so i have made up my mind i am switching to the epic miss the big screen... and my question is what rom do i need to be on in order to activate i had some issues with activating last time on my rooted evo 4g i want to make this activation as quick and smooth as possible any responses would be greatly appreciated
Stock FC09. Or you could be on the Peoples ROM. Should be any stock touchwiz rom will allow you to switch the phone over to another line.
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are you sure??
Bfitz26 said:
are you sure??
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Positive... the hands free activation is present on all touchwiz roms. But if your buying an Epic and plan on manually entering its ESN on your Line then you will need a touchwiz ROM to use the Dialer Codes they direct you to use. Its not too hard. Did it with my old epic when i got my Gnex... put my epic on another Line.
no it's my wifes phone i am swapping phones for the shift with the epic and it's already rooted with thunderbird 2.2 or something can you link me the stock rom i can just flash in cwm this forums has so much unorginization it is confusing to me..
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no it's my wifes phone i am swapping phones for the shift with the epic and it's already rooted with thunderbird 2.2 or something can you link me the stock rom i can just flash in cwm this forums has so much unorginization it is confusing to me..
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Unorginized????
This is literally like the cleanest Forum i've seen you want to see unorginized go to the Gnex forums. Its Thunderhawk, btw.
Here is the stock prerooted FC09 Rom that you can flash through CWM.
Stock FC09 Deodexed Prerooted
You might want to confirm wether or not your on BML or MTD.... before just flashing whatever otherwise you will brick the phone.
thanks sorry about the noob question's how can find out what i am on?
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thanks sorry about the noob question's how can find out what i am on?
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Should be able to tell in the about phone.. see if you can find anything that says MTD in it. Otherwise go to her applications and tell me what the full amount of space is there.. if its MTD it should be around 670mb's (both installed apps and free space) If its alot less than its BML. If on BML you can flash either.. if on MTD you can only flash MTD.
I am guessing you are on BML. I seem to remember that ROM from the Froyo days. You may want to upgrade to CWM 5.0.2.7 and flash a current ROM from development like The People's ROM (cheap plug).
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well i don't see anything and i guess she is on random rom ei22 or something and 322 mb free when i open up manage applicatoins..
Have you made a cwm backup? If not go ahead and do it. Then go into the clockworkmod\backup folder and click on the backup to open it. If is says yaffs2 in the filenames that is MTD. If rfs or ext4 then you are on BML.
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well i don't see anything and i guess she is on random rom ei22 or something and 322 mb free when i open up manage applicatoins..
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Yeah then your on BML i would go ahead and flash the MTD one.. gives you more space.
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Yeah then your on BML i would go ahead and flash the MTD one.. gives you more space.
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Homestly that and speed
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i thought the mtd one will brick you isnt' mtd and bml and ext4 just different file formates similar to fat and fat32 and so on i don't want to brick or at least go throught the trouble of odining..
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i thought the mtd one will brick you isnt' mtd and bml and ext4 just different file formates similar to fat and fat32 and so on i don't want to brick or at least go throught the trouble of odining..
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No like I said if you flash BML on MTD then you soft brick the phone. Then and only then but if you flash MTD over BML it will convert you to MTD.
Mtd is a partition map as well as bml. Ext4 is a file system that bml uses. However mtd uses yaffs2.
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Oh ok thanks still trying to find a time when I am off work and the activation team is open
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Bfitz26 said:
Oh ok thanks still trying to find a time when I am off work and the activation team is open
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You can do it online? Sign in and hit the chat button that usually pops up next to your user name and you can chat with a rep.
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Oh **** nice I will have to do that
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Bfitz26 said:
Oh **** nice I will have to do that
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Yeah they will guide you on how to transfer the imei and phone number with dialer codes its pretty simple. Just be specific.
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Do u know there hours of operation by any chance?
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I recently upgraded to 2.3.5 and would like to root my phone to remove crap apps. Is there a simple, one click method to make this happen?
Thanks in advance
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I recently upgraded to 2.3.5 and would like to root my phone to remove crap apps. Is there a simple, one click method to make this happen?
Thanks in advance
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Nope. One clicks don't work on 2.3.5. You need to use Odin to install CWM 5.027, then pull the battery before it boots, power up into CWM first then flash a custom GB ROM.
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Why not just have him install the gb3.tar kernel instead of "pull the battery before it boots" much easy and less fearfull.
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alarmmec said:
I recently upgraded to 2.3.5 and would like to root my phone to remove crap apps. Is there a simple, one click method to make this happen?
Thanks in advance
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For this journy qbking videos are your compass now go go onto the land of Root.
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Biggoron said:
Why not just have him install the gb3.tar kernel instead of "pull the battery before it boots" much easy and less fearfull.
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Does that have clockwork in it too? Usually I say uncheck reboot in Odin but then you still gotta pull the battery and pop it back in then boot to CWM. Didn't mean to be scary..lol!
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Does that have clockwork in it too? Usually I say uncheck reboot in Odin but then you still gotta pull the battery and pop it back in then boot to CWM. Didn't mean to be scary..lol!
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No but it qbkings tutorial he says to flash the kernel first.... then flash Cwm just saying it would be less chance of error. Something in the stock kernel has a script that searches for cwm and causes it to delet after the first boot anyways.....
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Nope. One clicks don't work on 2.3.5. You need to use Odin to install CWM 5.027, then pull the battery before it boots, power up into CWM first then flash a custom GB ROM.
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Exactly! And no worries about it overwriting recovery as long as you flash a custom gb rom (there is a mostly stock one if trying to stay stock) as the kernel will be included with the rom... don't let biggorn scare you... its not scary to pull the battery after odin ;-)
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Sounds pretty spooky. Thanks for your reply's but I need a step by step. No technical dummy but this is a first.
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Sounds pretty spooky. Thanks for your reply's but I need a step by step. No technical dummy but this is a first.
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There are videos in the General subforum. Search for qbking77's videos in the stickies in the top and there is also a thread with videos on How to root the OTA EI22 or Google update.
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Just odin the kernel 3gb and go from there. U don't really need to pull battery, unless ur phone or odin hangs for awhile
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Success
The Odin kernel trick worked like a charm. Thanks so much for the help, my Epic is now rooted and has superuser access. The primary intent of this project was to remove all of the crap-ware and now that that is accomplished I have to ask...now what? What other things should I look at to make it faster and better?
Thanks again.
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The Odin kernel trick worked like a charm. Thanks so much for the help, my Epic is now rooted and has superuser access. The primary intent of this project was to remove all of the crap-ware and now that that is accomplished I have to ask...now what? What other things should I look at to make it faster and better?
Thanks again.
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Flashing a custom rom.... and a custom kernel.
Suggestions: legendary 2.2 and the samurai or shadow kernel
MarcusantRom revival v2..... just go through the android development forums to see which rom you'd like to use. Just be careful what your trying to download thought. If your Rom is BML or MTD then you have to download that type of kernel.
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kennyglass123 said:
Nope. One clicks don't work on 2.3.5. You need to use Odin to install CWM 5.027, then pull the battery before it boots, power up into CWM first then flash a custom GB ROM.
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U don't even have to pull out the battery is instantly boots up into cwm that's what happened to me when I got my replacement that was already on ei22 I just connected to odin and flashed the latest cwm and had a rom already on my sd card so I just flashed the rom when it opened cwm for me
Its very easy and no worries and if it doesn't open cwm its not like your phone will brick or anything u just need to try again. To flash a kernel would be easy too
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U don't even have to pull out the battery is instantly boots up into cwm that's what happened to me when I got my replacement that was already on ei22 I just connected to odin and flashed the latest cwm and had a rom already on my sd card so I just flashed the rom when it opened cwm for me
Its very easy and no worries and if it doesn't open cwm its not like your phone will brick or anything u just need to try again. To flash a kernel would be easy too
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Read everything before you post we've established this already... and he's all good to go... no need to bash other people over their instructions if they work.
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Some phones didn't boot into clockwork. They hung at the black screen. Remember every phone is different so those of us post answers that try to cover every possibility. Great for you that yours booted into CWM...go play the lottery now...LOL.
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qbking77 has a 2 part video on it that is very step by step. just follow it and you will be fine. from what i remember just 1 extra fie to odin and you need a file on your sdcard. it was pretty gravy. have fun and mistakes are a short odin back to the beginning
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haha forgot there was a second page..... use remember you can go from bml to bml, or bml to mtd, mtd to mtd type roms. YOU CAN NOT JUST FLASH FROM MTD TO BML!!! you must odin back to ec05 and make sure repartition is checked and use the victory pit. happy playing
just remember though... after reading the information on these forums, and you are still unsure or whatever... ask questions, ask questions , ask questions...
Well everything is running great but now Sprint is trying to upgrade my firmware to EL30. Will this do away with my new found rooting and can it be re-rooted if it does?
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Well everything is running great but now Sprint is trying to upgrade my firmware to EL30. Will this do away with my new found rooting and can it be re-rooted if it does?
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It will fail to update since your rooted you have to go completely stock to upgrade and once upgraded its the same root process with the exception of using a different kernel.
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You can root EL30 the same way you root EI22.
Here is a link to qbking's tutorial videos on rooting EI22/EL30
Pre-root (allows custom recoveries to stick): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kwFRzzIqouE&feature=relmfu
Root: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jWOLEXqAeCc
Upgrade to CWM: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xuLWzeJ1lT4&feature=relmfu
For whatever reason, Unroot and return to BML: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MFazLOVXPns
Title says all, can I flash it threw CWM also
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You could, you would not want to. Your phone would likely not boot as an ICS install with a GB kernel won't.
Since there is no proper ICS CWM there is little reason to do such a thing. But you should still be able to get into recovery and hopefully download mode.
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Title says all, can I flash it threw CWM also
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Like rain said, it wont boot and theres a possiblity of a brick when flashing. So no, dont do it.
Of course not silly!
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It won't brick, but it won't boot properly.
You can boot into Recovery though.
You can also boot into ODIN D/L mode because that is handled by the bootloader and is immune to bad kernels (which is not saying it is immune to bad flashing skills or not reading instructions)
Not flaming, this is an honest question...
Why?
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Wizard Knight said:
Not flaming, this is an honest question...
Why?
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ICS is a linux 3.0 kernel. GB is a linux 2.6 kernel. The most likely reason why is there are some change in sections of the kernel which affect android so it can't boot. You'd have to look at the boot log files to see exactly why.
So basically a GB ROM is looking for a 2.6 kernel and a 3.0 kernel doesn't look sufficiently similar for it to boot properly.
Actually i think his question was to the OP. Jus' Sayin!
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Actually i think his question was to the OP. Jus' Sayin!
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I've read through most of these threads an I'm pretty sure there is no CWM for ICS for the Epic 4G Touch. Is this correct?
I have the s2 for tmobile and it is practically unbrickable compared to this phone. My friend has the Epic and I installed ICS AOKP. It is way more difficult on his phone. I don't understand why it is so different. Given, we have different hardware, but neither one of us have the source for ICS or kernel. But I do have the same CWM no matter what rom I'm on.
1. Is it possible to have CWM on the Epic 4G Touch?
2. His ext_sdcard is not showing up. How to I make it work? I tried DirectoryBind to no avail. Maybe I'm doing something wrong.
3. Can i flash zips in ICS recovery? Ive never seen the recovery it put me in before.
4. Am I missing something?
I was under time costraints when helping him out and honestly I'm just happy i got AOKP running on his phone without any issues.
I appreciate all the work everyone has done so please don't take anything I said the wrong way.
Thanks in advance an i look firward to hearing from anyone...
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We need ICS kernel source before we can have a proper CWM kernel for ICS.
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We had CWM on ICS for a little bit, but it was causinga ton of bricks because the partitions are handled differently in ICS. I wouldn't attempt to flash anything in ICS recovery because you risk bricking the device. We likely won't have CWM for it until kernel source drops.
If you need to flash something, the best way to do it is to Odin back to EL26, install CWM, and flash everything (ROM, kernel, modem etc.) in one recovery session. Most of the threads for AOSP ICS roms have specific flashing instructions in the first post.
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We had CWM on ICS for a little bit, but it was causinga ton of bricks because the partitions are handled differently in ICS. I wouldn't attempt to flash anything in ICS recovery because you risk bricking the device. We likely won't have CWM for it until kernel source drops.
If you need to flash something, the best way to do it is to Odin back to EL26, install CWM, and flash everything (ROM, kernel, modem etc.) in one recovery session. Most of the threads for AOSP ICS roms have specific flashing instructions in the first post.
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Thanks for the info. I guess I'm spoiled on my T989! We dont have source either. We didnt even have a proper leak til yesterday, but ICS runs great because our devs are ridiculous.
I have him running FD26 so I will flash back el26 for the mods. I left his baseband alone and it seems to be running fine.
Thanks again. I appreciate the help
Edit: One more thing. I need to reset the flash counter and remove the yellow triangle every time i go back to cwm right?
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You don't need to remove it, it's really just personal preference and if it makes you happy you can, lol.
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Sn1per 117 said:
You don't need to remove it, it's really just personal preference and if it makes you happy you can, lol.
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Lol! Its just so ugly. I wish there was a kernel for the Epic that had a cool bootanimation. My friend saw my. Darkside kernel boot and wants it now. He doesn't understand because he thinks our phones are identical.
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Look here guys http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=25659129#post25659129
I noticed the repacked kernel might not work with AOSP though. I think that I will flash him back to GB until source is released. I don't want want him to accidentally brick.
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xyros7 said:
I noticed the repacked kernel might not work with AOSP though. I think that I will flash him back to GB until source is released. I don't want want him to accidentally brick.
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I've been mostly staying on gb roms just for stability and battery life. As long as you read the instructions and don't try to be insanely flash happy you'll be fine.
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So i am curious has anyone messed with the settings of.mobile odin to get it to work on our devices i noticed we are not supported curious on what we have to do to get it to a supported device!!
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I think it cant be supported stick we now use MTD roms instead of Stock BML.
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No i dont think so.. although i dont think anybody ever got him an MTD log he needs for him to make it work. I did do it for BML one day quite a while ago.. i guess he just never got it or ignored it. Its really only useful for flashing kernel zImages dont think you can flash Modem's or .tars.
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No i dont think so.. although i dont think anybody ever got him an MTD log he needs for him to make it work. I did do it for BML one day quite a while ago.. i guess he just never got it or ignored it. Its really only useful for flashing kernel zImages dont think you can flash Modem's or .tars.
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he does still need an mtd log..
Sorry for the ignorant question...but how do i go about flashing an ns4g modem? is it true that to most experiences the signal is better? i have clean gb and fc09 modem and am gonna jump to cm10 nightly 10/01...how to i flash the modem? i want to try the nitest kernel along with cm10? should i just flash it? and if i ever want to go back to clean gb from a nan backup can i just restore and will the modem have any issues or how would i go back to fc09? sorry for all the questions tried reading through all the threads but got confused and dont want to risk breaking the phone...so can someone please help this bafoon? thank you all for your time and help....
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Sorry for the ignorant question...but how do i go about flashing an ns4g modem? is it true that to most experiences the signal is better? i have clean gb and fc09 modem and am gonna jump to cm10 nightly 10/01...how to i flash the modem? i want to try the nitest kernel along with cm10? should i just flash it? and if i ever want to go back to clean gb from a nan backup can i just restore and will the modem have any issues or how would i go back to fc09? sorry for all the questions tried reading through all the threads but got confused and dont want to risk breaking the phone...so can someone please help this bafoon? thank you all for your time and help....
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You should start at the ns4g modem thread..... everything you've asked here is answered there... except maybe going back to cllean gb... if on an ns4g modem you won't be able to run any tw roms with it... but you can flash back to an epic modem pretty easily...
And I do believe that JB partitions different than other MTD ROMS and an Odin would be required to go backwards.
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ummm...im on my mobile device and have no access to a laptop....if i could use the search function i would....kinda hoping for an answer.....thanks....
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ummm...im on my mobile device and have no access to a laptop....if i could use the search function i would....kinda hoping for an answer.....thanks....
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If you can type a response, you can type in the search box.
Or you could go look in development for the thread labeled NS4G modem patch. It's been in the top 10 for at least 2 weeks.
Or you could go here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=30433583
Which I linked from (gasp) my mobile device!
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mcluvin1065 said:
ummm...im on my mobile device and have no access to a laptop....if i could use the search function i would....kinda hoping for an answer.....thanks....
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Seriously... your phone doesn't have google??? And just so you know... I don't even own a computer right now, so that's no excuse... I do all my posting and searching right from the trusty old epic 4g....
I installed the Nexus S 4G modem on CM9.1 using CWM5. It was a two-step process: install actual radio from .zip and then apply a patch to CM9.1 from .zip.
The KL2 radio is attached--I downloaded it from the Nexus S' forums, I think. The patch was available from the Epic Dev forum. The thread with the CM9.1 patch also had patches for other MTD ROMs.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1842037
When in doubt, restoring a CWM flash backup and using Odin to reinstall a Samsung modem returns you back to square one.
Today is my second day on the NS4G KL2 radio. With EC05/FC09 and CM7, the GPS was flaky and often refused to lock but battery life was stellar: with CM9, GPS just flat didn't work and the radios sucked the battery >5% an hour on idle. With KL2, GPS locks in the same indoor location within 5 seconds and the battery usage looks equivalent to CM7's, which for me was the best of all ROMs for battery life.
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And I do believe that JB partitions different than other MTD ROMS and an Odin would be required to go backwards.
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I went from JB to GB without odin and I didn't have any problems...I mean am I supposed to experience something weird?
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lmsomb said:
I went from JB to GB without odin and I didn't have any problems...I mean am I supposed to experience something weird?
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According to the CM10 thread you should.
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lmsomb said:
I went from JB to GB without odin and I didn't have any problems...I mean am I supposed to experience something weird?
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Refer to my post in the [Q] Restoring backup from CM9 thread for a better explaination. I haven't updated the warning in the official cm10 thread yet.
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bbelos said:
Refer to my post in the [Q] Restoring backup from CM9 thread for a better explaination. I haven't updated the warning in the official cm10 thread yet.
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Was unaware that had changed. Thanks for setting me straight on that.
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frostedunit said:
Was unaware that had changed. Thanks for setting me straight on that.
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Well, things haven't really *changed*. The initial warning to use ODIN was just to be safe. But I ran through all the scenarios this morning to see what would happen and determine an easier solution.