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new to epic touch 4g...well actually its my friends....anyway i rooted it just fine...installed what i thought was the correct CWM...when i got into recovery it looked different than any other CWM ive ever used. Said team rogue or something. Thought i could try to flash in that recovery. Turns out i couldnt lol all flashes aborted. and then i was unable to boot up. Odin back to stock rooted. Which CWM is correct???
EDIT: also tried flashing CWM in rom manager. It boots me to the triangle and thats it

This works well http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1342728
Option C for Gingerbread or D for ICS

v2.2v said:
new to epic touch 4g...well actually its my friends....anyway i rooted it just fine...installed what i thought was the correct CWM...when i got into recovery it looked different than any other CWM ive ever used. Said team rogue or something. Thought i could try to flash in that recovery. Turns out i couldnt lol all flashes aborted. and then i was unable to boot up. Odin back to stock rooted. Which CWM is correct???
EDIT: also tried flashing CWM in rom manager. It boots me to the triangle and thats it
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Yikes! OK, it all depends on what you are trying to flash. Rogue works great for Gingerbread builds. The Epic Touch has recovery built into the kernel, so you can't really just mix and match. You have to have the kernel with the recovery in it. Read up about which rom you are trying to install before doing anything. The AOSP stuff requires you use the el26 "Stock" CWM. Stock refers to it is an unmodified ClocckworkMod, unlike Rogue. There is also a thread about how to not brick your e4gt, I highly recommend you read that as well. Of course, I've learned that doing anything with anyones phone other than your own will often end in disaster as well lol "Dude, why doesn't blah blah blah work?" Usually a quick fix for those in the know, but if the person can't do it themselves, they just get frustrated and mad at the @$$hole that messed up their phone lol Good luck

Specialksg1 said:
Of course, I've learned that doing anything with anyones phone other than your own will often end in disaster as well lol "Dude, why doesn't blah blah blah work?" Usually a quick fix for those in the know, but if the person can't do it themselves, they just get frustrated and mad at the @$$hole that messed up their phone lol Good luck
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This goes DOUBLE for spouses, TRIPLE if they're not tech savvy. (Personal experience)

garwynn said:
This goes DOUBLE for spouses, TRIPLE if they're not tech savvy. (Personal experience)
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Absolutely! Rooted my wife's evo and put CM7 on it a while ago, learned that lesson very quickly! No matter how much you try to warn them that some things might be a bit weird or might not work, they always be shocked if anything isn't exactly the way they had it before. She has an iphone now ... and I refuse to learn how to jailbreak it

Specialksg1 said:
Yikes! OK, it all depends on what you are trying to flash. Rogue works great for Gingerbread builds. The Epic Touch has recovery built into the kernel, so you can't really just mix and match. You have to have the kernel with the recovery in it. Read up about which rom you are trying to install before doing anything. The AOSP stuff requires you use the el26 "Stock" CWM. Stock refers to it is an unmodified ClocckworkMod, unlike Rogue. There is also a thread about how to not brick your e4gt, I highly recommend you read that as well. Of course, I've learned that doing anything with anyones phone other than your own will often end in disaster as well lol "Dude, why doesn't blah blah blah work?" Usually a quick fix for those in the know, but if the person can't do it themselves, they just get frustrated and mad at the @$$hole that messed up their phone lol Good luck
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I GOT IT!! lol I had to revert back to el26...nevertheless i was able to boot into the ACTUAL cwm after flashing another file through this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1342728...just installed cyanogenmod on his thank you very much you guys. much appreciated...didnt want to pay my friend money for his epic lol considering the money i just dropped on my Gnexus

I'm new to the rooting game as well for the EG4T. The Rogue part sounds right, it most likely had more to do with the version you used. I made the same mistake once.
My best tip would be to use QBKing77's tutorial videos and follow them step-by-step....he has one for pretty much any situation and explains things very well. They are a lifesaver. Also, since it's your friend's phone, maybe stick to GB ROMs as they seem to require the fewest tweaks and have the least FCs. If you absolutely have to have ICS, my choice on ROM would be Venum's Anaconda ROM, which was just released yesterday. It is nothing short of brilliant. However, once you go to ICS, I believe you need to start from scratch (stock) if you want to go back to GB. I hear it's a big no-no to try and recover GB from an ICS ROM (most likely what you did). Best of luck.

ChiTown29 said:
I'm new to the rooting game as well for the EG4T. The Rogue part sounds right, it most likely had more to do with the version you used. I made the same mistake once.
My best tip would be to use QBKing77's tutorial videos and follow them step-by-step....he has one for pretty much any situation and explains things very well. They are a lifesaver. Also, since it's your friend's phone, maybe stick to GB ROMs as they seem to require the fewest tweaks and have the least FCs. If you absolutely have to have ICS, my choice on ROM would be Venum's Anaconda ROM, which was just released yesterday. It is nothing short of brilliant. However, once you go to ICS, I believe you need to start from scratch (stock) if you want to go back to GB. I hear it's a big no-no to try and recover GB from an ICS ROM (most likely what you did). Best of luck.
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lol i cant believe how much more effort goes into switching a rom on this phone is compared to a nexus...its just flash and go on the nexus. i successfully flashed CM9 alpha 2 but he requested an OC kernel. im on cm9 alpha 2 on EL26...can i just flash anaconda over this with wipe? and what kernel is suggested? thanks guys u have made my day

Specialksg1 said:
Absolutely! Rooted my wife's evo and put CM7 on it a while ago, learned that lesson very quickly! No matter how much you try to warn them that some things might be a bit weird or might not work, they always be shocked if anything isn't exactly the way they had it before. She has an iphone now ... and I refuse to learn how to jailbreak it
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I learned the same thing when the Optimus S had a firmware update - it was later pulled but the damage was done. So I did what I could - found a stable tweaked ROM and put it on there. I've always believed in wiping the phone before flashing - BIG MISTAKE. "Where's my messages? Where's my files?"
Funny thing about this is that they fixed the last FW update with another one that rolls out today. I know I'm going to have to flash this one but I'll be using TB to back up what I can before I flash it. Also have to figure out how to save her SMS, that's the #1 thing that will avoid a mad wife!

v2.2v said:
lol i cant believe how much more effort goes into switching a rom on this phone is compared to a nexus...its just flash and go on the nexus. i successfully flashed CM9 alpha 2 but he requested an OC kernel. im on cm9 alpha 2 on EL26...can i just flash anaconda over this with wipe? and what kernel is suggested? thanks guys u have made my day
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There aren't any kernels that overclock for ICS yet. I am not sure on this but the paid Tegrak Ultimate app allows overclocking of stock kernels we have but I haven't tried it on CM9 yet.
Once we get the ICS kernel source, things will be a lot easier when it comes to flashing. I understand where you are coming from with the Nexus though. I basically wipe everything on my NS4G then flash the Euroskank CM9 nightly and all of my apps install automatically. We don't have it that easy on the Epic Touch but once we have a kernel built from source we will be able to wipe and flash without fear of any residual issues
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JohnCorleone said:
There aren't any kernels that overclock for ICS yet. I am not sure on this but the paid Tegrak Ultimate app allows overclocking of stock kernels we have but I haven't tried it on CM9 yet.
Once we get the ICS kernel source, things will be a lot easier when it comes to flashing. I understand where you are coming from with the Nexus though. I basically wipe everything on my NS4G then flash the Euroskank CM9 nightly and all of my apps install automatically. We don't have it that easy on the Epic Touch but once we have a kernel built from source we will be able to wipe and flash without fear of any residual issues
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gotcha thanks man. Since i have u right here...when i try to reboot into recovery it always takes me to stock recovery...i definitely flashed CWM correctly about an hour ago because i successfully flashed CM9...now it seems to be gone. I went to rom manager and tried flashing CWM again...but no luck. I want to install Anaconda for him and i cant! lol

JohnCorleone said:
There aren't any kernels that overclock for ICS yet. I am not sure on this but the paid Tegrak Ultimate app allows overclocking of stock kernels we have but I haven't tried it on CM9 yet.
Once we get the ICS kernel source, things will be a lot easier when it comes to flashing. I understand where you are coming from with the Nexus though. I basically wipe everything on my NS4G then flash the Euroskank CM9 nightly and all of my apps install automatically. We don't have it that easy on the Epic Touch but once we have a kernel built from source we will be able to wipe and flash without fear of any residual issues
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That's one of the things I like about the cm9 builds lately. I did a fresh install of fd02 just to check it out and when I came back to cm9 it pulls in my setup I had before, right down to changing my wallpaper for me. No backups needed. I still have to go in and put in my username and passwords on some of them and I lose my Cut the Rope game data (Oh darn!!), but I love that my apps from the play store(calling the market the "play store" makes me feel dirty lol) automatically install.

v2.2v said:
gotcha thanks man. Since i have u right here...when i try to reboot into recovery it always takes me to stock recovery...i definitely flashed CWM correctly about an hour ago because i successfully flashed CM9...now it seems to be gone. I went to rom manager and tried flashing CWM again...but no luck. I want to install Anaconda for him and i cant! lol
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OK, first things first. I will suggest you read a lot more before doing anything based on what I bolded above.
ROM Manager is generally discouraged and can cause a brick. Read more here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=24318861&postcount=2
Hopefully you got to this in time.
Good luck and once again, please do not be afraid to ask questions before you do something. It's easier than taking your friend's phone to Sprint because it bricked.
Final Edit: Sorry if I'm coming off a little harsh, but there are MANY posts out there - far longer than the ICS brick issues - that have said ROM Manager is a no-no.

v2.2v said:
gotcha thanks man. Since i have u right here...when i try to reboot into recovery it always takes me to stock recovery...i definitely flashed CWM correctly about an hour ago because i successfully flashed CM9...now it seems to be gone. I went to rom manager and tried flashing CWM again...but no luck. I want to install Anaconda for him and i cant! lol
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Like I said earlier, the recoveries are built into the kernel. Get the files you want to flash onto the sd card, then odin the el26 kernel. Before it reboots (ICS won't boot on a gb kernel, so you'll just boot loop anyway), go back into recovery and flash away.

Just whatever you do....dont flash with any Rogue ICS recovery, the source isnt avalable yet so its kinda like playing darts with a blindfold on and your friends are all drunk and not paying attention to whats going on around them.
Personally, I keep Rogue Stock EL29 (Odin version) on my sdcard and just use mobile odin to revert back to that when I need to flash (someone please let me know if this method is a bad one, so far it has worked fine though).
I haven't read up much on it, but I would avoid doing backups and restores of ICS roms via recovery until ICS is finalized (regardless of the recovery your using).
If you wanna play it safe, just stick with an EL29 rom until a final version of ICS is released, frankly I prefer stability over fancy new features and just like to test out the ICS leak for a little before odin'ing back to Rogue EL29 and restoring my gingerbread backup...it quite cool to watch the offical ICS mature and get fixed.

starnostar said:
Just whatever you do....dont flash with any Rogue ICS recovery, the source isnt avalable yet so its kinda like playing darts with a blindfold on and your friends are all drunk and not paying attention to whats going on around them.
Personally, I keep Rogue Stock EL29 (Odin version) on my sdcard and just use mobile odin to revert back to that when I need to flash (someone please let me know if this method is a bad one, so far it has worked fine though).
I haven't read up much on it, but I would avoid doing backups and restores of ICS roms via recovery until ICS is finalized (regardless of the recovery your using).
If you wanna play it safe, just stick with an EL29 rom until a final version of ICS is released, frankly I prefer stability over fancy new features and just like to test out the ICS leak for a little before odin'ing back to Rogue EL29 and restoring my gingerbread backup...it quite cool to watch the offical ICS mature and get fixed.
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I'd probably go with el26 just because it's "stock" CWM and the devs are big on that recomendation.

Specialksg1 said:
I'd probably go with el26 just because it's "stock" CWM and the devs are big on that recomendation.
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so just do the same odin restore back to stock el26 rooted...then it should autoboot into CWM and then flash anaconda...geesh lol

v2.2v said:
so just do the same odin restore back to stock el26 rooted...then it should autoboot into CWM and then flash anaconda...geesh lol
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Don't have to do the whole odin restore. Just the kernel. Won't autoboot. Have to hold vol + and power. Like JC said, this will all become much simpler once we have sauce

Specialksg1 said:
Don't have to do the whole odin restore. Just the kernel. Won't autoboot. Have to hold vol + and power. Like JC said, this will all become much simpler once we have sauce
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got it lol thanks a million man...seriously

Thanks for picking me up there guys!
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Touch recovery on Caulkin 4.0 ROM?

I recently flashed Caulkin's 4.0 Rom for the e4gt and was wondering if its possible to flash touch recovery with the Rom? I would normally play around to figure it out, but figured I'd ask first so I can maybe avoid a brick.
Thanks in advance!
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Stryke_the_Orc said:
I recently flashed Caulkin's 4.0 Rom for the e4gt and was wondering if its possible to flash touch recovery with the Rom? I would normally play around to figure it out, but figured I'd ask first so I can maybe avoid a brick.
Thanks in advance!
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Did you mean Calk's 1.4?
You shouldn't be using touch recovery with anything for risk of bricking your phone.
And if you're using ANY version of ICS, you also risk bricking your phone if you try to use any form of recovery.

tdunham said:
Did you mean Calk's 1.4?
You shouldn't be using touch recovery with anything for risk of bricking your phone.
And if you're using ANY version of ICS, you also risk bricking your phone if you try to use any form of recovery.
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I agree with the first part, stay away from CWM9 touch. Youre asking to get bricked. CWM5-7 recover rogue is fine to use between ICS roms. Always run Calkins format all. And never use cwm.recovery to do a nand back to GB. Flash SFHUBS stock EL29 first via Odin..along with calk's format all prior to.that then nandroid back to your previous set up.

tdunham said:
Did you mean Calk's 1.4?
You shouldn't be using touch recovery with anything for risk of bricking your phone.
And if you're using ANY version of ICS, you also risk bricking your phone if you try to use any form of recovery.
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Someone tell me why the F this hasn't been "fixed" yet? My last phone was an OG Droid and we didn't have to deal with the amount of 'you must wipe with this recovery, flash with this recovery, use ODIN to do this...' crap when we went from Eclair to FroYo and nothing ever got bricked... this is just ridiculous.

dandragonrage said:
Someone tell me why the F this hasn't been "fixed" yet? My last phone was an OG Droid and we didn't have to deal with the amount of 'you must wipe with this recovery, flash with this recovery, use ODIN to do this...' crap when we went from Eclair to FroYo and nothing ever got bricked... this is just ridiculous.
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cuz the ics source isnt out for our phones yet. And frankly im just happy the were able to port ics without the source in the first place

dandragonrage said:
Someone tell me why the F this hasn't been "fixed" yet? My last phone was an OG Droid and we didn't have to deal with the amount of 'you must wipe with this recovery, flash with this recovery, use ODIN to do this...' crap when we went from Eclair to FroYo and nothing ever got bricked... this is just ridiculous.
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You my friend sounds like a man who wants to fix it.... Can't complain(if your are complaining) about stuff that you yourself can not help on or fix.. If you don't like the procedure its not like you are being forced to do it... My bad I know I know I will shut up now
Edit: sorry OP I should of at least chimed in on your question.... If you want to use Touch recovery it tells me you have not read much in these forums so I would suggest you take a lil time and read the brick threads and stickys... Quite helpful

Thanks guys, you just saved me a huge headache lol. I only asked because i hate to lose a paid app, but better that than brick my phone.
Thanks again!
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dandragonrage said:
Someone tell me why the F this hasn't been "fixed" yet? My last phone was an OG Droid and we didn't have to deal with the amount of 'you must wipe with this recovery, flash with this recovery, use ODIN to do this...' crap when we went from Eclair to FroYo and nothing ever got bricked... this is just ridiculous.
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Build a solid ics kernel for us then. Or wait until we get the official release. There is no fix because nothing is broken. All ics roms for this phone are built on leaked kernels.
But I'm sure your post was just sarcasm and you knew that since it's been spoken about in just about every ics rom thread.
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[Q] Mobin Odin Flashing (E4GT)

Ok so this is going to be newbie-like question but i just need it to find of a definite answer. What is the safest way to flash from ICS to Gingerbread using Mobile odin pro. I bricked my phone yesterday and thank all that tried to help. Luckily the good folks at sprint charged my only 35 dollars to replace without insurance. Don't want to make that mistake again. For the new people that don't know, or find it hard to find info... My brick was done when I flashed AOKP ICS Rom and it started with a barrage of force closes, I rebooted and got stuck on the pink unicorn boot animation. I then went to recovery to try to wipe to stop force closes... Needless to say, R.I.P. First E4GT. I have flashed a million times. Just need a real answer as to how to go from ICS to GB with Mobile odin. I use the EL29 quick boot kernel and do have the EL26 Kernel as well. Thank you all that tried to help yesterday and those with a real answer today

mremale said:
Ok so this is going to be newbie-like question but i just need it to find of a definite answer. What is the safest way to flash from ICS to Gingerbread using Mobile odin pro. I bricked my phone yesterday and thank all that tried to help. Luckily the good folks at sprint charged my only 35 dollars to replace without insurance. Don't want to make that mistake again. For the new people that don't know, or find it hard to find info... My brick was done when I flashed AOKP ICS Rom and it started with a barrage of force closes, I rebooted and got stuck on the pink unicorn boot animation. I then went to recovery to try to wipe to stop force closes... Needless to say, R.I.P. First E4GT. I have flashed a million times. Just need a real answer as to how to go from ICS to GB with Mobile odin. I use the EL29 quick boot kernel and do have the EL26 Kernel as well. Thank you all that tried to help yesterday and those with a real answer today
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I would say the easiest method for going back to GB would be to use one of sfhub's one-click restores from your PC. I'd recommend the EL29 option .
If you prefer to do it with Mobile Odin download the above file and follow these instructions:
1) Install ZArchiver.
2) Open ZArchiver and navigate to where the downloaded .exe file was saved.
3) Long press SPH-D710.EL29_CL852097_ROOTED-oc-sfx.exe.
4) Open as archive.
5) Select SPH-D710.EL29_CL852097_ROOTED-OneClick.exe.
6) Select Extract.
8) Select where to save the file to (don't change the name).
8) Open Mobile Odin.
9) Open the SPH-D710.EL29_CL852097_ROOTED-OneClick.exe.
10) Flash Firmware.
That should take care of you.
Good luck!

What I've always done is just mobile odin the el26 cwm kernel whenever I need to switch roms. Doesnt matter if its ICS or GB since you'll be flashing from a safe recovery.

slick_rick said:
What I've always done is just mobile odin the el26 cwm kernel whenever I need to switch roms. Doesnt matter if its ICS or GB since you'll be flashing from a safe recovery.
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Thanks. Your advice a couple weeks ago made the prices so simple.
When in doubt, Mobile Odin el26 before flashing. If you get the urge to try something different, put your phone down and walk away. Lol
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Finally someone answered lol! Thank you guys for both methods... Just need an definitive answer for this question... So if i am on an ICS Rom. I can mobile odin EL26 kernel, go directly into recovery and flash using the usual methods (calk wipe and flash)?
Question 2. Can i use the EL26 Kernel (Or the EL29 with CWM Baked Kernel) to make an ICS Nandroid?
Thank you guys again... Not trying to hard brick twice in 24 hrs and i don't think sprint will be so nice next time lol.

mremale said:
Finally someone answered lol! Thank you guys for both methods... Just need an definitive answer for this question... So if i am on an ICS Rom. I can mobile odin EL26 kernel, go directly into recovery and flash using the usual methods (calk wipe and flash)?
Question 2. Can i use the EL26 Kernel (Or the EL29 with CWM Baked Kernel) to make an ICS Nandroid?
Thank you guys again... Not trying to hard brick twice in 24 hrs and i don't think sprint will be so nice next time lol.
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To answer your first question, yes.
I'm pretty sure its yes to question 2 as well buy I'm actually not big on nandroid since i have all my apps backed up. Normally if something goes wrong, I just flash a different ROM and start fresh. Lol
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I hear you on the Nandroid. I have all my prized apps backed up with apps backup and restore... I love the app. I just hate organizing all apps and folders (a lil o.c.d. with that) as well as setting up like 8 different email accounts... It gets to be a pain. Thank you for answering my question, very appreciated. By the way, to anyone reading... I saw a new rom on here that states AGAT recovery can flash ICS to ICS. I was doing that yesterday with no problem (using AGAT Recovery) but i would like to know if it is safe... I am going to stick to the EL26 or EL29 Kernel method. One Hard brick is enough for a lifetime, let alone 24hrs

ICS to EL26?

Wanted to try another ICS Rom. Jumping from phone to phone. I guess I missed something. Lol. I got a little carried away.
So I was running the Calkulin's ICS with EL29 + CWM Rogue...
Reading the AOKP first page... said go to EL26.
So I proceeded to EL26 using this... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1342728
Tired to boot into recovery and start up the phone but it just sits on the SII screen. Did I do something?
So now I am back to here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1433101
Got it back up and running and restored my last back up. Wah wah.
Was the EL26 a ODIN process or something I was to flash in recovery? Was I to flash the whole phone to EL26 and not just the boot? Would it be safe to just flash AOKP from EL29+Rogue?

OP said go back to el26 cwm recovery because that is a know safe GB recovery safe to wipe and flash in. So odin the el26 cwm recovery in Odin and then flash AOKP ad Gapps from there.

slick_rick said:
OP said go back to el26 cwm recovery because that is a know safe GB recovery safe to wipe and flash in. So odin the el26 cwm recovery in Odin and then flash AOKP ad Gapps from there.
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Could someone link it?
I can only find the modem.

Dude dont mess with that unless you know what your doing or have TEP.
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I would hold off on playing the ICS shuffle game until the community and samsung has a good grasp on the bricking situation.

LeKtRiCzzz said:
Dude dont mess with that unless you know what your doing or have TEP.
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I've owned every smart phone on Sprint and owned multiple devices on T-Mobile.
I don't know it all, but I'm here to learn. I need to figure it out. Lol.
It bricked and I recovered. Just looking for direction on where to locate a file at this point since I couldn't find it.
I've been through this situation a couple times on other devices. Got a little ahead of myself again and just digging for answers.
TEP wouldn't cover any of this since it's all caused by the end user.
Thanks for the other above posts. I shall stick around on one rom and it's revisions until something happens.

chrischoi said:
I've owned every smart phone on Sprint and owned multiple devices on T-Mobile.
I don't know it all, but I'm here to learn. I need to figure it out. Lol.
It bricked and I recovered. Just looking for direction on where to locate a file at this point since I couldn't find it.
I've been through this situation a couple times on other devices. Got a little ahead of myself again and just digging for answers.
TEP wouldn't cover any of this since it's all caused by the end user.
Thanks for the other above posts. I shall stick around on one rom and it's revisions until something happens.
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U can flash to things safely, just have the right software. Keep el26 cmw kernel tar thats found on rwilco12's kernel repository on ur phone for mobile Odin and on ur PC for regular Odin and you'll be OK. Of course things will change as source rolls out but that's been the tried and true method til meow. Meow what I'm saying?
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chrischoi said:
Could someone link it?
I can only find the modem.
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http://chris41g.devphone.org/EpicTouch/Stock Repack/EL26/StockCWM-EL26.tar.md5 Flash in Odin and then flash AOKP and Gapps from that recovery.
RandallOfLegend said:
I would hold off on playing the ICS shuffle game until the community and samsung has a good grasp on the bricking situation.
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The community has a very good grasp on the bricking situation. Experienced devs like chris41g and dees_troy have made safe recoveries to wipe and flash in. You must have been gone for awhile lol.

I have been riding the stable ROM train for a little too long

[Q] How do I ditch cm10?

alrighty then. I have been playing with my phone for about 2 hours now trying to figure out how to get rid of CM10 so I can flash a new ROM. (had to find dev options etc.) I tried flashing a recovery image through the SGS tool kit, still had CM10. I tried re-rooting (not advised, had a small stroke while figuring out if I bricked or soft bricked) I just did a system wipe, also ill advised, it warned me that I had no OS (thats why we make nandroids like good lil boys and girls.)
For the love of Jeebus someone please tell me how to get CM10 off of my phone so I can flash a new ROM. can I un-root and re-root and start from scratch that way? is that proper? is there an easier way? Why am I asking all these questions?! (because no matter what, I will always be a NooB -.-')
I appreciate any insight you guys can give me, thanks in advance!

gorealmighty said:
alrighty then. I have been playing with my phone for about 2 hours now trying to figure out how to get rid of CM10 so I can flash a new ROM. (had to find dev options etc.) I tried flashing a recovery image through the SGS tool kit, still had CM10. I tried re-rooting (not advised, had a small stroke while figuring out if I bricked or soft bricked) I just did a system wipe, also ill advised, it warned me that I had no OS (thats why we make nandroids like good lil boys and girls.)
For the love of Jeebus someone please tell me how to get CM10 off of my phone so I can flash a new ROM. can I un-root and re-root and start from scratch that way? is that proper? is there an easier way? Why am I asking all these questions?! (because no matter what, I will always be a NooB -.-')
I appreciate any insight you guys can give me, thanks in advance!
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Fairly simple just download another non cm10 ROM as you did to install cm10 in the first place. If you are unsure of what to do read the instructions in the OP of the ROM you want.
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mjg688 said:
Fairly simple just download another non cm10 ROM as you did to install cm10 in the first place. If you are unsure of what to do read the instructions in the OP of the ROM you want.
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I appreciate the reply, im hesitant to flash over cm10 though. I seem to remember always having to reflash back to stock (root) before flashinga new ROM, I never encountered any problems when doing so.

gorealmighty said:
I appreciate the reply, im hesitant to flash over cm10 though. I seem to remember always having to reflash back to stock (root) before flashinga new ROM, I never encountered any problems when doing so.
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Just wipe data, cache and dalvik then flash new rom. No reason whatsoever to flash another stock rom to flash the one you want
I like to break stuff!

-EViL-KoNCEPTz- said:
Just wipe data, cache and dalvik then flash new rom. No reason whatsoever to flash another stock rom to flash the one you want
I like to break stuff!
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this so goes against every instinct. I guess Ill give it a try though, I cant see another way around it. thank you!

gorealmighty said:
this so goes against every instinct. I guess Ill give it a try though, I cant see another way around it. thank you!
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Idk who told you you needed to go back to stocm b4 flashing another rom but they were wrong. I've been flashing roms for a few years on 7 different phones and 5 tablets and never once went back to stock before changing roms
I like to break stuff!

-EViL-KoNCEPTz- said:
Idk who told you you needed to go back to stocm b4 flashing another rom but they were wrong. I've been flashing roms for a few years on 7 different phones and 5 tablets and never once went back to stock before changing roms
I like to break stuff!
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its a habit from the Vibrant. flashing back to stock prevented the possibility of "ghost files." it just kind of ensured everything rolled along smoothly. The reality is that flashing over CM10 is looking like my only option without having to break out good Ol' Command Prompt lol. I appreciate your help guys.!

gorealmighty said:
its a habit from the Vibrant. flashing back to stock prevented the possibility of "ghost files." it just kind of ensured everything rolled along smoothly. The reality is that flashing over CM10 is looking like my only option without having to break out good Ol' Command Prompt lol. I appreciate your help guys.!
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Just wipe in recovery to get rid of the last roms data and files. You could always odin to stock if you really wanted to but its just extra steps that aren't needed
I like to break stuff!

-EViL-KoNCEPTz- said:
Just wipe in recovery to get rid of the last roms data and files. You could always odin to stock if you really wanted to but its just extra steps that aren't needed
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got stuck n a boot loop a dozen times, finally said to hell with it and found a stock .tar.MD5 and Odin'd this pig. Again, I appreciate y'alls' help.

Don't forget to nandriod before flashing. It will help you when you need it most.
What recovery were you using? I have used twrp with no problems
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loumoli said:
Don't forget to nandriod before flashing. It will help you when you need it most.
What recovery were you using? I have used twrp with no problems
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TWRP. I was trying to flash Jellybam over CM10 . I got stuck in a boot loop, soft bricked it twice and removed my OS once (able to recover from TWRP) im playing around with it tonight.