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hi
i'm a complete novice. i got a local shop to root my t mobile g1, which they have done. The reason i wanted this is so that i could wifi tether it. however they were unable to get this next step to work. i have tried it at home through watching you tube and looking at sites like this - but no luck.
I'm seriously thinking of going back to where i was ie put it back to 1.6 and forget the tethering part. can i do this on a rooted phone, i wish i never rooted it. it cant even find linda file manager in the market anymore.
please help
i am on firmware version 1.0. any help would be appreciated. i guess i shouldn't have got involved in stuff i didn't understand!!!
singingauditor said:
hi
i'm a complete novice. i got a local shop to root my t mobile g1, which they have done. The reason i wanted this is so that i could wifi tether it. however they were unable to get this next step to work. i have tried it at home through watching you tube and looking at sites like this - but no luck.
I'm seriously thinking of going back to where i was ie put it back to 1.6 and forget the tethering part. can i do this on a rooted phone, i wish i never rooted it. it cant even find linda file manager in the market anymore.
please help
i am on firmware version 1.0. any help would be appreciated. i guess i shouldn't have got involved in stuff i didn't understand!!!
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First you should always do your own work so you understand whats going on. if your still on 1.0 you need to update to a newer firmware (at least 1.5 or 1.6 or even jump up to 2.1). Thats prolly why your not seeing certain things in the market and why wifi tether isnt' working. That shop sounds like they don't know what they are doing.
i know. leave things if you dont understand them. lesson learnt. how do i get back back or should i get an expert to get me back to 1.6?
singingauditor said:
i know. leave things if you dont understand them. lesson learnt. how do i get back back or should i get an expert to get me back to 1.6?
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Well techincally the "hard part" is done. All you need to do is find a rom that you want. Cyanogen has a stable 1.6 build that you can run. Just put the .zip on the sd card and flash and everything will start working. Let me know if you need any details on how to do anything.
hi
Cyanogen has a stable 1.6 build that you can run. Just put the .zip on the sd card and flash
thanks for the advice. sorry to be dum. So a ROM on a G1 is like an operating system? So if i put on Cyanogen it will allow me to upgrade to 1.6. When you say put the .zip on the sd card you mean there will be a file called cyananogen.zip that i will have downloaded. Put it onto the SD card, and by flash you mean run the file?
sorry but all this terminology is new to me. ROM in my day was read only memory.
grateful for any simple instructions. thanks in advance
singingauditor said:
hi
Cyanogen has a stable 1.6 build that you can run. Just put the .zip on the sd card and flash
thanks for the advice. sorry to be dum. So a ROM on a G1 is like an operating system? So if i put on Cyanogen it will allow me to upgrade to 1.6. When you say put the .zip on the sd card you mean there will be a file called cyananogen.zip that i will have downloaded. Put it onto the SD card, and by flash you mean run the file?
sorry but all this terminology is new to me. ROM in my day was read only memory.
grateful for any simple instructions. thanks in advance
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First install this recovery (all the instructions are included)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=566669
Then here is the thread for cyanogen's stable build with installation instructions
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=567610
And if you want to jump to a 2.1 firmware here's his that runs great
http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/index....c-would-you-like-a-pony-v507-test5-05132010/?
But basically you'll download his file which will be a zip file (don't matter what its called) and put it on the root of the sd card (in no folders), turn the phone off. Start the phone in bootloader mode (home and power button, hold the 2 buttons in until you get to your recovery screen and then just flash your zip file.
And I'm like you I don't like calling them rom's either, I'm not real old but older than most on here. But everyone calls them rom's. I'd rather just call them builds. Let me know if you understand everything.
hi guys,
i purchased an at&t captivate which has cognition rom on it. the seller took the sd card out, market is not installed etc. i tried flashing stock rogers rom, updated firmware but it reports sdcard busy when i boot in recovery mode.
thanks in advance.
This doesn't belong in Development.
As to the OP, does the phone turn on: ie can you get to the homescreen and such?
yeah the phone turns on. i can make calls, receive texts, surf over wifi etc.
gtalk cannot launch, cant connect to rogers 3g network..
i need to get a rom loaded on there. any rom, can i load cognition using adp?
do an odin 1click restore and see where that gets you if you can.
tanksta said:
hi guys,
i purchased an at&t captivate which has cognition rom on it. the seller took the sd card out, market is not installed etc. i tried flashing stock rogers rom, updated firmware but it reports sdcard busy when i boot in recovery mode.
thanks in advance.
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Ok.. First , It is an att phone so I am going to assume it has an att cog rom on it YES? Second .... There are Samsung calls the internal storage of the phone an sd card... there is also a spot for an external sd card. The Phone has the internal card or the phone wouldn't boot.
I am curious as to which you are having problems with.... the root or the flashing
You do have to be rooted to flash a rom unless youre using Odin
And Rom Manager makes Everthing Nice!!
Anyways the External (microsd) sd card is in /sd/sd
internal is just sd
You are wanting to use an Att phone on a different network so this Requires :
A: 1. Reflash Cog. 2.3b6 (which will include att bloatware plus "market.)
2. Use the tips and tricks to sideload apps in 2.2 .
3. Unlock the phone for use with Rogers Network.
B. 1. Reflash to att cog 2.3b6 and do the root , and the unlock
2.Flash your rogers rom. you should be set.
I am curious as to which you are having problems with.... the root or the flashing
hope to hear
bikerboy
working!
thanks for the reply guys.
i had trouble with flashing any new roms so used odin3 to go back to the stock at&t one.
rooted the phone, then installed recovery. created a backup of the stock rom with root and have flashed axura rc1.
back in business and testing roms!
I've been looking, but can't find the stock rom. Can anyone point me in the direction of the stock rom that I can flash from the memory card?
Easiest way to flash back to stock is using a one-click Odin. Here is the topic with instructions and such.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=731989
mepis said:
I've been looking, but can't find the stock rom. Can anyone point me in the direction of the stock rom that I can flash from the memory card?
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Search,"captivate stock rom" rite there in the search bar at the top. Will take you rite where you need to go. Also this belongs in q&a
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This may work as a last resort. I'm trying to track down stock files to flash from the memory card. I work at an AT&T device support center. Having the stock files to flash would save a world of headache for a multitude of reasons.
I'm trying to avoid having to connect phones to a PC to flash. Doing this would mean I have to bring my laptop with me to work all the time. We don't have admin privileges to install anything at work, and I'm not looking to lose my job bypassing that.
I can also train my staff much easier to use the recovery or boot loader to flash from a memory card. I have them set doing hard resets that way as is. Flashing wouldn't be a far leap.
But yeah, we see plenty of phones that a simple flash would fix, as opposed to giving someone a refurb device. Also, I have to turn away rooted users. I could easily flash the phone before sending it out if I can track down the files for the phones we carry.
brd912 said:
Search,"captivate stock rom" rite there in the search bar at the top. Will take you rite where you need to go. Also this belongs in q&a
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using XDA Premium App
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I appreciate the advice. When I tried searching I wasn't netting results for my specific needs. Just stock rom questions.
If you worked at AT&T and you used any of our software in your work they would fire you!
and train your staff to do so? you are asking for trouble.
and the only way to flash it from the SD card (internal only not external) you have to use a hacked ClockworkMod Recovery or hacked 3e recovery. MORE REASON TO GET FIRED.
Use your approved software only.
Samsungs official tools are ODIN one click for ATT stock eclair and ODIN3 flashing utility, which uses tars. BOTH run from PC only.
Maybe that is just a HTC feature then? I know with the inspire and Aria I can use a stock zip file and reflash the phone from the stock recovery menu. I could have sworn You can use an update.zip to do the same with the captivate as well.
And keeping software off the work PC is my primary goal. We have enough pull with our market manager we can use sd cards to reflash phones. Doing so from a PC is not doable. I'm also only looking for stock roms. Flashing stock roms would be acceptable.
At any rate, I'm not looking for a flame war either. My concern is being able to help the customers first. We subcontract for AT&T. My concern is not AT&T, but the customer themselves. Which is the reason I can bend a few rules here and there for certain things.
For instance I had a customer the other day that bought an inspire from a corp store. The camera app started freezing. The phone was still DOA. The corporate store was out of stock. In this case the customer's official options were to wait via mail, or exchange for a refurb through us. Thankfully I own an inspire and had my laptop with me at work that day (unrelated project). I keep the stock PD98IMG.zip on my laptop as a back up just to be safe. Reflashed his phone with stock image. Issues were resolved for the customer. Everyone was happy.
mepis said:
Maybe that is just a HTC feature then? I know with the inspire and Aria I can use a stock zip file and reflash the phone from the stock recovery menu. I could have sworn You can use an update.zip to do the same with the captivate as well.
And keeping software off the work PC is my primary goal. We have enough pull with our market manager we can use sd cards to reflash phones. Doing so from a PC is not doable. I'm also only looking for stock roms. Flashing stock roms would be acceptable.
At any rate, I'm not looking for a flame war either. My concern is being able to help the customers first. We subcontract for AT&T. My concern is not AT&T, but the customer themselves. Which is the reason I can bend a few rules here and there for certain things.
For instance I had a customer the other day that bought an inspire from a corp store. The camera app started freezing. The phone was still DOA. The corporate store was out of stock. In this case the customer's official options were to wait via mail, or exchange for a refurb through us. Thankfully I own an inspire and had my laptop with me at work that day (unrelated project). I keep the stock PD98IMG.zip on my laptop as a back up just to be safe. Reflashed his phone with stock image. Issues were resolved for the customer. Everyone was happy.
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stock zip files are usually updates , OTA type of thing .. maybe HTC has full wipe version available ...
Have you looked at Heimdall? It's supposed to be a cross platform tool. Google it and see what you get.
yeah i wasnt trying to flame but i was trying to make sure you understood what you were asking...
the only way i could see doing it, to get stock with no PC...
you need eclair with 2e recovery (doesnt need signed update.zip files)
rename any "Stock.zip" to update.zip and copy to sd root
boot into 2e recovery "install update"
if you arent eclair, you must root, fix the recovery with 3e fix in my sig, use hacked 3e to flash....
most stock roms are still UN rooted, so all will be good after flash.. (as far as rooting and 3e)
here is a Jh7 stock
http://www.ponack.net/designgears/JH7_OTA.zip
too bad you arent rogers, i have most of their stocks in zip and odin...
TRusselo said:
yeah i wasnt trying to flame but i was trying to make sure you understood what you were asking...
the only way i could see doing it, to get stock with no PC...
you need eclair with 2e recovery (doesnt need signed update.zip files)
rename any "Stock.zip" to update.zip and copy to sd root
boot into 2e recovery "install update"
if you arent eclair, you must root, fix the recovery with 3e fix in my sig, use hacked 3e to flash....
most stock roms are still UN rooted, so all will be good after flash.. (as far as rooting and 3e)
here is a Jh7 stock
http://www.ponack.net/designgears/JH7_OTA.zip
too bad you arent rogers, i have most of their stocks in zip and odin...
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Hey Tru, talking about that. Do you have a cwm flashabled rogers 2.1 and 2.2 ROM? (that would come with the original kernel and modem)
I don't need it atm but would be a nice backup and I don't really like Odin, for personnal reasons lol
So final answer is, yes or no, not possible to restore to stock (or near stock) with no PC?
Currently running 2.2.1 custom rom and the PC/Captivate no longer talk to each other. (not the cable, the pc, the usb port, rear port, etc...)
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Well, flashing the above ROM via CWM bricked the phone (more or less). Now only boots to the AT&T splash screen and just sits there.
Which is fine with me, I'm sending it in for repair anyway as the USB to PC doesn't work so good luck trying to recover this POS...5th Captivate for me.
reboot into recovery and clear data and cache.
then it will boot normally
I just bought a Motorola Milestone from a friend with android 2.2.2 fryo already installed and running at 800mhz.
i was just wondering since this isnt exactly the latest rom, how easy is it to install a new rom (are they all ready to go, no weird stuff to install after?) and to go back to the current rom just in case.
it also already has been rooted.
it is very easy. does the phone already have an open recovery installed on it?
dont know really.. i have ROM Manager installed, believe this also contains backup thingy like NANdroid?
Well if you have clockwork recovery already installed just put the custom rom file in your sd card and boot in to recovery then wipe, install zip from sd, pick the rom, wait for it to finish then reboot.
since you're asking for a good rom, and for the relative howto, these are my 2c:
1) you should really put in your sdcard a good recovery, if you don't know what version you have at the moment. Download the zip and put it in your sdcard.
http://code.google.com/p/minimod/downloads/detail?name=Minimod%20V0.06.zip
MAKE A FULL NANDROID BACKUP before flashing roms, to get back easily
2) to me, CyanogenMod 7 is the best rom for daily use, since you have a sort of equilibrium between features and performance. I prefere original kabaldan rom, but you could also try OH NO! version. In general, all you have to do is put the zip file you want to flash in sdcard/OpenRecovery/updates, and reboot by holding camera button. You'll get either OpenRecovery menu (wher you'll find "apply update" functions) or standard recovery screen (a warning triangle).
If you get the triangle you have to press volume up and camera button together, and "apply update"; you'll get the aformentioned OpenRecovery menu.
If you want to try CyanogenMod 7, look at this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=941346 (first post)
KEEP IN MIND that you'll have to put both the rom zip and the gapps zip in the updates fode of your sdcard (that is, these links: https://github.com/downloads/nadlabak/android/update-cm-7.1.2-Milestone-KANG-signed.zip and http://www.multiupload.com/NQAPSYPKIW)
2bis) you should give a look at the milestone development forum; you'll find info about almost every good rom you can use
Scoutme thnx for your reply! yes i was looking at cm7 so i am going to try that. So if i backup and the new rom sucks, i can just go back to the previous one using the backup. Just wanted to know, current rom is actualy really nice and fast, so dont know if cm7 is going to make it slower. Just gonna give it a try then^^
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just updated with your link, works perfectly! phone seems fast enough, but does anyone know if its still clocked at 800mhz or is it al back to stock? anyone using this also clocked their phone becouse of getting slower? fyi it was already clocked when i got it
Hello everyone,
Not quite sure where else to put this, but I can't reply in the android dev thread since I am a new member.
I flashed (using SafeStrap 3.05) the newest stable Avatar rom for D3 (using CM 10.1 and android 4.2.2 I think) and it booted ok, mostly everything seemed to work fine (except for camera but that seems to be expected) however I have absolutely no cell service. Not even just data, but the basic cell service for texts and calls isn't on. I tried doing the Verizon activation call, but it would tell me to turn airplane mode off, (which I did, but it either seemed to turn itself back on or not matter if it was on or off anyways).
Has anyone else had this problem and has a work around for it?
Thank you
apefist said:
Hello everyone,
Not quite sure where else to put this, but I can't reply in the android dev thread since I am a new member.
I flashed (using SafeStrap 3.05) the newest stable Avatar rom for D3 (using CM 10.1 and android 4.2.2 I think) and it booted ok, mostly everything seemed to work fine (except for camera but that seems to be expected) however I have absolutely no cell service. Not even just data, but the basic cell service for texts and calls isn't on. I tried doing the Verizon activation call, but it would tell me to turn airplane mode off, (which I did, but it either seemed to turn itself back on or not matter if it was on or off anyways).
Has anyone else had this problem and has a work around for it?
Thank you
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Do you have a sim card in the phone? This was an issue with some Jellybean/ICS roms. It happens to me as well. For some reason when placing a sim card in the phone(it doesn't need to be active) it allows your phone to get reception.
pandam00nium said:
Do you have a sim card in the phone? This was an issue with some Jellybean/ICS roms. It happens to me as well. For some reason when placing a sim card in the phone(it doesn't need to be active) it allows your phone to get reception.
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Hey,
So this actually worked, thanks for the heads up!
step by step
apefist said:
Hello everyone,
Not quite sure where else to put this, but I can't reply in the android dev thread since I am a new member.
I flashed (using SafeStrap 3.05) the newest stable Avatar rom for D3 (using CM 10.1 and android 4.2.2 I think) and it booted ok, mostly everything seemed to work fine (except for camera but that seems to be expected) however I have absolutely no cell service. Not even just data, but the basic cell service for texts and calls isn't on. I tried doing the Verizon activation call, but it would tell me to turn airplane mode off, (which I did, but it either seemed to turn itself back on or not matter if it was on or off anyways).
Has anyone else had this problem and has a work around for it?
Thank you
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Hey, Glad u got your issue resolved..
i am getting my first Android phone (Droid 3 XT862 Gingerbread 2.3 ) and i want to install a custom rom the same way u have..... i was wondering if you or anyone else on the forum could give me step by step guide on how to go about installing the custom rom with the ability to revert back to my original stock OS wen i need to......
i had posted a thread here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2378162 and i got some good advise so far:
you or anyone here could reply with the instructions i need or at least send me a link to a tutorial .... as i said this is my first Android so i really dont want to make any mistakes while doing this..
THANX MUCH !!!!!!!
Tha slayer said:
Hey, Glad u got your issue resolved..
i am getting my first Android phone (Droid 3 XT862 Gingerbread 2.3 ) and i want to install a custom rom the same way u have..... i was wondering if you or anyone else on the forum could give me step by step guide on how to go about installing the custom rom with the ability to revert back to my original stock OS wen i need to......
i had posted a thread here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2378162 and i got some good advise so far:
you or anyone here could reply with the instructions i need or at least send me a link to a tutorial .... as i said this is my first Android so i really dont want to make any mistakes while doing this..
THANX MUCH !!!!!!!
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Hey, so this was my process.
First, I made sure that the stock software on the phone was up to date. I did this since that way if you have to go back to stock, you are on the latest version, and you can confirm that you are using the correct rooting application. The root tool I link to below will work on 5.7.906 which I believe is the latest.
Second, root your phone. You will need to go HERE to download the tool. Follow the instructions on the page, and it should go fine. The phone will reboot several times during the process, this is normal. Once the program says it is done, you can go check for the Superuser application in your app drawer (it might be SuperSU or something similar, I can't quite remember).
After you have root access on your phone download the safestrap application for Droid 3 HERE. Make sure you get the one that is specifically for Droid 3. Transfer that file (should be called Droid3Safestrap-3.05.apk) onto your phone.
There are a few ways to transfer files onto your phone. You will also need to do this later to transfer the .zip of whatever ROM you decide on). If you have a micro-sd card that you can put into your computer, that works. Or, you can have the phone on and plug it into the computer and transfer it that way. I believe you can transfer to either the micro SD or the internal memory. I prefer micro SD since you might want to wipe the internal memory to fix things or switch ROMs.
After the .apk is transferred find where you put it using a file manager (I personally use Root Explorer but I think Astro or stock will work), and install it. Go to the new app and run it and it should request root access, which you grant, and it should flash the recovery.
Once you have the recovery installed you can install whatever custom ROM you want, pretty easily. Safestrap is great because even if you screw up the ROM somehow, you can always just boot back into Stock.
Here is where you'll have to chose what custom ROM you want. Now as far as I know, the Droid 3 is fairly limited in its ROM selection. It does have a Cyanogen Mod 10 version, but it is not a stable version and in my experience, doesn't run super great. If you want to try Cyanogen Mod 10, I actually suggest you get the Avatar Rom variant HERE, but keep in mind that apparently you do need a SIM card inserted for the cell signal to work at all. Overall it did seem to run fairly choppy but they are still releasing newer nightly versions (July 20th was the last) so it might have gotten better. One thing to know about these ones is that the camera does not work at all, so if that matters to you just skip these.
Now those two (CM 10 and avatar) are ROMS that will bring the droid 3 up to Android 4.2 Jellybean. If you don't care about getting up to the latest version (Jellybean actually isn't the latest anymore but still pretty darn close), then there are a few other Gingerbread ROMS out there that work a bit better.
HERE is a list of a few other droid 3 ROMs, my favorite Gingerbread one that worked overall really well and stable was Steel Droid. Otherwise, you can just look around and see what's available or what other people are suggesting. Choose your ROM (or several, it's fairly easy to install them so try a few!), and download it. You should get a .zip that is approx. 150-170 MB in size. As an aside you will probably also want to download the corresponding GApps package HERE and put that on the SD card as well. I think some ROMs have that included, but if you boot into a room and it doesn't have the Play store installed, you need to go back into safestrap and install the GApps package over it. You don't have to delete and recreate the rom slot, just go back into install and install it over. When I say corresponding, the different packages go with different versions of Android so for example the one labelled 20110307 would go with Android 2.3.4 which is Gingerbread, the version that Steel Droid uses.
For whichever one you choose, the install process is mostly the same. Reboot your phone, and after the Motorola Logo comes up, you should see the Safestrap splash screen. To get into the recovery menu you have to hit the "Menu" soft-key (the one all the way on the left) within 10 seconds so keep an eye on it.
From the recovery menu go into "Boot Options" You should see 5 options, rom-slot 1-4 and Stock. When you want to switch what ROM you are booting you select on the corresponding slot, and hit activate, then you can reboot through the menu option and it will start that ROM.
To install you will go into "Boot Options" chose whichever rom slot you want (most likely #1). You will have to create that slot, which can take a few minutes. After the slot is created, back out of boot options, and go to "Install". Find the .zip of whichever ROM you chose, and select that to install, and then you can install the corresponding GApps package.
After the install is complete, you can reboot (make sure it says rom slot 1 is selected up to), and it should boot into the Setup process of the ROM. If you ever need to go back to stock, just reboot, go back into Safestrap > Boot options, activate the "Stock" one and boot into that.
A few notes, if you want to switch ROMs, or install multiple ROMs you can do that using the different rom slots with a few exceptions. The Cyanogen Mod 10 and the Avatar Rom (most Jelly bean ones I think) have to be installed in rom slot 1, so if you're doing those and another like Steel Droid, put the Jellybean one in rom slot 1 and the Gingerbread on in rom slot 2. Also if you want to install a different ROM, it's generally best to just completely erase the rom slot and recreate it, then install the different ROM in the newly created rom slot. You can always create backups with Safestrap and restore them with Safestrap. Oh and make sure your phone has a decent charge before doing a lot of the safestrap stuff (I would say at least 60%) you can also have the phone plugged in while doing this stuff, but I'm not always confident it is charging so try and get it charged up before hand.
Finally, if you ever mess up to the point where you're worried that you broke the phone, (boot loops or it is stuck on the Motorola Logo) you can download this restore tool HERE. This should completely wipe and restore the stock software on your phone. It will bring it back one version previous though, so be sure to go through the standard update process to bring it back to 5.7.906 so that the root tool will work. This tool has saved me a few times and is pretty easy to run.
Sorry, I know that is a lot of stuff and looks pretty scary. It really is just a few steps that you should research and make sure you are comfortable doing.
1: Get Root access on the stock software on the phone
2: Install safestrap and flash the custom recovery
3: Boot into recovery and install whichever custom ROM you want
If you have any questions feel free to ask!
Much appreciated !!! ..... i will try these steps as soon as i get my phone..... hope it doesnt make a difference if my D3 is an unlocked GSM phone because all service providers in my country uses GSM
Tha slayer said:
Much appreciated !!! ..... i will try these steps as soon as i get my phone..... hope it doesnt make a difference if my D3 is an unlocked GSM phone because all service providers in my country uses GSM
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if you are using gms you may need Rom version with a modified build prop, most of the roms threads will have a modified version for GMS, in the OP or somewhere in the thread. if you can't find it just ask in the original rom thread
also some good how to videos here https://sites.google.com/site/tomsgt123/all-videos/videos-page-4