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Hi Guys,
I am a Galaxy S user. My Galaxy S was bought in Finland and still running (basically stuck with) Ginerbread 2.3.6 (I9000xxJVU). The phone's hardware is just fine (except slow GPS) but it has become paninfully slow and sometime shutting down/restarting on it's own.
Is it a good idea to reset the existing GingerBread 2.3.6 or get a different ROM?
I am a total novice and have not tried any other ROMs on it. I did some research about the alternative ROMs but there are so many options it made me really confused.
Could you guys suggest any stable and fast option for my Galaxy S i9000?
Also, if you could guide how I could migrate to that particular ROM from present Gingerbread, it would be really helpful.
Thanks in advance for your support and for this great forum.
Cheers
SKT
No reply?!
Could anyone please help?
Hi,I'm not going to be much help as I'm a noob myself but I can say I had same stock laggy gt 19000 which through like u said a lot of confusion about rooting and ROMs researching XDA and YouTube you can do it my galaxy s is like a new phone so stick with it,one tip is always stick to you model and kernel version and write things down and I hope it goes as well as it did for me. Btw I used Odin 3.1 and clockwork to root and Flashed ROM with Cm 10.1 stable.
Sent from GT-19000 CM 10.1. stable
saiko7 said:
Hi Guys,
I am a Galaxy S user. My Galaxy S was bought in Finland and still running (basically stuck with) Ginerbread 2.3.6 (I9000xxJVU). The phone's hardware is just fine (except slow GPS) but it has become paninfully slow and sometime shutting down/restarting on it's own.
Is it a good idea to reset the existing GingerBread 2.3.6 or get a different ROM?
I am a total novice and have not tried any other ROMs on it. I did some research about the alternative ROMs but there are so many options it made me really confused.
Could you guys suggest any stable and fast option for my Galaxy S i9000?
Also, if you could guide how I could migrate to that particular ROM from present Gingerbread, it would be really helpful.
Thanks in advance for your support and for this great forum.
Cheers
SKT
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if you want to stay to 2.3.6 you can just factory reset your phone
Try this
Shut your Android Galaxy S down (Power off) or remove Battery.
Now press Volume up, Home and Power together.
If the Samsung Symbol is coming up leave the Home Button.
Then there is a boot Menu
Volume Up and Down to Navigate , Home to select the chosen option. ( factory reset )
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if you want to upgrade to ICS or JB rom
root your firmware , choose the right cf-root from this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=788108
download ICS rom ( i suggest this one )
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1687727
install it via recovery
if you want to upgrade to JB
go to development section , chose any custom rom you want
and install via recovery
push thanks :good: if i helped you
The Tox said:
if you want to stay to 2.3.6 you can just factory reset your phone
Try this
Shut your Android Galaxy S down (Power off) or remove Battery.
Now press Volume up, Home and Power together.
If the Samsung Symbol is coming up leave the Home Button.
Then there is a boot Menu
Volume Up and Down to Navigate , Home to select the chosen option. ( factory reset )
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if you want to upgrade to ICS or JB rom
root your firmware , choose the right cf-root from this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=788108
download ICS rom ( i suggest this one )
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1687727
install it via recovery
if you want to upgrade to JB
go to development section , chose any custom rom you want
and install via recovery
push thanks :good: if i helped you
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Thank you mistrp74 and The Tox for the help.
I am still a bit confused, I cant seem to locate the right cf-root [Ginerbread 2.3.6 (I9000xxJVU)] from the thread you mentioned.
One more thing, how is your experience of running the Custom Roms, is it much better than the Samsung Firmware? Does all the function work fine?
I will need a bit of spoon feeding in the beginning for the update... as I have never tried it before and I am scared of bricking my phone.
So, please don't give up on me
saiko7 said:
Thank you mistrp74 and The Tox for the help.
I am still a bit confused, I cant seem to locate the right cf-root [Ginerbread 2.3.6 (I9000xxJVU)] from the thread you mentioned.
One more thing, how is your experience of running the Custom Roms, is it much better than the Samsung Firmware? Does all the function work fine?
I will need a bit of spoon feeding in the beginning for the update... as I have never tried it before and I am scared of bricking my phone.
So, please don't give up on me
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The right CF-Root is in the seond to last post on the first page I believe- if you can fnd the one for XXJW4, the one you need is right above it
Custom ICS/JB roms are definitely smoother in many ways, although bear in mind because stock Jelly Bean don't include them, both FM Radio and 3G video calling won't work by default (two features of stock roms, I guess AllShare is another if you use it like me). Otherwise every other function is stable and rock solid. Except for the CM10.2 builds, which are still in an initial stage, the JB roms here should have everything working fine.
Sent from my GT-P7510
Thanks a lot guys!
I finally managed to do it.
I installed the CF-Root without any problem but RemICS-UX v1.3.1 (Team Remics) didn't load. It was stuck at the boot screen.
I thought I bricked my phone... but then I installed Ginerbread 2.3.6 (I9000xxJVU) using Odin and then installed plain vanilla ICS 4.0.3
Coming from Ginerbread 2.3.6 I find a lot of new things and the phone is also snappy and responsive... my old Galaxy S is acting almost like a new phone! So I am really happy.
Now that I am familiar with the process I am confident to tryout other ROMs...
I would like something simple, lightweight and fully-functional/bug-free.
So please let me know if there is any other better ROM I should try.
Thanks again guys!
saiko7 said:
Thanks a lot guys!
I finally managed to do it.
I installed the CF-Root without any problem but RemICS-UX v1.3.1 (Team Remics) didn't load. It was stuck at the boot screen.
I thought I bricked my phone... but then I installed Ginerbread 2.3.6 (I9000xxJVU) using Odin and then installed plain vanilla ICS 4.0.3
Coming from Ginerbread 2.3.6 I find a lot of new things and the phone is also snappy and responsive... my old Galaxy S is acting almost like a new phone! So I am really happy.
Now that I am familiar with the process I am confident to tryout other ROMs...
I would like something simple, lightweight and fully-functional/bug-free.
So please let me know if there is any other better ROM I should try.
Thanks again guys!
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Go to development section and browse thread and read members feedback , and give a try for each rom until you find your best rom
The Tox said:
Go to development section and browse thread and read members feedback , and give a try for each rom until you find your best rom
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Thanks!
Just one more question, what's your backup strategy that you guys use?
Or else it a lot of work to update each and every app... one by one... also what about the SMS, call log etc?
saiko7 said:
Thanks!
Just one more question, what's your backup strategy that you guys use?
Or else it a lot of work to update each and every app... one by one... also what about the SMS, call log etc?
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Because I'm a person who 1.) doesn't use too many apps and 2.) tries to be as economical as possible, I don't have a large amount to backup. My contacts and calendar are always through Google, and for SMS I use SMS Backup and Restore on Play Store. Call log I don't keep, because I'm not a person who really cares for call logs. I only have one other app, Colornote, and that's cloud-synced as well.
Everything else I need is in internal storage :3
Sent from my GT-P7510
saiko7 said:
Thanks!
Just one more question, what's your backup strategy that you guys use?
Or else it a lot of work to update each and every app... one by one... also what about the SMS, call log etc?
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I use G CLOUD BACKUP just for Sms and system settings
Sent from my GT-I9000 using xda app-developers app
More or less similar situation as TS
Hey guys,
Im in a more or less similar situation as the topic starter. My Samsung Galaxy S GT-I9000 has gotten slow and unresponsive with time.
I would like to update to a custom ROM, and got a little curious about the Slim Bean. But I feel a little unsure about how to proceed.
I'm currently running a custom Gingerbread 2.3.3 ROM, my device is rooted. I flashed this ROM from the Froyo that came with the phone about 2 years ago. It's been so long since I flashed this, I need some directions, as Im afraid I will brick my device.
When I go to recovery mode I see it runs ClockworkMod Recovery v2.5.1.3 - Voodoo lagfix.
Can I just put a Slim Bean 4.2 android version on my internal sd card and run "install zip from sdcard" in ClockwordMod? I would prefer to flash the latest stable version of Slim Bean, which would that be 4.2.2.build7-OFFICIAL?'
Any help would be greatly appreciated,
Bootism
Best way to update from gb or even older to jb is imo the way over cyanogenmod.
Follow this tutorial for 10.1: http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Install_CM_for_galaxysmtd
And then you can upgrade via cwm to the very good slim bean.
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Thanks for the answer!
I recall reading about lots of issues with the lagfix and flashing ROMs. My file storage system is in ext4 instead of standard rfs, I think I should somehow undo this if I recall correct. Is this true?
Do you have an option to unlagfix in recovery?
Sent from my GT-P3110 using xda app-developers app
Yeah, I can choose "voodoo lagfix" in recovery.
It has the following options:
- disable lagfix
- enable lagfix (default)
- /system lagfix on (default)
- /system lagfix off
- debug off (default)
- debug on
Enter disable lagfix and reboot
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Ok, so I got Cyanogenmod 10.1.0 running! so far so good
Good job. Now you can flash a zip in cwm.
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Yeah, it's a whole new world opening up. Old phone runs relatively smooth, at least way better than before thanks for helping. I will stay on this Cyanogenmod for a bit and explore. Can I just flash in any of the ROMs as .zip in CWM later? I will look for a lightweight ROM for my old phone, any suggestions?
Hi guys, im really new to this forum and all about these android stuffs. As this is my first post, im terribly sorry if i started a new thread. yesterday, i flashed my galaxy mini from stock gingerbread firmware to this custom rom forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2409566
it worked greatly, it says that my android version is 4.0.4 . But, when i installed apps that is supposed to work at ICS, it cant work. It can be installed, but when I tried to run it, it just said that unfortunately, the application had stopped working. im really confused. Any help will be highly appreciated. Thanks in advance!
Which app was that? It's probably an app for armv7 only.
It is BBM. I go through the net to find the system requirements, but i found nothing
devyn88 said:
It is BBM. I go through the net to find the system requirements, but i found nothing
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bbm does not work on mini(armv6)
manoj94 said:
bbm does not work on mini(armv6)
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I see...... Anyway, as i upgraded from stock gingerbread, and after i flashed that rom, it had provided the play store. I want to know, did the Play Store recognize my phone as still a gingerbread or an ICS? or should I flash an ICS gapps package? will that help?
devyn88 said:
I see...... Anyway, as i upgraded from stock gingerbread, and after i flashed that rom, it had provided the play store. I want to know, did the Play Store recognize my phone as still a gingerbread or an ICS? or should I flash an ICS gapps package? will that help?
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your phone will be recognized as ics only
Please anybody suggest how to make my Samsung Galaxy S Advance I9070 jellybean DDULP8 Indian version fast and battery efficient. I read that making stock samsung jellybean to google stock jellybean (like nexus) makes device faster. if not possible suggest any rom or kernel to flash. please suggest with brief method i am new at it and i dont want to downgrade to gingerbread :crying:
Use the below link. It is well explained(step by step). Also it is noob-friendly . I see u joined last month.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2198341
Since you are already on JellyBean you need to follow from section B. Skip section A. GOOD LUCK.
Press THANKS ONLY if I was helpfull
touch problem
sasank360 said:
Use the below link. It is well explained(step by step). Also it is noob-friendly . I see u joined last month.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2198341
Since you are already on JellyBean you need to follow from section B. Skip section A. GOOD LUCK.
Press THANKS ONLY if I was helpfull
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i have flashed GALAXPERIA rom everything is right but to open app i have press many times, as you said i have backed up my system how should i go back to samsung stock rom or install another rom, in my sd card TWRP should i reflash back system.ext4.win.md5, please tell me
Patil.sid101 said:
how should i go back to samsung stock rom or install another rom, in my sd card TWRP should i reflash back system.ext4.win.md5, please tell me
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Go to TWRP recovery and choose restore option and select the backup folder based on the date of backup. GOOD LUCK.
Patil.sid101 said:
Please anybody suggest how to make my Samsung Galaxy S Advance I9070 jellybean DDULP8 Indian version fast and battery efficient. I read that making stock samsung jellybean to google stock jellybean (like nexus) makes device faster. if not possible suggest any rom or kernel to flash. please suggest with brief method i am new at it and i dont want to downgrade to gingerbread :crying:
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You do need need to downgrade. Install CoCore kernel, exDialer, Textra SMS. Also debloat your ROM - use scripts available in the forum.
Alternatively you can use HarshJelly with exDialer and Textra SMS.
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IM TRYING TO GET MARVEL v11 ICS
on my phone but it is running ics
I TRIED SFT FOR MAKING IT GB AGAIN BUT IT SHOWS MAGIC NUMBER SHOME SHIZZ!!!
i need help people damn it help!!!!
AAHHHHH!!!!!!!
PLEASE HELP ME GET THIS CUSTOM ROM THING DONE I REALLY WANT THE EMPTY RAM SPACE
PLEASE!!!
aaronjgeorge said:
IM TRYING TO GET MARVEL v11 ICS
on my phone but it is running ics
I TRIED SFT FOR MAKING IT GB AGAIN BUT IT SHOWS MAGIC NUMBER SHOME SHIZZ!!!
i need help people damn it help!!!!
AAHHHHH!!!!!!!
PLEASE HELP ME GET THIS CUSTOM ROM THING DONE I REALLY WANT THE EMPTY RAM SPACE
PLEASE!!!
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You're rooted and cwm doesn't work?
Marvel 11/12 had detailed instructions in the first post of the thread. Those didn't work?
The entire thing: please read entirely
androcraze said:
You're rooted and cwm doesn't work?
Marvel 11/12 had detailed instructions in the first post of the thread. Those didn't work?
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I have an optimus black running Official ics with stock kernel
I want to flash a custom rom on my phone but as you know its not possible with Official ics as either causes a security error or a factory reset when trying to flash
So i want to make it either Gingerbread or Froyo again so that i can flash it but its not working
i tried the smart flash tool and is showing Error: magic number does not coincide
I have no idea what to do but, i need your help solving this
im trying to flash a marvel 11 as i cant find 12
and im gonna use Diana kernel
aaronjgeorge said:
I have an optimus black running Official ics with stock kernel
I want to flash a custom rom on my phone but as you know its not possible with Official ics as either causes a security error or a factory reset when trying to flash
So i want to make it either Gingerbread or Froyo again so that i can flash it but its not working
i tried the smart flash tool and is showing Error: magic number does not coincide
I have no idea what to do but, i need your help solving this
im trying to flash a marvel 11 as i cant find 12
and im gonna use Diana kernel
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I didn't know that you would get a "security error". I came from stock Froyo, so the issue never arose.
Did this thread help?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2144577
I'm not sure if you referenced that yet or not.
With Marvel, I always found the base, included kernel to run well. I'd set the governor to "performance" and be done with it.
ugh
androcraze said:
I didn't know that you would get a "security error". I came from stock Froyo, so the issue never arose.
Did this thread help?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2144577
I'm not sure if you referenced that yet or not.
With Marvel, I always found the base, included kernel to run well. I'd set the governor to "performance" and be done with it.
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Just tell me how to downgrade to Froyo or Gingerbread
PS: i get a Magic number does not coincide while trying to downgrade with SFT
aaronjgeorge said:
Just tell me how to downgrade to Froyo or Gingerbread
PS: i get a Magic number does not coincide while trying to downgrade with SFT
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How about this for a GB ROM:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1775298
Marvel 12 should be here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=39501271&postcount=318
READ!
But how do i downgrade?
i cant access recovery unless i have GB or Froyo ( i HAVE ICS)!
once i have gb or froyo everything will work great
but i dont know how to
AND THE SMART FLASH TOOL IS SHOWING SOME ERROR SAYING MAGIC CODE DOES NOT COINCIDE WHEN I TRY TO FLASH THE STOCK GB OR FROYO ROM
AND NOTE! THE BG ROM LINK YOU POSTED ABOVE IS BLOCKED IN MY COUNTRY!!!
:'( PLEASE CONSULT OTHERS AND FIND A SOLUTION! :'(
aaronjgeorge said:
But how do i downgrade?
i cant access recovery unless i have GB or Froyo ( i HAVE ICS)!
once i have gb or froyo everything will work great
but i dont know how to
AND THE SMART FLASH TOOL IS SHOWING SOME ERROR SAYING MAGIC CODE DOES NOT COINCIDE WHEN I TRY TO FLASH THE STOCK GB OR FROYO ROM
AND NOTE! THE BG ROM LINK YOU POSTED ABOVE IS BLOCKED IN MY COUNTRY!!!
:'( PLEASE CONSULT OTHERS AND FIND A SOLUTION! :'(
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Hopefully someone else can chime-in with a solution. I'm guessing that you need an original Froyo or Gingerbread ROM, and I don't know where to get one.
There are a number of threads in the forums with folks having similar issues; I don't know that any were resolved.
I Finally got my phone into gingerbread
thank the other members for it and ofcourse androcraze and his ever vigilant watch over the OB threads
Now to finally begin my adventure into this new world of ROMS!
HOW DO I ROOT A Optimuss BLack P970 running Froyo 2.2.2
A step by step guide please!
aaronjgeorge said:
I Finally got my phone into gingerbread
thank the other members for it and ofcourse androcraze and his ever vigilant watch over the OB threads
Now to finally begin my adventure into this new world of ROMS!
HOW DO I ROOT A Optimuss BLack P970 running Froyo 2.2.2
A step by step guide please!
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I started with a stock Froyo ROM. The only tool that I could get to work for Froyo was "blackjack".
This link helped me:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1487105
Look for "ROOT ON Froyo (2.2.x, v10x)".
Once you root your phone (superuser will be installed) , install CWM's ROM Manager. From there it's Happy Hacking.
A note (or two):
You're going to have to make a decision about what you want to do concerning stability. Froyo and GingerBread-based ROMs are "solid"; they are usable as "daily-drivers", i.e., you can use them on a daily basis without fear of significant hiccups, freezes, and crashes.
ICS (4.0.4) and greater based-ROMs (including the factory ICS) can be problematic, with freezes, lock-ups, features not working, etc. Some folks are using KitKat-based ROMs as daily-drivers; good for them. They have more patience than I do.
My recommendation for a stable ROM is either Marvel 9 or Zeus 6.4; both are GB-based. Zeus 7.06 was absolute headache for my phone.
If you want to go all-out, try Evisceration's KitKat ROM:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2610681
He's one of the few developers still working on this old phone.
aaronjgeorge said:
I Finally got my phone into gingerbread
thank the other members for it and ofcourse androcraze and his ever vigilant watch over the OB threads
Now to finally begin my adventure into this new world of ROMS!
HOW DO I ROOT A Optimuss BLack P970 running Froyo 2.2.2
A step by step guide please!
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Did you come from ICS? Where did you get the Froyo image?
UH!
Help!
Rom manager crashing saying superuser not working or something
i tried anreboot also not working!
please help
i also factory reseted the phone it still doesnt work!
aaronjgeorge said:
Help!
Rom manager crashing saying superuser not working or something
i tried anreboot also not working!
please help
i also factory reseted the phone it still doesnt work!
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When you loaded the ROM and went to install, did it take you to the superuser screen?
Try updating superuser from the Play Store. The version might be old.