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[q] need help finding out about my rom

I had an att tech that i am friends with root my phone but im not sure what rom it is. I was actually looking on how to switch to another rom. Can anyone help me? All help is appreciated Thanks..

If all he did was root, then its still stock rom. Go to settings/about phone/ and look at firmware and all that info is there.
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Settings, about phone
Baseband
Kernel
Build.
What do they say

Im sorry he did put a rom on it. Baseband-i9000ugjk4 kernel-2.6.32.9 build# firefly 2.2 im wanting to find a better rom. But im not good at this stuff lol. Can anyone help
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What are you looking to flash

My samsung captivate
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Pay the man
What rom do you want to flash
I already realized we were not talking about your ford pinto

What rom is pretty much the best one..
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Matter of opinion, impossible to answer

Well lets just say i am wanting to just try diffetent roms. But would like to be able to go back to the current one im on now if im not satsified
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Go to my files, do you have a file on there that says fire fly

Yes it says firefly_2-2.zip

brandonhinds said:
Yes it says firefly_2-2.zip
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You ever want to go back you flash that.
Pick a rom

soo i see there is a upgrade from 2.2 to 2.3 how do i do that

brandonhinds said:
soo i see there is a upgrade from 2.2 to 2.3 how do i do that
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Go to ff website, downloads, dl update 2.2 to 2.3
Let me know when done
Link to website on op of thread

ok thanks. Give me a few

i am downloading the three mirros now.. there are two more that said clock notification on status bar and no clock notification in status bar. do i have to download both clocks?

Just one version of the update, the mirrors are the same files

ok i downloadeds mirror 1 now what?

Go to my files/download
Look for the download
Is it there

Flash?

I know this sounds stupid to everyone but i am gonna try a new modem and i understand everything except FLASH. What exactly does that mean? What do u do when u flash ? I have put off asking this question for about 2 months and tried reading up on it but lol... here i am
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Yes i am way new to all of this but really need this modem
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You need clockwork recovery
Dl modem
Place on internal sd
Power phone off
Three button combo to recovery
(volume and and down and power, when at&t comes up let go)
Install zip from sd
Choose zip
Find modem file
Select
Confirm
Back
Boot
Done
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mcord if she doesnt understand flash, i dont think she has clockwork recovery.
there is alot to learn. please read the stickies at the top of each forum there is a few for modems.

TRusselo said:
mcord if she doesnt understand flash, i dont think she has clockwork recovery.
there is alot to learn. please read the stickies at the top of each forum there is a few for modems.
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I thought the same as I was typing, so why continue, I got nothing
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but to flash is to write information to the internal system memory.

Thank you that makes more since to me . Just one more question. I dont have a computer can i download the modem straight to my phone (on the sd) . And u mean clocwork mod in rom manager ?
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bobbi1972jo said:
Thank you that makes more since to me . Just one more question. I dont have a computer can i download the modem straight to my phone (on the sd) . And u mean clocwork mod in rom manager ?
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DO NOT use ROM manager, it was created with the best of intentions but ultimately causes more problems than it helps with.

ridethelight said:
DO NOT use ROM manager, it was created with the best of intentions but ultimately causes more problems than it helps with.
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whoah.....this is false!
ROM manager has been around a lot longer than the captivate has.....and it works great on other android devices that ARENT samsung

rom manager is PERFECT for stock roms.
rom manager is bad when you have ClockworkMod built into the kernel already.!
ridethelight is on a bad roll today.

So how do i know if its built in?
Perfect 3g..little to no edge.. live in edge area.. bought the phone from a craigslist user needless to say in a 3g area.
About phone :
2.1 js5/I900 zsjpg
Kernel version- 2.6.32.9
[email protected] #27
Build#phoenix 6.0 js5..
Any suggestions ?
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you would check out the page for your kernel but yes it does have it.
and looking at your rom... ect. you have already flashed a rom/kernel/modem (all in one) package.
so ya go back to post 3 instructions. also to get into recovery just long press the powerbutton then press 'recovery' it is easier than the button method in post 3.

Ok thanks alot. U all have been a big help !
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Hay bobbie
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I want to say thanks to you all ! This worked! Just flashed the jk4 and have a full signal ! It wasnt hard at all ! Cant believe i waited this long now ! Once again , thank you so much !!!
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Thanks jlg19753! U did an awesome job! We did this together! Couldnt have done it with out u!
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[Q]Bricked?

Hey guys...
I am a newbie who successfully rooted & installed cognition
everything seemed fine until I flashed a theme called
"CirclesMod_SGS2_Cognition_107blue-signed"
When I turn on my phone, AT&T, cognition, and Galaxy S show up
and then the screen goes black and phone just vibrates once or twice in a while...
My phone DOES go into Downloading... screen
I am not sure what my situation is... I could not find anything like this in this forum.
Help this newbie solve the problem..?

Ok so im the only one this late...bear with me kus im on my phone and i cant refer you to links...first of all...if you CAN go into download there is nothing to worry about...search on xda for "odin one click" download the package once you find it. After run the application and plug in your phone in download mode..you will see that the computer has recognized your phone when in the app thre is a little yellow box in the top left corner...after that hit start in the app and wait for a while until it reboots back to stock..hope it helps
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Heres the one click stock link
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=731989
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isnt that theme specific for SGSII ROM?

Ooh that is a faaaaail
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If you can get in to recovery you can just reflash that rom (assuming you have the .zip on your SD). Also its usually a good idea to have a stock them for your phone on your SD when you are trying out themes. Something in the framework isn't compatible, but if it really is a SGS II theme dosen't suprise me.

sigh.. i passed out and just fixed it
thanks guys!
going into recovery mode and reflashing the rom did it!

[Q] clockwork mod

I am rooted and trying to install a custom recovery. I have Rom manager but it will not allow.me.to choice the captivate as my phone. It gives ne the i9000 or the epic or the nexus s. I did try the i9000 but it did.not work. Here is what i have tried.
1. ensure that my phone info.shows the i897 - yes
2. try down loading from cwm website. - when.installing still shows not signed.
3. Google for an answer - no luck
Please help
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U should have looked a few threads down at a thread started 2 days ago... Here ya go... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=33400589
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clockwork mod
Did you figure your problem out yet? You have to flash a kernel w/cwm; Other than that, in my opinion clockwork mod is racist towards i897 (captivate) If your still struggling; let me know and I'll walk you through from start to finish! I'm newbie so I know how things may get frustrating at times. Oh and don't worry about me being a newbie; I learn quickly!

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Did you figure your problem out yet? You have to flash a kernel w/cwm; Other than that, in my opinion clockwork mod is racist towards i897 (captivate) If your still struggling; let me know and I'll walk you through from start to finish! I'm newbie so I know how things may get frustrating at times. Oh and don't worry about me being a newbie; I learn quickly!
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Yes I finally got it but it was a pain. I did what the link told me to and bricked my phone. Then I had to use Odin to bring it back to stock and my phone would not update from elcair. I then went to Samsung's website and downloaded the updates and tried to follow what the link above said and it worked. I am now on JB with no issues.
I bought this phone from craigslist and I think I bricked it because the phone was running eclair and I was trying to go straight to ICS.
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[Q] Is my Tab dead?

I've been running CM 10.1 on my 7310 for a couple of months - it's slow, but it does the job.
Today it started misbehaving more than usual, so I rebooted. It's spent the afternoon rebooting itself about once every five minutes - freeze and hard reboot (Samsung splash screen). I tried different versions of CM and AOKP to figure out if it was hardware or software, no change.
I wiped it and flashed CM 9 nightlies a couple of hours ago, and got the same behaviour. After some googling I found aLogrec and turned it on. As soon as it boots and tries to start recording the logcat, it hard reboots. I figure the onboard flash storage is borked - is there anything I can do? I can't even get it to boot into Recovery, it just loops forever.
I'm hoping someone out there can give me some ideas before I go out and spend on a Nexus 7..

Have you tried to see what happens if you install official ICS with Odin?
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I can't even get into the tab to do anything at this point.

vinfromuk said:
I can't even get into the tab to do anything at this point.
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You could see if odin still recognize it and fish a stock rom. But by the sound of it I think you're sol.
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Odin recognised it and has flashed the right ICS official, but it just sits on a glowing Samsung logo.

Odp: [Q] Is my Tab dead?
I will wipe all data/cache from recovery and see if that works, but I'm not so experienced and you should wait for someone with proper knowledge to give you advice But you just might give it a try

First thing I tried, but thanks for the suggestion

vinfromuk said:
First thing I tried, but thanks for the suggestion
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Do s factory reset. That'll work.
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I just applied the Honeycomb 3.2 shipped image using Odin and it seems to be working. Going to attempt to reapply CWM and flash an ICS build now..

Glad to hear it worked out for you.
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It's been stable on the CM10.1 M2 build all day. I don't know why the official 4.0.4 firmware didn't work, but I'm glad I tried 3.2 before giving up.
Thanks again to everyone who offered suggestions.

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vinfromuk said:
It's been stable on the CM10.1 M2 build all day. I don't know why the official 4.0.4 firmware didn't work, but I'm glad I tried 3.2 before giving up.
Thanks again to everyone who offered suggestions.
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Be a ninja and paste the link to the rom you used. I've borked my upgrade too. I can get in to loki for oden to send the rom, just need the rom that will work with oden.
Thanks,
R

AnRkey said:
Be a ninja and paste the link to the rom you used. I've borked my upgrade too. I can get in to loki for oden to send the rom, just need the rom that will work with oden.
Thanks,
R
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You can get the stock firmware from sammobile.com. just register on line, it's free.
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http://samsung-updates.com/device/?id=GT-P7310
I flashed the 4.0.4 from here and it didn't work, so I tried the 3.2 and restored it to shipped state using Odin. After that I rooted and reinstalled CWM with Odin, and then flashed the CM 10.1 M2 build from the Development forum here the usual way (copy to SDcard, reboot recovery).

Good. I should have mentioned you have to start with gingerbread. Could have saved you a step.
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