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I am using a P506/THRIVE rooted with clockworkmod recovery. I have installed several P500 variant kernels & ROMS all of which have the same display issue when installed. Afaik everything else works great and I have done significant testing.
My question is to see if any devs would be willing to port over a stable kernel at the very least that would fix the display issues and allow for overclocking? At the most port over a custom ROM for us Thrive owners to use as well as a kernel.
I am coming from WebOS so my Android knowledge is minimal that and the fact that ATM I have minimal access to a PC has left me to ask someone else to do this else I would try to figure it out myself. From the small amount of information I was able to gain by installing different P500 kernels & ROMS I am under the impression that their isn't much difference between the P506/THRIVE and other P500 variants. This leads me to believe that a kernel port might be an easy & fast solution. The same is true for a ROM port which I am guessing is just a kernel issue anyway.
So please if their are any devs thy would be willing to give this a look I will assist in anyway needed and you would be making us Thrive users EXTREMELY Elated! Thanks in advance. ;-)
Isaac.
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Did you install P500 CWM from Rom Manager? or some other version?
Do you have color problems only in recovery, or in the original AT&T rom as well?
I'd like to make experiments (e.g., a bloat-free deodexed version of the stock rom) but cannot start without first getting a nandroid backup.
I installed CWM using ROM Manager and selecting the LGP500 option.
The display is fine with stock ROM. When flashing a LGP500 kernel and or ROM the display goes into a non-color glitchy looking mode but everything else seems to work fine.
I have a nandroid backup of stock rom so pm me if you would like a link to it.
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hey Guyz
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webosguru said:
I installed CWM using ROM Manager and selecting the LGP500 option.
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That's a relief, now I'm free to experiment
webosguru said:
When flashing a LGP500 kernel and or ROM the display goes into a non-color glitchy looking mode but everything else seems to work fine.
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Have you tried to install a P500 rom with the stock P506 kernel?
As far as I get it, the only difference is one graphic driver.
Although we don't have kernel source (bad link on LG website), perhaps we could compare the kernel config (/proc/config.gz if I'm not mistaken) between stock P500 and P506 to see what is this different driver.
My P506 config.gz, decompressed, is attached below; if someone has a stock P500 config.gz I'd love to get it.
Do you have a P506 / THRIVE config.gz? And need a P500 or P509 config.gz to compare? I can't help with a non P506 variant but I can ask around and look
I'm sure with all the non P506 users lurking around someone can upload a stock one for us.
I believe LG changed the display on the P506 variant because att would not accept the touchscreen bug on the device. That would explain why the P500 / Thrive doesn't have the bug (or I haven't noticed it on mine anyway) and why att was the last of the major US carriers to get their own variant.
I believe the display used on the P506 has had to have been used on a different LG product which is what I am going to find out. That way we can recompile one of the custom P500 kernels with the new driver.
I will also try to get a copy of a stock P500 / P509 config.gz to link here for comparison.
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I have a copy of the LG Ally kernel source and it runs off of the same adreno 200 with a 3.2 display of the same resolution as the P506. I wonder if there is any chance to compile a new kernel using the display driver in the ally source? Is it worth a try?
I am not sure how device drivers work for Android SoC is there specific drivers for every device even I'd they are utilizing the exact same hardware? I find it hard to believe considering webOS is not like this at all. I think this may be worth a try.
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No need, I got the official sources off LG website today as they fixed the link.
Comparing the kernel configs of P500 and P506, the differences are:
- IPSEC/VPN/PPP support in P500
- Two framebuffer drivers (novatek and hitachi) in P506 rather than one (just hitachi), with runtime detection of hw. [CONFIG_FB_MSM_MDDI_NOVATEK_HVGA=y]
I think I'll be able to compile a version tomorrow or so. But could you please try flashing any 2.2.1 P500 rom without flashing its kernel and see if colors are OK? this would mean we just need a custom kernel and we're good to go with the plethora of P500 roms.
This is awesome news! I sent LG an email complaining about the broken link. I wonder of that had anything to do with the fix... Anyway I will run a backup now and flash a ROM without flashing the kernel. I will post results shortly. Thanks a lot for putting in the time and effort!
-Isaac.
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You should be thanking yourself, as you caused LG to put the link there (and you have my thanks as well)...
Sorry for not doing all these tests myself, this is my dad's phone and I can't take it away from him for too long
BTW, I wonder how Rom Manager knows the right partition to use when flashing the recovery; it's different on every phone model.
Is there an easy way to flash a rom without it touching the kernel? If so I can't figure it out. The only thing I can think of that would work is to prepare a flashable copy of my kernel flash a P500 rom then flash my backed up kernel. I just don't have access to a PC right now to do that.
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So after some more research I have discovered that the partitions are different on the thrive and that's why the colors are messed up in recovery as well as when you flash a new rom using the cwm recovery. So before we can even begin to flash a new kernel / rom the cwm recovery will need to be ported.
This was taken from AndroidCentral forums concerning the Thrive.
( The partitions are in a different order for this phone than for other phones. For example, when I did my image pull of a clean, stock Thrive, I got the following mtd partitions: mtd0 = boot mtd1 = system mtd2 = recovery mtd3 = lgdrm mtd4 = splash mtd5 = FOTABIN mtd6 = FOTA mtd7 = misc mtd8 = cache mtd9 = userdata The two (unexpected) partitions, as far as order goes, were system and cache; at least, they are unexpectedly located at mtd1 and mtd8, respectively, as compared to their respective locations on the Optimus V (i.e., mtd7 and mtd2, respectively, on Optimus V). )
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could u post from and kernal files
ive got the source code files to build one I'm posting them later and please post stock from for me so I can flash back
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Is there an easy way to flash a rom without it touching the kernel? If so I can't figure it out. The only thing I can think of that would work is to prepare a flashable copy of my kernel flash a P500 rom then flash my backed up kernel. I just don't have access to a PC right now to do that.
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You can do one of two:
replace the boot.img inside the rom with the backed up boot.img, and then flash the rom; or
correct the installer script to skip flashing boot.img (and possibly remove it from the rom altogether).
I think the first option is easier as it only requires replacing one file in the zip file, and not changing the scripts within.
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So after some more research I have discovered that the partitions are different on the thrive and that's why the colors are messed up in recovery as well as when you flash a new rom using the cwm recovery. So before we can even begin to flash a new kernel / rom the cwm recovery will need to be ported.
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Actually, according to this post, the partitions in P500/P506 are exactly the same.
Definitely the colors issue has to do with the change in the kernel; I suspect recovery uses the same kernel as the rom, so once you flash a P500 rom with its kernel you get messed up colors everywhere.
Edit: recovery uses a separate kernel, so I don't understand why the CWM recovery has no color issues on your device.
Please guys I'll test but can I have the stock rom pm it to me
Also when you flash a rom does it when you turn on the screen sometimes it doesn't display this might be the fact that I have a phoenix not a thrive
I don't have the stock rom (it should be v11e_00.kdz); I just have backups of the mtd partitions of my thrive.
But it'd be useful to verify that phoenix and thrive are similar by examining the difference in kernel configuration and partition table.
Giandeli, could you please attach the contents of the following files on your device?
1) /proc/mtd
2) /proc/config.gz
im on cm7 sorry but could I have the boot.I mg to tryto see if color fi wait just give me partitions
I should have some time this evening to install a rom without installing the Kernel. I will update results afterwards.
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Hey guys, sorry for this thread. I may sound like a noob but thats only in the flashing and recovery areas. Someone please explain what are custom roms. Is cm7 a custom roms. Once installed, can I revert to the stock rom? How do I get Clockworkmod Recovery.
How do I unbrick a Dell XCD35 aka ZTE Blade.
Device : Del XCD35
A custom ROM is one that has been amended by the cook to suit his taste and specific needs therefore is customized, the opposite of custom is a stock ROM which is the ROM that comes on the device from the manufacturer, out of the box
You can normally revert to stock after a custom be either restoring a backup taken pre custom or running an ruu which is a ROM update program which re installs the original stock roms, you should see these in your devices forum
afraid that I don't know anything about Dell devices so won't comment on recovery install
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Thx a lot......
But I need to know how to get Clockworkmod Recovery...
Anyway......thanks
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Thx a lot......
But I need to know how to get Clockworkmod Recovery...
Anyway......thanks
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You should find these answers along with many more in this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1172838 in the blade forum, you'll probably also get more joy posting future questions in there
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Hey everyone, this is thread is meant to centralize all of the information and questions about the kernels for this phone. I feel as though information about peoples issues, and their "triumphs" with certain kernels are scattered everywhere, so finding useful information can be tedious. I have noticed that most, if not all of the ROM threads specifically say, "No kernel questions". This is what this thread is going to be for. I also thought it would be neat to have some general discussion about kernels. for example, what kernels work best with what ROM, what are some of the issues that people run into, what works, what doesn't work, etc...
I know there is only a few kernel options now, but hopefully that list will grow and as it grows this thread will be become more useful.
there are only a few rules for this thread:
1. No flaming-one of goals for this thread is to help noobs, this thread is meant to de-clutter the ROM threads of kernel questions, (seemingly stupid or intelligent).
2. This thread is for talk of kernels only, there is a "off topic" discussion thread for everything else; and ROM threads to specifically talk about ROMS
So far i only know of three kernel types:
Faux's kernel
Stock kernels
X boarder's kernels, (different variants to go with different ROMS).
From what i understand Faux's kernels work with pretty much all of the ROM's but seem to cause boot loops.
I do not know too much about X's kernels and the issues they cause, so it would be nice if some one filled me in.
Ill start the thread by saying, I have used the stock kernel that shipped with my phone over the quick sense ROM, and the Bullet proof 2.4 ROM. the weird thing with that was, my WIFI worked. its weird because X, and everyone else says to flash one of X's or Faux's kernels or else wifi will not work. I have been apprehensive about flashing kernels because of the boot loop issues people have reportedly been having. however i went ahead and flashed the kernel that was included in the Bullet proof 2.4 ROM. i haven't used the phone all that much so no bootloop yet. the phone is fast and smooth. X's kernels are able to be overclocked and have three governors. i am very curious about Faux's kernel because he did some amazing things on the Mytouch 4g when i had it.
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Hey everyone, this is thread is meant to centralize all of the information and questions about the kernels for this phone. I feel as though information about peoples issues, and their "triumphs" with certain kernels are scattered everywhere, so finding useful information can be tedious. I have noticed that most, if not all of the ROM threads specifically say, "No kernel questions". This is what this thread is going to be for. I also thought it would be neat to have some general discussion about kernels. for example, what kernels work best with what ROM, what are some of the issues that people run into, what works, what doesn't work, etc...
I know there is only a few kernel options now, but hopefully that list will grow and as it grows this thread will be become more useful.
there are only a few rules for this thread:
1. No flaming-one of goals for this thread is to help noobs, this thread is meant to de-clutter the ROM threads of kernel questions, (seemingly stupid or intelligent).
2. This thread is for talk of kernels only, there is a "off topic" discussion thread for everything else; and ROM threads to specifically talk about ROMS
So far i only know of three kernel types:
Faux's kernel
Stock kernels
X boarder's kernels, (different variants to go with different ROMS).
From what i understand Faux's kernels work with pretty much all of the ROM's but seem to cause boot loops.
I do not know too much about X's kernels and the issues they cause, so it would be nice if some one filled me in.
Ill start the thread by saying, I have used the stock kernel that shipped with my phone over the quick sense ROM, and the Bullet proof 2.4 ROM. the weird thing with that was, my WIFI worked. its weird because X, and everyone else says to flash one of X's or Faux's kernels or else wifi will not work. I have been apprehensive about flashing kernels because of the boot loop issues people have reportedly been having. however i went ahead and flashed the kernel that was included in the Bullet proof 2.4 ROM. i haven't used the phone all that much so no bootloop yet. the phone is fast and smooth. X's kernels are able to be overclocked and have three governors. i am very curious about Faux's kernel because he did some amazing things on the Mytouch 4g when i had it.
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so ur sayin we can flash most of these roms & still have the stock htc kernel wrking but wifi might break? so how about NRG's modified stock kernel on the Energy rom,will it wrk on all amaze roms & will wifi not break?? im coming frm a mytouch 4g so this phne is a lil complicated..sorry for actin like a noob lol..i havent used that easy kernel flasher,i been using flash image gui & heard that fauxs new kernels cnt b flashed with it?
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so ur sayin we can flash most of these roms & still have the stock htc kernel wrking but wifi might break? so how about NRG's modified stock kernel on the Energy rom,will it wrk on all amaze roms & will wifi not break?? im coming frm a mytouch 4g so this phne is a lil complicated..sorry for actin like a noob lol..i havent used that easy kernel flasher,i been using flash image gui & heard that fauxs new kernels cnt b flashed with it?
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Idk about the WiFi question, I'm not educated enough on that, but what I've found to be successful is flashing the boot.img from xboarders ROM's .zip file with easy kernel flasher to get the best results. But with Energy ROM, I flash the stock kernel he provided with the stock kernel flasher. That method has worked flawlessly for me. I've never had a random reboot and I've never had a broken WiFi or BT. I've never had to flash a kernel more than once due to failed flash either.
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Idk about the WiFi question, I'm not educated enough on that, but what I've found to be successful is flashing the boot.img from xboarders ROM's .zip file with easy kernel flasher to get the best results. But with Energy ROM, I flash the stock kernel he provided with the stock kernel flasher. That method has worked flawlessly for me. I've never had a random reboot and I've never had a broken WiFi or BT. I've never had to flash a kernel more than once due to failed flash either.
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Thanks for the response.. i just wanted to read up on all this more before i flash another rom..Ive been on Energy rom since i got the phone but at first i had the wifi issue,then i went & dwnloaded his stock kernel & flashed it thru flash image gui..i dnt have access to a computer unless i go to a friend house so i rely alot on flash image gui lol.. thats why im askin if its fine to flash roms without flashin another kernel..
I'm not sure why, but the stock kernel worked just fine On quick sense and on bullet proof. I never had a wifi issues on those but the wifi on the energy rom didn't work. I'm using faux's kernel on bullet proof 2.4. I guess fauxs kernel is included in the bullet proof zip. I have only had 1 reboot in the past week. Also faux's kernel can be over clocked which is nice if your into that. I came from a mytouch 4g also so learning all this stuff can be a pain but once you read over everything its really not that difficult
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I finally relocked and forced the RUU (newest official version of our phone software) which puts you on the stock everything (ie kernel), and am running just fine on Energy ROM. Wifi works great, I haven't tried Bluetooth. So a far as I can tell, the stock kernel from TMo RUU 1.43 runs great and wifi is perfect. FYI.
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Thanks for the response.. i just wanted to read up on all this more before i flash another rom..Ive been on Energy rom since i got the phone but at first i had the wifi issue,then i went & dwnloaded his stock kernel & flashed it thru flash image gui....
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I bet most of the kernel issues in this thread would be from people having issues with flash image GUI. Not a fact, just a strong uneducated hunch
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I bet most of the kernel issues in this thread would be from people having issues with flash image GUI. Not a fact, just a strong uneducated hunch
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2 kernels that im aware of is flashable with flash image gui,the amaze stock kernel frm Energy rom & the faux kernel frm fast amaze rom before the new update i guess.. Other than those 2 kernels i heard EKF modules or something like that cnt b used with flash image gui.. People gotta read before flashin things lol
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Idk about the WiFi question, I'm not educated enough on that, but what I've found to be successful is flashing the boot.img from xboarders ROM's .zip file with easy kernel flasher to get the best results. But with Energy ROM, I flash the stock kernel he provided with the stock kernel flasher. That method has worked flawlessly for me. I've never had a random reboot and I've never had a broken WiFi or BT. I've never had to flash a kernel more than once due to failed flash either.
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I'm probably just educated enough to be way off-base, but it seems to me a kernel with a wifi problem would also have a BT problem. Do people tend to experience those 2 together?
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I'm probably just educated enough to be way off-base, but it seems to me a kernel with a wifi problem would also have a BT problem. Do people tend to experience those 2 together?
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Yep that's uaully the case
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I'm pretty sure it had to do with the official build each rom is based off of. I know the official update to 1.43 changed the kernel around so if people have a stock kernel from an earlier official ruu the wifi and bt break when updating to a build based off 1.43. Most all roms past xboarders beast mod 2.0 are built off 1.43 at least. I think there are some ones newer than 1.43 but I'm not sure if the kernel had any updates in those builds.
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Hey Guys,
I'm kinda lost and haven't found anything the forum that remotely resembles my problem.
I have a rooted EVO 4G LTE with CM10 JB 4.1. I'm sick of the ****ty camera picture quality and constant freezing while taking pictures (just freezes then the phone reboots) so i'm trying to go to a more of a stock rom that I'll just customize with launchers etc.
My question is, since I can't update the OTA from the rom, do i need to flash the new kernel and the stock rooted rom and if so what order? The other question I had if I do need to install the new kernel does it have to be in the root of the internal SD or external SD?
I tried flashing some of the newer stock rooted roms and none of them would work. I would get the message (bad) when trying to update through recovery. I thought at first that just meant a corrupted zip file but when trying 3 different roms that all said the same thing I thought maybe it could be because the kernel is different then what I have.
At any rate, if anyone could help with a link to some kind of guide (if anyone knows of one) or just some general directions that would be insanely helpful.
Thanks for any help offered!
Download the Rom of your choice. Pull the boot img from that Rom. That is the kernel you need to flash. The fact that your asking this question I would reccomend using the app " flash image gui". You can flash the boot img from your current Rom then immediately boot into recovery and flash the Rom.
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Download the Rom of your choice. Pull the boot img from that Rom. That is the kernel you need to flash. The fact that your asking this question I would reccomend using the app " flash image gui". You can flash the boot img from your current Rom then immediately boot into recovery and flash the Rom.
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Haha, yeah. Thanks! I like to dabble but I wouldn't call myself any kind of pro. I just wasn't sure if the rom would stay stable if I updated the kernel will still in the OS. Anyways, thanks again! :good:
Hey man I didn't wanna come off like I'm some kind of expert cause I know enough to get myself in trouble that's about it, but I have some expierence with a s-on device.
If your not sure just read some more. A good thread is "don't panic" in the Q&A section.
You should be fine tho
good luck
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Hi
Im new to rooting phones and have rooted my Samsung galaxy s3 GT-I9300. Im running 4.1.1 on it and rooted it using odin and CF-ROOT-SGS3-v6.tar.
Ive got CWM manager and superuser on it and have backed up my apps using titanium back up and backed up the rom using ROM manager.
What I want to know is can anyone recommend a ROM that is like the stock one but with added features such as multi window and takes away a lot off the added Samsung stuff thats not really needed and also runs smooth without eating up too much battery?
Can I just update my kernel or do I need to install a custom ROM?
Can I install the new ROM using ROM manager?
Do I need to move any backed up apps and current rom off the phones memory to an external SD card before installing a custom rom?
Do I need to take into account the Baseband version (mine is I9300XXELJ2) when looking what roms I can install or does it simply have to be for the S3 I9300?
Sorry if my questions seem a bit daft or if Ive not given enough information. Im new to all this and want a custom rom that will hopefully offer a bit more than the standard one but dont want to brick my phone
Thanks in advanced.
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Hi
Im new to rooting phones and have rooted my Samsung galaxy s3 GT-I9300. Im running 4.1.1 on it and rooted it using odin and CF-ROOT-SGS3-v6.tar.
Ive got CWM manager and superuser on it and have backed up my apps using titanium back up and backed up the rom using ROM manager.
What I want to know is can anyone recommend a ROM that is like the stock one but with added features such as multi window and takes away a lot off the added Samsung stuff thats not really needed and also runs smooth without eating up too much battery?
Can I just update my kernel or do I need to install a custom ROM?
Can I install the new ROM using ROM manager?
Do I need to move any backed up apps and current rom off the phones memory to an external SD card before installing a custom rom?
Do I need to take into account the Baseband version (mine is I9300XXELJ2) when looking what roms I can install or does it simply have to be for the S3 I9300?
Sorry if my questions seem a bit daft or if Ive not given enough information. Im new to all this and want a custom rom that will hopefully offer a bit more than the standard one but dont want to brick my phone
Thanks in advanced.
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I would recommend sotmax ROM or android revolution ROM which is both close to stock ROM and my favorites. But you have to try for yourself to know.
You can use custom kernel after rooting. But read the op to see if compatible.
ROM manager can install ROMs but only with the premium version if I'm not mistaken. Alternatively just use cwm to flash. Fast and easy.
Backup apps depends on what you using. Titanium backup? Usually backed up apps are safely stored. And can restore in any ROM after flashing.
Baseband usually will be along with custom ROM.
All in all if you read the op in first post of each thread and follow steps. Bricking is usually a non issue. But as always make a full backup before flashing.
Happy flashing
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No need to move the backups anywhere unless you're gonna wipe your internal SD.
Baseband doesn't matter, just flash anything for the i9300.
And don't ask for best ROMs, it's against the rules
Raiden00 said:
I would recommend sotmax ROM or android revolution ROM which is both close to stock ROM and my favorites. But you have to try for yourself to know.
You can use custom kernel after rooting. But read the op to see if compatible.
ROM manager can install ROMs but only with the premium version if I'm not mistaken. Alternatively just use cwm to flash. Fast and easy.
Backup apps depends on what you using. Titanium backup? Usually backed up apps are safely stored. And can restore in any ROM after flashing.
Baseband usually will be along with custom ROM.
All in all if you read the op in first post of each thread and follow steps. Bricking is usually a non issue. But as always make a full backup before flashing.
Happy flashing
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So does the baseband in the rom have to match the one on my phone or can I install any rom and my baseband will just change and all will be fine?
This is going to seem stupid but what do you mean by op?
To install or flash a rom using CWM do I just click recovery mode in the app and continue from there?
Thanks for the quick response,
first, read the basic guides.
op means the first post
BASICS.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1927113
jje
You can't have Samsung features on an AOSP (aka stock Android) based ROM. Its integrated into Samsung ROMs.
For best of both world's you can dual boot two ROMs using Siyah kernel 1.8.9 eg. A Samsung ROM (ex: stock) and an AOSP based one (ex: CM10.1)
Before experimenting copy backups to an external SD card or your PC.
International S III 16GB / Dualboot 4.1.2 Stock & Cyanogenmod 10.1 / Gokhan's SK
Anono ROM gives high performance stability and great battery life
Other than that it is like stock
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discussing what's the best /most stable /feature - rich ROM is against the rules