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[Q] Can I realy just flash to CM10.1 or do I still need to root first?

I've been reading these forums in my spare time for the last week or so but I'm still a bit confused or just overlooking something. According to the CM 10.1 thread install instructions are
Install instructions:
1. Install ClockworkMod Recovery for "I927". Sorry, CM cannot provide support for other recoveries, although they may work fine.
3. Reboot into recovery and install
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and a few people in some of the guide threads have basically stated the same. Is it really this simple now or do I still need to follow the guide from a year ago or the one in this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1962633 ?
So far all I have done is install CWMR Touch 6.0.1.2 Recovery and run backup in both blob and tar formats. Actually does this even work properly without rooting first?

You don't need root, but you can't quite go straight either. The current SOP is:
Flash TW-ICS, meaning UCLG9 or UCLH2 or UCLJ3, using the respective OneClick
Flash CWMR using Odin (the previous step overwrites recovery so you will have to do this again even if you flashed CWM previously)
Boot into CWM
Flash your AOSP-JB ROM of choice
Flash the correct gapps for your ROM
Format /data (aka factory reset)
Reboot into ROM and enjoy
Step 1 may or may not be necessary -- nobody's tried going from TW-GB straight to AOSP-JB yet. If you're feeling adventurous, try it and let us know how it goes.
Once you've flashed a TW-ICS once, you won't need to do it again -- at that point flashing a new TW-ICS or AOSP-JB ROM is as simple as flash-format-boot.

Thanks for the updated info, I didn't think it would be that simple.
Not sure what TW stands for since I haven't seen that abbreviation yet.
But basically for step one I can grab the UCLG9 from this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1841502
and flash it with CWM and then follow on from step 2? Or would I be better off grabbing the newer UCLJ3 from SamMobile and using Odin?

Bram Skull said:
Thanks for the updated info, I didn't think it would be that simple.
Not sure what TW stands for since I haven't seen that abbreviation yet.
But basically for step one I can grab the UCLG9 from this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1841502
and flash it with CWM and then follow on from step 2? Or would I be better off grabbing the newer UCLJ3 from SamMobile and using Odin?
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Nope no zips or Odin just use one click the first time. So for step 1 above follow this http://www.theandroidsoul.com/android-4-0-4-ice-cream-sandwich-update-for-att-captivate-glide-i927uclg9/. Can't get easier then this.

Bram Skull said:
Thanks for the updated info, I didn't think it would be that simple.
Not sure what TW stands for since I haven't seen that abbreviation yet.
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TW == TouchWiz. Basically official Samsung stuff and ROMs based directly on such.
But basically for step one I can grab the UCLG9 from this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1841502
and flash it with CWM and then follow on from step 2? Or would I be better off grabbing the newer UCLJ3 from SamMobile and using Odin?
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I would get the full EXE, just to be sure. The CWM zips generally don't include bootloader or baseband and that's the important stuff.

I would get the full EXE, just to be sure. The CWM zips generally don't include bootloader or baseband and that's the important stuff.
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I used the CWM flash and can confirm the no updated baseband since it still had the stock Rogers one on AT&T-ICS and in CM-10.1. Not sure about ICS but in CM-10.1 I could get voice but no data and haven't tested txt.
Going to flash back to stock with the backup I made for now while I research solutions to a few personal gripes I have with CM-10.1.
And would the UCLJ3 from SamMobile with odin or kies be as effective as the EXE version since I already have it downloaded?
Thanks for helping a total noob and to be honest this is my first Android phone.

Bram Skull said:
I used the CWM flash and can confirm the no updated baseband since it still had the stock Rogers one on AT&T-ICS and in CM-10.1. Not sure about ICS but in CM-10.1 I could get voice but no data and haven't tested txt.
Going to flash back to stock with the backup I made for now while I research solutions to a few personal gripes I have with CM-10.1.
And would the UCLJ3 from SamMobile with odin or kies be as effective as the EXE version since I already have it downloaded?
Thanks for helping a total noob and to be honest this is my first Android phone.
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I just took a peek... ooh. Looks like pretty much everything is in there. You should be good.

[Solved] [Q] SGH-T999 Rooted bad, phone stuck on start screen

Hello xda,
I tried rooting my SGH-T999 and it took a while so I unplugged the USB and restarted the phone. Phone keeps saying it has encountered a problem with the current firmware, connect to KIES and select recovery. Kies does not connect to the device. I read on xda to reflash using ODIN. I have ODIN v1.85 from trying to root, is this the right version to use because I also found the ODIN3_v3.07? As far as USB driver, is there separate drivers for ODIN or are people referring to the Samsung Kies drivers (I just installed KIES). I read to do it on this screen and I also read to try to go into the recovery mode (holding vol down, home, power) and then reflashing; which should I do?
Also, I found this link on xda for the T-mobile firmware ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1949687 ). No idea which one to choose, why are there so many, I am currently downloading the latest one
"UVDLJA
PDA: T999UVDLJA
CSC: T999TMBDLJA
Version: 4.1.1 JB
Date: Nov. 14, 2012
Sammobile Link
Samsung-Updates Link"
If I want to use the pre rooted file do I need to fix my problem first and try flashing with stock firmware or can I try to fix the issue directly with the pre rooted firmware?

Re: [Q] SGH-T999 Rooted bad, phone stuck on start screen
Use the Odin from my signature.
You can probably just flash mrRobinson's stock rooted rom to fix it. And Kies is garbage. Uninstall it.
I would like to see the root guide you used as well.

Aerowinder said:
Use the Odin from my signature.
You can probably just flash mrRobinson's stock rooted rom to fix it. And Kies is garbage. Uninstall it.
I would like to see the root guide you used as well.
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I used this guide to root.
http://galaxys3root.com/galaxy-s3-r...gh-t999sgh-i747sph-l710-fail-proofnoob-proof/
Before I try to flash with mrRobinson's stock rooted rom which I just finished downloading, I will uninstall Kies and install the USB drivers first?
Thanks for your response Aerowinder.
I got USB drivers earlier today that was a newer version but I will be using the files from your sig since it works :good:
Another question I had was, does the phone need to be in download mode or can I do it in the screen where it says "encountered problem with current firmware. Connect to KIES and select recovery" screen when I flash with Odin? I know normally I would have to be in the download mode but I'm wondering if it is the same when I am getting this error.

Re: [Q] SGH-T999 Rooted bad, phone stuck on start screen
Phone must be in download mode to use Odin.
The drivers in my signature are not the newest, you are correct. They are the last version I found that work without any issues. The newer ones pretty much suck. Constant disconnects mainly.

Aerowinder said:
Phone must be in download mode to use Odin.
The drivers in my signature are not the newest, you are correct. They are the last version I found that work without any issues. The newer ones pretty much suck. Constant disconnects mainly.
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Awesome thanks!
So I am watching the root video on your sig, so in my case I would choose the rom I want for the PDA instead of the cwm-touch-6.0.2.3-d2tmo right? Should I extract the rooted firmware or just load the zipped file onto ODIN PDA?

Re: [Q] SGH-T999 Rooted bad, phone stuck on start screen
Root66 does not contain a recovery so you still need to flash one of those but don't use my link. Get ROM Manager once you're up and running.
If you don't care about the flash counter you can flash the tar in my signature.

Sorry to interject here but you can get an Odin flashable recovery from here.
You can flash one of these and then flash Root66 right after and you'll have stock Rooted ROM with stock or custom recovery (your choice).
Not to be a buzzkill or anything but you are probably the 5th or 6th person in the past 2 weeks that have encountered the "encountered problem with current firmware. Connect to KIES and select recovery" error. Only a few of them have been able to pull out of it. The ones that have, have had to flash Root66 (or their device respective FW) multiple times.
I hope that you can get out of it and please post here if you do. Aerowinder knows what he is doing. Follow his lead.

Aerowinder said:
Root66 does not contain a recovery so you still need to flash one of those but don't use my link. Get ROM Manager once you're up and running.
If you don't care about the flash counter you can flash the tar in my signature.
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Okay I don't care about the counter, I just want my phone to work and I'll be happy.
But now I'm getting a little confused about the cwm recovery.
So just to be clear, you are saying I need to flash a recovery (cwm-touch-6.0.2.3-d2tmo in my case since I don't care about the counter), BUT do I flash the recovery before or after I flash with Root66 firmware? That part I am confused about. And do I flash one right after another or do I need to restart my phone or ODIN first?
Thank you so much for helping me out. I was freaking out this morning and I am very grateful for your help and knowledge. I hope I am not being too much of a pain or hassle with these questions. Sorry that I am quite new to this

Woody said:
Sorry to interject here but you can get an Odin flashable recovery from here.
You can flash one of these and then flash Root66 right after and you'll have stock Rooted ROM with stock or custom recovery (your choice).
Not to be a buzzkill or anything but you are probably the 5th or 6th person in the past 2 weeks that have encountered the "encountered problem with current firmware. Connect to KIES and select recovery" error. Only a few of them have been able to pull out of it. The ones that have, have had to flash Root66 (or their device respective FW) multiple times.
I hope that you can get out of it and please post here if you do. Aerowinder knows what he is doing. Follow his lead.
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Woody, I went to the link you posted. What are the 4 files for?

Don't use those - they are older versions.
If you don't care about the counter, then flash the CWM in my signature using Odin (can provide TWRP tar link if that's your thing), then flash root66 using Odin. You can reboot in between... but no real reason to do so.
If you are still having issues after you flash these, drop into recovery (vol up + home) and reset factory defaults. If still having problems, only thing left to do is flash a full stock image, link also in my signature. The page you linked to does not contain the newest version because DocHolliday hasn't been around here much lately.

buzzking00 said:
Woody, I went to the link you posted. What are the 4 files for?
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Top one is TWRP version 2.3.0.0
Second is 6.0.1.2 CWR touch version
Third is TWRP version 2.3.1.0
Fourth is Stock recovery.
Do not flash all of them. Are you a TWRP or CWR kind of person? Instead of re-typing it out, go here and I come in on post #20 on the 2nd page. Read that to the end and let us know if you understand it. Pretty easy to follow but I understand your Panic Mode, so take your time.
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If still having problems, only thing left to do is flash a full stock image, link also in my signature.
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^^ This is what I see in his future.
Like I said above, I haven't seen too many people get out of that "Encountered..." error without some real technical expertise.

Aerowinder said:
Don't use those - they are older versions.
If you don't care about the counter, then flash the CWM in my signature using Odin (can provide TWRP tar link if that's your thing), then flash root66 using Odin. You can reboot in between... but no real reason to do so.
If you are still having issues after you flash these, drop into recovery (vol up + home) and reset factory defaults. If still having problems, only thing left to do is flash a full stock image, link also in my signature. The page you linked to does not contain the newest version because DocHolliday hasn't been around here much lately.
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Awesome. Thanks Aerowinder!
I will try this when I get home (assuming I can go into download mode...) and post what happened

Woody said:
^^ This is what I see in his future.
Like I said above, I haven't seen too many people get out of that "Encountered..." error without some real technical expertise.
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I will take a look at the link Woody.
I am really hoping this will work on the first try!
Okay so from reading your post Woody I can use EITHER the TWRP and CWR, but I want to use the one that is easiest to use. Which one do you guys think is easier to use?
Also, SU3.3 or SU1.04 which one should I use? Aerowinder, your sig shows both now but earlier I didn't notice the SU1.04. I just realized I only need the SU file IF the prerooted file doesn't work but just in case it doesn't I guess it is better to know.

Draw straws. I use CWM/Superuser. I use Superuser because CM comes with it. AOKP comes with SuperSU... both work fine. Just make sure you use the ones from my signature, as they are newer versions. You won't need su if you get a prerooted rom, only for stock.

Aerowinder said:
Draw straws. I use CWM/Superuser. I use Superuser because CM comes with it. AOKP comes with SuperSU... both work fine. Just make sure you use the ones from my signature, as they are newer versions. You won't need su if you get a prerooted rom, only for stock.
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I am going to try it in an hour.
Wish me luck!
1. Download mode
2. Flash CWM
3. Flash Root66
4. Hopefully no problems

:good:

Aerowinder said:
Don't use those - they are older versions.
If you don't care about the counter, then flash the CWM in my signature using Odin (can provide TWRP tar link if that's your thing), then flash root66 using Odin. You can reboot in between... but no real reason to do so.
If you are still having issues after you flash these, drop into recovery (vol up + home) and reset factory defaults. If still having problems, only thing left to do is flash a full stock image, link also in my signature. The page you linked to does not contain the newest version because DocHolliday hasn't been around here much lately.
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OMFG OMFG OMFG
OMFG OMFG OMFG
OOOOOOH MYYYYYY FOOOOOOOOKIN GOOOOOOOOOOOOSH
AEROWINDER AND WOODY
I LOVE YOU SO MUCH
IT WORKED AND NOTHING GOT ERASED. I THOUGHT PUTTING THE NEW FIRMWARE WOULD'VE ERASED EVERYTHING WITH THE NEW ROM BUT NOPE.
Uninstalled KIES and USB drivers.
Installed USB drivers from Aerowinders sig
So the Odin 3.07 didn't work either so I ended up using ODIN 1.85
Turned off auto reboot and left f reset on (no idea what f reset does lol)
Flashed CWM
Flashed root66 rom
Restarted phone and it was back to normal with all the data saved, but no SU (wasn't unlocked)
So reflashed CWM
Then restarted in clockwork recovery and ran super user and now the phone is rooted
Thanks for your helpful knowledge and now I am going to learn everything about android so I too can help another new android user in the (hopefully near) future.
:good::good::good: 3 thumbs up to the knowledge members above Aerowinder and Woody!
THANK YOU!
Panic mode TRANSFORMMMMM! *Panic mode has now transformed into excitement mode*

buzzking00 said:
Thanks for your helpful knowledge and now I am going to learn everything about android so I too can help another new android user in the (hopefully near) future.
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So, ahh, are you excited? Haha. Great. Glad you got it up and running.
I hope that you do learn more about Android and share it with someone who needs help someday. When I first came, that is what someone did for me and I have tried to do it ever since. We are all still learning, including Aero and myself, so there will never be an end but rather more.
Good job and now you should make a Nandroid backup just in case you ever get in a bind again.

Well now I gotta learn how to make back-ups and what a Nandroid backup is lol.
Time to search the forums

buzzking00 said:
Well now I gotta learn how to make back-ups and what a Nandroid backup is lol.
Time to search the forums
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That's the attitude, with Android you have to be a sponge and try to learn as much as you can. A single Google search will give you the answers you seek and making a backup is pretty much universal no matter what Rom, phone you have. Good luck
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[Q] AROMA installer and status 7

Hi. I have a SGH-T999 and I have tried to install the STOCKORAMA v2 rom, which uses the AROMA installer, but it keeps giving me the status 7 error. Also in the aroma installer you can check your system info and for some reason its showing my gs3 as SCH-I535, which is the verizon version. Anyone have any idea what could be causing this. By the way when I go to about phone in my regular ROM it shows it as SGH-T999

fanatik29 said:
Hi. I have a SGH-T999 and I have tried to install the STOCKORAMA v2 rom, which uses the AROMA installer, but it keeps giving me the status 7 error. Also in the aroma installer you can check your system info and for some reason its showing my gs3 as SCH-I535, which is the verizon version. Anyone have any idea what could be causing this. By the way when I go to about phone in my regular ROM it shows it as SGH-T999
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Is it a port? Why do you need a port now that we have 4.1.2? Use Wicked and be done with it.

I was reading for some fixes, it mentioned that I should update my boot loader to the newest one? Where would i get the latest version of the bootloader for my phone? Does this make any sense to anyone? Thanks for the replies.

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fanatik29 said:
I was reading for some fixes, it mentioned that I should update my boot loader to the newest one? Where would i get the latest version of the bootloader for my phone? Does this make any sense to anyone? Thanks for the replies.
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Stay away from bootloaders unless you want to end up with a nice shiny brick..........
Even the developers do their best to stay away from bootloaders as much as possible.
The issue that you are having has nothing to do with bootloaders.
Here is a sure way to fix error 7 issues as well as other problems.
This guide will get your phone back up and running properly
Easy and sure way fix your problem - Here is s step by step guide to have a fresh start with the newest official Jellybean firmware:
This rom is the official Samsung Galaxy S3 T999 Jellybean 4.1.2 Touchwiz firmware with the benifit of being pre-rooted.
Download the newest pre-rooted Samsung Galaxy S3 T999 Jellybean v4.1.2 rom: T999_UVDMD5
After downloading make a folder on your computer's desktop and unzip the
file using Winzip or 7zip so the .TAR file is in the new folder you just made.
Download and extract Odin into the same folder you made containing the TAR file
Here is the link for Odin: http://d-h.st/Q14
Download ODIN which is required for flashing the stock rooted firmware (a windows app)
Download the Odin Flash firmware for T999 Tmobile then copy it to the same folder as Odin
Run Odin by double clicking the Odin.exe within the same folder as the TAR file you extracted
Turn off your phone and boot into DOWNLOAD MODE (Volume Down + Home + Power Hold until phone powers up, then release and press Volume Up to enter Download Mode)
Once in Download Mode, connect the USB/Charger cable to the phone and plug into the USB port on your computer.
You should now see a COM** port listed toward the top-left of Odin (under ID:COM)
Click on the PDA button in the middle-right area of Odin.
Browse to and select the Firmware you downloaded (TAR file)
Make sure Auto-Reboot and F. Reset Time are the only options checked and that PDA is the only other thing checked.
TRIPLE CHECK your settings and that you have selected the correct firmware for your model phone and are using the correct options.
If you are using a laptop, make absolutely sure you are plugged in, or if on battery, that it is charged enough and will not go into sleep mode during flash.
Click Start to begin the flash. This will take a while, so be patient!
Once complete, in the top-left box in Odin, it will say PASS and the phone should have automatically rebooted.
You may unplug the phone and close Odin if you wish.
Wait at least 5-10 minutes for the system to boot the first time and then build its cache!
(It may seem to hang during boot, this is normal and you must be patient!!!)
Good Luck!

That's only for AOSP ROMs.

Aerowinder said:
That's only for AOSP ROMs.
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The post above has NOTHING to do with AOSP/AOKP/CM10 roms.
It has all to do with Odin flashing the Samsung Jellybean 4.1.2 pre-rooted stock rom.
Hey, don't take my word for it... Check it out, click on the link and see for yourself.
This step by step is a very good way to start all over with a clean fresh start with the newest official samsung jellybean 4.1.2 rooted rom.
It's excellent for those people who are experiencing a lot of different issues, problems and difficulties .
But as I always say, everyone is entitled to their own suggestions and opinions here in these xda forums.
P.S. Does this XDA forum have a feature where we can follow users around to different threads and keep tabs on their posts?
If so let me know how to do it, it sounds like a lot of fun. LOL

^^^ You know that if you Odin the latest pre rooted rom it will update your bootloader as well?
Ps: to op, if you don't want to odin and start from scratch again check this out. Don't flash of you don't feel comfortable. I did it and it updated my bootloader with no problems.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2282603
Sent from my SGH-T999 using xda app-developers app

I actually just figured it out, I think I had the verizon version of cwm installed on my phone so when I would try to install certain roms it would give me that error. Thank you for the replies though.

re: shiny brick
chrisram88 said:
^^^ You know that if you Odin the latest pre rooted rom it will update your bootloader as well?
Ps: to op, if you don't want to odin and start from scratch again check this out. Don't flash of you don't feel comfortable. I did it and it updated my bootloader with no problems.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2282603
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You are right, if all you do is flash an official stock rooted Galaxy S3 Tmobile T999 Jellybean 4.1.1 or 4.1.2 Odin flash rom
then you won't be having any problems commonly associated with flashing bootloaders at all.
But the OP of this thread was talking about and asking where he can find a "bootloader" to flash.
That's why I posted that by doing what he was asking about would be a sure way to end up with a nice shiny brick! LOL

[Solved] Upgrading to 4.3 (guide posted to help others)

**Edit: Solved, post #3 has a guide on steps taken to solve this issue**
I've been looking around the forums the last couple days trying to figure out how to upgrade my phone to the latest 4.3 and I seem to be stuck in my efforts.
Currently my phone is Android version is 4.1.2
Baseband: L900VPAMC2
Build #: JZO54k.L900VPAMC2
I'm guessing this is MC2, however, all the versions of MC I've seen on the forums so far are 4.2.1? I've tried to flash a MA7 to MC2 with no success, as well as using the Back to Stock located here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2086769
I've used the back to stock rom before, and it was the last rom I flashed, actually, and it brought me to my current version.
I installed the latest TWRP on my phone, just to see if that allowed me to flash the current 'back to stock' but had no success. I am just looking for advice on how to proceed to upgrade my phone to 4.3 (as all the instructions I've found so far tell me to flash the back to stock rom, which I cannot).
Any help would be greatly appreciated! Thank you!

For the millionth time...use Odin! I've posted a link to it in my Dropbox account in a few precious threads or you can get it from Sammobile. I dunno why so many people are fudging around with custom recoveries and different rom files when all you need is the MK4 firmware and odin... wipe data and cache after odining and I guarantee you you'll be fine.
Sent from my SPH-L900 using xda app-developers app

Solved and working, guide to help others
ecs87 said:
For the millionth time...use Odin! I've posted a link to it in my Dropbox account in a few precious threads or you can get it from Sammobile. I dunno why so many people are fudging around with custom recoveries and different rom files when all you need is the MK4 firmware and odin... wipe data and cache after odining and I guarantee you you'll be fine.
Sent from my SPH-L900 using xda app-developers app
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Okay, this worked for me.
Just a helpful guide for people also stuck in my boat:
Sammobile does not currently have the firmware for SPH-L900 as hotfile is offline or whatever. So I finally found the file ecs87 mentioned in his dropbox, located in this thread here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=47926347&postcount=20
Next I downloaded odin, choosing the "ODIN v3.09, v3.07, v3.06, v3.04, v1.85, v1.83" option, from this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2189539
*EDIT* Also, you need to install your phone drivers. I had them installed already so I skipped that part. I believe you can get them from installing Kies, but not 100% sure. The guide linked in step 6a has a link to drivers, but not 100% sure if those are up to date, or working, although I'm fairly sure those are what I used a year ago if I'm not mistaken!
Steps I took as follows:
Step 0: Unplug your phone from your computer, get into download mode. (Power off, hold volume down + home button, then power button, and keep holding until a screen pops up saying caution blah blah blah, next hit the volume up key to put your phone into download mode)
Step 1: Unzip the L900VPUBMK4_L900SPTBMK4 file you downloaded from ecs87's dropbox account.
Step 2: Unzip the Odin download and choose version 3.07 (not sure if others work, but that one worked for me!)
Step 3: In Odin, click on PDA, and browse to the L900VPUBMK4_L900SPTBMK4_HOME.tar.md5 you unzipped in step 1
Step 4: Plug your phone into the computer via USB, making sure you are in download mode!
Step 5: Click the check box next to PDA if it isn't already checked.
Step 6: Make sure on Odin it says something like 0:[COM3] (Com3 was for me, you might be different), and make sure the color is blue
Step 6a: Follow these instructions for pictures if you would like as well! http://tinyurl.com/odinguide
Step 7: If the box is blue, and you've followed this guide correctly, click on start, and it should go though all the steps and you'll have 4.3 installed!
Hopefully this helps anyone who was stuck like me!
Also, thanks again to ecs87

Oof! I totally forgot hotfile got molested by big brother. Looks like I'm gonna need more Dropbox space to archive as many firmwares as I can lol. Glad it worked out for you and thanks for posting the Odin tips. I forget there was a time where I didn't know how to use Odin :-X
New link: http://www.mediafire.com/download/7viivd985s7cp8l/L900VPUBMK4_L900SPTBMK4_HOME.tar.zip
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[Q] Flashing Custom ROM on ET4G

Hi guys. I want to put a custom ROM on my Epic Touch 4G, and while I've read a lot of forum posts, I have a few questions which will hopefully be easy to answer. I don't think I'm a total newbie -- more of an informed layperson (I've put a custom ROM on my wife's LGL-35, for example).
My phone is an Epic Touch 4G (obviously!) running 4.0.4 (IMM761.FL.24) which has been successfully rooted.
My first question is: should I use CWM Recovery (as I would like to do)? I've seen several posts which say "no," but the Cyanogenmod page on the 4G (can't post a link because I'm new) suggest a specific version for the process. Would you consider it safe to use?
My second question is: what's the best way to get the recovery on the phone? The consensus seems to be Odin, but I can't use that owing to the fact that my computer runs Linux (I have a Mac for work, but Cyanogenmod's suggestion of Heimdall doesn't work for it owing to library version conflicts.) So I'd like to use Mobile Odin (which seems to support the phone now).
My last question relates to Firmware. I believe that it is IMM761.FL.24 (as above), but that number looks different from what I've seen in the forum. Perhaps this would be stated as ICS24? From my reading it seems that firmware version is important, and I don't want to brick my phone! Is the methodology I'm proposing here relevant for that firmware version?
My reading of things suggest that this should be pretty easy:
1) Download Mobile Odin and the appropriate flash kernel to the phone.
2) Install Mobile Odin and use it to flash the kernel
3) Use Mobile Odin to flash the recovery tar.md5 file referenced above.
4) Backup my apps and data with TiBU and create an update.zip
5) Perform a nandroid backup of the current ROM.
6) Place the appropriate ROM and Gapps on the SD card
7) From CWM flash the ROM, Gapps, and update.zip
Am I missing anything?
Thanks in advance!

MCW77 said:
Hi guys. I want to put a custom ROM on my Epic Touch 4G, and while I've read a lot of forum posts, I have a few questions which will hopefully be easy to answer. I don't think I'm a total newbie -- more of an informed layperson (I've put a custom ROM on my wife's LGL-35, for example).
My phone is an Epic Touch 4G (obviously!) running 4.0.4 (IMM761.FL.24) which has been successfully rooted.
My first question is: should I use CWM Recovery (as I would like to do)? I've seen several posts which say "no," but the Cyanogenmod page on the 4G (can't post a link because I'm new) suggest a specific version for the process. Would you consider it safe to use?
My second question is: what's the best way to get the recovery on the phone? The consensus seems to be Odin, but I can't use that owing to the fact that my computer runs Linux (I have a Mac for work, but Cyanogenmod's suggestion of Heimdall doesn't work for it owing to library version conflicts.) So I'd like to use Mobile Odin (which seems to support the phone now).
My last question relates to Firmware. I believe that it is IMM761.FL.24 (as above), but that number looks different from what I've seen in the forum. Perhaps this would be stated as ICS24? From my reading it seems that firmware version is important, and I don't want to brick my phone! Is the methodology I'm proposing here relevant for that firmware version?
My reading of things suggest that this should be pretty easy:
1) Download Mobile Odin and the appropriate flash kernel to the phone.
2) Install Mobile Odin and use it to flash the kernel
3) Use Mobile Odin to flash the recovery tar.md5 file referenced above.
4) Backup my apps and data with TiBU and create an update.zip
5) Perform a nandroid backup of the current ROM.
6) Place the appropriate ROM and Gapps on the SD card
7) From CWM flash the ROM, Gapps, and update.zip
Am I missing anything?
Thanks in advance!
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CMW will only work for AOSP ROMs. If you are not rooted, you need to do that first. Start off by deciding what ROM you want first. Some require you to be on FL24 and some require you to be on GB27. Since you are in FL24, just download the ROM of choice with the Gapps.
I would suggest you go to @rwilco12's repository and download the one-click for both GB27 and FL24. You will also need to download EL29 kernel and AGATs recovery kernel from the same website. Once you have them on your computer, look up E4GT ROMs on YouTube. @qbking77s videos are spot on for what you need to do. If you get stuck, let me know. I would suggest you download the files on your PC and view the video after. Your steps will brick you. Do not do any if them until you views the videos. CMW is for AOSP ROM/FL24 and AGAT is for TW/GB27.
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The recovery is installed in the ROM. Don't worry about getting it to the phone.
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Thanks for your reply -- it was very informative. I've looked at some of the resources you linked to, and they're chocked full of good information.
I'm still at a loss as to how to install the recovery, as all of the links assume that you're running Windows (and I'm running Linux on my PC). I assume that I'll just have to get access to a windows PC to perform the recovery install?

MCW77 said:
Thanks for your reply -- it was very informative. I've looked at some of the resources you linked to, and they're chocked full of good information.
I'm still at a loss as to how to install the recovery, as all of the links assume that you're running Windows (and I'm running Linux on my PC). I assume that I'll just have to get access to a windows PC to perform the recovery install?
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That part I don't know about. I have pc.
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