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Voodoo lagfix problem

This is my first post so since I need 10 to post in Developers forum I have no choice but put this here. I downloaded the link form the voodoo development thread here on page 90 I think. It will not let me post the link till I have 8 posts. Too many rules if you ask me. I have a Captivate with 2.2-update1, I897UCJH7, 2.6.29 kernl, Eclare.UCJH7.
Is the above link workable on my phone. I have put it into my root folder. I am rooted with z4root. I have used Odin before and tried different ROMS and went back to stock to just try The Voodoo Lag Fix with the original ATT System.
My problem is when I put the download into my root and change it to update zip. Then use the 3 button operation to go into Download which works. Still when I go to re-install packages it says failed.
When I look on my computer with the root drive it shows that the file is showing has update.zip. When I use the File app on the phone it is showing has update.zip.zip....Is this the problem. I tried to change it to just update .zip but it will not allow me because the file already exists.
I have ROM Manager and Titanium Backup and Super-User rights so I know I am rooted.
Thank You for any help in advance.

there are threads about update.zip.zip, delete the original update.zip, rename .zip.zip to .zip. Then reboot into recovery mode and say reinstall packages. I haven't done this specifically for lag fix but the double .zip is a problem others have had and posted about.
BTW, welcome to XDA developers. Don't worry, you'll hit 10 posts in no time.

If your using jh7 then you are on eclair my friend.... you need to find the version of voodoo that supports eclair.... the voodoo stable kernel that is in the dev section is for froyo and will not work on jh7
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using XDA App

Ok..after reading this about 5 times I think I understand what you are doing.
You are trying to flash a clockwork recovery (update.zip) file. If you have not flashed clockwork recovery (using rom manager or downloading the cwm update.zip file ) and flashing using the stock recovery, you cannot install clockwork flashable zips
So, I would:
Go to ur sdcard and delete the update.zip files (all spellings)
Open rom manager and at the top, select flash clockwork
Re download the file u are trying to flash
Turn off the phone
Hold vol up and down, then hold power button for 3 seconds (while still holding vol buttons)
You should now be in clockwork recovery
Select zip file u want to flash
Sent from my GT-I9000 using XDA App

Thank you for the replies.
I went to the Voodoo developers site and I downloaded the ordinal link from there for the Eclair OS. I do have ROM Manager installed but isn't the file in the /sdcard/clockworkmod/recovery-update.zip just for the ROM? I will delete it if necessary. But I do have the voodoo zip file that I renamed on the root drive and not in a folder. Besides it being a zip.zip are the interfering with each other?
I am trying to rename .zip.zip to just .zip but it will not allow me to do it. Like I said when my phone is connected to the computer and my drive is mounted it shows it is just a update.zip file. But when I DC the phone and look in the files folder it is there where it is showing update.zip.zip. When I try to rename it to just update.zip it will not allow me too. It keeps saying file already exists has update.zip.
I will do a search for the .zip.zip problem..All I did was search voodoo lag fix in the search here and didn't see anything. My other option is to do it through Odin but I really do not want to reinstall the ROM from there and I never tried the PDA before. It says in the Voodoo website it is not reliable to do it that way.
I also have SDK tools. Is it possible to do has a abd command? Understand I have only been fooling around with rooting for 3 days and I have watched all the videos and have been reading from the Android Central and Android Forums. To me this is the Big Boys Forum where the Developers hang out and I feel a little out of my realm since I am not a programmer or Developer. That is not to say the people on the other forums are not up to standards, because they are way above my pay grade there also......
Again Thank you for the fast replies

If u have already flashed clockwork recovery, then you do not need to rename ANY FILES to update.zip - once you enter clockwork recovery, you navigate to the file you want to flash..
Can you direct us as to what you have downloaded and are trying to install?
Sorry if u have,but I do not see this using xda app
Sent from my GT-I9000 using XDA App

Thanks all I did a search for update.zip.zip and I see what I needed to do. I just named it update and then saw it is a update.zip only file. It is now rebooting and I hear the voice. WIll let you know if all is working...Thanks again for the help

lrrp1971 said:
This is my first post so since I need 10 to post in Developers forum I have no choice but put this here.
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Posts like this don't belong in the developers forum. That's why the rule was implemented. If you're having problems and have a question, it goes in the question and answer section. Please read the rules and stickies.

boborone said:
Posts like this don't belong in the developers forum. That's why the rule was implemented. If you're having problems and have a question, it goes in the question and answer section. Please read the rules and stickies.
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10-4 see what you mean now that I have been reading the guidelines for the different forums. For some reason this Site is overwhelming, guess when I know how to navigate a little better here it will become more natural. I don't mean to sound nasty or disrespectful like I know what the rules should be...

[Q] Help! Phone wont finish reboot and I can't seem to flash new rom!

So I was using Darky's ROM v9.3 and everything was fine for a couple of months. I had a force close on a game that always worked in past so went to reboot phone. At this time my phone simply failed to finish rebooting. The phone got past the "GALAXY" screen title and then was caught in the "Darky's ROM" title.
I still had download and recovery mode (clockworkmod) so I tried to do a recovery. The recovery file was from just after I had flashed Darky's ROM. This time when I rebooted the phone did not even make it past the "GALAXY" screen title. Furthermore, on this title screen, it initially shows that it is a "GT-i9000 M" but then the "M" drops from the model description.
I have been trying everything I can to simply get a clean copy of the rom onto my internal sd card but no matter what I do Samsung Kies wont connect to the device so that I can copy the .zip to reflash.
I have tried enabling and disabling debugging, I have tried using "download" mode, I have tried mounting system etc and all to no avail.
Pleas help! Can anyone give a detailed description of settings needed to connect to the pc successfully so i can download a rom for a reflash?

If your download mode works flash rom via odin
Sent from my GT-I9000 using XDA Premium App

themate1987 said:
If your download mode works flash rom via odin
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i have been searching all day to find a working copy of odin. can you point me in the right direction?

Search for darkys odin rom and follow instructions....everything you need is in one zip file
Sent from my GT-I9000 using XDA Premium App

thank you very much. one other question. im up to installing the ressurection.zip from recovery. although i have copied to my internal sd card, and I can see the file on my phone through the "file browser" app. when I enter recovery mode and try to , install zip, choose zip, i cannot see it in the list. any ideas why this is?

dangermouse87 said:
thank you very much. one other question. im up to installing the ressurection.zip from recovery. although i have copied to my internal sd card, and I can see the file on my phone through the "file browser" app. when I enter recovery mode and try to , install zip, choose zip, i cannot see it in the list. any ideas why this is?
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never mind i found it. thankyou so so much for your help. i simply couldnt find what i needed though i searched all day.
thankyou again!

[Solved] Recovery 5.0.2.6 samurai..........

Ive got a stock 2.2? froyo captivate and did the new [Guide] How To flash Captivate ROMs from Stock by TRusselo and when i go into recovery i cant access external sd. I put the latest nightly and gapps on the root of sd card and for some reason I cant see it? I did a clean wipe and everything. Is there something wrong that I'm doing. I've mounted everything and still nothing.

Read the instructions again INTERNAL SD not EXTERNAL and you can access it, browse sdcard to /external_sd folder, it takes you to your external sd.
you mounted what? why? dont.
BUT YOU CANT FLASH FROM EXTERNAL SD!!!!
thats why the instructions say INTERAL SD

So instead of downloading through the browser.....I'd like to move the new nightly and gapps on internal memory with a pc transfer....where would i put it in? so that CWM can see it? Thxs man. I appreciate it. noober here. htc aria was a breeze to root and flash custom roms, I'm not use to this puppy.

ANYWHERE internal sd in the root, or any folder (except external_sd)
what browser are you using? the stock brower downloads to sdcard/downloads not sdcard/external_sd/*whatever*
if you downloaded with stock browser it should be there... not in root. unless you moved it after.

Thanks so much..... I found the files I needed but when I try to flash nightly it gives me this craziness....what's going on! Thxs for the help though.
edit: Did a factory one click by odin.

seems like an error with the zip file. try a nightly from a day or two before.

The build prop doesn't match the built asserts in the Zip, they have to match for it to flash... what ROM are you currently on?
Sent from my I897 using xda premium

that would make scene by the error. hmm he said he went to stock odin one click...
which odin one click?

Maybe he just did that...
Sent from my I897 using xda premium

So I did the one click to revert back to stock. Then I did a one click root and now have SU. 10 hours later and a freakin home made jig that I've made i'm still on 2.1 with root. Please for the love of God I'd like to install current nightly of cm7 and CWM. There are soooooo many ways I've read to install. Now from you pro's can you hook me up with some links or direction to get this going. I've literally killed my Saturday reading my a$$ off. Thanks guys for replying to my lame noobness.

tommyguns818 said:
So I did the one click to revert back to stock. Then I did a one click root and now have SU. 10 hours later and a freakin home made jig that I've made i'm still on 2.1 with root. Please for the love of God I'd like to install current nightly of cm7 and CWM. There are soooooo many ways I've read to install. Now from you pro's can you hook me up with some links or direction to get this going. I've literally killed my Saturday reading my a$$ off. Thanks guys for replying to my lame noobness.
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Just clear ROM managers data and then flash the original Captivate CWM not MTD and the reboot into recovery... reinstall packages 2 times, and flash in CWM
Sent from my I897 using xda premium

Thanks for the fast reply. I bought ROM manager premium and will try it out. Install twice I guess to be on the safe side right? Thanks again. My wife hates my life right now being i've spent all day doing this. So i'm down to try anything on her cappy at this point.

Not "to be on the safe side"...the first time you choose reinstall packages in stock recovery it'll boot back into stock recovery, then reinstall packages again and it'll boot into cwm.

yeah thats a must do.

So i've cleared cache and selecting captivate recovery galaxy s 2.5.1.x booted into recovery ROM manger and did reinstall twice and got this.......I don't understand why i'm getting this.
Edit: I got it to work! I kept trying to go through the recovery from ROM manager after installing and it hung up a couple times. Then when selecting install packages with which I did it twice...it was in cwm 2.5.1.7. Installed nightly after full wipe a couple times and it boot looped. Then if I remember correctly I pulled battery booting into recovery, the 3 button way. it booted into Cwm 5.x.x.x. What the heck!!! That was a fun ride, why did it do this? Anyways, glad to join your guys community. you guys are awesome. Thanks buttons hit. changing first post and thread to.....solved.

When you flashed the nightly it contained a kernel with cwm 5 baked into it.

from what i have heard sometimes the cm install needs to be done twice.. too. i dunno dont mess with cm7

Sorry
Hello Guys, Just Found this thread after messing up with my Galaxy S Captivate :| I Unintentionally copied my rom in EXTERNAL SD card and Proceeded further but when I got in Download mode I can't Locate my Rom Zip and I tried Everything as mentioned such as wipe & etc... but Now My Phone is Stuck on Samsung Screen and Can't go through that screen! Is there anyway I can move back to stock rom and then update with new Hellybean!
thanks in Advance!

ShahX said:
Hello Guys, Just Found this thread after messing up with my Galaxy S Captivate :| I Unintentionally copied my rom in EXTERNAL SD card and Proceeded further but when I got in Download mode I can't Locate my Rom Zip and I tried Everything as mentioned such as wipe & etc... but Now My Phone is Stuck on Samsung Screen and Can't go through that screen! Is there anyway I can move back to stock rom and then update with new Hellybean!
thanks in Advance!
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Go in the Dev section (stickies) and get Odin KK4 without bootloaders. Flash it in download mode.
From there, Get Corn kernel, which you'll flash with Odin 1.85 and finally, you can get back to your ROM.

BWolf56 said:
Go in the Dev section (stickies) and get Odin KK4 without bootloaders. Flash it in download mode.
From there, Get Corn kernel, which you'll flash with Odin 1.85 and finally, you can get back to your ROM.
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Thankyou Soo Much For your Reply Bro, But Can you please guide me in detail like what Exactly Should I do with My Phone, I can Use my phone its wont let me boot into menu I just stuck on Samsung logo, and As TRusselo Guided in his tutorial I have to put any ROM.Zip into INTERNAL SDCARD (Phone Memory) and I can't do that until my phone boot's up properly! right? so Can you please help me out like what Should I do to get it working and THEN trying again to Update it with Hellybean
Once Again thankyou for your kind Reply!

update cwm recovery?

Hello guys finally got root but cant install any roms? I have rooted via rootgalaxynote.com installing odin ver. 1.85 and cwm recovery 5.5 or something like that but still get error 7 when install cm10 zip file thru cwm. I also tried to install twrp thru odin but says invalid and ends. Dont know if im outdated with any of these versions as they are old threads and dont know if the uvmal1 update back in january has anything to do with it. Please help i have rooted as i have titanium backup and superuser installed. I am lost as to how to fix this issue and have read everywhere. I saw a link for cwm ver 6.0.3.1 which is what i need i believe but it was on a tmo s2 thread so dont know i can use that link and just reflash thru odin again like i did the first time. Thanks

parmakr said:
Hello guys finally got root but cant install any roms? I have rooted via rootgalaxynote.com installing odin ver. 1.85 and cwm recovery 5.5 or something like that but still get error 7 when install cm10 zip file thru cwm. I also tried to install twrp thru odin but says invalid and ends. Dont know if im outdated with any of these versions as they are old threads and dont know if the uvmal1 update back in january has anything to do with it. Please help i have rooted as i have titanium backup and superuser installed. I am lost as to how to fix this issue and have read everywhere. I saw a link for cwm ver 6.0.3.1 which is what i need i believe but it was on a tmo s2 thread so dont know i can use that link and just reflash thru odin again like i did the first time. Thanks
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Instead of odin, try to flash the TWRP zip version through CWM and see if that gets you anywhere.
www.techerrata.com/file/twrp2/sgh-t879/openrecovery-twrp-2.3.1.1-sgh-879.zip

I will see if that works thanks

Ok i got it installed using the zip method thru cwm now i got twrp. One problem though when i click to install in twrp recovery i cant find any of the downloaded roms or any files on my internal sd card. I only show my external sd card which is only pictures and videos which is all keep in there. There is a an option to click on external or internal at the top of the page but nothing happens when i click the small bubble for internal sd card? What can be the problem? Thanks for your help

parmakr said:
Ok i got it installed using the zip method thru cwm now i got twrp. One problem though when i click to install in twrp recovery i cant find any of the downloaded roms or any files on my internal sd card. I only show my external sd card which is only pictures and videos which is all keep in there. There is a an option to click on external or internal at the top of the page but nothing happens when i click the small bubble for internal sd card? What can be the problem? Thanks for your help
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In TWRP, if you click advanced/ filemanager/ emmc folder, can you see your internal storage? There is also fix permissions under advanced. You could try that too if nothing else is working.

fraughtsigewulf said:
In TWRP, if you click advanced/ filemanager/ emmc folder, can you see your internal storage? There is also fix permissions under advanced. You could try that too if nothing else is working.
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Awesome it was under emmc folder. Thanks again great help!

parmakr said:
Hello guys finally got root but cant install any roms? I have rooted via rootgalaxynote.com installing odin ver. 1.85 and cwm recovery 5.5 or something like that but still get error 7 when install cm10 zip file thru cwm. I also tried to install twrp thru odin but says invalid and ends. Dont know if im outdated with any of these versions as they are old threads and dont know if the uvmal1 update back in january has anything to do with it. Please help i have rooted as i have titanium backup and superuser installed. I am lost as to how to fix this issue and have read everywhere. I saw a link for cwm ver 6.0.3.1 which is what i need i believe but it was on a tmo s2 thread so dont know i can use that link and just reflash thru odin again like i did the first time. Thanks
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How did you get cwm to work? I've tried through rom manger and it says its installed and its a file in my internal sd but when I reboot into recovery it just the factory recovery screen????? I have been looking for a tar file that I can flash through odin ?

Getting Nougat onto Samsung GALAXY Tab 8.9 (GT-P7310) running Android 4.0.4

Hello Everyone,
I know this is an old tablet and mine works fine but there are so many apps i cannot run on it because it's so old.
For some reason when I go to recovery (power plus volume down) it only gives me options to install from cache or to install from SD card. My Tab doesn't have an SD card slot and I've tried many different things like putting the Google Apps file in an /sdcard folder but no luck. Maybe I need a better recovery that will allow me to install from OTA USB or from Internal storage, or directly from the PC.
I have never rooted a phone before or unlocked a bootloader, and maybe I'm missing a step, but no matter how many forum posts I check people seem to be able to run it from /sdcard which is simply not working for me.
Please help!

I've got the same issue here, and tried everything, from what you've said you've done to using command lines in adb fastboot, and nothing seem to bring me closer to write on the root of the device. Maybe with both of us asking here someone pops up to bring some light to this.

@saitar
Install the TWRP Recovery 2.8.7.0 or higher.

bescalan said:
Hello Everyone,
I know this is an old tablet and mine works fine but there are so many apps i cannot run on it because it's so old.
For some reason when I go to recovery (power plus volume down) it only gives me options to install from cache or to install from SD card. My Tab doesn't have an SD card slot and I've tried many different things like putting the Google Apps file in an /sdcard folder but no luck. Maybe I need a better recovery that will allow me to install from OTA USB or from Internal storage, or directly from the PC.
I have never rooted a phone before or unlocked a bootloader, and maybe I'm missing a step, but no matter how many forum posts I check people seem to be able to run it from /sdcard which is simply not working for me.
Please help!
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I don't know if this is still an issue for you, but I went further as nobody seemed to see the post.
I used this TWRP recovery, then flashed the lollipop rom here. But I stopped at the gapps... the only one I was able to flash was this one, but the keyboard isn't showing up. I tried the complete compilation and the flashing failed due to lack of space, although the device was plenty of it...
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Install the TWRP Recovery 2.8.7.0 or higher.
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Thanks for replying. Yes, this is what I found out reading in xda and other forums, as the recovery I mentioned above is the 2.7.1.0, but is there a 2.8 recovery for the Tab 8.9, or should we be able to update the 2.7 to 2.8 without problems? Edit: I noticed in your post signature you got a 3.0 version on your device... how?

@saitar
Here are the link for TWRP https://forum.xda-developers.com/ga...ev-testing-twrp-galaxy-tab-8-9-p7310-t3469987
You can update your TWRP with the ZIP file from your existing Recovery or with Odin and the *.Tar file.

bierma32 said:
@saitar
Herr are the link for TWRP https://forum.xda-developers.com/ga...ev-testing-twrp-galaxy-tab-8-9-p7310-t3469987
You can update your TWRP with the ZIP file Form your existing Recovery or with Odin and the *.Tar file.
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You're the man! th tar file didin't work, but I was able to flash the 3.0 TWRP, then flashed the Nougat version and the Gapps. Everything is working fine.
Thanks again!

Nougat update for i957?
Great to see the efforts here, kudos.
A naive question, whether this is going to work on my i957 currently on 4.0.4 ICS? If no, any recommendations for any latest ROM for i957? Being on 4.0.4, a number of apps have started causing issues, support not being available.
If there's another thread I should post on, pls suggest the same.
Thx
Mads

Recover using ODIN n with official firmware
bescalan said:
Hello Everyone,
I know this is an old tablet and mine works fine but there are so many apps i cannot run on it because it's so old.
For some reason when I go to recovery (power plus volume down) it only gives me options to install from cache or to install from SD card. My Tab doesn't have an SD card slot and I've tried many different things like putting the Google Apps file in an /sdcard folder but no luck. Maybe I need a better recovery that will allow me to install from OTA USB or from Internal storage, or directly from the PC.
I have never rooted a phone before or unlocked a bootloader, and maybe I'm missing a step, but no matter how many forum posts I check people seem to be able to run it from /sdcard which is simply not working for me.
Please help!
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DEAR FRIEND,
recover your Tab using ODIN apk in PC.
install the Odin 1.13 or upto u at odindownload. COM
enter the recovery mode - Downloading
insert this firmware At NERDSCHALK WEBSITE using keyword on google ROM SAMSUNG TAB 8.9 FIRMWARE
follow the step of using ODIN ,
u will your phone flashed into that ORIGINAL version.
I HOPE IT WILL HELP YOU.
REGARD JIU-JITSAN