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Helo guys, I used to own a Samsung Galaxy S, and last week I got the Droid X2 from Verizon. So now I'm seeing new terms being used like sbf, debloat, freeze, etc...
My DX2 is root and I also have the V6 Supercharger, and I still can't get the GB update.
I believe many users on this forum have the same case as mine, so can anyone give us steps to follow in order to get the update.
Thank you so much
sbf back to stock using rsd.
download the gb update, flash in recovery
look under general in Droid x2 forums
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I came from a similar situation. I just got the x2 as a replacement for my fascinate due to repetitive missed call issues. I updated to Gingerbread today using the tips on this forum & the file posted to the mediafire link. The first thing you'll need to do for this update to work is undue all the non-stock modifications you've done.
Unsupercharge
Unfreeze or replace any stock apps you may have uninstalled. This is where the sbf comes in, it's the stock image that was loaded when it left the factory.
Unroot, might not be necessary but its better safe than sorry. Especially since this update is unrootable atm.
Rename the downloaded file update.zip & put it in the root of your sdcard-ext.
Flash from the stock recovery & you should be good.
Whatever other info you need, search these threads-its in there somewhere.
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So the sbf brings back the DX2 to its original settings and apps?
SamerBerjawi said:
So the sbf brings back the DX2 to its original settings and apps?
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That's my understanding. But I haven't done it so I can only go off what I've read here.
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garywojdan81 said:
That's my understanding. But I haven't done it so I can only go off what I've read here.
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The SBF does infact restore you to stock 2.2.2
It should also be the first thing you do when you get the phone (before rooting etc) It blows my mind that people would mess with their device without doing an SBF at least once.
The SBF will usually require you to battery pull at the end, go to stock Android recovery and wipe data and cache. (unless you did that before running the SBF)
On Vista and Windows 7 make sure you right click RSDlite and choose to "run as admin"
Everyone who did the OTA or the 2.3 update from here at XDA and wants p3droids rooted update is going to have to SBF momentarily. We should get rooted 2.3 this afternoon according to p3's twitter
I unrooted my phone and uninstalled the Supercharger, I sbf'd back to stock Froyo successfully, and still I can't get the update. What else should I do?
SamerBerjawi said:
I unrooted my phone and uninstalled the Supercharger, I sbf'd back to stock Froyo successfully, and still I can't get the update. What else should I do?
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Do you mean you can't get the update OTA?
SamerBerjawi said:
I unrooted my phone and uninstalled the Supercharger, I sbf'd back to stock Froyo successfully, and still I can't get the update. What else should I do?
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GREAT, you have completed step one. Do not load anything else on your phone. You will not be getting a over the air update.
You have more work to do to get 2.3.3 on your phone.
Just follow the direction at this link.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1193818
onemotodroid said:
GREAT, you have completed step one. Do not load anything else on your phone. You will not be getting a over the air update.
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Just to be clear.... He should eventually get an OTA update if he waits long enough. But he won't be able to root it. So follow the link above, and do those steps to install the rooted version of the update from 3Pdroid.
(Yeah I know that's obvious, but the title of this thead DOES include the words, "I'm Totally Lost". )
Thanks all, I'm on the pre-rooted GB now
Much appreciated
Hello all. My phone is trying to auto-update itself to GB...2.33. However, I am currently rooted...which I do not want to lose.
If the phone updates itself, is there currently any way to re-root the phone?
Thanks
- Steve
Well, I auto updated this morning while I was rooted. The OTA update went fine but I have lost root. If anyone can figure out how I can regain root in 2.3.3, I would forever be in your debt.
Thanks!
ls5454ss said:
Hello all. My phone is trying to auto-update itself to GB...2.33. However, I am currently rooted...which I do not want to lose.
If the phone updates itself, is there currently any way to re-root the phone?
Thanks
- Steve
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I Think You Can Just SBF Back To 2.2.2 And Use P3Droid's Pre-Root. Don't Quote Me Yet.
MikeJ92YJ said:
I Think You Can Just SBF Back To 2.2.2 And Use P3Droid's Pre-Root. Don't Quote Me Yet.
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If anyone can verify this, I'll be on it this afternoon
That's what I did. I updated to the official gingerbread then sbf back to 2.2 and updated using p3droids pre rooted zip
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chewybang said:
If anyone can verify this, I'll be on it this afternoon
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Yes, it's true. You can update to 2.3, then SBF back to Froyo 2.2. Then grab P3's Pre-Root 2.3 GB update, and flash it. Follow these instructions.
Don't hold me to it, but you can probably use P3's to go straight from 2.2 to 2.3, without updating first, then SBF'ing back to Froyo. I could be wrong though, and I'm not responsible.
There may be an apk responsible for this. I'm not sure, but could FOTA.apk be Forced OTA? I haven't tried freezing this, but is someone willing to try?
I don't think that's it.
I just froze "Updater 2.2.2" using Titanium Backup and restarted the phone...I don't see a popup anymore. Hopefully that stops the OTA until I can install it and root.
I have the phone setup just the way I want it right now...I doubt the 2.33 would make any much of a difference.
Here is what you do...
.sbf back to 2.2.2
boot up and re-setup the phone (*228)
use gingerbreak to root it
install the recovery app
download p3's update.zip and place it in the root of your sdcard-ext
boot to recovery and hit the sdcard:update.zip option
There are more detailed instructions in this subforum if you look.
SwiftLegend said:
Yes, it's true. You can update to 2.3, then SBF back to Froyo 2.2. Then grab P3's Pre-Root 2.3 GB update, and flash it. Follow these instructions.
Don't hold me to it, but you can probably use P3's to go straight from 2.2 to 2.3, without updating first, then SBF'ing back to Froyo. I could be wrong though, and I'm not responsible.
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I never let the ota install. but I did have to sbf my deodexed and deblurred 2.2 back to stock, install p3droids prerooted 2.3 then deodex and deblur it.
made a huge difference for me. text entry improvements alone are worth the hassle!
Cheapxj said:
I never let the ota install. but I did have to sbf my deodexed and deblurred 2.2 back to stock, install p3droids prerooted 2.3 then deodex and deblur it.
made a huge difference for me. text entry improvements alone are worth the hassle!
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What changed with text entry if you don't mind me asking?
ls5454ss said:
What changed with text entry if you don't mind me asking?
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You can long press letters to bring up other options instead of constantly switching keyboard modes
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So I guess to answer the original question there is no root without sbf back to stock and flashing the pre rooted version. correct ???
dx2maniac said:
So I guess to answer the original question there is no root without sbf back to stock and flashing the pre rooted version. correct ???
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Correct
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Edit: disregard my post please.
guess I get to try a ROM now
Im not sure if I should post this here, but I will go ahead and try. Im on stock GB and was just wondering how I can apply the Eclipse rom? Like how to even root, Im a noob so I might need some help haha.
this should help http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1193818
Sorry Im confused. To do so we have to go back to froyo?
Dustinsk said:
Sorry Im confused. To do so we have to go back to froyo?
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Yep. It is apparently the only way right now.
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Dang! Okay so just follow all those instructions... I know its early but of the FEW roms available, do you guys like eclipse the best??
seems like a lot of work lolol...
You do not have to go back to froyo. As a matter of speaking, it will not work if you go all the way back to froyo because you still need a gb kernel.
Never mind. I'm wrong for not reading. I didn't realize that you were on stock gb. With stock gb, yes you need to go back.
Once you are on rooted GB, you can use the bootstrap recovery to flash any of the custom roms available for GB without going back to froyo every time. The real chore is getting rooted.
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Sweet so we can always switch roms! nice, dang, I wish I could have someone root my phone lol
Okay, so here is basically what you need to do.
1. sbf back to froyo
2. Go find the link to p3droid's pre-rooted gb update.
3. Install bootstrap for your phone.
4. Find your rom that's right for you.
5. Use bootstrap.
6. ???
7. Profit!
Hope this helps
Sent with pre-rooted gb, and swype 3.0 both of which are awesome and sexy.
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Can I do all this on a Mac??
Ihatepullups said:
Okay, so here is basically what you need to do.
1. sbf back to froyo
2. Go find the link to p3droid's pre-rooted gb update.
3. Install bootstrap for your phone.
4. Find your rom that's right for you.
5. Use bootstrap.
6. ???
7. Profit!
Hope this helps
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What do you mean by bootstrap. When I first rooted I had an app that let me boot into recovery. Is that bootstrap? If so once i updated to p3's gb I don't see that app anymore. This is probably a really lame issue, but some clarification would be greatly appreciated!
Once on p3's GB, reinstall the bootstrap recovery app, and use it to flash the eclipse rom.
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Once on p3's GB, reinstall the bootstrap recovery app, and use it to flash the eclipse rom.
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What he said. reinstall the system recovery apk.
I don't know if you can do it on a mac, because I don't have one, but I'm almost positive that android sdk works on mac, so I want to day that you probably can. In addition, I wanted to post a link to a helpful thread on sbf to froyo: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1193818
UPDATED - [HOW-TO] SBF back to stock Froyo, Update to P3Droids Pre-Rooted GB Update
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Hey guys. I ended up doing it on my pc however rsd lite wont find my phone...? Any suggestions? I also did the updated version where you plug in the usb to the back of the comp, so maybe its my comp blocking something? Ill try to do it on the mac
Make sure you downloaded and installed the drivers for your phone
X2RGB
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Hey guys. I ended up doing it on my pc however rsd lite wont find my phone...? Any suggestions? I also did the updated version where you plug in the usb to the back of the comp, so maybe its my comp blocking something? Ill try to do it on the mac
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Run rsdlite as administrator maybe that will work
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Im running as owner. I think Ill try my other PC before I do anything else.
Nvmd. I made a rookie mistake. I thought that the driver had installed but instead it installed both the 32 and 64 bit which was screwing me up...Got it! Thanks K33pw1shen and Tim. Now, my next question. I know v2 of eclipse is coming out anytime now, should I wait til v2 or is it easy to dwnld v1 and upgrade to v2?
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Im running as owner. I think Ill try my other PC before I do anything else.
Nvmd. I made a rookie mistake. I thought that the driver had installed but instead it installed both the 32 and 64 bit which was screwing me up...Got it! Thanks K33pw1shen and Tim. Now, my next question. I know v2 of eclipse is coming out anytime now, should I wait til v2 or is it easy to dwnld v1 and upgrade to v2?
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Its actually v0.2 its still very early build, though its by a good dev you may still have issues, recommend waiting for a while for later build unless you're an advanced user
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Okay. So Ill just dwld the first version.. Thanks, Ill post up help if I need some!
I HAVE ANDROID 2.2 VERSION 1.83 IN MY ATT ATRIX AND I CANT ISTALL NON MARKET APPS I SAW THIS http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1017373
BUT IN THIS THREAD THE LINK IS BROKEN AND I DONT KNOW WHAT TO DO?
There is a Gingerbreak for froyo. Worked great for me. Do some Google searching make sure you use the one for froyo not gingerbread
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phalanx7621 said:
there is a gingerbreak for froyo. Worked great for me. Do some google searching make sure you use the one for froyo not gingerbread
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i dont understand what you say?
I need a way that works to download non market apps
Settings>Application Settings>Check the ticker for 'Unknown Sources'
I'm not sure if that's what you're talking about though.
Upgrade to Ginger bread
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bconcio said:
settings>application settings>check the ticker for 'unknown sources'
I'm not sure if that's what you're talking about though.
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i dont have that option on my device.
michaelatrix said:
upgrade to ginger bread
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my phone is already unlocked and rooted and still icant get non market apps to work.
Someone has a good way to do that?
yesss i finaly secseeded to use the GladEnabler !!
Can i UPLOAD THE "GladEnable" FILE SO EVERYONE CAN USE IT ?
femenen said:
yesss i finaly secseeded to use the GladEnabler !!
Can i UPLOAD THE "GladEnable" FILE SO EVERYONE CAN USE IT ?
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It's already on these forums. It was used when our phones were on 2.2.
As most users are now on 2.3 we no longer use it often. The option to allow non-market installs was implemented in the official 2.3 roms as well as all custom roms.
Why not go ahead and update to Gingerbread? It is much more configurable and that is the "current" version most folks are supporting and working with.
Hello all, I hope this is the right place to ask this, but I recently crossed over to Android devices from BB so I'm still trying to figure out my way around things. Today I flashed ICS Android version 4.0.3, kernel version 3.0.8-perf-i717uclc5-cl281649 and build number iml74k.144 onto my Note and the installation went fine, had no problems at all, but now I can't install apps from my web browser(Chrome) onto my Note like I could before the flash. USB debugging is on.
Is this something that I may have done wrong? Any help would be much appreciated.
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Hello all, I hope this is the right place to ask this, but I recently crossed over to Android devices from BB so I'm still trying to figure out my way around things. Today I flashed ICS Android version 4.0.3, kernel version 3.0.8-perf-i717uclc5-cl281649 and build number iml74k.144 onto my Note and the installation went fine, had no problems at all, but now I can't install apps from my web browser(Chrome) onto my Note like I could before the flash. USB debugging is on.
Is this something that I may have done wrong? Any help would be much appreciated.
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U should back them up with titanium backup i personally would use android 4.0.4
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What rom u on?
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JB calhoun said:
What rom u on?
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To be honest, I really don't know, like I said I'm coming from BB and still trying to figure everything out. Here's the link that I downloaded the ROM from:
rootzwiki.com/topic/22134-sgh-i717uclc5-ice-cream-sandwich
If anyone has a link to a better ROM, I'm definitely open to try them out. I would just like to know how to fix the problem of not being able to install apps from the Play Store from my web browser.
You can't install apps using Chrome browser from your PC ?
Why not use the Market (play store) app that's already on your phone? You have to have a Gmail account set up on your phone to access the market.
rangercaptain said:
You can't install apps using Chrome browser from your PC ?
Why not use the Market (play store) app that's already on your phone? You have to have a Gmail account set up on your phone to access the market.
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I've been using the app that's on my phone but EVERYTHING on my phone got wiped and it's a bit easier to multi-task on a computer than it is a phone, so it's more about comfort ability at the moment, but this is just one issue arising, how many other, and potentially more serious issues are going to arise?
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I've been using the app that's on my phone but EVERYTHING on my phone got wiped and it's a bit easier to multi-task on a computer than it is a phone, so it's more about comfort ability at the moment, but this is just one issue arising, how many other, and potentially more serious issues are going to arise?
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This is not an issue... use the play market to get your apps.. not a PC... because you obviously don't know how.... what you explained is NOT an issue, its the wrong approach. Your fist mistake was downloading a rom from root wiki.. flash my rom.. Seraphim-Mesosphere, and be happy...
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dman3285 said:
This is not an issue... use the play market to get your apps.. not a PC... because you obviously don't know how.... what you explained is NOT an issue, its the wrong approach. Your fist mistake was downloading a rom from root wiki.. flash my rom.. Seraphim-Mesosphere, and be happy...
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Do as he says you will be like a child when Christmas morning comes
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dman3285 said:
This is not an issue... use the play market to get your apps.. not a PC... because you obviously don't know how.... what you explained is NOT an issue, its the wrong approach. Your fist mistake was downloading a rom from root wiki.. flash my rom.. Seraphim-Mesosphere, and be happy...
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I've been using my browser to install apps on my phone since I got, it's just started having this issue since I flashed an ICS rom, so it's not that I don't know how to do it, because I do, this is an issue with the rom.
But I will take your advice instead of try to argue with you, can you link me to your rom?
droid_noob1 said:
I've been using my browser to install apps on my phone since I got, it's just started having this issue since I flashed an ICS rom, so it's not that I don't know how to do it, because I do, this is an issue with the rom.
But I will take your advice instead of try to argue with you, can you link me to your rom?
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The ROM you flashed is a very outdated leak that was known to be riddled with bugs and performance issues.
Go to the development page to check out the latest and greatest ROMS
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1496
Seraphim can also be found here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1602632
Izzue said:
The ROM you flashed is a very outdated leak that was known to be riddled with bugs and performance issues.
Go to the development page to check out the latest and greatest ROMS
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1496
Seraphim can also be found here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1602632
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Thank you very much.
droid_noob1 said:
I've been using my browser to install apps on my phone since I got, it's just started having this issue since I flashed an ICS rom, so it's not that I don't know how to do it, because I do, this is an issue with the rom.
But I will take your advice instead of try to argue with you, can you link me to your rom?
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Man dman is an elite developer...do like he tells u man and u will be fine u should feel lucky he even reslonded....use the play store to get ur apps...go to settings about phone to see what ur on...then if ur not rooted do that then install mesosphere remix cm9 and watch ur self fall in love with ur phone all over again
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Hello all, I hope this is the right place to ask this, but I recently crossed over to Android devices from BB so I'm still trying to figure out my way around things. Today I flashed ICS Android version 4.0.3, kernel version 3.0.8-perf-i717uclc5-cl281649 and build number iml74k.144 onto my Note and the installation went fine, had no problems at all, but now I can't install apps from my web browser(Chrome) onto my Note like I could before the flash. USB debugging is on.
Is this something that I may have done wrong? Any help would be much appreciated.
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Dl apps via browser is not the way to go ne way idk who told u that...unlike BB we have our own play store with 175,000 plus apps
Edit..,dl titanium backup and superuser first thing!!
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So I downloaded the Seraphim First Flight, but I have no idea how to flash it onto my device, I'm assuming you can't do it through Odin?
You better stop! There are so many instructions about rom flashing. Study up!
You can ruin your phone with the click of a button. You sound close to it.
It's really not that hard...
0. Download Rom of your choice to somewhere on your external SD card.
1. Use Odin to flash the latest version of i717 ClockWorkMod Recovery (aka "CWM" )
2. Boot into CWM (use 3-finger salute method to boot into recovery).
3. Clear cache/factory reset
4. Install Rom of your choice that you had saved to your external SD card.
5. Reboot and enjoy .
But yeah, if any/all of the above confuses you, then you REALLY need to spend many hours reading before you go any further.
As for roms, I recommend dman's (as already mentioned) or ICS Perfection -- both have lots of active support...
Good luck.
+1 listen to dman he is D-MAN. you cant go wrong with anything made by THE COLLECTIVE...... any Collective rom will set you straight, just read all instructables .
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So I downloaded the Seraphim First Flight, but I have no idea how to flash it onto my device, I'm assuming you can't do it through Odin?
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Dl the one on top...mesosphere its the newest leak..
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droid_noob1 said:
Hello all, I hope this is the right place to ask this, but I recently crossed over to Android devices from BB so I'm still trying to figure out my way around things. Today I flashed ICS Android version 4.0.3, kernel version 3.0.8-perf-i717uclc5-cl281649 and build number iml74k.144 onto my Note and the installation went fine, had no problems at all, but now I can't install apps from my web browser(Chrome) onto my Note like I could before the flash. USB debugging is on.
Is this something that I may have done wrong? Any help would be much appreciated.
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Him mentioning USB debugging immediately made me think he was speaking about side loading APKs.
If you're trying to install apps downloaded from sources other than the market, for future reference, you must check the "unknown sources" box under settings>security.
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droid_noob1 said:
So I downloaded the Seraphim First Flight, but I have no idea how to flash it onto my device, I'm assuming you can't do it through Odin?
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no u flash through cwm..make sure u factory reset and wipe both caches...and sometimes u need to fix permissions