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first time I flashed aokp it was all gravy until I tried to boot into recovery, I got the Android System Recovery. I got scared and I read around and ended up odin'ing back to stock and flashing another rom.
I really like aokp so I wanted to try it again. I made very sure I followed the directions, I did not flash from an ICS recovery. I try booting into recovery to see if it worked this time and sure enough, there is android system recovery again, what am I doing wrong?
I searched for this too and saw that someone said to reinstall the packages and reboot, and do it again or something like that and it would boot into CWM, but that was for a different phone so I wasnt gonna try that.
Can I just run the eg4tauto.zip and isntall el26 with cwm to get recovery back and be good, or do I need to odin?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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first time I flashed aokp it was all gravy until I tried to boot into recovery, I got the Android System Recovery. I got scared and I read around and ended up odin'ing back to stock and flashing another rom.
You need to read the OP in the thread.
I really like aokp so I wanted to try it again. I made very sure I followed the directions, I did not flash from an ICS recovery. I try booting into recovery to see if it worked this time and sure enough, there is android system recovery again, what am I doing wrong?
I searched for this too and saw that someone said to reinstall the packages and reboot, and do it again or something like that and it would boot into CWM, but that was for a different phone so I wasnt gonna try that.
Can I just run the eg4tauto.zip and isntall el26 with cwm to get recovery back and be good, or do I need to odin?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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There is no cwm on aokp codename etc for a reason ....to stop people from bring stupid and bricking ....don't use a ics kernel with cwm for anything .... Use el26 to flash any ROM u need and when you want to go to another use mobile Odin or regular Odin to flash el26 kernel again and boot into cwm .... El26 is a GB kernel and won't boot a ics ROM ....then you can flash anything GB or ics
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thanks for your response, but I think I am more confused, I was trying to flash a different modem. when I am not connected to 4g, my data is terrible, with 4g, I am all good. I was going to try a different modem. In the OP, for modems it says this:
Modems
FC18 Modem: DOWNLOAD
Flash through Stock CWM Recovery OR pull the modem.bin out of the .zip file and flash in the Phone option in Odin(mobile Odin doesnt flash modem)
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You probably should flash back to a touch wiz ROM.....you can Odin the el29 tar or one click from sfhub .
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1433101
you can Odin the modem and then update profile and prl in tw then you can flash the el26 cwm http://www.mediafire.com/?hkydca9ob98z89m
and go back to aokp or codename etc
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sorry if this is a dumb questions, but what if I get stuck in a boot loop and I have no recovery? just go into download mode and odin my way out?
one other thing, I started flashing ics roms with venum ice and flashed to mijjz ics and caulks and others and never had a problem, was I just lucky so far? I don't recall mijjz or venum's installation instructions saying I needed to odin back to stock before flashing. Sorry for the noob questions, but I've read a bunch and just trying to piece it all together. I read so I don't brick, but then I end up with more questions.
I'm also wondering about this I've spent a good deal of time trying to put the time line of the et4g together and I think I got most of it....just got my shiny white et4g two days ago my wife has had hers. for about 4 mo. shes much less fearless when it comes to flashing on this phone. (however shes settled in on build 27 of aokp, and I doubts shes gonna be flashing anytime too soon.) I'm coming over from my NS4G which always had clear cut rules to flashing! CWM all day. The only thing(s) I ever had to watch for was is it aosp, or not? An do I do a wipe or not? (I got in the habit of wiping just to be safe, and man I flash with the best of them! At least 2 times a week)
OK, OK sorry about the ramblings of my history my real questions are:
A) So Im sitting on alpha 2 of CM9 (nice piece of work I must Say) I made sure I was in the green, and had everything lined up to flash this one! went smooth of course. It wasn't until after my flash that I tried to make a nandroid....I get why theres no clockwork! but I'm totally clueless on how to back up with out it, or if you even can make one with stock recovery?
Can I keep CM9, and flash a kernel with rouge recovery to the make a nandroid? Or is there another way to go about this (I like to make nandroid often as a easy way to restore data after I play around with stuff and brake Wifi or what have you, and scrap unneeded back ups as I find out what I can and cant do with MY phone.)
I really really love Cryogen 9 (yeah its not as far along as I would like it to be ex- cm7 for the ns4g or kangs aokp builds) But there a team I'm familiar with. An I like there stuff, but I'm really nerves about where I go from here if/when i decide to change to something else.What are the guide lines for flashing from cm9 to say another ICS build? and is CM9 compatible with other kernels or only the one that is came packed with?
B) can someone straight up make a new clean thread with proper flashing tech. and no filler or out dated info then the have a mod stick it and close it>>>>simplify this for those of us that know what were doing....until things go funk for some reason, or another and that leaves ,us we are completely lost!
Well after wrighting my first novel (joke haha) I would like to thank everyone thats put up there time and money to make phones OURS and more powerful then what hit the shelfs an allowing me to get the most customized electronic device I have ever seen with the exception of my PC. Clapping
If you want to backup your system with the stock cm9a2 kernel, just mobile odin/odin el26 kernel/recovery, boot into cwm, flash stock cm9a2 kernel, now while still in cwm do a nand backup. That way it will be a full backup.
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I know I'm a little late, but there is CWM for the AOKP rom. The FC07 BootImg on the e4gtuato.zip file worked fine for me on the older version which was based off of FC15.
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I know I'm a little late, but there is CWM for the AOKP rom. The FC07 BootImg on the e4gtuato.zip file worked fine for me on the older version which was based off of FC15.
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I would try that, but these folks have me scurred about using cwm within aokp. I have flashed between caulks ics/venum ice, anakonda/mijjz goodness,xplod mini and a couple other ICS roms all from cwm with absolutely no issues so far.
I am thoroughly confused right now. I am on aokp build 28 with a few significant issues and not sure what what direction to go next. I know how to get out of aokp safely now, but not sure which rom i want to go to, little issues with each that I dont know how to fix yet.
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I would try that, but these folks have me scurred about using cwm within aokp. I have flashed between caulks ics/venum ice, anakonda/mijjz goodness,xplod mini and a couple other ICS roms all from cwm with absolutely no issues so far.
I am thoroughly confused right now. I am on aokp build 28 with a few significant issues and not sure what what direction to go next. I know how to get out of aokp safely now, but not sure which rom i want to go to, little issues with each that I dont know how to fix yet.
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Read this thread it happens when using ics kernel with cwm .and then tell us u want to use cwm with a ics kernel.....it bricks phones please read it and understand
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1525495
That's why people are using Odin to get el26 GB on their phones to flash with
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krook250 said:
I would try that, but these folks have me scurred about using cwm within aokp. I have flashed between caulks ics/venum ice, anakonda/mijjz goodness,xplod mini and a couple other ICS roms all from cwm with absolutely no issues so far.
I am thoroughly confused right now. I am on aokp build 28 with a few significant issues and not sure what what direction to go next. I know how to get out of aokp safely now, but not sure which rom i want to go to, little issues with each that I dont know how to fix yet.
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If you have been having luck thats fine but I can not see how you have not noticed int eh OP of the ICS roms and the OP of the recoveries it gives you instructions on what to do and what not to do. Also there are quite a few threads in here about the horror stories of the now infamous blue light of death. Once again if you have escaped this then maybe you should tell us your secret to success. Honestly the few extra steps it takes to ensure your phone stays your phone is well worth it.
Like Epix has posted please read up a little just incase something happens to you or anyone else who claims no problems so you know how to help yourself. Hopefully we wont have to see a I Think I just bricked my Phone thread from you.
Odin EL26 CWM and basically everything else stays the same after that... except you would need to either reflash the ICS rom you are using or have a copy of the kernel readily available
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Read this thread it happens when using ics kernel with cwm .and then tell us u want to use cwm with a ics kernel.....it bricks phones please read it and understand
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1525495
That's why people are using Odin to get el26 GB on their phones to flash with
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I've read that, hence the reason for my posts. I am not going to load cwm and start flashing away. From aokp, I will odin back to GB before I flash any new ICS roms. I also won't be flashing between other ICS roms, even ones I have done before with no problems. I odin every time now, but it is putting a serious damper on my flashing addiction.
I could flash 3 roms in the time it takes me to odin back to GB, lol!
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I've read that, hence the reason for my posts. I am not going to load cwm and start flashing away. From aokp, I will odin back to GB before I flash any new ICS roms. I also won't be flashing between other ICS roms, even ones I have done before with no problems. I odin every time now, but it is putting a serious damper on my flashing addiction.
I could flash 3 roms in the time it takes me to odin back to GB, lol!
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I don't Odin to stock all the time I mobile Odin the el26 cwm kernel and then boot strait into recovery as the GB kernel won't boot the ics ROM and then I flash from there but I also u caulks format all too ....
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I don't Odin to stock all the time I mobile Odin the el26 cwm kernel and then boot strait into recovery as the GB kernel won't boot the ics ROM and then I flash from there but I also u caulks format all too ....
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Thus is what I used to do at first myself I would flash the CWM kernel then just nandroid back my old rom and keep it moving. It just basically seems that as long as you do everything in a GB kernel based recovery as long as it is not the Touch recovery you should be OK
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I am gonna look into mobile Odin so i don't have to be sitting at a PC to do work. So if I go back to gb and get my modem biz straightened out then flash an ics rom, my modem changes will stick?
It seems like this issue is isolated to sprint only, right? Much buddy on att is flashing ics over ics like crazy. And he said he hasn't seen anything like this over there.
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I've only used the ICS recovery on AOKP to change modems and flash GB roms because it probably wouldn't work too well with other ICS roms.
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I am gonna look into mobile Odin so i don't have to be sitting at a PC to do work. So if I go back to gb and get my modem biz straightened out then flash an ics rom, my modem changes will stick?
It seems like this issue is isolated to sprint only, right? Much buddy on att is flashing ics over ics like crazy. And he said he hasn't seen anything like this over there.
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UPDATE: It seems that using recovery on Touchwiz-based ICS roms (like Blend ICS) is safe but it is much more dangerous on roms built from stock (like CM9). Your buddy must be using roms based off of leaked builds and not stock AOSP.
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If you flashed back to Gingerbread to change your modems and installed an Ice Cream Sandwich rom over it the modem should stay.
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I've only used the ICS recovery on AOKP to change modems and flash GB roms because it probably wouldn't work too well with other ICS roms.
UPDATE: It seems that using recovery on Touchwiz-based ICS roms (like Blend ICS) is safe but it is much more dangerous on roms built from stock (like CM9). Your buddy must be using roms based off of leaked builds and not stock AOSP.
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If you flashed back to Gingerbread to change your modems and installed an Ice Cream Sandwich rom over it the modem should stay.
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It has nothing to do with that it's the ics kernel and aosp and tw is using the same kernel but with minor changed , because there is no source released there can't be a built from source aosp kernel ....there is no safe ics kernel with cwm when source is released they will fix it, but the note has the same problem
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It has nothing to do with that it's the ics kernel and aosp and tw is using the same kernel but with minor changed , because there is no source released there can't be a built from source aosp kernel ....there is no safe ics kernel with cwm when source is released they will fix it, but the note has the same problem
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The recovery that came with Blend ICS worked fine for me though. Trying to flash using recoveries on other ICS roms gave me soft bricks. Would you have any idea how Blend worked for me?
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The recovery that came with Blend ICS worked fine for me though. Trying to flash using recoveries on other ICS roms gave me soft bricks. Would you have any idea how Blend worked for me?
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It is the same recovery and soft bricks ate usually from not wiping right....but use that kernel with cwm and wipe data and your risking a b.l.o.d. It doesn't take much ....the thing is Samsung changed a couple things with how the data partition is handled and they also changed a couple other partitions and sfhub said he thinks it writes over two of the partitions at the same time when wiping and makes both unusable creating a brick
... writers thing is it damages the emmc somehow and makes it even impossible to jtag it .... Which should really never happen
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It is the same recovery and soft bricks ate usually from not wiping right....but use that kernel with cwm and wipe data and your risking a b.l.o.d. It doesn't take much ....the thing is Samsung changed a couple things with how the data partition is handled and they also changed a couple other partitions and sfhub said he thinks it writes over two of the partitions at the same time when wiping and makes both unusable creating a brick
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So the best thing I guess would be to just to avoid ICS recoveries all around.
OK! I am so scared to be flashing an ICS rom but I want to take the plunge now, I am on Calkuins E4GT 2.9.2 rom and want to flash AOKP, what must I do before I flash? I also want to know what I have to do to restore back to this rom say if I don't like ICS?
Can you please include the links to anything I need? Thanks
Darrien13 said:
OK! I am so scared to be flashing an ICS rom but I want to take the plunge now, I am on Calkuins E4GT 2.9.2 rom and want to flash AOKP, what must I do before I flash? I also want to know what I have to do to restore back to this rom say if I don't like ICS?
Can you please include the links to anything I need? Thanks
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Make a nandroid backup. Then Odin the stock EL26 build with CWM recovery. From there you can go to AOKP. And use Calkulin's Format All to do the wiping if you use CWM to flash anything.
First off, read this so you know what mistakes not to make:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1525495
Here's the link for EL26:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1416477
And for AOKP:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1514665
If you don't like ICS and want to revert back to what you had just Odin One-Click EL26 again, use the Auto Root Package to install CWM and restore the nandroid in recovery. If you do any wiping in recovery mode use Calkulin's Format All. It's much safer than manually wiping.
The link for the AOKP build has a really good how-to included with it. Takes you step by step through it.
Okay I have a question? Why do we have to Odin back to el26? why not EL29? Just wondering thats all...
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Okay I have a question? Why do we have to Odin back to el26? why not EL29? Just wondering thats all...
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Because el26 has the clockwork recovery you need
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Okay I have a question? Why do we have to Odin back to el26? why not EL29? Just wondering thats all...
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Ya it has CWM5 on it that's be shown to be the safest to flash over to ICS. A lot of people ended up with bricked phones to discover that, lol.
I've flashed many times from EL29. It's flashing back that kills it. Wrong partition or something. Going forward is fine. Use Calk's Format all. And try not to restore data. It sometimes breaks things.
I think the issue is that you want to be using a certain version of CWM, and not any other recoveries like Rogue builds (no offense). That being said, I have flashed ICS from EL29 plenty of times. Get Mobile Odin Lite and our flash kernel from XDA (only available from XDA). Get the CWM EL26 kernel that everyone is using. Mobile Odin the kernel and hold the power button and up volume on reboot. It isn't much different or take much longer than rebooting into recovery.
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OK! I am so scared to be flashing an ICS rom but I want to take the plunge now, I am on Calkuins E4GT 2.9.2 rom and want to flash AOKP, what must I do before I flash? I also want to know what I have to do to restore back to this rom say if I don't like ICS?
Can you please include the links to anything I need? Thanks
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Honestly OP there are stickys and instructions in every thread on how to do these things safely and (no offense) but if those were not enough and you still had to make a thread to ask again.... Maybe just maybe you should chill till they come up with a solid no problems method. I believe MeWarning gave you a lot of info as well as a few others.
Also they say to use EL26 but it seems that all recoveries EL29 and lower can be used with out issue. I would follow what the masses are doing though and not question too much especially if you are afraid....IMHO
Cut and dry as long as you flash and do everything you need too out of a GB kernel and CWM you will be ok..
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Honestly OP there are stickys and instructions in every thread on how to do these things safely and (no offense) but if those were not enough and you still had to make a thread to ask again.... Maybe just maybe you should chill till they come up with a solid no problems method. I believe MeWarning gave you a lot of info as well as a few others.
Also they say to use EL26 but it seems that all recoveries EL29 and lower can be used with out issue. I would follow what the masses are doing though and not question too much especially if you are afraid....IMHO
Cut and dry as long as you flash and do everything you need too out of a GB kernel and CWM you will be ok..
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I wouldnt use an el29 rogue repack to flash any aosp ics roms, might be safe for TW ics but aosp all recommend el26+cwm5 because that was the last build with stock cwm actually baked into the kernel and is the safest for flashing aosp ics. Mobile Odin and el26+cwm are 2 good items to keep on your SD card for flashing ics its quick and easy and doesn't take much longer to flash using that method than just booting to baked in recovery to flash
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What are the changes from version 2.9 to v3 that some people arn't liking? I hear some people like v2.9 better.
In Calkulin's mods, are the bloatware apps and running services already removed, or is that up to each person to do?
Thanks.
Personally I don't see much of a difference in the 2.9.x to 3.0 releases. I run 3.0 and get great battery life using the El29 stock repack kernel and modem (although this week I'm going to be testing EL13 stock repack kernel and modem). And to answer the bloatware question, Calkulin has a script posted that de-bloats the ROM, as well as "bare" releases. Both options work well. Cheers!
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Personally I don't see much of a difference in the 2.9.x to 3.0 releases. I run 3.0 and get great battery life using the El29 stock repack kernel and modem (although this week I'm going to be testing EL13 stock repack kernel and modem). And to answer the bloatware question, Calkulin has a script posted that de-bloats the ROM, as well as "bare" releases. Both options work well. Cheers!
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Yes, I'm seeing those scripts in this thread. They look helpful. After you run the Wipe script then flash the rom, do you do a first time boot, then go back into the system menu and run the de-bloat script? What is the order of running these? It's my impression that you can run his added scripts at anytime, right?
Thanks.
What I normally do when flashing is run the format all script twice (the second time just for my own peace of mind!), flash the ROM and then boot up for the first time. Just to make sure everything's looking good ill usually just fool around with the fresh install for a few minutes, then power down and run the debloat script. Reboot after that, and check everything out. From there on out when flashing scripts (like tdunhams tweaks or other mods) I always flash one script, boot up, and do some basic testing to make sure everything went smooth. I've heard horror stories of people flashing a bunch of scripts at once and then having issues and having to start from scratch anyway. Let us know how you make out.
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What I normally do when flashing is run the format all script twice (the second time just for my own peace of mind!), flash the ROM and then boot up for the first time. Just to make sure everything's looking good ill usually just fool around with the fresh install for a few minutes, then power down and run the debloat script. Reboot after that, and check everything out. From there on out when flashing scripts (like tdunhams tweaks or other mods) I always flash one script, boot up, and do some basic testing to make sure everything went smooth. I've heard horror stories of people flashing a bunch of scripts at once and then having issues and having to start from scratch anyway. Let us know how you make out.
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Thanks, that is helpful. The last piece I am missing is how to do the wipes and rom loads. I've been into the Samsung system menu (where I flashed the official ICS load I got). Will the stock samsung system menu allow me to Wipe and Calkulin's rom flash, or do I need ClockWork?
Sorry I had assumed you were already using a custom recovery. So you are running stock ics pushed from Sammy right now? Basically in order to do all this fancy business you need to have a kernel with a touch recovery. If you're running stock ics right now, I think its safe to say you can Odin (from your PC) the EL26 stock kernel repacked with cwm and then flash Calukins rom zip from there. Not sure of you necessarily need to go to EL26 first but I just like to play it on the safe side when dealing with ics. I believe you could also use one of the one click flashes found in the dev forums and then flash Calukins rom from there (assuming its a rooted one click package). Hopefully this makes sense.
And just be careful if you do want to return to ics after a while, you should always flash the EL26 stock kernel when flashing to ics. I believe the bricking issue has been solved and its pretty safe to flash ics with other kernels but nothing wrong with playing on the safe side.
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Sorry I had assumed you were already using a custom recovery. So you are running stock ics pushed from Sammy right now? Basically in order to do all this fancy business you need to have a kernel with a touch recovery. If you're running stock ics right now, I think its safe to say you can Odin (from your PC) the EL26 stock kernel repacked with cwm and then flash Calukins rom zip from there. Not sure of you necessarily need to go to EL26 first but I just like to play it on the safe side when dealing with ics. I believe you could also use one of the one click flashes found in the dev forums and then flash Calukins rom from there (assuming its a rooted one click package). Hopefully this makes sense.
And just be careful if you do want to return to ics after a while, you should always flash the EL26 stock kernel when flashing to ics. I believe the bricking issue has been solved and its pretty safe to flash ics with other kernels but nothing wrong with playing on the safe side.
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Yes, I have the stock ICS load from Sprint/Samsung now. Now I need to figure out the best way to get the on click EL26 w/ CWM. Then I can flash up to EL29 Calk v3.
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Yes, I have the stock ICS load from Sprint/Samsung now. Now I need to figure out the best way to get the on click EL26 w/ CWM. Then I can flash up to EL29 Calk v3.
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This link should bring you to the One-click flasher for EL26 stock rooted (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1416477&highlight=one+click). After flashing that, you need to get a CWM kernel (http://kernelrepo.chris41g.org/default.asp?startFolder=\Recovery+Kernels\GB\Chris41g\Stock+CWM\TAR) so grab the EL26 .tar file and flash via Odin. Once that's done, you should have a CWM recovery with a rooted phone, allowing you to flash Calukin's rom zip via CWM. I would have linked earlier but I was on my phone not the PC and it's a pain to grab links on the run!
If you aren't too familiar with Odin, no worries it's very easy to do. I don't have time to hammer it all out right now but I'm sure wherever you find the download link for Odin, there will be a guide on how to use it right along side it.
With all of that said, you could probably follow the same steps to flash but while using any of the other One-click versions (EG30, EL29, etc etc) as long as you are dealing with GB roms and kernels ONLY. I know I said it before, but just to reiterate in case you are new to all this, use the EL26 as your starting point when flashing back to ics at any point. It's probably just me being super careful but I'd rather that then end up with a very expensive paperweight! Keep us posted, I'll try and check the thread later on.
Edit: I guess there are other ways to get CWM rocking on the GB platforms coming from a simply stock rooted system (via auto-root) but I just find it easier to flash the kernel right over top the old one, it keeps it simple. And not to belittle you or anything, but if you are new to flashing roms and the likes, I would REALLY recommend watching some videos on how to do everything. QBking has some GREAT tutorials on youtube to show you the basics (most importantly how to NOT brick your phone) as well as many other videos found on this forum and the ACS forums...check them out! Cheers, buddy!
vadyr56 said:
This link should bring you to the One-click flasher for EL26 stock rooted (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1416477&highlight=one+click). After flashing that, you need to get a CWM kernel (http://kernelrepo.chris41g.org/default.asp?startFolder=\Recovery+Kernels\GB\Chris41g\Stock+CWM\TAR) so grab the EL26 .tar file and flash via Odin. Once that's done, you should have a CWM recovery with a rooted phone, allowing you to flash Calukin's rom zip via CWM. I would have linked earlier but I was on my phone not the PC and it's a pain to grab links on the run!
If you aren't too familiar with Odin, no worries it's very easy to do. I don't have time to hammer it all out right now but I'm sure wherever you find the download link for Odin, there will be a guide on how to use it right along side it.
With all of that said, you could probably follow the same steps to flash but while using any of the other One-click versions (EG30, EL29, etc etc) as long as you are dealing with GB roms and kernels ONLY. I know I said it before, but just to reiterate in case you are new to all this, use the EL26 as your starting point when flashing back to ics at any point. It's probably just me being super careful but I'd rather that then end up with a very expensive paperweight! Keep us posted, I'll try and check the thread later on.
Edit: I guess there are other ways to get CWM rocking on the GB platforms coming from a simply stock rooted system (via auto-root) but I just find it easier to flash the kernel right over top the old one, it keeps it simple. And not to belittle you or anything, but if you are new to flashing roms and the likes, I would REALLY recommend watching some videos on how to do everything. QBking has some GREAT tutorials on youtube to show you the basics (most importantly how to NOT brick your phone) as well as many other videos found on this forum and the ACS forums...check them out! Cheers, buddy!
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Is there a reason you suggest going back to EL26?
Rolling back to GB from ICS, I was going to go this route:
Step 1: EL29
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1433101
Step 2: Then Apply CWM with option C (EL29) here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1342728
Step 3: Use Caulks format all script 2 times.
Step 4: Then apply the Caulk v3:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1332837&page=963
Did I miss anything?
No you should be in the clear. Only reason I suggested EL26 was because when ics dropped pre-source, to avoid bricking you'd always go back to EL26 and flash from that stock repack kernel. You should be OK with the route you're taking though.
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Just watch QBking77 videos on YouTube. The guy is very thorough and good at explaining things for any phone he is teaching us about
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Hello all - Relatively new to all this. Have mostly just followed qbking77's videos and have successfully rooted, installed AGATS, and then updated to JB FK23 . My second phone is not cooperating at all and has multiple bugs. I have been able to unroot it back to stock FI27 and have now rerooted it on FI27 again successfully as well. Now I am not sure if I need to first put on some sort of custom recovery or go straight to installing JB. I think the part that got screwed up the first attempt was installing the custom recovery AGATS. First of all I really am not sure what that does/if I need it at all before I proceed with installing the JBFK23 update. Can I update to FK23 without any sort of custom recovery? Is AGATS the one I should use or CWM? This whole recovery process is what is really confusing to me and could use some more explaining! The install procedure for the custom recovery video was somewhat fuzzy to me as well. It simply said to drag the 2 files onto your phone from the PC (the AGAT FI27 repack.tar and MobileOdinLitev3.57.apk files) Where do I put them on the phone??? Any particular folder? I am comfortable with the Odin OneClick method qbking uses as far as the installing of the FK23 part, I just need some guidance about this recovery stuff...thanks in advance
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Hello all - Relatively new to all this. Have mostly just followed qbking77's videos and have successfully rooted, installed AGATS, and then updated to JB FK23 . My second phone is not cooperating at all and has multiple bugs. I have been able to unroot it back to stock FI27 and have now rerooted it on FI27 again successfully as well. Now I am not sure if I need to first put on some sort of custom recovery or go straight to installing JB. I think the part that got screwed up the first attempt was installing the custom recovery AGATS. First of all I really am not sure what that does/if I need it at all before I proceed with installing the JBFK23 update. Can I update to FK23 without any sort of custom recovery? Is AGATS the one I should use or CWM? This whole recovery process is what is really confusing to me and could use some more explaining! The install procedure for the custom recovery video was somewhat fuzzy to me as well. It simply said to drag the 2 files onto your phone from the PC (the AGAT FI27 repack.tar and MobileOdinLitev3.57.apk files) Where do I put them on the phone??? Any particular folder? I am comfortable with the Odin OneClick method qbking uses as far as the installing of the FK23 part, I just need some guidance about this recovery stuff...thanks in advance
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As far as I know you can one click straight to fk23 without being rooted. Don't use any ics kernel repacks though because the emmc bug is still enabled in them which will brick your phone. The Kuban kernel is safe, and so are any of agat's besides the repacked one. To be completely safe a lot of people just use el26 CWM to flash/wipe to be safe for sure. That's where mobile odin (requires root) comes in. You use it to flash the kernel, and boot into recovery to do whatever you need to do. So in that sense you need to be rooted. That is if you're going to use a custom recovery to flash fk23.
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As far as I know you can one click straight to fk23 without being rooted. Don't use any ics kernel repacks though because the emmc bug is still enabled in them which will brick your phone. The Kuban kernel is safe, and so are any of agat's besides the repacked one. To be completely safe a lot of people just use el26 CWM to flash/wipe to be safe for sure. That's where mobile odin (requires root) comes in. You use it to flash the kernel, and boot into recovery to do whatever you need to do. So in that sense you need to be rooted. That is if you're going to use a custom recovery to flash fk23.
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Well thanks for the quick reply...maybe I should have said I was totally new then instead of relatively new because that was pure Greek to me. I am sorry and don't mean to be rude but I have absolutely no idea what most of what you said means. I guess I'll have to blindly follow the qbking videos without really knowing what I'm actually accomplishing in each step. And isn't AGAT_FI27_repack.tar an "ics kernel repack" (from your reply above)? Why would he tell users to use that repack? And what is a kernel anyway?
Thx
Ah I see lol. Well read the e4gt wiki then.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/Samsung_Epic_4G_Touch
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FC809 said:
As far as I know you can one click straight to fk23 without being rooted. Don't use any ics kernel repacks though because the emmc bug is still enabled in them which will brick your phone. The Kuban kernel is safe, and so are any of agat's besides the repacked one. To be completely safe a lot of people just use el26 CWM to flash/wipe to be safe for sure. That's where mobile odin (requires root) comes in. You use it to flash the kernel, and boot into recovery to do whatever you need to do. So in that sense you need to be rooted. That is if you're going to use a custom recovery to flash fk23.
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Keep reading and this will all make sense soon. Good advice, I prefer odin from pc over mobile odin.
Hi everyone. I got a question about switching to a more current ROM.
I currently am on "PARANOIDANDROID 2.52 4.1.2" (Baseband FH13) http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=31047469
And want to try something Jellybean. For example, "Touched By SGSIII Version 6.0" (GB27) http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2051374
My memory is foggy, but I remember having to flash EL26 before moving to ParanoidAndroid from my stock ROM and going through a big ordeal. I wish to not be surprised when trying to change ROMs this time, so my question is what is the process? Not step by step, since I have more than a moderate understanding on what need to be done, but just clarification on what it is I need to know so not to brick my phone. What ODIN, which recovery, if need be. (I'm on CWM 6). I believe I would be switching to JB from ICS, so will I have to go to stock JB first? Ect...
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
markme123 said:
Hi everyone. I got a question about switching to a more current ROM.
I currently am on "PARANOIDANDROID 2.52 4.1.2" (Baseband FH13) http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=31047469
And want to try something Jellybean. For example, "Touched By SGSIII Version 6.0" (GB27) http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2051374
My memory is foggy, but I remember having to flash EL26 before moving to ParanoidAndroid from my stock ROM and going through a big ordeal. I wish to not be surprised when trying to change ROMs this time, so my question is what is the process? Not step by step, since I have more than a moderate understanding on what need to be done, but just clarification on what it is I need to know so not to brick my phone. What ODIN, which recovery, if need be. (I'm on CWM 6). I believe I would be switching to JB from ICS, so will I have to go to stock JB first? Ect...
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
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....? ....PA is JB.... or do you mean stock JB?
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kchannel9 said:
....? ....PA is JB.... or do you mean stock JB?
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Kchannel, I think what he means is will he be switching from jb to ics kernel/recovery wise, but it kind of threw me off too:thumbup:.
Actually since source dropped, none of that is necessary. Just head over to here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=39865775
download the GB27 with Agat's recovery to your phone, downloan a gb27 modem if you don't have one, reboot to recovery, flash the GB27 modem if you don't have it yet, wipe data, cache, dalvik, flash TBSG3, flash agat's kernel, reboot. You'll be golden. For the wipe, it's never a bad idea to find and use the jb format x2. Have fun! The reason for flashing agat over the stock kernel is so that now you'll have recovery, as before when you had PB, before source dropped, that wasn't an option.
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Kchannel, I think what he means is will he be switching from jb to ics kernel/recovery wise, but it kind of threw me off too:thumbup:.
Actually since source dropped, none of that is necessary. Just head over to here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=39865775
download the GB27 with Agat's recovery to your phone, downloan a gb27 modem if you don't have one, reboot to recovery, flash the GB27 modem if you don't have it yet, wipe data, cache, dalvik, flash TBSG3, flash agat's kernel, reboot. You'll be golden. For the wipe, it's never a bad idea to find and use the jb format x2. Have fun! The reason for flashing agat over the stock kernel is so that now you'll have recovery, as before when you had PB, before source dropped, that wasn't an option.
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Sorry, I was under the impression that base bands corresponded with android version.
For example, I thought that EL26 was a kernel that needed to be ODINed to then run a ICS custom, if I had a GB ROM. If I wanted to run newer ICS ROMs I would have to ODIN and updated kernel like FH13. Thus if I wanted to move over to a current JB ROM I would need to ODIN GB27. I guess I was wrong.
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Sorry, I was under the impression that base bands corresponded with android version.
For example, I thought that EL26 was a kernel that needed to be ODINed to then run a ICS custom, if I had a GB ROM. If I wanted to run newer ICS ROMs I would have to ODIN and updated kernel like FH13. Thus if I wanted to move over to a current JB ROM I would need to ODIN GB27. I guess I was wrong.
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EL26 from the repo(thank Rwilco12 and Chris41g) http://www.rwilco12.com/downloads.p...ls/Recovery Kernels/GB/Chris41g/Stock CWM/TAR
is considered a "safe" kernel for flashing. Use mobile or pc odin to flash, reboot to recovery, clear cache/dalvik, flash jb rom, flash jb kernel(gb27 if your custom ROM is that build, can also be found in repo), reboot, should be good to go. First boot will take awhile. Good luck!
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jdsingle76 said:
EL26 from the repo(thank Rwilco12 and Chris41g) http://www.rwilco12.com/downloads.p...ls/Recovery Kernels/GB/Chris41g/Stock CWM/TAR
is considered a "safe" kernel for flashing. Use mobile or pc odin to flash, reboot to recovery, clear cache/dalvik, flash jb rom, flash jb kernel(gb27 if your custom ROM is that build, can also be found in repo), reboot, should be good to go. First boot will take awhile. Good luck!
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Sorry, I'm a bit confused. So do I need to flash EL26 and thus go through the steps mentioned? Or do I follow the steps in your first post (omitting EL26, but making sure I flash a modem)? Maybe its easiest to just tell you what my understanding is and you can correct my sequence or change the details:
Since I am already on a 4.1.2 rom, I can go directly to TBGS3 (or TBGS4 now) but I have to
1. Flash the GB27 modem in recovery
2. Wipe (JB format x2)
2. Flash the TBGS4 rom in current recovery
3. Flash the GB27 kernal (GB27 + Agat's tRec)
Currently on ParanoidAndroid 4.1.2. (FH13, CWM 6.0, MetroPCS)
markme123 said:
Sorry, I'm a bit confused. So do I need to flash EL26 and thus go through the steps mentioned? Or do I follow the steps in your first post (omitting EL26, but making sure I flash a modem)? Maybe its easiest to just tell you what my understanding is and you can correct my sequence or change the details:
Since I am already on a 4.1.2 rom, I can go directly to TBGS3 (or TBGS4 now) but I have to
1. Flash the GB27 modem in recovery
2. Wipe (JB format x2)
2. Flash the TBGS4 rom in current recovery
3. Flash the GB27 kernal (GB27 + Agat's tRec)
Currently on ParanoidAndroid 4.1.2. (FH13, CWM 6.0, MetroPCS)
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You should be able to mobile Odin this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2191954
[LINK][ROM][ODIN][TAR]SPH-D710 GB27 (GB27 Modem/Kernel/ROM - Root/Stock)
Boot to recovery. (Its safe)
Format
Flash ROM
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You should be able to mobile Odin this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/sho...roPCS service, it will take some time.2191954
[LINK][ROM][ODIN][TAR]SPH-D710 GB27 (GB27 Modem/Kernel/ROM - Root/Stock)
Boot to recovery. (Its safe)
Format
Flash ROM
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Seems like I am getting different answers but I guess I won't know what works without trying. I'll try tonight but becuase the above stock rom doesnt preserve data and I will need to reenable my MetroPCS service, it will take time but I will try to update with how everything went.
Well, I made it to stock GB27. I will post details on how I got there tomorrow. But for know, which JB roms do you recommend? I would prefer a TouchWiz one, thus I was looking at TBGS4, but any opinions are welcome. Thanks again.
How did you get to JB in the first place. I am having trouble with my E4GT . I can one-click to ICS but not to JB
markme123 said:
Well, I made it to stock GB27. I will post details on how I got there tomorrow. But for know, which JB roms do you recommend? I would prefer a TouchWiz one, thus I was looking at TBGS4, but any opinions are welcome. Thanks again.
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There are several good ones out there. Shadow_God's Jellverse is super smooth, and has tons of mods thanks to SG and Tdunham. Goddly's White Out is also another good, stable, ROM. If you want JB stock, me and Febby both have GC01 rooted available that works just fine on Sprint or Boost, and in the same thread, I have a debloated version as well. Good luck!
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