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Help me chosiing and installing new custom rom

Due to many lags and problems with last stock rom from samfirmware I finally choose to mount a custom rom, as I have always done with all my devices in have taken a lot of informations before proceding so I have some questions to do:
what is the best rom for my tablet? ( I am an advanced user)
how can I bypass my bootloader block?
How can I install without bricking?
I have tried to install overcome kernel following standard procedure but my table was blocking in a new download mode image, and it didn't start. I solved flashing new stock rom, very indecent and lagging
thank for responses to everybody

with overcome you can follow the guide i think you might be making the mistake i made
read the guides well
before starting
1 root your device
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=812367
2 how to unlock there is a sticky post here dont flash but if you do there is an apk file you have to run first on the stock rom to unlock (need step 1 to execute this)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=888071
read this guide and the steps below first before proceding
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=11713685
3 copy the zip rom file to your internal SD not external
4 when you flash the kernel it boots into samsung screen wait it sais converting
then it estimates miutes then it finishes (i followd the guide and thought it was stuck on that screen before it was done converting to the new format
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=932082
now proceed with the setps from but keep step 3 and 4 in mind
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=11713685
GL!

I got my Galaxy Tab about a week ago and flashed Overcome right after. Highly recommended!

Follow the first post.
As far as recommending a Rom/Kernel. The Overcome Kernel and Rom are being developed and updated almost weekly. It's very stable and quite powerful.

I have done nr. 1st and 2nd steps and I'm going to make a 3rd. Step but I have another question in link you have posted there are old overcome kernel and rom, which I must download? The procedure is the same?

procedure is the same simply flash/install latest version.

How about if I want to use SMS after flashing? It's working on stock rom right now, do I need to do anything special when flashing Overcome?

i have done all steps, now i'll try this kernel and rom....thanks a lot to everybody!!

ravness said:
How about if I want to use SMS after flashing? It's working on stock rom right now, do I need to do anything special when flashing Overcome?
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on euro tab all functionality works,
wifi
3g
gps
call
sms
accelerometer
light sensor
did not try using video call / mms
dose not work for me
vpn with tun.ko vpnc
what you sometimes need to do after flashing is to set up the acces points for some things like 3g connection you can usualy go to your providers homepage and have them send an sms to you with correct settings or fill in manualy

So no need to flash a modem or something, right? Thanks

Second that! I just installed Overcome 1.4.2 (replaces both the kernel and ROM) and everything is working dandy. Waiting to test it under day-to-day usage on weekdays next week, but for now it's been pretty stable and lag-free.
Did hit a road block while flashing yesterday (hit the same 'stuck at Samsung screen' issue others have faced), but there main ROM thread and another that it pointed to had step by step guides to everything. From flashing the kernel to troubleshooting problems. I just got into Android last month and this is my first flash.
Did find that the battery temperature on Overcome seems to be higher on average than when I had stock Euro... Am not overclocking though. Will continue to monitor this one.

no the modem dose not get replaced
you can chouse to go for a newer modem if you wish

[Q] Android jellybean 4.1

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........

[Q] Android jellybean 4.1 / 4.2?

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.

[Q] JellyBam Stucks at bootscreen

Hello friends of the Optimus Black.
[Introduction]
Today i started the first time flashing and android phone. Before i modiefied & flashed firmwares of serveral AVM fritzbox devices to get more features. I use linux as my everyday OS, but installed Win7 because it seems to be easier when working with android devices.
[Problem]
My LG OB stucks at the bootscreen (flying rocket) after i installed the jellybam_p970.NIGHTLY_20121215.zip and gapps-jb-20121011-signed.zip.
I have used theese instructions:
[HOW TO]The Big N00B how-to! and [ROM 4.1.2 - 4.2] JELLYBAM [15/12] [Nightlies] [P970] [PA.AOKP.CM10] [ATOMIC] .
I do know how to handle the SmartFlash Tool to get bricked phone back to live.
One problem is, that iam not shure, if the used nightly rom is corrupt or if i may have used the wrong gaps file. I had to opent this thread, because iam not allowed to post in the developer section (which might be good, if the rom is corrupt)
Another problem is, that it id like to avoid a further unbricking-process with smarttool, just because it takes so much time to:
1. unbrick
2. turn on usb-debug
3. use blackjack to root
4. connect to wifi
5. register at google
6. install rom manager app
7. backup
8. factory reset (wipe)
9. flash
Is it possible to take a shortcut?
Many thanks for your help guys.
mellhen

Hopefully, there is faster way ! After more than 20-30 bricks i get bored with similar process to yours ;p
You just need to use THIS tool to convert your favourite stock firmware to smartflash format and patch it with CWM (recovery). Then, after flashing this converted firmware using SFT your phone will automatically reboot into recovery and you will be able to flash any ROM without rooting, installing cwm etc.
I don't remember exactly, but this tool should only work with v10-v20 firmware, so just download one from HERE from your country (or just with well working baseband) and let's simplify your life !

I have modified one. Many thanks for this tip. I will test it the next time the device bricks.
Do you know if i used the correct gapps file? I tried Version 10.
EDIT
[Problem solved]
After flashing an earlier nightly buld (14th of december) and the CM10 gapp file the OS starts.
Thanks for your help
mellhen

samsung GT-N7000 very slow and eating battery after upgrade to 4.1.2

I just joined this site to seek some help. In 2013 after the upgrade of 4.1.2 android (jellybeans) my phone became useless for use as it ran very very slow and ate battery like there was no tomorrow. I put it away and bought me another phone. But after several years I took it out again to see if I could start using it again. But not in its present condition. I read on many forums about it and obviously I am not the only one complaining. The best suggestion I have found is to downgrade it back to ICS 4.04 (Icecream sandwich). But I cannot find the firmware for Canada..I did find firmware for UK but not sure what will be the consequences if I installed that built. The other day I successfully rooted the device with SuperSu but made no difference to speed or battery drain. So I seek help in locating version 4.04 desperately. Please help revive this phone and be gentle as I am new to Android world. Cheers

SuperSU won't help speeding your phone unless you install apps to do it .. And you can flash the UK firmware if its the international N7000 without any problems .. BTW you don't have to downgrade .. Just flash the new JB firmware .. And you can flash a custom lollipop ROM .. It would be lighter and faster than stock .. Try nightowl or resurrection remix .. They are really stable

N00b... said:
SuperSU won't help speeding your phone unless you install apps to do it .. And you can flash the UK firmware if its the international N7000 without any problems .. BTW you don't have to downgrade .. Just flash the new JB firmware .. And you can flash a custom lollipop ROM .. It would be lighter and faster than stock .. Try nightowl or resurrection remix .. They are really stable
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Thanks a bundle friend. I will send you a private message to seek some details instead of crowding this forum..

mikeymm said:
I just joined this site to seek some help. In 2013 after the upgrade of 4.1.2 android (jellybeans) my phone became useless for use as it ran very very slow and ate battery like there was no tomorrow. I put it away and bought me another phone. But after several years I took it out again to see if I could start using it again. But not in its present condition. I read on many forums about it and obviously I am not the only one complaining. The best suggestion I have found is to downgrade it back to ICS 4.04 (Icecream sandwich). But I cannot find the firmware for Canada..I did find firmware for UK but not sure what will be the consequences if I installed that built. The other day I successfully rooted the device with SuperSu but made no difference to speed or battery drain. So I seek help in locating version 4.04 desperately. Please help revive this phone and be gentle as I am new to Android world. Cheers
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Yes, I agree with Noob, no point to downgrade your phone, you could flash UK upgrade but probably the best thing to do is to flash one of the ROM's he mentions. I flashed Nightowl 12.1.1 on my wife's Note and it has been awesome! No crashes so far, no excessive lag as Nightowl kernal supports trim (lag like she had with stock, is due to bug in emmc chip not trimming memory thus making it slower and slower the more you use it). Also repartition so there are no more issues with memory running low, slowing your phone and not being able to upgrade apps).
If you decide on NightOwl I'd install 12.1.1 (Android 5.1.1) from here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-note/development/rom-t2938649
Easiest is probably to click the "How to repartition button" on above link and follow Savin's instructions exactly to repartition and install NightOwl, you have already installed stock 4.1.2 so you are already on your way!!!
Take a week or two to get your head around all the terms, if you have not done this sort of thing before, would be advisable. If you follow these steps you won't brick your phone (though there is always a very small risk, so you do this at your own risk!) See also NightOwl Google+ pages https://plus.google.com/communities/106990063819354862953
Read the threads and use search to answer any questions, if you still have questions ask on the thread, don't expect support via PM's (though you might get lucky a couple of times :victory: ) Watch a few videos of people flashing & partitioning too would also probably help to get familiar with stuff.

IronRoo said:
Yes, I agree with Noob, no point to downgrade your phone, you could flash UK upgrade but probably the best thing to do is to flash one of the ROM's he mentions. I flashed Nightowl 12.1.1 on my wife's Note and it has been awesome! No crashes so far, no excessive lag as Nightowl kernal supports trim (lag like she had with stock, is due to bug in emmc chip not trimming memory thus making it slower and slower the more you use it). Also repartition so there are no more issues with memory running low, slowing your phone and not being able to upgrade apps).
If you decide on NightOwl I'd install 12.1.1 (Android 5.1.1) from here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-note/development/rom-t2938649
Easiest is probably to click the "How to repartition button" on above link and follow Savin's instructions exactly to repartition and install NightOwl, you have already installed stock 4.1.2 so you are already on your way!!!
Take a week or two to get your head around all the terms, if you have not done this sort of thing before, would be advisable. If you follow these steps you won't brick your phone (though there is always a very small risk, so you do this at your own risk!) See also NightOwl Google+ pages https://plus.google.com/communities/106990063819354862953
Read the threads and use search to answer any questions, if you still have questions ask on the thread, don't expect support via PM's (though you might get lucky a couple of times :victory: ) Watch a few videos of people flashing & partitioning too would also probably help to get familiar with stuff.
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These days its a piece of cake flashing your phone with a new ROM since there is a ton of guides on xda that goes in detail .. I'm currently running cm 11.0 nightowl (Kitkat) and its fast and smooth .. Lollipop will eventually start lagging after a month of usage .. And I did try to help him using pm but I guess he didn't go online since yesterday .. Can you brick your phone while flashing through recovery ? Because I accidentally flashed a couple of i9300 ROMs and it worked after a clean flash .. There's a really small chance for you bricking your phone .. :laugh:

N00b... said:
These days its a piece of cake flashing your phone with a new ROM since there is a ton of guides on xda that goes in detail .. I'm currently running cm 11.0 nightowl (Kitkat) and its fast and smooth .. Lollipop will eventually start lagging after a month of usage .. And I did try to help him using pm but I guess he didn't go online since yesterday .. Can you brick your phone while flashing through recovery ? Because I accidentally flashed a couple of i9300 ROMs and it worked after a clean flash .. There's a really small chance for you bricking your phone .. :laugh:
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Yes, agreed small chance of soft brick & very small chance of hard brick these days, though this phone has the dodgy emmc chips that caused a lot of bricks ....... but that was before patches released and all the hard work from developers like Bauner who have incorporated fixes into ROMs & Kernals so it's easy for us now!!

Google Apps transfer to SD Card..how to help
After learning few things now I am stuck at not being able to transfer Google Apps to SD card: I am trying to do following instructions from this forum:
1.flash N7000ZSLR1_N7000OZSLR1_BRI (or any other other 4.1.2) stock rom using odin
2.Copy Rom + Google Apps to your sdcard.
3.flash PhilZ-cwm6-XXLT6-XSA-5.06.1.tar.md5 (http://d-h.st/OTu) to get cwm recovery by using odin or mobile odin (To download click the blue Download now button)
4. boot into recovery
5. flash this kernel http://forum.xda-developers.com/devd...t/dl/?id=16862 to get an updated recovery
(this step will make your old rom unbootable stuck in the n7000 screen but you can boot into recovery with press and hold "home" and "volume+" buttons and power on your phone)
6. you need to reboot! your device now to recovery
7. you are now in the updated recovery and you need to do a factory reset (and to go sure you should also format the /system partition)
8. you can now install the rom and gapps and reboot your device
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Please help me get started and moving on to other steps..thank you
mikeymm said:
I just joined this site to seek some help. In 2013 after the upgrade of 4.1.2 android (jellybeans) my phone became useless for use as it ran very very slow and ate battery like there was no tomorrow. I put it away and bought me another phone. But after several years I took it out again to see if I could start using it again. But not in its present condition. I read on many forums about it and obviously I am not the only one complaining. The best suggestion I have found is to downgrade it back to ICS 4.04 (Icecream sandwich). But I cannot find the firmware for Canada..I did find firmware for UK but not sure what will be the consequences if I installed that built. The other day I successfully rooted the device with SuperSu but made no difference to speed or battery drain. So I seek help in locating version 4.04 desperately. Please help revive this phone and be gentle as I am new to Android world. Cheers
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mikeymm said:
After learning few things now I am stuck at not being able to transfer Google Apps to SD card: I am trying to do following instructions from this forum:
1.flash N7000ZSLR1_N7000OZSLR1_BRI (or any other other 4.1.2) stock rom using odin
2.Copy Rom + Google Apps to your sdcard.
3.flash PhilZ-cwm6-XXLT6-XSA-5.06.1.tar.md5 (http://d-h.st/OTu) to get cwm recovery by using odin or mobile odin (To download click the blue Download now button)
4. boot into recovery
5. flash this kernel http://forum.xda-developers.com/devd...t/dl/?id=16862 to get an updated recovery
(this step will make your old rom unbootable stuck in the n7000 screen but you can boot into recovery with press and hold "home" and "volume+" buttons and power on your phone)
6. you need to reboot! your device now to recovery
7. you are now in the updated recovery and you need to do a factory reset (and to go sure you should also format the /system partition)
8. you can now install the rom and gapps and reboot your device
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Please help me get started and moving on to other steps..thank you
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You need to download new gapps and transfer them to your SD card go here : http://opengapps.org you can't copy your installed gapps

This is great help thank you. I visited the opengapps.org and there are just too many options to select from. I have Android Version 4.1.2 and its not even mentioned in the listing...what do I get?
Also to do Nightowl they recommend to flash N7000ZSLR1_N7000OZSLR1_BRI Rom and my phone which is rooted has N7000XXLT3..should I just keep this or flash what is recommended as above..if so where do I find this rom? Thank you

mikeymm said:
This is great help thank you. I visited the opengapps.org and there are just too many options to select from. I have Android Version 4.1.2 and its not even mentioned in the listing...what do I get?
Also to do Nightowl they recommend to flash N7000ZSLR1_N7000OZSLR1_BRI Rom and my phone which is rooted has N7000XXLT3..should I just keep this or flash what is recommended as above..if so where do I find this rom? Thank you
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The gapps you need to get has to be of the new rom you want to flash. Not what you have. If cm12. 1 then lollipop and cm13 then marshmallow. There is no need to flash another stock rom. Go ahead with the new rooms flashing procedure.
Sent from my Galaxy Note using XDA Labs

mikeymm said:
This is great help thank you. I visited the opengapps.org and there are just too many options to select from. I have Android Version 4.1.2 and its not even mentioned in the listing...what do I get?
Also to do Nightowl they recommend to flash N7000ZSLR1_N7000OZSLR1_BRI Rom and my phone which is rooted has N7000XXLT3..should I just keep this or flash what is recommended as above..if so where do I find this rom? Thank you
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You want ARM, 5.1.1 (for NightOwl 12.1) & Gapps of your choice, though bauner recommends Micro/nano/pico, not sure why, maybe just because they are small and will leave you more space for your apps. Once you have downloaded this zip file to your PC then you can just copy file over to your phone external SD card using USB cable in normal drag & drop way once phone is recognised by windows.
Personally I would recommend you repartition as per Savin's instructions in first post so that you have plenty of space for apps and a bit left so phone does not slow down (also I think instructions are good for a nooby as they take you from start to finish, all you can do is find a few newer versions of the files he links if you like, I did this with my XXLT3, then flash latest NightOwl & Gapps for nightowl version you flash)