Excuse my stupidity, but I'm just curious.
I'm about to get an et4g and id like to know if it has the filesystem type Change like on the original epic; where the official Odin Rom is bml and cm9/aokp is mtd, and how once you're on mtd you can't go back to bmp without Odin
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Excuse my stupidity, but I'm just curious.
I'm about to get an et4g and id like to know if it has the filesystem type Change like on the original epic; where the official Odin Rom is bml and cm9/aokp is mtd, and how once you're on mtd you can't go back to bmp without Odin
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Yeah I use to have the OG Epic 4G. No there is no different file partion like the Epic 4g. hope this helps.
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Yeah I use to have the OG Epic 4G. No there is no different file partion like the Epic 4g. hope this helps.
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It does help, a lot infact.
So this means I can back up my stock rom, flash cm9, then go back and restore the stock rom, it'll boot?
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It does help, a lot infact.
So this means I can back up my stock rom, flash cm9, then go back and restore the stock rom, it'll boot?
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No because the kernels are different. AOSP kernel and TW kernel.
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No because the kernels are different. AOSP kernel and TW kernel.
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No, I'm talking about nandroid backup
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No, I'm talking about nandroid backup
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For that I would read how to not brick your phone here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1525495
and make sure that your in a safe recovery. Agats recovery is safe for ICS restore and flashing. so to restore a back up flash the kernel in odin/mobile odin boot into Recovery then restore back up.
Our phone uses ext4 file system. Don't have to worry about bml vs mtd like the og epic. No worries though I was wondering the same thing when I made the switch a few months back
Just make sure you read up on the emmc bug before you flash any roms as that can cause hard bricks.
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For that I would read how to not brick your phone here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1525495
and make sure that your in a safe recovery. Agats recovery is safe for ICS restore and flashing. so to restore a back up flash the kernel in odin/mobile odin boot into Recovery then restore back up.
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So...if I'm coming from stock GB I'm okay?
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So...if I'm coming from stock GB I'm okay?
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If you are on Stock GB then your fine its a safe recovery. Flash GB to GB or GB to ICS. ICS to ICS or ICS to GB is another matter Agat's kernel(TW) and Chris41g kernel(AOSP) are safe for ICS. ICS to GB i'd use EL26 Direct boot kernel to GB recovery and restore or flash GB rom's from. Odin or Mobile odin work.
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Can I go back to my back up of EL30 from CM9? The reason I ask is because CM9 is mtd and my rooted EL30 is bml. I have a back up using CWM5.
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Can I go back to my back up of EL30 from CM9? The reason I ask is because CM9 is mtd and my rooted EL30 is bml. I have a back up using CWM5.
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Nope... the only way to get back to bml is to odin back to it with the victory pit and repartition checked... somebody didn't study up on the subject before jumping in!!.
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Lol. Thanks.. I didn't jump in yet. I was reading but must have missed the odin thing. I have not odin since froyo. I was hoping can just do a restore.
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Just flash an MTD EL30 ROM and advanced restore data from your nand backup.
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Just flash an MTD EL30 ROM and advanced restore data from your nand backup.
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This ^^^^^^^^^^^^^ or convert your BML backup to an MTD backup and advance restore everything.
Very nice I like that. I am just trying to keep my mods. Most important wireless hotspot. Thanks.
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Very nice I like that. I am just trying to keep my mods. Most important wireless hotspot. Thanks.
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The EL30 ROMs have the hotspot too. If you are going to convert your backup here is the thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1420584
Is it worth it in your opinion. I will do research on the benifits but if someone wants to tell me the differences
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So I need to conver bml to mtd then update to cm9. If I want to go back then all have to do is restore my back up. Thanks
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So I need to conver bml to mtd then update to cm9. If I want to go back then all have to do is restore my back up. Thanks
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Yeah, if you follow the procedure you will have your BML ROM converted to MTD, back it up as soon as you successfully boot to MTD, then you can try CM9 and restore your MTD converted ROM when you are ready.
Can I just flash a restore or GB rom using my current rogue recovery or do I actually HAVE to ODIN back to el29 stock??
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Can I just flash a restore or GB rom using my current rogue recovery or do I actually HAVE to ODIN back to el29 stock??
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Safest to Odin back to el29 first
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I think you can just Nandroid back (I haven't had trouble doing that before) but it might cause some problems. If you want the safest route, Odin back.
O ok... How bout mobile odin??
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Here's what I did
Odin full restore back to stock, use sfhub's auto root, then add recovery, reboot to recovery, nandroid back to your GB ROM. Also you don't have the annoying yellow triangle.
Is mobile odin the same as odin??
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O ok... How bout mobile odin??
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Mobile Odin works. I just flashed a GB recovery/kernel combo and wiped from there. The bricks are coming from the use of using CWM bundled with an ICS kernel. If you do any flashing with a GB kernel/recovery, you'll be good to go.
Note: You wont be able to boot on ICS with a GB kernel, so just boot into recovery if you choose that route.
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O ok... How bout mobile odin??
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I wouldn't trust mobile Odin for a procedure like this.
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I wouldn't trust mobile Odin for a procedure like this.
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Why have u bricked using mobile Odin I haven't and have used it several times to Odin back to stock try it it works great
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I've restored a nandroid 3 times so far going back from ICS to GB, and I've had no problems.
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I've restored a nandroid 3 times so far going back from ICS to GB, and I've had no problems.
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Same except i've probably done it 10 times . I just reboot to recovery from rom manager and restore. No problems at all
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Nebbeh said:
Same except i've probably done it 10 times . I just reboot to recovery from rom manager and restore. No problems at all
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Your playing with fire.....look at all the people bricking no one has bricked doing a Odin and then restoring from GB but several have doing nandroids back
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Your playing with fire.....look at all the people bricking no one has bricked doing a Odin and then restoring from GB but several have doing nandroids back
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Only bricks I've seen are from using Rom Manager and the temp CWM Touch. Kernel Repacks are fine for going back and forth between GB and ICS.
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Here's what I did
Odin full restore back to stock, use sfhub's auto root, then add recovery, reboot to recovery, nandroid back to your GB ROM. Also you don't have the annoying yellow triangle.
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Can't you give me a link?
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Epix4G said:
Your playing with fire.....look at all the people bricking no one has bricked doing a Odin and then restoring from GB but several have doing nandroids back
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Seriously, you guys are taking risks. Hey, asking as you are aware of those risks then great but I still say Odin to a stock Gingerbread ROM, Odin flash a kernel w/ recovery and restore nandroid myself but to each his own...
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To get GPS to work on ICS you have to get a lock on a EL29 Rom...I use the Blend...Ive gone from ICS to Recovery to Restore, to GB, get the Lock back to Recovery Restore ICS done deal...Have done it plenty of times...Never a problem...So you're tellin me I'm gonna Brick sooner or later...By usin this method but it never happened before...I'm using Rogue Recovery but not the Touch Recovery....:
I also never use Rom Manager...Never tried Mobile Odin...But I don't need it...
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Can't you give me a link?
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I go all of the way back to EG30 myself..here's the one click thread for that. My next post will have the EL29 return to stock...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1383678
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Andfor those who want to go straight back to EL29....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1433101
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JohnCorleone said:
Seriously, you guys are taking risks. Hey, asking as you are aware of those risks then great but I still say Odin to a stock Gingerbread ROM, Odin flash a kernel w/ recovery and restore nandroid myself but to each his own...
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HOW are we taking risks? It's been clearly stated in several threads that the problem lies with RomManager and temp recoveries.. not with repacks.
ronny71 said:
To get GPS to work on ICS you have to get a lock on a EL29 Rom...I use the Blend...Ive gone from ICS to Recovery to Restore, to GB, get the Lock back to Recovery Restore ICS done deal...Have done it plenty of times...Never a problem...So you're tellin me I'm gonna Brick sooner or later...By usin this method but it never happened before...I'm using Rogue Recovery but not the Touch Recovery....:
I also never use Rom Manager...Never tried Mobile Odin...But I don't need it...
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People just flashing stuff with a cwm ics kernel have bricked and people doing nandroids back to GB using ics kernel have bricked read the brick threads and u will see .... 3 of the devs have bricked so go ahead if you think its safe .... But don't cry when you brick
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Do I need to be on EL26 OR EL29 to flash CM9 or does it not matter? What do you guys recommend I do in order to flash this rom? Thanks guys!
EL26 but the ROM won't install if your not on a gingerbread Based ROM
Epic touch phone of xXHELLBoy91Xx
so restore to EL26 because currently i'm on EL29 and want to flash CM9.
Yea but are you on a gingerbread based rom?
Epic touch phone of xXHELLBoy91Xx
Yea i'm on a custom one
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so as long as you not on a ics ROM when you go into EL26 in order to flash cm9 then you all good
Epic touch phone of xXHELLBoy91Xx
so if i'm on a ics ROM I use that SF restore thing right?
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Darrien13 said:
so if i'm on a ics ROM I use that SF restore thing right?
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Correct. If you are on a ICS ROM use the Odin restore pack by Sfhub to go back to Gingerbread ROM then flash the CWM5 recovery as noted in the CM9 and install and boom! Ready to flash CM9
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1416477
This is what I did to get the ability to install CM9. I fubar'd the first time and got the unrooted stock flashed.
Vandam500 said:
use the Odin restore pack by Sfhub to go back to Gingerbread ROM
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Phone wont let me update prl or profile.......but i tried in blazer 4.1 and in frankens ego ics rom
So it must be phone?
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ScubaSteev said:
Phone wont let me update prl or profile.......but i tried in blazer 4.1 and in frankens ego ics rom
So it must be phone?
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Try on a completely stock rom like one of sfhubs Odin in clicks. Or it could just be sprint for now.
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Try on a completely stock rom like one of sfhubs Odin in clicks. Or it could just be sprint for now.
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I was told to but dont know hiw to use on mobile odin
Never wanted to take the chance of bricking
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Try on a completely stock rom like one of sfhubs Odin in clicks. Or it could just be sprint for now.
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Do i just mobile odin the el26/CWM Kernel and then flash shfubs el26 stock rom?
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No go to his fe22 odin one click thread and use that to go to stock twiz. From there update prl/profile. Then you can go ahead and mobile Odin the el26 cwm kernel and ref lash to whatever rom.
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No go to his fe22 odin one click thread and use that to go to stock twiz. From there update prl/profile. Then you can go ahead and mobile Odin the el26 cwm kernel and ref lash to whatever rom.
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I thought since i have gb rom i have to use the el26?
And ive never used mobile odin to flash anything besides a el26 kernel so i have no clue how to flash a completely stock rom
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I think system update support was removed from Ego to save battery life.
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I think system update support was removed from Ego to save battery life.
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It wont update on blazer 4.1 either
Im going to flash dazed ics rom in a bit
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ScubaSteev said:
It wont update on blazer 4.1 either
Im going to flash dazed ics rom in a bit
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I had that same problem on Frankenstein's last night. No matter what I tried they wouldn't update so I ended up going back to Calk's ROM. And I really liked Frankenstein's ROM and wish I could of stayed on it longer.
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ScubaSteev said:
I thought since i have gb rom i have to use the el26?
And ive never used mobile odin to flash anything besides a el26 kernel so i have no clue how to flash a completely stock rom
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You can still flash a GB kernel even though you have a ICS ROM installed. It won't boot the phone completely(it'll freeze on the Samsung Galaxy SII screen on startup). But you can still get into recovery and download modes. That's the benefit right there. You don't need to flash all that though. Which ROM do you want to be on? The part about using Odin to go to FE22 and then go to EL26 has an extra step in it. You really don't need to flash the FE22 before going to EL26.
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I had that same problem on Frankenstein's last night. No matter what I tried they wouldn't update so I ended up going back to Calk's ROM. And I really liked Frankenstein's ROM and wish I could of stayed on it longer.
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You can still flash a GB kernel even though you have a ICS ROM installed. It won't boot the phone completely(it'll freeze on the Samsung Galaxy SII screen on startup). But you can still get into recovery and download modes. That's the benefit right there. You don't need to flash all that though. Which ROM do you want to be on? The part about using Odin to go to FE22 and then go to EL26 has an extra step in it. You really don't need to flash the FE22 before going to EL26.
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Wait what? Lol
Im confused
Doesnt some ics roms have cwm
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ScubaSteev said:
Wait what? Lol
Im confused
Doesnt some ics roms have cwm
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Ya some of them have CWM or a different custom recovery. What ROM is it that you want to install? What I mean is you don't need to flash to multiple other kernels/ROMs before eventually going to whichever ROM you want.
Go to the dev section and find sfhubs fe22 Odin one click and flash your phone with that. The reason you do this is so you will be on a stock rom where you can update prl and profile. After you do this, using Odin (with only auto reboot checked in top right corner), flash the el26 cwm kernel. Boot into recovery and from here you can flash back to Frankenstein or blazer whatever you want. You will need a computer.
So...
1. Fe22 Odin one click
2. Boot into fe22 stock rom and update prl/profile
3. Odin the el26 cwm kernel
4. Flash whatever new rom you want.
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Go to the dev section and find sfhubs fe22 Odin one click and flash your phone with that. The reason you do this is so you will be on a stock rom where you can update prl and profile. After you do this, using Odin (with only auto reboot checked in top right corner), flash the el26 cwm kernel. Boot into recovery and from here you can flash back to Frankenstein or blazer whatever you want. You will need a computer.
So...
1. Fe22 Odin one click
2. Boot into fe22 stock rom and update prl/profile
3. Odin the el26 cwm kernel
4. Flash whatever new rom you want.
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Just the thing....I don't have a computer
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1. Mobile Odin el26 cwm kernel
2. Flash this rom http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=26478829
3. Boot into rom and update prl/profile
4. Mobile Odin el26 cwm kernel
5. Boot back into recovery and flash rom of choice
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slick_rick said:
1. Mobile Odin el26 cwm kernel
2. Flash this rom http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=26478829
3. Boot into rom and update prl/profile
4. Mobile Odin el26 cwm kernel
5. Boot back into recovery and flash rom of choice
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The fe22?
And sweet...easier then I thought,just gotta wait for download.
Thanks slick
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ScubaSteev said:
The fe22?
And sweet...easier then I thought,just gotta wait for download.
Thanks slick
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Doesn't need to be fe22, but needs to be stock touchwiz or close to so you can update prl/profile and that rom will let you do so. No problem, I'm ways here to help.
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Doesn't need to be fe22, but needs to be stock touchwiz or close to so you can update prl/profile and that rom will let you do so. No problem, I'm ways here to help.
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Well can I flash el26 stock rom ?
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ScubaSteev said:
Well can I flash el26 stock rom ?
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Fixed in the new update, sorry. Hey scubaSteve, I remember that "sisters friend" thing
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Did you try booting into recovery, wipe cache and dalvik, reboot, then try to update again?
I usually one click back to el29, install CWM, and then flash another ICS rom but it's very time consuming. Is there a faster and safe way?
What I did was nandroid my gingerbread system. Then I can flash whatever I want and restore gingerbread whenever I want to go back.
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What I did was nandroid my gingerbread system. Then I can flash whatever I want and restore gingerbread whenever I want to go back.
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Restoring a GB nandroid on an ICS ROM won't cause the phone to brick?
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It can. I'd suggest just keeping chris41gs ICS aosp/tw kernels in SD card. That way you can just Odin his kernel (if you're not already using it) and flash whatever from there
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Restoring a GB nandroid on an ICS ROM won't cause the phone to brick?
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I have done it dozens of times using Chris41g and agat's ics kernels.
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I have done it dozens of times using Chris41g and agat's ics kernels.
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so i got a question that ties into that statement. i am about to use the auto root tool to get cwm. i am currently on stock ics rooted. would i be able to flash whatever rom i choose without having to one click back to a GB Build?
(this used to be way easier on my OG Evo, lol)
Mastergrimm28 said:
so i got a question that ties into that statement. i am about to use the auto root tool to get cwm. i am currently on stock ics rooted. would i be able to flash whatever rom i choose without having to one click back to a GB Build?
(this used to be way easier on my OG Evo, lol)
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Yes you would. Just install FF18-CWM-agat-src kernel. Of course make a backup first just in case you get into trouble but I have been doing it over and over with no issues... So far :laugh:
Awesome thats just what i Wanted to hear
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Mastergrimm28 said:
so i got a question that ties into that statement. i am about to use the auto root tool to get cwm. i am currently on stock ics rooted. would i be able to flash whatever rom i choose without having to one click back to a GB Build?
(this used to be way easier on my OG Evo, lol)
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If you do decide to try please update us.
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I will update when i try.
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