[Q] Should I use custom ROM? - Sprint Samsung Galaxy S III

I just upgraded from galaxy s2 to an s3 and I absolutely love the new phone. So much faster than my old phone and the battery life is 10 times better.
I put more custom ROM's than I care to count on my old s2, but I'm thinking about keeping stock on this one, at least for now. At the moment I'm enjoying some of the different features that are new to me, such as S-beam and NFC. Will I lose these if I install new ROM? Do most of y'all run a custom ROM on your S3? I'm rooted and running Phil's recovery, which I love by the way.
Any tips for me?
Thanks in advance. :cyclops:

I ran a custom rom for a long long time. However, with the latest update I'm running stock rooted with xposed and wanam. Really seems to work for me. If you like a custom phone with the least amount of work, go with a rom. If you want to try and customize it (completely) yourself, leave it with a custom recovery and start installing....
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I'm rooted with philz recovery rocking bilgerryans wicked x 4.4.2 custom ROM. And IMO I think its wonderful. I've had very few issues while running this ROM. If you decide to flash a custom ROM be sure to read up on what you're doing (not saying you don't know what you're doing) because if you're on the nd8 build there have been a lot of problems and bricked phones due to Knox. There are a lot of threads with great information on what to do and how to do it. Best of luck to you!!
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As long as you stick with TouchWiz you'll keep those features.

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g_money said:
I ran a custom rom for a long long time. However, with the latest update I'm running stock rooted with xposed and wanam. Really seems to work for me. If you like a custom phone with the least amount of work, go with a rom. If you want to try and customize it (completely) yourself, leave it with a custom recovery and start installing....
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I'm running xposed but never used wanam. I think I'll go give it a try. Thanks for the reply!

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I'm running xposed but never used wanam. I think I'll go give it a try. Thanks for the reply!
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Wanam itself isn't a miracle cure, but it seems to have a few of the special tweaks that I look for. Everything else I can find thru custom apks. I try to keep in mind that any rom that I load is going to have "bloat", meaning stuff (no matter how cool) that I will never use or use once and get bored with....
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Wicked
droid716 said:
I'm rooted with philz recovery rocking bilgerryans wicked x 4.4.2 custom ROM. And IMO I think its wonderful. I've had very few issues while running this ROM. If you decide to flash a custom ROM be sure to read up on what you're doing (not saying you don't know what you're doing) because if you're on the nd8 build there have been a lot of problems and bricked phones due to Knox. There are a lot of threads with great information on what to do and how to do it. Best of luck to you!!
I know how easy it is to screw your phone up flashing ROMs so I've been doing a lot of reading on flashing the s3. It took me a while to figure out rootin it with the update but I got it finally. I've been learning toward trying Wicked because it's one I never used on my s2. I think I've tested almost everyone out there at one time or another. Wicked looks just that, wicked.
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g_money said:
Wanam itself isn't a miracle cure, but it seems to have a few of the special tweaks that I look for. Everything else I can find thru custom apks. I try to keep in mind that any rom that I load is going to have "bloat", meaning stuff (no matter how cool) that I will never use or use once and get bored with....
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I love tweaking my phone. Wanam looks like what I'm looking for until I decide to try out a rom. I've got titanium backup for gettin rid of the bloat. Just never sure which system apps are totally safe to uninstall but I'm sure a quick google search can help. I may decide to try out Wicked or a touchwiz rom later but for now I'm gonna play around with tweaking it myself. Thanks for the feedback.

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... I've got titanium backup for gettin rid of the bloat. Just never sure which system apps are totally safe to uninstall but I'm sure a quick google search can help.
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This may be a good place to start;
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1913428
Keep in mind it's fairly old (but I still go back to it). Also, the great thing about TB is that I can freeze apps and continue running my phone. If I don't have any problems, I can (slowly) start to uninstall them...
Edit: oh, and have fun messing with that phone
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Wicked x is by far the best rom out there.highly recommend it.just mine and a lot of peoples opinions.
sent from my rooted 4.4.2 wicked pissah x sprint samsung galaxy s3.

Wicked for sure
bstangs1 said:
Wicked x is by far the best rom out there.highly recommend it.just mine and a lot of peoples opinions.
sent from my rooted 4.4.2 wicked pissah x sprint samsung galaxy s3.
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Wicked X it is. I've been doing my research and everyone seems to love this rom. I'm hoping that I don't have any issues with MMS or data, but I'm sure there is a fix if I do run into that problem. I'm excited to try this one out!!!
Thanks for everyone's input. :fingers-crossed::fingers-crossed::fingers-crossed:

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Pull Rom Manager support from Market?

If anyone has ties to Koush it might be a good idea to let him know about all the hard bricks that Rom Manager/CWM touch is causing from the ICS leaks on our device. He should consider dropping support for us to avoid further bricks by people that dont know better. I just sent him a DM on twitter.
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He's working on it. One of the best devs about staying current
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If anyone has ties to Koush it might be a good idea to let him know about all the hard bricks that Rom Manager/CWM touch is causing from the ICS leaks on our device.
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mind hooking me up
D*** riding eh? I don't see anything like that up in here bro
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... d*** riding... yup, yup.
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i and many others have used rom manager to flash SH's FB* rogue kernels after flashing the FB* roms....how exactly are people bricking?? user error should not be a reason to pull support.
considering steady bricked his .....many devs are saying not to flash anything with a ice cwm kernel until they find out what is happening
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satur9ine said:
If anyone has ties to Koush it might be a good idea to let him know about all the hard bricks that Rom Manager/CWM touch is causing from the ICS leaks on our device. He should consider dropping support for us to avoid further bricks by people that dont know better. I just sent him a DM on twitter.
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yea good luck with that, on the prevail/admire/replenish/precedent people were getting bricks left and right because of rom manager. in fact the only safe option for them was "reboot to recovery". we have numerous threads about how not to use it all over android forums. myself and a few others came up with a way to fix cwm (because they are all arm6 devices and koush's rfs modules are arm7 and higher only...) and make it official.. he told us no he didnt like it and to come up with a new way to do it. instead now we have to try and figure out a new way of doing it all while more people get bricks.
so, for you to request he pull support on a product that makes him money and sometimes causes bricks, is a VERY unlikely event.
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He's working on it. One of the best devs about staying current
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LOLOLOLOLOL you must be a former evo owner?
on the OG Epic rjmjr69 (ACS team leader) sent him an epic for recovery purposes, 4 months later he still had yet to make it or reply about sending it back. he finally got it back after a few more months and we got a 2.5 version "fake flash" which im sure many of you are familiar with (its how he does all of his samsung recoveries) when version 3.x was made by dameon and we broughtin ext4 support again took forever and then we had just ext4 cwm.. from there drockstar spent MONTHS learning cwm and getting dual fs cwm made. in teh 4.x series drockstar was teh champion of cwm whipping out all sorts of versions and improving on many things. after almost a year he finally got cwm official status again to go from 2.5 to 3.0.0.1 now to 5.0.2.0
my point is all the work was always done all he had to do was sync up their repos, from my experience if you want a cwm that works and is updated, do it yourself... dont rely on him. the atrix has been supported since months after it came out, photon just got support 2 months ago despite it being the SAME phone...
Captivate. But I guess the story is different here. He worked with designgears and had a recovery within days. Same story with SGSII.
lucky you guys
Factory restore was the culprit for me. use the format all zip and that seems to be much safer.
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I just bricked my Epic Touch on Saturday. I used Rom Manager to back up the phone. The phone now is in the dumpster. I've used Rom Manager on my EVO 4G, and my EVO 3D for a long time and found the app very useful. I've heard others bad mouth ROM Manager, but I never experienced any problems until now. Any how, I strongly suggest everyone STAY AWAY from Rom Manager if they have an Epic Touch.
I have been using Rom Manager on every ICS leak..I am also very safe in that I don't backup anything as well as flashing back to GB before going onto any other ICS build..User error is the issue, not Rom Manager.
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Jnoles07 said:
I have been using Rom Manager on every ICS leak..I am also very safe in that I don't backup anything as well as flashing back to GB before going onto any other ICS build..User error is the issue, not Rom Manager.
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Go tell that to TCP, Steady, sbrissen, and a few of the other devs that bricked thier phones....after all, its their fault right?
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Go tell that to TCP, Steady, sbrissen, and a few of the other devs that bricked thier phones....after all, its their fault right?
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He won't
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when you guys are talking about Rom Manager, you mean the app, right? I've never had any problems rebooting manually to recovery and flashing roms. I guess that's still usually a version of CWM recovery, right?
2 different animals, correct? I never use the app. I think I did once on my Evo, but I felt like too much stuff was out of my control and didn't like it. never went back.
Jnoles07 said:
I have been using Rom Manager on every ICS leak..I am also very safe in that I don't backup anything as well as flashing back to GB before going onto any other ICS build..User error is the issue, not Rom Manager.
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This. I used ROM manager on every ICS leak and alpha 4/AOKP just to get a temp recovery. From ROM manager I flash cm7 then flash whatever I want from there. No Odin needed.
It burns when I Tapatalk....
allroy1975 said:
when you guys are talking about Rom Manager, you mean the app, right? I've never had any problems rebooting manually to recovery and flashing roms. I guess that's still usually a version of CWM recovery, right?
2 different animals, correct? I never use the app. I think I did once on my Evo, but I felt like too much stuff was out of my control and didn't like it. never went back.
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Exactly it was made to be a noob crutch and they never learned how to do it the right way....on evo it works but this is not a HTC and things are different....but most noobs coming from evo are still using it and you see what is becoming of it .... On top of it there is stupid cwm touch in it too ....double the trouble
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Go tell that to TCP, Steady, sbrissen, and a few of the other devs that bricked thier phones....after all, its their fault right?
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I mean I am no pro, but I am sure those devs use every method thinkable when flashing to make sure all methods are compatible. It is inevetible that they will have some bricks. Rom Manager has worked over and over and over for me is all I am saying.
I am not using the touch recovery btw. I flash CWM with Rom Manager and then reboot into recovery with it.
It should also be noted that when I flash CWM using Rom Manager, I do not choose epic 4g touch when it asks what phone I have. I select the bottom option, which I believe is just Galaxy SII
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[Q] New around here looking for Roms

As title says I'm new to this site I have only got Calkulin's E4GT 2 ICS Rom. Looking into getting a blend, I have a White E4GT back on GB EL29. Already rooted obviously. All Roms will be looked at, I'm looking for something like ICS but battery saving and themes and such are applicable.
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What is the difference in these kernels/modems? Like mine is EL29, and there is EL26 and stuff, when flashing a new rom will it change by itself or do I need to self flash a new kernel, and I had the issue with Calkulins ICS where the yellow triangle appeared, so I followed qbking77's guide on how to fix that, if I were to flash say, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1538848 this rom, or so other that needs a new kernel, how would I (if possible) keep my kernel to make sure that yellow triangle stays away?
I'm not sure how to keep the triangle away with ICS but, with gb I've flashed almost every rom, and el29 is the most latest release for the epic touch.
Assuming you know what modems are, each and every modem reacts differently on every phone(I'm pretty sure no one knows why).. So you'll just have to play around with modems to find your best combination,
as far as the kernels go, some roms come with a certain kernel others use the one previously on your phone(I beleive), just read the rom info an it should tell you if it includes a certain rom
Edit: ah sorry.. a modem is the radio in your phone, it's what communicates between the tower and phone for service, wifi and what not
=D Double edit: this might help out to..
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/Samsung_Epic_4G_Touch
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krisI0N said:
I'm not sure how to keep the triangle away with ICS but, with gb I've flashed almost every rom on el29, which is the most latest release for the epic touch.
Assuming you know what modems are, each and every modem reacts differently on every phone(I'm pretty sure no one knows why).. So you'll just have to play around with modems to find your best combination,
as far as the kernels go, some roms come with a certain kernel others use the one previously on your phone(I beleive), just read the rom info an it should tell you if it includes a certain rom
Edit: ah sorry.. a modem is the radio in your phone, it's what communicates between the tower and phone for service, wifi and what not
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Ah, this is helpful for the second post, thank you. I'm still wondering as to what Roms I should try next, I liked Calkulin's but I'm one for trying everything till I find the one for me. Any suggestions will be nice.
Everybody has different likes and needs when it comes to roms. I just flashed the fd24 leak earlier today and so far its very nice. My main need is stability and the official leaks are the most stable in my opinion. Read a lot and ddcide for yourself. Ths nocturnal venum rom has also caught my eye once they get the rest of the bugs out.
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Everybody has different likes and needs when it comes to roms. I just flashed the fd24 leak earlier today and so far its very nice. My main need is stability and the official leaks are the most stable in my opinion. Read a lot and ddcide for yourself. Ths nocturnal venum rom has also caught my eye once they get the rest of the bugs out.
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I heard about FD24, did anyone post a review ?
StoniestCookie said:
I heard about FD24, did anyone post a review ?
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Hehe.. Your keeping me up all night.. Hold on lol
http://forums.acsyndicate.net/showthread.php?5267-EL29-to-FD24-official-ICS-update-zip
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Hehe.. Your keeping me up all night.. Hold on lol
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Eh, I found the review, but I mean it looks nice, but I also found Mijjz's blend which looks really nice. How would I install it if I'm running EL29, but it says FD19? Just go into recovery and format all then flash it? Or do I need to odin my phone and flash a FD19?
StoniestCookie said:
Eh, I found the review, but I mean it looks nice, but I also found Mijjz's blend which looks really nice. How would I install it if I'm running EL29, but it says FD19? Just go into recovery and format all then flash it? Or do I need to odin my phone and flash a FD19?
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Honestly, I have not played around with the ICS leaks.. So I couldn't tell you, I do know that if you restore a backup from gb you can mess your phone up pretty bad. No one wants a bricked phone lol.. I might get the "ota" a shot though
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krisI0N said:
Honestly, I have not played around with the ICS leaks.. So I couldn't tell you, I do know that if you restore a backup from gb you can mess your phone up pretty bad. No one wants a bricked phone lol.. I might get the "ota" a shot though
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I restored a GB backup when I was running Calk's E4GT 2... So, there's no way for me to use this rom? I'm really confused.
You can use an ICS Rom and flash it through cwm but you'll have to use Odin to flash if u wanna go back to a gingerbread rom
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You can use an ICS Rom and flash it through cwm but you'll have to use Odin to flash if u wanna go back to a gingerbread rom
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So, I can just put it on my sd card run Calk's flash all and flash the rom from CWM? Sorry I'm making this complicated, don't want to risk bricking my phone.
StoniestCookie said:
So, I can just put it on my sd card run Calk's flash all and flash the rom from CWM? Sorry I'm making this complicated, don't want to risk bricking my phone.
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If you are using a GB rom you can restore a GB rom, but if you are on ICS you cannot restore back to any roms. You need to go back to Gb then installing the rom. In order for you to go back to GB you can follow QBking77 video (youtube) on how to root your samsung epic 4g touch. (by re-rooting it brings you back to a fresh GB rom, with no worries of bricking your phone).
I suggest reading here How Not to Brick your E4GT
You can nandroid from an ICS rom back to a GB rom, I did when I was on Calk's ICS rom to get a gps fix.. Although, there is a risk in bricking it, its up to you. Personally I'm on Venom's ICS rom and it is by far the most stable ICS leak I've used, and has great battery life as well.
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You can nandroid from an ICS rom back to a GB rom, I did when I was on Calk's ICS rom to get a gps fix.. Although, there is a risk in bricking it, its up to you. Personally I'm on Venom's ICS rom and it is by far the most stable ICS leak I've used, and has great battery life as well.
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Just flash the rom after format? Or Flash a new kernel? Cause my current kernel is stock but last time I flashed an ICS rom it gave me the annoy I1900 triangle boot up thing, is that going to be an issue?
Wipe cache,dalvik then format system and then wipe data. If going to ics rom make sure you are on a gb rom with CWM. Or I believe you can flash through odin, but definitely do some research.
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I'm running Nocturnal Venum 1.2 and love the ROM Control with it. No themes yet, but still very nice.
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I'm running Nocturnal Venum 1.2 and love the ROM Control with it. No themes yet, but still very nice.
Also Mijjz Slim and Trim ROM is fast and great on battery.
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Last question on your pic of your about phone, your baseband is FD19, would I need to flash to that before trying that rom? or could I just wipe like you said and flash from EL29?
Read this threads first 4 posts first: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=24733831
This ROM is AOKP 32 based and needs EL26 with CWM(found in first post on above thread). As for baseband, that is just the modem and any doesn't need to be flashed unless you want to try a different modem. To do so just Mobile Odin el26 with cwm wipe data/factory reset, wipe cache/dalvick, flash modem of your choice, rewipe cache/dalvick, flash rom, flash gapps and reboot to AOKP Goodness

Upgrading from fe22 with stock kernel

Rather ask then break something, but running MJJz's blend 1.6 which is currnetly under FE22 but no cwm. I've been out of the flashing world since then (May) so a bit behind on the what/why. I'm looking at my windows VM with Odin which when I start shows
E4GT - FE22 Restore - Rooted. So can I get a 1-2 refresher.
I have the new MJ ROM which contains has the updated FF18, but can't install that (or any other ROM w/o a recovery).
So do I need a newer version of Odin, or do I simply run that, connect, and go? Time is getting more forgiving so I will have time to play a bit more often and keep up.
Tnx
I hope you got your flame suit on cause a flame war is about to begin.
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xlancealotx said:
Rather ask then break something, but running MJJz's blend 1.6 which is currnetly under FE22 but no cwm. I've been out of the flashing world since then (May) so a bit behind on the what/why. I'm looking at my windows VM with Odin which when I start shows
E4GT - FE22 Restore - Rooted. So can I get a 1-2 refresher.
I have the new MJ ROM which contains has the updated FF18, but can't install that (or any other ROM w/o a recovery).
So do I need a newer version of Odin, or do I simply run that, connect, and go? Time is getting more forgiving so I will have time to play a bit more often and keep up.
Tnx
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Yup. Pretty much.
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Pop , Not locked and drop it, Just in time.
Hey Little Buddy!!!!!!!!!!!! lol
Just regular EL26 odin and you will be fine
xlancealotx said:
Rather ask then break something, but running MJJz's blend 1.6 which is currnetly under FE22 but no cwm. I've been out of the flashing world since then (May) so a bit behind on the what/why. I'm looking at my windows VM with Odin which when I start shows
E4GT - FE22 Restore - Rooted. So can I get a 1-2 refresher.
I have the new MJ ROM which contains has the updated FF18, but can't install that (or any other ROM w/o a recovery).
So do I need a newer version of Odin, or do I simply run that, connect, and go? Time is getting more forgiving so I will have time to play a bit more often and keep up.
Tnx
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Well since you have asked something in wrong section, let me just answer it..
Use mobile odin to flash EL26 Kernel with CWM and then flash ANY rom you would like from the recovery.
You could use Sfhub's auto root package to flash EL26 kernel with CWM and then flash ANY rom you would like.
xlancealotx said:
Rather ask then break something, but running MJJz's blend 1.6 which is currnetly under FE22 but no cwm. I've been out of the flashing world since then (May) so a bit behind on the what/why. I'm looking at my windows VM with Odin which when I start shows
E4GT - FE22 Restore - Rooted. So can I get a 1-2 refresher.
I have the new MJ ROM which contains has the updated FF18, but can't install that (or any other ROM w/o a recovery).
So do I need a newer version of Odin, or do I simply run that, connect, and go? Time is getting more forgiving so I will have time to play a bit more often and keep up.
Tnx
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Really? Pretty sure I answered this on Facebook for ya.
http://kernelrepo.chris41g.org/?startFolder=\Recovery+Kernels\ICS\Agats+Source+Built+Recovery\TAR
Get either of the last 2, Odin it and flash the rom update.
Inb4thaLock
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*sigh* didn't even realize I had that forum bookmarked, but thanks for the laugh ...
@bigtoysrock, you thought you answered, actually no you simply said download gats kernel, and as the 1st line stated, I would rather be cautious then break my stuff.
Wrong forum - yes
Double post - no
Regardless sorry for the wrong forum post, continue bashing ... going to play now!
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sent from my BAD A$$ Epic touch
@jugg - a little late to the party .... 'e' for effort!
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@jugg - a little late to the party .... 'e' for effort!
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Thread not closed so not late!!
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Hey, I got nothing else to do while I read up on mobile odin (actually pretty cool) or just go straight odin .. so bring it on >
ok so if I have a problem do I keep it in this comical one or post a new one in the Q&A?
The problem, well since you asked, I used odin 1.85 and the stock el26 with CWM. Flashed, rebooted and the boot screen now has the model along with a nice yellow triangle. The good is that I was I did get into CWM (doing another nand backup) but I have some new ROM's to test, do I simply format and install? I will read up while I await the comical (yet deserved) comments or post in the q&a!
Regardless, you guys are great, so thanks!
** update **
Reading up it seems it's a known thing, but everything works fine, so I am reading here;
http://www.jayceooi.com/2011/08/10/...e-on-samsung-galaxy-s2-without-usb-jig-video/
and will see if that does the trick, but the phone is backed up and new rom is flashing now.
Still IBTL......Mods?
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Still IBTL......Mods?
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69 posts and 4 thanks, really not worthy of bashing IMO! It's also become fun for me while watching the olympics! Feel free to include more cute little pictures though, makes me realize how much spare time I wish I had....
Phone's up with Mjj's newest, may play some more since there is so much love here <3
xlancealotx said:
ok so if I have a problem do I keep it in this comical one or post a new one in the Q&A?
The problem, well since you asked, I used odin 1.85 and the stock el26 with CWM. Flashed, rebooted and the boot screen now has the model along with a nice yellow triangle. The good is that I was I did get into CWM (doing another nand backup) but I have some new ROM's to test, do I simply format and install? I will read up while I await the comical (yet deserved) comments or post in the q&a!
Regardless, you guys are great, so thanks!
** update **
Reading up it seems it's a known thing, but everything works fine, so I am reading here;
http://www.jayceooi.com/2011/08/10/...e-on-samsung-galaxy-s2-without-usb-jig-video/
and will see if that does the trick, but the phone is backed up and new rom is flashing now.
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I was hoping this was moved by now but anyways..
Thats why I posted the 2 methods. Auto root package and mobile odin. They don't trigger that triangle. You can use usb jig or triangle away app to get rid of that ugly triangle.
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woohoo!
Never made it IBTL before. Thx mods for bein lazy
billard412 said:
Never made it IBTL before. Thx mods for bein lazy
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Neither have I. IBTL!
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Go check out Moon ROM

This ROM is in the N7105 forum. I love it. TouchWiz with tablet/phablet mode. Any app floating windows and plenty of options to choose from with Aroma Installer. Just thought I would sharewhat I think is a great ROM and different from what we have in our forum.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2321105
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This ROM is in the N7105 forum. I love it. TouchWiz with tablet/phablet mode. Any app floating windows and plenty of potions to choose from with Aroma Installer. Just thought I would sharewhat I think is a great ROM and different from what we have in our forum.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2321105
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just flashing the modem and we are good to go on Tmo? Extremely slow downloads. Have a mirror by any chance?
Bronyr said:
just flashing the modem and we are good to go on Tmo? Extremely slow downloads. Have a mirror by any chance?
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In Aroma there are options for modem and kernel. Just check do not change for both and you will retain your current modem and kernel. After i set the ROM up i flashed the new Saberkernel. Just my preference. No mirror. Sorry download was slow for me also.
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How's speed compared to ROMs like Jedi? And how's battery life?
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How's speed compared to ROMs like Jedi? And how's battery life?
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The speeds are about the same. That's about average for me on the south side of Chicago. I usually get about 20 -25 on the north side. Battery life is good also. I'm oc'd at 1.7 and gpu at 733. I will post a battery screenshot later.
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6Seven said:
This ROM is in the N7105 forum. I love it. TouchWiz with tablet/phablet mode. Any app floating windows and plenty of options to choose from with Aroma Installer. Just thought I would sharewhat I think is a great ROM and different from what we have in our forum.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2321105
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Thanks, Looks like a cool rom
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im not a stock TW fan.. but looks like a very cool ROM and im going to try it later (Already have V8 downloaded w/update), will report back any quicks
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im not a stock TW fan.. but looks like a very cool ROM and im going to try it later (Already have V8 downloaded w/update), will report back any quicks
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rlee----I would seriously advise on not flashing v8 as that is for the 7100 from what I have read, the original link on this thread to the v1 works for our phones. Like I said I read through the forums that is linked to the original one on this thread and when you go to the thread for the v8 op Tmobile users are stating they don't have data etc on tmobile and they stated that the v1 from this thread link is for our devices as I wanted to install. But.... if you get it working fill me in I would be interested to run this, I installed the v1 and all is well and works good thus far.
Been using this rom, great concept, totally reversible to use in regular phone mode via built-in ui app switcher. There is a youtube on this something galaxynote2root
First time the rom would not boot - likely because of all the aroma options I chose. I wiped and reflashed again using mostly suggested options and it all went well. Will try saber kernel for o/c as the rom is a bit demanding at times.
can anyone post a mirror of v1? goo is taking upwards of 11 hours
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can anyone post a mirror of v1? goo is taking upwards of 11 hours
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Mirror up in the original thread. Last pages
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Mirror up in the original thread. Last pages
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the db link is dead
slice2011 said:
rlee----I would seriously advise on not flashing v8 as that is for the 7100 from what I have read, the original link on this thread to the v1 works for our phones. Like I said I read through the forums that is linked to the original one on this thread and when you go to the thread for the v8 op Tmobile users are stating they don't have data etc on tmobile and they stated that the v1 from this thread link for our devices as I wanted to install. But.... if you get it working fill me in I would be interested to run this, I installed the v1 and all is well and works good thus far.
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thanks for the heads up, i flashed the V8 first and everything was working ok except for data, (i kept my tmobile mode). as long as u dont flash the included modem you should be ok (no bricking). so i then flashed the V1 and everything worked fine, except that i was experiencing some lag while scrolling through menus and websites, i tried flashing with different kernels as well but always got the lag. i flashed back to my DD for now. Moon looks promising but its not what im used too
Thanks for.pointing this Rom out looks nice
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I tried flashing this rom but it gets stuck on alien logo, what am I supposed to do?
ssfirme said:
I tried flashing this rom but it gets stuck on alien logo, what am I supposed to do?
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Wipe/flash ROM/wipe dalvik/reboot. That's what I did. Don't change kernel in Aroma. How long did the boot animation stick?
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ssfirme said:
I tried flashing this rom but it gets stuck on alien logo, what am I supposed to do?
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How long did you wait? Usually, at least on my device when I flash a rom it could take several minutes to load. But as stated above if it takes over 5 min then do the steps.
I tried it several times and it stay for like 10min on the alien logo, and yes I wipe before and wipe after
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How long did you wait? Usually, at least on my device when I flash a rom it could take several minutes to load. But as stated above if it takes over 5 min then do the steps.
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make sure to flash a tmobile kernel
hey 6seven thanks for this downloaded v1 and its pretty damn good...

[ROM][7/15] - AT&T Stock Rooted De-Odex "MF3" - Latest OTA! - No F/W Update Required!

[ROM][7/15] - AT&T Stock Rooted De-Odex "MF3" - Latest OTA! - No F/W Update Required!
This is the latest MF3 OTA From that was just pushed late last week.
You do not need to change any firmware partitions for this to work!
However you do have to be on the MDL Firmware!
This ROM is NOT loki'ed so you will need an auto Loki Recovery of will need to flash Loki-Doki Patch!
Features
Stock Rooted MF3 Update
De-Odexed
Zip aligned
busybox
init.d support
unsecured boot image (ADB as root)
KNOX Warning removed
Not Loki'ed
MD5: 2BC7C21439A941B802FC43A7070A3204
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Please hit Thanks! My Last Stock Root had 400 Downloads and only 38 Thanks!
Its not hard to hit Thanks!
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The spirit of Open Source is to share your knowledge and files with the rest of the world so they can improve on what you do when possible. This is also my philosophy and I would never compromise that!
You are free to use this ROM or any part of this ROM any way you like as long as you give proper credits!
Do not use my work if you cannot give proper credits!
Consider this your permission! Please do not PM me asking if its OK to build off this ROM. Permission granted!
However this does not include my CleanROM series of ROMS. Please do not use those without contacting me first!
This ROM is not a CleanROM. Its a stock rooted and all yours!
Hit Thanks!
Canadian users can flash the attached patch to use this ROM.
First! Thanks for your hard work.
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mmanjj said:
First! Thanks for your hard work.
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Your Welcome!
All of my thanks today might go to you...
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All of my thanks today might go to you...
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Thanks for the Thanks :angel:
Great work once again. My wife refuses to go to custom ROMs and this week I quickly rooted her phone and froze updates so she wouldn't lose the ability to do so in the future. Only downside was not getting the latest update. Then here you are solving that issue for me. It's like you were in my head or something! :silly:
Newbie type question though - will data be effected by flashing this or can i just flash on top stock and retain all her data, apps, accounts and settings?
Thanks
This may be a stupid question, but If I run this to update from MDL will it wipe my apps and have to re-install them and will I loose my customizations to make google wallet and Hangouts video chat over the network work?
Well good morning to me.
Thank you Scott!!
worked great on stock rooted with TWRP, just had to remember to flash loki-doki
Wow, thanks, this should be good, I knew to wait until a professional got a hold of it: Thanks serious.
nice job scott!! :good: mind if is use this as a base ?
iB4STiD said:
nice job scott!! :good: mind if is use this as a base ?
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Another Pro on the job, can't wait for your version either. Looking forward to it.
Early thanks to you also.
Now let me ask the stupid question, if I flash this, can we still have the ability to run custom roms after? meaning, we won't be locked into MF3 will we.
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Another Pro on the job, can't wait for your version either. Looking forward to it.
Early thanks to you also.
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thanks man!! .. all credit to scott!!. saved me from having to check sammobile 7 times a day for an odin leak
Quick question / curious observation -- on the screenshot, I noticed you have MF3 as the build version, but MDL as the modem still.
Did you revert back to MDL, or does this package not flash/include the MF3 modem?
hamzer11 said:
Great work once again. My wife refuses to go to custom ROMs and this week I quickly rooted her phone and froze updates so she wouldn't lose the ability to do so in the future. Only downside was not getting the latest update. Then here you are solving that issue for me. It's like you were in my head or something! :silly:
Newbie type question though - will data be effected by flashing this or can i just flash on top stock and retain all her data, apps, accounts and settings?
Thanks
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It should be a solid inplace update going from stock to stock rooted.
truckmann said:
This may be a stupid question, but If I run this to update from MDL will it wipe my apps and have to re-install them and will I loose my customizations to make google wallet and Hangouts video chat over the network work?
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You will loose those, yes.
Its a stock ROM.
calvin35 said:
Well good morning to me.
Thank you Scott!!
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Good night to me!
morbidz said:
worked great on stock rooted with TWRP, just had to remember to flash loki-doki
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Yep, should work on any recovery. I left Loki out of it because of the variations of people and configurations that will flash this.
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Wow, thanks, this should be good, I knew to wait until a professional got a hold of it: Thanks serious.
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Word!
I actually had this done the about an hour after the OTA was out...
Long story short... I had a bad binary updater file that caused me to pull my already thin hair out. Then another guy, jetlitheone, gave me a really simple idea... Try another updater binary... and... BOOM!
SO credits to jetlitheone for making me not go insane on this build.
Funny thing... No ****... It was the same binary I used on every version of the S4 ROMS I have made before this one... I dont get it... But its now in the past, lol :silly:
iB4STiD said:
nice job scott!! :good: mind if is use this as a base ?
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Anyone can use this ROM for any thing they want. Please refer to post #2. Whenever I post a stock rooted ROM its for EVERYONE to make there own or make a public ROM out of.
All yours man...
But credit for the base should be given of course!
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Now let me ask the stupid question, if I flash this, can we still have the ability to run custom roms after? meaning, we won't be locked into MF3 will we.
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No, this is JUST the ROM, no firmware, no radios, etc.
You can flash this on the MDL firmware just like any other ROM and swap back to any other ROM.
BUt this thing, cleaned up, is HELLA SMOOTH!
Even stock rooted untweaked is smooth! I was impressed! I was about to chuck the S4 after using my HTC One... BUt now I will keep both
pinoymutt said:
Quick question / curious observation -- on the screenshot, I noticed you have MF3 as the build version, but MDL as the modem still.
Did you revert back to MDL, or does this package not flash/include the MF3 modem?
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See above, just the ROM. You do your own modem.
Do not flash any of the SBL's are in another post. They are simply not needed for this ROM. I made it work with the old firmware... Which is the most safe route to go!!!
You can however flash the MF3 radio! Heard it runs good on this base according to a couple guys in my CleanROM thread.
Awesoem work partner!... yourrrrr goooooodddd
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No, this is JUST the ROM, no firmware, no radios, etc.
You can flash this on the MDL firmware just like any other ROM and swap back to any other ROM.
BUt this thing, cleaned up, is HELLA SMOOTH!
Even stock rooted untweaked is smooth! I was impressed! I was about to chuck the S4 after using my HTC One... BUt now I will keep both
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Yeah everyone you can find the radios/modem quite easy, if you guys cannot I can link a flashable zip once I find it
thanks for the credit, luckily I was up never sleep
edit: ran out of thanks ! :|
Difference between this and Cleanrom 1.5?
hi scott!
just wondering what is the difference between this ROM and CleanRom 1.5?
is this one just complete Stock ATT? ( NON-CleanRom Modified?)
thanks!

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