I just bought a used galaxy s2 I love the phone already. I had the samsung infuse before, and I loved the cm7 nightly builds on that phone, but had to upgrade You all know how that is haha.... I used http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1505172 to root and then had to unlock seeing as I am on rogers.... First thing I have to say is that every time I boot up I see the triangle with the ! in it so I might have done the wrong one? It said before i had the i9000m btw. And I installed CF-Root-SGS2_XX_OXA_KG2-v4.1-CWM4 as the kernel
Another thing I might as is that when I tried to open odin 1.85, it would say Odin.ini with a bunch of sqaures, i press ok and it closes.... So i just used 1.83.
Last thing is who do I go into cwm recovery, and I want to go on a cyanogen mod 7 or 9.... Should I try cm9? And how would I do that?
THANKS!
Hope everyone here is more helpful than on the infuse sometimes
the yellow triangle is always there when you boot it cause you rooted it.. but gladly, you can remove it with a usb jig (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=udzMQ_dsci4) or without usb jig (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YOXNf_kH-iA)
I highly suggest skipping CM9 and giving Resurrection Remix a try. Also learn to live with the yellow triangle and forget the CF kernels. I use Siyah kernel and there are other alternatives just as good.
I've tried almost every rom and kernal for S2 and I truly believe RR and Siyah is the best performing combo of them all.
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Thanks I will trythat now, but how do I do that? I sent you a message
If you don't have a usb jig to reset the flash counter and remove the triangle on boot up try chainfire's TriangleAway app either found on the play store(paid) or in his thread here on xda(free). Make sure you are running an ICS rom.
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Sorry I meant how do I do the siyah and rr thing but thanks
I received your message. All the info you will need is right here on XDA already. When you rooted your phone you probably installed CWM recovery (press home, volume up and power buttons to boot into it). Assuming you have that you can just follow the steps in the RR thread to install. It already comes with Siyah Kernel so you can simply flash the latest version to keep it updated. I used odin to flash a modem firmware for Canadian networks but that's optional since the stock base band in rr worked fine.
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So that means all I do is flash rr from cwm and clear that bs stuff and I'm good to go?
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Its simple as that Just follow the extended steps in the faq of the rr thread and remember to make backups in cwm in case you make mistakes and need to try again.
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if u need to do a factory reset/full wipe in the process of intalling the new rom
all apps and data will be deleted
so its convenient to make backup important things like your apps, sms, or call log
not compusory though
backup apps using Titanium backup,there are free and paid version
joeym11 said:
I just bought a used galaxy s2 I love the phone already. I had the samsung infuse before, and I loved the cm7 nightly builds on that phone, but had to upgrade You all know how that is haha.... I used http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1505172 to root and then had to unlock seeing as I am on rogers.... First thing I have to say is that every time I boot up I see the triangle with the ! in it so I might have done the wrong one? It said before i had the i9000m btw. And I installed CF-Root-SGS2_XX_OXA_KG2-v4.1-CWM4 as the kernel
Another thing I might as is that when I tried to open odin 1.85, it would say Odin.ini with a bunch of sqaures, i press ok and it closes.... So i just used 1.83.
Last thing is who do I go into cwm recovery, and I want to go on a cyanogen mod 7 or 9.... Should I try cm9? And how would I do that?
THANKS!
Hope everyone here is more helpful than on the infuse sometimes
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Stick with GB. CM9 AOSP AOKP and Samsung ICS roms will give you a headache, poor performance and poor battery life. My two cents.
Simply amazing... It has such a good look and feel... But just one thing.... Is there any way to get working mms in Canada?
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victorator said:
Stick with GB. CM9 AOSP AOKP and Samsung ICS roms will give you a headache, poor performance and poor battery life. My two cents.
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in my opinon this definetly isnt the case. ive been running ics roms for months now and ive barley had any problems at all, i prefer it to gingerbread, performance is good, and smooth. sensation ics rom is a nice one
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Heres the link
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1436854
Im currently running Turkbey hellraised on my Sgh-I777. I wanted to try this rom out, but when i did the usual steps for hellraising and rebooted i got stuck on the boot screen, not a boot loop but the actual start up screen that reads "Samsung Galaxy s2 Gt -I9100".
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hellraiser package is designed for GB roms. That is an 4.0 base and we do not have a fully functional kernel for our phone yet.
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hellraiser package is designed for GB roms. That is an 4.0 base and we do not have a fully functional kernel for our phone yet.
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Doh (homer voice). Thank you!!! Too bad because this one of the best Ics rom ive seen
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Jivy you are so nice! :thumbup:
(I was expecting other responses)
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Here I'll help you out since you were expecting it. READ THE COMPLETE OP before trying something like this. It states what the mod is compatible with. LOL I'm only half serious. I feel your pain too I want to use ics so Bad. Just so ya know I've flashed the ics for the i9100 on our phone and it doesn't brick it or anything just the back and search buttons don't work.
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Here I'll help you out since you were expecting it. READ THE COMPLETE OP before trying something like this. It states what the mod is compatible with. LOL I'm only half serious. I feel your pain too I want to use ics so Bad. Just so ya know I've flashed the ics for the i9100 on our phone and it doesn't brick it or anything just the back and search buttons don't work.
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..and the call audio
But it's fun to play with
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Phalanx7621 said:
Here I'll help you out since you were expecting it. READ THE COMPLETE OP before trying something like this. It states what the mod is compatible with. LOL I'm only half serious. I feel your pain too I want to use ics so Bad. Just so ya know I've flashed the ics for the i9100 on our phone and it doesn't brick it or anything just the back and search buttons don't work.
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Be careful - some of the ICS installs have a PIT file and are flashed in Odin.
DO NOT FLASH THESE.
As of today, the ONLY reason to EVER flash the I777 using a PIT file is to recover from a situation where you screwed it up by flashing something with a PIT file.
Nothing good can come out of flashing using a PIT file on the I777 at this point, nothing! So DO NOT FLASH anything that includes one!
Things might change when we get official ICS, but right now - DON'T DO IT.
I flashed the first i9100 leak using odin on my i777, and it workt just fine, only played with it for like 5min since ril is busted =/, tho he can flash i9100 cm9 just fine(after taking out the ro.productdevice=i9100 string out of the updater-script) and play with ics a bit, tho like we all know no mic on calls/no back/search keys(tho it can be fixed with gb /usr and a kernel edit) =/
Entropy512 said:
Be careful - some of the ICS installs have a PIT file and are flashed in Odin.
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Things might change when we get official ICS, but right now - DON'T DO IT.
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I think, once we start getting ICS for the i777, the device will have to be repartitioned. In HC (and ICS), /data and /sdcard (/mnt/sdcard) are no longer seperate partitions. If I understand ODIN properly (and I don't), that would imply a PIT file, correct?
Gary
I want to know good ICS (android 4) custom ROM for my galaxy s2. Please tell me if you use fantastic ROM.
Love ICS
I must say that I have really liked the move to ICS. I have found it nice and smooth, and the battery life is great for me.
Although I have been a big user of custom ROMs and kernels in the past, both with the SGS2 and the Tab, in the case of ICS I have not felt the need to move off stock. As per my signature, I currently run stock LPQ with the LPQ CF-root kernel and it is working well for me (other than a cifs problem with my network drive at present). I will move to the Australian (non-carrier) ICS when/if it arrives, and give it a try.
Jacko
PS: I have added the Apex Launcher which I also like very much.
Stop being lazy & try a bunch of ICS roms till you find one you like :-| No excuse for not doing so given how simple/quick it is to flash a rom in CWM & also to backup/restore.
I can recommend CM9 Works perfect
I recommend Koud AOSP 4
I'm on this from now and my internet is faster than its ever been.
For some reason this from doesn't come with a file manager I recommend astro or ES. I got astro.
Haven't had it long enough to comment on battery life.
It does NOT have root but it does have clockworkmod recovery so you can easily go back to your old rom if you made a nandroid backup. You can easily root the ROM with Odin with LP6 kernel from chainfire search chainfire lp6 on xda to download odin3 and LP6 kernel.
The thread has instructions to flash the kernel.
If you don't like using Odin or any similar programs or don't know how to or can't get to a PC right now
I recommend Pure ICS v7.1 or newer if its been updated.
This one is rooted.
Battery life is pretty good.
Its looks almost the same as koud aosp but they do have there differences. I think the other one is faster and more smooth UI. Although pure ICS is still a great ICS copy I used it for weeks before I found koud aosp.
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MistahBungle said:
Stop being lazy & try a bunch of ICS roms till you find one you like :-| No excuse for not doing so given how simple/quick it is to flash a rom in CWM & also to backup/restore.
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If like me you download through your carrier network it can take a while.
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Beside the point.
samgalaxys2 said:
If like me you download through your carrier network it can take a while.
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If youre not willing to even read and search and try ROMs yourself, why are you even on XDA?
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I've got the day off and nothings really going on so I'm looking to root my SGS III. Still in the preparation phase but I'm basically looking to find the quickest, easiest way to obtain root.
What I've come across is the tool kit and CF-Root methods of doing this. Basically what's the difference between these? I'm also reading about flash counter? And triangle away gets rid of it? I'm not too sure on that really..
Ideally I think I'd prefer using Odin but I cant seem to extract the CF-Root file to get the .Tar PDA file. This is why I've stopped and decided to post before proceeding to **** it all up, as I once did with my SGS...
Any help would be appreciated thanks all
..... Should also say I'm running stock with the latest OTA update if that's any worth
I did it via CF-Root and Odin. Quick and easy
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I did it via CF-Root and Odin. Quick and easy
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The issue I'm having with that is I cant seem to get the .tar file when I extract the files. I only seem to get the .img files, what extraction program do you use may I ask?
Dave759 said:
The issue I'm having with that is I cant seem to get the .tar file when I extract the files. I only seem to get the .img files, what extraction program do you use may I ask?
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Used WinZip here
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As it turns out using 7 zip was messing my extraction up so got rid of that and job done got the .tar file I needed, literally took 10 seconds..
Cf-root because I didn't want insecure boot image thing. Also like SuperSU
Another quick one, any one have recommended roms, I've just installed JB on my S1 and it looks good, but do I install it on my S3? Or pick something else?
Dave759 said:
Another quick one, any one have recommended roms, I've just installed JB on my S1 and it looks good, but do I install it on my S3? Or pick something else?
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Ssssssh........best Rom threads are banned.
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Dave759 said:
Another quick one, any one have recommended roms, I've just installed JB on my S1 and it looks good, but do I install it on my S3? Or pick something else?
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Can't really comment on "best"
But I've had good experience with AHD, WanamLite (2.0) and Omega. All with stock kernels. But Siyaah 1.4 is a good kernel to start with if you want a custom kernel.
Currently my daily driver is Faryaab's AOSP JB Build 3. Loving it!
Sorry, poorly phrased.. should have said, what rom do you use and why?
I confess at the moment I have gone back to a stock de-odexed Rom just to see what Samsung is like after 2 years of being on aosp/cm9 roms, just running siyah kernel over it and removed a bit of bloat.....quite enjoying it
slaphead20 said:
I confess at the moment I have gone back to a stock de-odexed Rom just to see what Samsung is like after 2 years of being on aosp/cm9 roms, just running siyah kernel over it and removed a bit of bloat.....quite enjoying it
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I have done the exact same thing as of this morning!
I enjoyed my journey through cm9/10 and aosp JB but I have to say I'm liking the latest Sammy FW, its a lot smoother than it was when I left it to flash CM9 back around when I got the phone.
So ya, I'm gone back to the darkside, not-as-crap-as-before-wiz.
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nodstuff said:
I have done the exact same thing as of this morning!
I enjoyed my journey through cm9/10 and aosp JB but I have to say I'm liking the latest Sammy FW, its a lot smoother than it was when I left it to flash CM9 back around when I got the phone.
So ya, I'm gone back to the darkside, not-as-crap-as-before-wiz.
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It's quite nice having everything working as it should for once....and can't really finds any faults so far, just a matter of nailing all the bloat to the wall and all seems good
Cf-root - odin , use winrar
Thanks for the thoughts and help everyone, much appreciated, will comment back again if I screw up, expect something by 10pm knowing my luck
Dave759 said:
Thanks for the thoughts and help everyone, much appreciated, will comment back again if I screw up, expect something by 10pm knowing my luck
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Flash then do a nandroid, can't really go wrong them!
Hi.
I have a friend who has a Galaxy S2 I9100 (White version) and his android version is 4.0.4 stock, un-rooted of course. It's all stock.
I just want to ask a question since I have heard you can brick your S2 in recovery mode if it is 4.0.4. So my question is this,
HOW CAN I FLASH CUSTOM ROM WITHOUT BRICKING, ON STOCK 4.0.4 ROM.
Now my guess is this, I must be wrong, so please let me know if its dangerous or not.
Flash Stock 4.0.3 rom via Odin first, than Root it with Siyah kernel which also has ClockWorkMod Recovery, wipe everything, and than flash the Custom ROM.
Is it OK, or I must do something else.
Thanks a lot.
Just flash Siyah Kernel on 4.0.4 and you can then flash custom ROM no need to downgrade to 4.0.3.
Flashing latest Siyah Kernel via Odin, and than I can wipe data/reset wipe cache and everything, and flash the custom ROM immediately from there after doing a NANDROID backup and the phone will not get bricked, right?
Is this really so safe?
Thanks for helping.
agonn said:
Flashing latest Siyah Kernel via Odin, and than I can wipe data/reset wipe cache and everything, and flash the custom ROM immediately from there after doing a NANDROID backup and the phone will not get bricked, right?
Is this really so safe?
Thanks for helping.
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Yes after flashing Siyah kernel ( v4.1.5 or v5.0.1 meant for S2) from ODIN ( u have to use the tar file of siyah) ur phone with android ICS 4.0.4 will be safe from 'Brick Bug' issue'.
In siyah recovery u can do wipe data/cache, make nandroid bkp of ur exsisting rom and also u can flash any custom JB or ICS roms ( which support siyah kernel) on ur phone without any issue
agonn said:
Flashing latest Siyah Kernel via Odin, and than I can wipe data/reset wipe cache and everything, and flash the custom ROM immediately from there after doing a NANDROID backup and the phone will not get bricked, right?
Is this really so safe?
Thanks for helping.
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Correct!
It was also correct in the other topics that cover bricking, flashing, rooting etc and are easy to find by looking at first/second page of questions or by using search.
Use search or look in future as you will get your answers quicker. They are already out there.
Thanks all.
Also, I searched, but couldn't get an exact answer. People were asking around that topic, but exactly how I wanted to ask (although I am sure a heavy search would've found me my answer) Also since this is a Q&A section I thought even asking the obvious question wouldn't make anybody mad. So thank you for your questions.
I dont usually create a lot of topics to ask questions, but only do it when I think it would be better if I get the opinion from more experienced guys so I wont brick anything.
Thanks a lot guys, and the whole XDA Community. The main reason Android is today the number.1 OS on smartphones.
one more question please.
if the phone is on stock 4.0.4 and with siyah kernel, updating the phone with Kies when updates are available, will it brick it or something like that.
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agonn said:
one more question please.
if the phone is on stock 4.0.4 and with siyah kernel, updating the phone with Kies when updates are available, will it brick it or something like that.
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Kies won't work anymore. You have to flash your rom(s) through Odin or via CWM.
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agonn said:
one more question please.
if the phone is on stock 4.0.4 and with siyah kernel, updating the phone with Kies when updates are available, will it brick it or something like that.
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NO, it will not brick ur phone for sure, and for now take out that 'will my phone Brick' thing from ur mind ma8
Phone wasnt mine. thats why i am afraid of brick. haha
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This guy did not like the Custom ROM world so he asked for everything to be back.
But when restoring the Nandroid backup the SeuperSU app CWM app and STweaks was there so I deleted all these all these apps with RootExplorer and than deleted RootExplorer too. I hope I didn't do any bass mistake doing that because i have no money to pay him a new S2.
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This guy did not like the Custom ROM world so he asked for everything to be back.
But when restoring the Nandroid backup the SeuperSU app CWM app and STweaks was there so I deleted all these all these apps with RootExplorer and than deleted RootExplorer too. I hope I didn't do any bass mistake doing that because i have no money to pay him a new S2.
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after all that deletion, if the phone is wrk'ng normally then nothing to worry
i don't know. it worked well but i didn't try to reboot it because i feared if it will not turn on. i hope he doesn't call me saying his phone is not powering up anymore.
I'm living in fear. it is so awkward you can't believe. can't keep my head cool no matter how much i try.
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i don't know. it worked well but i didn't try to reboot it because i feared if it will not turn on. i hope he doesn't call me saying his phone is not powering up anymore.
I'm living in fear. it is so awkward you can't believe. can't keep my head cool no matter how much i try.
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the Nadroid backup u restored, was it a stock rom one
yes 4.0.4 stock with Siyah kernel.
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yes 4.0.4 stock with Siyah kernel.
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Dont worry ma8, it will reboot normally without any issue's, since u have deleted only apps
Oh god. thanks for this news.
Yep I only deleted apps nothing more. thank you , you made my day. i can have a well deserved sleep now. thanks
one thing i learned today: never tell anyone you know some little about either Android, Windows or stuff like that. risky and not with it.
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agonn said:
Oh god. thanks for this news.
Yep I only deleted apps nothing more. thank you , you made my day. i can have a well deserved sleep now. thanks
one thing i learned today: never tell anyone you know some little about either Android, Windows or stuff like that. risky and not with it.
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GBU
Hi, This question arises after much research and several kernel/rom combination attempts failing.
I have been having problems with the rooting/ROM flashing on several i777 lately. Obviously there are so many different ROMs and kernels. Mostly the ROMs I try are call "ROOTED STOCK ROMS" and custom kernels.
One observation I would really like to express is that NOTHING created by the dev. "ZEDOMAX" has EVER worked for me.!!!! Wiping/formatting, nothing. I have had problems ranging from non-booting to booting and running but overheating and rapid battery drain.
Also, seems as though this phone has lost the battle against age, in that all the custom dev. seems to be more than a year old, except for the UCMD8 that just came out. I also can't get that one to work. I reverted to ICS 4.0.3 mistakenly believing that the format/wipe step was safe unlike the 4.0.4 version which everyone warns against. Now I see that that is a problem for 4.0.3 as well, so I went with rooting 2.3.4 and tried to install GALAXSIMUNLOCK. It just won't install!!!
What to do now? This is exhausting.!!!
Interestingly, These phones still show LOTS of demand in the market whereas, The BEAUTIFULL pebble blue S3 with a brand new LCD/FRAME I have just sits there, no interest in it at all???
Any opinions would be GREATLY appreciated. Maybe 2.3.4 is too old for GALAXSIMUNLOCK???
Thanks
Try this apk...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2130276
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GB 2.3.4
Teknodad1974 said:
Try this apk...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2130276
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Apparently GB 2.3.4 is too old. I flashed a stock 4.0.4 ICS. Rooted, unlocked and updated to UCMD8. All is good!!!!
I also can't get UCMD8 rooted(cooked) rom to install for some reason it always turns out STOCK!!! very strange.
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Apparently GB 2.3.4 is too old. I flashed a stock 4.0.4 ICS. Rooted, unlocked and updated to UCMD8. All is good!!!!
I also can't get UCMD8 rooted(cooked) rom to install for some reason it always turns out STOCK!!! very strange.
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Cooked is essentially stock. You won't notice much difference in the way it looks. But there are differences. It has AJK kernel instead of stock kernel, has root and busybox, is deodexed and has been debloated. You can check on any of those things to see if they are there. Boot into recovery, try a root application, use a root file explorer to look into the root files, etc.
Make sure you data factory reset and wipe cache and dalvik in cwm recovery. Reboot in to recovery and flash the cooked rom again. Make sure the rom download was not corrupt.
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Please don't ever call zedomax a dev again.
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Pirateghost said:
Please don't ever call zedomax a dev again.
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He is a carnival act not a Dev....! He is a youtube boob..! Takes other peoples work and makes videos calling it his own..! A XDA Plagiarist...!
framaroot works!
Teknodad1974 said:
Try this apk...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2130276
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Just wanted to thank the framaroot developer. I was able to use the first exploit, "Sam" on my wife's AT&T SGH-I777 GSII running 4.0.4. Now, onto a custom ROM!