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I ported a captivate rom and i decided that it was not stable enough to be released. I flashed several roms since then. I have done odin back to stock with re-partician on and i still have this at&t world phone splash screen. Can somebody please help me!
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I ported a captivate rom and i decided that it was not stable enough to be released. I flashed several roms since then. I have done odin back to stock with re-partician on and i still have this at&t world phone splash screen. Can somebody please help me!
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Is it your bootanimation.zip?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=862537
some themes come with a bootanimation
nomadrider123 said:
Is it your bootanimation.zip?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=862537
some themes come with a bootanimation
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It is not boot animation. It would have gone away with odin
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It is not boot animation. It would have gone away with odin
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It MIGHT be the boot animation.
Maybe there was a problem with odin?
Etc.
Just replace boot animation, see if it works
boot animation did not change it. I REALLY want it gone
Which kernel and modem are you using?
thats really odd ODIN didn't replace it. at&t bootanim after fresh ODIN and at&t after flash of ROMs huh. How bout kernels? still at&t? Do you get either one of the custom bootanims?
I am now using overstock with kb1 modem
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Wait so instead of saying Vibrant Samsung it says attworld phone?
Or is it the bootanimation?
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When I turn the phone on it says at&t world phone right away then it goes to vibrant screen
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Hmm weird.
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Anyone got anymore ideas?
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WELL... since we're almost becoming ATT, might as well keep that?!
Lol.
I know a trick to remove it, its for advanced users, so I'll post a DETAILED instructions to change it from my computer after school.
xriderx66 said:
WELL... since we're almost becoming ATT, might as well keep that?!
Lol.
I know a trick to remove it, its for advanced users, so I'll post a DETAILED instructions to change it from my computer after school.
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Thanks
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xriderx66 said:
WELL... since we're almost becoming ATT, might as well keep that?!
Lol.
I know a trick to remove it, its for advanced users, so I'll post a DETAILED instructions to change it from my computer after school.
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Can you tell me the advanced way?
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i am suffering from the exact problem, very annoying.
viksfan4life said:
I ported a captivate rom and i decided that it was not stable enough to be released. I flashed several roms since then. I have done odin back to stock with re-partician on and i still have this at&t world phone splash screen. Can somebody please help me!
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i am having the same problem here.
It's not a boot animation. You must have flashed sbl.bin from the ATT ROM...can you provide a link to the ROM you were trying to port?
You need to flash the vibrant sbl.bin. I believe it's in the bible.
Its your bootloader....you need to re-flash the original vibrant sbl.bin to get rid of it. JI6 has it I believe...if not its JFD
i have odin it using both and still i get the at&t logo, its driving me crazy.
and now my phone won't turn on... obviously...
is there a fix for this?
any help would be greatly appreciated.
edit: figured it out
wykked said:
and now my phone won't turn on... obviously...
is there a fix for this?
any help would be greatly appreciated.
edit: figured it out
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i don't think i'll ever use that "voodoo" kernel, but just in case, how did you fix it?
You don't need to un-voodoo if you are going to odin back to stock.
I had to re-odin cwm red after going back to dl09 and disable lag fix.
Then I reflashed eb01 stock and went from there...
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Snakehn said:
i don't think i'll ever use that "voodoo" kernel, but just in case, how did you fix it?
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Voodoo is nothing to be scared of anymore, and it is the single biggest improvement to the sgs (.)
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neh4pres said:
Voodoo is nothing to be scared of anymore, and it is the single biggest improvement to the sgs (.)
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^ Most definitely AGREED!
yea over the past 4 months i've found that voodoo isn't as broken as it once was, doesn't mean i'm going to go and try and mess with the settings
though i wish i could get the orange CWM back instead of red, i'm just more use to it
First off....yes I've done alot of researching.
Thing is that there is soo much info that it is a little overwhelming.
As I understand....I can switch back and forth from 2.2 & 2.3.x and back thru cwm ....difference being that while in 2.3.x I cannot view the recovery screen but can still flash back thru cwm. And when I return to 2.2 I get recovery back so long as I haven't flashed the bootloaders for 2.3.x.
The reason im asking this is becuz I don't have a comp right now so using someone elses comp to odin back is a bit of a hassle for me.
Thanks for any and all input
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I can't speak for others but I can say personally I've done it many times without odin. I have nand backup of 2.2 on my phone. I have not installed gingerbread bootloaders. When I want to flash 2.3 roms, I factory reset and flash it. Sheree that I can't see recovery ofcourse. To switch back to my 2.2 backup, I keep kernel s like bali, overstock or any stock voodoo kernel on the phone. I use sgs kernel flasher from the market to flash those 2.2 kernel s. That puts the phone in bootloop but gives me red recovery. I then factory reset and restore my 2.2 backup. Has worked every time so far...btw everytime means atleast 20 times here.
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Switching from 2.2 to 2.3 is fine, it will update as necessary.
Switching back down to 2.2, do as Alex recommended and you'll be fine.
Thank you very much guys! This was exactly what I needed to hear
Edit: wow I'm running minui now and it is going to take some getting use to....lol
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Actually I'm pretty sure you will need odin coming from cm7 or muiu. I don't think sgs kernel flasher will work since cm7 and muiu are all asop.
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It don't work I'm stuck in miui without a comp to Odin back......what a joke :-/
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Just go to the stickies and pull all the goodies for Odin. It doesn't take that long to set up. Then you can just flash the GB bootloaders. Remember the GB BLs are backwards compatible.
By backwards compatible,do you mean that with gb bl's they work fine with 2.2?
Also I thought when on one 2.3 rom I could easily jump around to any 2.3 rom like with 2.2........but cwm is not allowing me to do this
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You could jump around fine from any touchwiz based 2.3 rom (simply honey, asgard, malice) but not cm7 or miui
bootloaders for vibrant are backward compatible, you may have an extra boot splash logo but everything works the same. flashing bootloaders can be dangerous....So i would personally recommend staying on GB bootladers
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By backwards compatible,do you mean that with gb bl's they work fine with 2.2?
Also I thought when on one 2.3 rom I could easily jump around to any 2.3 rom like with 2.2........but cwm is not allowing me to do this
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CM7 and MUIU Roms are different, you can't jump back and forth from them because they use different file systems. they are much more complicated. the only way out is to odin back to stock I believe
Lol I love the learning experience. :-D......also very much appreciate the tutoring without the flaming,you guys are very helpful...Thanks
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Majin_X said:
CM7 and MUIU Roms are different, you can't jump back and forth from them because they use different file systems. they are much more complicated. the only way out is to odin back to stock I believe
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Odin'ing back is probably the easiest way to get back. Flashing the bootloaders CAN be dangerous, but just follow the directions and voila! Not flashing bootloaders just cause it COULD cause problems is like not driving your car cause you COULD crash and burn into a fireball.
Just sayin...
But yes, they will work on Froyo roms as well.
Shortbus-Driver said:
Lol I love the learning experience. :-D......also very much appreciate the tutoring without the flaming,you guys are very helpful...Thanks
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We were all noobs at one point in time. Just continue to read and read and search and search again. Almost anything that could go wrong with the Vibrant has most likely already happened, and is searchable.
can you go from CM7 to MIUI directly or do you need to go back to stock first?
As it appears ....you have to Odin back first
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Erm sorry mate, should ve mentioned cm7 and miui. I just assumed that its understood that you can't switch back from those without odin. All gingerbread roms have that in their first posts in no uncertain terms.
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As it appears ....you have to Odin back first
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That's what I'm talking about! You are already answering questions!
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Ok well im back on 2.2 although I must say.....that miui rom is really amazing I mean REALLY AMAZING lol.....I loved it but I really need my gps so im back im going to look into the other ginger roms though,but rest assured ill be playing with the ones I can switch back and forth from....till I get another comp Which will be soon since school starts soon and my kids have to have one sooo.
Edit: dang im already missing the miui lol....I wonder how long I can hold back ;-)
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Shortbus-Driver said:
Ok well im back on 2.2 although I must say.....that miui rom is really amazing I mean REALLY AMAZING lol.....I loved it but I really need my gps so im back im going to look into the other ginger roms though,but rest assured ill be playing with the ones I can switch back and forth from....till I get another comp Which will be soon since school starts soon and my kids have to have one sooo.
Edit: dang im already missing the miui lol....I wonder how long I can hold back ;-)
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I've put my phone back on 2.2 and am going to leave it there. Having a heater in my pocket using up the battery 2x faster than normal and never knowing where I am got a little old. Mostly the battery part. If there's ever a leak, I'll go back, otherwise.. this phone's on 2.2 until I buy a new one.
Four words: I hate my Fascinate. Is there any way I can make my Fascinate faster, more responsive, and just work better? I've used Com rom, Cyanogenmod, & MIUI and none of them work for me. Community rom seemed to work best for me but about a month of running com rom, it just started forceclosing everything and I lost everything. Then, I went to Cyanogenmod. It was amazing, but I noticed it deleted things off of my SD card by itself. For MIUI. It was just a little to buggy. I just gave up and went to stock and installed OCLF. For some reason, my phone isn't very responsive, it constantly freezes, crashes all the time, the camera app doesn't want to open sometimes, and just today it started not opening up my apps and showing a black screen. I'm sick of it!!! How do I make my Fascinate work better? I'm stuck with it for 2 years and I can't stand it!? Any suggestions??? Ill do whatever it takes to make this thing work better.
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Four words: I hate my Fascinate. Is there any way I can make my Fascinate faster, more responsive, and just work better? I've used Com rom, Cyanogenmod, & MIUI and none of them work for me. Community rom seemed to work best for me but about a month of running com rom, it just started forceclosing everything and I lost everything. Then, I went to Cyanogenmod. It was amazing, but I noticed it deleted things off of my SD card by itself. For MIUI. It was just a little to buggy. I just gave up and went to stock and installed OCLF. For some reason, my phone isn't very responsive, it constantly freezes, crashes all the time, the camera app doesn't want to open sometimes, and just today it started not opening up my apps and showing a black screen. I'm sick of it!!! How do I make my Fascinate work better? I'm stuck with it for 2 years and I can't stand it!? Any suggestions??? Ill do whatever it takes to make this thing work better.
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Im not sure how to respond to this...I mean my fascinate is running cm7.1 w/ glitch v13 and is ****ing AWSOME! Super responsive, gps locks instantly, no lag, no fc's... Im going to go out on a limb and say you must be doing something very wrong or have a bad device.
Suggestion:
back your sd card up, odin dl09 eclair w/ pit and repartition checked, reformat your sd card, then flash rom of your choice. If that dont help, call verizon and have them send you a replacement.
I've never flashed a "pit" thing. I've just flashed the froyo file and called it a "restore." Also, I got a 16gb card withmy phone and it won't flash any CM7 roms, so I bought an 8 from eBay. Did the same thing... I have an old 4 gb that is the only card that will flash a cm7 based rom. Also, if I put my 16/8gb on a cm7 rom, it'll say damaged or unreadable.
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droidstyle said:
Im not sure how to respond to this...I mean my fascinate is running cm7.1 w/ glitch v13 and is ****ing AWSOME! Super responsive, gps locks instantly, no lag, no fc's... Im going to go out on a limb and say you must be doing something very wrong or have a bad device.
Suggestion:
back your sd card up, odin dl09 eclair w/ pit and repartition checked, reformat your sd card, then flash rom of your choice. If that dont help, call verizon and have them send you a replacement.
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But, what does the Pit and restore do to the phone?
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GagesiPad said:
But, what does the Pit and restore do to the phone?
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the atlas 2.2 pitfile w/ repartition checked does a full wipe of the system...which sounds like what you need.
droidstyle said:
the atlas 2.2 pitfile w/ repartition checked does a full wipe of the system...which sounds like what you need.
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OK, so go here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1026746 , download the 2.2 pit file, download Eclair, flash them with partition checked, root/flash cwm, and install CM7 and see how it works? (CM7 is rom if choice)
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OK, so go here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1026746 , download the 2.2 pit file, download Eclair, flash them with partition checked, root/flash cwm, and install CM7 and see how it works? (CM7 is rom if choice)
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yep...but you shouldnt need to root first, atleat I didnt, CM7 is prerooted.
droidstyle said:
yep...but you shouldnt need to root first, atleat I didnt, CM7 is prerooted.
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OK, thanks. Ill try this tomorrow.
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here is dl09 eclair...the link was broken in the link you posted.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/16350373/Android/CI500_VZW_DL09_ECLAIR.tar.md5
droidstyle said:
here is dl09 eclair...the link was broken in the link you posted.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/16350373/Android/CI500_VZW_DL09_ECLAIR.tar.md5
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OK, thanks.
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OK, thanks.
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No problem...if you need some "simplified" instructions, check the mtd install section of my guide here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1238070
I notices you said something about using the factory USB. Well, there's something wrong with that cord. My computer won't reconfbize my phone with that cord. When I try to charge it with my wall adapter, my phone wants me to connect USB storage. I've been using this cord that came with a crappy archos tablet. I've been using that 1 for months. Is that OK?
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I notices you said something about using the factory USB. Well, there's something wrong with that cord. My computer won't reconfbize my phone with that cord. When I try to charge it with my wall adapter, my phone wants me to connect USB storage. I've been using this cord that came with a crappy archos tablet. I've been using that 1 for months. Is that OK?
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yea you can, but the factory cable is best. If you have issues try and score another factory cable.
droidstyle said:
yea you can, but the factory cable is best. If you have issues try and score another factory cable.
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OK, I was going to call Samsung and try to get one about a month ago but just forgot about it. Anywaay, about to download the stuff and brick my phone ahahahaha
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i agree %1000 with Droid...since using his guide, running cm7 now, my device FLIES !!!!!.....this is a sweet phone, just follow guide and you will see.
icemanwbs said:
i agree %1000 with Droid...since using his guide, running cm7 now, my device FLIES !!!!!.....this is a sweet phone, just follow guide and you will see.
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OK. Any major bugs I should be worried about? What's the chance of it frying my SD?
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I would go to Verizon store and get a cable. But no, no bugs or anything. READ READ and READ again through guide so you can Follow steps
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Ok, I need some help. When I click start and all the stuff is selected in Odin, and it says that the eclair thing is unrecognizable... It says it has an unvalid MD5 sum or something like that. HELP?!
And yes, I have retried downloading and using a different browser... Is it OK if I use froyo?
If you read thru Droidstyles guide listed in his reply to you. It says you can use froyo.....you must pay close attention to details and follow guide steps to a " T ". You can do it, I'm sure.
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So I rooted this phone a few months ago and it originally had Eclair 2.1. I did some research on here and found a guide to root and first installed CM7 and then ICS Passion. Last night I had some issue with my Firefox browser. And I had to reboot it. Then it just shut down down on me and got stuck in a boot loop. I did a quick back up and tried to reboot it from recovery and it's still stuck in the loop. I then did a system restore from that back up, nothing. I did notice that it won't mount the /emmc or /data says it can't mount /emmc. When I try to go to restore anything from the internal SD card it Says there is some kind of error. Now when I try to boot it, it just shows "android" logo and is stuck in a boot loop there. Yeah I'm pretty new at this but I don't know what else I can do. Please help. Thanks in advance
Update: so I was able to revert back to factory settings and still kept ICS on it. The only major thing that I had changed before this incident was I downloaded Beats Audio Driver Root from the Google play store. I should've backed up, I know, bad NooB.
But can anyone tell me about the /emmc and /data folders or whatever not wanting to mount or read? Is that because of the driver?
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So I rooted this phone a few months ago and it originally had Eclair 2.1. I did some research on here and found a guide to root and first installed CM7 and then ICS Passion. Last night I had some issue with my Firefox browser. And I had to reboot it. Then it just shut down down on me and got stuck in a boot loop. I did a quick back up and tried to reboot it from recovery and it's still stuck in the loop. I then did a system restore from that back up, nothing. I did notice that it won't mount the /emmc or /data says it can't mount /emmc. When I try to go to restore anything from the internal SD card it Says there is some kind of error. Now when I try to boot it, it just shows "android" logo and is stuck in a boot loop there. Yeah I'm pretty new at this but I don't know what else I can do. Please help. Thanks in advance
Update: so I was able to revert back to factory settings and still kept ICS on it. The only major thing that I had changed before this incident was I downloaded Beats Audio Driver Root from the Google play store. I should've backed up, I know, bad NooB.
But can anyone tell me about the /emmc and /data folders or whatever not wanting to mount or read? Is that because of the driver?
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I've never been able to Mount emmc in recovery and don't use ICS passion wwwwwwaaaaayyyyy old. And also beats driver now has a new app that's works much better. No flashing just an installation and a reboot
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Well do what do you recommend for an OS. I'm not looking for anything complicated. I dig ICS tho.
I wasn't sure about what I was seeing in recovery mode if any of it was normal or not. This issue just really threw me for a loop.
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Well do what do you recommend for an OS. I'm not looking for anything complicated. I dig ICS tho.
I wasn't sure about what I was seeing in recovery mode if any of it was normal or not. This issue just really threw me for a loop.
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Well it depends. Jellybean isn't that hard to flash from ICS but if you want to stay on ICS you could try aokp. Unfortunately all ICS and jellybean 4.1.1 has stop being supported only 4.2.1 is still supported
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I've got to tell you that you dodged a huge bullet here. What was about to happen to you is the dreaded Encryption Unsuccessful bug that has been plaguing the Vibrant, Captivate and a slew of other devices. It is totally fixable. There is a workaround using your External SD but as for a cure, there is none. Some people have miraculously come out of it, but no one knows why and it is not reproducible.
Here is my guide for installing ICS from Éclair. Read the whole thread from start to finish. It is only 19 pages and there is a crap-ton of information in there. From Bootloaders, to ROMs, to the EU bug.
You can also go into my Repo thread or N00B_IN_N33D's Bible for any files that you may need.
I see you are in Cincinnati. If you ever need some hands on help, shoot me a PM and I might be around to help. When I first got into Android, I had a Motorola and joined XDA. Had a few guys hand-hold me threw some things but there were about 4 guys that were local in the boards. So that was a bit reassuring.
Skinzy98 - I took your advice on upgrading to JellyBean and it's pretty groovey. I appreciate the advice on that. Of course I did some dumb stuff first: I got all the files on my external SD card and forgot to put them on my internal SD card and then proceeded to do my wipe for factory reset, cache, and the delvik cache. Genius I know right?
Luckily I did a backup first but I got stuck in the boot loop. And as luck would have I still had the zip files from I originally rooted this phone from eclair to cm to ICS. So I tried the ICS zip... Boot loop again... Then I tried the cm9 zip and by George I got somewhere with it lol. And am now sending this with jellybean 4.2.1. I believe I am now an expert on how not to do this lol.
I did experience some initial difficulty with installing jellybean tho. The first time there was some error. The second time it got stuck on the a sung Vibrant load screen. And third time's a charm and bit worked out wonderfully.
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Woody..
Thanks for letting me know about that. I'm glad I worked my way out of this and got something more current. This is my first smartphone ever and I rooted it within a week of having it just so I could watch Netflix on it lol.. I did some catching up on the last five years or so of smart phone technology in about a week during that time. This forum has been a huge help. And now knowing that I got someone in cinci to walk Me thru a crisis is even better. Thanks!
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Its easier now that your on jellybean
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What ROM did you flash
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I got it from remics here on xda. It has the semaphore kernel. All I did was search the android development forum for jellybean and that seemed like a reliable one.
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Yes remics is extremely reliable and a great ron
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I thought it was pretty sweet when I installed the gapps zip that it started downloading all of my apps that I had on it from the play store. I still need to flash the touchwiz zip but I've been oogling over this thing since like noon lol..
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Well that is just an overlay so it looks like stock Samsung firmware. If you use titanium backup or any other backup app you don't have to do it from the Google store. You can set up your phone download whatever backup you choose and restore your backup of the apps and the data you created
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Well that is just an overlay so it looks like stock Samsung firmware. If you use titanium backup or any other backup app you don't have to do it from the Google store. You can set up your phone download whatever backup you choose and restore your backup of the apps and the data you created
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Well I didn't have much left after it took a dump on me and was the reason for this thread in this forum to begin with lol. Just out of curiousity. How do I know which version of Clockwork Mod Recovery that I have? Whenever I try to use the recovery section of it just to explore, it's always asking of I have to 2.x or 3.+ and I have no idea and I don't know where to find it. I don't wanna guess cuz I may just figure out another way how not to do some stuff. I have the premium version purchased, installed, and completely up to date.
Now that you're on jellybean it probably 3 but I don't know of a wah to find out
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apsonde bright
Did you guys get your GPS working on RemICS? Mine doesn't work
Cesar124 said:
Did you guys get your GPS working on RemICS? Mine doesn't work
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I haven't needed to use the GPS. Come to think of it, it didn't come with the AngryGPS app that I had on ICS Passion. I had no problems with gps with that app. The only time I have used the GPS since upgrading to JB is while I was using the GasBuddy app which uses my GPS location to find nearby gas stations and show me the pricing. What can I say? I'm a penny pincher. It seemed to follow me alright, but I can neither confirm nor deny without using an actual GPS app. Anyone know where I can get and how upload a copy of AngryGPS? I'm all ears.
Update:
Nevermind I found one a really good one. It's dead on where I'm at. Only took a couple of seconds to locate me. I am currently having no issues. I can test it out tomorrow on my way to work and so forth.
The GPS worked great the whole time. The only issue j experienced was trying to wake it up. It just wouldn't pull up my lock screen when it the power button. Not sure if that's an issue j can fix or not.
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