Hi!
I have a problem with Galaxy Ace messaging.
First custom ROM on my Galaxy Ace was ICS CM9 beta 8 ROM. Before installing it I did all the things in first sticky thread about how to install custom ROM.
When I installed that CM9 ROM messaging was not working - like, I couldn't normally open that program. It just froze when I tried to do something with messages and showed that Messaging couldn't be launched. That was not the simple program freeze when there is choice to Force quit, but that was different.
I thought that is because of ROM, that was still beta version.
Today I tried different ROM, CM7 Miracle edition. But again the same problem.
I think it is, maybe, because of wrong firmware or something.
Please, needed help.
Thank You in advance,
Daniels
Is it the "real" Galaxy Ace? Without any "i" or "m" etc at the end? Are you able to call?
Try Wipe Data, Dalvik Cache and Cache again + reflashing!
Or do a clean flash with ODIN, but I don't know if that makes sense...
Novastylez said:
Is it the "real" Galaxy Ace? Without any "i" or "m" etc at the end? Are you able to call?
Try Wipe Data, Dalvik Cache and Cache again + reflashing!
Or do a clean flash with ODIN, but I don't know if that makes sense...
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Real one, just Samsung Galaxy Ace.
After installing the last one, I tried wiping data and re-installing the same ROM.
How can I do a clean flash with ODIN? ODIN was for firmware not ROM, yes?
I meant with "clean flash" original firmware by Samsung. I don't know exactly how important the baseband is, but MAYBE you "destroyed" something and flashing with ODIN can repair it... Read the TUT's about flashing in the first post's of the development section!
Are you able to do calls?
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I meant with "clean flash" original firmware by Samsung. I don't know exactly how important the baseband is, but MAYBE you "destroyed" something and flashing with ODIN can repair it... Read the TUT's about flashing in the first post's of the development section!
Are you able to do calls?
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I am able to make calls.
Ok I will try. Thanks
Not working anything.
Tried with ODIN, tried re-installing ROM, tried other firmware...
No success..
Someone could help, please?
What version of CWM did u use?
what.....? I'm just saying ...didnt hurt much
it happened something similar to me, i was messing with sispem apps and deleted some and i destroyed the original firmware you just need to google the original firmware for ur model (L,B,etc...), charge it in odin and u'll get a nice new firmware to mess with ( i recommend u to keep it somewhere, chances are u need it again)
and be shure you're getting the rom for your model because it does metter
this is a tutorial on how to flash stock rom using odin:
http://yagyagaire.blogspot.com/2012/01/how-to-flash-official-stock-firmwares.html
Hope i helped
Thank You all for helping.
Today I tried simple thing - I installed messaging program, that I downloaded from market and everything is working now.
So, I dont know how or why, but these ROMs didn't have messaging program included.
xfr33 said:
Hi!
I have a problem with Galaxy Ace messaging.
First custom ROM on my Galaxy Ace was ICS CM9 beta 8 ROM. Before installing it I did all the things in first sticky thread about how to install custom ROM.
When I installed that CM9 ROM messaging was not working - like, I couldn't normally open that program. It just froze when I tried to do something with messages and showed that Messaging couldn't be launched. That was not the simple program freeze when there is choice to Force quit, but that was different.
I thought that is because of ROM, that was still beta version.
Today I tried different ROM, CM7 Miracle edition. But again the same problem.
I think it is, maybe, because of wrong firmware or something.
Please, needed help.
Thank You in advance,
Daniels
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Many devs like to keep their ROM lite..so they dont attach many system files which also benefit us as we can customize it as we like...
So u just need to check whether mms.apk file is there in your /system/app folder
if it isnt there then u just have to get it from somewhere and paste it over there using any root file explorer (best one is ES file explorer)
And bingo! Everything will work perfectly
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Hit THANKS if i helped
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I was running the Spike Pure ICS on my SGS2, before which I had the ICS version of MIUI. I tried flashing Lite'ning Rom 3.6 through Odin, but was unsuccessful. Also, that's time I noticed the 7.2 version of CM and decided to flash that and that's when the problem occurred.
Although I could flash CM 7.2 properly and could also install the GApps through CWM, on rebboting it through the CWM, my phone got stuck and it wouldn't go into Recovery any more.
Luckily, it would boot into Download Mode and I could flash the stock rom through Odin and get my phone back to stock, thereby losing the Root and CWM.
I wanna know as to what could cause such an issue to arise. so that I can prevent it later!
Your help and time are appreciated!!
Why start a 2nd thread ?
That's because every person who replied told me how to go about the problem, but nobody told me why it occurred in the first place!
I posted this thread so that I can know how to avoid such a problem in the first place, as such a problem seemed very unique to all the people I talked to.
And you couldn't make another post to your initial post along the lines of 'Why did this occur in the first place ?' You could even easily change the title of your initial thread to reflect your desire to know the answer to this question.
One of the main rules of XDA is don't spam.
I'm extremely sorry if I've spammed as it wasn't my intention at all!
This thread was and still is a genuine question which I want to know!!
Also, could you please tell me about the occurrence of such a problem on my phone??
gadgyfreak said:
That's because every person who replied told me how to go about the problem, but nobody told me why it occurred in the first place!
I posted this thread so that I can know how to avoid such a problem in the first place, as such a problem seemed very unique to all the people I talked to.
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I think answer was there but might be not clear......
When you flash gb over ICS you have to wipe, when you mix stuff after that, meaning trying different kernels to fix the issue it might get worse.
Because recovery is somewhat linked to kernel in s2, you won't get recovery in a messed up system.
So when you flash a complete firmware using Odin and then do data cache wipe, it get fixed.
Hope this helps.
But then how is it possible that my phone didn't get all messed up when I flashed CM 9(Nightly) over my pre-existing CM 7.1, while it happened when I tried it vice versa?
already told you, when you go from ICS newer kernel to GB older kernel, wipe is necessary. Going from GB to ICS will work but wipe is better there too.
Thanks a lot for your help.
So what exact procedure do I have to follow if I want to mover from ICS to GB?
Flash a GB rom.
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Thanks a lot for your help.
So what exact procedure do I have to follow if I want to mover from ICS to GB?
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save data
Wipe dial *2767*3855#
Flash GB Rom, preferably stock using Odin.
Should boot now, if not go into recovery and wipe data cache.
It will boot now.
Hey guys, I know back to soon asking questions for help but honest I couldn't find guides on how to install roms and that I sort of had questions..
1. Will flashing CM 9 rom the stable one have any draw backs on my device? like some apps/function not working, I wanna know..
2. I'm on gingerbread 2.3.3 right now CM 9 is based on ICS, so my question is what do I need for this rom to install on my phone..
3. I've only rooted with CF-root method and I am totally a noob I just rooted to run GS2 repair app cause I somehow had messed up my EFS which I hav fixed now.. so I'm totally a noob and definitely need a guide.. can someone please help me out it would mean a lot to me..
also all the safety tips there please throw them at me.. so I don't end up bricking my phone up.. Thank you so much for your time XDA members and seniors..
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Hey guys, I know back to soon asking questions for help but honest I couldn't find guides on how to install roms and that I sort of had questions..
1. Will flashing CM 9 rom the stable one have any draw backs on my device? like some apps/function not working, I wanna know..
2. I'm on gingerbread 2.3.3 right now CM 9 is based on ICS, so my question is what do I need for this rom to install on my phone..
3. I've only rooted with CF-root method and I am totally a noob I just rooted to run GS2 repair app cause I somehow had messed up my EFS which I hav fixed now.. so I'm totally a noob and definitely need a guide.. can someone please help me out it would mean a lot to me..
also all the safety tips there please throw them at me.. so I don't end up bricking my phone up.. Thank you so much for your time XDA members and seniors..
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1. No. However, Samsung proprietary apps will not work with CM9
2. Since you have ROOT, we can get to work now.
I'll post steps soon
3. You are lucky you got it fixed. Do you have backup of your /efs now?
Swyped from my Samsung Galaxy SII
@Jokesy
Well Sir I have the back up from GS2 repair that initially backed up my corrupted folder and then began the process of replacing the original files with .bak files which worked, I backed up my efs folder again and now I have a copy of it on the PC.. I'm not satisfied to call it a back up... so I'll love it if you help me with that too, right now my phone is totally alright.
Thank you so much for helping me out.
redfeeniks said:
@Jokesy
Well Sir I have the back up from GS2 repair that initially backed up my corrupted folder and then began the process of replacing the original files with .bak files which worked, I backed up my efs folder again and now I have a copy of it on the PC.. I'm not satisfied to call it a back up... so I'll love it if you help me with that too, right now my phone is totally alright.
Thank you so much for helping me out.
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To backup your /efs again, visit: forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1308546
Although optional, I recommended you flash a Samsung based ICS 4.0.3 ROM before flashing CM9.
I recommend Wanamlite ROM. Download Wanamlite 12.0 here: wanamlite.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=26
Visit CM9 thread, download ROM and Gapps here: forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1419102
Flashing instructions will follow soon
Swyped from my Samsung Galaxy SII
I backed up my EFS folder, just need flashing instructions now..
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Sorry bro for late reply, I've been very busy.
Step 1:
We will need to flash the Samsung ICS ROM (Wanamlite), you downloaded first, like I recommended
- boot to CWM recovery
- backup your present ROM
- wipe data/factory reset
- wipe cache partition
- wipe dalvik cache
- format /system (under mount and storage)
- flash Wanamlite ROM you downloaded
- reboot phone
Use the phone for about 30 minutes to 1 hour then proceed to step two
Step 2:
We will now be flashing CM9
- boot to CWM recovery
- backup your present ROM (optional)
- wipe data/factory reset
- wipe cache partition
- wipe dalvik cache
- format /system (under mount and storage)
- flash CM9 ROM
- flash gapps
- fix permissions (under Advanced)
- reboot phone
Please report feedback.
Swyped from my Samsung Galaxy SII
I'm so sorry for replying late.. I sort of had gotten busy..
so anyhow I did as I was instructed and first installed the wanamlite rom, everything worked smoothly however I didn't like the rom one bit.. it was laggy and boring..
after a little time I decided to install cm9 which was a nightly and after doing everything it didn't work the phone was stuck on the start, I reverted back to the wanamlite rom and then downloaded the stable cm9 and installed it and it worked like a charm and it wasn't that laggy at all,
however after installing it I immediately started to missing some of the samsung features such as, screenshot with home and power button, the choco cooky font and the ringtones, but I love the fact that the vibration was restored which I some how had weakened on my phone (I love texting with that)..
now I've come across new issues and I wanna restore my ability to change brightness from screen, screen shots and of course change the font.. I'd be beyond happy if you can help me out with that...
right now I wanna say thank you so much for helping this noob :3 your the best.
redfeeniks said:
I'm so sorry for replying late.. I sort of had gotten busy..
so anyhow I did as I was instructed and first installed the wanamlite rom, everything worked smoothly however I didn't like the rom one bit.. it was laggy and boring..
after a little time I decided to install cm9 which was a nightly and after doing everything it didn't work the phone was stuck on the start, I reverted back to the wanamlite rom and then downloaded the stable cm9 and installed it and it worked like a charm and it wasn't that laggy at all,
however after installing it I immediately started to missing some of the samsung features such as, screenshot with home and power button, the choco cooky font and the ringtones, but I love the fact that the vibration was restored which I some how had weakened on my phone (I love texting with that)..
now I've come across new issues and I wanna restore my ability to change brightness from screen, screen shots and of course change the font.. I'd be beyond happy if you can help me out with that...
right now I wanna say thank you so much for helping this noob :3 your the best.
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About your problem:
-brightness slider, screen shots (from power button) all can be found under settings, just go there and tweak your device as you please
-Rom Toolbox lite, a free app can help you change your fonts to whatever font you want, and lot more
good luck
I just came here to tell I had found the brightness option in the settings he he Okay now I really like this rom, its lovely.. yeah some little problems but I love it!
and about the font application its safe to use?.. I know very annoying question but I'm just asking cause Its really not that important for me to have a custom font :3
Thank you so much for help I can't tell how happy I am with you helping me out.
redfeeniks said:
I just came here to tell I had found the brightness option in the settings he he Okay now I really like this rom, its lovely.. yeah some little problems but I love it!
and about the font application its safe to use?.. I know very annoying question but I'm just asking cause Its really not that important for me to have a custom font :3
Thank you so much for help I can't tell how happy I am with you helping me out.
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I've not heard a single complaints account that that app since I've been recommending it.
Swyped from my Samsung Galaxy SII
Well I tired the app worked great for the first two tries but on the third I got stuck on the boot loop, quick googling saved me the horror of starting over as I simply reinstalled the rom without doing any wipes and I'm back on the phone..
yeah on the third try I decided to apply the font I wanted which resided in the system fonts it was by a different name however after the reboot I was stuck..
There could be many reasons behind it.. but I think I shouldn't go taking too much risks over a stupid font..
Hey guys,
I'd like to return to stock samsung rom, resetting the device to factory setting (keep reading).
Reason for this is
1 I'am experiencing fastidious UI lags issue.
2 I've done several "Restore factory Setting/Wipe all data" and I can see folders of applications I installed at least three roms ago (and not installed anymore). Some of them are empty, some are not.
Maybe my device is just imploding bacause of the number of apps he keeps managing.
Maybe he doesn't like me anymore,
or maybe he is dying of cancer. :crying:
Info about my device:
Kernel: Siyah 1.8.9
1st ROM: Samsung 4.1.1
2nd ROM: CM10.1, 20120117 build
Goal:
I'd like to return to Stock Kernel with the stock 4.1.2 Samsung firmware.
So, how can I REALLY reset my device, starting againg form where I indicated?
domenicop said:
Hey guys,
I'd like to return to stock samsung rom, resetting the device to factory setting (keep reading).
Reason for this is
1 I'am experiencing fastidious UI lags issue.
2 I've done several "Restore factory Setting/Wipe all data" and I can see folders of applications I installed at least three roms ago (and not installed anymore). Some of them are empty, some are not.
Maybe my device is just imploding bacause of the number of apps he keeps managing.
Maybe he doesn't like me anymore,
or maybe he is dying of cancer. :crying:
Info about my device:
Kernel: Siyah 1.8.9
1st ROM: Samsung 4.1.1
2nd ROM: CM10.1, 20120117 build
Goal:
I'd like to return to Stock Kernel with the stock 4.1.2 Samsung firmware.
So, how can I REALLY reset my device, starting againg form where I indicated?
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Anyone help????//??
The absolute cleanest way, is to do a mega wipe. Use Titanium Backup to save all the apps you want/need (NO SYSTEM APPS). Then, Factory Reset/Wipe Data, wipe internal sd card and wipe external sd (if you have one). Backup all pictures, photos and files you want on your pc first, then wipe everything. The Megawipe script can help you with this. Follow up by downloading one of the new 4.1.2 deodexed roms (Preferably LKC or LLA). You can keep the stock kernel or choose from my main 2 - Perseus Kernel or Yank kernel
Umh.. I'm not sure I got it.
First, I should remove Siyah kernel and the second ROM right?
How can I do it?
Will the Siyah Kernel be overwritten when I'll write the Stock Samsung 4.1.2 firmware?
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Will the Siyah Kernel be overwritten when I'll write the Stock Samsung 4.1.2 firmware?
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Yes.
There is a sticky .
One run Triangle Away reset rom counter to zero .
Two flash your original saved stock rom Via Odin = wipes phone .
Three factory reset .
Four boot to download mode check status original and count is 0.
Boot phone settings about phone Status device status not modified .
Finally check there are no left over root apps on the phone .
jje
Need detailed info on this, anyone willing to help?
all the details are there for you to read
Thank you, anyway I'd like to advise that flashing via Odin doesn't format anything.
Step 0 is: Do a full data wipe (if you do it after triangle remover, I think counter will be incremented to 1, not tried though... )
domenicop said:
Thank you, anyway I'd like to advise that flashing via Odin doesn't format anything.
Step 0 is: Do a full data wipe (if you do it after triangle remover, I think counter will be incremented to 1, not tried though... )
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Yes, yes, you are right, rest of the XDA community, with special attention to author of this are wrong, otherwise you have the headache and your nanny doesn't know what to do except from calling parents.
Would someone buy this kiddo a happy meal, please?
PS. Following the XDA RULES, especially search BEFORE posting, does not hurt.
Now im ****ed up! Im stuck at boot logo (samsung) need urgent help. it all happens after installing font installer. My phone was rooted. I want a clean format and i ended at this problem.
sometime flashing rom and than flah another rom may cause lag even the rom are really smooth. Try this, it work for me. Wipe Data, Cache Partition, Clear dalvike cache, format system and format preload. As far as i know, preload where it chaching framework. Sometime when flashing and keep flashing rom that different framework, the cache still there. that may cause lag.
zebroid said:
Now im ****ed up! Im stuck at boot logo (samsung) need urgent help. it all happens after installing font installer. My phone was rooted. I want a clean format and i ended at this problem.
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That coz u replace roboto-bold. Lol. Im using JB multipack v3. It got quite font collection there. No bootloop. And yes, JB multipack replace roboto-bolt but no bootloop
zebroid said:
Now im ****ed up! Im stuck at boot logo (samsung) need urgent help. it all happens after installing font installer. My phone was rooted. I want a clean format and i ended at this problem.
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If you want a clean install, without lags, I'd recommend not messing about with the fonts. Try running it stock for a while and see if your lags have gone, before fiddling with it.
Sent from my GT-I9300 using Tapatalk 2
What is all the complaining about? Do all of you complaining only have 1GB of RAM? Do you have windows animations turned off which also helps?
Sent from my 32GB Verizon Galaxy S III (SCH-1535) - stock (unrooted) JellyBean ROM with 64GB Class 10 MICROSDXC - using XDA Premium
hey there
i hope my phone is not bricked, but i've been looking now for two hours for a solution and haven't found anything.
I have a rooted GT-9100 with jelly bean 4.1.2 XWLS8 official Samsung Rom.
In the last few days i was having problems with many apps, especially the video player and the gallery app, which wouldn't start because there wasn't enough memory (even after having deleted all the trash files and dumpstate files).
as i had not made a data wipe after updating from xwssl to xwls8 (i rooted afterwards, i didn't want to reconfigure everything again), i wanted to make a backup before i would try the data wipe now.
So i made the backup with my Rom Toolbox pro on the sd card, rebooted the phone to recovery mode, wiped the data and rebooted the phone. as always the starter mode wanted me to select the language, which i did and then suddenly the screen went black.
It started to reboot and since then the phone is hanging in the Samsung Logo.
i've tried to wipe data, wipe cache partition, wipe kalvik, no success.
tried to restore from the backup i made this morning, says md5 mismatches.
what now? any suggestions?
kind regards skapo
Sent from my girlfriend's GT-S5830 using xda app-developers app
Back to ICS stock (not 4.0.4) via Odin (Get one from Samfirmware or AndroidFirmwares.net), that will give you a clean slate & you can go from there.
Edit - Or....Search on here for the md5 mismatch thing with your backup. There's been plenty of threads on here over the past 18 mths or so. Not sure if these methods work all the time (or even at all, I've never had the problem so never had to use them), but you might as well find the threads & see if any of the suggestions for fixes work for you. Could save you doing a clean install of stock & starting again (which will obviously be somewhat time consuming).
thx for the fast reply
why ics? isn't jb stable enough?
is there actually a pure rom like the nexus phone for the s2? i was wondering if the touchwiz from samsung might be responsible for so many problems...
Sent from my GT-S5830 using xda app-developers app
Worry about all that once you get the phone working normally again, this should be the only thing you're thinking about right now. First thing's first
yeah, you're right. i'll give it a shot i'll update this post tonight. thx
UPDATE:
Ok, i've reinstalled a ICS 4.0.3 I9100XXLPS, Buildnumber IML74K.XWLP7 (whatever this may be, where is the guide to the structure of Android and all the definitions, can't find any proper introduction).
It seems to work fine, but i had to wipe data and wipe cache partition, otherwise the phone still got stuck in the boot loop.
So what now? I've tested the root access, which of course isn't available anymore after flashing the ICS Stock ROM.
Do i need to install first a JB ROM with root access to (try to) restore from my backup or can i do it right from here rooting the ICS ROM?
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sKapo_daVinci said:
yeah, you're right. i'll give it a shot i'll update this post tonight. thx
UPDATE:
Ok, i've reinstalled a ICS 4.0.3 I9100XXLPS, Buildnumber IML74K.XWLP7 (whatever this may be, where is the guide to the structure of Android and all the definitions, can't find any proper introduction).
It seems to work fine, but i had to wipe data and wipe cache partition, otherwise the phone still got stuck in the boot loop.
So what now? I've tested the root access, which of course isn't available anymore after flashing the ICS Stock ROM.
Do i need to install a JB ROM first with root access to (try to) restore from my backup or can i do it right from here rooting the ICS ROM?
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OK, i think i've got the problem solved:
The first thing i tried is to root the ICS and restore with the CWM. Interesting that this time it didn't give me any md5 mismatch, but it suddenly stopped during the process and the phone booted normally to ICS, in other words the restore didn't work.
So I downloaded the latest SGS2 JB I9100XWLSJ again (i had that one installed before the whole mess), i thought that the one i had installed before may have been corrupted. I flashed the ROM, wiped data, cache and dalvik cache and rooted the phone with Siyah. From there i tried to restore again, but again it stopped because of the md5 mismatch.
At least the new JB ROM booted successfully, which allowed me to access the backup file in the phone's internal sd with my PC.
I edited the nandroid.md5-file with notepad ++ and the md5 calculator. There's a good instruction from here. The folder distribution from the original instruction is a little bit confusing, that's why i've uploaded another one
I recalculated every md5 number for each file in the backup (except the nandroid.md5-file itseld of course and in some cases the .android_secure.img [i didn't have such a file]) and modified the md5 numbers inside the nandroid.md5-file.
That solved my problem :laugh: I was able to restore from my backup .
Even so, the video player app is still crashing. I restored my files and all the config, but with it the same problems i had before :crying:
Good work on finding a solution & posting it here, I'm sure it will help someone at some point in the future
Re: the FC's with the video player (which one ?), sounds like restoring it/it's settings is causing you problems. You might want to try clearing data on it first - go into settings/apps/all & select the app, then clear data; and if that doesn't work, uninstall it then do a clean install without restoring the app or settings. If the settings were backed up on ICS & you're currently using JB, that may be the cause of the FC's.
sKapo_daVinci said:
I edited the nandroid.md5-file with notepad ++ and the md5 calculator. There's a good instruction from here.
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Thank you so much for bringing that thread to my notice! Could be useful in the future..:thumbup:
And good work solving it on ur own. XDA needs more guys like u!
If u do manage to solve all ur issues, please add [SOLVED] to the title of ur post, so that others too may benefit from ur solution.
"To err is human, to forgive is divine"
Sent from my SGS II
Hi guys,
I'm new here. I didn't root my S3 yet, but I want to do it and install new rom. But first I would need your help with Rom choosing, as I'm completely blind in this matter
The thing is, I would prefer a ROM which let me choose which application I want to install on my phone and which not - check/uncheck option. This rom should be FAST and stable.
As I have no experience at all, I would like to ask you which ROM will be the best for me? Btw, it would be great if I can choose language (Polish).
Hope you will help me
Regards,
Karol
edit: sorry for typo in the topic, impossible to change it now
Hi, I am in the same boat. Stock standard international S3, but extremely slow. Ram usage on startup is 700mb.
Which rom would you guys suggest that is both stable (no bugs), and fast (using much less ram).
This is my everyday phone, I take a lot of photos, especially the camera should be functioning perfectly.
Any help would be much appreciated.
Edit: Last time I rooted and played around with these things were about 3-4 years ago with my Sony X10 mini. I am slowly getting back into it, reading up on the latest rooting apps etc.
@errolpl: Search in development subforum for 'aroma installer'. Usually these ROMs offer only system apps to choose. 3rd party user apps you'll have to install by your own. You can edit the header with edit-function.
@demozzracy: If you want full camera suport, I recommend NCS-ROM: based on last JB-firmware, but brilliant debloated. So slim, fast, battery friendly and all hardware working. I'm testing many LP-ROMs, but they are primarily newer, hardly better (for S3).
@rp158: Thank you!
I was extremely new just a few weeks back as well. I must say that my attempts on finding a solution for my slow S3 has been a rather hard and bumpy road.
To help you save some time, here is what I've gathered so far:
Last time I flashed phone firmware, a couple of years ago, it required a PC, a cable and some funky software.
Then when I flashed my S3 for the first time, about a year ago, I started out with Cyanogenmod and used their app+cable installer. I think this is still the easiest way to root the phone, and get started with custom roms. Even if you plan to use some other rom than Cyanogenmod.
When the phone is rooted you can install TWRP, simply done via an app on the appstore. TWRP is recovery firmware that can stay on the phone, even though you flash new roms. (The phone is divided into several separate sections, bootloader, recovery, actual system, and data area.... I don't even know much about it yet.) The important part is that it is extremely easy to flash new roms using this tool, and a micro SD-card.
Simply drop the rom zip file onto the card and flash them. (For some roms you need to flash some "GAPPS" as well. These are the google apps, like the play store etc. If you don't flash them you can't really use the phone for much.)
This is where the real problems start. Finding the right ROM.
The S3 is old, and only supported up to Jelly Bean for my 1GB international version, or Kitkat if you have one of the 2gb versions.
This has not stopped developers in providing both Kitkat and Lollipop to any version of the S3. However... as eager they are to provide the newest coolest features, just as lazy do they seem to be with their testing. (Sorry guys, but someone has to say it.)
So I've gone through some roms now... none of them really good.
The first Official Cyanogenmod I flashed half a year ago. I used this for almost a year.. but the camera would crash constantly, and the phone was not able to display video. For example movieclips on facebook.
Second ROM: Cyanogenmod has also stopped developing for the S3, so a few weeks back I switched to some unofficial version. It seemed to work... camera and video was ok, and everything had the nice Lollipop feel to it.
However MMS did not work. I could receive one and send one, next ones would require a reboot for them to work. The problem was brought up in the ROM Q/A tread, but the answer from the developer was: Sorry I don't use MMS so I don't really see a problem.
Third: Onto some next rom. This one was tagged STABLE. It was far from it. In fact it was even easier to discover that this rom had the same MMS problem. Because the message app would crash immediately when trying to send one.
4th attemt was the same rom, but a different kernel... still the same problem.
5th rom was Blisspop... Wau, this was beautiful! Cool webpage, Cool animations.... it was just too bad that the site is dead, and that the rom can't even run for 24 hours without the android keyboard crashing 25 times or so. Also Blisspop has OTA updates... the only problem is that it constantly says that there is a new version for the S3.. but the download fails. Apparently some bad change to the website caused this, and apparently this problem has been going on for 3 months without anyone bothering to fix it.
6th was Archidroid. The second to top ROM for the S3. It looks cool, and has many features... but just as other Lollipop ROMs, sending MMS's without error is not one of them....
I've really tried everything. People always says that the MMS problems are due to APN's not being set up correctly, doing some reboots etc.... but trust me... I've set them up so many times you wouldn't belive it.
7th. After reading this thread and rp158's recommendation of NCS-ROM I'm now running that one. Without a single thing being set up, I was able to send and receive MMS's right away.
However... now I'm stuck back at the ugly kitkat look, and Touch wiz.
tl;dr;
So what do I want to say with all this?
Get root and TWRP and start playing around with ROMs
Lollipop does not look like an option for the S3, at least not right now
Don't let yourself be fooled by nice webpages or [STABLE]-tags, or comments that say: "I've been running this since yesterday.. it's 100% stable!"
Timusius thanks a lot for that post.
Puts things in perspective.
As I said in my post, I am ok with the KitKat look, as long as it is stable, I am always on call at work, and cant afford constant phone crashes.
I am going to try the root/twrp to NCS rom in the next couple of days
@Timusius thank you for your post. You help me a lot!
S5 Sensation
errolpl said:
Hi guys,
I'm new here. I didn't root my S3 yet, but I want to do it and install new rom. But first I would need your help with Rom choosing, as I'm completely blind in this matter
The thing is, I would prefer a ROM which let me choose which application I want to install on my phone and which not - check/uncheck option. This rom should be FAST and stable.
As I have no experience at all, I would like to ask you which ROM will be the best for me? Btw, it would be great if I can choose language (Polish).
Hope you will help me
Regards,
Karol
edit: sorry for typo in the topic, impossible to change it now
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It's 5 months already that im using S5 Sensation rom for i9300/9305 ( 4.4.4 kitkat). This rom has S5/Note4 features and works great im satisfied. No problems so far, no bugs, etc ^^
It comes with AROMA installer and lets you to choose which apps you want to install and which not.
Cooldato said:
It's 5 months already that im using S5 Sensation rom for i9300/9305 ( 4.4.4 kitkat). This rom has S5/Note4 features and works great im satisfied. No problems so far, no bugs, etc ^^
It comes with AROMA installer and lets you to choose which apps you want to install and which not.
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How you install those rom?
Pixelzack said:
How you install those rom?
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Device must be rooted + newest cwm recovery installed. After that you just download custom rom, move it to ur phone memory/sdcard and flash it throught recovery mode
Cooldato said:
Device must be rooted + newest cwm recovery installed. After that you just download custom rom, move it to ur phone memory/sdcard and flash it throught recovery mode
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My phone already rooted without cwm,can i just install cwm like i did to root my phone?
Pixelzack said:
My phone already rooted without cwm,can i just install cwm like i did to root my phone?
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https://www.clockworkmod.com/rommanager here is the latest CWM versions for smartphones, but its .img file and u cannt flash it directly from Odin. U need to make .img into .tar.md5 odin flash-able file by some tools, or flash it via adb shell, etc.
Anyway here is Odin rdy .tar file , go to this link http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...covery-clockworkmod-touch-6-0-3-2-gt-t1719744 download recovery-cwmtouch-6.0.3.2-GTI9300.tar and flash it via Odin / Download mode.
Cooldato said:
https://www.clockworkmod.com/rommanager here is the latest CWM versions for smartphones, but its .img file and u cannt flash it directly from Odin. U need to make .img into .tar.md5 odin flash-able file by some tools, or flash it via adb shell, etc.
Anyway here is Odin rdy .tar file , go to this link http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...covery-clockworkmod-touch-6-0-3-2-gt-t1719744 download recovery-cwmtouch-6.0.3.2-GTI9300.tar and flash it via Odin / Download mode.
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Can I use this one?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...covery-clockworkmod-touch-6-0-3-2-gt-t1719744
Pixelzack said:
Can I use this one?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/gal...covery-clockworkmod-touch-6-0-3-2-gt-t1719744
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Sure, thats what i linked you above.
Cooldato said:
Sure, thats what i linked you above.
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Hahaha Thanks dude for helping noob like me
Pixelzack said:
Hahaha Thanks dude for helping noob like me
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No problem Feel free to poke me if u meet some troubles ^^
Cooldato said:
No problem Feel free to poke me if u meet some troubles ^^
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How to install this?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3/development/i9300-to-n00t-bring-lte-fun-to-3g-t2886574
just need some detailed guide xD
Pixelzack said:
How to install this?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3/development/i9300-to-n00t-bring-lte-fun-to-3g-t2886574
just need some detailed guide xD
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1. Install ClockworkMod(or PhilZ) recovery
2. Put ROM on your SD card
3. Enter recovery mode
4. Perform a full data wipe(except you're running previous versions of back-to-n00t)
5. Flash ROM
6. Flash SuperSU
Cooldato said:
1. Install ClockworkMod(or PhilZ) recovery
2. Put ROM on your SD card
3. Enter recovery mode
4. Perform a full data wipe(except you're running previous versions of back-to-n00t)
5. Flash ROM
6. Flash SuperSU
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perform a full data wipe means "Factory reset"?
How to flash rom? It's included in the recovery mode?
How to flash SuperSU?
Pixelzack said:
perform a full data wipe means "Factory reset"?
How to flash rom? It's included in the recovery mode?
How to flash SuperSU?
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yeah this means doing a "Factory reset", must be done throught Recovery mode, wipe data, wipe cache, wipe dalvik cache.
Put ROM on your SD card, then enter Recovery Mode by pressing Home + Volume UP + Power buttons and ull have smth like:
Install Zip -> Choose Zip from /Storage/Sdcard (External SDcard) , Search for ur ROM file and start flashing :X
Flash the SuperSu .zip file same way as flashing ROM.