Is it possible to install/flash a JB custom ROM (based on latest official stock) over my current Stock ICS 4.0.4 ROM without problems & have all my previous data (apps, features, contacts, settings..) back as it is ????
computechnopro said:
Is it possible to install/flash a JB custom ROM (based on latest official stock) over my current Stock ICS 4.0.4 ROM without problems & have all my previous data (apps, features, contacts, settings..) back as it is ????
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No, you need to wait for your region. You can of course flash one of the releases but you may get problems and end up having to wipe the phone to solve them.
You can get everything back except for your settings. You'll have to do the dance but everything else is recoverable.
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I always find it best to wipe data, wipe cache, wipe dalvik at a minum but before that you could always backup your apks and data using titanium backup or Mybackup root
flashed the swedish JB stock rom over the UK 4.04 stock rom earlier today. Doesnt seem to have given me any issues so far and all my settings have remained. Ill full wipe if i start getting any problems but so far everythings fine
skimminstones said:
flashed the swedish JB stock rom over the UK 4.04 stock rom earlier today. Doesnt seem to have given me any issues so far and all my settings have remained. Ill full wipe if i start getting any problems but so far everythings fine
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Except reports of the swedish rom being smoother is there any difference compared to the polish rom
carrd said:
Except reports of the swedish rom being smoother is there any difference compared to the polish rom
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dont know, never used the polish one. I went straight from ics stock to this JB swedish stock
carrd said:
Except reports of the swedish rom being smoother is there any difference compared to the polish rom
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I've tried both.. but i find no difference.... yet. I just got hold of the swedish one
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Kangburra said:
No, you need to wait for your region. You can of course flash one of the releases but you may get problems and end up having to wipe the phone to solve them.
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I have an OTA update of about 25 mb but, it gets stuck at 25% & ultimately fails after reboot.. Tried either stock recovery or unrooted condition but, no joy.. Should I have both conditions at the same time or is something else the culprit. ?? Note that, I have installed Vertumus JB Domination theme which might've modified the build.prop...
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Hi Pros,
I'm newbie here just want to know with my phone info, can I upgrade to OMEGA, Wanam or other ROM? This is my Phone info (Samsung Galaxy S3) :-
Model number
GT-I9300
Android Version
4.0.4
Baseband version
I9300DXLEA
Kernal version
3.0.15-705505-user
[email protected] #1
SMP PREEMPT Mon Jun 11 22:24:05 KST
2012
Build number
IMM76D.I9300XXALF6
Thank you for helping me...
i9300 is the international phone, so yes.
The installled ROM, kernel and baseband are irrelevant if you want to change ROM.
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i9300 is the international phone, so yes.
The installled ROM, kernel and baseband are irrelevant if you want to change ROM.
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Thank you for the answer...
Any recommendation stable and fast ROM for me?
Another question if I want to flash to OMEGA 7.0 ROM can I just simply flash from my phone setup now : IMM76D.I9300XXALF6? Because ROM OMEGA 7.0 they use Based on XXALF5...Should I downgrade to XXALF5 then flash rom to OMEGA 7.0 or I can straight away flash base on my current setup?
Still learning and learning and learning and learning....Please don't dont giveup teaching me...hehehe...
Read and follow directions of the Rom you choose. Make sure you do backup first then,if you don't like it you can go back or flash another. Runs are pretty subjective and cater for a variety of tastes so hard to recommend one. Most want super fast with best battery life but there is a trade off
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.Should I downgrade to XXALF5 then flash rom to OMEGA 7.0 or I can straight away flash base on my current setup?
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You should always factory-reset when changing Rom's.
It thus doesn't matter what ROM and version you come from and go to.
Any recommendation stable and fast ROM for me?
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I'm still running ALE8 with Siyahkernel. Works great after a few customizations and tweaks applied as found here in the forum. Most ROM's have trade-off's (e.g. they want to slim it down and remove libraries or features I consider worth it)
You won't see a real performance difference between Samsung-based ROM's.
Actually you _WILL_ see a difference at the beginning since your phone is then again factory-new without lots and lots of apps and background services.
d4fseeker said:
You should always factory-reset when changing Rom's.
It thus doesn't matter what ROM and version you come from and go to.
I'm still running ALE8 with Siyahkernel. Works great after a few customizations and tweaks applied as found here in the forum. Most ROM's have trade-off's (e.g. they want to slim it down and remove libraries or features I consider worth it)
You won't see a real performance difference between Samsung-based ROM's.
Actually you _WILL_ see a difference at the beginning since your phone is then again factory-new without lots and lots of apps and background services.
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Hurm that mean you only flash kernal only not the ROM issit?
jeffnz said:
Read and follow directions of the Rom you choose. Make sure you do backup first then,if you don't like it you can go back or flash another. Runs are pretty subjective and cater for a variety of tastes so hard to recommend one. Most want super fast with best battery life but there is a trade off
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Thank you for the info...will try find the best rom suite with me...
Exactly. I find the Rom to be good enough as-is atm. And believe me, I'm picky =)
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Why I can't paste Omega 7.0 ROM in my Internal SD Card?
Is sit because the file is to big or the format files?
I9300_Omega_v7.0_XXALF5.zip = 663MB
Can Paste already...After redownload the rom...
Ok now I have already in Omega 7.0 ROM. How to get my contact and sms back? I have already backup using nandroid...should I just restore it?
sayut said:
Ok now I have already in Omega 7.0 ROM. How to get my contact and sms back? I have already backup using nandroid...should I just restore it?
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Wrong very wrong, you sync contact with Gmail before flashing custom ROM? If not, you will loss everything,
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Contact no problem....I mean sms...Like this...If I want to flash to other rom I need to fully wipe issit... 1. Wipe Data 2. Wipe Cache 3. Wipe Davik... So All gone...like brand new phone...I have already do nandroid backup..but If I restore back it will go back my previous rom...
So how to backup sms only so I can restore to any flash rom?
Thank you for helping...
sayut said:
Contact no problem....I mean sms...Like this...If I want to flash to other rom I need to fully wipe issit... 1. Wipe Data 2. Wipe Cache 3. Wipe Davik... So All gone...like brand new phone...I have already do nandroid backup..but If I restore back it will go back my previous rom...
So how to backup sms only so I can restore to any flash rom?
Thank you for helping...
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Via KIES i think or get an SMS backup app from the market .
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Guys,
I had recently upgraded to ICS as it released in the UAE a few weeks back.After i had updated i found that the stock camera application was very bad.So i decided to go back to GB using odin.I flashed the PDA file and everything went fine.But now it seems like the camera is still like ICS,and there are a lot of force close pop ups,i cant seem to do update OTA.I have never rooted or done anything on the phone other than downgrade to GB.Guys so is there a way to fully go back to GB.
u can flash an official GB rom from this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1075278
hopefully u can get ur GB camera with no force closes.
first of all, make a full wipe (cache, dalvik, /system and cache/factory resets). then flassh any Stock/cooked GB rom.can i suggest u Darky rom?? is the best for GB. excelent sammy rom based rom.
pelpa87 said:
first of all, make a full wipe (cache, dalvik, /system and cache/factory resets). then flassh any Stock/cooked GB rom.can i suggest u Darky rom?? is the best for GB. excelent sammy rom based rom.
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Thanx dude,works like a charm.
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I have a UK Samsung S3 andn ever since i updated to the jelly bean provided by samsung my phones been lagigng like when i open my messages it takes sometimes 5 seconds to open up when it didnt before and even opening things on my phone its lagging
i now have a custom rom which is android revolution HD 15.1 android version 4.1.1 kernel 3.0.31-411425
Any advice?
Thanks
Same here.. Don't get why..
very strange because it was fine before i updated to jelly bean and after that thats when it started lagging and i have the same apps on as i had before
Ditto.. In fact I deleted some!
Yup same here. It's just Jelly Bean mate. In my opinion ICS was much faster and more responsive.
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Obagleyfreer said:
Yup same here. It's just Jelly Bean mate. In my opinion ICS was much faster and more responsive.
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Have you tried changing the kernel? Maybe try the Perseus Kernel? Lagging might be kernel related.. Or can try to superwipe everything, then flash the ROM again..
I have used ARHD 15 and now on ARHD 16, everything fine & smooth.. of course I did superwipe if changing to new base.
Hope this help..
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Have you tried changing the kernel? Maybe try the Perseus Kernel? Lagging might be kernel related.. Or can try to superwipe everything, then flash the ROM again..
I have used ARHD 15 and now on ARHD 16, everything fine & smooth.. of course I did superwipe if changing to new base.
Hope this help..
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It's nothing to do with kernel. It's because the messages application is getting unloaded and loading it up takes more time in JB. I think there are mods that will make it so messages application will persist in memory, so it will be opened like instantly. Have to search forums here in XDA to find it... Same for contacts and phone apps.
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Same here. I think the problem is the Jelly Bean version made by Samsung. With 4.1.2 is the same. Dialer, contacts and messages take 2-3 seconds to load
The same thing on my dialer and messages..slower compared to ICS
wipe wipe wipe wipe wipe wipe wipe
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wipe wipe wipe wipe wipe wipe wipe
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wipe before install and wipe a few times after install..still the same..
Didn't try any other JB releases, just the latest leak (ELK4 i think). Did an upgrade without even wiping directly from ICS. My phone is BY FAR more responsive and faster. Wasn't expecting it either, specially without wiping. But it did. So, not sure what you're using for a rom, but if you haven't give this one a try. Haven't done any further modding, it's all "stock", including kernel. Am using exDial though - all the stock's funcions, double the speed.
The only thing that lags is swype but only when i change languages. But since this is a leak test version running swype which is, in itself, a beta app, i'm not complaining. Everything else is just awesome, even in multiwindow.
Your solution buddy
buffblueyes said:
I have a UK Samsung S3 andn ever since i updated to the jelly bean provided by samsung my phones been lagigng like when i open my messages it takes sometimes 5 seconds to open up when it didnt before and even opening things on my phone its lagging
i now have a custom rom which is android revolution HD 15.1 android version 4.1.1 kernel 3.0.31-411425
Any advice?
Thanks
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try reseting your settings and if you can factory reset that would be even better but reseting your setting won't damage your data but your wifi profiles will be wiped so as your Bluetooth paired devices...lets say you just have to reconfigure you're device's settings. click thanks if I helped
I'm currently using Revolution HD V52 (4.3) on my rooted s3, TWRP recovery, boeffla's kernel. used to be on 4.4 before it as well.
I plan to go back to omega V50.1 rom, which is based on 4.1.2. but before i do, can i make a downgrade from 4.3 to 4.1.2? will do a full wipe of Course & fresh install. I'm worried about EFS problems etc...anyone have an idea if it's safe or not possible and will brick phone?
Provided the rom base is EMG4 or later then efs is same version.
Backup efs then format internal sd card and preload as well as your normal wipe.
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Provided the rom base is EMG4 or later then efs is same version.
Backup efs then format internal sd card and preload as well as your normal wipe.
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I don't know what it's based on to be honest, don't know how to check this.
this is the current rom's official page.
& here's the official page for the new rom i want (v50.1).
also, I'm currently using boeffla's kernel for 4.3. when i make full wipe and install the new rom, it will be back to stock kernel? i think it does, just want to be sure (forgot).
i second the question. S3 gained little-to-nothing with the 4.3 update, so i want to roll back to 4.1.2 too
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I'm currently using Revolution HD V52 (4.3) on my rooted s3, TWRP recovery, boeffla's kernel. used to be on 4.4 before it as well.
I plan to go back to omega V50.1 rom, which is based on 4.1.2. but before i do, can i make a downgrade from 4.3 to 4.1.2? will do a full wipe of Course & fresh install. I'm worried about EFS problems etc...anyone have an idea if it's safe or not possible and will brick phone?
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you can backup the efs, I myself never had any problems with upgrading or downgrading.
you can follow the following tutorial to backup the efs, in case something does go wrong
android.gs/backup-galaxy-s3-efs-one-click/
why you wanna go from 4.3 to 4.1.2 ?
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i second the question. S3 gained little-to-nothing with the 4.3 update, so i want to roll back to 4.1.2 too
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afasayan said:
you can backup the efs, I myself never had any problems with upgrading or downgrading.
you can follow the following tutorial to backup the efs, in case something does go wrong
android.gs/backup-galaxy-s3-efs-one-click/
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I flashed omega V50.1 this morning, it's based on 4.1.2
backed up everything, full wipe & everything is working just great after flashing it .
thanks.
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why you wanna go from 4.3 to 4.1.2 ?
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from my experience, 4.1.2 was very stable, worked great, no bugs, no lags.
4.3 buggy as hell
4.4 just doesn't feel right in general, something always isn't working, camera is crap etc...
from 1 days experience on 4.1.2, I'm happy i downgraded. it isn't the fastest or shiniest, but it's stable and everything is working just fine, good enough for me.
666pluto said:
I flashed omega V50.1 this morning, it's based on 4.1.2
backed up everything, full wipe & everything is working just great after flashing it .
thanks.
from my experience, 4.1.2 was very stable, worked great, no bugs, no lags.
4.3 buggy as hell
4.4 just doesn't feel right in general, something always isn't working, camera is crap etc...
from 1 days experience on 4.1.2, I'm happy i downgraded. it isn't the fastest or shiniest, but it's stable and everything is working just fine, good enough for me.
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Have you tried Archi 1x ROM? Rock solid and stable as anything. Ive been using it for nearly a year now and not had any issues. give a try before going back to 4.1.2...you wont be disappointed. lots of option in Aroma to personalize the ROM to your needs.
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Have you tried Archi 1x ROM? Rock solid and stable as anything. Ive been using it for nearly a year now and not had any issues. give a try before going back to 4.1.2...you wont be disappointed. lots of option in Aroma to personalize the ROM to your needs.
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I did, for a long time. then moved to version 2.X of it.
i tried nearly every rom for my SGS3 in the past 2 years, non of them was stable and sufficient as omega 4.1.2! at least in my experience.
second day with omega rom, and it's rocking, no bugs, no crashes, everything is working just perfectly (so why change it? :silly.
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I flashed omega V50.1 this morning, it's based on 4.1.2
backed up everything, full wipe & everything is working just great after flashing it .
thanks.
from my experience, 4.1.2 was very stable, worked great, no bugs, no lags.
4.3 buggy as hell
4.4 just doesn't feel right in general, something always isn't working, camera is crap etc...
from 1 days experience on 4.1.2, I'm happy i downgraded. it isn't the fastest or shiniest, but it's stable and everything is working just fine, good enough for me.
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I did, for a long time. then moved to version 2.X of it.
i tried nearly every rom for my SGS3 in the past 2 years, non of them was stable and sufficient as omega 4.1.2! at least in my experience.
second day with omega rom, and it's rocking, no bugs, no crashes, everything is working just perfectly (so why change it? :silly.
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fair enough, thought id throw archi in the mix but youve already tried it. Ive not had issues so far...
never tried omega but something to keep in mind for future...
hey guys, i have the international version of S3, I9300. . I searched a lot for an ics stock rom, and finally found it.. installed it with odin, all good, now rebooting..but its stuck at samsung logo.. and it stays there, and if i go in recovery it shows some red errors, something like ''can't find system dir, or data'', and can't mount them.. installed another recovery, tried twrp, and cwm.. and i saw that system partition is 1044 mb occupied, so the rom is there, installed.. but.. can't boot.. also, every ics rom tried isnt working, just isn't booting.. only 4.1.1 + ... i want to try ics because im fed up with ram problems and poor battery life.. it should be 1 gb ram, and my battery is 2850 mAh ... :/ ...some help.. thank you
after flashing ics rom,boot to stcok recovery. select wipe data & cache then reboot. first boot will take 5-10 min.
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after flashing ics rom,boot to stcok recovery. select wipe data & cache then reboot. first boot will take 5-10 min.
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thakns for replyin.. i did that, or..i tried..when i hit wipe data and cache, the same errors apears.. can't mount that dir.. system, data, cache, as if they not exist...still stuck at samsung logo...
ps.. tried cm9, still stuck at boot..
You can't go back from a newer JB-firmware to ICS easily: it has another efs-format (makes loose IMEI) and needs another bootloader. Use search function to inform.
ICS isn't necessary for good battery life. Try NCS-ROM (JB) or Slim (KK or LP).
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You can't go back from a newer JB-firmware to ICS easily: it has another efs-format (makes loose IMEI) and needs another bootloader. Use search function to inform.
ICS isn't necessary for good battery life. Try NCS-ROM (JB) or Slim (KK or LP).
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i will stick with NCS ROM, good ram management, very light rom.. KK is boring and not baterry friendly.. and lollipop is too laggy.. so ics isn't worth it on S3?
I used NCS for 1 year, but JB isn't safe anymore. So I'm on SlimLP. It runs fine, if you don't install elephants. As batteryfriendly as TW. ICS is out of area IMO and tricky to go back.
But if you have such strict opinions about various Androidversions, why do you ask?
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I used NCS for 1 year, but JB isn't safe anymore. So I'm on SlimLP. It runs fine, if you don't install elephants. As batteryfriendly as TW. ICS is out of area IMO and tricky to go back.
But if you have such strict opinions about various Androidversions, why do you ask?
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well,i tried so many roms and my favorite android version is lollipop..but every lp rom tried ... the ui feels laggy.. can't compare it to stock lollipop on other phones , and that is annoying.. my opinions are not that strict, its just.. every android version left me with an impression.. btw, what do u mean with JB isn't safe ?
security leaks...
shadyslim20 said:
thakns for replyin.. i did that, or..i tried..when i hit wipe data and cache, the same errors apears.. can't mount that dir.. system, data, cache, as if they not exist...still stuck at samsung logo...
ps.. tried cm9, still stuck at boot..
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You can go back to jb to ics. If you face imei lost problem, u can easily fix it by flashing modem.
Try this Ics custom rom. Epsilon Project - ICS - V3 and use older version of cwm recovery to flash this rom.
I tried this rom a month ago good battery life than other roms. But ics rom don't support more new apps
I suggest you to try Liquid smooth KK rom Use greenify and Amplify to get good battery life.
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You can go back to jb to ics. If you face imei lost problem, u can easily fix it by flashing modem.
Try this Ics custom rom. Epsilon Project - ICS - V3 and use older version of cwm recovery to flash this rom.
I tried this rom a month ago good battery life than other roms. But ics rom don't support more new apps
I suggest you to try Liquid smooth KK rom Use greenify and Amplify to get good battery life.
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how did u tried that rom ? download link isn't working... and i tried many ics roms, everything under 4.1.1 isn't working, stuck at samsung logo...
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well, i see the rom , but how did u get it? download link isn't working...or can u upload it somewhere pls ?