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[Q] Flashing Team ICSSGS RC 4.2 on DarkyRom10.4.2

Hi,
I`m new in this forum and I have some questions.
I want to flash the Team ICSSGS RC4.2.
My phone:
Samsung Galaxy I9000
DarkyRom 10.4.2 (Android 2.3.6, Firmware: XWJW1, Modem I9000XXJVU, Kernel: Semaphore_JW1_2.4.0)
I haven't flashed my phone very often, so I want to be sure that everything is correct, because I'm a little bit afraid of damaging my phone:
I have downloaded the zip-file for RC 4.2 an put it on my internal sd-card (I can see it in cwm in the root directory).
Then I have made a backup in cwm of my current rom and of my apps with Titanium Backup.
My questions are:
Can I now boot into Recovery Mode and choose "install zip from sdcard" or do I have to consider something more / different?
Are there other necessary things to do after flashing?
I'm sorry if these questions have been asked bevore (certainly they've been), but I didn't find them in the forum.
Thanks for your help and your responses.

Go to CWM, then do wipe data/factory reset, wipe cache & dalvick cache.
And go !

Thanks for the answer.
One last question to be 100% sure: First reset and wipe and than flash the zip-file from the internal sdcard?
I'm sorry for these questions, but the other times I flashed with odin.
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Homer1074 said:
Thanks for the answer.
One last question to be 100% sure: First reset and wipe and than flash the zip-file from the internal sdcard?
I'm sorry for these questions, but the other times I flashed with odin.
Sent from my GT-I9000 using XDA App
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Yes, in this order

yes first wipe data/cache than install.
But it doesn't matter I once forgot to delete and when i installed rom some weird things started to happend(stuck in boot) than went again and delete files/reboot and i was good to go

Thank you very much; I think I will try it this evening or tomorrow.
I will give you a short response in the next days.

Don't forget to disable lagfix before you do anything !!
Happy flashing !
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yeah disable lagfix i think.also backup your efs partition. its where your IMEI number and a few other bits are kept.also make a note of your IMEI.
when i flashed rc4.1 over darkyrom v10.4.2 i got a bootloop so i took the battery off and i wiped and flashed again.actually i had posted exactly what happened to me on the thread for ICS RC 4.2 so have a look at my post. Also i had lost my IMEI but no worries since i had taken a (2 actually) backups.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=22755888#post22755888

Thanks for your quick and helpful answers - I flashed it and everything is ok!!!!!

afterglow said:
yeah disable lagfix i think.also backup your efs partition. its where your IMEI number and a few other bits are kept.also make a note of your IMEI.
when i flashed rc4.1 over darkyrom v10.4.2 i got a bootloop so i took the battery off and i wiped and flashed again.actually i had posted exactly what happened to me on the thread for ICS RC 4.2 so have a look at my post. Also i had lost my IMEI but no worries since i had taken a (2 actually) backups.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=22755888#post22755888
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I was flashing RC 4.2 over Darky ROm 10.4.2. At first I had a boot loop, but then I wiped and re-flashed and now it's working.
Unfortunately, same thing happened to me - I lost the IMEI. Thankfully I did a tar.gz backup using terminal emulator.
What should I do at this stage? I mean my mobile's working fine. How do I restore my IMEI? Should I restore my IMEI?
Thanks!

but dont forget about one thing-if you areon Cyanogen based rom,you arent able to restore backup from clockworkmod(backup of samsung-based rom)! you will stuck in bootloop

Recommended this rom?

Check it out this Tutorial
good luck

[Q] About CWM...restoring backups

Hi. Before my Q here's a background of what happened.
1. I made a backup through CWM of my system.
2. Earlier today i tried flashing primehd ver 8 for stock kernel. Standard procedure. CWM > flashed ROM > full wipe etc...
3. Problem = I got stuck on SE's logo. Ok maybe I messed up. reread the threads and asked some Q's and did the steps on #3.
4. Still the same result.
5. What the heck I'll just go back to GDX
6. Flashed ROM and again standard procedure of wiping etc...
7. Rebooted and everything is ok.
8. Went back to CWM and tried to restore the backup that i made. (same CWM version)
My question is why is it after restoring my backup and restarting my phone, I AGAIN got stuck on SE's logo?
Is there no way to restore my backup?
I did try searching before posting this but unfortunately I couldn't find a thread that could answer my Q...
So help... Thanks!
BTW, it wouldn't hurt if someone told me what mistake i made when I flashed primehd (i intentionally flashed ver 8 NOT 9)
Thanks in advance!

If u made a backup of stock ROM (default SE ROM) and u are on the stock kernel(default SE kernel) then u will get no boothangups if u restore...

the problem is you are wiping after flash the rom,you should do it before. some roms needs after some before check the instructions at the op from the rom you want to install.
now if you are stuck to Sony ericsson logo and you can access cwm do the following
full wipe
wipe dalvik
flash rom
about the back up..are you wiping after restore?
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stamatis16 said:
the problem is you are wiping after flash the rom,you should do it before. some roms needs after some before check the instructions at the op from the rom you want to install.
now if you are stuck to Sony ericsson logo and you can access cwm do the following
full wipe
wipe dalvik
flash rom
about the back up..are you wiping after restore?
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I think you're right. I wiped after i flashed primehd cause that's the instruction for gdx. Maybe that's why.
The instruction in the op is for ver 9 but it has a hotfix for stock kernel you need to flash in addition to the rom so i got confused.
For restoring backup i did both. I tried wiping twice (before backup once after). I also tried restoring without wiping. I even followed a thread and advance restored data, fix permissions.
EDIT: thanks for answering. I've decided to restore manually using titanium backup.
A bit of a hassle but at least i don't need to reflash.
Sent from my X8 using xda premium

What going on if wipe than restore?? Thanks..
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Partial Brick, Need Help Moving from ICS Build Please

If a pro could help me out I would appreciate it very much. I have been trying to move from a dangerous ICS build to JB and I am having this same problem.
My N7000 previously had this on it:
android 4.03
radio 19220zclp6
kernal version 3.0.15-i9220zclp1-cl131270 (bad ics kernal)
build number midnote 2.0 iml74k.zclp1
So I used ODIN to flash it to a GB rom but I got the com.android.process error and my phone would lock up.
So then I found this link http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1424997 and flashed this ROM "N7000UBLR3 N7000UVOLR1 - Download - Argentina" from the bottom of the page. I then wiped only the the cache (not the entire phone reset because I had forgot some data on the phone) and flashed it again but I still get the process error and phone locking up. I don't even know if this ROM is a safe ROM!!
Am I even on a safe kernal now? kernal n7000ublr3-cl890184 build imm76d.ublr3
What I need help doing is the following.
1. Before doing a full wipe, I need to either manually save my contacts to my PC or back them up. (no apps work but my pc can browse my phone) If I knew where my contacts were located, maybe I can manually copy them to my pc? So any help saving data from a partially unusable phone would help.
2. Flash to a safe GB rom, so I can then do the full wipes safely and then flash to a stable JB rom. (I have no clue which roms to choose here and need to be spoonfed the exact GB and JB roms to use. I think I prefer a CM10 JB rom.
Thanks for any help..

the rom you have flashed the last is an ics rom and its unsafe
go to http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1901191 and download the PhilZ-cwm6-UBLR3-PSN-v2.7 and put it in internal or eternal sd.
then boot into recovery and install zip from sd and point to the kernel you downloaded.
after this reboot and boot into recovery again. this time you should see CWM recovery
do a backup of your rom...... backup & restore > backup
after it completes do a factory wipe, dalvik wipe and cache wipe.
check if the phone boot normally

nokiamodeln91 said:
the rom you have flashed the last is an ics rom and its unsafe
go to http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1901191 and download the PhilZ-cwm6-UBLR3-PSN-v2.7 and put it in internal or eternal sd.
then boot into recovery and install zip from sd and point to the kernel you downloaded.
after this reboot and boot into recovery again. this time you should see CWM recovery
do a backup of your rom...... backup & restore > backup
after it completes do a factory wipe, dalvik wipe and cache wipe.
check if the phone boot normally
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Thanks, I will try it. So when you do a backup of a ROM, after flashing to a new ROM if you then do a restore, does it reinstall all your android apps on the new kernel or do you always need to reinstall your apps when you upgrade ROMS?

the phone becomes as it was when you did the backup. hopefully it will start.. but if it doesnt then you can manually extract the contacts using TB or from the nandroid backup folder
data.ext4.tar\data\data\com.android.providers.contacts\databases\
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on the other note.. instead of doing a whole restore.. try advance restore of just the data part

nokiamodeln91 said:
the phone becomes as it was when you did the backup. hopefully it will start.. but if it doesnt then you can manually extract the contacts using TB or from the nandroid backup folder
data.ext4.tar\data\data\com.android.providers.contacts\databases\
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on the other note.. instead of doing a whole restore.. try advance restore of just the data part
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The data backup restored the com.android.process error and phone locking problem so I just used that new CWM to flash and it boots fine now. The problem I get now is "null" every time I try to type on the keyboard. Resetting and rewiping everything and then reflashing the kernel doesn't seem to fix the "null" problem.
Anyone know how to fix null in the samsung keyboard?
EDIT: What full ROM file do I need to use so I can flash CSC via Odin? I think this will fix my null problem. Then I will reflash PhilZ via CWM.

the same rom you are on. tar.md5 . put that in the csc tab. but this will wipe data again,

[Q] Trying to unflash ROM - very overwhelmed!

Hi there,
I recently rooted and flashed a custom ROM onto my Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini. I'm very new to this thing and find everything quite overwhelming, but I want to learn.
I flashed this ROM - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2119219 (the v6 No Wipe version because I was petrified about losing my data if I factory reset), but the phone is now extremely laggy and buggy, so I want to go back to the stock ROM (so I can do a nandroid backup) and then try a different custom ROM like Dmod.
So, my question is, do I have to factory reset my phone to go back to stock? Or can I just flash this file (http://hotfile.com/dl/189271016/833...T-I8190N-BTU-I8190NXXALL6-1356151513.zip.html) using the CWN recovery menu without wiping? I'm asking because my phone keeps giving me an error everytime I try to backup using the CWM Recovery menu.
Thanks and if you need me to explain something in further detail, let me know.

YamiWheeler said:
Hi there,
I recently rooted and flashed a custom ROM onto my Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini. I'm very new to this thing and find everything quite overwhelming, but I want to learn.
I flashed this ROM - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2119219 (the v6 No Wipe version because I was petrified about losing my data if I factory reset), but the phone is now extremely laggy and buggy, so I want to go back to the stock ROM (so I can do a nandroid backup) and then try a different custom ROM like Dmod.
So, my question is, do I have to factory reset my phone to go back to stock? Or can I just flash this file (http://hotfile.com/dl/189271016/833...T-I8190N-BTU-I8190NXXALL6-1356151513.zip.html) using the CWN recovery menu without wiping? I'm asking because my phone keeps giving me an error everytime I try to backup using the CWM Recovery menu.
Thanks and if you need me to explain something in further detail, let me know.
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That firmware is a zipped odin-file. Can't be flashed in CWM.
Make a cwm nandroid backup of your "/data" to your external sd (that's your installed apps)
You can also backup your apps and appdata using titanium backup or similar, for later restore.
Just remember to never backup/restore systemapps.
Backup internal sd to computer just to be sure, if you in any situation have to make a factory reset. Make sure any kind of backup is on your external sd before you make factory reset, or it will be lost forever

YamiWheeler said:
Hi there,
I recently rooted and flashed a custom ROM onto my Samsung Galaxy S3 Mini. I'm very new to this thing and find everything quite overwhelming, but I want to learn.
I flashed this ROM - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2119219 (the v6 No Wipe version because I was petrified about losing my data if I factory reset), but the phone is now extremely laggy and buggy, so I want to go back to the stock ROM (so I can do a nandroid backup) and then try a different custom ROM like Dmod.
So, my question is, do I have to factory reset my phone to go back to stock? Or can I just flash this file (http://hotfile.com/dl/189271016/833...T-I8190N-BTU-I8190NXXALL6-1356151513.zip.html) using the CWN recovery menu without wiping? I'm asking because my phone keeps giving me an error everytime I try to backup using the CWM Recovery menu.
Thanks and if you need me to explain something in further detail, let me know.
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Backup your data in CWM, flash my ROM and restore your data with CWM.

Benzonat0r said:
Backup your data in CWM, flash my ROM and restore your data with CWM.
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CWM has NO choice to backup/restore only parts of the device. Only a full backup is possible.
This is only in TWRP. Pity! I only use CWM because TWRP makes corrupted backups (three times) for me.
Or is it possible to pick out only DATA from the backup? And what is happen with the dalvik cache, which
consists of the byte-code for all installed apps, optimized for the ROM which created it?
"advanced restore and restore only /data". Is this the way in CWM that you mean @benz?
JackoMJ

Yes that's exactly what I meant, "advanced restore and restore only /data"
You don't have to worry about cache and dalvik because it's automatically created on the initial start.

thx for the information Benz (usefull in the future perhaps),
but i´ve decided to use Titanium Backup.
JackoMJ

CWM Restore Problem

So I was on cm10.2 . Today i just wanted to use some stock experience for sometime as my exams are near so i wanted a stable rom.
So i tried to restore the Nand Backup from CWM. Restore was successful , Phone Boots everything is fine till that. After i enter to the setup wizard(Coz i wiped the data before making the backup) this error : Unfortunately the process com.google.gapps has stopped.
If i skip this then Setup Wizard Force Closes and then am not able to access anything on the phone. Everything seems to be force closing randomly?
Any Solution?

leo10messi said:
So I was on cm10.2 . Today i just wanted to use some stock experience for sometime as my exams are near so i wanted a stable rom.
So i tried to restore the Nand Backup from CWM. Restore was successful , Phone Boots everything is fine till that. After i enter to the setup wizard(Coz i wiped the data before making the backup) this error : Unfortunately the process com.google.gapps has stopped.
If i skip this then Setup Wizard Force Closes and then am not able to access anything on the phone. Everything seems to be force closing randomly?
Any Solution?
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You have CM10.2 GAPPS (4.3) on 4.1.2 system. That is the problem. You should wipe system and preload partition before you did restore. Try it now again. Do wipes and restore backup again. Gapps are not in data paritition.

Im having a similar issue
Hi! the same is happening to me, but im sure i flashed the right gapps from cwm. also, i tryed to restore a previous back up, the restore seems succesfull but when i boot i still see the setup wizard, even when i flash the right gapps after restore. I tryed cleaning caché, doing a factory reset. I dont know what else to do. The last thing i was doing with my working phone was trying (but i uninstalled it after a while) swapper2. but i letft my sd card only with fat32 as in the begining.

shut_down said:
You have CM10.2 GAPPS (4.3) on 4.1.2 system. That is the problem. You should wipe system and preload partition before you did restore. Try it now again. Do wipes and restore backup again. Gapps are not in data paritition.
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It didnt help....still got the same error. If i skip it...setupwizard also force clolses? :/

leo10messi said:
It didnt help....still got the same error. If i skip it...setupwizard also force clolses? :/
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Try to install gapps for 4.1.2 JB.

shut_down said:
Try to install gapps for 4.1.2 JB.
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But I backed up the stock ROM ... why should we restore flash gapps 4.1.2?

leo10messi said:
But I backed up the stock ROM ... why should we restore flash gapps 4.1.2?
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I know I had similiar problems when I was going from CM to stock. I can't remember what exacly I did to solve it. I will look on some posts I wrote before. You have problems with gapps, that ia why it force close.
P.S. Solution for someone was to flash some custom ROM. Try with that.
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shut_down said:
I know I had similiar problems when I was going from CM to stock. I can't remember what exacly I did to solve it. I will look on some posts I wrote before. You have problems with gapps, that ia why it force close.
Sent from my GT-I9070 using Tapatalk
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Ok mate let me know if you find the solution Thanks

At least you have stock backup in cwm. I created mine in twrp, therefore I cannot go back at all now with cwm restore...

jazzh said:
At least you have stock backup in cwm. I created mine in twrp, therefore I cannot go back at all now with cwm restore...
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Put CoCore with TWRP on SD and install it from CWM.

I had same problem. I never use GAPPS, so I have not flashed the zip. Still I encountered this strange problem.
I found two possible methods which may help.
To restore 'stock JB backup' you must flash CM 10.1(4.2.2) or CM 10(4.1) and make sure you wipe data,cache and dalvik-c before and after flashing.
The from CM 10.1/10 recovery restore the stock JB backup.
If that did not work, the use ODIN to flash the stock JB firmware and then flash custom recovery. With this recovery you can restore either data or all of the partitions. GOOD LUCK

shut_down said:
Put CoCore with TWRP on SD and install it from CWM.
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And what will I get, permanent twrp ? If yes, then that's it.

jazzh said:
And what will I get, permanent twrp ? If yes, then that's it.
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Yes, we do not have temp TWRP.
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shut_down said:
Yes, we do not have temp TWRP.
Sent from my GT-I9070 using Tapatalk
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can i restore my cwm backups from TWRP?
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well... after installing cocore with TWRP and then flashing gapps 4.1.2 from there, the problem persist. As i said before, after flashing stock rom from odin, then gapps from any recovery, the problem persist. wt* am i doing wrong!?
let me remember you, I am not who started this thread, but i have a similar issue.
Thanks
Edit: in order to bring you clues in case you may help me. I noticed that the keyboard doesnt show up if i try to write the password of the wi-fi network in setup wizard, also gapps still crashing as soon the phone boots and setup wizard after i try to skip it.
later edit: HEY HEY HEY! i noticed in "show log" option in cwm that after restoring the backup there are two issues:
I: Can't format unknow volume: /external_sd
I: Can't partition unsafe device: /dev/block/mmcblk0p8
hmmm... i didn't expect that.

keep updating: both cyanogen 10.0 and 10.2 don't even boot. they stay stucked in the pretty loading screen.
didn't find anything helpfull to do from recovery or odin
any clue?

just for the record (if anyone came here looking for an answer) i did a downgrade to 2.3.6 with this guide: (it is in spanish, but provides all the files and im sure you can find one in your language)
grupoandroid . com/topic/67294-gbguia-downgrade-de-jb-a-gb/ (delete spaces)
now i will upgrade to JB again, i hope that without problems.
edit: FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!
after 2.3.6 working without issues, flashed 4.1.2 from sammobile with odin (the same .md5 that i had for months!) and the problem came again. gapps error, and couldnt finish the setup wizard....

alete89 said:
just for the record (if anyone came here looking for an answer) i did a downgrade to 2.3.6 with this guide: (it is in spanish, but provides all the files and im sure you can find one in your language)
grupoandroid . com/topic/67294-gbguia-downgrade-de-jb-a-gb/ (delete spaces)
now i will upgrade to JB again, i hope that without problems.
edit: FUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU!
after 2.3.6 working without issues, flashed 4.1.2 from sammobile with odin (the same .md5 that i had for months!) and the problem came again. gapps error, and couldnt finish the setup wizard....
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Ok, try to install some ROM now. I remember that someone solved with that. But manual mount system and preload partitions just in case.
I had similar problems after coming back from CM10 before.
If that do not help, (have CWM or TWRP) put some ROM zip on SD - wipe ALL (cache, dalvik cache, system, preload, factory reset) and install ROM again.

shut_down said:
Ok, try to install some ROM now. I remember that someone solved with that. But manual mount system and preload partitions just in case.
I had similar problems after coming back from CM10 before.
If that do not help, (have CWM or TWRP) put some ROM zip on SD - wipe ALL (cache, dalvik cache, system, preload, factory reset) and install ROM again.
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I couldn't install CM10 or 10.2 from CWM after wiping cache, dalvik, system, preload, and factory. I got
"getprop(ro.build.product) = i9070, getprop(ro.product.device) = GT-I9070
error or something like that and i get stucked.
I'll downgrade again and keep it for one day until the night, i can't be without my phone one more day.

alete89 said:
I couldn't install CM10 or 10.2 from CWM after wiping cache, dalvik, system, preload, and factory. I got
"getprop(ro.build.product) = i9070, getprop(ro.product.device) = GT-I9070
error or something like that and i get stucked.
I'll downgrade again and keep it for one day until the night, i can't be without my phone one more day.
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Wait, do you have I9070P? That error is shown if you try to install CM on I9070P.

shut_down said:
Wait, do you have I9070P? That error is shown if you try to install CM on I9070P.
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nono, i have I9070. 100% sure.