anything goes wrong I just flash it right over the problem. A tar file requires odin and I rather use it least as possible only for going back stock.
Download the dk28 update.zip file, the victory .pit file, and the dk28 modem (all available from the wiki); and download odin3 1.6 and I'll get you going with it. It is going to take 3 separate steps after you get past the root and recovery.
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both DI18 2.1 and DK28 2.2 (froyo) have a tar file called that because they end in .tar.md5 If they end in .md5, rename the file, and delete the .md5 so it ends up being filename.tar. They also have a flashable update zip for each. Its personal opinion and I prefer the update zips. I like to keep my stock rom update zip on my usb card and if anything goes wrong I just flash it right over the problem. A tar file requires odin and I rather use it least as possible only for going back stock.
Download the dk28 update.zip file, the victory .pit file, and the dk28 modem (all available from the wiki); and download odin3 1.6 and I'll get you going with it. It is going to take 3 separate steps after you get past the root and recovery.
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k thank you i download that sometime today or tommorow
np let me know
You can also just install the dk28.zip file without the need to root or anything else...but as long as your gonna run unofficial updates you may as well root and get all the benefits that come with it
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rocket321 said:
You can also just install the dk28.zip file without the need to root or anything else...but as long as your gonna run unofficial updates you may as well root and get all the benefits that come with it
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? ? Can you explain that a little better. The dk28 update zip is pre rooted. Also he needs to odin the modem. Needs clockwork to flash the update.zip.
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ok, there used to be a nice how-to, can't find that one anymore but here is the status.
Device is rooted, and I read this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1274337. I booted into ODIN and see the device.
I am looking at blazers ROM (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1363071) as it seems the newest.
I am coming from an EVO, CWM, did everything that way, but this is all new. The older post had CWM mod as the loader, but not sure what is the preferred (is it more user) method of installing ROM's. The other problem is blazers thread says to follow the install instructions, but there are none and I am an ODIN noob.
So, is it a simple click PIT, point at the zip and go? I am also concerned since with CWM I could do a full backup 1st, etc. where as I said, this is all new.
Feel like a damn noob again
Thanks.
Once you have cm installed you just flash roms that way now just like you did on your evo its that easy
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ok, well that's what I was hoping for, so now I will search for installing CWM since the thread (thought it was sticikied) was not on top, but at least that was the good news I was hoping for.
If u loom in the dev section there is a sticky on how to root without Odin and it will install cm for u. Look for that one its at the top and then u should be good to go. If u need more help just let me know I can help u out. I would post the link but I'm my touchpad
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The thread ewalk is referring to is: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1342728
All thanks to sfhub for making it so easy. I personally have tried avoiding Odin as much as possible as there are many threads of people screwing up their phones by not being careful with Odin...
HA, that's the page I remember. Was having a problem eariler but that was due to the exploit was only for the EK31, I have the E02.
When I saw that old skool DOS screen I knew it was good, not to mention the screenshot showed the EK02 kernel
So with that, I did install that version, flashed it and BAM, got my CW5. Man what a site for sore eyes ... with that I am doing a FULL backup now and downloading a ROM to play with.
Thanks to everyone with this thread. Looking forward to the next good questions
So I'm still pretty new on the E4GT forums, having recently come over from a Nexus one, which was quite a bit easier to mess with as far as ROM's are concerned, and much less easy to brick. About the only thing that could brick an N1 was flashing a radio, and new radio's didn't come out that often, so no big deal.
I'm currently running Calkulins EL29 mod with an FC14 modem on my E4GT, but I'm really wanting to mess with the testing builds of CM9, I really miss CM. All the steps seems to spread out across multiple threads, so I want to make sure I do it correctly so as not to brick.
1. nandroid backup, backup, backup
2. boot to download mode
3. load stock cwm el26 through odin
4. flash cm9 zip
5. mess around with it.
Where I'm a little confused is how to get back to where I was should I decide to wait some more. How do I get back to the EL29 CWM so that I can then restore the nandroid backup? Also, will I need to flash different modems again, or can I stick with the fc14 modem through all of this?
Please understand that I'm not a total n00b at all of this, been flashing all kinds of ROM's on my old Nexus one for two years, just don't have much experience with Sammy devices.
You just want too flash roms and themes?
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I would also like to know the answer to this.. I'm terrified to flash or odin any ics-based roms because I don't want to brick my phone like a lot of others have
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ScubaSteev said:
You just want too flash roms and themes?
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Themes, not really, but ROM's yes. It's just a bit confusing cause I see things like, you need this CWM for this, you need to flash this, or you need to Odin that, you need this specific CWM for this, or you need to get back to stock before you fan flash or Odin this or that.
But what I'm really wanting help with at this moments, is the testing build of CM9, and then how to get back if I don't like it at this time.
Ok....I download roms straight from xda app and then I go to recovery......do a full wipe....wipe data/wipe dalvic/wipe cache/wipe battery stats.........then I install .zip (rom) then reboot.....that's all I do,its pretty simple
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Ok....I download roms straight from xda app and then I go to recovery......do a full wipe....wipe data/wipe dalvic/wipe cache/wipe battery stats.........then I install .zip (rom) then reboot.....that's all I do,its pretty simple
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The problem is that CM9 is an ICS ROM, you can't just flash willy nilly as there are a lot of reports of people bricking their phones cause they didn't use the right recovery. How to flash CM9 on is not my problem, it's how to get back to EL29 if I don't like the current testing build of CM9.
Ohh yeah....I don't mess with that stuff lol,can't take a chance.......but everyone says don't.
And I love cm7 can't wait for cm9 to be stable
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Check out QBKing77 on YouTube. He has very simple videos about how to get back to stock after flashing ROMs, his guidance taught me everything. But don't let my noob-ness detour you, they are great videos.
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xerxax said:
Check out QBKing77 on YouTube. He has very simple videos about how to get back to stock after flashing ROMs, his guidance taught me everything. But don't let my noob-ness detour you, they are great videos.
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People, please read my OP, I'm already rooted and running a custom gingerbread rom and recovery. I'm wanting to run CM9, but it may not be stable enough for me, so I'm wanting to know what the steps are to get back to my custom gingerbread rom should I decide to go back.
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People, please read my OP, I'm already rooted and running a custom gingerbread rom and recovery. I'm wanting to run CM9, but it may not be stable enough for me, so I'm wanting to know what the steps are to get back to my custom gingerbread rom should I decide to go back.
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The guy you just quoted... just told you where to find that information. :what:
This has been discussed ad nauseum all over the forums, and if you do a bit of research you will find the exact procedure. Since I'm on my phone, kinda a pain to type it all out. But he's right, the point is to get back to stock GB rom before restoring any GB nandroids. (specifically before wiping any partitions, but that's yet another long explanation.) This issue And procedure is the same for ICS leaks, for cm9, for AOKP.
Look for a sticky thread in general titled "how not to brick your phone" or something.
Or, god forbid, actually read one of the ICS/cm9/AOKP/leak threads. I swear, every third page you will see someone ask this and the process described.
And QBKING77s videos have a step by step explanation for this as well. Really the best way.
And yes, you can keep the modem, no matter what rom/kernel you run. Same thing as a "radio".
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The guy you just quoted... just told you where to find that information. :what:
This has been discussed ad nauseum all over the forums, and if you do a bit of research you will find the exact procedure. Since I'm on my phone, kinda a pain to type it all out. But he's right, the point is to get back to stock GB rom before restoring any GB nandroids. (specifically before wiping any partitions, but that's yet another long explanation.) This issue And procedure is the same for ICS leaks, for cm9, for AOKP.
Look for a sticky thread in general titled "how not to brick your phone" or something.
Or, god forbid, actually read one of the ICS/cm9/AOKP/leak threads. I swear, every third page you will see someone ask this and the process described.
And QBKING77s videos have a step by step explanation for this as well. Really the best way.
And yes, you can keep the modem, no matter what rom/kernel you run. Same thing as a "radio".
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I did some searching, and everything I found says to get back to stock, I didn't see where it said that you have to get back to stock first before you can then restore a nandroid.
This is not how it was done on the Nexus One, so it's new to me.
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I did some searching, and everything I found says to get back to stock, I didn't see where it said that you have to get back to stock first before you can then restore a nandroid.
This is not how it was done on the Nexus One, so it's new to me.
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Ics kennels with cwm have been bricking phones ....some just by wiping data ...they corrupt your data partition making it impossible to write to ..jtag doesn't even work on it...so we have been Odin back to stock GB and go from there
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You may want to read this if you haven't already:
How Not To Brick Your E4GT
Now that it has been stickied the OP went through and updated the first post to cover most of I believe you are trying to find out. Hope this helps!
Epix4G said:
Ics kennels with cwm have been bricking phones ....some just by wiping data ...they corrupt your data partition making it impossible to write to ..jtag doesn't even work on it...so we have been Odin back to stock GB and go from there
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That's what I've been seeing, which is why I want to make sure I do it right. I don't even know what jtag is, had to look it up. Some kind of debugging tool from I found.
garwynn said:
You may want to read this if you haven't already:
How Not To Brick Your E4GT
Now that it has been stickied the OP went through and updated the first post to cover most of I believe you are trying to find out. Hope this helps!
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I'll definitely give it good read. Thanks.
I'm not new to flashing ROMs on my Evo, however your forums here are a little more cryptic. My son rooted his phone and flashed CWM and a Cyan Rom. He would like to return to rooted stock. Can someone point me in the direction of the latest OTA Stock Rooted Rom for the Samsung Galaxy S Epic II 4G? He apparantlly followed some video tutorial yada yad yada. I realize ROMs are probably flashed thru the recovery console, is flashing similar to flashing on an Evo from that point? (Boot to recovery -> work your way to Flash from Zip ...)
Thanks in advance.
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I'm not new to flashing ROMs on my Evo, however your forums here are a little more cryptic. My son rooted his phone and flashed CWM and a Cyan Rom. He would like to return to rooted stock. Can someone point me in the direction of the latest OTA Stock Rooted Rom for the Samsung Galaxy S Epic II 4G? He apparantlly followed some video tutorial yada yad yada. I realize ROMs are probably flashed thru the recovery console, is flashing similar to flashing on an Evo from that point? (Boot to recovery -> work your way to Flash from Zip ...)
Thanks in advance.
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Here you go
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1433101
Instructions are on that page, just make sure you use the full restore, and not the preserve data or you can brick. At the current point we don't have a kernel built from source yet, because of this, you must flash back to stock rooted EL29 via ODIN OC or you will brick. I highly suggest you read my thread in my signature because flashing anything ICS for this phone can be extremely dangerous and will brick your phone if you aren't sure what your doing.
Just to be sure you are looking at the right thread, please go to settings>about phone. Make sure model number is SPH-D710. I only say this cause I haven't heard of a Cyan ROM, and (not trying to be a jerk), most people refer to this phone as the epic 4g touch. You got something weird up there, and there are at least 20 different versions of this phone (galaxy s2).
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Could he have meant Cyanogen?
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Could he have meant Cyanogen?
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Yes, that is what I meant by Cyan.
Thanks for the links and tips guys, I will check it out tonight.
Short version is this is the Galaxy 2 from Sprint, the one with the long bastardized name. Took forever to find this forum cause I was looking for something closer in name.
Yes it is the bastardized sprint Samsung galaxy s2. Word to the wise stay on this forum. Any other galaxy s2 forum especially international will have a huge possibility of turning the phone into a nice little paper weight. I have to say thanks for taking the time to find out. We have had a bunch of people come through here with paper weights wondering what happened because they didn't bother to read
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Is there a flashable zip or whatever you guys use on the Epic somewhere that I can just copy to the sd card vs going thru ADB etc as in the link from above? The phone is already rooted, I don't want to lose root, just load a stock rooted rom on the phone.
Thanks.
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Is there a flashable zip or whatever you guys use on the Epic somewhere that I can just copy to the sd card vs going thru ADB etc as in the link from above? The phone is already rooted, I don't want to lose root, just load a stock rooted rom on the phone.
Thanks.
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You need this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1433101
Just read the entire OP twice. It's really simple. It will return you back to stock rooted gingerbread EL29
Edit: just realized its the same link. This is not adb. It's an odin one click package. Basically download the file and press a button and you're done
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You need this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1433101
Just read the entire OP twice. It's really simple. It will return you back to stock rooted gingerbread EL29
Edit: just realized its the same link. This is not adb. It's an odin one click package. Basically download the file and press a button and you're done
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I would follow the posted thread as.. a.) It is the safest way since lots of people have been bricking their phone via flashes b.) This will return the phone to the stock ROM, but it will remain rooted.
Thanks guys(gals?) I'll be trying this tomorrow!
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Thanks guys(gals?) I'll be trying this tomorrow!
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Watch the qbking77 video and you'll be golden. It should be linked in the post. Really easy once you figure it out.
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Ok, reporting back.
First we tried the 'don't overwrite data' option, everything appeared to be ok until the phone rebooted. It sat on the 4G splash screen in a continual restarting state for about ten minutes. We tried flashing that twice. After that we tried flashing the factory restore with root option, that worked just fine.
Thanks again for the input.
Now he'll have to restore all of his desired apps, but that's his problem, since I told him not to root in the first place. LOL.
Cheers.
Hey I had a ics ROM and then I restored a Ginger Bread backup. Do I have to do anything. It worked and just put everything back the way it was before I flashed the ics ROM.
stock?
Paden32 said:
Hey I had a ics ROM and then I restored a Ginger Bread backup. Do I have to do anything. It worked and just put everything back the way it was before I flashed the ics ROM.
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Do you mean stock? As in the way it was when you first bought it?
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Well if you did want it bone stock again but with ROOT then I have a link that takes you to Zedomax's website where he has a download that includes root: http://epic4gtouchroot.com/epic-4g-touch-root/how-to-root-galaxy-s2-epic-4g-touch-newsph-d710/
To do it just follow the instructions and it will remove everything off of the phone and return it to stock W/root. To remove root just download ES file manager from the "Play Store", I hate that name, and then find the superuser.apk and remove it.
He says how to do this on his website. That's actually how I got into flashing and rooting and all this nonsense. ^^b
Make sure you put you phone into download mode before you connect your phone and also make sure you have KIES with the drivers installed on your computer.
I flashed a ics ROM and did not like it so I restored a android backup of the blazer 4.0 ROM.
As much as I am confused by the OP, anyone else think it's wierd that someone would link to some other site for getting back to stock on XDA? What with all the resources available right here?
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I flashed a ics ROM and did not like it so I restored a android backup of the blazer 4.0 ROM.
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Is everything working? Either you already know what you're doing... or you're very lucky.
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I just wanted to know that since I restored a Android backup did I mess anything up. Or am I good to go.
lol
kingdazy said:
As much as I am confused by the OP, anyone else think it's wierd that someone would link to some other site for getting back to stock on XDA? What with all the resources available right here?
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The thing you have to remember is I've been on here less then a month and I used that other website as my learning tool so it's all I know! ^^
I would use this website but I'm finding it impossible to find anything since this is the first forum I've ever joined/been on.
Excuse me if I've offended anyone it wasn't intentional I'm just trying to be helpful.
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The thing you have to remember is I've been on here less then a month and I used that other website as my learning tool so it's all I know! ^^
I would use this website but I'm finding it impossible to find anything since this is the first forum I've ever joined/been on.
Excuse me if I've offended anyone it wasn't intentional I'm just trying to be helpful.
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No, no offense taken, at all, helpful is helpful, and always appreciated.
Check "sfhub"s posts in the development section. He has Very easy "one click" restore downloads, and "qbking"s videos on YouTube, he's a favorite here for super easy walkthroughs on doing Anything et4g related. ;-)
The reason I was concerned about the op was that Many people have been getting permanent bricks doing what he says he did, so check out a sticky thread in general titled " how not to brick your et4g ".
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I guess im good to go. I just wanted to know it if was safe for me to flash a ics ROM I am waiting for a stable ROM.
Hate to say it Paden, but your posts have not been very clear.
When posting here, it's very important to be very detailed about what rom you're on, what you flashed, in what order, and any symptoms or problems you are having.
If I've got it correctly...
You flashed some ICS rom, didn't like it, then flashed back to Blazer's?
And things are working?
You didn't do a complete stock restore first?
What recovery was built into the ICS rom?
What kind of wiping did you do before flashing?
And why are you looking for another ics ROM to flash to?...
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very cool
kingdazy said:
No, no offense taken, at all, helpful is helpful, and always appreciated.
Check "sfhub"s posts in the development section. He has Very easy "one click" restore downloads, and "qbking"s videos on YouTube, he's a favorite here for super easy walkthroughs on doing Anything et4g related. ;-)
The reason I was concerned about the op was that Many people have been getting permanent bricks doing what he says he did, so check out a sticky thread in general titled " how not to brick your et4g ".
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I appreciate that a bunch I've been wandering around for forever trying to find the one-click restore. I watch QBking77 on youtube all the time like everyone else because he guides us with his syndicated wisdomness. ^^ lol
Thanks again!
Nabbu said:
I appreciate that a bunch I've been wandering around for forever trying to find the one-click restore. I watch QBking77 on youtube all the time like everyone else because he guides us with his syndicated wisdomness. ^^ lol
Thanks again!
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Play around with the Search at the top of threads to help find stuff too. Searching can be a little odd on here at times but once you get used to it, it really helps.
Paden32 said:
I flashed a ics ROM and did not like it so I restored a android backup of the blazer 4.0 ROM.
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Wouldn't try that again with the method you used! Judging by your question i think you know that methods more dangerous than unprotected sex with a hooker on a drunken Saturday night... Don't do it!
I flash ics roms while on blazer 4.0 then restore back to blazer n never had a problem n ive done it more then 10 Times.. So from gb recovery i flash ics roms then from ics recovery i restore blazer 4.0 never been had a problem
tr1zrus said:
I flash ics roms while on blazer 4.0 then restore back to blazer n never had a problem n ive done it more then 10 Times.. So from gb recovery i flash ics roms then from ics recovery i restore blazer 4.0 never been had a problem
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When devs have said don't use ics with cwm that's what had been causing bricks ... I would say not to use it but do what u want , but if I see you post about a brick oh my gosh will you get laughed out of the place
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Did you not read it correct i said i flash ics roms thru gb recovery i never said i flash ics roms while on ics recovery
tr1zrus said:
Did you not read it correct i said i flash ics roms thru gb recovery i never said i flash ics roms while on ics recovery
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How do you do that
I was going to post a thread asking a similar question. I've been running blazer for a while, and eventually I downloaded the Goodness and ran with it for a week. It was nice and all but for the moment I still prefer GB...however, my nandroid backup didn't work, it told me I had an MD5 mistmatch. So I just went into the ICS recovery and reflashed Blazer no problem. It's been perfect since. Afterwards I was reading the thread on how to not brick your phone, and it said to do exactly the opposite of that. Does that make me the luckiest man in the world? or am I missing something. Would it be okay to try it again?
MultiLockOn said:
How do you do that
I was going to post a thread asking a similar question. I've been running blazer for a while, and eventually I downloaded the Goodness and ran with it for a week. It was nice and all but for the moment I still prefer GB...however, my nandroid backup didn't work, it told me I had an MD5 mistmatch. So I just went into the ICS recovery and reflashed Blazer no problem. It's been perfect since. Afterwards I was reading the thread on how to not brick your phone, and it said to do exactly the opposite of that. Does that make me the luckiest man in the world? or am I missing something. Would it be okay to try it again?
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It's all luck, the current ICS recovery is very iffy on flashing and even wiping data is bricking some devices, if you want to continue using your phone I suggest making a nandroid backup before you flash ICS then flash ICS, and if you wish to go back to GB then ODIN to EL29 and install clockwork mod and restore nandroid, or it won't be long before you have some fancy paperweight.
MultiLockOn said:
How do you do that
Make sure u do a nandroid back up using the gb recovery before u try these steps...... Simple lets saY u are on blazers 4.0 rom n u have a zip of a ics rom put it on your sdcard go into recovery n do a full wipe i use calkins full wipe then i flash the ics rom keep in mind that after you flash the ics rom you will lose your gb recovery n you will have a ics recovery n if you don't like the ics rom u can go to the ics recovery n restore ur nandroid backup make sure to do a full wipe before restoring your backup n when you finish your restore you will have your gb rom n ur gb recovery... Ive done this like a million times n never had a problem BUT DO THIS AT YOUR OWN RISK... ONE MORE THING I NEVER FLASH ANY ROM USING A ICS RECOVERY
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As long a your just restoring a backup from ics recovery you're fine, it may be a problem when flashing roms from it that results to bricking. So if i read right from your beginning post all you did was just restore so you're fine.