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What are the changes from version 2.9 to v3 that some people arn't liking? I hear some people like v2.9 better.
In Calkulin's mods, are the bloatware apps and running services already removed, or is that up to each person to do?
Thanks.
Personally I don't see much of a difference in the 2.9.x to 3.0 releases. I run 3.0 and get great battery life using the El29 stock repack kernel and modem (although this week I'm going to be testing EL13 stock repack kernel and modem). And to answer the bloatware question, Calkulin has a script posted that de-bloats the ROM, as well as "bare" releases. Both options work well. Cheers!
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Personally I don't see much of a difference in the 2.9.x to 3.0 releases. I run 3.0 and get great battery life using the El29 stock repack kernel and modem (although this week I'm going to be testing EL13 stock repack kernel and modem). And to answer the bloatware question, Calkulin has a script posted that de-bloats the ROM, as well as "bare" releases. Both options work well. Cheers!
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Yes, I'm seeing those scripts in this thread. They look helpful. After you run the Wipe script then flash the rom, do you do a first time boot, then go back into the system menu and run the de-bloat script? What is the order of running these? It's my impression that you can run his added scripts at anytime, right?
Thanks.
What I normally do when flashing is run the format all script twice (the second time just for my own peace of mind!), flash the ROM and then boot up for the first time. Just to make sure everything's looking good ill usually just fool around with the fresh install for a few minutes, then power down and run the debloat script. Reboot after that, and check everything out. From there on out when flashing scripts (like tdunhams tweaks or other mods) I always flash one script, boot up, and do some basic testing to make sure everything went smooth. I've heard horror stories of people flashing a bunch of scripts at once and then having issues and having to start from scratch anyway. Let us know how you make out.
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What I normally do when flashing is run the format all script twice (the second time just for my own peace of mind!), flash the ROM and then boot up for the first time. Just to make sure everything's looking good ill usually just fool around with the fresh install for a few minutes, then power down and run the debloat script. Reboot after that, and check everything out. From there on out when flashing scripts (like tdunhams tweaks or other mods) I always flash one script, boot up, and do some basic testing to make sure everything went smooth. I've heard horror stories of people flashing a bunch of scripts at once and then having issues and having to start from scratch anyway. Let us know how you make out.
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Thanks, that is helpful. The last piece I am missing is how to do the wipes and rom loads. I've been into the Samsung system menu (where I flashed the official ICS load I got). Will the stock samsung system menu allow me to Wipe and Calkulin's rom flash, or do I need ClockWork?
Sorry I had assumed you were already using a custom recovery. So you are running stock ics pushed from Sammy right now? Basically in order to do all this fancy business you need to have a kernel with a touch recovery. If you're running stock ics right now, I think its safe to say you can Odin (from your PC) the EL26 stock kernel repacked with cwm and then flash Calukins rom zip from there. Not sure of you necessarily need to go to EL26 first but I just like to play it on the safe side when dealing with ics. I believe you could also use one of the one click flashes found in the dev forums and then flash Calukins rom from there (assuming its a rooted one click package). Hopefully this makes sense.
And just be careful if you do want to return to ics after a while, you should always flash the EL26 stock kernel when flashing to ics. I believe the bricking issue has been solved and its pretty safe to flash ics with other kernels but nothing wrong with playing on the safe side.
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Sorry I had assumed you were already using a custom recovery. So you are running stock ics pushed from Sammy right now? Basically in order to do all this fancy business you need to have a kernel with a touch recovery. If you're running stock ics right now, I think its safe to say you can Odin (from your PC) the EL26 stock kernel repacked with cwm and then flash Calukins rom zip from there. Not sure of you necessarily need to go to EL26 first but I just like to play it on the safe side when dealing with ics. I believe you could also use one of the one click flashes found in the dev forums and then flash Calukins rom from there (assuming its a rooted one click package). Hopefully this makes sense.
And just be careful if you do want to return to ics after a while, you should always flash the EL26 stock kernel when flashing to ics. I believe the bricking issue has been solved and its pretty safe to flash ics with other kernels but nothing wrong with playing on the safe side.
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Yes, I have the stock ICS load from Sprint/Samsung now. Now I need to figure out the best way to get the on click EL26 w/ CWM. Then I can flash up to EL29 Calk v3.
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Yes, I have the stock ICS load from Sprint/Samsung now. Now I need to figure out the best way to get the on click EL26 w/ CWM. Then I can flash up to EL29 Calk v3.
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This link should bring you to the One-click flasher for EL26 stock rooted (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1416477&highlight=one+click). After flashing that, you need to get a CWM kernel (http://kernelrepo.chris41g.org/default.asp?startFolder=\Recovery+Kernels\GB\Chris41g\Stock+CWM\TAR) so grab the EL26 .tar file and flash via Odin. Once that's done, you should have a CWM recovery with a rooted phone, allowing you to flash Calukin's rom zip via CWM. I would have linked earlier but I was on my phone not the PC and it's a pain to grab links on the run!
If you aren't too familiar with Odin, no worries it's very easy to do. I don't have time to hammer it all out right now but I'm sure wherever you find the download link for Odin, there will be a guide on how to use it right along side it.
With all of that said, you could probably follow the same steps to flash but while using any of the other One-click versions (EG30, EL29, etc etc) as long as you are dealing with GB roms and kernels ONLY. I know I said it before, but just to reiterate in case you are new to all this, use the EL26 as your starting point when flashing back to ics at any point. It's probably just me being super careful but I'd rather that then end up with a very expensive paperweight! Keep us posted, I'll try and check the thread later on.
Edit: I guess there are other ways to get CWM rocking on the GB platforms coming from a simply stock rooted system (via auto-root) but I just find it easier to flash the kernel right over top the old one, it keeps it simple. And not to belittle you or anything, but if you are new to flashing roms and the likes, I would REALLY recommend watching some videos on how to do everything. QBking has some GREAT tutorials on youtube to show you the basics (most importantly how to NOT brick your phone) as well as many other videos found on this forum and the ACS forums...check them out! Cheers, buddy!
vadyr56 said:
This link should bring you to the One-click flasher for EL26 stock rooted (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1416477&highlight=one+click). After flashing that, you need to get a CWM kernel (http://kernelrepo.chris41g.org/default.asp?startFolder=\Recovery+Kernels\GB\Chris41g\Stock+CWM\TAR) so grab the EL26 .tar file and flash via Odin. Once that's done, you should have a CWM recovery with a rooted phone, allowing you to flash Calukin's rom zip via CWM. I would have linked earlier but I was on my phone not the PC and it's a pain to grab links on the run!
If you aren't too familiar with Odin, no worries it's very easy to do. I don't have time to hammer it all out right now but I'm sure wherever you find the download link for Odin, there will be a guide on how to use it right along side it.
With all of that said, you could probably follow the same steps to flash but while using any of the other One-click versions (EG30, EL29, etc etc) as long as you are dealing with GB roms and kernels ONLY. I know I said it before, but just to reiterate in case you are new to all this, use the EL26 as your starting point when flashing back to ics at any point. It's probably just me being super careful but I'd rather that then end up with a very expensive paperweight! Keep us posted, I'll try and check the thread later on.
Edit: I guess there are other ways to get CWM rocking on the GB platforms coming from a simply stock rooted system (via auto-root) but I just find it easier to flash the kernel right over top the old one, it keeps it simple. And not to belittle you or anything, but if you are new to flashing roms and the likes, I would REALLY recommend watching some videos on how to do everything. QBking has some GREAT tutorials on youtube to show you the basics (most importantly how to NOT brick your phone) as well as many other videos found on this forum and the ACS forums...check them out! Cheers, buddy!
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Is there a reason you suggest going back to EL26?
Rolling back to GB from ICS, I was going to go this route:
Step 1: EL29
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1433101
Step 2: Then Apply CWM with option C (EL29) here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1342728
Step 3: Use Caulks format all script 2 times.
Step 4: Then apply the Caulk v3:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1332837&page=963
Did I miss anything?
No you should be in the clear. Only reason I suggested EL26 was because when ics dropped pre-source, to avoid bricking you'd always go back to EL26 and flash from that stock repack kernel. You should be OK with the route you're taking though.
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Just watch QBking77 videos on YouTube. The guy is very thorough and good at explaining things for any phone he is teaching us about
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Wondering if there is a pre-rooted stock OTA image of the latest official sprint update?
I rooted prior to the official Jellybean update and am running the CM10 nightlies (working just fine btw). However in the past with other phones I have rooted, a rom would come out a week or two later with a stock build of the latest release - in case you had to go into a sprint store etc.
Now, I have a recovery of the pre JB image - but wanted to see how stock sprint ran.
Am I missing it? My guess is I probably am but I searched the forum and also clockwork mod downloadables and don't see a thing.
Any help would be greatly apprectiated.
JOHN
Flash the stock image, take the OTA (or manually apply it if its being slow), then root. Rooting takes 2sec, just do it yourself.
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martonikaj said:
Flash the stock image, take the OTA (or manually apply it if its being slow), then root. Rooting takes 2sec, just do it yourself.
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+1 This.
I could make you a pre-rooted OTA, but it is more work to do that than to just flash the original OTA and flash the root zip after, so there is no real point.
I searched, but I don't think anyone released it yet.
Can someone please post a CWM Flashable stock rooted LK3 image?
I already installed the Rooted Odin JB update, and put CWM back on, but I could really use the CWM image being as I like to customize and de-bloat the flash myself before putting it back on.
For now I am stuck with all the AT&T and Samsung crap until a kind soul can upload what I need.
Thanks.
chocodough said:
I searched, but I don't think anyone released it yet.
Can someone please post a CWM Flashable stock rooted LK3 image?
I already installed the Rooted Odin JB update, and put CWM back on, but I could really use the CWM image being as I like to customize and de-bloat the flash myself before putting it back on.
For now I am stuck with all the AT&T and Samsung crap until a kind soul can upload what I need.
Thanks.
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Why not make a backup of stock rooted, then debloat? It's the same as what you're asking someone else to do. Then you can go back through your backup if things get hairy.
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I am still learning all this stuff to be honest, and I figured out how easy it is to mess around and manipulate a CWM flashable archive before flashing. So I am good at that at least.
Strange though. The day the Sprint and Tmobile JB for their GS3s went live, people on their forum on XDA posted the Odin full flash and the CWM flash file which had all the standard stuff like Deodexed, zip aligned...etc...
The Tmobile forum was really on top of it.
I just find it easier and less time consuming to have the CWM file and just delete what I want in there and do everything, and then flash my own custom version.
chocodough said:
I am still learning all this stuff to be honest, and I figured out how easy it is to mess around and manipulate a CWM flashable archive before flashing. So I am good at that at least.
Strange though. The day the Sprint and Tmobile JB for their GS3s went live, people on their forum on XDA posted the Odin full flash and the CWM flash file which had all the standard stuff like Deodexed, zip aligned...etc...
The Tmobile forum was really on top of it.
I just find it easier and less time consuming to have the CWM file and just delete what I want in there and do everything, and then flash my own custom version.
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They are on top here, but most devs are using the already available tmo for their bases. You may find one pop up. I'd be patient.
Just go in with root, delete what you want, then create a backup.
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there is an Odin flashable one in the "no tripping flash counter" thread. I've been on it for almost 20 hours.
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there is an Odin flashable one in the "no tripping flash counter" thread. I've been on it for almost 20 hours.
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He used that already. He wants a zip to modify. Not sure how tar signatures work for flashing.
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I have a galaxy s3 on mobalicity and am wondering how to root it and what ROMs I can install on it so please help me?
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failteck said:
I have a galaxy s3 on mobalicity and am wondering how to root it and what ROMs I can install on it so please help me?
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The first thing you need to do is to ODIN flash this CWM custom recovery to your phone.
Here is the download link for the CWM custom recovery 6.0.3.1 TAR file : "cwm-touch-6.0.3.1-d2tmo.tar"
Here is the download link to ODIN which is required to flash TAR files: http://d-h.st/Q14
Make a new folder on your desktop and extract the Odin zipfile into it, then copy the CWM custom
recovery TAR file into the same folder. (odin is a windows app which does NOT need installation.)
After that flash the .TAR file using Odin.
When that's done you can basically flash any of the CWM/TWRP flashable custom roms found here in these development
threads for the Tmobile Galaxy S3 phones by going into recovery mode on your phone and flashing any of the Tmobile cwm
zipfile custom roms.
My favorite custom rom is the "Wicked" rom which as far as I am concerned is the very best available right now.
Here is the link to the Wicked rom: http://sourceforge.net/projects/evil1art/files/evil/t-999/Wicked/Wicked_v10.zip/download
If you want more information about the wicked rom and how to flash it, here is the link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1804260
The link above will give you instructions for flashing the custom cwm flashable rom.
Once you have successfully followed all the steps in my post here you will end up with a rooted Tmobile
Samsung Galaxy S3 Touchwiz Jellybean v4.1.1 phone with the best custom rom currently available for it.
There are a lot of ROMs available in the forum, which is good because people have different usage scenarios and preferences.
Personally I'm not a fan of touchwiz. I've been on AOSP based ROMs since I got my S3 last September.
I highly recommend CM10.1 and AOKP.
Whether you go touchwiz or AOSP, you might want to experiment with custom kernels too to squeeze out performance and battery life out of your device.
Lastly, don't forget to nandroid and use Titanium backups.
Happy flashing!
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Thanks man for your help!!!!!
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Hey junky,
Just curious, why are you linking to a 6.0.3.2 version of cwm? 6.0.3.1 is the latest cwm has released for the S3. (It looks like the S4 uses the newer one.)
Has it been tested and proven 100% compatible? If ive missed something, please fill me in.
Not trying to give you a hard time man! But imo, its probably best to stick with the one built specifically for our device. (Or at least make the option known).
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DocHoliday77 said:
Hey junky,
Just curious, why are you linking to a 6.0.3.2 version of cwm? 6.0.3.1 is the latest cwm has released for the S3. (It looks like the S4 uses the newer one.)
Has it been tested and proven 100% compatible? If ive missed something, please fill me in.
Not trying to give you a hard time man! But imo, its probably best to stick with the one built specifically for our device. (Or at least make the option known).
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The reason I am linking the Odin flash cwm recovery TAR file to that particular post is that after reading some articles and
doing some tests flashing the stock T999 Tmobile firmware with odin I found out that if the kernel in any of these custom
cwm flash roms has been modifiied by the developers then we can skip the rooting process entirely since all these custom
roms are already rooted.
At first I did not believe this was possible, but after testiing it, I found out it was true.
So this means that it should work with any of the touchwiz jellybean based custom roms which have modified or custom
kernels included and it should also work on all of the AOSP/AOKP/CM10/MIUI roms as well since they do not have
the stock samsung touchwiz kernels in any of those cwm flashable roms and all of them over-write the stock kernel.
However this procedure will not work on any custom roms which come with the STOCK Samsung Tmobile S3 kernels.
I have not tested this procedure on my Galaxy S4 yet, but I am almost certain that it would also work the same way.
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The reason I am linking that particular post to the odin flash TAR of cwm recovery is that after reading some articles and
doing some tests flashing the stock T999 Tmobile firmware with odin I found out that if the kernel in any of these custom
cwm flash roms has been modifiied by the developers then we can skip the rooting process entirely since all these custom
roms are already rooted.
At first I did not believe this was possible, but after testiing it, I found out it was true.
So this means that it should work with any of the touchwiz jellybean based custom roms which have modified or custom
kernels included and it should also work on virtually any of the AOSP/AOKP/CM10 roms as well since they do not have
the stock samsung touchwiz kernels in any of those cwm flashable roms and all of them over-write the stock kernel.
However this procedure will not work on any custom roms which come with the STOCK Samsung Tmobile S3 kernels.
I have not tested this procedure on my Galaxy S4 yet, but I am almost certain that it would also work the same way.
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Ok, I am sorry for hijacking this thread, but I am quite confused now.
It sounds like you are saying that if you have an insecure kernel, any version of any custom recovery will work? Regardless of what device it was built for???
Apologies if I am totally misunderstanding you here. But it just makes no sense.
Yes all custom roms are already rooted, but I dont see how that is relevant to the recovery you choose. (Besides, you almost always have to have the recovery installed before you can flash the rom.)
I just find it very hard to believe that we could use the S4 or Note2 CWM/TWRP provided we have that insecure kernel. Even if you can, there are still potential problems.
First, what happens if the recovery you try is larger than our recovery partition? Brick!
And what happens if you are running this recovery due to your custom kernel, and then flash a stock based rom with a secure kernel?
As to your first statement about skipping the rooting process because the custom roms are already rooted.... you first have to achieve root before you can flash these, so I dont see what you mean by skipping the process.
Maybe im too tired to follow what you're saying, but I still dont see how its a good idea to have someone flash a recovery thats not built for their device. Its much safer to stick to the ones that are specifically built for our device and that hundreds of people have already successfully used.
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DocHoliday77 said:
Hey junky,
Just curious, why are you linking to a 6.0.3.2 version of cwm? 6.0.3.1 is the latest cwm has released for the S3. (It looks like the S4 uses the newer one.)
Has it been tested and proven 100% compatible? If ive missed something, please fill me in.
Not trying to give you a hard time man! But imo, its probably best to stick with the one built specifically for our device. (Or at least make the option known).
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You are right, I just uploaded the correct version of the cwm recovery tar to a file hosting site it's the same recovery which I used
to flashed my t999 S3 phone to find out if the rooting method I wrote about for gaining root access worked on my T999 S3.
I just edited my post to reflect the change I made to the cwm tar recovery download link to display that it's version 6.0.3.1
You are also right about something else too, if someone flashes a stock restricted kernel or any rom
which contains a stock/restricted kernel whether it's odin flashed or cwm flashed they will loose root.
But wouldn't that also hold true if we rooted using any rooting method then flashed the stock unrooted Odin
flash TAR rom or any stock/custom CWM flashable rom which had any kind of restricted kernel in it as well?
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DocHoliday77 said:
Ok, I am sorry for hijacking this thread, but I am quite confused now.
It sounds like you are saying that if you have an insecure kernel, any version of any custom recovery will work? Regardless of what device it was built for???
Apologies if I am totally misunderstanding you here. But it just makes no sense.
Yes all custom roms are already rooted, but I dont see how that is relevant to the recovery you choose. (Besides, you almost always have to have the recovery installed before you can flash the rom.)
I just find it very hard to believe that we could use the S4 or Note2 CWM/TWRP provided we have that insecure kernel. Even if you can, there are still potential problems.
First, what happens if the recovery you try is larger than our recovery partition? Brick!
And what happens if you are running this recovery due to your custom kernel, and then flash a stock based rom with a secure kernel?
As to your first statement about skipping the rooting process because the custom roms are already rooted.... you first have to achieve root before you can flash these, so I dont see what you mean by skipping the process.
Maybe im too tired to follow what you're saying, but I still dont see how its a good idea to have someone flash a recovery thats not built for their device. Its much safer to stick to the ones that are specifically built for our device and that hundreds of people have already successfully used.
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Why would we need to achieve root before flashing a Odin flash CWM recovery TAR file?
It's not the cwm recovery that achieves root, it's the rooted custom roms which do that.
Here is some interesting reading about this topic that I read, the thread in this link was not created specifically for our
S3 and S4 phones, but after reading it carefully a couple of times I am certain that the principle is just about the same.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1773659
This will be my first time flashing on a T-Mobile phone. My friends have an S3 stock right now. They want the latest rooted stock ROM. I don't know where to start. Do I need to unlock the bootloader? Is there an Odin executable file that will flash the complete ROM? All I see are zips for full stock rooted which I would have to use CWM or TWRP. If that's the only way, I suppose I would have to root and install a recovery to install the latest rooted stock ROM. Any help is appreciated and thanks!
I read the stuff on this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1949687, just don't know where to start.
dja2k
Read up on how to root your device first, I used an ODIN file which rooted my device. I then installed Rom Manager to get the latest CWM recovery. You can also use Goo Manager if you want TWRP. After you get a recovery and root, you are pretty much set for any ROM you'd like to flash.
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That's what I figured, thanks!
dja2k
No problem, best of luck and let us know if anything!
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This will be my first time flashing on a T-Mobile phone. My friends have an S3 stock right now. They want the latest rooted stock ROM. I don't know where to start. Do I need to unlock the bootloader? Is there an Odin executable file that will flash the complete ROM? All I see are zips for full stock rooted which I would have to use CWM or TWRP. If that's the only way, I suppose I would have to root and install a recovery to install the latest rooted stock ROM. Any help is appreciated and thanks!
I read the stuff on this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1949687, just don't know where to start.
dja2k
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Start by flashing the root66 firmware in Odin from that thread. Everything you need should be there. Including how to use Odin. Just gotta be willing to put the time into reading. Don't take shortcuts until you are very comfortable with the process. Even then, be careful doing so.
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Read
As Doc said, read, i am new here and honestly i rooted my phone easily without any problems, it was my first time owning an android, first time trying to root one and how i got through? I read, and i mean i spent hours reading until i feel confident that i understand and everything is covered in "rooting". I plan to do this in steps.
I "know" how to root so if someone say, hey root my phone, i can do that. Other things like flashing new roms etc? I'm reading up now so in a few days i will be trying out new roms and all those other weird name things that these guys do!
You just have to plan on taking your time, Rome (roms either lol) wasn't built in a day and you weren't either, it took you nine months (i would assume)
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Thanks for the replies! I didn't stated it before but I am very familiar with rooted and flashing ROMS though not on T-Mobile that's why I was asking. I have previously flashed on Sprint and now on Verizon, so I have rooted and flashed custom ROMS a lot. Anyways my friends finally got some free time to come around to flash their phones tomorrow. I am going to start by doing a factory reset and apply the appropriate root66 - PreRooted Firmware that matches the currently installed ROM. Then I am going to install TWRP via GooManager and go from there. I don't know if their phones are still on 4.1.1, but if so, I am updating them to 4.1.2 using the following:
UVDLJC - UVDMD5
Type: Official
Version: 4.1.2 JB
Date: May 13, 2013
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1949687
Then I am not sure yet, but I will have to update the Baseband Modem with this file:
Baseband: UVMD5
From Build: UVDMD5
OS: JB 4.1.2
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1880987
Release Date: May. 13, 2013
They want latest Stock Rom, but Rooted, so please correct me if I am wrong with what I plan to do, thanks!
dja2k
Just flash the root66 UVDMD5 firmware. Then you're on the latest stock, already rooted. Ill never recommend using an ota if there's another option available.
And you won't need to update the modem. It may not be the best one for you anyway. Just because its the latest released, doesn't mean anything when it comes to modems.
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Oh my bad, I didn't see that the firmware is the full ROM. Ok but the modems are interchangeable, so I can flash it and if it doesn't work better, I can go back to the one it had.
dja2k
Yup. And in case you don't know, the firmware includes the modem too. We have a lot to try, so if you're not hapoy with one try the next.
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Which is the current stable released 4.3 ROM that I can flash on top of the 4.1.2 stock ROM I flashed previously? There are several ROM's and have warnings like this one below so I can't figure which one to flash.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2521742
dja2k