ive fully converted from iphone to android and first thing i done was root, cwm redy to flashing custom rom! thing is, as a newbie im terrified to take the plunge!! im worried ill download the wrong rom for my 9350 and brick it and reading through the diff roms are scarey with some of the bugs etc. im trying to find one thats fully stable and easy to do but i guess theres no real telling so basically im asking is there anyone in my position who are as terrified as me? and what did u find as a good ron to start off with?
cheers
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Flash a rom from the correct section - i9305 and you are fine
Also, posting in the i9305 section for related questions, will make sure you are more likely to get the right responses
Do you have the international S3? If you do then just make sure you flash a Rom from that section and not a U.S. version Rom. Read over the different rom's features and what works/doesn't work and choose the rom that you like the most. Don't worry, we all were afraid of rooting/romming our phones at first. But you have to start somewhere. Good luck.
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natthewife said:
ive fully converted from iphone to android and first thing i done was root, cwm redy to flashing custom rom! thing is, as a newbie im terrified to take the plunge
You need to start by reading and learning first . That lessons the risk of a brick considerably .
Flash nothing for the I9300 on your not a I9300 phone .
I9305 Q&A and Development .
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Thanks yeah just gonna take proper time to learn about it all before I go in
Just outta curiosity I have cwm and do I neef to do a backup now even if im not installing cus rom just yet? And how do I create back up? Explain basic please lol
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natthewife said:
Thanks yeah just gonna take proper time to learn about it all before I go in
Just outta curiosity I have cwm and do I neef to do a backup now even if im not installing cus rom just yet? And how do I create back up? Explain basic please lol
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at last you should make a backup before flashing your first custom rom so heres step by step guide to make backup via cwm recovery
1.Get into recovery mode (cwm) by pressing volume up + power + home
2.Once in recovery mode scroll down to "backup and restore" using the volume keys to scroll and power button to select
3.Then select "Backup"
4.Let the phone make the backup (will take a couple of minutes)
5.Once you see "Backup is complete" the process is done and you can now reboot your phone
hit thanks if i helped
great step by step thanks is it harmless to keep root/cwm on phone for a while beforw cus rom? wont give me any bother will it?
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Hello, I have a samsung galaxy s 4g and my brother has a samsung vibrant. His phone is currently running on eclair and he wants to update it to froyo through samsung mini kies. He still hasn't done the update because he is afraid that it might wipe his phone and even after searching thou any information on weather or not it will wipe the phone. Im fine if my phone gets wiped because all i really need are my contacts which are backed up but my brother has a lot of important information on his phone that he does not want to loose just because of an update. So is it safe to update?
Just to be safe..
tell him put put things from his INTERNAL SD CARD on his computer. Who knows you may get erased... i didn't.
Eternal sd should be fine, but you can save if you have like super-duper important items there.
Well 1st off u would b better off looking for the answer in galaxy tab forum and from what I know thar if u use mini kies it doesnt wipe your memory
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You should start off by reading the stickies in the Development section
xriderx66 said:
Just to be safe..
tell him put put things from his INTERNAL SD CARD on his computer. Who knows you may get erased... i didn't.
Eternal sd should be fine, but you can save if you have like super-duper important items there.
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Thanks, so I guess its safe to update.
And I did read through all of the stickies and I did do thourough searches through this forum and I did not find a clear anwser so to those saying go look at the stickies isn't going to help, just simply stating an answer is much faster/easier way to get an answer. Just saying yes or no or providing a link is much easier than saying you should look at the stickies.
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Im not saying it to be a jerk . Im saying look at the stickies so you dont F up your phone . Just back up your data as usual and you could use mini kies to update . Or you could flash a pre-rooted custom rom found in the Dev section. Make sure you familiarize yourself with odin (I use v1.3 /most stable from my exp.).
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Im not saying it to be a jerk . Im saying look at the stickies so you dont F up your phone . Just back up your data as usual and you could use mini kies to update . Or you could flash a pre-rooted custom rom found in the Dev section. Make sure you familiarize yourself with odin (I use v1.3 /most stable from my exp.).
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Ohh, well thanks for helping out then. I just responded like that because I grew tired of responces like that and one of the responces told me to look at the galaxy tab forum which really doesn't even make any sense. Ill probably just update my brothers phone because I dont want to mess with it and accidentally delete important information. Ill be flashing custom roms on my galaxy s 4g though once krylon gets cwm or something else up and running on this phone. Its a shame that there aren't any devs other than him working on this phone.
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hi all i just got my galaxy s2 today and have no idea where to start with putting a rom on ot anything. so any help would be great thanks
First you need to be rooted(your phone not you)and then go to the Development section and you will find a list of different ROMs.Its a matter of finding what you want in a ROM and downloading and trying each one.Usually the ROM page has the download and install instructions writen on it.You need to be rooted to have CWM.Ill leave a link to my ROM so you can see what I mean.Below the different ROM versions you will see install instructions.If your not sure what root is let me know
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1290468
Spend some time using your phone to get used to It before flashing. This will give you a better idea of what you like and don't like about it.
Armed with that info you can read up on each custom Rom to see if they offer what you want.
Read read and when you think you are ready to flash read some more.
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cooza said:
First you need to be rooted(your phone not you)and then go to the Development section and you will find a list of different ROMs.Its a matter of finding what you want in a ROM and downloading and trying each one.Usually the ROM page has the download and install instructions writen on it.You need to be rooted to have CWM.Ill leave a link to my ROM so you can see what I mean.Below the different ROM versions you will see install instructions.If your not sure what root is let me know
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1290468
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Hi thanks for your reply and im not sure what root is.
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Spend some time using your phone to get used to It before flashing. This will give you a better idea of what you like and don't like about it.
Armed with that info you can read up on each custom Rom to see if they offer what you want.
Read read and when you think you are ready to flash read some more.
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X2 read alot, play with the phone, figure things out. There is so much to learn so you don't turn your phone into a brick. Rooting means you become a superuser, you take ownership so you can customize your phone.
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yes i realise this. my cousin does this alot with his galaxys s2 root it etc. and his set up is amazing. i will just need to get used to it
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yes i realise this. my cousin does this alot with his galaxys s2 root it etc. and his set up is amazing. i will just need to get used to it
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Yeah buddy it won't take you long to get a handle on things. It's pretty easy to get it right.
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Yeah buddy it won't take you long to get a handle on things. It's pretty easy to get it right.
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Thanks im sure it wont well i hop not lol
Please don't even think about flashing a custom rom or rooting your phone until you're comfortable/confident enough to do it without making posts like this.
I have seen so many people in your situation on here stuff their phone up over the last few weeks because they were in too much of a hurry to mess with their phone.
AceOfClubs (and others) has given you good advice, heed it :-|
Read the CFRoot thread until you are so confident with rooting the phone that you could do it in your sleep, and then root your phone with the CFRoot kernel that corresponds to your current stock kernel. Not before.
From there, read the various development threads about different roms/kernels, get to know the various features/advantages of each (and ask questions if necessary...about the rom/kernel itself, not the process of flashing same) and then when you've settled on a rom or kernel and you're completely confident about the flashing process, flash it.
Doing this will mean you'll get it right the first time. This will result in:-
A) You not posting yet another "OMG mah fone is teh brikked helpz !" thread.
B) You not having to do without using your phone for x days (weeks) should you mess it up.
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Please don't even think about flashing a custom rom or rooting your phone until you're comfortable/confident enough to do it without making posts like this.
I have seen so many people in your situation on here stuff their phone up over the last few weeks because they were in too much of a hurry to mess with their phone.
AceOfClubs (and others) has given you good advice, heed it :-|
Read the CFRoot thread until you are so confident with rooting the phone that you could do it in your sleep, and then root your phone with the CFRoot kernel that corresponds to your current stock kernel. Not before.
From there, read the various development threads about different roms/kernels, get to know the various features/advantages of each (and ask questions if necessary...about the rom/kernel itself, not the process of flashing same) and then when you've settled on a rom or kernel and you're completely confident about the flashing process, flash it.
Doing this will mean you'll get it right the first time. This will result in:-
A) You not posting yet another "OMG mah fone is teh brikked helpz !" thread.
B) You not having to do without using your phone for x days (weeks) should you mess it up.
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Hi im not in a rush to do it so dont worry and im not comfortable to do it yet either. untill i am it will stay as stock. Thanks for your concern
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Hi thanks for your reply and im not sure what root is.
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Root is changing the kernel in your phone to give you super user access which is needed to flash ROMs and firmwares.Also along with flashing there are other things to read up on like an EFS/IMEI file backups which are vital,also nandroid and Titanium backups.As you can see there are alot of good people here willing to help with good advice and all are correct in saying that you shouldnt rush into things.Take your time,read up and dont be afraid to ask questions.Play with your phone and when you know it well enough and have seen enough threads on what and what not to do then you can take the first step and root.First read up on rooting then EFS/IMEI backups and why they are needed.The rest will come in time.Id rather see you here asking questions and not in another thread saying "Help I just bricked my phone!!"
As i asked, anyone could give me any advices? Just all causes of the bricks? I read,the forum as well as i can, there are many many many topics, but i dont want to make a stupid mistake ... thank u in advance guys and gerlz
heklind said:
As i asked, anyone could give me any advices? Just all causes of the bricks? I read,the forum as well as i can, there are many many many topics, but i dont want to make a stupid mistake ... thank u in advance guys and gerlz
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Well, just follow the exact instructions the developers give when you flash something And always make a Nandroid back up first.
Furthermore: check for which phone models the roms etc. are (I9100 or anything else you have), to avoid flashing something bad.
If you're afraid for the eMMC brickbug: read the threads that are made for it for info about that.
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The emmc brick bug only happens on stock kernel when wipe data is selected just flash any other kernel before doing anything else and then your safe. Don't flash a ROM for any other phone including the i9100G double check before flash the file name is usually .............i9100
Honestly ? Don't flash anything in the first place. Leave your phone stock & enjoy using it.
If the thought of breaking it frightens you, leave it alone.
Nandriod backup can't save you from hard brick. RTFM (or thread) is the only safe path if you can't stop the hacking itch, and don't be a hero to be the first one to try something new like leaked ROM. Good luck.
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You win best post of the week Sage advice.
xdanoober said:
Nandriod backup can't save you from hard brick. RTFM (or thread) is the only safe path if you can't stop the hacking itch, and don't be a hero to be the first one to try something new like leaked ROM. Good luck.
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Honestly ? Don't flash anything in the first place. Leave your phone stock & enjoy using it.
If the thought of breaking it frightens you, leave it alone.
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Thx for advice, but as u can see, i'm asking for help coz i want to mod my phone... not to leave it stock.
heklind said:
Thx for advice, but as u can see, i'm asking for help coz i want to mod my phone... not to leave it stock.
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Well, then use the other advices that are given to you
But there's always a risk, so in fact it's a matter of minimizing them. If you want be totally risk free, then you indeed have to leave it stock.
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I have rooted my phone with fake recovery, i want to install a speedmod kernel. I have stock recovery. Is it needed to install manually cwm first?? @Hardcore is writing that cwm is included, but im not sure that its written into this kernel or i need to download the cwm too, but where? There is no link in the topic So all i need to flash the kernel through the stock recovery and i'll got cwm and speedmod and done or download cwm from somewhere first and flash kernel through the cwm?
Here is the topic:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1574218
Thx in advance and rly sorry for my english, its not my primary language heh
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in fact it's a matter of minimizing them.
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That's the point )
Anyone can help me?
ok done, help not needed
Good day everyone! Im totally have very less idea regarding android but im a fast learner. I got my first android phone and I rooted it using framaroot v1.6. Now i want to learn how to flash roms. Here goes my questions..
Which is advisable to the newbies like me? cwm or twrp?
Right after rooting? What is the best thing to do? If back-up, what to back-up? Also how to back-up?
Now for cwm or twrp, pls guide me which of them should i use and pls provide steps.
Very Big Thanks for Answering!
(Sorry im totally noob)
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Good day everyone! Im totally have very less idea regarding android but im a fast learner. I got my first android phone and I rooted it using framaroot v1.6. Now i want to learn how to flash roms. Here goes my questions..
Which is advisable to the newbies like me? cwm or twrp?
Right after rooting? What is the best thing to do? If back-up, what to back-up? Also how to back-up?
Now for cwm or twrp, pls guide me which of them should i use and pls provide steps.
Very Big Thanks for Answering!
(Sorry im totally noob)
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You can go for either one of them...i use cwm but its personal choice..now how yo flash cwm on your phone..just search the forum with your phone name..every detail is out here..you just have to search.after flashing cwm just take a backup of your current rom to be safe in case something goes wrong and flash a new one.search for custom roms for your phone in the forum. The procedure for flashing it will be written there only.
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You can go for either one of them...i use cwm but its personal choice..now how yo flash cwm on your phone..just search the forum with your phone name..every detail is out here..you just have to search.after flashing cwm just take a backup of your current rom to be safe in case something goes wrong and flash a new one.search for custom roms for your phone in the forum. The procedure for flashing it will be written there only.
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Ok sir ill go with twrp.. Pls answer my questions above one by one if its ok.. What should i do right after rooting? What should i back-up? How to back-up? If installed another rom, can i still access my apps? Will the apps remain on progress? or it will be back to start again (as if newly installed). Thanks a lot!
After install the recovery, make a full backup (the recovery have that option, but I dunno where is it in TWRP).
If you're going to install a ROM, surely you'll need to make a factory reset (another recovery option), so all your apps will be lost, however, you can make a backup of your apps (and/or its data) using some app like Titanium Backup, and restore the backup after install the ROM.
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Ok sir ill go with twrp.. Pls answer my questions above one by one if its ok.. What should i do right after rooting? What should i back-up? How to back-up? If installed another rom, can i still access my apps? Will the apps remain on progress? or it will be back to start again (as if newly installed). Thanks a lot!
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After install the recovery, make a full backup (the recovery have that option, but I dunno where is it in TWRP).
If you're going to install a ROM, surely you'll need to make a factory reset (another recovery option), so all your apps will be lost, however, you can make a backup of your apps (and/or its data) using some app like Titanium Backup, and restore the backup after install the ROM.
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Adding to this..you can restore apps through cwm itself.after creating backup and flashing rom,select advance restore then select only data then select fix permissions..everything is here only bro..just search the forums
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hm.. thanks for all the replies.. how partitioning? when should i do it? ive read some posts about partitioning so i think its important, is it or is it not? thank you i really appreciate every reply.
It depends of your phone and your usage habits. If your phone have few space to install apps, or you will install many apps then maybe you will need more space, this is the purpose of partitioning.
How to do it... well, you need to make the partition in your SD (you can do it from the recovery, or from your PC using any partitioning utility) and then, to use the partition, you'll need to install an app like Link2SD (you can install the scripts used by Link2SD if you prefer, but for the newbies is recommended use an app instead).
Ok sir, im learning a lot.. How about making NANDROID Backup?
How should i make one? Or which is the safest way to make backup?
My phone uses MT6589 and rooted with SuperSU
I saw a post using MtkDroidTools_v248.exe
Should i go with it? Pls guide me to the safest path because i dont want to end up having no phone to use. Thanks a lot again!
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Ok sir, im learning a lot.. How about making NANDROID Backup?
How should i make one? Or which is the safest way to make backup?
My phone uses MT6589 and rooted with SuperSU
I saw a post using MtkDroidTools_v248.exe
Should i go with it? Pls guide me to the safest path because i dont want to end up having no phone to use. Thanks a lot again!
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Brother the entire forum is at your disposal.you can find any and every information here.Make google and xda search fields your best friend if you wanna learn......
As a fellow mt65XX device user...if you are scared of bricking ur device..just stay a bit away from sp flashtools until u are confident enuff and know what you doing??
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Brother the entire forum is at your disposal.you can find any and every information here.Make google and xda search fields your best friend if you wanna learn......
As a fellow mt65XX device user...if you are scared of bricking ur device..just stay a bit away from sp flashtools until u are confident enuff and know what you doing??
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Im sorry sir. I think i ask too many questions. I can search how but i wont know which of those methods is the safest or easiest to use. Anyway i really appreciate the response. Thanks a lot sir!
qaasedsawd said:
How about making NANDROID Backup?
How should i make one? Or which is the safest way to make backup?
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The nandroid backup is a backup made with the recovery, as simple as that
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The nandroid backup is a backup made with the recovery, as simple as that
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You are talking about cwm & twrp right?
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Im sorry sir. I think i ask too many questions. I can search how but i wont know which of those methods is the safest or easiest to use. Anyway i really appreciate the response. Thanks a lot sir!
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No issues man..questions are always welcome here..all i am saying is that you can find all the info here..as for whats safe or not,since you are using mediatek processor,just be careful of spflashtools..try sticking to cwm as much as possible
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You are talking about cwm & twrp right?
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Yep
Ok sir. Thanks for the responses..
ill just clear things out. So i can make nandroid backup with just my phone? No use of computer? Hehe. If yes. Id be glad, coz i think its easier.
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Ok sir. Thanks for the responses..
ill just clear things out. So i can make nandroid backup with just my phone? No use of computer? Hehe. If yes. Id be glad, coz i think its easier.
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Yes,you can make a nandroid backup using your phone only.
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Yes,you can make a nandroid backup using your phone only.
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Thanks a lot sir. ill be working in my phone this weekend. i hope everything will be awesome. i also hope you wont get tired of answering my noob questions. ) Thank you so much!
fear not!
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Thanks a lot sir. ill be working in my phone this weekend. i hope everything will be awesome. i also hope you wont get tired of answering my noob questions. ) Thank you so much!
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I've just started to play with custom roms 2 days ago and nothing went badly wrong just yet With some precautions (the backups) and attention to the instructions you will do just fine Make sure you get the correct roms for your phone, because my first attempt to flash a rom was from a different phone model Nothing wrong happened, just an error message, but its a good example that you should play attention to the names and versions of the files!
good luck
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Thanks a lot sir. ill be working in my phone this weekend. i hope everything will be awesome. i also hope you wont get tired of answering my noob questions. ) Thank you so much!
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No i wont..
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No i wont..
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Wait sir, i got a little bit confused.. Hehe. What is Mobile Uncle Tool? Do i need it to have CWM or TWRP?
hello Experts
now i use samsung i9100. running 4.1.2 . but want to upgrade 4.2/4.3?
it possible if yes what i should do?
please experts guide me.
Read lots. Plenty of guides here.
FYI the latest Samsung ROM is 4.1.2 so later versions are unofficial.
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MarkyG82 said:
Read lots. Plenty of guides here.
FYI the latest Samsung ROM is 4.1.2 so later versions are unofficial.
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so how to do unoffcial please give me guide via recovery mode.coz i read via pc difficult. i am not expert on pc.
which file are used (custom)?
sattar_00977 said:
so how to do unoffcial please give me guide via recovery mode.coz i read via pc difficult. i am not expert on pc.
which file are used (custom)?
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No man, this ain't going to work like this. Nothing personal, but you can't be this lazy and ask for guides that are quite hard to miss on xda. Use search, and learn for yourself.
If you can't understand them, reconsider if you really want to start rooting and flashing.
I am not really an expert but flash phillz cwm6 in stock kernel and only flash that file don't !press format or wipe data factoryreset.
Now you are rooted/custom recovery.
next step is to look in the android development forum and download a ROM. Also download gapps from goo.im/gapps now copy them to external or internalsd.
Reboot to recovery and do factory reset
Now go to mounts and format system.
Now install zip the ROM and gapps reboot and youre done!
If you are stuck on boot screen or can't enter recovery then use Odin and download an kernel like siyah and flash it in Odin.
You can enter recovery by
volume up +home+power If the samsung screen show after3seconds release the power button but hold home and volume up.
You can enter download mode by volume down+home+power you also need to download Odin.1.85 and USB drivers hope this could help you and other people
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First of all: very nice of you to tell OP this all, seriously. But what about this explanation is different from the guides? This could all be found with a simple search. In that case people don't have ask the same question all the time, and they make sure they understand what they're doing, instead of maybe bricking their phones..
true but if some op's dont knoe exactly what to search i want to help. got my s2 now for 2weeks or what and its completely different from my unbrickable lg optimus 2x
but i hope that my kind of guide which i made from my own information i know now could help somebody if its easy to read cause i typed it on my phone
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