After much thought regarding the 911 issue with CM7, I have decided to downgrade back to 2.2. Although 2.2 is outdated, it has a better GPS, battery life, and working 911.
What I want to know is how can I wipe everything before downgrading back to stock? This includes all music and various files left around by me throughout the years. I also want to know what the best kernel for 2.2 is in terms of battery life or should I leave it as stock?
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format internal and external sd card under mounts and storage in recovery. Bali kernel
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I don't think formatting will work because the recovery is updated and trying to install and older 2.2 ROM will complain about broken scripts in CWM. You may have to Odin back if I I'm not mistaken.
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sorry, and not just my opinion, when you start over start clean and odin to stock, 'ghost in the machine', its real
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I don't think formatting will work because the recovery is updated and trying to install and older 2.2 ROM will complain about broken scripts in CWM. You may have to Odin back if I I'm not mistaken.
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Since the op said
What I want to know is how can I wipe everything before downgrading back to stock
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I assumed he was planning to odin
Yep thanks for the help guys. Now I'm on the process of getting Bali on here as a kernel but I don't know which one to pick. The reguler release or the UV or undervolt release.
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As of right now I'm running a Axura 2.2.something and i want to move on to Bionix official 2.2. My question is should I odin back to stock then move to bionix or can i just flash to Bionix
Help is appreciated
Xaphino said:
As of right now I'm running a Axura 2.2.something and i want to move on to Bionix official 2.2. My question is should I odin back to stock then move to bionix or can i just flash to Bionix
Help is appreciated
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You can just flash. Do a data wipe, the op for the rom tells you all the instructions
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but best beat u can do is yes wipe with stock and odin, format sd, and reflash with w.e your choice is, my 0.5$
I used rom manager and I just flashed bionix from axura. It is running well and a lot better than I expected
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xdeified said:
I used rom manager and I just flashed bionix from axura. It is running well and a lot better than I expected
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The general consensus is that Bionix V flashes well on top of other roms. Official TeamWhiskey forums say that you do not need to disable voodoo if coming from one of their previous roms, but you may want to disable it if you're coming from Axura or the like just to be safe.
Is this safe to do without odin? Im on Whitehawkx RC1 of the 2.3.2 port.. can i flash to any 2.2.1 rom through rom manager?
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Is this safe to do without odin? Im on Whitehawkx RC1 of the 2.3.2 port.. can i flash to any 2.2.1 rom through rom manager?
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You will have to odin back to stock and check repartition and efs clear.
The 2.3 roms are still a bit buggy and are not complete, if you do not have Moderate to advanced flashing skills, then I would not recommend.
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The 2.3 roms are still a bit buggy and are not complete, if you do not have Moderate to advanced flashing skills, then I would not recommend.
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He's already on a 2.3 rom and asking whether or not he should flash a 2.2.1 one
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You will have to odin back to stock and check repartition and efs clear.
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You have to odin due to the rainbow thing if it wasn't for that damn rainbow I would still be using it, well that and gps
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Use rom manager and flash from there you will be on the rainbow screen for a while but just been patient
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Hi I was wondering if someone could point me to a fully working miui froyo rom. If there isn't one then can someone port one from the other galaxy phones or from the nexus one. Thanks in advance
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You're not going to get any froyo cm or miui roms, only gb. That's just the way it is.
And, GPS doesn't work on froyo cm/miui roms either. Also, all development on froyo cm/miui has ceased across all phones and in their place is the respective gb versions.
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The only reason I wanted a froyo build because the gb version installation seems risky and I don't want to Odin or anything. I just want to have a gb rom that doesn't force you to Odin.
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There's plenty of Froyo roms around here to pick from, no MIUI or CM7 though. That ships already sailed for those guys.
EDIT: And you really need to know how to Odin. Even when jumping through Froyo roms eventually you'll have to Odin to clear things up.
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The only reason I wanted a froyo build because the gb version installation seems risky and I don't want to Odin or anything. I just want to have a gb rom that doesn't force you to Odin.
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The Vibrant CM7 installation is now no more risky than any other rom. Very easy to flash. You can get one of the nightlies and flash through rom manager. I would not go above #8 yet though since those have call audio issues that need to be worked out.
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I know how to use Odin but I hate how you have to clear up all the internal storage. I find it easier to just flash it through cwm. Will we still have to flash the bootloaders if and when the official 2.3 release comes to the vibrant
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What? Odin doesn't touch your internel sdcard nor does it touch your external sdcard.
Also, the froyo cm and miui had way less working, and required some Odin to get it working.
As for 2.3 bootloaders, I'm sure you will have to because after hearing revs dissect the i9k gb roms and source, seems some initialization calls have been moved into the bootloader (i.e. gpu initialization has Ben moved to bootloader)
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the other day i DL and flashed CM7 trigger redux. i love everything about it except the stock kernal. when i first flashed the rom everything i flashed after that would take away my baseband and my signal completely, rendering my phone useless unless i connected to a wifi. i then managed to get a kb5 modem for cm7.1, which worked just fine. however i still cannot get a kernal on my phone. i took the cm7 kernals for 2.3.4, including platypus and the nightlys [they are all located in the bible]
im guessing since the 7.1 modem flashed just fine, i need to find a kernal for cm7.1?
are there any in circulation atm? or would the cm website be the best place for these kernals?
i apologize for the noob questions, but i am new to 2.3
go back to stock and reflash
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go back to stock and reflash
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But the kernals I am flashing are compatible with my rom right?
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Ok, so odin'd back to stock, reflashed, even tried a diff cm7 version. Still no success...wtf?
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what kernel are you flashing?
look for an updated version of the kernel.
If there is not one, don't flash the kernel.
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look for an updated version of the kernel.
If there is not one, don't flash the kernel.
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I'm on version 2.3.4 I figured I could flash a kernel updated to that version via the bible. Or is cm7.1 something completely different?
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Have you checked your imei #?Go to "about phone "setting.Sometimes it says null with a bad flash. Odin back to 2.1 eclair if so.It happened to me once ..
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Have you checked your imei #?Go to "about phone "setting.Sometimes it says null with a bad flash. Odin back to 2.1 eclair if so.It happened to me once ..
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Yeah my imei number is there. This is crazy, I've never had any problems flashing anything before. Its like my phone won't let me flash any other kernel, but the one that comes with cm7. I can flash cm7.1 modems just fine though
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Yeah my imei number is there. This is crazy, I've never had any problems flashing anything before. Its like my phone won't let me flash any other kernel, but the one that comes with cm7. I can flash cm7.1 modems just fine though
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Google "vibrant glitch" and get v11. (Make sure you get the vibrant one and not any of the other versions)
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Google "vibrant glitch" and get v11. (Make sure you get the vibrant one and not any of the other versions)
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How the hell did you know that kernal was going to work? What makes this kernal different then the others I tried?
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How the hell did you know that kernal was going to work? What makes this kernal different then the others I tried?
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There are 3 kernels right now for the vibrant updated enough to work with the latest nightlies. But only glitch and kernel de jour have been updated, and personally glitch seems to be better (plus, I'm running glitch v11 right now and have been following that thread).
I'm pretty sure all the CM7 kernel links in the bible are too old and therefore,you lose your baseband.
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Thank you geoff!!!!
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How do you get external to read?
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I am psychic, and the cosmos tell me you flashed gingerbread bootloaders at one point...
Flash froyo bootloaders back...
This is a documented issue of CM7 with gingerbread bootloaders.
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Also, dont try to flash em from cm7 or your gonna have a very bad afternoon...
Do Nand backup, Odin to stock, flash bootloaders, flash cm7 and restore nand backup.
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Thanks, yes thought you need TB bootloader for cm7 or can you use froyo bootloadrr too.
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grose65 said:
Thanks, yes thought you need TB bootloader for cm7 or can you use froyo bootloadrr too.
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You will *NOT* be able to use your external SD ardent if you're on gb bootloaders.
To get froyo bootloaders, make a nandroid (if you have it setup the way you want right now), Odin back to jfd, Odin froyo bootloaders, reflash CM7, restore nandroid.
And, external sdcard is located at /emmc now, instead of the froyo (and miui) location of /sdcard/external_sd.
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Thanks for the help was not sure
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