I sure hope someone can help me. I finally rooted my stock 2.1 in the middle of February and then the 2.2 update version came out. I un-rooted the 2.1 version, updated to 2.2 and decided to root again and try out a custom rom. I backed up all of my data using rom manager, downloaded my rom of choice (I wanted to try PARAGON) and connected my phone to the PC. I went to copy PARAGON to the root of my internal SD and it gives me the message "Cannot copy paragon-rc6-full:the disk is write protected. Remove the write-protection or use another disk." (it is now a CD drive instead of a removable drive) I've spent the last two days searching for a way around this to no avail. I saw a few threads that were similar but none provided an answer. As an aside, my camera now says "warning camera failed" and won't take pictures ever since the update to 2.2. Id like to go back to JH7 and start over again but can't copy the rom to the sd to do it. Any help, guidance, or directions where to find help will be greatly appreciated.
Use Odin 3 One-click to go back to a stock rom and start over.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=731989
Get Root Explorer, enter the folder named sdcard, tap the button at the top labled "Mount r/w"
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Hi.
I need to restore my GTablet to the original Rom but BitTrix gingerbread beta 06 Rom does not allow me to "turn USB Storage" unless there is a Micro Sd Card inserted. Is there a way that I can copy another rom into the root of my device? I tried several diferent file explorers in the market place but there is no way to copy a file into the root of my device, and for that rason I cannot load the "upadte.zip" on Clckworkmod.
I am probably asking a very basic question and I aplogize for that, but I really need somebody's help with this.
Thanks in advance.
After hours of tweeking with the device I was able to load the rom from the ROM MANAGER. Again, Clockwork makes this ansdroid devices unbrickable and totally hackable.
Hi Everyone,
I got the SGS I9000 a few months ago and I must say I'm not particularly happy with the lagging at times.
I youtube'd some videos, but I'm really confused on the best method to use and which rom and lag fix I should use and how to install.
If anyone can help me that would be great, I have the Galaxy i9000.
Cheers
Search this is a repetition of multiple posts asking the same question .
Their is no best rom .
Simple method would be to read the faqs on this forum understand what you are doing first .
Rom Kitchen Faqs and build your own rom would be my first choice ,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=817703
Warning if you do not understand then you brick your phone .
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=723596
jje
I'd say Darky's ROM is the probably the most appropriate choice for beginners. It's one of the easiest to flash with just a few steps on Odin, and comes with the standard Voodoo lagfix.
The guide can be found here:
http://www.darkyrom.com/community/index.php?threads/odin-rom-darkys-resurrection-edition-9-2.895/
It is not the best ROM - that is a decision you have to make for yourself according to your own preferences - but it is easy to handle for first-timers and stable, and gets you to where you need (on a custom ROM) and with minimal fuss.
ROM Kitchen is good for those who want additional options for customization, but it's not recommended for beginners especially if they don't know what all the customization options refer to, and it's easy to run into problems of you don't know what you're doing.
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Thanks very much for you help Madrenergic
I found an easy method to root my phone here on XDA using Super One Click. I then Installed OCLF from the market which worked a treat and made my phone allot faster.
I did some research and found that OCLF changes the file system to ext2, then I researched voodoo lagfix and found it changes them to ext4 to make the phone even faster, so I went ahead and downloaded the voodoo 5.5 zip file to transfer straight to my phone.
It says to put the file on the internal sd card which is what I thought I had done, but when I went into android recovery mode after selecting "reboot into recovery mode" from Clockwork Mod Recovery, it gives me the option to "apply sd card update.zip" which I selected but I got an error message saying it could not find the internal directory of my phone or the file is not available.
Any pointers?
Daft question, but did you rename it to "update"?
You could also try this, it's what I used the first time I started playing around with my phone: https://market.android.com/details?id=neldar.sgs.kernel.flasher
Make sure you make a back-up with this app before applying the update.
You picked a good kernel, it's the first one I used, and I was well impressed with the results. Make sure you grab the voodoo control app from the market, there's a free version and a donate version, it's worth getting the donate version, the devs on here deserve our support.
As always read everything through a couple of times until you're sure of what you're doing
I only have a folder called "SD" which is where I put the zip file and. I have allot of other folders when I connect to usb storage, but I put the file inside that sd folder not where all the other folders are located.
I also don't any option to mount the internal sd card.
Connect phone in USB Mass storage mode PC should show two drives copy file to Phone drive .
jje
Ha... You have e2 recovery (or was it e3) eather way it cannot flash anything else than samsung brand firms.. Easiest is to download sgs kernel flasher from market and flash voodoo file "update.zip" you don't have to do anything else...
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Take that file out of folder name "SD" and paste it to your sd-cards root.
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Ok so I've installed SGS Kernal Flasher, now what folder do I put the Voodoo (update.zip) into? I'm assuming I put it inside the folder for SGS Kernal Flasher?
P.S This is what my internal SD card looks like:
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Ok so I've installed SGS Kernal Flasher, now what folder do I put the Voodoo (update.zip) into? I'm assuming I put it inside the folder for SGS Kernal Flasher?
P.S This is what my internal SD card looks like:
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Nope, judging by the screenshot you posted you have the update in the right place, just open kernel flasher and find the update, 3 pics attached.
Select back up kernel, when back up is complete select choose kernel, on pic 2 you see 2 dots above back up tap on the 2 dots, then you should see something like pic 3, scroll down to the bottom to find update and tap on it.
Job done, as far as I can remember
I agree. Darky's froyo 9.5 would be the perfect balanced mod. Though I would recommend Hardcore's Speedmod K13E kernel over Dark-core 1.4. The battery life was considerably higher with Speedmod, plus there are many more useful features, like headphone calling. Though I would agree, if you're a beginner, for now use Dark core, much easier to install, with less complicated features. You can always update to Speedmod later
Thanks everyone for your help. I ended up Using ODIN to install the voodoo update.
Everything is now much smoother to use and faster opening.
Only time anything is slow is straight after I have rebooted my phone, for example opening contact takes a few seconds after rebooting the phone, but then opens instantly after that.
My Cappy is running on 2.2 Froyo and has the kb1 kernel. I just rooted it using the Super One Click and tried to flash Fasty 2.0, but there's no option for that.All I get is reboot, wipe,and format,and when I tried to reinstall packages, the recovery menu said: "failed to verify whole file signature". Yeah, I saw the thread about this. I tried the fix by TRusselo and it's just stuck on running. I tried the manual mode, but the Terminal said the operation is not permitted and I cannot figure out how to use a root explorer to overwrite the recovery file, every time I try it says it cant be done. Help ;-;
I had that problem too...if the fix wont work...simply flash to stock 2.1 using odin and do everything again...cwm should work with eclairs 2e recovery
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in rootexplorer did u change Mounted as R/W instead of R/O?
I don't know how to do either of those things. I'm a total nub. The only way I was able to root it was because there were videos on it. Explain in detail, please
NVM: I figured out how to rewrite the file. Just had to change my settings ... Anyways, Fasty 2.0 is not showing up in my external sd,actually on the recovery menu the external sd wont open at all
UPDATE: --Installing SDCARD:/externaal_sd/FastyV2.0.zip
(No such file or directory)
Installation aborted.
/tmp/recovery.log was copied to /sdcard/clockworkmod/recovery.log. Please open ROM Manager to report the issue
I'm running 2.2 Froyo. KB1 kernel, used OneClickRoot to root my Cappy.
before you go to paste the recovery in with root explorer there is a button on the top right, that say "mount r/w" press that and THEN paste...
Just Put the rom on your internal sdcard...
You can do that? The video I saw said to pur it in external
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yeah of course. Ok just to be clear, The internal sdcard is the drive that shows up on your computer when you mount it or the /sdcard folder in root explorer, an external would be a card that you put it in yourself above the battery right next to the sim. If you couldn't put it on the internal then you would have to buy a micro sdcard just to flash a rom?
Just put it in the main directory of /sdcard then in cwm choose install zip from sdcard and scroll down to the zip...
Problem fixed, thanks guys
Posred from Samsung Captivate
Hi
First post here, I'm new to Android and rooting but I know my way around computer systems in general so hoping you guys can help me, haven't seen a thread about this exact problem so far.
I've semi-bricked (bootlooped) my Samsung Galaxy Ace running Gingerbread, having rooted it last month using the upd_1 package and enjoying a bloatware-free phone, happily installing apps onto my second partition on my SD card. I've not changed my ROM, just the stock is good enough for me for now. However I was getting continually prompted by Homescreen Selector nags at powering up for some reason and I thought I could disable it by applying Freeze using LInk2SD, but since doing that I continually get the Samsung logo, the orange "explosion" (I'm with Orange) then a vibration and the whole cycle repeats. My guess is the operating system can't find the selector.apk app since I froze it.
I thought the solution would be simple - use adb shell to rename back from selector.fro to selector.apk. However I'm unable to find any such file in my system/app folder. There are a load of other apk and odex files but not that one. When I type su I get "permission denied", though I definitely rooted my phone but I don't think I have my bootloader unlocked.
I don't have CWM installed or any backups unfortunately (yes, I know...), so even if I took one now prior to a factory reset, surely the same problem would come back if I were to restore from any backup I were to take now. I can get into Recovery and Download screens ok but don't want to restore the whole ROM unless I have to, since I know it's only one APK that is at fault.
So, please can anyone tell me how to locate the selector.fro file to turn it back to selector.apk? Or can't I do that without unlocking the bootloader first, or is there another solution?
Many thanks in advance,
Graham
Wouldnt it be possible to make a zip of the selector.apk and flash it? Rename the zip-file to "update" (since you're unable to browse to your specific file).
QNBT said:
Wouldnt it be possible to make a zip of the selector.apk and flash it? Rename the zip-file to "update" (since you're unable to browse to your specific file).
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Hi, thanks for the response
Do you mean copy a zip of selector.apk to the SD card and run it from there, same as I did when I rooted? Where can I obtain a copy of that apk from? I can't find it on my computer or via Google...
gkey2112 said:
Hi, thanks for the response
Do you mean copy a zip of selector.apk to the SD card and run it from there, same as I did when I rooted? Where can I obtain a copy of that apk from? I can't find it on my computer or via Google...
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You can extract it from the ROM's zip file, just locate it as you would on your phone.
But I don't have a ROM zip file. I'm not using a custom ROM, just stock. I may go down the custom ROM route one day, but for now I just want my phone to work again in the quickest way possible.
All I need is a copy of the original stock home selector APK. Can anyone help here please?
Found the file!
Never mind, got the apk from another thread. Flashing tonight...
Hi guys,
Ok, so I've been Googling like a mofo for the past 3-4 days, trying this and that, investigating my issues, and I still need some help.
I've got a Bell I9000M that I would describe as the following:
1) Boots into any rom I flash via Odin (so far just GB and Froyo)
2) Internal SD works (I can see my files via USB), but "Internal Storage" shows unavailable.
3)I also flashed this phone before backing up my EFS folder so my unlock number is scrambled. I have a backup of the post unlocking-attempt EFS folder, but am unable to copy this back to where it needs to be. I've tried with ADB and no dice and I've tried copying it in with the phone on using Root Explorer - Root Explorer will copy the files back (and I'll even get the no SIM icon after a few minutes), but everything's gone and the EFS folder is empty when I reboot.
I'm kinda stuck. I just got this phone off CL last week thinking I'd flash it and go on my merry way like I normally do. I wasn't aware of the I9000M's horrid reliability. Anyway, any help would be appreciated!
ch0g0nda said:
Hi guys,
Ok, so I've been Googling like a mofo for the past 3-4 days, trying this and that, investigating my issues, and I still need some help.
I've got a Bell I9000M that I would describe as the following:
1) Boots into any rom I flash via Odin (so far just GB and Froyo)
2) Internal SD works (I can see my files via USB), but "Internal Storage" shows unavailable.
3)I also flashed this phone before backing up my EFS folder so my unlock number is scrambled. I have a backup of the post unlocking-attempt EFS folder, but am unable to copy this back to where it needs to be. I've tried with ADB and no dice and I've tried copying it in with the phone on using Root Explorer - Root Explorer will copy the files back (and I'll even get the no SIM icon after a few minutes), but everything's gone and the EFS folder is empty when I reboot.
I'm kinda stuck. I just got this phone off CL last week thinking I'd flash it and go on my merry way like I normally do. I wasn't aware of the I9000M's horrid reliability. Anyway, any help would be appreciated!
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use the solutions on Quick fixes and solutions link below, especially the guide on how to make efs stick after reboots
Ok, so I did the making the IMEI/efs stick and it seems to have rectified everything for me! IMEI is back to what it should be, baseband is back, storage reads properly. Wow! I'm ecstatic right now! I've been dicking with this thing since last Friday and you've got me sorted in under 10 minutes, brilliant!
If you ever pass through British Columbia, let me know! I'll buy you a beer or something
Thanks again!