This is a case of "I have no idea what I'm doing. I shouldn't have messed with crap I don't understand."
I have an Epic 4g that I've rooted previously and, using Odin, installed a custom ROM (forget which one). Yesterday, I attempted to flash Legendary ROM, following the directions in the How-to video linked in the Legendary post. I have an earlier version of CWM (v2.5.1.0 if that makes a difference) than what was on the video. I wiped the data, the Dalvik cache, and the battery stats before I began the flash.
The flash consisted of downloading the zip file of the ROM to my phone, booting into CWM, and installing the zip file from the SD card. The screen said that it installed correctly, but I got an error "E: Can't open /cache/recovery/log". When I went to reboot, it got stuck at the Samsung screen permanently.
I tried to flash again the same way - same thing happened. I read on a forum post somewhere that the SD card partition may not have enough space to flash the ROM, so I partitioned my SD card. Yup, I'm that dumb. Now, when I boot it up, it goes to the Samsung screen for a few seconds, then directly to CWM screen. It even goes to CWM when I plug the phone in without turning it on.
I've searched the forums here and elsewhere for this problem and specifically the error message (E: Can't open ...) and can't really make heads or tails of anything. The replies are over my head as far as my knowledge of my phone and these processes. I don't know what the exact problem is nor how to fix it. If you could help an idiot through the steps, I would greatly appreciate. If you live around the Philly area, I could offer you $50 to fix my phone and install the Legendary ROM.
Thank you for your time in reading this.
as long as it turns on and you get some kinda life you are still good couple things you can try
1 since you are on a older version of CWM wipe data 3 times cache 3 times and dalvic 3 time then try installing your ROM again give it a shot wont hurt anything
2 if that doesnt work you will have to Odin back to stock and re-root...i know it sounda like a pain in the ass but its the best option ill find you a how to for this if you need it
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1461337
ajt167 said:
This is a case of "I have no idea what I'm doing. I shouldn't have messed with crap I don't understand."
I have an Epic 4g that I've rooted previously and, using Odin, installed a custom ROM (forget which one). Yesterday, I attempted to flash Legendary ROM, following the directions in the How-to video linked in the Legendary post. I have an earlier version of CWM (v2.5.1.0 if that makes a difference) than what was on the video. I wiped the data, the Dalvik cache, and the battery stats before I began the flash.
The flash consisted of downloading the zip file of the ROM to my phone, booting into CWM, and installing the zip file from the SD card. The screen said that it installed correctly, but I got an error "E: Can't open /cache/recovery/log". When I went to reboot, it got stuck at the Samsung screen permanently.
I tried to flash again the same way - same thing happened. I read on a forum post somewhere that the SD card partition may not have enough space to flash the ROM, so I partitioned my SD card. Yup, I'm that dumb. Now, when I boot it up, it goes to the Samsung screen for a few seconds, then directly to CWM screen. It even goes to CWM when I plug the phone in without turning it on.
I've searched the forums here and elsewhere for this problem and specifically the error message (E: Can't open ...) and can't really make heads or tails of anything. The replies are over my head as far as my knowledge of my phone and these processes. I don't know what the exact problem is nor how to fix it. If you could help an idiot through the steps, I would greatly appreciate. If you live around the Philly area, I could offer you $50 to fix my phone and install the Legendary ROM.
Thank you for your time in reading this.
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I can fix your phone remotely do you have teamviewer?
Go download and install teamviewer and pm me your id and password and ill fix it.
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Sounds like you bricked it. Search the epic development subforum for thread with the guide on how to odin back to stock and go from there. It should have all the files you need to get everything working.
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K3VlN said:
as long as it turns on and you get some kinda life you are still good couple things you can try
1 since you are on a older version of CWM wipe data 3 times cache 3 times and dalvic 3 time then try installing your ROM again give it a shot wont hurt anything
2 if that doesnt work you will have to Odin back to stock and re-root...i know it sounda like a pain in the ass but its the best option ill find you a how to for this if you need it
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Thank you. I'll try the first when I get home this evening. I'm curious as to why each of those should be wiped 3 times. I'm not arguing your method, just honestly curious.
I don't really know how to get the stock ROM back on there with Odin. Is there a stock file I could download somewhere, or would the file still be on my phone? A how-to would be helpful if you could provide one.
You need to flash CWM5 for correct conversions
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brooksyx said:
Sounds like you bricked it. Search the epic development subforum for thread with the guide on how to odin back to stock and go from there. It should have all the files you need to get everything working.
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no he just sponged it "bricked" is un-fixable
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ajt167 said:
Thank you. I'll try the first when I get home this evening. I'm curious as to why each of those should be wiped 3 times. I'm not arguing your method, just honestly curious.
I don't really know how to get the stock ROM back on there with Odin. Is there a stock file I could download somewhere, or would the file still be on my phone? A how-to would be helpful if you could provide one.
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The link i sent you has everything Toadlife put together awesome packages for us
doing the 3 wipe on older versions is just to ensure you completey wiped everything on some older versions it was mandatory to do it 3 times i believe because not all info would be cleared resulting is bad flashes
On the other had Biggoron is good at what he does and he really can fix your pohone remotely hes a good guy you can trust him.... i think in this case it might be the way to go and im sure he will explain to you everything he is doing
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no he just sponged it "bricked" is un-fixable
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The link i sent you has everything Toadlife put together awesome packages for us
doing the 3 wipe on older versions is just to ensure you completey wiped everything on some older versions it was mandatory to do it 3 times i believe because not all info would be cleared resulting is bad flashes
On the other had Biggron is good at what he does and he really can fix your pohone remotely hes a good guy you can trust him i think in this case it might be the way to go and im sure he will explain to you everything he is doing
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Yep yep I've done this quite a few times now
My record for unbricking flashing to stock and rerooting and restoring a backup is like 10 minutes xD
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brooksyx said:
Sounds like you bricked it. Search the epic development subforum for thread with the guide on how to odin back to stock and go from there. It should have all the files you need to get everything working.
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Its not bricked if it turns on! And you don't have to wipe 3 times... only 1 time each on all 3 things! Update your cwm and try to flash again, if that doesn't work odin to stock and start over... this time don't use an old version of cwm use the newest (5.0.2.7)
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ajt167 said:
Thank you. I'll try the first when I get home this evening. I'm curious as to why each of those should be wiped 3 times. I'm not arguing your method, just honestly curious.
I don't really know how to get the stock ROM back on there with Odin. Is there a stock file I could download somewhere, or would the file still be on my phone? A how-to would be helpful if you could provide one.
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here is a link for qbking77 with a tutorial for ODINing back to stock...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YQ2g6J1JgjU
the links for the software are under the video.
hope this helps.
bigron is da man and can help u, but if you want to play more with ur phone, BigRon might be with one of his "Honies" and you can't disturb da playa.
K3VlN said:
no he just sponged it "bricked" is un-fixable
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The link i sent you has everything Toadlife put together awesome packages for us
doing the 3 wipe on older versions is just to ensure you completey wiped everything on some older versions it was mandatory to do it 3 times i believe because not all info would be cleared resulting is bad flashes
On the other had Biggoron is good at what he does and he really can fix your pohone remotely hes a good guy you can trust him.... i think in this case it might be the way to go and im sure he will explain to you everything he is doing
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Just so you know, bricked isn't unfixabe... I have unbricked a couple epics... it involves a jig and hooking directly to the motherboard... kinda complicated but doable... so no a brick is not unfixable...
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flastnoles11 said:
Just so you know, bricked isn't unfixabe... I have unbricked a couple epics... it involves a jig and hooking directly to the motherboard... kinda complicated but doable... so no a brick is not unfixable...
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I always heard it was good to know that there is a way to fix it thanks for the info
ajt167 said:
Thank you. I'll try the first when I get home this evening. I'm curious as to why each of those should be wiped 3 times. I'm not arguing your method, just honestly curious.
I don't really know how to get the stock ROM back on there with Odin. Is there a stock file I could download somewhere, or would the file still be on my phone? A how-to would be helpful if you could provide one.
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http://files.devphone.org/epic4g/SPH-D700-EC05-8gb-REL.tar
MD5SUM: 4ea4dfea809c1a6d59b9fccf9e939f35
That's the file you'll have to use with Odin to flash your phone back to stock 2.2. That file will go in the PDA slot of Odin. Don't bother with a PIT or repartitioning (probably not needed in your case).
Once you boot with stock 2.2, let the phone OTA to EI22 and EL30 to get to stock gingerbread with the updated modem. From there you can start the root/rom flash process again.
flastnoles11 said:
Just so you know, bricked isn't unfixabe... I have unbricked a couple epics... it involves a jig and hooking directly to the motherboard... kinda complicated but doable... so no a brick is not unfixable...
Sent from my SPH-D700 using Tapatalk
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I'm just glad no one has suggested the good o'l magical restore button anymore xD
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Thank you all for your help. Man, you guys are awesome! I'm going to try to reload stock using Odin this evening. If I'm unable to do this, I'm going to get Biggoron to help me via teamviewer.
Thank you all again. It seems that the only way I'm able to learn about things is by breaking them.
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Thank you all again. It seems that the only way I'm able to learn about things is by breaking them.
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Dont sweat that... most of it is all through trial and error. Truthfully, that's how I really got to know my phone better and the stuff I can do w/ it. That and this community. That's why trying a new rom isn't no big thing. If it doesn't take... it doesn't take. That's why we have "nandroid backup" and in "bad" situations, we have ODIN...
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Dont sweat that... most of it is all through trial and error. Truthfully, that's how I really got to know my phone better and the stuff I can do w/ it. That and this community. That's why trying a new rom isn't no big thing. If it doesn't take... it doesn't take. That's why we have "nandroid backup" and in "bad" situations, we have ODIN...
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Welcome to the Sponge club and also the halls of Asgard to visit Odin or heimdall.
It worked!
I was able to successfully set my phone back to stock 2.2 and just received the OTA updates.
Before I left work last night, my wife called and told me that I locked the cat in the office the night before and she chewed up the USB cable for the phone (I'm so "internet"). I stopped at the Sprint store on the way home and got a new USB cable. I was using Odin for the process, following the video, using my new cable, and Odin couldn't see my phone. The guy in the video was completely right about Sprint/Samsung cables being crap. The chewed cable was originally from a Blackberry. I tried the chewed cable, having to hold it stretched out and tilted to the left, and Odin saw my phone. It went smoothly from there, though my arm got a bit sore.
When I get a chance within the next few days, I'm going to root and try again to install Legendary.
You guys are fantastic. Thank you all for your help. It's obvious that the people here know a lot about this stuff, but it's especially great that you're able to explain this stuff to people who don't know much at all. That's a talent.
ajt167 said:
I was able to successfully set my phone back to stock 2.2 and just received the OTA updates.
Before I left work last night, my wife called and told me that I locked the cat in the office the night before and she chewed up the USB cable for the phone (I'm so "internet"). I stopped at the Sprint store on the way home and got a new USB cable. I was using Odin for the process, following the video, using my new cable, and Odin couldn't see my phone. The guy in the video was completely right about Sprint/Samsung cables being crap. The chewed cable was originally from a Blackberry. I tried the chewed cable, having to hold it stretched out and tilted to the left, and Odin saw my phone. It went smoothly from there, though my arm got a bit sore.
When I get a chance within the next few days, I'm going to root and try again to install Legendary.
You guys are fantastic. Thank you all for your help. It's obvious that the people here know a lot about this stuff, but it's especially great that you're able to explain this stuff to people who don't know much at all. That's a talent.
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Replace that cable ASAP, if you had lost connection in the middle of Odin'ing to stock you could have really bricked your phone! You might need to use Odin again soon..when learning my phone I had to Odin to stock probably 15 times, especially when you start flashing between MTD and BML ROMs (if you don't know what that is, just keep reading on here you will figure it out soon)
luna_c666 said:
Replace that cable ASAP, if you had lost connection in the middle of Odin'ing to stock you could have really bricked your phone! You might need to use Odin again soon..when learning my phone I had to Odin to stock probably 15 times, especially when you start flashing between MTD and BML ROMs (if you don't know what that is, just keep reading on here you will figure it out soon)
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I have a good cable that I'm planning on using, I just left it at work last night. I'll read up on those types of ROMs. Thank you.
Related
I have a huge problem.
I rooted my wife's (yea...my wife's...) Fascinate last night. The root method I used worked like a charm. I installed ROM Manager. Again...no problem. Flashed ClockWork Mod no problem as well. I selected "reboot to recovery" to do a nandroid as I've done on numerous other phones. In fact, ALL of this I've done on numerous times on half a dozen different phones.
When it rebooted, instead of it being in Nandroid, it was in the regular stock recovery. My stomach sank...lol
It would just reboot...that's it. Is there a loop with the fascinate? How do I get out of it if so?
At one point, the phone wouldn't do ANYTHING...all that would happen when I plugged it in was a little computer and cell phone would pop up on the screen. No recovery, no nothing. So, after lots of digging and reading, I found the files here that I thought I'd need to reflash the system using odin. I got the /system file, the kernal and the recovery. I flashed the kernal...worked perfectly. Flashed the recovery...again, perfect (and recovery is back but still in a reboot loop...) When I try the .tar.md5 system file, it says md5 is invalid so I changed it to a straight .tar file and it worked all the way up to the very end, then it stops. That's it.
I just need the phone to work again for my wife. I don't care if I even flash a new custom rom (which I can't fine one of that works!) or if it's just simply restoring the stock system files.
ANY AND ALL HELP GREATLY appreciated, guys. Thanks!!
To get to cwm, you have to select "apply update.zip" from stock recovery. This is how fascinate and a few other galaxy s cwm works. Also don't ever delete the update.zip file from sd card.
But to start out....
Step 1: Start with Odin:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=782204
A. Flash system and pit together
B. Flash kernel
C. Flash recovery
*Important note: in Odin, always use PDA!!!! Using phone will cause huge issues.
Step 2: Flash cwm:
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/458252/CWMrecovery.tar
*note: this is an Odin file, again flash using PDA
Your phone will end up stock, rooted and with cwm.
That's very interesting. Here's why:
A) It tried to flash the update and the update failed.
B) My Vibrant didn't require this step.
So...as I was typing that, I had the tar.md5 downloading again. Apparently 4th time was a charm because it worked and I'm back up and running.
Thank you all SO MUCH for the STUPID fast replies. Very very cool!!!
Rooting aside if you want to just fix it, I can help you with that. Nothing more though. Interested?
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rmp5s said:
That's very interesting. Here's why:
A) It tried to flash the update and the update failed.
B) My Vibrant didn't require this step.
So...as I was typing that, I had the tar.md5 downloading again. Apparently 4th time was a charm because it worked and I'm back up and running.
Thank you all SO MUCH for the STUPID fast replies. Very very cool!!!
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What do you mean for the "stupid fast replies"?
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What do you mean for the "stupid fast replies"?
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I think he means that your replies were just as fast as geeknik's kernel. The only other interpretation is that although your replies were quite quick, unfortunately they were also stupid. But thats obviously not true, so it must be the former. ;-P
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I think some of us are showing our ages, "stupid" is the new "awesome."
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Hey dont worry i had same problem
http://www.mobilephonenews.info/and...fascinate-restore-is-it-really-that-easy.html go here and follow instructions!!!
then update phone manually to get latest update!! might take a few times or many times because it failed to get update many times but eventually youll get it!!
goodluck
Sherwood, in his case he needs all Odin files, not just system.
Fallingup was first to put this up, credit to his post!
Download:
Odin: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/458252/Odin%...in3 v1.3.exe
Odin Restore file for /system: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/458252/Odin%...System.tar.md5
Odin Restore file for kernel: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/458252/Odin Files/Stock-i500-VZW-Kernel.tar.md5
Odin Restore file for recovery: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/458252/Odin%...covery.tar.md5
PIT file for use in Odin Restores: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/458252/Odin%...00-VZW-pit.pit
Yea...I mean it's almost stupid how fast I got good, meaningful, educated replies.
In other words, you guys kick ass. Thanks again!!
similiar issue, please help me out.
spent 90% of the last few days of my life trying to "unbrick" my phone. i kno some of you will argue that its not really bricked but hell, a screen lighting up does not mean its more useful than a brick. anyway my problem is as follows:
the one and only thing my phone will boot to is download mode. absolutely no recovery. i have flashed via odin the stock modem system and recovery files countless times, sometimes successfully sometimes with error. even when doing so succesfullly the phone gains absolutely no functions. still download mode or black screen. only real thing i can mention that may have led to this issue is that i flashed stock kernel over voodoo lag fix without doing anything to it first. Please help.
Thanx
aabfalter said:
spent 90% of the last few days of my life trying to "unbrick" my phone. i kno some of you will argue that its not really bricked but hell, a screen lighting up does not mean its more useful than a brick. anyway my problem is as follows:
the one and only thing my phone will boot to is download mode. absolutely no recovery. i have flashed via odin the stock modem system and recovery files countless times, sometimes successfully sometimes with error. even when doing so succesfullly the phone gains absolutely no functions. still download mode or black screen. only real thing i can mention that may have led to this issue is that i flashed stock kernel over voodoo lag fix without doing anything to it first. Please help.
Thanx
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sam problem here, i can get to cwm recoery and thats it. someone please help
justin94 said:
sam problem here, i can get to cwm recoery and thats it. someone please help
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I had the same problem when I flashed the non-voodoo over voodoo and spent hours trying to fix the boot loop. I followed the instruction here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=782204 but still running into the boot loop (recovery mode) then I flashed with the file from here via ODIN http://adrynalyne.us/files/kernels/DI01package3.tar.md5 and it restored my phone back to factory. From there you would have to do the root procedure again. Hope this helps.
anyone know where to get the update zip besides the dropbox link thsat has been dead forever??? every site i hunt on post that link. is there anywhere else to get it. both my pc get c++ runtime floating point errors when i open odin so i cannot flash with that. so i want to use the update zip but cannot find it
The update.zip to get to clockwork??
http://sharesend.com/g2jbl
First time I've ever hosted a file so let me know it if works lol.
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This could be one of the rosiest phone ever to unbrick, unless you are a noon of coarse.
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anyone know where to get the update zip besides the dropbox link thsat has been dead forever??? every site i hunt on post that link. is there anywhere else to get it. both my pc get c++ runtime floating point errors when i open odin so i cannot flash with that. so i want to use the update zip but cannot find it
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There is no update.zip method to unbrick. You will need to re-download a working copy of Odin or figure out how to make Odin work to do a factory restore with it.
Download the di01 complete package and use pda in odin to restore it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=867648
I Followed the directions from a developer on this web site to install android froyo 2.2....downloaded everything I was told to...followed the directions step by step...received a signature error...then when I rebooted my phone....i found my phone top be completely swiped...contacts...texts...apps...everything but what was on my sd card...does anyone have any help or advice?
You mean, all your settings/data/apps were gone, with only the contests of the SD card remained? That's supposed to happen, you're supposed to wipe all the phone's data for such a large change.
Yes your supposed to back up your contacts and wipe data and stuff but I didn't. I went from e lair to dl30 then to eb01 never wiped. All I did was, Lear dalvik cache and works wonderful. Signature error? Are you using clockworkmod?
Yea I'm sorry I'm at work but it was two different errors regarding reading the signature or the signature name when I would try to install dl-30 through clock work mod into the reboot into recovery mode...haha wish I would have been told to copy everything to my pc! Luckily I still have my old phone to get it all back from
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Yea I'm sorry I'm at work but it was two different errors regarding reading the signature or the signature name when I would try to install dl-30 through clock work mod into the reboot into recovery mode...haha wish I would have been told to copy everything to my pc! Luckily I still have my old phone to get it all back from
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So are you running the froyo or not? I suggest the eb01 odin package, gets you to froyo and root with one click and you dont have to mess with clockwork.
Sent from my rooted froyo Fascinate
ziggy484 said:
So are you running the froyo or not? I suggest the eb01 odin package, gets you to froyo and root with one click and you dont have to mess with clockwork.
Sent from my rooted froyo Fascinate
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Lol what? Odin is 100000000000000000000000 times more risky than clockwork. The version you flash through clockwork comes rooted also.
Odin is very simple, and not risky at all if you're following directions. You have to flash the modem with Odin anyways, so why not do the all-in-one?
There is always a risk with Odin, because if it crashes, freezes, or the connection goes sour while something critical is being flashed, very bad things can happen (as in a bricked device).
But it also is true that's exceedingly rare (as in I've never actually heard of it happening barring someone physically unplugging their phone in the middle of an Odin flash), and anyways, you have no choice but to flash the modem through Odin.
I personally still wouldn't recommend using Odin for more than you absolutely need to, however.
Kevin Gossett said:
Odin is very simple, and not risky at all if you're following directions. You have to flash the modem with Odin anyways, so why not do the all-in-one?
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+1 to this. As long as you don't unplug your phone or use anything but the PDA button you'll be fine.
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I personally still wouldn't recommend using Odin for more than you absolutely need to, however.
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I always recommend Odin for any major problem (and It's certainly my first choice when something goes awry). It is just so much easier to flash one of the complete modem/system/kernel packages when something goes wrong than spend forever trying to go through every obscure little possible solution.
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Thrillhouse847 said:
+1 to this. As long as you don't unplug your phone or use anything but the PDA button you'll be fine.
I always recommend Odin for any major problem (and It's certainly my first choice when something goes awry). It is just so much easier to flash one of the complete modem/system/kernel packages when something goes wrong than spend forever trying to go through every obscure little possible solution.
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I agree. If there was a choice between a full package with odin and cwm, I would say odin is much better. Some people dont read instructions and end up messing up their phone with cwm. Odin would be far easier to do with just a single click of the button.
Kaze105 said:
I agree. If there was a choice between a full package with odin and cwm, I would say odin is much better. Some people dont read instructions and end up messing up their phone with cwm. Odin would be far easier to do with just a single click of the button.
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so how exactly would i go about getting odin? i guess my main goal is to just have android 2.2 froyo on my phone. and the way i first went about it obviously did not work too well....thanks for everyones help on all of this!
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Lol what? Odin is 100000000000000000000000 times more risky than clockwork. The version you flash through clockwork comes rooted also.
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If you have to do some of it with odin why not do the whole thing? And what makes it 1000000000x more risky? Its actually been REALLY simple every time i use it. There are way more directions to follow and things to screw up when doing eb01 the odin and clockwork method.
Sent from my rooted froyo Fascinate
Hello all, I'm basically freaking out as I just got my Samsung Galaxy Continuum within the last 24hours and already managed to screw it up. I used superoneclick to root the phone with no issues. I then got Titatnium Backup and enabled the chuck norris thing to freeze bloatware. I rebooted the phone and now it says Samsung lights up the intro screen and then after that I can't see ANYTHING. Please if anyone can help I'm moving to Seattle in 2days and this will be my only source of info/communication till my things arrive 10days after me. I NEED this to work : /
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Aaaahahaha you're so screwed. See, God is punishing you for voiding your warrenty.
I'm kidding. Try to relax. I've recovered my phone from worse than that. I'll look into it today when I get to work and see what I can come up with.
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Aesik said:
Hello all, I'm basically freaking out as I just got my Samsung Galaxy Continuum within the last 24hours and already managed to screw it up. I used superoneclick to root the phone with no issues. I then got Titatnium Backup and enabled the chuck norris thing to freeze bloatware. I rebooted the phone and now it says Samsung lights up the intro screen and then after that I can't see ANYTHING. Please if anyone can help I'm moving to Seattle in 2days and this will be my only source of info/communication till my things arrive 10days after me. I NEED this to work : /
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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Just go into development section, find a stock odin .tar and odin itself and use it to reflash the latest stock rom. Dont panic, Its pretty hard to brick a Samsung, not impossible but pretty hard.......
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I appreciate the quick responses, I'm honestly losing it the phone was a gift and here I am mucking it up. I would like to keep it rooted as my last phone was and never had an issue. I think the issue was somewhere with the Titanium Backup Mod. Is there anychance you could link me to this odin flash program you speak of? I'm very new to this and confused, would rather not make this problem worse. Thanks again!
Ok I have downloaded Odin3, now I just need to know how to use it and with what files to get my Continuum working again. I tried to read through some posts but everyone is so confusing >.<.
Ok so I think I did it in the correct order but, I'm still not sure I'm so lost. I go Odin3 and the .pit file for the continuum and the .tar file for CWR. I put into recovery mode or whatever with the little android guy digging, and then ran the odin program. It said it was succesful and passed but, when it rebooted itself it's the same deal. It loads up and then halfway through the intro screen it freezes and turns the screen off while the sounds finish with there little jig. I've tried to call my cell from another phone and it's acting as if it's turned off.
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Ok so I think I did it in the correct order but, I'm still not sure I'm so lost. I go Odin3 and the .pit file for the continuum and the .tar file for CWR. I put into recovery mode or whatever with the little android guy digging, and then ran the odin program. It said it was succesful and passed but, when it rebooted itself it's the same deal. It loads up and then halfway through the intro screen it freezes and turns the screen off while the sounds finish with there little jig. I've tried to call my cell from another phone and it's acting as if it's turned off.
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first some questions,
did you do a nandroid backup
did you download the odin files from dj20 thread
did you download cwm recovery
and you dont really need the pit file, i been flashing files without it
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Aesik said:
Ok so I think I did it in the correct order but, I'm still not sure I'm so lost. I go Odin3 and the .pit file for the continuum and the .tar file for CWR. I put into recovery mode or whatever with the little android guy digging, and then ran the odin program. It said it was succesful and passed but, when it rebooted itself it's the same deal. It loads up and then halfway through the intro screen it freezes and turns the screen off while the sounds finish with there little jig. I've tried to call my cell from another phone and it's acting as if it's turned off.
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http://dl.dropbox.com/u/20459391/SCH-i4000-VZW-Continuum.pit
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/20459391/0530_continuum_novoodoo.zip
Use this pit and this kernal in pda via Odin. Jump in the IRC for more help.
i think i bricked my continuum too. i flashed cwm recovery and got root and everything fine, then accidently flashed the wrong voodoo file and now it wont go past the samsung screen. ive looked for stock roms everywhere. how do you flash the kernel and pit. i got the pit file in but how do you select the folder for the kernel
can you still get into recovery?
VOoDOo
VooDoo convert takes a long time. Have you tried to wait it out?
Hello I too have prob. I flashed clean rom then tried to restore my nandroid backup but it says error mounting system and I cant now wont go past samsung no matter what I try?
Go to the link below. The only problem is the one-click unroot has a peculiar side-effect: it will make you believe your Continuum is invincible, and you'll try all sorts of crazy stuff with it!
http://www.addictivetips.com/mobile/one-click-unbrick-for-samsung-phones-having-odin-guide/
I forgot to mention, you need to be in download mode. Remove the battery, and hold the vol- while inserting the usb cable until the screen indicates that you're in download mode. I hope this helps!
Ok I got it to boot into clean rom again but along the way I did a system wipe so my question is how to restore backup and get apps/data back? What was I doing wrong? I have titpro and nandroid backup saved and copy of sd card on my laptop so any help is appreciated...
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nodixe said:
Ok I got it to boot into clean rom again but along the way I did a system wipe so my question is how to restore backup and get apps/data back? What was I doing wrong? I have titpro and nandroid backup saved and copy of sd card on my laptop so any help is appreciated...
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A nandroid backup isn't going to be much help without root. If you have it, get rooted, and flash adrynalyne's framework and cwm. Then you should be able to restore.
Ok...so I need to reroot? This why I wanted to restore it in 1st place. Su is installed and it opens from appdroor but says bin needs update but the zip wont work that it dl's to my sd? I thought root was included on clean rom? Or do I have to SOC again?
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Uh... Your restore problem is probably because your using yellow cwm... it has problems.... Im not sure if there are any other questions really xP
And read the other threads please? Everybodys already had these problems and they've been solved months ago
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nodixe said:
Ok...so I need to reroot? This why I wanted to restore it in 1st place. Su is installed and it opens from appdroor but says bin needs update but the zip wont work that it dl's to my sd? I thought root was included on clean rom? Or do I have to SOC again?
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You might have to SOC again. Alternatively, if you really need it, I have a DL17 ODIN bone-stock rom, both rooted and unrooted, and if push comes to shove, I can upload it and post it here.
The yellow CWM uses edify which to my understanding is only useful for 2.2 and above. You wont be able to install any zip files designed for 2.1 or before. You need the cyan version of update.zip which will allow you to reinstall the stock rom software. Send me a PM and Ill email you the proper update.zip file if you need it.
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hi everyone,
I am actually a long time custom ROM flasher started since Desire days, but registered recently because of this problem I have with the Tab 10.1 Wifi.
Despite me trying everything I can think of, I couldn't flash any other ROMs now, including GalaxyTask, Overcome, AOKP CM9, except the stock Honeycomb sans TouchWiz ROM, and of course PhantomTask. I am pretty sure PhantomTask is the last ROM I've flashed until this problem comes up.
I have made sure that I have done a full clean wipe every time before I flash any of them, wipe data -> cache -> dalvik cache, I even format /system partition, but still none of them works. They always get stuck at boot screen, unless the either one of the two ROMs I've mentioned, stock or PhantomTask.
I am sure that my downloads are complete too, as I've checked MD5 for each of them.
So I really don't know what to do now, any ideas?
I'd really want to test out AOKP
Define stuck. It's not uncommon to have to sit for 5 or even 10 minutes at that first boot. How long have you waited?
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Wrong section pal. Might want to post in Task's thread.
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Just wait. It sometimes takes 15 minutes or so for my tab to boot up the first time.
thanks for the reply
It gets stuck at the Samsung Tab logo, and not proceed to the boot animation. I've tried waiting up to 30 minutes or more at one point, just leaving it there and do my own things. Though after that one time I'm not sure I've waiting that long.
I'll try again tonight and see how it goes.
@hbkmog I would have posted at Task thread if I could.
Have you tried with a newer version of ClockworkMod? Perhaps this one: ClockworkMod 5.0.2.7
thanks Maple Syrup, I have flashed that recovery yesterday, and I've tried flashing CM9 after that. I left it overnight to boot, it still didn't boot pass the logo, and the battery drained out.
I'll give it another try later.
ok I've tried everything I can, and still can't get this to work.
Then finally I've decided to try to unroot and restore everything to stock.
I've followed each and every step of this guide
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1474971
After everything is done, Odin is showing the pass sign, according to the video its suppose to reboot into Android, but weirdly its stuck at a black screen. So I unplugged it from the PC rebooted it by holding down power button. But now its stuck at the boot logo, and won't proceed, its been more than 10 mins.
I am still able to boot into download mode, but when I boot into recovery wanting to do a factory reset, it shows a black screen and nothing else.
any idea what's going on?
first post this everywhere. oh you're doing that already. :screwy:
follow the overcome recovery from the link given after one of your other posts or just look for the thread.
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thanks for the reply man, but yea kinda desperate here
I'll try it out and report back
It's all good. I sounded rude I think and not helpful really, but I had just replied to your other post exactly like this one. I understand the desperation cause I've "been there done that"
Hope you get'er going.
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OMG
Benzoman said:
first post this everywhere. oh you're doing that already. :screwy:
follow the overcome recovery from the link given after one of your other posts or just look for the thread.
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Finally got the time to do it this weekend and... OMG it worked!! THANKS MAN!! MILLION THANKS
j3nnning said:
Finally got the time to do it this weekend and... OMG it worked!! THANKS MAN!! MILLION THANKS
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Thank you! As I seem to be saying a lot lately, it's success posts like this that keep us trying to help in the first place. Makes us feel good to know we helped.
Sorry again for the rude first post. I think I was extra grumpy that day. Probably from some ungrateful user asking for help and then getting rude that the suggestion(s) didn't help them exactly like they wanted or even some days not fast enough for them. Funny how sometimes people trying to help have things to do other than sit and work on someones problem 24/7. not directed towards you.
Glad to hear you got it going.
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So my Continuum decided to go down in a blaze of WTFery, and I decided to just wipe and reinstall everything. Bad move, because now I've been poking at this for 2 days now, and have downloaded a bevy of files to try to fix it. My goal originally was to move up to EG04, but I'll settle for Froyo and whatever the f**** works now!
As it stands now:
I've just flashed cwm_recovery_test4_adryn through Odin, and have the red update.zip on the SD card, when I try to do anything in recovery I get lots of can't mount.
Any help would be appreciated! I'm downgraded to my OG Droid on CM7 for the moment, but the battery is awful.
I assume you've already tried flashing a rom with the correct Pit file? There are others on here that know a whole lot more than me about memory blocks, mounting,partitions, etc..., but that's were I'd start. And I'd start with the stock ec09 rom and pit.
And did the phone fail after flashing something, or just during normal use?
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roaddog665 said:
I assume you've already tried flashing a rom with the correct Pit file? There are others on here that know a whole lot more than me about memory blocks, mounting,partitions, etc..., but that's were I'd start. And I'd start with the stock ec09 rom and pit.
And did the phone fail after flashing something, or just during normal use?
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I tried the PIT file with the EC07 ROM and it wouldn't work, but this one took! Thank you!
It started having a bunch of FCs while I was doing anything, seemed like a one of issue but I wanted to try the GB leak and I got greedy.
I hate wanting to mess with it more, but can you help with root on this too? I was going to use ciscogee's EC09 Stock Rooted+Deodex CWM package, but I don't know which CWM to flash and the link is down for the package.
EC07 was a little before my time here, but I think there was some issues with some pit files not working. Glad you got it up and running. The CWM you need is in the development forum in the [recovery] [EC09]. It's linked in the op. If the link is down there let me know, I THINK I have the zip saved on my laptop.
And since I've had to edit this post twice now, I'm going to stop giving you any advice! Been up all night with a sick kid, so I can't tell my head from my a$$ right now... Dont want to tell you something wrong!
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So my Continuum decided to go down in a blaze of WTFery, and I decided to just wipe and reinstall everything. Bad move, because now I've been poking at this for 2 days now, and have downloaded a bevy of files to try to fix it. My goal originally was to move up to EG04, but I'll settle for Froyo and whatever the f**** works now!
As it stands now:
I've just flashed cwm_recovery_test4_adryn through Odin, and have the red update.zip on the SD card, when I try to do anything in recovery I get lots of can't mount.
Any help would be appreciated! I'm downgraded to my OG Droid on CM7 for the moment, but the battery is awful.
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Here is what I did when I soft bricked and got out of it. First, I was able to get into download mode luckly but nothing would boot. I went to the continuum data base and grabed the Dl17 files and flashed them. The device booted and from there I was able to take OTA updates back to froyo. Try doing that. If you need any of the files I have them all and can send them to you. Let me know.
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Here is what I did when I soft bricked and got out of it. First, I was able to get into download mode luckly but nothing would boot. I went to the continuum data base and grabed the Dl17 files and flashed them. The device booted and from there I was able to take OTA updates back to froyo. Try doing that. If you need any of the files I have them all and can send them to you. Let me know.
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Roaddog665 got me up and running back on stock EC09, now I'm just working on getting CWM back and finding an EC09 ROM to flash.
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EC07 was a little before my time here, but I think there was some issues with some pit files not working. Glad you got it up and running. The CWM you need is in the development forum in the [recovery] [EC09]. It's linked in the op. If the link is down there let me know, I THINK I have the zip saved on my laptop.
And since I've had to edit this post twice now, I'm going to stop giving you any advice! Been up all night with a sick kid, so I can't tell my head from my a$$ right now... Dont want to tell you something wrong!
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So I used this recovery: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1057072
http://www.imnuts.org/downloads/continuum/I400_CWM.tar.md5 and now I can't boot again, still getting the can't mount /dev/block/stl11 (file exists) error. I've looked online and it seems like it's related to LagFix recovery? I'm dead ended again. Any thoughts?
https://dl-web.dropbox.com/get/I400_CWM.tar.tar?w=6ffeabd4
Here is the recovery I have for ec09.
I'd Odin the ec09 rom and pit, get it running and then Odin this file... Should get you set up.
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Roaddog665 got me up and running back on stock EC09, now I'm just working on getting CWM back and finding an EC09 ROM to flash.
So I used this recovery: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1057072
http://www.imnuts.org/downloads/continuum/I400_CWM.tar.md5 and now I can't boot again, still getting the can't mount /dev/block/stl11 (file exists) error. I've looked online and it seems like it's related to LagFix recovery? I'm dead ended again. Any thoughts?
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Make sure you use the cyan recovery and not the red one, the cyan one doesnt have any issues. The red one might be causing the file error issue. It looks like the cyan link is dead but luckly I think I might have it. Pm me your email and I can send it to you because the forum doesnt allow me to attatch it. I know this recovery works because I use this one.
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zombiehack said:
Roaddog665 got me up and running back on stock EC09, now I'm just working on getting CWM back and finding an EC09 ROM to flash.
So I used this recovery: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1057072
http://www.imnuts.org/downloads/continuum/I400_CWM.tar.md5 and now I can't boot again, still getting the can't mount /dev/block/stl11 (file exists) error. I've looked online and it seems like it's related to LagFix recovery? I'm dead ended again. Any thoughts?
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I went ahead and uploaded it for you.
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B2xihCrRYu81aXVteWxreS0xX3c Grab it from hereand flash it via odin. Hopefully this is the fix.
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Jaggar345 said:
Make sure you use the cyan recovery and not the red one, the cyan one doesnt have any issues. The red one might be causing the file error issue. It looks like the cyan link is dead but luckly I think I might have it. Pm me your email and I can send it to you because the forum doesnt allow me to attatch it. I know this recovery works because I use this one.
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I went ahead and uploaded it for you.
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B2xihCrRYu81aXVteWxreS0xX3c Grab it from hereand flash it via odin. Hopefully this is the fix.
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Flash it in the pit section.
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Flash it in the pit section.
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I'm not sure I understand, do you mean put that CWM file in the PIT section in Odin, or put the PIT file I used to flash the odexed ROM in the PIT box and the CWM file in the PDA section?
In other news the ROM I flashed has root already, so that's one thing done! I would like to have CWM for backup but realistically I think I'm buying the Galaxy Nexus soon(ish), so I don't know that it would be necessary. The flashing with the PIT file and the EC09 ROM worked to get me back up and running, so thanks everybody that helped!
Roaddog665, thank you, and now I have to watch the WWE Attitude era DVD to get Road Dogg Jessie James and Billy Gunn's promo out of my head! "Laaaaadies and gentlemen, boys and girls, children of all ages! D-Generation X proudly brings to you..."
Hold on I'm trying to remember where you usually flash a recovery in odin I haven't changed mine in a really long time. I believe it's the pda section not the pit section don't quote me on it. I would just flash that recovery to your device as its the most stable one and I know it works because I'm running it. When I get home I can check on that for you and I will repost it so. Just hold off and I will post back.
I went ahead and uploaded it for you.
https://docs.google.com/open?id=0B2xihCrRYu81aXVteWxreS0xX3c Grab it from hereand flash it via odin.
Download the file I posted this is the custom recovery. (cwm). Place it in a folder on your desktop or somewhere where it is easy accessible. Open up odin. Put your phone into Dow load mode. Plug it into the computer via usb. Now on odin the box should be yellow and now it should say ready. In the pda section place the file that you Downloaded into the pda section and press start and let it flash the recovery to your device. Once it's done the phone might reboot on its own. Let it reboot. Now power the phone down. Once your phone is completely powered off power it back on by pressing power+volume down+volume up and it should boot into the custom recovery you just flashed from there use the volume rockers to scroll up and down and the power button is select. Back up your system through cwm this usually takes around 10 mins depending on how much data you have. Once it's done press the back button where it would be lit up on the soft ketlys to go back and reboot. You have now backed your system up. Cwm can also be used to flash custom roms just place them on your sd card and flash them through cwm. If you need help doing anything, but or have any question ms text me. I have pmed you my number.
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The CWM goes in the pda, you can leave the pit empty. The pit file just tells Odin how to set the partition, the pda actually has the files that go on the partitions, so as long as what you are flashing uses the same partitions as what is on the phone a pit file is not needed ... If I understand it all correctly.
And I promise... The screen name did NOT come from WWE! haha!
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And I promise... The screen name did NOT come from WWE! haha!
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I figured, but it still got stuck in my head regardless!
Jaggar345 I'll keep what you PM'd me in case I need it in the future. I have the files downloaded for CWM, but I don't really need it since I'll likely be moving to a new phone as soon as finances allow!
Lol...
And I'm in the same boat, should get to upgrade in a couple months. EG04 is really nice, and the mods that have been put out on here are great, but there are a few bugs. Nothing horrible, but it's nice to have a phone that just works. Right now I'm running stock ec09 rooted and debloated, stock recovery too.
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Well that lasted about four days... Couldn't stand it anymore, back on EG04 and Trailblazers mods!
What phone are you thinking about upgrading to?
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Well the s3 tops my want list, but also tops the price list, so....
Maybe a galaxy nexus or droid razr m. It will depend on what they have and price. I'd like something about the same size as the continuum, but want more processor and memory.
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Well the s3 tops my want list, but also tops the price list, so....
Maybe a galaxy nexus or droid razr m. It will depend on what they have and price. I'd like something about the same size as the continuum, but want more processor and memory.
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I recommend either the s3 or the razr m. When it comes to speed they're great! I would also recommend galaxy note II. I love this phone! But out of all honesty it was too pricey.. But it was worth it. I mean tell me a quad core processor and 2gb ram wasn't meant for multitasking and speed!
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I recommend either the s3 or the razr m. When it comes to speed they're great! I would also recommend galaxy note II. I love this phone! But out of all honesty it was too pricey.. But it was worth it. I mean tell me a quad core processor and 2gb ram wasn't meant for multitasking and speed!
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I really want the Nexus 4, but VZW's coverage is soooo nice in my area! That leaves me with either the Galaxy Nexus which I prefer because it's more open and easier to mod, or the Verizon Note 2 because I like the screen size and the stylus built in. I'd normally never use a stylus unless it was right next to my fingers when I wanted it.
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I really want the Nexus 4, but VZW's coverage is soooo nice in my area! That leaves me with either the Galaxy Nexus which I prefer because it's more open and easier to mod, or the Verizon Note 2 because I like the screen size and the stylus built in. I'd normally never use a stylus unless it was right next to my fingers when I wanted it.
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Get the note 2 you will love it! well, it's what I recommend. Your choice!