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[GUIDE] Upgrading your phone to 2.2.1/Darkys 9.2 / 9.5 PAINLESSLY

Heres a quick and easy guide to upgrading your phone,
to android 2.2.1 & a custom rom called Darkys Rom
Its better than standard 2.2 or 2.2.1 updates you get from Telstra/Optus
MUCH better. Faster. More Stable etc.
Here are the instructions from the start
Step 1
Download z4root to your phone http://www50.zippyshare.com/v/70574271/file.html
Install, Run & press "Root". Be patient till its done
Step 2
Download darkys rom http://www.zshare.net/download/86121646fdc63834/
Extract on your computer
On your phone: If you have lagfixes enabled, disable them, else ignore this
Backup your data. This will wipe your entire phone
Step 3
Turn phone off
Press & hold VolumeUp , Power , HardMenuButton for a few seconds
Recovery Menu will load
Use VolumeUp & VolumeDown keys to navigate, HardMenuButton to select options
Choose wipe data/factory reset
Once finished turn phone off
Step 4
Press & hold VolumeDown , Power , HardMenuButton for a few seconds
Downloading Screen will load
On your computer, run Odin from the files you extracted
Connect your phone to the computer, you should see a message in Odin "Added"
Tick 'Repartition' option & Select the following files from the extracted package
PDA: darky_odin.tar.md5
PIT: s1_odin_20100512.pit
Press Start & Wait Before & After Screenshots below
Phone will reboot & screen will come on Android System Recovery <2e>
Select reboot system now using the HardMenuButton and the phone will restart
Before
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Optional Extras
Configure the rom to add extra features
1. Go to android market place
2. Download install & run DarkyROM Configurator
3. Configure whatever options you like here, theres not many - Dont select "wipe" then click menu save & exit
4. Copy the file resurrection.zip (extracted from the original zip file you downloaded) to your INTERNAL sd-card
5. hold the power button down till you get the options -> reboot into recovery
once in recovery mode
5A. choose "install zip from sd card"
5B. choose "choose zip from from sd card"
5C. Find the resurrection.zip file & do it
5D. go back to main menu & reboot system
DONE
update to darkys rom updated version 9.5
1. download here & copy to your internal sd card http://www.multiupload.com/3GOGVFRY35
2. Copy the file to your internal sd
3. reboot into recovery
4. choose install zip from sd card
5. choose choose zip from sd card
6. choose the rom file & flash
7. reboot
Flash a new modem
1. Go here and download whatever modem you like
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=876391
2. Copy the file to your internal sd
3. reboot into recovery
4. choose install zip from sd card
5. choose choose zip from sd card
6. choose the modem file & flash
7. reboot
Flash updated kernel
1. download kernel here http://www.darkyrom.com/apk/Dark_Core_1.2_cwm.zip
2. follow "Flash a new modem" from step 2.

And upgrading your post to the General Section would be the best situation. This is not development.

Needs to be in the general section and double posting...

sorry I mixed up clicked the wrong forum before writing the post
can a mod please move this to General!

Everything you wrote here, it's also explained in the Darky's thread and in bunch of other tutorials.
I can't find the usefulness of this guide.

x86-Dark said:
Everything you wrote here, it's also explained in the Darky's thread and in bunch of other tutorials.
I can't find the usefulness of this guide.
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Consider it consolidated.

You guys are right....wrong section....but wow take it easy on him! He was only trying to help. ....
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It's a more clear & consolidated guide as chatbox pointed out
I've tidied it up to make it easier to read.
I'm sure now you'll see it's more useful / easy to follow than all the other guides out there

you do not need to root the phone before hand as darkys is pre routed for you once you have flashed it with the rom

how about adding instructions for us that need to use a different modem? (i8000m)

Very helpful. Thanks!

[Tutorial] How to Flash in CWM (ClockWorkMod) CM 7.2, CM 9 or CM 10

Every ICS, JB ROM developer will have a Flashing guide in their ROM download page so you can use that guide. But this guide includes a strict requirement detail to avoid any problems for Noobs
Requirements :-
1) Rooted i9000 with CWM recovery
2) Do not have any sort of lagfix applied (UNDO FIRST) ( Never do a factory reset when you have LagFix applied)
3) Backup your EFS folder to Ext.SD card or PC. (Why and How to)
4) Battery is fully charged
5) SIM Card and Ext.SD card removed
6) Phone is unlocked (NO USIM lock present)
7) You can do a nandroid backup, If you like to have one for future reversion.
[For a CLEAN Flash,(If you intent to do this way, you will lose everything on your SD card by doing this, so save your Backups and important data files to PC First.) IN CWM you can go to mounts and Storage and format every partition, after that, mount USB storage and connect your phone to PC to copy CM9 and gapps to your SD card] Avoid this, IF you are a Noob
Download:- For CM 9 (ICS) or your chosen Files for ICS
CM9 from http://get.cm/get/jenkins/7080/cm-9.1.0-galaxysmtd.zip
gapps from http://goo.im/gapps/gapps-ics-20120429-signed.zip
or you can download the latest CM 10 (Jelly Bean) from http://get.cm/?device=galaxysmtd and latest Gapps from http://goo.im/gapps/ or even CM 7.2 from same links NOTE:- Always Start with a Gingerbread 2.3.6, Flash ICS First before Flashing Jelly bean , this will be the proper procedure, do not jump from GingerBread to Jellybean
8) just place this two Zip files in your Internal SD card by copy paste.
Flashing in CWM:- This example is for CM 9 . IT will the same for CM 10 or CM 7.2
Use CWM app and select "Reboot into ClockWorkMod recovery" or the way you know how to. (Use volume keys to scroll & power key to select in ClockWorkMod)
1) Do a WIPE (factory reset + wipe cache partition)
2) chose "install zip from sdcard"
3) Select "choose zip from sdcard"
4) Select "cm-9.1.0-galaxysmtd.zip" or your chosen ROM > Select "Yes" and Flashing will take place
Flash the same file one more time, Meaning repeat steps 2,3 & 4 again for ICS to avoid problems
Now Flash the Gapps
5) Select "choose zip from sdcard"
6) Select "gapps-ics-20120429-signed.zip" or latest gapps> Select "Yes" and Flashing will take place
Once complete, select "Go Back" and "reboot system". Thats it, :victory: you will be on ICS.
If it failed to load into ICS, First power down, pull out Battery, SIM CARD, and EXT.SD card, press power button for a minute , than power up without SIM and Ext.SD Card.. and test again.
In the event you get a bootloop because you rebooted the phone without completing the process and can't enter CWM recovery, flash an ICS Semaphore kernel using Odin in download mode, then enter CWM and flash again the steps 2 to 6
Check this out!You , YES! you are an " Android ". Not your phone but U.
You Must watch this documentary concerning your privacy Terms & Conditions we had agreed to, by using a PC or Smartphone
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Gapps link isn't working

Both GAPPS d not linkup
AKHIL88 said:
Gapps link isn't working
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Neither GAPP link works

[Q] L3 e400 - SD Merdge

Hi guys, it's my first time here, i'm having problems to install sd merge on my phone, i've tryed to install this but i can't.
Is there a specific way to install it? I've downloaded step 1 and step 2, i install setp 1, after this the phone restart and CWM is different, when i install step 2 an error message appear and it restarts and i can't do anithing. Another thing, on CWM i can't access sd card...my sd card is 16Gb...if i put the rom inside this, i can't find, i have to put the rom inside the internal sd, so i can access this and install the new rom.
So guys, what am i doing wrong?
Thanks for your help.

i think u flash step 1 successful, try download step2 from other sourse and reflash again. may be step2 is broken

details please
Beto.Leite said:
Hi guys, it's my first time here, i'm having problems to install sd merge on my phone, i've tryed to install this but i can't.
Is there a specific way to install it? I've downloaded step 1 and step 2, i install setp 1, after this the phone restart and CWM is different, when i install step 2 an error message appear and it restarts and i can't do anithing. Another thing, on CWM i can't access sd card...my sd card is 16Gb...if i put the rom inside this, i can't find, i have to put the rom inside the internal sd, so i can access this and install the new rom.
So guys, what am i doing wrong?
Thanks for your help.
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from time of stock rom what did you install ?
any bootloader, kernel, rom ?
CANT HELP IF WE DONT KNOW WHAT YOU INSTALLING (GIVE US LINKS TO GUIDE YOU FOLLOWED)
there is few versions of sd merge for L3

Thanks for the fast answers...
At the moment i'm using this rom http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2568227...but without sd merge because i can't install it.
I was using the stock rom (V10D_00.kdz) installed with KDZ.
To use sd merge do i have to split it or something like this?
Another thing, if i try to install sd merge now, and it doesn't work, will i have to install the rom again? or can i try to install and after this continue using my system?

Hello.
In order to use SDmerge not have to partition the memory as Links2SD.
Just install via recovery, it is this order:
Step1
Step2
Rom (Stock or CM9)
Step4 (although the majority of the CM9 roms have it built, stock'd need to read the author's message, as in the case of Latte Rev2 has already integrated)
If you want to reuse a ROM without SDmerge have to restore the factory ROM using KDZ
Step1 and Step2 http://www18.zippyshare.com/v/36858550/file.html
Step4 for Stock http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=47006061&postcount=143 (If it gives you problems with superuser permissions, just add the files from the wing Step4 Stock rom you want to install )
Regards. :laugh:

_conors_ said:
Hello.
In order to use SDmerge not have to partition the memory as Links2SD.
Just install via recovery, it is this order:
Step1
Step2
Rom (Stock or CM9)
Step4 (although the majority of the CM9 roms have it built, stock'd need to read the author's message, as in the case of Latte Rev2 has already integrated)
If you want to reuse a ROM without SDmerge have to restore the factory ROM using KDZ
Step1 and Step2 http://www18.zippyshare.com/v/36858550/file.html
Step4 for Stock http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=47006061&postcount=143 (If it gives you problems with superuser permissions, just add the files from the wing Step4 Stock rom you want to install )
Regards. :laugh:
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I downloaded it, i'm gonna try to install it at night, thanks so much =)

I downloaded sd merge again, installed step1, it reboots, when i try to install step2, an error appears again....it says:
E:Error in /sdcard/SDMergeE400_step2.zip
(Statutus 7)
Installation aborted.
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Ok start from start
Beto.Leite said:
I downloaded sd merge again, installed step1, it reboots, when i try to install step2, an error appears again....it says:
E:Error in /sdcard/SDMergeE400_step2.zip
(Statutus 7)
Installation aborted.
What should i do?
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1---FLASH STOCK KDZ FROM HERE ITS V10C BRASIL (EASY TO ROOT ETC.) USING LG-RDTT_1054
2---ROOT YOUR PHONE (THIS POST SHOULD HELP)
3---INSTALL ROM MANAGER AND CLICK FLASH RECOVERY
4---FOLLOW THIS GUIDE (ITS FOR CM9 FOUND HERE [WELCOME TO ICS] )
5---CLICK THANKS
HAPPY CUSTOMIZING
OF COURSE DON'T FORGET TO BACKUP :good:

LG G3/G3s/G3 Beat telekom,orange or any other operator

Hi everyone,
I want to show u how to upgade your LG G3s/beat to adroid 7.1.1 lineage OS.
It has taken me some time to find and to gather all needed files but i was succesfull
So I had my lg running on android 5.1 Lollipop but I had problem cause my device was blocked by operator. So first of all we need to
root the device (when u have your device rooted just simply skip this step)
Step 1: rooting the device (working for all devices)
All you need to do is just simply download and install Kingroot -- https://kingroot.net/
then you hit the root button it will take just a while to root your device
note- i really dont like this chinese rooting program but it is the only way to root operator-blocked device !
Step 2: installing custom recovery
download and istall TWRP recovery -- https://ulozto.sk/!lisJevpDG1oS/recovery-d722l-apk
hit the install recovery button
now read CAREFULLY- when you want to enter the recovery turn off the device, when the device is turned off now hit the
volume DOWN and power button at the same time wait for LG logo appears release the press buttons and press them again untill the factory reset option appears, now when you have correctly installed recovery just press YES delete all data (2times)
(move with up and down keys and select with power button)
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hit the WIPE button first you need to SWIPE to FACTORY RESET (this will erase all of your data so before doing that backup your data when you want) then hit advaced wipe select all files apart from SD card (unless u want to wipe ur SD card data )
and swipe to wipe
Step 4: installing OS
here is the lineage OS(for model D722 may work for D724 and others ) -- https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=385035244224413403 if u have problems to install this ROM try one of these-- https://www.androidfilehost.com/?w=files&flid=142084&sort_by=date&sort_dir=DESC
copy the OS . zip file to your SD
now hit the istall button in recovery and select OS
now wait untill installing is finished
now hit the reboot button in recovery and select reboot to SYSTEM first booting may take a while
NOW you have OS installed and you are runnning clear OS without any s*it APPS
Step 5: go to --settings and allow developer options, select allow root acess but OOPS what u see. U can only allow root acess
on ADB not apps so u need to root device. Its very simple
Download this root file .zip -- https://ulozto.sk/!rzlO9PPtP5yy/addonsu-arm-signed-zip
now reboot into recovery and install this zip go to setting--developer and now select ADB and APPS root option
and WOALAA you are rooted
NOTE: if you have problems entering the SD card in the file exporer just simply reboot into recovery open file manager in
advanced option in recovery and delete Android secure folder in your SD card
First time when you open the camera hit on the video button and app will force close.This will happen only once dont be afraid.
Now reopen the camera and enjoy!
I am not using any of the google apps (as market i use only Blackmart alpha-low capacity market with all paid apps)
but when you want google apps for some reasons just leave a comment and i will give you link
screenshots:

google apps
could you please share the link for google apps

opengapps.org/?api=7.0&variant=pico
Here you go
Note: google assistant work well on it

[HELP] Cannot move or create anything on Internal Storage

Hello! Here is everything i did to get to this point:
• Unlocked the bootloader
• Installed TWRP
• Took nandroid backup
• Wiped everything (excluding USB-OTG)
• Tried to move files to the phone, and it created a no-name file with the windows drive icon
• Tried to delete the file, couldn't.
• Disconnected from PC, tried to wipe Internal Storage again, said " Error opening: '/data/media' (No such file or directory) "
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So now i cannot move any files or folders to the phone, when i try, it does nothing.
When i try to create a directory on the phone, just says this (see image below) or hangs Windows Explorer.
I did all of this following this guide: https://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-5/how-to/oneplus-5-unlock-bootloader-flash-twrp-t3624877
TWRP IMG used: Bluspark TWRP
I did NOT flash supersu or magisk, because i was going to install ResurrectionRemix ROM on the phone after all this. Also i did not reboot to OOS after installing TWRP, just wiped everything and i cannot move anything to the memory now.
[EDIT] When i go to Wipe>Advanced Wipe>Select Internal Storage>Click Repair or Change File System it says "Invalid partition selection"
What should i do? I hope i didn't somehow brick my brand new phone :crying:

did you try flash TWRP recovery "again" via fastboot? so restart phone in fastboot mode> flash recovery via ADB (or just copy TWRP recovery.img to your excisting TWRP and flash again as "recovery">reboot) You should than have a clean recovery. Than wipe everything also (incl. format data.) Than reboot in recovery and copy ROM file, Gapps, Magisk etc..etc.. from pc and start from a clean "scratch"
Edit: i had this kind of issue also while flashing unofficial Oreo LOS build. I ****ed it up also. Keep in mind as long as your PC reconize your device you are totally NOT bricked. So don't worry!!!

I solved it myself somehow...
Sorry about this whole post, i just somehow got this working when i tried to sideload an img file (ik, i'm a genious) it said "corrupted zip file" and now i can see everything again on the Internal Storage... wow.. How do i close a thread now?

Glad it worked out!
I think only a Forum Moderator can close threads.

Oh, ok. Do i need to contact one or do something so they can remove/close the thread? Thanks for the fast response anyways!
lekiaM said:
Glad it worked out!
I think only a Forum Moderator can close threads.
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Mwah, no need. Mostly they keep the threads "open" so that other users with "similar" issues can learn or reply in your thread for help.

Ok. This just made no sense to me. Ty
lekiaM said:
Mwah, no need. Mostly they keep the threads "open" so that other users with "similar" issues can learn or reply in your thread for help.
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