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[Q] regarding dj01/05/09, voodoo, OTA updates, adb. NOOB

got this phone about 2 months ago.
went and did the the tutorial "HOW TO ROOT..." etc: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=798064
when i did it, it told me to install voodoo so i did. I dont even know if i have voodoo4 or voodoo5.
luckily everything went fine.I came back to the site today just to see if there was anything new on here.
then i read this that was a response in the stickies: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=869370
seems like voodoo sucks and i dont even really need it.
questions:
1)since i have voodoo on here, is there anything that I should NOT do?
2)how can i find out if i have 4 or 5
3)I went to the "completely remove voodoo" thread and at the top it says that it will wipe all my data off my phone if i remove it. WTF?? no contacts or apps??
4)someone said geekniks kernals are better. should i get rid of voodoo and get that instead? do i even need it?
5)what exactly is a rom
6)what is the benefits/dangers of putting on a rom like "superclean"(got the most votes)
7)can someone define what dj01 dj05 and dj09 are?? also define what adb is?
8) have there been any OTA updates? i havent gotten any notifications.
9)will going back to stock also erase all my data?
i know its a lot but i really need help. thank you!

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hey, at least it's in the general section..not development.

Voodoo is the greatest thing sense sliced bread... Far better than stock.. If your gonna just start flashing things based on other ppls opinions rather than a need or want of different functionalities. Then there is no reason for you to flash anything.. Until a need rises, or you research something that you feel will add to your experience. Stick with what you have..
Rocking dj05 and jt's voodoo 5

anyone else want to help?

fupamobile said:
got this phone about 2 months ago.
3)I went to the "completely remove voodoo" thread and at the top it says that it will wipe all my data off my phone if i remove it. WTF?? no contacts or apps??
4)someone said geekniks kernals are better. should i get rid of voodoo and get that instead? do i even need it?
6)what is the benefits/dangers of putting on a rom like "superclean"(got the most votes)
7)can someone define what dj01 dj05 and dj09 are?? also define what adb is?
8) have there been any OTA updates? i havent gotten any notifications.
9)will going back to stock also erase all my data?
i know its a lot but i really need help. thank you!
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3. Yes it will remove all apps, contacts and data. You can always use Titanium Backup and restore later.
4. Its all about need and preference. All the devs work hard on all of their kernels. They are all good, it is what you need. I have not found a need yet so i am still running stock DL09 rooted and themed.
6. Benefits of putting a custom rom is user experience, AOSP rom will give you the closest experience to stock android that Samsung hasn't screwed with and made it worse.
7. The difference between these are updates pushed out from samsung and verizon. DJ05 was never released officially but the devs here made it work great. Fixed issues like GPS. They are all Maintenance releases though that are not necessary but usually helpful.
8. DI01 and DL09 are OTA updates. You did not get them because you are rooted and running a custom rom.
9. You pretty much asked in 3. But yes it will format to a stock image.
10. Do your research next time. All the info has been posted here in all of the threads, multiple times. I am more than willing to answer, but like everyone says, use the search button going forward.
11. As stated above you should not modify what you have unless you have a need for it or actually a use. My phone is rooted, themed, and modified in other various ways. My Wifes is bone stock and doesn't want me to touch it.(Even though she gets pissed off at the lag.) Always make a backup with Rom manager and Titanium Backup in case sh!t goes wrong.

Leave your phone as is.
BE HAPPY!!
Take two weeks to do a lot of reading before making anymore changes.

jselden said:
8. DI01 and DL09 are OTA updates. You did not get them because you are rooted and running a custom rom.
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shouldnt i have at least gotten a verizon message telling me of the update?
how should i go about keeping my phone up to date now?
Dont I have to know which version I have before I put kernals and roms on here? How do i go about doing that?
my gps sux!

Done with Bonsai, what ROM is considered the next best?

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.

lattiboy said:
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...
Sent from Bonsai 7.1.1.1

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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Flashing new radio in conjunction with new kernel

So I just took the plunge and got off stock sense and moved to CM7. Couldn't be happier. I've heard to run pershoot's kernel as an upgrade, but to do that, you need radio 1.008 or whatever it is. I'm on 1.07.blah.blah
I've never flashed a radio before. I'm a little nervous. I guess firstly...I'd like to know if there are any advantages in both flashing a new kernel (pershoots) and/or a new radio? Can someone explain both...or if I really even need to upgrade my kernel from CM7's stock kernel?
I havn't had an radio issues yet...and I'm assuming a new radio would yield better signal strength, etc...but again, never done it. Any advantages to flashing pershoots? Thanks in advance

The radio may or may not give you better reception, few people got it, I upgrade and was still rocking my -99 dbm as usual and didn't notice any changes in battery life so YMMV.
btw~some people get stuck on the htc screen after flashing new radio, you can fix it by wiping cache and dalvik than flashing a kernel.
On the kernel, I just started using it as of lastnight and can say it's honestly the best kernel out right now, running scary or tiamat I would lose 1 or 2 % every 15 minutes with wifi on, with pershoot I am lucky if I lose 1% in about an hour while surfing the web. It's one amazing kernel.

As for the radio, i recommend just doing it... Everone has different experiences. As long as you check the md5 you will have no issue. Just remember to wipe everything. Also, with pershoot. Just do it its one nice kernel once everything is setup properly
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thronnos said:
As for the radio, i recommend just doing it... Everone has different experiences. As long as you check the md5 you will have no issue. Just remember to wipe everything. Also, with pershoot. Just do it its one nice kernel once everything is setup properly
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no need to wipe everything with radio...

You might even have to format your sd card to fat32. Which will wipe your sd card. So back it up to your pc!
I was scared at bricking my phone at first as well, but if you get the md5sums and they match, you're ready to go.
Its as easy as placing the zip on your sd, booting to bootloader and letting it do its thing.
Simple.
If you want help, just pm me and ill give you my gmail adress so I can help you step by step.
Evo SHIFT

chugger93 said:
So I just took the plunge and got off stock sense and moved to CM7. Couldn't be happier. I've heard to run pershoot's kernel as an upgrade, but to do that, you need radio 1.008 or whatever it is. I'm on 1.07.blah.blah
I've never flashed a radio before. I'm a little nervous. I guess firstly...I'd like to know if there are any advantages in both flashing a new kernel (pershoots) and/or a new radio? Can someone explain both...or if I really even need to upgrade my kernel from CM7's stock kernel?
I havn't had an radio issues yet...and I'm assuming a new radio would yield better signal strength, etc...but again, never done it. Any advantages to flashing pershoots? Thanks in advance
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If your going to flash a new Radio. Just follow the instruction in the OP of this THREAD . Also the OP has the new Radios. Just make sure you read and follow the instructons.

Personally I didn't notice any difference with the 1.08 radio. But you probably should update just to have the new new Like Thronnos said, CHECK THE MD5 SUM FIRST. As long as you do that and ensure that you didn't get a corrupted file you should be fine.
As far as kernels I'm still on the stock CM7 kernel. Works great for me with max set to 1.5ghz. People do say good things about Sparky's kernels but I couldn't ever bring myself to try one. Something about a dev who misspells Dalvik...
^ Shift Faced

I was able to flash the radio succesfully, thanks everyone. Just gotta decide now on the kernel... I had the infamous HTC screen freeze, but after wiping dalvik and cache, it booted up fine. Phew

chugger93 said:
I was able to flash the radio succesfully, thanks everyone. Just gotta decide now on the kernel... I had the infamous HTC screen freeze, but after wiping dalvik and cache, it booted up fine. Phew
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I am running pershoot but if I had to say, go with either pershoot or scary.

What does wiping cache do to my system? Does it clear phone records or sms history? (Sorry for my good spelling, but I'm still new to the whole dev/phone hacking thing.)
And how do I check md5sum?
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[Q] Help me please....Hotspot problems

I recently tried using my hotspot on my mt4g and it keeps giving me an error....also my wifi will reboot my phone every time i turn it on.. please for the love of god help

808DDP said:
I recently tried using my hotspot on my mt4g and it keeps giving me an error....also my wifi will reboot my phone every time i turn it on.. please for the love of god help
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Rooted?
S-Off?
What ROM...
More information please
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Saranhai is right. It sounds like a kernel issue. If you give us more info we can recommend kernels that you can flash.

sorry guys
rooted? yes
s off? yes
[ROM]OFFICIAL MIUI.us 2.2.17 and OFFICIAL MIUIAndroid 2.2.17 - AndroidInsomnia
Any ideas???

808DDP said:
sorry guys
rooted? yes
s off? yes
[ROM]OFFICIAL MIUI.us 2.2.17 and OFFICIAL MIUIAndroid 2.2.17 - AndroidInsomnia
Any ideas???
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Ok. MIUI is an alteration of AOSP. So, an AOSP compatible kernel is what you would want. However, LanternsLight puts out good MIUI ROMs. Unless its a known issue, I doubt its the ROM. Did you format your system partition before flashing?
Edit: Just spent a few minutes reading through the thread. No one else has reported this as far as I can tell. If you didn't format /system before you flashed, reflash using the instructions in the OP of the thread in the dev section. If you did, wipe cache and dalvik cache and reflash. If neither of those works, try TDJ's AOSP kernel, but there is nothing wrong with the Tiamat kernel, so I doubt that's it.

OK update i dont have any idea why this isnt working but i cleared the sd card,ran the rom install again followed the directions completely and my hotspot and wifi will bootloop my phone im at a loss of swear words already. should i take a hammer to it or not

Did you try a fresh download?

yes as stated i completely cleaned the sd card and redownloaded multiple roms and none will allow me to use wifi or hotspot the hotspot will error and the wifi will bootloop every single time

What Roms did you try?

what you can find in the recent rom section i tried i think it has to do with the phone or something im lost im frustrated im gonna flip out and smash this phone soon

Well, if you'be tried multiple ROMs with different kernels and did FULL wipes between them all, its probably hardware. I can't think of anything else it would be.

well all i did was change sd cards and thats it no more wifi and hotspot.....should i partition the sdcard i do remember seeing that in recovery does that affect the wifi n hotspot? if so what should it be partitioned at

Eeerm, partitioning the sd card is for moving apps over to external storage the pre-froyo way. It has nothing to do with hotspot functions. So your hotspot worked before, but crapped out when you changed as cards? That's really weird...
Does anyone else have any insight into this, because I'm at a loss?

Anyone out there?????? ANYONE

Try flashing the stock 2.2.1 or 2.3.4 rooted. Try if that works. If not, I too am at a loss. Maybe Jack_R1 is around lol

ok last day to try and fix this phone before i throw this phone in the microwave
nothing has helped

808DDP said:
ok last day to try and fix this phone before i throw this phone in the microwave
nothing has helped
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You tried stock?

808DDP said:
ok last day to try and fix this phone before i throw this phone in the microwave
nothing has helped
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have you tried flashing the froyo pd15img to unroot and see if the problem persists? if not then i would do so and then report back... if the problem is still there then it seems to be a hw problem... if it is gone then it will be easy to reroot and be back in the game! just a little fyi though, if you want help then next time i would recommend providing us all the information! bootloader version, root method, rom, kernel, etc, etc, etc... you will more than likely get a more informed response and it shows that you actually put forth a bit of effort in helping us help you, rather than being the guy in my signature video! and as for your comment of this is the last day you are going to try to fix the phone, well it is your money that was spent on it, so by all means nuke the damn thing! but dont get angry cause we cant fix your device, we did nothing to it or you... take it to the store and let them mess with it or pay the deductible and get a new one... good luck on any note!

[Q] CyanogenMod-7.2.0-RC1

Hey all,
couple of quick questions, would very much appreciate an answer.
I'm using MB525, green lens, CyanogenMod-7.1.0-jordan-Quarx, 2.6.32.9-gbc356f0 kernel and would very much like to update to 7.2.0, since it's almost been a year since I flashed the 7.1 and the defy is starting to lag a bit. The question is, do I just flash the zip from recovery and wipe it clean? I don't need to keep anything, except my contacts and I'm planning to use Titanium Backup for that (right?). Will I be able to roll back to the stock ROM? Because I've still got 1 year of warranty left on the device. Other than that, did any of you experience any serious failings of the 7.2.0? Thanks a million.

Install the froyo kernel builds for green lens. cm72 is very fast and stable, no major issues at all.
Download the zip and install through cwm, before that do full wipe. factory reset and wipe dalvik cache. For Contracts why don't you sync them with Google account and is pretty easy, otherwise you can just use export function to sdcard from settings of contacts application, and later you can import back.
Titanium backup is for application backup, not for contacts.
You can always come back to stick froyo for warranty purposes by fishing full sbf of your region. Never ever flash full sbf of higher revisions,2.3+ versions, so you keep downgradability.
Enjoy fishing!
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Awesome, thanks! I figured I'll go with euroskanks ROM, "update-cm-7.2.0-RC1-jordan-KANG-signed.03222012-0221.zip", since it might have several fixes that the original RC does not (amirite?). Gonna head out for couple of hours and then go on with the whole ordeal, and report back in case any other noobs come wandering in. Thanks again.

Delete cache install rom and install kernel
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junesoung said:
Delete cache install rom and install kernel
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woah, what a help you are! rrrrrrrr

HOLY **** it's flying. Didn't even have a chance to overclock it yet (1Gz as before), still at 800hz, however, it's so so snappy I could not be happier. I am not a very reliable source, though, since I only kept my contacts from the previous install, but that is just because I like it fresh, meaning, I didn't have a heart to uninstall the application I haven't been using for a while and now they're gone. Aaaaand got drunk in the meantime, which is how it's supposed to go down, I think! thanks all y'all, hugs n kisses