I have a major headache here. I flashed the latest dalingrin OC kernel (5/13) and it would hang on startup. So I tried to use a nookie froyo image on a sd card and get back into ROM Manager and use CWR and try to reinstall everything. Well now its stuck in boot loop on the touch the future screen. I'm reading everything I can but I'm so confused. How can I get into CWR again so I can re-flash everything? I am trying to do the bootable CWR sd card thing but I can't get it to work and I'm really getting frustrated at this whole "img" thing, I can never get it to work. Anysuggestions. and yes I'm still reading...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1030227 if you haven't yet.
I'm almost in the same boat. I was running stable 7 and decided I wanted Dal's new kernel and figured I'd at least upgrade to 7.03 stable. I was in the reboot loop and now I can't get it to display anything past the "touch the future" screen.
I've formatted the system, data, cache, and installed from scratch with cm7 stable (and tried a nightly too), along with gapps and Dal's latest kernel.
Might just have to leave out the kernel this time and see if it works.
Update- I got mine working with leaving Dal's kernel out. I might just flash the 4/24 now instead or just wait til he puts out something a little more solid than the 5/13.
Dal, if you're reading this, not knocking on you. Thanks for all the work you put in. I have loved having the 1100 kernel.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1030227 if you haven't yet.
I'm almost in the same boat. I was running stable 7 and decided I wanted Dal's new kernel and figured I'd at least upgrade to 7.03 stable. I was in the reboot loop and now I can't get it to display anything past the "touch the future" screen.
I've formatted the system, data, cache, and installed from scratch with cm7 stable (and tried a nightly too), along with gapps and Dal's latest kernel.
Might just have to leave out the kernel this time and see if it works.
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Ok I just followed the instructions in that thread and it worked perfectly! WHEW! (I stuck with the 4/24 kernel) I think I will keep a spare card made up for this just in case!
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Ok I just followed the instructions in that thread and it worked perfectly! WHEW! (I stuck with the 4/24 kernel) I think I will keep a spare card made up for this just in case!
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The 5/13 kernel is NOT for current stable or nightly builds. It's for exclusive use in the Beta 3 CM7 rom at the moment and requires the use of the 1.2 u-loader (read forever).
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The 5/13 kernel is NOT for current stable or nightly builds. It's for exclusive use in the Beta 3 CM7 rom at the moment and requires the use of the 1.2 u-loader (read forever).
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Good to know. I was seeing all this stuff about beta but had no idea what it was or where it might be.
Sticking with 4/24 for now too until the 5/13 is just a hair more stable.
Lol, prime example why YOU SHOULD READ before doing. I thought this was a joke thread at first.
Hopefully people can learn from this...seems to be the only way nowadays...
Seems like and I.D. 10 T error to me
cincibluer6 said:
Good to know. I was seeing all this stuff about beta but had no idea what it was or where it might be.
Sticking with 4/24 for now too until the 5/13 is just a hair more stable.
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You still don't understand. 5/13 is rock frickin' solid if you flash it with the correct BETA ROM.
If you flash the 7.1.0 Beta3 found in the CM7 developers thread with the 5/13 kernel you get CM7 as it should be.
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You still don't understand. 5/13 is rock frickin' solid if you flash it with the correct BETA ROM.
If you flash the 7.1.0 Beta3 found in the CM7 developers thread with the 5/13 kernel you get CM7 as it should be.
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except for the renewed sleep of death issues and the spontaneous reboots and the occasional lockups, that have been repeatedly reported, it is a fairly solid beta test build. But it is a development beta test build after all, and very cool one at that. If people choose not to test it that's cool too.
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You still don't understand. 5/13 is rock frickin' solid if you flash it with the correct BETA ROM.
If you flash the 7.1.0 Beta3 found in the CM7 developers thread with the 5/13 kernel you get CM7 as it should be.
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Sorry, I meant to say until the beta is stable. As 12paq has stated, it's not stable enough for me to give it a whirl. I know that it is a lot better though when it's working.
For me, I'll sit this one out for now. Maybe I'll get bored next weekend tho and mess with it.
I still don't get the uloader thing will that need to be changed BEFORE flashing the .32 builds or will flashing those builds take care of that automatically?
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I still don't get the uloader thing will that need to be changed BEFORE flashing the .32 builds or will flashing those builds take care of that automatically?
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I'm also curious. I ended up in the boot loop after trying to use Kernel Manager after updating to 7.0.3 using ROM Manager.
Came here to see what was wrong. Kernel Manager said it was flashing the 4/x version but I guess it was flashing 5/x. I just downloaded and manually flashed the 4/x kernel linked about and now it's working again.
What will I need to do when this CM7 build is final?
I believe, you can use the 1.2 bootloader file for stable, nightly or beta. But for beta which uses the new .32 Kernel, the newer 1.2 bootloader is needed. The new kernel was written from the .32 source and needs the new bootloader to play nice. Only OC test kernels run with the beta test builds.
It has been implied that after the beta is thoroughly tested by us guinea pigs, the devs will incorporate the new kernel and its really cool improvements into the normal builds.
The beta with the new kernel is smoother and faster, WiFi drivers are better and it reaches deep sleep, so battery life is better. But it's still a test beta so it's not perfect yet, for some.
All above is my interpretation, correct me as/if needed..
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Lol, prime example why YOU SHOULD READ before doing. I thought this was a joke thread at first.
Hopefully people can learn from this...seems to be the only way nowadays...
Seems like and I.D. 10 T error to me
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It is possible to read and get incomplete information from the threads. I read that line about the kernel not being for use with the stable mod but it also says you're OK if your NC boots with "Read Forever". Well mine boots this way so I thought I was good to use the 2.6.32 kernel.
So instead of trying to belittle people, how about being a little more helpful? Not all of us are IT people.
yeah things actually got more complicated recently, in addition some of the older test kernels needed script edits too..
Ace even started a thread in the dev section to help out with the clarifications. He's just the excited one in the group... probably didn't mean to belittle ya..
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It is possible to read and get incomplete information from the threads. I read that line about the kernel not being for use with the stable mod but it also says you're OK if your NC boots with "Read Forever". Well mine boots this way so I thought I was good to use the 2.6.32 kernel.
So instead of trying to belittle people, how about being a little more helpful? Not all of us are IT people.
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Many of us are not IT people (I for one am a machinist....I make $hit out of metal). Recently developement has started going in many different directions at once and if you're going to play around on the "dark side" of the Nook it's important to read as much and as often as you can. No one means to belittle anyone, but please understand we have answered these questions multiple times in multiple threads. So as you get frustrated with your problems, we to get frustrated answering the same questions over and over again. It's a vicious cycle. Enjoy your Nook and stay on top of these threads for the most recent information about your device!
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Many of us are not IT people (I for one am a machinist....I make $hit out of metal). Recently developement has started going in many different directions at once and if you're going to play around on the "dark side" of the Nook it's important to read as much and as often as you can. No one means to belittle anyone, but please understand we have answered these questions multiple times in multiple threads. So as you get frustrated with your problems, we to get frustrated answering the same questions over and over again. It's a vicious cycle. Enjoy your Nook and stay on top of these threads for the most recent information about your device!
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No problem dude. Believe me I get where you're coming from. I'm a big home theater guy and hang out at Audioholics. I admit I get bugged when noobs come in asking the same questions about what speakers should I get? Is this amp any good? blah, blah, blah. I just tend to ignore those guys though.
I know I an nowhere near qualified to be rooting my Nook. That's why I paid a local guy to do it for me for $25. I think it was a bargain as I now have a kick-ass tablet PC for $275. Many thanks to CM and XDA!!!
But I just had one issue, the sleep thing and installing the new kernel seemed like an easy proposition. Turned out that it was quite as simple as I thought. I have since gotten the 5-15-11 kernel installed but my battery still seems to be wearing down at the same speed. Not sure if the sleep fix isn't part of this kernel.
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yeah things actually got more complicated recently, in addition some of the older test kernels needed script edits too..
Ace even started a thread in the dev section to help out with the clarifications. He's just the excited one in the group... probably didn't mean to belittle ya..
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It was actually the OP that Ace was flaming. But I wasn't taking it personal, just trying to tell the guy to chill out and help us noobs, as frustrating as we can be.
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Alright guys, getting a little bored with the stock ROM! What is the best ROM floating out there? Are all the ROM's just easily done with a update.zip file, or do you usually have to use Odin?
Depends on what you're looking for... official Captivate firmwares other than JF6 are all internal test builds ATM. As far as ROMs go there's a decent variety of options to choose from, but they all depend on your personal preference.
However you've come in at sort of a transitional period, we've got lag fix kernels, we've got OC kernels, and we've got kernels that make I9000 ROMS work properly on the Captivate, but all of those things aren't yet merged.
I recommend you keep on reading, check out the different threads, figure out what suits you, and if you don't find what you're looking for- wait a week, I'm sure someone will come up with it
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Depends on what you're looking for... official Captivate firmwares other than JF6 are all internal test builds ATM. As far as ROMs go there's a decent variety of options to choose from, but they all depend on your personal preference.
However you've come in at sort of a transitional period, we've got lag fix kernels, we've got OC kernels, and we've got kernels that make I9000 ROMS work properly on the Captivate, but all of those things aren't yet merged.
I recommend you keep on reading, check out the different threads, figure out what suits you, and if you don't find what you're looking for- wait a week, I'm sure someone will come up with it
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/agree 100%!!
Really appreciate the replies guys!! I'll keep an eye out! What exactly is so special about the I9000 rom's?
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Really appreciate the replies guys!! I'll keep an eye out! What exactly is so special about the I9000 rom's?
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the i9000 ROMs are generally cleaner (less bloat, a little more streamlined). they're also more recent for the most part. they have other features that really comes down to user preference though. I enjoyed the i9000 ROM I ran much more than the stock captivate one.
I suggest trying it and comparing it to how you used JF6 and go with whichever feels better to you. Each ROM has it's own bugs. Last time I ran an i9000 ROM was JM5 and it refused to clear message/e-mail alerts unless you manually backed all the way out, can't say if it's fixed yet with later releases.
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Really appreciate the replies guys!! I'll keep an eye out! What exactly is so special about the I9000 rom's?
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They're a bit more mature development-wise. The I9000 has been on the market longer is and is ATM Samsungs "baby" so they're getting all the newest updates. In addition their firmwares don't include any of the bloat that the Captivate has since international carriers don't care about stupid crap like "AT&T Navigator"- they also don't care if people can sideload.
Don't get me wrong, cross pollinating I9000 ROMS can have their own little annoyances, like flaky haptic feedback and scuh, but the reorient kernel takes care of the really big issues.
One thing you should REALLY look into before you start flashing ANYTHING is whether or not your phone is capable of using button combinations to get into recovery and download mode. Some of the newer handsets arent. A good starting point would be to turn off your phone... let it shut down completely, then hold both volume buttons and power on. If you get into the recovery menu, GREAT.
Next step (Assuming you passed the first), power off your phone, hold both volume buttons, and plug in USB, if you get the android guy with the shovel that means you're good to go, you'll have to yank battery to reset from this point, but this verifies you can achieve download mode, which means game on for careless flashing!
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One thing you should REALLY look into before you start flashing ANYTHING is whether or not your phone is capable of using button combinations to get into recovery and download mode. Some of the newer handsets arent. A good starting point would be to turn off your phone... let it shut down completely, then hold both volume buttons and power on. If you get into the recovery menu, GREAT.
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I've seen mention of people being unable to achieve that. I presumed they were just getting the timing wrong.
So if you fail that, does it mean you are unable to change ROM?
no,it just means that you will have to be more careful, and that you may not be able to fix your phone if anything goes wrong.
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Well for what it is worth. this is my daily driver as of now.
I went into odin and flashed back to stock.
Flashed the i9000 JM8 rom( the Phone CODE file from JM8 and the CSC from JM5)
Then flashed the stock captivate kernal and the .512 pit file
once that is done i flashed Unhelpfuls kernal over to OC
Then i flashed the Tatumia(sp) rom over it.
Ran the OCLF app from the market and changed my scheduler to deadline.
It is by far the best for real world performance and my quadrants are in the 2200-2300 range(like it matters).
Enjoy
P.s. i have flashed i am sure every other combination of roms and kernals and stuff. Voodoo kernal is freaking awesome but i cant get Clockwork to work with it and that is just not okay with me!
I just found the long thread about this topic here. Haven't read through it all yet. Won't bother unless I find I end up with a phone with that problem.
okay, so what's so special about this ROM the cyanogen mod? When will this be available...?
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okay, so what's so special about this ROM the cyanogen mod? When will this be available...?
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Nobody knows when it will be available since it is only getting Vibrant support to start. Cyanogen mod is probably the most popular ROM for Android, I don't know much about it though. They have a wiki page and a website for information.
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okay, so what's so special about this ROM the cyanogen mod? When will this be available...?
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cyanogenmod is a HUGELY supported ROM based on AOSP (android open source project) with various tweaks to improve usability. as for release, well the only rule about cyanogenmod is that you don't ask for release dates
officially, the Captivate isn't even supported, only the Vibrant is. But as shown, moving things over from Vibrant to Captivate isn't terribly difficult, but still takes time and we'll need someone to maintain it (cyanogen does not release/support devices it doesn't expect to work properly on). support for the vibrant is slated for 6.1 (which will probably be November, it's hard to say)
let me pop in and say there is no "Best Rom" just best for you. We all look for different things in the roms we use so it really is a trial and error. Just make sure to read, read and read some more to make sure you have everything set up right and dont end up with a big brick.
I am closing this.
good luck with your rom search
sry to post this, its prolly a dumb question. but i cant seem to find a straight answer in the development forum. so is ASOP 2.3.2 stable?
Flash it and find out.
Here is a more helpful response than that above:
http://romrepo.info/wiki/index.php?title=What_Works
From that page and the discussion thread, people are having issues here and there. GPS and youtube viewing seem to be a common problems. Besides that, it seems pretty good
thanks, looks like its stable minus the ability for wifi tethering
The built in wifi tether doesnt work but the one on the market does.
The ASOP GB has been more stable on my phone then any other build sense the ones Fresh did last year.
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The built in wifi tether doesnt work but the one on the market does.
The ASOP GB has been more stable on my phone then any other build sense the ones Fresh did last year.
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Hell, more stable than anything I've run on my phone.
I really want to flash it but I'm S-On and I'm afraid if recovery craps out on me then I'm screwed.
On top of that I've never done the SD card partition thing and want to read up a little more on it before I take the plunge
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I really want to flash it but I'm S-On and I'm afraid if recovery craps out on me then I'm screwed.
On top of that I've never done the SD card partition thing and want to read up a little more on it before I take the plunge
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If you follow the instructions (or just fastboot erase instead of flashing Clockwork), you will be fine. You HAVE flashed a custom rom before, right? It's pretty easy..
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If you follow the instructions (or just fastboot erase instead of flashing Clockwork), you will be fine. You HAVE flashed a custom rom before, right? It's pretty easy..
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Yeah, I'm running Jaybob's ExtBlue Froyo right now. I just don't want something to go wrong in the process and leave me up a creak sans paddle
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sry to post this, its prolly a dumb question. but i cant seem to find a straight answer in the development forum. so is ASOP 2.3.2 stable?
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Define stable.
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Define stable.
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Did you really mean stabel?
ive been running the "Aosp" Ginger bread rom for about a day now seems pretty "stable"
Can any1 make a cm7 img to boot from sd.....my wife has a nook so I really root just yet but I love the fact that I can boot nookie. And honeycomb from sd so can any1 plz make a cm7 img
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Can any1 make a cm7 img to boot from sd.....my wife has a nook so I really root just yet but I love the fact that I can boot nookie. And honeycomb from sd so can any1 plz make a cm7 img
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I'll second that. I also really like the fact I can boot into HC or NF without flashing my stock Nook.
On a side note I would think once CM7 gets to a more stable version that someone would probably do this.
or is there a way to make a bootablr img form a rom
I'm with Snyperx on his sidenote.
I'm betting someone will when the flurry of development has slowed down a bit.
I did read where one of the devs (can't remember who or where...I read too many threads here daily!!) said that if you had the correct partitions on the sd card and you pointed to them correctly you could make a bootable SD card just like we have seen from cicada before.
Give it some time and I'm sure it will pop up.
I'm looking forward to it also.
Ill add one more vote for a bootable card.. it would be great, especially since we just have nightly stuff right now...
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Ill add one more vote for a bootable card.. it would be great, especially since we just have nightly stuff right now...
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Yeah, it would be a great treat, and also a step to multiply this army of CM7-For-NC of beta testers (or lab rats, as some prefer to call them... sure, who exactly listens to a lab rat when that rat whines about every next nightly is wonkier than the previous one?).
Whoever would be assembling an image for CM7 SD boot, I would also suggest to add latest Gapps/Market and possibly full Flash 10.1 (10.2 when available for Xoom), YouTubeTablet.apk, and dozen other apks from Xoom Honeycomb dump.
However, even if everyone was warned that no bugreports for nightlies are accepted, or desirable, I still wish to see a 2.6.32....37-based branches of CM7 nightlies to play with. Even silently, with no bug reports and such, like a lab rat, lol. It's not just me: I probably missed that notion of TI engineers being lazy idiots switching to 2.26.32 kernels even for their shot on FroYo. OMAP4 repos see 2.26.37 kernel these days for AOSP 2.3.2.
Apart from kernel maturity issues, I would love to see progress in engaging all sorts of NC hardwares: SGX full UI acceleration/font rendering/zooming, SGX/DSP HW decoding AND HW rendering (HW overlay) for video, full BT 1.2 functionality, FM radio, USB "hub" hack (to add (Web) cam, keyboard, hacked Kinect, whatnot)
CM Group may stay clean from commercial products, but I would love to see some less picky coders borrowing stuff from AOSP 3.0, Xoom, Nexus S, and whatnot and backporting it to NC CM7. By "stuff" I mean stuffy stuff, and not some fancy wallpapers.
While this thread is probably in the wrong forum, I have been asking for this same thing in other related threads. Squeaky wheel gets the grease?
Theres instructions in the dev thread (direct link here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=11472094&postcount=3 )
They're untested instructions. The author assumes they'll work but admits not knowing for sure. Regardless, I might have to figure out how to follow those instructions then. Might be the only way to get what I want. Everyone can do the same too.
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They're untested instructions. The author assumes they'll work but admits not knowing for sure. Regardless, I might have to figure out how to follow those instructions then. Might be the only way to get what I want. Everyone can do the same too.
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lol. let the devs work on the important stuff. now you have a chance to contribute to the community
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now you have a chance to contribute to the community
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Another chance. Indeed.
the main issue is currently they are at the nigtlies stage, so someone would need to manually create the img files every day, which is a bit of a pain for the small changes that are being made.
I can try to create one early next week when a few more commits have been written but I wont be able to make a new one every day.
I would like this as well but it seems that most people are content with flashing the Nook.
I might break down finally and just flash my nook but I need instructions on how to back up/recover my nook just in case something goes wrong or I want to return my nook to the store if I'm dissatisfied.
Can anyone point me in the right direction.
ill give a shot at making a bootable sd for the newest nightly tonight
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I would like this as well but it seems that most people are content with flashing the Nook.
I might break down finally and just flash my nook but I need instructions on how to back up/recover my nook just in case something goes wrong or I want to return my nook to the store if I'm dissatisfied.
Can anyone point me in the right direction.
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restore to stock thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=914690
I bet you can take the froyo sd card image, replace the uramdisk with this one, replace the system contents with the CM version and maybe be good to go. At the very least, this ramdisk is built from the dev instructions relating to making a CM7 bootable sd.
You will probably need to convert the partition where system lives to ext4.
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/20399857/uRamdisk.7z
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ill give a shot at making a bootable sd for the newest nightly tonight
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=914690
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Any success on that bootable SD image?
My buddy has a cappy and the poor soul is still running 2.1. Now that he no longer has a warranty on it, he wants to root and upgrade it.
My question isn't what's the best ROM because I understand that is highly subjective, but rather, what is the most stable ROM?
ICS on the HTC Inspire only recently hit mile stone release status and, while fairly stable prior to this, still had it's bugs. This was fine for me, but I don't want to bring my friend into this awesome world with a ****ty experience right off the bat plagued with random reboots, bootloops, or non working functions.
So what ROMs are rock solid stable and are good for daily drivers?
And like I said, I'm not looking for "I like this ROM" and I'm not trying to ask what is the best ROM. Only asking about stability.
Thanks guys
Still subjective...but my 2 cents --
Stability wise I would suggest that he upgrade to the Gingerbread 2.3.5 i897ucKK4 release, get Root and then Debloat it completely. Let him run that for a while. He will be pleasantly surprised i think, especially compared to eclair 2.1 that he has been running. Afterwards if he wants to move on to a Developer's Rom, then there are plenty of KK4 based Roms to choose from. He will just have to do some diggin in the Dev forum.
The other Roms ICS, JB, AOSP, CM, MIUI and those similar are very good...but still subjective to each individual user as to what is stable and fit for a daily driver, etc.
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Sounds good. I appreciate the reply.
I do have one last question though. As far as doing this, it looks like I just need to get him updated via the Samsung website updates and then use SuperOneClick for root. Is this correct?
I ask because holy crap are there a lot of traps to accidentally fall in to...
He could do the mini kies route to froyo then gb Or he/u could use the kk4 one click odin or heimdall with bootloaders and then get Root through the [Utility] KK4 Easy Root by Red_81 --- both of these u can find in my signature link below.
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The Heimdall followed by Easy Root seems the best way to go then (less steps). Thanks so much. I appreciate it.
Now to find that page with the drivers again.... lol (no need to post the link, I'll find it haha)
Here ya go, it was close by... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=33577757
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That's not the page I was looking at before. lol
I was looking here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=858765 That and, of course, installing the SDK on his computer.
But after reading the Heimdall page and that post you pointed me to, it seems I was looking in the wrong direction. I know the SDK won't hurt anything though, so that is still getting put on there, if for no other reason than ADB. (I'm a fan of ADB. It's gotten me out of more than a few binds before.)
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Still subjective...but my 2 cents --
Stability wise I would suggest that he upgrade to the Gingerbread 2.3.5 i897ucKK4 release, get Root and then Debloat it completely. Let him run that for a while. He will be pleasantly surprised i think, especially compared to eclair 2.1 that he has been running. Afterwards if he wants to move on to a Developer's Rom, then there are plenty of KK4 based Roms to choose from. He will just have to do some diggin in the Dev forum.
The other Roms ICS, JB, AOSP, CM, MIUI and those similar are very good...but still subjective to each individual user as to what is stable and fit for a daily driver, etc.
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Completely agree with this. Your buddy will need to experience and learn a lot of stuff through this transition, therefor, making the jump to JB from Eclair could make a mess.
Although, once he reaches that point, I have to say that I've been very pleased with AOKP (now on milestone). I was quite hesitant to use it as my daily ROM cause I was so used to stability over tweaks with ROMs made by The Family and The Collective. I've been on it since JB was ported to our cappy and I'm seriously loving it! Can't imagine flashing anything else as my daily ROM unless it's as stable and that coming from a flash addict!
Anyway, hope the transition goes well!
Me too. We were gonna do it yesterday, but after the mayhem of my truck (took 4 hours to rotate TWO tires....), we decided that luck was not with us and decided against it lol. Hopefully I can get him to man up about it today.
Thanks for the help guys! Now to produce another convert... muahahahaha!
I would simply use the stable version of CM10.
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I would simply use the stable version of CM10.
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I believe CM10 is on nightly builds atm, therefor, bugs are meant to happen. Might not be the best idea for a first step into JB
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I believe CM10 is on nightly builds atm, therefor, bugs are meant to happen. Might not be the best idea for a first step into JB
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http://get.cm/?device=captivatemtd&type=stable
eksasol said:
http://get.cm/?device=captivatemtd&type=stable
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Well then, I stand corrected.
Hi there folks!!
This phone dropped on my hands today from a friend of mine you is a excluded in this matters of customizing droid's...
So what I need to know it's the stuff that i should use to root it, like recovery and such, and the best overall rom to put in the phone. IF there is kitkat stable even better... If not Jelly Bean it is.
I'm not an expert, but i workaround pretty well, but i dropped on this forum today, and with so much stuff i don't know where need to look, and don't have the time to read it all.
So please, have some kind of goodness on me.
snake_boss said:
Hi there folks!!
This phone dropped on my hands today from a friend of mine you is a excluded in this matters of customizing droid's...
So what I need to know it's the stuff that i should use to root it, like recovery and such, and the best overall rom to put in the phone. IF there is kitkat stable even better... If not Jelly Bean it is.
I'm not an expert, but i workaround pretty well, but i dropped on this forum today, and with so much stuff i don't know where need to look, and don't have the time to read it all.
So please, have some kind of goodness on me.
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If none of the current data ia needed, then a nice clean full format to the New bootloader would be a good choice.
Use the AIO tool in the Developers section to format the phone to default new bootloader. you can follow the choices to install recovery, and download your choice of Rom.
The most stable and fully featured out of the newer roms are only the CM 10.1 roms. anything made later have camera and bluetooth issues.
Pengus has his own, Look ma no hands. its an excellent rom. along with his M1 kernel. its the latest you'll get to fully stable.
If you'd like more features, Tonyp made a T-build version 5 currently. use the same kernel from pengus again M1. and give that a go if you like customizing a bit more.
there are later roms. and they are all great, but they are still in development, with many bugs still to really work out.
you can also go Stock and try out the few very well made custom stock roms i believe there are 3 different dev's that have done work on ICS and did an excellent job of it.
Or you can stay on the old boot loader, and stick with GB if you really want to stretch out the battery life, and have every feature working.
the first few pages of the dev section would have everything I've just mentioned. but you could also use the Search for anything your having trouble with.
PM me also if you need more detailed assistance.
necrowakker said:
If none of the current data ia needed, then a nice clean full format to the New bootloader would be a good choice.
Use the AIO tool in the Developers section to format the phone to default new bootloader. you can follow the choices to install recovery, and download your choice of Rom.
The most stable and fully featured out of the newer roms are only the CM 10.1 roms. anything made later have camera and bluetooth issues.
Pengus has his own, Look ma no hands. its an excellent rom. along with his M1 kernel. its the latest you'll get to fully stable.
If you'd like more features, Tonyp made a T-build version 5 currently. use the same kernel from pengus again M1. and give that a go if you like customizing a bit more.
there are later roms. and they are all great, but they are still in development, with many bugs still to really work out.
you can also go Stock and try out the few very well made custom stock roms i believe there are 3 different dev's that have done work on ICS and did an excellent job of it.
Or you can stay on the old boot loader, and stick with GB if you really want to stretch out the battery life, and have every feature working.
the first few pages of the dev section would have everything I've just mentioned. but you could also use the Search for anything your having trouble with.
PM me also if you need more detailed assistance.
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Thanks ... Without knowing I did this by myself... Trying pengus cm10.1
The problem with the phone it's that with stock rom the batterylast about 4/6 hours... And right now it's too test if custom rom's help a bit!
Thanks for the info... If I get in trouble I know who to contact!!!
+kudos
snake_boss said:
Thanks ... Without knowing I did this by myself... Trying pengus cm10.1
The problem with the phone it's that with stock rom the batterylast about 4/6 hours... And right now it's too test if custom rom's help a bit!
Thanks for the info... If I get in trouble I know who to contact!!!
+kudos
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New battery can do miracles. LG stock battery is highly recommended.