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Received today new galaxy s and I want to flash it

Hi,
I received my galaxy s today and I realy like it. While using it I saw much things get a lil laggy like app market. I want information for the best Rom/Kernel and how I have to flash it. The phone doesn't have CWM or something its just new with the original android froyo. I want to make it fast and let it have more ram free and maybe overclock it an bit.
So please tell me whats the best to do and give me some guide to flash.
David

xykominos said:
Hi,
I received my galaxy s today and I realy like it. While using it I saw much things get a lil laggy like app market. I want information for the best Rom/Kernel and how I have to flash it. The phone doesn't have CWM or something its just new with the original android froyo. I want to make it fast and let it have more ram free and maybe overclock it an bit.
So please tell me whats the best to do and give me some guide to flash.
David
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Lol, that's nice, you have the phone for a day and you already want to flash it. Welcome btw!
First of all, get the 3 button download mode working on your phone, and if it's working you can think about flashing. You'll also need Odin for the 1st time(it's a handy software to flash your phone).
It's quite a hard to tell everything, so all I can recommend it to search through the sticky posts in the development section(and generally everywhere). After that you'll have a rough idea what to put on the phone and how.

Hi and welcome ,
If you don't want to brick your phone, first of all and mother of all custom flasher is to read all sticky topics here (twice or more if possible, in particularly the 3 Combo one): http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=657 .
Remember it's better to ask before a flash than being sorry.
Enjoy your flashing.

Thanks for the replys,
Yes I want to flash it the first day because i had a htc hd2 before this one and I had android on it (flashed) and I liked it very much.
I have an 3 button boot and I come in an boot menu whichs looks like cwm but with less options, ill check out odin. Any rom or kernels you guess suggest?

xykominos said:
Thanks for the replys,
Yes I want to flash it the first day because i had a htc hd2 before this one and I had android on it (flashed) and I liked it very much.
I have an 3 button boot and I come in an boot menu whichs looks like cwm but with less options, ill check out odin. Any rom or kernels you guess suggest?
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Doc rom kitchen will help to choose the best of them the easy way:
http://romkitchen.org/m/index.html
The combo JS7/Speedmod is a good option to start.
Howto:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=817703

Agree Rom Kitchin least problems but do read all the FAQS on the pages to decide what to put in your rom .
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=817703
jje

I tried to use odin and I got this:
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What to do? Do I need a kind of driver?
If someone wants to help me flashing my sgs through msn send a private message please

Odin don't detect the phone, simple, and yes it's a driver issue.
No offense, but sorry i'll not help you further more until you read the basic (your issue is a part of the basic btw). Careful you'll end with a brick phone!!! (don't want to be responsible of that)

At least give me a link to the ''basic''

xykominos said:
At least give me a link to the ''basic''
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I did it already, as i said read all sticky in the I9000 "general" section.
Link above.

I just found a guide and stuff... I tried connecting it to different usb ports but still didn't work. In the guide I cant see anythin gof a driver/modem
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=939752
David

And i put usb in after odin started up... And no KIES is running

xykominos said:
I just found a guide and stuff... I tried connecting it to different usb ports but still didn't work. In the guide I cant see anythin gof a driver/modem
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=939752
David
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Oh really??? come on!! take your time and read carefuly, with rush you'll end with a bad bad surprise. But well it's up to you.
In the same page you spot and read right now i can quote this:
Prerequisites: The android SDK, which you can download from here: http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html and the USB drivers for your phone, which you can get by either installing Kies or by downloading and installing these drivers: http://www.mediafire.com/?a6ni32dk6nn953b (password is 'ragin' -- I didn't test them, so feedback on these is welcome).
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ttf said:
Oh really??? come on!! take your time and read carefuly, with rush you'll end with a bad bad surprise. But well it's up to you.
In the same page you spot and read right now i can quote this:
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I allready throught that this would happen, Well, I cant say thank you otherwise it will be your fault I brick my phone

xykominos said:
...I cant say thank you...
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Don't worry 95% of users don't say "thank you", i don't care

ttf said:
Don't worry 95% of users don't say "thank you", i don't care
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LOL! & for making me smile I'll thank you
To the OP.....
Read, read, read. Read till your eyes bleed & you cant ingest any more information, then that way we wont see a post from you saying "How do I un-brick my bricked phone"

xykominos said:
Hi,
I received my galaxy s today and I realy like it. While using it I saw much things get a lil laggy like app market. I want information for the best Rom/Kernel and how I have to flash it. The phone doesn't have CWM or something its just new with the original android froyo. I want to make it fast and let it have more ram free and maybe overclock it an bit.
So please tell me whats the best to do and give me some guide to flash.
David
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Go you a man after my own heart i to flashed mine asap.
Sent from my GT-I9000 using XDA App

Phone flashed with the kitchen thing, 1600 quadrant score

xykominos said:
Phone flashed with the kitchen thing, 1600 quadrant score
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Good job, now careful if you want to switch kernel or tweak more.
Enjoy.
Edit: now you ready to help others to do so.

1600 quadrant score
Quadrant score irrelevant only for those who are yet to become adults .
jje

Bricked on first screen: on 2.3.3 during restoring backup

hi
i took a backup from recovery mode.
and then tried to restore it from the rooted CWM throught gingerbread 2.3.3 by chain fire.
now while restoring it stuck on the first samsung screen. that just displays galaxy tab logo (black and white one)
its not going to recovery mode now and keeps on jumping back to the first screen when i press power and volume up key.
i m hoping to flash it again to 2.3.3 as its still allowing me to go to the download mode.
will that help ? please let me know any alternative.
your help is highly appreciated.
regards
naufil khan

naufil said:
hi
i took a backup from recovery mode.
and then tried to restore it from the rooted CWM throught gingerbread 2.3.3 by chain fire.
now while restoring it stuck on the first samsung screen. that just displays galaxy tab logo (black and white one)
its not going to recovery mode now and keeps on jumping back to the first screen when i press power and volume up key.
i m hoping to flash it again to 2.3.3 as its still allowing me to go to the download mode.
will that help ? please let me know any alternative.
your help is highly appreciated.
regards
naufil khan
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1st of all , this is not the right place to post your question ... u should post it on Q/A Section
2nd , yes u can go back to download mode . why u didn't try before u post ?
am sure if u try it , u shouldn't post this thread from the 1st
go back to download mode and flash gingerbread back
Cheers

Yeah, go into Download Mode and flash this ROM http://www.multiupload.com/F6D7U1RUHD via ODIN or Heimdall. let it boot one time. After that you can install any ROM you want. If you need help, try the Overcome Guide, it shows you step by step what you have to do.

3ph15t said:
Yeah, go into Download Mode and flash this ROM http://www.multiupload.com/F6D7U1RUHD via ODIN or Heimdall. let it boot one time. After that you can install any ROM you want. If you need help, try the Overcome Guide, it shows you step by step what you have to do.
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he can install directly gingerbread , why he have to do many steps ? ? flash then flash then flash ...
he can flash the gingerbread right now and no problem with that
as i tried it many times and during am writing this am doing it again xD

k0sh said:
he can install directly gingerbread , why he have to do many steps ? ? flash then flash then flash ...
he can flash the gingerbread right now and no problem with that
as i tried it many times and during am writing this am doing it again xD
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many many thanks for noticing my humble thread. i apologise for not asking in the relevant section. the only reason was that i thought since its part of the flashing customised gingerbread rom thats why i thought of putting in this section.
so first time i flashed the gingerbread via odin as put by chainfire in his post. is there any other way i can flash it. pardon me for asking noob question i just moved to android community from symbian.
thanks and regards
Naufil khan

naufil said:
many many thanks for noticing my humble thread. i apologise for not asking in the relevant section. the only reason was that i thought since its part of the flashing customised gingerbread rom thats why i thought of putting in this section.
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And if everybody thought like that, this section would be completley useless as all we woudl be able to see while browsing is topics about, "how do I do this?" "How do I do that?" , "HELP please" , "ive bricked my tab, help!" etc etc etc, This section is for devs to post dev projects and reference, nothing more.
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you are more than welcome to move this into q.a section. i ll keep it for the next time.
regards
naufil

naufil said:
you are more than welcome to move this into q.a section. i ll keep it for the next time.
regards
naufil
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Ha! He thinks he is a forum mod. He isn't. He can't move your thread. Just remember this for next time

btyork said:
Ha! He thinks he is a forum mod. He isn't. He can't move your thread. Just remember this for next time
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a) I have no desire to be a forum mod although if I could I would happily move them. I own and run my own non-mobile related forums and other sites. I'm simply pointing out what SHOULD be obvious to anybody who uses this forum.
b) The thing they should be "remembering" for next time is use the Q&A forum not the dev forum.
Hopefully all this will be solved once the Developer usergroup is created and then they can restrict the creation of topics i here to that group only. That will solve all the dilution of the section.

To all of the senior members contributing to my thread:
First of all thanks to you guys, specially Maxis for providing me the info and i am back to my running galaxy tab .
Secondly i apologised for any inconvenience once again. i merely thought that all the gurus like you guys are attending the development section more than a question answere area, and that since i upgraded throgh that section i should get my query answered more quickly.
i did raise a question few weeks back in Q.A forum. I respect the forums policy and trust me i am a gentleman techie.
But in my point of view if so many rules and regulations are applied then the actual purpose of acquiring information would be more difficult and less effective. but yes i think it has to be related to what the information is required in what manner.
starting this thread may have got me few senior member's notice me and may be you guys will allow me to messge you personally just incase i m to brick my galaxy tab again, cuz i think i will .
thanks again , and for your patience in bearing with me if i can be of any help just let me know any time
cheers

Ics update rolled out!!!?

http://www.mobilebloom.com/lg-optim...taste-of-ice-cream-sandwich-in-korea/2221090/
THIS LINK SAYS KOREAN PHONES HAVE GOT THE ICS UPGRADE YESTERDAY?? ANYONE HERE WHO HAS DONE THE UPDATE?

hirentherock555 said:
http://www.mobilebloom.com/lg-optim...taste-of-ice-cream-sandwich-in-korea/2221090/
THIS LINK SAYS KOREAN PHONES HAVE GOT THE ICS UPGRADE YESTERDAY?? ANYONE HERE WHO HAS DONE THE UPDATE?
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If I'd tell you how I feel about you just now, you'd probably be traumatized for the rest of your life.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA you probably in drugs just kidding :lol:

Stefan Gündhör said:
If I'd tell you how I feel about you just now, you'd probably be traumatized for the rest of your life.
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you sir made my day, im not gonna lie.
Sent from my Optimus 2X using xda app-developers app

Does this work with p990?

hirentherock555 said:
Does this work with p990?
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Sounds like you haven't here for the last 3 days and missed all the excitement. It's already an old news.
But thankfully someone wrote a nice summary for you:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=31035183
edit: let's make that four to five days and about 40 pages of posts (as a low estimate)
Sent from my LG-SU660 using xda premium

aragorn7 said:
Sounds like you haven't here for the last 3 days and missed all the excitement. It's already an old news.
But thankfully someone wrote a nice summary for you:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=31035183
edit: let's make that four to five days and about 40 pages of posts (as a low estimate)
Sent from my LG-SU660 using xda premium
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=31035183&postcount=4651

hirentherock555 said:
http://www.mobilebloom.com/lg-optim...taste-of-ice-cream-sandwich-in-korea/2221090/
THIS LINK SAYS KOREAN PHONES HAVE GOT THE ICS UPGRADE YESTERDAY?? ANYONE HERE WHO HAS DONE THE UPDATE?
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Are you ****ing serius??

I hope the ICS update on P990 will soon be released here in the Philippines.
Sent from my Optimus 2X using xda app-developers app

REGRET!!!
suddenly I regret buying P990 instead of su660..., T_T

Can a moderator close this thread please? There's a thread for ICS discussions already and its best to keep news/opinions/speculation together in one place

Are u with curiosity over there on mars???:banghead:

bliizzz said:
Are u with curiosity over there on mars???:banghead:
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Are you referring to me?

Ximo F. Verde said:
Are you referring to me?
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Hahaha u got me wrong i reffered to the one who started this thread

hirentherock555 said:
http://www.mobilebloom.com/lg-optim...taste-of-ice-cream-sandwich-in-korea/2221090/
THIS LINK SAYS KOREAN PHONES HAVE GOT THE ICS UPGRADE YESTERDAY?? ANYONE HERE WHO HAS DONE THE UPDATE?
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Actually you heard it wrong. What happened was
ICS UPDATE TROLLED OUT
Sent from my LG-P990 using xda app-developers app

well i started this new thread so that newbies can also see a particular thread and find the thread info very easily.
One may close the thread no problems...but newbies will stay newbies then!! lol
I hope someone wud place a new thread when p990 update is rolled out so that we can see it easily rather then searching so many threads for it.

hirentherock555 said:
well i started this new thread so that newbies can also see a particular thread and find the thread info very easily.
One may close the thread no problems...but newbies will stay newbies then!! lol
I hope someone wud place a new thread when p990 update is rolled out so that we can see it easily rather then searching so many threads for it.
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There is a thread covering all ICS speculations
Code:
ICS 4.0 Sources Out - All discussions here!
All other threads related to this (in anyway) will be deleted without notification!
All discussions here!
Cheers!
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This one is for discussion.
In development section there is a thread called
Code:
ICS official KDZ of SU660 is here :)
All the experiences with the korean ICS regarding our P990 are and have been posted there. Your questions are answered already right in the first posting
BE Carefull it is for SU660 and flashing on P990 will brick the phone, we need the Devloppers to adopt it. Stefan has done the test for us flashing it and it didn't work
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The koreans have their own thread where they share their experiences with official ICS on su660
Also there are some other threads.
I don't post links to the threads here so you have to look them up yourself.
The problem is not that you wanted or pretend to want to help newbies or even that your thread is completely useless, no, the problem is that you didn't take the 30 seconds of time to look for already existing threads answering all your questions, but instead thought you need to open your own new thread because in your eyes that's exactly what we all here have been waiting for.
Plus you post old news in capital letters, that's even worse than posting it normally.
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Ohk..thanx for these info...
im a newbie and i didnt know these things...so i thought others newbies might also wont be able to get the info.
I didnt know posting in capital is that worse or say against the xda rules.I will keep it in mind.
One may delete the thread.

Thread closed.
Continue here : http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1000

[ROM][PORT][25-1-2013][4.1.2]RD MIUI v0.1 - discussion thread

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Logo by nomaj​
so here goes,
i have been trying to make a new port based on the RD miui rom, which initially worked out well, with the limits of the Custonexus rom + usb storage sharing which seems incompatible completely for now.
it has been tested , but somehow not lived up to a satisfying degree. the new base is little improved and got the fixes from custonexus rom included to support better handling and enabling/disabling in general (which of course should be perfect now)
anyways, there exists a big drawback on this alpha i will publish, which is it cannot currently use ClockWorkMod to restore to stock or another backup. and i have struggled to solve it, but unable to.
so it comes with a certain degreee of being less perfect, since you need to be experienced in using kdz recovery.
question is, how many would spend time with it, if you cannot use ClockWorkMod to restore (although most should know kdz recovery programs by now) is it worth releasing?

no problem for me..really happy to see u are the only person work hard to make custom rom for LG 4X,,,so no reason for me to buy nexus 4...thanks a lot!!

I love MiUI and I love you Dexter. But i'm affraid the 3G doesn't work in France with Custonexus, or maybe I'm a noob.
Edit : Yes I'm a noob in english too ^^
Sent from my LG-P880 using xda app-developers app

no problem，at least for me

Emin3ms said:
I love MiUI and I love you Dexter. But i'm affraid the 3G doesn't work in France with Custonexus, or maybe I'm a noob
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post or read in custonexus thread on solving it with simlock, manual apn etc or ask in that thread and i provide more detail. here it is OT.

nice ，:thumbup:
no problem ，you konw I love it
Sent from my LG-P880 using xda premium

it wouldnt be a problem for me dexter, i never restore back and always flash kdz if need to revert back to stock.
youve done quite a few projects recently which i thankyou for, top job mate

I will give it one more try

just do it
Sent from my LG-P880 using xda premium

AW: [ROM][PORT][25-1-2013][4.1.2]RD MIUI v0.1 - discussion thread
Same here, think it's no problem to flash kdz file

just do it dex !! for 4X Community ! yeah

i started the upload, but it will take some time, so i can work on the "alpha port development" post in another thread.

Yes release it!!!
I can practically recover using KDZ while driving lol...I actually did it twice already. Flashing on the GO!

babymatteo said:
Yes release it!!!
I can practically recover using KDZ while driving lol...I actually did it twice already. Flashing on the GO!
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WTF !! LOLOLOLOL
Be carefull, if you do it, you'll have 2 possibility
1.You can flash your device
2.You flash your own life :silly:

babymatteo said:
Yes release it!!!
I can practically recover using KDZ while driving lol...I actually did it twice already. Flashing on the GO!
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use hardcore mode LOL
Sent from my LG-P880 using xda app-developers app

I disslike MIUI a lot, and the facts you provide dont go in its favour.
I would prefer a bug free custonexus then 3 more buged roms.
Sent from my LG-P880 using xda app-developers app

vrmanzacky said:
WTF !! LOLOLOLOL
Be carefull, if you do it, you'll have 2 possibility
1.You can flash your device
2.You flash your own life :silly:
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Lol. i know. But i meant, that i can do it without even looking at the phone. Flashing KDZ's is very easy...so easy even a caveman can do it.

Zhus06 said:
I would prefer a bug free custonexus then 3 more buged roms.
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totally agree and why i wondered. but i checked other sections and there exists worse ports than this MiUI.
but i cannot go back on a XX:1 in favour of releasing it, so here it is. Those that dislike the release, can simply skip it.
my secret agenda is that someone sits down and say i can do much better, and release a new 100% working ROM if possible

thankyou dexter once again for more great work,and in response to Zhus06 - because one has an opinion doesnt mean its favoured by everyone, gratitude should give regardless if one person likes or not

friartuckme said:
thankyou dexter once again for more great work,and in response to Zhus06 - because one has an opinion doesnt mean its favoured by everyone, gratitude should give regardless if one person likes or not
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a common developer excuse is simply : we got no chance of compiling a kernel with fixes.
actually in this case it would help MiUI on the vibration fix, since they expect to control vibration with parameters with an updated kernel driver we do not have a chance to fix, so its messes up somehow expecting a newer driver.
and yes, i know there exist appreciation and worth the effort trying to show o4x can actually go all the way, and better if i get my f....
(AND i just got my cm10.1 compile fully sync'd YEAH!!)

[Q] Complete noob help is needed

So im new here and to rooting and using custom ROMS and i completely dont know what to do lol i saw a ROM with the 4.1.2 Android which i want to install on my XPERIA E15i because most apps now require 2.2 OS and up while i have 2.1 update 1 or something lol...
Is my phone compatible with the rom from [ROM] MiniCM10-4.1.0 [15/3/13]JB 4.1.2/CM10 for the Χ8 thread?
model number: e15i
firmware version: 2.1-update1
badeband version: m76xx-tsncjolym-53404015
kernel version: 2.6.29 [email protected] #1
build number: 2.1.1.A.0.6
I havent rooted or did anything to my phone its like it was when i bought it xD
I saw that i need to root my phone to install the rom which i can do by following a tutorial on the internet...
My baseband and build number are ok with the rom but it says i need a kernel with a higher version than what i have here is where i get lost lol im a noob with this things
Then it says i need to unlock my bootloader... again dont know how to do it lol
So if i understand correct i need to:
1. root
2. update kernel?
3. unlock bootloader?
4. apply rom
In this order?
If anybody got free time can he post a step by step tutorial on how i can apply that rom on my phone pls

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no need to search tbh. this is a sticky from general. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=35344526
@op if you're not going to search, at least read the stickies.
Just because i don't doesn't mean i can't.

I have 11w50 that means i cant unlock my Bootloader?

AGuyOnNet said:
I have 11w50 that means i cant unlock my Bootloader?
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i guess that is what you read in the sticky thread...why ask rhetorical questions then?

AGuyOnNet said:
I have 11w50 that means i cant unlock my Bootloader?
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Nope.
Root the phone first, get some kind of a root browser, install xRecovery or CWM recovery, then use either to install a ROM of your choice. After you install it you can start experimenting with other things (or you can do it before, but why stay at 2.1?).
As the others already implied it, there are a thousand topics already covering this subject. Just search around, put some time into it. It's not going to be easy the first time, but after you're done you'll see it could have been done in ten minutes. And you cannot screw up the phone in the process if that's what worries you (however you can kill it by unlocking bootloader).
EDIT: Many ROMs can run on stock kernels, but I think 4.0+ ROMs all require custom kernels? Someone can reprimand me on this if I'm wrong. If that's the case, 2.2 or 2.3 is what you get.

Thanks i guess i can use the 2.2 or 2.3 rom with stock k. then
To the rest who told me to use search are a bunch of ass***** who only replied here to increase their post count if you dont have anything to say then simply dont post here
Lol i need to enter captcha every time i post this forum is a joke place filled with annoying people

AGuyOnNet said:
Thanks i guess i can use the 2.2 or 2.3 rom with stock k. then
To the rest who told me to use search are a bunch of ass***** who only replied here to increase their post count if you dont have anything to say then simply dont post here
Lol i need to enter captcha every time i post this forum is a joke place filled with annoying people
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you must have not read the rules then. i guarantee you will encounter the same ass***** regardless whichever subforum you visit in xda if you continue your ask-first-search-maybe-never attitude. and fyi, we have more than enough posts to our names, thank you. if this forum is filled with annoying people, well, no one's asking you to stay. lol.
Just because i don't doesn't mean i can't.

I bet 1000 of your posts were all about using search

Before make a new thread better to google first, if u not find ur solution then, ask here..
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Help pls i installed gingerdx rom 2.3.7 but i get stuck on the second gingerdx logo (animated 1)

Google is your friend.
Please read and read and read then read some more.
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