I come from Windows Mobile. I got all of them on SPrint and was flashing my phones on a weekly basis. It was pretty easy and simple.
Here I got the Epic on day one and have waited until the unofficial DK28 was released. That was an easy flash.
However when I look at the ROMS available (Viper, etc...) I see that it is way too complicated to flash. A hundreds of steps and stuff to get into. EXT4 looked like a hassle to install. Odin sounds like something crazy annoying.
When I see that whole list of stuff to go thru I just get lazy. Is it that complicated or I should give it a try? Is it worth it.
My battery is HORRIBLE with DK28. I get like 3 hours of battery. While with DI18 I hat like 20 hours. But I have put all my app to sd card so im basically stuck with froyo even if i wanted to go back....
don't be scared! we are right here if you need help>>>
Its not that its harder then winmo..its just there is more room for customization..the EXT 4 hack for example you would never be able to do on a winmo device..its an added bonus to optimize the device and make it better.
The use of Odin is mostly used for when you brick your phone, or to update to Froyo..
Otherwise most things are done via Clockwork..
I suggest to start simple, root, load a custom rom and etc..once you get used to that and feel like your ready for the next step do that..no reason to tackle everything at once..
Bro dont worry i new to this as well, coming from the windows mobile also. We also got youtube vids to help us out, it makes it that much easier.
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Its you. Odin is simple as hell. EXT4 is unnecessary. Complaining about how hard it is to flash a beta build of froyo with a new filesystem ported less than a week ago is ridiculous. Of course that will be difficult. Wait for official froyo to drop sometime in the next couple of years, and then everything will get easier. Windows mobile was no treat. Activesync was a disaster and you couldn't flash anything without it.
Just ask for help, we got your back! Join the dark side. Hahahahahahahah
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I used to have an HTC Touch Pro 2 and flashed my phones all the time.
Flashing on Android is *way* easier! including the Epic.
You don't need a PC
Your apps/data are preserved when you flash
It's not really as intimidating as it looks. I was pretty nervous too when I first flashed. With time, I realized that it is actually faster than installing Linux or another operating system onto my PC.
If you don't like a ROM or if there's a ROM that's giving you issues, just try another ROM. Try many and see which one is your favourite. The chances of your bricking your phone are pretty slim. Just remember to read instructions and comments carefully.
You can do it!
Everything except the EXT4 stuff is easy. EXT4 stuff isn't for the feint of heart, but if you're comfortable with shell commands, there's nothing to it!
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Everything except the EXT4 stuff is easy. EXT4 stuff isn't for the feint of heart, but if you're comfortable with shell commands, there's nothing to it!
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Not anymore - Daemon has a newer ext4 way of flashing. The only drawback is that it replaces the current CWM with CWM 3 which only supports Edify.
I was in the same boat at first coming from WinMo but Android is even simpler once you know what you are doing.
My recommendation is to first Flash a rom other than viper.
Once you are rooted, you can boot into clockwork recovery and flash a new rom directly from a zip file on your sd card. You can flash multiple roms without even having to be near a computer.
Some other popular forums have some stickies that provide dead simple walk-thrus too.
I'm on the viper ext4 and its simple to flash. All you do is flash 4 files in order and there you go your on ext4 and great rom. I've tried every rom on here and imho the most stable ones are epic experience and viper. But I've been running viper for a week or so and love it. Especially ext4, my phone is so much more snappier now.
If you think those are the most stable you havnt tried mine,Frankenstein FROYO.
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Dude it's easy. If you're already on DK28 then half the job is done. Just root with with any of the oneclick, install cwm and that's it. Trust me, flashing with Android is easier than Win Mo (download a zip file and flash it..easy) . I can't count how many times I had problems with hard spl on Win Mo.
Don't let all that Odin/PDA/Pit/modem stuff intimidate you.
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Its you. Odin is simple as hell. EXT4 is unnecessary. Complaining about how hard it is to flash a beta build of froyo with a new filesystem ported less than a week ago is ridiculous. Of course that will be difficult. Wait for official froyo to drop sometime in the next couple of years, and then everything will get easier. Windows mobile was no treat. Activesync was a disaster and you couldn't flash anything without it.
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dude why is it you find that you have to insult everytime you post?
I'm kinda in the same boat as the OP. I want to run a custom ROM on my Epic, but every time I get to the point where I decide to go for it I look at the laundry list of steps and the horror story posts from people who screwed them up and I chicken out LOL
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I'm kinda in the same boat as the OP. I want to run a custom ROM on my Epic, but every time I get to the point where I decide to go for it I look at the laundry list of steps and the horror story posts from people who screwed them up and I chicken out LOL
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What laundry list of steps?? Simple steps, root>clockwork>find rom of choice>d'load rom>boot into clockwork>flash zip file.
Definitely easier than doing laundry for me. (I never know when to use/pour fabric softner thingy).
What laundry list of steps?? Simple steps, root>clockwork>find rom of choice>d'load rom>boot into clockwork>flash zip file.
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Well from what I see the current install instructions for Viper list 15 steps and that assumes you already have root access and clockwork/rom manager going. I'm very comfortable building/tweaking Windows boxes because I know what to do if I screw up and can fix it pretty quickly.. this ROM flashing stuff for someone who's been using Android for a couple months seems intimidating mostly because I'm not familiar with the tools or how to recover easily in a panic situation.
You can do it bro. I didn't even know what rooting was two months ago. Lol. Now after reading and trial and error and all the help from people on here I flashed every rom on 2.1 and almost all on 2.2. I have the new cwm3, a theme and the black market. Like they have been saying just start slow. Root first. Thank you to all who have helped me.
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Well from what I see the current install instructions for Viper list 15 steps and that assumes you already have root access and clockwork/rom manager going. I'm very comfortable building/tweaking Windows boxes because I know what to do if I screw up and can fix it pretty quickly.. this ROM flashing stuff for someone who's been using Android for a couple months seems intimidating mostly because I'm not familiar with the tools or how to recover easily in a panic situation.
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I came from WM too. Android seems very intimidating but it really isn't.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=770388
follow those steps to root and get Clockwork mod. which is just downloading samsung drivers, Putting your phone into debugging mode, and downloading and opening the bat file.
once you do that your rooted and you can flash some 2.1 roms. Once you feel comfortable with that you can use odin to flash your modem to froyo.
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Hey guys, new to rooting and mods on phones. i have a samsung fascinate that i rooted on saturday. installed rom manager, root explorer, clockwork and ti backup. the problem i am having is that when i attempt to flash the super clean rom from jt1134, by using the rom manager. it keeps giving me a few different error messages. on is E: failed to verify whole-file signature and E:Signature verification Failed. Through my research i tried dl'ing the zip form to the sd card, and similar messages came up. please help. Thanks
Can I make a recommendation? Dont instal any roms as of now. None are true custom roms. All still have the touchwiz running. None of the roms run bug free and all see Force Close errors!!
Your better off...just rooting, Install lagfix from market, and use launcherpro.
Ive tried the custom roms and honestly not worth it till froyo comes.
stupid question but what exactly does lagfix do?
Ok ive noticed it fixes how slow the market reacts when opened, also speeds up when page loads somewhat.....if you use the LagFix in the market it has a option in the app to remove it if you dont like it , but im sure you will. Stay away from Voodoo LagFix it can be tricky.
Download oclf from market
give it root access
choose to install EXT2 Tools
Then go back and install Lag Fix V1+
This is the only lag fix i know of that be removed by the app itself no outside programs.
Trust me the roms that are out you wont notice anything special from them. all they do is remove apps!!! Wait till cyanogen releases his rom for Fascinate. He makes the best Roms period!!! And he just made a beta for the galaxy lineup....but the fascinate will not see any true roms untill froyo is released!!!
whats the eta on froyo? seems like it keeps getting pushed back.
the cyanogen rom was the entire reason i wanted to test it on the fascinate(i didn't know it wasn't available yet). i had a buddy with it and it seemed to be a super powerful rom.
thanks for all the info martyotaku
From the looks of it.... not till January! Was supposed to be this month. Who knows might still happen.
Honestly if I'm you if your in your 30 days return it and wait for something else. Samsung is known for horrible support.
It sounds like you haven't actually installed CWM... Did you just try to flash it via ROM Manager? Because that won't work. You actually have to flash it using Odin. Once you have CWM successfully installed, you can flash ROMS, kernals, etc...
And I would stay away from the OCLF. A lot of people have been having problems with it, just like VooDoo. Once I uninstalled it, I noticed significant battery life increase. All the lag fix really does is artificially inflate quadrant scores, which don't really count for much anyways.
I've been running JT's Super Clean ROM and I can easily go 48 hours without a charge... No where near that on the stock ROM
just bought cwm from the market and installed.
which i didnt do before. i assumed when i dl rom manager and did that recovery it was already installed.
went to see how super clean acted and tried to redo the flash. still gave me the same two error messages.
Again, you have to flash CWM through Odin, you can't just install it and it magically work
gotcha. ill research how to use the odin ect.... thanks kevin
No problem!
Here's the thread on how to do it
And I cannot stress this enough...
NEVER, EVER, EVER USE THE "PHONE" BUTTON IN ODIN!!!
ALWAYS, ALWAYS, ALWAYS USE THE "PDA" BUTTON.
You will have an expensive paper weight if you use the "phone" button.
Don't do it.
Well if that happens... I'm going straight to verizon and opsse sorry I dropped it in a lake... Haha
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figured odin out... got it installed and did a back up... completely different process.. looks like it has worked. phone is rebooting right now. and ... its stuck on vz symbol for a few min... bammm...very nice!! recommendations from here... sweet themes maybe???
Cant wait to see how it goes from here on out... Thanks so MUCH Kevin. is there any way to give props on this website?
Not that I know of, other than the way you just did!
Glad you got it working.
I'm using JT's Super Clean ROM from ROM Manager with the Dark Gloss theme
i so far like the set up of revolutions v3 w/ circle battery. here in a few i am going to switch to dark gloss mod w/ slide animations...
I have got CM7 to boot on my Captivate using some of the same methods used to boot the stock Gingerbread ROM. I have had a lot of questions about it, so I figured I would post what I did in one location and once I (and others) start to play more, findings can be posted here.
I take credit for nothing... All I did was switched around a couple files to boot CM7 instead of GB.
Requirements
You must be root on your phone
Your /data must be converted in Ext4 by Voodoo lagfix or another Ext4 lagfix.
You must have proceed to complete backups before
Some busybox installation is also useful for tar.
Another Important note
Be absolutely 100% sure you have access to the download mode using the 3 buttons combination.
If you don't, it will be extremely difficult (even if in theory not impossible) to to flash another kernel back.
Steps:
1: Download CM7 dump to SDCARD:
2: Run the following via ADB
Code:
adb shell
su
cd /data
mkdir gingerbread
cd gingerbread
busybox tar zxvf /sdcard/CM7.tar.gz
busybox cp -a /efs efs
sync
reboot recovery
3: Flash attached "I9020_reoriented_alpha_1223.zip" via CWM Recovery
Watch CyanogenMod 7 boot on your phone!
How do I get back?
This is a dual-boot setup... Everything is still intact that you were running before this.
All you have to do is download and flash your previous kernel via ODIN. Once you do this, the phone will reboot into Froyo. Simply reinstall the I9020_reoriented_alpha_1223.zip and your back on CM7 again, just like you left it. MAGIC!
What's about this port:
- It uses the Nexus S kernel compiled from sources by supercurio that has been reoriented for the Captivate by xcaliburinhand
- It runs the exact /system image release, that I pulled from a CM7 alpha .zip file posted in the NS forums.
Which filesystem?
This is simply a mod of supercurio's early gingerbread preview, so it runs on Ext4. no RFS at all, the kernel don't support RFS.
Does everything work ?
No; will update as I discover more of what does and doesn't work.
KEEP IN MIND
CyanogenMod ROMs do not come with any Gapps and using this method, you will not be able to access CWMrecovery to flash the Gapps files floating around. I hope to have an answer to getting Gapps installed with ease by late tonight.
For now; I'm going back to work,
Thanks for all the devs who did this hard work in such a short period of time... please donate to them. I have contributed nothing thus far!
DOWNLOADS:
Dropbox: CM7.tar.gz
Dropbox: I9020_reoriented_alpha_1223.zip
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What a tease. Atleast say whether or not stuff works.
I am interested though.
b0bfath3r said:
What a tease. Atleast say whether or not stuff works.
I am interested though.
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please report anything not working with this rom.
Uploading files to cut down on the amount of directions... had to manually add AT&T APN, but I was getting good network upload/download and voice... haven't tried much more than that, just got it booted about 2am last night and had to go to work at 8am... so I flashed back to GB; will be right back on this as soon as I get home this evening.
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Uploading files to cut down on the amount of directions... had to manually add AT&T APN, but I was getting good network upload/download and voice... haven't tried much more than that, just got it booted about 2am last night and had to go to work at 8am... so I flashed back to GB; will be right back on this as soon as I get home this evening.
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curious to see your results for
WIFI, GPS, Accelerometer???
also could you post link for the CM7 dump.
bames said:
curious to see your results for
WIFI, GPS, Accelerometer???
also could you post link for the CM7 dump.
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More than likely... anything not working on Gingerbread won't be working here either... these ports are going to be using the same kernel, for now.
What modem did you use?
I have been using JK4....
...Download links are live!
The dump will have the look and the feel. The kernel is like the engine.
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The dump will have the look and the feel. The kernel is like the engine.
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...and we're dropping a Corvette engine into a Camaro... both V8 w/lots of similarities; a lot of things bolt up, but it will take some tweaking to get everything working perfect.
inneyeseakay said:
...and we're dropping a Corvette engine into a Camaro... both V8 w/lots of similarities; a lot of things bolt up, but it will take some tweaking to get everything working perfect.
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very well explained
inneyeseakay said:
...and we're dropping a Corvette engine into a Camaro... both V8 w/lots of similarities; a lot of things bolt up, but it will take some tweaking to get everything working perfect.
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Pretty sure they moved to the nexus s kernel source and just bolting mods on now, breaking stuff on the way...
We have full source for the Nexus S, kinda confused as to why they are so bent on using AOSP and porting code over to make it the same kernel... seems like a lot of extra work for no reason to me.
Gapps
I'm testing a method I came up with to install gapps right now, it might take a while but hopefully it'll be quick and easy. I'll report back if/when I get results.
This dual boot thing is MADNESS!!! (In tone of 300) hahaha.... Gotta try this when I get home.!
My i897 just need VolUp+Pwr to enter Recovery mode,
and VolDn+Pwr to enter Download mode.
To get out of any trouble,
don't flash any bootloader, and exclude(delete) any bootloader inside any update(whatever).zip
Normally you don't need to flash or update bootloader.
However, if your phone lack of 3butt comb.,
flash a i9000 bootloader then you will have better access to Recovery and Download mode.
If anyone wanna try this NS rom,
be sure to make backup of /efs.
It store your imei, product code and all identification data,
and this partition use RFS which NS doesn't use.
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My i897 just need VolUp+Pwr to enter Recovery mode,
and VolDn+Pwr to enter Download mode.
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This won't work when running this ROM
johan8 said:
If anyone wanna try this NS rom,
be sure to make backup of /efs.
It store your imei, product code and all identification data,
and this partition use RFS which NS doesn't use.
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If you read the first post, you will see that a backup of efs is created in the ADB commands.
Haven't has a chance to check the market yet, I've been out. I should be home before too long.
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so I tried it.. but no Gapps installed. no market. I guess i need to do soem more research.
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so I tried it.. but no Gapps installed. no market. I guess i need to do soem more research.
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Read the first post... It's all stated right there...
Working on it now... been fighting with an SMS problem for the last two hours; come to find out it's a network/carrier issue, not ROM related. Ugh...
I am a newbie needing some help. I rooted my vibrant months ago to have the ability for wifi tethering. It went flawlessly. I initially wanted to wait for the official update. Since it doesn't seem to be coming any time soon I decided I prefer to install a rom myself. I decided to install cyanogen because I've heard good things. I went to the instructions and was instantly bombarded with technical lingo o did not understand, starting with nandroid backup. Well I have rom manager, I did a full backup of my current rom but I couldn't find it on my sd card. I tried to download black hole from rom manager and it just took me to recovery with no options except the normal ones, at this point I felt over whelmed and gave up. I am wondering if anyone can simplify this for me and recommend the best rom? Thanks!
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Unroot and wait for the OTA. 2.2 OTA is out now. Seriously.
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I would either do like the previous post advised and get the official update that is out. From everything I am hearing it is self updated (you have to do it) through Samsung mini kies. Tmonews.com covered the issue, and what you had to do. If you dont want to do that, and want to keep it rooted and put a rom on it, PM me and I will give you further directions and my personal opinion about what rom would be good.
Good luck.
I had a similar issue at first with the recovery. Open rom manager and flash clockworkmod recovery. After that's complete reboot phone into recovery. It might load the regular recovery, if so, use your volume keys until you get to install packages and then click the power button. After that it should run the clockworkmod recovery.
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No need to unroot, you NEVER need to unroot, at least with this phone, dunno about others.
Do what xdefied said about recovery.
cynogen is if you want a stock google experience. The official 2.2 update is out, download mini kies or full and update. Go with custom roms if you want a slightly modified samsung experience. Once you get clockwork recovery working it'll be a snap, choose file in rom manager and you're done.
P.s. Wrong section
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Thanks for the replies. I know I have a lot to learn but I have to start from somewhere, and I just appreciate the people willing to give a total newbie advice and it's good to know I'm not the only one to have problems initially downloading from rom manager.
This is a case of "I have no idea what I'm doing. I shouldn't have messed with crap I don't understand."
I have an Epic 4g that I've rooted previously and, using Odin, installed a custom ROM (forget which one). Yesterday, I attempted to flash Legendary ROM, following the directions in the How-to video linked in the Legendary post. I have an earlier version of CWM (v2.5.1.0 if that makes a difference) than what was on the video. I wiped the data, the Dalvik cache, and the battery stats before I began the flash.
The flash consisted of downloading the zip file of the ROM to my phone, booting into CWM, and installing the zip file from the SD card. The screen said that it installed correctly, but I got an error "E: Can't open /cache/recovery/log". When I went to reboot, it got stuck at the Samsung screen permanently.
I tried to flash again the same way - same thing happened. I read on a forum post somewhere that the SD card partition may not have enough space to flash the ROM, so I partitioned my SD card. Yup, I'm that dumb. Now, when I boot it up, it goes to the Samsung screen for a few seconds, then directly to CWM screen. It even goes to CWM when I plug the phone in without turning it on.
I've searched the forums here and elsewhere for this problem and specifically the error message (E: Can't open ...) and can't really make heads or tails of anything. The replies are over my head as far as my knowledge of my phone and these processes. I don't know what the exact problem is nor how to fix it. If you could help an idiot through the steps, I would greatly appreciate. If you live around the Philly area, I could offer you $50 to fix my phone and install the Legendary ROM.
Thank you for your time in reading this.
as long as it turns on and you get some kinda life you are still good couple things you can try
1 since you are on a older version of CWM wipe data 3 times cache 3 times and dalvic 3 time then try installing your ROM again give it a shot wont hurt anything
2 if that doesnt work you will have to Odin back to stock and re-root...i know it sounda like a pain in the ass but its the best option ill find you a how to for this if you need it
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1461337
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This is a case of "I have no idea what I'm doing. I shouldn't have messed with crap I don't understand."
I have an Epic 4g that I've rooted previously and, using Odin, installed a custom ROM (forget which one). Yesterday, I attempted to flash Legendary ROM, following the directions in the How-to video linked in the Legendary post. I have an earlier version of CWM (v2.5.1.0 if that makes a difference) than what was on the video. I wiped the data, the Dalvik cache, and the battery stats before I began the flash.
The flash consisted of downloading the zip file of the ROM to my phone, booting into CWM, and installing the zip file from the SD card. The screen said that it installed correctly, but I got an error "E: Can't open /cache/recovery/log". When I went to reboot, it got stuck at the Samsung screen permanently.
I tried to flash again the same way - same thing happened. I read on a forum post somewhere that the SD card partition may not have enough space to flash the ROM, so I partitioned my SD card. Yup, I'm that dumb. Now, when I boot it up, it goes to the Samsung screen for a few seconds, then directly to CWM screen. It even goes to CWM when I plug the phone in without turning it on.
I've searched the forums here and elsewhere for this problem and specifically the error message (E: Can't open ...) and can't really make heads or tails of anything. The replies are over my head as far as my knowledge of my phone and these processes. I don't know what the exact problem is nor how to fix it. If you could help an idiot through the steps, I would greatly appreciate. If you live around the Philly area, I could offer you $50 to fix my phone and install the Legendary ROM.
Thank you for your time in reading this.
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I can fix your phone remotely do you have teamviewer?
Go download and install teamviewer and pm me your id and password and ill fix it.
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Sounds like you bricked it. Search the epic development subforum for thread with the guide on how to odin back to stock and go from there. It should have all the files you need to get everything working.
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as long as it turns on and you get some kinda life you are still good couple things you can try
1 since you are on a older version of CWM wipe data 3 times cache 3 times and dalvic 3 time then try installing your ROM again give it a shot wont hurt anything
2 if that doesnt work you will have to Odin back to stock and re-root...i know it sounda like a pain in the ass but its the best option ill find you a how to for this if you need it
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Thank you. I'll try the first when I get home this evening. I'm curious as to why each of those should be wiped 3 times. I'm not arguing your method, just honestly curious.
I don't really know how to get the stock ROM back on there with Odin. Is there a stock file I could download somewhere, or would the file still be on my phone? A how-to would be helpful if you could provide one.
You need to flash CWM5 for correct conversions
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Sounds like you bricked it. Search the epic development subforum for thread with the guide on how to odin back to stock and go from there. It should have all the files you need to get everything working.
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no he just sponged it "bricked" is un-fixable
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ajt167 said:
Thank you. I'll try the first when I get home this evening. I'm curious as to why each of those should be wiped 3 times. I'm not arguing your method, just honestly curious.
I don't really know how to get the stock ROM back on there with Odin. Is there a stock file I could download somewhere, or would the file still be on my phone? A how-to would be helpful if you could provide one.
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The link i sent you has everything Toadlife put together awesome packages for us
doing the 3 wipe on older versions is just to ensure you completey wiped everything on some older versions it was mandatory to do it 3 times i believe because not all info would be cleared resulting is bad flashes
On the other had Biggoron is good at what he does and he really can fix your pohone remotely hes a good guy you can trust him.... i think in this case it might be the way to go and im sure he will explain to you everything he is doing
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no he just sponged it "bricked" is un-fixable
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The link i sent you has everything Toadlife put together awesome packages for us
doing the 3 wipe on older versions is just to ensure you completey wiped everything on some older versions it was mandatory to do it 3 times i believe because not all info would be cleared resulting is bad flashes
On the other had Biggron is good at what he does and he really can fix your pohone remotely hes a good guy you can trust him i think in this case it might be the way to go and im sure he will explain to you everything he is doing
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Yep yep I've done this quite a few times now
My record for unbricking flashing to stock and rerooting and restoring a backup is like 10 minutes xD
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brooksyx said:
Sounds like you bricked it. Search the epic development subforum for thread with the guide on how to odin back to stock and go from there. It should have all the files you need to get everything working.
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Its not bricked if it turns on! And you don't have to wipe 3 times... only 1 time each on all 3 things! Update your cwm and try to flash again, if that doesn't work odin to stock and start over... this time don't use an old version of cwm use the newest (5.0.2.7)
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ajt167 said:
Thank you. I'll try the first when I get home this evening. I'm curious as to why each of those should be wiped 3 times. I'm not arguing your method, just honestly curious.
I don't really know how to get the stock ROM back on there with Odin. Is there a stock file I could download somewhere, or would the file still be on my phone? A how-to would be helpful if you could provide one.
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here is a link for qbking77 with a tutorial for ODINing back to stock...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQ2g6J1JgjU
the links for the software are under the video.
hope this helps.
bigron is da man and can help u, but if you want to play more with ur phone, BigRon might be with one of his "Honies" and you can't disturb da playa.
K3VlN said:
no he just sponged it "bricked" is un-fixable
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The link i sent you has everything Toadlife put together awesome packages for us
doing the 3 wipe on older versions is just to ensure you completey wiped everything on some older versions it was mandatory to do it 3 times i believe because not all info would be cleared resulting is bad flashes
On the other had Biggoron is good at what he does and he really can fix your pohone remotely hes a good guy you can trust him.... i think in this case it might be the way to go and im sure he will explain to you everything he is doing
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Just so you know, bricked isn't unfixabe... I have unbricked a couple epics... it involves a jig and hooking directly to the motherboard... kinda complicated but doable... so no a brick is not unfixable...
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flastnoles11 said:
Just so you know, bricked isn't unfixabe... I have unbricked a couple epics... it involves a jig and hooking directly to the motherboard... kinda complicated but doable... so no a brick is not unfixable...
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I always heard it was good to know that there is a way to fix it thanks for the info
ajt167 said:
Thank you. I'll try the first when I get home this evening. I'm curious as to why each of those should be wiped 3 times. I'm not arguing your method, just honestly curious.
I don't really know how to get the stock ROM back on there with Odin. Is there a stock file I could download somewhere, or would the file still be on my phone? A how-to would be helpful if you could provide one.
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http://files.devphone.org/epic4g/SPH-D700-EC05-8gb-REL.tar
MD5SUM: 4ea4dfea809c1a6d59b9fccf9e939f35
That's the file you'll have to use with Odin to flash your phone back to stock 2.2. That file will go in the PDA slot of Odin. Don't bother with a PIT or repartitioning (probably not needed in your case).
Once you boot with stock 2.2, let the phone OTA to EI22 and EL30 to get to stock gingerbread with the updated modem. From there you can start the root/rom flash process again.
flastnoles11 said:
Just so you know, bricked isn't unfixabe... I have unbricked a couple epics... it involves a jig and hooking directly to the motherboard... kinda complicated but doable... so no a brick is not unfixable...
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I'm just glad no one has suggested the good o'l magical restore button anymore xD
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Thank you all for your help. Man, you guys are awesome! I'm going to try to reload stock using Odin this evening. If I'm unable to do this, I'm going to get Biggoron to help me via teamviewer.
Thank you all again. It seems that the only way I'm able to learn about things is by breaking them.
ajt167 said:
Thank you all again. It seems that the only way I'm able to learn about things is by breaking them.
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Dont sweat that... most of it is all through trial and error. Truthfully, that's how I really got to know my phone better and the stuff I can do w/ it. That and this community. That's why trying a new rom isn't no big thing. If it doesn't take... it doesn't take. That's why we have "nandroid backup" and in "bad" situations, we have ODIN...
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Dont sweat that... most of it is all through trial and error. Truthfully, that's how I really got to know my phone better and the stuff I can do w/ it. That and this community. That's why trying a new rom isn't no big thing. If it doesn't take... it doesn't take. That's why we have "nandroid backup" and in "bad" situations, we have ODIN...
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Welcome to the Sponge club and also the halls of Asgard to visit Odin or heimdall.
It worked!
I was able to successfully set my phone back to stock 2.2 and just received the OTA updates.
Before I left work last night, my wife called and told me that I locked the cat in the office the night before and she chewed up the USB cable for the phone (I'm so "internet"). I stopped at the Sprint store on the way home and got a new USB cable. I was using Odin for the process, following the video, using my new cable, and Odin couldn't see my phone. The guy in the video was completely right about Sprint/Samsung cables being crap. The chewed cable was originally from a Blackberry. I tried the chewed cable, having to hold it stretched out and tilted to the left, and Odin saw my phone. It went smoothly from there, though my arm got a bit sore.
When I get a chance within the next few days, I'm going to root and try again to install Legendary.
You guys are fantastic. Thank you all for your help. It's obvious that the people here know a lot about this stuff, but it's especially great that you're able to explain this stuff to people who don't know much at all. That's a talent.
ajt167 said:
I was able to successfully set my phone back to stock 2.2 and just received the OTA updates.
Before I left work last night, my wife called and told me that I locked the cat in the office the night before and she chewed up the USB cable for the phone (I'm so "internet"). I stopped at the Sprint store on the way home and got a new USB cable. I was using Odin for the process, following the video, using my new cable, and Odin couldn't see my phone. The guy in the video was completely right about Sprint/Samsung cables being crap. The chewed cable was originally from a Blackberry. I tried the chewed cable, having to hold it stretched out and tilted to the left, and Odin saw my phone. It went smoothly from there, though my arm got a bit sore.
When I get a chance within the next few days, I'm going to root and try again to install Legendary.
You guys are fantastic. Thank you all for your help. It's obvious that the people here know a lot about this stuff, but it's especially great that you're able to explain this stuff to people who don't know much at all. That's a talent.
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Replace that cable ASAP, if you had lost connection in the middle of Odin'ing to stock you could have really bricked your phone! You might need to use Odin again soon..when learning my phone I had to Odin to stock probably 15 times, especially when you start flashing between MTD and BML ROMs (if you don't know what that is, just keep reading on here you will figure it out soon)
luna_c666 said:
Replace that cable ASAP, if you had lost connection in the middle of Odin'ing to stock you could have really bricked your phone! You might need to use Odin again soon..when learning my phone I had to Odin to stock probably 15 times, especially when you start flashing between MTD and BML ROMs (if you don't know what that is, just keep reading on here you will figure it out soon)
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I have a good cable that I'm planning on using, I just left it at work last night. I'll read up on those types of ROMs. Thank you.
im trying to put a recovery on my vibrant that i have and i have root access but when i try to intall rom manager so i can get the recovery i do not find it in the app store. i still have the OLD app store that has lots of green borders. When i look for rom manager, i find te paid version but not the free version and when i try manually installing the apk...
it says parsing error. can i get some help wth the please.
Not sure, but here is the direct downloaded ROM Manager (free)
http://www.mediafire.com/?523y13j76z66lb7
Thanks for the download.
I tried installing it but it did the same thing. It said parsing error
Download cwr from my signature. Put update.zip on your internal and make sure it is only thing labeled that on there. Boot into stock recovery (blue) and hit Reinstall Packages, let it cycle, hit it again and stock (blue) now becomes cwr (green) and flash away
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Download cwr from my signature. Put update.zip on your internal and make sure it is only thing labeled that on there. Boot into stock recovery (blue) and hit Reinstall Packages, let it cycle, hit it again and stock (blue) now becomes cwr (green) and flash away
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will do but is it safe to do this if i rooted with zRoot and if i am on stock rom 2.1-update1
Yes that is the best way as a matter of fact. Btw what ROM are you wanting to flash?
i want to get any form of ICS on the vibrant, if yo could also help me with that i would greatly appreciate it.
lol i just saw your sig, you are very prepared in helping noobs xD
WOW i have been trying to install CWM since thursday and with your method i did it within a matter of seconds! Thanks!!
Again see link in my signature for ICS install instruction. I suggest you play with a 2.2 like Fishman 's Bionix and familiarize yourself with handling functions like flashing, restoring, ram tweaks, ....otherwise you might get into more than you can handle. ICS is a pretty advanced flash and could potentially brick your device if something goes wrong. Not as easy as just flashing update.zip, hence my guide. Also see warning at the top of the guide. Very important and the cause/solution is still WIP.
Also you are on your own for finding the needed files. Sorry but my dropbox acct has been getting flexed lately so i am giving it a break. Good luck and make sure you hit Xrider's thanks for posting in two separate threads to helps you with the .apk.
Going to bed. Good luck.
Woodrube said:
Again see link in my signature for ICS install instruction. I suggest you play with a 2.2 like Fishman 's Bionix and familiarize yourself with handling functions like flashing, restoring, ram tweaks, ....otherwise you might get into more than you can handle. ICS is a pretty advanced flash and could potentially brick your device if something goes wrong. Not as easy as just flashing update.zip, hence my guide. Also see warning at the top of the guide. Very important and the cause/solution is still WIP.
Also you are on your own for finding the needed files. Sorry but my dropbox acct has been getting flexed lately so i am giving it a break. Good luck and make sure you hit Xrider's thanks for posting in two separate threads to helps you with the .apk.
Going to bed. Good luck.
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Thanks you are a big help.
i am just a noob in this phone. i have been flashing and roting ever since the G1, i had the G1, Mytouch3g, Mytouch 4g, and i am currently using my amaze 4g, but i also have a vibrant that i want to root and put ICS on it but thanks!