I am currently running comrom 2.1 with OTB 1.6 kernel. Looking to go with the flow on updates lol. Wanting to get everyones opinion. Should I switch? If so, how about should I do that? Don't want to mess anything up on my phone
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I am currently running comrom 2.1 with OTB 1.6 kernel. Looking to go with the flow on updates lol. Wanting to get everyones opinion. Should I switch? If so, how about should I do that? Don't want to mess anything up on my phone
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Well the first thing you should do is read, read, and read again on the CM7 test build thread along with the waiting room in the general thread. For every handful of success stories there are even more horrible failures.
Another question you should ask yourself is why are you considering switching? Because you know, understand, and like CM7 features? Or because you have seen endless posts on here about how it is now working?
Believe me I love CM7. I ran it for my daily driver for a few months back when 60% of it didn't function. Now that it is in TEST build 10 (still not full release like Ultimate Kang bang 2.1 that you are running) people are flashing it like it is a full RC. They are also having terribly problems and soft bricked phones more than an Touchwiz based ROM at the moment.
If you really like CM7 features, understand the process for flashing an MTD/BML ROM, and feel prepared for the worst then go for it. If it is successful for you it will change your whole perception of the Fascinate. Add on the new Glitch V11.1 kernel and you will never run anything else!!
...If you are just flashing it because it is the flavor of the week... I'd wait till it is in nightlies before flashing. Just reduces the chances of an oh-s#%t-moment happening.
powerstroke said:
I am currently running comrom 2.1 with OTB 1.6 kernel. Looking to go with the flow on updates lol. Wanting to get everyones opinion. Should I switch? If so, how about should I do that? Don't want to mess anything up on my phone
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I was exactly where you are 24 hours ago myself. I took the plunge and I'm glad I did. CM7 is the best thing that has ever been on my phone. I had zero installation problems. I haven't even tried the new 1.7ghz kernel yet. Got nems 1.6 though doing nicely. While I echo the precautions of the prior post I whole heartedly endorse the switch
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Well the first thing you should do is read, read, and read again on the CM7 test build thread along with the waiting room in the general thread. For every handful of success stories there are even more horrible failures.
Another question you should ask yourself is why are you considering switching? Because you know, understand, and like CM7 features? Or because you have seen endless posts on here about how it is now working?
Believe me I love CM7. I ran it for my daily driver for a few months back when 60% of it didn't function. Now that it is in TEST build 10 (still not full release like Ultimate Kang bang 2.1 that you are running) people are flashing it like it is a full RC. They are also having terribly problems and soft bricked phones more than an Touchwiz based ROM at the moment.
If you really like CM7 features, understand the process for flashing an MTD/BML ROM, and feel prepared for the worst then go for it. If it is successful for you it will change your whole perception of the Fascinate. Add on the new Glitch V11.1 kernel and you will never run anything else!!
...If you are just flashing it because it is the flavor of the week... I'd wait till it is in nightlies before flashing. Just reduces the chances of an oh-s#%t-moment happening.
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Great answer!
powerstroke, like he said; read, read, and read some more. that's what i did. and i ended up going for it, and so far i am not looking back. Just prepare yourself with backup plans in case something goes wrong.
From my point of view, I'm enjoying CM7 as least as much more than CommRom as I enjoyed CommRom more than Stock. I'd say that it's CM7 from here on out for me, except that's what I said about CommRom not too long ago. Who knows what the Devs will come up with next?
I liked CM7 but the low in call volume and the sucky AOSP camera made me go back to CommRom 2.1 with EC09 radio.
i agree, just read up like crazy so you don't mess anything up but take the plunge if your prepared. i went from just stock, debloated ed01 to the latest cm7 and i've had no problems. look up omfgb though because i'm waiting for that one to be more functional and i'm probably gonna switch to it
Give miui a shot to. It's pretty.
Fascinatemtd MIUI 1.7.15 - Glitch v11.1
Ok awesome guys appreciate all the info. I think I'm going to give it a whirl. Main question I have now is, what is the easiest and safest way to switch over to that rom from where I am now? Just do the factory reset, wipe cache, and wipe dalvik cache? Then flash the CM7 rom through recovery? or something else? Just want to make sure I do it right lol
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That's why everyone said read.....
Ha...No **** lol. I understood that part but for people that might have already switched between those roms might have other suggestions. No need to be a smartass
Well since your being a smartass, lol, want to find me a forum that specifically shows how to switch from a froyo rom to cm7????
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Well since your being a smartass, lol, want to find me a forum that specifically shows how to switch from a froyo rom to cm7????
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Easy, try the thread for the CM7 ROM in the development section. jt covers it in the op, and there are several more specific walkthroughs in the the thread.
provided by Land Shark:
(coming from stock DL09)
1. Power down phone, pull battery
2. ODIN EC09 modem, pull usb cord, close ODIN
3. Reopen ODIN, connect USB, flash fixed CWM 4 from OP of CWM7 thread (here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=14554015&postcount=1)
3. Close ODIN, pull usb cord, put battery back in phone, hold volume up, volume down, and power buttons but release all three as soon as you see samsung logo flash for the second time
4. Flash CM7 07/13 build and GAPPs (Google Apps) from OP
5. Reboot phone, wait for ROM to fully boot and load, finish setting up phone with contacts, apps, etc., profit.
ok..followed your instructions. now im in a loop when its trying to flash. "waiting for sd card to mount" over and over. counting down in seconds? what should i do?
If you are serious about diving into cm7 read all u can I red for 3 days. Nearly 2500 posts and its knowledge I'll need should anything not go smooth you may have one glitch that u try and fix mess that up and its steam rolls into a long process but if u follow word for word and know exact orders of Odin and flashes and how to get to the proper cwm its beautiful just make sure ur beyond prepared before the first click that's about the best advice I can give 2cents are now in the pot
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provided by Land Shark:
(coming from stock DL09)
1. Power down phone, pull battery
2. ODIN EC09 modem, pull usb cord, close ODIN
3. Reopen ODIN, connect USB, flash fixed CWM 4 from OP of CWM7 thread (here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=14554015&postcount=1)
3. Close ODIN, pull usb cord, put battery back in phone, hold volume up, volume down, and power buttons but release all three as soon as you see samsung logo flash for the second time
4. Flash CM7 07/13 build and GAPPs (Google Apps) from OP
5. Reboot phone, wait for ROM to fully boot and load, finish setting up phone with contacts, apps, etc., profit.
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well this is what i did and still have problem!!!!!!!!! T.T
1) odin ebo1 with atlas pit 2.2
2) cwr blue on CM7(jt site)
3) installed cm7 latest one 7/17
4) now stuck on cm7 logo and just stuck there... nothing happens ........... any HELP????????!!!!!!
izzjkjoe said:
well this is what i did and still have problem!!!!!!!!! T.T
1) odin ebo1 with atlas pit 2.2
2) cwr blue on CM7(jt site)
3) installed cm7 latest one 7/17
4) now stuck on cm7 logo and just stuck there... nothing happens ........... any HELP????????!!!!!!
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This works for me, but in step 2. I odin cwr 3-30 fix all. immediately Boot into it and wipe everything, then flash the 7/4 build, from there use cm7 recovery from power button to flash newest build w/o wiping...worked multiple times for me.
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I was on com rom with ed04 radio, i just did the 3 wipes and install miui zip, takes less than 5mins.
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I've been at this for like 3-4 hours and have gotten NOWHERE.
Okay, so I wasn't always rooted, I waited and waited and waited for Froyo, thinking it was going to be awesome - then it OTA'ed to me, and I've had NOTHING but problems. Battery life went down like 1/2 as much (if not more) on a good day, problems with the vibrations, ring volumes, some parts are laggier, the largest problem is that the new radio image SUCKS and the newest thing, there's some texts and calls that it never gets. I've never seen such a failed update in my entire life. /rant
Anyway, I've been searching and searching and searching so pleeeeeeeeeeeease don't tell me to search anymore.
I'm interested in putting the Ultimate KangBang 2.1 on my phone (end result). So that requires 2.0 as it's a patch - fine.
So first, yes, my phone is rooted, I can run su and get a root shell on my phone (if that's proof I guess?).
The clockwork mod is KILLING me, though.
The problem is I have version 3e of the recovery mode thing which is stopping unsigned files. I've been trying to get clockwork mod 3.X installed for easily the last 2 hours and had nothing but dead links or nothing happened.
I thought I found the answer a little while ago, using this write-up on installing the clockwork mod, I downloaded cwm-recovery-ALL.tar, and pushed it to the phone with Odin, unplugged it upon successful flash, restarted it, held vol down and power, nothing. Eventually holding up (I think it was up) and power got me to standard samsung recovery mode (ie. it did jack ****). Never-the-less, I went in and used the ROM manager to install clockwork mod 3.X, it said it worked..but it didn't.
I can't install things via update of root because I have 3E of the recovery, and I can't get clockwork mod to work for the life of me. I've been googling the **** out of everything I can think of to get the clockwork mod to work, but have come up with outdated forums, or broken ass links.
NOTHING WORKS!
The only think that worked (once) was when I used "reboot into recovery mode" from ROM manager, it rebooted into clockwork recovery..but upon reboot again it booted into the standard recovery mode.
How the HELL do I get the clockwork mod on my phone because believe me when I tell you I've searched and I have a plethora of useless ass tabs cluttering my browser all being completely useless.
Please help
Yes, I'm sure this has been covered "many times" before, but I can't find a single one that works.
TIA :'(
Do you have gtalk ?
All you have to do is download (google) odin http://download1422.mediafire.com/ii...din3+v1.83.exe (its a program made by samsung) and a odinable recovery.tar from this site http://dl.dropbox.com/u/36791/CWM3_Voodoo.tar.md5
Then in odin you place the recovery.tar in the pda section dont click any other things NEVER EVER CLICK PHONE then hit start once it says pass on odin you unplug your phone from the usb and exit odin then put the battery back in and boot directly into recovery ( press/hold the buttons volume up+down and power at the same time) then wipe data/factory reset in recovery then flash either a kernel or rom to make the recovery stick.
Make sure you already have a rom or kernel on your sdcard.
I'm not the best at explaining things but i know exactly what you need to do.
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Do you have gtalk ?
All you have to do is download (google) odin (its a program made by samsung) and a odinable recovery.tar from this site.
Then in odin you place the recovery.tar in the pda section dont click any other things NEVER EVER CLICK PHONE then hit start once it says pass on odin you unplug your phone from the usb and exit odin then put the battery back in and boot directly into recovery ( press/hold the buttons volume up/down and power at the same time) then flash either a kernel or rom to make the recovery stick.
I'm not the best at explaining things but i know exactly what you need to do.
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I'm not trying to be a douche, I know you're trying to help, but can you re-read (or initially read) the 8th paragraph in my post? I know the post is a bit long, but I tried slimming the post down a bit :-\.
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gtalk as in the voice program? No, it's not installed on my desktop nor my phone - I use Skype for voice/vid and AIM/gmail for chat.
You're liable to get help more quickly (and with less flaming) if you post questions in the correction section -- please see this stickied thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1038478
As far as your issue goes, your first problem is that you don't actually want to use ROM Manager. Koush's recoveries no longer work with this phone. The working CWMs for the Fascinate are all modded and have to be downloaded and flashed via ODIN (or another modded CWM).
jt's recovery is closer, but that's still an old version. The most functional pre-packaged one right now is at the top of this post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1046905
Just follow the instructions in that post, and you should be good.
Oh, one other thing -- it doesn't sound like you were using the correct key combination for CWM, so that's probably why jt's wouldn't boot. It's all three keys: power+vol up+vol down, not just power+up or down.
Completely forgot to include the phone specs, my mistake:
Recovery Version: 3e
HW Version: I500.05
Model #: SCH-I500
Firmware Version: 2.2.1
Baseband Version: S:i500.05 V.ED04
Kernel Version: 2.6.32.9
Build Number: SCH-I500.ED04
Just a note on that build number, one of the clockwork mod posts had a whole list of CWM's which were like JYX, JYZ, stuff like that, and they were like "pick whichever cwm matches your phone's build #, blah blah" My phone's build # has no J's in it, and I didn't want to brick it.
Did you boot directly into recovery after putting your battery back in ? You can't boot into the OS before going straight to recovery from odin or else it overwrites the custom recovery with the samsung one.
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You're liable to get help more quickly (and with less flaming) if you post questions in the correction section -- please see this stickied thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1038478
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My mistake, I read that when I initially joined, but forgot about it when I posted .
Falcyn said:
As far as your issue goes, your first problem is that you don't actually want to use ROM Manager. Koush's recoveries no longer work with this phone. The working CWMs for the Fascinate are all modded and have to be downloaded and flashed via ODIN (or another modded CWM).
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So ROM Manager is completely useless now?
Falcyn said:
jt's recovery is closer, but that's still an old version. The most functional pre-packaged one right now is at the top of this post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1046905
Just follow the instructions in that post, and you should be good.
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I'll take a look at that now.
Falcyn said:
Oh, one other thing -- it doesn't sound like you were using the correct key combination for CWM, so that's probably why jt's wouldn't boot. It's all three keys: power+vol up+vol down, not just power+up or down.
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Confirmed 3x, holding down power + vol-up + vol-down starts the OEM Android recovery mode (ie. Android system recovery <3e>). From what I understand about the CWM, once it's installed and working, I should never see this screen again, it should always be the CWM boot screen, no?
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Did you boot directly into recovery after putting your battery back in ? You can't boot into the OS before going straight to recovery from odin or else it overwrites the custom recovery with the samsung one.
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I don't recall, actually, I'll try that now before I check out JT's recovery.
Same as above. But also hold all three buttons and wait for samsung logo to turn on off and back on then let go.
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Most likely you booted into the OS then powered down then did the 3 button method which would make the samsung recovery overwrite the one you odin'd.
Do this odin the recovery.tar I linked then when you put the battery back in hold volume up+volume down then press power as well make sure you're holding all three at the same time no just two of them. If you go to the custom recovery good job if it boots into the OS try again there is no way it should boot into the 3e recovery if the recovery is being flashed via odin and says pass.
Yes ROM Manager is 100% useless for us fascinate users.
Okay, I did that after flashing it with Odin (without letting it boot the OS) and "CwM Lagfix 2.5.X" came up. I then tried rebooting the phone and didn't hold it down and then it went into the OS. I then shut it down, pulled the battery, and held all three buttons again, but it brought up the standard Android recovery system .
From what I understood the clockwork mod was permanent, but everything I've seen on my phone makes it only temporary. Am I doing something wrong?
2.5? That's an even older version. What link did you use? The one I gave you: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1046905 is a 3.x.
And yes, ROM Manager is essentially useless for our phone.
EDIT: You could always just ODIN the whole UKB 2.0 package, too, which will get you jump-started with CWM, a new kernel, and obviously the ROM itself:
http://www.mediafire.com/?a63v435opsaq3g3
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2.5? That's an even older version. What link did you use? The one I gave you: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1046905 is a 3.x.
And yes, ROM Manager is essentially useless for our phone.
EDIT: You could always just ODIN the whole UKB 2.0 package, too, which will get you jump-started with CWM, a new kernel, and obviously the ROM itself:
http://www.mediafire.com/?a63v435opsaq3g3
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Yeah, I first tried it with the package I was working with from the thread I linked to in the OP from here.
Doesn't matter, though, same thing happened. I used the package in the link you gave me, flashed it to the phone, rebooted into recovery, worked fine with 3.X, then rebooted it and let the OS load, then powered it off, then tried to reboot into recovery and I got the standard Android system recovery.
Unless I'm missing something this "Android recovery system <3e>" should never be seen again, but it seems like the CWM flashes I'm doing are volatile on OS loads.
I'll check out that link now.
FINALLY!
I installed UKB 2.0 and CWB worked at first...so then I hit "Reboot" and loaded the OS. The OS loaded (UKB) and then I held the power button, and hit "recovery mode." This restarted it, but it loaded into "Android recovery system" - I was about to kill somebody, but then I noticed it was 2e, not 3e. So I took the CWM 3.0 and flashed it back, and now, whether I hold all three buttons or hit "recovery mode" from the hold power menu in the OS, it boots into CWM 3.0.
I'd like to say I think I've seen the last of the Android recovery system - but I know I haven't .
The only thing I can't figure out is why it has ARS 2e AND CWM on it. Seems like they're direct replacements for one another...I would say the UKB 2.0 ROM shipped with just ARS 2e and that was that - but it showed the CWM 3.0 before I loaded the UKB OS.
Is the ARS sitting "under" the clock work mod? Or are they direct replacements for one another?
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Also, which 2.0 ROM was that? I've been using this page as reference. That seems like the official page for that ROM. None of the 2.0 ROMs there are the link you gave me, though. I'm just curious if I should update the kernel or not, as the ROM either A) Didn't update it, or B) Included the same version. While I'm asking a question a second here, what is the PBJ setting and the OTB? I'm assuming OTB means out of the box, but I could be wrong, and I believe PBJ has something to do with power or under/overclocking, but I'm not quite sure..and even with the word android, google turns up lots of results for sandwiches under the query..
I do know that for a time we had to boot into the stock recovery, hit "update.zip," and then we'd reboot into CWM so at least at one time they did run side-by-side... but I honestly don't know if stock recovery is completely replaced now or if it just gets ignored.
Anyways, that was the official UKB/CR 2.0 ROM, but the ODIN file wasn't put together by TSM as it contains all the other components too. landshark68 packaged that up and his packages are all reliable.
As far as the kernel goes, the one included in what you flashed is a non-Voodoo PeanutButta Jelly Time kernel with a -50mv voltage reduction to help with battery life. That's a regular speed (1ghz) kernel.
Only The Brave (at first I thought it stood for Out of The Box too, go figure) is a more customizable kernel that can be both overclocked and voltage-reduced but starts out with neither.
I would recommend sticking with the PBJ kernels, personally, as they're actually good out of the box without having to play around with voltage controls manually.
The only reason you'd really want to switch kernels now is if you want to go to Voodoo... the PBJ kernel that ODIN file set you up with isn't.
The key to making cwm permanent is replacing the stock kernel. You can odin anything you want but if you leave the stock kernel it will overwrite your recovery every time it boots. Any of these custom kernels that are packaged in ukb roms should have the proper cwm included, but it may not hurt to update the recovery as new ones become available.
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While I'm asking a question a second here, what is the PBJ setting and the OTB? I'm assuming OTB means out of the box, but I could be wrong, and I believe PBJ has something to do with power or under/overclocking, but I'm not quite sure..and even with the word android, google turns up lots of results for sandwiches under the query..
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^^That's hysterical! Haha, I LOL'D when I saw that. I promise I'm not being an ass. PBJ stands for imnut's peanut butter jelly time kernel, and OTB stands for nemesis2all's Only The Brave kernel. If the package you flashed did not come with either one of those 2 custom kernels, you need to flash one. Either OTB 1.6 for Touchwiz based roms, or one of imnuts' PBJ kernels. Since I usually always use OTB, I'm more familiar with it and I know that it will permanently install CWM 3 for you upon installation and then you should no longer have any problems with stock recovery replacing your custom recovery. I'm pretty sure that PBJ does the same thing, but I dont know for sure as I havent used it. If you want full overclocking/undervolting abilities, you should probably flash OTB.. PBJ is not overclockable, I dont think, but again I could be wrong.. OTB gives you full control of voltage used for each frequency step available using the app "voltage control."
Oh, and voodoo, too. OTB kernels are all voodoo-enabled. Now you can run OTB kernels with voodoo disabled manually in recovery under the voodoo options, but with hiw good and reliable voodoo has become, and considering how much it speeds up your phone, im not really sure why anyone would use a galaxy s phone without voodoo or ext4 formatted partitions at least. But thats just me, as I realize some people prefer standard non-voodoo kernels.
To sum it up, I know for fact that using OTB kernels will replace stock recovery with CWM3 voodoo-enabled recovery, and you wont have it reflashing stock recovery like stock kernels do (which is the reason for the problems you were having).. PBJ might do the same thing, but im not sure because they're not voodoo kernels so I don't know if the PBJ kernels actually replace/update your recovery partition like OTB does. Either way, PBJ will not reflash stock recovery once you have a custom CWM kernel flashed, so as long as you do that you should be good to go.
Anyway, I hope you got it working right by now. I just thought that was utterly hysterical when I read that part about whenever you google for PBJ kernel that it comes up with a lot of results about sandwiches. Hahaha, that's classic.
Tbh this guy if he can't handle this stuff he will eventually brick his phone and cry bloody murder. Their is an all in one which I don't know why you didn't flash that.......
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abrixxxx said:
Did you boot directly into recovery after putting your battery back in ? You can't boot into the OS before going straight to recovery from odin or else it overwrites the custom recovery with the samsung one.
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I bet this is the source of much of your frustration.
You need to go straight to recovery and flash a kernel - the stocker is putting the samsung recovery in place before you get to cwm...
Swyped...
Falcyn said:
I do know that for a time we had to boot into the stock recovery, hit "update.zip," and then we'd reboot into CWM so at least at one time they did run side-by-side... but I honestly don't know if stock recovery is completely replaced now or if it just gets ignored.
Anyways, that was the official UKB/CR 2.0 ROM, but the ODIN file wasn't put together by TSM as it contains all the other components too. landshark68 packaged that up and his packages are all reliable.
As far as the kernel goes, the one included in what you flashed is a non-Voodoo PeanutButta Jelly Time kernel with a -50mv voltage reduction to help with battery life. That's a regular speed (1ghz) kernel.
Only The Brave (at first I thought it stood for Out of The Box too, go figure) is a more customizable kernel that can be both overclocked and voltage-reduced but starts out with neither.
I would recommend sticking with the PBJ kernels, personally, as they're actually good out of the box without having to play around with voltage controls manually.
The only reason you'd really want to switch kernels now is if you want to go to Voodoo... the PBJ kernel that ODIN file set you up with isn't.
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Gotcha, now a Voodoo kernel just has the lagfix and other Voodoo project items bundled into the kernel?
garywojdan81 said:
The key to making cwm permanent is replacing the stock kernel. You can odin anything you want but if you leave the stock kernel it will overwrite your recovery every time it boots. Any of these custom kernels that are packaged in ukb roms should have the proper cwm included, but it may not hurt to update the recovery as new ones become available.
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Gotcha, so now it's permanent (yay)
wilshyre said:
^^That's hysterical! Haha, I LOL'D when I saw that. I promise I'm not being an ass. PBJ stands for imnut's peanut butter jelly time kernel, and OTB stands for nemesis2all's Only The Brave kernel. If the package you flashed did not come with either one of those 2 custom kernels, you need to flash one. Either OTB 1.6 for Touchwiz based roms, or one of imnuts' PBJ kernels. Since I usually always use OTB, I'm more familiar with it and I know that it will permanently install CWM 3 for you upon installation and then you should no longer have any problems with stock recovery replacing your custom recovery. I'm pretty sure that PBJ does the same thing, but I dont know for sure as I havent used it. If you want full overclocking/undervolting abilities, you should probably flash OTB.. PBJ is not overclockable, I dont think, but again I could be wrong.. OTB gives you full control of voltage used for each frequency step available using the app "voltage control."
Oh, and voodoo, too. OTB kernels are all voodoo-enabled. Now you can run OTB kernels with voodoo disabled manually in recovery under the voodoo options, but with hiw good and reliable voodoo has become, and considering how much it speeds up your phone, im not really sure why anyone would use a galaxy s phone without voodoo or ext4 formatted partitions at least. But thats just me, as I realize some people prefer standard non-voodoo kernels.
To sum it up, I know for fact that using OTB kernels will replace stock recovery with CWM3 voodoo-enabled recovery, and you wont have it reflashing stock recovery like stock kernels do (which is the reason for the problems you were having).. PBJ might do the same thing, but im not sure because they're not voodoo kernels so I don't know if the PBJ kernels actually replace/update your recovery partition like OTB does. Either way, PBJ will not reflash stock recovery once you have a custom CWM kernel flashed, so as long as you do that you should be good to go.
Anyway, I hope you got it working right by now. I just thought that was utterly hysterical when I read that part about whenever you google for PBJ kernel that it comes up with a lot of results about sandwiches. Hahaha, that's classic.
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Yeah, I think in PBJ it's set in stone, because there's different PBJ UKB ROM's with +/- voltages, so I'm guessing it's a packaged thing that's compiled into the ROM.
I believe I saw Voodoo in CWM on this Kernel. Guess it's just the OEM version with whatever PBJ fixes, and Voodoo packed into it.
Maybe at some point I'll try OTB, it definitely seems like a nice touch to be able to adjust your clock on the fly. Though I wonder if there was a particular reason why UKB only offered PBJ kernels and no OTB ones :-\.
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Tbh this guy if he can't handle this stuff he will eventually brick his phone and cry bloody murder. Their is an all in one which I don't know why you didn't flash that.......
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Bite me.
I was "into the rooting game" for like 4 hours before making that post.
It's hard to just "pick up" random tid-bits of information from forum threads - because everybody uses TLA's and if you're new to it, you don't know what all those TLA's mean.
So while it's possible that I brick my phone at some point, that's a risk I'm taking, so in other words I should PM your ass in like a year when my contract is up and I get a new phone and tell it to stick it up your ass sideways.
AND, if you read (which you didn't), you'll see I already flashed the all in one and am running 2.1 perfectly stable now. Why did I not flash the all in one? I didn't know about the all in one. If I had, I probably would have done that a long time ago.
If you're not the one doing the hacking on the ROMs then 80% of the battle of "rooting/hacking android phones" is simply the act of knowing what's out there, different patches, compilations, images made by different people, issues, successes, etc. between different packages. So if you're like me, and busy, and can't always afford to read the latest and greatest, it puts you as a disadvantage.
So in short, shove it.
M00NEY said:
I bet this is the source of much of your frustration.
You need to go straight to recovery and flash a kernel - the stocker is putting the samsung recovery in place before you get to cwm...
Swyped...
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Yeah, go figure . Didn't think the OS booting re-wrote the recovery partition/sector on boot, from an OS perspective, that's just weird.
So I just rooted my wife's phone and froze as many apps as I could without glitching the system out with TB. The phone was super laggy from the box but now it seems better but she said today that it froze on her a couple times. I come from a Droid X with GB 2.3 rooted and it's pretty fast for me. Even when it was stock it was quick. I'm not sure what else to do. Since it's my wife's I would rather leave it as close to stock as possible. Any suggestions.
Also is there a list of apps that can be froze in TB without causing other issues. It may be possible I froze one to many.
Thanks for your time.
Terry
Divey1130 said:
So I just rooted my wife's phone and froze as many apps as I could without glitching the system out with TB. The phone was super laggy from the box but now it seems better but she said today that it froze on her a couple times. I come from a Droid X with GB 2.3 rooted and it's pretty fast for me. Even when it was stock it was quick. I'm not sure what else to do. Since it's my wife's I would rather leave it as close to stock as possible. Any suggestions.
Also is there a list of apps that can be froze in TB without causing other issues. It may be possible I froze one to many.
Thanks for your time.
Terry
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I would suggest you follow this link here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1048380
Download and flash one of the "DEBLOATED/DEODEXED"
These types of ROM's are completely stock just with all of the crap removed (bing and the VZW bloatware)
Shark has the thread updated to the 12th of June so they should be up-to-date.
Cheers
gkirby11 said:
I would suggest you follow this link here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1048380
Download and flash one of the "DEBLOATED/DEODEXED"
These types of ROM's are completely stock just with all of the crap removed (bing and the VZW bloatware)
Shark has the thread updated to the 12th of June so they should be up-to-date.
Cheers
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I read over it all and my wife's phone is ED04 which is not in his list. I think this is exactly what I am looking for. I understand most of it except the modem stuff. There are so many numbers and versions to use. This is so different than my droid x. If I would have started with her phone first, I probably would have never attempted to mod it. Anyways what should I do now? Would it be better to flash a rom that's not stco but stable and fast. Just for giggles I did a quadrant test on hers and mine. She barely broke 900 while mine is over 1900. Seems like a huge difference being both are 1g processors.
Thanks for the help.
Terry
Barely breaking 900 is normal if you are not using a voodoo enabled kernel. The rfs partition is what is the biggest bottleneck. If you truly want a snappy rom, jump to comrom or evil fascinate. I use both equally and both will give you the speed you are wishing to match from your dx. As for modems, your wife's modem is compatible with either rom I mentioned.
For now I would suggest keeping her phone froyo based as gb is still being worked on by our awesome devs, but isn't for the faint at heart just yet IMHO
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Barely breaking 900 is normal if you are not using a voodoo enabled kernel. The rfs partition is what is the biggest bottleneck. If you truly want a snappy rom, jump to comrom or evil fascinate. I use both equally and both will give you the speed you are wishing to match from your dx. As for modems, your wife's modem is compatible with either rom I mentioned.
For now I would suggest keeping her phone froyo based as gb is still being worked on by our awesome devs, but isn't for the faint at heart just yet IMHO
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Perfect, exactly what's needed. So do I follow these steps even tho is says from ED01.
Install Instructions:
If you are coming from a stock ED01 non rooted build follow these instructions:
Download Evil Fascination and place it on your SD card
Download Odin: http://www.mediafire.com/?msnc375idu7xhqt
Download Recovery: http://www.mediafire.com/?pfuhk4ibn9uore3
Install Samsung Drivers for your pc: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=779238
Remove battery from the phone
Connect the phone up through USB and hold volume down during the connection
Your phone will be in download mode
Open up Odin and click on the pda button and select the recovery file
Click Start on Odin - phone will reset when flashed
Hold volume up and down and insert battery back into the phone and boot it up. Hold volume up and down while it boots up and it will boot into CWM recovery. If it has boot up to the startup animation you will need to start over and reflash recovery through odin
When you are in CWM recovery continue with the instructions below.
If so I'm ready to flash it.
Thanks
Terry
Yeah that looks good. Just use Odin (pda button) to flash your recovery. (Ensure you are using the PDA button. Cannot emphasize that enough)
Then follow the steps outlines. You're good to go.
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Yeah that looks good. Just use Odin (pda button) to flash your recovery. (Ensure you are using the PDA button. Cannot emphasize that enough)
Then follow the steps outlines. You're good to go.
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Thanks a million. Will update after flash.
Terry
Just to make sure since there are a million different downloads is this the right one to download. (highlighted in red is the one)
CR 2.0
These versions will wipe your data, so make sure you back it up
This version contains the EC01 modem/radio and imnut's 05/31 PBJ -50mv nonvoodoo kernel
This version contains no modem/radio and imnuts' 05/31 PBJ -50mv nonvoodoo kernel
So this one would be without the kernel which is the modem/radio.
Then I do this patch for 2.1
Com Rom (froyo) 2.1 (patch, must flash on top of 2.0, no need to wipe):
md5: 725f94fa1cad7e562a767cd61ecd590b
And then this theme.
[THEME] Crysis Revolution v4.0 *Community ROM 2.1!* *6.20.11*
Is this all correct and in the right order. I want to 100% sure before I do this. Man is it so much different than flashing my DX.
Thanks
Terry
Divey1130 said:
Just to make sure since there are a million different downloads is this the right one to download. (highlighted in red is the one)
CR 2.0
These versions will wipe your data, so make sure you back it up
This version contains the EC01 modem/radio and imnut's 05/31 PBJ -50mv nonvoodoo kernel
This version contains no modem/radio and imnuts' 05/31 PBJ -50mv nonvoodoo kernel
So this one would be without the kernel which is the modem/radio.
Then I do this patch for 2.1
Com Rom (froyo) 2.1 (patch, must flash on top of 2.0, no need to wipe):
md5: 725f94fa1cad7e562a767cd61ecd590b
And then this theme.
[THEME] Crysis Revolution v4.0 *Community ROM 2.1!* *6.20.11*
Is this all correct and in the right order. I want to 100% sure before I do this. Man is it so much different than flashing my DX.
Thanks
Terry
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this looks fine, no need to worry about the radio I believe it will use the one from whatever baseband you're at before you flash (ED04 I believe you said) or you can flash the one with ED01 radio... yes ComRom with imnuts' PBJ kernel is good, I would suggest the voodoo kernel one but its up to you, patch on top of that then theme after and you should be set
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As anoninja said. You should be good to go. Thing to keep in mind is that it is very difficult to brick your fascinate. Not impassible. But difficult. As long as you stay with fascinate files, never try captivate, vibrant, i9000, etc, stuff, then worse case scenario, you may have to odin back to stock and try again, but even that's unlikely. Good luck. Keep us posted with your progress
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Hey thanks guys, feels better knowing it's not so easy to screw my phone up. I read a little about voodoo before work and yes, I do want to have it. So the majic question is, which one.
Thanks
Terry
Well if you choose evil fascination with the kernel, I think out will automatically convert you to voodoo so no extra steps other then to wait for the conversion after it boots.
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After doing some more research I have decided to go with Com Rom 2.0 then patched to 2.1.
I am going to go with this one:
*Fixed* UKB 2.0 with -50 PBJ Voodoo Kernel ***6.4.11 (script fixed)
md5: 1092A4F02F668521D633670A80BA127C
My wife doesn't like the all black theme on the evil rom. Now I am still a little confused on the kernel thing. I have been reading for awhile now and will continue to do so. I'm not understanding if I have to flash the kernel first or rom first. I have been through the fascinate development thread over and over and while most put "how to's" in them, I still don't understand in which order things should go. There is so much to do just to flash a rom on this phone. But I know I will get it done even if I have to start over from fresh. So many roms, kernels, updates, 2.2.3.4.6._______, etc, etc...... What exactly is a kernel? I come from the droid x back ground where we root, cwr, then flash. That's it. Also to me Odin seems to be a 3rd party app that's needed to flash CWR. Other than that is there any other use for it. Sorry for all the ?'s but I like to do my homework before I do something like this. I am a pretty good self learner but the way things are worded for the phone is a little confusing at times. Maybe a step by step list if starting fresh.
EX- 1-root
2-odin
3-cwr
4-kernel or rom or both
Something like that would be easier to understand. Anyways I always appreciate any help I get.
Thanks
Terry
Divey1130 said:
After doing some more research I have decided to go with Com Rom 2.0 then patched to 2.1.
I am going to go with this one:
*Fixed* UKB 2.0 with -50 PBJ Voodoo Kernel ***6.4.11 (script fixed)
md5: 1092A4F02F668521D633670A80BA127C
My wife doesn't like the all black theme on the evil rom. Now I am still a little confused on the kernel thing. I have been reading for awhile now and will continue to do so. I'm not understanding if I have to flash the kernel first or rom first. I have been through the fascinate development thread over and over and while most put "how to's" in them, I still don't understand in which order things should go. There is so much to do just to flash a rom on this phone. But I know I will get it done even if I have to start over from fresh. So many roms, kernels, updates, 2.2.3.4.6._______, etc, etc...... What exactly is a kernel? I come from the droid x back ground where we root, cwr, then flash. That's it. Also to me Odin seems to be a 3rd party app that's needed to flash CWR. Other than that is there any other use for it. Sorry for all the ?'s but I like to do my homework before I do something like this. I am a pretty good self learner but the way things are worded for the phone is a little confusing at times. Maybe a step by step list if starting fresh.
EX- 1-root
2-odin
3-cwr
4-kernel or rom or both
Something like that would be easier to understand. Anyways I always appreciate any help I get.
Thanks
Terry
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yes odin is a 3rd party program used to push installs, and most roms nowadays will root you and install kernel (most come with it built in unless otherwise specified) when you flash them so no worries about rooting or kernels... a little about voodoo here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1043673&highlight=voodoo
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1039897&highlight=voodoo
and you can read about what all these 'roms', 'radios' and 'kernels' are here (i wouldn't get any downloads from here as this is old):
https://docs.google.com/document/d/...XcM268FoIzk/edit?hl=en&authkey=CKqWypcP&pli=1
I'll try and make it simple, this is how I did it and had no problems:
1. obvious step, have all the driver, programs and packages you need ready to go: samsung drivers and odin on your pc, both ComRom 2.0 and 2.1 patch on sd card
2. assuming you're already on EB01 froyo baseband or higher, you wanna use odin to install CWR
3. from CWR make any backups you want then wipe data/cache/dalvik
4. flash .zip of rom you want (ComRom 2.0), select reboot phone once to ensure it took. Since you're flashing a voodoo kernel on first boot you should hear a robot lady saying she's formatting partitions, this may take a while but its normal
5. once it started up power phone off and boot again into CWR (or use power button menu to boot straight there with 'recovery' option)
6. flash .zip of ComRom patch, no wiping needed and select reboot phone
7. congrats you're rooted, voodoo'd and running ComRom 2.1
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anoninja118 said:
yes odin is a 3rd party program used to push installs, and most roms nowadays will root you and install kernel (most come with it built in unless otherwise specified) when you flash them so no worries about rooting or kernels... a little about voodoo here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1043673&highlight=voodoo
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1039897&highlight=voodoo
and you can read about what all these 'roms', 'radios' and 'kernels' are here (i wouldn't get any downloads from here as this is old):
https://docs.google.com/document/d/...XcM268FoIzk/edit?hl=en&authkey=CKqWypcP&pli=1
I'll try and make it simple, this is how I did it and had no problems:
1. obvious step, have all the driver, programs and packages you need ready to go: samsung drivers and odin on your pc, both ComRom 2.0 and 2.1 patch on sd card
2. assuming you're already on EB01 froyo baseband or higher, you wanna use odin to install CWR
3. from CWR make any backups you want then wipe data/cache/dalvik
4. flash .zip of rom you want (ComRom 2.0), select reboot phone once to ensure it took. Since you're flashing a voodoo kernel on first boot you should hear a robot lady saying she's formatting partitions, this may take a while but its normal
5. once it started up power phone off and boot again into CWR (or use power button menu to boot straight there with 'recovery' option)
6. flash .zip of ComRom patch, no wiping needed and select reboot phone
7. congrats you're rooted, voodoo'd and running ComRom 2.1
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You are the shiz nik. Perfectly worded and the timing couldn't have been better. Phone has both files ready to go. I found some more literature on kernels and now understand what it does. Pretty much controls performance of the phone. And I see roms with and without kernels. For my first time with this phone I will go with a kernel/rom. The radio is stock ED04 which I will leave stock. Will update after I finish all of this. My wife will be stoked now that her phone will run smoothly. Thanks for the detailed explanation for me.
Terry
Divey1130 said:
You are the shiz nik. Perfectly worded and the timing couldn't have been better. Phone has both files ready to go. I found some more literature on kernels and now understand what it does. Pretty much controls performance of the phone. And I see roms with and without kernels. For my first time with this phone I will go with a kernel/rom. The radio is stock ED04 which I will leave stock. Will update after I finish all of this. My wife will be stoked now that her phone will run smoothly. Thanks for the detailed explanation for me.
Terry
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no problem, good luck
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I just wanted to thank all of you that helped me here. Running Com Rom 2.0 w/2.1 patch. It's nite and day compared to how the phone was. So much smoother and no lags as of yet. My wife couldn't be happier now with the phone working like it should be. I did encounter one issue tho. I could not create a backup. It would read an error message. (forgot what it said) Anyways thanks a million for the help. The crt animation is awesome and I love the functions when powering off. Rebooting instead of powering off then on and especially booting into recovery without pushing the volume rocker. Well I am going to add a theme for her so richen it up and go from there.
Just got it to backup as I was typing this. After reading thread after thread it seemed like you either had to flash a kernel other than stock or flash a rom before it would back up. I even tried red, blue, and purple with no luck. Oh well at least now it's backed up.
Terry
Divey1130 said:
I just wanted to thank all of you that helped me here. Running Com Rom 2.0 w/2.1 patch. It's nite and day compared to how the phone was. So much smoother and no lags as of yet. My wife couldn't be happier now with the phone working like it should be. I did encounter one issue tho. I could not create a backup. It would read an error message. (forgot what it said) Anyways thanks a million for the help. The crt animation is awesome and I love the functions when powering off. Rebooting instead of powering off then on and especially booting into recovery without pushing the volume rocker. Well I am going to add a theme for her so richen it up and go from there.
Just got it to backup as I was typing this. After reading thread after thread it seemed like you either had to flash a kernel other than stock or flash a rom before it would back up. I even tried red, blue, and purple with no luck. Oh well at least now it's backed up.
Terry
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sucks about the backup, the voodoo lagfix CWR versions are known to have problems with this and unfortunately I forgot to mention this, I tend to not do nandroid backups since I don't keep much on my phone in terms of data and apps, being the flashaholic that I am lol anyway good that you got it up and running, its good stuff and a million times better than stock
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getting to be far too familiar a scenario lately....
lately EVERY time i reboot my phone (running ics build 2, 3 and 4, stock kernel) it gets stuck on samsung logo.. somehow my phone will only boot into the frigging cm7 recovery which as im sure youre all aware is rather useless to fix any problems im having in ics and leaves me unable to flash, backup, or restore anything. it's quite frustrating and i have no idea how to fix it but by going back to bml, re-partitioning, then odin ei20 modem, cm7 fixed recovery, then flash back to ics but doin this every reboot it getting very tedious..
ive read about recovery loops, but the fix doesnt work for me as i cant mount the ICS /system partition in cm7 recovery...and ive been all over trying a zillion things to get it to work and havent pulled dmesg or logcat but if someone thinks it would be useful ..i wish i knew why EVERYTHING is great, then BANG, reboot and it's FML city.
i should add this phone is a replacement via insurance and that the entire time ive had it, i've been having this problem to varying degrees of intensity,.sometimes if i rebooted enough the ics boot animation would finally come up and freeze part way through, and in the first week with this phone is seemed fine. the first few times i rebooted and battery pulled until it started but this is the fourth time in two weeks ive found myself going back to repartition from odin and then back to ics.. the phone is only mine for a month,.
if nobody has any ideas ill be getting it replaced tomorrow in store. i have the no fee insurance replacement plan, but i would prefer not to have to use another as it's not under warranty and this would be my second replacement and this mes has to last me until the gnex hits uscc in hopefully april if it ever does because i'd rather switch to vzw than take any of usccs other offerings currently.. if they dont get the gnex it'll be time for me to move on...
anyway please advise.. thanks
http://exzacklyright.blogspot.com/2012/01/how-to-flash-ics-on-verizon-samsung.html
exzacklyright said:
http://exzacklyright.blogspot.com/2012/01/how-to-flash-ics-on-verizon-samsung.html
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Thanks for the response. Sounds like a good guide for newbs but in my case information is redundant. I have no problems with the install, unless recovery switches to cm7 recovery during reboot and cannot manage to boot/flash/nandroid until I Odin stock ei20 with repartition and wipe out every bit of data I had. The posts about howto fix CWM bootloop for cm9 do not seem to work for me, as the post says.. Please reread the OP, ya got me excited thinking there was a solution ;-/ thanks anyway, maybe it will help another user.
wizayne said:
Thanks for the response. Sounds like a good guide for newbs but in my case information is redundant. I have no problems with the install, unless recovery switches to cm7 recovery during reboot and cannot manage to boot/flash/nandroid until I Odin stock ei20 with repartitions and wipe out every bit of data in had. The posts about howto fix cwm bootloop for cm9 do not seem to work for me, as the post says.. Please reread the OPEN, ya got me excited thinking there was a solution ;-/ thanks anyway, maybe it will help another user.
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have you tried flashing glitch kernel to the phone. imo it sounds like a kernel issue and not so much a phone issue.
mkuehl06 said:
have you tried flashing glitch kernel to the phone. imo it sounds like a kernel issue and not so much a phone issue.
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The problem started after using ics from alphalulz v1 on around build 3 team hacksung IMMEDIATELY AFTER flashing glitch kernel v14 build 4...I have since kept away from glitch on ics, and the problem remains.
Lately it hasn't been as bad though and it seems by hitting random buttons during boot that it will eventually start but reading tells me glitch v14 build 5 is still recovery bootloop ridden and I haven't seen a word about it in the OP for ANY ics components be it team hacksung roms or glitch kernel, and an issue like this which from reading is seemingly widespread *should* be mentioned.
Any suggestions?
In your op you said e120, what phone are you using. E120 isn't a fascinate build.
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Ei20 is the latest and greatest version of gb/radio from uscc for the mesmerize, not that it'll change the outcome afaik to go to anything else... unfortunately ;-/
But it is a full flash package if ya open the tar up complete with movinand, sbl, radio, rfs, etc.. I think it is a 10 or 11 file package and I've used it a hundred times with making the switch from mtd to bml
wizayne said:
Ei20 is the latest and greatest version of gb/radio from uscc for the mesmerize, not that it'll change the outcome afaik to go to anything else... unfortunately ;-/
But it is a full flash package if ya open the tar up complete with movinand, sbl, radio, rfs, etc.. I think it is a 10 or 11 file package and I've used it a hundred times with making the switch from mtd to bml
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That makes more sense to me now I know what phone your on. Try rootzwiki they have a mesmorize section, they can help ya out more than I can. I have fassy so idk much about mes
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I previously had stock Eclair 2.1update1 and flashed through CWM to Bionix-v 1.3.1 which I'm currently running. Now I want to know if I could flash CM 7.1.0.1 directly without Odining to stock. My current CWM is 2.5.1.3 and I don't want to mess with Odin or bootloaders. Is it Ok to flash CM7.1.0.1 with CWM from my current Bionix?
Yes. When you do it, make sure you flash CM7, IT WILL BOOTLOOP, this is normal. Pull the battery, boot back into recovery and then reflash CM7 again. Essentially flashing over itself. It does this bc of a CWR mismatch.
If you are going to go to CM7, why not go to Neo's ICS? Check it out. Very smooth, little bugs, RC came out today and plenty of support (CM team dropped Vibrant so no support from them. Us yes, them no).
Woodrube said:
Yes. When you do it, make sure you flash CM7, IT WILL BOOTLOOP, this is normal. Pull the battery, boot back into recovery and then reflash CM7 again. Essentially flashing over itself. It does this bc of a CWR mismatch.
If you are going to go to CM7, why not go to Neo's ICS? Check it out. Very smooth, little bugs, RC came out today and plenty of support (CM team dropped Vibrant so no support from them. Us yes, them no).
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Great! I'll give it a try soon.
And yes, I've been following Neo's ICS thread actually. But I'm proceeding slowly as my internet bandwidth is very limited, I live in the third world, so... For now I've got the CM7 ROM and planing to give it a shot.
Another thing I read in Neo's OP instructions is that one can get to flash his ROM going through CM7, even without flashing GB bootleaders with this route. I still can't understand the difference CM7 does make for not needing them, and I wonder why. But well... I think is one step at a time.
Thank you very much Woodrube.
Just reporting that my cm7 flashing was successful and everything went as expected. Good.
I'm now a happy cm7 user.
I'll keep an eye on ics...
I have lurked for a while looking for a thread that closely matches the path I have taken. I arrived here partly by the sequence of threads and instructions I read and what has worked for me so far. I am somewhat versed in installing different ROMs as I did so on my Incredible.
I would like to get to ICS. It just looks cool. I bricked once last night trying. I used Odin to get back to stock GB. Then got to where I am.
Details:
1. Use Odin to get to stock GB. (EH03 and Atlas _v2.2 pit) Reboot to stock GB.
2. Use Odin to push CWM4 fixed for CM7
3. Three finger to CWM4 and load salsaCM7_fascinate_02132012.zip
4. Install Gapps zip from CWM4
5. Use phone
Currently when I boot recovery from the three finger method I get CWM4 but it will not mount /data, /system, /cache, etc. If the device is booted and I reboot to recovery with the power button I get CWM5 and all files mount correctly.
Can I just load an ICS ROM from CWM5?
Do I need to start with build 2 or can I use 6.1 from here?
Or do I need to go back to stock EH03, load a plain CM7 and move forward that way?
I think I may have found an answer in Droidstyle's guide in section 4. I would have to go back to stock though to get CWM4 to work, then install THS build 1.
Do I have to do this or can I reboot into CWM5 recovery from the SalsaMOD CM7 and install an ICS ROM? Would I have to use an earlier build like 1 or 2 or can I go straight to 6?
You can go straight to ICS from CM7, and you can certainly try jumping straight to the latest build, but I always have had to install build 1 or 2 first and then the later build. When I went from CM7 to ICS, I was on a different CM7 rom, but you should be able to go to ICS without having to go all the way back to stock.
Another thing to keep in mind is NEVER to 3-finger into recovery once you've flashed an ICS rom, you'll end up bootlooped. I'd get into the habit of always rebooting recovery from the power menu.
Chuckles at the fact someone flashed salsa...
Ooh and Goodluck flashing
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k_nivesout said:
You can go straight to ICS from CM7, and you can certainly try jumping straight to the latest build, but I always have had to install build 1 or 2 first and then the later build. When I went from CM7 to ICS, I was on a different CM7 rom, but you should be able to go to ICS without having to go all the way back to stock.
Another thing to keep in mind is NEVER to 3-finger into recovery once you've flashed an ICS rom, you'll end up bootlooped. I'd get into the habit of always rebooting recovery from the power menu.
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Many thanks. I have both builds on my SD card at the moment. I did make the mistake of booting recovery from the three finger method. That's why I had to Odin all the way back to stock. I won't be doing that again.
neh4pres said:
Chuckles at the fact someone flashed salsa...
Ooh and Goodluck flashing
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Yeah yeah yeah... I saw that coming after reading several threads today.
It is actually working okay for me. I just like the look of the ICS ROMs. I think I am going to go with THS build 6.1 w/ Icy Glitch kernel like DroidStyle mentioned in another thread.
Also, I am going to try the 4G world and pick up a Charge this afternoon. Any thoughts on that device?
Oldtymehockey said:
Many thanks. I have both builds on my SD card at the moment. I did make the mistake of booting recovery from the three finger method. That's why I had to Odin all the way back to stock. I won't be doing that again.
Yeah yeah yeah... I saw that coming after reading several threads today.
It is actually working okay for me. I just like the look of the ICS ROMs. I think I am going to go with THS build 6.1 w/ Icy Glitch kernel like DroidStyle mentioned in another thread.
Also, I am going to try the 4G world and pick up a Charge this afternoon. Any thoughts on that device?
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THS 6.1 and glitch v14 has been a great combo for me, I've never really had a more stable setup, even with overclocking. My uptime was around 120 hours before I finally got a freeze and a reboot but that probably wouldn't have even happened if I left the kernel settings default.
I can certainly see where 4g speeds would come in handy and look forward to upgrading to a 4g device when we get it in my area. I've gotta say though, the charge doesn't seem to be too popular among the modding community, I know there are a few roms around for it, but to my knowledge, they don't have working ICS. I was pretty happy with CM7/MIUI for a while and held off on switching full-time to ICS, but I can't really see myself going back now. Amazing performance and 4.0 is just a great upgrade for android in general, in addition to looking "cool". I've gotta think that going to a phone that's not as well supported rom/kernel wise, and without functional ICS would feel like sort of a downgrade, even with the charge's beautiful screen and LTE radio, but that's just me. Unless it's a screamin deal, I'd just hold out for a nexus.
Good move using Droidstyles guide ! FWIW....I have better luck with the THS 6.0 build.
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The Fascinate is running ICS nicely thanks to DroidStyle. I did get the Charge. I did get it a hundo less than the going rate in my area. I need to go to 4G because I have been 'throttled' on 3G. It is a suxdonut but I am a data user so VZW punishes me.
I do need to get this Charge off stock but in the meantime at least I can bring up a web page in less than five minutes. My speeds were below 300k on 3G when I was 'throttled'.
I think my next step will be to learn some basic dev skills for these devices. I mean, if I can teach myself old school VBA I think I can fumble through some development. If I come up with something good, I will certainly share.
Just curious, how did you know that you were being throttled?