which is better? I know that ACS is a beta, and that CWM is the 'industry standard'. I just want to know if I should switch to the new ACS or not. And why? Thanks.
There's just a couple of perks with acs. Use acs for a few days, if you like the shortcuts, keep it. If you don't, then go back to cwm. I personally use either, whichever's odin tar is nearest
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I've had ACS's 1.0.0.5 on my phone for about a week now, and I could go either way. The quick rom/kernel install wipe shortcuts are nice, but not essential for me, the rest is pretty much the same so far.
tedcousens said:
which is better? I know that ACS is a beta, and that CWM is the 'industry standard'. I just want to know if I should switch to the new ACS or not. And why? Thanks.
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Switch to ACS. One button Wiping (No more 3x each of dalvik, data, and cache wiping)
Also, it's based off a newer clockwork mod. It is faster for me. Also, no more having to scroll thru a bunch of no buttons to get to everything (in cwm, it has like 6 no buttons and 1 yes button for everything).
Finally, there's also
Power off from menu
Download Mode from menu
Toggle Confirmations from menu
No more Update.zip in the menu
Cleaned up all the menus
Pre-Theme Wipe in the Flash menu (Wipes Cache and Dalvik)
Pre-Rom Wipe in the Flash menu(Wipes System,Data, and Cache)
Cleaned up all the menus
New color scheme (ACS Colors)
Various under the hood speed and stability enhancements
Ability to use Tar format for Nandroid backups by adding a line to the build.prop
acs is easier to use, but if you want to use the rom manger, to manage your roms, then you have to use cwm, cuz the acs one dont work with rom manger.
tedcousens said:
which is better? I know that ACS is a beta, and that CWM is the 'industry standard'. I just want to know if I should switch to the new ACS or not. And why? Thanks.
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Acs is cwm4... or at least based off it. IMHO, go to acs and don't go back. It does more, and does it better, and faster.
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The biggest perk to acs is the wipe options for me. I cant seem to stay with one rom for to long as I keep looking for the next best thing.
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How do you install? Can I flash it right over CWM? Don't I clear caches? Or do I Odin?
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Yeah just flash the zip. No odin reqd.
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Done and done. Just in time for a GB flash!
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Also, no more having to scroll thru a bunch of no buttons to get to everything (in cwm, it has like 6 no buttons and 1 yes button for everything).
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In 3.1.0.1 or purple there is only one no and one yes not 6? I think the six was 2.5 or orange.
I have used CWM since I started rooting android, I think I will give ACS a shot. Seems so much more useful, especially with EI22 roms coming down the chute soon.
Will ACSRecovery1.0.0.5.zip flash from stock recovery? If not how do you install it on a stock EI22? Thanks!
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When i install a ROM they install but when i reboot my phone nothing happens some app icons change but that's it Please help
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Rooted Epic 4g EC05 Stock rom
You have to provide more information so we can help you out. What ROM are you installing? What is your current recovery? Are you using the purp 3.1.0.1? Did you wipe System/data, cache partition, and Dalvik Cache 3x? We can get you straightened out. Just give some more details.
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all ROM's do it but im trying to convert over to ext4 and run syndicate ROM . Yes i have wiped data/factory restore and flushed dalvik 3x every time... cwm recovery v2.5.1.0
you cant install srf 1.2 on that recovery.. you need to upgrade to 3.1.0.1, cwm2x does not support ext4
You need to update clockwork to 3.1.0.1. You're using an outdated recovery.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1115999
oh .... how do i update i tried to flash with ROM manager but it obviously didn't work
samsungepic4g said:
oh .... how do i update i tried to flash with ROM manager but it obviously didn't work
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The link above ur post has a flashed zip.
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samsungepic4g said:
oh .... how do i update i tried to flash with ROM manager but it obviously didn't work
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Rom manager doesn't really work for epic. You have to turn off your phone and then hold camera, vol down and power to get into your recovery. Check qbking's videos. They will make a lot of sense. You may want to odin your phone and restart. I'm not sure how much craziness you may have started. Backup major stuff with Titanium and everything will pretty much be normal without major loss.
Wow, its been a while since I was that far back on recovery. Let me check TheRoot's link...EDIT..yup TheRoot's link has a flashable version of the 3.1.0.1 recovery that will get you right where you want to be to flash all of the current batch of ROMs. PM me if you get stuck and I will go step by step
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After you finish, download ACS updater and it'll give you the goodness you were looking for in Rom Manager. There's also a support thread in Apps.
hey tanks to every 1 who helped i flashed my epic to cwm recovery 3.1.0.1 purple now its going to be a pain in the but to convert to ext4
samsungepic4g said:
hey tanks to every 1 who helped i flashed my epic to cwm recovery 3.1.0.1 purple now its going to be a pain in the but to convert to ext4
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If you're flashing SRF 1.2, don't worry. It's built in. Just flash the rom, journaling on and a kernel and you're on your way. Use the thanks button as well, please.
Ok im running sfr on my epic looks amazing and ext4 and set cpu 1200mhz combined is amazingly fast thanks to all
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so i just rooted my epic and i have gb ei22 and was wondering which are the roms that i can flash with ei22? and a good link that can show me how to flash them? im not new at rooting and flashing but i am new at rooting and flashing with this phone.....thanks for any help you guys can give me!
There a good amount but this one seems to be popular http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1339217 there is a how to video up in the op I think... if not go into cwm (turn off the phone hold the power button, camera, and volume down) then use the volm up and down to scroll options and do this. 1 Wipe Data/ factory reset. 2 Wipe Cache Parition, 3. Go into advanced and Wipe Dalvik Cache. Sorry you select with the camera button. Once that's done go into install zip. And choose zip option and find where it is you downloaded the rom and choose it. Let it go through its flashing and then go back to the main menu and hit reboot now.
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i0Orh9oRVOE&feature=youtube_gdata_player if that made no sense watch this.
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Biggoron said:
There a good amount but this one seems to be popular http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1339217 there is a how to video up in the op I think... if not go into cwm (turn off the phone hold the power button, camera, and volume down) then use the volm up and down to scroll options and do this. 1 Wipe Data/ factory reset. 2 Wipe Cache Parition, 3. Go into advanced and Wipe Dalvik Cache. Sorry you select with the camera button. Once that's done go into install zip. And choose zip option and find where it is you downloaded the rom and choose it. Let it go through its flashing and then go back to the main menu and hit reboot now.
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how do you tell the diffrence between the roms for ei22 and the roms for ec05?
They will tell you in the post title [Rom][EI22]
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All ROMs are listed in the Development subforum with ROM in the title. Also in the title will be EI22 or EC05 or whichever leak between. The top bunch will be all the popular EI22 ROMs or Kernels. Happy Flashing.
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since you are new to rooting and flashing roms Do yourself a favor, search you tube for Qbking77 and watch his videos. He is AWESOME!!!
any rom that you are looking for with say this in title [ec05][ei22]
Cyal8er said:
since you are new to rooting and flashing roms Do yourself a favor, search you tube for Qbking77 and watch his videos. He is AWESOME!!!
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Ive actually seen all his videos....hes the one who got me started....he is the best!
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for my preferences
i love miui just cuz of how smooth it is and uniq unlike the cm7 i dont like the looks on it but its still smooth
so obviously im a miui user
u should try some of the [ei22] roms and see for your self
I've tried enabling the bluetooth both thru the pull down button and through the settings menu. It acts like it's starting to turn on, and then after a few seconds, just goes dark again.
Tried reboot. No luck.
Used ACS Recovery to do a pre-ROM wipe before flashing the new ROM.
Can't post in developers forum yet, so hopefully someone here can help. I read every page and every entry in the applicable forum for the ROM I flashed, but no one reported this problem or solutions.
Any ideas? I'd rather not have to flashback to stock or whatever. I've seen plenty of helpful posts for other bugs in the ROM. Just nothing for this. HELP!
Thanks,
Epic 4g
Gingerbread 2.3.5
ROM Revival MTD v2
JrWicked said:
I've tried enabling the bluetooth both thru the pull down button and through the settings menu. It acts like it's starting to turn on, and then after a few seconds, just goes dark again.
Tried reboot. No luck.
Used ACS Recovery to do a pre-ROM wipe before flashing the new ROM.
Can't post in developers forum yet, so hopefully someone here can help. I read every page and every entry in the applicable forum for the ROM I flashed, but no one reported this problem or solutions.
Any ideas? I'd rather not have to flashback to stock or whatever. I've seen plenty of helpful posts for other bugs in the ROM. Just nothing for this. HELP!
Thanks,
Epic 4g
Gingerbread 2.3.5
ROM Revival MTD v2
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Backup that rom... flash a different rom... if bluetooth works then its that rom... btw I would strongly suggest not using acs recovery... use cwm 5.0.2.7... it is the officially supported recovery for our epics! Also acs does not play well with mtd roms so that may be your problem!
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Get rid of ACS Recovery. It is not supposed to be used for MTD ROMs.
kennyglass123 said:
Get rid of ACS Recovery. It is not supposed to be used for MTD ROMs.
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Bah humbug acs not play well with mtd blah!
I used it to convert to mtd when cyanogen first came and it worked just fine...... acs not the problem because even if he was on bml cwm5 before flashing he would have the same results.
Please stop blaming that recovery ^^
http://i1202.photobucket.com/albums/bb374/TexasEpic/Biggoron3.png
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However once on mtd he shouldn't be using it
http://i1202.photobucket.com/albums/bb374/TexasEpic/Biggoron3.png
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Biggoron said:
Bah humbug acs not play well with mtd blah!
I used it to convert to mtd when cyanogen first came and it worked just fine...... acs not the problem because even if he was on bml cwm5 before flashing he would have the same results.
Please stop blaming that recovery ^^
http://i1202.photobucket.com/albums/bb374/TexasEpic/Biggoron3.png
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Maybe it worked for YOU but it is highly recommended to use CWM 5.027 to convert and note that if you want to convert and restore nandroid data it must come from 5.027.
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kennyglass123 said:
Maybe it worked for YOU but it is highly recommended to use CWM 5.027 to convert and note that if you want to convert and restore nandroid data it must come from 5.027.
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I'm pretty sire recoveries don't differ from phones... software is software its not a hardware difference just saying. How is your day going kenny?
http://i1202.photobucket.com/albums/bb374/TexasEpic/Biggoron3.png
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Biggoron said:
I'm pretty sire recoveries don't differ from phones... software is software its not a hardware difference just saying. How is your day going kenny?
http://i1202.photobucket.com/albums/bb374/TexasEpic/Biggoron3.png
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Ah always better after you brighten my day Biggie...lol.
BTW you know software is what drives the hardware. So any flash can go wrong at some point whether Odin, CWM, ACS, or Bonsai Recovery. Just sayin'...LOL. How you been?
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kennyglass123 said:
Ah always better after you brighten my day Biggie...lol.
BTW you know software is what drives the hardware. So any flash can go wrong at some point whether Odin, CWM, ACS, or Bonsai Recovery. Just sayin'...LOL. How you been?
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GRRRR.... oh me I'm good I see what your saying but how would be able to flat out blame that software for all you know it was the rom .... okay end of argument no reason to keep up this fiasco anyways I'm not saying to not use the official cwm I'm just saying you can't blame the issue on the recovery... I've had tons of bluetooth issues concerning kernels never the recovery
http://i1202.photobucket.com/albums/bb374/TexasEpic/Biggoron3.png
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I agree...just trying to narrow down the possibilities. Probably just needed to delete some bluetooth data files. I forget which ones force the bluetooth database to rebuild.
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BRICKED
Thank u all for the replies. I DID use ACS to do the pre-rom wipe, but I thought CWM got changed afterwards, somewhere in the process of flashing the new ROM, etc. Funny that several of you mentioned the possibility of that being the issue. I went to boot into recovery to check, and my phone bricked. #*(#@$%&. So, I had to odin back to stock and then root again, then use Titaniun just to get to my pre-ROM settings. I'm just gonna go without the custom ROM for now.
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Thank u all for the replies. I DID use ACS to do the pre-rom wipe, but I thought CWM got changed afterwards, somewhere in the process of flashing the new ROM, etc. Funny that several of you mentioned the possibility of that being the issue. I went to boot into recovery to check, and my phone bricked. #*(#@$%&. So, I had to odin back to stock and then root again, then use Titaniun just to get to my pre-ROM settings. I'm just gonna go without the custom ROM for now.
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You mean sponged, not bricked. As long as there is life you are not bricked. Just grab the official CWM 5.027 and flash that. When doing conversions like that don't use ROM Manager and all should be well. When in doubt, wipe wipe wipe.
I have my rooted E4GT and the Blazer ICS Rom is installed on it at the moment. I kinda want to try and switch to AOKP's latest build and try it out, but I'm not sure how to go about doing that since they clearly stated not to flash from ICS to ICS.
Could anyone point me in the right direction as to what I should do in order to make the switch to AOKP?
Links to both ROM's respective threads:
AOKP Build 40
Phantom's Blazer Rom
Thanks for your time.
You can just Odin the el26 cwm (sorry don't have the link to it on my phone) and flash AOKP from there.
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This is my method, it is 99.9% safe. You can also re-use it to go from other ROMs to any other ics ROM.
Download these drivers
Download this: OC ODIN File for EL26 and this: E4GT Root Utility
Using Titanium Backup, make a backup of all your stuff, or use your preferred back-upper, just not nandroid. I recommend buying the Pro version, because it will save you so many times, and the dev is great. It's a little expensive though for an app.
OC Odin back to EL26. The good thing about this is, the process is straight forward, and doesn't add to your flash counter, and does not yellow triangle either.
Open up e4gtauto-sfx.exe, option C, then I. This gives you CWM, And just in case, I do not recommend using other than standard CWM to flash ICS roms. but that's me.
When your phone reboots, it should have CWM, and be rooted, just load up the AOKP files, do a data wipe, and flash.
Thank you both for the replies
Would I be able to use calkulins format all to do the wipes? Or does that only work for certain ROMS? It seemed pretty fool proof when I used it, so I was wondering if I could just use that again and it would work just the same? I don't want to forget something and brick my phone as a result
And I'll look into titanium backup, thanks for the suggestion.
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Thank you both for the replies
Would I be able to use calkulins format all to do the wipes? Or does that only work for certain ROMS? It seemed pretty fool proof when I used it, so I was wondering if I could just use that again and it would work just the same? I don't want to forget something and brick my phone as a result
And I'll look into titanium backup, thanks for the suggestion.
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For ICS ROMs, I recommend to not use it, just do 1 system data wipe and you'll be fine.
F3L1XZS said:
For ICS ROMs, I recommend to not use it, just do 1 system data wipe and you'll be fine.
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Alright, but all I should need to do is install the EL26 + CWM and I can flash AOKP? I don't need to go back to a stock gingerbread ROM or anything, or will the OC EL26 CWM do that for me?
And you said you don't recommend calkulin's format all for ICS roms, but that's what I was told to use for the Phantom Blazer ICS rom when I was flashing it?
Also, one more question; what is "flash count" and is it a bad thing? I'll do some googling on it myself, but I'd like to hear your explanation because I don't always understand people's ways of describing things and usually take weird explanations to understand so yours would still be much appreciated just in case, thanks. ^_^
organizedConfoosion said:
Alright, but all I should need to do is install the EL26 + CWM and I can flash AOKP? I don't need to go back to a stock gingerbread ROM or anything?
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You just need to be on a safe recovery.... if you wipe data in an unconfirmed recovery you can cause a brick. Either use the el26 that all use or the el29-reboot kernel. Both will work no matter what you install regardless of you install (granted you flash a working rom). I prefer the el29 because you install via mobile Odin and it boots straight to safe CWM recovery.
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dante32278 said:
You just need to be on a safe recovery.... if you wipe data in an unconfirmed recovery you can cause a brick. Either use the el26 that all use or the el29-reboot kernel. Both will work no matter what you install regardless of you install (granted you flash a working rom). I prefer the el29 because you install via mobile Odin and it boots straight to safe CWM recovery.
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Hmm, alright, sounds good.
Also, which data's do I need to wipe? Dalvik cache and there's one other I believe?
i just picked up an e4gt today, i had one back in december that i rooted then sold. so im back and now there's a ton of stuff out there for this phone.
i just came over from the evo design where there is pretty much nothing happening, and before that i had an evo shift. i had cm7 installed on that and loved it.
so what rom do you guys suggest i use? i see there is cm9 available in alpha form, which has me very tempted.
im looking for a stable rom with no bloatware. and id love some advice.
BiffTirkle said:
i just picked up an e4gt today, i had one back in december that i rooted then sold. so im back and now there's a ton of stuff out there for this phone.
i just came over from the evo design where there is pretty much nothing happening, and before that i had an evo shift. i had cm7 installed on that and loved it.
so what rom do you guys suggest i use? i see there is cm9 available in alpha form, which has me very tempted.
im looking for a stable rom with no bloatware. and id love some advice.
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Go with cm9 that darchstar has posted. It works great and I use it as my daily. After you do the base install I recommend nightly 7/24 and using the chris41g kernel b3 version with it. Great battery life and full functionality.
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Does cm9 wipe out cwm?
I'm paranoid to do anything without an option for recovery.
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Here is your safest bet (as in super safe):
1. Download the el26 safe cwm kernel from the kernel repository in the sticky for this phone
2. Download cm9 6 and gapps
3. Follow cm9 6 download instructions
4. Let it boot
5. Use mobile Odin if you have it (highly recommend as it makes flashing so easy) and flash the el26 kernel that you downloaded in the kernel section from external sd...always check md5 sum first!
6. Once u see the blue light on ur phone in the LED, hold power+volume up to boot into recovery, once the sgs2 logo shows you can lay off the buttons
7. If you didn't do it in time or held too long, just pull the battery and go to recovery via power+volume up
8. You should be in cwm, flash the nightly of cm9, clear dalvik and cache, then flash the chris 41g b3 kernel and reboot
9. Enjoy
10. From this point forward you have a bomb rom and working recovery that will allow backup/nand/flashing safely.
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Look into Blu Kuban(team venum). No bloat, excellent help from dev. Plenty of options/mods/hacks/updates/themed apps/speed/great battery.
Ditto on Alex. Excellent support... Great battery life. It's themed so you should look at the screenshots and the video on the dev site.
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ok, i think im going to try the cm9 route, but i cannot find the correct kernel, or im doing something wrong. i got odin for android, and downloaded a couple of kernels i thought were the right ones and they didnt show up when i tried to select them with odin.
BiffTirkle said:
ok, i think im going to try the cm9 route, but i cannot find the correct kernel, or im doing something wrong. i got odin for android, and downloaded a couple of kernels i thought were the right ones and they didnt show up when i tried to select them with odin.
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Here is the link for el26, first download.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=26295021
The chris41g kernel has its own thread in development, grab the zip format of the cwm b3 version.
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im not finding a b3 version. but i did download the first kernel from chris41g
StockCWM-EL26.zip
i hope thats correct. im going to do a nandroid backup and give it a shot later today. thanks for the help and advice!
its been several months since ive been flashing roms, and i find that it takes me a few days to get back in the swing of things before im flashing again.
The b3 kernel is at chris's goo which is linked to in this xda thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=28981308
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So I need to flash el26 kernel first, then I flash 41g-CWM-RC1-b3-0723.zip. then I can flash cm9 and gapps from recovery?
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So I need to flash el26 kernel first, then I flash 41g-CWM-RC1-b3-0723.zip. then I can flash cm9 and gapps from recovery?
El26, boot to recovery, install cm9 per their install guide...after successful install, flash el26 again, wipe cache/dalvik, and install the chris41g kernel from there.
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ok, so i got cm9 on the phone. very excited, except for the launcher wont allow me to add widgets. wierd, same thing with my touchpad.
anyway i tried to flash el26 and it stalled at the splash screen, so i opened up recovery and wiped cache and dalvik, then installed the chris41g kernel. and no dice. aaaanyway. whats the benefit to the other kernels versus what i get with cm9? and is there a solution to my problem?
I read 4g is unreliable on Chris' new kernels
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BiffTirkle said:
ok, so i got cm9 on the phone. very excited, except for the launcher wont allow me to add widgets. wierd, same thing with my touchpad.
anyway i tried to flash el26 and it stalled at the boot screen, so i opened up recovery and wiped cache and dalvik, then installed the chris41g kernel. and no dice. aaaanyway. whats the benefit to the other kernels versus what i get with cm9? and is there a solution to my problem?
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I get that problem whatever I wipe the dalvik cache
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well, im not sure what to do now. i love cyanogenmod, and id put up with a few hiccups if i could. but it looks like i wont be able to use this as a daily rom. very disappointing...
so, i might try the blu kuban rom.
at this point i want a debloated stable rom. im back to a rooted stock rom with el29.
i just dont want to brick my phone, i have insurance and can take it in to swap it out. its just a waste of time if i can avoid it.
any other suggestions?
BiffTirkle said:
well, im not sure what to do now. i love cyanogenmod, and id put up with a few hiccups if i could. but it looks like i wont be able to use this as a daily rom. very disappointing...
so, i might try the blu kuban rom.
at this point i want a debloated stable rom. im back to a rooted stock rom with el29.
i just dont want to brick my phone, i have insurance and can take it in to swap it out. its just a waste of time if i can avoid it.
any other suggestions?
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Start with thread #1 on the attached link.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1625535
To Install
Boot to recovery
Make an NAND Backup
Wipe the phone (with the Format All X2 script)
Flash Part 1
Boot the phone
Go to the updater (Under put things back to stock) and install Part 2 (Two part install is to finish theming Talk)
Reboot and Enjoy
When I did this I went to CWM to flash this through odin. Rom works very smooth. There is a ton of information in the thread but that should get you started.