Running a samsung firmware on a nexus device - Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Hi, im pretty new to this field of firmwares.
im looking for a way to boot a samsung firmware, either on a vm or a nexus 4.
How is it possible?
Much appreciated,
Thanks!

__barak__ said:
Hi, im pretty new to this field of firmwares.
im looking for a way to boot a samsung firmware, either on a vm or a nexus 4.
How is it possible?
Much appreciated,
Thanks!
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Nope you can't.
Actually, 99% of the xda peepz hates samsung's touchwiz.
But you're about to flash the same? Lol
Flash an AOSP rom, that's the best for business!

__barak__ said:
Hi, im pretty new to this field of firmwares.
im looking for a way to boot a samsung firmware, either on a vm or a nexus 4.
How is it possible?
Much appreciated,
Thanks!
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Not possible. It requires closed sourced Samsung frameworks and drivers. A search would have told you this.

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[Q] Rom vs Flash?

Okay I'm a noob and I've watched the noob video. I've tried but I just can't seem to find the answers to these questions...
I have a Bell locked SGS2. Do I have to unlock before I do any rooting?
What is the difference between flashing vs installing a custom ROM?
Are Cyanogen and MIUI roms? Are they firmware? What the heck is firmware?
Why does the Canadian guide tell me I have to download a firmware to root?
If I install this firmware (through Odin), then can I flash MIUI?
I thought I would be able to figure this out in afternoon. Guess not.
Thanks. If there's an FAQ for all this stuff that I missed, please direct me to it.
Ugh normally I would tell you to stop expecting things to get spoon fed to you, but I can't bother.
No you do not need to unlock before you root. Unlocking has nothing to do with android or system.
Flashing is the process of installing or copying a new system over to your phone. A custom rom is a rom derived from stock/manufacturer rom but altered. Be it apps removed, new kernel, or the source code was altered.
Cyanogen and MIUI roms are roms derived from google android source code but changed to make the system better. Firmware is software, it is the leader of the hardware, it tells the hardware what to do. In other words, without software, your phone cannot do anything.
Go search up on how to root, I stop spoon feeding you here. Get some independence, 13 yrs old? Great time to start developing independence. 16? Not bad, recommend you start developing now. 18? Woowhee kinda late, better late than never though. 21? Wow...
Go look at the MIUI guide to see how to install.
Google is your best friend. If you can't use it i'm sorry but this technological world is too much for you and I recommend you stick to a dumbphone or iphone.
nickdenis09 said:
What is the difference between flashing vs installing a custom ROM?
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Two names for the same thing.
nickdenis09 said:
Are Cyanogen and MIUI roms? Are they firmware?
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Both.
Two names for the same thing.
nickdenis09 said:
What the heck is firmware?
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The IMO better term for the OS running on your phone.
nickdenis09 said:
Why does the Canadian guide tell me I have to download a firmware to root?
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'cause they don't know better.
A root(able) kernel is enough already.

[Q] Not sure how to downgrade Galaxy S from ICS to GB

Hi,
I bought a Galaxy S GT-I9000 (Bell Vibrant, I believe) and he has this version of ICS installed on it. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1649345&page=12
I want to downgrade to Cyanogenmod 7 simply to get a bit more performance out of the phone. But, i'm not sure exactly what I have to do, to accomplish this.
Android Version 4.0.4
Baseband: i9000UGKG3
Kernel 3.0.8-Semaphore_ICS_1.2.2
Build Number GT-i9000 4.0.4 IMM761
Mod Version ICS_F4k_MOD_V4.0.4_r3
Do I have to find and install a new kernel? The one I have says ICS, but i'm not sure if that will work for Gingerbread too or not.
Any help would be appreciated.
Thanks,
WEll, to makes things worse, I followed the advice of someone from this forum http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/topic/...n-mod-on-phone-that-is-already-rooted-at-404/ and now my phone is stuck in a boot loop.
Crap, now i'm not sure what to do.
Flash a firmware with 3 files PDA, MODEM and CSC using ODIN. If you don't have a firmware with 3 files, download this http://androidadvices.com/valuepack-update-samsung-galaxy-face-unlock-i9000-xxjvu-236/3/ and then update to a newer firmware like JW4 or JW5.
Ok, just to clarify something before i do this. my galaxy S is the international one, not the T-mobile vibrant, will this guide work fine for mine?
Thanks,
colhavoc said:
Ok, just to clarify something before i do this. my galaxy S is the international one, not the T-mobile vibrant, will this guide work fine for mine?
Thanks,
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Yes it is for gt i9000
thatdefault said:
Yes it is for gt i9000
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Thanks, I flashed over the all the files and was greated by the default Gingerbread theme. Flashed over to Cyanogenmod from there with no issues.
Thanks again, worked great.
Sorry to hijack a thread, but can this be done on a Moto Droid Razr?
I did the OTA update to ICS, and can't stand it. Want to go back to GB.
Any options? Or is this being worked on?
Thanks in advance.
amojeba said:
Sorry to hijack a thread, but can this be done on a Moto Droid Razr?
I did the OTA update to ICS, and can't stand it. Want to go back to GB.
Any options? Or is this being worked on?
Thanks in advance.
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The bootloader and some system partitions are locked

Is this a possibility??

The Boost Mobile version of the Galaxy s2 has an official update to Android 4.1.2 Jellybean, is it possible to modify the tar file from that update package to be compatible with our AT&T SGH-i777 models?? The upgrade tool can be gotten from Samsung's website and then can be installed on the computer, during the install process it extracts the tar file update along with other needed stuff to install to the phone through Download Mode. I really hope this is possible as I would love to have a close-to-stock version of Android 4.1.2 Jellybean for our device, any help/feedback about this would be greatly appreciated...
goldeneagle1972 said:
The Boost Mobile version of the Galaxy s2 has an official update to Android 4.1.2 Jellybean, is it possible to modify the tar file from that update package to be compatible with our AT&T SGH-i777 models?? The upgrade tool can be gotten from Samsung's website and then can be installed on the computer, during the install process it extracts the tar file update along with other needed stuff to install to the phone through Download Mode. I really hope this is possible as I would love to have a close-to-stock version of Android 4.1.2 Jellybean for our device, any help/feedback about this would be greatly appreciated...
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Wrong forum ....post this in the right one!!!!
goldeneagle1972 said:
The Boost Mobile version of the Galaxy s2 has an official update to Android 4.1.2 Jellybean, is it possible to modify the tar file from that update package to be compatible with our AT&T SGH-i777 models?? The upgrade tool can be gotten from Samsung's website and then can be installed on the computer, during the install process it extracts the tar file update along with other needed stuff to install to the phone through Download Mode. I really hope this is possible as I would love to have a close-to-stock version of Android 4.1.2 Jellybean for our device, any help/feedback about this would be greatly appreciated...
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SHOstock3 is sammy based and the closest you will find. Great rom.:good:
lilbigdude1 said:
Wrong forum ....post this in the right one!!!!
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You couldn't be more wrong. Did you even read his post?
Sent from my SGH-i777 using xda app-developers app
Lekerstein said:
You couldn't be more wrong. Did you even read his post?
Sent from my SGH-i777 using xda app-developers app
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This is the DEVELOPMENT forum. Not Q&A. Wrong forum. Plus, why would we want to use Boost's version off their S2, when we could grab 4.1.2 from the AOSP (already done) ? That makes no sense whatsoever.
Galaxy S2 (SGH-I777)
CM 9.1 (ICS)
UCLE5
AJK 1.49
Lekerstein said:
You couldn't be more wrong. Did you even read his post?
Sent from my SGH-i777 using xda app-developers app
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Yes I did read it. Did you?
moorecomp said:
SHOstock3 is sammy based and the closest you will find. Great rom.:good:
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That's what I'm running right now, but would still like to know if my original question is possible...
Shawn said:
This is the DEVELOPMENT forum. Not Q&A. Wrong forum. Plus, why would we want to use Boost's version off their S2, when we could grab 4.1.2 from the AOSP (already done) ? That makes no sense whatsoever.
Galaxy S2 (SGH-I777)
CM 9.1 (ICS)
UCLE5
AJK 1.49
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To answer your question is because our device doesn't have an official update for Android 4.1.2 Jellybean, and this would be as close as we could get with some modifications to it, is it me or does it seem like people aren't interested in the question I asked, cause it seems like people are just being negative about it...
goldeneagle1972 said:
To answer your question is because our device doesn't have an official update for Android 4.1.2 Jellybean, and this would be as close as we could get with some modifications to it, is it me or does it seem like people aren't interested in the question I asked, cause it seems like people are just being negative about it...
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Yeah I don't think anyone wants to work on that at all since we have i9100 roms that can be hell raised easily.
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goldeneagle1972 said:
To answer your question is because our device doesn't have an official update for Android 4.1.2 Jellybean, and this would be as close as we could get with some modifications to it, is it me or does it seem like people aren't interested in the question I asked, cause it seems like people are just being negative about it...
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Considering the fact that the I9100 OFFICIAL ROM works just fine on our device, that's the closest you'll get.
Galaxy S2 (SGH-I777)
CM 9.1 (ICS)
UCLE5
AJK 1.49

[Q] Keis or Odin for Stock downgrade

So Im new to Samsung but not new to Rooting and Roms but somehow I had a boo boo. So I was gonna reinstall the stock firmware. Im curious if which way is the better way to do it. The kies method seems a little shaky but is official samsung **** while odin i am not too familiar with. Have any of you had to reinstall stock firmware. If so, which method did you use. Any help will be appreciated.
Odin, I've never had any luck with Kies.
E-Dizzle said:
So Im new to Samsung but not new to Rooting and Roms but somehow I had a boo boo. So I was gonna reinstall the stock firmware. Im curious if which way is the better way to do it. The kies method seems a little shaky but is official samsung **** while odin i am not too familiar with. Have any of you had to reinstall stock firmware. If so, which method did you use. Any help will be appreciated.
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This click on my signature for rom flashing all the info and links you need are there. Enjoy !!!
Thanks. I assume since your in the note 3 post you have a note 3. If so I have some questions.
Awesome thanks I'm gonna check it out when I get home. I thought I had my issues fixed but not quite I guess.
Sorry not using tapatalk first post was for rbeavers second was for jimzweb1
E-Dizzle said:
Thanks. I assume since your in the note 3 post you have a note 3. If so I have some questions.
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Note 3 and loving it !!!

[Q] Samsung Note 1

I was wondering if there was any support for a note 1. I have an old android version of 4.0.4 on my phone. is there a new version on line? If so how do i go about installing it on my phone.
My phone has been running a little slowly these days.
Thanks Mike
my57chevy said:
I was wondering if there was any support for a note 1. I have an old android version of 4.0.4 on my phone. is there a new version on line? If so how do i go about installing it on my phone.
My phone has been running a little slowly these days.
Thanks Mike
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Hello
What Model Is Exactely ??
Braycel said:
Hello
What Model Is Exactely ??
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My phone is a: Samsung Note 1
Model Number is: Samsung-SGH-I717
Android Version: 4.0.4
Is that the info you are looking for?
Mike
my57chevy said:
My phone is a: Samsung Note 1
Model Number is: Samsung-SGH-I717
Android Version: 4.0.4
Is that the info you are looking for?
Mike
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You are in the correct forums. Yay. Last stock for this device was 4.1.2 Jellybean. However there is a bazillion custom Roms that have been developed for this device up to and surpassing this version. Every individual phone behaves slightly different...keep this in mind. There were Telus, Bell wireless, Rogers and AT&T versions of original firmware available on this phone, possibly others. Most customs will likely work though. There are different methods which can be found in these forums of rooting your device and installing a custom recovery with which you can flash custom Roms. Have fun. Read lots and Google is your best friend. The community here can also be very helpful.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I717
I suggest you DO NOT FLASH the sock TW jellybean rom it seems to broke my wifi so it only shows up certain wifi.
shorty9210 said:
I suggest you DO NOT FLASH the sock TW jellybean rom it seems to broke my wifi so it only shows up certain wifi.
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Your status 7 on gapps means you were using an outdated recovery. This may very well have been your issue. Though you switched to new cwm, you could have upgraded your twrp to gimmeitorilltell's 2.8.0.0 and you likely would have had no problem.
Sent from my SGH-I717R
developweb said:
Your status 7 on gapps means you were using an outdated recovery. This may very well have been your issue. Though you switched to new cwm, you could have upgraded your twrp to gimmeitorilltell's 2.8.0.0 and you likely would have had no problem.
Sent from my SGH-I717R
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Yes yes I am sure I am probably going to update the the twrp after I figure out my WiFi issue... If you know if I'm over looking much appreciate thanks lol

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