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[QUICK AND EASY GUIDE] Go From ANY ROM to CM9

I had a few questions on how to do this. I eventually figured it out and since I didn't see an exact "Guide" on how to do this besides a few posts from the CM9 Discussion thread I decided to post the steps I did here.
Hope this helps somebody!
WARNING: FOLLOWING THIS GUIDE WILL CAUSE YOU TO LOSE YOUR DATA (SDCARD will be fine though).
These are the exact steps I did.
1- Auto Restore Using ODIN via sfhub's TAR file to EL29; here (I used the SPH-D710.EL29_CL852097_ROOTED-oc-sfx.exe)
2- To install CWM, I used the Auto Root package (Option C) then (Option L); here
3- I then downloaded CM7 and GAPPS here and placed them on my microSD card
4- Booted into recovery and wiped data/factory reset, wipe cache, wipe dalvik cache, and go back to "Mounts and Storage" and clicked on format /system. I then flashed CM7 and GAPPS (Directions on how to flash here here)
5- Go back to the main menu of recovery and reboot system
6- I verified I was able to boot into CM7 without any issues (Wait until it completely loads and did another reboot).
(Optional) I went back into recovery and made a backup
7- I then downloaded the CM9 zip file and GAPPS file (Download here scroll down for Alpha4 and GApps v7.1) and placed both of these on the microSD card
8-I then booted into recovery and flashed the CM9 zip file, flashed GApps v7.1 file, and wiped data/factory reset; (how to video here)
9- Reboot system
10- Enjoy CM9!
(Optional) You won't have a custom recovery after you flash CM9. If you want a custom recovery, I recommend you use this one here. I flashed it through Mobile ODIN and had no problems. I used the "Rogue Stock FB21 rev2 (Odin Tar)". Read this post if you want to flash through regular Odin here

Thank you very much. I was looking for something just like this
EDIT: Why can't you flash straight to CM9?

Korey_Nicholson said:
Thank you very much. I was looking for something just like this
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Not a problem! Happy to share this stuff for everyone

Vandam500 said:
Not a problem! Happy to share this stuff for everyone
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Why can't you flash straight to CM9?

Korey_Nicholson said:
Why can't you flash straight to CM9?
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Honestly I'm not sure. I've seen several posts of people having issues when trying to go from any of the leaked ICS ROMs to CM9 (Some of them semi-bricking their devices). This is apparently the safest way to do it.

Korey_Nicholson said:
Why can't you flash straight to CM9?
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You can but you keep hearing people saying "iz brickz my fone" all the time because they tried to install CM9 with a kernal or rom that doesnt play very nice. So this is in a way the safest way to do it if you dont want to have any trouble. Ive been doing it like this since thats what someone posted on the cm9 thread when it first came out.
Edit: lo0l you beat me to the reply

Sounds good. Doesn't CM9 come with a kernel though?
If not, which kernel do you recommend using with CM9?

Korey_Nicholson said:
Sounds good. Doesn't CM9 come with a kernel though?
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Ya it does since its an AOSP kernal.

Sephirothvfc said:
Ya it does since its an AOSP kernal.
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Which kernel do you recommend using with CM9? What comes with it?

Korey_Nicholson said:
Which kernel do you recommend using with CM9? What comes with it?
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At the moment thats the only kernal you can use with it. no other AOSP kernal out there that is available to download. Atleast this is from what i understand. First time rooting phones after i got this phone. Still getting the hang of all this.

Vandam500 said:
I had a few questions on how to do this. I eventually figured it out and since I didn't see an exact "Guide" on how to do this besides a few posts from the CM9 Discussion thread I decided to post the steps I did here.
Hope this helps somebody!
WARNING: FOLLOWING THIS GUIDE WILL CAUSE YOU TO LOSE YOUR DATA (SDCARD will be fine though).
These are the exact steps I did.
1- Auto Restore Using ODIN via sfhub's TAR file to EL29; here (I used the SPH-D710.EL29_CL852097_ROOTED-oc-sfx.exe)
2- To install CWM, I used the Auto Root package (Option C) then (Option L); here
3- I then downloaded CM7 and GAPPS here and placed them on my microSD card
4- Booted into recovery and wiped data/factory reset, wipe cache, wipe dalvik cache, and go back to "Mounts and Storage" and clicked on format /system. I then flashed CM7 and GAPPS (Directions on how to flash here here)
5- Go back to the main menu of recovery and reboot system
6- I verified I was able to boot into CM7 without any issues (Wait until it completely loads and did another reboot).
(Optional) I went back into recovery and made a backup
7- I then downloaded the CM9 zip file and GAPPS file (Download here scroll down for Alpha4 and GApps v7.1) and placed both of these on the microSD card
8-I then booted into recovery and flashed the CM9 zip file, flashed GApps v7.1 file, and wiped data/factory reset; (how to video here)
9- Reboot system
10- Enjoy CM9!
(Optional) You won't have a custom recovery after you flash CM9. If you want a custom recovery, I recommend you use this one here. I flashed it through Mobile ODIN and had no problems. I used the "Rogue Stock FB21 rev2 (Odin Tar)". Read this post if you want to flash through regular Odin here
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I flashed the Rogue Stock FB21 kernel like you said. Is it suppose to give me the yellow triangle on the splash screen?

Korey_Nicholson said:
I flashed the Rogue Stock FB21 kernel like you said. Is it suppose to give me the yellow triangle on the splash screen?
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If you odin a kernal into your phone even if its stock, yes it will give you the yellow triangle

Sephirothvfc said:
If you odin a kernal into your phone even if its stock, yes it will give you the yellow triangle
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NoOoOoOo! I was such a good boy lol

Korey_Nicholson said:
NoOoOoOo! I was such a good boy lol
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You can always redo step 1 and 2 and it will remove it. Then just restore your last backup of the El29 rom not CM9 lol

You can always just use this on ics
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1494114
Works great on cm9
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Epix4G said:
You can always just use this on ics
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1494114
Works great on cm9
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+1 to this Got rid of mine after I Odin'd in the FB21 kernel as well. It's now forever on my sdcard from here on out for ICS related stuff.

Korey_Nicholson said:
I flashed the Rogue Stock FB21 kernel like you said. Is it suppose to give me the yellow triangle on the splash screen?
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I saw the yellow triangle on the screen but it always went past it and booted right into the ROM. Is that what you mean't?

I just flash stock CWM, wipe everything including system, and then flash CM9. Perfect all the way
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I was on the leaked ICS ROM and want to go back to a different ROM. My phone is kinda soft bricked now. I downloaded the EL29 auto restore and it's running now but it's stuck at the last percentage (data.img) part.
It's been sitting here for 30+ minutes and last night I let it sit for about 1.5 hours.
My phone won't boot up but I can get into download mode but it won't auto restore to the EL29. I don't know what I'm missing. Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks.

Android300ZX said:
I was on the leaked ICS ROM and want to go back to a different ROM. My phone is kinda soft bricked now. I downloaded the EL29 auto restore and it's running now but it's stuck at the last percentage (data.img) part.
It's been sitting here for 30+ minutes and last night I let it sit for about 1.5 hours.
My phone won't boot up but I can get into download mode but it won't auto restore to the EL29. I don't know what I'm missing. Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks.
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sorry my friend but its time to exercise your Insurance. Look in general as there is a specific thread for your issue. Did you use the Hitman recovery from Steady Hawkin?
Your phone is bricked
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1504808 - You may want to look at this one
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1509795
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1516868
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1524463
There's more just did not want to clutter the thread up anymore

Unable to flash ICS..please tell me its not just me

Damn I was hungry for some ICS! lol
I just download the new CM9 and put it on my internal sd card. Okay, used chris's stock el26 kernel(flashed zip in cwm then rebooted recovery) but when I go to flash the CM9 zip in cwm, I get a bunch of nonsense.
"getprop("ro.product.device") == "GT-I9100T" || this is repeated over and over, then it says error in [folder where i put the ROM zip]
I have flashed ICS before, in fact i have flashed Blend ICS and Calk ICS just to test this issue with no problems right now. I also tried AOKP and it also failed
I'm out of ideas here. Please help.

Have you used caulks format all before flashing tocm9

igerald904 said:
Have you used caulks format all before flashing tocm9
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Yes, I have. It has worked before so that's why it seems strange.
If all else fails, I guess I will just have to go with a completely stock wipe(sfhub) then

I think that would be the best suggestion actuall, let me know if that works maybe i might try it I'm running fc24 and was thinking about doing cm9 by installing el26 tar then running that

It could've been a bad download; use an md5 checker.
What I do is use sfhub's el29 one click package, then use his autoroot package to flash el26 cwm. Set up GPS test and get a lock, then reboot into recovery, follow the directions, and I flash the rom twice.
By using sfhub's solutions, you avoid getting the yellow triangle and adding to the download count.

Sound like a plan

thegoodrat said:
Damn I was hungry for some ICS! lol
I just download the new CM9 and put it on my internal sd card. Okay, used chris's stock el26 kernel(flashed zip in cwm then rebooted recovery) but when I go to flash the CM9 zip in cwm, I get a bunch of nonsense.
"getprop("ro.product.device") == "GT-I9100T" || this is repeated over and over, then it says error in [folder where i put the ROM zip]
I have flashed ICS before, in fact i have flashed Blend ICS and Calk ICS just to test this issue with no problems right now. I also tried AOKP and it also failed
I'm out of ideas here. Please help.
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do a double flash. sometimes the first flash doesn't go thru.

Install guide says to wipe data/ cache then flash cm9 from el26. I would redownload and md5 check also. Might try coming from cm7 or miui also as there recovery works for cm9
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darkfire2024 said:
It could've been a bad download; use an md5 checker.
What I do is use sfhub's el29 one click package, then use his autoroot package to flash el26 cwm. Set up GPS test and get a lock, then reboot into recovery, follow the directions, and I flash the rom twice.
By using sfhub's solutions, you avoid getting the yellow triangle and adding to the download count.
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Why does everything say to use the el26 cwm? Is there something wrong with the el29 cwm or am I missing something?
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You must flash from EL26, locate StockCWM-EL26.tar and odin that. Then reboot to recovery. Flash update*.zip and gapps*.zip after wiping cache and data.
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Sn1per 117 said:
Why does everything say to use the el26 cwm?
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I keep a copy of LoSTkernel on my sd for the recovery, it's EL29 and I just tried this with that and got the same results. Came, read, and came to the conclusion EL26 is the most stable for flashing ICS.

thatdudepoops said:
Might try coming from cm7 or miui also as there recovery works for cm9
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This is what I ended up doing next right after I posted this thread lol
Flashed MIUI 2.3
Rebooted Recovery
Flashed CM9
Success!
I kept flashing cm9 and wiping everything but it never did work, strange.

Yea you have to be on a gingerbread based ROM like cm7 then install el26 and flash cm9
Epic touch phone of xXHELLBoy91Xx

thegoodrat said:
This is what I ended up doing next right after I posted this thread lol
Flashed MIUI 2.3
Rebooted Recovery
Flashed CM9
Success!
I kept flashing cm9 and wiping everything but it never did work, strange.
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Glad you got it working, also after you flash your last step should of been to wipe data/factory reset. This will ensure a clean start and possible removal of all potential bugs...

[Q] How to flash ICS 4.0.4 rom updates?

So I finally made the jump to 4.0.4. Mijjah74's "slim n trim" to be precise... Install went great, rom is awesome, I just can't find any information on how to update to the latest version! Do I just go back to el26? Can I "just" go back to el26? If anybody can provide detailed instructions for a newb or at least point me in the right direction I would really appreciate it!
I follow instructions well, but I am clearly a rookie. My apologies if this is in the wrong section or if this has been covered 1,000 times!

Yes, just mobile odin el26 with cwm. When the screen goes off hold power+volume up to boot into recovery, then wipe data/factory reset, wipe cache, wipe dalvick, flash rom and reboot. Since it is AOKP based you need to use only el26 with cwm or you'll risk a brick.
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killaphatboy said:
Yes, just mobile odin el26 with cwm. When the screen goes off hold power+volume up to boot into recovery, then wipe data/factory reset, wipe cache, wipe dalvick, flash rom and reboot. Since it is AOKP based you need to use only el26 with cwm or you'll risk a brick.
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I have a similar question...when you say "just mobile Odin el26 with CWM", do you mean place that version of EL26 onto the SD card?
-Ben

b7labelle said:
I have a similar question...when you say "just mobile Odin el26 with CWM", do you mean place that version of EL26 onto the SD card?
-Ben
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Yes. I use internal sd, but mobile odin will find it on either. The safest way to flash to and from ICS is with el26 with official cwm. Everything since el26 including el29 have rogue repacks. The rogue repacks do work, but you run a risk of bricking. Better to be safe than to have bricked phone. Just remember ICS won't boot with el26, so you have to boot into recovery as soon as it starts to reboot. Wipe data/factory reset, wipe both cache and dalvick cache, flash ROM and reboot.
Here is direct link yo el26 with cwm: http://db.tt/0QJkleJR
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SSickLS2 said:
So I finally made the jump to 4.0.4. Mijjah74's "slim n trim" to be precise... Install went great, rom is awesome, I just can't find any information on how to update to the latest version! Do I just go back to el26? Can I "just" go back to el26? If anybody can provide detailed instructions for a newb or at least point me in the right direction I would really appreciate it!
I follow instructions well, but I am clearly a rookie. My apologies if this is in the wrong section or if this has been covered 1,000 times!
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I have a similar question...when you say "just mobile Odin el26 with CWM", do you mean place that version of EL26 onto the SD card?
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Just use the same instructions on how you got on slim in the first place. It is the only way to flash a AOKP based rom. The ONLY thing you may do when you update from slim to a newer slim is the wipes. A clean install is best, bit no data wiping has worked also.
All in all listen to killaphatboy, he knows what he is talking about, been running our rooms long enough.

Thanks for the help guys!

I am watching a qbking77 "how to" video on flashing the EL26 tar and he mentions you have to be on a Gingerbread rom before you flash to EL26... Does this pertain to m situation since I am just updating to a newer version of of the same rom?
I understand that the update process is the same as the install, but going back to EL29 and reinstalling CWM, just to flash EL26 makes me think that I am performing some unnecessary steps.

SSickLS2 said:
I am watching a qbking77 "how to" video on flashing the EL26 tar and he mentions you have to be on a Gingerbread rom before you flash to EL26... Does this pertain to m situation since I am just updating to a newer version of of the same rom?
I understand that the update process is the same as the install, but going back to EL29 and reinstalling CWM, just to flash EL26 makes me think that I am performing some unnecessary steps.
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You don't need to go back to anything. All you need to do is Odin the EL26 kernel and when it starts to reboot, push and hold power and volume up, that will put you right into recovery without booting into the rom. qbking77 is talking about booting into the from, which you do not need to do. Just push power+ volume up after your blue light flashes and before the splash screen ends.

Odin Questions

Hi all, I'm new here (well, not to XDA) as I just purchased this phone 2 days ago. I love it so far. It's such and upgrade from my LG Optimus that I almost considered not rooting or flashing ROM's. Of course, I caved in last night.
Anyway, I have a couple questions regarding Odin and the process around flashing different kernels/modems, etc. Any help would be great. I successfully flashed Blue Kuban without issues as I'm familiar with CWM and all that great stuff.
1. Is there a good tutorial that I can use to do more research on Odin? I see there's a mobile version and a PC version, so I'm not sure which to use.
2. I see in some ROM's, the install instructions state to first flash a specific kernel with Odin. Is this to prevent bricks from flashing from ICS to ICS ROM's?
3. Hypothetically, if I wanted to switch from Blue Kuban to CM9 (or any other ICS ROM), couldn't I just restore my stock GB back up and then flash CM9 (or any other ICS ROM)? If not, what is the most user friendly method you use?
Thanks all, really glad I chose this phone, it looks like there's awesome development for it! Any help is greatly appreciated!

mjs2011 said:
Hi all, I'm new here (well, not to XDA) as I just purchased this phone 2 days ago. I love it so far. It's such and upgrade from my LG Optimus that I almost considered not rooting or flashing ROM's. Of course, I caved in last night.
Anyway, I have a couple questions regarding Odin and the process around flashing different kernels/modems, etc. Any help would be great. I successfully flashed Blue Kuban without issues as I'm familiar with CWM and all that great stuff.
1. Is there a good tutorial that I can use to do more research on Odin? I see there's a mobile version and a PC version, so I'm not sure which to use.
2. I see in some ROM's, the install instructions state to first flash a specific kernel with Odin. Is this to prevent bricks from flashing from ICS to ICS ROM's?
3. Hypothetically, if I wanted to switch from Blue Kuban to CM9 (or any other ICS ROM), couldn't I just restore my stock GB back up and then flash CM9 (or any other ICS ROM)? If not, what is the most user friendly method you use?
Thanks all, really glad I chose this phone, it looks like there's awesome development for it! Any help is greatly appreciated!
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1. OK for Odin, you can try searching for a tutorial on qbkings YouTube channel. Basically all you need to know is that the PDA slot is for kernels and such where as phone slot is for modems. Only have auto reboot checked in top right settings. Mobile Odin works the same way. You can flash kernels from there and can save you time and when you're away from a computer. It currently has problems flashing modems however. There is a paid and lite version which you can find here in xda if you search a bit.
2. Yes this is to prevent bricking which has been happening when wiping data/factory rest in custom recoveries repackaged in ICS kernels. This is why its recommended to go back to el26 because this is the last true source (we don't have ICS source yet) we had.
Whenever changing roms, you must Odin/mobile Odin the el26 cwm kernel and do any rom flashing, restoring, backing up from there. So if you want to switch to CM9 from the ICS version of Blue Kuban I'm assuming, Odin el26 cwm kernel and flash cm9+gapps there.
Anymore questions let me know
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Awesome, great info and I'll definitely pick up the mobile version. So it looks like I only need to flash the kernel, not actually flast a GB Rom?
The only other thing I'm wondering is if you recommend using the Rogue CWM Recovery. I have it installed right now. Are all ROMS compatible with this recovery?
Thanks again for your quick and helpful answer!

I personally use the rouge 1.4.1 kernel to do all my flashing. Rouge recovery is built from tweaking the cwm recovery. In essence, they are the same thing. Rouge has less "no's" and the menus are better organized, so I use it.

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Awesome, great info and I'll definitely pick up the mobile version. So it looks like I only need to flash the kernel, not actually flast a GB Rom?
The only other thing I'm wondering is if you recommend using the Rogue CWM Recovery. I have it installed right now. Are all ROMS compatible with this recovery?
Thanks again for your quick and helpful answer!
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Yea all you need is the kernel. If you're on an ICS rom when you flash the el26 cwm kernel, it won't boot your phone but you can go into recovery still.
I really wouldn't recommend any custom recovery at this time for ICS. I mean it takes maybe an extra minute odining the el26 cwm kernel or so instead of directly booting into rogue recovery. From there you can flash mods, tweaks, etc and then just reflash a compatible ICS kernel. What do you really need rogue for? Not worth the risk IMO.
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slick_rick said:
Yea all you need is the kernel. If you're on an ICS rom when you flash the el26 cwm kernel, it won't boot your phone but you can go into recovery still.
I really wouldn't recommend any custom recovery at this time for ICS. I mean it takes maybe an extra minute odining the el26 cwm kernel or so instead of directly booting into rogue recovery. From there you can flash mods, tweaks, etc and then just reflash a compatible ICS kernel. What do you really need rogue for? Not worth the risk IMO.
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Interesting. I'll have to read up more regarding Odin. So I could literally open Odin and plug my phone in and then flash the el26 kernel and flash whatever ROM I want from Odin as well? Sorry, a little confused there. Just not sure how I'd flash a ROM without a custom recovery.
Thanks again, I'll also check out some tutorials. I'm guessing it will feel like 2nd nature in a week, just learning the new process.

The recovery is built into the kernel for this device. I use odin, flash the el29 rouge kernel v1.4.1, when the phone resets after the flash, boot into recover using volume up and power, wipe, flash, whatever you want, make sure you reinstall ics rom or kernel if you are on ics and reboot.

Ah, so if I flash the EL26 Kernel, will that overwrite my Rogue Recovery?

mjs2011 said:
Interesting. I'll have to read up more regarding Odin. So I could literally open Odin and plug my phone in and then flash the el26 kernel and flash whatever ROM I want from Odin as well? Sorry, a little confused there. Just not sure how I'd flash a ROM without a custom recovery.
Thanks again, I'll also check out some tutorials. I'm guessing it will feel like 2nd nature in a week, just learning the new process.
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Well download whatever rom+mods/etc and put the files on your phone. Then just odin/mobile Odin the el26 cwm kernel and flash whatever you want from there, ICS or GB without no chance of a brick.
On our phone and I think most Samsung's for that matter, the recovery isnt separate from any other partition like with HTC. It must be packed into the kernel. So whenever you flash a rom, whatever recovery is packed in with that kernel included with the rom is what you're getting. Most devs are packing in stock Android recovery to cut down on bricks and instead recommend always flashing from el26 cwm kernel.
So yea that's what makes mobile Odin so great. Have el26 on your storage and you can switch roms very fast, easy, and safe.
Anymore questions just ask.
Edit: are you on GB or ICS Blue Kuban and what rogue also?
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Thanks, really good info. I'm on Blue Kuban ICS right now with Rogue CWM 5.0.2.7. Looks like Odin will be a very easy way once I get comfortable with it.
So basically, I'll put the kernel zip in the PDA slot in Odin and let it do its thing, then my phone will auto reboot into the kernel's recovery where I can flash the ROM? Or do I flash the kernel in Odin, and also flash the ROM in Odin as well?

mjs2011 said:
Thanks, really good info. I'm on Blue Kuban ICS right now with Rogue CWM 5.0.2.7. Looks like Odin will be a very easy way once I get comfortable with it.
So basically, I'll put the kernel zip in the PDA slot in Odin and let it do its thing, then my phone will auto reboot into the kernel's recovery where I can flash the ROM? Or do I flash the kernel in Odin, and also flash the ROM in Odin as well?
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Odin is just used to flash the safe el26 cwm kernel onto your phone. It will auto reboot and just hang at the Galaxy S II screen since the GB kernel can't boot an ICS rom so just power+volume up into it. Hold it for maybe up to 15 seconds but it'll come around. You then flash the rom in recovery from there. So put you rom files, etc on your phone before you Odin the kernel.
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slick_rick said:
Odin is just used to flash the safe el26 cwm kernel onto your phone. It will auto reboot and just hang at the Galaxy S II screen since the GB kernel can't boot an ICS rom so just power+volume up into it. Hold it for maybe up to 15 seconds but it'll come around. You then flash the rom in recovery from there. So put you rom files, etc on your phone before you Odin the kernel.
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oh ok sweet. That sounds pretty easy, actually! LOL! One last question hopefully, do I need to extract the kernel zip or do I just place the zip in the PDA slot?
Thanks again for your help today. It really cleared a bunch of questions I had.

mjs2011 said:
oh ok sweet. That sounds pretty easy, actually! LOL! One last question hopefully, do I need to extract the kernel zip or do I just place the zip in the PDA slot?
Thanks again for your help today. It really cleared a bunch of questions I had.
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Kernels flashed through PDA slot in Odin will be in either .tar or tar.md5 format, .zips are for cwm recovery only. You can find the el26 cwm kernel in the kernel repository sticky in dev section, its the first kernel listed. No problem, glad to help.
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or u can use the 34gt auto
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1342728

Thanks again everyone. I successfully switched roms today with no issues.
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How can I get CM10 while on UVALH3?

Still a major noob here. I want to get cyanogenmod 10 onto my s3 but I've had issues ever since putting on UVALH3. If I want to get CM10 can someone walk me through all the steps to get there, or is it just impossible?

ambitionlessness said:
Still a major noob here. I want to get cyanogenmod 10 onto my s3 but I've had issues ever since putting on UVALH3. If I want to get CM10 can someone walk me through all the steps to get there, or is it just impossible?
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Do you have a recovery installed like CWM or TWRP? Lets start with that.

sipple31 said:
Do you have a recovery installed like CWM or TWRP? Lets start with that.
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Could it be I was supposed to do this before flashing CM10? Because I simply rooted installed freegs3, wiped data and caches and all, then I flashed cm10. Was that the wrong way? Should I go back to stock and restart the process? Because right now for one, custom kernels are giving me strange issues. Also, a ktoonz kernel dev told me my log cat pointed towards corrupt partition or Rom, but I'm using cm10

isikh said:
Could it be I was supposed to do this before flashing CM10? Because I simply rooted installed freegs3, wiped data and caches and all, then I flashed cm10. Was that the wrong way? Should I go back to stock and restart the process? Because right now for one, custom kernels are giving me strange issues. Also, a ktoonz kernel dev told me my log cat pointed towards corrupt partition or Rom, but I'm using cm10
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pretty sure having a custom recovery isn't your issue if you are to the point of wiping caches and flashing kernels. The OP is asking how to wipe a stock ROM off and get CM on his/her phone i'm pretty sure.

sipple31 said:
pretty sure having a custom recovery isn't your issue if you are to the point of wiping caches and flashing kernels. The OP is asking how to wipe a stock ROM off and get CM on his/her phone i'm pretty sure.
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I was asking about myself because I thought I had a similar problem

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Do you have a recovery installed like CWM or TWRP? Lets start with that.
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No i do not. I tried rooting my phone and it didn't take, and you need to root before CWM right? I had CWM when I was on Uvalh2 but when I went through the process of Uvalh3 I guess I lost it. Should I go ahead and do it? I have the zip file in my phone, still.
I should also mention that when I go into recovery the android dude is fallen over, dead. I'm guessing that's a bad sign.

That just means you're on stock recovery. Odin a rooted rom which you can find in the dev forums (root without tripping flash), then install twrp or cwm, then flash cm10, then flash desired radio.
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