Hi all,
I'd like some clarification on flashing a new kernel and a compatible jelly bean rom on my galaxy s2, I've only flashed it once previously through ODIN with a stock rooted ICS rom and flashed a modem file via ODIN also.
I think I need to install CWM in order to access potential kernels, perhaps siyah or team skyfire? I'm not sure I like the idea of TWRP totally in case touchscreen was damaged and I needed to be able to recover the phone in some case.
I'm not asking whats the best, but there's going to be more people who have experimented more perhaps and can offer their opinion which would be appreciated.
Thanks in advance!
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Hi
I have recently upgraded my CheckRom. After finding out the huge instabilities it has, no CWM Support and a chance to brick my phone I am getting paranoid over how to change my rom. I kinda feel like stuck!
Can anyone please at least guide me what should I do (safe way) to change this Rom, and if possible any suggestion for a stable ICS rom
Thanx
Darsej
Flash stock with Odin, after that CF-Root/Siyah and then any ROM you wish.
Are there any threads describing these procedures... I once rooted this phone and from that point always used CWM for swapping roms!!! My powers beyond this point are useless in this case!
Thanx
Dear all,
I know there are multiple threads running for the same, but still i was not able to understand most of the way. Am having SII which is running on Android 4.0.4, I want to root my phone so that i can install Jelly Bean Rom available in the forum.
last i have rooted Galaxy Spica 5700, but it required flashing device with Odin and instillation of a new kernel. But it seems like many new things have came up. Can someone please post me Point by point procedure of rooting my device with ClockworkMod recovery.
Plenty of threads that answer this question in detail. No need for people to duplicate topics or answers.
look at this
androidGennie said:
Dear all,
I know there are multiple threads running for the same, but still i was not able to understand most of the way. Am having SII which is running on Android 4.0.4, I want to root my phone so that i can install Jelly Bean Rom available in the forum.
last i have rooted Galaxy Spica 5700, but it required flashing device with Odin and instillation of a new kernel. But it seems like many new things have came up. Can someone please post me Point by point procedure of rooting my device with ClockworkMod recovery.
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If you know how to flash kernels via odin its simple. Just download siyah kernel for i9100 , install the drivers required fr odin , flash the kernel in download mode. It will give you rot access and CWM recovery. Then yo can boot into recovery,wipe data/cache and install any rom you want. But do not wipe anything n stock recovery since you are on 4.0.4 (which has the brick bug)
you can also root by stock recovery just by flashing a single .zip file. But if you know the way to do it by odin i suggest the odin mehtod.
and to flash JB....MobileOdin Pro.......so you'll forget about rooting with the EverRoot option........................beware of the wipes with 4.0.4 tho, that crap is nasty.
So, after many hours and errors, the only way I could get root on wifes 10.1 running 4.0.4, was to factory reset and flash Toldo's Jelly Bean rom v8. This rom is better than stock by far, so don't get me wrong here, but I really want to try some other roms. I worry that the way I had to get root will cause issues if I start flashing new roms. I would really like to put CromiX on it if it were possible, I run 4.6.6 on my TF700 and it is too sweet! Any thoughts are greatly appreciated!
To start off, I have rooted my phone using the tutorial using the GB27 Jelly Bean kernal through Rwilco12's Android Forum
(Shout out to rwilco12 for the guide)
I am this far, and I have installed TWRP Manager from the Google Store.
I want to install ROMs, but I see a lot of threads and warnings about 'Don't use JB modem!!!!'
I would like to get a full understanding of not using JB modems, because I have 4.1.2 on my phone, and wonder if that is what they are referring to? And if so, what is an alternative OR what ROMs do not need JB modems?
Also, are there any extra steps in between rooting the phone and flashing a custom ROM, because I want to be sure that I have a way to recover in case of the infamous 'brick' shall occur, or something of that nature. Thanks.
Any advice/criticism/references is encouraged! :good:
Hello everyone, i know i am really late in the game here by playing with this phone but my friend has one and wants me to fix it up for him. it is completely stock running android 2.3.6. I can't seem to make heads or tails of how to stick a recovery on this thing and flash a rom. can anyone point me in the right direction as how to do this? thanks mates
First thing you need to know is that the recovery is compiled into the kernel, so you don't flash a recovery separately, you just flash a custom kernel and you will have a custom recovery after.
The latest stock firmware for this phone is 4.1.2 Jelly Bean, but since the phone is still on the original 2.3.6 firmware, you could flash the old Siyah kernel and use it's recovery to flash custom firmware.
You need to root the phone first. You can root this phone with Framaroot using the Aragorn exploit. Then go to this post and download the Tar version of Siyah 2.6.14 Kernel. Flash it in PDA without ticking Re-Partitioning.
Stable custom Touchwiz based firmware available in the development forum are SHOstock or Cooked. Both are based on 4.1.2, and neither are currently supported but both are stable.
If you want something more recent, there are various aosp based firmwares available in the development forum. You may not be able to flash some of them directly from that old recovery in Siyah 2.6.14, but if you need help, you'll have to try to get some help in their threads, because I don't use those.
Happy flashing, and if you need help, ask.
creepyncrawly said:
First thing you need to know is that the recovery is compiled into the kernel, so you don't flash a recovery separately, you just flash a custom kernel and you will have a custom recovery after.
The latest stock firmware for this phone is 4.1.2 Jelly Bean, but since the phone is still on the original 2.3.6 firmware, you could flash the old Siyah kernel and use it's recovery to flash custom firmware.
You need to root the phone first. You can root this phone with Framaroot using the Aragorn exploit. Then go to this post and download the Tar version of Siyah 2.6.14 Kernel. Flash it in PDA without ticking Re-Partitioning.
Stable custom Touchwiz based firmware available in the development forum are SHOstock or Cooked. Both are based on 4.1.2, and neither are currently supported but both are stable.
If you want something more recent, there are various aosp based firmwares available in the development forum. You may not be able to flash some of them directly from that old recovery in Siyah 2.6.14, but if you need help, you'll have to try to get some help in their threads, because I don't use those.
Happy flashing, and if you need help, ask.
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If you don't mind me asking, what's the benefit of having the recovery compiled into the kernel. Do you think it is better than having them separately, and if so, can you explain why?
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If you don't mind me asking, what's the benefit of having the recovery compiled into the kernel. Do you think it is better than having them separately, and if so, can you explain why?
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You'd have to ask the Samsung engineers why they did that. Since the more common standard is to have the recovery in it's own separate partition, it suggests that is the better solution, I would think.
Having been on a device for a while that has a separate partition for recovery (N5), it's a feature that is extremely comforting in that it is virtually impossible to brick those types of devices.
The way I see it is that having the kernel on the same partition as the recovery is beneficial as more kernels can be built, instead of it being ignored.