Gingerbread -> Froyo - Captivate Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

How so u flash back to 2.2 from 2.3
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The easiest way is to use Odin One Click to flash back to 2.1 then use Kies mini to update to 2.2
Use TiBu to back up files 1st.
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bornjamerican said:
The easiest way is to use Odin One Click to flash back to 2.1 then use Kies mini to update to 2.2
Use TiBu to back up files 1st.
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i tryed and it soft bricked my phone and i couldnt get into download mode

mwiz123 said:
i tryed and it soft bricked my phone and i couldnt get into download mode
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You might want to read this.
That is the definitive guide to bricking. You will probably find all the answers you need to get yourself out of that soft brick and to get back to a place where you can get to 2.2.
In theory, according to the guide, as long as you still have the 2.3 bootloaders in place, you should be able to flash a 2.2 rom

jmtheiss said:
In theory, according to the guide, as long as you still have the 2.3 bootloaders in place, you should be able to flash a 2.2 rom
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Can someone verify this? I'm possibly thinking of flashing back to FF, and if I don't have to revert to the Froyo bootloaders it'll make my decision easier.

m3thods said:
Can someone verify this? I'm possibly thinking of flashing back to FF, and if I don't have to revert to the Froyo bootloaders it'll make my decision easier.
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Yes, GB bootloaders work just fine on Froyo based rom. Just make sure you flash a froyo kernel first, get in recovery (don't boot the phone normally) and flash the 2.2 based rom you want (beside cognition as it flashes the sbl.bin)
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so if i Flash Serendipity will it still work after because i hard bricked my phone flashing GB -> Froyo roms and i ended up having to get an Rma phone

As long as the froyo rom does not flash a secondary boot loader, you should be fine.
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slow_DC4 said:
As long as the froyo rom does not flash a secondary boot loader, you should be fine.
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Correct ... To check the rom for a secondary bootloader, open up the zip look in the updates folder if you see "sbl.bin" that would be the secondary bootloader. Don't flash that rom.

Well since infant use .bin files can I just delete that file form the Rom? Or will it get corrupted
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mwiz123 said:
Well since infant use .bin files can I just delete that file form the Rom? Or will it get corrupted
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Yes ... You might also have to go into the script "Meta-inf" and delete the lines about sbl.bin, not sure if it is in the script to flash it individually or just the update folder...but the only rom I know has it is cognition. But I'd still check every rom I was going to flash, better safe than sorry.

Sounds Like a lot of work but ill try
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Ok Im lookibg for sbl.bin in the ron and I don't see it where do I go
Can some one help with this?
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If it's there it'll be in the updates folder. There should only be 3 things in that folder: modem.bin redbend_ua and zImage. If that's all you see you're golden.

ohhh I was looking in the wrong folder
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Ok so if I'm running a 2.2 rom can I flash stock?
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studacris said:
If it's there it'll be in the updates folder. There should only be 3 things in that folder: modem.bin redbend_ua and zImage. If that's all you see you're golden.
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Is it sopose to pop out at me?
U still don't see it. =-O
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mwiz123 said:
Ok so if I'm running a 2.2 rom can I flash stock?
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You can go to stock from anything but a broken phone
mwiz123 said:
Is it sopose to pop out at me?
U still don't see it. =-O
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If you don't see it then it probably isn't there, I think only cognition has it, and dg(the dev of cog) might have taken it out because alot of people bricked because of it.

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You can go to stock from anything but a broken phone
If you don't see it then it probably isn't there, I think only cognition has it, and dg(the dev of cog) might have taken it out because alot of people bricked because of it.
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Ohh ok
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HELP
i think it bricked (hard)
i was flashing stock and my screen turned brown and it was on Factoryreset and i pluged it out and now it dosent want come on please HELP

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Missed md5 file from cwm backup

I need go back to original rom that came with my phone for warranty purpose but i lost my md5 file and i only have the system image, datadata, etc etc, exist any form to make that system image flashable without sdk support? I will appreciate any help!!!!
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Go to development and download Odin one click and follow the instructions.
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I already have odin one click factory but i seen On the settings-usb pc internet and my original rom does not came with this, i need call to att for a replacement but i want response your questions about system info that matches with my preloaded factory rom and i dont remember if came with jf6 jh7 or what build info, Im frustrated
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edwinmorales said:
I already have odin one click factory but i seen On the settings-usb pc internet and my original rom does not came with this, i need call to att for a replacement but i want response your questions about system info that matches with my preloaded factory rom and i dont remember if came with jf6 jh7 or what build info, Im frustrated
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jf6 is stock. You should be fine. If you want you should be able to use kies mini to update to jh7.
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Where i can obtain kies mini? i never hear about kies mini before...and thks for your fast reply.
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edwinmorales said:
Where i can obtain kies mini? i never hear about kies mini before...and thks for your fast reply.
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Instructions here and download link here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=794363
I would start at step 5.
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ODIN question

I have been flashing ROM's for months but it has been forever since i used ODIN to go back to stock. I am wanting to try Cyanogenmod 7 but I want to work out how to go back. I have ODIN3 V1.0 and I know I am to choose repartition option. Since I havent done this in forever, I am not sure what to choose for PDA, Phone, CSC, PIT. Maybe I am using the wrong version. I am assuming I cant use the Odin one click downloader to go back to stock.
I knew all this at one point but it has literally been 4-5 months since I did it so if someone would clarify these points it would help. I REALLY hate to post this question but I simply do not remember.
Thanks.
Odin one click to stock should work if you are build 1009 and lower.
Only if you are trying to get rid of cm7
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I am build 1007. I have looked into this more and it states that I need to check repartition and you cant do that through the ODIN one click downloader that I can find.
I doubt I would got back to other ROM's but I want to have the option and frankly I should know how to do this anyway. Must be getting old or something, they say the memory is the first thing to go....or something like that....cant remember.
Odin one click repartitions
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Odin one click repartitions
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Duh! Thanks.
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mcord11758 said:
Odin one click to stock should work if you are build 1009 and lower.
Only if you are trying to get rid of cm7
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Just for the record, Build 1008, at least in my case, took being one-clicked very poorly. I've used v3 ever since and had no trouble... at least with flashing back to stock. I do use the 1-click to master-clear, however.

Help flashing cognition rom

The captivate is my back up phone and id like to jazz it up. Can anyone help me flash this rom? Thanks.
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Depends on wich Cognition you want if 4.x.x or 5.x Either way both have instructions on their Dev thread.
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Depends on wich Cognition you want if 4.x.x or 5.x Either way both have instructions on their Dev thread.
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Ill take the new version and i saw some stuff on the dev page but i dont really understand it. On my infuse all i do is download the zip, and install it thru cwm. Not sure if the cap is the same.
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nash2000 said:
Ill take the new version and i saw some stuff on the dev page but i dont really understand it. On my infuse all i do is download the zip, and install it thru cwm. Not sure if the cap is the same.
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Well for Cog 5 you will need to flash GB bootloaders. BUT the 3 steps on the OP will work. There some risk when flashing bootloaders, but read up on how to use ODIN and they key combinations, nothing to it =)
I dont know...i looked back on the dev page but i cant download anything since i dont have unknown sources. Ill dig around for a video or something.
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I watch a quick video, i think this is a little out of my leauge.
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I would suggest Flashing Cognition 4.5.3. Its a Froyo based rom but its alot easier to get running runs great easily OC/UV to 1.2ghz I've gotten my phone to 1.4ghz stable (that may vary on your phone)
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I would suggest Flashing Cognition 4.5.3. Its a Froyo based rom but its alot easier to get running runs great easily OC/UV to 1.2ghz I've gotten my phone to 1.4ghz stable (that may vary on your phone)
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Sounds good to me, what is the procedure?
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nash2000 said:
Sounds good to me, what is the procedure?
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If its stock, then its just getting CWM on that phone and flashing it. To get CWM theres a few ways to do that, simplest would be get a 1 click root from dev (AIO toolkit is very useful) and install Rom Manager from the market install CWM. Move the Cog zip file to your phones Internal SD reboot in recovery (Rom manager has the feature to do that) and flash from SD, look for the cog file.

[Q] ROM Manager Free not in the Market?

I just ODINed back to I897UCJF6 2.1update1 eclair on my captivate and I want to flash some custome roms again. I have flashed multiple roms for example (Firefly,Cognition) but now I cant seem to find the Rom Manger Free app in the market?
I have tried the following:
Market Enablers
Appbrain Market
Sideloading apk (this works but cant connect to clockwork server error)
The only thing i am able to download is the premium rom manager which is just a license.
Any help?
Im running out of ideas here thanks!
Don't waste your time with Rom Manager. Flash a kernel with cwm or load the update.zip with cwm and go from there. Not sure where the update.zip is anywhere but should be somewhere.
Rom manager is completely unnecessary for the captivate
this is the file you need
How do you get Clockworkmod recovery installed with out Rom Manager? I can't see it i the market either.
Wow just wow..... Sticky guide I usually say use the search button, but geezuz christ it would be a good idea to read the stickies on dev, Q&A and General.....
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How do you get Clockworkmod recovery installed with out Rom Manager? I can't see it i the market either.
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prbassplayer said:
Wow just wow..... Sticky guide I usually say use the search button, but geezuz christ it would be a good idea to read the stickies on dev, Q&A and General.....
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even better, i posted the cwm file in the post directly above his....lol. and not to mention you explained it in the post above that....SMH.
literacy and comprehension would go a long way if the general populous knew what either of those things meant.
I don't mind helping but seriously? =/
prbassplayer said:
Wow just wow..... Sticky guide I usually say use the search button, but geezuz christ it would be a good idea to read the stickies on dev, Q&A and General.....
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Thanks for the guide. Using Rom Manager is the easy way to get CWM installed, but if you totally mess up your cappy like I did, that guide helped me out a lot.
Flashing ODIN 1 click stock, and then following the guide. I had to use Heimdal to get it on but now that I have all the necessary files i can break and rebuild a cappy in 10 minutes. (got a jig also, miracle device, just Ebay'ed Captivate Jig)
Hey guys. I'm sorry to ask. I'm traveling and don't have allot of time. I'm an experienced HTC user my buddy has a rooted cappy but no cwm. I know very little about Samsung. Can I just flash that update zip? The phones on 2.1 and I want to put gingerbread on it. Thanks in advance.
knipp21 said:
Hey guys. I'm sorry to ask. I'm traveling and don't have allot of time. I'm an experienced HTC user my buddy has a rooted cappy but no cwm. I know very little about Samsung. Can I just flash that update zip? The phones on 2.1 and I want to put gingerbread on it. Thanks in advance.
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You can use that update zip, but you need new bootloaders for GB. Flash one of the odin/heimdall packages found here. After that just flash a kernel with cwm baked in with odin/heimdall and flash w/e rom you want. Reminder flashing bootloaders can hard brick the phone if connection is lost at the wrong moment or you mismatch bootloaders. Just flash a package that includes them and you should be good. Make sure your cable is good and so forth.. Good luck
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You can use that update zip, but you need new bootloaders for GB. Flash one of the odin/heimdall packages found here. After that just flash a kernel with cwm baked in with odin/heimdall and flash w/e rom you want. Reminder flashing bootloaders can hard brick the phone if connection is lost at the wrong moment or you mismatch bootloaders. Just flash a package that includes them and you should be good. Make sure your cable is good and so forth.. Good luck
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OK thanks a ton bro. Will I need a 32bit os for this? And adb I guess lol. Time to set that back up on my computers lull
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knipp21 said:
OK thanks a ton bro. Will I need a 32bit os for this? And adb I guess lol. Time to set that back up on my computers lull
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You shouldn't need ADB. It should run on 86 and 64 bit OS. Odin is windows only, heimdall is multi platform.
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prbassplayer said:
You shouldn't need ADB. It should run on 86 and 64 bit OS. Odin is windows only, heimdall is multi platform.
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Dude you're awesome
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Pirateghost said:
Rom manager is completely unnecessary for the captivate
this is the file you need
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What's the update.zip? Is that clock work mod?
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we can use rom manger to flash roms? What's the problem?
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juanzr1 said:
we can use rom manger to flash roms? What's the problem?
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I'm not paying $6 and the free isn't showing up in the market.
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juanzr1 said:
What's the update.zip? Is that clock work mod?
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Yes
juanzr1 said:
we can use rom manger to flash roms? What's the problem?
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No we can't. Rom manager was never very good with our Galaxy S phones and its gotten worst. +3e recovery its just trash in general. Easier to flash a kernel with it baked in.
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No we can't. Rom manager was never very good with our Galaxy S phones and its gotten worst. +3e recovery its just trash in general. Easier to flash a kernel with it baked in.
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Alright thanks , I've always done it like that but recently my buddy used rom manager to flash his galaxy nexus and I was kind of confused
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knipp21 said:
I'm not paying $6 and the free isn't showing up in the market.
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do you have the latest android market?
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juanzr1 said:
do you have the latest android market?
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No you didn't read. I'm stuck on Android 2.1 ..issue been resolved lol
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APN Problem

Every time I Flash A rom I cant connect to any network, I have no signal, nothing. Can some explain to me why this is happening? It just recently started happening. Ive flashed back to stock multiple times and I DO have signal with stock. But when I flash a rom, I lose signal. There is nothing under APN list
Any system apps you are restoring with tibu?
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Any system apps you are restoring with tibu?
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No, I flash a rom and I lose signal, No matter what rom I flash. I dont restore any apps until I have signal and I dont get signal o.o
I wonder what will happen if I flash another modem, whats the best modem(The most used) on the cappy
What does it show under baseband when there's no signal?
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What does it show under baseband when there's no signal?
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It says Unknown
Flash a modem. Jk4 is kind of a standard one for I9000 roms. Look in the modem thread. Also, cm/ics roms use a different install script as regular (stock base) roms. Be sure to get the right one,k or it still won't work.
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patrick8996 said:
It says Unknown
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Well there's your problem! Flash a modem as mrhaley says
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korockinout13 said:
Well there's your problem! Flash a modem as mrhaley says
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Ive flashed a modem it doesnt help, When I go into phone info mostly everything is either N/A Or unknown. I flashed back to stock. I have never ran into this before. I dont know whats causing my phone to do this. I started 2 days ago when my phone randomly started rebooting. So I flashed back to stock(With bl) and now whenever flash a rom everything is unknown.
Whats the standard SGH-i897 modem?
Also this started happening after I started using Devil kernel inside my own roms.
I've had this exact issue before, right after I flashed GB bootloaders I flashed them again and it worked.
On a side note, are you restoring a nandroid?
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korockinout13 said:
I've had this exact issue before, right after I flashed GB bootloaders I flashed them again and it worked.
On a side note, are you restoring a nandroid?
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No I usually flash back to stock before I Flash a new rom Ive already flashed stock 2.3.3 WITH BL and then I flash a kernel with CW and then I flash a rom. Ive never had this problem before. And I dont know how to fix it
Try the KK4 One Click I put together here... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=18370912
Just curious...what specific Stock package were u flashin back to before? It sounds like that stock package did not contain the default apns...
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Are you flashing the right type of modem? Aosp (cm, MIUI,ics) uses a different install script in the zip. It installs to a different place. Samsung based roms can actually use Odin to flash them, if you make a tar.md5 file for it. If you use the wrong type of install script, it won't work.
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Try the KK4 One Click I put together here... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=18370912
Just curious...what specific Stock package were u flashin back to before? It sounds like that stock package did not contain the default apns...
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I flashed the I897UCKF1 from that post. Ive flashed my OWN rom, which means I control the modem, It just started doing this, and I am stuck on Stock until I figure out whats doing this. Ive tried multiple modems, Nothing gets and APN or Network operators on either list.
Try starting from the kk4...then flash kk4 corn kernel to get cwm then go from there.
Worth a try.
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Wait, when you open the apn menu, there's nothing there? Try resetting to default apn.
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That was a known bug with the leaked kf1...forgot about that.
Oooor he could stop using the kf1 and go to kk4 when needed
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i am having the same problem. the only rom that ive been able to run that i have signal with is Team Nyx (ICSSGS) RC5, all the others ive tried i get no signal or data. does anyone have any ideas why this is? if you could point me in the right direction it would be greatly appreciated. i don't know too much about the whole process, but i followed the instructions written in the threads, just this one problem...
im sticking with Team Nyx's ROM for now but i would like to be able to run custom ROMs, not just stock ICS. Thanks for any advice.
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Wait, when you open the apn menu, there's nothing there? Try resetting to default apn.
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When I open the menu right now on stock it says the at&t apn. When I flash another rom and check the menu there's nothing. Can you link me to the direct download of kk4 I dont want to Download the wrong one
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^
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=18370912
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Can you also link me the corn kk4 kernel so I know I've got everything
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