Hi i am very new to the concept of rooting and flashing ROMs.
My phone is a SGH-I777 unlocked running stock 2.3.4
I have tried rooting my phone using CWM 5.0.2.3 for i777 and then user superuser 2.3.3 to root which went fine.
Now i wanted to install a custom ROM so i went ahead and downloaded the CM 9 stable for my i777 and the gapps signed package saved them both to the internal memory went into recovery mode and followed instructions as per CM wiki to wipe cache wipe factory reset and then installed the CM 9 Stable and then the gapps package. When the phone rebooted CM9 was installed but unfortunaltely no gapps and i was not gettinng any network on my phone.I tried reflashing but no good hence went back to stock and everything seemed to be working fine.
All i want to know is did i follow the right procedure or is there something else which had to be done or needs to be done while flashing any new ROM. Also if anyone can suggest a good stable ROM for the i777 i personally i like CM 9,CM 10,AOKP SHOSTOCK & MYSTIC GLORY.
If anyone can be kind enough to help me on how to install the above mentioned ROMs if its a first time for someone.
Thanks
You can try rebooting again after initial boot. Sometimes that will clear up data/network issues. Also you can go into settings-->more--->mobile networks and check your APN settings. When there you can hit menu button, then restore default apn, and reboot.
Also you mentioned your phone is unlocked. Are you using it on another carrier other than ATT? If so, make sure your APN are correct for your carrier.
Your basic procedure is fine, theoretically, it should work.
Why gapp didn't work? I don't know, I haven't run CM ROMs.
Try reflash gapp? Try reboot?
Did u download the correct gapps? I've had it happen that my big old fingers hit the wrong gapps package for the base I was running (cm9 (ics), cm10 (jelly bean) or gingerbread. Everything u did sounds right in theory, make sure not to use rom manager.
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I've had it happen that I needed to reboot into recovery and flash just the gapps again. Try that. Don't try to reinstall cm and gapps. Just do the gapps again.
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It has been a long time but I do remember when CM9 first came out for our phone I would flash the cm zip and let it try to boot. Then after a few minutes I would hold down the volume +/- and power until I was back in recovery and flash cm a second time BUT this time then flash gapps BEFORE rebooting. On occasion I have still done that out of old habits when I am switching between different ROMs. Good luck
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EDIT: First I tried installing Codename Android as my first rom from stock rooted gingerbread. OK, I ended up having some problems where I couldn't detect the SD card on my computer, and Android was giving me no option to go into mass storage mode. I had to take the advice on ics.samsung-update.com about the MTP issue going into Terminal Emulator to get it working again.
Now that I got it working I was just going to try to flash teamhacksung's build 5 here: hxxp://rootzwiki.com/topic/11850-romicsiml74k-teamhacksungs-ics-port-for-fascinate-build-5-0114/ Read my latest post for my problem.
I'd highly recommend AOKP or THS (find at rootzwiki) ICS roms. Droidstyle's guide in the general section has everything to get you up and running. Sounds like you might've flashed the wrong recovery in odin?
Probably something like that? I dunno, either way, I got a ClockwordMod v4 flashed on there. I then installed the Codenamed Android ROM I had on the sd card and that was appeared to work just fine. It seems strange that the contacts app on this rom seems to only want to let me import contacts from an Exchange account? Kind of strange I can't seem to get my Google contacts on here. I guess I'll try to flash the teamhacksung rom.
It sounds like you forgot to flash gapps. Flash the rom you want to use, then gapps, (then kernel if you want), and reboot.
Aokp m4 ftw! Glitch kernel if you're looking for performance tweaks. Go to Droidstyle's guide in general forum for all your needs.
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cant install gapps
I am now trying to install teamhacksungs build. This seemed to go ok, except for I keep getting errors that it can't mount the cache. Also when I try to data wipe it gives me those errors and it seems to skip some of the formats. After I flashed teamhacksung's build 5 I keep getting errors that android.process.media has stopped. Also after the rom begins running I shut back down to flash gapps and this seems to install as well, but when I boot up I see no sign of them. Anyone have any ideas?
It sounds like you may have 3-fingered into recovery after flashing ICS. After you odin the recovery, you 3-finger into it *initially*, but never again after that. Use the reboot menu.
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
Hey guys,
I (was) on jokers CM9 (before recent update). I backed up and then attempted to install the new version... So here's the problem, I can't install Gapps PERIOD. It failed for jokers CM9, as well as MIUI v4. I'm not new to installing ROMs, I know I did all the wipes properly etc and fixed permissions just in case. I have tried the last 3 releases of Gapps as well. The ROM is good, boots fine and all (MIUI and CM9) but no Gapps in any situation. The only time I've been able to get it to stick is using the Options Chooser MIUI Installer, worked great. Ive downloaded the files mutiple times with no problems... no idea what I could be missing! Anyone else had this problem/fix?
did you update your CWM recovery to 6.0.x.x? That's what i did before flashing jokers CM10 alpha build and it wouldn't let me install GAPPS either. I just reverted back to an earlier version and it worked fine.
R2DeeTard said:
did you update your CWM recovery to 6.0.x.x? That's what i did before flashing jokers CM10 alpha build and it wouldn't let me install GAPPS either. I just reverted back to an earlier version and it worked fine.
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Yes! I actually did right before I started flashing the new stuff... thanks!
Still having trouble ... downgraded back to 5.x. (joker v3). Now it seems like data/cache arent wiping. When trying to flash clean, after doing all wipes I still end up with the same install.
fabe0334 said:
Still having trouble ... downgraded back to 5.x. (joker v3). Now it seems like data/cache arent wiping. When trying to flash clean, after doing all wipes I still end up with the same install.
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I use photon3 recovery. Works great. Be sure to flash twice if gapps don't show up. If still nothing then you must have a bad download of gapps.
If this works let me know.
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Hello XDA Dev. I, Azeem, come to you guys with a problem and I need you all's help on solving it. Here's the story.
I was previously on Cyanogenmod 10.1.3 Stable for my phone and decided to try out the new 9-28 nightly of CM 10.2. However, when installing the rom, I rebooted in to recovery after installing it, gapps 4.3, and ajk 4.9 AOSP, but it got stuck at the Samsung logo and I could not enter recovery mode anymore nor could I boot to the homescreen. Knowing using odin to go back to stock would fix the issue, I did just that, and booted to the homescreen. Btw, I odined back to ICS 4.0.4 since I couldn't find an Odin-able tar file for Jellybean UCMD8 (if you know of any, please tell and link it to me). Anyway, I went and installed Mobile Odin to my phone and the N.E.A.K kernel ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1614150 ) for the ICS stock ROM, booted into recovery, wiped data, cache, and dalvik cacke, installed Cyanogenmod 10.2 nightly, gapps 4.2, went to advanced, and clicked reboot into recovery.
Next thing I knew, guess what? It was back to being stuck on the damn samsung logo and I couldn't boot into recovery, yet again! I went and though why not give it another try, so I redid all the procedures I had done prior, but this time flashed the 10.1.3 stable, AND IT HAPPENED AGAIN! I was like wtf! That leads me to the question. Is there anything I can do to prevent this from happening again? I really like cyanogenmod and would love to go back, but I don't want to repeat all of this a 4th time. Thanks for your help in advance!
EDIT: Nevermind. I got UCMD8 Cooked to work, but I am scared to flash 10.1.3/10.2 because I don't want to have to deal with doing all that I did in OP again. However, I really want CM 10.1.3/10.2 back. A dilema.
I don't do any AOSP versions, so I won't be any help there.
You can download UCMD8 from the Download Repository. It's at the bottom of the page. You can also always get the stock distributions from two sites:
http://www.sammobile.com/firmware/ (Need to be registered)
http://samsung-updates.com/ (Registration not needed)
Both of these sites are free to use.
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I don't do any AOSP versions, so I won't be any help there.
You can download UCMD8 from the Download Repository. It's at the bottom of the page. You can also always get the stock distributions from two sites:
http://www.sammobile.com/firmware/ (Need to be registered)
http://samsung-updates.com/ (Registration not needed)
Both of these sites are free to use.
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I got it to work. I want to go back to CM 10.1.3 but don't want to risk having the same problem again. Do you think it is safe for me to go back to CM 10.2 now?
azeem40 said:
I got it to work. I want to go back to CM 10.1.3 but don't want to risk having the same problem again. Do you think it is safe for me to go back to CM 10.2 now?
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One of my advice is ignoring the kernel for now. I don't know why you keep flashing 3rd-party kernel.
Just flash the ROM and its gapps only, boot it and see what happens.
Also, CM 10.2 needs gapps 4.3, not 4.2
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One of my advice is ignoring the kernel for now. I don't know why you keep flashing 3rd-party kernel.
Just flash the ROM and its gapps only, boot it and see what happens.
Also, CM 10.2 needs gapps 4.3, not 4.2
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I fixed the issue by doing the OP things and just restoring nandroid backup.
I need help please!
I have a Sony Ericsson Live With Walkman wt19i, I had cyanogenmod 10.2 nightlies dated 8/Oct/2013 installed on it and it was working just fine, no problems at all, so today I thought I should check if there is a new nightlies and I checked and found one dated 4/Dec/2013, I downloaded it and installed it the usual way through Recovery --> Wipe Cache --> Wipe Dalvik --> Install Zip --> Install Gapps, and it went fine.
I rebooted my phone after installation and I couldn't turn the WIFI on, it just doesn't turn, I re-installed again, then I wiped data and re-installed again, then I re-installed the older nightlies that was working fine, but nothing worked.
So in short WIFI was working fine on a October nightlies and after installing a new nightlies it doesn't turn on no matter what I try.
Sorry for my bad English.
Help please!
Try to go back to your old ROM. After flashing always backup tour current ROM.
Mord Fustang said:
Try to go back to your old ROM. After flashing always backup tour current ROM.
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I didn't backup my old ROM but I did wipe data / cache and install it again, but it didn't work!
Maybe it is a problem with a kernel. Try flashing the latest kernel, if there are, that comes with every nightlies zip that you flash.
If you are using other JB kernels then maybe there is WiFi modules on its thread.
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Thanks.
This phone is currently outdated anyway, and it has taken a lot of beatings and needs to replace the charger port, so I decided to retire it and buy the Huawei Ascend Mate.
This event was a hard lesson for me, I always took installing custom ROMs lightly, but from now on I will only do it if the ROM was tested and stable.