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So finally you can root 2.1. I've been interested in a custom Rom for my hero ever sincei heard about it. Any suggestions on which Rom is right for me?
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Just giving you the heads up, Android development section is for posting your own Roms, mods, and etc.
But my personal favorite ATM is Fresh 2.1.1 Basic, but incredibly fast and customizable, and Flipz is a very active supporter. There are other great Roms too, but Fresh was my first.
I highly recommend DamageControl -- I update it to the fresh toast kernel so you can overclock. It looks a lot like stock but performs 10x better. The updating of the kernel is easy to do, and outlined in the thread /showthread.php?t=690238
Play with damagecontrol first, then if you want Overclocking (or, more correctly, reclocking), give the kernel update a try-- it's just basically flashing a file on top of the damagecontrol rom. Either way, it's way better than stock and still has sense if you want it.
Could i hey more information about damage control
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So finally you can root 2.1. I've been interested in a custom Rom for my hero ever sincei heard about it. Any suggestions on which Rom is right for me?
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It depends.
Me, I don't like HTC Sense (or rather, I got bored of it), so my personal favorite is Darchdroid 2.6.4. It is AOSP and like the Droid or Nexus One.
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Read this. It has all of the information about the latest damage Control ROM
FreshToast is my personal favorite. Extremely fast and stable. Use it as my everyday rom when I'm not trying to fix roms with A2SD issues.
Is there a guide on how to install Roms?
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Is there a guide on how to install Roms?
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usually the base instructions are included on the first page of the custom rom thread. That said you usually do this:
1) install a recovery image, I use this one:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=672324
place the image of your choice - the only difference is the picture which is shown - on the sd card and flash the image into the phone by using the instructions here
2) choose one of the ROMs, I use the 2.1 roms and think you should try the fresh ROM 2.1.2 which is stable yet has the newest base without the overclocking. Go here and read the info and download:
http://geekfor.me/new-release/fresh-rom-212/
after you place the downloaded zip image on your sd card, you will need to place your phone in recovery mode by doing this:
a) powercycle down (press and hold the red hang up button for a sec until you get the menu and press power down)
b) next, hold the menu key down and then press the red hang up key briefly, you should feel the buzz of the phone starting but continue holding the menu key for about 5 secs until the recovery menu comes up.
c) At this point you will want to either nandroid backup your build which I think is not really necessary because your config will be so different going from 1.5 to 2.1. but you can if you want to restore back to a 1.5 rom
d) Next you need to wipe the data off the phone by choosing "wipe" and choose restore to factory default - this will remove all data from your phone
e) go to the flash from sd option and choose the rom you have placed in the SD card.
you need to confirm the flash by pressing "home" and away you go.
d) you then need to press "reboot" and the phone will shut down recovery mode and flash the rom. This initial flash will take a while, some ROMs take 3 mins some take 10.
After this you are up and running, if not, post questions in the forum for help.
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1. Make sure you are rooted.
2. Find the ROM zip of your choosing and put it on the sd card (not in any folder)
3. Boot into recovery
4. Backup/Restore - Nand backup
(Optional if you want to use aps2sd - 5)
5. Partition sdcard
- just follow the prompts
- I reccomend also doing SD:ext2 to SD:ext3
6. Wipe
- wipe data/factory reset
- (optional a. wipe dalvik-cache b. wipe SD:ext partition) - only need to do if you are going to use apss2sd
7. Flash zip from sdcard
8. select your rom zip
9. press home to start flashing
10. reboot system and wait. Some roms take quite awhile to load up the first time (10+minutes)
Hope this helps. I'm sure there are other threads that explain it better than I have. Just search and you should find something.
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So finally you can root 2.1. I've been interested in a custom Rom for my hero ever sincei heard about it. Any suggestions on which Rom is right for me?
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I personally like Aloysius, nice color, very fast, frequent updates!!
"Rooting" 2.1 had nothing to do w/ making custom ROMs simply because you could pull apart the rom.zip and make a custom one even w/o having root. Gaining root just enables the people w/ 2.1 on it to free their phone basically
I really need help i used to have paragon rom then i installed phoenix but i did not liked it so i tried to go back to paragon but when i used odin to go back to stock. I rooted my phone but when i installed rom manager to install paragon it doesnt let me rom manager tells me that an error has ocurred when i tried the clockword recovery
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I really need help i used to have paragon rom then i installed phoenix but i did not liked it so i tried to go back to paragon but when i used odin to go back to stock. I rooted my phone but when i installed rom manager to install paragon it doesnt let me rom manager tells me that an error has ocurred when i tried the clockword recovery
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Do you have 3 button recovery?
If you do, dont bother installing, ROM Manager, you wont need it. Just copy the ROM and CWM's update.zip to your phone, 3 button into recovery select reinstall packages, you'll then "go back", reinstall packages again, then you reboot into recovery, and install your ROM
Where can i get that
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pumasmedina7 said:
I really need help i used to have paragon rom then i installed phoenix but i did not liked it so i tried to go back to paragon but when i used odin to go back to stock. I rooted my phone but when i installed rom manager to install paragon it doesnt let me rom manager tells me that an error has ocurred when i tried the clockword recovery
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Okay. So, you were running Paragon, you flashed Phoenix, and you want to go back to Paragon.
Hopefully you made a backup of your ROM before you flashed Phoenix. You then used Odin to flash to stock, rooted, and installed ROM manager.
If you flashed back to UCJF6 (Android 2.1) you won't be able to restore a backup based on Froyo 2.2.1, which is what Paragon is based on. That's why you're getting an error. You're going to need to do a fresh flash of Paragon. Place the base Paragon ROM on your SD card.
Use ROM Manager to flash the base Paragon ROM. Now, on the base Paragon ROM, use ROM Manager to restore your backup.
I'm hoping you did everything one should do prior to returning to stock with Odin, as in creating your backup, disabling your lagfix, etc, before using Odin to get back to stock. Also, take into account that you need to have the same kernel installed on the newly flashed ROM and the ROM you're attempting to reinstall. So, if you had a custom kernel installed when you made your backup of Paragon, make sure to flash that kernel on your newly installed base Paragon before you try to restore.
Good luck.
The sad thing is that i cant use rom manager i rooted my but it doesnt let me use clockword recovery
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I'm having a problem with rom manager as well.i get the error downloading recovery. I may try to flash an older version I have on my laptop. I'm using the stock rom and rooted.
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I too am having a similar problem, I'm on stock and trying to get ROM manager to work but it won't let me flash ClockworkMod Recovery or even an older version. As stated already I get the error message "An error occurred while downloading your recovery." However, it seems that if I select my phone as an i9000 Galaxy S, ClockworkMod will download, but it won't work.
And for the record, using the 3-button recovery I only get the options of:
reboot phone
reinstall packages (which says the update.zip is a bad file and won't open)
delete all user data
delete cache data
I should add that this is the first time I've seen this situation and usually I'm able to "install .zip from sd card" but in this case I can't.
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The sad thing is that i cant use rom manager i rooted my but it doesnt let me use clockword recovery
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My apologies. I should have read your original post a little closer.
You can try installing clockwork recovery manually via this method:
Take the attached zip file and rename it update.zip. Connect your phone via USB to your computer. You'll notice there's already an update.zip file on your phone. That's the update.zip which was used to give you root permission. Take the newly named update.zip file (clockworkmod) and replace the update.zip (root) on your phone's sd card.
Now, disconnect your phone from your computer, and power down your phone. Press the volume up AND volume down button at the same time, then hold down power. Keep holding all three buttons down. The ATT screen should pop up once, but keep holding down the buttons. The ATT screen will pop up again, and now, you can let go. This should get you to the stock recovery screen. Use your volume down button to scroll down "reinstall packages". Use the power button to select the option. This will install clockworkmod on your phone. Now, it'll come back to the same stock recovery screen. Tick down once again to "reinstall packages" until clockworkmod pops up.
I'm not sure if ROM manager will work with this version of clockworkmod, as I stopped using ROM manager a while ago. I just reboot into recovery manually and navigate clockworkmod with phone's physical buttons. I guess you can give it a go.
If this doesn't work, something might have happened with with the odin flash, or a lagfix wasn't disabled prior to going back to stock, or Dalvik cache wasn't wiped, or your cache partition wasn't wiped, etc, and you might be out of luck.
When I want to flash a ROM, I always make a backup, copy the backup onto my computer, backup my apps with Titanium Backup, copy that backup onto my computer, disable any lagfixes, flash to stock using ODIN, master clear, root, install clockworkmod, copy the new ROM zip file to my SD card, do a factory reset in clockworkmod, wipe cache partition in clockworkmod, and wipe Dalvik cache in clockworkmod, then install my new ROM.
I've never had any problems using those steps. Good luck.
guys the files you need and most answers are here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=942217
woops he posted before me but yea hes right
Thanx alot mexican american i dowloaded the file an my phone is working really good with paragon again thanx a lot
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Thanx alot mexican american i dowloaded the file an my phone is working really good with paragon again thanx a lot
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You're welcome.
I was bout to give up on my phone but u saved my life thanx again
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I thought I knew enough not to ever post a question that might be answered already but here goes... I am an HTC Evo owner and know how to flash a rom in recovery with no problem. I boot into recovery (Amon Ra, I have cwm on my wifes phone) do a nandroid backup, wipe phone, cache, dalvik then flash zip from sd. i choose a rom and flash then reboot, everything is all good. With my Vivid, I am fearful of flashing a rom this way because of this fastboot step and what is a kernel(<------- i know it sounds newb but a for real question)? If I absolutely have to perform the fast boot step, I am 99% certain I will be able to figure it out, in fact I believe I have performed a similar task when rooting the Vivid. I may have the capability to do it but it doesn't make sense to me. I would like to understand why. Any helpful answers or tips for me?
"In computing, the kernel is the main component of most computer operating systems; it is a bridge between applications and the actual data processing done at the hardware level." (This was from Wikipedia)
I would post a URL but since I'm 'new'.
Anyways, that's the gist of it.
(To my knowledge)
With most roms for example Rumraider, you need to flash the kernel (boot image) first before you flash the rom in. Cwm in order for the Rom to boot properly. It is the nearly the exact same steps as you HTC EVO. I'm coming from an HTC Aria so I'm like you and never had to this kernel flashing before. Trust yourself it is not hard. Just read the superguide. I repeat READ THE SUPERGUIDE. It explains exactly how to do it. There are a few ways to do it. I find using the command prompt the easiest but you need a pc. You can now even use a kernel flasher or a program called flash image GUI from the market. Honest its not so bad just read read read. I believe we need to flash this way until we get S-off. Hope this helps.
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With most roms for example Rumraider, you need to flash the kernel (boot image) first before you flash the rom in. Cwm in order for the Rom to boot properly. It is the nearly the exact same steps as you HTC EVO. I'm coming from an HTC Aria so I'm like you and never had to this kernel flashing before. Trust yourself it is not hard. Just read the superguide. I repeat READ THE SUPERGUIDE. It explains exactly how to do it. There are a few ways to do it. I find using the command prompt the easiest but you need a pc. You can now even use a kernel flasher or a program called flash image GUI from the market. Honest its not so bad just read read read. I believe we need to flash this way until we get S-off. Hope this helps.
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What he said.
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Thanks to all of you!!! I use the comand window with the EVO 3d screen to boot in recovery. (1.5) I use the rootevo3dnew folder and hold down shift right click and it opens that comand window. (Just so you know what I know) But with the vivid I cant get the comand window to find the phone. I have used flash image GUI from the market (life saver) But I have found that some ROMS do not have a Kernal file in it for it to find. So it says I am missing img. So the question is how do I flash a kernal or add it to a Rom I would like to try? O and yes a noob all the way
When you use the command prompt window are you in fastboot on your phone? Make sure you install the correct drivers as well. If that doesn't work try using a program called easy kernel flasher. I think a dev on her created it.
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When you use the command prompt window are you in fastboot on your phone? Make sure you install the correct drivers as well. If that doesn't work try using a program called easy kernel flasher. I think a dev on her created it.
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Thanks I will try that tonight The one thing I noticed is I use FlashImageGUI and it works great on HoliRaider V1 - Sense 3.5. I have tried to use it on VJRaider 0.0.3 Sense 3.5 and it will not load the kernal. why would that be?
I stole this from the superguide.
First, download FlashImageGUI from the bottom of the post. But, if you are going to use this more than once, SUPPORT THE DEV and buy the app from the market. You will also get auto updates if you buy it straight from the market
- If you downloaded the FlashImageGUI from the bottom of this post, put it on your external sd card and use a file explorer from your phone to install it
- Then download the ROM you want (this app can find the kernel image in a ROM zip) or just download the kernel by itself or the recovery img you want
- Put your desired kernel or ROM zip or recovery img on the ROOT of your SD card (not in any folders)
- Turn off wifi
- Launch the FlashImageGUI app on your phone
- Click browse and select the ROM zip or kernel or recovery img you put on the sd
- If you selected a ROM zip, the app will automatically find the kernel image
- Select "kernel image" or "recovery image"
- Select "clear dalvik" and "clear cache"
- Click "Flash Image" and let it complete
- IF THIS GAVE AN ERROR OR DIDN'T WORK CORRECTLY, ASK THE DEV OF THE ROM/KERNEL/RECOVERY TO MAKE IT COMPATIBLE WITH THIS APP
- If you were flashing a recovery, turn off the phone and try going into recovery mode (power button + vol down) and you should have the new custom CWM
- (If you were flashing a kernel, YOU NEED TO IMMEDIATELY FLASH YOUR DESIRED ROM
- Turn off your device, then boot into h-boot (hold down the power button and vol down)
- Now flash your ROM zip by following the guide below to flash the ROM, START WITH STEP 6 OF THAT GUIDE
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1416836
strose09 said:
I stole this from the superguide.
First, download FlashImageGUI from the bottom of the post. But, if you are going to use this more than once, SUPPORT THE DEV and buy the app from the market. You will also get auto updates if you buy it straight from the market
- If you downloaded the FlashImageGUI from the bottom of this post, put it on your external sd card and use a file explorer from your phone to install it
- Then download the ROM you want (this app can find the kernel image in a ROM zip) or just download the kernel by itself or the recovery img you want
- Put your desired kernel or ROM zip or recovery img on the ROOT of your SD card (not in any folders)
- Turn off wifi
- Launch the FlashImageGUI app on your phone
- Click browse and select the ROM zip or kernel or recovery img you put on the sd
- If you selected a ROM zip, the app will automatically find the kernel image
- Select "kernel image" or "recovery image"
- Select "clear dalvik" and "clear cache"
- Click "Flash Image" and let it complete
- IF THIS GAVE AN ERROR OR DIDN'T WORK CORRECTLY, ASK THE DEV OF THE ROM/KERNEL/RECOVERY TO MAKE IT COMPATIBLE WITH THIS APP
- If you were flashing a recovery, turn off the phone and try going into recovery mode (power button + vol down) and you should have the new custom CWM
- (If you were flashing a kernel, YOU NEED TO IMMEDIATELY FLASH YOUR DESIRED ROM
- Turn off your device, then boot into h-boot (hold down the power button and vol down)
- Now flash your ROM zip by following the guide below to flash the ROM, START WITH STEP 6 OF THAT GUIDE
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1416836
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Yep I tried this like 5 times didn't work and I found out I had a bad download. So I downloaded the rom again and used this and it worked. Thanks guys
I thought I was losing my mind on this but just a bad download
Pre-requisites:
1. Rooted Device:
You need root access to android device for this process. Besides here, there are several advantages of rooting and the application used in this process requires root access. If you are interested in backups, ROMsand kernels, chances are, you are already rooted. (Seriously, you are missing the best things about Android if you haven’t rooted your phone.)
Anyways, if you are not rooted, take a look at the list of various rooting tools for Android that we have compiled earlier.
If your phone is rooted, proceed to the next step. If it isn’t – go get yourself a root!
2. Custom Recovery
You cannot do a backup of the OS while its running. The Nandroid backup process is carried out through recovery. The boot loader within the recovery enables you to take a backup of the OS while it’s not running.
ClockworkMod recovery is the most popular recovery. Install ClockworkMod recovery using Android ROM Manager and your preliminary setup is complete. You may install alternate recoveries as well, but you need premium version of ROM Manager for the app to work with any recovery other than ClockworkMod.
Steps to Perform a Nandroid Backup via Recovery and ROM Manager:
Backup and Restore via Recovery:
1. Boot into Recovery.
One way to boot into recovery is to run the ROM Manager app and choose the option to ‘Reboot into Recovery’. Else you can use CM7’s handy button combination chart for manual boot into recovery.
Personally, I prefer to use Quick Boot app for the purpose. It gives you one touch option to Reboot, boot into Recovery or Bootloader and simply Power Off.
2. Select ‘Backup and Restore’ from the recovery screen.
Once you are in recovery, scroll down to the option ‘Backup and Recovery’ and select it. You can scroll up/down through the menu using the volume buttons and select options using the power button.
3. Start the backup.
Once you are on the Nandroid screen, select ‘Backup’ to start the backup process. You have the option to restore backup on the same screen.
Be patient. The backup process may take a while.
4. Transfer the backup to your computer.
Once you reboot, you can see the backup in the ‘clockworkmod/backup/timestamp’ directory on your SD card. The contents of the backed up folder as seen in the below image.
Save this folder on your PC safely.
Why this thread here? Maybe it should be in the general section or maybe it just isn't required!
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I don't know wtf going on here
This guy got a crap site and pouring everything on XDA, even he don't know basic things
advising unsafe zip, advising flash custom kernel without notice regarding flash counter. don't knowing even rooting method for all ICS is same
Giving title 'Root with Mobile Odin' can someone tell him Mobile odin won't work without root.
Moderator where are you ???
I think sir he has an exam of rooting and all.
He is memorising by writing here.
Like ghajini.....
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I think sir he has an exam of rooting and all.
He is memorising by writing here.
Like ghajini.....
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LOL
No trolling pls, we have to be polite
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dr.ketan said:
I don't know wtf going on here
This guy got a crap site and pouring everything on XDA, even he don't know basic things
advising unsafe zip, advising flash custom kernel without notice regarding flash counter. don't knowing even rooting method for all ICS is same
Giving title 'Root with Mobile Odin' can someone tell him Mobile odin won't work without root.
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I am on it mate
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Hello I tried both methods and I could't root my captivate.
I tried to root by super oneclick and odin but there wasn't any success
can anyone give me the good links for rooting captivate?
also I want 4.2 android version for my phone. thank you very much
[Utility]KK4 Easy Root.... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=26710533&postcount=1
See post #4 for working download link.
I tried many times and the program has been deleted. there is icons phone and computer only, I couldn't go to recovery and download mode.
what should I do now?
"See post #4 for working download link."
I have update to android version to 4, but it still doesn't see my sim card, I couldn't call. does it need to root? or what should I do?
Can anyone help me?
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I have update to android version to 4, but it still doesn't see my sim card, I couldn't call. does it need to root? or what should I do?
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Not seeing your sim card has nothing to do with root.
Is your sim card activated? If yes, is it for the same carrier your phone came from? If not, is the phone unlocked?
If it's not unlocked and you're using a sim card from a different carrier than the one who's attached to the phone, you'll have to unlock it. There are guides in here on how to do it, that being said, you could also pay a small fee to get the unlock code.
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Can anyone help me?
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All the information you need about Captivate is here on XDA. Just use Search and read. You don't provide any information about your phone. What ROM you are trying to root? What carrier you are currently using? What SIM card is not working? Is the phone unlocked? Is IMEI number correct after flashing custom ROM? What Android 4 ROM you have installed, etc.? How exactly you expect us to help you!?
Restore your phone back to stock 2.3.x (to fix all your issues) and follow this guide (to upgrade to Android 4.2.2):
Idiot-Proof All-in-one Guide to Making Your Samsung Captivate Awesome
how can I flash back 2.3.5 version?
I have updatedet to 4.2.2 version, everything is good, but it is not unlocked. It was AT&T and I want to unlcok because my sim card is another operator.
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how can I flash back 2.3.5 version?
I have updatedet to 4.2.2 version, everything is good, but it is not unlocked. It was AT&T and I want to unlcok because my sim card is another operator.
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https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.helroz.galaxysunlock
There are plenty of unlockers on the playstore.
You night not have to go back to 2.3.5 but if you do, use odin KK4 without bootloaders found in the dev section stickies.
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I have downloaded the unlocker from which you gave me but it sad that I have a busybox problem
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I have downloaded the unlocker from which you gave me but it sad that I have a busybox problem
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Did you root your phone?
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Yes I have rooted the phone alrady.
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I have downloaded the unlocker from which you gave me but it sad that I have a busybox problem
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U can get BusyBox for free from the Play Store.
Quickie guide to installing ROMs.
1. Grab the desired ROM of choice. Cyanogenmod 10/Slimbean is a good start
2. Get the gapps for the ROM. http://goo.im/gapps/.
3. Get cyanogenmod7 from http://download.cyanogenmod.org/?device=captivatemtd
4. Get CWM here: http://www.semaphore.gr/kernels/Semaphore_2.5.0c.tar
5. Heimdall here: http://www.glassechidna.com.au/products/heimdall/. You don't need to install anything extra with 1.3.1
6. Copy the gapps, CM7 and your ROM of choice into the internal AND external SD card. Some rom comes with a kernel that don't play nice with either SD card, so both is better.
Install
7. Extract Heimdall, go into the driver folder, open Zadig.exe
8. Pull the battery of the phone, put it back in. Hold Volume Up + Volume Down and plug in the USB cable
9. Once Windows detect your phone, click on option -> List all device. Look for Gadget Serial Control, Samsung Composite Device or similar. If it look like your mouse/keyboard/webcam/other internal component, don't touch it. Click on Replace Driver, and wait for it to install.
10. Go back into the heimdall folder, hold shift, right click the folder and select open command prompt here.
11. Using 7zip/WinRAR, copy the content of the Semaphore_2.5.0c.tar file to the heimdall folder.
12. On the Command prompt, type:
heimdall flash --kernel zImage
13. Once your phone reboots, it should bootloop. No problem. Pull the battery, put it back in, hold volume up + volume down and press power until it turns on. You may need to do this a few time. It should boot into recovery mode.
14. Select install zip file from SD card -> Choose from Sd card -> the Cyanogenmod 7 file. Confirm with yes
15. It should reboot automatically, and bootloop. Do the pull battery trick from 13 to get back into recovery mode. Do 14 again. This time it shouldn't bootloop.
16. Go back to the main menu - Wipe Data/Factory Reset -> Reboot
17. Wait for it to boot.
18. Go back into recovery mode, and Wipe data/factory reset again. Install the ROM of your choice, along with the gapps. Newer ROM should ask you to flash it again to confirm. Do it.
19. After flashing, wipe data/factory reset again, before rebooting
20. Enjoy
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Quickie guide to installing ROMs.
1. Grab the desired ROM of choice. Cyanogenmod 10/Slimbean is a good start
2. Get the gapps for the ROM. http://goo.im/gapps/.
3. Get cyanogenmod7 from http://download.cyanogenmod.org/?device=captivatemtd
4. Get CWM here: http://www.semaphore.gr/kernels/Semaphore_2.5.0c.tar
5. Heimdall here: http://www.glassechidna.com.au/products/heimdall/. You don't need to install anything extra with 1.3.1
6. Copy the gapps, CM7 and your ROM of choice into the internal AND external SD card. Some rom comes with a kernel that don't play nice with either SD card, so both is better.
Install
7. Extract Heimdall, go into the driver folder, open Zadig.exe
8. Pull the battery of the phone, put it back in. Hold Volume Up + Volume Down and plug in the USB cable
9. Once Windows detect your phone, click on option -> List all device. Look for Gadget Serial Control, Samsung Composite Device or similar. If it look like your mouse/keyboard/webcam/other internal component, don't touch it. Click on Replace Driver, and wait for it to install.
10. Go back into the heimdall folder, hold shift, right click the folder and select open command prompt here.
11. Using 7zip/WinRAR, copy the content of the Semaphore_2.5.0c.tar file to the heimdall folder.
12. On the Command prompt, type:
heimdall flash --kernel zImage
13. Once your phone reboots, it should bootloop. No problem. Pull the battery, put it back in, hold volume up + volume down and press power until it turns on. You may need to do this a few time. It should boot into recovery mode.
14. Select install zip file from SD card -> Choose from Sd card -> the Cyanogenmod 7 file. Confirm with yes
15. It should reboot automatically, and bootloop. Do the pull battery trick from 13 to get back into recovery mode. Do 14 again. This time it shouldn't bootloop.
16. Go back to the main menu - Wipe Data/Factory Reset -> Reboot
17. Wait for it to boot.
18. Go back into recovery mode, and Wipe data/factory reset again. Install the ROM of your choice, along with the gapps. Newer ROM should ask you to flash it again to confirm. Do it.
19. After flashing, wipe data/factory reset again, before rebooting
20. Enjoy
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Step 19, do NOT factory reset after flashing your ROM. Cache and dalvik should be wiped prior to flashing the ROM and gapps. Reboot after and let it rebuild it's dalvik. Finally, step 20.
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BWolf56 said:
Step 19, do NOT factory reset after flashing your ROM. Cache and dalvik should be wiped prior to flashing the ROM and gapps. Reboot after and let it rebuild it's dalvik. Finally, step 20.
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Does it matter? I usually just wipe before and after
thebulletfromhell said:
Does it matter? I usually just wipe before and after
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Depends on your recovery really, factory reset usually wipes the ROM (or at least used to back when I used cwm). Whether it still does or not though, it's repetitive and unnecessary.
Edit: ok just made sure. It's actually just unnecessary.
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