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[Q] So confused. Is there a way or not?

Hi there folks!
Im getting mighty confused about this flashing thing.
Im looking to change my ROM to something else then the ICS from Samsung.
Here is the deal.
I read the warning posts and it say (what i think it means) that my build "XLP9" ICS 4.0.3 from Samsung is not safe to do anything on.
I look around on the net to see if there is a way (despite what i read here).
It looks promising.
But all the things i find is ether a lower version of Android (like 2.3.x) or someone is telling me about tons of stuff to download and do before.
So this is were i ask you all.
Do (been searching for 2 days, perhaps my search terms are bad) anyone know if there is a working way to for me to change my version to AOKP for e.g without destroying my phone?
Like i said before, my Build is: XLP9, android version 4.0.3 (from Samsungs update service).
Phone is rooted using CWM.
Its a Note version for the .EU market bought like a few weeks ago (came with 2.3.x i believe).
If you know a thread that contains step by step instructions that will allow me to change the rom, please post it to me here.
Or if I´m screwed for updating to ICS just tell me so to
Cheers
Honken

Hello again.
Yet another day and cant locate any information that im after.
So i tought perhaps there is a way to downgrade the phone back to the factory settings (not ICS).
But since i did the upgrade to ICS is the old rom still on the phone?
I mean to reset it back (same as thode recovery discs on a computer).
Any help or points in the right direction is helpfull at this time.
cheers
Honken

honken08 said:
Hi there folks!
Im getting mighty confused about this flashing thing.
Im looking to change my ROM to something else then the ICS from Samsung.
Here is the deal.
I read the warning posts and it say (what i think it means) that my build "XLP9" ICS 4.0.3 from Samsung is not safe to do anything on.
I look around on the net to see if there is a way (despite what i read here).
It looks promising.
But all the things i find is ether a lower version of Android (like 2.3.x) or someone is telling me about tons of stuff to download and do before.
So this is were i ask you all.
Do (been searching for 2 days, perhaps my search terms are bad) anyone know if there is a working way to for me to change my version to AOKP for e.g without destroying my phone?
Like i said before, my Build is: XLP9, android version 4.0.3 (from Samsungs update service).
Phone is rooted using CWM.
Its a Note version for the .EU market bought like a few weeks ago (came with 2.3.x i believe).
If you know a thread that contains step by step instructions that will allow me to change the rom, please post it to me here.
Or if I´m screwed for updating to ICS just tell me so to
Cheers
Honken
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It have too many method to change from stock rom to custom rom or aokp. My suggestion is choose your favourite rom and read carefully with the installation method provided at op, then you be fine.
Sent from my GT-N7000 using xda premium

honken08 said:
Hello again.
Yet another day and cant locate any information that im after.
So i tought perhaps there is a way to downgrade the phone back to the factory settings (not ICS).
But since i did the upgrade to ICS is the old rom still on the phone?
I mean to reset it back (same as thode recovery discs on a computer).
Any help or points in the right direction is helpfull at this time.
cheers
Honken
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Now that you have upgraded to ICS. Those are the factory settings.
Easiest way to downgrade to GB Is by flashing a stock GB rom via pc Odin.

Most of the new ICS custom ROMs now just require you to install AbyssKernel 4.2, then select advanced options and select reboot recovery. Then you wipe your device (wipe data, cache and dalvik cache). From this moment you're free to flash. It all takes less then a minute if you hurry (joking, don't rush when flashing your phone), and it's not very complicated. Do it once and you'll know it's simple.
You need to have a root access first. Plenty of guides how to do it out there.

Help! Just a bit confused !!???s

Hey folks new to this house and it seems like you folks know what you are doing. Big thanks to the developers of the Paranoid (2) devs. and all of the support peeps out there through the post. Read through themes and roms section but I not seeing answers to my confusion. Looking for some help understanding the features described above and how to get the most out of it..very cool though..just would like to know how to really put it to the test! I was able to get this far from the original FW to gingerbreak, to ICS to Paranoid based on the threads her and I appreciate it much folks..now I seem to be at a brick wall..need help trying to figure this out. I appreciate that the phone isn;t the latest thing on the market but it what I have right now. Would appreciate any and all help just trying to get a grip on this puppy! Thanks Smitty
Oh, every time I see something that looks like it should work on my phone besides not knowing how to install..LOL why does it come up Nexus! Are they similar phones or something!! Thanks again
What's on the phone as of now!
Samsung captivate SGH I897
Android Ver. 4.11
Baseband 19000XXJVU
Kernal: 3.0-.31-01749-gf84bc96
Cyanogen Mod: 10.0.0-RCO-capitvatemid
Paranoid Ver. 2.16
Build# pa-capativate-userdebug 4.1.1 JR003R eng.
Now my question is I want to load on different roms to the phone and be able to go back and forth between these ROMS as I like. I have attempted to use Goo Manager ..that was loaded when I installed Pananooid Ver. 2.16. When I boot into recovery it states that mt recovery ver. is : CWM-based Recovery v. 6.0.1.4.
I was trying to load some of the roms that are a part of the Paranoid install and I when I choose from one of these options:
Browse compatiable rom
Browse all files
check for updates..(says there are no updates)
Download gapps packages
Root recovery
flash roms
Copatiable roms:
aokp/devs/aokp
BAKED /devs/BAKED
cm/devs/cm
LronLyons/dev/IronLyon
If I choose any of them you get another list and then another list..it says:
EX: aokp_captivatemid_jb_build-4.zip..just one example ..there are many listed below that as well for each of the roms listed above.
Then I see the file name as above and below that : Begin download and then below that Download Gapps..how do I know which one to download?
Under browse all files :
devs/devs
gapps/gapps
ruu/ruu
stock/stock..choose the first one and get a list of all these different names ..such as adhvanit/devs/advanit..in these cases are these all the groups who produce ROMS?
I also attempted to use ROM Manager( no clue) and it kept saying that I must have clockwork-recovery installed in order to flash a rom..I choose yes and it say I don't have it..but on my phone it says I have as listed above for the phone and what is on it: CWM-based Recovery v. 6.0.1.4. ..is this not what they are asking for..or is it that it is looking for one that is not CWM "based" but the really official ver. of CWM Recovery.
What I am looking for is an explanation of what I can now do with this phone the way it is and also how to load ROMS of different kinds that stay on my phone and how I go back and forth from one to another with ease. Additionally, how to put different themes on the phone and any other tricks that can trick the phone out. My bro and sister all went out and purchased new Galaxy S3 phones..I am keeping mine and want to "trick" it out as much as possible to" one up them"
Any and all help would be greatly appreciated folks..thanks in adv.!! Smitty

Thanks for the hlp bobbylx and TRusselo
Thanks bobbylx and TRusselo.....wanted folks to know that these bros. helped without hesitation and didn't give me a lot of BS when I had this emergency! I didn't get it fixed yet but they lent a hand and gave me some incentive and FYI..has a noob that means a lot to me! Thanks guys!!!! Smitty!!:laugh::victory: almost!!!
Smitty,
I no longer have the captivate so I'm not current on everything that's going on. If you can get into download mode I would find one of the stock roms that can be flashed via Odin and start over.
You'll have better luck post this in the QA section for captivate. Good luck,
Bobby
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Originally Posted by thinkpolitics
Read your post and before I did anything I was able to get my AT&T Samsung captivate to show the little lime green guy digging says downloading ..do not turn off target..what do I do know though. I was running Panranoid 2 which was running fine and cym 10..attempted to switch to Lanight 6.55 datadata and that installed well too..decided I liked the other better and had a backup and went to restore seemed all to work well..but I didn't go and wipe everyhting before I went to restore..perhaps that is why I am having this problem. If you can tell me what to know that I have the download mode up would greatly appreciate it..thanks! Smitty
DEVICE: ATT HTC One X
ROM: Who knows?
Re: Re: Captivate with download icon visible
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Originally Posted by thinkpolitics
Hey mate..went through the post and especially yours but all of them assume that I can get a zip file onto the phone. I was running this:
Samsung captivate SGH I897
Android Ver. 4.11
Baseband 19000XXJVU
Kernal: 3.0-.31-01749-gf84bc96
Cyanogen Mod: 10.0.0-RCO-capitvatemid
Paranoid Ver. 2.16
Build# pa-capativate-userdebug 4.1.1 JR003R eng.
Then I attempted successively to try Lanight 6.55 datadata and that went well too. I didn't like it and I thought I would go back to what I first had. I just went to restore and I didn't wipe anything clean from the Lanight and devil kernel that was apart of that installation. When I rebooted the phone has been stuck at the AT&T Logo and that's all I have. I can able to get to the icon with the lime green android digging a whole..however mate I have no clue what to do next because all of what I read says I need to get a file onto the phone ( the file from the forum you suggested) in the first or second state. I hate to bother you mate but I have know clue as what to do know. This is the first time I have even done this to a phone and felt pretty confident..but stuck now mate. Any help would be greatly appreciated..thank you Smitty. I need that phone just for my kids in order to get them..thank you and I would appreciate you getting back to me as soon as you can ..Smitty!
Boot into recovery, go to mounts and storage, then select usb storage, plug in phone, copy files. If that option isn't there, Odin flash back to stock.
Sent from my SGH-I747M using xda premium
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Originally Posted by thinkpolitics
Thanks for the quick reply mate....I got Odin Odin3. [Android + SLP] and Odin one click downloader and I don't see anything on either of the apps. I can't get to recovery mode..I attempted with the 3 buttons and would usually release and the pwr. and there I am..can only get to download with oe without it pulled into the USB..could you be more specific as to what to do if I am doing something wrong with Odin or if I haven't done something I should...thry say this phone is unbrickable..LOL ex...should the SIm card or external SD card be in the phone.just as an example..since I can get to download ....you think I should be able to get to recovery..correct ..so maybe I am not doing something that would help me get there..like the proper way but I been there before..no problems! Thanks again for the quick reply..Smitty
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Originally Posted by TRusselo
Quote:
Originally Posted by thinkpolitics
Hey mate..went through the post and especially yours but all of them assume that I can get a zip file onto the phone. I was running this:
Samsung captivate SGH I897
Android Ver. 4.11
Baseband 19000XXJVU
Kernal: 3.0-.31-01749-gf84bc96
Cyanogen Mod: 10.0.0-RCO-capitvatemid
Paranoid Ver. 2.16
Build# pa-capativate-userdebug 4.1.1 JR003R eng.
Then I attempted successively to try Lanight 6.55 datadata and that went well too. I didn't like it and I thought I would go back to what I first had. I just went to restore and I didn't wipe anything clean from the Lanight and devil kernel that was apart of that installation. When I rebooted the phone has been stuck at the AT&T Logo and that's all I have. I can able to get to the icon with the lime green android digging a whole..however mate I have no clue what to do next because all of what I read says I need to get a file onto the phone ( the file from the forum you suggested) in the first or second state. I hate to bother you mate but I have know clue as what to do know. This is the first time I have even done this to a phone and felt pretty confident..but stuck now mate. Any help would be greatly appreciated..thank you Smitty. I need that phone just for my kids in order to get them..thank you and I would appreciate you getting back to me as soon as you can ..Smitty!
Boot into recovery, go to mounts and storage, then select usb storage, plug in phone, copy files. If that option isn't there, Odin flash back to stock.
Sent from my SGH-I747M using xda premium

[Q] codinMetroPCS???

I can't seem to find a recovery that will flash a rom for MY phone. I have the MetroPCS version/variant of the sgh-t599n and I really want to be able to flash a custom rom to my phone, but I can't seem to find anyone with (codinMetroPCS) files for it. The only reason I say that is because when I finally got CWM 6.0.3.2 downloaded and working, tried to flash beanstalk rom and it told me "THIS ROM IS FOR CODINALTE PHONES NOT CODINMETROPCS PHONES" Is there a different rom for the Metro phones? Or am I doing something wrong....Im rooted through cydiaimpactor, well, i guess technically through the pre-rooted stock rom I had to flash through Odin...BTW-Over the last two weeks I've learned that flashing a rom on a samsung (at least mine) takes a custom recovery, which needs to be flashed via Odin (something I didn't know how to do at the time)...I almost feel like Im starting to get confused with all these different programs needed to run or flash or download this or that....I'm not sure if the info is even in the correct order in my head......could someone please walk me through this? or call me! lmao...this is giving me a headache. lol....but I REALLY REALLY want to know what Im doing.....ANYONE? PLEASE??

Cdbarron727 said:
I can't seem to find a recovery that will flash a rom for MY phone. I have the MetroPCS version/variant of the sgh-t599n and I really want to be able to flash a custom rom to my phone, but I can't seem to find anyone with (codinMetroPCS) files for it. The only reason I say that is because when I finally got CWM 6.0.3.2 downloaded and working, tried to flash beanstalk rom and it told me "THIS ROM IS FOR CODINALTE PHONES NOT CODINMETROPCS PHONES" Is there a different rom for the Metro phones? Or am I doing something wrong....Im rooted through cydiaimpactor, well, i guess technically through the pre-rooted stock rom I had to flash through Odin...BTW-Over the last two weeks I've learned that flashing a rom on a samsung (at least mine) takes a custom recovery, which needs to be flashed via Odin (something I didn't know how to do at the time)...I almost feel like Im starting to get confused with all these different programs needed to run or flash or download this or that....I'm not sure if the info is even in the correct order in my head......could someone please walk me through this? or call me! lmao...this is giving me a headache. lol....but I REALLY REALLY want to know what Im doing.....ANYONE? PLEASE??
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Just flash the recovery listed in the BeanStalk thread.
There's 3 variants of the phone; T599, T599N, T599V (codinatmo, codinametropcs/codinanewcotmo, codinavid) they're pretty much the same exact phone, there's just slight differences in proprietary files - so the developers decided to unify the all of them into one (codinalte), as it's easier to build for one phone then three seperate times. The recovery's responsible for the phone; which is why the recovery plays a key-role, basically the recovery you have right now can only accept roms that are specifically 'titled' as codinametropcs, and by flashing that recovery, you'll be able to flash any of the 4.4.x roms (BeanStalk, Vanir, OmniROM, CM, AOKP, and soon pure-vanialla AOSP).

ok so....
Exothermic said:
Just flash the recovery listed in the BeanStalk thread.
There's 3 variants of the phone; T599, T599N, T599V (codinatmo, codinametropcs/codinanewcotmo, codinavid) they're pretty much the same exact phone, there's just slight differences in proprietary files - so the developers decided to unify the all of them into one (codinalte), as it's easier to build for one phone then three seperate times. The recovery's responsible for the phone; which is why the recovery plays a key-role, basically the recovery you have right now can only accept roms that are specifically 'titled' as codinametropcs, and by flashing that recovery, you'll be able to flash any of the 4.4.x roms (BeanStalk, Vanir, OmniROM, CM, AOKP, and soon pure-vanialla AOSP).
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When you say flash....you mean through Android System Recovery (stock recovery)? right? ....sry man...back when i was rooting my droid x, I never ran into any issues and it seemed a little easier to flash roms

Cdbarron727 said:
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When you say flash....you mean through Android System Recovery (stock recovery)? right? ....sry man...back when i was rooting my droid x, I never ran into any issues and it seemed a little easier to flash roms
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flash it through odin.

Thank you....now....I think I've actually gotten this far already.....had cwm installed...then tried to flash beanstalk with cwm and I got the codin error saying "this is not for codinmetropcs" ...if I get that problem again...is there something conflicting with it in some way? Or where did I go wrong? do i have to have twrp?

sorry to bug bro
Exothermic said:
Just flash the recovery listed in the BeanStalk thread.
There's 3 variants of the phone; T599, T599N, T599V (codinatmo, codinametropcs/codinanewcotmo, codinavid) they're pretty much the same exact phone, there's just slight differences in proprietary files - so the developers decided to unify the all of them into one (codinalte), as it's easier to build for one phone then three seperate times. The recovery's responsible for the phone; which is why the recovery plays a key-role, basically the recovery you have right now can only accept roms that are specifically 'titled' as codinametropcs, and by flashing that recovery, you'll be able to flash any of the 4.4.x roms (BeanStalk, Vanir, OmniROM, CM, AOKP, and soon pure-vanialla AOSP).
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I just flashed cwm through odin and it passed....I havn't rebooted just yet, but I know it was working before.... But just saw that the cwm I downloaded from the beanstalk thread says its for kitkat builds only. My phone is running 4.1.2..does that matter? or does that mean I just need a 4.4 rom to be flashed with it? Sorry if these are dumb questions

Cdbarron727 said:
I just flashed cwm through odin and it passed....I havn't rebooted just yet, but I know it was working before.... But just saw that the cwm I downloaded from the beanstalk thread says its for kitkat builds only. My phone is running 4.1.2..does that matter? or does that mean I just need a 4.4 rom to be flashed with it? Sorry if these are dumb questions
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It's cool; it just means you can only flash 4.4 roms, so you cannot flash cm10.1, cm10.2, and pac. It doesn't matter that your phone's running 4.1.2.

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.
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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)

Good start ?

Hi all, glad to find this
I have ..., guess what ? a RAZR i (Ok, it's a friend's one) that I repaired changing the mad battery after factory resets didn't do anything. Then found OTA was available, applied and the RAZR i was 4.1.2 IIRC and the new battery went OK. My mistake, another OTA went soon, which I applied too, making the RAZR i a 4.4.2 kitkat piece of crap (no more write access to sdcard, this is well known ... by the ones aware , know I'm one).
Then I thought I could make the phone free and search the web for days to try to understand, found a french forum which said I can't do anything without unlocking the bootloader, what I did.
They directed me there to remove the boot-logo-warning but that's a razr hd thread and nothing worked for me. I can't remember where I read I should have CWM to do this, but as the french guy said he rather like twrp I didn't do anything at the moment, only failed to flash some logo from fastboot with various errors....
Well, I'm there, and it's cool because I hope this is the good place to have answers to questions that are still in my mind for years, and 2/3 new ones... fortunately they'll overlap and self-resolve once I get one. I'm not at all skilled in android, I only flashed a phone in 2010 and that's why I still have android SKD in my ubuntu (I also have a xp box, but I couldn't do anything for my old Acer LiquidMT). As you see, I'm a vintage things amateur (... okay, I'm vintage too).
Now the scene is built, please let me dare ask what still puzzles me :
1) For the Razr i 4.4.2 (french from sfr-vodafone kia20.74 now used with another carrier) do I have to search a specifically dedicated recovery ? Parsing this RAZR i Q&A, I found twrp seems to the preferred recovery, but I'd rather like to get confirmation from skilled ones, and also for version.
2) And please tell me if I'm wrong thinking the [RECOVERY] Unofficial TWRP 3.0.2-0 thread aim is to bring support to the RAZR i which is not supported by official teamw.in ? (BTW, @Hazou, the 1st link in the thread - DataMedia - is dead)
3) Assumed I have to go the TWRP way and I only have currently the stock recovery, do I guess right the only way is download img.zip and extract then do
Code:
./fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
, then only after that the phone can be rooted ?
4) You see I'm puzzled here because I still don't have understood the logical path: is this one the good ? unlock boot loader -> fastboot flash reco -> is the device rooted at this point ? If not, install su from recovery option "install zip from sdcard", then it's done and I get a so called "rooted stock ROM" ? Then only I can figure installing a custom ROM if exists for the RAZR i ?
5) And I should always flash a custom ROM based on the same 4.4.2 android release as my current stock one AND disable OTA updates ?
I read so many threads with guys having issues with hard-bricked RAZR i and all are about ICS and JB, so I wander the only custom are for ICS or JB, and still don't understand why they want to revert back.
Thanks for advices.

1stStep said:
Hi all, glad to find this
I have ..., guess what ? a RAZR i (Ok, it's a friend's one) that I repaired changing the mad battery after factory resets didn't do anything. Then found OTA was available, applied and the RAZR i was 4.1.2 IIRC and the new battery went OK. My mistake, another OTA went soon, which I applied too, making the RAZR i a 4.4.2 kitkat piece of crap (no more write access to sdcard, this is well known ... by the ones aware , know I'm one).
Then I thought I could make the phone free and search the web for days to try to understand, found a french forum which said I can't do anything without unlocking the bootloader, what I did.
They directed me there to remove the boot-logo-warning but that's a razr hd thread and nothing worked for me. I can't remember where I read I should have CWM to do this, but as the french guy said he rather like twrp I didn't do anything at the moment, only failed to flash some logo from fastboot with various errors....
Well, I'm there, and it's cool because I hope this is the good place to have answers to questions that are still in my mind for years, and 2/3 new ones... fortunately they'll overlap and self-resolve once I get one. I'm not at all skilled in android, I only flashed a phone in 2010 and that's why I still have android SKD in my ubuntu (I also have a xp box, but I couldn't do anything for my old Acer LiquidMT). As you see, I'm a vintage things amateur (... okay, I'm vintage too).
Now the scene is built, please let me dare ask what still puzzles me :
1) For the Razr i 4.4.2 (french from sfr-vodafone kia20.74 now used with another carrier) do I have to search a specifically dedicated recovery ? Parsing this RAZR i Q&A, I found twrp seems to the preferred recovery, but I'd rather like to get confirmation from skilled ones, and also for version.
2) And please tell me if I'm wrong thinking the [RECOVERY] Unofficial TWRP 3.0.2-0 thread aim is to bring support to the RAZR i which is not supported by official teamw.in ? (BTW, @Hazou, the 1st link in the thread - DataMedia - is dead)
3) Assumed I have to go the TWRP way and I only have currently the stock recovery, do I guess right the only way is download img.zip and extract then do
Code:
./fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
, then only after that the phone can be rooted ?
4) You see I'm puzzled here because I still don't have understood the logical path: is this one the good ? unlock boot loader -> fastboot flash reco -> is the device rooted at this point ? If not, install su from recovery option "install zip from sdcard", then it's done and I get a so called "rooted stock ROM" ? Then only I can figure installing a custom ROM if exists for the RAZR i ?
5) And I should always flash a custom ROM based on the same 4.4.2 android release as my current stock one AND disable OTA updates ?
I read so many threads with guys having issues with hard-bricked RAZR i and all are about ICS and JB, so I wander the only custom are for ICS or JB, and still don't understand why they want to revert back.
Thanks for advices.
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Hey 1stStep,
A lot off assumptions and questions. And most of them are right.
1. Afaik there are 2 recoveries for the RAZR I. Stock and my build TWRP 3.0.2-0 unofficial. (Thanks for the heads up about the link)
2. Answered in 1.
3. Yep. If your bootloader is unlocked it gives u the function to flash non-stock firmware to the phone. Stock firmware are signed to prevent normal users flashing wrong firmware. Firmware consist of a couple of images. Those images contain data for the partition, just like in your PC. Every image does something else. Most known are boot, data, system, recovery and cache. There are many more. Some needed, some unnecessary.
To answer your question: when u have flashed the TWRP recovery u override the stock one. The TWRP can flash zip files and images to the most known device partitions. From here on u can flash a superuser zip(gives root access on the current ROM/system). Make sure u have the right superuser zip. There are many.
4.
Path to root on stock:
Unlock bootloader->install custom recovery (TWRP)->install superuser zip->reboot and test root on device
Path to custom ROM:
Unlock bootloader->install custom recovery (TWRP)->install ROM zip and extra's if needed like (Gapps(needed for Google playstore and more))->reboot and play with your new ROM.
Off course if u already have the bootloader unlocked and installed a custom recovery, u can skip those.
In the recovery u can also make backups, called nandroid backup. Read up on them and everything u wanna do.
5. The only thing u never want/should do is flashing Android 4.0.4 stock firmware without prior modifications. This is because from 4.0.4 to 4.1.2 there was a change in bootloader (the thing u unlock). If u go back it corrupt a part of the firmware which is difficult to overcome or even impossible without some factory stuff. Everything above 4.1.2 is save. And can always be flashed. The latest stock is 4.4.2 (KIA 20.74) and latest available custom ROM is 4.4.4 (CM11 or soon Lineage 11).
Good luck!

Thanks so mush great dev to spend time and even surely repeat yourself (hope you're not under stress) for a newb.
In your answer for path to custom ROM you say "Unlock bootloader->install custom recovery (TWRP)->install ROM zip and extra's if needed like".
Do I have to understand custom ROMs are yet rooted (OOTB), or root yet made on stock will survive flashing the custom (I though flashing a custom was some kind of infant clear brain graft?
BTW, is it general good advice to test recovery before flashing? I found this in Moto Play unofficial recovery 3.0.2-r5 from Vache:
Code:
fastboot boot recovery.img
?
Thanks again

1stStep said:
Thanks so mush great dev to spend time and even surely repeat yourself (hope you're not under stress) for a newb.
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Not at all , just replying if I have some time.
1stStep said:
In your answer for path to custom ROM you say "Unlock bootloader->install custom recovery (TWRP)->install ROM zip and extra's if needed like".
Do I have to understand custom ROMs are yet rooted (OOTB), or root yet made on stock will survive flashing the custom (I though flashing a custom was some kind of infant clear brain graft?
BTW, is it general good advice to test recovery before flashing? I found this in Moto Play unofficial recovery 3.0.2-r5 from Vache:
Code:
fastboot boot recovery.img
?
Thanks again
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- Most custom roms are prerooted.
- Cyanogenmod/LineageOS are prerooted
- Root installed by a zip will not survive any system flashing (rom flashing)
- Any modification to your system partition will not survive and system flashing (rom flashing), though 1 exception:
- installed gapps package (google apps/play store etc.) will survive system flashing on cyanogenmod based roms. But only when updating the rom to a newer version on the same android version. So:
CM11 version 1 to CM11 version 2. (because of a special script in the install zip)
Pre testing a boot or recovery image is blocked on our bootloader. So u can't do it. It's a shame they did it. Working on any boot or recovery changes is a pain in the spoken ass.
If u flash the recovery with:
Code:
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
there is nothing to be afraid off. The TWRP 3.0.2-0 recovery is well tested on this device.

Thank you again man for all detailed answer.
You're right, it's a shame all these locked things in our phones. I'm sure the guys that agree (our security, blah blah) with these ways to do won't be so happy the day their computers will be locked the same way.
bye bye Hazou.
[Edit] .... hmmm, how long does it take to flash? Yet a 1/4h elapsed and razr still says "Flashing recovery..."
Please, what is the md5 of the image (not the zip, this you give us)? Thanks
[Edit] : Downloaded twice and get md5sum 60dff26f3ee5e9338ee4a6f8cf7df098
but still same forever Flashing recovery ...
[Edit] : I've been puzzled for days being stuck in endless "Flashing recovery ..."
In the ended I decided, after saying 1 hour waiting a hypothetical "success/congrats message", NOT QUITTING the current fastboot screen, to select the recovery option in this very fastboot menu (on a Razr i : Vol- to highlight recovery item, then Vol+ to select) and bang I was in TWRP menu. What to do next once in, it is another story.