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New Epic user root ?

What is the best rom to root? I just got my epic yesterday and I want to root using the latest rom that everyone is really raving about. Thanks in advance!
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All roms are rooted
First you root your phone then you can install a custom rom
Ruins don't root your phone u do that through a one click rooter you find in development stickies
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bankaisnake said:
What is the best rom to root? I just got my epic yesterday and I want to root using the latest rom that everyone is really raving about. Thanks in advance!
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Follow the instructions in the top of the threads (stickies) on how to root your phone. Then follow the instructions included for the ROM you choose. Most require you to convert your file system to EXT4 and be on Clockwork Mod 3.0.0.6. So read carefully and post your questions here in the Q&A section.
Do you BONSAI?

Its definitely a big pond to jump into. Rooting and flashing ROMS, to say the least can become an addiction. I have been lurking XDA for a short time now. Owned my epic for about a month until i started making my own changes and trying different ROMs ( when FROYO {2.2} updated my phone began to SUCK so off I went; cannon ball into the pond) one of the biggest helps to me was youtube and the "epic cookbook" http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=967014.... definitely a HUGE help. also simple problems have simple answers. Many others have asked and can be answered with the search field. After you jump in and have a succesful root & flash you will have wondered why you waited. I am no "pro" but am willing to help if needed. Good luck
As for the best.... oneclickroot either 2.5 or 3.0 are wonderful. however i have had much more luck with 3.0 running ext4. Now asking which ROM is better is like asking which car is best, all types of answers. Really depends on what you want and your "taste"

Yes thanks for your replies. I may have not asked my question correctly. I came from the Hero and I rooted that phone till it couldn't be rooted anymore! I'm just on the Epic now and not sure where to begin and where the best rom I should flash. Hero had cyn 2-.2 and thought about flashing gingerbread but just decided to upgrade to the Epic. I'll check around XDA in the stickies.. thx for your replies and further advice is surely appreciated!
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[Q] Ordered the galaxy nexus, what to expect?

Hey guys, just recently ordered the nexus last weekend, should be here sometime this week.
I'm coming from the G2x and from experiencing so many bugs on it with little to no support, I decided to get the nexus.
However I just had this question on my mind for awhile now..
What are the benefits of installing custom roms for the nexus?
I used to install custom roms to get rid of bloatware but since the nexus will come with stock android with no 3rd party apps, is it even necessary to flash a different rom?
Lastly, what type of awesomeness will I experience once I get the phone?

I've had my Nexus for a little over a week and I haven't rooted or installed any custom rooms. ICS is beautiful enough for me. I will probably root sometime down the line but for now I'll just keep enjoying stock.
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First of all: !!ALL QUESTIONS GO IN THE Q&A FORUM!! OR THEY WILL BE DELETED!
That out of the way, you should read. This exact same thread has been made ~12,000 times since this phone came out. The answer isn't specific to this phone either. The benefits/costs of rooting are pretty universal with Android devices, with the exception that a Nexus is trivially easy to root and return to stock if need be.
Whether or not you choose to flash a ROM or if you deem it "necessary" is up to you.

First of all ... . No negative Nancy's!!!!!! Help him out and don't be a jackass about it. The phone is great with or without roms. Just enjoy it! Congrats
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genethebean33 said:
First of all ... . No negative Nancy's!!!!!! Help him out and don't be a jackass about it. The phone is great with or without roms. Just enjoy it! Congrats
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Actually martonikaj is right, these threads are at least twice a day.
Search is free.

1. Benefits are tweaked out/optimized kernels and the ROMs are tweaked/optimized for speed and battery life. Some have extra options that the stock ICS does not offer.
2. The nexus does not have carrier ware/bloat/ overlays. Its the way Android was intended to be.
3. EPIC Awesomeness!

You'll experience sadness, tears, sorrow. Sorry.
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Need help installing Jellybean ROM, First timer! :)

Ok, first of all I have been an iPhone user since they came out. I know nothing of android or how to install ROMS. I am now switching to the galaxy s2 t989 and want to install the jellybean rom. Please let me know what is the best ROM to install and what steps I need to do.
Please help me, I'm desperate!

Chestbrah said:
Ok, first of all I have been an iPhone user since they came out. I know nothing of android or how to install ROMS. I am now switching to the galaxy s2 t989 and want to install the jellybean rom. Please let me know what is the best ROM to install and what steps I need to do.
Please help me, I'm desperate!
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Well first off welcome to the Android Community. You've definetely started in the right place with XDA. Rooting an android phone and getting a custom ROM is easier than ever now. I would suggest first scrolling to the top of this forum and doing a lot of research and self education. There are several things you need to have a basic understanding of before flashing roms. Look at the most wanted topics thread, The official Jelly Bean General Discussion thread, Terminology for the newbies. Check out this post as well.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1873873
In the end consider that Jelly Bean is still in the developmental stages and there can be bugs and workarounds to deal with. If you are new to Android, going with a solid custom ICS rom may be best for you so as not to spoil your Android experience.
Finally once you have made your decision head over to the Android rom development section ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1332 ) and look through the roms and choose the best one for your needs. Read the instructions and then read them again. Install exactly according to the directions in the thread from the rom you choose and enjoy ! Hope this helps a little at least. Happy Flashing ! :highfive:

The best thing to do is read, read, read. Knowledge is the best way to prevent accidents. The process for loading custom ROMs on this phone is simple but you'd be surprised how many "educated" people screw it up. Good luck.
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I would reccomend Jedi mind trick or a darkside ics rom to flash first....very stable and very good battery life....also check out the sticky threads
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Thanks for the comments, i will start reading up the sticky threads to start learning more about this myself. Im so exited and cant wait to start being apart of this community.

Chestbrah said:
Thanks for the comments, i will start reading up the sticky threads to start learning more about this myself. Im so exited and cant wait to start being apart of this community.
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And also if you need visual tutorials, just search on youtube and there's a bunch of videos showing yoi how to root, flash roms, etc. Always make sure what you are flashing is for this phone
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I'll tell you a great ics rom which is called paranoid android. There is one by starskyrob in the development section. As far as JB in my opinion, the most stable is Paranoid android JB. I've flashed their latest rom and have had no sleeps of death or random reboots. This is going over 24 hours now and I did get 21 hours of battery for my first battery cycle. If you want more info send me a pm and ill link you some links. But yes read and watch a lot of youtube videos together ideas of what roms can do.
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Chestbrah said:
Ok, first of all I have been an iPhone user since they came out. I know nothing of android or how to install ROMS. I am now switching to the galaxy s2 t989 and want to install the jellybean rom. Please let me know what is the best ROM to install and what steps I need to do.
Please help me, I'm desperate!
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Galaxys2root.com has good tutorials, just make sure before anything you do, READ!!! make sure that u are flashing roms for your device.
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Whoa, s2 users being helpful for once. This place has changed..Where am i.
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My 2 cents is that JB ROMs are not yet ready to act as daily drivers on the T989 for most of us.
The RRs and SODs continue as well as several other quirks.
I've been on and off the leading JB ROMs since mid-August and in most all cases I lost more features than I gained.
Thank God for the developers and early adopters who brave the bleeding edge for us all.
But I will wait in the safety of AOKP MS6 until I see something from Whitehawakx that's labeled "milestone" before I flash again.
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Chestbrah said:
Ok, first of all I have been an iPhone user since they came out. I know nothing of android or how to install ROMS. I am now switching to the galaxy s2 t989 and want to install the jellybean rom. Please let me know what is the best ROM to install and what steps I need to do.
Please help me, I'm desperate!
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All the ones I have tried so far I've had issues with, I would suggest something more stable like an ics for now. The JB roms look nice but they have issues with calls, random lockups and such.

Coming from an Evo and kind of lost......

Hello everyone I recently bought this touch off of craigslist and am utterly confused on the root process, flashing roms, etc...... First off it was already rooted and using CWM recovery. I found this out after I figured out how to boot into recovery on my new to me phone lol. With the Evo there were some growing pains but I figured it out pretty fast and was flashing like crazy in a couple of days. It's seems this phone is a whole new beast. Im living it so far but I need to know exactly what im up against since I see the phrase "brick your phone way too much already". I've read some threads already but can't quite wrap my mind around it yet so im reaching out, and yes I plan to do a while lot of reading just like I did with the OG Evo. That's not an option right now since my lil sister has been in the ICU in the hospital and I've been spending every waking hour there. Anyway I would just like to know where I stand with the room that is presently on the phone already and what I can do if I wanted to flash something else. Anyway thx for any help given and to those who will surely tell me to read, read, read I will, will, will lol.
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Read all the stickies in the Android Development section. Look up QBKing77 on youtube and watch his videos about this phone. They will show you how to safely root, flash, etc.

euphoria said:
Read all the stickies in the Android Development section. Look up QBKing77 on youtube and watch his videos about this phone. They will show you how to safely root, flash, etc.
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Thx for responding and I will def check that out. I would just like to know what the previous owner did to root the phone if you could look at the screen shoot and give me an ideal. I asked him but he said someone rooted it for him and he didn't have much info. I also asked him off he was on XDA and he said no but he browsed an epic 4g forum but I didn't press him since I knew I could just come here and find out ask I needed to know. Anyway thx for that info.
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sha4000 said:
Thx for responding and I will def check that out. I would just like to know what the previous owner did to root the phone if you could look at the screen shoot and give me an ideal. I asked him but he said someone rooted it for him and he didn't have much info. I also asked him off he was on XDA and he said no but he browsed an epic 4g forum but I didn't press him since I knew I could just come here and find out ask I needed to know. Anyway thx for that info.
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Whoops, accidentally hit the thanks button
Anyway it was most likely originally rooted using the EL29 one click found here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1433101
This just installed stock firmware (gingerbread build) on the phone that was rooted. From there he probably upgraded to ics using the recovery built in with the EL26 kernel. Most recoveries are safe to use now, just make sure you thoroughly read the OP.
There was also an exploit through which it could have been rooted, but that was patched long ago.

euphoria said:
Whoops, accidentally hit the thanks button
Anyway it was most likely originally rooted using the EL29 one click found here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1433101
This just installed stock firmware (gingerbread build) on the phone that was rooted. From there he probably upgraded to ics using the recovery built in with the EL26 kernel. Most recoveries are safe to use now, just make sure you thoroughly read the OP.
There was also an exploit through which it could have been rooted, but that was patched long ago.
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Thank you for that info. One other question. Is there something I have to flash to be able to enable usb storage so I can move files btw my phone and pc/mac? I read in one of the thread that Samsung removed this feature at some point.
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Look in the android development section. It appears you have the Universe rom from several versions back. I would recommend starting off stock rooted for learning purposes. We have a 1 click method for this and you can learn more from the development section and the qbking videos. FI27 is the most recent build number. I have not tried it yet. Last build I ran was FI03.
After you flash a stock rooted rom you will need to flash a kernel. I always used agats kernel and consider it safe. Good luck and read, read, read before you jump into anything.

someguyatx said:
Look in the android development section. It appears you have the Universe rom from several versions back. I would recommend starting off stock rooted for learning purposes. We have a 1 click method for this and you can learn more from the development section and the qbking videos. FI27 is the most recent build number. I have not tried it yet. Last build I ran was FI03.
After you flash a stock rooted rom you will need to flash a kernel. I always used agats kernel and consider it safe. Good luck and read, read, read before you jump into anything.
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Thx you that was the exact response that I was looking for, both of you guys/gals have provided excellent info and now im off to do some reading.
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No problem this phone can be a bit confusing at first. Lots of terms, letters, numbers, kernels but it will all make sense quickly.

someguyatx said:
No problem this phone can be a bit confusing at first. Lots of terms, letters, numbers, kernels but it will all make sense quickly.
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euphoria said:
Whoops, accidentally hit the thanks button
Anyway it was most likely originally rooted using the EL29 one click found here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1433101
This just installed stock firmware (gingerbread build) on the phone that was rooted. From there he probably upgraded to ics using the recovery built in with the EL26 kernel. Most recoveries are safe to use now, just make sure you thoroughly read the OP.
There was also an exploit through which it could have been rooted, but that was patched long ago.
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Thx for all the help I have since flashed Agat recovery with stock FH13 rom and Universe 2.3 and am now on the way to fully exploring my phone.

Sounds like you are on the right track. I dont think I ever tried Universe rom. I have mostly been on Aosp based roms the past few months.

Universe rom is neat. I would suggest checking out blazer, calkulins or re-calk, and blu kuban. Those have been some of my favorites.
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If you plan on checking out Kuban,I recommend the link in my sig. The flash procedure also works for many other roms, but until you are really comfortable I would always follow the op directions in whatever ROM you choose to flash. You picked a good phone with a great community. Lots of very helpful people here, even though we lost quite a few to the s3.

I have an OG EVO and my wife has the E4GT. I rooted it yesterday afternoon in about 15 minutes' time. Definitely not the same as rooting the EVO. While it's different, I think it swayed me towards going with the SGS III when my upgrade comes up next month. Looking forward to playing with the E4GT some more-if the wife lets me :angel:

Bannjio said:
Universe rom is neat. I would suggest checking out blazer, calkulins or re-calk, and blu kuban. Those have been some of my favorites.
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I will def give some of those a spin thx.
Ravaged Pheonix said:
If you plan on checking out Kuban,I recommend the link in my sig. The flash procedure also works for many other roms, but until you are really comfortable I would always follow the op directions in whatever ROM you choose to flash. You picked a good phone with a great community. Lots of very helpful people here, even though we lost quite a few to the s3.
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I'm pretty comfortable with most things already lol. Used to flash all kinds of things on my Evo, but this phones blows it out of the water.
FinZ28 said:
I have an OG EVO and my wife has the E4GT. I rooted it yesterday afternoon in about 15 minutes' time. Definitely not the same as rooting the EVO. While it's different, I think it swayed me towards going with the SGS III when my upgrade comes up next month. Looking forward to playing with the E4GT some more-if the wife lets me :angel:
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I hear you, I never even played with an E4GT before I bought it I just saw how great the S3 looked and felt in the sprint store and loved it. Since I refuse to sign a new 2 year contract I always stay at least a model behind and just go to craigslist.

htc phones and samsung are quite different i had an evo and it takes me twice as long to root it compared to samsung. but samsung seems easier to brick.

Flash-aholic Withdrawal

Well my fellow flashers, it's been 2 weeks since I picked up this bad boy from Best Buy in Black Friday. I've been holding off rooting and flashing a ROM. Abstinence is not for everyone and it's definitely not for me in this situation. Once you've been to the Dark Side, there's no going back.
Now to starting testing the new flavors of Android. Thanks to all of the device of Android. My Captivate has served me well because of you all. My daughter sincerely appreciates it.
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now be careful and don't lose your IMEI by flashing roms - make a backup of your NV items

meanhacker said:
now be careful and don't lose your IMEI by flashing roms - make a backup of your NV items
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Yeah he's right. Don't flash ANYTHING until you backup your IMEI. You never know when you're going to lose it, or if you will lose it.
Quick access link to the thread here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1801997
READ EVERYTHING CAREFULLY.

bornjamerican said:
Well my fellow flashers, it's been 2 weeks since I picked up this bad boy from Best Buy in Black Friday. I've been holding off rooting and flashing a ROM. Abstinence is not for everyone and it's definitely not for me in this situation. Once you've been to the Dark Side, there's no going back.
Now to starting testing the new flavors of Android. Thanks to all of the device of Android. My Captivate has served me well because of you all. My daughter sincerely appreciates it.
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Wow and you call your self a flashaholic we have to pull your flashaholic card I also came from a captivate and I had my sgs3 without flashing for maybe ten minutes (the time it took to download stuff included time to find right kernel,etc.)
I didn't even know what the stock Rom looked like I turned in my phone had some juice on the battery and I flashed away
Had to try the new update just to see what it looks like, although I ran frosty for a while but was flashing something everyday even with official I have been flashing stuff just to get my flash on(mostly apps and addons) to get my fix until 4.2 roms start coming out, for now I have also flashed the 4.2 camera back on and little mods here and there mostly cosmetic and audio upgrades but at first sign of 4.2 or some rom that gives me new stuff to pay with I'm flashing official rom away
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Dave the Knave said:
Yeah he's right. Don't flash ANYTHING until you backup your IMEI. You never know when you're going to lose it, or if you will lose it.
Quick access link to the thread here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1801997
READ EVERYTHING CAREFULLY.
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Or you can just get andromizer. Free app on the foruns. Paid app in store.
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Android has gotten so good that stock rooted is all I need lately.

Dave the Knave said:
Yeah he's right. Don't flash ANYTHING until you backup your IMEI. You never know when you're going to lose it, or if you will lose it.
Quick access link to the thread here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1801997
READ EVERYTHING CAREFULLY.
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I was a noob and this very thing happened to me. It scared the hell out of me but thanks to the guides and tools and people here at least have peace of mind that this was the first android phone I flashed roms with, IMEI got wiped after a random reboot playing around with LED settings then.. I was able to restore it myself without having a backup!
!! Its never over flash away but make the backup first it will save a lot of sweat!

I have been on Sony phones until last week so I am trying a rooted stock for a while before I start flashing other roms.
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