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Installing themes & other noob related issues

Hello,
Thanks to all the members on this site who have provided all the info necessary to go from stock to SC 2.6, non-voodoo. I have been building my own PC's, overclocking, modding for years. I figured I wasn't clueless when it comes to all things techno and should be able to handle this. I have been studying the forums for a month and finally dove in. Really want to steer clear of the "please hold my hand" and do this for me type questions. Unfortunately, after searching for a while, I have to do exactly that. I can't seem to find specifics on installing or removing the various themes. If I'm blind, could anyone point me in the direction? The sticky on themes seems to cover how to create them, not flash them on. Thanks again to all the devs and others who have posted their experiences. I would be stuck on stock forever without you all.

The themes come in .zip files, like roms and kernel. And like roms and kernels, you flash them in CWR like usual. Reboot, and your phone should have the theme installed.
There is no way to remove a theme. Though, you can backup before installing a theme, and restore it if you don't like the theme. If you want to use another theme, all you need to do is flash the new theme in CWR, then reboot. Your new theme should overwrite the old one. Hope you enjoy your device!
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Thanks, I get the idea. Do I wipe data before flashing? I don't think i did when I flashed SC 2.6 as all my contacts and everything were still there. Phone works well, so now I'm convinced I'm gonna brick it if I try anything else. But I can't resist.

Themes don't involve wipes, so no worries there. Just flash themes away!
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Rom of the week

Hey Buzzers. Today i´d like to start a new concept, its called
"Rom of the week", and it is pretty simple.
I love trying out new roms, and i´m sure you do to. So i´ll test some roms, and then every week i´ll be awarding the best rom the title as Rom of the week.
But you guys, are also allowed to come with your suggestions and discuss which rom is best.
//PetDroid

My favorite rom of this week is..
RemPuzzlerom. This is mainly because of its awesome features, including the new "Beats audio" thing, the fastness. Everything is just so fast and i just love Sense!.
This was a short post, but thats just my opinion. What do you think?

This is a great thread started on my opinion, i guess you will state issues and make comparisons through tested roms. Unfortunately, i don't have time doing this lately to do so, that's a reason i find it nice.
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Thanks!
LucidSomnia said:
This is a great thread started on my opinion, i guess you will state issues and make comparisons through tested roms. Unfortunately, i don't have time doing this lately to do so, that's a reason i find it nice.
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So glad you like it. I´d really like some other peoples to help. Do you have any friends you think could help?

CM7.2 Build 16, not so smooth but extremely customizable. I love it

Cyanogenmod
Yup, i also really like CM7. Just dont know why, like sense better

Grate idea . Will save us a lot of time searching for roms and updates.
Can u also provide links to the rom of the week please .
Then if I may cm9 buzz kang rc0 (erwinp and Arco ) I know the rom still have some bugs but it should be listed in my opinion just for the fact that we were told our wildfire not good enough to run ics . This is my daly rom .
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Dont get me wrong, but, this thread is useless, there are several other threads like this, such as: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1485583
Basically, youre doing the same thing. You could, though, comment on roms in that thread to reduce number of threads on this subforum as its getting bloated with useless threads and we, wildfire veterans, dont like it, just like others who come here to search for useful info.
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usaff22 said:
CM7.2 Build 16, not so smooth but extremely customizable. I love it
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hey i flashed cm7.2 but its not working properly.when i first start using it, the status bar goes on force closing and i tried replacing its system ui.apk but then it continously says system ui.apk is not responding n then force close.
please help.....

cyanogemod 6.1!!!!!!

nishantsikri13 said:
hey i flashed cm7.2 but its not working properly.when i first start using it, the status bar goes on force closing and i tried replacing its system ui.apk but then it continously says system ui.apk is not responding n then force close.
please help.....
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Make a nandroid backup, wipe dalvik/cache/data and flash again (gapps also). Btw latest nightly
had this problem, are you sure you flashed the right file?
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for me wildpuzzle v0.8 and cyanogen mod 7.2 RC1. Those are best roms if you ask me

cyanogemod 7 work fine
cyanogemod 7 working fine with my phone. noproblem

LewaOS
Lewaos V3 is amazing.. based on cm7.2
try this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1585521

Splash Mod 2.0 is my pick, smooth and stable.

balaedge said:
Lewaos V3 is amazing.. based on cm7.2
try this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1585521
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that ROM is beautiful and nice icon. I will try it.

I've been a fan of CyanogenMod, so for now is CM7.2 RC1.
I tested some of the ICS Roms, but without the camera working, I'll keep with GB instead.
Nice thead!

Me too
real_time said:
that ROM is beautiful and nice icon. I will try it.
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I keep getting a fc when trying to modify the theme. has this happened to anyone else with this ROM?

nishantsikri13 said:
hey i flashed cm7.2 but its not working properly.when i first start using it, the status bar goes on force closing and i tried replacing its system ui.apk but then it continously says system ui.apk is not responding n then force close.
please help.....
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I'm not sure if this is the proper place to be asking for help, but, did you wipe (using CWM) before flashing the new ROM? That might be the issue here.
Also, back on topic, I'm another vote for Erwin's awesome CM9 builds, if you don't mind the roughness of it.

DerpyWebber said:
I'm not sure if this is the proper place to be asking for help, but, did you wipe (using CWM) before flashing the new ROM? That might be the issue here.
Also, back on topic, I'm another vote for Erwin's awesome CM9 builds, if you don't mind the roughness of it.
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Agreed with the last bit.

CyanogenMod 7.2.0 RC1 released!! Also 68 other devices

here ya go
http://download.cyanogenmod.com/?type=RC
we are the second link, fascinatemtd
this is just one more step closer to official cm9. all props go to the cyanogen team for all their hard work

Allright!! Downloading as soon as the site comes back.

CM9 kangs start tonight. .
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im not sure why they even released a 7.2 this late in the game with cm9 dev in full force, but hey im not complaining.

droidstyle said:
im not sure why they even released a 7.2 this late in the game with cm9 dev in full force, but hey im not complaining.
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7.1 is buggy for some devices? In my experience, its kind of buggy for the Fascinate.

Foxcow said:
7.1 is buggy for some devices? In my experience, its kind of buggy for the Fascinate.
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I think you missed the point...

Because some devices that has cm7 won't necessarily get cm9???
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yohobojo said:
Because some devices that has cm7 won't necessarily get cm9???
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yeah. they released a flow chart with percentages a week ago. if i find ill link. but based on the flow chart we have ~66% chance of official cm9 (do we really need it though?) we already have a AOKP, Gummy, MIUI v4, nightly kangs, THS and Codename (most of these roms from Stephen.k.spear thanks btw) so in all reality, would the world end with out offic cm9?

droidstyle said:
I think you missed the point...
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not really, cm9 is not everyones style. i personally dont really enjoy ICS. what i mean is its not all its cracked up to be. Google hypes the **** out of their software and i dont blame them but i think they did it right with gb and ill probably be running this or the skang nightlies until i upgrade in may

antp121 said:
yeah. they released a flow chart with percentages a week ago. if i find ill link. but based on the flow chart we have ~66% chance of official cm9 (do we really need it though?) we already have a AOKP, Gummy, MIUI v4, nightly kangs, THS and Codename (most of these roms from Stephen.k.spear thanks btw) so in all reality, would the world end with out offic cm9?
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Not if I have anything to say about it. We'll get added at some point. Enjoy my kangs until then.
Considering sbrissen just added the files needed to builds from CM9 directly I'm guessing he's planing on a merge....
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yohobojo said:
Because some devices that has cm7 won't necessarily get cm9???
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Exactly what I was going to say. For the devices that won't be moving past CM7, its nice to see some of the bugs addressed.

I just can't believe people are still on GB.
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Stephen.k.spear said:
I just can't believe people are still on GB.
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this!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Eh, lots of people just prefer that version of the OS.
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so i know you are probably going to beat me up for this but ive already dwonloaded all the files to install the CM7 but ive read thousands of times that i need to do a nand backup of the oiginal OS but when i get into the recovery mode i dont have the backup/restore option.... where is my problem? thanks for your help...

andreshbozo said:
so i know you are probably going to beat me up for this but ive already dwonloaded all the files to install the CM7 but ive read thousands of times that i need to do a nand backup of the oiginal OS but when i get into the recovery mode i dont have the backup/restore option.... where is my problem? thanks for your help...
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"cwm 2.5.x all" is only recovery that backs up stock rom to my knowledge. You will need to flash it to make your backup then flash "cwm fixed for cm7" to proceed with cyanogenmod.
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mezster said:
"cwm 2.5.x all" is only recovery that backs up stock rom to my knowledge. You will need to flash it to make your backup then flash "cwm fixed for cm7" to proceed with cyanogenmod.
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Out of curiosity, can that be flashed from Rom Manager?

Foxcow said:
Out of curiosity, can that be flashed from Rom Manager?
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run far far away from rom manager!! manually flash the file in cwm recovery.

droidstyle said:
run far far away from rom manager!! manually flash the file in cwm recovery.
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Thanks! When its too good to be true...

mezster said:
"cwm 2.5.x all" is only recovery that backs up stock rom to my knowledge. You will need to flash it to make your backup then flash "cwm fixed for cm7" to proceed with cyanogenmod.
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i downloaded the cwm 3.0.0.8 zip file and acording a video on youtube all i have to do is to use the root explorer, rename the recovery from the bin folder and copy there the one i downloaded... so far so good but when i go onto the recovery mode y select the backup/restore option it shows me a buch of errors "E: cant mount cache/partition" and cant open the same path... the thing is that the .zip i downloaded with the recovery has like 4 folders "META-inf" "sbin" "res" "etc"... im new in this whole thing :S please be patient with me...

Recommend a kernel and why

Hey
Ive never switched kernels before and Im in the mood to try some out Which do you recommend? I like battery life but I also like decent performance obviously
Which are your recommended? (Only universal compatible ones eg. they work with all (or 99%) of ROMS)

GB/ICS? AOSP or sense?
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xT4Z1N4TRx said:
GB/ICS? AOSP or sense?
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I ment by universal just that: they work on both AOSP AND Sense.
And I apoligize for not mentioning what version: Gingerbread

The reason he's asking is because there is obviously no universal kernel that'd work for both AOSP and Sense.

crestofawave said:
The reason he's asking is because there is obviously no universal kernel that'd work for both AOSP and Sense.
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Yep what he said. For example, unity v10 only works on GB sense, whereas pershoot only works on GB CM7
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crestofawave said:
The reason he's asking is because there is obviously no universal kernel that'd work for both AOSP and Sense.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1550620
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But anyways if you insist.....
I'm on CM7.2 nightlies.

Not to be rude, but they're very skilled developers, not noobs. If you read that thread you)ll see that the GB kernel works with Sense roms...
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Well, I suppose that you can try the Tiamat kernel. Credits go to canyiarb.
You can also try the ILWT kernel. This is what I'm using right now, I've had zero issues with it and it's blazing fast. Credits go to Tsubus.
Alternatively, there's also EliteKernel. It includes custom governors, something ILWT doesn't have. Also a great choice.) Credits go to Nik3r.
All three of the above are excellent kernels (in my opinion). You shouldn't see much of a difference between the three.

virtualflyer said:
Not to be rude, but they're very skilled developers, not noobs. If you read that thread you)ll see that the GB kernel works with Sense roms...
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(Thought I replied)
That thread I linked to has a kernel which works on AOSP and Sense ROMs meaning they are compatible right?

crestofawave said:
Well, I suppose that you can try the Tiamat kernel. Credits go to canyiarb.
You can also try the ILWT kernel. This is what I'm using right now, I've had zero issues with it and it's blazing fast. Credits go to Tsubus.
Alternatively, there's also EliteKernel. It includes custom governors, something ILWT doesn't have. Also a great choice.) Credits go to Nik3r.
All three of the above are excellent kernels (in my opinion). You shouldn't see much of a difference between the three.
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Thank you
How can I backup my current kernel if I want to switch back?

Not sure, I suppose you could make a backup of your /boot partition (if you're using 4EXT Touch there's an option for this in Advanced Backup I think).
The best thing to do would be to make a nandroid of your existing installation in entirety.

crestofawave said:
Not sure, I suppose you could make a backup of your /boot partition (if you're using 4EXT Touch there's an option for this in Advanced Backup I think).
The best thing to do would be to make a nandroid of your existing installation in entirety.
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Currently I'm using CM7....does it use its own kernel or one of these?

riahc3 said:
Currently I'm using CM7....does it use its own kernel or one of these?
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Cyanogen roms have there own kernel, check in settings/about phone/ and look under 'kernel version' you'll see the name there.

If it's stock, yes it is using it's own kernel.

SlimBean for the Vibrant is out by Krarvind! :D

Hi guys, just wanted everyone to know that SlimBean version 2.0 was uploaded by Krarvind today Thanks Krarvind!!
Everyone can get it here: >>> http://www.slimroms.com/changeloganddownload.htm
Just scroll down until you see the DL links for Common, Rom and Addons. Click T959 for our device after you click on ROM!
PS. If I did anything wrong with this post, or if Krarvind does not want me posting this, I will take it down immediately or modify so it fits.
Again, Thanks for all the hard work Krarvind!
(I posted a similar thread in Q&A, it was a mistake, so I PMed our Forum Moderator oka1, and requested for him to remove the thread. Please don't yell at me for making such a stupid accident. xD)

Are you running it? Have you used other jb ROMs? If so some feedback please.
Thanks
drool on my chin from a mouth full of jellybeans

samsgun357 said:
Are you running it? Have you used other jb ROMs? If so some feedback please.
Thanks
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Oh yea, definitely. Its amazing!!! I have not found a single issue yet (besides the normal ones, such as GPS >.> Fixes will be coming soon tho ) its a lot smoother than any other roms ive tested. I have not tested camera or anything else yet, but Im positive everything runs well. I have used both CM10 Alpha Preview as well (I was on 0803) and Hellybean. Ive never tested jellybro because I heard there is a lot of battery drain. AOKP is quite laggy so I havent tried that out. Anyway, IMO SlimBean has been better than both. I have not tried latest Hellybean because of all the installation issues on 0804 and 0805. I think Ill stay on SlimBean for a while. You should DEFINITELY try it out. Love it. I also made some changes in the Semaphore kernel app. With those changes + SlimBean, the ROM runs like the wind

Cool, I am currently running helly 807. Its very quick and other than standard issues (GPS, 911) its been good. My major issue though is, on cm10 preview my system ROM part had 360+/-mb. It left me almost 100mb+/-free, with helly sys ROM is 262mb leaving only 10+/-mb free. Can you open titanium backup and see how many mb's the system ROM is? Total/(free)
Thanks
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Oh, and one more thing, Krarvind just put up a GPS test file in the forums to be pushed in system/lib. I hope testers can get some results for a working GPS Krarvind really works fast!
Here it is:
System ROM: 367 mb (139 free)

Is it like cm10 or stock jellybean, and does it have a data data?
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Check out the Hellybean nightlies Here and here and the Devil Kernel for ICS here and Jelly Bean here for the Galaxy S and variants.

iKoolkid said:
Is it like cm10 or stock jellybean, and does it have a data data?
Sent from my Jellied out Vibrant sandwich.
Check out the Hellybean nightlies Here and here and the Devil Kernel for ICS here and Jelly Bean here for the Galaxy S and variants.
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I haven't tried it but it doesn't have datadata.
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samsgun357 said:
Cool, I am currently running helly 807. Its very quick and other than standard issues (GPS, 911) its been good. My major issue though is, on cm10 preview my system ROM part had 360+/-mb. It left me almost 100mb+/-free, with helly sys ROM is 262mb leaving only 10+/-mb free. Can you open titanium backup and see how many mb's the system ROM is? Total/(free)
Thanks
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System ROM - 367 MB (166 MB free) here, just checked.
iKoolkid said:
Is it like cm10 or stock jellybean, and does it have a data data?
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It doesn't have /datadata, but it's extremelly fast. I was swapping between Jellybro SKANG and HellyBean and this one is much faster than both.

Any ideas to change LCD density cause the LCD density modder boot looped my phone.
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iKoolkid said:
Any ideas to change LCD density cause the LCD density modder boot looped my phone.
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How did you do it?
Try the following and see if it works:
Open the build.prop Editor, click on ro.sf.lcd_density and change the Property Key from 182 to 240.
I tested here and it worked fine.

Yeah it did and can anyone upload the stock launcher, I can't seem to find it.
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iKoolkid said:
Yeah it did and can anyone upload the stock launcher, I can't seem to find it.
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You can find it on the Extras pack http://nfye.eu/Slim/JB/Addons/
Check here for instructions: http://www.slimroms.com/apps/faq/#anchor-1-1