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i'm rocking callulins e4gt 2.9.2 ...
i mean... its good. But i (obviously) want ICS
I've tried using Rom Manager to put the ICS blend on my 4g Touch, it just hasn't worked (i'm assuming that prog is made for the google phones like nexus s.... i think this because it worked great on my nexus s). when i attempt to install, it gets aborted and i have to restore from a backup. I'm wondering if i'm just not going to the right place in clockwork recovery (team rogue, i have avoided touch because it has a brick stigma)
i rooted my nexus S inside out, custom rome out the wing wang, but the epic has proven more difficult. like... get root was cake, but everything after that has proven more complicated. thats why i want some professional opinions. is ICS worth it at this point and can i do it easily?
I personally love ICS and had issues at first. but i been using VeNuM's new rom AnaKonda that just released. So far 24 hours and im loving every minute of it and no major issues. People are saying theres bluetooth issues with the new modem tho but have not had this issue yet.
worse comes to worse just Odin back down to EL29 or something like that.
i'm thinking odin is the better way to do this when i do it.
also, has wireless hotspot functioned well for you?
questions should go in the "Q & A" thread........just saying
kevin_msu said:
i'm rocking callulins e4gt 2.9.2 ...
i mean... its good. But i (obviously) want ICS
I've tried using Rom Manager to put the ICS blend on my 4g Touch, it just hasn't worked (i'm assuming that prog is made for the google phones like nexus s.... i think this because it worked great on my nexus s). when i attempt to install, it gets aborted and i have to restore from a backup. I'm wondering if i'm just not going to the right place in clockwork recovery (team rogue, i have avoided touch because it has a brick stigma)
i rooted my nexus S inside out, custom rome out the wing wang, but the epic has proven more difficult. like... get root was cake, but everything after that has proven more complicated. thats why i want some professional opinions. is ICS worth it at this point and can i do it easily?
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You do know that Rom Manager can be a brick stigma as well.. I know you may want to get ICS but if you are using Rom Manager one that scares me and tells me your knowledge of flashing may be more on the noob side. If not, I apologize but also if you have read any bricking or rom installing posts in this forum nowhere do you see to use Rom Manager.
Flashing an ICS rom is as easy as the OP says is it. Odin it if you prefer or flash it but please follow the OP's direction and honestly get rid of Rom Manager and learn how to get into recovery, bootloader or flash a rom the good old fashioned way. It may help you out in the long run
Odin back to stock rooted EL29 and then use Calk's full wipe. Flash ICS rom and you're good to go. I'm loving it and the bugs are so few, I can live. You learn to manually manipulate the notification bug. I have had insane battery now that it's settled in. I'm on agat63's tFD02. Even using inverted apps for more battery savings.
it works great but you have to remember its not a final version. still has a few bugs. but worth it for me i love ICS
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You do know that Rom Manager can be a brick stigma as well.. I know you may want to get ICS but if you are using Rom Manager one that scares me and tells me your knowledge of flashing may be more on the noob side. If not, I apologize but also if you have read any bricking or rom installing posts in this forum nowhere do you see to use Rom Manager.
Flashing an ICS rom is as easy as the OP says is it. Odin it if you prefer or flash it but please follow the OP's direction and honestly get rid of Rom Manager and learn how to get into recovery, bootloader or flash a rom the good old fashioned way. It may help you out in the long run
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OT--Hey playya, haven't seen you around Xoom...we're on ICS 4.0.4 now. Come and play.
On topic...ICS is awesome on the E4GT! Huge leap IMHO.
I'm on CM9 alpha 2 and it's awesome. It just feels much smoother than gingerbread and much cleaner looking than TWiz. I definitely recommend trying it out, I can't go back to the gingerbread now that I've had some ICS.
Ics safe? Id wait for jelly bean coming out soon.. Ics borked my windows computer! If this is any help to you then id suggest staying away from ics.. .. Or read some of the ics threads and stop being lazy
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Yea just read the post or look at qbkings review videos they are stable and very good just wait for sfhub to use one click root for fd02
Ics is worth it since using i can't see myself going back to gbroms... Just follow the op instructions on how to install the rom that you choose many issues have been cause of user error
I'm using blend ics 3.2 working good.. Before that i was using blend gb rom
Also you should try flashing with cwm or rogue recovery instead of rom manager.. Its ver easy.
Rogue recover but not the touch screen version
Just do a nAndroid backup first in recovery then wipe everything then use calks wipe everything zip
Then flash rom reboot and let it settle for about 10 minutes before you do anything then do a reboot and your good . Havent had issues
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You do know that Rom Manager can be a brick stigma as well.. I know you may want to get ICS but if you are using Rom Manager one that scares me and tells me your knowledge of flashing may be more on the noob side. If not, I apologize but also if you have read any bricking or rom installing posts in this forum nowhere do you see to use Rom Manager.
Flashing an ICS rom is as easy as the OP says is it. Odin it if you prefer or flash it but please follow the OP's direction and honestly get rid of Rom Manager and learn how to get into recovery, bootloader or flash a rom the good old fashioned way. It may help you out in the long run
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i would put myself slightly past noob, but not that much.
Rom manager was great for the nexus... ass for the epic touch.
to clarify, i'm on team rogue CWM and calk. 2.9.2. ; GO launcher.
had several versions of ICS on my nexus... i like the feel of it but every build had its little issues. and the nexus S is just too little. i'm a whore for a glorious, sexy big screen.
i think my biggest problem is i'm not used to the EPIC set up, mem card, usb card, internal. its a mess when i'm trying to get through the rogue menus.
I had epic for 4 months now but never even tried to flash ics yet.As far as i see ics still has some lag even on nexus and probably is a resources hog,i could be wrong but from what i learned ics is like vista and gb is xp.
Plus extra steps needed just to flash it without bricking,once real and stable ics cwm comes out and samsung releases ics ota then i will give it a try because i dont think its as smooth,lag free and stable as my Blazer 4.0 or even gb miui yet.It took many updates even for gb to be as stable as it is now.
well... you make a good point. i just... get the itch. new is always sexy and better in my eyes.
and if the mods want to lock this or move, thats fine, poster was right, this should be Q & A ... but whatev's.. i think its relevant conversation.
just installed the blend after backing up my 2.9.2 GB....
ICS is so sexy. i missed the visuals. I will keep a mental note of the snags, but right now, the ics blue and this big sexy screen were just meant for each other.... so good even the iPeople could be jealous.
quick point, as if i have any, i'm a Mac user, but i boot into Win 7 for anything android. i didn't use Odin, i just put the zip on my sd card, but just... always use windows. whenever i use OSX, things get pointlessly complacated... things just dont work right. Windows? no prob.
so bootcamp it boys!
Seriously CM9 is the best ROM for this phone! I hate TouchWiz with a passion. This is how Android SHOULD be! I haven't had any issues with Alpha2, I consider it stable. Once you go CM, you never go back.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1563658
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I'm on CM9 alpha 2 and it's awesome. It just feels much smoother than gingerbread and much cleaner looking than TWiz. I definitely recommend trying it out, I can't go back to the gingerbread now that I've had some ICS.
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GB is butter compared to ics at least till we get an official release. ICS still has a lot of lagginess scrolling thru screens and app drawer, dont experience any lag on GB roms. I will admit ics roms are improving and very fun to play around on.
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I disagree. Though mortal kombat is a good game, donkey Kong is the best game ever
As the title states today i got my sgs s II. impressed with it so far but i want to start flashing new roms. Came from the sgs 4g i am familiar with cwm, odin and superoneclick but looking at roms here i see that there are ICS roms that have special requirements as to flashing (read the megamix install instructions) and i don't want to brick or otherwise mess this phone up. if anyone can guide in the right direction where to start and the differences in the roms on this forum id really appreciate it.
The ICS ROM's are not completely stable yet, they are based off the Skyrocket ICS leak. But it's the same as your old phone, Odin CWM then flash a rom. No need to root if you're going to flash a custom rom, they are already rooted. The only requirement for ICS is flashing the super wipe zip from the dev section before flashing the rom. Just make sure you follow instructions in the OP word for word, and you will be fine. But READ READ READ 3x before jumping in.
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As the title states today i got my sgs s II. impressed with it so far but i want to start flashing new roms. Came from the sgs 4g i am familiar with cwm, odin and superoneclick but looking at roms here i see that there are ICS roms that have special requirements as to flashing (read the megamix install instructions) and i don't want to brick or otherwise mess this phone up. if anyone can guide in the right direction where to start and the differences in the roms on this forum id really appreciate it.
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It's hard to brick. Use Odin, flash something with root, and use CWM beyond that. Generally, ROM features are listed in the threads where they're posted. You might start out by reading through some threads.
thx for the info i was a little confused about the ics was looking thru and the tuesday rom looks very nice. again thank you for the info and for putting up with a noob.
I agree with what everyone has said.
For what it's worth:
Eugene's Macnut is my daily driver. I try them all, and I am always going back to it. Fantastic battery life, great performance, and everything just works. The custom driver is fantastic--already highly undervolted.
If you don't care about wi-fi calling, his CM7 is fantastic.
If you want ICS, they are all basically the same right now, with a few tweaks / mods / themeing here or there.
Yaldak's vanilla update will be the next ICS that I try (none are quite stable enough for me yet...and no wifi calling) whenever he releases it.
Also--if you haven't already, just CWM via Odin, and you can be done. I never even booted into the stock version when I got the phone.
any working links for the cwm? looking thru posts cant find one that will open.
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any working links for the cwm? looking thru posts cant find one that will open.
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this is a zip i put together. it has:
Odin 1.85
CWM recovery.tar.md5
ADB / USB Drivers for the t989
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/622730/t989.zip
Enjoy!
I recently rooted and started flashing my GS2 as well as my GF's G2x. For the GS2, I've tried Tuesday's BluRay. It's really nice..very fast and smooth, great looking themes for it too, but I found it was a bit too limited, and eventually had to load another launcher and reconfigure some of the sounds. I also really missed the time on the status bar (M&S has since put out a patch that added the clock to one of the themes, unfortunately it wasn't the theme I preferred). I ran with that for a couple days and have since flashed Foxstar. I really like Foxstar's included utilities and tools, but it was a bit laggy coming out of the lockscreen and scrolling through pages. I've read that loading faux's kernel over the included synergy helps a lot. Will probably do that in a bit and run with foxstar for a few days to test out performance and battery life. But I'm getting itchy fingers and might try one of the CM7 ROMs or Juggernaut soon. I'm making Nandroids of each install I've done (as well as the stock), and eventually I'll pick one to run as a daily driver.
I recommend Eugene's next CM7 update the R3. I've been running with it since R1 and it's superb.
With the massive customizations it's hard to go back to GB or the alpha like ICS's out there. Although the latter have great qualities.
does the cm7 have the tv out function via the mhl cable?
Since you're new here. The few times a gs2 was bricked is because of:
1. flash a rom different galaxy s2 rom as in the international, the att, sprint, old vibrant. We can flash the skyrocket roms though.
2. Using odin to flash a stock rom incorrectly. i.e. using a pit file, battery falls out etc
3. the Phone just DIES OUT. Believe it or not, some people's phone just shuts off and won't turn on again.
But other than that, our phone is pretty hard to brick if you're not stupid.
T989 is a beast and is very hard to brick if you have a lil bit of root knowledge...everything ive learned has been thru google , trial and error and the bad ass devs here at xda..if u search for it you will find the answers to all your questions
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As the title states today i got my sgs s II. impressed with it so far but i want to start flashing new roms. Came from the sgs 4g i am familiar with cwm, odin and superoneclick but looking at roms here i see that there are ICS roms that have special requirements as to flashing (read the megamix install instructions) and i don't want to brick or otherwise mess this phone up. if anyone can guide in the right direction where to start and the differences in the roms on this forum id really appreciate it.
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Sell it and get a phone with better development. This ones is horrific imho, but you know what they say about opinions. 8)
Since a lot of people have asked me about TWRP 2 for Epic Touch and SGS2 devices, here's the deal:
1) I don't own an Epic Touch or a SGS2 device of any kind.
2) As some may be aware, many Samsung devices do not have and/or properly use a recovery partition. Instead the recovery is packed as a second ramdisk or as a separate recovery.rc in the same ramdisk in the boot image. This means that every time you install a new ROM or kernel, you will get stuck with whatever recovery is included with the boot image.
3) We do have a process that lets you inject TWRP into boot images that are still using the dual ramdisk setup typically found in CM7 boot images. I believe that somewhere along the development path of CM9, the boot image packing method changed to a single ramdisk with 2 init files (recovery.rc). This type of setup is much more difficult (if not impossible) to do "injection" and since I don't have a device in hand to work with I have no plans to attempt to create an injection method for this new type of boot image. The injection process still appears to work on CM7 boot images and some kernel devs for SGS2-type devices have not moved to the new method (yet).
4) We now have code that compiles in CM9. This new code base is much simpler to get started with - you just replace the bootable/recovery folder with the TWRP source code and grab a copy of our slightly modified 1.20 busybox code and you're ready to compile TWRP after adding a few build flags to your BoardConfig.
5) The TWRP source code is all public, including the GUI. It's pretty easy to compile and work with and we have a nice guide to help you out here: http://tinyw.in/nP7d
If you need help integrating TWRP into your builds or have questions about compiling TWRP, feel free to find us in #twrp on Freenode. TWRP works very well with thew GooManager app and if you host your ROM on http://goo.im, your users can receive notifications of ROM updates and easily download and flash the update almost like a regular OTA update. In addition, http://goo.im now supports automatic differential zip creation. You upload an update to your ROM and goo will create a zip with just the changes. Your users get smaller downloads, faster installs, and less wear and tear on the device since only the updated / deleted files get replaced, but this functionality is only easy to use with a supported recovery like TWRP. Please consider adding TWRP to your builds and using http://goo.im and GooManager! All of this functionality is free to you and your users!
If you're feeling really adventurous, you're welcome to install this for the Epic Touch after installing a copy of CM7. I was told by a tester that it was working fine but use at your own risk and be prepared to Odin / heimdall a working boot image if something goes wrong! Note that backups and restores done in TWRP / CWM are not easily interchangable!
http://goo.im/devs/OpenRecovery/epictouch/openrecovery-twrp-2.1.2-epic4gtouch-signed.zip
I can probably create the same kind of a zip for SGS2 International if someone is willing to stop by #twrp on Freenode to test it. I do know that someone has successfully tested a ramdisk on the SGS2 with Exynos so TWRP should work on this device with relative ease.
Also note that it appears for the time being that most Samsung devices released in the USA where all team win members live, are going to be using Qualcomm chipsets instead of Exynos. This means that the only Samsung device that's readily available in the USA that uses the new boot image methods is the Epic Touch. We have a release for the AT&T Galaxy Note and Skyrocket but both of these devices use the Qualcomm chipset which uses a "normal" and separate recovery partition.
No idea what this is about but I got the second post! Woot
Thanks for letting us know about this but we don't have a working cm7 anyway.... do we? I haven't seen one. Also, if I'm reading this correctly, it seems to me any dev who wanted to could repack twrp in any Rom at release. But why would they? Not to take away from the work done by all the twrp team but when I had it on my evo shift it was buggy and rarely formatted everything properly. Has this been fixed or was it a device specific issue?
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Thanks for letting us know about this but we don't have a working cm7 anyway.... do we? I haven't seen one. Also, if I'm reading this correctly, it seems to me any dev who wanted to could repack twrp in any Rom at release. But why would they? Not to take away from the work done by all the twrp team but when I had it on my evo shift it was buggy and rarely formatted everything properly. Has this been fixed or was it a device specific issue?
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There is a working CM7 for the E4GT. It's posted over at Rootzwiki. TWRP worked fantastically on my Evo and Evo 3D. Glad to see we have another option besides CWM. Hopefully we can get past the bricking issue with ICS roms and I can throw this on my phone permanently.
Thanks Dees_Troy!
Agree worked awesome on my e3d looks to be great
Thanks for this
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Team win ftw!!
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I love using TWRP and goo.manager on my cm9 touchpad. So easy to use. Glad our amazing devs have more options.
Just wanted to say I used TWRP on my 3D and Nexus S and was my favorite recovery hands down. Would love to see it come to the Epic Touch.
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I'm going to second everyone that likes twrp. I also enjoyed the recovery very much and it was the one thing I missed when moving to e4gt. I can't wait for source on ICS. If someone doesn't build it into a kernel, I'll be doing some kernel research and building it for myself.
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This is great news I'm tired of not having a working recovery on ics
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Thanks for letting us know about this but we don't have a working cm7 anyway.... do we? I haven't seen one. Also, if I'm reading this correctly, it seems to me any dev who wanted to could repack twrp in any Rom at release. But why would they? Not to take away from the work done by all the twrp team but when I had it on my evo shift it was buggy and rarely formatted everything properly. Has this been fixed or was it a device specific issue?
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first off the evo shift is an older lower end phone, so performance on any recovery besides cwm which is so basic is probably iffy. TWRP has been pretty amazing on the evo3d and also on my Gnex, and if it gets ported in any working for on the e4gt id be happy to use it for my wife's phone.
if i understood this correctly, twrp recognized the issue with a constant recovery on the e4gt, and they are basically giving us the source to build it into our roms instead of the the stock recovery, so its atleast there on install. it would be nice to see the developers working on cm9 on this phone integrate it into the rom.
This does sound like a step in a good direction but I have to ask....
How do we not have working recovery? It takes literally 45 seconds extra to flash EL26 and then reflash current after the backup is made...sure it isn't "ICS recovery" but it's the result I'm interested in..
are we this lazy that a less-than-one-minute procedure is worth whining about?
Not taking a shot at anybody.. just sayin. I see people complain about this more than anything and they could have made 10,000 backups with the time that they were posting complaints about it.
Especially now that stock kernels can flash...let's let it go.
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This does sound like a step in a good direction but I have to ask....
How do we not have working recovery? It takes literally 45 seconds extra to flash EL26 and then reflash current after the backup is made...sure it isn't "ICS recovery" but it's the result I'm interested in..
are we this lazy that a less-than-one-minute procedure is worth whining about?
Not taking a shot at anybody.. just sayin. I see people complain about this more than anything and they could have made 10,000 backups with the time that they were posting complaints about it.
Especially now that stock kernels can flash...let's let it go.
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i want a working one already because i dont have the means to get mobile odin, and im rarely home, i came from the og epic and most of my flashing was done on the go. Now im lucky to update my rom once a week. A working recovery that wont brick my phone is a huge plus for people on the go
Kebetz said:
This does sound like a step in a good direction but I have to ask....
How do we not have working recovery? It takes literally 45 seconds extra to flash EL26 and then reflash current after the backup is made...sure it isn't "ICS recovery" but it's the result I'm interested in..
are we this lazy that a less-than-one-minute procedure is worth whining about?
Not taking a shot at anybody.. just sayin. I see people complain about this more than anything and they could have made 10,000 backups with the time that they were posting complaints about it.
Especially now that stock kernels can flash...let's let it go.
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I don't mind flashing the EL26 Stock CWM kernel at all. With Mobile Odin it literally takes a minute tops. But I like having the best on my phone and IMO the best recovery out right now is TWRP. It's always worked REALLY well for me. Not one single issue ever. Add in the other features, like compressing backups to save space which may not be a big deal with this device but anyone who's used Sense 3.0 could testify how awesome that feature is. Along with being able to theme every aspect of the recovery and as a themer I just love that option. That's just to name a few. So again, in my case it's not about being lazy but more about wanting the best available for my phone. So if TWRP is a possibility I would love to see it.
I have to agree with tiffany. It is more about the recovery itself. I use mobile odin and take no issue with the current methods but I also would like to have TWRP running on my phone. Hopefully source is released soon and we can take advantage of this. Thank you for posting the links for it and hopefully one of our devs can help to make this happen.
Ok, I admit, odining back to el26 isn't something to complain about for normal flashing. But when trying to alter system files to get the result you are looking for can become somewhat frustrating when a boot loop occurs. Normally a battery pull and a quick flash gets you back in the game. In my experience though, as I'm sure other cracks flashers can agree, sometimes you just have to flash something new, right before you step out the door. Lo and behold you realize you have just set yourself up for failure, failure to boot that is. As I stated in another thread, a lot of folks have busy lives and don't spend every moment reading xda, all they want to do is grab what's hot and flash it with the same procedure as every other Android device that they have come to know and love. In my opinion, working recovery = happy forums. And soon enough we will, and when we do, I want to be sporting TWRP.
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Why all the fuss over something that you use for 5-10 minutes when you flash a ROM, theme, etc.? How much time are you spending in Recovery?
The next thing you know people will want the "Download" mode to be themed and "prettied up" too.
Does anyone remember what it took to customize phones 4-5 years ago? Oh wait, this is XDA, I forgot it's the land of "gimme gimme gimme" and hardly ever about "thank you" or "how can I help you with that?". Users just want to be "alpha" testers so that they can have the newest, hardly do they ever upload logcats, dmesg logs, or help in troubleshooting.
-Daryel
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Why all the fuss over something that you use for 5-10 minutes when you flash a ROM, theme, etc.? How much time are you spending in Recovery?
The next thing you know people will want the "Download" mode to be themed and "prettied up" too.
Does anyone remember what it took to customize phones 4-5 years ago? Oh wait, this is XDA, I forgot it's the land of "gimme gimme gimme" and hardly ever about "thank you" or "how can I help you with that?". Users just want to be "alpha" testers so that they can have the newest, hardly do they ever upload logcats, dmesg logs, or help in troubleshooting.
-Daryel
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Sure this is true of some but I get thanked all the time for the work I do. There will always be the gimmie gimmie gimmie people, no matter what your doing.
And yeah if I could theme download mode I probably would. Just the way I am.
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I love using TWRP and goo.manager on my cm9 touchpad. So easy to use. Glad our amazing devs have more options.
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For those who haven't seen this in action, its worth a look. It is nice to open up goomanager and see all of the latest ROMs and versions that are hosted in goo. You can select the ROM you want and the script flashes it for you and IT WORKS! It is very slick. I would love for a dev to take this on!
Would love to see a themed download mode
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I have new S3 That I want to put Cyanogenmod on, I have been following the CWM thread, I can get the recovery onto my phone and even get it to flash the latest stable cm-10.1.2-d2spr.zip from the CaynogemMod site. But It doesn't boot. I left it for 30 min expecting the first time to take a while (it took 15 min when I did my evo the first time). I tried the odin flashable rom that @CNexus posted but it errors out and my phone shows device not comparable error. Any help would be appreciated.
There seems to be major changes that have taken place on new S3's. It appears you won't be blessed to flash most AOSP roms at this time. The recovery was just modded yesterday to make it work on these new devices. The modded recoveries work for the tie being until the actual developers of the individual recoveries figure everything out.
Right now it looks like flashing TW roms is a go but AOSP roms is a no go.
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There seems to be major changes that have taken place on new S3's. It appears you won't be blessed to flash most AOSP roms at this time. The recovery was just modded yesterday to make it work on these new devices. The modded recoveries work for the tie being until the actual developers of the individual recoveries figure everything out.
Right now it looks like flashing TW roms is a go but AOSP roms is a no go.
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Thanks. I Guess I will have to look and see if any TW roms strike my fancy.
Hi folks,
Just decided to retire my old S3 and when looking for a new phone my main requirement was to get a good DAC built in without breaking the bank or renewing my contract, ended up with the Sprint Note 2. Naturally I was excited but quickly put off by the stock ROM so I decided to root/flash, etc. This is what happened so far;
-Rooted with newest TWRP and root verified on stock rom (followed NK2 instructions)
-Made the big mistake of flashing now without backup, after trying a couple of roms I kept having the same problem (phone gets stuck in load animation indefinitely regardless of rom flashed)
-Gave up on custom roms so I flashed a rooted stock NE2 rom and phone turned on wooohooooooo
-But wait, no network connection, no voice or data, tried to flash modem zip file from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2139889 but it keeps saying zip is corrupt, redownloaded & recopied to SD with the same result.
Now I have a working phone but not so working since I can't place calls. What went wrong? any help is very very appreciated.
Phone works after flashing Alliance ROM but somehow now TWRP recovery is gone and phone is UnRooted which is less than ideal but it works nevertheless...
Now before I go off wasting a whole day flashing & waiting for battery to recharge can anyone please point me in the right direction?
I need to figure out the following:
-Root method that works, I'm on Alliance NE2 now
-Which recovery is best recommended for current ROMs?
-Need a kernel that enables audio features like Direct DAC & upsampling
-ROM that actually works with said Kernel and functions at least 90% with wifi tethering etc.?
Surprised it's this difficult with this phone coming from the S3 which took me no more than an hour first time rooting/flashing.
hhmmm 63 views and nobody able to help?
Currently stuck on this ROM, which is horrible because maps doesn't work well, pandora crashes, UI fc's left & right and to top it off the phone is sluggish in every way possible.
Unified Toolkit not working, drivers installed properly, ADB visible in device manager, debugging enabled yet phone can not be seen by Toolkit.
I really don't want to switch back to my cracked S3 but I'm not left with many options considering my note 2 is barely usable now.
Is anyone out there... there.... ere... ere... ere.....
lol seriously feeling like I'm the only person left in these forums.
Use odin to flash recovery but make sure you uncheck reboot option. Once flashed remove battery and while doing the recovery hotkeys insert battery. Now wipe everything and flash another rom.
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here's what I've done now;
-Flashed newest TWRP via Odin
-Wiped & flashed Rwilco12's NE2
-Rebooted and phone booted yipeeee
-No cellular connection, crap phone i hate you
-Rebooted to recovery & flashed NE2 Modem
-Rebooted again and recovery is now gone
So either I get root but can't use the phone as a PHONE
or I loose Root and get basically the same POS I started with.
I've given up on eye candy, custom rom, custom settings and my expectations have dwindled down to just ANY ROM + Root + Tether yet that can't even be accomplished. I know I'm doing something wrong but at this point I'm over 10 hours into trying to figure this out and have no idea what to do next. Anything?
Finally:
CWM Recovery - OmniROM - Micro Gapps - Devil Kernel - Rooted
In case someone is in my shoes and hating life, I'll save you a lot of headache by telling you that TWRP recovery does not work for 90% of the ROMs that are still available for this phone so use Phil'z CWM
oceanisbleu said:
Finally:
CWM Recovery - OmniROM - Micro Gapps - Devil Kernel - Rooted
In case someone is in my shoes and hating life, I'll save you a lot of headache by telling you that TWRP recovery does not work for 90% of the ROMs that are still available for this phone so use Phil'z CWM
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Twrp 2.8.6.x works for almost every rom but you will find most users recommend philz. I as a wantabe dev will suggest philz 6.0.7.9 expect in a few rare cases with aroma installer needing twrp. Personally I have philz 6.9.7.9, twrp 2.8.6.0, shift dual recovery and devil dual recovery zip on my external sdcard. This way I always have what I need depending on what I am doing.
All this info along with solutions to every problem is here on xda already. It may take some time to find everything but really the users should do his homework before doing anything to the phone anyways.
Also if you read the rom thread (Alliance) you would know why you lost root. Simply put you updated supersu app and binary. It is a known issue on every ne2 based custom rom for this device.
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Hey thanks for the feedback.
Almost everything I tried on twrp failed, when flashing anything I follow all instructions in the OP's first page. In Alliance's case the resolution to the issue does not come up till page 23, I'll just be honest & say I haven't and probably will never read every page of comments before flashing a ROM, 10 pages okay but beyond that it's more trouble than it's worth.
Can that same issue happen with all other ROMs? on Omni I just ran Root Checker & it said not properly installed!
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Hey thanks for the feedback.
Almost everything I tried on twrp failed, when flashing anything I follow all instructions in the OP's first page. In Alliance's case the resolution to the issue does not come up till page 23, I'll just be honest & say I haven't and probably will never read every page of comments before flashing a ROM, 10 pages okay but beyond that it's more trouble than it's worth.
Can that same issue happen with all other ROMs? on Omni I just ran Root Checker & it said not properly installed!
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I will read every page myself even if it takes a week. You say reading it is more trouble than it is worth which is why you had that issue with Alliance. Same goes for your omni issue.
If you don't want to read that is up to you. A google search will normally help with common issues. I dont mind helping but you have to help yourself first. Not to be rude but I wont answer your omni question because you have not looked. Ypir issue is the number 1 issue omni users have.
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won't argue with your opinion as I have my own
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won't argue with your opinion as I have my own
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I see you edited that a bunch. I dont mind helping. I have been helping so far. Now about the omni gps. I only know on possible fix bit it is a pain.
1. Flash stock/stock based rom
2. Get gps lock
3. While locked and in app reboot to recovery
4. Wipe and install aosp rom & gapps or restore aosp backup
Then you might get gps lock.
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reading back I realized some clarity on my part would have been helpful rather than make a general statement.
So the issue with reading 25, 50 or a 100 pages isn't by choice (may have sounded arrogant the way I said it at first) but I work 50 hrs a week, I do work on my home myself, I rent out rooms to students, I have other projects going, etc. so a very very busy lifestyle. Not to mention the daily crap that tends to come up all the time the moment I get home from work so in short, I really can't afford the time to read in that much detail whether I want to or not.
Regardless, by no means am I lazy when it comes to research, notice my post count? yet I've been here since 2009, and since 09 I've had at least 8 different phones (windows phones too) I really try to figure out everything I need on my own so in this case I spent 3 days working on my initial issues, after that I posted this thread which was 8 days ago and had it figured out and finished yesterday (a few bugs aside), that's easily 10 days I spent at least an hour or two a day working on one thing. Surely you understand how frustrating that must begin to feel.
Regarding my last reply, haha I had to delete most of it because I realized I was beginning to take my frustration out on you when in fact you're the only person who actually offered help (still very very thankful) and to top it off I screwed up the rest of the reply when I mentioned GPS, got that mixed up with the topic we were actually discussing (losing root) this happened because I was reading through the GPS issues before I got to your reply and yah mixed it all up, so again apologies for the lack of clarity and thanks for your last reply, it's more straight forward than all the comments I found on that issue.
You won't have to explain anything else I promise haha and I did all this just now but want to verify I did it correctly so I don't come back to it again. After flashing ROM/Gaps/Kernel & supersu, never update supersu after running rom correct?. Root verified as of 30 minutes ago.
GPS, this one is a big big deal because I use it for work but I had already found the answer pretty quickly as I had read something about it before I even flashed Omni.
I do know how frustrating it can be. I have been in worse spots and had to create my own fixes which I have shared here. As far as time goes I understand that being a parent of 7 children.
I am still active here and always willing to help others long as they help themselves also. We seem to have gotten off badly. While some of your post seemed you had done nothing to help yourself. So lets forget earlier stuff and move on.
Yes you seem to have all the steps correct.
FYI android 5.0-5.0.2 all have gps issues but there is a flashable fix. Most new 5.1.1 builds have gps fixed.
If you run into any issues feel free to ask but include steps you have taken to fix the issue. The more you tell the better help you can get. Plus others wont think you are wanting to be spoon fed.
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haha thanks for understanding, very much appreciated.
7 kids??? where do you find the time? my situation does not fare in comparison :laugh:
Now that I've resolved the "failed" issue when flashing ROMs I may be brave enough to test some 5.x.x out, I had stuck to 4.x.x because I was under the impression that they were more stable...
Would you be willing to recommend any specific ROMs based on our discussion?
By the way, I tend to ramble on and on most forums that's a bit faux pas so I've sorta been conditioned to keep it sweet & short, clearly that is a bad approach on here, we live & learn
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haha thanks for understanding, very much appreciated.
7 kids??? where do you find the time? my situation does not fare in comparison :laugh:
Now that I've resolved the "failed" issue when flashing ROMs I may be brave enough to test some 5.x.x out, I had stuck to 4.x.x because I was under the impression that they were more stable...
Would you be willing to recommend any specific ROMs based on our discussion?
By the way, I tend to ramble on and on most forums that's a bit faux pas so I've sorta been conditioned to keep it sweet & short, clearly that is a bad approach on here, we live & learn
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Well I personally have a Frankenstein device. It started out as a sprint l900 but I removed the sdcard/sim board and put a n7100 board so I can use a cricket sim. This causes issues with calls on aosp so I run modified t0lte (n7105 international) roms.
As far as 5.1.1 roms I personally build 2. First is CyanideL (highly modified cm base) and broken (a highly modified slimroms base). Those two are really the only two worth flashing. There is also cm and I think a liquid rom but they don't have the features of the two I compile.
If you want a stock based rom I did the Community Rom (s5/n3 based) which is stable with only two issues. Spen clipping does not work and updating suoersu causes loss of root.
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As far as 5.1.1 roms I personally build 2. First is CyanideL (highly modified cm base) and broken (a highly modified slimroms base). Those two are really the only two worth flashing. There is also cm and I think a liquid rom but they don't have the features of the two I compile, I believe Phill'z CWM download link is down as well.
If you want a stock based rom I did the Community Rom (s5/n3 based) which is stable with only two issues. Spen clipping does not work and updating suoersu causes loss of root.
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wow CyanideL is you, how did I miss that?? looking at too many ROMs is how I suppose...
Going to CyanideL asap. Seriously thank you for keeping the CyanideL thread up to date, it drove me crazy to read & read & read in ROM threads for a while until I decided "okey let's give this one a try" only to find out that the download links are broken or the files are no longer there, had that issue with Omni till I found comparable files on another website (gapps I think it was) and Phill'z CWM thread has a dead end download link as well.
I was really really wanting CyanideL to work for me last week (when I was having the flashing issue) and was so bummed out every time I failed to flash it. I plan to make a donation as soon as I get it working, I feel like I owe you simply for the time you've spent on my thread alone and of course I love supporting people who support families :highfive:
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wow CyanideL is you, how did I miss that?? looking at too many ROMs is how I suppose...
Going to CyanideL asap. Seriously thank you for keeping the CyanideL thread up to date, it drove me crazy to read & read & read in ROM threads for a while until I decided "okey let's give this one a try" only to find out that the download links are broken or the files are no longer there, had that issue with Omni till I found comparable files on another website (gapps I think it was) and Phill'z CWM thread has a dead end download link as well.
I was really really wanting CyanideL to work for me last week (when I was having the flashing issue) and was so bummed out every time I failed to flash it. I plan to make a donation as soon as I get it working, I feel like I owe you simply for the time you've spent on my thread alone and of course I love supporting people who support families :highfive:
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Well the donation would be nice but understand when you hit my donation button/link it will take ypu to the Red Cross donation site. That is not a mistake. I personally dont take donations and feel of someone wants to donate something it should go where it can be used by those who need it.
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