It was a breeze changing ROMs on a HTC hero. Just rooted once and then no medling with firmwares. Just ROM update.zip and we were in business. Why do we have to bother with changing firmwares through ODIN etc first and update.zip of our choice. It is huge hassle. Why are there dozens of firmwares?
kamirza said:
It was a breeze changing ROMs on a HTC hero. Just rooted once and then no medling with firmwares. Just ROM update.zip and we were in business. Why do we have to bother with changing firmwares through ODIN etc first and update.zip of our choice. It is huge hassle. Why are there dozens of firmwares?
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I'm thinking about installing a custom ROM but a bit confused in the ODIN part. I'm fairly new to the android community having just got my Rogers I896 in October.
With Odin, I realized there's the Odin one click downloader which seems to be the easiest one. I do notice that comes prepackaged with the I897 stock ROM.
The other alternative is to use a Non-one click Odin and the Stock I896 Froyo rom but not really sure how to go from there. I think I need a PIT file or something after watching some youtube videos? There seems to be a few PIT files to use. I'm not sure which one to use and where can i find them.
Because I'm on Rogers and I have also updated to the official Froyo via Kies, does it really matter which odin and which stock ROM to install prior to flashing a custom rom?
Would like some guidance here. I've been searching, googling and researching about this custom ROM thing for days already and can't seem to gather enough information for me to confidently perform this.
Thanks in advance
I think they are all great questions and I am in the same boat so I will tack on a question of my own here.
If you flash a bad rom, can you use ODIN to get back to stock? Even if you have no backup?
I tried to update my Bell Canada Vibrant with Kies and I bricked my phone
I wanted to try the Odin method to recover my phone with the official Bell Canada Vibrant Froyo ROM but I couldn't find one yet... is there a place where I can download it?
BTW, does this ROM available in the update.zip format? I can get into the 3 buttons Download mode/Recovery mode no problem, so if such file exists I would like to try that first instead of the Odin method.
Failing that, is there a custom ROM that I can try on my Bell Vibrant?
Thanks!
Samfirmware.com has tons of ROMS. However you have to sign up as a member.
Download the XXJPU file. This is a 3 part compressed file that will need to be flashed via ODIN. You will need to check "re-partition". Also make sure you use the 512pit file. Once this ROM is flashed via ODIN, you will then download and flash the XXJL2 ROM (one file only). This was the last version Bell had. I hear KC2 is now out, which you can update via Kies.
I just downgraded from MIUI, and used this method about two weeks ago and all went well. From JL2 however, I flashed Darky's 9.5 and love the battery life and snappiness of my phone.
Although I'm not recommending you one custom ROM over another, In the past I have used Darky's 9.3, Ultimate ROM, Simply Honey and also cooked my own custom ROMS via romkitchen.org. I came back to Darkys ROM due to personal preference.
If you have any questions, or are looking for the files, I still have them on my computer and could make them available for you.
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The official as in branded network rom that came with your phone unless you backed it up you will need a Google search .
Samfirmware does not carry many branded roms .
But i doubt if you will find one as nearly nobody saves them .
Possible work around is to flash stock 2.1 Eclair from samfirmware .
Then spoof registry to pretend its the correct ID and update to
Bell Canada Vibrant Froyo.
http://www.appbrain.com/app/spooffw/com.johnan.spooffw
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samfirmware.com does have the latest bell 2.2 UGKC1 available.. also search these forums you will find an odin flashable version. no you cannot us update.zip you need to use odin
Just got my Note and am coming from a htc desire. Just trying to get up to speed on the different "lingo" and software for rooting that the device seems to have? can someone give me the coles notes.
Flashing customization
CWM vs Odin
- Whats the basic difference between these two options (only experience is with CWM) when flashing roms, can any update.zip be flashed by either CWM or Odin ?
Terminology
- Im seeing Firmware, ROM and Kernel being thrown around regularly... Kernel and Rom I get but, I haven't heard the term firmware with any flashing on the desire... I'm assuming that the firmware is just the android OS + Samsung customization ?
rock_80 said:
Just got my Note and am coming from a htc desire. Just trying to get up to speed on the different "lingo" and software for rooting that the device seems to have? can someone give me the coles notes.
Flashing customization
CWM vs Odin
- Whats the basic difference between these two options (only experience is with CWM) when flashing roms, can any update.zip be flashed by either CWM or Odin ?
Terminology
- Im seeing Firmware, ROM and Kernel being thrown around regularly... Kernel and Rom I get but, I haven't heard the term firmware with any flashing on the desire... I'm assuming that the firmware is just the android OS + Samsung customization ?
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CWM is flashing a .zip file on your phone in recovery, for custom rom`s/kernel`s
Odin is flashing a .tar file by unzipping a zip file twice from your computer and/or from your phone (mobile odin by chainfire), for samsung firmware
Firmware is mostly used for the firmwareversion like XXKKA or XXKL7 etc.
Update.zip is generally not used.
Never flash custom software (kernel or rom) with Odin from your computer, it initiates the binary flash counter. Will void you warranty when returning your phone to a store for repair!
Link for rooting http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1331784, read well before beginning!
Thanks for the info, Im already rooted just trolling the custom rom threads now looking for one to test out ! so far I've just been running stock and removing all the bloat from samsung
rock_80 said:
Thanks for the info, Im already rooted just trolling the custom rom threads now looking for one to test out ! so far I've just been running stock and removing all the bloat from samsung
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Try Rocketrom v12, is to be released in about an hour or so, is very good. Been using v11 for a week now, rockstable and fast
Hi,
I'm about to upgrade to a new phone (Galaxy Note) and I'll be trading in my old SGS. I've flashed it with Darky's ROM several times and I'm conscious that I'll probably need to get it back to the original state in order to trade it in.
I've read several threads about reflashing teh stock ROMs but they all seem to be quite complicated. Does anyone know of a nice'n'clear guide for restoring the SGS? I've used Odin before so feel confident but would like to make absolutely sure I'm doing it right.
As an aside has anyone traded a flashed phone in to one of teh phones-for-cash sites and had any problems? Maybe I could avoid having to revert to stock.
Many thanks.
First of all you need official, stock ROM from http://www.sammobile.com/firmware/ for example. Then flash with ODIN as ussual. It's quite easy
Here is the link:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1102881
Don't forget, that because you've changed the rom, you've also lost the warranty sadly
bazsano1 said:
Don't forget, that because you've changed the rom, you've also lost the warranty sadly
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No one can prove that if he will flash stock ROM.
And dont forget to use a pit file
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Where would I get CF-Root or CWM for this device? I've been ROMing for the Galasy S/S2/S3 for a while now, but a friend has asked me to do my thing to his Galaxy Ace. There are ROMs for it, but I can't find the CWM/CFRoot packages to get started, and I've read through the forums. I'm sure they're there, I just must have missed them.
If someone could link me to an ODIN package with CF-Root+CWM for this device it would be greatly appreciated.
Thanks!
- Naz.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1158197
tokobot said:
Use the search button
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1158197
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Thanks, but the problem is that I can't find the appropriate CF-Root for this device. I've looked through this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=788108
This phone I have is running gingerbread XWKS9 but I can't seem to find either a CF-Root to match that build, nor can I find a list of old stock firmwares just so I can downgrade to one of the ones listed in the CF-Root thread in order to get CWM on there.
Any pointers? A thread with either ODIN packages for old firmwares OR a CF-Root link for XWKS9 would be great.
The cf-root work with all the stock rom.
Too with the firmware XWKS9
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Thanks, but the problem is that I can't find the appropriate CF-Root for this device. I've looked through this thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=788108
This phone I have is running gingerbread XWKS9 but I can't seem to find either a CF-Root to match that build, nor can I find a list of old stock firmwares just so I can downgrade to one of the ones listed in the CF-Root thread in order to get CWM on there.
Any pointers? A thread with either ODIN packages for old firmwares OR a CF-Root link for XWKS9 would be great.
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The kernel in the link is for another device, it won't on ace.Firmwares doesn't matter, just check if it really is the original ace and not a variant.
Controversies,controversies everywhere :what
Prawesome said:
The kernel in the link is for another device, it won't on ace.Firmwares doesn't matter, just check if it really is the original ace and not a variant.
Controversies,controversies everywhere :what
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Really? Are you 100% sure about this? I've been diligently matching the firmware version with the CF-Root version all this time and you're telling me I don't have to?
As long as it is cf-root for the ace, firmware doesn't matter since cf-root preserves baseband. Just make sure you're on gingerbread and not froyo.
dxppxd said:
As long as it is cf-root for the ace, firmware doesn't matter since cf-root preserves baseband. Just make sure you're on gingerbread and not froyo.
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OK I'm still having problems, and I'm feeling pretty noobish at the moment despite the fact that I've ROMed about 100 phones of various models to everything from stock to MIUI.
I do not know how to proceed for this device. I have a stock Galaxy Ace, running GB 2.3.5 KS9 firmware. I can only find CF-Root packages for flashing in CWM, but I cannot find a CF-Root/CWM package flashable in ODIN, which is usually my first step in installing custom ROMs.
Am I really just dense or are things done differently in the Galaxy Ace?
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OK I'm still having problems, and I'm feeling pretty noobish at the moment despite the fact that I've ROMed about 100 phones of various models to everything from stock to MIUI.
I do not know how to proceed for this device. I have a stock Galaxy Ace, running GB 2.3.5 KS9 firmware. I can only find CF-Root packages for flashing in CWM, but I cannot find a CF-Root/CWM package flashable in ODIN, which is usually my first step in installing custom ROMs.
Am I really just dense or are things done differently in the Galaxy Ace?
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Then flash it through cwm5. Root the ace, flash cwm5, flash cf-root, enjoy.
I don't know if there's an odin flashable cf-root for ace, but being so easy to root and flash stuff through recovery, why would you want that?