ok I've rooted and installed clockwork recovery as per the instructions in the how to. Still each time I go to flash a rom I get nothing but the galaxy sII logo and it hangs there indefinitely. Did I miss a step in these instructions ? I'm on EL29 baseband if that helps.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v7pWjmKCsoc
those are the instructions I used. and I don't think I've missed a step. I've reverted back to stock and re rooted my phone and installed clockwork. How do I get roms to actually flash?
Depends, what are you trying to flash?
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I see the link in your video is just for rooting, but you can get into CWM? did you try the auto root EL29+CWM? Also, if you are following to Devs instructions on how to flash the ROM you should be good to go. have you tried wiping everything first or just installing it over the previous ROM? i suggest downloading Calkulin's Format All zip. flash it before you flash a ROM.
Link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1527041 its at the bottom of the 1st post.
Link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1342728
is this what you used for CWM?
yeah those are the things I used actually to get clockwork. It'll let me use clockwork, wipe everything install whatever but when I go to reboot to start it up it hangs at the galaxy s2 screen. I let it go for 2 hours last night. Any rom honestly would be fine at this point. I'm pretty familure with twrp,cwm,and 4ext from the evo 3d but nothing works with this phone.
Would the steps for flashing a rom say blazer for example be
Wipe data, dalvik, and chache.
flash zip from sd reboot? like normal or am I missing a step with another kernel or something?
it would be the same. but I use the Calkulin's Format All zip to do it for me. I know you do get a longer boot then normal because its building delvik cache but not two hours. have you tried downloading the ROM to your computer and then transfering it over to your phone? I had an issue a few days ago because of a bad download(good thing I had my nandriod). What CWM do you have? 5.0.2.7?
yeah thats the only way I do it actually. D/l from the laptop and copy it to sd. then use calkulins to wipe everything and it still just sits.
I just googled "flash ROM boot loop" it came up with something. What is your default launcher? Some people have had problems if they use for say go launcher or another launcher and not have one set as default. On calkulins ROM.
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I am still on the stock rom. only thing I can do is root it with odin and and add clockwork mod with e4gtauto prog. I still have no idea whats going on.
So your on stock TW launcher?
Try flashing a different kernel. Like rogue, that is another recovery based off of CWM. That's what I use, well I use both and haven't had a problem. Another thing is get an MD5 checksum program for your laptop and check the file sum for integrity. Sorry it took me awhile to respond, finally have a day off.
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I actually tried flashing one wth mobile odin that I found on the cyanogenmod page. It booted to the android text logo and that was it. so thats a step in the right direction. Should I just flash it through clockwork after I flash the rom like normal?
That's your problem. If your flashing a GB ROM you need a GB kernel. If your flashing an ICS ROM you need preferably EL26 kernel then use CWM to flash the ROM and kernel. flash the rogue kernel in the kernel repository then try flashing a GB ROM. After that then you should be good to go.
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I appreciate the help so much dude. so When I get home I should flash the kernel through odin then boot into recovery n flash the rom n I should be good? or do I just boot into recovery n flash the rom then the kernel? sorry about so many q's.
No problem. That's what the forum is for. let me know how it works out for ya.
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And yes flash it through Odin and boot into recovery and flash your ROM. you can also flash the ROM in CWM and then flash the kernel right after you flash the ROM. It seems to be easier in CWM then Odin.
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I must be an idiot or my phone doesn't wanna do it. Tried flashing the kernel and aokp a few times now and got nothing. I must be using the wrong stuff for the Job.
Get yourself back to stock with cwm. Pick a ROM and follow the directions in the op for that specific ROM. If anything seems unclear watch one of qbking77's videos on how to install that ROM. Qb has NEVER steered me wrong.
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Get yourself back to stock with cwm. Pick a ROM and follow the directions in the op for that specific ROM. If anything seems unclear watch one of qbking77's videos on how to install that ROM. Qb has NEVER steered me wrong.
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That's what I've been telling him. Do you have anything else that maybe I'm forgetting? Maybe EL26 direct boot?
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thats kinda what I've been doing. I got cyanogen to boot with the rogue et recovery fb27 and cm9 but market won't actually work. so I went back to stock. I actually used qbking's videos to start with and followed them and it still just hangs. This is the process I'm using.
flash kernel/recovery through odin.
calkulins wipe all
flash rom
flash gapps if needed for said rom
reboot.
I've also tried without the 1st step.
I've tried flashing the el26 kernel that everyone seems to say is safe through odin and that boots me into the recovery and I try to wipe then flash and it still does nothing. am I just flashing the wrong intitial kernel to begin with? I can't figure out why Im having this problem now since I've had multiple rooted phones in the past with no issues.
But now I'm back on stock gingerbread again completely just rooted and then the did the e4gtauto to get a recovery.
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I'm defiantly new to this type of rom and was curious if I could get some help on how to flash things. I flashed the el26 cwm booted into it flashed a kernel that is compatible and my phone went into a boot loop. I know there is no recovery that stays but did I do something improperly? Thanks
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That El26 CWM tar you flashed is working fine. It is a recovery ONLY. You can only boot into recovery with it (Vol Up + Power, hold until recovery shows up).
You have to have a ROM on your SD Card to flash from that recovery to get things to work from there.
EL26CWM IS a kernel. You need to go here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1342728 and read and learn before you brick your phone. EL26 is for GB roms but the el26cwm kernel is the last kernel built from source with cwm. That's why we use it to flash roms. You said you flashed a kernel in it. You should make sure the kernel is compatible with the rom you are using before doing that. Hope you were able to figure out the issue.
get the cm9 rom. get gapps, and the el26 cwm, and whatever mods you want to add.
i usually start at el29 and wait for it to boot then i put the el26cwm in odin do its thing. then when it reboots go into cwm wipe data, cache, and dalvik. (do it a couple of times) then i use calks format all, just to make sure everything is gone and starting new. flash cm9 then i wipe everything again (its what i do dont know about you guys) then flash gapps, then wipe and flash mods, kernels, modems. but i dont do the mods kernels and modems part cuz i feel cm9 is wonderful without. Hope you can get it out of the boot loop. good luck to you sir
i just download the el26cwm kernel, cm9 fe21 kernel, and whatever mods you want to flash.. mobile odin to el26cwm recovery, flash cm9 kernel, flash mods, and reboot.. keeps you from having to reflash the whole rom every time.. if you want you could always wipe cache/dalvik through el26 recovery during this also i just never do lol
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I appreciate all the input. now Cm9 is running great for me. Thank you all.
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GPS doesnt work without wifi
ok im new to all this. but for some reason i cant use my gps without having a wifi signal. i went through i made sure that is was sent to use the internal gps but still no luck. is there a mod, kernal or something to get around all that. if u can help that would be great.
Daytime88, some people have had issues, see here on fixes:
http://code.google.com/p/epictouchcm/issues/detail?id=33
I know for a fact that alpha4, FE16 (and FE22 looks like) have amazing GPS signal. I can get a signal lock in a parking garage, around tall buildings, and inside my car away from windows, and inside my house, all within 10 seconds. The GPS in this phone is amazing when properly set up.
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ok im new to all this. but for some reason i cant use my gps without having a wifi signal. i went through i made sure that is was sent to use the internal gps but still no luck. is there a mod, kernal or something to get around all that. if u can help that would be great.
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Might want to try different modems also. My 4g and GPS sucks with fe16/21/22 but is great with fe10.
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Thank you
Thank you both ideas worked great
I have my rooted E4GT and the Blazer ICS Rom is installed on it at the moment. I kinda want to try and switch to AOKP's latest build and try it out, but I'm not sure how to go about doing that since they clearly stated not to flash from ICS to ICS.
Could anyone point me in the right direction as to what I should do in order to make the switch to AOKP?
Links to both ROM's respective threads:
AOKP Build 40
Phantom's Blazer Rom
Thanks for your time.
You can just Odin the el26 cwm (sorry don't have the link to it on my phone) and flash AOKP from there.
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This is my method, it is 99.9% safe. You can also re-use it to go from other ROMs to any other ics ROM.
Download these drivers
Download this: OC ODIN File for EL26 and this: E4GT Root Utility
Using Titanium Backup, make a backup of all your stuff, or use your preferred back-upper, just not nandroid. I recommend buying the Pro version, because it will save you so many times, and the dev is great. It's a little expensive though for an app.
OC Odin back to EL26. The good thing about this is, the process is straight forward, and doesn't add to your flash counter, and does not yellow triangle either.
Open up e4gtauto-sfx.exe, option C, then I. This gives you CWM, And just in case, I do not recommend using other than standard CWM to flash ICS roms. but that's me.
When your phone reboots, it should have CWM, and be rooted, just load up the AOKP files, do a data wipe, and flash.
Thank you both for the replies
Would I be able to use calkulins format all to do the wipes? Or does that only work for certain ROMS? It seemed pretty fool proof when I used it, so I was wondering if I could just use that again and it would work just the same? I don't want to forget something and brick my phone as a result
And I'll look into titanium backup, thanks for the suggestion.
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Thank you both for the replies
Would I be able to use calkulins format all to do the wipes? Or does that only work for certain ROMS? It seemed pretty fool proof when I used it, so I was wondering if I could just use that again and it would work just the same? I don't want to forget something and brick my phone as a result
And I'll look into titanium backup, thanks for the suggestion.
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For ICS ROMs, I recommend to not use it, just do 1 system data wipe and you'll be fine.
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For ICS ROMs, I recommend to not use it, just do 1 system data wipe and you'll be fine.
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Alright, but all I should need to do is install the EL26 + CWM and I can flash AOKP? I don't need to go back to a stock gingerbread ROM or anything, or will the OC EL26 CWM do that for me?
And you said you don't recommend calkulin's format all for ICS roms, but that's what I was told to use for the Phantom Blazer ICS rom when I was flashing it?
Also, one more question; what is "flash count" and is it a bad thing? I'll do some googling on it myself, but I'd like to hear your explanation because I don't always understand people's ways of describing things and usually take weird explanations to understand so yours would still be much appreciated just in case, thanks. ^_^
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Alright, but all I should need to do is install the EL26 + CWM and I can flash AOKP? I don't need to go back to a stock gingerbread ROM or anything?
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You just need to be on a safe recovery.... if you wipe data in an unconfirmed recovery you can cause a brick. Either use the el26 that all use or the el29-reboot kernel. Both will work no matter what you install regardless of you install (granted you flash a working rom). I prefer the el29 because you install via mobile Odin and it boots straight to safe CWM recovery.
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You just need to be on a safe recovery.... if you wipe data in an unconfirmed recovery you can cause a brick. Either use the el26 that all use or the el29-reboot kernel. Both will work no matter what you install regardless of you install (granted you flash a working rom). I prefer the el29 because you install via mobile Odin and it boots straight to safe CWM recovery.
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Hmm, alright, sounds good.
Also, which data's do I need to wipe? Dalvik cache and there's one other I believe?
My phone will not let me flash anything if I use mobile odin with EL26. Just aborts every rom I try to flash.Theyre all roms that I have flashed before so its not the downloads.But if I flash CM7 and use the EL26 thats baked into that rom I can flash anything like normal. Ive downloaded EL26 like 4 different times and it still abprts everything i try to flash except for Calks format all. could it be mobile odin?? I have had it on my phone for a few months but i downloaded it through Blackmart Alpha. could it be that version ??? Any help would be appreciated.
As we all recommend, get your apps from the play store. Also, the small fee to support the devs for your app is worth it as opposed to possible headache you get when you get a bootlegged or base version. I recommend trying the EL29 tar with direct boot to clockwork, and mobile Odin From the play store. Try that tar and see if that helps
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As we all recommend, get your apps from the play store. Also, the small fee to support the devs for your app is worth it as opposed to possible headache you get when you get a bootlegged or base version. I recommend trying the EL29 tar with direct boot to clockwork, and mobile Odin From the play store. Try that tar and see if that helps
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I did reset to EL29. then I flashed CM7 and flashed supernova rom, then flashed cm7 again with agats recovery on the supernova rom and the same thing happened. i dont understand why this is happening. just says aborted. it does the same thing whether I flash EL26 thru Odin, mobile odin or on CM7. Ive had and used all these roms many times before so i know the rom downloads arent bad.
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I did reset to EL29. then I flashed CM7 and flashed supernova rom, then flashed cm7 again with agats recovery on the supernova rom and the same thing happened. i dont understand why this is happening. just says aborted. it does the same thing whether I flash EL26 thru Odin, mobile odin or on CM7. Ive had and used all these roms many times before so i know the rom downloads arent bad.
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I formatted my SD card and USB storage and Odined EL29 reset. I flashed CM7 successfully through CWM rogue and then tried flashing 5 different roms with CM7's EL26 kernel and its still aborting everything I try to flash. The only thing it will flash is Calks format all. Can someone please help??
Are you verifying the md5 of the stuff you download. How about using a pc instead of mobile odin?
Are you using Chris' CWM recovery? I just found out in another thread that it is an issue. Flash agats kernel it has another recovery repacked with it.
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Are you using Chris' CWM recovery? I just found out in another thread that it is an issue. Flash agats kernel it has another recovery repacked with it.
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Yes like I said up top I've tried windows Odin, mobile Odin and CM7 which has the EL26 kernel baked in and still the same thing. I was always told on here to only use el26 for flashing ICS roms. If agats is safe I will try it. All the roms I'm trying to flash I have already flashed before and they were fine. I tried flashing GB Blazer with EL26 and it gets aborted just like the rest. But after I run one click and reset my phone with el29 cwm rogue I can flash the GB blazer rom no problem. It seems that as soon ad I install el26 everything goes wrong . And yes I've redownloaded it several times.
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Yes like I said up top I've tried windows Odin, mobile Odin and CM7 which has the EL26 kernel baked in and still the same thing. I was always told on here to only use el26 for flashing ICS roms. If agats is safe I will try it. All the roms I'm trying to flash I have already flashed before and they were fine. I tried flashing GB Blazer with EL26 and it gets aborted just like the rest. But after I run one click and reset my phone with el29 cwm rogue I can flash the GB blazer rom no problem. It seems that as soon ad I install el26 everything goes wrong . And yes I've redownloaded it several times.
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Yes Agats is safe. I flashed a few ICS roms. heck, i flash between the two roms in my sig. lol
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Yes Agats is safe. I flashed a few ICS roms. heck, i flash between the two roms in my sig. lol
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Ok I rerooted my phone with FF18 reset and installed agats recovery successfully. I flashed supergalaxy successfully. I wanted to flash another rom so I flashed Agats recovery 0.2.1 (the same one that I installed with autoroot, that worked fine when I flashed supergalaxy rom) that i downloaded from the repository. it aborted everything I tried to flash. what is going on with my phone???
I dont get it I just flashed super galaxy right after I rotted my phone and installed agats rec, but now I cant flash anything again.I rerooted with FF18 and reinstalled agats recovery like I did earlier and its aborting everything I try to flash. Can someone please help, this is very frustrating. It doesnt make sense, I havent ever had any problems flashing anything, and now I cant flash any of the roms that I have flashed a dozen times with the same recovery I have used a dozen times to flash those same roms. and now agats recovery is doing the same thing.
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I dont get it I just flashed super galaxy right after I rotted my phone and installed agats rec, but now I cant flash anything again.I rerooted with FF18 and reinstalled agats recovery like I did earlier and its aborting everything I try to flash. Can someone please help, this is very frustrating. It doesnt make sense, I havent ever had any problems flashing anything, and now I cant flash any of the roms that I have flashed a dozen times with the same recovery I have used a dozen times to flash those same roms. and now agats recovery is doing the same thing.
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There must be a problem with that super galaxy rom. I would stay away from it if it causing you problems. what other roms are you trying to flash? are you doing full wipes between? also could it be and issue because its a De-Odexed rom? (any one)
this started way before the super galaxy from. If you read back you will see that I've flashed all these roms before. I used to flash a different rom every few days, not new ones just different ones. All of them that i had run before with no problems. All the same downloads. Then one day I Mobile odined el26 and it aborted what ever I was flashing, and kept aborting everything except for calks format. So I wiped my SD card and USB storage and used sfhubs el29 reset and installed cwm rogue . I flashed cm7 with no problem but then I couldn't flash anything else . Its seems that as soon as I get on el26 I can't flash anything. Yesterday I used sfhubs ff18 one click root and installed agats cwm 0.2.1 and flashed a rom successfully. Then i tried flashing something else and same thing, aborted. it doesn't make any sense. This started out of no where with rooms I've flashed many times and the el26 kernel I had been using for over 2 months. I even redownloaded el26 and a different rom , flashed it after I ran el29 auto root one click ( what ever its called) and it happens again with all new downloads and a freshly wiped and formatted phone. And yes I always wipe. Data reset, cache, dalvick, format system and calks format. Something is definitely wrong.
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I thought we arent supposed to flash an ICS rom with EL29
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can any of the devs out there lend there support ? Or anyone that is familiar with my problem. I'd really appreciate it, cause I've tried everything and still can't get anything to flash. Fresh downloads, wiped and formatted my phone, Sfhubs resets, I've tried everything. My email is [email protected].
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i just picked up an e4gt today, i had one back in december that i rooted then sold. so im back and now there's a ton of stuff out there for this phone.
i just came over from the evo design where there is pretty much nothing happening, and before that i had an evo shift. i had cm7 installed on that and loved it.
so what rom do you guys suggest i use? i see there is cm9 available in alpha form, which has me very tempted.
im looking for a stable rom with no bloatware. and id love some advice.
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i just picked up an e4gt today, i had one back in december that i rooted then sold. so im back and now there's a ton of stuff out there for this phone.
i just came over from the evo design where there is pretty much nothing happening, and before that i had an evo shift. i had cm7 installed on that and loved it.
so what rom do you guys suggest i use? i see there is cm9 available in alpha form, which has me very tempted.
im looking for a stable rom with no bloatware. and id love some advice.
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Go with cm9 that darchstar has posted. It works great and I use it as my daily. After you do the base install I recommend nightly 7/24 and using the chris41g kernel b3 version with it. Great battery life and full functionality.
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Does cm9 wipe out cwm?
I'm paranoid to do anything without an option for recovery.
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Here is your safest bet (as in super safe):
1. Download the el26 safe cwm kernel from the kernel repository in the sticky for this phone
2. Download cm9 6 and gapps
3. Follow cm9 6 download instructions
4. Let it boot
5. Use mobile Odin if you have it (highly recommend as it makes flashing so easy) and flash the el26 kernel that you downloaded in the kernel section from external sd...always check md5 sum first!
6. Once u see the blue light on ur phone in the LED, hold power+volume up to boot into recovery, once the sgs2 logo shows you can lay off the buttons
7. If you didn't do it in time or held too long, just pull the battery and go to recovery via power+volume up
8. You should be in cwm, flash the nightly of cm9, clear dalvik and cache, then flash the chris 41g b3 kernel and reboot
9. Enjoy
10. From this point forward you have a bomb rom and working recovery that will allow backup/nand/flashing safely.
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Look into Blu Kuban(team venum). No bloat, excellent help from dev. Plenty of options/mods/hacks/updates/themed apps/speed/great battery.
Ditto on Alex. Excellent support... Great battery life. It's themed so you should look at the screenshots and the video on the dev site.
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ok, i think im going to try the cm9 route, but i cannot find the correct kernel, or im doing something wrong. i got odin for android, and downloaded a couple of kernels i thought were the right ones and they didnt show up when i tried to select them with odin.
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ok, i think im going to try the cm9 route, but i cannot find the correct kernel, or im doing something wrong. i got odin for android, and downloaded a couple of kernels i thought were the right ones and they didnt show up when i tried to select them with odin.
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Here is the link for el26, first download.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=26295021
The chris41g kernel has its own thread in development, grab the zip format of the cwm b3 version.
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im not finding a b3 version. but i did download the first kernel from chris41g
StockCWM-EL26.zip
i hope thats correct. im going to do a nandroid backup and give it a shot later today. thanks for the help and advice!
its been several months since ive been flashing roms, and i find that it takes me a few days to get back in the swing of things before im flashing again.
The b3 kernel is at chris's goo which is linked to in this xda thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=28981308
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So I need to flash el26 kernel first, then I flash 41g-CWM-RC1-b3-0723.zip. then I can flash cm9 and gapps from recovery?
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So I need to flash el26 kernel first, then I flash 41g-CWM-RC1-b3-0723.zip. then I can flash cm9 and gapps from recovery?
El26, boot to recovery, install cm9 per their install guide...after successful install, flash el26 again, wipe cache/dalvik, and install the chris41g kernel from there.
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ok, so i got cm9 on the phone. very excited, except for the launcher wont allow me to add widgets. wierd, same thing with my touchpad.
anyway i tried to flash el26 and it stalled at the splash screen, so i opened up recovery and wiped cache and dalvik, then installed the chris41g kernel. and no dice. aaaanyway. whats the benefit to the other kernels versus what i get with cm9? and is there a solution to my problem?
I read 4g is unreliable on Chris' new kernels
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ok, so i got cm9 on the phone. very excited, except for the launcher wont allow me to add widgets. wierd, same thing with my touchpad.
anyway i tried to flash el26 and it stalled at the boot screen, so i opened up recovery and wiped cache and dalvik, then installed the chris41g kernel. and no dice. aaaanyway. whats the benefit to the other kernels versus what i get with cm9? and is there a solution to my problem?
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I get that problem whatever I wipe the dalvik cache
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well, im not sure what to do now. i love cyanogenmod, and id put up with a few hiccups if i could. but it looks like i wont be able to use this as a daily rom. very disappointing...
so, i might try the blu kuban rom.
at this point i want a debloated stable rom. im back to a rooted stock rom with el29.
i just dont want to brick my phone, i have insurance and can take it in to swap it out. its just a waste of time if i can avoid it.
any other suggestions?
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well, im not sure what to do now. i love cyanogenmod, and id put up with a few hiccups if i could. but it looks like i wont be able to use this as a daily rom. very disappointing...
so, i might try the blu kuban rom.
at this point i want a debloated stable rom. im back to a rooted stock rom with el29.
i just dont want to brick my phone, i have insurance and can take it in to swap it out. its just a waste of time if i can avoid it.
any other suggestions?
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Start with thread #1 on the attached link.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1625535
To Install
Boot to recovery
Make an NAND Backup
Wipe the phone (with the Format All X2 script)
Flash Part 1
Boot the phone
Go to the updater (Under put things back to stock) and install Part 2 (Two part install is to finish theming Talk)
Reboot and Enjoy
When I did this I went to CWM to flash this through odin. Rom works very smooth. There is a ton of information in the thread but that should get you started.
I rooted my sister's E4GT last year and she's still running Calkulin's E4GT ROM v2.6 and her current kernel is 2.6.35.7-SPH-D710.EL13-CL806482
She's still on Gingerbread, and I want her to enjoy the ICS experience or JB if there's any stable JB ROMs.
My phone is an EVO so I am not comfortable/familiar with the Samsung pitfalls. I don't want to brick my sister's phone.
On my phone I'd download the zip, and in recovery factory reset, wipe data, cache, dalvik, system, and then flash the ROM, but I've read that could lead to a brick on the E4GT.
What's the safest way for me to flash some ICS/JB ROMs for her to try out?
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Easily answered by reading a couple posts. Use search.
Odin safe el26 with cwm, calkulin format all x2, flash rom.
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Bannjio said:
Easily answered by reading a couple posts. Use search.
Odin safe el26 with cwm, calkulin format all x2, flash rom.
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Just look at ICS roms and first few post to see how they perform. Flash away.
The safest recovery to use is el 26 cwm
http://chris41g.devphone.org/EpicTouch/Stock Repack/EL26/StockCWM-EL26.tar.md5 For Odin or Mobile Odin if you have that.
You can just flash just about anything once you are in that recovery. The only major difference for you to know is that once you flash the rom, the kernel that is packed into the rom will also change the recovery. Also I do not really think there is a need to use a wipe all zip just unnecessary and usually causes error's when installing certain roms.
Most of the newer rom's do come with a safe recovery, but if you are unsure and have not read much and verified that the included recovery in the rom is safe I would recommend using el26cwm.
You can also use this recovery, this one will boot straight to recovery
http://shabbypenguin.com/k0/ecm/E4GT-EL29-directbootCWM-v3.tar.md5
im0rtalz said:
The safest recovery to use is el 26 cwm
http://chris41g.devphone.org/EpicTouch/Stock Repack/EL26/StockCWM-EL26.tar.md5 For Odin or Mobile Odin if you have that.
You can just flash just about anything once you are in that recovery. The only major difference for you to know is that once you flash the rom, the kernel that is packed into the rom will also change the recovery. Also I do not really think there is a need to use a wipe all zip just unnecessary and usually causes error's when installing certain roms.
Most of the newer rom's do come with a safe recovery, but if you are unsure and have not read much and verified that the included recovery in the rom is safe I would recommend using el26cwm.
You can also use this recovery, this one will boot straight to recovery
http://shabbypenguin.com/k0/ecm/E4GT-EL29-directbootCWM-v3.tar.md5
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Thank you, Was trying to find the recovery to direct that way first but couldn't find the link ( plus at work so little destracted)
im0rtalz said:
Also I do not really think there is a need to use a wipe all zip just unnecessary and usually causes error's when installing certain roms.
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Most of the roms I have flashed say to use format all. I always use it and haven't come acrossed any errors. Doesn't mean it is absolutely necessary or will not cause errors though.
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Thanks everyone for responding. I'm good to go!
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