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[Diagnostic Survey] Tracking the EC09 sd card bug

I know there have been multiple threads already devoted to figuring out why EC09 is borking people's sd cards, but I'm going to try a different approach. Rather than just asking for regular comments about this, I'm going to try to encourage answers to follow a set format. Hopefully the answers in this thread will lead to a diagnosis of what's causing the trouble. I'm asking you to answer the following questions to the best of your ability (there's no right or wrong answer here, since I have absolutely no clue why this is happening:
1. Did your sd card go belly up yet?
2. If your sd card did get borked, how long were you running EC09 prior to that?
3. What ROM were you on before flashing EC09?
4. Did you disable voodoo lagfix before you flashed EC09?
5. Were you running stock EC09, Nameless, or TechnoROM (if TechnoROM, did you actually flash the full stock package first)?
6. Did you Odin the recovery listed in the OPs for Nameless and TechnoROM prior to installing either of them (if you flashed one of these ROMs over stock)?
7. What apps did you have installed at the time?
8. Do you remember which apps you had actively running at the time your card borked?
9. Was your sd card almost full when you first flashed EC09?
10. Did it happen after you turned your phone off (when you were powering it back up), or while your phone was still running?
The more answers we get to these questions, the closer we come to finding the problem and possibly a solution!
More refinements to follow, including a poll.
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Does this only affect people who flashed the EC09 package? I only flashed the EC09 radio and so far so good. *knocks on wood*
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DirgeExtinction said:
Does this only affect people who flashed the EC09 package? I only flashed the EC09 radio and so far so good. *knocks on wood*
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Correct ... this only applies to those who flashed the whole ROM.
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This is quite possibly way too many questions to manage.

http://twitter.com/#!/adrynalyne/status/86912115520180225

Scrappy1 said:
This is quite possibly way too many questions to manage.
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Just answer the ones you can remember. The poll I posted may make it easier.

Victory At Last for TSM/Adrynalyne!
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http://twitter.com/#!/adrynalyne/status/86912115520180225
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Phunktastic! Can't wait to hear how he beat the bug! Guess that makes my little survey obsolete/useless (can I get ashasaur the mod to delete the thread entirely, or is closing it the best he can do?)

jmcintire said:
Phunktastic! Can't wait to hear how he beat the bug! Guess that makes my little survey obsolete/useless (can I get ashasaur the mod to delete the thread entirely, or is closing it the best he can do?)
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he replied its not fascinate
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xHoLyx said:
he replied its not fascinate
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false alarm!!!!

fortesquieu said:
false alarm!!!!
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Yup, 'fraid so. Tbolt bug.
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Apparently, both sbrissen and Navenedrob feel they have fixed the sd card bug in EC09 and are now testing to see if the fixes work. The upcoming Ultimate Ginger Bang ROM will include this/these fix(es) if they are found to be effective. In the meantime, your answers in the poll in the OP will still be helpful and much appreciated.
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A test build for TSM's upcoming EC09 GB-based ROM is now available on irc (#teamsbrissenmod). Known issues include the following: if there is an sd card fix, it would be in the rfs kernel version of the ROM. It is unclear whether the bug has been fixed as of 7/5/11, so your help in the poll is still needed!
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im on an earlier test version of Gingerbang with tsm parts and used a kerenl given to me by sbrissen and i have been on this for over a week now with no issues at all!!!
i went straight from comm rom 2.0 to the rom from sbrissen without using odin and only using heimdall do flash the modem, and kernel (kernel provided by sbrissen)
when i first went to ec09 i used the odin flash and 2 days later, dead class 2 sdcard...using a class 4 now with no issues
hope this helps in some way!

have you been able to recover the sd card or is it junk

BakedTator said:
im on an earlier test version of Gingerbang with tsm parts and used a kerenl given to me by sbrissen and i have been on this for over a week now with no issues at all!!!
i went straight from comm rom 2.0 to the rom from sbrissen without using odin and only using heimdall do flash the modem, and kernel (kernel provided by sbrissen)
when i first went to ec09 i used the odin flash and 2 days later, dead class 2 sdcard...using a class 4 now with no issues
hope this helps in some way!
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Was sbrissen's kernel stock rfs? How fast does your phone perform?
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I think my SD card just crapped out...
I had read that people that only flashed the modem weren't having issues, so that's just what i did.
Came from CommRom 2.0 straight to CM7 test build 6, had it on ED01 for a day or so and i decided to go back to Evil Fascination, and running EC01 modem for a day on that.
Then i decided to go back to CM7 test build 7, but decided to flash EC09 modem. Now it's been about 2 days, my phone was fine until about 15 mins ago when it just reboot itself and now it says damaged SD card.
Damn... i should've went back to EF last night like i wanted

I've been running the test build (rfs) for a few days now and my SD card just got wiped today. But it's weird cause it didn't wipe it entirely. The .zip files I've downloaded are still on the root of the card but it erased the download folders and such.

stereoblind said:
I've been running the test build (rfs) for a few days now and my SD card just got wiped today. But it's weird cause it didn't wipe it entirely. The .zip files I've downloaded are still on the root of the card but it erased the download folders and such.
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Are you referring to the test build of the TSM Community EC09 build they posted on irc?
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That would be the one!

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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.
Sent from my GT-N7000 using xda premium

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.
Sent from my GT-N7000 using Tapatalk 2

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.
Sent from my GT-N7000 using Tapatalk 2
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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?

New to the tab 10.1 few questions

So I got this tab from a friend for free and need to make it better.
First I need to figure out the teems I'm reading in development. I see things like p4 and p4wifi. According to my settings this is a GT-P7510. Does that = a p4wifi?
Second I know how to root (have a GS3) but not sure which rom is the one I want. I'm thinking of going to JB, but I've read something about updating the boot loader. I haven't seen any threads on that though.
Any help you could give would be great.

Yes gt-7510 = p4wifi
And if you want jelly bean you need to flash the newest recovery. You can find them all with instruction on this site: droidbasement.com
En welcome to the club bro
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you could try out cm10 nightlies

nest75068 said:
So I got this tab from a friend for free and need to make it better.
First I need to figure out the teems I'm reading in development. I see things like p4 and p4wifi. According to my settings this is a GT-P7510. Does that = a p4wifi?
Second I know how to root (have a GS3) but not sure which rom is the one I want. I'm thinking of going to JB, but I've read something about updating the boot loader. I haven't seen any threads on that though.
Any help you could give would be great.
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I would recommend cm10 nightlies. Very stable and everything seems to be working
Sent from my Nexus 7 using xda premium

To upgrade bootloader, you could use Odin to put a stock 4.0.4 rom on it and then flash the latest CWM to flash CM10.

Jay Rock said:
To upgrade bootloader, you could use Odin to put a stock 4.0.4 rom on it and then flash the latest CWM to flash CM10.
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I've never upgraded my wife's boot loader and her tablet boots CM10 without any issues.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using xda premium

d3athsd00r said:
I've never upgraded my wife's boot loader and her tablet boots CM10 without any issues.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I747 using xda premium
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You don't have to upgrade it to use CM10, but it helps.

Also new to the galaxy tab (but familiar with flashing roms, kernels, etc). I see 2 development sections, so what is the difference between 10.1 and 10.1v. Thx guys.
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If I remember that far back the "v" was an early model, very thick different camera specs and processor speed. As soon as the 10.1 came asking in June 2011 the v sank without trace.
To answer OP am running AOKP jellybean 4.1.2, rock solid, snappy and vanilla android if that's your thing.... tis mine as I run Gnex's as well. Love it!
Sent from Galaxy 10.1 I/O running AOKP 4.1.2 Still going stronger and faster than yer average tab!

what's the difference between v1.0 and v1.2? I'm new to the Galaxy and want to flash ROM's. How can I tell which one I have? thanks

al7601 said:
what's the difference between v1.0 and v1.2? I'm new to the Galaxy and want to flash ROM's. How can I tell which one I have? thanks
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Go to "settings>about phone/tab" read what it says there..

stinky73 said:
Go to "settings>about phone/tab" read what it says there..
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Thanks Stinky but is there any difference really?

Not really

OP... Try out Paranoid Android.... Get rom, stable, everything works and it has a lot of mods built in to the rom. Got my OG 10.1 looking and acting like a Nexus 10...
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[Q&A][MF3] All MF3 Rom Questions Here Please!

[MF3 questions and answers thread][NOOB questions welcome here]
If anyone have ANY questions/Issues with MF3 Roms, please post the questions here. The forum is going to get flooded with these questions, let's try and centralize them before it gets out of hand.
RULES:
Do not ROM slam/bash in this thread.
Do not slam/bash anyone in this thread.
Everyone was a Noob at one time, lets help.
If you can not help, do not post.
Keep all questions and answers on the subject.
Stupid questions are ok.
Requirements are:
WHAT DEVICE
WHAT ROM (there are a few google roms)
And any other info you can supply.
This will insure you get an quick and accurate answer.
It is hard for anyone to help without this info, SO SUPPLY IT IN YOUR QUESTION.
IF SOMEONE HELPS, PLEASE GIVE THEM A THANKS!!!!!!!!!!
(as no one has to help, so lets thank them)
Thanks and enjoy!

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I have tested 2 of the google roms myself for the ATT US SGH-i337 device. You can find which ones in my tested rom thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2295557
If anyone wants to add to the cause, please start posting your input. Thanks

Thanks
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I have tested 2 of the google roms myself for the ATT US SGH-i337 device. You can find which ones in my tested rom thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2295557
If anyone wants to add to the cause, please start posting your input. Thanks
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So - I just switched to android after having ALL the iPhone's since the 3G. I also have the ATT US SGH-i337. So far, have not missed the iPhone after a month...at all.
I do have a couple noob questions...I rooted and installed TWRP with that casual installer that you mentioned (did that less than a week after having my phone, where I never jailbroke any of my iPhone...I traded the 5 for my SG4). I was waiting for the GE Rom to come out and just flashed that yesterday with this one version 1.2 at the time:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2341376
So, I thought I'd get closer to 12-13GB available storage after switching because of all the bloatware...but I only got an extra 500MB or so. Second, I don't know how to mount my SD card to move picture or have the gallery view pictures that are already on it.
Thoughts?
Thanks for being so helpful!

It should have auto mounted the extsdcard, so you can not see the sdcard within the google os? when you were on the stock rom, did it see it ok? What size is the sdcard?
Also, as far as space, you are not going to see any more than 12gig, give or take a gig, samsung allocated 4gig, depending on if you have the 16gig version device. And that is with any rom you flash, I may be wrong, but I have not seen anywhere where we can grab back some of that space.

Noob to Android. Will there be a way to flash the Google Edition ROM to Samsung Galaxy Active?

FtrV8 said:
Noob to Android. Will there be a way to flash the Google Edition ROM to Samsung Galaxy Active?
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Now this is a real good question. I do not have the answer to that, but hopefully someone will come along and have an answer. I do not have that device, but I bet it would work.

Afaik there is not a way to get a custom recovery on the Active. You'd need that before you could flash the rom.
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jd1639 said:
Afaik there is not a way to get a custom recovery on the Active. You'd need that before you could flash the rom.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727 using xda app-developers app
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Thank you sir, you are a gentleman.
I did not know this.

TheAxman said:
Thank you sir, you are a gentleman.
I did not know this.
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They're not currently able to root it or get a recovery on it. Hopefully it's only a matter of time.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727 using xda app-developers app

I have the S View case for my GS4. Can anyone confirm if it still works with the GE Roms?

AutoUnion said:
I have the S View case for my GS4. Can anyone confirm if it still works with the GE Roms?
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I can confirm the S view case functions as normal on GE

I have a stock ROM (att S4-i377)with superuser granted. I want to in install the Google ROM but do not know where to begin. Please help. Thanks
Galaxy S4

ricosuave1313 said:
I have a stock ROM (att S4-i377)with superuser granted. I want to in install the Google ROM but do not know where to begin. Please help. Thanks
Galaxy S4
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since you are apparently unlocked and rooted,
>make a backup in custom recovery
>down the ROM (gapps is included) and loki-doki zip and place them on device/micro sd card
>full wipe in recovery
>flash ROM
>flash loki-doki zip
>reboot. let device boot up fully and sit for a few minutes. reboot and set it up.

The new camera in the ROM will only save to internal storage, unlike the previous camera Google used in older versions of Android. I have a 16 GB S4 with a 32GB SD card, so saving to the SD is very useful. Is there any way to force it to save pictures to the external?

ThePerson98 said:
The new camera in the ROM will only save to internal storage, unlike the previous camera Google used in older versions of Android. I have a 16 GB S4 with a 32GB SD card, so saving to the SD is very useful. Is there any way to force it to save pictures to the external?
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The 4.3 GE ROM I was running the camera worked with the SD card for me.. Didn't think to try it on the 4.2 GE ROM though
Sent from my Omega AT&T S4

rcklss1 said:
The 4.3 GE ROM I was running the camera worked with the SD card for me.. Didn't think to try it on the 4.2 GE ROM though
Sent from my Omega AT&T S4
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Interesting of them to do that. Was it the new camera and all?

ThePerson98 said:
Interesting of them to do that. Was it the new camera and all?
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The 4.3 ROM had the new camera
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Google Play Edition - Stuck on Boot
If you are stuck on the boot screen after flashing the ROM and rebooting, go into the recovery and wipe the cache partition and dalvik cache partition 5 times then reboot. Every reboot after this should be fine.

rcklss1 said:
The 4.3 ROM had the new camera
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I just pulled the GalleryGoogle.apk out of the 4.3 ROM and put it into my 4.2, and it still doesn't have the option to save pictures to the external SD. It might be something built into the 4.3 ROM, but since it apparently can't be rooted at the moment, I guess I'll just have to be patient in order to find out.

ThePerson98 said:
I just pulled the GalleryGoogle.apk out of the 4.3 ROM and put it into my 4.2, and it still doesn't have the option to save pictures to the external SD. It might be something built into the 4.3 ROM, but since it apparently can't be rooted at the moment, I guess I'll just have to be patient in order to find out.
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Im almost positive as soon as I opened the camera it asked if I wanted to save to my SD card so maybe it is ROM related I'll double check in the AM and report back whether I'm right or wrong
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Custom ROM and kernel with overclocking support required.

I have a samsung galaxy trend s7392. Since it lags when playing high end games or using heavy apps, I'd like to overclock it. I have already rooted it. It has JB 4.1.2 as stock firmware with samsung touchwiz 4.0. Since it's not a popular model, the developers might not have developed anything yet for it. But since this phone's look, feel, features and stock firmware are a lot similar to more popular models like grand quattro i8552, i9082, etc some of you could know what roms and kernels would work good with it. Please help. I've googled my hands off. Thank you so much.

todopertin said:
I have a samsung galaxy trend s7392. Since it lags when playing high end games or using heavy apps, I'd like to overclock it. I have already rooted it. It has JB 4.1.2 as stock firmware with samsung touchwiz 4.0. Since it's not a popular model, the developers might not have developed anything yet for it. But since this phone's look, feel, features and stock firmware are a lot similar to more popular models like grand quattro i8552, i9082, etc some of you could know what roms and kernels would work good with it. Please help. I've googled my hands off. Thank you so much.
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You might have better luck by going into the i8552 forum and ask a developer there if he knows if it is compatible. They would know the best.

todopertin said:
I have a samsung galaxy trend s7392. Since it lags when playing high end games or using heavy apps, I'd like to overclock it. I have already rooted it. It has JB 4.1.2 as stock firmware with samsung touchwiz 4.0. Since it's not a popular model, the developers might not have developed anything yet for it. But since this phone's look, feel, features and stock firmware are a lot similar to more popular models like grand quattro i8552, i9082, etc some of you could know what roms and kernels would work good with it. Please help. I've googled my hands off. Thank you so much.
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Hi, I also own a Galaxy Trend S7392 and looking for a custom rom. But I couldn't find one. To start developing a new rom, I tried building from AOSP sources. The build was successful, but while flashing it on phone, ODIN reports FAIL as soon as it starts writing system.img. I am unable to figure that out why is it so.
I am looking for some concrete steps so as to compile a ROM for our phone and flash it from AOSP sources specifically. If you have any idea about that, please help.

trivalent said:
Hi, I also own a Galaxy Trend S7392 and looking for a custom rom. But I couldn't find one. To start developing a new rom, I tried building from AOSP sources. The build was successful, but while flashing it on phone, ODIN reports FAIL as soon as it starts writing system.img. I am unable to figure that out why is it so.
I am looking for some concrete steps so as to compile a ROM for our phone and flash it from AOSP sources specifically. If you have any idea about that, please help.
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After successfully building a rom you need to flash the rom from inside of recovery. I'm not sure of the specifics of your rom for flashing. You will need to go to your rom thread for that and read the guids on how to flash it correctly. You will also need a gapps package. goo.im has this. If you built for 4.3 aosp they have the gapps there. If you built for 4.4 you can try these gapps. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2397942

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After successfully building a rom you need to flash the rom from inside of recovery. I'm not sure of the specifics of your rom for flashing. You will need to go to your rom thread for that and read the guids on how to flash it correctly. You will also need a gapps package. goo.im has this. If you built for 4.3 aosp they have the gapps there. If you built for 4.4 you can try these gapps. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2397942
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Thanks for the reply atrus5.
My phone is currently using STOCK ROM for my Galaxy Trend. There is no thread dedicated for Galaxy Trend Duos S7392 so there is a little information available at the moment.
I am stuck on flashing the AOSP generated system.img to my phone. GAPPS will come a lot later .

trivalent said:
Thanks for the reply atrus5.
My phone is currently using STOCK ROM for my Galaxy Trend. There is no thread dedicated for Galaxy Trend Duos S7392 so there is a little information available at the moment.
I am stuck on flashing the AOSP generated system.img to my phone. GAPPS will come a lot later .
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You have to flash the whole zip that gets built not just the system.img

atrus5 said:
You have to flash the whole zip that gets built not just the system.img
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OK, but I don't know how to generate the whole ZIP. Moreover,
ODIN requires .tar.md5 package to flash it. This is what I did :
1. Extract STOCK tar.md5 package
2. Replaced system.img with the one I compiled.
3. Repacked tar.md5 package.
4. Used ODIN to flash the tar.md5 package.
5. ODIN reported failed as soon as it started flashing system.img
Further help will be highly appreciated.

trivalent said:
OK, but I don't know how to generate the whole ZIP. Moreover,
ODIN requires .tar.md5 package to flash it. This is what I did :
1. Extract STOCK tar.md5 package
2. Replaced system.img with the one I compiled.
3. Repacked tar.md5 package.
4. Used ODIN to flash the tar.md5 package.
5. ODIN reported failed as soon as it started flashing system.img
Further help will be highly appreciated.
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You will need to flash the rom from recovery.
First you will need to be rooted. If you don't have that you can find it here at this link. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2494471
You will need to have a cwm recovery. Here is the link to that. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2552935
Inside of cwm recovery you will need to factory reset/erase data, erase cache and dalvik.
Then flash the rom and gapps packages.
i don't know if your device is locked or not since I do not own this device. This is the best that I could find. I don't know if it works. This advice is for the i8552. Your best bet is to look through these threads to find what you are looking for. http://forum.xda-developers.com/grand-quattro

atrus5 said:
You will need to flash the rom from recovery.
First you will need to be rooted. If you don't have that you can find it here at this link. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2494471
You will need to have a cwm recovery. Here is the link to that. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2552935
Inside of cwm recovery you will need to factory reset/erase data, erase cache and dalvik.
Then flash the rom and gapps packages.
i don't know if your device is locked or not since I do not own this device. This is the best that I could find. I don't know if it works. This advice is for the i8552. Your best bet is to look through these threads to find what you are looking for. http://forum.xda-developers.com/grand-quattro
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Lots of links to study.... Thanks
1) The phone is rooted. NO issues with that.
2) CWM recovery is not available for my phone. I tried the CWM recovery builder to build image, but the build failed. I tried to build the same manually, but on flashing, I get E:Failed to Verify Signature.
NO way ahead...

trivalent said:
Lots of links to study.... Thanks
1) The phone is rooted. NO issues with that.
2) CWM recovery is not available for my phone. I tried the CWM recovery builder to build image, but the build failed. I tried to build the same manually, but on flashing, I get E:Failed to Verify Signature.
NO way ahead...
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Talk to the main developers on the links that I gave you and see what they say. I can't really help you since I don't have the device. You will get more help from them then here. They will be able to steer you in the right way. sorry

atrus5 said:
Talk to the main developers on the links that I gave you and see what they say. I can't really help you since I don't have the device. You will get more help from them then here. They will be able to steer you in the right way. sorry
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No need to be sorry... You have done your best. I have posted few queries, waiting for the response.
Thanks a lot for your efforts and guidance.

Topic dead?
Guys, I'm also using Galaxy Trend Duos S7392. Need a custom firmware because of the excessive bloatware on the stock ROM.

todopertin said:
I have a samsung galaxy trend s7392. Since it lags when playing high end games or using heavy apps, I'd like to overclock it. I have already rooted it. It has JB 4.1.2 as stock firmware with samsung touchwiz 4.0. Since it's not a popular model, the developers might not have developed anything yet for it. But since this phone's look, feel, features and stock firmware are a lot similar to more popular models like grand quattro i8552, i9082, etc some of you could know what roms and kernels would work good with it. Please help. I've googled my hands off. Thank you so much.
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Can you tell me how to root it??

Even I want the rooting guide. Hope you successfully make a rooting guide with some good ROM later on. We wil support you,

Akhileshvv said:
Guys, I'm also using Galaxy Trend Duos S7392. Need a custom firmware because of the excessive bloatware on the stock ROM.
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you can remove those bloatwares by just rooting and using root app delete to locate and delete. it will not only free rom but will also make your phone faster since the bloatwares that used to run in the background consuming cpu, battery and ram will have been removed.

Samsung galaxy trend s7392 folks use kingoapp from kingoapp.com to root your phone. it will surely root it. I've upgraded to galaxy i8552 quattro and the two phones are just a copycat of each other. so there are chances a custom rom intended for quattro(more popular of the two) could work on trend.
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Already rooted on the first day itself
todopertin said:
you can remove those bloatwares by just rooting and using root app delete to locate and delete. it will not only free rom but will also make your phone faster since the bloatwares that used to run in the background consuming cpu, battery and ram will have been removed.
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It's already rooted bro. I have done it on the very first day I bought the device. Still, not all bloatware can be removed by just rooting. So, I think there is a need of optimised ROM like CyanogenMod or any other.

Akhileshvv said:
It's already rooted bro. I have done it on the very first day I bought the device. Still, not all bloatware can be removed by just rooting. So, I think there is a need of optimised ROM like CyanogenMod or any other.
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Hey first of all, after rooting you will gain super user access and ofcourse after that you will be able to remove any system app(bloatware).

pls help i also have the same device
I have gt7392 pls help me to put any custom rom available if u get any solution pls share with me.
Thanks in advance

I am also an unhappy user of s7392. It is indeed a laggy phone and to be honest, root (vroot)+ removing any unused application, including play store, hangout and google+ didn't help it too much. Phone is still hanging, lagging and sometimes not showing who is calling or, worst, not ringing at all.
An optimised ROM it will be really grate.
BR