Hi guys,
with new ICS themes for stock ROM becoming available, one of my needs (aesthetic) to go MIUI went down.
Considering also the issues MIUI has on SGS2 (bad voice calls, not 100% smooth, not great battery life, gps slow and unreliable), I'm going back to stock.
... except I'm not really sure how to do it.
Would you suggest
- install mobile odin (I have no windows pc)
- download and flash KJ3 (ROM kitchen, pre-rooted)
would make it right ?
This way I think I couldn't make any deep clean, I suppose...
or perhaps you could suggest something better ?
Many thanks
Just get the rom you want, go into recovery.
Select wipe data/factory reset
Wipe cache
Advanced, wipe dalvik-cache
Then flash your new rom.
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Those bugs you have with MIUI, I don't have 'em. If you want ICS, you better wait.
I've jumped from MIUI to stocks with great battery and great kernals to ICS and stuff but I keep going back to MIUI.
I've done this more than 10 times but I'm still going back to MIUI...
(Edit)
If you have MIUI you should have CWM right?
Just flash Simple&Clean or Checkrom (I prefer either these, Simple&Clean prefered for me), then flash the ICS Theme, I prefer Big Bang's for this, I can't get Vertumus's to work...)
Then I'll flash a kernal to save some battery (I use Speedmod's Kernal!)
Then I'll wipe everything in CWM and reboot!
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I have had power drain issues on both of these roms
Essentially, I am using up the battery way too quickly. Thought if I flashed the Bali kernel that may help solve, but it will not flash. So here are my questions:
1. Trying to flash the Bali kernel it is hanging on the MIUI screen and will not continue. Is there something I need to do to make it flash or is there another UV kernel I can use if so, which ?
2. I left my phone unplugged last night to test the power drain and lost 40% while the phone is in idle (normal before was 5-10%). What is contributing to this ? the Gallery ? or what? any recommendations would be appreciated.
3. 2 more weeks and Ill have the Hercules but I still want to make this work ...
Need more information. A lot more information.
What ROM? MIUI, or Energy Revamped MIUI? What Version? Did you follow all the steps? Even the ones you didn't think mattered? Is this your first flash of MIUI? Did you start from stock? Did you start from Gingerbread? Did you do a wipe? Did you wipe cache and dalvik and fix permissions? What version of Bali did you use? Did you try to use Bali with the latest MIUI (new kernel, not yet compatible)?
Etc etc etc. We need more information.
kaintfm said:
Need more information. A lot more information.
What ROM? MIUI, or Energy Revamped MIUI? What Version? Did you follow all the steps? Even the ones you didn't think mattered? Is this your first flash of MIUI? Did you start from stock? Did you start from Gingerbread? Did you do a wipe? Did you wipe cache and dalvik and fix permissions? What version of Bali did you use? Did you try to use Bali with the latest MIUI (new kernel, not yet compatible)?
Etc etc etc. We need more information.
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The 9-23-version which is why Bali is not working, it does not work on the latest version. I have loaded both cm7 and MIUI for months and this is the first that has had this issue. I have addressed everything I can think of I have nothing running in the back ground other than the the standard TSR programs(which until now) has never been an Issue. I have not customized anything to add to the drain. As for starting point, I had Odin back to stock then, flashed the bootloader per their directions, so none of that is an issue, Bali will not load even after a clean stock flash and the script cleaning kernel flash, so that is why I was asking,:
Is there something I need to know to do, consider this I have flashed MIUI and CM7 30 + times with no issue until this latest version, I am not a rookie, just wondering if there are few other thing ppl know that are unique to this setup.
I installed VillainROM 2.4.2 (ninphetamine-2.0.4 kernel) on my Bell Galaxy S2 phone a really long time ago and have been satisfied with it so I never bothered updating or anything. Now I'm a little bored with it and have been thinking about trying out ICS via CM9 nightlies. I just have a few questions before I give this a go since I'm out of the loop when it comes to modding:
1) To install CM9, do I just put it on my SD card and flash with CWM after doing a factory reset and clearing the cache? Or does jumping from a GB kernel/ROM to an ICS kernel/ROM require an extra step?
2) My version of CWM is probably old, so will I run into any problems trying to install CM9? I don't remember what the version is, but it's whatever version that came with the ninphetamine-2.0.4 kernel. If I need a more current version of CWM, how would I go about installing it?
I think that's all.. Thank you for reading.
As long as you follow the instructions, it doesn't matter what you're coming from. See full instructions here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1419102
Notice that for the CWM method, the third instruction is to flash a particular CWM recovery to avoid potential problems. There are instructions on how to flash on the link to it.
n125 said:
I installed VillainROM 2.4.2 (ninphetamine-2.0.4 kernel) on my Bell Galaxy S2 phone a really long time ago and have been satisfied with it so I never bothered updating or anything. Now I'm a little bored with it and have been thinking about trying out ICS via CM9 nightlies. I just have a few questions before I give this a go since I'm out of the loop when it comes to modding:
1) To install CM9, do I just put it on my SD card and flash with CWM after doing a factory reset and clearing the cache? Or does jumping from a GB kernel/ROM to an ICS kernel/ROM require an extra step?
2) My version of CWM is probably old, so will I run into any problems trying to install CM9? I don't remember what the version is, but it's whatever version that came with the ninphetamine-2.0.4 kernel. If I need a more current version of CWM, how would I go about installing it?
I think that's all.. Thank you for reading.
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Easy enough upgrade path
If you are worried about doing this, flash the ODIN "resurrector" CM9 package - it should sort out wiping and everything else for you.
If you want to do it via zip, put the zip file on the SD, do a nandroid backup, wipe data and cache, then flash the zip and latest ICS gapps.
I don't think you'll have any issues with installing CM9 using that CWM. If you do, ODIN flash latest Siyah Kernel. Go to recovery and flash CM from there and you'll be fine
Thanks for the help guys. I went with the CM9 Odin Resurrection method and then updated to the latest nightly (20120511) with CWM.
I'm very impressed with what I see so far. I'll have to keep an eye on it, but I am a little worried about the battery life. (Though considering that I am on a nightly build, less than optimal battery life might be expected..)
Also, my signal strength seems to be fluctuating a bit, usually between 3 and 4 bars, although sometimes it will go down to 2 bars. The modem that came with this build is XXLPQ. Is there a better modem that I can try, or is it just a matter of going through all of them? I was on MUGKG2 previously and it was quite stable for me.
I think LPQ must be your earlier Modem which is retained after instlling CM9, if I am not wrong CM9 doesnt contain a modem.
try KE7 modem, I have got a very nice experience with KE7 on ICS roms
Hi.
I have "Project-V" rom for 1 year (I know its a lot of time )
I got new phone and I want to give my wife this phone.
As the phone is now little "Buggy" and I need to change everything include change the Gmail account on the phone so I decided that it will be better to just install new ROM.
I need rom fast and stable (gps etc... ) and people recommended to me for "BIONIX"
I know what is the installation process but is it better to revert to stock first before flash this rom?
Thanks.
No, you do not have to revert to stock before you flash because you are going from one 2.2 ROM to another. Just remember to wipe data/ factory reset, wipe cache, etc.
asher_pa said:
Hi.
I have "Project-V" rom for 1 year (I know its a lot of time )
I got new phone and I want to give my wife this phone.
As the phone is now little "Buggy" and I need to change everything include change the Gmail account on the phone so I decided that it will be better to just install new ROM.
I need rom fast and stable (gps etc... ) and people recommended to me for "BIONIX"
I know what is the installation process but is it better to revert to stock first before flash this rom?
Thanks.
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You definitely don't have to, but it certainly couldn't hurt lol
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No is the short answer but it never hurts especially if you are having issues. Also the xerxesI Rom with phone candy theme wad pretty nice!
hi,
No you don't need to go back to stock ..but as Xenoism said it certainly couldn't hurt. Make sure to wipe data/ factory reset, wipe cache and dalvik
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Hi,
Apologies if this thread is redundant, I kind of found what I was looking for scattered around here after reading til my eyes bled, but not quite the reassuring, specific answer I am after...
We have 2 Vibrants that we are looking to move to a Jelly Bean ROM from ICS Passion.
At this stage it looks like either Helly Bean or Slim Bean, people seem to be getting reasonable GPS service with these and our two phones seem to get good GPS lock on ICS, so here's hoping...
I am mainly interested in knowing if I should take any intermediate steps before flashing the JB ROM.
Both phones were taken out of the box, rooted, CWM'ed and flashed with ICS Passion when new, so I am not sure if that leaves the file system etc ready to be flashed with JB? Obviously they won't have Gingerbread bootloaders, which may or may not be important depending on what you read?
Both phones were flashed with the wipe data / wipe cache partition / wipe dalvic cache method. No format system or anything else.
If I use the same method to flash Helly Bean or Slim Bean from where we are at am I looking for trouble LOL? Or should I expect it to be smooth as silk?
Thanks in advance for any help..
You should be fine. GB boots aren't necessary so don't worry about that. You should wipe all the things you mentioned and do a system format, its in mounts and storage. When you flash it will take 3 flashes, you only need to wipe on the first.
So wipe, install ROM zip. It will not complete, pull battery then 3 button to recovery. Flash it again, this time it may or may not complete. If not, do battery pull etc, if it does complete, reboot recovery. Flash ROM zip again, then gapps zip and reboot. Allow 5-10 minutes then set device up and reboot again for safe measure.
***I wouldn't overlook Paranoid Android, its a great ROM. I prefer it to helly bean.***
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Awesome. Thanks heaps.
So, wiping in this order is correct?
Wipe data
Wipe cache partition
Wipe dalvic cache
System format
Or does the order not really matter?
Second question, does the system format clear everything out? Will I lose my current nandroid etc?
Also, when you say no need to wipe after the first flash, does that mean to do none of the 4 wipe operations?
Sorry to be so painful, just trying to remove as many variables as possible!
wendleburger said:
Awesome. Thanks heaps.
So, wiping in this order is correct?
Wipe data
Wipe cache partition
Wipe dalvic cache
System format
Or does the order not really matter?
Second question, does the system format clear everything out? Will I lose my current nandroid etc?
Also, when you say no need to wipe after the first flash, does that mean to do none of the 4 wipe operations?
Sorry to be so painful, just trying to remove as many variables as possible!
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The wiping order isn't important. Formatting system doesn't mess with backups or anything other than /system. That's where the ROM apps and gapps are installed.
You are correct, after the first set of wipes it isn't necessary to wipe again. Basically the first two flashes setup the partition scheme and new kernel/recovery. The third installs the ROM completely.
Good luck!
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Cool bananas. Thanks man...
Now just need to make a decision on which ROM to try first...
SammyBigBananas to the rescue!!
wendleburger said:
Cool bananas. Thanks man...
Now just need to make a decision on which ROM to try first...
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If you're willing to spend some time test driving JB roms, I would recommend this progression:
* CM10 Nightly ~ plain jane (but it's the heart & soul of it all).
* AOKP JB ~ ROM Control will set you free.
* Helly Bean ~ DerTeufel is a true Master Chef.
* Slim Bean ~ Slim, lean, & lightweight (my daily driver).
* Paranoid Android ~ Most who go PA ... stay PA.
I put PA last because that potentially requires the most time to investigate & discover all the possibilities. Tweaks galore and check out the GPS fix discussion in that thread.
Kernels:
* Semaphore ~ solid kernel, excellent rom performance, & Semaphore Manager available via Play Store.
* Devil ~ the only JB kernel with Voodoo Color. Very tweakable.
Enjoy.
yosup said:
SammyBigBananas to the rescue!!
If you're willing to spend some time test driving JB roms, I would recommend this progression:
* CM10 Nightly ~ plain jane (but it's the heart & soul of it all).
* AOKP JB ~ ROM Control will set you free.
* Helly Bean ~ DerTeufel is a true Master Chef.
* Slim Bean ~ Slim, lean, & lightweight (my daily driver).
* Paranoid Android ~ Most who go PA ... stay PA.
I put PA last because that potentially requires the most time to investigate & discover all the possibilities. Tweaks galore and check out the GPS fix discussion in that thread.
Kernels:
* Semaphore ~ solid kernel, excellent rom performance, & Semaphore Manager available via Play Store.
* Devil ~ the only JB kernel with Voodoo Color. Very tweakable.
Enjoy.
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Cool, thanks. Not sure how much time I'll get to play around and try out different ROMs, but I did put Slim Bean on one phone last night, so hopefully that has brought it up to a more contemporary file system and stuff so flashing from here won't have to have everything wiped and will be a bit of a quicker process?
Slim Bean seems nice, definitely smooth and fast, but being stripped down as it is I didn't get that awe-inspiring, new car smell that I could when first flashing ICS from Eclair :laugh:
I need to sort out a couple of things to keep using Slim Bean.
One is where to add alarm tones, it comes with two. One is way too subtle, I used that this morning and would have slept through it if the phone didn't vibrate its way onto my keys and start rattling them LOL...The second one is that stupid rooster that will wake my whole family, the neighbours family, and all the local wildlife.
I also need to find the download for the autumn leaves/water live wallpaper that was bundled in Passion, I miss that already... :laugh:
Battery life is good, between 11pm last night and 5am this morning it lost 2%
samsgun357 said:
You should be fine. GB boots aren't necessary so don't worry about that. You should wipe all the things you mentioned and do a system format, its in mounts and storage. When you flash it will take 3 flashes, you only need to wipe on the first.
So wipe, install ROM zip. It will not complete, pull battery then 3 button to recovery. Flash it again, this time it may or may not complete. If not, do battery pull etc, if it does complete, reboot recovery. Flash ROM zip again, then gapps zip and reboot. Allow 5-10 minutes then set device up and reboot again for safe measure.
***I wouldn't overlook Paranoid Android, its a great ROM. I prefer it to helly bean.***
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The only thing I had to do different from this was do 2 flashes in a row without powering down. Every flash after powering down just returned to the status 7 / incompatible partition error. 2 flashes back to back pushed past that and got the semaphore recovery up and going..
So I ended up doing;
Wipe data
Wipe cache partition
Wipe dalvic cache
Format System
Flash ROM
Power down
Flash ROM
Power down
Flash ROM
Flash ROM
Flash Google Apps
Boot
Cheers...
Lol, you shouldn't power down in between. Glad you got it up and running!
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Lol, you shouldn't power down in between. Glad you got it up and running!
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But you told me to!
So wipe, install ROM zip. It will not complete, pull battery then 3 button to recovery. Flash it again, this time it may or may not complete. If not, do battery pull etc
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I may end up trying one of the other ROMs in the next day or so. Slim Bean is nice, but every time I go to use my phone for something I seem to need to install something else LOL... The stripped down nature of the whole thing is killing me...
What I meant is if it goes into a boot loop. My bad, I should have been more specific. Either way your there now. That's what matters!
You should try paranoid android!
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You should try paranoid android!
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Yeah, I think I will.
When I get a chance I'll read it's thread and see if anyone is having any problems with the current release and if not, I'll flash it.
Hopefully it's a bit more of a streamlined changeover now I am on a current kernel and recovery?
Yeah just a normal wipe/format system and flash. I'm running it without issue, and GPS works! Flash the 360 version, you won't be disappointed.
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Guyz I recently install jb v5 with phantom kernel. I had some problems with led,sound and battery.. I was charging the phone everyday..I install v4 but same any help?
Sent from my ST25i using xda premium
Hi,
First things first, don't panic!
I have the same setup as you and I'm currently @ 67% after 24 hours so it definitely isn't a problem with the ROM.
Did you follow the instructions from the first post?
Flash custom kernel Phantom[1.0.7]-Performance-CWMTouch
Boot to recovery and flash ST25i_6.2.A.1.100_unofficial.zip..
Full wipe recommended when flashing the first time.
Wipe caches when updating
Reboot to system
Wait for POWER OFF button when you did full wipe if not then just turn off
Flash latest Phantom kernel
Reboot to system
Everything should work now
For point 3/4 above, what did you wipe?
Also what ROM did you have on your phone previously?
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MagicMagicD said:
Hi,
First things first, don't panic!
I have the same setup as you and I'm currently @ 67% after 24 hours so it definitely isn't a problem with the ROM.
Did you follow the instructions from the first post?
Flash custom kernel Phantom[1.0.7]-Performance-CWMTouch
Boot to recovery and flash ST25i_6.2.A.1.100_unofficial.zip..
Full wipe recommended when flashing the first time.
Wipe caches when updating
Reboot to system
Wait for POWER OFF button when you did full wipe if not then just turn off
Flash latest Phantom kernel
Reboot to system
Everything should work now
For point 3/4 above, what did you wipe?
Also what ROM did you have on your phone previously?
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Let me tell you exacly.. I had a problem with the phone .. About led so i decide to change the version and use v4 .. But i recharge it full and i had it on my desk w/o using it for 3 days. The battery was at 40 % and i use it only 1 time for 1 call .. Nothing more...
I flash the kernel wth flashtool. Wipe everything.Install Jb wipe cache and then use the phone. Wait for power off buttom then open again..
I don't know what is the recovery mode btw.. I search it but i didn't find something usefull .I still don't know if i will use Jb Unofficial yet...
I haven't tried v4 of that ROM but I can say for sure that the LED bar doesn't work very well on V5, at least nowhere near as well as DevSwift1's V3 ROM with the latest Phantom kernel.
It does seem to be quite good on battery though; I'm on 1 day, 12 hours uptime with 47% charge left, although I don't use it a whole lot to be fair -- mostly just for music during the day.
I guess you must have used a recovery to flash the ROM zip file... as in CWM (ClockWorkMod)? The Phantom kernel comes with one installed; 1.0.7 has CWM Touch whereas 1.1.0 (the latest version) has a non-Touch version.
The only thing I can suggest is that you try reflashing it again; I'll tell you exactly what I did...
Using Flashtool, put Phantom kernel 1.0.7 on the device and then go into CWM Touch by restarting the phone and repeatedly pressing the Volume Down button when you see the LED bar light up.
Once there do a wipe of data and cache and then go in to the advanced menu and wipe Dalvik cache too.
Next go back to the main CWM menu and flash the zip, then reboot and wait for the phone to start up (should take a while).
Once it has settled down restart it and let it start up again (should take less time)
Finally, use Flashtool to put the latest version of the Phantom kernel on, restart and you're done.
With all that said, I expect I'll be going back to V3 of DevSwift1's JB ROM this weekend as although it's not quite as smooth as pipi14's ROM, the LED bar does work a lot better and for me that is quite important.
Good luck, keep us informed how you got on.
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Thanks a lot for the informations mate. You help me a lot . But i'm the only one who have this problem with led and battery?
What Jb version you suggest me to use? (link )
What kernel you suggest me to use ? (link)
Any other good apps who will help me ?
Again Thanks a lot .
Btw what is "recovery flash" . I read at pipi's site flash in recovery. What exactly is this?
I've personally tried two Jelly Bean roms:
DevSwift1's V3 ROM (it's now up to V4 which is based on an Xperia Go firmware and has lower-res graphics and some other issues compared to V3, which was ported from the Xperia P).
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pipi14's V5 ROM (which you have tried and are currently using.)
link
As for kernels I've only used the one that came included with DevSwift1's V3 ROM and Phantom kernel's from v1.0.7 upwards. I know that a number of people have used the Experimental v8 kernel with success on JB but it looks to be more complicated than Phantom.
Experimental v8 kernel
Phantom kernel
From my own experience I will say that I think pipi14's V5 ROM is smoother but I can't get the LED bar working how I want and although it still had a few issues on DevSwift1's V3 ROM it was definitely better.
As far as apps go, it seems the fewer apps the better if you want to stick with JB on your Xperia U -- it doesn't have enough memory and the more apps you have running the worse it will be. Task killers will not help and will probably end up draining your battery more than they help.
A custom recovery is basically a low-level program that you can use to flash new kernels, ROM's and other things on to your phone. ClockWorkMod (CWM) is the most common but others are available. You must have used a recovery to flash JB to your phone before, and if you have a Phantom kernel it comes bundled with one. To get in to recovery mode you need to restart your phone and then press the Volume Down button when you see the boot logo (e.g. Phantom).
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That's the reason why sony will not send the updates to official JB version .
I will not use Jb now . If they fix it about the bugs i will use . Thanks for the info mate
Btw i use something custom like tera check this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2141726&highlight=tera
It's nice based on the ICS w/o so much battery drain and leds bug. I suggest you use this .