Just a quick question why are there two dev sections for this device? what is the difference? is one for the older gb and froyo roms and the new for ICS and soon to be jellybean? I am looking into how to root this for a friend. I have a samsung gs2 with an unlocked bootloader I have never rooted a phone with a locked bootloader. So how do you guys go about this? For my phone I have a pc program called odin that does low level flashing so all I do is use it to install cloclworkmod or twrp and then flash su and install the.apk and busybox. Is there sometihng similar for this phone or does everything have to be done by ADB? If someone explains which dev section I should go to I will figure it out myself but the more info yoy guys can give me the better. I do still have to find out what software my friend has. I also want her to do this by herself so I want to be able to explain it to her. Thanks in advance.
Use this. It's doesn't it all for you.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1690919
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mojorisin7178 said:
Just a quick question why are there two dev sections for this device? what is the difference? is one for the older gb and froyo roms and the new for ICS and soon to be jellybean? I am looking into how to root this for a friend. I have a samsung gs2 with an unlocked bootloader I have never rooted a phone with a locked bootloader. So how do you guys go about this? For my phone I have a pc program called odin that does low level flashing so all I do is use it to install cloclworkmod or twrp and then flash su and install the.apk and busybox. Is there sometihng similar for this phone or does everything have to be done by ADB? If someone explains which dev section I should go to I will figure it out myself but the more info yoy guys can give me the better. I do still have to find out what software my friend has. I also want her to do this by herself so I want to be able to explain it to her. Thanks in advance.
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The Android Development and Original Android Development forums are organized pretty much as they sound: Original Development will have threads for programs, mods, roms, kernels, etc. that are the original work of the developer. Android Development has threads for those that are built off of someone else's existing work (e.g. A rom that is a collection of tweaks pulled from other roms). I agree with the previous poster on using regawMOD, it is the simplest way to unlock the bootloader, flash a recovery and gain root access all at once. That being said, if your friend is on 1.22.651.3, there is an additional step to manually move the root package to the sd card. Read page 80-84 on the dev's thread for more info.
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There's a sticky that explains everything right at the top of the original development forum. Can't miss it. It's always there
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Thank you to everyone that answered I looked around after I posted and saw that all in one app to do the whole process that is cool I figured that would be the way to go. I will Be a let to root this phone with no problem. I gotta say we have come a long way from entering adb commands to push things to a phone to just a click and boom everything is done the beauty of xda.
mojorisin7178 said:
Thank you to everyone that answered I looked around after I posted and saw that all in one app to do the whole process that is cool I figured that would be the way to go. I will Be a let to root this phone with no problem. I gotta say we have come a long way from entering adb commands to push things to a phone to just a click and boom everything is done the beauty of xda.
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Just use the evo lte toolbox and do htcdev unlock. It's a little more complicating then odin l,Odin is more like using an RUU and turning it into a kitchen to flash modified roms
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I just got my OG and I'm very happy with it. I came from the Infuse and if you know anything about it you can understand why I'm happy. I'm not new to flashing or new with CWM, and I've been trying to find the answers to my questions in this forum but I have seen conflicting information.
I would love to root and unlock my OG and flash the base ROM - but
1. Can i create and use a backup in CWM? I read that the backup are not working and a fix was on the way, but I could not find out if the fix came or not.
2. If I can't create backups in CWM and I still want to root and unlock, can't i simply remove the bloatware myself from the /sys/apps folder?
Again, I'm new to this phone so be gentle with me if these questions have been asked and answered before. I tired for 4 days to find my answers in a comprehensive place.
EDIT: Sorry community just saw the post in the dev section on the fix.
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I just got my OG and I'm very happy with it. I came from the Infuse and if you know anything about it you can understand why I'm happy. I'm not new to flashing or new with CWM, and I've been trying to find the answers to my questions in this forum but I have seen conflicting information.
I would love to root and unlock my OG and flash the base ROM - but
1. Can i create and use a backup in CWM? I read that the backup are not working and a fix was on the way, but I could not find out if the fix came or not.
2. If I can't create backups in CWM and I still want to root and unlock, can't i simply remove the bloatware myself from the /sys/apps folder?
Again, I'm new to this phone so be gentle with me if these questions have been asked and answered before. I tired for 4 days to find my answers in a comprehensive place.
EDIT: Sorry community just saw the post in the dev section on the fix.
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1. If you use twrp or cwm touch You can do backups both have flashable zips in their respective threads.
2. You can only remove some of the bloat with an unlocked bootloader, otherwise thy set of a security warning.
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1. If you use twrp or cwm touch You can do backups both have flashable zips in their respective threads.
2. You can only remove some of the bloat with an unlocked bootloader, otherwise thy set of a security warning.
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Thanks Deaf Mute. I did see that the newer CWM was in the dev thread. I guess I need to learn up on bootloaders with the OG
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Thanks Deaf Mute. I did see that the newer CWM was in the dev thread. I guess I need to learn up on bootloaders with the OG
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Just run freegee from your computer or purchase the app on the play store and run that very quick unlock. Doesn't delete anything off of your device. You get the non touch version on cwm or twrp via app (you get the choice) out just the non touch cwm via the desktop version. Both also create backups so you can restore the old bootloader easily.
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I currently have the Verizon Note 2, now rooted, and wondering if I can use the Dirty AOKP 5.1 rom. I know it is under the nexus 7 developer site, but are roms able to be used on different phones?
Also, I used casual to root my device, then backed up my apps and systems on titanium backup (not pro), but do not know where to go from here to load the rom. Do i run casual again and once I get into that team wiz menu, flash the rom from there?
Sorry, been reading up on this site but some of the lingo i'm not familiar with quite yet.
Do i make a new folder on my sd card and move the rom to that folder first?
Thanks a bunch~
Unless the rom is meant for our phones. Flashing something like that can brick your phone. Now that you're rooted, install twrp and then you can start flashing custom roms. There are plenty of good aokp roms here, but don't risk damaging your device.
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tigersfa8 said:
I currently have the Verizon Note 2, now rooted, and wondering if I can use the Dirty AOKP 5.1 rom. I know it is under the nexus 7 developer site, but are roms able to be used on different phones?
Also, I used casual to root my device, then backed up my apps and systems on titanium backup (not pro), but do not know where to go from here to load the rom. Do i run casual again and once I get into that team wiz menu, flash the rom from there?
Sorry, been reading up on this site but some of the lingo i'm not familiar with quite yet.
Do i make a new folder on my sd card and move the rom to that folder first?
Thanks a bunch~
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i suggest going over to droidstyle's guide and checking it out before doing anything.
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ztotherad said:
i suggest going over to droidstyle's guide and checking it out before doing anything.
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EDIT: hers the link to the guide bro. hit it up before you go and brick your $700 phone. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2024207
tigersfa8 said:
I currently have the Verizon Note 2, now rooted, and wondering if I can use the Dirty AOKP 5.1 rom. I know it is under the nexus 7 developer site, but are roms able to be used on different phones?
Also, I used casual to root my device, then backed up my apps and systems on titanium backup (not pro), but do not know where to go from here to load the rom. Do i run casual again and once I get into that team wiz menu, flash the rom from there?
Sorry, been reading up on this site but some of the lingo i'm not familiar with quite yet.
Do i make a new folder on my sd card and move the rom to that folder first?
Thanks a bunch~
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As ztotherad said you need to read droidstyles guide.
As for using Roms, if you want Roms check the ones in the Verizon Note 2 Development and Original Development sections. Those are the only ones for our phones.
If you're going to flash a Touchwiz ROM you can flash Roms from the other Note 2's but only the LTE ones and then you have to use a patch to make them work. The Note 2 Roms from other carriers are only from specific phones though, the include the N7105, the AT&T version, the T-Mobile version, and maybe another. You have to use the patch with those though our else they will not work. You cannot however flash a ROM for the Nexus 7 or other devices unless it has been ported to our phone, in which case it would be in the Development section.
That being said it is very obvious that you don't know what you're doing yet, before you attempt to flash ANYTHING from another carrier you must know what you're doing and understand the ins and outs of modding and ROM flashing and the only way to do this is to read all the guides and if you don't understand something to ask questions in the Q&A section if you don't understand something or need clarification.
For the time being you only need to flash Roms from the Verizon Note 2 Development and Original Development Section and only after you have read droidstyles sticky that ztotherad posted above.
Verizon Note 2 Development Section:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1888
Verizon Note 2 Original Development Section:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1889
As I said, and everyone else has, you need to at least read droidstyles guide before doing ANYTHING.
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shangrila500 said:
As ztotherad said you need to read droidstyles guide.
As for using Roms, if you want Roms check the ones in the Verizon Note 2 Development and Original Development sections. Those are the only ones for our phones.
If you're going to flash a Touchwiz ROM you can flash Roms from the other Note 2's but only the LTE ones and then you have to use a patch to make them work. The Note 2 Roms from other carriers are only from specific phones though, the include the N7105, the AT&T version, the T-Mobile version, and maybe another. You have to use the patch with those though our else they will not work. You cannot however flash a ROM for the Nexus 7 or other devices unless it has been ported to our phone, in which case it would be in the Development section.
That being said it is very obvious that you don't know what you're doing yet, before you attempt to flash ANYTHING from another carrier you must know what you're doing and understand the ins and outs of modding and ROM flashing and the only way to do this is to read all the guides and if you don't understand something to ask questions in the Q&A section if you don't understand something or need clarification.
For the time being you only need to flash Roms from the Verizon Note 2 Development and Original Development Section and only after you have read droidstyles sticky that ztotherad posted above.
Verizon Note 2 Development Section:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1888
Verizon Note 2 Original Development Section:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1889
As I said, and everyone else has, you need to at least read droidstyles guide before doing ANYTHING.
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yeah, believe me, you don't want to brick this phone, it's easy to mess up.
Thank you for the guides. So what I have done so far is ran casual to root it, flashed aokp nightly, then flashed gapps-jb-20130301-signed. From what people have advised me, I haven't done a proper flash. Next, I have read up on the the droidstyle guide [GUIDE][VZW Edition]How to Root/Rom/Return to Stock the VZW Galaxy Note II many times and still have questions.
I have access to team win recovery project by pressing up volume, power, and home button.
People have been suggesting that I take it easy step by doing the flash of the rom provided on the droidstyle guide, and I will follow those newbie steps first.
Could people verify if the following step will be ok to take?
Download one of the touchwiz jelly bean roms from Section 2: How to flash a Touchwiz 4.1.1 rom/kernel from a Custom Recovery. (I've decided to go with mean bean)
Download file, transfer file onto sd micro card, power device off, restart device by going into volume up + power + home button. select wipe, then wipe cache.
Select install, then select the rom. Then reboot system. Is that it? or...
Do I also follow How to flash a custom Touchwiz kernel, and section 3? Or are those extra?
Edit: Also, in the team win recovery project, do I only need to go to wipe, swipe to factory reset to erase the previous roms? What is a good way to wipe to start from scratch again before flashing the mean bean rom that I'm downloading? I don't really need anything else on the phone...
Thanks again~
tigersfa8 said:
Thank you for the guides. So what I have done so far is ran casual to root it, flashed aokp nightly, then flashed gapps-jb-20130301-signed. From what people have advised me, I haven't done a proper flash. Next, I have read up on the the droidstyle guide [GUIDE][VZW Edition]How to Root/Rom/Return to Stock the VZW Galaxy Note II many times and still have questions.
I have access to team win recovery project by pressing up volume, power, and home button.
People have been suggesting that I take it easy step by doing the flash of the rom provided on the droidstyle guide, and I will follow those newbie steps first.
Could people verify if the following step will be ok to take?
Download one of the touchwiz jelly bean roms from Section 2: How to flash a Touchwiz 4.1.1 rom/kernel from a Custom Recovery. (I've decided to go with mean bean)
Download file, transfer file onto sd micro card, power device off, restart device by going into volume up + power + home button. select wipe, then wipe cache.
Select install, then select the rom. Then reboot system. Is that it? or...
Do I also follow How to flash a custom Touchwiz kernel, and section 3? Or are those extra?
Edit: Also, in the team win recovery project, do I only need to go to wipe, swipe to factory reset to erase the previous roms? What is a good way to wipe to start from scratch again before flashing the mean bean rom that I'm downloading? I don't really need anything else on the phone...
Thanks again~
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You hold power+volume up+home button to boot into TWRP. Then hit wipe.
At this point you have a couple options. You can simply swipe to factory reset.
If you have an external sd card, I like to move the rom (meanbeanice.zip) to the external. then i hit format data to completely wipe the internal sd.
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So if I do an entire format data to completely wipe the internal sd, then flash go to install to install meanbean. I would have a clean new start with mean bean?
Yes, just make sure you hit the backup tab first to make a 'nandroid'. if anything goes wrong, you can boot into recovery and hit the restore tab to boot into the state of the phone as it was when you backed up.
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I'll make the backup first. It will keep my team wiz recovery I'm assuming then?
For mean bean, I'll do the wipe, backup, then format data completely, install mean bean, go back and install sticky settings, go back and install sticky debloat to delete all the unwanted softwares? (Such as the nfl, amazon, and etc.)
Taking and reading how to properly flash one step at a time.~
Thanks everyone~
tigersfa8 said:
I'll make the backup first. It will keep my team wiz recovery I'm assuming then?
For mean bean, I'll do the wipe, backup, then format data completely, install mean bean, go back and install sticky settings, go back and install sticky debloat to delete all the unwanted softwares? (Such as the nfl, amazon, and etc.)
Taking and reading how to properly flash one step at a time.~
Thanks everyone~
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you got everything right but you want to make a backup before you wipe anything..
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I did everything above, but for some reason, nfl, amazon, kindle softwares showed up even though i did run the sticky debloat. Something I'm missing? I guess I can just diable them, but wondering if I missed a step for the future.
Thanks again~
tigersfa8 said:
I did everything above, but for some reason, nfl, amazon, kindle softwares showed up even though i did run the sticky debloat. Something I'm missing? I guess I can just diable them, but wondering if I missed a step for the future.
Thanks again~
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Did you change the .blt file as explained in the OP of Mikey's thread? You have to edit that file then run the sticky debloat. It's unlikely that at this point you would have the experience to edit that file before flashing the ROM (please take no offense...) that's why I'm guessing that's your issue.
ztotherad said:
yeah, believe me, you don't want to brick this phone, it's easy to mess up.
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It's actually one of the hardest to brick I have ever seen as long as you didn't update to VRAMC3, it seems like the minority of the issues come from phones with that update and is utterly puzzling. I'm just glad that I got my phone before *any* updates came out.
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shangrila500 said:
It's actually one of the hardest to brick I have ever seen as long as you didn't update to VRAMC3, it seems like the minority of the issues come from phones with that update and is utterly puzzling. I'm just glad that I got my phone before *any* updates came out.
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yeah i believe before i bricked mine it was on the previous update, but this new one i have it's on the vramc3 update. i accepted it ota before i decided to unlock and root my phone.
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yeah i believe before i bricked mine it was on the previous update, but this new one i have it's on the vramc3 update. i accepted it ota before i decided to unlock and root my phone.
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I wonder why it seems like VRAMC3 is causing more issues, I know its 4.1.2 and has a new bootloader but is there a reason aside from that causing the issues.... It could also just be that more people are buying the Note 2 since the update.
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shangrila500 said:
I wonder why it seems like VRAMC3 is causing more issues, I know its 4.1.2 and has a new bootloader but is there a reason aside from that causing the issues.... It could also just be that more people are buying the Note 2 since the update.
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oh who knows. but yeah, it could be, i wish Samsung would release 4.2.2, cause I'd be a super happy camper
ztotherad said:
oh who knows. but yeah, it could be, i wish Samsung would release 4.2.2, cause I'd be a super happy camper
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Same here, hell if they would just leak it id be happy.
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shangrila500 said:
Same here, hell if they would just leak it id be happy.
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Love it on my S4
Hey, I've been lurking around here for awhile and I'm a complete noob when it comes to rooting. I see all these super one click root access programs and other root programs however they don't seem dependable or they seem outdated.
Is there a really good thread or resource for a complete beginner I can look at so I can start rooting my Samsung Vibrant (2.2) ??? I would really appreciate it.
Nexus99 said:
Hey, I've been lurking around here for awhile and I'm a complete noob when it comes to rooting. I see all these super one click root access programs and other root programs however they don't seem dependable or they seem outdated.
Is there a really good thread or resource for a complete beginner I can look at so I can start rooting my Samsung Vibrant (2.2) ??? I would really appreciate it.
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May I ask, do you want to stay in Android 2.2 rooted or do you want something else? For general information there are several threads scattered in the General, Q&A and Development forums for this device:
1. ★★★ NOOB GUIDE :: Root :: Odin :: Files :: Guides ★★★
2. [REF] The Official XDA Vibrant Bible Thread -ROMS/KERNELS/MODEMS/MODS/ETC
3. [PROGRAM] AIO Vibrant Toolbox 2.5 *Beginners Start Here* Also for advanced users
Those should get you started. You need to read those to know the what to do and what not to do.
nirogu325 said:
May I ask, do you want to stay in Android 2.2 rooted or do you want something else? For general information there are several threads scattered in the General, Q&A and Development forums for this device:
1. ★★★ NOOB GUIDE :: Root :: Odin :: Files :: Guides ★★★
2. [REF] The Official XDA Vibrant Bible Thread -ROMS/KERNELS/MODEMS/MODS/ETC
3. [PROGRAM] AIO Vibrant Toolbox 2.5 *Beginners Start Here* Also for advanced users
Those should get you started. You need to read those to know the what to do and what not to do.
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Thank you so much!
And no I want to upgrade it to the latest Android OS possible for Vibrant, I'm assuming in rooting terms they are called ROMs ?
Nexus99 said:
Thank you so much!
And no I want to upgrade it to the latest Android OS possible for Vibrant, I'm assuming in rooting terms they are called ROMs ?
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The terms are in one of those threads. ROMs are the operating system you are running. Custom ROMs are systems such as CyanogenMod (CM) and the like. If you want to go up the ladder to Android 4.4.4 KitKat, then you should first find any Ice Cream Sandwich (ICS, Android 4.0.x) ROM and flash it, once you're on the recovery
then you can flash a 4.4.4 ROM such as CM11. I suggest reading those in order to familiarize yourself with the terms and how-tos. It's even more organized than when I began rooting and exploring Android back in October 2010.
might want to mention the EU bug ICS is known for, its a real pita if you get hit with it. I would skip ICS if you're still stock I'd go to GB, JB, followed by kitkat.
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dzee206 said:
might want to mention the EU bug ICS is known for, its a real pita if you get hit with it. I would skip ICS if you're still stock I'd go to GB, JB, followed by kitkat.
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just supposed to flash the ics ROM for the kernel and recovery then flash the kitkat rom right after so there won't be any time to catch the virus. I recommend using ics passion.
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cappy_dono said:
just supposed to flash the ics ROM for the kernel and recovery then flash the kitkat rom right after so there won't be any time to catch the virus. I recommend using ics passion.
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Its not needed I've done it numerous times already with out any issues when ever i felt like starting fresh from stock. flashing ics for recovery and kernel just to get to 4.4+? sorry but i don't think so, you're thinking of CM10.2... one can go back to stock (Froyo) jump to GB followed by JB and of course KK pretty easily without the need to flash ICS. how can you say just by flashing ICS right after wont get you hit with the ICS bug? just flashing ICS once will risk you getting the EU bug.
I agree. If there is no need to flash ICS, then why put yourself in the possibility of getting hit by EU. Believe me, I have done extensive work on trying crack that bug with multiple people in the Captivate/Fascinate sections for nearly 2 years and to-date there is no "cure".
I thought you had to go online to get the bug. Oh well I stand corrected, didn't know you could go to JB from GB without issues