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[Q] got new vibrant update worked fine, should i?

Ok, after the last tmo/samsung update bricked my vibrant i got my replacement left it stock and let it update. it worked fine. Question is, should I root, incase they send another update i cannot refuse and it bricks my phone again. It's just that the lag fix makes it twice as fast. But i don't like bricked phones.

Root
Clockwork
Backup
Flash Fusion
Enjoy
# no lag fix #

s15274n said:
Root
Clockwork
Backup
Flash Fusion
Enjoy
# no lag fix #
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Sent from my Samsung Vibrant on Bionix 1.9.1

well, i'm a noob with this. any tuts on all that? I figured out how to use odin to flash diff roms on my phone and had no issues. but all that Idk. yes I know I can prolly search for all of it, but that took me hours last time. any help would be awesome. thanks.

Click the link in my signature. That thread took a LOT of work, but it should have eveything you need to know. If it does not, let me know what I can do to make it better.

i will try tonite, thanks. I search alot for this stuff and the ppl here seem to be the best. you guys are awzum.

s15274n said:
Click the link in my signature. That thread took a LOT of work, but it should have eveything you need to know. If it does not, let me know what I can do to make it better.
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s15274n said everything I had to say... the both times he posted.
It's easy once you read and understand. And i'm almost certain you could've fixed your last 'bricked' phone if you searched.

I searched. the first was a soft brick sticking at vibrant logo. I fixed it, but I didn't have a stock backup i flashed, it was a "stock rom" i found on here somewhere. But when it bricked the second time it wouldn't power up, no battery on screen when charging, nothing. But, I will give it a go this way and see what happens, I have 2 now, so eh. It's fun, but I am jsut getting into it. like I flashed it with one of the froyo roms, but the sound wouldn't work for nothing, i searched and no one else using that rom had that problem that i could find. So i know there was something i didn't do. I just wanna makesure i can get it back to stock if i need to.

don't forget to check if your phone is hardware locked.
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iynfynity said:
don't forget to check if your phone is hardware locked.
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Wish I had got bricked good. Got the replacement and its not hardware locked so flash away

Ok, so I did all that you mentioned seemed to work fine, but this fusion rom doesn't seem like much. now don't flame yet, i am just talkin. but it doesn't look like it changed much other than add launcher pro and as for lag. it's not as slow as stock but with ryans lag fix my quadrant score was 2550 and i'm getting 950 on this. although i have to say the gps snapped to lock. that was great.i really like the froyo rom i flashed before if i could have figured our how come my sound wasn't working and everyone else did not have that issue.

gt_byrd said:
Ok, so I did all that you mentioned seemed to work fine, but this fusion rom doesn't seem like much. now don't flame yet, i am just talkin. but it doesn't look like it changed much other than add launcher pro and as for lag. it's not as slow as stock but with ryans lag fix my quadrant score was 2550 and i'm getting 950 on this. although i have to say the gps snapped to lock. that was great.i really like the froyo rom i flashed before if i could have figured our how come my sound wasn't working and everyone else did not have that issue.
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There are a few options available on TeamWhiskey website:
1. Fusion with stock kernel
2. Fusion with JAC kernel
3. Fusion with KK kernel
All of the above do not include any lagfixes, except a manual invocation via ADB for RyanZA's equivalent, a.k.a mount /data on a virtual EXT2 partition.
Optionally you can load Voodoo EXT4 based lagfix on non stock kernel options.
Another project is underway with TW own overclocked kernel and z4mod.
And as far as not much, compare the system resource utilization on stock Vibrant and on Vibrant with Fusion (with stock kernel option) - the guys over at TW have squeezed as much as possible out of TouchWiz to make the phone snappier, and as an added bonus they have removed most of the bloatware for you as well leaving the Media Hub for those who might wanna use it.

No Internal Memory showing:(((

after several attempts to install darky 8.1 rom, I went back to my DL30 froyo clean but I do not have internal memory free, and I cant install any root explorer or manager root because its saying that I have to free some memory, I do not have nothing of apps expect those that come with update, this update work previously normal. Please any help I am stuck with non install phone.
Very dissociated.

Hmmm. The zero memory issue is usally means a flash over an existing ext4 (voodoo) kernel while voodoo is still enabled. But what I am really curious about is what a "darky 8.1" rom is and what device was it intended for? And do you have a link to the darky rom so that we may be able to help you better. but it sounds like you need one of the all in one odin packages from the development section.
good day.

You flashed a captivate rom???? On a fascinate??? That should answer your question right there....
I dont see how you didn't brick the thing.

chopper the dog said:
Hmmm. The zero memory issue is usally means a flash over an existing ext4 (voodoo) kernel while voodoo is still enabled. But what I am really curious about is what a "darky 8.1" rom is and what device was it intended for? And do you have a link to the darky rom so that we may be able to help you better. but it sounds like you need one of the all in one odin packages from the development section.
good day.
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Here it is http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=814091
but what odin file I need, this is really terrible, I do not understand, how this could happen... but thanks in advance.

chopper the dog said:
Hmmm. The zero memory issue is usally means a flash over an existing ext4 (voodoo) kernel while voodoo is still enabled. But what I am really curious about is what a "darky 8.1" rom is and what device was it intended for? And do you have a link to the darky rom so that we may be able to help you better. but it sounds like you need one of the all in one odin packages from the development section.
good day.
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should I disable voodoo

Why would you flash a rom meant for another phone?
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I did not know that is just for galaxy s SGS

OP, check yo pm.
good day.

siberian85 said:
I did not know that is just for galaxy s SGS
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Good rule of thumb, if it isn't in this Fascinate-specific forum, don't flash it.

And if that package fixes it. Continue on to THIS THREAD. And then continue on to the EB01 stuff.
good day.

Chopper... I did the same thing accidently flashed darky's rom. can you send me what you sent the other guy and i can try that to fix my phone. i can get into download mode, nothing else.

[ROM] Captivated Vibrant-AOSPish

This is just the Vibrant-AOSPish rom with captivate parts. This is not my work i just swapped the modem and kernel out on it and removed some of the T-Mobile stuff.
This is just to see how the JK2 would boot on the captivate with a captivate kernel and a modem widely used on the captivate. I know there is not a big demand for froyo roms anymore because of the gingerbread look-alike froyo roms. I take no credit for the initial parts of this rom.
Specs on the captivate version 1:
-changed modem to JK4
-changed kernel to Hardcore's Speedmod K13C
-changed bootanimation and shutdown to that of the stock captivate firmwares
(second and after boots, boots too fast to play whole thing, may try to fix if anyone else
wants to use this version of this rom)
-added stock captivate boot sound
This is the actual Vibrant rom link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=832532
This is the captivate version 1:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=UMA2CIUA

Ya know I was just looking at that tread last night wishing someone that was less lazy than I am would port this to the captivate lol. Downloading now.

yea let me know what you think. this rom would boot on the captivate without any changes but you dont get 100% out of it.
i tried dg's firebird kernel on it but there was a slight flicker in the screen but the i didnt get
this with the hardcore kernel

Perfect SpeedMod is better IMO anyway lol. The bootsound is a little early. It goes off when the ATT 3G bars fly in. Initially this is awesome and just what I wanted thank you lol. I'm stoked to tear this apart lol.

Yea I'm going to work with it some more.its not where I want it yet as far as the captivate goes.

Noooo nowhere close. I've ripped it apart and added some other apks and such and removed a lot of ****. It's very nice though.

Yea ill try to work on it more tonight and repost it. I'm finding things that need changing for our usage.

excited to see the progress on this

Yea there is still more captivation I need to do on this rom

I'm getting a FC when trying to DL anything from the market.

Is there a particular app that is making it fc??? I'm not getting any fc's.

nope it's whenever I try to DL an app it FC's. I'm gonna try swapping out a couple thing and see if it fixes it.

Ok let me know what you do. Did you swap out the market app?
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steveo314 said:
Ok let me know what you do. Did you swap out the market app?
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i havent downloaded this, but make sure you have edited the build.prop and the fingerprint

So the FC happens when I start installing an app from the market. It downloads then as soon as it hits Installing it FCs and restarts my home screen and yes i changed my fingerprint.
EDIT: So I tried replacing the Vending.apk with the one from JS5 just hoping it would work lol and it didn't. Quite inconvenient.

Very intrigued to see this have been waiting for an AOSP ROM out there eventually.
Just a question I flash ROMs over each other by just wiping data cache and dalvik cache and disabling cache, this is no different than other ROMs as I could just flash this over a ROM such as Paragon.
I always got the jig and Odin nearby its just really tedious for me to go back to just JH7 haha.

Dlev7 said:
Very intrigued to see this have been waiting for an AOSP ROM out there eventually.
Just a question I flash ROMs over each other by just wiping data cache and dalvik cache and disabling cache, this is no different than other ROMs as I could just flash this over a ROM such as Paragon.
I always got the jig and Odin nearby its just really tedious for me to go back to just JH7 haha.
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I'm sure you could but it's always safer to flash back to stock first just to cover all your bases.

ih4ckback said:
I'm sure you could but it's always safer to flash back to stock first just to cover all your bases.
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Yes I understand that but talking to a lot of members recently and testing it out myself with my jig.
I havent run into a single problem moving Darkyy-->Andromeda-->Phoenix-->Serendipity-->Paragon. By just doing all those things I said about wiping and disabling lag fix.
I havent had a single FC or any other problem.
But Im just making sure this isnt like a completely different beast haha.

Dlev7 said:
Yes I understand that but talking to a lot of members recently and testing it out myself with my jig.
I havent run into a single problem moving Darkyy-->Andromeda-->Phoenix-->Serendipity-->Paragon. By just doing all those things I said about wiping and disabling lag fix.
I havent had a single FC or any other problem.
But Im just making sure this isnt like a completely different beast haha.
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Well it is a ROM based off JK2 which is for the Vibrant. Since you've got the jig though I wouldn't really worry about it. Trial and error lol.

ih4ckback said:
Well it is a ROM based off JK2 which is for the Vibrant. Since you've got the jig though I wouldn't really worry about it. Trial and error lol.
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Hahaha thats what makes having the Jig and odin so much fun I kinda hope the next time will be the time I get the boot loop and conquer it. I guess its an internal defeat and I can feel good... hahahha.
Hmm but ya that is a good point im loving Paragon which i just flashed today.
Im for sure watching how this develops right now .

Run i9000 rom on Vibrant!!! This is real :)

Thanks to Eugene, it is now possible for us to run i9000 roms on our phone. I don't think it needs to be said but... This is FREAKING AMAZING!!! Check out Eugene's latest Dead Horse kernal for further details. I can't believe I'm saying this but... I think I'll be making my first donation.
Thanks Eugene

I know it's pretty cool, as soon as I saw it posted I went and flashed darky's rom, and its probably the fastest I've used so far (i haven't even enabled a lag fix yet)
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Not intending to flame,
But what i9000 rom is worthwhile? Or highly recommendable?
It seems like Bionix 1.3 covers most of what makes Darky's so special.
339mb Ram used to be the 'selling point' for me, but that's also covered now
(Unless I'm missing something...their OP is so damn long =p )
Axura and EDT seems to cover all the other bases for look & feel etc.

Holeblocker said:
Not intending to flame,
But what i9000 rom is worthwhile? Or highly recommendable?
It seems like Bionix 1.3 covers most of what makes Darky's so special.
339mb Ram used to be the 'selling point' for me, but that's also covered now
(Unless I'm missing something...their OP is so damn long =p )
Axura and EDT seems to cover all the other bases for look & feel etc.
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I think you and I are going to get along here
I too would like to be sold on the idea of using a rom built for a "different" phone to run on the vib. It's pretty cool that Eugene got his kernel to become a universal but all the possible bugs that could come with using an i9000 rom just doesn't seem worth it.

Darkys rom is very fast, no offense to TW or EDT but their roms as of yet are not in the same league as Darky's. Don't get me wrong, I've used the latest bionix and it is quite good and TW and EDT have contributed so much to the vibrant community.
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Any bugs on darkyy s rom?

Wouldn't the softkeys be messed up using a i9000 rom on our phone?

Want to see more comments before trying those

Darky's ROM now works on our Vibrant perfectly. Just flashed.
If DarkyROM app from the market works for you (Doesn't give you an error when it boots into recovery):
-Select No Kernel
-No Modem
If DarkyROM App from market give you an error on flash, use the following instructions.
What you have to do is:
-Install the Darky ROM from Clockwork as you would any other ROM
-Without restarting Clockwork, install Dead Horse Universal 2.2/2.2.1 kernel from Eugene
-Without restarting Clockwork, install any Vibrant-specific 2.2 modem. I used KA7.
-Have the FIX signal reboot fix file copied somwhere on your phone from Eugene (found at: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=971709)
-Reboot the phone and boot into Darky's ROM (it will take a WHILE to boot)
-Once its booted, quickly activate flight mode so that it doesn't start restarting. Then use Root Explorer/ADB/other method to apply the signal restart fix from Eugene that you copied to your phone 2 steps above.
-Wait 10 minutes after this is done, then restart the phone.
-At this point, you can apply any themes you want from the I9000 section (they will all work and there are a lot).
-Enjoy.

}{Alienz}{ said:
Darky's ROM now works on our Vibrant perfectly. Just flashed.
What you have to do is:
-Install the Darky ROM from Clockwork as you would any other ROM
-Without restarting Clockwork, install Dead Horse Universal 2.2/2.2.1 kernel from Eugene
-Without restarting Clockwork, install any Vibrant-specific 2.2 kernel. I used KA7.
-Have the FIX signal reboot fix file copied somwhere on your phone from Eugene (found at: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=971709)
-Reboot the phone and boot into Darky's ROM (it will take a WHILE to boot)
-Once its booted, quickly activate flight mode so that it doesn't start restarting. Then use Root Explorer/ADB/other method to apply the signal restart fix from Eugene that you copied to your phone 2 steps above.
-Wait 10 minutes after this is done, then restart the phone.
-At this point, you can apply any themes you want from the I9000 section (they will all work and there are a lot).
-Enjoy.
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Hey I flashed thru darkys rom and everything wqa working perfect. I could text, use web. Everything. Just noticed the one thing that doesny work is I can't receive calls. It rings once then force closes. I can make but bot receive and I did push eugenes signal fix and still no luck.
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da_dragon2k3 said:
I think you and I are going to get along here
I too would like to be sold on the idea of using a rom built for a "different" phone to run on the vib. It's pretty cool that Eugene got his kernel to become a universal but all the possible bugs that could come with using an i9000 rom just doesn't seem worth it.
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This is great,
But the real thing now is the Vibrant and other Galaxy phones hove been so researched and hacked so much we have the Luxury of having Awesome roms of our choice. I used to be a big Darky fan, but like others have said, Axura, EDT and TW all have gotten so close to the Mark it really is hard to distinguish which is preferable.
I do think once CM7 is Flashable without bugs, it will be the leader.... by how much??? probably not much but that community does awesome work and does provide long term support.
But Yes this is great to have another option.........

@}{Alienz}{
think you need to change that second kernel flash to a modem flash...
great instructions btw, thanks.

Pretty awesome having 2 dev sections to choose ROMs from. Amazing what source code and a little time brings.

Yeah this is awesome!! And we'll be able to flash the vibrant 4g's roms, so we have tuns of choices
I just commented on the Darkyy's rom thread so ask him about the receiving call issue, my phone doesn't ring at all, but it doesn't go straight to voicemail either, so I wonder what the issue is.
Ps: I flashed Darkyy's rom, and now I'm on Jumes rom, and it's awesome!

That's weird.. I receive calls just fine on Darky.
Also... I must say I never trusted everyone saying that 2.2.1 is noticeably faster even without a lagfix but I stand corrected. In the short time I've been running Darky the speed increase is quite obvious.
EDIT: boooo I just noticed GPS doesnt work.. Seems to be working for the i9000 people. Wonder what the deal is. -_-

Hopefully someone figures out why we can't receive calls ob darkys rom
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C-4Nati said:
Hey I flashed thru darkys rom and everything wqa working perfect. I could text, use web. Everything. Just noticed the one thing that doesny work is I can't receive calls. It rings once then force closes. I can make but bot receive and I did push eugenes signal fix and still no luck.
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Same thing happened to me. I flashed Simply Galaxy SweetHoney (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=950354) and everything is working fine so far.

I am also getting the bug when an incoming call is present. I'll see if I find a fix. If not, what ROM would you recommend that's just as good? Saw the sweethoney. Any other options that may work?

I just flashed Juwe's Smart Edition v1.1. Restoring data right now... If GPS works it'll prolly be a winner.
EDIT: Nope.. no GPS on this ROM either. Is anyone experiencing functional GPS on any of these ROMs?

regP said:
I just flashed Juwe's Smart Edition v1.1. Restoring data right now... If GPS works it'll prolly be a winner.
EDIT: Nope.. no GPS on this ROM either. Is anyone experiencing functional GPS on any of these ROMs?
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Did you try the fix?

[Q] From EVO to EPIC

i got tired of my evo
do you guys gave any recommendations ? i already rooted my epic but i wanna know whats a good touchwiz rom, a good kernel since i dont know anything about the epic.
thanks in advanced
this will be my home until the galaxy s ll gets released.

Welcome to the Epic forums. As you know we don't have official gingerbread yet but we do currently have builds based on leaks they aren't pefect since they're leaks but they're really close to with Devs Tweaking as much as they can with out source.
The froyo roms we have are really stable, and lightning fast its just a matter of personal preference
Here are a couple of roms and kernels, there are other great roms and kenels in the developement section but these have always been my choice
ROMs
ERA Rom froyo:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1209549
Urban Regeneration froyo: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1013065
SRF 1.2:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1131544
Kernel
Genocide Kernelhttp://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=961614
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Also enjoy your new gpu
Sent from my Epic 4g running srf 1.2 genocide 2.0 @ 1.4ghz

I suggest the rom in my sig, ERA 1.4. It is a gingerbread leak (2.3.4) based rom which has no issues that I'm aware of. It's great.
To get there you will need to odin to the EH06 leak here
Next, follow the instructions here to install ERA. I suggest running the V6 supercharger script and enabling battery percentage meter (found in status bar tweaks).
edit: attached screenshots with tencent (miui-esque) launcher

Thanks for the responses. I tried random rom 2.2 final and my battery almost died after 5 hours. Now I'm running frozen.
And yess I love my new gpu

beatstork said:
Thanks for the responses. I tried random rom 2.2 final and my battery almost died after 5 hours. Now I'm running frozen.
And yess I love my new gpu
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Remember to calibrate battery after flashing a new rom, your battery will be bad the first 2 days since its "getting used to everything".
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ac16313 said:
Remember to calibrate battery after flashing a new rom, your battery will be bad the first 2 days since its "getting used to everything".
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its calibrated already, you should make that extremely bad

I like Twilight Kernel. It should be suggested also. Some phones don't love Genocide.

I downloaded GB on my Epic and back button does not work.

What rom? Im on olympia eh06 and mine works.
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lynyrd65 said:
I suggest the rom in my sig, ERA 1.4. It is a gingerbread leak (2.3.4) based rom which has no issues that I'm aware of. It's great.
To get there you will need to odin to the EH06 leak here
Next, follow the instructions here to install ERA. I suggest running the V6 supercharger script and enabling battery percentage meter (found in status bar tweaks).
edit: attached screenshots with tencent (miui-esque) launcher
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I just upgraded to EH06 last night. I dont have a battery meter on the status bar. Can you explain a bit more on how to get it?
Thanks!

same thing happened to me. No battery meter of any shape. It must just be a bug in that rom.

lgevo said:
same thing happened to me. No battery meter of any shape. It must just be a bug in that rom.
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Go into settings and scroll all the way down and choose lockscreen settings and the statusbar settings and toggle battery icon..

lgevo said:
same thing happened to me. No battery meter of any shape. It must just be a bug in that rom.
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No its not, you have to toggle "show battery" in the lockscreen parts in settings or something along those lines
Edit: Beat me to it lol
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deano0714 said:
Go into settings and scroll all the way down and choose lockscreen settings and the statusbar settings and toggle battery icon..
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Thank you!!!!!!! Finally! lol

Noob to the Whole Thing....
Besides being a noob, I just switched from a un-rooted EVO 4G to the Epic which I just rooted today. Now I'm completely lost as to what to do next and/or what my options truly are.
I have spent the last few days researching forums, youtube videos and websites about: how to root, why to root, and the tools to root.
I downloaded both the oneclick method and the Odin methods before using oneclick.
I hope to get the most stable, fast running, and flexible ROM with Wifi Tethering, CPU and Battery Optimization, and App organization built in. Cool themes and boot up is cool but not my priority. Also any way to use Video out. Please help a noob.....
Here is a brief list of what I have done in all:
1. Root my phone with OneClickRootCWM3.1.0.1-EC05
2. Installed these apps - Wireless Tether, Dolphin Broswer, ROM Manager & ROM Manager Premium, Quick Boot, ASTRO, AdFree, Titanium Backup, Battery Calibration, Link2SD, APPBrain w/ Fast Web Installer

mindlord70 said:
Besides being a noob, I just switched from a un-rooted EVO 4G to the Epic which I just rooted today. Now I'm completely lost as to what to do next and/or what my options truly are.
I have spent the last few days researching forums, youtube videos and websites about: how to root, why to root, and the tools to root.
I downloaded both the oneclick method and the Odin methods before using oneclick.
I hope to get the most stable, fast running, and flexible ROM with Wifi Tethering, CPU and Battery Optimization, and App organization built in. Cool themes and boot up is cool but not my priority. Also any way to use Video out. Please help a noob.....
Here is a brief list of what I have done in all:
1. Root my phone with OneClickRootCWM3.1.0.1-EC05
2. Installed these apps - Wireless Tether, Dolphin Broswer, ROM Manager & ROM Manager Premium, Quick Boot, ASTRO, AdFree, Titanium Backup, Battery Calibration, Link2SD, APPBrain w/ Fast Web Installer
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Download SRF 1.2 put it on your sd card also you need to flash a kernel right after your flash syndicate rom 1.2 so download a kernel put it on your sd card genocide 2.0 is great kernel you can over clock to 1.4GHz then download necrosan mobile hot spot hack for srf 1.2 put it on your sd card its great I use it to play call of duty ps3 once you got all 3 of those downloaded on sd card boot into cwm purple wipe data 3x cache partion 3x then go to advance & wipe dalvik cache 3x then look for the srf 1.2 zip & flash it after it done flashing look for the genocide 2.0 zip & flash it hit back button & reboot them after it has rebooted you will need to turn off your phone again boot into cwm purple look for the srf 1.2 mobile hot spot hack & flash then back button reboot & enjoy
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