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[Q] Custom Kernel Stock Rom?

I am wondering if i can flash a custom kernel over my stock 2.2 Rom? So that i can change the boot animation splash screen along with maybe overclock/undervolt. But mostly i want the bootanimation.zip splash screen. Any way i can do this?

Allmaechtig said:
I am wondering if i can flash a custom kernel over my stock 2.2 Rom? So that i can change the boot animation splash screen along with maybe overclock/undervolt. But mostly i want the bootanimation.zip splash screen. Any way i can do this?
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You can do that using Odin (not the one click).
I suggest you go check AdamOutler's video on how to flash a kernel from stock 2.2. It is well explained and will work on every kernel that has cwm recovery in them (speedmod, ursa minor, onix.. etc).

[Q] I897UCKI2 question

Hey Guys,
I want to get the latest AOSP rom, and stubled upon this thread for I897UCKI2:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1283566
I am already running Apex 9.2. Am I to believe that all I have to do is copy that zip over to my phone, and then boot to recovery, and install that zip?
I tried to do this, and it is stuck on the AT&T World Phone screen.
Any help?
Thanks

U need i897 gingerbread bootloaders if you don't have them already. (link in my signature below)
Then backup your stuff, wipe, etc. then u should be able to flash through cwm recovery.

PCDesmond said:
Hey Guys,
I want to get the latest AOSP rom, and stubled upon this thread for I897UCKI2:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1283566
I am already running Apex 9.2. Am I to believe that all I have to do is copy that zip over to my phone, and then boot to recovery, and install that zip?
I tried to do this, and it is stuck on the AT&T World Phone screen.
Any help?
Thanks
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because you need to convert to RFS (disable lagfix) first

[Q] [Q&A]stuck in samsung logo!

Hi everyone,
I tried installing custom rom cyanogenmod 7.2, creed even chocobread with cwm recovery but im still stuck in samsung logo.My phone was previously android 2.2.1.Is it necessary to upgrade to stock gingerbread first and then install cwm recovery and flash custom gingerbread ROMs??
Pls help.

thinkfreedom said:
Hi everyone,
I tried installing custom rom cyanogenmod 7.2, creed even chocobread with cwm recovery but im still stuck in samsung logo.My phone was previously android 2.2.1.Is it necessary to upgrade to stock gingerbread first and then install cwm recovery and flash custom gingerbread ROMs??
Pls help.
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You will always have that problem coz the ROMs you flashed requires GB. so go flash GB first before you install CWM and custom ROMs..

thinkfreedom said:
Hi everyone,
I tried installing custom rom cyanogenmod 7.2, creed even chocobread with cwm recovery but im still stuck in samsung logo.My phone was previously android 2.2.1.Is it necessary to upgrade to stock gingerbread first and then install cwm recovery and flash custom gingerbread ROMs??
Pls help.
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it should be 2.3.4 before you installing CWM

HERE IS WHAT YOU NEED:
1. YOU NEED TO FLASH YOUR PHONE TO GINGERBREAD 2.3.4
2. AFTER FLASHING STOCK ROM, ROOT IT!
3. INSTALL CLOCK WORK MOD
In this part, it is now the installation of your CUSTOM MADE ROM
1. Wipe Dalvick Cache
2. Wipe Data/Reset
3. Wipe Cache
4. Install Zip from sd card then locate the zip file
5. YOUR GOOD TO GO!
BTW: Always wait for the rom to load, it may take awhile to load if it is installed for the first time
Like If this helped you THANKS

What's your model number? ?
You need to flash GB-
Using Odin multi downloader+tass and also need CWM(for flash CM)...
Sent from my GT-S5570 using XDA

Thanks buddies...but already found a way out now my phone is working.

Why should we flash the boot file when flashing a custom rom?

I have been using Samsung for a long time and so this process seems weird. All we use to do there was just put the custom ROM and GAAPS and flash it via recovery and wipe phone. But when i was going through a lot of forums here..i see that the OP has asked people to flash the boot file using command prompt and then flash the ROM. Is this process really required even if we have the dual recovery installed?

If the updater script in the .zip does not have the correct commands to install the boot.img itself it has to be manually flashed.
Untill recently this was always the case, it was not possible to flash a kernel using recovery, it had to be done via fastboot.
I think this is probably a hangover from then, but now it can be done in recovery.
Also, if you have just unlocked, but do not have recovery installed the quickest way to get recovery is to flash the boot.img using fastboot, then flash the update.zip.
If you already have recovery, just flash the update.zip and the boot.img will be flashed.
This is only for roms int he original development section, as they require a custom kernel, roms in the development section will work on the stock kernel, so there is no need to flash a boot.img at all

Actually you need to flash different kernels for different roms... Like Stock-based(Sony) Roms can be either run on Stock Kernel(Sony) or Stock-Based Custom Kernel(like DooMKerneL). while AOSP Roms(like CM11) should be run on AOSP-based Custom Kernels(like Pimped Kernel).
You can flash custom Kernels only if you have unlocked your bootloader. if you have recovery on locked bootloader, then you can flash only Stock-based roms because they dont need a different kernel becoz they run on Sony Kernel itself. If you have a unlocked bootloader you can flash custom kernel, Then you can use both Stock-based Roms or AOSP-based Roms by flashing respective kernels.
If you already have Custom rom installed and changing to another Custom rom, Then if you are changing from (Stock-Based Rom to another Stock-Based Rom) or (AOSP-based Rom to another AOSP-based Rom) then you need not flash the kernel again, you can just wipe all partitions and install the new Custom rom over it. But if you are Cross flashing from (Stock-Based Rom to AOSP-Based Rom) or (AOSP-based Rom to Stock-based Rom), Then you should flash respective kernel, wipe partitions and install the rom over it.
if you dont know, whether the rom is Stock-based or AOSP-based, it will be mentioned in the OP of each Thread.Usually Roms that are available for a wide range of devices across OEMs are AOSP. Roms like CM, AOKP, PAC, Carbon, etc. are all AOSP roms.
Hope it helped.

[Q] Stock ICS ZIP ROM

Hello Guys,
I tried many custom ROM CM 10.1.3 to CM 11 and Vanir and ROMS based on stock JB
I want to flash Stock ICS Euro Open because It was the least lagging ROM for me
Can any one post a link to stock ICS Euro Open in ZIP format?

ZIP format? You mean make it flashable through the bootloader? I think that's not possible since ICS doesn't support bootloader for our device...
You should try flashing the KDZ...

amkirk94 said:
ZIP format? You mean make it flashable through the bootloader? I think that's not possible since ICS doesn't support bootloader for our device...
You should try flashing the KDZ...
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So ICS can't be in zip format and flashed like custom mods?

I'm afraid it can't be flashed like the other custom ROMs, sorry. There is a way to do it though, through the LG Firmware updater. Maybe this will help you out:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2179126

Thanks a lot, when I do that down grade do I lose the custom recovery and the unlocked boot loader? and as a result I won't be able to flash custom ROMs until I install a new custom recovery and so on?

Bootloader stays unlocked but you wull loose cwm recovery. You wont be able to install any other custom rom untill you update to 20x software and just install cwm again. No need to unlock bootloader again since it will stay unlocked.