Whenever I install and ICS ROM it seems like it installs fine but then it just its at a black screen whenever I try to boot up. I'm pretty sure I'm following instructions right but I have no idea what's causing thus problem. Just ask if you need additional information.
sis you flash it ffrom a 2.3.6 rom?
Did you wipe data?
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omnia1994 said:
sis you flash it ffrom a 2.3.6 rom?
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I flashed it from a stock ROM with safestrap
onslaught86 said:
Did you wipe data?
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Yeah, I did a factory reset, wiped cache partition, dalvik cache, and formatted system
TrevorSP said:
I flashed it from a stock ROM with safestrap
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do not use safestrap, this gains you lots of bugs and flash failures... it's quite not very 'safe' i think... use RAZRbootstrap instead...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1347767
works perfect for me.
edit: if you're NOT on 2.3.6 the ics ota will NOT work! it's based on 2.3.6's kernel version...
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TrevorSP said:
Yeah, I did a factory reset, wiped cache partition, dalvik cache, and formatted system
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Go to Settings>About Phone
Make sure you are on stock 2.3.6
If you are not on 2.3.6 then you will have to upgrade first and reroot before you can install any ICS ROM.
By the way, which ROM are you trying to install?
Sh4itan said:
do not use safestrap, this gains you lots of bugs and flash failures... it's quite not very 'safe' i think... use RAZRbootstrap instead...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1347767
works perfect for me.
edit: if you're NOT on 2.3.6 the ics ota will NOT work! it's based on 2.3.6's kernel version...
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i currently have the cm9 beta0 on my phone, i seen they had an update that was cm9 beta1, my question is do i have to do a full wipe then flash tha update or can i just flash without wiping?, i did a search and couldnt find an answer....thanks in advanced..
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i currently have the cm9 beta0 on my phone, i seen they had an update that was cm9 beta1, my question is do i have to do a full wipe then flash tha update or can i just flash without wiping?, i did a search and couldnt find an answer....thanks in advanced..
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You don't need to wipe before flashing a newer version of a rom I am general unless the dev says a wipe is needed. So no wipe for you
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Waddle said:
You don't need to wipe before flashing a newer version of a rom I am general unless the dev says a wipe is needed. So no wipe for you
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thank you sir, youve been very helpful...
I am trying to root my recently updated Bell mobility samsung galaxy S2 I9100 running ICS 4.0.3, Baseband version I9100MUGLD3, Kernel Version 3.0.15-I9100MUGLD3-CL377577, Build Version IML74K.UGLD3. I Can't Find anything on these threads. Can someone help? Thanks in advance.
Ethanp said:
I am trying to root my recently updated Bell mobility samsung galaxy S2 I9100 running ICS 4.0.3, Baseband version I9100MUGLD3, Kernel Version 3.0.15-I9100MUGLD3-CL377577, Build Version IML74K.UGLD3. I Can't Find anything on these threads. Can someone help? Thanks in advance.
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check the link below
Universal Rooting Method for ICS
Sun90 said:
check the link below
Universal Rooting Method for ICS
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Awesome the link worked great. But it turns out my phone tested positive to the Emmc brick. So i now i don't want to flash anything lol.
Ethanp said:
Awesome the link worked great. But it turns out my phone tested positive to the Emmc brick. So i now i don't want to flash anything lol.
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You're device is fine. I have the same thing and I've flashed hundreds of times. You just have to know what you're flashing and understand the basics
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kilometers4 said:
You're device is fine. I have the same thing and I've flashed hundreds of times. You just have to know what you're flashing and understand the basics
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I am familiar with flashing. I had the LG Optimus LTE before this and flashed quite a few roms, This phone however has me awfully confused. I have been researching all day. And so far i am under the understanding that the touch cwm are not good and the use the 4.0.1.5 recovery. But what i don't understand is how do you install roms without wiping data/factory reset through cwm? don't most roms require this? and isn't that what causes the superbrick? Sorry for sounding like a noob. but can you tell me how you do your flashing?
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I am familiar with flashing. I had the LG Optimus LTE before this and flashed quite a few roms, This phone however has me awfully confused. I have been researching all day. And so far i am under the understanding that the touch cwm are not good and the use the 4.0.1.5 recovery. But what i don't understand is how do you install roms without wiping data/factory reset through cwm? don't most roms require this? and isn't that what causes the superbrick? Sorry for sounding like a noob. but can you tell me how you do your flashing?
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Just use a different kernel, like siyah (www.gokhanmoral.com and make it's for the s2 not s3). Then you can wipe data. Just didn't not be on 4.0.4, and have a samsung based kernel (the kernel dev should have info in the op). Once you're on a safe kernel you can flash whatever you want and wipe data.
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kilometers4 said:
Just use a different kernel, like siyah (www.gokhanmoral.com and make it's for the s2 not s3). Then you can wipe data. Just didn't not be on 4.0.4, and have a samsung based kernel (the kernel dev should have info in the op). Once you're on a safe kernel you can flash whatever you want and wipe data.
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Ok so i flash the kernel via odin? because my phone doesn't have cmw installed. Siyah-s2-v4.0.1.tar that is the kernel i am about to flash. Is it safe for my phone? also do i need to do a backup of my stock kernel?
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Ok so i flash the kernel via odin? because my phone doesn't have cmw installed. Siyah-s2-v4.0.1.tar that is the kernel i am about to flash. Is it safe for my phone? also do i need to do a backup of my stock kernel?
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Yeah, you should be able to flash through Odin. And you can flash back to stock by getting a stock firmware from www.sammobile.com and flash through Odin
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Ethanp said:
Awesome the link worked great. But it turns out my phone tested positive to the Emmc brick. So i now i don't want to flash anything lol.
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How do you test for Emmc brick?
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Spacemonkie4207 said:
How do you test for Emmc brick?
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Go to this page, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1693704 and download and install the gotbrickbug apk
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Yeah, you should be able to flash through Odin. And you can flash back to stock by getting a stock firmware from www.sammobile.com and flash through Odin
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So I did what you told me too. And went ahead and flashed a custom kernel (Siyah 4.0.1) and tried installing salman ics rom. and now i have a never ending boot loop.. any suggestions?
Ethanp said:
So I did what you told me too. And went ahead and flashed a custom kernel (Siyah 4.0.1) and tried installing salman ics rom. and now i have a never ending boot loop.. any suggestions?
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Did you wipe data when you installed it? It's usually highly recommended
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kilometers4 said:
Did you wipe data when you installed it? It's usually highly recommended
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Yes I wiped data, cache and dalvik cache. Couldn't get into recovery so i just re-flashed my firmware via odin. All is good now and successfully flashed cm9 with no issues. Must have been a bug in the rom.
If a want to upgrade to CM 10 or CM9, from my stock rom, do I really need to do a wipe data, wipe factory reset? & what would happen if I do not? Is there any chance that something bad happen to it? Thank you guys Greetings.
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TheAndroidLord said:
If a want to upgrade to CM 10 or CM9, from my stock rom, do I really need to do a wipe data, wipe factory reset? & what would happen if I do not? Is there any chance that something bad happen to it? Thank you guys Greetings.
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Yes, if coming from a GB based rom you should wipe date/factory reset.
Is there any reason why you cant? All you need to do is backup apps/app data with Titanium Backup and then restore once you have fresh rom.
TheAndroidLord said:
If a want to upgrade to CM 10 or CM9, from my stock rom, do I really need to do a wipe data, wipe factory reset? & what would happen if I do not? Is there any chance that something bad happen to it? Thank you guys Greetings.
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1. Yeah full wipe is recommended if you are downgrading or upgrading to another Android version.
2. If you don't do full wipe there are chances that your CM9 will not bee stable, freezes and lockups here and there
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What about an ICS stock rom? that's the one I'm using right now . If I install the CM rom, and if I want to downgrade to the stock rom again, could I do that? Thank you for answering.
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What about an ICS stock rom? that's the one I'm using right now . If I install the CM rom, and if I want to downgrade to the stock rom again, could I do that? Thank you for answering.
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If you are moving from stock to Aosp Roms and vice versa, you have to do full wipe
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Jokesy said:
If you are moving from stock to Aosp Roms and vice versa, you have to do full wipe
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Thank you all guys, this really helped me
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TheAndroidLord said:
If I install the CM rom, and if I want to downgrade to the stock rom again, could I do that?
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Yes, you would just flash the stock ROM using Odin, and that would "unroot" your handset in the process.
If you try to switch from stock to a custom ROM, or between different custom ROMs without wiping your data, you can soft or hard-brick your handset. It's not worth the risk.
Hi! I have ReVolt ROM on my I9100. 4.2.2 Android version. Is it possible to flash CM7.2 stable? Do I need an older recovery, or can I use a newer one? I want to try it. Thanks! Sorry for my bad english!
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get the ROM and flash it, it's just a zip file.
(you sure you wanna go 7?)
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Thanks for your reply! Yes, I want to try CM7, because I bought it with stock 4.0.3. I have not seen Android 2.3 on SGS2.
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You're probably not missing out on anything with cm7
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ShaneDiNozzo said:
Hi! I have ReVolt ROM on my I9100. 4.2.2 Android version. Is it possible to flash CM7.2 stable? Do I need an older recovery, or can I use a newer one? I want to try it. Thanks! Sorry for my bad english!
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Do a full wipe i.e. wipe data, cache, dalvik cache then flash the ROM and gapps as well!
shahrozeumar said:
Do a full wipe i.e. wipe data, cache, dalvik cache then flash the ROM and gapps as well!
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Okay. I will try it at home. Thanks!
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Guys I had CM 10 rom installed on my phone from epinter olympus Version 2013-02-20, then I upgraded to Version 2013-04-21 but I'm not happy with the battery life and I want to down grade to Version 2013-02-20. Can I do that without full clean install? I usually flash the rom and just Wipe Dalvik and Cache.
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Guys I had CM 10 rom installed on my phone from epinter olympus Version 2013-02-20, then I upgraded to Version 2013-04-21 but I'm not happy with the battery life and I want to down grade to Version 2013-02-20. Can I do that without full clean install? I usually flash the rom and just Wipe Dalvik and Cache.
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yes, you can do like if you were updating, just wipe the caches...
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Thanks Mister, it worked.
mourao said:
yes, you can do like if you were updating, just wipe the caches...
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