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[Q] flashed virtous galaxy 1.0.5 for the 23rd time. always hangs!

Im coming from honeyvillian rom 1.04 and installed recovery via Acer Iconia recovery app on market and in recovery it shows cwm 1.3.4 and I follow a method format data, wipe cache and dalvik cache and battery stats and flash the galaxy virtous rom. And downloaded diffrent uploads like multiupload, megaupload, rapidshare, depositfiles. All show same file size which is 336 mb but megaupload file is 357 mb and flashed all with all diffrent methods and also tried the youtube tutorial available on the first page. Can anyone please help me out here. I want this rom to go smooth but all it do is hangs within a minute I turnon my tablet. To setup only I have to restart thrice. Any help will be apreciated. And yes I have read 111 pages on that forum and cudnt find any solution. Thank you

try flashing a different rom first, like the new stock or virtuous picasso....once you got it working, then reflash virtous galaxy again....
You could also try wiping, then shutdown not reboot, go back to cwm, rewipe, shutdown, then go back to cwm to reboot....

tried this as well!
Thank you for your time and help. I tried but same problem again. Im not having any problem with the stock 3.0 or honeyvillian roms. Is it because im trying a port like galaxy any diffrent radio or kernel need to flash seprately. Or can anyone provide a correct md5 for this file virtous galaxy rom. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you

Have you updated your recovery? That happened to me with the original recovery once I updated it, no problem what so ever. Just be careful I bricked my tablet updating CMW I was able to fix it thanks to sc2k just read all instructions lol think I probably missed something.
Anyway good luck man and you have to try the galaxy rom.

pratz007 said:
Im coming from honeyvillian rom 1.04 and installed recovery via Acer Iconia recovery app on market and in recovery it shows cwm 1.3.4 and I follow a method format data, wipe cache and dalvik cache and battery stats and flash the galaxy virtous rom. And downloaded diffrent uploads like multiupload, megaupload, rapidshare, depositfiles. All show same file size which is 336 mb but megaupload file is 357 mb and flashed all with all diffrent methods and also tried the youtube tutorial available on the first page. Can anyone please help me out here. I want this rom to go smooth but all it do is hangs within a minute I turnon my tablet. To setup only I have to restart thrice. Any help will be apreciated. And yes I have read 111 pages on that forum and cudnt find any solution. Thank you
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When you wipe/format, try this solution:
EDIT: Sorry wrong URL:
Here it is:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=15383046
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Unzip your Virtuous Galaxy Image via winrar/winzip and see if any file is corrupt. If so redownload Virtuous Galaxy I hope this helps.

JWingWangWong said:
Unzip your Virtuous Galaxy Image via winrar/winzip and see if any file is corrupt. If so redownload Virtuous Galaxy I hope this helps.
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yes i tried that unzipping and it was successful. and also tired test in winrar and seems to be fine. but still stuck up there.

kjy2010 said:
When you wipe/format, try this solution:
EDIT: Sorry wrong URL:
Here it is:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=15383046
6th post down by UnicornKaz
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thank you for your help, i followed all the steps carefully but nothing seems to work still hangs and yes i tried today if it stucks on opening gmail app first time and it hangs and then again after restart gmail app is working good. but then first time browser and it hangs but then again after restart browser better than before. i dont know if i have the correct download. can anyone please post MD5

Have you tried fix permission?

Micoman said:
Have you tried fix permission?
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Can you be more specific, like how to do that? And when to do that after rom flash or before. I am new to all this and now you make me feel I should ask you what is the full procedure to flash, baby step by step? Can you help!

I am thinking that your problem(s) are kernel related...
Galaxy rom are different kernel and being 99% stock samsung...etc
Villain only used Stock modified kernel and Galaxy used Virtuous v? ...etc
try going back to a stock rom that are provided in various threads... that should set you back to completely stock ( kernel, firmware, stock recovery...etc )
then proceed from there by ( rooting with Iconiaroot... installing CWM via Acer recovery Installer..)
well... you know the rest of the steps

I suspect now that Shinger is back, hopefully he'll have something to help you out with his "favorite girlfriend" Virtuous Galaxy. Hang in there!

Hmm strange issue and i am thinking it maybe due to honeyvillain being official 3.1 rom from acer. Base is different. I would suggest going back to 3.0.1 then root using gingerbreak(locked in potrait mode) and then install cwm via acer recovery app. Download quickboot from market to reboot into recovery and start again. Honeyvillains kernel sources are different than ones used by mdj in unity me thinks. Thats why thor made different kernel for galaxy rom and honeyvillain. Hoped you backed up 3.0.1 as i did lol. Always a good starting point if things go bad. There is a thread with instructions too
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First time flasher

Finally got my tab back and I am now thinking of flashing a custom from on to it. So I just wanted to know which is the best rom to install on my version P7500 and one that as the least problems. This will be the first time i have done this so how easy is it and what's the best way to do it with out effecting your flash count

I can suggest 2 different ROM´s.
Overcome v2.3.1, all is working, but is Honeycomb 3.2.
Or, when you not need the camera, use ICS 4.03.
(Camera driver is not available at the moment for ICS)
My favorite is AOKP, Version Milestone-4 and update build28.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1459287
Here are some hints:
Installation:
Make sure you're on the latest CWM (root your TAB)
MAKE A NANDROID Backup (in CWM)
wipe data/factory reset in recovery
flash ROM
flash Gapps
reboot

wait for the ICS its coming soon

yogeshmha said:
wait for the ICS its coming soon
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How longs the wait though

slash0 said:
Installation:
Make sure you're on the latest CWM (root your TAB)
MAKE A NANDROID Backup (in CWM)
wipe data/factory reset in recovery
flash ROM
flash Gapps
reboot
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When you make a nandroid backup how restore it as last time i tried this when I did the wipe data/factory reset it wiped the phone clean including the back up
[ I bought my tab already rooted and had to restore it to get it fixed]

freddy0000 said:
How longs the wait though
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Your guess is as good as everyone elses. I've seen estimated times pass already, and several say another month and longer.
Seems the only agreement you'll get is either soon or later, to never.
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freddy0000 said:
When you make a nandroid backup how restore it as last time i tried this when I did the wipe data/factory reset it wiped the phone clean including the back up
[ I bought my tab already rooted and had to restore it to get it fixed]
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Nandroid make backups in /mnt/sdcard/clockworkmod/backup,
factory reset does nothing there.

I would also suggest overcome 2.3.1 while waiting for ICS release. I actually use the camera :-(. Otherwise I would be using a custom ICS ROM.
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Masklinn said:
I would also suggest overcome 2.3.1 while waiting for ICS release. I actually use the camera :-(. Otherwise I would be using a custom ICS ROM.
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How good is overcome 2.3.1 am on the original rom 3.2 and it still feels like it struggles at times

Give the rom a change and flash it, you will see it is awesome,
but the custom ICS roms are also for daily use ready.
The only possibility to determine which rom is better for you,
is to flash it all.
You can not damage your TAB, and with Odin you can anytime back to stock samsung firmware, which were found on sammobile homepage.

Will this effect your flashcount

How do you root the 3g version there used to be a guide on here but i cant find it

This guide is the best and it works for the 3g model as well
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=17070949
EDIT: if you have your driver already installed and you are able to use ODIN you don't need to use the one that is provided in the thread
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freddy0000 said:
How good is overcome 2.3.1 am on the original rom 3.2 and it still feels like it struggles at times
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Overcome is really an excellent ROM. not a single problem since I flashed it and no lags
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freddy0000 said:
How do you root the 3g version there used to be a guide on here but i cant find it
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freddy0000 said:
How good is overcome 2.3.1 am on the original rom 3.2 and it still feels like it struggles at times
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Take a look at this, it can also be helpful...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1348533

I've just installed it now and am about to do a factory reset I was just wondering if there was any way to make GSM Voice call on this yet

ICS ................ and everything else
freddy0000 said:
How longs the wait though
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Samsung has already rolled out ICS for galaxy S II and the ICS for GT 10.1 is supposed to be released soon but soon is such a bad word to use since its always used to evade responsibilities!
Anyhow I am hopefully Samsung will push it out before end of Q2 as promised before but what saddens me is that the next Android Jelly bean is right around the corner yet all the companies are struggling to update their devices to ICS. Android's biggest problem as of right now is fragmentation and Google should look into it seriously!
freddy0000 said:
Finally got my tab back and I am now thinking of flashing a custom from on to it. So I just wanted to know which is the best rom to install on my version P7500 and one that as the least problems. This will be the first time i have done this so how easy is it and what's the best way to do it with out effecting your flash count
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And also I would suggest ICS rom from AOKP as even though Task did an amazing job with his Task14 rom it struggles at time to do very simple things where as ICS is blazing fast even though u might find hiccups once in a while !

freddy0000 said:
I've just installed it now and am about to do a factory reset I was just wondering if there was any way to make GSM Voice call on this yet
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Did you also flashed the correct file,
there are two full versions available?
GT-P7500 / 3G-WiFi
Overcome_10.1_Series_v2.3.1_P7500_Full.zip
http://www.rosanoscorner.com/p7500/downloads/Overcome_10.1_Series_v2.3.1_P7500_Full.zip
GT-P7510 / WIFI only
Overcome_10.1_Series_v2.3.1_P7510_Full.zip

First of all there is no way to avoid that 'flash count' thing...
Now, there is no need of rooting if u are going to flash a custom rom like ICS (preferably AOSP) or Overcome....coz they come pre-rooted...
1) Grab the latest odin flashable CWM recovery from http://droidbasement.com/galaxy/recovery/cwm5/p4/recovery.tar.md5
2) Flash the above downloaded CWM in the PDA section of Odin. in the Download mode (press the vol down button while turning on the tab...when two icons appear, press the vol up button and again confirm by the vol up)
3) Also Download the required Custom Rom .zip file and copy it to the SD card root of ur Tab..
4) Turn the tab off and while restarting again enter bootloader mode by keeping the vol down key pressed...now use the vol down key to navigate to the left icon nd use the vol up key to confirm...now u'll enter CWM recovery...
5) Use the volume keys to navigate...nd power switch to confirm.
6) Wipe user data...cache nd dalvik cache (in advanced)...
7) Now go to 'install zip from SD card' nd 'choose zip from sd card'
8) Now choose the zip file dat u copied earlier nd confirm...(if u flash ICS then u also hav to Flash Gapps without a reboot in between)
9) After everythng is done reboot your tab...nd ur done...
10) Enjoy....nd Happy Flashing..!!!

slash0 said:
Did you also flashed the correct file,
there are two full versions available?
GT-P7500 / 3G-WiFi
Overcome_10.1_Series_v2.3.1_P7500_Full.zip
http://www.rosanoscorner.com/p7500/downloads/Overcome_10.1_Series_v2.3.1_P7500_Full.zip
GT-P7510 / WIFI only
Overcome_10.1_Series_v2.3.1_P7510_Full.zip
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Ye i flashed the right version

Flashing Back To Stock Tutorial

Hey, this is a tutorial to flash back to stock I hadnt seen a proper one up so I thought id stick this together. So if you could head over to this Thread which was created by philos64 (Big thanks for the list!)
And download the correct stock image for your tablet.
1.extract it
2.copy extracted .zip to your tablet (I always find it best to create a folder called roms to make it easier)
3. Reboot into CWM
4. Factory wipe/reset (do this 3 times)
5. wipe cache
6. wipe dalvik
7. click install from zip
8. navigate to where you have the .zip file stored
9. click the file then navigate down to yes.
10. let the file install
11. wipe cache again
12. wipe dalvik again
13. it will take a few minutes to boot so dont freak out (I did wasnt fun trust me)
14. TADA your now back on stock :laugh:
now comes the but.....
Because you have just flashed back to stock you will lose the custom recovery but that will only take a couple of minutes to get back and root your tablet again. to that you just have to head over to this Thread started by XpLoDWilD this will give you a nice step by step as to how to do it!
Usual disclaimer :
Not responsible if anything goes wrong (but I did this a few times today and it was fine)
If it helped dont forget to say thanks, and if not let me know in the comments below and I can try and help out

Maybe you should also mention which version of the stock firmware you should download depending on where you got your tablet from (EX. I got mine from the UK, but I live in the US)

Knew I had left something out cheers!

d_crossfader said:
4. Factory wipe/reset (do this 3 times)
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Isn't this a little overkill? Once should be fine... :cyclops:

prototype7 said:
Isn't this a little overkill? Once should be fine... :cyclops:
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Yeah, I actually followed this guide but I only did the wipe once. Didn't see the need to do it three times.

BeatByte said:
Maybe you should also mention which version of the stock firmware you should download depending on where you got your tablet from (EX. I got mine from the UK, but I live in the US)
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Please forgive noob questions but which one would I download, for US.
Thanks
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.30 US
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For Europe (Czech Republic) is WW version, right ?

How long did the first boot take you guys? I've let it sit for over half an hour without any progress. I'm about to try flashing CWM and re-imaging, but it'd help to have some idea how long the first boot should take.
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2nd time's a charm. Only took ~5 minute to boot up on the second go around.

One last noob question, is it the kernel or firmware one I use?
Thanks.
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dfoote626 said:
One last noob question, is it the kernel or firmware one I use?
Thanks.
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Disregard..process of elimination..
Working on it..will update soon
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Just putting this out there
1 i accidentally flashed ww firmware on my US pad.. Not one problem..
I actually only realized bc when you first enter recovery it tells you and it def was ww.30
2. Now i.let it reboot after.firmware install .. (I put my stock rom on my sd card before installing obviously)
And after the blue line.goes away and the pad reboots.. I immediately go to fastboot (no need to wait till it boots )and install recovery..
Then flash my stock prerooted Rom
As there is no kernel in it atm
So its.safe for all
I did this.bc
my tools won't unpack
A blob so i can't get to the kernel just yet..
I Need to load up my ubuntu rig
Also recoveries aren't flashing kernels by backing up with recovery and simply changing the path in install script..
Meaning recovering a backed up.image Isnt restoring the kernel
From a boot.img
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1. The reason I wipe 3 times is because its what one of the rom devs said to do, I think its because it completely clears everything and you start with a blank slate,
2. If your area is US, TW or CN then its WW.
3. My first boot took between 10-15 minutes

d_crossfader said:
1. The reason I wipe 3 times is because its what one of the rom devs said to do, I think its because it completely clears everything and you start with a blank slate,
2. If your area is US, TW or CN then its WW.
3. My first boot took between 10-15 minutes
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Did this using TWRP and all went well. First boot took hell of a long time so I did all steps all over again..in process of installing update now

dfoote626 said:
Did this using TWRP and all went well. First boot took hell of a long time so I did all steps all over again..in process of installing update now
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Cool, ill add that to the list of working recoveries as well because I use CWM

seanzscreams said:
Just putting this out there
1 i accidentally flashed ww firmware on my US pad.. Not one problem..
I actually only realized bc when you first enter recovery it tells you and it def was ww.30
2. Now i.let it reboot after.firmware install .. (I put my stock rom on my sd card before installing obviously)
And after the blue line.goes away and the pad reboots.. I immediately go to fastboot (no need to wait till it boots )and install recovery..
Then flash my stock prerooted Rom
As there is no kernel in it atm
So its.safe for all
I did this.bc
my tools won't unpack
A blob so i can't get to the kernel just yet..
I Need to load up my ubuntu rig
Also recoveries aren't flashing kernels by backing up with recovery and simply changing the path in install script..
Meaning recovering a backed up.image Isnt restoring the kernel
From a boot.img
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seanzscreams,
Can you somehow post your stock Rom?
IS that possible.

d_crossfader said:
Cool, ill add that to the list of working recoveries as well because I use CWM
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I must be doing something wrong
No dice, I tried it 3 times. One time I let it sit rebooting for 45 mins and nothing happeded. I went back to SKANG and flashed that all that was done with in 10 mins..
Any help would be greatly appreciated
After returning to SKANG, I decided to return to CWM and once I did that I was able to follow your steps and all was well. I am in the process of backing up .30 after reflashing CWM. I am not sure about using TWRP, but I had no luck.
Hope my trial and errors help...
PEACE....

So can you not flash your own stock nandroid backup from twrp/ cwm? I had to yesturday. but it wouldnt let me flash any of my nandroid backups i made, full backup too. any ideas why. i did everything as usual.
wipe system/ data/ cache/ dalvik
the restore only took like 1 sec litteraly, that didnt seem right at all

I followed op's instructions to return to stock from skank, I flashed back to us .30. Now none of my windows machines will recognize the tablet as a usb device. when I boot into the fastboot mode, adb will not connect to the device and when I try to install the drivers that are posted around the forum I get an error from windows saying that I have to use the 64 bit versions. Not sure what I broke, any ideas on how to fix this?

Thanks, this worked perfect for me. Re-installed CWM and the continued on with the ROM I am building.

[Q] Freegs4 issues

So i just installed the freegs4 rom and i have done everything according to the forums including reverting my twrp installer and it installs and works just fine until i have to restart the device. As soon as the device is restarted it freezes at the samsung splash screen and i have to wipe the rom again and reinstall. Ii can use it until i have to reboot then it same thing all over again

bigdaddybx2 said:
So i just installed the freegs4 rom and i have done everything according to the forums including reverting my twrp installer and it installs and works just fine until i have to restart the device. As soon as the device is restarted it freezes at the samsung splash screen and i have to wipe the rom again and reinstall. Ii can use it until i have to reboot then it same thing all over again
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Make sure you dont have a bad download. Also try flashing a different kernel. Btw this goes in the question section

ROMANTiC KiD said:
Make sure you dont have a bad download. Also try flashing a different kernel. Btw this goes in the question section
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I have tried different downloads and when i use a different kernel the wifi will not turn on, i have also done the md5 validation on the rom and its fine. sorry about posting in the wrong area im new to this.

Sounds like your phone might be in factory mode.. Did you wipe EFS in recovery?
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bigdaddybx2 said:
So i just installed the freegs4 rom and i have done everything according to the forums including reverting my twrp installer and it installs and works just fine until i have to restart the device. As soon as the device is restarted it freezes at the samsung splash screen and i have to wipe the rom again and reinstall. Ii can use it until i have to reboot then it same thing all over again
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When it freezes on that first reboot, try a battery pull and see if it will boot. If it doesn't, try another battery pull.
Mine actually did that a few times too (freeze on the SAMSUNG screen after first reboot).

freegs4
i have a question i had 2.0 working great.
i have tryed to update to 3.0 multible times.
i went from stock md5 right to 3.0 and have issues with the phone rebooting it works ok but once restarted it will not start back up. i also cant get wifi to work.
i have even downgraded to twrp 5.0.2.
i have flashed my phone back to stock md5, than root than wipe everthing than 3.0 and same issues.
i flashed back to stock md5, than root than stock md9 than wipe than 3.0 still issues
i flashed to rooted and odexed md9 wipe than 3.0 still issues.
i have download both direct and torrent and still stumped why the phone freezes after it reboots and no wifi at all after installation.
anyone have any clues?

tabodt said:
i have a question i had 2.0 working great.
i have tryed to update to 3.0 multible times.
i went from stock md5 right to 3.0 and have issues with the phone rebooting it works ok but once restarted it will not start back up. i also cant get wifi to work.
i have even downgraded to twrp 5.0.2.
i have flashed my phone back to stock md5, than root than wipe everthing than 3.0 and same issues.
i flashed back to stock md5, than root than stock md9 than wipe than 3.0 still issues
i flashed to rooted and odexed md9 wipe than 3.0 still issues.
i have download both direct and torrent and still stumped why the phone freezes after it reboots and no wifi at all after installation.
anyone have any clues?
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Try a different kernel
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So i got my phone replaced and installed the software on it and im no longer having the issue i stated above but i do have a new issue with the call recording. I installed it through the aroma installer and then used update me to install it manually like i was reading in the thread. Everytime I try to make a call (with out even pressing the record button) the screen goes black and there is some call recording icon in the left hand side of the status bar. soon after this i get an error that says com.android.phone has stopped. I have tried to reinstall stock with out call recording but it keeps doing it as if the call recording is there. Am i forced to reset and reinstall the rom?

You might want to give Highway55's MF9 ROM a shot. It has the wifi hot spot mod *and* the status bar toggle already built in. I wrote lengthy post on 9/26 detailing my experience with Highway55 along with the simple steps I took to implement the additional mods that I wanted (including call recording).

ROMANTiC KiD said:
Try a different kernel
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ROMANTiC KiD said:
Make sure you dont have a bad download. Also try flashing a different kernel. Btw this goes in the question section
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I think the FreeGS4 ROM has its own AGAT custom kernel. So I don't think you want to do that...
And I've had a few issues with V3.0.0 myself. I just downgraded back to V2.0.0

Salil999 said:
I think the FreeGS4 ROM has its own AGAT custom kernel. So I don't think you want to do that...
And I've had a few issues with V3.0.0 myself. I just downgraded back to V2.0.0
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Ive had everything running good with chronic kernel and also tested with the kernel it comes with. No problems really.
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I loved the built in ad-blocker, but noticed it interfered with hulu plus, watch ESPN, and sometimes xfinity player. I've since removed the ad blocker, but was wondering if there was a work around so that I could keep the ad blocker, but have it not block ads for these apps? Or is there a way to get these apps to work with the ad-blocker in place?

[Q] update CM7 to CM10 after messing up with wrong sbf

Hi everyone,
some time ago I flashed a wrong sbf to my Defy and thanks to the All-in-One Defy Beginner's guide
Zephyrot said:
Installed full Gingerbread SBF and can’t go back to another rom: (!) aha! We have a issue here!, latest Stock Gingerbread full SBFs comes with a Version 5 of the CG, meaning until not long ago you were pretty much screwed. But wait, there is hope! A one kind Éclair has been found in China Defys that comes with Version 5 CG!.
How to fix it:
Method 1:
Download this SBF and Flash it
Root your Phone
Download 2nd Init 1.4.2 and Install ClockworkMod Recovery
Download and install this Nandroid Backup << File is Back, thanks Ichibanme again!>>
Enter Recovery, Wipe Data/Cache
After wiping, turn off your phone
Turn it on and get immediately into Bootloader mode
Flash this Fixed SBF
Delete Data/Cache again and reboot.
**NOTE*: I just rephrased the original post since it can be a bit confusing, it is linked as source below.
**NOTE2**: If you are using a non-Chinese defy, DO NOT USE THE CAMERA FLASH while on the Chinese rom, it WILL kill your LED.
Source: ((Original post here))[
Method 2: (BIG thanks to Jebrew again for this one)
NOTE: You are going to need CM7 for this one. CM7 Stable version recommended.
Download this SBF and Flash it.
Root your phone.
Download 2nd Init 1.4.2 and Install ClockworkMod Recovery.
Reboot to CMW recovery, and wipe Data/Cache.
Install CM7 then install Google Apps.
Reboot an go into Stock Recovery (using the vol- button, not from Bootmenu).
Do a Data/Cache Wipe or you won't have any space when you're done.
Flash this Fixed SBF
Reboot into your nice new rom.
Do not Wipe Data anymore or you will have to start again.
​
You WONT be able to install full SBFs of any Éclair or Froyo since these Androids have lower CG Versions.​
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I'm running CM7 again with a version 5 CG, if I got it right.
So far so good. But now I need to update my ROM to be able to update some apps that won't run on CM7.
So what's the best tactic for updating this messed up phone? Just flashing any CM10+ ROM (I tried several ones) didn't seem to work. I always got stucked at the red Motorola 'M'.
Any ideas?
Thanks a lot!
Cheers,
Martin

smashedup said:
I always got stucked at the red Motorola 'M'
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factory reset

Thanks for your reply.
Besides the fact that I can't go anywhere to do a factory reset as soon as I've updated to something like CM10, I do a lot of resets/wipes on my way to this state (see quoted guide above).

smashedup said:
Thanks for your reply.
Besides the fact that I can't go anywhere to do a factory reset as soon as I've updated to something like CM10, I do a lot of resets/wipes on my way to this state (see quoted guide above).
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Use Defy full wiper/AROMA wiper to wipe system, data and cache with EXT4. Then immediately flash CM10 and gapps.

hotdog125 said:
Use Defy full wiper/AROMA wiper to wipe system, data and cache with EXT4. Then immediately flash CM10 and gapps.
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Tried that, but now I always get a Status 7 error message when trying to install (no matter if I wipe with Aroma or in CWM). I found a lot of people with that same problem but no solution for me... I'm wondering why I did not have that status 7 thing before....

smashedup said:
Tried that, but now I always get a Status 7 error message when trying to install (no matter if I wipe with Aroma or in CWM). I found a lot of people with that same problem but no solution for me... I'm wondering why I did not have that status 7 thing before....
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For some users flashing DFP-231 helped.
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hotdog125 said:
For some users flashing DFP-231 helped.
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Thanks for the hint!
But this is a Defy+ sbf and after flashing I might not be able to go back, or not?
From the thread [Q] defy bricked, not even JORDN_U3_97.21.51.sbf helps :
kirov1045 said:
what are the chances it will work? i'll scared i'll totally brick it. it's 100% not a defy+
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thekguy said:
Zero percent chance of bricking
Only problem is that there may be problems in the stock rom, which can be fixed by installing cm10 or cm10.1
By problem I mean no camera or battery not charging to the full level but again these can be fixed by upgrading to cm10 or 10.1
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If - for any reason - CM10+ does not work for me, I don't want to deal with these issues...
Or am I getting this wrong?

smashedup said:
Thanks for the hint!
But this is a Defy+ sbf and after flashing I might not be able to go back, or not?
From the thread [Q] defy bricked, not even JORDN_U3_97.21.51.sbf helps :
If - for any reason - CM10+ does not work for me, I don't want to deal with these issues...
Or am I getting this wrong?
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Well, it helped some people. You can't go back to 2.2 after flashing GB.
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hotdog125 said:
Well, it helped some people. You can't go back to 2.2 after flashing GB.
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Thanks for clarifying.
But I just decided to not mess around another time and will stick to my well running CM7.2 for this device. I found a workaround for my app-prob anyway.
Thanks again for help!