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[Q] Someone please help!!!

ok i recently got a european open to all networks samsung galaxy tab,
now i decided to install a custom rom last night with horrible results, my phone is now stuck on the samsung boot screen and will not load properly,
here are the steps i took that ended me up in this mess,
i installed rom manager from android market,
then installed clockwork mod from inside rom manager, following the exact steps i was given but heres where i think i went wrong,
at some point it asked u back up everything onto an sd card, now i thought i had an sd inside it already but i didnt and thats what i think caused all the trouble,
i backed up all my files anyway onto the internal memory b4 goin into recovery mode, after completely wiping the phone as it saids u shud do, i then proceeded to load the modaco rom that i had installed into the "download" section of my memory and thats where it said the exact following words....
Checking /system...
E: failed to mount /system (invalid argument)
/system may be rfs. checking...
checking /date...
checking /database...
checking /cache...
filesystems need to be converted to ext4.
a backup and restore will now take place.
if anything goes wrong, your backup will be named before-ext4-convert-1297008631. try restoring it incase of error.
E:failed to mount /sdcrard (no such file or directory)
now i've tried restoring it and backing it up but all it repeats is the same thing, i know i messed up but now all i want to know is how can i fix it?
please any help would be much appreciated.

KingofXings said:
ok i recently got a european open to all networks samsung galaxy tab,
now i decided to install a custom rom last night with horrible results, my phone is now stuck on the samsung boot screen and will not load properly,
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now i've tried restoring it and backing it up but all it repeats is the same thing, i know i messed up but now all i want to know is how can i fix it?
please any help would be much appreciated.
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A brandnew start from scratch with Odin and repartioning with the rom from Rotohammer JMIv1.0 or v2.0 wouldt be my advice. You need the pit-file as well. Can be found on his server.

Heppieboeddah said:
A brandnew start from scratch with Odin and repartioning with the rom from Rotohammer JMIv1.0 or v2.0 wouldt be my advice. You need the pit-file as well. Can be found on his server.
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ok ive downloaded odin v4.03, downloaded the original samsung firmware version P1000XWJJ3.rar from this website and downloaded the european P1_EUR.pit file also but i'll be honest i'm very new to the android world and dont have a clue what to do from here, how do i repartion the rotohammer rom?
i know i'm gonna sound stupid but if u could please explain it step by step i would be very grateful, thank you

Read the following thread that explains how to flash Rotohammer JMI ROM
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=939360
Give it a good read and then ask if you have any questions before you start the process again.

KingofXings said:
ok ive downloaded odin v4.03, downloaded the original samsung firmware version P1000XWJJ3.rar from this website and downloaded the european P1_EUR.pit file also but i'll be honest i'm very new to the android world and dont have a clue what to do from here, how do i repartion the rotohammer rom?
i know i'm gonna sound stupid but if u could please explain it step by step i would be very grateful, thank you
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First extract the P1000XWJJ3.rar. You shouldt be left with a single tar-file?! If so
Well if you have the right files. Start Odin. On the left you see the option 'repartion', tick that box. On the left you see pit. Tick that box and load the pit-file. Tick the box PDA and load the tar.file you extracted.
Start the tablet in download modus and attach it to youre pc. You shouldt see on top left a yellow box. Then just press start in Odin
beware that all on yore tablet will be deleted.
here is a very good guide with pictures.
http://leemn.wordpress.com/2011/01/25/galaxy-tab-flashing-a-new-rom-rotohammer-jme/

Heppieboeddah said:
First extract the P1000XWJJ3.rar. You shouldt be left with a single tar-file?! If so
Well if you have the right files. Start Odin. On the left you see the option 'repartion', tick that box. On the left you see pit. Tick that box and load the pit-file. Tick the box PDA and load the tar.file you extracted.
Start the tablet in download modus and attach it to youre pc. You shouldt see on top left a yellow box. Then just press start in Odin
beware that all on yore tablet will be deleted.
here is a very good guide with pictures.
......ok i followed the steps from above which was to install the Roto JMI Pre-Rooted Firmware v2 it got me pass the boot screen and everything on the tab works except it wont let me make phone calls, everything else works but it picks up no network and when i enter into settings it wont even let me access it?? almost like this is a wifi only rom ive installed??
what do i do from here to get it back to a phone?
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KingofXings; said:
......ok i followed the steps from above which was to install the Roto JMI Pre-Rooted Firmware v2 it got me pass the boot screen and everything on the tab works except it wont let me make phone calls, everything else works but it picks up no network and when i enter into settings it wont even let me access it?? almost like this is a wifi only rom ive installed??
what do i do from here to get it back to a phone?
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Ok great. at least you got it working again....
Now you need to flash the baseband-modem that you can find in the download link below. Flash it in Odin. Uncheck repartion. Check 'phone' and load the modemfile you downloaded. Its a tar.file. Leave it as it is. Then press start and the baseband will be installed.
Then you have to set-up the APN from youre telecom-provider and you will be up and running.....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=11148313&postcount=129

Heppieboeddah said:
Ok great. at least you got it working again....
Now you need to flash the baseband-modem that you can find in the download link below. Flash it in Odin. Uncheck repartion. Check 'phone' and load the modemfile you downloaded. Its a tar.file. Leave it as it is. Then press start and the baseband will be installed.
Then you have to set-up the APN from youre telecom-provider and you will be up and running.....
ok i downloaded the p100-radio-xxjmf.tar file and followed the instructions u gave but it failed and said this message...
<ID:0/004> set up connection.
<ID:0/004> cant open the serial (COM) port.
OSM All threads completed ( succeeded 0/ failed 1)
i dont understand why it would say that, could it be cos the .tar is xxjmf and the Rom by roto uses jmi? u think u could help? thanks again honestly, you've been a life saver.
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Ok i just changed the usb ports and it works perfectly, the phone is back online and i didnt even have to fiddle with the apn settings, 3G just works fine,
thank you so much for ur help, i couldnt of done any of this without u, if ur ever around in north west london, u got a drink on me lol

KingofXings said:
Ok i just changed the usb ports and it works perfectly, the phone is back online and i didnt even have to fiddle with the apn settings, 3G just works fine,
thank you so much for ur help, i couldnt of done any of this without u, if ur ever around in north west london, u got a drink on me lol
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Good to read youre up and running again...
Cheers....

Heppieboeddah said:
Good to read youre up and running again...
Cheers....
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Hey mate, seems I am in a similar predicament here. Just 2 days back I flashed my Tab to Roto JMI v2 from a stock Asian firmware (DDJK3 I suppose) due to a bad Modaco flash that went really bad. Wiped off my data from god knows what areas. Now I am facing an issue that I am not able to understand or solve.
I was using Titanium Backup to remove a system app without Chuck Norris mode, which meant I had to reboot device and it would delete it OS level and say reboot to system. But once I click on reboot system an Exclamation mark just comes across the screen and NOW I CAN'T BOOT INTO my system. neither to i see the options it was earlier showing me upon Pwer + Vol Key up. The only option left for me is to reflash it using Odin.
Any Ideas mate? Reflashing again and again is not the solution right?
Thanks & Cheers!

sahildeswal said:
Hey mate, seems I am in a similar predicament here. Just 2 days back I flashed my Tab to Roto JMI v2 from a stock Asian firmware (DDJK3 I suppose) due to a bad Modaco flash that went really bad. Wiped off my data from god knows what areas. Now I am facing an issue that I am not able to understand or solve.
I was using Titanium Backup to remove a system app without Chuck Norris mode, which meant I had to reboot device and it would delete it OS level and say reboot to system. But once I click on reboot system an Exclamation mark just comes across the screen and NOW I CAN'T BOOT INTO my system. neither to i see the options it was earlier showing me upon Pwer + Vol Key up. The only option left for me is to reflash it using Odin.
Any Ideas mate? Reflashing again and again is not the solution right?
Thanks & Cheers!
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Well, first of all. Removing system app ad hoc is not really clever to do. But you cant get into the recovery so you are able to clear cache and do a factory-reset? Volume-up+Power on and holding the volume-upbutton untill you get into the recovery?
If not you have to reflash from scratch with Odin. Use the pit/file and check repartion.

Please HELP !!!!

i need help.. i have i5800 and i wanted to add a fugu tweak something about making the phone faster load widgets icons.. maybe you heard about it. i ended up somehow moving the 2 files from /system/bin "system_server" and "app_processes" as backup on my sdcard .. and had to reboot the phone because freezedout on my ... the phone wont bootup now probably because of the 2 files missing from /system/bin .... so i tried to flash another rom did a factory reset .. and when i load odin the phone is not detected so i can flash a new rom. what can i do??

pflorin said:
i need help.. i have i5800 and i wanted to add a fugu tweak something about making the phone faster load widgets icons.. maybe you heard about it. i ended up somehow moving the 2 files from /system/bin "system_server" and "app_processes" as backup on my sdcard .. and had to reboot the phone because freezedout on my ... the phone wont bootup now probably because of the 2 files missing from /system/bin .... so i tried to flash another rom did a factory reset .. and when i load odin the phone is not detected so i can flash a new rom. what can i do??
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This is not to get you to use Lestatious, but download 1.4.5. Since you can't reflash, it will restore your system.
Sent from my Lestatious v1.4.5.1 Galaxy 3 FROYO

pflorin said:
i need help.. i have i5800 and i wanted to add a fugu tweak something about making the phone faster load widgets icons.. maybe you heard about it. i ended up somehow moving the 2 files from /system/bin "system_server" and "app_processes" as backup on my sdcard .. and had to reboot the phone because freezedout on my ... the phone wont bootup now probably because of the 2 files missing from /system/bin .... so i tried to flash another rom did a factory reset .. and when i load odin the phone is not detected so i can flash a new rom. what can i do??
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maybe the answer is stupid, but you know that you have to be in "download mode" to flash a rom with odin ?!?!

ketotu said:
maybe the answer is stupid, but you know that you have to be in "download mode" to flash a rom with odin ?!?!
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He says his phone can only boot into download mode.
Sent from my Lestatious v1.4.5.1 Galaxy 3 FROYO

Ok i managed to FIX IT haha thank GOD... all i had to do was to reflash the same rom i had before the XXJP8 .. i think the bootloader got messed up or something... im now to be honest scared to flash something else just so i wont brick it again hehe.
im just glad i fixed it ... so everyone that gets this error
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XuNEaNFBMdU
my suggestion is to flash SAME rom they had before it got bricked.... i had XXJP8 and i redownloaded that from samfirmsware and it worked ... i would like to thank to everyone that tried to help me and i hope this will be a tutorial in some way to fix their own phones when you get same problem that i had .. did i mention i havent slept all night long and its passed 12:00 afternoon.
anyways im off to bed ... for a few hours to ge the stress out .. if i can help in any way let me know

[Q] Did I brick my S4? Need your help!

Hey!!
thanks in advance for reading my post, I really hope you can help me in some way.
(Sorry for my english)
Well, I rooted my S4 and everything went well. I managed to get the newest Philz Touch + SuperSU on my phone.
Afterwards I wanted to install the new Google Play ROM (4.4.3) from Danvdh. I cleaned up with Philz doing a ''fullwipe'' + ''clean to install a new rom''. Then a problem came up saying: Error 7 or something... Installation Aborted!
Since I did ''clean to install a new rom'' now even my stock rom is gone and I'm pretty much sitting here with an empty phone right? But i cant install another ROM that might install successful, because my phone gets always stuck in the ''Galaxy S4 Bootscreen''. All I can do is getting out the battery to turn it off.
But I can still get into Philz Recovery where I could install a new Rom that might work, but I cant put another ROM .zip to my SD-Card because my computer wont detect my phone since its not getting started and is stuck in the loading screen. Else I would simply put another ROM onto my SD-Card at my PC but my phone doesnt get detected at that point...
Now I tried to install the Stock ROM via Odin (thats what google said might help). But when i tried to flash the md5 ROM Odin just said: FAIL
Im pretty much done with my ideas.. I am really hoping somebody can help me in any way.
Thanks for reading and thanks for any support!
Greets!!!

Re download stock firmware and try again with Odin
Make sure kies isn't running
Try different USB port/cable
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Feisar90 said:
Hey!!
thanks in advance for reading my post, I really hope you can help me in some way.
(Sorry for my english)
Well, I rooted my S4 and everything went well. I managed to get the newest Philz Touch + SuperSU on my phone.
Afterwards I wanted to install the new Google Play ROM (4.4.3) from Danvdh. I cleaned up with Philz doing a ''fullwipe'' + ''clean to install a new rom''. Then a problem came up saying: Error 7 or something... Installation Aborted!
Since I did ''clean to install a new rom'' now even my stock rom is gone and I'm pretty much sitting here with an empty phone right? But i cant install another ROM that might install successful, because my phone gets always stuck in the ''Galaxy S4 Bootscreen''. All I can do is getting out the battery to turn it off.
But I can still get into Philz Recovery where I could install a new Rom that might work, but I cant put another ROM .zip to my SD-Card because my computer wont detect my phone since its not getting started and is stuck in the loading screen. Else I would simply put another ROM onto my SD-Card at my PC but my phone doesnt get detected at that point...
Now I tried to install the Stock ROM via Odin (thats what google said might help). But when i tried to flash the md5 ROM Odin just said: FAIL
Im pretty much done with my ideas.. I am really hoping somebody can help me in any way.
Thanks for reading and thanks for any support!
Greets!!!
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Good Morning.
make sure youre phone is in download mode when using odin Volume Down + Home Button + Power Button from phone swithed Off
if u still want the 4.4.3 rom redownload it and make sure!!!!!! you have the correct rom for your phone model.
As a solution for your SD not being read by pc. Just remove it and use a Micro SD adaptor a plug it directly to the PC
Or just simply use sideload ... if u search around a bit youll find a guide for Sideload wich is pretty easy IMHO
Enviado do meu GT-I9505 através de Tapatalk

Error 7 is when you want to flash a rom that is not for your device. So make sure you pick the right rom and that you have the correct recovery for your phone.

Please !urgent help mobile system deleted!!:( pls

I AM A NOOB IN THIS STUFF . DONT KNOW ANYTHING ELSE EXCEPT ONLY ROOTING.
Im Done .. my Life Ends...
I had A Samsung Galaxy S4 ,
Samsung Galaxy s4
Model = GT-19500
4.3
badband = I9500XXUEMJ8
Kernel ,
3.4.5-1938685
Oct 21 Monday 2013
Build Number
JSS15J.I9500XXUEMJ8
SELINUX STATUs
Enforcing
SEPF_GT-I9500_4.3_0024
It was rooted. recently I tried Adding A ROM for the first time .. Using CWM .. I Followed the steps Mentioned On A Perticular Website ... I dont know whether i can share links here or something....But I guess It Wont help.. Unless I post the link.. Or wait Let me Copy the Rom file mentioned Their To Download and yea I Tried to Update my Andriod 4.3 With Kitkat. . .Rom Of S5. [ Or thats What i wanted to do ]
Rom Link
"CANT ADD URL"
I used Recovery Of Clockward Mod.
Added that Exe File in My Phone. Use Recovery mod [Home+vol up + Lock ] Went their
First noidbackuped and then added Custom Rom. Now Everything was done . I Reeboted . My devide got Bootlooped.. And The Things Went worse when I tried to Finish The bootloop [Stuck at Samsung] by
Perform a full clean-up of the device (This will delete all apps and their settings and game progress). For this:
Select Wipe data/Factory reset, then select Yes on the next screen to confirm factory reset (screenshot).
Select Wipe Cache Partition, then select Yes on the next screen to confirm wiping cache.
it Didnt work .. So I Tried to Restore my Rom .. .Just Went In Back up restore and selected the backed up .rom and Stilll device Softbricked.
Then What i did was Completly ****. I just Was In like Blank Mind . So I FORMATTED MY WHOLE PHONE INCLUDING SYSTEM AND SDCARD0 .. And there , Now I have Nothing but just A CWN RECOVERY MOD ACCES+ ODIN DOESENT RECOGANIZE MY DEVICE IN DOWNLOADING MOD OR ANY .. And when i Try To turn on It just Do Nothing .. And after giving First Samsung GT-I9500 Screen it Just Goes black.. Obv without any System.. So the Problem here is ..
I tried To download my Firmware and Added it in ext Card. And Tried to Install it using Cwm but it was a Odin File..
Please help me How to Restore My Rom .. Or just tell me where to download a suitible custom rom for my Phone .. ? What Number [Model] to check...
All i can Access is to add a Rom in My Sd card and Use Cwm To Install it ..Please Help me . I will really Appreciate it . PLEASE. My Phone.....
I know xda developers Can only Help me .. This Is my last resort...
I KNOW I SUCK IM A NOOB I SHOULDNT TRY THIS STUFF .. But Now i did it. .

If it is still under warranty go to a Samsung service center and act dumb. Tell them something like "I was listening to music and it did that"
Its your last resort

michaels4 said:
If it is still under warranty go to a Samsung service center and act dumb. Tell them something like "I was listening to music and it did that"
Its your last resort
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isnt There a way ? To Just Install Rom ? I can still acess CWM And If Someone Can tell me A Appropriate Rom File .zip for my Cellphone Ill download it , Add it in Sd card and Then Use CWM To Install that rom ? Its quite Possible ? Please ? Anyone ? help ?

you can't use download mode but you can still enter recovery? that's pretty weird... are you sure you're trying correctly? are the drivers properly installed and stuff? if it still doesn't work, then go to this section of the forum: http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s4/i9500-develop there you will find plenty of roms you can flash with CWM recovery

-Ric- said:
you can't use download mode but you can still enter recovery? that's pretty weird... are you sure you're trying correctly? are the drivers properly installed and stuff? if it still doesn't work, then go to this section of the forum: http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s4/i9500-develop there you will find plenty of roms you can flash with CWM recovery
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I can enter Downloading Mod but The Problem is That There is No /0/System .. In my Mobile . So Computer Dosent Pics up .. I Deleted my sdcard/0/ .. Completely Using CWM so i can only access CWM ..

Hamza09 said:
I can enter Downloading Mod but The Problem is That There is No /0/System .. In my Mobile . So Computer Dosent Pics up .. I Deleted my sdcard/0/ .. Completely Using CWM so i can only access CWM ..
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Hi mate,
Lets go step by step.....
If you can get into recovery you can get into download...
1. Press and hold Volume Down, Home and Power buttons at the same time.
2. Release the buttons when you get the warning message.
3. Now press Volume Up button to confirm.
after you are in download mode lets flash a stock rom back in you can follow this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2265477
or go to sammobile and get the latest one from your country
http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/
same one you had or newer ,
Another option would be ....
Take external sd out of your phone and use any posible adapter or device so you can use you pc to place a custom rom in....now place it back in your phone and from cwm instal the custom rom...

Stop panicing. This is basic rom flashing.
Just flash a custom rom from within cwm.
michaels4 said:
If it is still under warranty go to a Samsung service center and act dumb. Tell them something like "I was listening to music and it did that"
Its your last resort
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I can see that you are a new member, but why would you even give him this advice? There is nothing wrong with his phone. Stop giving these advices because it only scares people.

Lennyz1988 said:
Stop panicing. This is basic rom flashing.
Just flash a custom rom from within cwm.
I can see that you are a new member, but why would you even give him this advice? There is nothing wrong with his phone. Stop giving these advices because it only scares people.
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Allright my Phone Is Back .. But its only Lock Screen that works when i unlock it hangs and gives S voice Stopped working , xxxx stopped working this stopped working etc... ? Now how should i fix this problem ? please Im really thankfull For all of your advise.. i downloaded the Official Firmware From Sam Firmwares and used Odin and Did Intall everything. please ? Tell me what should i do ? now ..

Lennyz1988 said:
Stop panicing. This is basic rom flashing.
Just flash a custom rom from within cwm.
I can see that you are a new member, but why would you even give him this advice? There is nothing wrong with his phone. Stop giving these advices because it only scares people.
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It is better to go to Samsung he might get a new s4

[Q] Please help - soft brick - need file access to edit file names.

hi all,
I bought a 2nd hand Samsung s4 gt-i9505 here in the UK with 3 network branding. I think it was running ver. 4.2.2 ... It definitely kept asking for an update !
KOT49H.I9505XXUFNA5
I have rooted the phone using kingo root.
I then tried to remove the 3 network animation by renaming the boot files and adding ( what I thought was standard ) files.
Now It won't boot and goes into recovery mode.
I have tried all of the restore options - wipe cache etc. .. no joy.
If I could either
a) get into the file system and renames the files back again or
b) flash the rom to some stock ish rom ... then that would be great
Ive tried ADB and not had much luck with it. ... keeps saying error:closed
Im updating with the SDK manager now and hoping for another option.
should I just upload one of these roms from here : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2544474
or if some one can write a little file so I can upload it it to my SD card and exicute it in recovery mode that would be wonderful !!
The files I renamed are:
system/media/audio/ui and search for PowerOn.oggold
and
system/media/bootsamsung.qmgold
system/media/bootsamsungloop.qmgold
system/media/shutdown.qmgold
Please help. Im not in a good place atm. -_-

Can you go to DOWNLOAD MODE?

yep, I have just tried it. download mode works

Well then either flash a stock rom
or
Flash a custom recovery > Flash aroma filemanager with the custom recovery > Then you will be able to rename the files.

ok , thx for the help so far guys.
Ill go for a custom rom.
Please could you tell me which one is compatible for my phone and standard kernel.
I have a UK s4 GT-i9505 branded to 3.would I be right in saying pick any ROM from the list in the link above ( previous post in this thread)
All I want in a ROM is no bloat where , fast, stable. 4g wifi etc etc. ( so full features I guess )
Many thanks for your help.

Formatt said:
ok , thx for the help so far guys.
Ill go for a custom rom.
Please could you tell me which one is compatible for my phone and standard kernel.
I have a UK s4 GT-i9505 branded to 3.would I be right in saying pick any ROM from the list in the link above ( previous post in this thread)
All I want in a ROM is no bloat where , fast, stable. 4g wifi etc etc. ( so full features I guess )
Many thanks for your help.
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Yes any rom in that list.

ok , great.
so pick one ... and google a how to rom upgrade with odin and NO ROOT ..?? ( I dont think i have root as Ive tried to recover/wipe etc)
Thanks guys ! : )

Formatt said:
ok , great.
so pick one ... and google a how to rom upgrade with odin and NO ROOT ..?? ( I dont think i have root as Ive tried to recover/wipe etc)
Thanks guys ! : )
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You don't need root, only a custom recovery.

ok.
So i definately need to update the rom. ( ADB win't work cause I have factory reset phone and therefore debugging is not enabled.)
I have decided to go with google play edition rom http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2557353
I d/l the rom onto sd card, and tried to get it to install. it comes up with a fail ( footer fail and verification fail ) . Im sure it because I need to use a custom recovery program ( as stated in a previous post. )
I think I need to run something like TWRP . is that right ? http://teamw.in/project/twrp2/182
I think I need to use ODIN to install TWRP onto the phone ... is that right ..? or should I be looking for some .zip file I can use in recovery mode ...??
many thanks to all for your continued help
Matt

hi ya all.
Ive managed to sort out my phone !
I used a custom installer TWRP, and then uploaded a custom ROM from the SD card ( google play edition - very snappy.)
I also needed to update the kernel.
I used Odin to install TWRP first - google a vid on how to
Then put the ROM onto the SD card and used TWRP to install
Then used odin again to install kernel.
Its very easy to do ... but very daunting at first.
Many thanks to all in here to have helped me, I know there must be hundreds of threads like this, but your pointers helped loads !
Matt

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