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after flashing AOKP, no CWM, only Android System Recovery

first time I flashed aokp it was all gravy until I tried to boot into recovery, I got the Android System Recovery. I got scared and I read around and ended up odin'ing back to stock and flashing another rom.
I really like aokp so I wanted to try it again. I made very sure I followed the directions, I did not flash from an ICS recovery. I try booting into recovery to see if it worked this time and sure enough, there is android system recovery again, what am I doing wrong?
I searched for this too and saw that someone said to reinstall the packages and reboot, and do it again or something like that and it would boot into CWM, but that was for a different phone so I wasnt gonna try that.
Can I just run the eg4tauto.zip and isntall el26 with cwm to get recovery back and be good, or do I need to odin?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.

krook250 said:
first time I flashed aokp it was all gravy until I tried to boot into recovery, I got the Android System Recovery. I got scared and I read around and ended up odin'ing back to stock and flashing another rom.
You need to read the OP in the thread.
I really like aokp so I wanted to try it again. I made very sure I followed the directions, I did not flash from an ICS recovery. I try booting into recovery to see if it worked this time and sure enough, there is android system recovery again, what am I doing wrong?
I searched for this too and saw that someone said to reinstall the packages and reboot, and do it again or something like that and it would boot into CWM, but that was for a different phone so I wasnt gonna try that.
Can I just run the eg4tauto.zip and isntall el26 with cwm to get recovery back and be good, or do I need to odin?
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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There is no cwm on aokp codename etc for a reason ....to stop people from bring stupid and bricking ....don't use a ics kernel with cwm for anything .... Use el26 to flash any ROM u need and when you want to go to another use mobile Odin or regular Odin to flash el26 kernel again and boot into cwm .... El26 is a GB kernel and won't boot a ics ROM ....then you can flash anything GB or ics
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thanks for your response, but I think I am more confused, I was trying to flash a different modem. when I am not connected to 4g, my data is terrible, with 4g, I am all good. I was going to try a different modem. In the OP, for modems it says this:
Modems
FC18 Modem: DOWNLOAD
Flash through Stock CWM Recovery OR pull the modem.bin out of the .zip file and flash in the Phone option in Odin(mobile Odin doesnt flash modem)
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You probably should flash back to a touch wiz ROM.....you can Odin the el29 tar or one click from sfhub .
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1433101
you can Odin the modem and then update profile and prl in tw then you can flash the el26 cwm http://www.mediafire.com/?hkydca9ob98z89m
and go back to aokp or codename etc
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sorry if this is a dumb questions, but what if I get stuck in a boot loop and I have no recovery? just go into download mode and odin my way out?
one other thing, I started flashing ics roms with venum ice and flashed to mijjz ics and caulks and others and never had a problem, was I just lucky so far? I don't recall mijjz or venum's installation instructions saying I needed to odin back to stock before flashing. Sorry for the noob questions, but I've read a bunch and just trying to piece it all together. I read so I don't brick, but then I end up with more questions.

I'm also wondering about this I've spent a good deal of time trying to put the time line of the et4g together and I think I got most of it....just got my shiny white et4g two days ago my wife has had hers. for about 4 mo. shes much less fearless when it comes to flashing on this phone. (however shes settled in on build 27 of aokp, and I doubts shes gonna be flashing anytime too soon.) I'm coming over from my NS4G which always had clear cut rules to flashing! CWM all day. The only thing(s) I ever had to watch for was is it aosp, or not? An do I do a wipe or not? (I got in the habit of wiping just to be safe, and man I flash with the best of them! At least 2 times a week)
OK, OK sorry about the ramblings of my history my real questions are:
A) So Im sitting on alpha 2 of CM9 (nice piece of work I must Say) I made sure I was in the green, and had everything lined up to flash this one! went smooth of course. It wasn't until after my flash that I tried to make a nandroid....I get why theres no clockwork! but I'm totally clueless on how to back up with out it, or if you even can make one with stock recovery?
Can I keep CM9, and flash a kernel with rouge recovery to the make a nandroid? Or is there another way to go about this (I like to make nandroid often as a easy way to restore data after I play around with stuff and brake Wifi or what have you, and scrap unneeded back ups as I find out what I can and cant do with MY phone.)
I really really love Cryogen 9 (yeah its not as far along as I would like it to be ex- cm7 for the ns4g or kangs aokp builds) But there a team I'm familiar with. An I like there stuff, but I'm really nerves about where I go from here if/when i decide to change to something else.What are the guide lines for flashing from cm9 to say another ICS build? and is CM9 compatible with other kernels or only the one that is came packed with?
B) can someone straight up make a new clean thread with proper flashing tech. and no filler or out dated info then the have a mod stick it and close it>>>>simplify this for those of us that know what were doing....until things go funk for some reason, or another and that leaves ,us we are completely lost!
Well after wrighting my first novel (joke haha) I would like to thank everyone thats put up there time and money to make phones OURS and more powerful then what hit the shelfs an allowing me to get the most customized electronic device I have ever seen with the exception of my PC. Clapping

If you want to backup your system with the stock cm9a2 kernel, just mobile odin/odin el26 kernel/recovery, boot into cwm, flash stock cm9a2 kernel, now while still in cwm do a nand backup. That way it will be a full backup.
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I know I'm a little late, but there is CWM for the AOKP rom. The FC07 BootImg on the e4gtuato.zip file worked fine for me on the older version which was based off of FC15.

faceyourfaces said:
I know I'm a little late, but there is CWM for the AOKP rom. The FC07 BootImg on the e4gtuato.zip file worked fine for me on the older version which was based off of FC15.
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I would try that, but these folks have me scurred about using cwm within aokp. I have flashed between caulks ics/venum ice, anakonda/mijjz goodness,xplod mini and a couple other ICS roms all from cwm with absolutely no issues so far.
I am thoroughly confused right now. I am on aokp build 28 with a few significant issues and not sure what what direction to go next. I know how to get out of aokp safely now, but not sure which rom i want to go to, little issues with each that I dont know how to fix yet.

krook250 said:
I would try that, but these folks have me scurred about using cwm within aokp. I have flashed between caulks ics/venum ice, anakonda/mijjz goodness,xplod mini and a couple other ICS roms all from cwm with absolutely no issues so far.
I am thoroughly confused right now. I am on aokp build 28 with a few significant issues and not sure what what direction to go next. I know how to get out of aokp safely now, but not sure which rom i want to go to, little issues with each that I dont know how to fix yet.
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Read this thread it happens when using ics kernel with cwm .and then tell us u want to use cwm with a ics kernel.....it bricks phones please read it and understand
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1525495
That's why people are using Odin to get el26 GB on their phones to flash with
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krook250 said:
I would try that, but these folks have me scurred about using cwm within aokp. I have flashed between caulks ics/venum ice, anakonda/mijjz goodness,xplod mini and a couple other ICS roms all from cwm with absolutely no issues so far.
I am thoroughly confused right now. I am on aokp build 28 with a few significant issues and not sure what what direction to go next. I know how to get out of aokp safely now, but not sure which rom i want to go to, little issues with each that I dont know how to fix yet.
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If you have been having luck thats fine but I can not see how you have not noticed int eh OP of the ICS roms and the OP of the recoveries it gives you instructions on what to do and what not to do. Also there are quite a few threads in here about the horror stories of the now infamous blue light of death. Once again if you have escaped this then maybe you should tell us your secret to success. Honestly the few extra steps it takes to ensure your phone stays your phone is well worth it.
Like Epix has posted please read up a little just incase something happens to you or anyone else who claims no problems so you know how to help yourself. Hopefully we wont have to see a I Think I just bricked my Phone thread from you.
Odin EL26 CWM and basically everything else stays the same after that... except you would need to either reflash the ICS rom you are using or have a copy of the kernel readily available

Epix4G said:
Read this thread it happens when using ics kernel with cwm .and then tell us u want to use cwm with a ics kernel.....it bricks phones please read it and understand
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1525495
That's why people are using Odin to get el26 GB on their phones to flash with
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I've read that, hence the reason for my posts. I am not going to load cwm and start flashing away. From aokp, I will odin back to GB before I flash any new ICS roms. I also won't be flashing between other ICS roms, even ones I have done before with no problems. I odin every time now, but it is putting a serious damper on my flashing addiction.
I could flash 3 roms in the time it takes me to odin back to GB, lol!

krook250 said:
I've read that, hence the reason for my posts. I am not going to load cwm and start flashing away. From aokp, I will odin back to GB before I flash any new ICS roms. I also won't be flashing between other ICS roms, even ones I have done before with no problems. I odin every time now, but it is putting a serious damper on my flashing addiction.
I could flash 3 roms in the time it takes me to odin back to GB, lol!
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I don't Odin to stock all the time I mobile Odin the el26 cwm kernel and then boot strait into recovery as the GB kernel won't boot the ics ROM and then I flash from there but I also u caulks format all too ....
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Epix4G said:
I don't Odin to stock all the time I mobile Odin the el26 cwm kernel and then boot strait into recovery as the GB kernel won't boot the ics ROM and then I flash from there but I also u caulks format all too ....
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Thus is what I used to do at first myself I would flash the CWM kernel then just nandroid back my old rom and keep it moving. It just basically seems that as long as you do everything in a GB kernel based recovery as long as it is not the Touch recovery you should be OK
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I am gonna look into mobile Odin so i don't have to be sitting at a PC to do work. So if I go back to gb and get my modem biz straightened out then flash an ics rom, my modem changes will stick?
It seems like this issue is isolated to sprint only, right? Much buddy on att is flashing ics over ics like crazy. And he said he hasn't seen anything like this over there.
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I've only used the ICS recovery on AOKP to change modems and flash GB roms because it probably wouldn't work too well with other ICS roms.
krook250 said:
I am gonna look into mobile Odin so i don't have to be sitting at a PC to do work. So if I go back to gb and get my modem biz straightened out then flash an ics rom, my modem changes will stick?
It seems like this issue is isolated to sprint only, right? Much buddy on att is flashing ics over ics like crazy. And he said he hasn't seen anything like this over there.
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UPDATE: It seems that using recovery on Touchwiz-based ICS roms (like Blend ICS) is safe but it is much more dangerous on roms built from stock (like CM9). Your buddy must be using roms based off of leaked builds and not stock AOSP.
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If you flashed back to Gingerbread to change your modems and installed an Ice Cream Sandwich rom over it the modem should stay.

faceyourfaces said:
I've only used the ICS recovery on AOKP to change modems and flash GB roms because it probably wouldn't work too well with other ICS roms.
UPDATE: It seems that using recovery on Touchwiz-based ICS roms (like Blend ICS) is safe but it is much more dangerous on roms built from stock (like CM9). Your buddy must be using roms based off of leaked builds and not stock AOSP.
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If you flashed back to Gingerbread to change your modems and installed an Ice Cream Sandwich rom over it the modem should stay.
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It has nothing to do with that it's the ics kernel and aosp and tw is using the same kernel but with minor changed , because there is no source released there can't be a built from source aosp kernel ....there is no safe ics kernel with cwm when source is released they will fix it, but the note has the same problem
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Epix4G said:
It has nothing to do with that it's the ics kernel and aosp and tw is using the same kernel but with minor changed , because there is no source released there can't be a built from source aosp kernel ....there is no safe ics kernel with cwm when source is released they will fix it, but the note has the same problem
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The recovery that came with Blend ICS worked fine for me though. Trying to flash using recoveries on other ICS roms gave me soft bricks. Would you have any idea how Blend worked for me?

faceyourfaces said:
The recovery that came with Blend ICS worked fine for me though. Trying to flash using recoveries on other ICS roms gave me soft bricks. Would you have any idea how Blend worked for me?
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It is the same recovery and soft bricks ate usually from not wiping right....but use that kernel with cwm and wipe data and your risking a b.l.o.d. It doesn't take much ....the thing is Samsung changed a couple things with how the data partition is handled and they also changed a couple other partitions and sfhub said he thinks it writes over two of the partitions at the same time when wiping and makes both unusable creating a brick
... writers thing is it damages the emmc somehow and makes it even impossible to jtag it .... Which should really never happen
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Epix4G said:
It is the same recovery and soft bricks ate usually from not wiping right....but use that kernel with cwm and wipe data and your risking a b.l.o.d. It doesn't take much ....the thing is Samsung changed a couple things with how the data partition is handled and they also changed a couple other partitions and sfhub said he thinks it writes over two of the partitions at the same time when wiping and makes both unusable creating a brick
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So the best thing I guess would be to just to avoid ICS recoveries all around.

Misled... Confused????

So let me try and get this right...I'm on fd26 stock rooted in order to flash a new ROM all I have to do is flash a GB kernel and not go back to GB fully, and if I wanna flash just a theme then I just use el29 kernel also is this correct? If not what are the steps I take to flash a new ics ROM from stock rooted fd26??? Thank You in advance!!!
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sbeekman said:
So let me try and get this right...I'm on fd26 stock rooted in order to flash a new ROM all I have to do is flash a GB kernel and not go back to GB fully, and if I wanna flash just a theme then I just use el29 kernel also is this correct? If not what are the steps I take to flash a new ics ROM from stock rooted fd26??? Thank You in advance!!!
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You have to flash the el26 CWM kernel (if you're on an ICS rom it won't boot because it's a GB kernel) then boot into recovery and you can flash stuff that way. If you do a theme, be sure to flash an ICS kernel after flashing the theme so it will boot normal again. Roms have kernels in them already so you don't have to worry about them.
Here's the el26 cwm kernel. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=25017238

sbeekman said:
So let me try and get this right...I'm on fd26 stock rooted in order to flash a new ROM all I have to do is flash a GB kernel and not go back to GB fully, and if I wanna flash just a theme then I just use el29 kernel also is this correct? If not what are the steps I take to flash a new ics ROM from stock rooted fd26??? Thank You in advance!!!
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Honestly what you have to do is read the OP fully and do whatever is asked of you in there to make sure your phone is upgraded properly. Making new threads asking questions that may give you multiple answers may only confuse you further. I assume if you have to still ask this question with the amount of how to not brick and safe way to flash threads then you are still a little confused.
Best way to not have a paperweight is to follow whatever the OP's thread info to the letter. what rom you trying to flash
Jus' Sayin'

Yeah all I have done is went from stock to stock rooted and I have stayed stock rooted that's easy for me using the PC version of odin. I just wanted to start flashing new roms I have read all the posts and realize how not to brick I was simply wanting to know what would be the easiest way to go from stock rooted fd26 to like blazer ROM our mijjaz the goodness as I have not flashed using cwm recovery before...
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Problem Flashing Roms

I'm currently running the stock EL29 with root and CWM but whenever I try to install a custom rom (AOPK, CM9, etc...) through CWM, it says "Instillation Aborted" as if they weren't made for this phone when I know they were. What's going on?

.HaVoC. said:
I'm currently running the stock EL29 with root and CWM but whenever I try to install a custom rom (AOPK, CM9, etc...) through CWM, it says "Instillation Aborted" as if they weren't made for this phone when I know they were. What's going on?
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Silly question, and not assuming, did you use autoroot for cwm?
May want to Odin to el26 and autoroot cwm ans try it that way.
I personally Odin back to el29, autoroot, and (knock on wood) never had an issue.
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.HaVoC. said:
I'm currently running the stock EL29 with root and CWM but whenever I try to install a custom rom (AOPK, CM9, etc...) through CWM, it says "Instillation Aborted" as if they weren't made for this phone when I know they were. What's going on?
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Usually that happens on a bad download. Did you download them on your phone or PC?

It turns out that is was just the version of CWM that I was using but now I have a new problem. I flashed CM9 and everything worked EXCEPT the data connection so then I flashed AOPK and had the same problem. The only way I can get online is via wifi. How do I fix this?

.HaVoC. said:
It turns out that is was just the version of CWM that I was using but now I have a new problem. I flashed CM9 and everything worked EXCEPT the data connection so then I flashed AOPK and had the same problem. The only way I can get online is via wifi. How do I fix this?
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Check you baseband in settings>about phone. If it says unknown then just flash a modem of your choice. This has happen to me. On several occasions.
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.HaVoC. said:
It turns out that is was just the version of CWM that I was using but now I have a new problem. I flashed CM9 and everything worked EXCEPT the data connection so then I flashed AOPK and had the same problem. The only way I can get online is via wifi. How do I fix this?
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Cool that ya got to flash from though!
Sorry, I don't use CM9.
I can try on my other e4gt later and test though.
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krazy_smokezalot said:
Check you baseband in settings>about phone. If it says unknown then just flash a modem of your choice. This has happen to me. On several occasions.
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It says "S710.10 S.EL29"
Isn't EL29 for GB only or something?

.HaVoC. said:
It says "S710.10 S.EL29"
Isn't EL29 for GB only or something?
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No its ok to have an older modem and be running ICS. They can be "mismatched."

slick_rick said:
No its ok to have an older modem and be running ICS. They can be "mismatched."
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And I have found, in the boonies that I'm in, el29 modem works the best for me on any ics builds..
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.HaVoC. said:
It says "S710.10 S.EL29"
Isn't EL29 for GB only or something?
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Did u get it to work yet?? Try to Odin stock gb el29 rom. And start from scratch...
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krazy_smokezalot said:
Did u get it to work yet?? Try to Odin stock gb el29 rom. And start from scratch...
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I started from scratch and followed all the steps until I ended up in the same boat. AOKP Build 38 working perfectly EXCEPT data. I tried the EL29 and FE10 kernels but neither made a difference.

.HaVoC. said:
I started from scratch and followed all the steps until I ended up in the same boat. AOKP Build 38 working perfectly EXCEPT data. I tried the EL29 and FE10 kernels but neither made a difference.
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Try going back to gingerbread and flashing the EL26 kernal. Then flash the ICS rom you want through that recovery.

AOKP and CM9 have problems with data. every time you or system turn off screen say goodbye to data until 1.enable disable airplane mode or 2.reboot that's the main reason I stay away from these awesome roms until source arrives.
These roms are the best. IMO
1.odin back to stock el29 full reset oc
2.boot update profile and prl
3.copy the rom files to sd
4.turnitoff it off
4.enter download mode and flash el26+cmw for AOKP or el29+cwm direct boot for CM9
5.clear cache, factory data reset, clear dalvik on advance menu
6.go back and select install zip from sd card and choose the rom and flash it
7.flash gapps if apply
8.go back and select reboot system
9.enjoy these awesome roms.
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I think I FINALLY got it to work. I started stock with rooted EL29 Odin-OC, flashed the "StockCWM-EL26.tar.m5d" in Odin, flashed the AOKP build 37 rom, flashed gapps, then flashed the FE16 kernel AND modem. When I rebooted the data was working.

Not that I am advocating this, and I am far from an expert, but I odin flash a stock rooted rom (SPH-D710.FC22_CL287574_ROOTED-oc-sfx) without going back to el29 just to have a nice clean stock rom to flash over with something else (like FIFO2). I just try to make sure I do everything in the same session so I don't get stuck in a stock recovery.
My order when flashing (non-Odin):
calkulin's format all
Modem (sometimes...if newer is available)
Rom
Kernel (with a custom recovery; sometimes the roms come with a stock recovery so if you reboot before installing a custom one, you'll have to either use odin to flash a custom recovery or mobile Odin)
any additional items that the rom didn't include (like gapps, etc.)
reboot
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Another thing to keep in mind is that AOKP was ported to the E4GT. That could cause issues depending on what you're coming from. Make sure to read all the instructions from the dev before flashing. If the worst happens, buy insurance on your phone and smash it...That's what I did with my evo when I bricked it.

[Q] Recovery

I am on a jelly bean based rom and I want to update it or switch roms and I restore back to el29 then flash the el26 tar but this takes to long so what should I do that does not involve a computer because I flash a lot of roms and it takes to long?

Zero Night said:
I am on a jelly bean based rom and I want to update it or switch roms and I restore back to el29 then flash the el26 tar but this takes to long so what should I do that does not involve a computer because I flash a lot of roms and it takes to long?
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You can just flash the ROM from the jelly bean recovery.
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I would just flash calks wipe all then flash the ROM from jb recovery.
going back to el26 hasn't been a necessity for a while now, but some do it because they feel more comfortable doing it the old way. I still don't use the factory restore/wipe in any recovery for this reason, even though I know I'm on a safe recovery. However GB hasn't touched my phone in months and I flash roms several times a week for testing.

Ravaged Pheonix said:
I would just flash calks wipe all then flash the ROM from jb recovery.
going back to el26 hasn't been a necessity for a while now, but some do it because they feel more comfortable doing it the old way. I still don't use the factory restore/wipe in any recovery for this reason, even though I know I'm on a safe recovery. However GB hasn't touched my phone in months and I flash roms several times a week for testing.
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Couldn't have put it better myself.
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From Paranoid Android to GB27 ROM

Hi everyone. I got a question about switching to a more current ROM.
I currently am on "PARANOIDANDROID 2.52 4.1.2" (Baseband FH13) http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=31047469
And want to try something Jellybean. For example, "Touched By SGSIII Version 6.0" (GB27) http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2051374
My memory is foggy, but I remember having to flash EL26 before moving to ParanoidAndroid from my stock ROM and going through a big ordeal. I wish to not be surprised when trying to change ROMs this time, so my question is what is the process? Not step by step, since I have more than a moderate understanding on what need to be done, but just clarification on what it is I need to know so not to brick my phone. What ODIN, which recovery, if need be. (I'm on CWM 6). I believe I would be switching to JB from ICS, so will I have to go to stock JB first? Ect...
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.

markme123 said:
Hi everyone. I got a question about switching to a more current ROM.
I currently am on "PARANOIDANDROID 2.52 4.1.2" (Baseband FH13) http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=31047469
And want to try something Jellybean. For example, "Touched By SGSIII Version 6.0" (GB27) http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2051374
My memory is foggy, but I remember having to flash EL26 before moving to ParanoidAndroid from my stock ROM and going through a big ordeal. I wish to not be surprised when trying to change ROMs this time, so my question is what is the process? Not step by step, since I have more than a moderate understanding on what need to be done, but just clarification on what it is I need to know so not to brick my phone. What ODIN, which recovery, if need be. (I'm on CWM 6). I believe I would be switching to JB from ICS, so will I have to go to stock JB first? Ect...
Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thank you.
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....? ....PA is JB.... or do you mean stock JB?
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kchannel9 said:
....? ....PA is JB.... or do you mean stock JB?
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Kchannel, I think what he means is will he be switching from jb to ics kernel/recovery wise, but it kind of threw me off too:thumbup:.
Actually since source dropped, none of that is necessary. Just head over to here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=39865775
download the GB27 with Agat's recovery to your phone, downloan a gb27 modem if you don't have one, reboot to recovery, flash the GB27 modem if you don't have it yet, wipe data, cache, dalvik, flash TBSG3, flash agat's kernel, reboot. You'll be golden. For the wipe, it's never a bad idea to find and use the jb format x2. Have fun! The reason for flashing agat over the stock kernel is so that now you'll have recovery, as before when you had PB, before source dropped, that wasn't an option.
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jdsingle76 said:
Kchannel, I think what he means is will he be switching from jb to ics kernel/recovery wise, but it kind of threw me off too:thumbup:.
Actually since source dropped, none of that is necessary. Just head over to here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=39865775
download the GB27 with Agat's recovery to your phone, downloan a gb27 modem if you don't have one, reboot to recovery, flash the GB27 modem if you don't have it yet, wipe data, cache, dalvik, flash TBSG3, flash agat's kernel, reboot. You'll be golden. For the wipe, it's never a bad idea to find and use the jb format x2. Have fun! The reason for flashing agat over the stock kernel is so that now you'll have recovery, as before when you had PB, before source dropped, that wasn't an option.
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Sorry, I was under the impression that base bands corresponded with android version.
For example, I thought that EL26 was a kernel that needed to be ODINed to then run a ICS custom, if I had a GB ROM. If I wanted to run newer ICS ROMs I would have to ODIN and updated kernel like FH13. Thus if I wanted to move over to a current JB ROM I would need to ODIN GB27. I guess I was wrong.

markme123 said:
Sorry, I was under the impression that base bands corresponded with android version.
For example, I thought that EL26 was a kernel that needed to be ODINed to then run a ICS custom, if I had a GB ROM. If I wanted to run newer ICS ROMs I would have to ODIN and updated kernel like FH13. Thus if I wanted to move over to a current JB ROM I would need to ODIN GB27. I guess I was wrong.
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EL26 from the repo(thank Rwilco12 and Chris41g) http://www.rwilco12.com/downloads.p...ls/Recovery Kernels/GB/Chris41g/Stock CWM/TAR
is considered a "safe" kernel for flashing. Use mobile or pc odin to flash, reboot to recovery, clear cache/dalvik, flash jb rom, flash jb kernel(gb27 if your custom ROM is that build, can also be found in repo), reboot, should be good to go. First boot will take awhile. Good luck!
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jdsingle76 said:
EL26 from the repo(thank Rwilco12 and Chris41g) http://www.rwilco12.com/downloads.p...ls/Recovery Kernels/GB/Chris41g/Stock CWM/TAR
is considered a "safe" kernel for flashing. Use mobile or pc odin to flash, reboot to recovery, clear cache/dalvik, flash jb rom, flash jb kernel(gb27 if your custom ROM is that build, can also be found in repo), reboot, should be good to go. First boot will take awhile. Good luck!
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Sorry, I'm a bit confused. So do I need to flash EL26 and thus go through the steps mentioned? Or do I follow the steps in your first post (omitting EL26, but making sure I flash a modem)? Maybe its easiest to just tell you what my understanding is and you can correct my sequence or change the details:
Since I am already on a 4.1.2 rom, I can go directly to TBGS3 (or TBGS4 now) but I have to
1. Flash the GB27 modem in recovery
2. Wipe (JB format x2)
2. Flash the TBGS4 rom in current recovery
3. Flash the GB27 kernal (GB27 + Agat's tRec)
Currently on ParanoidAndroid 4.1.2. (FH13, CWM 6.0, MetroPCS)

markme123 said:
Sorry, I'm a bit confused. So do I need to flash EL26 and thus go through the steps mentioned? Or do I follow the steps in your first post (omitting EL26, but making sure I flash a modem)? Maybe its easiest to just tell you what my understanding is and you can correct my sequence or change the details:
Since I am already on a 4.1.2 rom, I can go directly to TBGS3 (or TBGS4 now) but I have to
1. Flash the GB27 modem in recovery
2. Wipe (JB format x2)
2. Flash the TBGS4 rom in current recovery
3. Flash the GB27 kernal (GB27 + Agat's tRec)
Currently on ParanoidAndroid 4.1.2. (FH13, CWM 6.0, MetroPCS)
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You should be able to mobile Odin this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2191954
[LINK][ROM][ODIN][TAR]SPH-D710 GB27 (GB27 Modem/Kernel/ROM - Root/Stock)
Boot to recovery. (Its safe)
Format
Flash ROM
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tt281gt said:
You should be able to mobile Odin this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/sho...roPCS service, it will take some time.2191954
[LINK][ROM][ODIN][TAR]SPH-D710 GB27 (GB27 Modem/Kernel/ROM - Root/Stock)
Boot to recovery. (Its safe)
Format
Flash ROM
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Seems like I am getting different answers but I guess I won't know what works without trying. I'll try tonight but becuase the above stock rom doesnt preserve data and I will need to reenable my MetroPCS service, it will take time but I will try to update with how everything went.

Well, I made it to stock GB27. I will post details on how I got there tomorrow. But for know, which JB roms do you recommend? I would prefer a TouchWiz one, thus I was looking at TBGS4, but any opinions are welcome. Thanks again.

How did you get to JB in the first place. I am having trouble with my E4GT . I can one-click to ICS but not to JB

markme123 said:
Well, I made it to stock GB27. I will post details on how I got there tomorrow. But for know, which JB roms do you recommend? I would prefer a TouchWiz one, thus I was looking at TBGS4, but any opinions are welcome. Thanks again.
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There are several good ones out there. Shadow_God's Jellverse is super smooth, and has tons of mods thanks to SG and Tdunham. Goddly's White Out is also another good, stable, ROM. If you want JB stock, me and Febby both have GC01 rooted available that works just fine on Sprint or Boost, and in the same thread, I have a debloated version as well. Good luck!
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