Back to Stock - Galaxy S I9000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

Ok I've been searching for the method to get from CM nightleis back to stock gingerbread (or any gingerbread).....none of the methods I found specified what bootloaders they were using....I'm using the GB ones...can anybody tell me how to get back to GB??
Thanks in advance,
madigan94

you must download a stock firmware on www.samfirmware.com and then you must flash back with odin when you flash with CWM your phone had bootlops so flash back with ODIN good luck

madigan94 said:
Ok I've been searching for the method to get from CM nightleis back to stock gingerbread (or any gingerbread).....none of the methods I found specified what bootloaders they were using....I'm using the GB ones...can anybody tell me how to get back to GB??
Thanks in advance,
madigan94
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How on earth did you manage to get CM7 running on GB bootloader?

snapper.fishes said:
How on earth did you manage to get CM7 running on GB bootloader?
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Cm7 have been running on GB bootloaders for over a month.
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Herman76 said:
Cm7 have been running on GB bootloaders for over a month.
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FUUUUUUU
I thought there might a reason why that particular instruction was removed from all the threads. Dang it.
Is there any advantage to running CM7 on the GB bootloader? Or should I just leave my phone as it is?

snapper.fishes said:
FUUUUUUU
I thought there might a reason why that particular instruction was removed from all the threads. Dang it.
Is there any advantage to running CM7 on the GB bootloader? Or should I just leave my phone as it is?
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battery life is better for me.
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snapper.fishes said:
FUUUUUUU
I thought there might a reason why that particular instruction was removed from all the threads. Dang it.
Is there any advantage to running CM7 on the GB bootloader? Or should I just leave my phone as it is?
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What is the advantage of Gingerbread bootloaders?
Better battery life for most users.

I would definitely recommend upgrading to Gingerbread bootloaders on CM7. There was a noitceable improvement for me.

www.samfirmware.com is moved to www.sammobile.com
You need to register for downloading.
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[Q] Need Help Just Bricked

Just bricked my phone i get that stupid screen with the computer and the cell phone icons. can someone link me on how to fix it without the jig. im sure there is a way to do it with odin but im having trouble finding all the files. please help!!!!
Maybe try this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1153310
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i used that method and it worked (after jumping thru some hoops) now my phone is up and running cryogenmod 7 unfortunatly this rom wont let me add my gmail account and is essentially useless. i need to get back to stock so i can re-flash di11pick1e. how can i get the stock kernal and rom ?
Did you flash gapps
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HighSun_Murder said:
i used that method and it worked (after jumping thru some hoops) now my phone is up and running cryogenmod 7 unfortunatly this rom wont let me add my gmail account and is essentially useless. i need to get back to stock so i can re-flash di11pick1e. how can i get the stock kernal and rom ?
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Odin3 1 Click download. make sure you read instructions.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=731989
mcord11758 said:
Did you flash gapps
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no and in all my thread searching iv never hurd of "flashing gaps". please dont mess with me i've had a rough day.
jack man said:
Odin3 1 Click download. make sure you read instructions.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=731989
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tried this already = Fail
HighSun_Murder said:
tried this already = Fail
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Odin one click does not fail. It is more likely user error.
xdahgary said:
Odin one click does not fail. It is more likely user error.
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thats a negative on the user error. i've used odin before any other ideas? can someone link me to the stock kernel and rom?
HighSun_Murder said:
thats a negative on the user error. i've used odin before any other ideas? can someone link me to the stock kernel and rom?
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im thinking odin 3 will work if i have the right kernel and stock rom
I have read that Odin fails for some trying to flash stock from CM7, maybe has to do with the drivers and the fact CM7 doesn't use Samsung code. Use Heimdall to flash back.
Also as someone has posted you need Gapps in order to use any of the Google apps. It's in the OP for the CM7 installation instructions. I think you can install Gapps through ROM Manager, I don’t use CM7 myself so I am not 100% sure about how you install Gapps.
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At the bottom of the odin one click op there is 2 stock firmware packages. Try either of those...
They include rom and kernel.
And since you're on cm7 you might have to install google drivers.
Rhiannon224 said:
I have read that Odin fails for some trying to flash stock from CM7, maybe has to do with the drivers and the fact CM7 doesn't use Samsung code. Use Heimdall to flash back.
Also as someone has posted you need Gapps in order to use any of the Google apps. It's in the OP for the CM7 installation instructions. I think you can install Gapps through ROM Manager, I don’t use CM7 myself so I am not 100% sure about how you install Gapps.
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thanks for the intel and not to be a **** but do you have a link? im so beat right now spent 9 hrs at DMV
just tried odin again and im back to Bricked FML
HighSun_Murder said:
thanks for the intel and not to be a **** but do you have a link? im so beat right now spent 9 hrs at DMV
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1191094
You're not a ****, you're frustrated. I hope this helps. Report back your results.
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just used the unbrick tool and now im back on CM7
Heimdall may fail the first few tries keep trying, most report it takes a few times but it works.
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studacris said:
At the bottom the odin one click op there is 2 stock firmware packages. Try either of those...
They include rom and kernel.
And since you're on cm7 you might have to install google drivers.
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i dont see the kernel or rom on odin 1 click downloader or odin 3
HighSun_Murder said:
just used the unbrick tool and now im back on CM7
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Glad to hear!
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HighSun_Murder said:
i dont see the kernel or rom on odin 1 click downloader or odin 3
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You won't if it's the one click. Which Odin are you using?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=731989
Is that what you're using?
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[Q] Help me get back to stock!

I need to get back to stock KK4, and I have CWM on KH3. Is there anyways someone could compile a flashable zip for me, or point me into the direction of making one?
Does anyone have a KK4.zip backup!?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1358180
Can you use this one?
BYOBret said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1358180
Can you use this one?
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Yeah, but I need one to return for Warranty, so a debloated, and deodexed probably wouldn't work.
If its for warranty why do you need kk4? What I man is you just have to have it on an official build for what ever it came with.
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rquiett said:
If its for warranty why do you need kk4? What I man is you just have to have it on an official build for what ever it came with.
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Yes, but I am not on an official build. I am on a custom KK4 rom that is rooted and debloated, which is not stock.
nygfan760 said:
Yes, but I am not on an official build. I am on a custom KK4 rom that is rooted and debloated, which is not stock.
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Flash Adam outler's kb2. Factory reset. Kies mini to kk4.
There is a one click to stock kk4 that repartitions and everything somewhere around here, I am on my phone right now so I can't find and link it.
Nvm I found it, it was in the stickies imagine that lol. Its towards the bottom, it says full kk4 full wipe repartition, they got a boot loader and a non boot loader one. I use this package and it works great. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1300843
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WOWOWOWOW!!!!!! Sorry guys, I forgot to mention my USB was broken.....anyways I figured it out using the KK4 leak and mobile odin. Thanks!
Lolz that's kind of a HUGE detail to leave out
Lol very minor detail any body could have forgotten that
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tablet won't start after installing custom rom

Hi, I have a rooted galaxy tab. I recently just installed a custom rom and after, it doesn't boot anymore? It only stucks at the boot screen. May I know what's the issue here? Is it a brick or something? Any helps appreciated. Tks!
it sounds like a soft brick, which isn't too bad at all Just switch your tab over to Download Mode and then flash another ROM that is confirmed working on your device.
A hard brick would be if your tab didn't power on in any way at all no matter what, and that would be pretty bad :/
Hi, tks for ur reply! Do u mind telling me where to download those roms? Tks once again!
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bryanqjx said:
Hi, tks for ur reply! Do u mind telling me where to download those roms? Tks once again!
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yea sure, but what Tab do you have? For example, I have a Samsung Galaxy Tab 7 P1000 GSM (T-Mobile)
espionage724 said:
yea sure, but what Tab do you have? For example, I have a Samsung Galaxy Tab 7 P1000 GSM (T-Mobile)
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Yah, mine is the galaxy tab 7 P1000 as well. But mine is not from the US. It's from Singapore.
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And I wanna gingerbread rom.
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espionage724 said:
yea sure, but what Tab do you have? For example, I have a Samsung Galaxy Tab 7 P1000 GSM (T-Mobile)
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Hi! I managed to get my rom on samfirmware.com and even flashed it via odin. But one thing, it managed to go the boot screen but then it doesn't move at the "samsung" glowing screen after that. Did I do anything wrong?
Your best bet will be to restock according to Overcome method.
Find Overcome thread in dev forum.
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priyana said:
Your best bet will be to restock according to Overcome method.
Find Overcome thread in dev forum.
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K. I also came across this roto JME pre-rooted firmware v4. Will this work as well?
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You need dbdata.rfs
bryanqjx said:
Hi! I managed to get my rom on samfirmware.com and even flashed it via odin. But one thing, it managed to go the boot screen but then it doesn't move at the "samsung" glowing screen after that. Did I do anything wrong?
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You may have a corrupted /dbdata. If that's true, no matter how many new ROMs or firmwares you install, it won't help you.
This should take care of your problem:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=23348040&postcount=121
yappoe said:
You may have a corrupted /dbdata. If that's true, no matter how many new ROMs or firmwares you install, it won't help you.
This should take care of your problem:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=23348040&postcount=121
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I tried using the dbdata before. But it still doesn't work.
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I have the same problem before when i was flsshing back to the original rom. But i set my tab to download mode and flash it into a new rom then everything is settle. Btw, am using OC 4.1.0 rom running on 2.3.6! Try it.
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priyana said:
Your best bet will be to restock according to Overcome method.
Find Overcome thread in dev forum.
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Hi! Tks for your advice. I just read through the restocking steps on the teamovercome.net. But I've got a question. Is it compulsory to actually install the overcome kernel and rom?
Izachii said:
I have the same problem before when i was flsshing back to the original rom. But i set my tab to download mode and flash it into a new rom then everything is settle. Btw, am using OC 4.1.0 rom running on 2.3.6! Try it.
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Did you flash the overcome rom?
bryanqjx said:
Hi! Tks for your advice. I just read through the restocking steps on the teamovercome.net. But I've got a question. Is it compulsory to actually install the overcome kernel and rom?
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I installed overcome kernel with many other rom before moving to redpill (because of bluetooth keyboard compatibility). It works great with most of rom 2.3.3 and 2.3.6 base. Don't hesitate to try the kernel with other rom.
Btw, did you try pushing new pit file through odin?
yappoe said:
I installed overcome kernel with many other rom before moving to redpill (because of bluetooth keyboard compatibility). It works great with most of rom 2.3.3 and 2.3.6 base. Don't hesitate to try the kernel with other rom.
Btw, did you try pushing new pit file through odin?
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I haven't tried this process yet cause I am curious whether if its necessary to flash the kernel and the rom. But since its good, I will try it later! Tks btw.
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Any special procedures?

Okay so my friend has a Samsung captivate. He is on 2.2 and I would really like to help him root and install cwm and a stable cm9 build. I see a lot of one click methods but I'm not particularly sure which one to use... I have an s3 which to me seemed easier to root and install cwm. All this eclair, froyo, and gb things are hurting my head.And just driving me in circles. But if I had some direction it would be appreciated. I just want to know what I need to do to get ,root,cwm, and cm9 thanks ahead of time!
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Okay so my friend has a Samsung captivate. He is on 2.2 and I would really like to help him root and install cwm and a stable cm9 build. I see a lot of one click methods but I'm not particularly sure which one to use... I have an s3 which to me seemed easier to root and install cwm. All this eclair, froyo, and gb things are hurting my head.And just driving me in circles. But if I had some direction it would be appreciated. I just want to know what I need to do to get ,root,cwm, and cm9 thanks ahead of time!
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I don't claim to know everything but I do know this. Being that he is on 2.2 you will have to flash to gingerbread first and make sure whatever you flash has bootloaders included otherwise you will have a bricked phone at some point along your way to CM9.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1300843
Go to that link and it will give you several one click options to get you to a variety of stock GB roms. Also for your intitial root there are several one click applications available that will get you fixed up you should just have to google them.
Yeah I'm used to having to flash new firmware, flashing cwm again then new Rom.that was on my old sensation. But thanks I will tell him to update to gingerbread via kies.then I will flash a custom kernel via Odin then just update to cm9
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Stickies also have some good instructions.
Okay so he just upgraded to 2.3.5 so am I going to need to install boot loader as well? or am I just going to use the one click tool
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If he is on 2.3.5 GB already, root the phone and flash a corn kernel so he will have a working CWM
If he has kk4 gb 2.3.5, then he has the gb bootloaders. So all u need is to flash a kernel with cwm and then the Rom of ur choice copied to ur internal sd and u will be good to go. So see this... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=19425513&postcount=1
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So even though they are gingerbread boot loaders, I can still flash an ics Rom?
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^ Yep... And each Rom should have it's own install instructions and requirements in their OP as well.
(hit thx button by accident, but oh well ... )
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So even though they are gingerbread boot loaders, I can still flash an ics Rom?
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Yes GB bootloaders are the requirement and are even backwards compatible. You should be able to install anything from Eclair to Jelly Bean now without problem. But as the previous response states make sure you follow the directions for whatever rom you are using so you are less likely to run into issues.
Yeah I just ran into problem after problem tonight. Finally got cm9 installed and his imei for changed. I am running into every speed bump possible with this phone
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[Q] Captivate won't enter download mode...

First time posting on Xda, but i've been browsing for awhile, nothing helped my scenario so I'm gonna post about it;
So recently I got a used Captivate I896 on ROGERS from my friend as he wasn't using it. Nothing was wrong with it, worked fine and I got the captivate when it had 2.2 stock FROYO. Through a bit of research and a different friend informing me, I figured out I could update it to stock 2.3.3 on rogers through Kies which I did. Everything was going well, phone did everything I needed it to on Gingerbread. Then... The same friend who told me about updating to 2.3.3, started talking to me about roms and rooting, this is when I found out about Xda. So for awhile I was looking into roms and trying to find a decent ICS rom to put on to my cappy as I saw countless videos on youtube and threads here on Xda of people running ICS with few problems. So... with my friend's help I took the bull by the horns and successfully rooted my cappy on 2.3.3. Downloaded Rom manager.. and then we figured out it wasnt supported for the captivate so I flashed the CornKernel which got me the correct version of CWM. This is where everything started to go downhill... We found TeamHacksung's ICS rom for the cappy on youtube. I downloaded the files onto my device, made a backup, and booted into CWM. Everything was going smooth, we wiped the phone, did everything correctly from the video instructions and then went for the reboot. It booted but... Soon after it started to bootloop. At this point I was panicking as it was my current phone I was using. I managed to get it back into CWM and we tried the files again... Same result in a bootloop. Oh, might i mention, the Backup file didn't work for some reason. Maybe I did something wrong? But anyways, at this point I thought I was bricked as the phone would only Bootloop. Talking to my friend on skype, he linked me "Odin" I had heard about it at the time but I was unaware of what it could do. He then linked me "How to get Samsung Captivate into Download mode" which i followed the steps and got my device into download mode and restored it using Odin. It was a successful restore, it worked... but... As I mentioned before, had the rogers boot screens and it WAS an I896.. but when i rebooted the phone it was now running 2.1 Eclair with At&t boot screens and it now thinks its a I897. At this point I was like, I'll just use it for awhile and hopefully we can try this again soon as it was getting late and I needed my phone the next day. After about a week of using Eclair, I was ABSOLUTELY sick of it, everything felt outdated and old. So I looked into flashing my phone back to either stock 2.2 or stock 2.3.3 OR even all the way to ICS. Then bad things started happening again... Whatever my friend linked me to restore my phone using Odin it left me with this:
Model number: SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 <---(Was I896)
Firmware version: 2.1-update1
Baseband version: I897UCJF6
Kernel version: 2.6.29 [email protected] #2
Build number: ECLAIR
None of this seemed right to me, which now, I THINK it's not right. I tried all button combos to get it back into download mode to possibly flash 2.2 or 2.3.3 again... But NOTHING, download mode won't work after all that, which it did in the past otherwise I wouldn't have this problem right now. So I decided to Root my phone again, which I successfully did through a OneClick method (Forget which one I used). I decided maybe I could download ROM manager on the market, seeing as my phone is outdated and I can't use Google Play. Soon I found out Rom manager (Atleast the free version) doesn't exist on the Market. I tried 3rd party websites like 4shared to download it but Eclair has no options to allow untrusted sources. ALSO, I tried settling for Kies and Kies Mini, both of which recognize my phone as a "unregistered device" even though I used Kies in the first place. I feel i've dug myself into quite the hole now, so sick of this phone at this point
P.S. I've debated making a Jig to force it into Download mode... but would this be the solution? And if so, what could i use to flash back to stock? AND sorry about the long post, I wanted to include as much info as I possibly knew about my phone.
I feel I should mention again, the phone DOES work, but I'm sick of Eclair and I would like to get back to stock. Please help, anything would be great at this point.
Thanks
You really shouldn't flash back to eclair for that reason. You should update to gingerbread with bootloaders. To get download mode, you will need either a jig or adb reboot download.
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Okay, I'll go buy resistors to make a jig sometime this week. But if I did, what should I use to flash 2.3.3 gingerbread? And which stock rom should I use?
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camxv said:
Okay, I'll go buy resistors to make a jig sometime this week. But if I did, what should I use to flash 2.3.3 gingerbread? And which stock rom should I use?
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trusselo has a thread for Rogers one clicks in the development section. Those should work for you.
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Ok thanks for the help. Once I get back to 2.3.3, do you recommend any ics or jellybean roms?
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camxv said:
Ok thanks for the help. Once I get back to 2.3.3, do you recommend any ics or jellybean roms?
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Well, depends what you're looking for. If you want to be on the latest, and not the greatest, I would choose any of the ICS roms. The Collective has some good stuff, and so does Cyanogen. CM10 is updated "daily" where I'm not sure what the Collective's release schedule is. You'll find that both of those are "laggy" though, as that's been my experience. I had CM9 ICS on my Captivate and it was certainly a good "daily driver".
I was looking into Jellybean.. But I'm not sure. Is CM9 a good choice? Cause I've been look at it, and considering it? Can you link me to CM9?
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camxv said:
I was looking into Jellybean.. But I'm not sure. Is CM9 a good choice? Cause I've been look at it, and considering it? Can you link me to CM9?
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Honestly, you could go either way. Generally, I felt like CM10 ran a bit slower, but that may have changed with the recent partition change. If you want the latest and most up to date, go with CM10. CM9 may perform better but it won't get new features. It's up to you to decide which you like better. You can find nightly threads for both in the development section.
In the development section, is the thread by illuminatedone the correct thread? Cause it's the only stock rom thread I could find. And can I ask what Nightly means?
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camxv said:
In the development section, is the thread by illuminatedone the correct thread? Cause it's the only stock rom thread I could find. And can I ask what Nightly means?
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The fourth post in that thread links to the Rogers one.
Nightly builds are built almost everyday by the buildbot, and they contain all the latest changes. They are generally considered to be less stable than the stable releases.
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Are they stable enough for daily use though? And are you sure it's the 4th post in the development section? That post is just modems its a thread by devz3r0
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This thread this post here... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=18371028
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camxv said:
Are they stable enough for daily use though? And are you sure it's the 4th post in the development section? That post is just modems its a thread by devz3r0
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I consider them good enough for a daily driver, yes.
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Ok. I shall give it a try then... But final question. What kernel should i flash when im back on 2.3.3 to get CWM? Im also nervous to flash back to Gingerbread, i dont want to mess up my phone again :/
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camxv said:
Ok. I shall give it a try then... But final question. What kernel should i flash when im back on 2.3.3 to get CWM? Im also nervous to flash back to Gingerbread, i dont want to mess up my phone again :/
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Really any GB kernel, but I'd go with Corn.
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Hm, thats what I used before. Thanks though ill flash it again
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Hello again everyone in the Q/A cappy forums. I know ive had the questions i needed answered in this thread but... I've yet to flash my cappy back to stock 2.3.3 rogers cause ive been reading about bootloaders and ive just been scared to do it. How do i find out about the bootloaders on my phone and are they nessessary? Thanks
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U have bootloaders on ur phone regardless.
If u r running eclair/froyo, then u have those bootloaders. If u r running gingerbread, then u have those gb bootloaders. Simple as that.
If u try to run a gb firmware on ur phone and u have a really bad pixelated screen when it boots up then u r trying to run a gb firmware with eclair/froyo bootloders. U need gb boots to run gb firmware.
If u have a running gb firmware on ur phone then u have gb bootloaders... Also they are backwards compatible and u don't need to flash bootloaders again.
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Im currently running eclair, but i was on stock gingerbread before this whole mess. Does that mean i still have gb bootloaders or what...?
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That depends on whether the eclair firmware that u used contained bootloaders or not...
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