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Can we simply flash 'stock ICS' over CM9? I mean will there be any probs?
I don't have an S2. This is for my friend. I tried to search for it but I couldn't find anything regarding CM9.
Thanks in advance!
Jazz Like That said:
Can we simply flash 'stock ICS' over CM9? I mean will there be any probs?
I don't have an S2. This is for my friend. I tried to search for it but I couldn't find anything regarding CM9.
Thanks in advance!
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Their is no stock ICS yet.
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Jazz Like That said:
Can we simply flash 'stock ICS' over CM9? I mean will there be any probs?
I don't have an S2. This is for my friend. I tried to search for it but I couldn't find anything regarding CM9.
Thanks in advance!
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Just try it and report back.
If you get bootloops, you may have to to a factory reset in recovery mode (press Volume UP + Home + Power until recovery menu appears).
Good luck !
JJEgan said:
Their is no stock ICS yet.
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Of course there is Stock ICS but not official one. The latest one that is released for i9100 is XXLPJ ICS 4.0.3 firmware.
Now my doubt is can we just flash it directly over CM9?
Heard from one of my friend that in 'samsung galaxy s' we cannot simply restore CM7 backup over CM9. Firsly we have to flash CM7 over CM9 and then we have to restore the CM7 backup.
For S2, downgrading to GB from CM7 is fine. But what about from CM9? Can we directly flash ICS or do we have to come to GB first and then upgrade to ICS?
Actually I would have flashed it yesterday itself but am just waiting for some replies. Till today night I am gonna wait and then I will flash it and reply here.
Just get the phone to download mode and flash with Odin. Yes it can be done
Sent from my GT-I9100 using XDA
I agree. I don't think there would be a problem flashing it. Just do a "full wipe" before.
Flashed the latest ICS (XXLPJ 4.0.3) and it is working fine. Thank you guys!
Was your data lost?
DuperMan said:
Was your data lost?
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I did a wipe before flashing. So all data is lost obviously.
But generally whenever we flash any stock rom or custom rom all data will be lost, right?
Jazz Like That said:
I did a wipe before flashing. So all data is lost obviously.
But generally whenever we flash any stock rom or custom rom all data will be lost, right?
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It's complicated, but very generally speaking - yes.
I would still wait for a no-wipe cwm of the rom to see how compatible sammy ics and cm9 ics roms are
So as I was reading some of the new roms they have tags like RootBox Jelly Bean is a "pure" AOKP/CM. I'm not sure what AOKP/CM is and when i read some of the comments they started talking about the rom being hellraised. Could someone help me understand what they mean by hellraising?
trashcan889 said:
So as I was reading some of the new roms they have tags like RootBox Jelly Bean is a "pure" AOKP/CM. I'm not sure what AOKP/CM is and when i read some of the comments they started talking about the rom being hellraised. Could someone help me understand what they mean by hellraising?
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Aokp and cm are open source based roms based on vanilla androids with a few tweaks. Hell raise means the rom was originally on the i9100 but was ported to our phones
Sent from my GS4 running CM11 Kandy Kane
does it matter that it was designed for the i9100 vs the i7777? alos I just saw the post here that say DON NOT USE clockwork rom mangers for I7777. If we cant use that application how do we go about installing new roms?
trashcan889 said:
does it matter that it was designed for the i9100 vs the i7777? alos I just saw the post here that say DON NOT USE clockwork rom mangers for I7777. If we cant use that application how do we go about installing new roms?
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No it doesn't, hellraising makes it 100% compatible. And you do it through recovery. If to don't know that then you have some reading to do.
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trashcan889 said:
does it matter that it was designed for the i9100 vs the i7777? alos I just saw the post here that say DON NOT USE clockwork rom mangers for I7777. If we cant use that application how do we go about installing new roms?
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Our kernels come with recovery built in. So flashing a ROM gives u the recovery.
so I went ahead and flashed to a new rom, pretty diffrent. But I noticed it doesnt seem to have goole play for downloading apps. is that normal?
trashcan889 said:
so I went ahead and flashed to a new rom, pretty diffrent. But I noticed it doesnt seem to have goole play for downloading apps. is that normal?
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Its normal if u flashed an AOSP based ROM that requires gapps to be flashed afterward.
So when I go to the apps I see an icon for goo. In when I click that there is an option to download gapps. When I download it, it askes if I want to flash. Do I reflash?
nm, IM still pretty new to this. when i tred flashing the one that they had in the goo.im manger i think it was the wrong version since it just keep crashing the apps so I can to the newest version and now it seems to work. this new rom is kinda cool!
THanks for you guys help
im sure ill be back with more questions
is possible to dualboot cm10.1 and shostock3 using siyah kernel??
No.
Read in the syiah thread. Not possibke right now, but there's some funky work around thee towards the end of the thread.
Sent from my SGH-I777
What about semi or stock ics and cm10.1?? i'd like to use mhl without losing my cm10.1 installation...
Hairo The Blue Mage said:
What about semi or stock ics and cm10.1?? i'd like to use mhl without losing my cm10.1 installation...
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No. You can't use anything Samsung based with dual boot.
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Just passing a long with the info. But I still won't recommend doing it still.
AJ Newkirk said:
It might be possible somehow, but it is very unlikely....I would not hold my breath.
the /preload partition was not used by the ROM prior to the Samsung JB ROMs and is used to house the 2nd ROM's /system.
/preload is now used in the Samsung JB ROMs.
There might be some sort of work around, but if so it will not come from me.
EDIT: Actually...someone appears to have made it happen with an I9100 ROM. Anyone trying this is entirely on their own tho.
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I'm currently on Biftor ROM (a 4.1.2 ROM) but would like to try out a 4.4.2 ROM.
If I flash the 4.4.2 ROM is it easy to revert back with a nandroid, I ask as I am aware past 4.2 there are file locations differences etc and downgrading/upgrading from such can be problematic and 'things can go a miss' or dir's multiplied.
I don't want to revert back to 4.1.2 and find a host of file dir that weren't there before or mixed up dir's or a corrupt dir/file system(s).
As for 4.3 and 4.4 ROM's I am unsure if they suffer the same problems as 4.2.
I haven't flashed an alternative ROM in ages and even then never past 4.1.2.
Any advice?
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SGS2 GT-I9100
I've seen comments where people say they've gone from custom 4.2.2 to 4.4 without flashing back to stock, so I can't see a reason why you go directly from 4.1.2 to 4.4.2.....
The only thing to watch for is you more than likely will have to flash the latest cwm before you start. Older cwm's give 'status 7 installation aborted' messages if they're used to flash custom KK.........
that shouldn't be a problem though...... @infected_s KK builds link you to the latest cwm in the OP.......
As always.....read the OP in full and probably the last 10 pages of comments on the dedicated threads so that you are familiar with the flash instructions and have an idea of the issues (if any) that the ROMs users are facing.......
This might be my S2 or it might be my W, but it's definitely CM...
But I thought he was asking for downgrading, not for upgrading.. (Not that I know the answer, as I also never gone further than 4.1.2.)
Lol....second line of the OP....hr wants to try out 4.4.2....
This might be my S2 or it might be my W, but it's definitely CM...
keithross39 said:
Lol....second line of the OP....hr wants to try out 4.4.2....
This might be my S2 or it might be my W, but it's definitely CM...
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Yes I know, he wants to upgrade to 4.4, but only if it is possible to downgrade afterwards Right?
keithross39 said:
Lol....second line of the OP....hr wants to try out 4.4.2....
This might be my S2 or it might be my W, but it's definitely CM...
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Right ))
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Donnie Sins said:
Yes I know, he wants to upgrade to 4.4, but only if it is possible to downgrade afterwards Right?
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Right )) so is it possibly to downgrade to 4.1.2 if I don't like 4.4.2, without problems to dir's etc once reverted back to 4.1.2?
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SGS2 GT-I9100
I'd definitely advise using @hawkerpaul's ROM and kernel nuke scripts.....and I'd probably try to get an older CWM flashed before flashing the 'older' ROM too......the older CWM is not compatible with KK, so is it possible that the newer CWM is not compatible with pre KK ROMs?.....I don't know the answer to that, but I personally wouldn't risk it......
This might be my S2 or it might be my W, but it's definitely CM...
s_m_a_s_h said:
Right )) so is it possibly to downgrade to 4.1.2 if I don't like 4.4.2, without problems to dir's etc once reverted back to 4.1.2?
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SGS2 GT-I9100
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I did not have any problem restoring my nandroid back up of 4.1.2
What I do
Full wipe
Then restore
Works well
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So I've tried a bunch of different ROMs (CleanROM, Alliance, Beans, CM, OMNI, "Stock", probably more), but I've never really understood kernels. It seems some custom ROMs have a kernel built in (or several to choose from via Aroma), while others do not. Right now I'm running AOKP (4.4.2) with the kernel from OMNI (3.0.64-OMNI-g5f47648), presumably because that was the previous ROM I flashed with a kernel. I'm not too concerned with customization, more with stability.
I've been having a few minor bugs and crashes and I'd like to try perhaps the stock kernel to see if that might help, but I have some questions:
1) Does it matter when flashing a kernel whether the ROM is TW or AOSP?
2) Are there multiple versions of kernels that correspond with the Android version of the ROM?
3) What's the best/easiest way to flash a kernel, presumably through the custom recovery like a ROM?
4) Where can I find the stock kernel? I found this thread (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2610870) with the stock MJ9 kernel, but going back to my first two questions I'm not sure if it would work with my current ROM.
Thanks ahead of time for any insight anyone can provide.
michaellasalle said:
So I've tried a bunch of different ROMs (CleanROM, Alliance, Beans, CM, OMNI, "Stock", probably more), but I've never really understood kernels. It seems some custom ROMs have a kernel built in (or several to choose from via Aroma), while others do not. Right now I'm running AOKP (4.4.2) with the kernel from OMNI (3.0.64-OMNI-g5f47648), presumably because that was the previous ROM I flashed with a kernel. I'm not too concerned with customization, more with stability.
I've been having a few minor bugs and crashes and I'd like to try perhaps the stock kernel to see if that might help, but I have some questions:
1) Does it matter when flashing a kernel whether the ROM is TW or AOSP?
2) Are there multiple versions of kernels that correspond with the Android version of the ROM?
3) What's the best/easiest way to flash a kernel, presumably through the custom recovery like a ROM?
4) Where can I find the stock kernel? I found this thread (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2610870) with the stock MJ9 kernel, but going back to my first two questions I'm not sure if it would work with my current ROM.
Thanks ahead of time for any insight anyone can provide.
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1) Does it matter when flashing a kernel whether the ROM is TW or AOSP?
Yes. TW and AOSP kernels are different.. The only one, that I believe, that can be used with both is Devil kernel for Dual Booting
2) Are there multiple versions of kernels that correspond with the Android version of the ROM?
Yes. Usually every version of android that gets updated.. the kernel does as well
3) What's the best/easiest way to flash a kernel, presumably through the custom recovery like a ROM?
Yes you can flash kernels through a custom recovery. Most of the time they are included with the Rom that you flash. A lot of the custom ones out have flashable zip for you to flash them through a recovery.
4) Where can I find the stock kernel? I found this thread (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2610870) with the stock MJ9 kernel, but going back to my first two questions I'm not sure if it would work with my current ROM.
No this will NOT work with a AOSP rom.. The kernel will be specific to that ROM and every other TW 4.3 ROM, but NOT AOSP
lacoursiere18 said:
1) Does it matter when flashing a kernel whether the ROM is TW or AOSP?
Yes. TW and AOSP kernels are different.. The only one, that I believe, that can be used with both is Devil kernel for Dual Booting
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Thanks for the explanations, that helps tremendously. I'm confused now, however, because several people on the AOKP thread (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2453566) claim to be on "stock kernel". Is there a stock kernel for AOSP that I'm missing?
michaellasalle said:
Thanks for the explanations, that helps tremendously. I'm confused now, however, because several people on the AOKP thread (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2453566) claim to be on "stock kernel". Is there a stock kernel for AOSP that I'm missing?
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Yea the one that flashes with AOKP.. loll
lacoursiere18 said:
Yea the one that flashes with AOKP.. loll
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Well that's what I thought, but why then would I be using an OMNI kernel (3.0.64-OMNI-g5f47648) when I have flashed the last three AOKP nightly ROMs that have come out? Or am I missing something here?
michaellasalle said:
Well that's what I thought, but why then would I be using an OMNI kernel (3.0.64-OMNI-g5f47648) when I have flashed the last three AOKP nightly ROMs that have come out? Or am I missing something here?
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Maybe he uses that kernel.. AOSP kernels, I believe are pretty similar.. I may be wrong, I am by NO MEANS a kernel guru..I would open you zip of your ROM (AOKP) and take a peak.. if there is a boot.img than it flashes a kernel.. and if your says OMNI then thats the kernel the dev has used..
Stock
If I'm on the stock rom and want to go back to the original kernel can I just restore the boot img in recovery?
nealman said:
If I'm on the stock rom and want to go back to the original kernel can I just restore the boot img in recovery?
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Should be able to if you back it up previously.. but make sure it is same rom.. TouchWiz for TouchWiz.. AOSP for AOSP
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Should be able to if you back it up previously.. but make sure it is same rom.. TouchWiz for TouchWiz.. AOSP for AOSP
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Thank you sir. It worked just fine.
I have a noob question, I'm currently using n3bula 3.9 custom rom and it's been running fine for a while. I noticed that users chose the agni kernel whereas I chose the stock one. So my question is, is it possible to flash just the kernel from recovery without losing my data? I've spent so much time and effort customizing my phone, therefore, I just want to change the kernel. Any help will be appreciated. Thanks.
yazalsaidi said:
I have a noob question, I'm currently using n3bula 3.9 custom rom and it's been running fine for a while. I noticed that users chose the agni kernel whereas I chose the stock one. So my question is, is it possible to flash just the kernel from recovery without losing my data? I've spent so much time and effort customizing my phone, therefore, I just want to change the kernel. Any help will be appreciated. Thanks.
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I would think that as long as it doesn't break anything you should be fine. Probably do a backup first if you're worried about it.
Thanks for the response Michael, however, that was the response I was dreading! I'm actually worried I'll lose my WhatsApp and Viber accounts because even if I backed up my data, I'd still have to register my old WhatsApp and Viber numbers all over again which I don't have anymore.. ??