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[Q] theme flash question????

when i flash a theme do i have to wipe anything or just flash and reboot....im currently using miui rom

no, just flash it.

With miui you use theme manager no need to flash it by recovery... please correct me if wrong...
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erik077 said:
With miui you use theme manager no need to flash it by recovery... please correct me if wrong...
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its a zip file and i tried to go thru the manager like i did my elite hd theme but it didnt work..

Older miui version have issues with theme manager. I tried 3 and worked only on one of them (beleive last pne but not sure). Theme must be .tmz or .tzm -,not zip and does NOT install with flashing like sense.
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i got it to work.....I appreciate the help!!

Just for future reference, it never hurts to clear your cache or dalvik. I do it whenever I flash anything...or sometimes just because it's been a month since I have rebooted.

is there any benefit to clearing your cache or dalvik after deleting anything from the sdcard?
or should this be done regularly?
Just curious.
Thanks.

hddwiper said:
is there any benefit to clearing your cache or dalvik after deleting anything from the sdcard?
or should this be done regularly?
Just curious.
Thanks.
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Here's the way I think of it...some flashable things require it (and usually say somewhere), but you don't HAVE to do it if your phone is operating normal, and your not flashing anything...BUT, it never hurts to...and the rest is me just being anal.

ACS recovery vs: CWM 3.1.0.1 purple

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!

Blazer rom 4.0 vs Calkulins 2.9.2

Just wondering which y'all prefer, I've been running Calkulins for near a month and wondered if I should stay or try blazer.. I'm all about performance and battery life.. Thanks go yalls input
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I would go with Blazer. Phantom is CONSTANTLY updating his so that it improves in battery and performance. There's no undervolting script included, but you can adjust that anyways with SetCPU and you probably don't need it because Blazer battery life is amazing.

I'm a Blazer fan myself, so naturally I would recommend trying it out. What you could do is nandroid backup your Calkulin set up, and try Blazer. If you don't like it you can always restore your Calkulin set up.

I personally am using blazer, i didnt like calkulin's for some reason, although im currently waiting for the updated version of TCP's MIUI.
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good
thanks much...................

Blazer for sure. I use it and it has the best battery life. Very stable as well
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xStormyz said:
I personally am using blazer, i didnt like calkulin's for some reason, although im currently waiting for the updated version of TCP's MIUI.
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My thoughts exactly..
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+1 on Blazer. Both are excellent roms but Blazer is definitely ahead in the battery game (though from what I read, Calkulin's new ICS ROM has amazing battery life when idle).
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Well I decided to try to get into flashing blazers rom and I get stuck on boot.. It say don't flash with hitman kernel and I'm on rouge el29.. Is it a special flash route??
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ezsoulja said:
Well I decided to try to get into flashing blazers rom and I get stuck on boot.. It say don't flash with hitman kernel and I'm on rouge el29.. Is it a special flash route??
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The latest blazer requires a full wipe. did you do that? did you flash calk's format all?

No just a reg wipe thru cwm
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ezsoulja said:
No just a reg wipe thru cwm
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Follow the OP instructions exactly and you should be good to go. Most people who where stuck at the boot logo didn't wipe fully. You can just flash calks format all to make things simpler, then flash the rom right after.
after you flash blazer 4.0 and can boot, you can restore your data using cwm if you want. Just go to back up and restore in cwm, then advance restore-> data of your latest nandroid backup.

I expected this thread to be about 50/50! What have I been missing out on? Lol
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I think you should give Blend a try.
I love Blazer for its battery life and frequent updates. I love Calkulins for all the extra stuff he has thrown in there (and yes his ICS room is awesome!).
But yeah my all time favorite is Blend (on GB or ICS).

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Follow the OP instructions exactly and you should be good to go. Most people who where stuck at the boot logo didn't wipe fully. You can just flash calks format all to make things simpler, then flash the rom right after.
after you flash blazer 4.0 and can boot, you can restore your data using cwm if you want. Just go to back up and restore in cwm, then advance restore-> data of your latest nandroid backup.
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If you do restore-data, does it put all the settings and programs back on the phone like it was with the other rom? One reason i'm hesitant to install another rom is all the work it takes to get it back to the way this one was.

The first rom I flashed was blazer and I loved it! but it seemed like after each update I disliked it more and more, although I'm sure his new one is awesome. My personal preference is Calk's because it was completely stable for me and gave me the best battery life, even overclocked.

Well I tried to full wipe with Calkulins zip and for extra measure wiped myself and I'm back on the Samsung boot screen.. What's going on with blazer not wanting to install.. I'm on el29..
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Try flashing the stock el29 rom which will set the kernel and modem back to el29. Happened to me before and this has worked.
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I am currently on Blazer 4.0 and it is super smooth and stable. I was using Calkulins OG ICS build and i had alot of crashes and very problematic. Though Calkulin post all leaks and new builds very quickly and is getting the dev opertunities where they are now i believe blazer is far perfecting them.

ezsoulja said:
Well I tried to full wipe with Calkulins zip and for extra measure wiped myself and I'm back on the Samsung boot screen.. What's going on with blazer not wanting to install.. I'm on el29..
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Did you do an MD5 check to make sure you got a good clean download? I had the same problems before and I found it was due to a bad download (it happens, not the dev's fault).

new e4gt owner with questions about roms

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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BiffTirkle said:
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.

Does anyone know...

Why my download, etc. bar looks like this?
It's been doing it for a while and it's getting quite irritating.
Anyone know how to fix?
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Here's a photo of how it looks.
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Looks like something in the theme got borked, maybe a mod you flashed screwed with a file the theme needed
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I've already factory reset and installed a different rom and it's still the same...
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Somethings stuck on the bar, did you wipe /system when you installed the new rom to make sure you cleaned all the extra tidbits of junk out. Also have you tried installing a theme over the new rom to see if it replaces the borked file? Last resort would be to do a full wipe internal storage and everything then use an odin full restore with PIT to get a just out of the box fresh start
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Yea I wiped the whole system, im guessing im gonna have to insert stock rom through Odin, which is what I didnt want to do.
I was hoping someone could help me find the file in root explorer to fix it :/.
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devynbf said:
Yea I wiped the whole system, im guessing im gonna have to insert stock rom through Odin, which is what I didnt want to do.
I was hoping someone could help me find the file in root explorer to fix it :/.
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That files inside one of the frameworks or systemui youd need to pull the apk from the rom zip decompile it make the edits and theb recompile it and push it into system and set permissions
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Bleh.
I'll just wipe it through Odin and start from scratch.
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It's easy lol

Decompiling, nah...
Thats what I would do. Decomp/recomp can be QUITE a pain sometimes.