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[Q] CM9 source and make zImage

Hi all,
I have looked and tried to find a way of making the zImage in the cm9 source by the TE4M:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1385153
and read
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1495007
and looked at the instructions here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1473166&highlight=make+zimage&page=18
but can't seem to find zImage in the recommended folder ~cm9/kernel/samsung/p1/arch/arm/boot. I have followed the instructions to get the repo, built the KANG zip file. I need the kernel, but can't see a zImage to flash with Heimdall (or put in a cwm flashable zip) and was going to try using fastboot to flash the boot.img file, but I can't get the Tab into fastboot mode - is there one? I can only get Download mode or Recovery
So what tweaks to the build do I need to do to get a zImage?
Thanks

[Q] Liquidsmoooth problems

Guys,
I've installed the Liquid Rom v1, and now would like to move onto a diff rom however
1- I noticed that post installation not all features were installed (Busybox, superuser etc do not appearin programs list yet i have rootaccess)
2- when i try to format cache/dalvik/cahce/battery stats - and install a new rom it says 'installing update" and then gets stuck , and then when i take out the battery and reboot it goes back to Liquidsmooth (which i have installed and want to move on from)
Any help?

abdulmananqureshi said:
Guys,
I've installed the Liquid Rom v1, and now would like to move onto a diff rom however
1- I noticed that post installation not all features were installed (Busybox, superuser etc do not appearin programs list yet i have rootaccess)
2- when i try to format cache/dalvik/cahce/battery stats - and install a new rom it says 'installing update" and then gets stuck , and then when i take out the battery and reboot it goes back to Liquidsmooth (which i have installed and want to move on from)
Any help?
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Check your root status - try to paste a file into /system folder.
If you cannot do it, you don't have full root. Go back to GB using
PC Odin.

I have root.
How do I move on?
Sent from my GT-N7000 using XDA

abdulmananqureshi said:
I have root.
How do I move on?
Sent from my GT-N7000 using XDA
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When my SGN was in liquidsmooth, I flash AbyssNotekernel42 through CWM recovery then I reboot into recovery of AbyssNotekernel42 and did a full wipe and flash a GB rom sucessfully.

Ty for that. However I want to move to another lpy from.
Tips?
Sent from my GT-N7000 using XDA

Link to Kernel TAR FIle
Can you please send me a link to Farnco kernel or abysnote kernel TAR file? for use in PC ODIN?
Or let me know how to convert the zimage file in ZIP kernel files to TAr for use in ODIN?

abdulmananqureshi said:
Can you please send me a link to Farnco kernel or abysnote kernel TAR file? for use in PC ODIN?
Or let me know how to convert the zimage file in ZIP kernel files to TAr for use in ODIN?
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You can use the safe kernel Entropy512 posted in the OP of CM9 thread
Flash it with PC Odin, reboot to recovery manually and flash from there

I am trying to push a kernal using ODIN, however after converting the zimage file to tar using 7zip, my ODIN just does progres from step 03 i.e. <id:0/003> zimage
and i cannot flash using CWM in recovery mode because when i do it says cannt open emmc/sdcard/XY.zip
Any help?

[Q] How to flash CWM-Flashable Kernel w/o CWM

Hello,
I am on rooted XXLPY but don't have CWM
I want to flash franco.Kernel r3
How can i do that?

It's just a zip file, open it, extract zImage and flash it with Odin or Heimdall.
I personally use heimdall (I'm on linux), here's what I did :
Code:
-> unzip ~/phones/note/kernels/franco.Kernel-ics-r3.zip zImage
Archive: ~/phones/note/kernels/franco.Kernel-ics-r3.zip
inflating: zImage
-> heimdall flash --kernel zImage
Good luck.

0e8e said:
Hello,
I am on rooted XXLPY but don't have CWM
I want to flash franco.Kernel r3
How can i do that?
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Refer to Dr Ketan's guide - it has a link to CWM

[SOLVED] Flashing back Stock Recovery (from recovery)

[SOLVED] See below
Hello,
I need to return my phone to repair service and would like to flash a zip from recovery to go back to stock recovery.
(I can't flash thru odin : stuck at "Nand write start").
I just flashed Philz recovery to backup my internal SD data, but want to make it look cleaner... (I'm clean on download screen).
I found this thread but it's a flashable zip for sgh-t879 t-mobile galaxy note :
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2072255
Do you think I can try to flash it ? (phone is almost dead already but I don't want to have it says T-mobile at boot or in the recovery ! and be stuck like this :cyclops:!)
Thanks in advance !
Edit : Solved
To create a flashable stock recovery so that my bricked phone looked like untouched for repair service here is what I did :
(follow this guide only if you know what you're doing)
- I took an existing flashable kernel/recovery (tried with Abyss Kernel or Speed Core 15)
- Unzip it in one of my computer folder
- from a stock rom .tar I took the zimage file and copied it over the zimage file in the unzipped folder, replacing previous file
- I selected both zimage file an META-INF folder and zipped them in a new zip named stockrecovery.zip (right clicked with 7zip, chose add to zip...) with Normal compression Level (note when opening the zip file you must directly find zimage and META-INF folder)
- Copied the zip to external SD and installed zip from recovery (signature check disabled)
Hope this may help others.
Note: I can't go in adb shell since though my device is seen. I don't know/think I'm unrooted, but I'll say I did all I could (at my level to make the phone looked like genuine/untouched)...
NB: I prefer not to post the file I created.

Re: Going back to Stock Recovery
I think if you look Dr Ketan in the stickies has posted links to original firmwares and kernels.
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I really looked in the thread and didn't find a flashable stock kernel from recovery. (My phone does'nt work with odin anymore...)

eljuggy said:
I really looked in the thread and didn't find a flashable stock kernel from recovery. (My phone does'nt work with odin anymore...)
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What about Modile Odin? does it get stuck with Mobile Odin as well?

Re: Going back to Stock Recovery
Download the philz kernel ics rom zip file. Also download the stock kernel from the stock ics rom. This will be a zimage.
Now open the philz zip file and replace the zimage in that zip file with the stock one. Place it on sd card. Now boot into recovery and flash it. As you have Cwm this should flash.
As always. Do this at your own risk.
Edit: Use speedmod as it has a simple updater script.

Ok, so I tried exchanging the zimage file in the Phil'z zip with the zimage file from the stock rom tar, but it states "installation aborted" when trying to flash...
surely there's a signature system in the meta folder or something...
I also noticed that in Phil'z zip is busybox and superuser apk... which I don't want ...
well, I'll post in Dr Ketan thread... for help again.
Thanks !

Re: Going back to Stock Recovery
Yeah. I forgot that. I check speedmod k15 and it just has a zimage and the updater script. Try with that. If it fails, try the signature verification toggle in recovery.

Well...
without signature verification I also got "installation aborted"....
with signature verification I get "signature verification failed"
there's something blocking the update and it's before the script into the zip starts and prints "Flash SpeedMod Kernel"...

Re: Going back to Stock Recovery
Can you tell me how are you replacing the zimage?
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Do not EXTRACT the package. Just open it using 7z and replace the zimage.

Ok, I used 7zip to build the zip and compression level was none... that was the problem.
I used normal compression and was able to flash the zip...
Now my phone really looks like stock (I've got the white box and the little green droid when trying to go to recovery then lot of errors and Android System recovery (3e) and also a clean bootloader screen) !
Ready for repair service !
Thanks a lot !

Ok Great

Ok I edited first post... and I'm ready to go to repair service !
One last thing, is it normal I can't do "adb shell" anymore once in stock recovery (adb devices list my devices, but adb shell is stucked) ?
I wanted to verify that the phone is unrooted now? Do you think it is ?

just replacing the kernel to stock doesnot unroot the phone. hopefully they will not know.. not sure about adb shell

[Q] Flashing 2.3.3 ROM with .Zip file

I installed CM10.1, and now I want to re-install my mobile company ROM back (Orange / Partner - Israel).
I found download here:
http://hotfile.com/dl/178646361/163ea0f/Samsung-Updates.com-GT-I9000_PTR_1_20111209152100.zip.html
But the file is a .Zip file.
How to flash it? from Odin (if yes, how)? from CWM?
Thanks.

Extract zip file. There might be a tar file to flash via odin

vyaskd said:
Extract zip file. There might be a tar file to flash via odin
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Have one .tar file and one .dll file.
how to flash it with Odin?

start odin - press reset
put tar file in PDA
put your phone in download mode (start phone with holding - vol down + home + power)
shut down kies and it's processess (if you have any)
connect to PC with USB cable (in odin you should see addedd!!) and hit start in odin.
and forget about dll file - you don't need it.
But if u're going back from cm10 you have to flash 3 file rom with pit and re-partition checked - there's a lot of tutorials on this forum

Thanks!