I've been trying to Change the ROM in my phone all day and I've had no luck.
I first tried Slim Bean and that worked no problems BUT...
I had a blank IMEI which means I cannot make calls and I also learnt that you can't go from GB to JB, you need to go in steps of each ICS
I think If I go back to 2.3.3, copy or back up the /efs files or something then go back to Slim Bean then copy them that MIGHT work but I haven't tried it.
[Would be nice if SlimROMs just kept Play Store in the Rom, it would make things easier but they don't call it slim for no reason!]
So I went back to 2.3.3 using an Ezbase Recovery and I've been trying to Install ICS ROMs and they have ALL failed when installing causing a boot loop.
I've tried Cyanogen 9, 9.1.0, Slim ICS and a few other I cannot remember.
Is their something I am missing? a certain kernel? Need to upgrade to 2.3.6?
I really just want to get to Jelly Bean, I've tried it first hand Via SlimROM and it's like BUTTER but It's useless at the moment if I cannot get my IMEI or network provider showing up.
Thank you in advance.
TheProfessionalIdiot said:
I've been trying to Change the ROM in my phone all day and I've had no luck.
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ok, for upgrades from GB to ICS, you need a 2.3.6 bootloader, you can use Ezboot without changing ROM ( link in My Android collections) and a CWM by flashing a semaphore kernel. Here you backup your EFS.
In ICS ( follow guide by developer of your chosen ROM) , you may need to flash twice, as first flash may give you boot loops
Worked like a charm.
You've been so helpful since I joined XDA.
I wish I had money to spare for the help but I massive thanks is all I can give at the moment!
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Hi guys,
I got my T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy Tab from someone who had the Team Overcome ROM.
Today, I decided to sell it to someone so I wanted to remove all my info by wiping all the stuff out and somehow I messed up things and now I am stuck with this page when I go into recovery. I tried to flash other ROMs that were 2.2 ROMs and even though they flash fine, they just keep on restarting every time the display goes to sleep or if I just touch the power button.
Anyways, below is a picture of the screen that I get when I go to Recovery and I do not know where to start from to get everything back to normal before I can sell this device.
I'd appreciate some direction and some help.
Thanks
You need to restock with the Froyo safe stock rom from overcome. Just putting other froyo versions on with recovery won't work as you have gingerbread bootloaders...
Try reading before doing these things or you will end up with a brick...
you need to restock it all over again and word of advice use the new overcome rom called Kratos with gingerbread based rom it's a lot fast and stable ..
medoo88 said:
you need to restock it all over again and word of advice use the new overcome rom called Kratos with gingerbread based rom it's a lot fast and stable ..
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How can I restock? I'd appreciate if you guys can provide the proper link.
Hello,
I tried searching for my problem in the forums but I didn't find my exact setup and don't want to brick my phone. (Well maybe it already is)
I had Cyanogenmod 7 for quite a while and tried the Nightlies for 9 some months ago. In the early days of my phone I used ODIN to flash the newest Stock firmwares and then used the chroot kernel to root my phone and install cwm. Since then I installed Cyanogenmod 7 and later Cyanogenmod 9 Nightlies with cwm recover and there was never a problem.
Today I tried the ROM from DerTeufel1980 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=28819140
I flashed the rom, the addons, the superuser and google now fix. Then I flashed the kernel Devil3_1.0.0-Rc5_datadata_i9000_CFS_BLN_CMC_20120719.zip and fixed permissions. After that my phone wouldn't boot. The boot animation was the old standard android logo.
I managed to get into Devil Kernel Recovery and thought to try a reflash of just the ROM but when I try to "choose a zip" it always tells me
E:can't mount /sdcard/
After that I flashed the kernel with odin and now the phone seems to boot but veeeery slow and it has a ton of flickering the whole time. The bootanimation is the cyanogenmod 9 boot animation. I got into Devil Recovery and I still can't mount the sdcard. And it seems that it doesn't detect my sim card.
I hope you can help me.
Edit: Actually after rebooting several times the boot sped up and I could get into the ROM. I still can't mount the internal sdcard though and I have no phone functionality. It seems that my IMEI number is gone.
Hey
Downgrade your sgs to 2.3.6 valuepack using odin3...
Then root it and use it for a day atleast..
Then flash CM9 nightly..use that for a day too..
Then flash JB...not the same one u did earlier..
Instead Goto teamjellybean.noez.in (ad www.)
Find d latest version of jb and follow the instruction there..
Cheers
Sent from my GT-I9000 using xda app-developers app
Thanks that's exactly what I have done and it worked.
I've seen a lot of folks saying that they might have bricked their phones when some issue occured while flashing a new rom.
Personally whenever I face issues, I just goto the Download mode and Flash a GB rom and then move my way up (GB --> ICS --> JB).
As long as you can go into Download mode, shouldnt be a problem
Fwiw, I lost my IMEI for the first time trying out the JBs. Not sure if it was Slim or DerTeufel's. I ended up with the kind that allows you to connect to your mobile provider, a fake but working IMEI. But when I saw that I tried to go to GB and it didn't come back automagically. And the IMEI was totally wiped so I couldn't even register on the network. Ended up getting to ICS and only then did Root Browser let me write to the efs folder.
Lesson, in short: make a backup zip of your efs folder (to preserve permissions) and double back it up using Nitrality from the Play store.
Glad you got yours back, too.
sent from a telephonic device
tchindalia said:
Hey
Downgrade your sgs to 2.3.6 valuepack using odin3...
Then root it and use it for a day atleast..
Then flash CM9 nightly..use that for a day too..
Then flash JB...not the same one u did earlier..
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OK, so I'm *definitely* a crappy speed-reader, because I missed this part about waiting on each version. What does the waiting do? I'm now wondering if that means I need to use the phone and, with the restored /efs folder, sometimes later /dev/block/stl3 will repopulate itself with the proper info.
Hey
I asked to wait on roms coz it can just make a few things working...like data..if it doesnt work on 1 rom it would not (probably) work on the next update..(personal experience)..
Cheers
If my post helped, don't mind hitting the Thanks button..
Hello people from XDA,
I have a few questions that hopefully can be answered:
I have the Galaxy S GT i9000 and I really want to have jellybean 4.1 instead of gingerbread. I have run into a lot of problems when I tried to put custom ROM (I think it was the F4k ICS ROM) and a lot of problems when trying to root. I now sucessfully have it rooted on XXJVU 2.3.6
What I want to know: Is the Jellybean 4.1 for daily use? I use my phone for work and school, so I don't need a ROM that can't for example call or send SMS.
Does 3G and Wi-Fi work?
Will I run into problems starting up? When flashing the F4k ICS ROM I couldn't stop it from staying at the "Kernel semaphore" even after waiting 10 - 20 minutes.
Is it STABLE?
Do I have acces to Google Play
Do I have USB to computer access?
Do I NEED to make a backup with Titanium Backup, or isn't it neccessary? It really doesn't matter for me if I have to set my settings manually again.
I hope these can be answered. For as far as I searched, I couldn't find any answers related to my questions.
Thanks in advance,-
Hello
Yes you can use cm10 as daily.almost everything works
has ccaseder
everything you asked for should work if you set it all up correctly
To get to 4.0.4 - CM9 here is a guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1852546&highlight=jw4. You can skip first steps if you have a rooted GB / CWM.
After that to go to CM10 (4.1.2) it's: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1778526
Everything is working great in 4.1.2 CM10.
First you should backup EFS, save contact/sms/mms/call log with Go Backup (Titanium also as it can't hurt to have 2 backups).
Backup is needed as the phone will be wiped.
In my opinion CM10 is almost as 'stable'(in every way you could think off) as CM9. Some people still wait for a real stable, if you really don't want to encounter anything weird you could go for CM9 instead.
Helly Bean
Try Helly_Bean, smoother and faster than CM10 in my opinion and all works fine out of the box.
Official website at hellybean.com. Enjoy!
AndroidFan2 said:
Hello people from XDA,
I have a few questions that hopefully can be answered:
I have the Galaxy S GT i9000 and I really want to have jellybean 4.1 instead of gingerbread. I have run into a lot of problems when I tried to put custom ROM (I think it was the F4k ICS ROM) and a lot of problems when trying to root. I now sucessfully have it rooted on XXJVU 2.3.6
What I want to know: Is the Jellybean 4.1 for daily use? I use my phone for work and school, so I don't need a ROM that can't for example call or send SMS.
Does 3G and Wi-Fi work?
Will I run into problems starting up? When flashing the F4k ICS ROM I couldn't stop it from staying at the "Kernel semaphore" even after waiting 10 - 20 minutes.
Is it STABLE?
Do I have acces to Google Play
Do I have USB to computer access?
Do I NEED to make a backup with Titanium Backup, or isn't it neccessary? It really doesn't matter for me if I have to set my settings manually again.
I hope these can be answered. For as far as I searched, I couldn't find any answers related to my questions.
Thanks in advance,-
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Well 4.1.2 is out now and yes it can be used as daily use. It is important to know that in order to have a good experience with jellybean you should go from gingerbread to ICS to JB in that order or you can loose your IMEI number and that is important. Don't forget to do a backup (nandroid) on your phone in the recovery menu. Yes you will have google play and usb . Read the op of the rom you want to install as now to go to 4.1.2 there is a couple of extra steps usually with a new partition layout (you might have to flash the same JB rom up to three time to get it to work properly). Good Luck JB is awesome and fast
Im using X-Bean 3.0 + Semaphore 2.4.4s on a daily base & its running smooth and stable here. I came from stock GB, rooted it and flashed the rom right away.
Had 2 flash it twice. After full wipe flash the rom.
First time phone reboots and wont pass the semaphore logo.
Take battery out and reboot into recovery mode, flash the rom again.
This time install will complete. Reboot & there u go. U can flash kernel after........
Hello developers from XDA!
I have three questions that I was hoping you guys could answer.
First off, I own a Samsung Galaxy S GT i9000 and I'm currently running on 2.3.6 gingerbread XXJVU rooted.
I have been searching EVERYWHERE for a stable jellybean 4.1.2 ROM for my phone, but there are so many and the instructions are very complicated, resulting me into not really understanding how to flash it..
I have earlier tried to flash and ICS ROM which hugely failed. Flashing the stock rom & rooting it went succesfully, but after trying to install the rom from the recovery menu it didn't work. The result was that it was taking nearly up to an hour to start up. I had taken the battery out the phone and restarted before I waited so long. (Yes, believe it, or not. I have seriously waited an hour for it to start up. It just didn't want to.)
So my questions:
Do any of you from XDA developers know a STABLE jellybean rom which has most of the features available? For instance; calling, SMS, Wi-Fi, 3G, Play Store, USB acces etc.
I've heard that "Cyanogenmod 10" was a good one..
Second question is: IF any of you could provide me with a link to a rom (hopefully as I mentioned before Cyanogenmod 10) can you please provide a link with instruction on how to flash it? I really don't want to spend around 30 minutes to find out what I must do.
Also, I've heard that it's not a good idea to go from 2.3.6 to 4.1.2 instantly. I actually want to take the chances and go to Jellybean instead of first flashing and ICS rom.
And as for my last question: I will of course do a nandroid backup in recovery. But, if the jellybean rom fails to flash will I still be able to use that backup? As I mentioned before, I failed flashing an ICS rom. But when I did my recovery menu changed? It went from ClockWorkMod to a different one with a different colour. I haven't really looked at the backup files in the new recovery menu, but if I flash the jellybean mod I assume my recovery menu will change from CWM to CM, and resulting (I think) removing the backup files?..
If neccessary I'll post my entire device information:
Device information:
Model number: GT-I9000
Android version: GINGERBREAD_MR1 2.3.6 (SDK 10)
Kernel version: 2.6.35.7-i9000XXJVU-CL851880
Buildnumber: GINGERBREAD.XXJVU
I hope these questions could be answered!
Thanks in advance.
P.S.: Sorry if I posted this in the wrong section.
Hey,
so first of all I'd recommend Mackay ROM 1.5.9 which is based on CyanogenMod 10 but tries to stay as close as possible to stock Jelly Bean. You can find it in the development section.
To your second point: Go on CM9 first (twice!) then flash a clean CM10 and afterwards finally Mackay. If you got questions regarding that, you can ask me ofc But to be honest you have to read and try a bit to get into these things. I can explain a lot but you have to think yourself before doing something
Best regards
Sent from my Gameboy Color
inMindAndroid said:
I really don't want to spend around 30 minutes to find out what I must do.
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BlueFlame4 said:
To your second point: Go on CM9 first (twice!) then flash a clean CM10 and afterwards finally Mackay.
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Alternatively you could just do a factory reset and flash CM10 Fishears since it uses the same partition layout as stock, avoiding the need to flash middlemen and format drives.
I have just recently restarted using this phone due to my uscellular S4 getting turned off. I am now back on my LG-P990 currently rooted and running CM10.1. BUT most importantly to me is the fact that I have all my wonderful apps on my s4, I want to be able to use them by using the LG phone as a tether and calls not much else BUT CM10.1 tethering does not work, so i find myself flashing rom after rom, avatar rom, older CM mods, none would turn on tethering, so i flashed a modded version of MIUI for this phone and it worked except for ONE thing no signal, tethering turned on just fine so i decided to look around for other roms and found Slimrom TRYED to flash it didnt work, try to flash actual MIUI roms off there site, didnt work, met with an error in CWM Recovery after some searching I found its because Im running the OLD Bootloader -_- THIS is the issue im having IF MIUI does NOT work is it possible to downgrade the bootloader again so i can restore my CM10.1 backup? I have been working at this for a week, if there is something here about this can someone please just point me at it? I would appreciate any help.
On a side note i DID soft brick the phone the other day and found a program called nvflash witch flashed an install of CM mod. Dont know if that will help any.
Jeffril said:
I have just recently restarted using this phone due to my uscellular S4 getting turned off. I am now back on my LG-P990 currently rooted and running CM10.1. BUT most importantly to me is the fact that I have all my wonderful apps on my s4, I want to be able to use them by using the LG phone as a tether and calls not much else BUT CM10.1 tethering does not work, so i find myself flashing rom after rom, avatar rom, older CM mods, none would turn on tethering, so i flashed a modded version of MIUI for this phone and it worked except for ONE thing no signal, tethering turned on just fine so i decided to look around for other roms and found Slimrom TRYED to flash it didnt work, try to flash actual MIUI roms off there site, didnt work, met with an error in CWM Recovery after some searching I found its because Im running the OLD Bootloader -_- THIS is the issue im having IF MIUI does NOT work is it possible to downgrade the bootloader again so i can restore my CM10.1 backup? I have been working at this for a week, if there is something here about this can someone please just point me at it? I would appreciate any help.
On a side note i DID soft brick the phone the other day and found a program called nvflash witch flashed an install of CM mod. Dont know if that will help any.
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I really do not understand how other ROMs deny Tethering. Did you flash the latest 2.x kernel by pengus77 after installing the rom? Did you make a clean install(wipe everything then install)? On the other hand, yes you can switch bootloaders as much as you like, just remember that changing the bootloader wipes everything on your internal memory, so do a backup. Did you try just plain old stock 4.0.4? Should work there. Ask anything you want, if you're still having questions.
NoDze said:
I really do not understand how other ROMs deny Tethering. Did you flash the latest 2.x kernel by pengus77 after installing the rom? Did you make a clean install(wipe everything then install)? On the other hand, yes you can switch bootloaders as much as you like, just remember that changing the bootloader wipes everything on your internal memory, so do a backup. Did you try just plain old stock 4.0.4? Should work there. Ask anything you want, if you're still having questions.
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As to the flashing to stock i lost the original rom backup i had made along time ago and cant find the original firmware anywhere online. When I flashed CM 10.1 I just ran with it, when i go to try tethering it says "Turning on portable wifi hotspot." and it stays on that no matter what untill i restart, left the phone running for 2 days once and that was still stuck on that before i restarted. As for flashing a 2.x kernel i had no idea about that. But yes when i did the installs i would do a clean wipe and install. Most of what i read online led me to believe that there was an error with CM 10.1 nightlys that was not being fixed for the tethering. So that is why i decided to go to another rom. Two questions one how do i go about finding the original firmware for this phone and two how would i go about updating or downgrading the bootloaders and could i be pointed to the files please?
Jeffril said:
As to the flashing to stock i lost the original rom backup i had made along time ago and cant find the original firmware anywhere online. When I flashed CM 10.1 I just ran with it, when i go to try tethering it says "Turning on portable wifi hotspot." and it stays on that no matter what untill i restart, left the phone running for 2 days once and that was still stuck on that before i restarted. As for flashing a 2.x kernel i had no idea about that. But yes when i did the installs i would do a clean wipe and install. Most of what i read online led me to believe that there was an error with CM 10.1 nightlys that was not being fixed for the tethering. So that is why i decided to go to another rom. Two questions one how do i go about finding the original firmware for this phone and two how would i go about updating or downgrading the bootloaders and could i be pointed to the files please?
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Okay, This is SFSP by @sgspluss which is a pretty fast, stable and battery-friendly slimmed down version of stock ICS. It is available for both Old and NewBL, so you might want to try that first. This is AIO Toolkit. I know that you've used it and bricked your phone, but try again, and for the love of God install the nvflash drivers because most people skip that part. You have to do it manually and if you're running Windows 8 you need to disable Driver Signature Verification. But yeah, you switch bootloaders with this.