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When I found out that 2.2 wasnt coming out from this phone I decided that I would root the phone and load a 2.2 ROM, etc. etc. So I started researching all of these about 2 days ago... and for the past 2 days I have read so much information on this that I am now currently so mixed up and lost. There are soooo many different ROMs, different ways to do this, that, etc. I see some people do one thing that it works great, another person do the exact same thing and they havent the same luck.
Even when getting ready to just root the phone, I found an awesome post that had great information... but, then when I looked at it the post was from 7 months ago and in the N1 forums. So, I started to 2nd guess.
I suppose basically what Im in need of is possibly a normal/basic recommendation to get moving on this... Would a possible recommendation be to root the phone with the 1 click root being run through a file manager, then create a nandroid backup, then go with something popular like Cyanogen6 RC1? Its just that mod -seems- to be what a good bit of people have, and problems seem limited on it. But then again, ive read about 10 other ROMs that appear to be just as good, and people like just as well... so agian, this choice leaves me frozen as well.
Im just so overwhelmed with information ive just about frozen up... I think it need to bring it back to a basic simple plan to get moving on this. Everything I read in these forums sounds so awesome and just plain ole fun.... but like I said im currently frozen/lost. Please help if my request isnt too much...
Thanks! Any help with this will definitely melt this horrid ice!!!
Use this to root: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=753910
Just do as it says and follow directions. I rooted both of my brother's phones this way. It works.
Then do as you were thinking: nandroid then install CM6 RC1. It will probably be your best bet for a solid 2.2 experience.
here's what I posted on my carriers facebook page. I kept things simple and to the point, and the point was to install 2.2 on a hero.
1. go to settings, applications and check allow installation from unknown sources.
2. install bar code scanner from the market if you don't have it.
3. scan the qr code from here: http://bit.ly/d1f0RN
4. download and install the app
5. open universal androot and click root
6. go to the market and download rom manager
7. open rom manager and click flash clockwork mod recovery
8. click backup current rom (you can always restore your backup later to go back to exactly how your phone was)
to load the rom after rooting:
1. download both the rom and google apps from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=755795
2. copy the zip files to your sd card
3. open rom manager and click install rom from sd card
4. choose the rom file you copied to the sd card and click add zip, then choose the google apps file you downloaded earlier. Click ok and choose backup current rom and wipe data.
5. Enjoy android 2.2 on your Hero!!
(be careful restoring stuff using mybackup, open source roms and htc roms don't store data the same way. applications are safe to restore but system settings can potentially break things requiring you to wipe and reload again)
Not because it is my root method, but I would actually recommend using my root method and following all of the steps. It has you flash a custom recovery and patched boot.img so you keep full root via adb.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=694572
CM6 is the ONLY 2.2 ROM for the Hero at this point. But know that it doesn't have much of the Sprint/CDMA or HTC SenseUI functionality and stuff that you're used to from your current phone....like updating Profile and PRL; Sprint Navigation/Football/Nascar/etc.; your Contacts, Dialer, Messaging, and some other menus will be a little different....that's just a few things off the top of my head.
So if you kinda LIKE the way your phone is now (except maybe for some lag/slowness), CM6 won't be a very similar ROM. But you won't know unless you try it out Just offering some helpful info. Good luck -- we're here to help.
I have not found a 2.2 FroYo that I like for the Hero, it's rooted and running Fresh 2.3.3
http://geekfor.me/new-release/fresh-hero-233/
Awesome... the community here is absolutely incredible. Although I am literally tryin my best to read the ****in manual, I continue to fear that im reading something too old or outdated, or that there is something newer (easier) that I should be doing instead. I did the rooting with the 1click which was so simple... I cant believe I even spent that much time on it.
Thinking next the nandroid/recovery image thing would be a breeze, but it appears to almost be the hardest step. I see on most posts that they always tend to mention Nandroid for backups - is there a particular reason that I should use that one? Some other ones appear to be easier, but not as interesting or fun. However, im fearfully coming across a lack of exact guides that explain the process.
I truly think that once I can get the recovery image done, and I can start trying out other ROMs and such... this will become too much fun. But again, im getting so mixed up by should i do this, that, or maybe this... or wait, is that too old of information?
Regardless, thanks for all the help!
Download ROM Manager from the Market. From ROM Manager you can flash ClockworkMod recovery or Flash Alternate Recovery (I prefer this option RA Recovery) there is a newer relase but this works fine.
You can then reboot and go into recovery, back up your system as it is right now, that way you can always go back to the basic root version that you have right now. That my friend is a Nandriod back up. now you can install a ROM of your choice, once it is installed and functioning the way you like make a Nandriod back up of it, that way you always have a good platform to start from if anything isn't playing nice.
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When I found out that 2.2 wasnt coming out from this phone I decided that I would root the phone and load a 2.2 ROM, etc. etc. So I started researching all of these about 2 days ago... and for the past 2 days I have read so much information on this that I am now currently so mixed up and lost. There are soooo many different ROMs, different ways to do this, that, etc. I see some people do one thing that it works great, another person do the exact same thing and they havent the same luck.
Even when getting ready to just root the phone, I found an awesome post that had great information... but, then when I looked at it the post was from 7 months ago and in the N1 forums. So, I started to 2nd guess.
I suppose basically what Im in need of is possibly a normal/basic recommendation to get moving on this... Would a possible recommendation be to root the phone with the 1 click root being run through a file manager, then create a nandroid backup, then go with something popular like Cyanogen6 RC1? Its just that mod -seems- to be what a good bit of people have, and problems seem limited on it. But then again, ive read about 10 other ROMs that appear to be just as good, and people like just as well... so agian, this choice leaves me frozen as well.
Im just so overwhelmed with information ive just about frozen up... I think it need to bring it back to a basic simple plan to get moving on this. Everything I read in these forums sounds so awesome and just plain ole fun.... but like I said im currently frozen/lost. Please help if my request isnt too much...
Thanks! Any help with this will definitely melt this horrid ice!!!
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I know exactly what you mean. I've rooted my Hero the day the universal 1 click came out,but as yet have been reading everything I can on which new Rom to install first.
I went out and bought a new 16 gig sd card for more storage as well. I've been trying to read up on how and what is the best way to do all of the various partitions on it cause some say to just have a ext 2 partition,and others say have a ext3/4 partitions on it.Unfortunately I haven't found a easy way to make this happen except by using the FroydVillain 1.4.3 rom and I don't know if it will work with a cdma Sprint Hero or not yet.
I love the phone,and want to upgrade it to the best stable over clocked rom that will allow me to use it for everyday usage,but it doesn't look like it is going to easy as rooting the damn thing was. Seems to me that you need to be a programmer in Linux to make it work the best
I hate posting a bunch of neewb questions about it but I guess I will
Mac
Awesome! Okay perfect... it worked perfect! I know have CyanogenMod running - yeah, it def different. Seems like it will take some time to get used too. Esp since its so far from SenseUI off the bat... err well, just the way that it handles things and such.
I will definitely give it a fair shot before I even try out some other ones... but I def want to try to use one of those Fresh Roms as well.
Thanks a ton for all the help! Most appreciated!
Hey guys, got my mytouch 4g on opening day and I loveeeee every part of it. Coming from an unlocked iphone. I've been reading about flashing roms, kernels, visionary, terminal, and things like that and I have NO idea what any of those mean nor what to do. I really hate the bloatware that comes on my phone and I'd love to learn everything behind rooting. I've been reading around but I can't really seem to understand this stuff!
any help would be appreciated,
thank you
Ok to flash a rom you first need to root your phone, to root your phone follow this very simple guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=858021
then when you reach the flashing portion of that tutorial download the iced glacier rom from: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=844594, then flash it by following the previously mentioned tutorial.
the iced glacier rom is pretty much the same as the default rom that came with the phone, without all the bloatware plus a few aesthetic differences.
enjoy
Okay I'll help you out. Flashing roms is like upgrading from 3.x firmware in iphone, to 4.0. Different roms offer different things. Ex-iced glacier rom. It is still stock rom but without the bloatware that T-Mobile put in. So each rom offer different things and different features if you will. The cyanogenmod rom is highly sought because of its stock froyo. Froyo is just the os. The mytouch has froyo but it has espresso instead of stock. Espresso with sense ui (mytouch 4g) allows things like automatic speakerphone if you put your phone face down while on a call. Little features like that are what make different os desirable. Keep in mind that sense ui slows down phone and can make buggy.
Terminal. Terminal emulator is like command prompt for windows.you can have your phone perform certain functions or change files through terminal emulator. Like if you downloaded a file and you wanted it to run through terminal emulator, all ud have to do is type in the path, then the file, and it will do its thing. Kind of like when you jailbreak an iphone and wanna change the Alpine and root login since its the default username, you would have to use terminal (assuming you have) I too came from iphone world.
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Visionary allows you to "jailbreak" your android phone. You can customize it greatly like the iPhone should you have the right files and edit the right folders. Visionary gives you the administrator access you need to write to the actual system on the phone allowing you to do anything to your phone.
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And mods. Mods are moderators in xda. They regulate forums which I'm sure you know. These types of topics go into "general" or "Q&A" forums. Android development gets filled with software, mods, roms, anything that will progress the development of the phone, not questions. Just letting you know for future references as the moderator will probably tell you as well
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wow thanks for the information guys!
couple more questions though,
what do people mean when they refer to nandroid backups, titanium backups, and kernels? how would i back up my files?
spazmenos said:
Hey guys, got my mytouch 4g on opening day and I loveeeee every part of it. Coming from an unlocked iphone. I've been reading about flashing roms, kernels, visionary, terminal, and things like that and I have NO idea what any of those mean nor what to do. I really hate the bloatware that comes on my phone and I'd love to learn everything behind rooting. I've been reading around but I can't really seem to understand this stuff!
any help would be appreciated,
thank you
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First, if you have questions (usually thoughts starting with who, what,where, when, why or how) they should be posted in the Q&A section, and I'm sure when the mod logs in it will be moved.
Second, there are at least 4 guides in this section outlining how to root. If you're trying to follow one of the particular guides and have a question do NOT start a new thread, ask your question in the guide and the OP will often answer your question or work with you (especially grankin01 he's really good about it). Also if the person who wrote the guide is busy the community is generally willing to help you with your issues as well.
Third, if you don't want to flash a custom rom and are just concerned with getting rid of bloat, you can (after following a rooting guide and attaining S-OFF) install Titanium Backup. Titanium Backup will allow you to uninstall system applications. I used it to remove about 15 programs Tmo put on there that I don't want/need (ie. game demos, demo video, etc)
Fourth, I'm not trying to be a ****. just trying to show you the error of your ways. I realize you're pretty new so welcome to the community.
spazmenos said:
wow thanks for the information guys!
couple more questions though,
what do people mean when they refer to nandroid backups, titanium backups, and kernels? how would i back up my files?
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Kernel = the core of an operating system. Android runs linux so it's referring to the linux kernel within the operating system. Different kernels are compiled with different options making them able to act differently at a deep level within the operating system. (ie. allowing overclocking)
nandroid = a snapshot of your system essentially. It allows you to back the system up to a precise period in time. This is done through the system's recovery, and is highly encouraged to be done before you take any steps which could cripple your phone (ie. flashing a new rom)
Titanium Backup = A program on market which allows for the removal of protected system applications. You can also make backups of individual applications (recommended before removing)
no worries man I totally understand! I'll make sure to post in author's threads as well thanks. thing is when I see people with their sigs saying kernel and rom and backup I get so confused
It's cool man none of us here knows everything... in the future though consulting google may answer all your questions. BUT if it doesn't feel free to ask away. we just ask that it's posted in the correct section to avoid clutter.
spazmenos ... please be very very careful. I'm sure you're doing the right things by asking lots of questions (and you should!) but I'd be worried that you would turn your phone into a very expensive paperweight. If you have any friends IRL that have root-ed android phones before, perhaps you could sit with them and go through it?
spazmenos said:
Hey guys, got my mytouch 4g on opening day and I loveeeee every part of it. Coming from an unlocked iphone. I've been reading about flashing roms, kernels, visionary, terminal, and things like that and I have NO idea what any of those mean nor what to do. I really hate the bloatware that comes on my phone and I'd love to learn everything behind rooting. I've been reading around but I can't really seem to understand this stuff!
any help would be appreciated,
thank you
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Nandroid is a backup of EVERYTHING. System configuration, call logs, text messages, everything. Say you flash a rom, rom causes problems, nandroid brings everything back to the way it was, providing you can get into recovery mode that is. Recovery mode lets you swap out roms ie. Flashing
Titanium backup is the single most needed app. You can do a backup of just about any app. You can delete apps as well. You don't want bloatware? Titanium backup is the app to do it. Before you delete ANYTHING nandroid backup. To do this download rom manager. Must be rooted first. Click on flash recovery, HTC mytouch 4g. Then make a backup of current rom. To see if it worked, click on reboot into recovery. If you see a bunch if options your good. If you see a red triangle, reflash clockwork. After you see the options they will have fastboot, recovery, image circ, etc. Recovery is where all the magic happens
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Please post questions in Q&A section. Thank you
do you have to have perma-root to make a nandroid backup? I ran visionar and then tried to make a nandroid of the current OS in clockwork mod, and it said SU wasn't detected?
EDIT: I had to root it like three times with visionary, but it seems to have worked now.
Hi all.
I have a Samsung Vibrant that's still on 2.1. I want to get into rooting and running custom ROMs, but my first attempt failed miserably. I had only rooted the phone and played with a little bit of overclocking for a couple of days when I received an OTA update announcement. Not thinking about it, I accepted it. After that, I got stuck on the "Vibrant" startup screen during the reboot. I took the phone and flashed it back to stock using the method most use (ODIN?). Anyway, even back to stock it would get stuck in a loop of running the media scanner during startup...needless to say I had to get a new phone.
My point is that I want to get my phone more personalized but I'm a bit stand-off-ish because of my prior experience. There is a ton of terminology I'm not familiar with at all...the most I can do with a computer is turn it on and use it.
Is there a place I can go that's an entry level course in rooting and the terminology associated with it? Thanks.
Check my signature. Noob guide. If something is not answered please pm me so I can add it.
I would not use kies to get 2.2.
What is "kies?" Also, I've been reading through (obviously there's a lot of reading to do) but I have another question that relates to my previous experimentation with rooting:
Is there ANY way to do a full back up of my phone now so that if I ever have to go back to stock using ODIN I can go back to how my phone is now? The last time I tried I could not find the same software I had before and a few things had been changed...basically like it wasn't a true stock file.
OK, so you are nooBie
Here are a list of things you are going need if you want to update your phone to 2.2
1. If you do not know what you are doing (which is the case) then, read
member-s15274n Noobie guide in the Bible. This will get you up to speed on the knowledge necessary to modify the phone.
2. If you decide to do the factory (from tmobile/samsung) update, then read on that process. I personally do not recommend updating that way.
3. If you update via some of the excellent roms in the Dev section (which I recommend) then read up on them Master's Axura, Jellette's Einherjar rom and Team Whiskey's Roms are all excellent and there are others YOU NEED TO READ UP ON THESE,
4. If you go with a custom rom Then you need The following programs/patches:
A. Odin 1.7 (this installs on the computer)
B. Oneclick root. (Go to unlockr.com) they have a video easy to follow and have the links for this.
C. Clockwork (Rom Manager) free installs on the phone
D. Titanium Backup (installs o nthe phone)
E. Original 959JFD 2.1 stock ROM (in case you f#ck-up) you can odin back
F. The Custom rom of your choice.
That is all you need, read up and once you get going you will maybe have questions..... Ask in the Q & A we all here welcome a new person to the forum and help them.
BMRbrnSNRbrd said:
What is "kies?" Also, I've been reading through (obviously there's a lot of reading to do) but I have another question that relates to my previous experimentation with rooting:
Is there ANY way to do a full back up of my phone now so that if I ever have to go back to stock using ODIN I can go back to how my phone is now? The last time I tried I could not find the same software I had before and a few things had been changed...basically like it wasn't a true stock file.
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Samsung Kies is an official program that syncs your phone to your PC. This includes downloading and installing official OS updates to your phone.
A NANDroid backup can backup everything except the kernel. When you restore this backup your phone will go back to the state it was in when you backed it up.
Remember to always read a lot before doing anything.
I'm kinda new too. I personally chose Team Whiskey's ROMs. Their guide and s15274n's Noob Guide helped me a lot. Have fun!
Thanks for the information.
Ok, now I really feel like a noob....I am to the phone rooting idea, but not to forums...but I cannot for the life of me find the Developers section...
Vibrant > vibrant android development
Hi!
I'm new here but I've been searching and reading for a while about how to flash a ROM in my A500.
I've already rooted it, but the battery doesn't run as long as it did when it wasn't rooted so I thought about flashing a ROM.
Here's my doubt, I don't use ir for very special purposes, I just use it for browsing on the Internet and such things like this. In your opinion, installing a ROM would be the solution? If so, which one would you recommend me to flash? I've readed about Thor one but I'm not quite sure about it.
Moreover, I've been reading how to flash a ROM but the most I read, the worst it is. Depending on where I read it says something different. So, on the whole, can somebody link me to a good tutorial which I could follow? I've just rooted it, but I've done nothing about the bootloader or the recovery.
Thanks to everybody.
eherranzr said:
Hi!
I'm new here but I've been searching and reading for a while about how to flash a ROM in my A500.
I've already rooted it, but the battery doesn't run as long as it did when it wasn't rooted so I thought about flashing a ROM.
Here's my doubt, I don't use ir for very special purposes, I just use it for browsing on the Internet and such things like this. In your opinion, installing a ROM would be the solution? If so, which one would you recommend me to flash? I've readed about Thor one but I'm not quite sure about it.
Moreover, I've been reading how to flash a ROM but the most I read, the worst it is. Depending on where I read it says something different. So, on the whole, can somebody link me to a good tutorial which I could follow? I've just rooted it, but I've done nothing about the bootloader or the recovery.
Thanks to everybody.
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Rooting the tab has nothing to do with your battery life. All it does, is allow you access to the protected system of the OS. If you have no need to "experiment" with custom ROMs, and don't like to mess around with things, then it's probably best if you left it alone. If not done properly, installing new bootloaders and Recovery images can lead to a lot of time consuming problems. Just read the Q&A threads about "bricked" devices. Although Dev's try to make things as easy and trouble free as they can, problems can and do happen.
As with your battery, Take a look at Settings/Apps/Running. See how many you have running. It's possible you have some apps that are running when they don't need to. Also apps you downloaded (FB apps, Social networking, News apps etc). These apps do "synchs" and "updates" and too many of them, and also widgets, can use a lot of battery. If possible, set the synch or update period to a longer time. Instead of 5 minutes for a FB update, set it to 30. You would be surprised how much this helps.
MD
Moscow Desire said:
Rooting the tab has nothing to do with your battery life. All it does, is allow you access to the protected system of the OS. If you have no need to "experiment" with custom ROMs, and don't like to mess around with things, then it's probably best if you left it alone. If not done properly, installing new bootloaders and Recovery images can lead to a lot of time consuming problems. Just read the Q&A threads about "bricked" devices. Although Dev's try to make things as easy and trouble free as they can, problems can and do happen.
As with your battery, Take a look at Settings/Apps/Running. See how many you have running. It's possible you have some apps that are running when they don't need to. Also apps you downloaded (FB apps, Social networking, News apps etc). These apps do "synchs" and "updates" and too many of them, and also widgets, can use a lot of battery. If possible, set the synch or update period to a longer time. Instead of 5 minutes for a FB update, set it to 30. You would be surprised how much this helps.
MD
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The problem is that nothing was changed after the rooting (except the installation of Whatsapp) and after this, the battery life is, moreless, half of the original was. I've been looking in the task killer and there are plenty of apps which are auto-executed, and even if I kill them, they are still running. So my idea is to install a ROM like the Thor one, with no apps installed by default by Acer and this should make the battery last longer.
Now, what I'm not sure is what is the exact process. Correct me if I'm mistaked. What I should do first is to unlock the bootloader, shouldn't I? (Any tuto?) After this, I should install the Acer Recovery Installer app which would help me to install the recovery and after this I have to copy the .zip file to the SD card and, from the recovery menu, flash it. Is everything correct?
Thanks to everybody.
EDIT: I've already read somewhere else a ver "easy" step by step tuto. It only consists of installing an app called ROM Manager. From it install the recovery ClockworkMod and, from the recovery ClockworkMod, flash the ROM. Will this tuto work for the Iconia A500?
eherranzr said:
The problem is that nothing was changed after the rooting (except the installation of Whatsapp) and after this, the battery life is, moreless, half of the original was. I've been looking in the task killer and there are plenty of apps which are auto-executed, and even if I kill them, they are still running. So my idea is to install a ROM like the Thor one, with no apps installed by default by Acer and this should make the battery last longer.
Now, what I'm not sure is what is the exact process. Correct me if I'm mistaked. What I should do first is to unlock the bootloader, shouldn't I? (Any tuto?) After this, I should install the Acer Recovery Installer app which would help me to install the recovery and after this I have to copy the .zip file to the SD card and, from the recovery menu, flash it. Is everything correct?
Thanks to everybody.
EDIT: I've already read somewhere else a ver "easy" step by step tuto. It only consists of installing an app called ROM Manager. From it install the recovery ClockworkMod and, from the recovery ClockworkMod, flash the ROM. Will this tuto work for the Iconia A500?
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DO NOT INSTALL OR USE ROM MANAGER. You will brick your tablet. That app,is made for phones, and phones only.
What you need to do, is go to Civato's thread on how to install the unlocked Bootloader & Recovery
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1622425
It's best to download a custom rom.zip to your ext Sd card first, that way after doing bootloader and recovery, you can install the new rom.
As always, follow all instructions, and read them many times till you understand what you're doing. If you have a question, ask the question in the correct thread (bootloader questions in the bootloader thread, rom install questions in the Rom thread, etc)
Good Luck
MD
Can't easily find any solution to this so wondering if someone knows.
Code:
/system/app
-rw-r--r-- root root 92472 2012-11-28 10:25 SamsungAppsUNA3.apk
-rw-r--r-- root root 4327739 2008-08-01 12:00 SamsungHubApp1.0.10.apk
Are these two APKs safe to remove, exactly what does each do, if removed will there be problems if the phone is factory reset? Will removal impact the stability of the phone? (Don't wish to brick it.) I've already managed to re-organise APKs between /data/app and /system/app to make the phone think it's new by removing some bloat-ware and moving updates into /system/app
I don't use the "Samsung Hub" or Samsung's version of Google Play and would like to free about 4.4Mb in System App.
That's generally it. A nice simple question. Can anyone assist?
Safe to remove
Just flash your stock rom via odin to get back to how it was out the box
Always do a nandroid backup so you can restore in case of bricks - the amount of people I see who do something muck it up & you tell them just restore your nandroid backup & you will be back to how you was & they go they haven't got one - well that's their own fault
Anyway back up in cwm
Thaks for the reply. I've read about roms, but please be gentle with me and patient as when it comes to all thjings like flashing roms, I'm reasonably skittish that my attempt at trying to flash any rom might also brick the phone. The only reason I rooted my phone is to move system app updates into /system/app. I've moved the like of Maps, StreetView into /system/app and odexed them. I'm trying to be very careful to leave the crucial system apps well alone.
Which is the best guide, that not written by someone who assumes that the reader will be able to fill in the missing bits, that goes through the steps of getting the right CWM rom for the SG-Y and flashing that into the phone in a way that it won't brick itduring the flashing and in the future. At the moment my phone has the stock rom in it.
I've seen many frustrated Android geek-heads replying to something similar as "google is your friend" and also seen a few who have tried to flash a cwm rom into the phone and bricked their phones in the process.
As to odin? got the program. I'm quite concerned about getting the exact rom binary for the phone. Don't wish to accidentally flash the wrong rom and/or using the wrong method.
I think I've come to the conclusion that Samsung won't be releasing any OTA updates. Another reason for rooting the phone, so I could install rekey.
I'm no stranger to the linux shell, know how to use adb and I've messed with the phone a fair bit and it still works, better than before so I'm not one of the clueless bunch. :cyclops:
Any user friendly assistance for someone who's simply new to all things flashing Android roms would be awesome.
marcussmith2626 said:
Safe to remove
Just flash your stock rom via odin to get back to how it was out the box
Always do a nandroid backup so you can restore in case of bricks - the amount of people I see who do something muck it up & you tell them just restore your nandroid backup & you will be back to how you was & they go they haven't got one - well that's their own fault
Anyway back up in cwm
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Go to general section & read all the information the sticky Threads at the top about things you should know
Odin flashable firmware is at top of dev section in thread by doky
To be fair if you ask basic questions you will get the answer use Google or search - why? Because all the answers have already been provided you just have to look and read them
If every new person kept asking the same basic questions which have been answered time and time again we will not get anywhere and just annoys people because all they have to do is type in Google & their questions the answers will instantly appear
That's why one of the rules of xda is search before posting
Thanks for your wisdom. Fully understansd. Just don't wish to be one of those statistics who has bricked a phone because of various things like getting the wrong rom, etc... I would like to be able to make a nandroid type backup before trying to flash any rom into the phone. Already realised that the nandroid backup is done by the CWM rom. Just would like to do a 100% back-up before that goes on.
I will go and seek the stuff you've mentioned below. Thanks.
marcussmith2626 said:
Go to general section & read all the information the sticky Threads at the top about things you should know
Odin flashable firmware is at top of dev section in thread by doky
To be fair if you ask basic questions you will get the answer use Google or search - why? Because all the answers have already been provided you just have to look and read them
If every new person kept asking the same basic questions which have been answered time and time again we will not get anywhere and just annoys people because all they have to do is type in Google & their questions the answers will instantly appear
That's why one of the rules of xda is search before posting
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