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Hey everyone! I hate to take up another thread but i like to be as sure as possible when it comes to messing with ODIN, since from what i understand that is where most people have likely bricked their phone.
Currently im running sonofskywalkers 2.3 rom i believe with DI01. I want to update to the newest one, which from what i understand means i need to upgrade to DL09.
My question is they say not to flash 01 stuff to over 09, so do i need to completely revert back to stock to push the new stuff since the rom i am running currently is for 01. Or am i safe to go ahead and update the radio and stuff, and boot up and get into rom manager to download the newest rom?
Thanks for your patience community and quick and helpful responses.
You are fine flashing over what you have, the issues mainly come up when you don't flash all the parts together (ROM, kernel, modem).
As far as Odin goes, as long as you use the PDA function, and not the PHONE function, you will be fine.
Edit: BTW, are you running a voodoo kernel? If so, that needs to be disabled before proceeding
For one, make sure voodoo is disabled if its on your kernal. If thats okay, then I would just odin this and then try to find a root method that would work. Or instead of rooting your stock, just flash a rooted rom onto your phone after the full odin.
BTW if you do want to keep stock, know that it can be a pain to get root to work. For some people it can be annoyingly hard, while others are able to use something simple such as the one click root. I was able to get one click to work, but it varies. If something goes wrong, you can always just re-odin the full package again.
I thought i might add here that you mentioned reading not to flash di01 stuff over dl09.
What that means is after you odin the dl09 upgrade you should no longer flash roms, kernels, themes and such that are not dl09. Flashing a di01 kernel would not work once you upgrade to dl09.
Hope this helps.
Have fun
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It's really a shame to start off in a place with a post that has someone mad at themselves for performing a soft brick on their relatively new Verizon Samsung Fascinate. I have to admit I love the phone, but after seeing some videos about DarkyMod I was so impressed I felt compelled to try it.
All I've done, far as I know, is Rooted the phone, but I also used Odin and apparently flashed the incorrect kernel. So what happens now is when I power on my Fascinate, I get a Galaxy S (GT-i9000) screen. At this point, the phone reboots. I know I'm an idiot for having used the wrong Odin kernel, but after attempting to decipher the post in the Darky's installation for "first timers" I apparently choose the incorrect kernel.
At any rate, I suppose I could ask for an experienced modder for the right kernel, the one that would allow me to perform the flash after I had installed the ROM Manager, etc.. But I doubt that would help. What I'm looking for is a file which has been removed from the forums here, and was originally in someone's Dropbox account.
I believe that the file that I'm looking for is the "Stock-i500-VZW-Kernel.tar.md5"... I might be incorrect, as I had mentioned I believed I had successfully "rooted" the phone, but when I used Odin to flash the kernel, I think that's where I went wrong. Can anyone help me find this file? Or should I get the modified kernel, which will allow me to perform the backups and then the flashing to this mod? Thanks ahead of time, I do apologize for the length of the post.
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Samsung Fascinate (Verizon) DL09
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=867648
thats full d101 thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=885262
thats full dj05 thread
both should be able to get you back to stock through odin then you can restart what you did. personally i keep both handy since i already had to use them due to an error that cause the phone to freeze up completely at the samsung logo. hope that helps
Thank you kdaz!
I'll give that download a shot real fast and see what happens. I'm assuming you've modded/rooted your Samsung Fascinate? Which of those Odin kernels did you use to successfully start changing things? I never did get past the "update.zip" part, it always came back with an error.
Thanks for taking the time to write a response, I really feel bad to post and have my first ever be a soft bricked phone, haha!
Quick thank you...
After looking all over the forums here, and elsewhere... I did find what I was looking for, though I didn't manage to restore the kernel and save my settings, I did unbrick the phone by reapplying the DL01 firmware with the Odin software. The forums here were a huge help, and I just wanted to say thanks!
haha glad you got it working. yes i have rooted and modded mine. got it last thursday brand new and was modding it on friday when i got back from vacation. friday night i feared that i had totally bricked it but luckily found both of those files on the forums. i believe i used the dl05 one then imediately updated to the dl09 radio and now running blaze voodoo kernel clocked at 1.2ghz and i honestly forget what rom lol waiting to use aosp
Thank god these phones are so easy to unbrick with Odin. Almost impossible to truly brick, though sometimes you might lose some data here and there or it won't save your data etc. That's why you might need to odin the full stock rom more than once
Thanks for the responses guys, kudos!
I had really hoped to start using Darky's ROM but it turned out that I didn't have the right modem file, or at least, that's what Darky said. At any rate I was kind of curious which custom ROMs you guys are using and why? The names alone should be sufficient, there's so much information here on these forums.
I admit I'm worried to reflash but at the same time, I know how to do it and if something goes wrong I just use Odin and apply DL01, or whatever the original ROM is called. Any thoughts about good and fast custom ROMs on the VZW Fascinate, guys?
Look for the full DL09 Odin, DI01 is really old and DJ05 was killed inside VZ before it was ever released to the general public.
As you have discovered, the Fascinate is its own animal and you cannot flash stuff made for other Galaxy S phones to it unless you feel like breaking your phone on purpose. Most of us are running one derivative or another of DL09 that has been hacked up in various ways to remove the stock bloatware, add root/themes, add new functionality into the kernel, etc. Some of us are using AOSP or CyanogenMod froyo-based roms which (still) have many/most things broken. We are finally about to have official updates to 2.2 and that is the missing piece that was needed to get full custom development working. Big changes will be coming before we know it.
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I had just read earlier that there was a Froyo leak, I'll be really curious to see whether or not it speeds things up or not. It sounds like the custom ROMs are here for our VZW Fascinate but what I'm really looking (and waiting for like everyone else) is just Froyo. I'm grateful to everyone here who reached out and helped.
I'm not sure if my rooting days are done, but I got pretty scared when I thought I'd bricked this thing. Can't thank you guys, and the community, enough.
im currently running OTB ul1300 kernel which has the voltage turned down and processor speed of 1.3ghz and im currently running the dl09 supah clean rom. was running kaoscinate yesterday but missed being able to use my camera. the flashablility of this phone is great..i love just switching roms and kernels almost completely at will. cant wait until they get the leaked froyo out to use but im enjoying trying everything else until then.
tclore77 said:
I had just read earlier that there was a Froyo leak, I'll be really curious to see whether or not it speeds things up or not.
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If you really want a boost in your phone speed, you should look into getting custom ROMs and kernels, not Froyo. There are a bunch of kernels out there that are overclocked (and even undervolted, to save battery life too) that will significantly improve your performance.
The best thing you can do with your phone is to get yourself a custom ROM - something like Blackhole 3.0 by sonofskywalker or SuperClean 0.4. Those will get rid of the bloatware crap that Verizon puts on your phone, and (more importantly) change the default search from that P.O.S. Bing back to Google.
Well, about 4 days have passed, and in those 4 days, I have rooted my phone, flashed a custom ROM, and been through about 5 different kernels. I am really enjoying this experience. I have done a few other things, like set up wireless tethering, and installed a custom boot animation, but I feel this is not enough lol. I am very eager to do more, but don't know what else to do.
What haven't I done that can be explored? Share your favorite things to do with your rooted Dinc!!!
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Well, about 4 days have passed, and in those 4 days, I have rooted my phone, flashed a custom ROM, and been through about 5 different kernels. I am really enjoying this experience. I have done a few other things, like set up wireless tethering, and installed a custom boot animation, but I feel this is not enough lol. I am very eager to do more, but don't know what else to do.
What haven't I done that can be explored? Share your favorite things to do with your rooted Dinc!!!
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Start flashing CM7 nightlies
I've been the same way ever since I got into the android platform.
You can get into themes and basically design an entire theme if you want.
I always seem to come back Redemption Roms though when I'm switching back and forth in between roms. I tried the CM7 but just always end up coming back.
You guys have any idea how I can get the trackball wake feature to work with skyraider 3.5? Do I need to download a zip file or what? I was told it came standard with skyraider, but it's not working for me
It is very addicting, I must say that I at one point flashed 4 roms in one day until I found the perfect one.
I've been flashing CM7 nightlies and I'm getting ready to flash CM7 RC2. Of all the ROMs that I have flashed I must say that I am not budging from CM7, it rocks.
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You guys have any idea how I can get the trackball wake feature to work with skyraider 3.5? Do I need to download a zip file or what? I was told it came standard with skyraider, but it's not working for me
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Haven't flashed SR in a while. Check around in settings.
You can also try out 'Launcher Pro' (easy to switch back, just uninstall) from the market.
It's pretty sweet and I've been using it ever since I've downloaded it.
vid:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YIK9yBlWYt4
Flash more ROMs and try them out. I had SR3.5 for about a week after I first rooted my Incredible. I went to Warm 2.2 for a couple weeks and then I've been on CM7 since January 10 or so. Flashing a new ROM is like having a whole new phone.
I still have nights where I'll flash one or two different ROMs, completely set them up, and then decide I want to go back to CM7 and restore my backup. I'm definitely trying the Gingerbread version of MIUI when it comes out - the current version doesn't beat out CM7 in my opinion, but the next one might.
I have been running Bonsai 3.0.1 on my wife's Epic for a while now and TRIED to update to 4.0.x a while back, but got a TON of FCs and lock-ups. So, the other day, I saw the official 4.1.1 ROM was out and tried that...even did the suggested "factory reset" within Android. Well, Bonsai overwrote CWM with that new custom recovery they have and I'm still getting FCs and lock-ups. Went back to 3.0.1, but was looking to get a new/updated ROM put on...what is generally considered the best ROM out there for the Epic? Also, what is the best way to get ClockWork recovery back?
I run Cyanogen 7 on my EVO and love it, but noticed that CM7 for the Epic is still in beta with a lot of key features (camera) not working yet.
I know that no one wants to read another "what is the best ROM" thread, but I'd really appreciate some help here...thanks!
Sturmie
Syndicate is THE best imo
PS: make sure to enable journaling right after flashing it.
Best ROM
As I'm sure you've read before, every phone acts differently. Most people seem to gravitate towards ACS or Bonsai. For me, ACS was buggy and Bonsai was, while extremely fast, the worst on battery life.
I personally have had the most luck with the current MidNight ROM and more recently Simply AOSP. Even though there seem to be hundreds of threads on tweaks and hacks, most don't seem to take well to my phone. The big ones (No CIQ, for example) seem to be included in about everything now.
Give 'em a go, see what works. I can safely recommend the two above.
Yup id go with Srf 1.1.1 (1.11?) Best imo
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Sturmie said:
I have been running Bonsai 3.0.1 on my wife's Epic for a while now and TRIED to update to 4.0.x a while back, but got a TON of FCs and lock-ups. So, the other day, I saw the official 4.1.1 ROM was out and tried that...even did the suggested "factory reset" within Android. Well, Bonsai overwrote CWM with that new custom recovery they have and I'm still getting FCs and lock-ups. Went back to 3.0.1, but was looking to get a new/updated ROM put on...what is generally considered the best ROM out there for the Epic? Also, what is the best way to get ClockWork recovery back?
I run Cyanogen 7 on my EVO and love it, but noticed that CM7 for the Epic is still in beta with a lot of key features (camera) not working yet.
I know that no one wants to read another "what is the best ROM" thread, but I'd really appreciate some help here...thanks!
Sturmie
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Bonsai 4.1.1
SRF 1.1.1
Midnight series
Frankenstein
Urban Fury
ACE 2.0
Supernova 3
All are great ROMs
Not sure how to get the other CWM back. I like Bonsai's recovery But, if you use Quickboot and boot into recovery it takes you to CWM and not the Bonsai recovery.
Maybe you got a bad download of the Bonsai 4.1.1? Did you try to reflash it after all the FCs? Did you post in the Bonsai forum or Bonsai thread here?
You could always Odin back to stock and just start fresh that way also. Then just root with One click and get your CWM that way.
2 rules I follow about ROMs
1. No ETAs lol
2. YMMV
Everything with our phones...is phone dependent, they are completely different from the next Epic
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Sorry to the Devs that I didnt list ROMs from! These were the ones that were just on my sd card right now!
Sturmie said:
I have been running Bonsai 3.0.1 on my wife's Epic for a while now and TRIED to update to 4.0.x a while back, but got a TON of FCs and lock-ups. So, the other day, I saw the official 4.1.1 ROM was out and tried that...even did the suggested "factory reset" within Android. Well, Bonsai overwrote CWM with that new custom recovery they have and I'm still getting FCs and lock-ups. Went back to 3.0.1, but was looking to get a new/updated ROM put on...what is generally considered the best ROM out there for the Epic? Also, what is the best way to get ClockWork recovery back?
I run Cyanogen 7 on my EVO and love it, but noticed that CM7 for the Epic is still in beta with a lot of key features (camera) not working yet.
I know that no one wants to read another "what is the best ROM" thread, but I'd really appreciate some help here...thanks!
Sturmie
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Use Odin Flash back to stock ECO5 rom.
You can then Flash back to clockwork using odin following the thread instructions for the specific rom you want to work with.
I like ACS Swiss Cheese it works great as long as when you are in a stock rom you get a lock for the gps before installing swiss cheese. There are several threads that explain load order for it to install correctly. I have had it running for near month now with no problems.
Thanks for the replies...I've been looking at Syndicate's ROM...seems to have a lot of people liking it at the moment.
As for Bonsai, I MAY give 4.1.1 another shot since I've been using MyBackup Pro to restore all of her APK+APP DATA, which may have caused some problems. I did have 4.1.1 working when I flashed it OVER top of 3.0.1, but the battery life was horrible...I'm talking 1/2 of what it was with 3.0.1. So, I tried a clean wipe/reset and gave 4.1.1 another shot...that's when I had all the FCs and freezes.
Sturmie said:
Thanks for the replies...I've been looking at Syndicate's ROM...seems to have a lot of people liking it at the moment.
As for Bonsai, I MAY give 4.1.1 another shot since I've been using MyBackup Pro to restore all of her APK+APP DATA, which may have caused some problems. I did have 4.1.1 working when I flashed it OVER top of 3.0.1, but the battery life was horrible...I'm talking 1/2 of what it was with 3.0.1. So, I tried a clean wipe/reset and gave 4.1.1 another shot...that's when I had all the FCs and freezes.
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You should use Titanium Back and backup your information using nanroid to avoid FC errors. If just remember there newest Rom is only compatible with there own kernel. If you try another Kernel with it your won't get the stellar battery life. I am using a combination of Bonsai and anonymous gingerbread and it is working out well with me. I ran Bonsai and back up all my information on Bonsai then I flashed gingerbread and recovered the Bonsai Rom on top of it.
Sturmie said:
Thanks for the replies...I've been looking at Syndicate's ROM...seems to have a lot of people liking it at the moment.
As for Bonsai, I MAY give 4.1.1 another shot since I've been using MyBackup Pro to restore all of her APK+APP DATA, which may have caused some problems. I did have 4.1.1 working when I flashed it OVER top of 3.0.1, but the battery life was horrible...I'm talking 1/2 of what it was with 3.0.1. So, I tried a clean wipe/reset and gave 4.1.1 another shot...that's when I had all the FCs and freezes.
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I would definitely go e it another shot. Try using the enable_journal zip in the Bonsai Downloads section first, then flash the ROM. That should help you avoid the FC issues until you get the installation errors ironed out.
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I had the same issues with my first Bonsai install, but then I ODINd back to STOCK EB13, used Bonsai One click root, wiped 3x, and installed. It is now totally flawless. Give that a shot, it only takes about 30 minutes total.
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I had the same issues with my first Bonsai install, but then I ODINd back to STOCK EB13, used Bonsai One click root, wiped 3x, and installed. It is now totally flawless. Give that a shot, it only takes about 30 minutes total.
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From what I've read, coming from EB13 is the best way to go. Even if you Odin EC05, it still seems to have problems. Their dev, Randy, knows the ins and outs of why, so I would suggest Odining EB13, rooting with with their unlocker, then flashing their newest ROM.
I personally use SRF 1.1.1 w/ the Genocide 1.0 kernel, and don't have any major complaints outside bluetooth being wonky after each restart. For me, SRF is stable enough where I don't need to reboot but once a week, if that, unless I'm changing things around.
This. Path of least resistance for Bonsai is definitely ODIN'ing EB13. And 4.1.1 has great battery life in my experience.
Atm, the biggest deciding factor on ROM's to use has to be whether you want to stay on Froyo or do you want to be on Gingerbread.
hayzooos said:
From what I've read, coming from EB13 is the best way to go. Even if you Odin EC05, it still seems to have problems. Their dev, Randy, knows the ins and outs of why, so I would suggest Odining EB13, rooting with with their unlocker, then flashing their newest ROM.
I personally use SRF 1.1.1 w/ the Genocide 1.0 kernel, and don't have any major complaints outside bluetooth being wonky after each restart. For me, SRF is stable enough where I don't need to reboot but once a week, if that, unless I'm changing things around.
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I would also suggest using Titanium Backup and MyBackUp root sparingly. Not that they don't work but it seems many users troubles always start with restoring old data from Titanium/MBR. I have also found SMS Backup & Restore to be a good option for those wanting to save and restore your txts over using TB/MBR which seems to foul things up when restoring txts.
Don't install any data from previous roms unless it was done by Bonsai during the install. Totally avoid any system data. Old saying: garbage in garbage out...
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Looks like I'm not the only one that continues to have issues with Bonsai... everytime I flash Bonsai updates my phone goes wonky and I have to start over again with a factory reset.
After factory resetting to fix my microphone while in a call...now my Slacker will not advance to the next song by itself.
Really looking hard at SRF at this point!
digiblur said:
Looks like I'm not the only one that continues to have issues with Bonsai... everytime I flash Bonsai updates my phone goes wonky and I have to start over again with a factory reset.
After factory resetting to fix my microphone while in a call...now my Slacker will not advance to the next song by itself.
Really looking hard at SRF at this point!
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You didn't need to reflash to fix the mic, it's a setting in VooDoo.
try EC05 Plus out, quick stable, and good on battery life...
I use Bonsai /w journaling. It is the only ROM that has stayed stable for weeks. Others go bonkers at some point especially w/o jounaling. No offense to ACS but I have yet to have one of their ROMs start and stay stable. Baked stuff is 2nd closest.
Acs srf 1.1.1
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I have been on Urban Fury since launch day (March 29 I think) You get 1 FC on the wallpaper app on install and that's it. I have been beta testing themes and kernels and have NEVER had data corruption or force closes other than the one on boot. It comes with Genocide kernel and Wifi Tether 3 pre 14 works great. That being said, all of the ROMs are good. Its just a matter of what you and your phone like the best
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Good evening all,
Basically I'm looking to root my girlfriends fathers U8800, it's currently running android 2.2. He's complained that its got major battery drain so I figure I can find a ROM here that can help that.
I've read there are 3 different types of models for this handset. How do I know which one we've got? If that's relevant?
I've found this thread that seems dead easy to follow, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1420728 , am I ok to proceed?
When I've rooted it, do I just flash a rom via CWM like I would with my galaxy s? And will I be caught out with bootloader issues or little things like that?
Thanks in advance.
If the device is the U8800 regular model(not pro or plus) you can follow the guides of the link.
And yes, you can flash a rom from cwm recovery.
Only one suggestion. If you flash the latest stock gingerbread rom(I think is the 522), search for a thread called "get your pink screen back" on developing section. The after 518 versions have the bootloader locked, and on the above thread you will find how to flash the unlocked bootloader from 518 stock rom.
Thanks for that, I'll get on it tomorrow with an operational head. I'll do the pre root checks and make sure I have everything I need in place before I get going.
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If you flash the latest stock gingerbread rom(I think is the 522)
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It's 528
dancer_69 said:
The after 518 versions have the bootloader locked, and on the above thread you will find how to flash the unlocked bootloader from 518 stock rom.
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*locked pink screen.
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If the device is not yours I suggest you to do nothing. There's no better Rom, in terms of bug free than the original one.
Custom roms always have this or that and will require attention, which I'm sure your fatherin law can live better without these issues and concerns.
This devices have an high consumption and he has to get used to it.
Now if the device was yours meaning you would be using it daily, than i would advise you to install aurora. I don't like it but have to admit that is very good and stable.
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Dave759 said:
He's complained that its got major battery drain so I figure I can find a ROM here that can help that.
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Did you look to see what is causing the battery drain? I have a friend with a stock GT540 that had serious battery drain. Turns out it was the GoSMS program. Deleted the app and now his phone lasts 5 days between charges. Switching a rom won't help if the problem is an app.
1) Get cpu spy and see if it is going to deep sleep
2) If not sleeping, turn off running applications one by one and test via cpu spy to find out which one is causing it not to sleep.
3) Either remove the offending app or use Autorun Manager to modify the receivers (if rooted)
You can fix his problem without changing his rom. If he wants root, superoneclick can root 2.2, I just used it the other day. Also make sure he is on the latest 2.2: b138sp04 or b163. I prefer b163, even though it is the China rom, because I like the Huawei launcher better that stock.
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If the device is not yours I suggest you to do nothing. There's no better Rom, in terms of bug free than the original one.
Custom roms always have this or that and will require attention, which I'm sure your fatherin law can live better without these issues and concerns.
This devices have an high consumption and he has to get used to it.
Now if the device was yours meaning you would be using it daily, than i would advise you to install aurora. I don't like it but have to admit that is very good and stable.
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That's not true... official 2.2 is the slowest thing in existence. If he just needs stability then Ezets CM7 is the answer. There are no bugs with it (except wifi tethering) and it's much much faster than stock...
Also he can undervoltage it to preserve battery life more than stock ROM.
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You want the best 2.2 you try Void Eridanus. Everything works.
Want the speed, OEX rom it's a Ferrari. Everything works less the mms with data off.
You can also keep the stock Rom, root it and just apply a ffranco kernel. This way you gain the speed.
3 good solutions here.
I'm don't revert to stock Rom for 2 reasons, cam quality and battery life, otherwise i would use stock Rom without a shadow of a doubt.
In terms of stability and all working it's stock 2.2 Rom and this is unquestionable!!!
I have been trying ALL roms and ALL respective versions since July 2011 therefore I do speak by personal extended experience
I repeat once again, in the conditions you mention leave the phone as it is. If you want to do something just root it and that's it.
as a matter of facts i had my phone with so many rooms that i can even say how many but if u want stability i recomend oxygen... if u want stability and good looks use miui 32...
last .32 miui that i used was from miui portugal in english and nothing to say about that...
battery for 2 days and all smoth...
but my phone is weird... he can take almost every rom and be usable...
The issue with miui pt versions it's the cam quality that is horrible. It's just this detail that it's not very good. The rest it's perfect.
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Hey everyone, back for an update and some other steps. basically, he got frustrated with how the battery so he went out today and bought the newer huawei. Reading eveyones comments here i think its due to the ammount of apps and being on froyo hasn't helped any thing, but anyways its now my new toy to play with. So far, followed the link i posted in the first thread, rooted and installed the latest CWM (v5). I'm now a little confused when it comes to the get the pink screen back, should i follow this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1457490 now before flashing a new rom or afterwards?
Again thanks for all the help, I'm almost done bothering you all for now
Edit: Reading on some ROM's and the comments above, i should install B518 stock ROM then flash the bootloader fix from the thread posted above then i can install other ROM's? If so where can i get the stock B518 ROM and how do i know which version I'm using? Sorry and thanks again.
First, which rom you have now?
You can find the version from settings -> about phone.
If you have a newer than 518 version you need to change the bootloader with the one from 518. If you have 518 you don't.
Also check which version of kernel you have(is on about phone also)
If you have a 2.6.32 version(which mean that you have froyo rom), you can flash only roms with this kernel version. If you have a 2.6.35 version, you can flash roms with 2.6.35 kernel or 3.0.8(as aurora ICS).
Basically its a stock froyo rom, im looking to get to gingerbread by the end of tonight but currently im stuck on the huawei splash screen after i did a data reset in CWM. Can still get to CWM though.
What rom you want to flash now?
A custom gingerbread based of froyo's kernel 2.6.32 like CM7.2, oxygen or miui, or the official gingerbread?
Im not particularly bothered, something that won't brick the phone and is stable. I'm more worried as to why it wont boot now after a data reset.. any suggestions for that?
You can use adb and logcat function to see where the problem is. Usually when some errors prevent device to complete the boot proccess, this piece of code loops. You need to have some knowledge of programming though, but maybe is something easy.
and now i have blue screen.. what can i do? or have i bricked it?
Where you have blue screen and what you did?
Usually blue screen instead of recovery mode, means that the recovery.img is deleted from .cust_backup/Image folder
basically, i formatted something, reboot and soon as the huawei logo appear a blue scrren rolls down. when i plug the phone into the pc it detects a folder but its empty, the phone is detected as qualcomm now..
Yes, seems that you formated the partition which has the Image folder with all system images. So, now you need to flash an official rom. You can either flash a froyo or a gingerbread rom. You can avoid this only if you previous had take a backup of this folder. In this case just put all files in (empty now) image folder.