Hi,
I am currently using a Vibrant USA and I am running Bi-Winning v3 with the bullet kernel1.48ghz but i keep it at 1.27 max when I'm using it for most applications. I have been getting about a full 12 hour day out of a single charge while using Juice Defender ultimate.
First and Foremost I apologize if this question has been answered already, I did use all of the search tools described in the noob video
I have no complaints about Bi-Winning, I came from project-V and I have found both roms great and beautifully designed (with the trigger theme)
For my computer I am using a 27" Imac 2010 (osx 10.6.5 with current update) model with 8 gigs of ram and a core i7 processor. I recently found a program called the Winebottler. I was able to use this program to turn Odin into an Application that Mac osx can run. I am very intriuged by MIUI and CM7 as well as other roms such as Revolution rc1 however without knowing that odin will run properly I cannot try them. If odin messes up my phone install because Im not on windows then I could have corupt files that I could for that same reson not fix via Odin.
I was wondering if anyone has both operating systems or is a mac user with expierience in this issue. I have tried everything I have seen in other XDA formums telling me to use something like bootcamp or a disk partition (on my mac for dual os) but after several attempts I have not been able to get it to work at all. I would really appreciate any replies that might help me.
I was also wondering if the advantages in 2.3 would be noticable to someone who uses the phone for calls,sms,web browsing,video playback, verry little gaming(ocassional basic game like paper toss). I was also wondering if any of the 2.3 roms were fully working for everything but gps as I have a garmin for that.
One more thing, I once tried using rom manager to download and run miui 1.6.10 from project v but it gave me a hardware lock/rebootcycle wouldnt pass the vibrant samsung screen and no recovery or download mode was available. I know that It was totally my bad but that is my one expierience with flashing non edt roms.
have you tried heimdall it is a less buggy odin and it is for mac too...here is the link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=755265
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Yes, try Heimdall. I think it's the only native app that will work on OSX. I use it when I'm booted into Linux too.
Thank you
Thank you for the very quick response, I am installing Heimdall as we speak Hopefully i'll be on gingerbread by morning
just be sure to follow all the instructions properly on any 2.3.4 install and you should have no need for heim/odin. of course theres always a chance of a random error. but once you get the cm7 initial kernel flashed youcan factory reset reflash from that. haven't had to odin back to stock and i've flashed cm7/miui and even tried the honeycomb 3.0 alpha rom. that was interesting. just take your time play it safe and go slow
as far as benefits go the aethetics alone to Me are worth the update to gingerbread. though i'm a pretty devout Miui fan the theming engine is gorgeous and the styles are slick.
Stability wise miui is good.
CM7 is... getting better
the Sgs II clone roms all feel solid and fast
and simply Honey is one many would swear by though i personally have yet to try it (really stuck on miui lol)
my recommendation get a few, try miui, simply honey and the sgs II clone (CM7 while awesome is still far from an excellent daily driver IMO) just flash one give it a whirl, titanium backup all your apps (not data) enter recovery factory reset, format system, cache, data, and datadata and flash the next one (fix permissions), rinse repeat till you find the one for you. No need to odin inbetween flashes. also rom manager when you enter it before using it to fix permissions set it up as 3.x to follow with teh version of clockwork recovery your using.
Simply Honey
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1021383
Miui
OC - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1099533
Standard - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1123922
SGS II Clones (take your pick both have excellent ratings)
Hybrid - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1124734
Revolution - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1131782
Bootloaders (careful with these read ALL fine print)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1117990
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I am running Trigger 3.0.1 and I have noticed my Vibrant has become more and more buggy. It will exit out of the dialer until rebooted. Youtube will not play videos sometimes until the device is rebooted. It has had issues of becoming very hot with use especially if using it while charging. It does not recognize its internal or external storage. Wifi has stopped working (fixed by using wifi fixer). My computer did not recognize it all but eventually it (Windows 7) recognizes it but only as a cd rom with no other access to the device. I'm rom rich but functioning poor. Thanks in advance.
Odin, flash trigger, start configuring again.
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Odin doesn't recognize it.
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1st step: Get the latest Samsung Windows 7 drivers. Can find a link to them through the Vibrant Bible.
2nd step: I've never used Trigger myself, but if it's causing you this many problems I'd switch to a different, more stable ROM. If you can't do it through recovery, ODIN back to stock first (assuming step one fixed that problem) and go from there. I'd recommend MIUI if you want a unique smartphone experience, or the Froyo version of Zendroid if you want a hassle free experience.
I updated the driver. No dice.
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kaintfm said:
1st step: Get the latest Samsung Windows 7 drivers. Can find a link to them through the Vibrant Bible.
2nd step: I've never used Trigger myself, but if it's causing you this many problems I'd switch to a different, more stable ROM. If you can't do it through recovery, ODIN back to stock first (assuming step one fixed that problem) and go from there. I'd recommend MIUI if you want a unique smartphone experience, or the Froyo version of Zendroid if you want a hassle free experience.
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Heimdall did not work either do to a bad midsum.
Sorry tried a few different roms and coming to wits end
Just wondering which of these is a good stable rom
Tried most recently cm7 and miui the ran good but GPS was wonky at best
Always had to reboot to use
Just wondering what would be a good rom with decent performance that GPS works with.
TheArtiszan said:
Sorry tried a few different roms and coming to wits end
Just wondering which of these is a good stable rom
Tried most recently cm7 and miui the ran good but GPS was wonky at best
Always had to reboot to use
Just wondering what would be a good rom with decent performance that GPS works with.
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I think GPS works in Bionix, it is a 2.2 rom by team whiskey. I have never tried it.
I was using cm7 and miui, I liked both, smooth and fast, but minor issues like constant reboot required to get GPS to work. So I'm back on stock deodexed/rooted kb5. GPS works ok, but definitely better than on GB.
TheArtiszan said:
Sorry tried a few different roms and coming to wits end
Just wondering which of these is a good stable rom
Tried most recently cm7 and miui the ran good but GPS was wonky at best
Always had to reboot to use
Just wondering what would be a good rom with decent performance that GPS works with.
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In my opinion it doesn't get any better than TeamWhiskey Bionix-v 1.3.1 with Tigers BLood Kernel.
I'm running that. TeamWhiskey has never failed me.
i was on RevolutionRom JVP (gingerbread) with clockworkmod recovery, and i TI Backup'd.... manually wiped data, cache, dalvik, and then installed the simply honey zip file from recovery, and it wiped for me automatically (which was expected) and now during its boot screen where it says "powered bay talon sh kernel", the phone simply goes into a bootloop.
so now my question is, how do i go back to bionix-v (froyo) from the gingerbreaded bootloop? would i have to odin back to stock or something?
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i was on RevolutionRom JVP (gingerbread) with clockworkmod recovery, and i TI Backup'd.... manually wiped data, cache, dalvik, and then installed the simply honey zip file from recovery, and it wiped for me automatically (which was expected) and now during its boot screen where it says "powered bay talon sh kernel", the phone simply goes into a bootloop.
so now my question is, how do i go back to bionix-v (froyo) from the gingerbreaded bootloop? would i have to odin back to stock or something?
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If you didn't apply the Gingerbread bootloaders i think you can just ODIN to stock then flash. If you did to the Gingerbread bootloaders I think you have to ODIN the froyo bootloaders then Odin to stock.
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If you didn't apply the Gingerbread bootloaders i think you can just ODIN to stock then flash. If you did to the Gingerbread bootloaders I think you have to ODIN the froyo bootloaders then Odin to stock.
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NO GB bootloaders are backwards compatible. No need to flash froyo bootloaders.
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it really depends on you. im on miui right now because i cant go without gingerbread, but i also liked bionix. it was extremely stable
ya, it's... im also on MIUI, as 2.3 is the only os with proper copy past.... its just hard to get past the hacked drivers....
as far as the gps, i picked up a bt-gps brick that gets 1m accuracy, i can sit up in the window and works great... cost me $20.
I am writing to report that I am having trouble with the jockersax 3.3 beta. This is the first time that I have had a problem loading either one of the jockersax
CM 9 roms I hope this is of help. What I had to do was flash it twice going through fastboot into Android Recovery.
Any other ROMs tested after you failed with 3.3?
I'm starting to wonder if it's possible to burn out flash memory used for ROM.
My own Atrix works pretty well with 3.3.
I'd like to know how many times it's safe to flash a new ROM with respect to memory life?
flashed it once
flashed ver 0.3.3 only once and flashed gapps no issue.
even flashed 1.45 kernel
in the past had alternated between cm7 & cm9 without any issues. haven't gone back to CM7 ever since jokersax released 0.3
I have been using both turl's and jockersax's Kanged CM9s both work well but I have not been able to get the video to work which I use at times where I work. As I posted flashing jockersax 3.3 beta was the first time I had any issues with flashing a rom on my Atrix 4G, but it was a good learning experience as I learned how to use fastboot to navigate into Clockworkmod Recovery. Second on the issue of life span for memory I belive that pc solid state drives are supposed to be able to do over a hundred thousand rewrites so I would guess that you would buy a new phone before the memory was degraded. One thing I don't understand is why everything is not on removable media that way if you had a problem you could just flash onto a new chip and install, that is how the Raspberry Pi is and I don't see why it could not work for phones. But the truth is probable that it would work but then the "Providers" would have less control over us.
Hello everyone. It's been a year since I last came to this site. This is where I got all my info on rooting. I'm somewhat embarrassed to say I'm still running my Gnote on 2.3.6 GB, baseband I717UCLA1, Saurom.
Recently my Gnote has become incredibly slow. More force closed now than ever before. Battery life is next to nothing. A full charge will last me 4hrs...yes 4 hours with fulltime use (txting, calling, browsing, watching videos and playing games). It will last me about 10hrs if I don't do a damn thing on it except maybe check an email, a txt or the time.
I've come back to get info on upgrading to ICS or Jellybean. My question is, have I basically done the hard part already (rooting) and just need to download a correct ROM and flash away, is that correct? Or do I need to take additional steps?
My other question is, in your opinion what's the most popular ROM for the Gnote 1 out right now. I'm way out of of the loop and I'm catching up on my reading.
Thanks and it's good to be back to this site. Hopefully I'll stick around more often this time around.
wow a year?
surprised nobody else chimed in, but I think I can get you in the right direction. with a few questions for ya, I think you will be on your way. I am reasonably new to the Note, but not to rooting or flashing. yes, I have rooted Note and flashed rom's.
1.did you root a year ago or just now? not sure if it will work rooted, but Samsung should be able to get you upgraded STOCK ICS very easily. the only reason I say that is I have not seen that modem before.
2. are you wanting to stay stock or flash custom? the Samsung upgrade is going to only take you to ICS. if you want JB, you need custom rom. pretty sure you know some of this. either way I believe, even if you want JB, you need ICS first. again, I think modem is going to be issue.
3. (not a question) in any of these issues, I, myself always believe that returning to stock is the safe bet. then start from there. there are people here with more experience that may tell you you don't need to. I need that confidence and fresh start to know nothing is tainting my process, then I have to start over anyway, but that's just me.
I will, as others will, always direct someone to the "Super Everything Thread". ALL questions can be answered there. no matter which you wish to do, its all there. from how to's to every flavor of rom.
I am sure no matter what you want to do it could involve using "Odin". which you may have done already. just check that everything is up to date.
same thing goes for a custom rom if you wish. its not that older roms aren't solid, but you may not have the support you may want or need.
and every phone is different I am sure you know. so what is great on one, is not on all. also some of newer roms (and not all are available here) work better with alternative kernals.
alternative kernals now CAN allow things such as overclocking or undervolting. these can be a fine line providing better or worse speeds and battery life. often sacrificing one for the other. don't play with it myself or need to right now.
*******again, "Super Everything Thread" and READ, READ, READ ******
hope I helped at least a little bit
BLASTphemus said:
Hello everyone. It's been a year since I last came to this site. This is where I got all my info on rooting. I'm somewhat embarrassed to say I'm still running my Gnote on 2.3.6 GB, baseband I717UCLA1, Saurom.
Recently my Gnote has become incredibly slow. More force closed now than ever before. Battery life is next to nothing. A full charge will last me 4hrs...yes 4 hours with fulltime use (txting, calling, browsing, watching videos and playing games). It will last me about 10hrs if I don't do a damn thing on it except maybe check an email, a txt or the time.
I've come back to get info on upgrading to ICS or Jellybean. My question is, have I basically done the hard part already (rooting) and just need to download a correct ROM and flash away, is that correct? Or do I need to take additional steps?
My other question is, in your opinion what's the most popular ROM for the Gnote 1 out right now. I'm way out of of the loop and I'm catching up on my reading.
Thanks and it's good to be back to this site. Hopefully I'll stick around more often this time around.
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Personally I would suggest updating to the stock ICS and the re-root from scratch and flash one of the more stable ICS Roms such as Padawan v8, it's really stable, fast and has some note 2 features, really nice rom, stable fast and smooth. If you're wanting a JellyBean rom, I suggest one of 2 roms out there. The UnOfficial RootBox which is what I am running now, really smooth fast, no FC's so far all going good on it for the past couple of days or the Sons OF Android rom build 4. All are really great. Padawan is the most stable and still keeps you Spen sensitivity and features. Flashing one of the JB Roms, you will lose Spen apps. Hope that helped
Demmonnixx said:
Personally I would suggest updating to the stock ICS and the re-root from scratch and flash one of the more stable ICS Roms such as Padawan v8, it's really stable, fast and has some note 2 features, really nice rom, stable fast and smooth. If you're wanting a JellyBean rom, I suggest one of 2 roms out there. The UnOfficial RootBox which is what I am running now, really smooth fast, no FC's so far all going good on it for the past couple of days or the Sons OF Android rom build 4. All are really great. Padawan is the most stable and still keeps you Spen sensitivity and features. Flashing one of the JB Roms, you will lose Spen apps. Hope that helped
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Ok, even though I'm already rooted. I can just update to ICS using Kies or do I use Odin? Or does it matter? Also, if I'm updating to stock ICS with whatever method I won't be able to backup any of my apps and contacts correct? Since I'll be starting from scratch again?
You may want to update your recovery to avoid errors with newer builds before you flash another rom. I suggest latest twrp. As for contacts. Just sync them with gmail and they'll be restored once you sign in. As for the rom of choice. Read through the development threads, watch YouTube reviews and find one that fits your preference.
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Well the problem I've now been having is I cannot connect to kies to upgrade to stock ICS. I've tried 2 computers. The problem in my PC is I'm unable to install Samsun USB drivers. I've uninstalled/reinstalled. I even plugged in the USB adapters on MOBO to different ports. I still get "?" for USB under device manager. WIth my laptop I'm able to install the usb drivers but kies never detects my phone. I get the error "this device is not supported by kies 2.0" I have USB debugging turned on. I though it might be the cable so I went and got a couple of $2 cables and still nothing.
It seems I'm stuck on GB or is there an other way to upgrade to ICS with kies??
BLASTphemus said:
Well the problem I've now been having is I cannot connect to kies to upgrade to stock ICS. I've tried 2 computers. The problem in my PC is I'm unable to install Samsun USB drivers. I've uninstalled/reinstalled. I even plugged in the USB adapters on MOBO to different ports. I still get "?" for USB under device manager. WIth my laptop I'm able to install the usb drivers but kies never detects my phone. I get the error "this device is not supported by kies 2.0" I have USB debugging turned on. I though it might be the cable so I went and got a couple of $2 cables and still nothing.
It seems I'm stuck on GB or is there an other way to upgrade to ICS with kies??
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You have to unroot to get stock update and use kies
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No need to flash a stock ROM. Just full wipe and install the ROM of your choosing. More than likely you will want to update the baseband/modem/radio or whatever you want to call it. Easy to find and install. You can update recovery if you want or need as darkchyldx101 suggested.
Agoattamer said:
No need to flash a stock ROM. Just full wipe and install the ROM of your choosing. More than likely you will want to update the baseband/modem/radio or whatever you want to call it. Easy to find and install. You can update recovery if you want or need as darkchyldx101 suggested.
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it was suggested he flash to stock and re-root, which isnt a bad thing it cleans up the phone pretty good
BLASTphemus said:
Well the problem I've now been having is I cannot connect to kies to upgrade to stock ICS. I've tried 2 computers. The problem in my PC is I'm unable to install Samsun USB drivers. I've uninstalled/reinstalled. I even plugged in the USB adapters on MOBO to different ports. I still get "?" for USB under device manager. WIth my laptop I'm able to install the usb drivers but kies never detects my phone. I get the error "this device is not supported by kies 2.0" I have USB debugging turned on. I though it might be the cable so I went and got a couple of $2 cables and still nothing.
It seems I'm stuck on GB or is there an other way to upgrade to ICS with kies??
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As JamieD81 mentioned that would be your best bet is to unroot and re-root, install the new baseband: here's a link to it
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=39606775
Scroll down to phlunkie's post
Will probably speed you up a little too.
hmmmm
JamieD81 said:
it was suggested he flash to stock and re-root, which isnt a bad thing it cleans up the phone pretty good
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seems ive heard this somewhere before???? hmmmmm , maybe I am not such a dullard after all
Ok, after a little more reading I'm glad so say I'm now rooted on ICS with Padawan V5 rom. My Gnote is once again snappy fast and smooth.
This is what I did.
1. Unrooted
2. upgraded to ICS with kies
3. rooted (made backup of stock ICS, used twrp)
4. flashed padawan V5
Thank you all for your suggestions and recommendations. :good:
Before i begin the actual topic, i feel like i need to share a story. a long, complicated story.
I feel like i can't go willy-nilly flashing things anymore. the USB cable (which btw is OEM) from my fassy is starting to go bad. odin recognizes it 1 out of 3 times, and every time i try to go back to stock, the operation fails half-way through. every other cable i've tried worked just fine, and i reinstalled samsung drivers four times. i believe i also had to reinstall windows at one point (not because of odin, i think something else broke/died) and that didn't help either. so, basically, if i flash a ROM, it has to be like perfect until i can borrow a cable.
a few nights ago, after deciding cm10.1 was too RAM-hungry for daily usage, i borrowed a cable and restored back to stock EH03 firmware. and let's face it, EH03 isn't the best thing ever, but it's usable. but i may go to jelly bean again because touchwiz is bad for your health
after discovering devil kernel (and getting some confirmation from udev that you need devil to properly get by on cm10.1), i have some questions about it:
1. from where should i download and flash it: DerTeufel's site or hhp's dev-host?
2. should i bother with Voodoo Color on jellybean?
3. at what RAM setting does it break 720p recording (as stated on DT's site)?
4. what other features should i know about that could possibly break everything?
by the way, i'm not really a n00b to android. i have a broken nook tablet and an lg vortex that went in the pool
skepticmisfit said:
Before i begin the actual topic, i feel like i need to share a story. a long, complicated story.
I feel like i can't go willy-nilly flashing things anymore. the USB cable (which btw is OEM) from my fassy is starting to go bad. odin recognizes it 1 out of 3 times, and every time i try to go back to stock, the operation fails half-way through. every other cable i've tried worked just fine, and i reinstalled samsung drivers four times. i believe i also had to reinstall windows at one point (not because of odin, i think something else broke/died) and that didn't help either. so, basically, if i flash a ROM, it has to be like perfect until i can borrow a cable.
a few nights ago, after deciding cm10.1 was too RAM-hungry for daily usage, i borrowed a cable and restored back to stock EH03 firmware. and let's face it, EH03 isn't the best thing ever, but it's usable. but i may go to jelly bean again because touchwiz is bad for your health
after discovering devil kernel (and getting some confirmation from udev that you need devil to properly get by on cm10.1), i have some questions about it:
1. from where should i download and flash it: DerTeufel's site or hhp's dev-host?
2. should i bother with Voodoo Color on jellybean?
3. at what RAM setting does it break 720p recording (as stated on DT's site)?
4. what other features should i know about that could possibly break everything?
by the way, i'm not really a n00b to android. i have a broken nook tablet and an lg vortex that went in the pool
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You do not need devil to get on 1.cm10.1 cm has a built in kernel. 2.Voodoo kernel color is available for 4.2.2.
3.The max mem setting.
HOPE I HELPED
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@skepticmisfit
1. from where should i download and flash it: DerTeufel's site or hhp's dev-host?
DT site does not have kernels for current 4.2.2 ROMs...
My kernel thread does
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2149067
2. should i bother with Voodoo Color on jellybean?
Don't see need for it but i have run this setting before and it looks great
From inside your galaxy s settings menu, (different ROMs put this in diff places)
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3. at what RAM setting does it break 720p recording (as stated on DT's site)?
The 402 setting, but there is a patch if you search - hugemem patch - or - 720p video
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1815849
4. what other features should i know about that could possibly break everything?
Read my whole kernel thread post #1
Tons of info/tips
Also read the pages of the ROMs , it's the only way to learn.
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