Selling note1- dont forget to flash a safe kernel and recovery - Galaxy Note GT-N7000 General

Hi all,
Many of us will be selling the note1 for note2.
So first thing a knowledgable buyer will be doing after getting the phone will be to do a factory reset to remove previous users data.
So for a person unaware of the brickbug it will be the end of the note1 as a phone.
So please ensure if u flash the default ics samsung rom u also flash a safe kernel with safe recovery. Hope and pray the buyer will have to visit xda before further rom changes.
Thanks and happy xchanging
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I just recently sold mine on eBay. I advised the buyer that the handset was rooted and that's it.
I wiped everything before hand via the abyss kernel method and re flashed the same ROM. RocketROM I think it was.
Anyway...all went well. Got good feedback and everything. Hope nothing goes wrong for the buyer.
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1 thing that bothers me is that even if we format the internal/external sd card, if a user uses a good recovery program, he can easily recover some files that were initially deleted. Formatting is not 100% safe if you have important private files or pictures.

So. The conclusion of the above is very simple: just do not sell your Note!

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Final5k said:
1 thing that bothers me is that even if we format the internal/external sd card, if a user uses a good recovery program, he can easily recover some files that were initially deleted. Formatting is not 100% safe if you have important private files or pictures.
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I'll try Shredroid when I'm selling my Note, to securely wipe data. It's only got 3 stars on Play though...
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=ch.ethz.infsyssec.sddroid
tptlk

For int/ext sdcards - format, fill all free space with some useless junk, format again. Problem solved.

This makes me wonder if there would be an efficient CWM/AND method of wiping securely the phone?
I'm thinking of upgrading to the note 2 and since the note is too big for my wife's hand I will certainly sell mine.
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I meant ADB, Damn autocorrect
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flash back to original firmware with its stock kernel,
and sell it back to samsung :cyclops:
**upss** hope no samsung ppl here.
hahaha. :fingers-crossed:

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LPY ROM. Performance is fine. Do i need to worry?

I have flashed my rooted SGN to LPY ROM using mobile ODIN. First two days i had issues however now it seems fine.
1. Battery working fine 24Hrs on average with single charge (With 3G and Wifi on always)
2. No issues with screen or swype.
3. No issues with any other apps as of now
With all the Kernel related posts i'm a little worried. My phone kernel also shows as XXLPY. Please suggest if I need to do anythig to fix it.
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just do not do any full wipe, either from phone or CWM and you should be safe.
cracklenet said:
I have flashed my rooted SGN to LPY ROM using mobile ODIN. First two days i had issues however now it seems fine.
1. Battery working fine 24Hrs on average with single charge (With 3G and Wifi on always)
2. No issues with screen or swype.
3. No issues with any other apps as of now
With all the Kernel related posts i'm a little worried. My phone kernel also shows as XXLPY. Please suggest if I need to do anythig to fix it.
Sent from my GT-N7000 using XDA
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Danger lies in changing ROMs, as long as you keep it you're safe.
Should you decide to flash sth different, then read the instructions several times, then again, and one more time, part of the bricks happened due to small mistakes by experienced flashers.
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Is Full wipe and Factory Reset the same?
After installing the ROM i had done a factory reset. Nothing happemed but for some setting changes. I'm able the use without issues.
Please advise.
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cracklenet said:
Is Full wipe and Factory Reset the same?
After installing the ROM i had done a factory reset. Nothing happemed but for some setting changes. I'm able the use without issues.
Please advise.
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yeah someone pls reply to this question cause i flashed LPY twice and i did the factory reset and cleared the cache but did not get any problem.
I also flashed and wiped a couple of times while in LPY. I'm having no problems so far, but I read someone tried to flash with PC Odin and brocked because his eMMC was ALREADY damaged.
Is there a way to know if my device has some kind of damage?
aami.aami said:
yeah someone pls reply to this question cause i flashed LPY twice and i did the factory reset and cleared the cache but did not get any problem.
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Wipe data/factory reset is where the problem lies. You can do it and be fine but you could do it again and be bricked. I did a wipe after install before the problem was known.
Just do what has already been posted don't factory reset from cwm or settings. If changing rom read everything several times before flashing
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cracklenet said:
I have flashed my rooted SGN to LPY ROM using mobile ODIN. First two days i had issues however now it seems fine.
1. Battery working fine 24Hrs on average with single charge (With 3G and Wifi on always)
2. No issues with screen or swype.
3. No issues with any other apps as of now
With all the Kernel related posts i'm a little worried. My phone kernel also shows as XXLPY. Please suggest if I need to do anythig to fix it.
Sent from my GT-N7000 using XDA
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I am in the same boat as you bro. I think that you should stick to ICS for now. I am doing the same. It seems that google and samsung are already aware of this bug so i choose to wait instead of risking a bad flash. It seems that none of the methods are 100% right now so just i recommend you stick to ICS just be cautious and don't delete large files (larger than 1gb) and don't use CWM nor factory reset for now... In the end we are lucky we didnt get our devices bricked in the first place.
yllivia said:
I am in the same boat as you bro. I think that you should stick to ICS for now. I am doing the same. It seems that google and samsung are already aware of this bug so i choose to wait instead of risking a bad flash. It seems that none of the methods are 100% right now so just i recommend you stick to ICS just be cautious and don't delete large files (larger than 1gb) and don't use CWM nor factory reset for now... In the end we are lucky we didnt get our devices bricked in the first place.
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there is already new ICS LPF, reportedly safe and faster than LPY - there is also/already dr ketan's guide on whats and hows
yllivia said:
I am in the same boat as you bro. I think that you should stick to ICS for now. I am doing the same. It seems that google and samsung are already aware of this bug so i choose to wait instead of risking a bad flash. It seems that none of the methods are 100% right now so just i recommend you stick to ICS just be cautious and don't delete large files (larger than 1gb) and don't use CWM nor factory reset for now... In the end we are lucky we didnt get our devices bricked in the first place.
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yea ,,in the same boat as well and equally confused man .....
wish thr was a magic wand for this to fix it ,,,lol
so i guess most of us are finally deciding to stay on LPY even after entropy is saying to stay away from LPY ?
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p107r0 said:
there is already new ICS LPF, reportedly safe and faster than LPY - there is also/already dr ketan's guide on whats and hows
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u see the issue with that idea is that most of us have already wiped the cache after installing LPY so now trying to go to LPF cud potentially result in bricking it .....what do ?
p107r0 said:
there is already new ICS LPF, reportedly safe and faster than LPY - there is also/already dr ketan's guide on whats and hows
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From what i have read LPF has 0x19 firmware therefore has potentialy the same problem with bricking
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Being afraid of the bug I flashed a rooted GB kernel before using Odin to upgrade from LPY to LPF The bug is apparently in the way the kernel sets the emmc chip erase process This apparently mainly affects the /data partition so flashing a gb kernel should be safe. I then used odin to update to the newer firmware.
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gurnishdhillon said:
yea ,,in the same boat as well and equally confused man .....
wish thr was a magic wand for this to fix it ,,,lol
so i guess most of us are finally deciding to stay on LPY even after entropy is saying to stay away from LPY ?
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u see the issue with that idea is that most of us have already wiped the cache after installing LPY so now trying to go to LPF cud potentially result in bricking it .....what do ?
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As far as i know there has been no reports of bricks on LPF but most of the people that flashed LPF flashed it from GB. We in the other hand are stuck we might have a leftover from flashing LPY. I would rather risk downgrading to GB then jumping to another unsettled ship. I am staying here just taking precautions NOT to use Recovery nor any kind of thing that involves wiping data.
Originally Posted by Chainfire
Ok so it still isn't really clear if the problem is still present in LPY, or if the issue is "left-over" due to previous ROMs.
It's all possible. Either way, what I wan't to make absolutely clear again:
If the problem is present in CF-Root LPY (and it's not a "leftover" problem from previous ROM - this is possibly the case), then it's also present in stock LPY. This means you *can* randomly brick your phone even if fully booted into Android, under heavy I/O load.
(on the Note there normal and recovery kernels are the same, and CWM is just a userspace program, nothing special(!) - so if the problem can happen in CWM, it can happen in Android)
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gurnishdhillon said:
yea ,,in the same boat as well and equally confused man .....
wish thr was a magic wand for this to fix it ,,,lol
so i guess most of us are finally deciding to stay on LPY even after entropy is saying to stay away from LPY ?
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u see the issue with that idea is that most of us have already wiped the cache after installing LPY so now trying to go to LPF cud potentially result in bricking it .....what do ?
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What you can do is only swap the kernel using mobile odin. I swapped it with the LPF CF-Kernel and everything is fine. But be advised, LPF has not been confirmed to be save yet.
Sent from my Galaxy Note running ICS
cracklenet said:
Is Full wipe and Factory Reset the same?
After installing the ROM i had done a factory reset. Nothing happemed but for some setting changes. I'm able the use without issues.
Please advise.
Sent from my GT-N7000 using XDA
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Yes. The problem is intermittent - you can often wipe once or twice, sometimes even ten times, before getting nailed.
Others (like xplodwild) get nailed the first time.
craig432 said:
From what i have read LPF has 0x19 firmware therefore has potentialy the same problem with bricking
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No, XXLPY/ZSLPF don't "have" the eMMC firmware. The eMMC firmware is part of the eMMC chip itself - right now, whatever you have is what came with your phone. There is currently no way to change it.
The problem is that the firmware has a bug that will cause it to sometimes do VERY bad things if an erase command is sent to it:
I9100 update4 kernels don't support MMC ERASE at all - so they don't trigger the bug in the firmware in the first place
M250S Update5 does - So it triggers the bug - We don't have source for any other ICS kernel yet but I suspect they all have MMC_CAP_ERASE set
What I can't figure out is why Gingerbread isn't dangerous despite having MMC_CAP_ERASE set. I need to read in more detail, but it might be that even if the driver supports MMC_CAP_ERASE, some other change between 2.6.35 and 3.0 makes ERASE get used in situations it didn't get used in previously.
You need two things: buggy firmware (so far, nearly every Note and Exynos-based GS2 has this) and a kernel that will fire ERASE commands at the chip when wiping.
If a method can be found to update the flash chip's firmware, then XXLPY and ZSLPF will become safe when running on fixed chips.
Hey entropy is it possible to use the cm9 kernel with lpy? I'm assuming it is but don't want to take any risks
Somebody please shed light on this ?
- Is it possible that affected kernels inflict damage every time you perform factory reset or wipe data from recovery but it does not brick your phone.
But in future it might get bricked even on safe kernel just because you had used affected kernels ??
**** I had used recovery on LPY many times.

if u are chicken as me

i think to be in safe with ICS
1- u should forget the word of wipe with its Derivatives ( format and full earse ) neither from cwm or OS menu -FACTORY RESET -
2-U shouldn't delete large files or copy large files neither from built-in explorer or from mass storage
3-if u see a thread about ICS leak or repacked close it dont read
4-dont go back to GB as u may be bricked in the way to it
5-read all threads of galaxy note
that is what i really decided to do after i flashed lpf on my GT
Exactly the same as me, the only difference being that I am on LPY. Was not brave enough to move to LPF however I pleased with LPY because I am not having any issues with it yet.
HasC said:
Exactly the same as me, the only difference being that I am on LPY. Was not brave enough to move to LPF however I pleased with LPY because I am not having any issues with it yet.
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i think there are chickens better than us while we are browsing the site they closed there GT and putting it at home in safe place.
I tried all possible combinations. .. I even did the cwm full wipe in german ics. . and installed a German and Taiwanese ics and returned to the gb. .. and all that i survived. seems to be fools really have a luck
sehooo said:
i think to be in safe with ICS
1- u should forget the word of wipe with its Derivatives ( format and full earse ) neither from cwm or OS menu -FACTORY RESET -
2-U shouldn't delete large files or copy large files neither from built-in explorer or from mass storage
3-if u see a thread about ICS leak or repacked close it dont read
4-dont go back to GB as u may be bricked in the way to it
5-read all threads of galaxy note
that is what i really decided to do after i flashed lpf on my GT
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I am on RR V1 ICS with LPF kernel. I can proudly say, right now, I am a chicken too, haha
ukicar said:
I tried all possible combinations. .. I even did the cwm full wipe in german ics. . and installed a German and Taiwanese ics and returned to the gb. .. and all that i survived. seems to be fools really have a luck
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I flashed LP1, Lp5, lp6, lpy and lpf from all release Im able to go back to GB roms no problem. All we need to follow is the golden rule..don't perform any wipe and if you do it will cause you sleepless nights. Been reading different threads and almost all brick incidents are after when they do full wipe or even cache and dalvik. Also having abyss 4.2 saves me a from misery if ever I want to do flashing from rom to rom same as restoringbmy GB back up.
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sehooo said:
4-dont go back to GB as u may be bricked in the way to it
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If you brick on the way back to GB and you are moving back to GB with Odin or Heimdall, then the damage was already done.
So yes, staying put and laying low will be safer on the assumption that your emmc is already corrupted and you wish to ride out the storm until a less than $200 solution is presented.
On the other hand, if your emmc is still good, the possibility of corrupting it inadvertently or by accident is infinitely greater by staying on an affected ICS build.
Personally the suspense was killing me so I took the gamble to move back and luckily did not brick...but the risk was real and I would not feel comfortable recommending to anyone else whether to do it or not.
My point is this, be informed that both decisions carry risks and it is up to each person to decide which risk is more acceptable for their situation.
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I never did any wipe on lpy so i simply flashed GB on pc odin.. then wipe on gb kernel
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No issues
Updated from non root, factory 2.3.6 to ICS, only thing I have done is
to use the root method CWM, NO other mods done to the device.
No issues....so far, gone on however long it was made available from
Kies.

Selling Note need to wipe... HELP! (from a newbie)

I'm selling my International Note. It has the ICS that came OTA when I bought it. Phone is rooted but I've never flashed anything or done anything besides the root. I know the phone has the emmc bug (from an app that told me) HOW DO I CLEAN THE PHONE FOR A SALE? Any thing simple I can do? Just take my chances?
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First install a GB firmware with Odin, then do a Factory data reset.
Is there a link for someone with limited knowledge on how to flash GB. Never flashed before. Only rooted to use titanium backup. Thanks in advance.
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swid441 said:
I'm selling my International Note. It has the ICS that came OTA when I bought it. Phone is rooted but I've never flashed anything or done anything besides the root. I know the phone has the emmc bug (from an app that told me) HOW DO I CLEAN THE PHONE FOR A SALE? Any thing simple I can do? Just take my chances?
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Yes go back to gb first. In the factory reset their is an option there to format your internal sd, check it and factory reset your phone.
Gb installation. http://androidadvices.com/update-galaxy-note-n7000-gingerbread-xxlc1-236-firmware/2/
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1424997

VZW 7.7 ics approved!!

http://www.droid-life.com/2012/10/05/verizon-approves-ice-cream-sandwich-update-for-galaxy-tab-7-7/
asenduk said:
http://www.droid-life.com/2012/10/05/verizon-approves-ice-cream-sandwich-update-for-galaxy-tab-7-7/
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Frankly, I never thought that I would see this day. If I'm rooted, do I need to unroot to get update? Anyone know? Is there a download?
Unbelievable. Better (real) late than never.
Unbelievable indeed. And just in time. I have about 11 days left before I need to return my tablet to verizon for refund. I can hold out to see if this update improves things enough.
Can someone make a debloated ROM of this ? Will developers make use of this to improve the terrible performance of CM9/CM10 type builds?
I pray to god this kills most of the lag. So much lag on hc.
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How about CWM users?
Run Odin to flash the update (and, perhaps, lose root temporarily) or try reverting to stock using Electron73's method and hope for the best?
TonyBigs said:
How about CWM users?
Run Odin to flash the update (and, perhaps, lose root temporarily) or try reverting to stock using Electron73's method and hope for the best?
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Good question. I plan on trying to use the stock nandroid in this section to get back to stock rom and flashing back to stock recovery and unrooting, and hoping it comes in.
Unless someone can make an odin ??
Dang it, came to XDA to post this!
This is one of the signs of the apocalypse!
(Now where's Jelly Bean! Yeah right!)
About fkin time. My only concern is : With the tab 2 7.0 on Verizon having a locked boot loader, does this update bring the same? I know I will wait until others update to see.
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Electron73's nandroid does leave behind "Superuser". I also think that "Uno" and "Dead Space" .apk's need to be in "preinstall'.
Nice Just got the Tab yesterday and ICS is ready any day now. This update is really needed. My Nexus 7 is so much faster than gt. I hope the speed has more to do with the OS than the Chip
TonyBigs said:
Electron73's nandroid does leave behind "Superuser". I also think that "Uno" and "Dead Space" .apk's need to be in "preload'.
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I have a nandroid that's before the FD01 update, I could restore it and then wipe data/factory reset it . It will leave superuser behind, but ginger break works to unroot it. I don't really have a place to upload it tho. But I have used that nandroid more than once to test out making an Odin flashable system image (which I have yet to succeed at)
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ice0901 said:
Nice Just got the Tab yesterday and ICS is ready any day now. This update is really needed. My Nexus 7 is so much faster than gt. I hope the speed has more to do with the OS than the Chip
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Oh yeah. Those of us who have been using Locerra's CWM 9 & 10 or Paranoid Android have noticed lots faster speeds, bootup, general usage, internet, etc. I hope Samsung/Verizon do not ruin the ICS for this update.
I have run into a problem restoring to stock. I forgot to make a nandroid backup of my original stock, so I am using the one posted in the i815 thread in the general form.
I unzipped the .7z file and it has a folder with the date in it.
I placed this folder with the files inside on my SDcard AND my internal SDcard under
\clockworkmod\backups\2012-05-06.22.48.58\**
(the actual files are in the 2012 folder, not a folder in a folder)
And I am getting the error:
can not open directory, no files found etc.
What am I doing wrong here? Wrong version CWM maybe?
Update: I flashed an older CWM (5.0.2.7) from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1470896 and same error:
Couldn't open directory.
No files found.
The files are there!!
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Gilbot said:
I have a nandroid that's before the FD01 update, I could restore it and then wipe data/factory reset it . It will leave superuser behind, but ginger break works to unroot it. I don't really have a place to upload it tho. But I have used that nandroid more than once to test out making an Odin flashable system image (which I have yet to succeed at)
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I suppose you could make a torrent?
Hopefully someone will chime in and offer to host your nandroid.
I have downloaded the nandroid from the beginning of this thread and I cannot get cwm to recognize it.
I barely use my gt 7.7 and it hurts because I have the monthly subscription... My nexus 7 is insanely smooth running stock...it is literally night and day between the 2. I had a transformer prime with ics and it was not as smooth as my nexus 7. However, anything beats honey comb.. as much as I used to like the cereal, the OS turned me off with the horrendous lag. I think ICS will run better on 7.7, but I doubt u will get the same smoothness as your N7
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I assume that someone will need to extract the updated radios from ics update, for cm10 users to flash. Then the developers fix cm10 to talk to them before we could get working data? Just asking to be sure I understand what future may bring.
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ice0901 said:
Nice Just got the Tab yesterday and ICS is ready any day now. This update is really needed. My Nexus 7 is so much faster than gt. I hope the speed has more to do with the OS than the Chip
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I barely use my gt 7.7 and it hurts because I have the monthly subscription... My nexus 7 is insanely smooth running stock...it is literally night and day between the 2. I had a transformer prime with ics and it was not as smooth as my nexus 7. However, anything beats honey comb.. as much as I used to like the cereal, the OS turned me off with the horrendous lag. I think ICS will run better on 7.7, but I doubt u will get the same smoothness as your N7
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I have to agree the N7 stock makes the 7.7 look broke as a joke. I have tried CM9 and CM10 on my i815 and the N7 blows it away in smoothness
bathanr said:
I barely use my gt 7.7 and it hurts because I have the monthly subscription... My nexus 7 is insanely smooth running stock...it is literally night and day between the 2. I had a transformer prime with ics and it was not as smooth as my nexus 7. However, anything beats honey comb.. as much as I used to like the cereal, the OS turned me off with the horrendous lag. I think ICS will run better on 7.7, but I doubt u will get the same smoothness as your N7
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I will settle for near nexus. I need data and I doubt the rumors of a 3g nexus are trure. If I here more about a 3g nexus before my return window is up then this will be returned. I love the colors and higher brightness but the nexus is very good and getting support from xda,app developers and google
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okashira said:
I have to agree the N7 stock makes the 7.7 look broke as a joke. I have tried CM9 and CM10 on my i815 and the N7 blows it away in smoothness
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Locerra's recent CM10 build is ****ing awesome.
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okashira said:
I have run into a problem restoring to stock. I forgot to make a nandroid backup of my original stock, so I am using the one posted in the i815 thread in the general form.
I unzipped the .7z file and it has a folder with the date in it.
I placed this folder with the files inside on my SDcard AND my internal SDcard under
\clockworkmod\backups\2012-05-06.22.48.58\**
(the actual files are in the 2012 folder, not a folder in a folder)
And I am getting the error:
can not open directory, no files found etc.
What am I doing wrong here? Wrong version CWM maybe?
Update: I flashed an older CWM (5.0.2.7) from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1470896 and same error:
Couldn't open directory.
No files found.
The files are there!!
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I suppose you could make a torrent?
Hopefully someone will chime in and offer to host your nandroid.
I have downloaded the nandroid from the beginning of this thread and I cannot get cwm to recognize it.
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I'll try to get it up tonight.
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[Q] First time rooting

Hi everybody, I just have a few questions before I root my phone.
First of all, I am new to android having just come from the iPhone, but having said that I do not view myself as computer illiterate and am confident in the ability to be able to root my phone. But before I do so, I just have a few questions:
How high is the potential of risk when rooting my device?
Is there anything important I should consider or do before attempting to root my device?
What are the main advantages in rooting your phone?
Can I revert the root and restore it to a point where it no longer voids my warranty? And on a similar note, if I flash a custom ROM am I able to go back to touchwiz?
and finally, can anyone please provide me with an easy, updated guide on how to root my device?
I currently have the GT-I9505 model and it is locked to Virgin in Australia.
Thanks to anyone that can help
Williamharv said:
Hi everybody, I just have a few questions before I root my phone.
First of all, I am new to android having just come from the iPhone, but having said that I do not view myself as computer illiterate and am confident in the ability to be able to root my phone. But before I do so, I just have a few questions:
How high is the potential of risk when rooting my device?
Is there anything important I should consider or do before attempting to root my device?
What are the main advantages in rooting your phone?
Can I revert the root and restore it to a point where it no longer voids my warranty? And on a similar note, if I flash a custom ROM am I able to go back to touchwiz?
and finally, can anyone please provide me with an easy, updated guide on how to root my device?
I currently have the GT-I9505 model and it is locked to Virgin in Australia.
Thanks to anyone that can help
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The risk of something going wrong when rooting your phone is very small, as long as you follow the right instructions for the right device! I don't know what you should use for a virgin locked i9505 though..
You have to know that your data (games/apps with its data, not your internal SD or external sd) will be wiped after flashing a new rom, not necessarily while rooting! When flashing a new rom, your system settings will be wiped, your call logs and text messages will be wiped, but not your contacts as they are stored on your google account and restored after flashing a new rom!
The main advantages of rooting is the ability to do things Samsung doesn't 'want' you to do. This can be small things like themeing, but also things like flashing a custom recovery, which is needed for flashing a new ROM. Another useful feature is foldermount, with which you can move appdata to your external SD.
Yes you can
Just use YouTube! Can't be any easier than that! I recommend you use this one --> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlsO5o_-CI8&feature=youtube_gdata_player . This way of rooting also let's you keep all your data!
I don't know anything a out a carrier locked device, as mine is not. So please take some time to look up if any extra procedures are needed for flashing a ROM on a carrier locked device. But I think rooting should just be fine!!
For any more questions, feel free to pm me!
Me Gusta!
Me Gusta said:
The risk of something going wrong when rooting your phone is very small, as long as you follow the right instructions for the right device! I don't know what you should use for a virgin locked i9505 though..
You have to know that your data (games/apps with its data, not your internal SD or external sd) will be wiped after flashing a new rom, not necessarily while rooting! When flashing a new rom, your system settings will be wiped, your call logs and text messages will be wiped, but not your contacts as they are stored on your google account and restored after flashing a new rom!
The main advantages of rooting is the ability to do things Samsung doesn't 'want' you to do. This can be small things like themeing, but also things like flashing a custom recovery, which is needed for flashing a new ROM. Another useful feature is foldermount, with which you can move appdata to your external SD.
Yes you can
Just use YouTube! Can't be any easier than that! I recommend you use this one --> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vlsO5o_-CI8&feature=youtube_gdata_player . This way of rooting also let's you keep all your data!
I don't know anything a out a carrier locked device, as mine is not. So please take some time to look up if any extra procedures are needed for flashing a ROM on a carrier locked device. But I think rooting should just be fine!!
For any more questions, feel free to pm me!
Me Gusta!
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Thank you for the reply Gusta
That is one of the problems I face, everywhere I look I seem to be getting guides on Verizon/AT&T Galaxy's and I have never even heard of those companies until I joined this forum Perhaps I will take a look at the Australian thread on the Galaxy and see if there is anything special needed to root/flash my device.
As rooting allows me to transfer data to my SD card, will it still be wiped when I flash a new ROM? Or is it only whole apps that can be transferred to an SD card?
Also funnily enough, I was just looking at that guide on YouTube
Williamharv said:
Thank you for the reply Gusta
That is one of the problems I face, everywhere I look I seem to be getting guides on Verizon/AT&T Galaxy's and I have never even heard of those companies until I joined this forum Perhaps I will take a look at the Australian thread on the Galaxy and see if there is anything special needed to root/flash my device.
As rooting allows me to transfer data to my SD card, will it still be wiped when I flash a new ROM? Or is it only whole apps that can be transferred to an SD card?
Also funnily enough, I was just looking at that guide on YouTube
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No, I'm sorry all data on your SD will be kept, but savefiles will be wiped. You will have to use Titanium Backup to backup your savefiles/apps.
Me Gusta!
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Oh and looking at the Australian user thread is a good idea!
Me Gusta!
Me Gusta said:
No, I'm sorry all data on your SD will be kept, but savefiles will be wiped. You will have to use Titanium Backup to backup your savefiles/apps.
Me Gusta!
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Oh and looking at the Australian user thread is a good idea!
Me Gusta!
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Ah I think I get it now, could I just use titanium backup to restore SMS/data on my phone after flashing? Also, is there any ROMS you recommend?
Thanks again Gusta
Williamharv said:
Ah I think I get it now, could I just use titanium backup to restore SMS/data on my phone after flashing? Also, is there any ROMS you recommend?
Thanks again Gusta
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Just be careful restoring Data.. This can cause problems in some roms...
As for what rom, the best idea is to read the description, see if it fits your need and try it out. I personally like Omega 7 at the moment but can't say it will stay forever....
If your phone is an i9505 you'll be fine using any root method for i9505.
I would suggest flashing CF Root using Odin, it's simple, quick and easy.
Restoring your phone back to stock is as simple as resetting flash counter with triangle away then downloading your carriers firmware from sammobile and flashing with Odin.
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Just be careful restoring Data.. This can cause problems in some roms...
As for what rom, the best idea is to read the description, see if it fits your need and try it out. I personally like Omega 7 at the moment but can't say it will stay forever....
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what problems may arise from restoring after flashing? I don't mind losing some data just an inconvenience really. Omega seems good, might give it a try
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If your phone is an i9505 you'll be fine using any root method for i9505.
I would suggest flashing CF Root using Odin, it's simple, quick and easy.
Restoring your phone back to stock is as simple as resetting flash counter with triangle away then downloading your carriers firmware from sammobile and flashing with Odin.
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Alright thanks for that clarification i am learning towards the CF Root and using TWRP as custom recovery.
Would you by any chance know if Virgin locked devices are the same as optus on sammobile?
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Any firmware for the i9505 will work but if you want official Virgin firmware then no Optus will be different. It will run fine but you'll have Optus apps installed and things like that. I'd go for the Australia XSA firmware, it's unbranded
I would advise against TWRP. PhilZ CWM recovery is by far the best, easiest and totally bug free
And the best advice anyone can give you is to perform regular nandroid backups using CWM.
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Any firmware for the i9505 will work but if you want official Virgin firmware then no Optus will be different. It will run fine but you'll have Optus apps installed and things like that. I'd go for the Australia XSA firmware, it's unbranded
I would advise against TWRP. PhilZ CWM recovery is by far the best, easiest and totally bug free
And the best advice anyone can give you is to perform regular nandroid backups using CWM.
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In that case I may root my phone tonight the reason I picked the optus one is because when I got the phone it came loaded with optus apps, and Virgin uses optus towers, so I'm thinking maybe they merged? In that case would the official Virgin software be the optus one? Either way the unbranded one is probably the best
Thanks heaps, feel much more confident in rooting my phone now haha just wanting to be really cautious.
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In that case I may root my phone tonight the reason I picked the optus one is because when I got the phone it came loaded with optus apps, and Virgin uses optus towers, so I'm thinking maybe they merged? In that case would the official Virgin software be the optus one? Either way the unbranded one is probably the best
Thanks heaps, feel much more confident in rooting my phone now haha just wanting to be really cautious.
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Good luck!
Me Gusta!
Just one more question, sorry guys! This is the model number and details for my galaxy, it's the right one for the video mentioned previously using CF auto root correct?
Edit: never mind, took a closer look at the video and everything matches
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