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I'm new too the whole rooting deal, but I know I want to. I already downloaded the one touch program or whatever it is. I was really just wandering about overclocking my cpu.
I've read that I will need to install a new kernel but I don't know which one. I just don't want it to change the look or operation of my phone. I like the touchwiz and everything,i just want to speed it up. Does any one know what I should do?
Also if I root will I be able to do the 2.2 update when it comes out?
Thanks for any help I can get.
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As a newb myself let me try and help. First off take some time and do alot of research on rooting, flashing roms and kernals. Read, read and read. There is alot of info here. It is possible to mess your phone up if you dont know what your doing. Now thay being said...... Using ryanza root plus lag fix is probably the easiest way to root. If your hard ware locked,well thats another story. And if you want to overclock you will need a custom kernal, remember what I said about reading. Now depending on the kernal you may or may not be able to get the 2.2 when it rolls out. Just take some time and educate yourself, and for goodness sake please make nandroid before you do anything drastic.
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Like greggory said, you should check to see if you are hardware locked (cannot access download and recovery modes).
To check:
1 turn off your phone
2 Hold volume + and - and power buttons
3 Keep holding until you see the vibrant screen pop up a second time. Now release ONLY the power button, still holding volume + and -.
4 Keep holding volume buttons until you get to the recovery screen. Then release.
If your phone continues to boot normally, you are hardware locked.
If you are locked, go to the Bible thread and scroll until you see the hardware locked fix. Follow the directions there.
The Bible thread should have everything you need to know about modding your phone.
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Thanks alot, I will check out the bible.
And good news for me, my phone is not hardware locked.
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Thats good its not locked. The bible is a great tool for info. I also read some of the post by bionix , involving custom roms. Check out there website. teamwhiskey.com. Just be sure you make a backup thru rom manager in case you mess something up. This is a awesome forum with alot of knowledgable people. Unfortunately Im not one of them....
Strange.. are only a select unfortunate few vibrants hardware locked?
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JJG2 said:
Strange.. are only a select unfortunate few vibrants hardware locked?
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yea mine is, bummer aint it...i guess QA and QC at Samsung are big slackers or playing loads of pranks...I happen to be one of unlucky suckers...
Have you gotten thr JI6 update yet? It fixed my hw lock issue?
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It looks like JAC's OC/UV kernel would be the best for overclocking. Does that sound like a good assumption?
Would that change the way phone looks or functions, in terms of regular use like touch wiz?
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Psyphin-X said:
It looks like JAC's OC/UV kernel would be the best for overclocking. Does that sound like a good assumption?
Would that change the way phone looks or functions, in terms of regular use like touch wiz?
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I like the JAC kernel and no, it won't change anything about the way your phone looks. It'll just run faster
Great. Would you suggest the regular kernel or the voodoo one?
And thanks again for all the help.
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I'm still learning too, although I know I'll never really dip into programming. I use Bionix 1.9 with Jac's kernal. I did have a problem with Pandora and the media player shutting off, but after adjusting the min mhz to 400, it hasn't frozen yet. I love this stuff. I just wish I could get an asnwer on how to flash some of the mods in the other forum like the clear notification bar. I posted in Q&A and never got a response. Too bad. I can't contribute, but I would still like to learn.....
So you haven't had any of the lag problems?
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Ok, I guess I'm going with bionix 1.9 with JAC OC/UV voodoo. That sounds like a good tried and tested way to go.
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What is the difference between bionix 1.9 w/Jac's OC/UV kernel 1.1 and bionix 1.9 w/Jac's OC/UV/Voodoo kernel 1.1?
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The voodoo kernel has the voodoo lag fix already in it. If im not mistaken.
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Alright. Now I think I'm going to use bionix fusion 1.1. Do I need to flash that before or after JAC's voodoo kernel?
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so the stock kernel isn't that good?
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From what I've read the voodoo kernel just has the added lag fix to speed up your phone more.
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So is there any order to needing to flash bionix fusion and JACs OC/UV Voodoo?
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Just odined back to jfd, rooted and used oclf lagfix. Question is can I flash from this point or do I need to remove lagfix?
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Remove lagfix.
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Thanks a million. I thought so but needed to be sure. P.s. I'm about to flash my FIRST custom rom any pointers.
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The two top dogs around here imo are bionex or axura. Each have their own pros and cons (barely cons). I'm personal to Axura myself, although im still on nero v5. Been getting tired of redoing my homescreens over and over again. I suggest going into the release threads, found in developmet forum, for the respective roms and taking a look at screen shots and youtube search video reviews.
You really cant go wrong either way. Check out the rom bible thread for more awesome roms.
I would defantly stick with the Auxura rom or Som's Bionex rom, Ive bounced between the two, Each rom has it's own feel, while Axura's roms are ultra fast, The Bionex rom has more Gingerbread feel and smoothness, Make your own decesion, but as the previous poster said you can't go wrong with either of them.
Just a word of advice, get in the habbit of disabling Voodoo each time you flash, I made the mistake once and ended up softbricking the phone and it was a nightmare for me getting it back to stock via ODIN.
Good Luck
Actually, if you already have voodoo installed and the rom you're flashing to also has it, you don't need to disable it. I speak from experience
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Actually, if you already have voodoo installed and the rom you're flashing to also has it, you don't need to disable it. I speak from experience
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This is true, but new. It has only been that way for a little while. Also it ONLY is true if you are going from Voodoo 5 to Voodoo 5 (meaning the one that has the RED recovery).
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Actually, if you already have voodoo installed and the rom you're flashing to also has it, you don't need to disable it. I speak from experience
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Thought, OCLF was ext2 and Voodoo was Ext4 wouldnt that cause problems...
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Thought, OCLF was ext2 and Voodoo was Ext4 wouldnt that cause problems...
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Yes. Yes it would. Read the post right above yours where I said (emphasis added):
T313C0mun1s7 said:
This is true, but new. It has only been that way for a little while. Also it ONLY is true if you are going from Voodoo 5 to Voodoo 5 (meaning the one that has the RED recovery).
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I used the search and couldn't find a clear answer to my question which is why I decided to ask. If the vibrant is updated to official 2.2 is it safe to just use odin to go back to official 2.1 or not? I am wondering this because I'm thinking of getting an extra vibrant of of ebay but most have already been updated to 2.2 which requires a different method to achieve root access and since I have all the necessary files for rooting and moding from 2.1 I just wanted to know.
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i dont see why not...
Yes, you can odin back to stock from any ver. That is actually what everyone does when they run into trouble in order to start over and fresh. Also, you can easily root 2.2 now, you don't have to waste 15-20 min.
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Yes, you can odin back to stock from any ver. That is actually what everyone does when they run into trouble in order to start over and fresh. Also, you can easily root 2.2 now, you don't have to waste 15-20 min.
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I've been searching threads for rooting 2.2 but haven't found one as simple as the update.zip file I used to root my vibrant and family members vibrants as well. Could you at least give me the name of the app or link to the thread you are referring to? That would be very much appreciated. But if I do get a used phone I think using Odin to get back to ji6 at least would be a good thing to do anyway since you never know what could have been done to the phone by prior users. I haven't searched for odin files for 2.2, but if they are available and rooting it is as simple as you say I guess that would be an option as well.
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Here you go:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=803682
Worked every time for me.
I used the same as posted above by roumenjr. Worked like a charm.
Cool , thanks for the info!
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aha don't forget to disable voodoo
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aha don't forget to disable voodoo
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Good point I'll have to check for that incase it's been installed.
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If it has been installed than the phone is most likely rooted already.
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If it has been installed than the phone is most likely rooted already.
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Hahaha really good point! Duh
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Hey folks,
I put this together earlier. Seems to work ok. Fully bloated, but deodexed and zpaligned ED01.
It contains busybox, and has been rooted.
Does not contain recovery, kernel, or radio. Those you must supply. Chances are, EC01 radio works just as well as the ED01 radio.
Ammend only at this time! This means use CWR 2.5.x.
http://adrynalyne.grdlock.net/bamf/roms/ed01_stock.zip
This one is a bit better. Once again, no recovery, kernel, or radio.
Debloated/Debinged (even browser and long press search)/Deodexed/Zipaligned/latest Maps, Gmail, Market, Voice Search. HAS NOT BEEN TESTED YET.
http://www.multiupload.com/BKHF5DKJ18
You work fast. Thanks a bunch.
Downloading debloated version now... I will test it and let you know if any issues come up... fyi, I'm running jt's latest voodoo kernel and (obviously) EC01 radio... thanks for your hard work
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What would be the best way to go about rooting the OTA that I accepted? Lol
Initial boot good (wiped Davlik and cache, but not data), launched XDA premium 1.1 no problem, let's see how it does with Nitro's Honeycomb theme with the transparent dialer and the themed keyboard ...
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Debloated version installed, theme over it. Good stuff.
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What would be the best way to go about rooting the OTA that I accepted? Lol
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Personally I like using the ADB method
What OTA did you accept?
Links removed: I just saw that ED01 OTA is being pushed out. I'd wait until someone more knowledgeable comes along or try posting this in one of the ED01 threads that are popping up quickly.
Nitro's honeycomb theme works as well... so far so good...
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F*ck adrynalyne beat me to this.... lol. Can I add to this and repost it with things I add? Namely malware protection and other things? I'm also going to make it edify scripting so it works with cwm. 3
Anybody else on this rom getting asked to install an update?
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absens said:
Anybody else on this rom getting asked to install an update?
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Yes
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F*ck adrynalyne beat me to this.... lol. Can I add to this and repost it with things I add? Namely malware protection and other things? I'm also going to make it edify scripting so it works with cwm. 3
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Just two weeks ago you were asking for all in one guides and now you are wanting to release a rom?
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Just two weeks ago you were asking for all in one guides and now you are wanting to release a rom?
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Its not as hard as I thought it was, it just comes down to the updater-script that I mess up on.
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Right on, guess you gotta start somewhere, if you can do it without causing bricks then by all means.
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Its not as hard as I thought it was, it just comes down to the updater-script that I mess up on.
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Hi adrynalyne,
Can you share what are kind of ROM, recovery, kernel, and radio you using on your phone? And the link to download them.
Thanks
Debloated/debinged with a touch of blur. Great job man. Really appreciate all the work you put into our phone.
Currently running EB01 stock, EC10 voodoo, and EC01 radio.
Can i just flash this rom after wiping cache & dalvik? or do I need to turn off voodoo, etc? Rom doesn't contain kernel, etc so I think I'd be ok?
hhmmmm shuold i do an ota then this? to get the readio and kernals?
doe sit block the tether tracker?
reisb said:
Currently running EB01 stock, EC10 voodoo, and EC01 radio.
Can i just flash this rom after wiping cache & dalvik? or do I need to turn off voodoo, etc? Rom doesn't contain kernel, etc so I think I'd be ok?
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I only wiped dalvik and cache. Flashed over EC01 rom and radio with voodoo kernel. Not a single problem.
Is there a benefit to the new radio? If not I will just hang tight for the community project.
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I'm trying to use ryanza lag fix but idk how to do it with only my phone, and I even downloaded the update zip that it said to apply but it says installation aborted? How do you fix this?
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*raises eyebrow* What rom are you running?
Chimera 2.2
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Are you talking about the old One Click Lagfix? I don't think you need to worry about that nowadays in your ICS ROMs, let alone those old fixes even working. I could be wrong, but the lag fixes I know about (voodoo and OCL) just changed file systems from RFS to EXT, and you don't have that problem with ICS ROMS.
PS supercurio's voodoo lagfix is better if you ever go back to Froyo, and almost every custom ROM you see will have a kernel that has it enabled by default.
He's talking about this
RyanZA's lag fix: will it work on the vibrant? **UPDATE**
I don't use it or know anything about it. When I'm on 2.2/2.3, is always use Voodoo.
Yea man, I've honestly never heard of RyanZa's lagfix lol I had to look it up also, and it seems rather....antiquated if you ask me lol
As Wood mentioned, most Froyo and GB roms run with voodoo already enabled, so you don't need to worry about running a lagfix or anything.
I'm not entirely sure about ICS roms, however I can tell you that you most certainly do not want this RyanZa thing.
I remember using oclf at the early time if the vibrant. I only used it back on rooted stock 2.1 though. After that it was voodoo. Voodoo is twice as fast anyways. Regardless I think it was only for samsung roms, not aosp based. Isn't voodoo the same way?
The last time I used it was on the onyx and obsidian roms, back when voodoo caused soft bricks if it want disabled between flashing. Once that got fixed oclf seemed to have gotten abandoned.
Wasn't this method outdated after eclair? I remember using it when the Vibrant first came out but not since.
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Wasn't this method outdated after eclair? I remember using it when the Vibrant first came out but not since.
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Yea its been out date for a long while xD
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iKoolkid said:
I'm trying to use ryanza lag fix but idk how to do it with only my phone, and I even downloaded the update zip that it said to apply but it says installation aborted? How do you fix this?
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chimera 2.2 should have very little if any lag. also, don't use ryanza lag fix; i think that only works on eclair. it will mess up your phone. you might as well flash jellybro with devil kernal