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My Sincere Advice to all about ICS!

Hi. i hope every single Note owner and user here either would have just flashed to the latest official ics rom by now or would be thinking of flashing to this rom.
well i accept that i am not a tech master. but as i love to tinker with these tech gadgets alot and i keep on changing my roms just to check
here is just a minor addition to those who are somewhat COMPLETLY unaware of the flashing or are afraid to flash to this official rom especially after that article where it was advised not to flash the Leaked ICS Roms.
well i had the Chrack ROM v18 the GB rom and i downloaded this official rom. i thought to just flash to this official rom the XXLPY and i just did that. but what happened was i was stuck at the samsung logo. i got so tensed i thought my phone might have been bricked or something. (the actual reason was i was SUPER HYPER and SUPER EXCITED about the official ICS )
i then quickly flashed my phone again to XXKL3 stock gingerbread rom. the same issue remained. i was again stuck at the boot animation. i was again so worried
i then thought to check the recovery mode. i did that and that worked and God i was So relieved i cant tell u guys
then i just flashed the XXLPY simply using the odin and it was flashed in no time with no issues!
so here are my suggestion to those who want to flash this official rom:
1- if u currently have custom gingerbread rom, u BETTER first flash to stock ROM!
2- DONT panic like me while flashing is going on! it WILL take some time!
3- wipe the dalvik cache and u will be good to go!
4- it would be better to do a factory reset after the flashing is done.
i know almost everyone here would be knowing that all already but as i already said the reason of this post is not for the experts here! its for those who get confused and panic a lot while deciding or during the flashing! i hope moderators would let my thread stay here for the newbies

aami.aami said:
Hi. i hope every single Note owner and user here either would have just flashed to the latest official ics rom by now or would be thinking of flashing to this rom.
well i accept that i am not a tech master. but as i love to tinker with these tech gadgets alot and i keep on changing my roms just to check
here is just a minor addition to those who are somewhat COMPLETLY unaware of the flashing or are afraid to flash to this official rom especially after that article where it was advised not to flash the Leaked ICS Roms.
well i had the Chrack ROM v18 the GB rom and i downloaded this official rom. i thought to just flash to this official rom the XXLPY and i just did that. but what happened was i was stuck at the samsung logo. i got so tensed i thought my phone might have been bricked or something. (the actual reason was i was SUPER HYPER and SUPER EXCITED about the official ICS )
i then quickly flashed my phone again to XXKL3 stock gingerbread rom. the same issue remained. i was again stuck at the boot animation. i was again so worried
i then thought to check the recovery mode. i did that and that worked and God i was So relieved i cant tell u guys
then i just flashed the XXLPY simply using the odin and it was flashed in no time with no issues!
so here are my suggestion to those who want to flash this official rom:
1- if u currently have custom gingerbread rom, u BETTER first flash to stock ROM!
2- DONT panic like me while flashing is going on! it WILL take some time!
3- wipe the dalvik cache and u will be good to go!
4- it would be better to do a factory reset after the flashing is done.
i know almost everyone here would be knowing that all already but as i already said the reason of this post is not for the experts here! its for those who get confused and panic a lot while deciding or during the flashing! i hope moderators would let my thread stay here for the newbies
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That was some really good information for people who just wast to try what ever they see before even thinking about the risk involved and proper way of doing it...Thank goodness that you saved your phone........

aami.aami said:
well i had the Chrack ROM v18 the GB rom and i downloaded this official rom. i thought to just flash to this official rom the XXLPY and i just did that. but what happened was i was stuck at the samsung logo. i got so tensed i thought my phone might have been bricked or something. (the actual reason was i was SUPER HYPER and SUPER EXCITED about the official ICS )
i then quickly flashed my phone again to XXKL3 stock gingerbread rom. the same issue remained. i was again stuck at the boot animation. i was again so worried
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You could have just wiped and I bet you would have been out of the boot loop
If you hard brick, you won't even see the Samsung logo (ASK CHASMODO AS HE MUST BE HERE TOO SOMEWHERE ). As long as the logo is seen there is nothing to worry about.

curious.....was your first two 'flash' attempts via recovery or via odin?

I just flashed Alba coming from Stunner with no problems.....

Yeah all you needed to do was wipe in recovery after flashing
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ngocdao said:
curious.....was your first two 'flash' attempts via recovery or via odin?
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no. ive had samsung Wave, samsung galaxy s, galaxy nexus galaxy s2 and now galaxy note. ive been aware of the flashing procedure and i have done ALOT of flashing!

Noobs
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aami.aami said:
no. ive had samsung Wave, samsung galaxy s, galaxy nexus galaxy s2 and now galaxy note. ive been aware of the flashing procedure and i have done ALOT of flashing!
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Okay.. you not only didn't answer my question but contradicted yourself ...... only wanted to understand the situation better but OK.
lol how are you so experienced yet ...not?
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If you want to upgrade without rooting its fairly simple.
Assuming you have a STOCK ROM -
Just connect to PC Odin and Flash the update. Nothing else to be done.
Nothing at all.
The confusion starts the moment you want to update with root intact.

ngocdao said:
Okay.. you not only didn't answer my question but contradicted yourself ...... only wanted to understand the situation better but OK.
lol how are you so experienced yet ...not?
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the first two attempts were using odin. i always flash stock roms using odin. i dont know if there is a method of flashing stock roms using recovery or whatever. and i am not that experienced like some of the guys like here but assuming i am a finance and accounts related person, i guess what i know about flashing and stuff like that is more than enough for me.... lol

[HELP] ICS UPDATE spoiled my GALAXY NOTE Experience

Hi guys,
After upgrading to ICS my Note is lagging n freezing like hell, I just love the ICS on my Xperia S.......but on Note its pathetic.
Is there any solution to this? M not good at rooting or ROMs..........but I can try if anyone can suggest easy way..........
sent from the BEAST - Galaxy Note

Hi
I am back on GB and waiting for 4.0.4 or 4.1.
GB is great for Note. Not much difference to 4.0.3 on Note.
Greetings
c.

corcovo said:
Hi
I am back on GB and waiting for 4.0.4 or 4.1.
GB is great for Note. Not much difference to 4.0.3 on Note.
Greetings
c.
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Any easy way to do so....please guide
sent from the BEAST - Galaxy Note

did you come from a clean wipe ?
if you want to revert back to GB its as easy as 1,2,3
1, Download GB firmware
2, Load all files into ODIN
3, Connect phone in DL mode and hit start

Obviously you haven't truly experienced ice cream sandwich for the note until you have used the rom in the following link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1662802 give it a try and I guarantee your view will change. Galaxy Note = phone + tablet(best of both worlds)
Paranoid Android rom = phone ui + tablet ui(best of both worlds)

Having bought a German Note I initially upgraded to stock LPY for ICS. It was dreadful. Twice I returned to Gingerbread for safety and stupidly gave LPY another chance after a short while. Each time it never failed to be crap. It didn't matter whether or not I wiped stuff - it was just rubbish.
I did try an AOKP ROm for a bit, but that had too many problems for my tastes so a few days ago I bit the bullet and went for the stock LQ2 ROM for the UK (which is where I live) and quite simply I have not had the problems which seemed to plague LPY. So, I'm on a stock ICS ROM, rooted, and quite happy with performance and battery life. Mind you, time will tell if it stays that way, but so far so good.

androidlover20 said:
Hi guys,
After upgrading to ICS my Note is lagging n freezing like hell, I just love the ICS on my Xperia S.......but on Note its pathetic.
Is there any solution to this? M not good at rooting or ROMs..........but I can try if anyone can suggest easy way..........
sent from the BEAST - Galaxy Note
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i use rocketrom and it works great. there are guides in the development forum for root and how to install roms.
sorry for my bad english.

Had the same problem, did a hard reset (factory restore) and done! Everything back to normal, in fact better, faster!

M also having GNote with problematic ICS, i will also try another ROM but I am not sure which one is the best.
Stunner???
Also how to root GNote, m on ICS..
I read about PARANOIDANDROID ROM but didnt understand how to proceed as I am on ICS !!!
Looking for simple explanation, m new to odin etc as mostly I deal with Xperia
sent from seXperia S

Touchwiz is the problem, Samsung know what they're doing with hardware but software wise they're atrocious lol. Anyone not enjoying stock samsung should try a cm9 or aokp rom. I'm on the newest stunner as of right now and its perfect.
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Reynaldinho111 said:
Touchwiz is the problem, Samsung know what they're doing with hardware but software wise they're atrocious lol. Anyone not enjoying stock samsung should try a cm9 or aokp rom. I'm on the newest stunner as of right now and its perfect.
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Dude,
Please guide on HOW TO ROOT and use PARANOIDANDROID or any other ROM..
I am on ICS and new to Samsungs..
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How to install CM9 -- brick proof -- guaranteed :)

Galaxy Note N7000.
Was running stock ICS-ROM Samsung.
Always wanted to install and use a custom ROM but was always afraid of BRICKS..
But yesterday ended up being sucessfully running CM9.
Steps I undertook were as follows:
1. Installed Samsung Kies.
2. Check for update from Samsung Kies and updated Kies.
3. Connected my phone to Kies and checked if Kies detected the phone properly.
After sucess, exit Kies.
4. Downloaded PC Odin from this link
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=815370&stc=1&d=1323799721
password:samfirmware.com
5. Download pre rooted GingerBread ROM
SGN_XX_OXA_KJ1_FACTORYFS.zip (thx dr.ketan)
http://d-h.st/HJM
6. Run PC odin
7. Reboot Note in download mode
vol. down+home+power buttons
8. Connect Download mode note to PC
9. PC odin ID:COM turns yellow:
(ALL THE BEST NOW)
10. In PC ODIN
Auto Reboot and F.Reset Time ---> Ticked
Others --> Unticked
10. Click PDA and select the SGN_XX_OXA_KJ1_FACTORYFS.zip you had downloaded.
Click start.
Wait for 10minutes.
Your phone will restart.
11. WOW..!!! now ur on a GB Rom
And its a safe kernel
Now you can play around
Plus already rooted
12. Now to get this GB Rom working
go to recovery mode (vol up + home + power)
clean dalvik cache and wipe data and factory reset
13. Time to install CM9
14. Download
CM9 latest nightly:
http://get.cm/?device=n7000
Googleapps:
http://goo.im/gapps/gapps-ics-20120429-signed.zip
15. Copy these 2 files in the internal SD card anywhere (do not rename)
16. Reboot into recovery mode:
vol up + home + power
17. Flash the 2 files from where you saved them:
"install zip from sd card" option in recovery mode
now flash cm9 file
then flash gapps file
18. DO A DATA WIPE / FACTORY RESET
19. Reboot
And wow..
Enter the world of custom ROMS
[[[to switch to another ROM, follow steps 1 to 17, and after that flash the ROM of your choice]]]

Steps 6 and 9
it shud be PC Odin Not Mobile

sorry dr. ketan
my mistake
corrected
thanks

So...
So i have galaxy note gt n700 purchased in germany and brickbug app said that i have dangeros ...something something.... I mean i have mmc bug which will make my phone in paperpress if i mess up. Question is: does step by step guide is safe for my mmc bug? Can i safely follow it and not ruin my phone, because i think i have a bad warranty.

dr.ketan said:
Steps 6 and 9
it shud be PC Odin Not Mobile
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Noticed that u are very experienced contributor, so mybe u can answer on my question, does the step by step guide is safe for galaxt note with brickbug? I realy want to flash, but i want to do it if i am on the safe side

Latvianization said:
So i have galaxy note gt n700 purchased in germany and brickbug app said that i have dangeros ...something something.... I mean i have mmc bug which will make my phone in paperpress if i mess up. Question is: does step by step guide is safe for my mmc bug? Can i safely follow it and not ruin my phone, because i think i have a bad warranty.
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Yes, you can follow this guide safely. Actually, this is the best guide I've seen so far, I wish I had this one the moment I wanted to start messing around with my phone because I spent more than 48 hours total reading and reading and getting more confused each time.
So go ahead and do it.
And thank you to the OP for putting this up.
Sent from a GNote, hell yeah!

SirRhor said:
Yes, you can follow this guide safely. Actually, this is the best guide I've seen so far, I wish I had this one the moment I wanted to start messing around with my phone because I spent more than 48 hours total reading and reading and getting more confused each time.
So go ahead and do it.
And thank you to the OP for putting this up.
Sent from a GNote, hell yeah!
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And the last one, probably silly question, what CM9 rom is this? Will i have GB or ICS? And if thats GB where can i find safe ICS rom?

Before Galaxy Note, I used to rock HTC Wildfire and didn't wanted to mess around with custom roms because it was just low-end device. Third-party launchers did the job for me when it comes to customization.
When I bought Galaxy Note, I was looking forward to flashing Cyanogenmod or maybe something different (I like Paranoid Android rom and the hybrid mode). I was very disappointed to see that there is a brick bug.
Even though I'm a IT engineer and I have been using computers since Commodore 64, I don't have experience in flashing custom roms so this post is very useful if it's the best way to do it.
Do I have to flash different stock GB before rooting, because I have XXLA6 kernel (baseband: xxla4) and I believe that this version is not directly rootable? Correct me if i'm wrong?
What is the best way to return from custom rom (ie. CM9) to stock GB?
In fact, I've been reading for a good amount of time today but there is just too much information, so sorry for the noobish questions.

I installed rom before 2 days and had similar doubts.
Just want to share what problem I faced :
The mobile should be in ON state when rooting CF I was doing it in OFF download mode

Latvianization said:
And the last one, probably silly question, what CM9 rom is this? Will i have GB or ICS? And if thats GB where can i find safe ICS rom?
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CyanogenMod 9 is based on ICS, CM7 is based on Gingerbread. There wasn't a CM8 because Google never released the source code for Honeycomb.
And what you need is a safe kernel, because the kernel is what sends a erase command to a chip inside the phone and that's when you brick it (I think). That happens when you do a factory reset.
Now, what I always do when I want to change ROMS is to use AbbysNote 4.2 as a safe GB kernel so I can then flash the ROM/Kernel of my choice.
You can find it here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1362424&highlight=abyssnote
So let's say you want to go from CM9 to LiquidSmooth (or pretty much any other), which is the one I use now:
You go to CWM recovery, from there you flash AbyssNote.
Once the flashing is completed, you DO NOT exit CWM, instead you go to "Advanced" and then "Reboot to Recovery" so the phone will restart but it will go directly to CWM again, but now with AbyssNote installed.
AbyssNote has a TOUCH based recovery, so it is easier to use. Don't use the physical power and volume buttons to navigate.
From there you can safely do a factory reset, format cache, format Dalvik, flash a new ROM and Kernel.
AbyssNote will then disappear because it will be overwritten by the new Kernel of your choice. So every time I want to change to a new ROM, I repeat the steps above I haven't had any problems whatsoever.
I hope I'm right with my technicalities, but the procedures the OP and I describe are safe to try as long you follow the exact instructions, so before you try anything, read and re-read and you will be just fine.
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tribalkg said:
Before Galaxy Note, I used to rock HTC Wildfire and didn't wanted to mess around with custom roms because it was just low-end device. Third-party launchers did the job for me when it comes to customization.
When I bought Galaxy Note, I was looking forward to flashing Cyanogenmod or maybe something different (I like Paranoid Android rom and the hybrid mode). I was very disappointed to see that there is a brick bug.
Even though I'm a IT engineer and I have been using computers since Commodore 64, I don't have experience in flashing custom roms so this post is very useful if it's the best way to do it.
Do I have to flash different stock GB before rooting, because I have XXLA6 kernel (baseband: xxla4) and I believe that this version is not directly rootable? Correct me if i'm wrong?
What is the best way to return from custom rom (ie. CM9) to stock GB?
In fact, I've been reading for a good amount of time today but there is just too much information, so sorry for the noobish questions.
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This is the thread you need to read: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1329360

Thanks for the useful information and for putting to rest some of my safety concerns.
Now you've wetted my appetite and I have to give it a go soon.
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Thanks for this great guide! I haven't gotten my Note yet as I just ordered it yesterday but I have been lurking around the forums already and trying to understand how flashing roms and kernels works around here. Like someone already said before some of the guides / threads are 'a little' confusing for newcomers. I was really confused with the brick bug that people were writing about. This thread clarified things a lot for me and I believe it will help many more Note-newbies!
So, new Note community member reporting to duty here! :highfive: It's gonna be pretty neat upgrade considering from what phone I come from. Well, the Huawei at least was great step stone to android world gotta admit. I just got somewhat bored with the not so great custom scene.

SirRhor said:
This is the thread you need to read: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1329360
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Believe me, I know about that thread.
One more question for you. Does flashing abyss kernel bring yellow triangle and raise binary counter? I've heard on one of Zedomax's channels on youtube that he recommends flashing this kernel whenever you need to move from one ROM to another.
Cheers mate!

tribalkg said:
Believe me, I know about that thread.
One more question for you. Does flashing abyss kernel bring yellow triangle and raise binary counter? I've heard on one of Zedomax's channels on youtube that he recommends flashing this kernel whenever you need to move from one ROM to another.
Cheers mate!
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Dont worry about AbyssNote, is safe in both respects. That's the one I always use to do anything that is flashing related.
If, for some reason, you start seeing that dreaded triangle at boot, you can use TriangleAway from Chainfire on Google Play.
Sent from a GNote, hell yeah!

Thanks bro, I appreciate the effort to answer these noobish questions.
I will stay on CM9 (and CM10 when it comes) as long as is stable to use it as a daily driver. I don't like the TW interface and I don't need all that S-Pen stuff and pressure sensitivity. Apps from the Play Store are enough for me (Papyrus for example) so there's no need to stay on stock rom.

tribalkg said:
Thanks bro, I appreciate the effort to answer these noobish questions.
I will stay on CM9 (and CM10 when it comes) as long as is stable to use it as a daily driver. I don't like the TW interface and I don't need all that S-Pen stuff and pressure sensitivity. Apps from the Play Store are enough for me (Papyrus for example) so there's no need to stay on stock rom.
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Dont worry, I'm glad I can help you.
You can try Marker and Jotter as well, they work well.
Sent from a GNote, hell yeah!

thanks
thanks for the guide.

I have the brickbug firmware also. So am I correct in assuming that if I follow these directions and flash a different GB rom that I will be okay?
Will flashing this India GB rom change my kernel to a more stable one?
And if I flash this India GB rom will it be able to update to ICS through Kies or OTA?
I'm not new to flashing as I used to rom my EVO a lot... I just haven't done it in about a year and this brickbug mess has me standoff-ish.
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maddog2727 said:
I have the brickbug firmware also. So am I correct in assuming that if I follow these directions and flash a different GB rom that I will be okay?
Will flashing this India GB rom change my kernel to a more stable one?
And if I flash this India GB rom will it be able to update to ICS through Kies or OTA?
I'm not new to flashing as I used to rom my EVO a lot... I just haven't done it in about a year and this brickbug mess has me standoff-ish.
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If you are on GB already, you just have to root the ROM and flash CWM because the brick bug is present only on ICS kernels. 99% sure.
There are some GB Stock ROMs that you cannot root directly, so it depends.
OTA updates from Samsung to ICS I'm not sure, you should ask someone else. When I got my Note it already had ICS, so I never did an OTA update. I don't use Kies at all.
I was very weary at first too, but with the instructions above you will be fine.
Sent from a GNote, hell yeah!

I've followed the guide from OP and now I'm rockin' CM9! No problems at all.
My content on the internal memory was intact (apps data, games data, etc), it's all there and I've flashed Indian ROM and then CM9. Have I made a mistake or what?

Checkrom v7

I've always been happy with Checkrom. My previous ROM only lasted 4 hours, so when I saw V7 coming out I immediately flashed it.
After I succesfully flashed it I found out that the kitchenpro app didn't work and later I read that development was stopped. Not even swype which was part of the original samsung.
I now want to flash another ROM, but am afraid to follow the wrong procedure and brick it. It seems I can't even do a factory reset without the risk of bricking it.
I will never flash a checkrom product again.
Can I go into recovery and just flash wanamlite? Does it even work, as it's the standard recovery and not the full CWM?
No (extra) risk of bricking it?
I would appreciate a straightforward answer...

Another checkrom thread..
Sent from My Samsung Galaxy S2 running Paranoidandroid Rom.What else if not?=P

No, a direct question for answer I can't find anywhere.
I've always been helpful in fora on subjects I knew much about. Please, please refrain from answering if you don't know the answer or don't want to give it.

Look at the forum on www.checkrom.com. The instructions of flashing a kernel through Odin and a new rom are written in the V7-section.
Good luck
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Simply flash a safe kernel i.e. siyah kernel, reboot in to recovery and flash a rom(might want to do a full wipe beforehand) or restore a backup.
Good luck, this worked out for me.

frater said:
I've always been happy with Checkrom. My previous ROM only lasted 4 hours, so when I saw V7 coming out I immediately flashed it.
After I succesfully flashed it I found out that the kitchenpro app didn't work and later I read that development was stopped. Not even swype which was part of the original samsung.
I now want to flash another ROM, but am afraid to follow the wrong procedure and brick it. It seems I can't even do a factory reset without the risk of bricking it.
I will never flash a checkrom product again.
Can I go into recovery and just flash wanamlite? Does it even work, as it's the standard recovery and not the full CWM?
No (extra) risk of bricking it?
I would appreciate a straightforward answer...
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First off, wise decision...
With respect to getting out of this, you want to flash a 4.0.3 based ROM. Don't go for a 4.0.4 based one quite yet, regardless of recovery type, if you're after a quick and safe fix.
You want to flash Siyah Kernel first, and then flash the ROM from there.
Siyah Kernel can be flashed via ODIN (flash the TAR as a PDA file).
Then go about your procedure to flash as usual. As above I'll re-iterate, don't flash a 4.0.4 based ROM yet (LQ5 or LQM I believe), as these are not always 100% safe in all scenarios.
You're much better to stick away from these for now.
Again, I have no idea why "developers" are going about releasing ROMs which are based on these kernels, without clear and noticeable warnings about what people are getting into...
Oh well... Hope it goes well, just follow this and you'll be fine.

Use Odin to flash siyah,
then use siyah's recovery to install new rom

zzkonzz said:
Use Odin to flash siyah,
then use siyah's recovery to install new rom
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Exactly what Pulser has already said. Why repeat it again?
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Thanks all....
Now not on checkrom anymore...

It should be noted that Leo, the main dude, says on Checkrom.com:
"No more ROM development for SGS2.
On that note i am closing the thread."
...and slammed the thread closed here on XDA too!

The last time I used Odin was when I bought my SG2. Since then I flashed all my different ROMs with CWM.
Although I'm glad I'm not using checkrom anymore and never will because of the way they stopped their development I do have to admit it had more than decent battery life (their 4.04 version).
I‘m currently on wanamlite and after 2 hours I'm already on 60% :-(
I used to have cyanogenmod 7 on my HTC HD2?
It might be an idea to try 9 or 10

Check out ParanoidAndroid. I'm getting about 30 hours off of the battery.
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Very bad form closing the threads when quite a number of people had flashed the new checkrom with the promise of a fix. They could have at least fixed the kernal issue rather than just abandoning it. Very disappointed. Going to try to flash the kernal via ODIN if I can remember even how!

Ics 4.0.3 xxlpy

Without looking I upgraded my Note N7000 from Gingerbread to ICS XXPLY which is a version with the dreaded brick bug. Not only did I install it OTA but I was having problems and actually did a hard reset yesterday. The phone is running fine but I have read that it's best to return to Gingerbread until the problem is resolved. Does that seem to be the consensus?
I'd appreciate your opinion.

humphster said:
Without looking I upgraded my Note N7000 from Gingerbread to ICS XXPLY which is a version with the dreaded brick bug. Not only did I install it OTA but I was having problems and actually did a hard reset yesterday. The phone is running fine but I have read that it's best to return to Gingerbread until the problem is resolved. Does that seem to be the consensus?
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it all depends on how you feel about ICS, the brickbug itself should not happen under normal usage, only when you try to fectory reset / wipe operations,
so without doing those the only time you should be careful is when attempting to flash new ROMs (which may require you going with additional intermediate GB / safe kernel flashing - the safety instructions are always in the ROM thread),
the only thing I'd suggest - should you decide to stick with stock ICS - is upgrading to a newer version, like recent LRG (reportedly LPY was the worst ICS ROM in terms of battery life and performance)

Not only lpy, all ics stock roms having this bug. If you are worrying abt wiping you made, just find 'emmc brick bug' from market n scan device, if it nit damaged, then it shud pass.
If you are happy with ics then you can stay on it, but avoid wiping/reset.
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dr.ketan said:
Not only lpy, all ics stock roms having this bug. If you are worrying abt wiping you made, just find 'emmc brick bug' from market n scan device, if it nit damaged, then it shud pass.
If you are happy with ics then you can stay on it, but avoid wiping/reset.
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I downloaded the app and ran it. The "Verdict" was the the emmc chip (VYLOOM) is known to have the brick chip.
As I understand it, however, you are advising to go back to gingerbread or leave it alone.
I like ICS but not more than having my phone.
Thanks for your reply.

humphster said:
I downloaded the app and ran it. The "Verdict" was the the emmc chip (VYLOOM) is known to have the brick chip.
As I understand it, however, you are advising to go back to gingerbread or leave it alone.
I like ICS but not more than having my phone.
Thanks for your reply.
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i say keep ICS and just download a safe kernel if ur into flashing custom roms.
You can stick with the stock kernel if you want just refrain from doing a factory reset

Thanks
chickentuna said:
i say keep ICS and just download a safe kernel if ur into flashing custom roms.
You can stick with the stock kernel if you want just refrain from doing a factory reset
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I think I'll just hang on to what I've got and wait for the cavalry from Samsung.
Thanks to everybody.