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[ACS][Kernel][Odin] eg30Plus Stock Rooted BusyBox CWM5 and Plus Tweaks

Stock EG30Plus Kernel for Epic Touch 4g compiled from source, properly.
Proper initramfs
su 3, superuser.apk, and busybox
ClockworkMod 5 (Compiled by bubby323)
Various Virtual Machine, Kernel and Network Tweaks I've been using in my plus kernels for quite some time...
Guess I should mention:
Bootanimation support, either bootanimation.zip or sanim.zip
init.d support
Remove Superuser.apk if its not version 3 before installing.
Odin the tar.md5 file
Immediately update profile
Me and bubby323 have spent quite a bit of time getting this recovery working correctly, and squaring away his kernel.
http://www.forums.acsyndicate.net/s...lus-Stock-Rooted-BusyBox-CWM5-and-Plus-Tweaks
Source:
https://github.com/chris41g/EG30Plus
Thanks to qbking77 for the how to video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kExN-Y2pfxA
Thanks to:
bubby323
Drockstar
Johncorleone
pyrostic
rjmjr69
nubecoder
thefredelement

first.
chris41g said:
Stock EG30Plus Kernel for Epic Touch 4g compiled from source, properly.
Proper initramfs
su 3, superuser.apk, and busybox
ClockworkMod 5 (Compiled by bubby323)
Various Virtual Machine, Kernel and Network Tweaks I've been using in my plus kernels for quite some time...
Remove Superuser.apk if its not version 3 before installing.
Odin the tar.md5 file
Immediately update profile
Me and bubby323 have spent quite a bit of time getting this recovery working correctly, and squaring away his kernel.
http://www.forums.acsyndicate.net/s...lus-Stock-Rooted-BusyBox-CWM5-and-Plus-Tweaks
Source:
https://github.com/chris41g/EG30Plus
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sweet i will try it out

Thanks!
Question, what do you mean by immediately update profile? Sorry if thats a dumb question
Are you refering to the profile under system updates?

luigic81 said:
Thanks!
Question, what do you mean by immediately update profile? Sorry if thats a dumb question
Are you refering to the profile under system updates?
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i think so
trying this kernel out now

expertzero1 said:
i think so
trying this kernel out now
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yes, exactly..

i have full signal bars, AMAZING!
goes up and down from full bars, but wow nice, thanks!

Yes sir, Chris41g and I have spent the last 3 hours working on this stuff for you guys.

weird. this a bug?
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Whoa snap, I've been waiting for this to test out with Rob's v2.0. Will see how it holds up to the stock deodexed I'm using right now.

is what a bug?

Will this give the damn triangle? By stock.. do you mean like the one pulled from a stock device?

by stock i mean compiled from source, and the triangle is just there until you load a custom bootanimation....

strongsteve said:
Will this give the damn triangle? By stock.. do you mean like the one pulled from a stock device?
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If you are rooted you'll have the triangle, this kernel is for a rooted phone

chris41g said:
is what a bug?
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shouldnt it be under kernal, not under build number?

no, kernel version is the linux kernel version... which is displayed correctly, though a bit strange looking. the build number is just provided traditionally by a rom, or kernel, or whatever...

You guys will really enjoy this kernel. CWM 5.0.2.3! Yes! Thanks for making this for us Chris. Also, thanks bubby and everyone who was involved
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JohnCorleone said:
You guys will really enjoy this kernel. CWM 5.0.2.3! Yes! Thanks for making this for us Chris. Also, thanks bubby and everyone who was involved
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+ 1 thanks guys!

I've used up all my thanks for the day on the 2 of you but thanks again. Been waiting on this.
Edit: Well I just flashed so haven't really got to test but my signal and down/upload speeds are WAY better!!!! Another thing I just noticed. I just got a news notification from Sprint Zone which is the first time I've ever gotten something from it since I've rooted.

I flashed this and then flashed back to stock (pulled) and now wifi will not connect.. how do I get back to stock (pulled) with working wifi?

Will be flashing this as soon as I get home.
Sent from my Epic 4G Touch.

Most stable kernel out right now?

Well, exactly what the title says. What do you guys think is the most stable kernel is with the best battery life out right now?

Pulled stock, LoSt kernel or stock with CWM. Go with a Shane or bubby kernel. The LoSt kernel has 2 versions. One has overclock
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I had several Los's with Zedomax over clocked kernel. Sofar the stable Lost kernel has been great for me with zero Los. Stock also had zero Los on my phone.
Does the e4gt really need to be over clocked? It sure seems fast enough for me, especially if I turn off all animations. Turning off animation is just habbit I picked up from when I was running Android on the HTC Vogue, just got use to a utilitarian environment.

Well I would like to run loStkernel, but I never once got loStkernel until I did. I've had the phone since release.

Either lost kernel or the stock pulled and stock with cwm.
Sent From My Evo Killer!!!

Lostkernel

bluefire808 said:
Lostkernel
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exp+
10char

Well I'm worried that once I flash any custom kernel that loS will start happening. Any input on this guys?

dcraig723 said:
Well I'm worried that once I flash any custom kernel that loS will start happening. Any input on this guys?
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You can always go back to stock if all else fails

Def lostkernel, or bubby's stock with cwm. Ive had no problems with either. Running lostkernel exp and its good too

| MODEM | DISCONTINUED | FE16 Modem

This is just a little something I pulled from the latest update. It is the full FE16 modem.
Credits:
Sfhub for the Leak
Directions
Download Current Modem
Wipe cache and dalvik

Thank you sir!
ReActiveDisorder said:
This is just a little something I pulled from the latest update. It is the full fd26 modem.
Directions
Download Modem
Wipe cache and dalvik
Flash modem
Reboot and enjoy
Download-
http://www.4shared.com/zip/J3u02SY4/E4GT_Modem_FD26_ReActiveDisOrd.html
WARNING: I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE YOU CAUSE TO YOUR DEVICE BY FLASHING THIS MOD.
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I'm a little confused by the cwm in the thread title. I thought cwm was kernel related, not modem?
Oh wait, nevermind lol you're giving us a modem.zip to flash in cwm. I get it!
Thanks

Esoteric68 said:
I'm a little confused by the cwm in the thread title. I thought cwm was kernel related, not modem?
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Its cwm flashable. Thats all i meant by it
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ReActiveDisorder said:
Its cwm flashable. Thats all i meant by it
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Yeah my addled brain finally added 2+2 and came out with 4.

Interesting. Just for practice or what? Learning to create cwm zips is on my list somewhere of things todo. Just wondering since of course there was already one posted. Ive seen a lot of you so have to figure this is nothing new to you.

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This is just a little something I pulled from the latest update. It is the full fd26 modem.
Directions
Download Modem
Wipe cache and dalvik
Flash modem
Reboot and enjoy
Download-
http://www.4shared.com/zip/J3u02SY4/E4GT_Modem_FD26_ReActiveDisOrd.html
WARNING: I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE YOU CAUSE TO YOUR DEVICE BY FLASHING THIS MOD.
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deleted.....

ReActiveDisorder said:
... I pulled from the latest update. It is the full fd26 modem. .. .. WARNING: I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANY DAMAGE YOU CAUSE TO YOUR DEVICE BY FLASHING THIS MOD.
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This is odd.. the op says its a full FD26 modem.. what is that? Is their a partial modem floating around or something?
I'm wanting to see this partial "half" modem..
sj
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sjsharksfan420 said:
This is odd.. the op says its a full FD26 modem.. what is that? Is their a partial modem floating around or something?
I'm wanting to see this partial "half" modem..
sj
Sent from my SGS2 Epic 4G Touch on AoKPm5 FD26 OS4.0.4 with dpi @ 128 using [email protected] 2 Pro
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Lmbo
and you don't typically have to wipe anything when flashing a modem, or at least that was what I gathered.
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It's always been recommended to wipe cache/dalvik when flashing a modem.
Let's not be to harsh at the OP..... yeah the modems been around for a little while already but the dude is just trying to help out/contribute.

sjsharksfan420 said:
This is odd.. the op says its a full FD26 modem.. what is that? Is their a partial modem floating around or something?
I'm wanting to see this partial "half" modem..
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We've had "patch" style modems in the past where you need to be on a certain modem version for the update to work. The initial EK02 modem that came with the OTA was like that, but Samsung got wise and now ships full modems with the OTAs as well.

ive always wondered this but never asked due to fear of being slapped for being stupid but....are gingerbread roms able to have any modem? like i can put any modem on any rom?

soccerboarder43 said:
ive always wondered this but never asked due to fear of being slapped for being stupid but....are gingerbread roms able to have any modem? like i can put any modem on any rom?
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Yep........

The fd26 modem zip thats been available (at least the one I've found)was 4.82 mb.. this one is bigger(not by much) at 5.16 mb... not sure what the difference would be.. but it might be interesting to at least check it out before making a new developer in our community feel like crap... just sayin..
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manufan721 said:
The fd26 modem zip thats been available (at least the one I've found)was 4.82 mb.. this one is bigger(not by much) at 5.16 mb... not sure what the difference would be.. but it might be interesting to at least check it out before making a new developer in our community feel like crap... just sayin..
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You are looking at the compressed sizes. Compare the uncompressed sizes (around 15mb) and/or run an md5sum.

Full as opposed to a patch modem and yeah dalvik is a vm app cache not related to modem. Cant speak for primary cache in relation to the radio interface layer and such. But i never clear just for modem.

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You are looking at the compressed sizes. Compare the uncompressed sizes (around 15mb) and/or run an md5sum.
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Damn, youre right sfhub.. both are the same uncompressed.. I did say that I didn't know if there was a difference or not.. just felt like people were being a bit harsh on him..
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soccerboarder43 said:
ive always wondered this but never asked due to fear of being slapped for being stupid but....are gingerbread roms able to have any modem? like i can put any modem on any rom?
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From what I understood, you can flash ics modem only with ics rom/kernel. Then again I'm not 100% sure

Alex1x said:
From what I understood, you can flash ics modem only with ics rom/kernel. Then again I'm not 100% sure
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Naw.. you can flash whatever modem on whatever kernel you want, even on gb, I'm on 4. 0. 4 fd 24 kernel with el 29 modem right now
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Give OP a break, he is starting to dev for us with his alpha ROM in the general section. I see some good new things coming our way from him soon...haven't been daring enough to test the rom but testers have been saying lots of good things so far.
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First time flashing in this new age

Hey all, long time lurk, first actual post here though. I used to jump rom to rom back when I had the original Droid on VZW, but that was so long ago, at least in terms of Android Development anyhow. So ffwd to today, I've had my E4GT now for perhaps 2 months, and I've already rooted it, flashed a Team Rouge Recovery to it (cause it was the latest I think), and am on a stock GB EL29 Rom, and I think an EL26 Kernel.
Now, I know that things have complicated so much more since the last time I was savy doing all this, so I'm vague and still learning about all the different things that can be switched in and out, here and there. But I've been too caught up with all of the recent ICS issues that were presented with the leaks and the actual release. I've since found a rom that I'm comfortable with, AOKP 7-13 , but I'm not trying to mess anything up despite having done nothing but read for the past month and a half about what to do and not to do. One thing I am absolutely sure about is that I came into this scene at a horrible time lol, things have been changing as I read them!!
Now! With this rom, is it completely nessasary to use this specific recovery, CWM5? And, is this the recovery in question? If not, please point me in the correct direction.
And "the normal route" that is mentioned in the first information post in that AOKP thread, would that be the flashing of an ICS rom from a GB rom to prevent the emmc problem that was happening, even though such this rom has that feature removed (at least if I read it correctly)
I'm not stupid nor am I completely horrible at following directions, but after feeling like getting the run around just by attempting to piece together information from different sources, it would really just put my mind at ease, and stop the headaches lol, if someone whom this wasn't so...new to could provide me an outline to follow, or at least do this, don't do that pointers.
I know this is long, and thanks for reading. I'm just hoping to get back into the scene, I hate being anxious and not know, <-- ie. my current state

mosez.315 said:
Hey all, long time lurk, first actual post here though. I used to jump rom to rom back when I had the original Droid on VZW, but that was so long ago, at least in terms of Android Development anyhow. So ffwd to today, I've had my E4GT now for perhaps 2 months, and I've already rooted it, flashed a Team Rouge Recovery to it (cause it was the latest I think), and am on a stock GB EL29 Rom, and I think an EL26 Kernel.
Now, I know that things have complicated so much more since the last time I was savy doing all this, so I'm vague and still learning about all the different things that can be switched in and out, here and there. But I've been too caught up with all of the recent ICS issues that were presented with the leaks and the actual release. I've since found a rom that I'm comfortable with, AOKP 7-13 , but I'm not trying to mess anything up despite having done nothing but read for the past month and a half about what to do and not to do. One thing I am absolutely sure about is that I came into this scene at a horrible time lol, things have been changing as I read them!!
Now! With this rom, is it completely nessasary to use this specific recovery, CWM5? And, is this the recovery in question? If not, please point me in the correct direction.
And "the normal route" that is mentioned in the first information post in that AOKP thread, would that be the flashing of an ICS rom from a GB rom to prevent the emmc problem that was happening, even though such this rom has that feature removed (at least if I read it correctly)
I'm not stupid nor am I completely horrible at following directions, but after feeling like getting the run around just by attempting to piece together information from different sources, it would really just put my mind at ease, and stop the headaches lol, if someone whom this wasn't so...new to could provide me an outline to follow, or at least do this, don't do that pointers.
I know this is long, and thanks for reading. I'm just hoping to get back into the scene, I hate being anxious and not know, <-- ie. my current state
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Okay, first of all, AOKP already comes with a recovery (TWRP). However, if you would rather use clockworkmod then you can use this: http://tinyurl.com/7ysnylg Also, in any case where you want to flash a different ICS ROM, I suggest you use el26 CWM.

I'm aware of the TWRP that is included with the AOKP rom (listen to me, slinging around slang like a pro, lol) I only felt I needed to use CWM5 because it specified it in the instal instructions for the rom.
I would assume that I would need the CWM just for switching ICS's in the future, if that does turn out to be what I'll be doing, seeing as how ICS looks like it'll be nothing but improvements from here on oot.

mosez.315 said:
I'm aware of the TWRP that is included with the AOKP rom (listen to me, slinging around slang like a pro, lol) I only felt I needed to use CWM5 because it specified it in the instal instructions for the rom.
I would assume that I would need the CWM just for switching ICS's in the future, if that does turn out to be what I'll be doing, seeing as how ICS looks like it'll be nothing but improvements from here on oot.
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Ooooh I get you! yes its best and suggested to flash any new ics rom from el29 stockrooted
Odin el29 stock rooted
Then flash el26 cwm kernel
Reboot to recovery then flash the ics rom
If your already on an ics rom MY method is to always Odin el29 stockrooted
AOKP M6 "Friday The 13th Edition"
also if I helped you in anyway, Lets have some manners and hit the thanks!

Righteo, that helps some. Now I just gotta back everything up. I made my original backup once I first rooted, I shouldn't need to make additional, right? You can find rooted, stock GB roms to go back to...right? Lol its late...I need another doobie :cyclops:
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Actually, I'm already halfway through that. I am at el29, stock rooted. And I have the el26 kernel. I just need the CWM recovery, then the actual piece de resistance, the rom. Right Krazy?

mosez.315 said:
Righteo, that helps some. Now I just gotta back everything up. I made my original backup once I first rooted, I shouldn't need to make additional, right? You can find rooted, stock GB roms to go back to...right? Lol its late...I need another doobie :cyclops:
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Actually, I'm already halfway through that. I am at el29, stock rooted. And I have the el26 kernel. I just need the CWM recovery, then the actual piece de resistance, the rom. Right Krazy?
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http://chris41g.devphone.org/EpicTouch/Stock Repack/EL26/StockCWM-EL26.zip
That's the el26 kernel I use on GINGERBREAD
AOKP M6 "Friday The 13th Edition"
also if I helped you in anyway, Lets have some manners and hit the thanks!

I was actually in a similar situation as you. I came from flashing on the HTC Hero(which is running AOKP at the moment, and I'm soon going to flash the new Jellybean rom that was just released for it), and that phone is completely different from the E4GT. Although i didn't start flashing from GB, I started on ICS.
I actually went from FF18 Stock Rooted to AOKP milestone 6 Friday the 13th using Agat's recovery from source, and it's a safe recovery, without problems. I am now loving AOKP
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What about the yellow triangle thing I have been reading about. What causes this and how do you prevent it? Its kind of confusing to me.

Blars1206 said:
What about the yellow triangle thing I have been reading about. What causes this and how do you prevent it? Its kind of confusing to me.
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The yellow triangle is Samsung way of telling the techs an unofficial kernel was flashed to the phone. People use a jig or if your on ICS you can use triangle away to reset the binary counter.
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g_ding84 said:
The yellow triangle is Samsung way of telling the techs an unofficial kernel was flashed to the phone. People use a jig or if your on ICS you can use triangle away to reset the binary counter.
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Thanks. I am looking to flash for the first time on this phone also, just got it a week ago. I came from the Vibrant which was so much more simple. Another question if you don't mind. I am on the now running stock OTA ICS. Do I just need to Odin a safe kernel then flash which ever ROM I choose or are the ICS kernels that are built from source now safe to flash from?

The kernels built from the source are safe. Agats kernel with recovery. You can flash that kernel being on stock FF18 and flash from there.
Edit: the agats kernel I have is for TW roms. So just do some research on what kernels you can use. (Cm9 and AOKP use different kernels.)
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g_ding84 said:
The kernels built from the source are safe. Agats kernel with recovery. You can flash that kernel being on stock FF18 and flash from there.
Edit: the agats kernel I have is for TW roms. So just do some research on what kernels you can use. (Cm9 and AOKP use different kernels.)
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I have done a ton reading, just stuck in the old ways of my old phone and simplicity of flashing on it. It was all a little confusing because even some of the updated ROM threads still say flash back to EL26 first, which is also a TW kernel isn't it? But then I read in another place it is safe to use Agats kernel built from source and so on. I was a little shocked at considerably less custom ROM options on this phone compared to the Vibrant. Granted the Vibrant has been around longer, but there were so many more options at the start which kind of leads me to think it is just that much more work to do that on this phone. By no means is this a negative remark toward any developer, just sort of expected a lot more because it is a nice phone. I was looking to flash the Platinum version of this rom http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1712362 since I love the color red. But, thanks for help. I really appreciate it when someone actually gives an answer to a question instead of bash people new to a phone.

g_ding84 said:
The yellow triangle is Samsung way of telling the techs an unofficial kernel was flashed to the phone. People use a jig or if your on ICS you can use triangle away to reset the binary counter.
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And if I remember right, doesn't it only trigger if you flash an unofficial kernel through desktop Odin only? I know the Auto Root Package won't trigger it, and neither will Mobile Odin.
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EggosEvo said:
And if I remember right, doesn't it only trigger if you flash an unofficial kernel through desktop Odin only? I know the Auto Root Package won't trigger it, and neither will Mobile Odin.
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Your correct only desktop triggers the yellow triangle.
Also just my steps to flashing roms 4 the e4gt
1. odin stock el29 rooted
2. flash the el26 cwm kernel (I provided on a few post back)
3. boot into recovery!
Flash what ever you want!
If you want to flash something else repeat those step! As you venture on you will get the hang of things! I hope!
AOKP M6 "Friday The 13th Edition"
also if I helped you in anyway, Lets have some manners and hit the thanks!

Blars1206 said:
I have done a ton reading, just stuck in the old ways of my old phone and simplicity of flashing on it. It was all a little confusing because even some of the updated ROM threads still say flash back to EL26 first, which is also a TW kernel isn't it? But then I read in another place it is safe to use Agats kernel built from source and so on. I was a little shocked at considerably less custom ROM options on this phone compared to the Vibrant. Granted the Vibrant has been around longer, but there were so many more options at the start which kind of leads me to think it is just that much more work to do that on this phone. By no means is this a negative remark toward any developer, just sort of expected a lot more because it is a nice phone. I was looking to flash the Platinum version of this rom http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1712362 since I love the color red. But, thanks for help. I really appreciate it when someone actually gives an answer to a question instead of bash people new to a phone.
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Y flash that! FTR!!! You can quote me on that! go AOKP or Paranoid Android even CM9. Or blu kuban! Has lots of unique mods!
AOKP M6 "Friday The 13th Edition"
also if I helped you in anyway, Lets have some manners and hit the thanks!

krazy_smokezalot said:
Y flash that! FTR!!! You can quote me on that! go AOKP or Paranoid Android even CM9. Or blu kuban! Has lots of unique mods!
AOKP M6 "Friday The 13th Edition"
also if I helped you in anyway, Lets have some manners and hit the thanks!
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I can vouch for AOKP M6. I have had two problems, both have fixed themselves(with time for the rom to settle in). Haven't tried Paranoid Android or CM9 yet. And I don't plan on it, as AOKP has everything I want in a rom.
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EggosEvo said:
I can vouch for AOKP M6. I have had two problems, both have fixed themselves(with time for the rom to settle in). Haven't tried Paranoid Android or CM9 yet. And I don't plan on it, as AOKP has everything I want in a rom.
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What! Never tried Paranoid Android!! Wtf were u been at under a rock:what: lol u think aokp is the shut!?? Well Paranoid Android ****s on AOKP IMO!!!
AOKP M6 "Friday The 13th Edition"
also if I helped you in anyway, Lets have some manners and hit the thanks!

krazy_smokezalot said:
Y flash that! FTR!!! You can quote me on that! go AOKP or Paranoid Android even CM9. Or blu kuban! Has lots of unique mods!
AOKP M6 "Friday The 13th Edition"
also if I helped you in anyway, Lets have some manners and hit the thanks!
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I had all these on the Vibrant, but non are as stable as they were on the vibrant (as least by what I have read). AOKP would probably be my first choice because I am very familiar with Romanbb's work since he had a Vibrant at one time and is one of the best dev's.
krazy_smokezalot said:
What! Never tried Paranoid Android!! Wtf were u been at under a rock:what: lol u think aokp is the shut!?? Well Paranoid Android ****s on AOKP IMO!!!
AOKP M6 "Friday The 13th Edition"
also if I helped you in anyway, Lets have some manners and hit the thanks!
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Paranoid is a great ROM but some things are just a little to small for my tastes. But if I had a Galaxy Note then Paranoid would be the one for sure. But still my question wasn't answered, not getting smart, just looking for an answer...Do I need to flash back to EL26 or 29 before flashing an ICS ROM, or can I use the new safe kernels built from source? I think I need to be held by the hand on my first one.

Blars1206 said:
I had all these on the Vibrant, but non are as stable as they were on the vibrant (as least by what I have read). AOKP would probably be my first choice because I am very familiar with Romanbb's work since he had a Vibrant at one time and is one of the best dev's.
Paranoid is a great ROM but some things are just a little to small for my tastes. But if I had a Galaxy Note then Paranoid would be the one for sure. But still my question wasn't answered, not getting smart, just looking for an answer...Do I need to flash back to EL26 or 29 before flashing an ICS ROM, or can I use the new safe kernels built from source? I think I need to be held by the hand on my first one.
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You should be good from one of the safe kernels from source. I used Agat's recovery from source to flash AOKP from stock FF18 with no problems, did the normal factory reset instead of one of those format all zips. Not a problem with it. It should be safe to do as many factory resets/data wipes as you want from what I understand.
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The agats kernel is safe. Flashed two ICS roms already. If you like red, check out the hooligan rom by MaNuFaN721. Themed red.
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Flashing to ICS from rooted EL29

Hello all:
I'm a noob here so forgive me if I've missed something somewhere else.
I am on a stock EL29 rom and I'm rooted. I haven't done the ICS OTA update, but I would like to try ICS. The OTA notification keeps bugging the **** out of me. So, Here are my questions:
1) How do I flash ICS on a rooted GB EL29? Do I have to unroot first and then do the OTA update? If not, what and where are the correct procedures?
2) When I boot to CWM, it shows a Team Rouge logo and the menus aren't exactly the same as the menus I see in various demo videos. How can I get a "stock" CWM and flash it over the Team Rouge CWM? I downloaded ROM Manager and tried that, but the phone still boots to the Team rouge CWM.
3) Should I just forget flashing ICS altogether and just flash a new ROM/Theme on EL29 instead? If so...what's a great ROM to flash?
4) Any other suggestions y'all might have
I have Android version 2.3.6
Baseband version S.D710.10.S.EL29
Kernel Version: 2.6.35.7-SPH-D710.EL29-CL852097
Build Number: GINGERBREAD.EL29
Hardware Version: D710.010
Thanks in advance....
Steve

Ok so do you want ics rooted? If so you can find a one click in the stickies and if not and you just want the ota you will have to unroot because you can not have a custom recovery and update ota
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DaMan90 said:
Ok so do you want ics rooted? If so you can find a one click in the stickies and if not and you just want the ota you will have to unroot because you can not have a custom recovery and update ota
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Yes, I want ICS rooted. But if I do the one click, can I do it over top of a rooted EL29? I've also heard that I have to have a certain CWM to do the flash to ICS. Is that true?
I also want the ability to back the other way.
I'm just really worried about bricking the phone....I've read enough on here to be abundantly cautious....

Just do the one click and then flash agats kernal via computer after(QBking77 has a video on YouTube showing how to do it).
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You can flash a direct boot cwm from mobile odin that is safe. Then from there flash whatever ics rom you want. No emmc brick risk.... also that will keep the yellow triangle off if its not there already
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If u wanted to go back you could do the mobile odin flash then restore the nandroid.

calisro said:
You can flash a direct boot cwm from mobile odin that is safe. Then from there flash whatever ics rom you want. No emmc brick risk.... also that will keep the yellow triangle off if its not there already
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If u wanted to go back you could do the mobile odin flash then restore the nandroid.
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Thanks guys. I appreciate the help.
Calisro: Any suggestions on a good ics rom? Should I even bother or just stay on EL29 and flash roms for that instead?

Steve In Orlando said:
Thanks guys. I appreciate the help.
Calisro: Any suggestions on a good ics rom? Should I even bother or just stay on EL29 and flash roms for that instead?
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CM9....
http://goo.im/devs/Shabbypenguin/E4GT-Nightlies
VERY stable. Chris41g is a talented guy..
Thread..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=30674665

calisro said:
CM9....
http://goo.im/devs/Shabbypenguin/E4GT-Nightlies
VERY stable. Chris41g is a talented guy..
Thread..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=30674665
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WOW! That was fast!
Thanks for the advice. I really appreciate it...

Steve In Orlando said:
Thanks guys. I appreciate the help.
Calisro: Any suggestions on a good ics rom? Should I even bother or just stay on EL29 and flash roms for that instead?
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I would even say give the JB AOSP a run. Battery life is great, has a couple cyamogenmod components, and is really really smooth. Last build today really made this phone a daily driver for me. Flash the same as ICS cyanogemod but make sure to flash jellybean gapps right after the ROM.
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dante32278 said:
I would even say give the JB AOSP a run. Battery life is great, has a couple cyamogenmod components, and is really really smooth. Last build today really made this phone a daily driver for me. Flash the same as ICS cyanogemod but make sure to flash jellybean gapps right after the ROM.
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Thanks Dante...I was reading about that Rom earlier. From what I've heard, the battery life sucks on the stock ICS, so if this one has great battery life, that definitely would go a long way to recommend this rom.
Thanks again!

CM9 battery life is great. I havnt tried that AOSP JB but I haven't found one that was stable enough for a daily driver... I'll wait a month or two before JB on the e4gt.

Calks&venom ff18 is really good with battery and very stable
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mremale said:
Calks&venom ff18 is really good with battery and very stable
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Thanks mremale! I just saw this...so sorry for the late reply. I'm thinging of trying the Venom one first, actually. I appreciate the tip.