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[GUIDE] How to Install a custom ROM (FROYO)

***(do not try to flash Gingerbread ROMs following this guide!)***
How to Install and Flash a Custom FROYO ROM
without losing all your data and/or exploding your phone
Disclaimer
THIS GUIDE AS WELL AS THE ROM YOU WILL HAVE FLASHED IS PROVIDED "AS IS" AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE CREATOR OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE OR GUIDE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE. INSTALLING A CUSTOM ROM WILL VOID ANY MANUFACTURERS WARRANTY AND MAY VOID ANY ADDITIONAL WARRANTY. PROCEED WITH CAUTION.
ONLY TESTED ON AN AT&T SAMSUNG CAPTIVATE.
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Back up your files (optional)
You must be rooted for this step. If you are already on a custom ROM you are probably already rooted. If you are on Eclair (2.1) follow step number 2 and then continue here.
1. Download Titanium Backup from the android market (scan the QR code below) and open it.
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2. Unplug your phone from your computer if it is plugged in and go to the Backup/Restore tab of Titanium Backup.
3. Press the menu button and then batch. press the button that says RUN next to Back up all user apps + system data. This will take a while, but let it run.
4. When it is done, plug your phone into your computer and mount your phone. Copy the folder Titanium Backup from the root of your phone and save it somewhere. Continue on with this guide.
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TIP: Even once your phone is flashed it is a good idea to do backups. You can do them in the same way as this guide.
Downloads
Download the files needed for this guide below. When they are done downloading put them all in a folder.
Drivers http://www.mediafire.com/?fr8bkogcu923wdu
Root file http://www.mediafire.com/?3x7oq2mhcr5r7hl (do not unzip)
ClockWorkMod recovery http://www.mediafire.com/?ve234hbg64ctcu0 (do not unzip)
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NOTE: This guide only works on Windows. If you have a Mac or Linux, download the files and put them on a flash drive and use someone else's computer. It should only take at most 15 minutes.
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TIP: If you have a spare flash drive, keep all these programs on it along with any ROMs you may wish to flash. That way, it will only take a matter of minutes to flash your phone.
step 1: Restore to stock firmware.
If you are currently on eclair (2.1) with the stock firmware you can skip this step. Otherwise, follow the steps below.
1. Install the drivers if you do not already have them. When they are done installing restart your computer. You can find these drivers in the drivers folder of your downloaded folder (Install either the 32bit or 64bit version).
2. Go to the downloaded folder and open ODIN.exe
3. Get into download mode by using one of the three methods shown below. There is a known bug that some people are not able to get into download mode. If the three button thing does not work, try this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=818439
Method 1: Key Combination 1 (recommended)
1. Remove your battery, external SD card and SIM card
2. Reinsert battery and battery cover.
3. Hold down both volume buttons and while holding them down plug the phone in.
Method 2: Key Combination 2 (if method 1 doesn't work)
1. Remove your battery, external SD card and SIM card
2. Reinsert battery and battery cover.
3. Hold down both volume buttons and the power button.
Method 3: ADB (for advanced users.)
1. Download the android SDK from http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html (NOT THE .EXE VERSION)
2. Drag it into the ROOT (top-most directory) of your hard drive.
3. Open the Command Prompt and navigate to the tools folder in the android SDK.
4. type adb shell then press enter
5. type adb reboot download then press enter
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4. Open odin and plug in your phone. Wait 30 seconds or so for your phone to register (when it does one of those strange squares at the top will fill in with seemingly meaningless numbers and letters).
5. Press start and wait until it is finished. Do not unplug for any reason.
4. When it is done you should have a freshly installed stock firmware on 2.1 eclair. Continue to step 2.
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step 2: Root the phone.
If you are already rooted skip this step. Note that rooting BEFORE using ODIN does not mean you are still rooted.
1. To begin, mount your phone by plugging it in to the computer (you must have the drivers installed in step 1.1)
2. Go to the root file in the downloaded folder. It is called root.zip. Drag it onto your phone's root directory.
3. Rename the root file to update.zip and then turn your phone off.
4. Unplug your phone and hold down both volume buttons and the power button until a strange menu with blue items pops up. This is called the recovery menu.
5. Use the volume keys to scroll to 'reinstall packages' and press the power button to select. When it is done you will be rooted and then you can just scroll to the restart phone menu item.
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step 3: Getting the ROM.
Go to xda and find the rom of your choice. Download it (it will be a .ZIP file) and drag it onto the root (the directory that mounts) of your phone. Do not unzip it. Continue to step 4.
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TIP: You can find many ROMs in the Android Development section. Some are better than others. Read the comments to see which one you want to use.
step 4: Install clockwork recovery.
1. Go to the download folder and rename clockworkrecovery.zip to update.zip. Mount your phone and drag the update.zip file into the root directory. It is ok to overwrite the update.zip you used before. When it is done copying turn off your phone.
2. Unplug your phone and hold down both volume buttons and the power button until a strange menu with blue items pops up. This is called the recovery menu.
3. Scroll using the volume buttons to the menu item titled "reinstall packages" and press the power button to select.
4. Your phone should restart and you should be at a green menu. Continue to step 5.
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step 5: Install rom.
1. From the clockwork recovery use the volume keys to scroll to "install zip from sd card" and use the power button to select
2. Scroll to "choose zip from sd card" and use the power button to enter
3. Choose your rom and select it. Confirm that you want to install it and then give it time to install. Follow any other instructions they give you and then navigate back through the menus to restart the phone. Congrats you have your newly flashed rom.
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Restore your files (optional)
1. Download Titanium Backup from the android market (scan the QR code below) and open it.
2. Plug your phone into your computer and mount it. Drag the Titanium Backup folder you saved earlier onto the root of your phone. While technically it should still be there from before, I included this step just to be safe if anything went wrong. Unplug your phone when complete
3. Open Titanium Backup and click on the Backup/Restore tab. Press the menu button and then batch. press the button that says RUN next to Restore missing apps (select the one that includes data). This will take a while, but let it run. It will ask for you to confirm the install of each application.
4. When it is done all your files should be there.
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Printable Cheatsheet
In case you want to have a printable cheatsheet on how to flash custom ROMs, I have made a single-sheet PDF version of this guide. I must warn you though: you will need a magnifying glass. Screenshots and downloads below.
Download Link: http://www.mediafire.com/?9h13cf9jtb3ua7y
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FAQs
I have a Mac or Linux computer what do I do?
If you have never flashed a ROM or Kernel before and are still on the stock firmware you can continue with this guide and just not install drivers or use ODIN. You MUST however have USB debugging on.
My computer does not recognize my phone
Try reinstalling the drivers and make sure you restart after that. Also, try turning on USB debugging. If it continues to not work, it may be a problem with the cable you are using.
What is the best ROM?
This is of personal choice. While some ROMs are more stable then others, the top ROMs are generally the best. Read recent posts about each ROM to see some of the issues/comments about it and then make an informed decision.
How do I know if I am on stock firmware?
Stock firmware means the phone (in its software state) is exactly as it was when it came out of the box. While you can be rooted, you can not be on a custom ROM, custom Kernel, custom Modem, etc.
Do I have to use ODIN every time?
Not always, but if you over-flash other ROMs bad things can and will happen. Here is the rule of thumb: if it does not specifically say anything about being able to not use ODIN in the original thread for the ROM you MUST you ODIN.
I can't get into download mode what do I do?
This is a common error, try a different method to get into it.
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The 3e Security Error: If you are current running Froyo when you boot into recovery you now have 3e security which does not allow unsigned zips to be flashed. This is a problem because it will not allow for clockwork mod to be flashed as the update.zip. There are two ways to fix this.
First: Use Odin One Click to flash back to 2.1 and flash the clockwork mod zip from there. Continue on flashing the rom after that. 2.1 Eclair has 2e Security.
Odin Thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=731989
Second way: [RECOVERY] 3e Recovery Modded w/ No Verification
Read up on that here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=909213
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Bookmarked, Thanks!

Very nice guide. I installed Assonance v5 and everything went well except now i can't connect to my rogers 3g network (i don't have data).

poo22 said:
Very nice guide. I installed Assonance v5 and everything went well except now i can't connect to my rogers 3g network (i don't have data).
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You need to configure the APN settings. Google the specific settings for your carrier.

Good guide. I'd like to mention that instead of steps 2-4, what someone can do is just put update.zip (that is clockwork recovery) in your sdcard, just boot into 2e recovery, and reinstall packages so that clockwork recovery gets installed. From CWM you can just flash a rom. No rooting needed as long as the rom you flash has root permissions (which is most roms). I found this to be less of a hassle.

koreancanuck said:
Good guide. I'd like to mention that instead of steps 2-4, what someone can do is just put update.zip (that is clockwork recovery) in your sdcard, just boot into 2e recovery, and reinstall packages so that clockwork recovery gets installed. From CWM you can just flash a rom. No rooting needed as long as the rom you flash has root permissions (which is most roms). I found this to be less of a hassle.
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This is true, but I wanted something that works for all ROMs. The only reason I had the ROM manager step is because it cuts down another step that someone could get confused on (flashing clockworkmod by hand)

Awesome, thanks a lot for posting this!

can we get this sticky-ed please?

It will be added to the q&a sticky.
But I would recommend putting step 0.... make sure they know how to restore their phone first.
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avgjoegeek said:
It will be added to the q&a sticky.
But I would recommend putting step 0.... make sure they know how to restore their phone first.
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Isn't ODIN the same thing as restoring your phone? Do you mean backing it up and then restoring from backup?

nbs11 said:
Isn't ODIN the same thing as restoring your phone? Do you mean backing it up and then restoring from backup?
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Lol yea but people go Willy Nilly flashing away then when their phone fries they start asking how to restore their phones.
Folks should know how to use Odin, Tibu, and get into the different modes before they flash.
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Lol and this is a very good guide.
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for Step 2. if this isnt your first time installing a rom and uve already rooted before, if you have the cwm recovery update.zip on your sdcard already you can just reboot to stock recovery skipping the root step and "reinstall packages" *you will have to do it twice* and you will be in cwm recovery and you can flash the rom zip file and enjoy your new rom without using the root step.
*also might work for first time rooting too not sure didnt do it that way *as the root method just pushes this update.zip to your sd and does the same thing

Is installing system data safe?
Will it over write files that it shouldn't?

Oh noes! We don't want to be loosing our data! Of course, losing it would be much worse...

I cannot open the ROM INSTALL PACKAGE.rar, is corrupted... anyone opened this file successfully ?

GRACO said:
I cannot open the ROM INSTALL PACKAGE.rar, is corrupted... anyone opened this file successfully ?
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I am testing it now. I will let you know. (it is .ZIP not .RAR if that is your issue )

What an excellent guide! It should save people new to flashing a ton of time. I had to pick pieces of information up here and there before my first flash and was pretty nervous about it, wish I could have found a guide like this before hand.

yes! ... is .zip sorry about that, but now there are separate files and now I downloaded again without problems.
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I am testing it now. I will let you know. (it is .ZIP not .RAR if that is your issue )
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this is really really good! thanks!!!!!!!

Galaxy S will not boot past the "Galaxy S" screen on startup

Hi Everyone
my Galaxy S will not boot past the "Galaxy S" screen on startup. I have read several posts with the same problem and I have tried all suggestions that I have come across. Here is what I have tried so far:
Removed battery and sim card for several hours - no change
Went into recovery mode (volume up + power + home button). Received a "E:Can't mount /dev/block/mmcblkOp1 (No such file or directory)" and "E:copy_dbdata_media:Can't mount SDCARD: copy default media content failed." error messages.
In recovery mode, performed a "wipe data/factory reset" to restore the phone back to default - still no change
Do i need to send my phone back to Samsung or take it to a phone shop? or can it be sorted at home?
Brian

Did this just randomly start to occur? did you drop the phone? or did you try to flash another rom & thus got stuck on boot?
If not, have you tried going in to download mode? (volume down + power + home button)

Go into download mode and flash a new ROM including bootloader. You should also tick 'Re-Partition' in Odin and use a PIT-file.
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Lunchbox115 said:
Go into download mode and flash a new ROM including bootloader. You should also tick 'Re-Partition' in Odin and use a PIT-file.
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This would have of course been my next suggestion assuming he can get in dl mode

Try this.

J 3 M said:
Did this just randomly start to occur? did you drop the phone? or did you try to flash another rom & thus got stuck on boot?
If not, have you tried going in to download mode? (volume down + power + home button)
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I have tried this and can get into the menu but no matter what option i said pick nothing works
Tbh i am not very good at all this lol
It happened because when i conected to Kies it said i need to update so i did and half way through the 2nd update 29% it crashed and now wont work
So the phone can be sorted?
Brian

jamesythfc said:
I have tried this and can get into the menu but no matter what option i said pick nothing works
Tbh i am not very good at all this lol
It happened because when i conected to Kies it said i need to update so i did and half way through the 2nd update 29% it crashed and now wont work
So the phone can be sorted?
Brian
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Well if you can get into the dl menu your phone is just fine.
Did you read jcspecs posted link?
When you go into download mode it means your phone is ready to flash new software, roms etc, it requires the use of a simple program called Odin (3.1 being the usual preferred choice), from there you install selected roms into it's interface, you then plug in your phone (in download mode) & you let it do it's thing, all being well you'll reboot & your Galaxy S will be born again, only bigger, better, stronger & faster
Let me encourage you into a simple set up to get your phone up & running before you do anything else, once done you can then spend more time reading a lot of stuff just like most of the rest of us has had to do, once you read you'll will be in a better position to decide whether to stick with what works or whether to change, the key is finding what you can & can't do, what works for you etc, trust me you'll get the hang of it & it's well worth it!
I'm assuming your phone is Galaxy S I9000? READ CLICK--> THIS <--CLICK GUIDE THOROUGHLY!
Also take a look at THIS for I9000 models
The idea is to flash your phone back to stock firmware using the correct tools & to then flash over it with seriously better software to show you just what it can & should look & behave like, it'll also hopefully stop you from ever connecting to Kies again.... READ, READ, READ
Also watch the youtube videos by Totallydubbed provided in the links, they will seriously help you out.

simply, Brian, I want to introduce this method for you.
Make yourself understood what is ODIN flash. Please try to search this forum or do a google search. I suggest you use the offical 2.3.4 JVP rom.
ODIN to flash the room.
1st of all, make sure your phone model definitely I9000, no T959 or others.
2nd, don't connect the KIES, and in the settings-->application-->(click this) USB debugging.
3. Download the relevant files for flashing rom. Sorry, I have no link 4 U yet, but I hope it can help.

minishe said:
2nd, don't connect the KIES, and in the settings-->application-->(click this) USB debugging.
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You should also close all Kies-processes (the one in the taskbar right at the bottom (Win7) too.
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Thanks for all the replies its all becoming a bit clearer lol
I have just done the 3 button's and i have on the screen the following
Android system recovery <3e>
Enter:OK key, select : vol up/down
Reboot system now
apply update from sd card
wipe data/factory reset
wipe cache partition
coping mdeoa files...
successfully copied media files.
#manual mode#
appling multi-csc
installing multi-csc
can't access to '/system/csc/ora/system/'.
successfully applied multi-csc
Is this the down load mode people are on about?
Brian

No its not when u have ur phone off press volume down the middle button and power button at same time it will get u into download mode pressing up volume and middle button and power will get u into recoverymode get it? So from download mode hook up ur phone to the computer use odin to flash a new rom to your phone using a pit file a pda file a phone file and csc file load those on odin and press start button make sure u got repartition cheked on and the other two auto reboot and freset time amd press start and you are good to go.... u can get those specific files on the xda website it depends what u want to flash u can go back to 2.2 froyo 2.3.4gingerbread is newest hope this help
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Is this the down load mode people are on about?
Brian
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No that is recovery mode
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This is download mode
As I said, You should watch the great videos by Totallydubbed in those links to get familiar with a few things.
The button sequence for download mode is long press (volume down + power + home button) until that image appears, be careful not to press too hard on those keys m8, you're gonna need them, let us know how you get on.

Thanks mate, i have managed to get into the download mode, just need to sit and go through what i actually have to do now
Brian

Is Odin3_v1.3.exe any good have found one but not sure
All the others have far too many links for me to understand lol
Brian

to be honest, if kies crashed your phone, and you aren't very tech, take it back and while you are at it remind samsung what a piece is sh*t kies is! It happens all too often and its about time they sorted it, failing that you can try as a above posts, and use odin to flash brew firmware
Insanity cm 016/glitchv10c

slaphead20 said:
to be honest, if kies crashed your phone, and you aren't very tech, take it back and while you are at it remind samsung what a piece is sh*t kies is! It happens all too often and its about time they sorted it, failing that you can try as a above posts, and use odin to flash brew firmware
Insanity cm 016/glitchv10c
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Hah yeah couldn't agree more m8, I found that out 2 weeks after buying the phone, still, it's better to learn the fix now & just how to get the best out of the phone
jamesythfc said:
Is Odin3_v1.3.exe any good have found one but not sure
All the others have far too many links for me to understand lol
Brian
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Brian, give THIS a go & READ!
Odin & pit HERE free download & then unzip/unrar it.

J 3 M said:
Hah yeah couldn't agree more m8, I found that out 2 weeks after buying the phone, still, it's better to learn the fix now & just how to get the best out of the phone
Brian, give THIS a go & READ!
Odin & pit HERE free download & then unzip/unrar it.
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Duly agree as you will see from my sig, however he did say he was non tech so sometimes the safe route is the best!
Insanity cm 016/glitchv10c

I have downloaded Darky Resurrection 10.1 file i have used Bitzipper to extract it but when i open Odin 1.7 i can find the PIT file but not the PDA file?
Please help this is driving me mad lol
Brian

At first you have to flash a Gingerbread-firmware from Samsung (NO custom-ROM) containing Gingerbread-bootloader with Odin (flash with PIT-file and Re-Partition ticked) and then anither kernel that brings CWM to you and finally flash the custom-ROM with CWM.
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Brian,
It's easy to get confused with too much reading but the answer to your problem is already provided for you in the links however we'll try this.....
Flash Ficeto's Odin JVH base rom here it will root your phone & ready to go to Darky's
As provided
1. use Odin 3.1.3 to be 100% safe, make sure phone is not connected! then press pit file & track to the pit 512 & make sure repartition is ticked!
2. press PDA & track to the TAR file in the Ficeto folder, (do not unzip it!), assuming you've done this correctly you can put the phone into download mode
3. Once in download mode connect phone & wait 10-15 seconds before pressing start.
4. Assuming all of the above steps have went well the phone will be up & running & you can begin to set it up, accounts, wifi, settings etc, once you've done that check back here & let us know & we can then get you to the next step.
Please also say how strong/good your wifi, 3G, call & internet signals are too as you may need to flash through a few different modems to get back to the same quality you had before, then again you may not, however this is a minor step after so just get flashing the roms first.
If for any reason you cannot find Ficeto's PDA/TAR file in the folder it means you've downloaded the CWM version = (clockworkmod) instead, CWM is how you flash roms from an already up & running phone via the power button, so if this is the case just make sure you download the THIS ODIN VERSION from the link provided.

[HOW-TO] Install 2.1 + Fastboot + Recovery + Custom ROMs on GT540! (n00b friendly!)

A WARNING: IN THE EVENT OF A BRICKED DEVICE, I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE! YOU DO THIS AT YOUR OWN RISK. KDZ UPDATER WILL BRICK YOUR PHONE IF NOT USED PROPERLY. SO FOLLOW THESE INSTRUCTIONS CAREFULLY!!!
So, you want to install custom recovery and custom ROMs? Well, you're in the right place. Follow this guide to it's exact instructions, and you will be fine.
You will need:
A computer running Windows (Sorry Mac & Linux users!)
Your phones USB cable. (If you don't have one, you can see a list of them here on Amazon)
We will need a couple of downloads first, so download these files:
V20C Orange France Fastboot ROM (It doesn't matter that it's Orange France, we are replacing the software anyway, I recommend this one as it fixes some calling issues by flashing a new baseband (or Radio).
KDZ Updater
Also, make sure you have your drivers installed. If you don't, get the .zip from here and install all 3 .exe files that are in the zip.
Now to install the Fastboot ROM!
First of all, extract KDZ Updater to the desktop. Then run the msxml.msi file to install the MSXML Parser that is needed to run KDZ. A window should then pop up that looks like this:
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^^Select install now.
But if this comes up:
It is already installed, and you can close the window.
Once that is sorted, open up KDZ_FW_UPD.exe (Windows Vista/7 users, make sure to right click and select RUN AS ADMINISTRATOR!)
Change the type of flash by selecting the 'Type' dropdown box and select 3GQCT (SUPER IMPORTANT!)
And make sure PhoneMode is set to DIAG.
Click the
icon and select the KDZ file you downloaded earlier.
Prepare the phone by enabling USB Debugging by going to Settings>Applications>Development>Enable USB Debugging, also go into Settings>SDCard & Phone Storage and make sure 'Mass storage only' is unticked. Then connect the phone to the computer via USB cable and let Windows install any drivers it needs.
Click 'Launch software update' and do not use your computer until the update is complete. The update will take roughly 10-20 mins to complete. Your phone should reboot automatically.
Installing recovery:
You have multiple choices to choose from.
ClockworkMod Recovery 2.5.1.8 (Recommended)
ClockworkMod Recovery 4.x (Recommended but you may run into incompatible .zip files, download the recovery_clockwork_x.x.x.x_swift.zip file)
Amon RA 2.2.1 (Recommended)
Amon RA 1.7.0.1 (Not recommended due to incompatibility with zip files and recovery backups. Also .zips must be signed)
Download the recovery image of your choice (I strongly recommend Clockwork 2.5.1.8)
Next put your phone in Fastboot mode by rebooting then holding Camera+Power, make sure USB Cable is plugged in. Also let Windows search Windows Update for drivers.
Download fastboot.exe from here: http://adf.ly/2M8Hi and extract it to the desktop. Also put the recovery image you downloaded onto the desktop too.
Be sure to have your fastboot drivers installed, if you use Vista/Windows 7 then the driver should be auto-downloaded from Windows Update, if you use XP or the drivers won't install from Windows Update, then look at this.
Open a command prompt and type the following:
Code:
cd Desktop
fastboot devices (if you see ? fastboot then your device is recognized)
fastboot flash recovery name_of_recovery.img
fastboot reboot
When fastboot says rebooting, hold down HOME and wait. You should see clockwork pop up. Recovery is now on your phone. You can delete the fastboot, kdz and recovery file from your pc because we won't be needing them again. Unless you need to use fastboot.exe again, but just download the fastboot.zip again if you need it) The other files, we don't need.
(NOTE: If your phone reboots with no boot logos (LG logo and animation), or when you flash recovery and it doesn't come up, follow the steps found here. Thanks to fishears for the post!)
Now, installing custom ROMs. Pick any ROM you'd like from the ROM Development section, if you can, get the recovery version, it is much easier to install. Determine if it is a recovery backup, or update.zip
Recovery backups usually contain some .img files and a nandroid.md5 file. The folder containing these files will need to go in the sdcard\clockworkmod\backup folder. Flash them by going to Backup/Restore>Restore>Then pick the backup folder.
Recovery update.zips contain three (or four) files/folders:
boot.img (file)
install-busybox.sh (file, only appears in SOME ROMs)
system (folder)
META-INF (folder)
DO NOT EXTRACT THESE, just put the .zip file on your sdcard, then go into recovery and go to install .zip from sdcard>choose .zip>pick the .zip you downloaded. (NOTE FOR SWIFTDROID: You MUST put the update-cm-xxxxx.zip file found in the SwiftDroid_x.x.x.x_Recovery.zip on your sdcard for it to install!!!)
If you need any help, PM me or reply to this thread.
Don't forget to say
if I helped!
Enjoy!
Want to go 'advanced'? Check out this guide resizing your partitions so you can have more app space!
(Also, if a mod could sticky this thread I would be very thankful. Cheers!)

great work man.. only regret you did not post this earlier for me,as i took about 2 days to flash my phone for first time.. lol
found that helped me using recovery.

scribbclubber said:
great work man.. only regret you did not post this earlier for me,as i took about 2 days to flash my phone for first time.. lol
found that helped me using recovery.
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lol, I was going to post it for a while because most of it was a reply to another post, but only just got round to doing it and it only took about 1 hour to re-write, but hopefully it will save some time by not having to explain it again and again to first time flashers (when they appear lol) Also might do a boot logo and recovery repair one too so users can sort that out too as there isn't a clear guide with pics on XDA. Also, i'm going to contact Decad3nce and see if we can get this stuck.

effortless. said:
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V20C Orange France Fastboot ROM (It doesn't matter that it's Orange France, we are replacing the software anyway, I recommend this one as it fixes some calling issues by flashing a new baseband (or Radio)....
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I have a few theoretical questions about this. Firstly, what calling issues does this fix? My current configuration is based off a v20d Baltic fastboot kdz, and has no problems. What difference would it make if I were to flash this v20c Orange, and restored a backup of my current software, if any(difference)? Lastly, is there any way to chech what baseband/radio a kdz flashes, if possible, without flashing it? I would be glad if I learned something new today, thanks.

nutterbg said:
I have a few theoretical questions about this. Firstly, what calling issues does this fix? My current configuration is based off a v20d Baltic fastboot kdz, and has no problems. What difference would it make if I were to flash this v20c Orange, and restored a backup of my current software, if any(difference)? Lastly, is there any way to chech what baseband/radio a kdz flashes, if possible, without flashing it? I would be glad if I learned something new today, thanks.
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It is meant to include a fix for calling while connected to 3G. Me and many other users encountered a problem where we could not recieve calls on 3G. I flashed this and my problem was gone. Also, i'm unsure how to check the baseband firmware, in 2.2 ROMs, this is visible, but I looked in the build.prop, and it was a set text (under ro.ril.baseband I think) but yes, you could flash this KDZ, restore backup and all would be well. But if you needed the modified partitions, just use the tutorial that is in my signature, then flash backup.

Good idea
effortless. said:
lol, I was going to post it for a while because most of it was a reply to another post, but only just got round to doing it and it only took about 1 hour to re-write, but hopefully it will save some time by not having to explain it again and again to first time flashers (when they appear lol) Also might do a boot logo and recovery repair one too so users can sort that out too as there isn't a clear guide with pics on XDA. Also, i'm going to contact Decad3nce and see if we can get this stuck.
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yep well said, when they appear and post without using search bar...lol think that i've did it myself but i used to save improtant notes and like that no need to search again and again, the thread should be stuck for noobs..
the guides are already here but posted on different threads and not at start, so agree that pics alongside instruction is a good idea.

Do I need recovery_clockwork_4.0.1.4_swift, that is on Mur4ik's site, to install SwiftDroid_v2.0_RC4, or I can use recovery clockwork 2.5.1.8 that I already have on my phone?

EDIT:Nvm, fixed it.

Added info on making sure 'Mass storage only' is unchecked before using KDZ to solve some peoples issues with the phone not being detected.

Noob friendly? hardly.
THis has no information on rooting. does the phone need to be rooted? is this flash pre rooted? how to root?
Lack of information everywhere, sorry.

DamDSx said:
Noob friendly? hardly.
THis has no information on rooting. does the phone need to be rooted? is this flash pre rooted? how to root?
Lack of information everywhere, sorry.
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Obviously if you needed to root then I would have included the steps. Also around 99% of custom ROMs are rooted anyway.

I have a rooted and already updated to 2.1.
Would this still work?

KenifJambo said:
I have a rooted and already updated to 2.1.
Would this still work?
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Of course, you would have to do this anyway if you want to install custom ROMs

This should be added to mygt540.com
Sent from my GT540 RSpec using XDA App

Danzano said:
This should be added to mygt540.com
Sent from my GT540 RSpec using XDA App
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It already has been lol

In 2.1, you can check baseband in hidden menu.
Sent from my GT540 using Tapatalk

Will this also work with the GO version of the GT540?
As my girlfriend have this i she want to run Cyanogenmod because the phone is terrible slowly.

Aktivehate said:
Will this also work with the GO version of the GT540?
As my girlfriend have this i she want to run Cyanogenmod because the phone is terrible slowly.
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As far as I am aware, it works perfect, GO is just some branding from some providers.
^^ Could someone back me up on this,
Thanks

Well that's good to know, i had one with 1.6 but made some things go wrong with the drivers, and the usb settings in android, but know i have this guide so i am gone try it.
When I tried it i had some trouble with the kdz flasher, but i did'nt knew of the msxml stuff and it was with windows 7.

Could someone upload another fastboot rom,preferably a version v20a or v20b
Sent from my GT540 using XDA App

[HOWTO] [ROOT] Instructions for SC-06D (Japanese SIII from Docomo) also ROM how-to

**** SC-03E Galaxy SIII "alpha" owners, DO NOT TRY THIS method as it will NOT work for the SC-03E. Unfortunately, the S3 "alpha" is a Japan only device, (quad core, LTE) and there is no similar hardware version available outside Japan yet.
There are 2 members who have tried this method for SC-03E and both devices are hard bricked.
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A note about these instructions:
They're long and may seem a little daunting to those that aren't experienced. Please don't let that deter you as they've been written to be as simple and easy to follow as is reasonably possible assuming you can work a Windows PC and extract a zip file.
However, it's better if you are at least familiar with putting the phone into download mode or recovery mode and have rooted before. If this is your first time using download or recovery mode, please read about using it first. (the first link below is helpful)
General Disclaimer:
Use these tools and this guide at your own risk. Doing these things wrong/improperly/etc. has the ability to completely ruin your device and YOU assume all risk and responsibility if that happens.
Also note that rooting WILL violate the manufacturers warranty on the device making it ineligible for warranty repair. If you have insurance on the device however, they MAY still replace it for the cost of your deductible.
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First, some good info how to use ODIN for flashing ROM's, etc (however, use OUR instructions here for using it for the SC-06D)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1671969
Now for the long detailed instructions, but please follow them VERY CAREFULLY.
(note: pay attention to the part about UNCHECKING "Auto-reboot" and not allowing the device to boot into Android before flashing stock_recovery)
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Here is the source for all the ROOT and ROM info we have collected for the SC-06D from Docomo, included are the instructions.
https://docs.google.com/folder/d/0B98X7HyfoaGaWEpscWdrdFZhbUE/edit
Instructions for Rooting your Japanese SGS3(SC-06D)
Verify that your phone has ‘Build Number: IMM76D.SC06DOMALK2 or earlier. You can see this by going to Settings > About phone > scroll to bottom. If it has build older than LK2, do an Update by scrolling back to the top and selecting System Updates.
(this will insure you have the latest radio (baseband SC06DDOMALK2) in case you update to a custom ROM)
I suggest downloading all the files first from the link onto your computers C:\ Create a folder there to put everything into.
1. Load Samsung ADB Drivers onto your PC by going to the Drivers folder in this Google Drive and download the SGS3-Driver file in that folder. Follow the instructions that pop up when you run the driver file.
2. Now that your PC can see your phone you should see SC-06D under Computer in Windows Explorer. In Windows, go to SC-06D and you should see Internal Storage and SD Card.(or Phone and Card). Open up Internal.(Phone) Copy and paste sgs3_rooting_supersu_v3 zip file from Google Drive Root - SuperUser folder.
3. Open up the ODIN folder in Google Drive. Download the ODIN.zip file and place it in a file on your desktop, or wherever you can easily get to it. Once you have the files extracted, double click and run Odin3 v3.07. First thing you want to do is *** UNCHECK AUTO REBOOT!!** You should see “0:[COM#]”(the # should be a number) in the ID:COM box right above the Auto Reboot. If you do not see anything in the ID:COM box then ODIN does not see your phone and you might have to reload the drivers, or try to restart your computer. You can not go any further until you see something in that ID:COM box.
4. On your phone, reboot the phone. while it is rebooting, hold down the Vol Down + Home buttons. You can release the buttons once some Japanese text comes up. Just hit the Vol Up button to clear the text. (Vol Down means "Cancel") The screen should now have some text in the top left corner and show the Android robot with the words “Downloading.. Do not turn off target!!”. If you do not get to this screen and end up back into Android, try again.
5. In ODIN (again, verify that AUTO REBOOT is unchecked) click the PDA box in the middle of ODIN. Go to the Google Drive folder called ClockWorkMod Recovery and pick SC06D-ICS-KBC-CWM-V6.0.1.2_r1-recovery-odin.tar.md5. (or latest version in folder). You should see the file loaded in the box to the right of the PDA box and it will be checked. Click the Start button at the bottom of ODIN. You should see some stuff happening in the big box in the top left of ODIN. Wait for it to say “RESET”.
6. *** READ THIS STEP COMPLETELY BEFORE DOING ANYTHING TO THE PHONE!!*** Unplug your phone. Hold the power button down, once it goes black QUICKLY press and hold the Vol Up + Home buttons to take you directly into Recovery Mode. (DO NOT LET IT BOOT INTO ANDROID!)
7. You should now be in Recovery Mode. You should see an orange circle with a hat on it in the middle of the screen. This is ClockWorkMod(CWM) Recovery Mode. Use the Vol Up and Vol Down buttons to move the highlight bar up and down and the Power button to select. Go to “Install zip from SD Card” and then “Choose zip from SD Card”. Look for the sgs3_rooting_supersu_v3.zip file that you loaded in step 3. You should be asked if you really want to do this, move the highlight bar down and select “Yes..”
8. *** READ THIS STEP COMPLETELY BEFORE DOING ANYTHING TO THE PHONE!!*** After the zip file as loaded, it shouldn’t take but a few seconds, highlight and use “***go back***” until you are back at the top menu. You should see “reboot system now”. Be ready to put the phone back into Download Mode again by holding the Vol Down + Home buttons. Again, you have to be quick with this and don’t let the phone go into Android.
note: if you skip this next step and choose to keep CWM recovery installed instead of the stock_recovery, then many of the SC-06D's functions will not work. The stock_recovery MUST be flashed/installed everytime before booting into Android.
9. Plug your phone back into your PC. Open ODIN back up, if its not still open, If it is still open hit the RESET button. You should still see “0:[COM#]” in the ID:COM box saying ODIN sees your phone. *** UNCHECK AUTO REBOOT!!** Click the PDA box again, just like you did in Step 6. This time you will load up stock_recovery.tar.md5 file from the Google Drive folder Stock Recovery. Make sure that the file is in the box to the right of PDA and that its checked. Click the Start button at the bottom of ODIN. Wait for the box at the top left to say RESET.
10. You can now reboot your phone and let it go all the way into Android. You are now Rooted!
Once you are back into Android, you can check and make sure you have SU(superuser) and open up Camera, "Osaifu-Keitai", install EDY (or ID, or Suica, etc) check that they work, they should be fine though.
(note: if at any point you let the phone boot into Android by mistake while CWM recovery was still flashed, then you will find some hardware functions on the phone will be broken, the ONLY way we know how to fix this, is to re-install stock ROM and start over)
If you don't care about custom ROM's, then that's it. You are done! EVERYTHING will work at this point. OneSeg, Felica, Wifi, camera, LTE, hotspot, etc...
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OPTIONAL
*** UPDATE ***
While you are still on stock ROM, if you would like to SIM UNLOCK your SC-06D, the instructions in this thread, have been verified to work on our stock Touchwiz ROM phone. (it won't work if you have a custom ROM like CM9 or CM10 installed)
Confirmed, it will retain the SIM UNLOCK after a custom ROM flashing!!
So now is the perfect time to SIM unlock your SC-06D!
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Instructions for loading Kernels and ROMs
If you DO want to try a ROM or kernel, (I have Sakuramilks CM9(ROM) and kernel on Google Drive) then download the files and extract them. Be aware that the Japanese SGS3’s are not like the ones in the states or other countries, so load other ROMs and Kernels at your own risk. We can only verify that the ROM and kernel i've provided will work on our phones. Open up you phone in Windows Explorer and put the downloaded files into Internal Storage on your phone. You can just put them in the top most level, no need to place them in any special folder or anything. The following steps will be for Sakuramilk’s files, just replace your ROM zip and Kernel zip files. You can use the Google Apps zip from the Google Drive if you want.
!!!ALL YOUR DATA WILL BE LOST IF YOU DO THIS SO BE SURE TO DO A BACKUP!!!
(follow Steps 4, 5, 6, ONLY then choose full back up, run a back up which takes a while, then follow steps 8 and 9 to reflash stock_recovery before booting back into Android)
1. In this example we will be using Sakuramilk’s CM9 ROM and kernel.
UPDATE: we try to keep the latest Kernel updates included, so the file names may be slightly different for the date.
They can be found in Google Drive folders Kernel and Sakuramilk CM9 ROM. Copy SC06D-ICS-KBC-20120826-AOSP.zip and cm-9-20120815-SKRMLK-d2dcm.zip files into the top level of Internal Storage on your phone. If you want to pre-load all the Google apps go ahead and load gapps-ics-20120429-signed.zip into the Internal Storage along with the other two zip files.
2. Just like what you did in the Root instructions. Open up the ODIN folder in Google Drive. Double click and run Odin3 v3.07. *** UNCHECK AUTO REBOOT!!** You should see “0:[COM#]”(the # should be a number) in the ID:COM box right above the Auto Reboot. If you do not see anything in the ID:COM box then ODIN does not see your phone and you might have to reload the drivers, or try to restart your computer. You can not go any further until you see something in that ID:COM box.
3. On your phone, reboot the phone. while it is rebooting, hold down the Vol Down + Home buttons. You can release the buttons once some Japanese text comes up. Just hit the Vol Up button to clear the text. The screen should now have some text in the top left corner and show the Android robot with the words “Downloading.. Do not turn off target!!”. If you do not get to this screen and end up back into Android, try again
4. In ODIN (again, verify that AUTO REBOOT is unchecked) click the PDA box in the middle of ODIN. Go to the Google Drive folder called ClockWorkMod Recovery and pick SC06D-ICS-KBC-CWM-V6.0.1.2_r1-recovery-odin.tar.md5. You should see the file loaded in the box to the right of the PDA box and it will be checked. Click the Start button at the bottom of ODIN. You should see some stuff happening in the big box in the top left of ODIN. Wait for it to say “RESET”.
5. *** READ THIS STEP COMPLETELY BEFORE DOING ANYTHING TO THE PHONE!!*** Unplug your phone. Hold the power button down, once it goes black QUICKLY press and hold the Vol Up + Home buttons to go directly into Recovery Mode. (DO NOT LET IT BOOT INTO ANDROID!)
6. You should now be in Recovery Mode. You should see an orange circle with a hat on it in the middle of the screen just like when you were rooting the phone. Use the Vol Up and Vol Down buttons to move the highlight bar up and down and the Power button to select. Select “wipe data/factory reset” after its complete, select “wipe cache partition”. You will then need to go into the “advanced” menu. From there you will “wipe delvik cache” and “wipe battery stats”. Now go back to the main menu and select ‘Apply update from SD Card” and then go to “choose zip from sdcard “. This should bring up a list of folders and files on your internal storage. At the bottom look for the file “SC06D-ICS-KBC-20120826-AOSP-boot-signed.zip” and hit the power button to load that. After that is done loading pick and load the file “cm-9-20120815-SKRMLK-d2dcm.zip”. After both of those have loaded, load ”gapps-ics-20120429-signed.zip”.
7. *** READ THIS STEP COMPLETELY BEFORE DOING ANYTHING TO THE PHONE!!*** After you have installed the three zip files, use the “*** go back ***” menus until you are all the way at the top menu. Select “reboot system now”. Be ready to put the phone back into Download Mode again by holding the Vol Down + Home buttons. You should see the Android robot and the “Downloading.. Do not turn off target!!”
8. Plug your phone back into your PC. Open ODIN back up, if its not still open, If it is still open hit the RESET button that is next to the START button. You should still see “0:[COM#]” in the ID:COM box saying ODIN sees your phone. *** UNCHECK AUTO REBOOT!!** Click the PDA box again, just like you did in Step 6. This time you will load up stock_recovery.tar.md5 file from the Google Drive folder Stock Recovery. Make sure that the file is in the box to the right of PDA and that its checked. Click the Start button at the bottom of ODIN. Wait for the box at the top left to say RESET.
Reboot into Android and ENJOY!!!
As long as you reflash the stock_recovery after your custom ROM or kernels, everything should work fine.
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Contributing people and thanks to,
FDokinawa, Society Mike,
as well as non-xda members because there is NO japanese language support here... sakuramilk, HomuHomu, and the unnamed Japanese developers who post on various blogs like 2chan.
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**** UPDATE *****
AWESOME Find from "creaturecool"
creaturecool said:
A world of possibilities has arrived. The following is a guide to using the ROM conversion tool created by Homura. Original Japanese post here.
With this tool, you will be able to convert ROMs meant for T-mobile (model number: SGH-T999) and AT&T (SGH-I747) versions of the S3 for use on the sc-06d (docomo SIII).
As usual before doing anything make a Nandroid back-up! Anything you do to your phone you do at your own risk!
1. Download the tool here. Unzip it.
2. Find compatible ROM in one of the following forums
WARNING: ONLY USE T-MOBILE (d2tmo) or AT&T (d2att) Galaxy S3 ROMs, doing otherwise will leave you with a brick!!
IMPORTANT: You can NOT convert touchwiz-based Jelly Bean roms.
You can convert AOSP-based Jelly Bean roms (CM10, AOKP, Liquidsmooth, ParanoidAndroid, etc.).
You can convert touchwiz-based ICS roms, and AOSP roms.
(I chose this Liquidsmooth rom)
AT&T Galaxy S III Original Android Development
AT&T Galaxy S III Android Development
T-Mobile Galaxy S III Original Android Development
T-Mobile Galaxy S III Android Development
Should you choose an ICS rom, your One-seg and Osaifu-keitai should remain in working order.
For Jelly Bean roms, these features will be lost. LTE will depend on the rom you choose and will be up to you to determine whether it is functioning or not.
3. Place T-mobile/AT&T S3 rom into the tool folder. The folder should be unzipped, and called make_JP_CompleteROM_SC06D.
4. Once placed in the folder, run make_JP_CompleteROM.cmd. Next a command prompt window will pop up as shown below.
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Press "1" if the rom is an aosp-based ICS rom.
Press "2" if the rom is an aosp-based Jellybean rom.
Press "3" if the rom is a touchwiz based ICS rom.
Press "0" to exit.
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Next, a lot of green text should appear. That's good, it's working! It should take about a minute, and then prompt you with white text saying "Press any key to continue..."
Your freshly converted rom will be called JP_SC06D_JB_Complete.zip or JP_SC06D_ICS_Complete.zip and should be in the same directory.
If you get red text, make sure that you have cleared the directory of any previous roms you have cooked (ie. any "JP_SC06D_JB_Complete.zip" or "JP_SC06D_ICS_Complete.zip" you may have converted earlier).
5. Take your newly created JP_SC06D_JB_Complete.zip or JP_SC06D_ICS_Complete.zip and flash it as you normally would with the SC-06d. Don't forget your Gapps!
You don't need to flash stock recovery unless you use an ICS rom and care about Felica and Mobile TV.
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Enjoy!!!:laugh:
---------- Post added at 10:31 AM ---------- Previous post was at 10:15 AM ----------
btw, I highly recommend the LiquidSmooth rom. So far everything is great and it has even more customization options than the CM10 and AOKP roms we have so far. The only downside I've found is that the charging battery LED doesn't work (it's a problem with the original LS rom, workaround).
Edit: Get the sc-06d Liquid Smooth Rom here. (Flash as is, no conversion necessary.)
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reserved for future/FAQ

Does anyone know how to activate the front LED`s?
Or don`t say work at all in CM9?

they seem to work for me, but there IS a setting menu for the notification LED's under....
Settings > Display > Notification Light

I have the led setting enabled but it did not work! Reflashed cm9 and it worked! Thank you!
Sent from my SC-06D using Tapatalk 2

I am currently running Sakura's CM10 build. But I was wondering if there are any other CM10 builds available that we can use ( ie. ATT, Sprint, etc...)? If anyone know's I'd really appreciate it.
EDIT: Has anyone tried the "TOOL" that sakura has on his website? It looks like it will take a different SGS3 ROM and re-compile it to work on the SC-06D. Can anyone confirm this?

very nice...bookmarked

dkflint723 said:
I am currently running Sakura's CM10 build. But I was wondering if there are any other CM10 builds available that we can use ( ie. ATT, Sprint, etc...)? If anyone know's I'd really appreciate it.
EDIT: Has anyone tried the "TOOL" that sakura has on his website? It looks like it will take a different SGS3 ROM and re-compile it to work on the SC-06D. Can anyone confirm this?
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Hmm, if that's what the tool does then awesome. I thought it was just a rooting toolkit.
Other ROMs for other S3's would work but many or most functions would not work. Sakuramilk adds in the changes needed for the SC06D. Apparently even the mic is different on our version.

I followed the procedure to the letter, but it left my phone stuck at the cyanogenmod9 boot screen.
Now I am without CWM, and it's not working.
Nvm, I solved my issue.

Just thrown on the latest (i.e. yesterday's) nightly build of CM10. The install went fine although on each bootup I'm getting a message telling me "Unfortunately, the process com.google.process.gapps has stopped". Some people have said before it can happen if you restore a Google backup after a ROM upgrade but I'm not sure. Hopefully it'll go away of its own accord, or the next nightly build will sort it.

Note that Sakuramilk has dropped back to the nightly release from the 18th due to a problem with Superuser permissions. Hopefully it'll be fixed soon and a new nightly will be sorted as that version seemed to have fixed a few of the bugs still there.
Am wondering now whether to go back to CM9 or not until things get sorted.

Does reinstalling stock recovery work for sakuramilk's CM10? also didnt someone recompile paranoid android? if so, please shoot me a PM

Not sure if anyone else is experiencing this but I'm getting a huge amount of crashes and then the phone won't start up, needing all data to be wiped. Have noticed it with the last 3 nightly builds of CM10. Am trying to work out if it's an app that it's not liking but not found anything yet.

Hmm, never seen this on cm9.
That is why i haven't bothered with cm10 yet as there is no stable release.

Well even the CM9 from Sakuramilk is still on a nightly build and not an official stable release. But a lot more work has been done on it, I'll give you that.

Yes there is a nightly build for his cm9 but there is also a stable release which I am using.

Where is his stable release? Doesn't seem to be on his Github page.

soldave said:
Where is his stable release? Doesn't seem to be on his Github page.
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Here's the github page for daily and stable releases for the SC-06D: github.com/kbc-developers/release/wiki/SC06D

i know i asked before...but got no response...seeing as it looks like the focus is off the ICS and now on CM 9, 10 or JB...is there a kernel that will play nice with all???????l....the current ICS kernel on github cause the phone to be mostly unresponsive...so stuck using the stock kernel with just basic profiles...maybe the new update is to blame..
also....anyone know how to reset the flash counter?...lol

If you are running the new OTA update then that's your problem. The kernels and ROMs in the instructions here are for L6 version.
There is NO need to do OTA updates when you have a custom rom.

[Tutorial] How to Flash and Root Galaxy A [SHW M100S]

This Model is even Older than the Galaxy S SHW M110S but still in the market in third world countries .
The Flashing Procedure for this Korean Galaxy A is similar to the Korean Galaxy S But this model has limited ROM's and Rooting Kernels as it was not that popular once the Galaxy S was revealed three months later.
Downloads
You Can download an Instructions manual from Here
You need to use Odin3 version 1.32 (Attached below)
You need USB Drivers (Attached below)
ROMS Currently Available
Stock ROM DB19
DF27
Galaxy A 2.2.1
EB25
EG04
EG04 Custom
EG04 Jackos
EI08
KyuHyuk 2.0.1 (Rom 2.2.1 Cooked)
Johyengho
Aprime GBV02
MiRu ROM PE 2.5
GA ROM 1.5
How to Root?
You can use Framaroot app or Unlockroot from your PC or Cydia Impactor from PC
or
Flash Rooted ROM EG04
Download Mode : Press and hold vol up + vol down + Power button
Recovery Mode : Press volume up + power button
General advice prior to Flashing any phone
Its always best to do a "clean" install. meaning you should remove any old scripts, data, cache, junk before flashing a new ROM, this is like taking a bath before using new clothes. For some models it is a must do, for others it may not be a major problem or can be resolved by flashing the dbdata.rfs to clear out the remaining junk that you failed to remove before flashing . But if you had "lagfix" and did not undo it, it can cause internal SD card unavailable situation, which can be difficult to resolve.
Hence before flashing its advisable to
a) undo lagfix, IF you had any.
b) Do a factory reset by settings>Privacy> factory reset ( erase SD Card - optional , as formatting SD card could be too)
c) And even going into recovery to wipe everything is also good.
d) Removing SIM Card and External SD card ( makes it easier for phone to boot up initially after flashing a new ROM)
Doing this will give you a "Clean" install or fresh start for your phone.
Make sure your Battery Charge is more than 50%, Samsung requires you to have 100% charge when using KIES to upgrade.
Reminder, What you do with your Phone is your own responsibility, so do it at your own risk​
Flashing Procedure
1). You need to Factory Reset Phone first go to settings >Privacy> factory reset also can be done in recovery
2) Power Down and Enter Recovery Mode and wipe data and wipe cache
3) Power down and remove battery, Then reinsert the battery and Enter Download Mode
4) Fireup Odin3 ver 1.32 on PC and Connect phone with USB cable to PC
5) Now select the ROM you had downloaded in Odin under PDA ( do not tick or press anything else ) and DON'T Interrupt flashing unless stuck for some time
6) Press Start Button on Odin3 and wait till is completed
7) Once phone has booted up and everything is working, power down and enter Recovery Mode, here you "factory Reset" phone one more time
That's it Now you will be using the new ROM you just flashed.
Any problem, just check My Android Solution's for relevant solution​
Check this out! You , YES! you are an " Android ". Not your phone but U.
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Its been 3 months & no one Replies to this thread ..
Really man ... This is a million $ thread ... I can just say WOW ...
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I am very thankful that i found this thread! At last! i am able to find roms for my phone. The sad part is, this phone was given to me, and i didn't know what they did because i found out that my Storage settings states Unavailable, and Available storage 0.00b. I tried flashing it with the stock rom you provided but an error that says like "the file is to large than tha target partition" something like that. Could please kindly direct me what to do? please! I would be very very thankful!

xggwarchildxx said:
I am very thankful that i found this thread! At last! i am able to find roms for my phone. The sad part is, this phone was given to me, and i didn't know what they did because i found out that my Storage settings states Unavailable, and Available storage 0.00b. I tried flashing it with the stock rom you provided but an error that says like "the file is to large than tha target partition" something like that. Could please kindly direct me what to do? please! I would be very very thankful!
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You need to strictly follow the flashing guide , remove eveything including SIM card and Ext SD card, and format Internal SD card ( If possible) in the phone. After that following the guide flash the DB 19 Stock ROM, to see, if you can recover from the corrupt partitions problem.
Check this out! Links to useful Guides and " Banned " Documentaries ​

Sir, i did follow the flashing guide, but flashing the stock rom still say the same error: The file is too large than the target partition. BTW, there is no sd card in the phone while flashing. But still the same, stock rom say the same error, the other rom (custom?) succeed but still the same problem. Thank you!
Edit:
I think formatting the internal storage is impossible as there is 0.00b available in the phone storage status also the Format Storage cannot be clicked. Thanks!

xggwarchildxx said:
Sir, i did follow the flashing guide, but flashing the stock rom still say the same error: The file is too large than the target partition. BTW, there is no sd card in the phone while flashing. But still the same, stock rom say the same error, the other rom (custom?) succeed but still the same problem. Thank you!
Edit:
I think formatting the internal storage is impossible as there is 0.00b available in the phone storage status also the Format Storage cannot be clicked. Thanks!
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The thing is , you need a PIT FILE to repartition, unfortunately, I cannot locate one, so you need to search for it. also I do not have this phone, for me to try extracting a PIT File or help you with other methods.
Alternatively, you can try to switch SD Cards, and that needs a modified CWM kernel as ell as an Ext SD card partitioned into two partitions.
Check this out! Links to useful Guides and " Banned " Documentaries ​

xsenman said:
The thing is , you need a PIT FILE to repartition, unfortunately, I cannot locate one, so you need to search for it. also I do not have this phone, for me to try extracting a PIT File or help you with other methods.
Alternatively, you can try to switch SD Cards, and that needs a modified CWM kernel as ell as an Ext SD card partitioned into two partitions.
Check this out! Links to useful Guides and " Banned " Documentaries ​
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OK sir.. i will try and find if there is any existing PIT file for this. Thank you!

samsung galaxy a shw m100s
i buy samsung galaxy A shw m100s with firmware 2.3.4. this is my first android phone i am intrested in learning new things i download odin3_v1.3.2.exe with a tar.md5 file named {SHW-M100S_HOME_EB25_8G_REV08_user.tar} i connect my android with power+vol down+vol up key download mode and open the odin and upload the tar file i change the firmware 2.3.4 to 2.2.1. now it is hang when i turn on hotspot sheild opened i want to back in 2.3.4 and a stable operating system
please help me please

bhailogs121 said:
i buy samsung galaxy A shw m100s with firmware 2.3.4. this is my first android phone i am intrested in learning new things i download odin3_v1.3.2.exe with a tar.md5 file named {SHW-M100S_HOME_EB25_8G_REV08_user.tar} i connect my android with power+vol down+vol up key download mode and open the odin and upload the tar file i change the firmware 2.3.4 to 2.2.1. now it is hang when i turn on hotspot sheild opened i want to back in 2.3.4 and a stable operating system
please help me please
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Follow the guide above step by step and after that flash the EG04 or EI08 ROM, it comes in custom, rooted etc or the other after EG04 , will get you back to 2.3.4, remember to do all the wipes and steps.
Check this out! Links to useful Guides and " Banned " Documentaries ​

Brother Is TheRe Any Jelly Bean Rom?????

flashing not starting
xsenman said:
This Model is even Older than the Galaxy S SHW M110S but still in the market in third world countries .
The Flashing Procedure for this Korean Galaxy A is similar to the Korean Galaxy S But this model has limited ROM's and Rooting Kernels as it was not that popular once the Galaxy S was revealed three months later.
Downloads
You Can download an Instructions manual from Here
You need to use Odin3 version 1.32 (Attached below)
You need USB Drivers (Attached below)
ROMS Currently Available
Stock ROM DB19
DF27
Galaxy A 2.2.1
EB25
EG04
EG04 Custom
EG04 Jackos
EI08
KyuHyuk 2.0.1 (Rom 2.2.1 Cooked)
Johyengho
Aprime GBV02
MiRu ROM PE 2.5
GA ROM 1.5
How to Root?
You can use Framaroot app or Unlockroot from your PC or Cydia Impactor from PC
or
Flash Rooted ROM EG04
Download Mode : Press and hold vol up + vol down + Power button
Recovery Mode : Press volume up + power button
General advice prior to Flashing any phone
Its always best to do a "clean" install. meaning you should remove any old scripts, data, cache, junk before flashing a new ROM, this is like taking a bath before using new clothes. For some models it is a must do, for others it may not be a major problem or can be resolved by flashing the dbdata.rfs to clear out the remaining junk that you failed to remove before flashing . But if you had "lagfix" and did not undo it, it can cause internal SD card unavailable situation, which can be difficult to resolve.
Hence before flashing its advisable to
a) undo lagfix, IF you had any.
b) Do a factory reset by settings>Privacy> factory reset ( erase SD Card - optional , as formatting SD card could be too)
c) And even going into recovery to wipe everything is also good.
d) Removing SIM Card and External SD card ( makes it easier for phone to boot up initially after flashing a new ROM)
Doing this will give you a "Clean" install or fresh start for your phone.
Make sure your Battery Charge is more than 50%, Samsung requires you to have 100% charge when using KIES to upgrade.
Reminder, What you do with your Phone is your own responsibility, so do it at your own risk​
Flashing Procedure
1). You need to Factory Reset Phone first go to settings >Privacy> factory reset also can be done in recovery
2) Power Down and Enter Recovery Mode and wipe data and wipe cache
3) Power down and remove battery, Then reinsert the battery and Enter Download Mode
4) Fireup Odin3 ver 1.32 on PC and Connect phone with USB cable to PC
5) Now select the ROM you had downloaded in Odin under PDA ( do not tick or press anything else ) and DON'T Interrupt flashing unless stuck for some time
6) Press Start Button on Odin3 and wait till is completed
7) Once phone has booted up and everything is working, power down and enter Recovery Mode, here you "factory Reset" phone one more time
That's it Now you will be using the new ROM you just flashed.
Any problem, just check My Android Solution's for relevant solution​
Check this out! You , YES! you are an " Android ". Not your phone but U.
You Must watch this documentary concerning your privacy Terms & Conditions we had agreed to, by using a PC or Smartphone
How to say Thank you? If you find any post helpful on XDA, please click on the Thanks button
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after i enter in to the download mode nothings gonna happen :'( :'( my device is not showing in the connection status :/
flashing not starting :'(
any solutions plzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

my shw m100s is stuck at the upgrade screen i dont know what to do

Khizar hayyat said:
Brother Is TheRe Any Jelly Bean Rom?????
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Sorry mate, This Phone was only sold in Korea and only a few countries. Few month later, Galaxy S came out and died. I remember many many developers back in Korea cooking ROMs but in about 2011, all the development completely stopped and the Galaxy A community closed. Gingerbread and Froyo ROMs are all we've got.

Thank you very much for the ROM