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[Q] Rom Manager

ok so i just rooted my et4g and i installed rom manager, im trying to flash the recovery and it has four options to flash.
none in which say et4g
only
samsung at&t GalaxyS2
samsung GalaxyS i9000
samsung GalaxyS i9000 (MTD)
samsung GalaxyS2
which one is my best bet?
if any of them i think the bottom one is but i was worried that one is for the euro s2?
any help would be greatly appreciated

None of the above.

so what do i do??
i want to flash a rom already! haah

Odin a rooted kernel with clockwork mod (chris41g's lost kernel is what I used), and follow the ROM install instructions from the development section.

and lets just say if i used this vs using that method lol
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1277000

Yeah koush has the phone but i think they are waiting on samsung to fix the issues...
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damn so i just have to chill then? no other way of flashing recovery?

If you are worried about customization issues or just want to remain stock, I would flash this. It is completely stock with cwm. You can than flash a prerooted rom or su.zip and you are rooted and ready to go.

crawrj said:
If you are worried about customization issues or just want to remain stock, I would flash this. It is completely stock with cwm. You can than flash a prerooted rom or su.zip and you are rooted and ready to go.
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is there a link u meant to post? lol

CoolWheelChair said:
is there a link u meant to post? lol
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LOL my bad. Long day already. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1305099

CoolWheelChair said:
and lets just say if i used this vs using that method lol
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1277000
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did this not work for you?
i have a pc so i used odin but this looks similar.

crawrj said:
LOL my bad. Long day already. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1305099
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I Odin the above mentioned tar and nandroid back up pure stock and running monkey blue theme.
By the way if lose root when doing this just flash the su zip file.
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What the ****? The AT&T version gets Cyanogen and official Clockwork before us? Really? Thats messed up.

WhiteZero said:
What the ****? The AT&T version gets Cyanogen and official Clockwork before us? Really? Thats messed up.
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Yeah... no, not really. GSM models will ALWAYS get CM before CDMA models. Fact of life.

k0nane said:
Yeah... no, not really. GSM models will ALWAYS get CM before CDMA models. Fact of life.
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Oh, i see...

lafester said:
did this not work for you?
i have a pc so i used odin but this looks similar.
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haven't had time to try it yet, has anyone else tried?

CoolWheelChair said:
haven't had time to try it yet, has anyone else tried?
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Yes. Almost all of us. It works great.
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Do not use ROM manager on this device.
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CWM recovery

I have heard that there is a new CWM recovery fr the Samsung Epic, is this true? could it be?
Right now I'm on 5.0.0.7 and as far as I know its the latest and greatest. Am I right or am I a total dummy?

Yes there is version 6
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wolfen1086 said:
I have heard that there is a new CWM recovery fr the Samsung Epic, is this true? could it be?
Right now I'm on 5.0.0.7 and as far as I know its the latest and greatest. Am I right or am I a total dummy?
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The greatest CWM is CWM 5
but the newest CWM is CWM 6
CWM 6 can't make a nandroid backup

Dropple said:
The greatest CWM is CWM 5
but the newest CWM is CWM 6
CWM 6 can't make a nandroid backup
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CWM 6 allows Nandroid on mine so not sure why your having problems.
But TWRP 2.2 Is better IMO not sure if its available for the Epic but on the NS4G its really good has on board keyboard control while in TWRP.
Sent From A Coked Out Epic

XxLostSoulxX said:
CWM 6 allows Nandroid on mine so not sure why your having problems.
But TWRP 2.2 Is better IMO not sure if its available for the Epic but on the NS4G its really good has on board keyboard control while in TWRP.
Sent From A Coked Out Epic
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when i want to back up my phone with CWM 6, it stuck on "backing up system"
i must pull the battery to quit from recovery mode
yes TWRP 2.2.1 is better than CWM 5 and 6 for me

Dropple said:
when i want to back up my phone with CWM 6, it stuck on "backing up system"
i must pull the battery to quit from recovery mode
yes TWRP 2.2.1 is better than CWM 5 and 6 for me
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Lots of people are having problems with cwm6 making backups... don't mind lostsoul.... he posts before checking his facts... I have the same problem with cwm6.....

flastnoles11 said:
Lots of people are having problems with cwm6 making backups... don't mind lostsoul.... he posts before checking his facts... I have the same problem with cwm6.....
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heres mine working does a full complete backup i do now what i'm talking about, just because you, and others may have the issue doesn't meen some dont I.E like me.

XxLostSoulxX said:
heres mine working does a full complete backup i do now what i'm talking about, just because you, and others may have the issue doesn't meen some dont I.E like me.
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Yes but of course you made it sound like because yours is working. You could have no idea why his isn't working... probably because a lot of peoples isn't working.... dude really, just don't reply to me, ever, cuz you honestly usually don't know what you are talking about and its quite annoying... have a great day....

flastnoles11 said:
Yes but of course you made it sound like because yours is working. You could have no idea why his isn't working... probably because a lot of peoples isn't working.... dude really, just don't reply to me, ever, cuz you honestly usually don't know what you are talking about and its quite annoying... have a great day....
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Ever thought of possibly reinstall start from fresh. I said it to you because you made it seem like I don't know what I'm talking about. There are somethings yes. But don't doubt me just because I have a working version. I never dirty flash not since ICS.
Sorry that I was just showing how mine was working when most aren't.
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XxLostSoulxX said:
Ever thought of possibly reinstall start from fresh. I said it to you because you made it seem like I don't know what I'm talking about. There are somethings yes. But don't doubt me just because I have a working version. I never dirty flash not since ICS.
Sorry that I was just showing how mine was working when most aren't.
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I have never dirty flashed... that's a bad habit to have... and I've redownloaded and reflashed many times.... I just flash marcusants cwm restore zip and work with 5.x.x.x. whatever the version number is.... don't be sorry... just don't say you don't see how others aren't working when yours is... (which you did, read back, you'll find it.....)

Sorry i guess I worded it wrong my bad but I understand your point are you completely stock because I didn't use his return CWM. I just wiped and installed CM9. So it uses the baked in version of CWM recovery.
I don't use custom kernels anymore on my Epic coming from a Voodoo Color Lover lol.
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CWM6? Yes, i've used that as well on CM9 & 10. As for the Epic(my daily), i'd like to know if anyone knows where I can find a later version than v5.0.2.7 ?
I've seen v5.5.0.4, but I believe that isn't for the Epic.
What I like about the newer versions of CWM is auto-scroll. (when you just hold down/up on the volume button and away you go, VS "click-click-click-click. UGH" )
Also, Im currently on (my fav) The People's Rom (TPR). I am hoping any newer version of CWM will work with the Epic and the rom.
Feedback will be awarded with thank you's nd smileys
Sent from my Epic 4g with TPR using xda-developers app

Isn't CWM 6 exclusive to AOSP based roms, like CM or MIUI?
5.0.2.7 is a work of art, many many thanks, DRockstar (wherever you are!)
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Heck yeah 5.0.2.7 is the latest and greatest. TWRP recovery is pretty good too, but I think that is only exclusive to some newer Roms. CWM 5.0.2.7 is about your best bet, unless you like CWM's older recovery versions but I would not recommend that.
And just another Thank you to DRockstar, awesome job! I've been using it for all different kinds of things and I haven't had one problem.

Thanks for all the input. But just in case where can I get v6 from
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You can try CWM touch it Is in the dev forum just flash it like any zip
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wolfen1086 said:
Thanks for all the input. But just in case where can I get v6 from
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Link is in op of TPR thread to V6 thread.
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Just got my ota ics update, now what?

Im just running stock rooted tw. I just got the ics update pushed to my phone and I want to update. I know it won't fly because of cwm recovery. What's the best way to upgrade to ics from here?
I one of these days when ive got time I will be loading a custom rom. I dabbled with cm9 a bit, but what I need is a stable rom that has a good strong radio and GPS. So that's why I'm hanging with stock for now.
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In a little but there will be an Odin tar out use that
But be warned it'll wipe your data
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BiffTirkle said:
Im just running stock rooted tw. I just got the ics update pushed to my phone and I want to update. I know it won't fly because of cwm recovery. What's the best way to upgrade to ics from here?
I one of these days when ive got time I will be loading a custom rom. I dabbled with cm9 a bit, but what I need is a stable rom that has a good strong radio and GPS. So that's why I'm hanging with stock for now.
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Why not just use SFHubs FF18 One Click, no data then run this to disable the OTA msg if you continue to get that?
To get your CWM Recovery back, just use the Autoroot to install CWM for FF18..
gtuansdiamm said:
In a little but there will be an Odin tar out use that
But be warned it'll wipe your data
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There is already a OC out..

OP, you have the same phone as me and when I asked this I was told I was in the wrong section...
All I have is root for EL29 on my phone. Do you think it's safe to accept the OTA?
Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S II Epic 4G Touch, Heaux!

Charlottte said:
OP, you have the same phone as me and when I asked this I was told I was in the wrong section...
All I have is root for EL29 on my phone. Do you think it's safe to accept the OTA?
Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S II Epic 4G Touch, Heaux!
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Why would you be in the wrong section?
And according to sfhub, and others, having root alone should not prevent the update. Though some have said it's failed.
The latest OTA is said to fix swype, and that's it.. But that's just a matter of clearing swype cache.
Why not try the update? Everyone is having their own experiences, bad / good battery life, phantom reboots, lockups, great reception.. etc..
Why not try it out? You can always change it..

MoHoGalore said:
Why would you be in the wrong section?
And according to sfhub, and others, having root alone should not prevent the update. Though some have said it's failed.
The latest OTA is said to fix swype, and that's it.. But that's just a matter of clearing swype cache.
Why not try the update? Everyone is having their own experiences, bad / good battery life, phantom reboots, lockups, great reception.. etc..
Why not try it out? You can always change it..
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I ultimately tried it, but I'm screwed. I edited my Droidsansfallback.ttf to get soft emojis for my phone. During the update it stopped and said something about the file. I think it meant it was unverified. It also had a string of letters and numbers after it (DroidSansFallback.ttf, be7fksdsk1333, 340dj3045, etc). I'm re-downloading the stock rom in hopes that it will fix everything, but I chose no data wipe so I don't know.

Charlottte said:
I ultimately tried it, but I'm screwed. I edited my Droidsansfallback.ttf to get soft emojis for my phone. During the update it stopped and said something about the file. I think it meant it was unverified. It also had a string of letters and numbers after it (DroidSansFallback.ttf, be7fksdsk1333, 340dj3045, etc). I'm re-downloading the stock rom in hopes that it will fix everything, but I chose no data wipe so I don't know.
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Give an update after if you don't mind.
Are you going back stock el29 for the OTA or just using the ff18?
Did you make a backup of droidsansfallback prior to editing?
:edit: I'm wondering if you had the update still in cache and went with a stock ttf and tried replying the update. I don't know if a fail clears it out of cache though..

MoHoGalore said:
Give an update after if you don't mind.
Are you going back stock el29 for the OTA or just using the ff18?
Did you make a backup of droidsansfallback prior to editing?
:edit: I'm wondering if you had the update still in cache and went with a stock ttf and tried replying the update. I don't know if a fail clears it out of cache though..
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It's going to take an extremely long time [or a place with better reception] to download this. If someone could just send me the ttf it would be awesome.
I'm going back to stock rooted EL29. If I get another issue, I'll enable temp root. I did not make a backup of DSFB, unfortunately.

Charlottte said:
It's going to take an extremely long time [or a place with better reception] to download this. If someone could just send me the ttf it would be awesome.
I'm going back to stock rooted EL29. If I get another issue, I'll enable temp root. I did not make a backup of DSFB, unfortunately.
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If you don't mind waiting for a bit, I'm currently trying something. But I'll go back stock rooted (el29 right??) and pull it.
Here ya go.. Don't know if it'll help but if that's where you failed, this is stock..

MoHoGalore said:
If you don't mind waiting for a bit, I'm currently trying something. But I'll go back stock rooted (el29 right??) and pull it.
Here ya go.. Don't know if it'll help but if that's where you failed, this is stock..
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Ugh! Thank you so much for the file! BUT, I don't have the update anymore! When I go to update Android, I see "system is up to date." Should I just use ODIN and get fully rooted FF18?

Charlottte said:
Ugh! Thank you so much for the file! BUT, I don't have the update anymore! When I go to update Android, I see "system is up to date." Should I just use ODIN and get fully rooted FF18?
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Personally? I would root and use a custom recovery to flash a nicely built rom. But that's what I would do.
I can either get you the update zip, and some links are still active to the latest OTA, or you can go custom.
Your call..

MoHoGalore said:
Personally? I would root and use a custom recovery to flash a nicely built rom. But that's what I would do.
I can either get you the update zip, and some links are still active to the latest OTA, or you can go custom.
Your call..
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Well, I wanted to play around with ICS before I got a custom ROM, specially since I don't know which one I like yet (for EL29/2.3.6).
If it isn't too much trouble, if you could send me the update zip that would be awesome. If not, I'll stock with an ICS ROM
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Charlottte said:
Well, I wanted to play around with ICS before I got a custom ROM, specially since I don't know which one I like yet (for EL29/2.3.6).
If it isn't too much trouble, if you could send me the update zip that would be awesome. If not, I'll stock with an ICS ROM
Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S II Epic 4G Touch, Heaux!
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There are plenty of custom ics roms in the Dev section. And el29 is 2.3.6 btw depends on what you want, aosp(cm9, aokp) or tw(blu kuban, goodness, venum ice, etc) lots of choices, I personally only use aosp roms and exclusively aokp out of the choices. I'm not a fan of tw the UI looks like something my 5yo made with his crayons
We are legion, for we are many.
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Charlottte said:
Well, I wanted to play around with ICS before I got a custom ROM, specially since I don't know which one I like yet (for EL29/2.3.6).
If it isn't too much trouble, if you could send me the update zip that would be awesome. If not, I'll stock with an ICS ROM
Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S II Epic 4G Touch, Heaux!
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Crawrj still has his link active. Very recent update and you can use the stock recovery to use as the update. Just say the word of you don't know how to boot into recovery and apply. No need to rename but you can of you like, just name it update.zip and place into your sdcard.
http://d-h.st/aIc
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Okay soo, sorry for not posting! I got the OTA AGAIN, and I attempted to do it again. I didn't get an error about my font. It just said "Manual Error" "E:/ File Reporteded." and update failed somewhere so. I'm downloading the update zip still; almost done...do you think it's worth trying? Also, is it full wipe?
Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S II Epic 4G Touch, Heaux!

Charlottte said:
Okay soo, sorry for not posting! I got the OTA AGAIN, and I attempted to do it again. I didn't get an error about my font. It just said "Manual Error" "E:/ File Reporteded." and update failed somewhere so. I'm downloading the update zip still; almost done...do you think it's worth trying? Also, is it full wipe?
Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S II Epic 4G Touch, Heaux!
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If you're using the link from the post above you, no, its not a full wipe. That is the ota file.
You'll need to boot your phone into recovery and apply the update.zip option.
Personally, no, i wouldn't run the ota.
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I finally got ICS! I used ODIN to flash the FF18 update instead of recovery and it worked. Wifi isn't as strong, the font is a smidge awkward, I still don't know how to take screenshots, but other than that ICS is awesome!
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Charlottte said:
I finally got ICS! I used ODIN to flash the FF18 update instead of recovery and it worked. Wifi isn't as strong, the font is a smidge awkward, I still don't know how to take screenshots, but other than that ICS is awesome!
Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S II Epic 4G Touch, Heaux!
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Long press power/vol down or power/home. Hold for about 3 seconds.
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I have been on ICS since the update and although i like the interface i have been having nothing but problems. i ended up backing up with titanium and doing a reset of the phone, still having issues although not as much with the wifi.
phone freezes at time, wifi needs to be refreshed at times, phone runs slow and somewhat choppy (removed live wallpaper to help relieve.), when i click on apps there is like a fading delay transition into the app. Oh and battery will not last more thank 5 and a half hours... and that is with light to no use.
I am no thinking of going with a custom rom ( i am rooted with oden). what rom should i go with that will give a similair look to ics but without all the problems.
thanks

ALpHaMoNk said:
I have been on ICS since the update and although i like the interface i have been having nothing but problems. i ended up backing up with titanium and doing a reset of the phone, still having issues although not as much with the wifi.
phone freezes at time, wifi needs to be refreshed at times, phone runs slow and somewhat choppy (removed live wallpaper to help relieve.), when i click on apps there is like a fading delay transition into the app. Oh and battery will not last more thank 5 and a half hours... and that is with light to no use.
I am no thinking of going with a custom rom ( i am rooted with oden). what rom should i go with that will give a similair look to ics but without all the problems.
thanks
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Is that 5 1/2 hours on screen time or total battery life?
And there are several Stock "look and feels" in the Dev section. As with any Rom, YMMV. It's just a matter of taste and all anyone can really suggest is reading through the threads and seeing what appeals to you. Read through in it's entirety to get known issues, compliments, fixes, adjustments, etc..

Cant believe i merged from SGS to SGS3 :D

okay guys. i hope there isnt a topic like this anywhere, yet ive searched for a similar topic before making this thread. So, anyway, today i JUST got my SGH-I747m (Canadian Bell) and i must say, its BRILLIANT! It is indeed a smart superphone that is good for lazy people .
OH NOTICE: Im not a noob... ive been with the SGS1 for couple months now and ive been flashing ROMs and kernels like crazy, gone into bootloops, gone into yellow triangles, gone into cpu OC/UV freezes, gone into an accidental sdcard formatting and other mishaps and stuuff. NOW im here in a completely new place seeing completely new people... I think TkGlitch moved to SGS3 but im not sure if he moved to the international version... anyway, the phone came with ICS preloaded and i had no problems with it at all. I was hyped to update it to jellybean which was a huge problem cause i have been setting up kies for a looooooooooooooooooong time now, such an unstable soft . I decided to do an OTA update and it went well. I reinstalled my apps and restored its data through titanuim backup and its all very good but one thing i have noticed is that jellybean is kind of slower but smoother than ICS. I notice fps drops when on xda, or facebook or sometimes browser.Its not that bad but its kind of disappointing... PLUS jellybean eats alot of RAM . I mean i usually had 900mb+ free but now i have like 300mb+ free... Another thing is TouchWiz. God im starting to miss Nexus like UI. I never liked the touchwiz OR the launcher! I am very used to Nexus like UI and Apex Launcher. ANYWAY! I rooted my phone with this thread i found outside of xda where all i needed is to flash cmw recovery and then flash SU and its done! I just froze SuperSU because its an annoying app and downloaded Superuser app and updated the binary. So now guys can you tell me if there is great kernels like Semaphore or Devil for SGS or GREAT roms like CM family or Hellybean or SlimICS or something with a nexus UI? I went to CM site and found a "stable" version of CM10 but im kind of scared of flashing it because recently i found out SGS3 has a flash counter and i dont wanna mess with that thing too much... EVERY OPINION IS A VALUABLE OPINION!

Helloworld294 said:
okay guys. i hope there isnt a topic like this anywhere, yet ive searched for a similar topic before making this thread. So, anyway, today i JUST got my SGH-I747m (Canadian Bell) and i must say, its BRILLIANT! It is indeed a smart superphone that is good for lazy people .
OH NOTICE: Im not a noob... ive been with the SGS1 for couple months now and ive been flashing ROMs and kernels like crazy, gone into bootloops, gone into yellow triangles, gone into cpu OC/UV freezes, gone into an accidental sdcard formatting and other mishaps and stuuff. NOW im here in a completely new place seeing completely new people... I think TkGlitch moved to SGS3 but im not sure if he moved to the international version... anyway, the phone came with ICS preloaded and i had no problems with it at all. I was hyped to update it to jellybean which was a huge problem cause i have been setting up kies for a looooooooooooooooooong time now, such an unstable soft . I decided to do an OTA update and it went well. I reinstalled my apps and restored its data through titanuim backup and its all very good but one thing i have noticed is that jellybean is kind of slower but smoother than ICS. I notice fps drops when on xda, or facebook or sometimes browser.Its not that bad but its kind of disappointing... PLUS jellybean eats alot of RAM . I mean i usually had 900mb+ free but now i have like 300mb+ free... Another thing is TouchWiz. God im starting to miss Nexus like UI. I never liked the touchwiz OR the launcher! I am very used to Nexus like UI and Apex Launcher. ANYWAY! I rooted my phone with this thread i found outside of xda where all i needed is to flash cmw recovery and then flash SU and its done! I just froze SuperSU because its an annoying app and downloaded Superuser app and updated the binary. So now guys can you tell me if there is great kernels like Semaphore or Devil for SGS or GREAT roms like CM family or Hellybean or SlimICS or something with a nexus UI? I went to CM site and found a "stable" version of CM10 but im kind of scared of flashing it because recently i found out SGS3 has a flash counter and i dont wanna mess with that thing too much... EVERY OPINION IS A VALUABLE OPINION!
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just check out the the two dev sections here there are lots of good roms, I've been running the collective aocp rom and its so very sexy!!
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There's also an app called triangle away to reset your counter
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thatsupnow said:
just check out the the two dev sections here there are lots of good roms, I've been running the collective aocp rom and its so very sexy!!
Sent from my SGH-I747M using xda premium
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I know there MIGHT be amazing roms but i cant just flash 24/7 like i used to on SGS cause this baby got a flash counter
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mymusicathome said:
There's also an app called triangle away to reset your counter
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It says it might brick my device... i have never used anything that deals with bootloaders so im kinda edgy here bro
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Helloworld294 said:
It says it might brick my device... i have never used anything that deals with bootloaders so im kinda edgy here bro
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The danger of bricking one's device is implicit in every flashing activity, if done safely there is nothing to worry about!
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ramnex said:
The danger of bricking one's device is implicit in every flashing activity, if done safely there is nothing to worry about!
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Well you know Rom Manager instead of formatting dalvik cache, it formatted my system partition... so i kind of dont trust 3rd party flashing softwares lol but thanks for the heads up
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mymusicathome said:
There's also an app called triangle away to reset your counter
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How safe is triangle away? If you do everything correctly, should everything be fine? Or is there still that chance of bricking? I have 1 flash counts :/ but was too scared to do anything about it.

You only need to reset the flash counter once. Once you have CWM or TWRP for flashing custom ROMs, they don't increase the flash counter at all.

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Helloworld294 said:
Well you know Rom Manager instead of formatting dalvik cache, it formatted my system partition... so i kind of dont trust 3rd party flashing softwares lol but thanks for the heads up
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i386W7 said:
How safe is triangle away? If you do everything correctly, should everything be fine? Or is there still that chance of bricking? I have 1 flash counts :/ but was too scared to do anything about it.
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i've used triangle away multiple times now. it works flawlessly and says to verify your flash count before using it. i've found that it has been correct and now just use it to keep my count at 0. there is nothing to be worried about if you read how to use it first. do not use Rom Manager.. not good for flashing roms. and yes.. it can mess up your device.

Medlock87 said:
You only need to reset the flash counter once. Once you have CWM or TWRP for flashing custom ROMs, they don't increase the flash counter at all.
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I have cwm 6.1.x and it does increase flash counter...
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Once you're IN CWM and use it to do whatever (NANDroid backups, restores, wipes, flashing zips) it definitely does not increase your flash counter.
EDIT: Rooting the device and installing CWM does increase it, but using CWM does not. Hopefully that makes a bit more sense.

Medlock87 said:
Once you're IN CWM and use it to do whatever (NANDroid backups, restores, wipes, flashing zips) it definitely does not increase your flash counter.
EDIT: Rooting the device and installing CWM does increase it, but using CWM does not. Hopefully that makes a bit more sense.
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If you root using the no trip method then it never increases the flash counter. I've had mine for about 5 months and have never increased the flash counter.
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Helloworld294 said:
I have cwm 6.1.x and it does increase flash counter...
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No, CWM does not increase the flash counter. Installing CWM via Odin might increase it, but CWM does not. As I stated in the post above, mine still says zero and has never been reset.
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Hey guys we all know the stock samsung Jellybean ROM came out awhile ago and i was wondering, do you guys prefer the AOSP version of jellybean or Stock Touchwiz version of jellybean? I tried flashing the Liquid ROM and it got boringgg and tiering. Sammys ROM got more funcionality and a gorgeous UI.

The official jb update supposedly has a new flash counter, somehow counting either booting into custom recovery or flashing in custom recovery.

mrhaley30705 said:
The official jb update supposedly has a new flash counter, somehow counting either booting into custom recovery or flashing in custom recovery.
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nope it doesnt. i have the 4.1.1 version and i flashed 5+ times but the counter is still at 1 for some reason.

Just what i heard, haven't experienced it myself

mrhaley30705 said:
Just what i heard, haven't experienced it myself
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update your phone then! its OTA

I'm running the official , kinda

mrhaley30705 said:
I'm running the official , kinda
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me too! the only custom thing i have on my sgs is the kernel 1.8GHZ OC made it fast! You should definitely try :victory:

[Q] GB to JB

Hey guys quick question..
A friend brought over his SGS2 cause he wants Jellybean but he is still on Gingerbread, Im 75% sure you cant go straight to JB from GB, if thats true, do I have to flash stock ICS or any ICS rom before getting to JB?

There is no reason you can't go straight to JB. It's just flashing another ROM.
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Yep, found an older thread saying the same after some more searching right after posting this thread.
Any Mod can go ahead and close this thread up.

RXDriv3r said:
Hey guys quick question..
A friend brought over his SGS2 cause he wants Jellybean but he is still on Gingerbread, Im 75% sure you cant go straight to JB from GB, if thats true, do I have to flash stock ICS or any ICS rom before getting to JB?
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Make sure you update the radio to something compatible to ics/jb first.....I do think that matters....
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RXDriv3r said:
Yep, found an older thread saying the same after some more searching right after posting this thread.
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Flash UVLE1 or UVLH1 radio first for best cell reception.
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Whenever I upgrade from GB to JB I flash an ICS AOSP-based ROM first just to be on the safe side.

android88 said:
Whenever I upgrade from GB to JB I flash an ICS AOSP-based ROM first just to be on the safe side.
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Won't doing a clean flash negate the importance of the ROM that was previously flashed? I have confidence in TWRP when I wipe data, cache and system, that in fact it does so

LoopDoGG79 said:
Won't doing a clean flash negate the importance of the ROM that was previously flashed? I have confidence in TWRP when I wipe data, cache and system, that in fact it does so
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I also use TWRP and I trust it completely. I just like upgrading one version at a time.

Sorry for the bump fellas but this saves me from making a new thread:
I currently have a GB Rom (revenge of macnut) and would like to update my phone since it is over due. I love the Rom I currently have but little glitches have been causing it to lock up.
If I wanted to go to a JB rom, would I need to go to a stock rom first or not? Wasn't sure if I needed to put on a stock Jb rom or if I can go right into a rom with a clean wipe.
Thank you for any replies!

Goliath27 said:
Sorry for the bump fellas but this saves me from making a new thread:
I currently have a GB Rom (revenge of macnut) and would like to update my phone since it is over due. I love the Rom I currently have but little glitches have been causing it to lock up.
If I wanted to go to a JB rom, would I need to go to a stock rom first or not? Wasn't sure if I needed to put on a stock Jb rom or if I can go right into a rom with a clean wipe.
Thank you for any replies!
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As long as you have the proper radio, you can flash directly to whatever you want. You MUST fully wipe of course.
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bzlik88 said:
As long as you have the proper radio, you can flash directly to whatever you want. You MUST fully wipe of course.
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Even then if you forget the radio it is easily fixed..
android88 said:
Whenever I upgrade from GB to JB I flash an ICS AOSP-based ROM first just to be on the safe side.
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seem like a waist of time..
richardlibeau said:
Flash UVLE1 or UVLH1 radio first for best cell reception.
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In your opinion..

bzlik88 said:
As long as you have the proper radio, you can flash directly to whatever you want. You MUST fully wipe of course.
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you know it's been a while when I have to ask what a radio is? I haven't found a good FAQ yet but once I find the rom I want I'm sure the proper radio is recommended as well. is it like klies or cwm?
anyone have a link to a good how to for this install with radio and rom included.