Hi guys, I've owned this tab (p4wifi) for a few years now and for sure loads of junk has been building up in it. I've used dozens of ROMs in the past and it seems to be slowing down. Now the slowness isn't the issue, I just want to revert it back to full, pure stock as in Unrooted stock ROM from sammobile with no user data whatsoever. Exactly like the first day I got the tab, no pics videos or anything that I took.
I live in Malaysia so I'll be using this: http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/3/?download=5982
So now the problem is how to exactly go about doing this? I'm currently running CM10.2 with CWM installed and I want all my user apps, photos and videos gone too, like everything. I understand that i have to boot in Download Mode and use ODIN to flash that ROM image, but hat are the steps before or after that I have to take to remove all my user data? Would really appreciate it if I could have a step by step procedure.
Thanks alot guys
BenSow said:
Hi guys, I've owned this tab (p4wifi) for a few years now and for sure loads of junk has been building up in it. I've used dozens of ROMs in the past and it seems to be slowing down. Now the slowness isn't the issue, I just want to revert it back to full, pure stock as in Unrooted stock ROM from sammobile with no user data whatsoever. Exactly like the first day I got the tab, no pics videos or anything that I took.
I live in Malaysia so I'll be using this: http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/3/?download=5982
So now the problem is how to exactly go about doing this? I'm currently running CM10.2 with CWM installed and I want all my user apps, photos and videos gone too, like everything. I understand that i have to boot in Download Mode and use ODIN to flash that ROM image, but hat are the steps before or after that I have to take to remove all my user data? Would really appreciate it if I could have a step by step procedure.
Thanks alot guys
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well before flashing the KERNEL image....
it is not quite necessary to totally wipe the phone..
bt to ensure a clean install it can be done...
while.... since u want to return to pure stock.... it is better to first restore your first cwm backup which u made just after rooting.....
coz flashing a kernel wont remove the custom scripts bt only disable it.....
so wat i say is... first restore ur just-after-root cwm bakup.... after that flash your kernel which u will download from sammobile. com.
and then u will have a pure stock unrooted phone like in the beginning
singhshantanu1996 said:
well before flashing the KERNEL image....
it is not quite necessary to totally wipe the phone..
bt to ensure a clean install it can be done...
while.... since u want to return to pure stock.... it is better to first restore your first cwm backup which u made just after rooting.....
coz flashing a kernel wont remove the custom scripts bt only disable it.....
so wat i say is... first restore ur just-after-root cwm bakup.... after that flash your kernel which u will download from sammobile. com.
and then u will have a pure stock unrooted phone like in the beginning
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Oh dear but I don't have that backup Sammobile only offers kernel? I thought it was the whole firmware?
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BenSow said:
Oh dear but I don't have that backup Sammobile only offers kernel? I thought it was the whole firmware?
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since you dont have a backup.....
and you are ok to loosing your all data(pic apps and stuff)
so first FACTORY RESET your device....
and then after that you can flash the KERNEL....
singhshantanu1996 said:
since you dont have a backup.....
and you are ok to loosing your all data(pic apps and stuff)
so first FACTORY RESET your device....
and then after that you can flash the KERNEL....
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OK I will try. I'm running CM10.2 a custom ROM so can I use the factory reset option in system settings? Because CWM wipe data doesn't wipe a lot of things :/
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BenSow said:
OK I will try. I'm running CM10.2 a custom ROM so can I use the factory reset option in system settings? Because CWM wipe data doesn't wipe a lot of things :/
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yes you can use the factory reset and it will wipe everything.... from cache to dalvik cache to data..
the system folder and some other folders will only be intact as they contain the rom related files....
BenSow said:
OK I will try. I'm running CM10.2 a custom ROM so can I use the factory reset option in system settings? Because CWM wipe data doesn't wipe a lot of things :/
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Do this:
1. Wipe data/factory reset in cwm
2. Wipe system
3. Wipe cache
4. Wipe dalvik
5. Wipe internal memory or sdcard or /data/media (I forgot what its called in cwm)
Then boot into download mode and Odin flash the stock ROM.
FYI, the other guy was wrong, sammobile offers ROMs and not kernels. And, HEY, I'M FROM MALAYSIA TOO!
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singhshantanu1996 said:
yes you can use the factory reset and it will wipe everything.... from cache to dalvik cache to data..
the system folder and some other folders will only be intact as they contain the rom related files....
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eushaun99 said:
Do this:
1. Wipe data/factory reset in cwm
2. Wipe system
3. Wipe cache
4. Wipe dalvik
5. Wipe internal memory or sdcard or /data/media (I forgot what its called in cwm)
Then boot into download mode and Odin flash the stock ROM.
FYI, the other guy was wrong, sammobile offers ROMs and not kernels. And, HEY, I'M FROM MALAYSIA TOO!
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Thanks both of you Woohoo fellow Malaysian on this legacy tab. Sweet thanks for the detailed procedure, I'm guessing step 5 is the one that wipes all photos and videos? Because normally 1-4 just wipes user apps. Will try it after having my stuff backed up How is the UI smoothness for you on this tab? Just wondering if I'm the only one who feels that mine is very sluggish.
actually, Toldo's stock rooted ICS rom and Omni Kitkat rom are both smooth.
BenSow said:
Thanks both of you Woohoo fellow Malaysian on this legacy tab. Sweet thanks for the detailed procedure, I'm guessing step 5 is the one that wipes all photos and videos? Because normally 1-4 just wipes user apps. Will try it after having my stuff backed up How is the UI smoothness for you on this tab? Just wondering if I'm the only one who feels that mine is very sluggish.
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Yup that's the one that wipes everything. Sometimes the tab feels sluggish, depending on what i use it for, like heavy multitasking and such, but overall its pretty smooth. BTW, I'm running SlimSaber 4.3 on my tab. I feel that 4.3 gives the best performance for our tab and 4.1(pershoot's cm10) is the most stable.
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eushaun99 said:
Do this:
1. Wipe data/factory reset in cwm
2. Wipe system
3. Wipe cache
4. Wipe dalvik
5. Wipe internal memory or sdcard or /data/media (I forgot what its called in cwm)
Then boot into download mode and Odin flash the stock ROM.
FYI, the other guy was wrong, sammobile offers ROMs and not kernels. And, HEY, I'M FROM MALAYSIA TOO!
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BenSow said:
Thanks both of you Woohoo fellow Malaysian on this legacy tab. Sweet thanks for the detailed procedure, I'm guessing step 5 is the one that wipes all photos and videos? Because normally 1-4 just wipes user apps. Will try it after having my stuff backed up How is the UI smoothness for you on this tab? Just wondering if I'm the only one who feels that mine is very sluggish.
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If you're going to revert to pure stock, just flash official firmware via ODIN. Boot into stock recovery and factory reset. It will also wipe the contents for internal sdcard.
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just use odin
eushaun99 said:
Yup that's the one that wipes everything. Sometimes the tab feels sluggish, depending on what i use it for, like heavy multitasking and such, but overall its pretty smooth. BTW, I'm running SlimSaber 4.3 on my tab. I feel that 4.3 gives the best performance for our tab and 4.1(pershoot's cm10) is the most stable.
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as a matter of fact.... sammobile does offer KERNEL...for i have used it for my GT-S7562
singhshantanu1996 said:
as a matter of fact.... sammobile does offer KERNEL...for i have used it for my GT-S7562
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Uh OK, but now he's trying to flash the ROM, not kernel.
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eushaun99 said:
Uh OK, but now he's trying to flash the ROM, not kernel.
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Yeah hahaha.
How about kernel wise? Which is the best kernel out there for this tab? Would prefer a ekrnel that allows "powersave" and "performance" mode in trickster mod :3
BenSow said:
Yeah hahaha.
How about kernel wise? Which is the best kernel out there for this tab? Would prefer a ekrnel that allows "powersave" and "performance" mode in trickster mod :3
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On stock ROM? I'd recommend A1 kernel or Yoda kernel. Yoda kernel is quite outdated and doesn't contain the l2_hsic wakelock fix if you have the 3g version, but its pretty good. A1 on the other hand, is a fan favourite. Both have performance governors and if I'm not mistaken also powersave governor, but honestly I've never tried trickster mod so I can't tell you that.
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eushaun99 said:
On stock ROM? I'd recommend A1 kernel or Yoda kernel. Yoda kernel is quite outdated and doesn't contain the l2_hsic wakelock fix if you have the 3g version, but its pretty good. A1 on the other hand, is a fan favourite. Both have performance governors and if I'm not mistaken also powersave governor, but honestly I've never tried trickster mod so I can't tell you that.
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Thank you sir, great help so far heh. I ended up flashing the rooted deodexed stock ROM i found in the forum but after flashing I chose to disable stock recovery flash, does that change anything? My first boot wasn't successful so I went to reflash the ROM again in CWM and it got stuck in "Opening update package". I restarted the tab and it booted up normally. Is the stock ROM interfering with the custom recovery? :3
BenSow said:
Thank you sir, great help so far heh. I ended up flashing the rooted deodexed stock ROM i found in the forum but after flashing I chose to disable stock recovery flash, does that change anything? My first boot wasn't successful so I went to reflash the ROM again in CWM and it got stuck in "Opening update package". I restarted the tab and it booted up normally. Is the stock ROM interfering with the custom recovery? :3
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Did you do the usual wipe before flashing? And also what version of cwm are you using? Try using this version of TWRP by kasper_h.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=39931861
To answer your question, I don't think it changes anything, but saying no to stock recovery flash seems to be the right way to go. And no, stock ROM does not interfere with the custom recovery.
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eushaun99 said:
Did you do the usual wipe before flashing? And also what version of cwm are you using? Try using this version of TWRP by kasper_h.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=39931861
To answer your question, I don't think it changes anything, but saying no to stock recovery flash seems to be the right way to go. And no, stock ROM does not interfere with the custom recovery.
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It's alright everything's working now Now another problem popped out I wiped my internal memory which means all my photos and everything non system related, and it did, my tab was practically empty buttt the tab doesn't register it as that ._. The storage part in settings shows that I have used up like 12GB of space even though I have wiped everything clean, I did an SD card folder analysis with ES file explorer and although it showed the same 12GB used, the folders shown do not add up to that, could it be the indexes are not updated? Because I don't see anything that could be eating up all that space
BenSow said:
It's alright everything's working now Now another problem popped out I wiped my internal memory which means all my photos and everything non system related, and it did, my tab was practically empty buttt the tab doesn't register it as that ._. The storage part in settings shows that I have used up like 12GB of space even though I have wiped everything clean, I did an SD card folder analysis with ES file explorer and although it showed the same 12GB used, the folders shown do not add up to that, could it be the indexes are not updated? Because I don't see anything that could be eating up all that space
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If the sdcard is empty, that means something is hogging your space somewhere in /data. What version of Android were you on before and now?
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Am the only one having this
Ijust formated every thing in recovery
And installed alots of ginger bread stock and custom roms and ics roms stock and custom
My question is :
When i lock my device
Then unlock it and switch between home screens its laggy not responsive for the first(6-8 seconds)
Then it comes back normal to responsive
Im a the only one having this ?also if there is any way to fix it
I installed set cpu and putted 1200 and 1200 and still the same when ever i unlock my screen it needs like 6seconds to be responsive
Any one having this ?any way to fix this??
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yes its laggy at some moments ,not all the time..
rocky23 said:
yes its laggy at some moments ,not all the time..
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Thanks for ur replay
Mine always like its slow when i unlock it for 6 to 8 seconds
Then it be like back to normal
Thanks for ur replay
Any one else guys have this or knows a fix for this ?
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Fix is easy but most don't like it
Complete wipe using cwm
Format cache, system, data, sdcard
Wipe dalvik.
Flash stock GB ROM like la2 or
Flash stock ICS ROM like lpd
Using Odin, do not restore anything
Do not use custom kernels
Use for few hours, if problem persists it's hardware.
atifsh said:
Fix is easy but most don't like it
Complete wipe using cwm
Format cache, system, data, sdcard
Wipe dalvik.
Flash stock GB ROM like la2 or
Flash stock ICS ROM like lpd
Using Odin, do not restore anything
Do not use custom kernels
Use for few hours, if problem persists it's hardware.
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Thanks for ur replay will try that abd replay to u
But cant i just do complete wipe and stay on gb or i have to be on ics?
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GB
OR
Ics
So yes stay on GB no issues
ayhamx360 said:
Am the only one having this
Ijust formated every thing in recovery
And installed alots of ginger bread stock and custom roms and ics roms stock and custom
My question is :
When i lock my device
Then unlock it and switch between home screens its laggy not responsive for the first(6-8 seconds)
Then it comes back normal to responsive
Im a the only one having this ?also if there is any way to fix it
I installed set cpu and putted 1200 and 1200 and still the same when ever i unlock my screen it needs like 6seconds to be responsive
Any one having this ?any way to fix this??
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Have you tried another launcher like Go Launcher EX? If your problem is limited to the home screens it may be TouchWiz related. Otherwise a full wipe and clean install would indeed be worth a try. Albeit i do not see the point in formating sdcard as atifsh suggested.
DaPhinc said:
Have you tried another launcher like Go Launcher EX? If your problem is limited to the home screens it may be TouchWiz related. Otherwise a full wipe and clean install would indeed be worth a try. Albeit i do not see the point in formating sdcard as ayhamx360 suggested.
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Sdcard is internal storage by default.
atifsh said:
Sdcard is internal storage by default.
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Oh, so you mean the internal storage (aka internal sdcard)? But can that really cause lag on the home screen? It mainly contains media files, backups, downloads and stuff, doesn't it?
Any thing can, even in some cases, external sdcard can mess things and format of sdcard is required.
+1 @ atifsh
Pretty much copy and paste, but I have updated it with latest info.
geokilla said:
So this is weird... In four days, the ROM or phone has froze on me about half a dozen times now. The first time when I was setting it up by as I had just done a flash of the ROM. While setting it up, the phone decided to suddenly slow down all of a sudden to a crawl, up to the point where everything started to get washed out and freeze on me. Force restart by holding Volume Up + Power was the only solution to fix it. Just now, my sister had it connected to her computer and was transferring music over into the internal SD when suddenly, the same thing happened. Again, only solution was to force restart. Anyone have this happen to them before? Everything is completely stock except that we're on Dorimanx 5.3 kernel. Then the other times, it would either slow down and freeze in the CWM Recovery Menu, or when she is texting, playing games, etc. There aren't that many apps installed at all. Reflash of kernel doesn't solve the problem.
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Could it be that I need to flash the phone with official ICS + bootloader + PIT? I jumped straight from stock Gingerbread to custom ICS.
geokilla said:
Pretty much copy and paste, but I have updated it with latest info.
Could it be that I need to flash the phone with official ICS + bootloader + PIT? I jumped straight from stock Gingerbread to custom ICS.
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try doing a wipe data/factory reset as that is normally a fix to these kind of problems. Also clear cache and dalvik and that should fix the problem!
geokilla said:
Pretty much copy and paste, but I have updated it with latest info.
Could it be that I need to flash the phone with official ICS + bootloader + PIT? I jumped straight from stock Gingerbread to custom ICS.
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Do not use the .pit file unless you understand 100%sure about what you are doing. That's probably the easiest way to bork your device.
Edit: try flashing a different kernel. Try dark knight or fluxi. I think it would solve your issues
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I would get an official rom, and flash it with odin, (no repartition is required) then install your fav. custom rom
just my 2 cents
FWX
UltimateAnas said:
try doing a wipe data/factory reset as that is normally a fix to these kind of problems. Also clear cache and dalvik and that should fix the problem!
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I can't wipe data/factory reset in CWM for some reason when I first tried to install the custom ROM. Never tried again... I wonder if it's because my I9100 is brickable.
I have cleared cache and dalvik cache but no luck. It even slowed down and froze in CWM Recovery.
kilometers4 said:
Do not use the .pit file unless you understand 100%sure about what you are doing. That's probably the easiest way to bork your device.
Edit: try flashing a different kernel. Try dark knight or fluxi. I think it would solve your issues
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I know what I'm doing. Flashed with PIT many times before on my Captivate. Haven't tried PIT on her I9100 though. I haven't broken my phone with PIT yet, even though there's quite a few PITs out there lol.
I've read of others running the same combo as me, but they're fine so I wonder what else could cause this...
FireWalkerX said:
I would get an official rom, and flash it with odin, (no repartition is required) then install your fav. custom rom
just my 2 cents
FWX
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The ICS ROM from the Q&A Sticky should work right? Her I9100 is brickable so.... Gotta be careful.
Flash a stock rom, go to sammobile.com and find one then try again?
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format cache/data/system , then make all wipes , then put your phone in download mode , flash a stock ROM from samfirmware.com , then root your phone !
Running the latest Dorimanx 5.5 kernel and still getting the same problem. In fact, I noticed that if you set it to Performance under Kernel Tweaks in Recovery, the problem is more apparent. Setting it to default causes the issue too.
Hi I have a Samsung Galaxy S2. Android v4.0.4 LQ7
I am a noob so sorry if my question is stupid.
I have rooted using method 1 in that thread and it worked great.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1746794
Then I downloaded the app ROM Manager and downloaded CM9 RC2 since it appeared to be a stable.
I used ROM manager to download the file cm-9.0.0-RC2-galaxys2.zip
Once downloaded I saved that file in the external SD Card and used ROM Manager to reboot in recovery mode and install the ROM.
The installation progress fine and complete. I then reboot my phone.
When rebooting the phone displays the Samsung galaxy S2 screen and then switched to Cyanogen (mod) 9 screen. From there nothing happens. The phone won't boot. I tried to removed the battery which is the only way to turn the phone off and reboot in recovery and reinstall the file but the same thing happens.
Please help!
You've probably installed wrong zip for your device/variation.
Specifically which GS2 have you got?
Did you wipe date/factory reset?
Try wiping before and after flashing?
Get the CM9 nightly and flash that instead or try flashing Siyah kernel over the one that is on your device now. I personally use Goo Manager from market as you can download/update/notifications and browse compatible roms via that.
TheATHEiST said:
You've probably installed wrong zip for your device/variation.
Specifically which GS2 have you got?
Did you wipe date/factory reset?
Try wiping before and after flashing?
Get the CM9 nightly and flash that instead or try flashing Siyah kernel over the one that is on your device now. I personally use Goo Manager from market as you can download/update/notifications and browse compatible roms via that.
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I have a GT i9100 Galaxy S2.
what would happen If I did a factory reset/data?
All I did was installing from external SD card nothing else.
Thanks
adrien84 said:
I have a GT i9100 Galaxy S2.
what would happen If I did a factory reset/data?
All I did was installing from external SD card nothing else.
Thanks
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If you do a wipe/reset it will clean all your installed apps/app data and restore settings to clean install.
Its advisable to do this whenever you are flashing a different rom. Its easy to backup and then restore all your apps automatically and silently (without intervention) in a few clicks after installing new rom with titanium backup (pro).
Reboot into recovery
Wipe data/factory reset
Install CM9 Nightly from internal or external card.
Install latest CM9 gapps
Reboot system.
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[*]Install latest CM9 gapps[/LIST]
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what is CM9gapps
I just downloaded the latest CM9 nightly will follow your steps As I said earlier I am a noob sorry.
Thanks
Gapps is basically Google apps it gives you the play store and sometimes face unlock. Did you wipe cache and dalvik cache before updating to CM9? That's one of the main reasons why ROMs don't boot up. Also first time boots do take a while about 10-15mins...
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UltimateAnas said:
Gapps is basically Google apps it gives you the play store and sometimes face unlock. Did you wipe cache and dalvik cache before updating to CM9? That's one of the main reasons why ROMs don't boot up. Also first time boots do take a while about 10-15mins...
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Hey yeah it did help thanks. I have now a working phone again. I am getting used to CM9 it is such a smooth OS. By the way on ICS 4.0.4 i was able to get the battery percent number displayed on the top near the battery icon. I can't find that on CM9? it used to be in the settings/display on ICS
Thanks guys
adrien84 said:
Hey yeah it did help thanks. I have now a working phone again. I am getting used to CM9 it is such a smooth OS. By the way on ICS 4.0.4 i was able to get the battery percent number displayed on the top near the battery icon. I can't find that on CM9? it used to be in the settings/display on ICS
Thanks guys
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Options –> System –> Status Bar –> Battery Style Status –> Percentage
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Options –> System –> Status Bar –> Battery Style Status –> Percentage
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Thanks. for that. Do you guys know of a shortcut button to turn the mobile data on or off, like the power button does on ICS?
Also I would like to raise an issue with the ROM Manager App. I cannot do a backup of my current ROM. Every time I try to do so the App freezes. It did the same when I first rooted my phone and I was on the Stock ROM I was unable to do a backup then.
Is this something that happen often with Rom manager?
Thanks
adrien84 said:
Thanks. for that. Do you guys know of a shortcut button to turn the mobile data on or off, like the power button does on ICS?
Also I would like to raise an issue with the ROM Manager App. I cannot do a backup of my current ROM. Every time I try to do so the App freezes. It did the same when I first rooted my phone and I was on the Stock ROM I was unable to do a backup then.
Is this something that happen often with Rom manager?
Thanks
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Don't use ROM Manager, due to its incompatibility with most kernels and the S2.
Here's what to do about the short cut for mobile data:
Options –> System –> Notification Drawer –> Widget Buttons –> Toggle Mobile Data
It'll be there at the top when you pull down the drawer, if it's not immediately visible just slide the icons to the side and you'll see it.
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nicholas1520 said:
Don't use ROM Manager, due to its incompatibility with most kernels and the S2.
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So how do I back up my Rom? Do I have to do it in the Recovery mode?
adrien84 said:
So how do I back up my Rom? Do I have to do it in the Recovery mode?
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Yep, it's called nandroid. There's a backup and restore function in ClockworkMod Recovery.
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adrien84 said:
So how do I back up my Rom? Do I have to do it in the Recovery mode?
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You always do backups in recovery mode, Rom Manager (if compatible kernel) simply automates teh process of rebooting into recovery and starting backup.
Depending on your rom/version you can do this via power menu anyway (reboot into recovery).
STOP USING ROM MANAGER!
It can & most likely will fuc& your fone up. If u want to learn I suggest u read all of chainfires posts, then check out the SGSII Bible in the GS2 section. Then get urself the correct tar file for the Cf root kernel specific to ur country or region. That will get u outta the ****e if this ever happens again. Read up on all things root etc. u could do with learning what Odin is too!
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blade30p said:
STOP USING ROM MANAGER!
It can & most likely will fuc& your fone up. If u want to learn I suggest u read all of chainfires posts, then check out the SGSII Bible in the GS2 section. Then get urself the correct tar file for the Cf root kernel specific to ur country or region. That will get u outta the ****e if this ever happens again. Read up on all things root etc. u could do with learning what Odin is too!
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Thanks for that. I think I know what Odin is. Thank you so much for that post. You have opened a whole new world! I have opened the SG2 bible I wish I have done that before. I am about to do a back up now. but I have not been able to do a back up of my original stock ROM since I was trying to do it with ROM Manager and it would freeze all the time. I think it is the worse that I could have done I have changed my ROM and didn't not do a back up before. i guess I will never be able to revert back to my stock ROM. Thanks again for you precious advises they have been very helpful!
Naa m8, u can always go back to a stock, u just need to tell me your country & the modem & ROM version, mine was stock Uk 4.0.3 & once you have that you can flash it with Odin then flash the Cf root kernel. you would then be on a totally stock ICS ROM but with root & CWM recovery so you can then flash anything you like. If you give me the country & which ROM (ICS or GB) you would like I can give you the necessary files for Odin.
Do not, I repeat DO NOT flash a stock ROM & stock unrooted kernel as if u do a full wipe it will hardbrick ur fone!
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There's an even easier way....
Go here...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1608071
then simply download the stock unbranded firmware for your country. it doesn't have to be your specific country but it helps as it has the csc etc that you need. Once you have downloaded it simply flash it with Odin & you will be running stock ICS 4.0.3 but with root so you can then flash CM9, but seriously I would highly recommended Omega v15. It's close to stock but sooooo much more. Im in all day if u need help
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Hey thanks for that. I was thinking of doing a back up of my stock ROM in case I wanted to revert back to it one day. I will have a look at that thread and let you know of my phone details too. I really appreciate your help. As far as using Odin goes I am not very familiar with it so I'll need to read a Guide on how to use it.
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Oh by the way any idea why I can only connect to the play store via wifi? Using data it won't work even though Web browsing, FB, emails, etc all work fine. I am running CM9 nightly build.
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Oh by the way any idea why I can only connect to the play store via wifi? Using data it won't work even though Web browsing, FB, emails, etc all work fine. I am running CM9 nightly build.
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In that case you will need to flash an appropriate modem file for your device or possibly check APN details.
You can get modem via dev section (use search) and APN settings from your carrier or google.
Hi S3 fellow users,
Yesterday i wanted to try some new rom so i flashed Darkys rom with siyah kernel, works fine but flashed back to stock because didnt like the rom, now it reboots itself everytime when its on the lock screen and by itself...
I flashed different stock roms and custom roms with odin for 15times, i wiped everything for 100 times.... dont know what to do? any tips?
I try to flash siyah kernel but that also didnt work.... is there something that can wipe everything and is not a odin flash or a wipe factory from recovery. Please help i need my s3:crying:
Try deleting the initd folder.might be conflicting scripts in that folder..
You'll find in system/etc,delete initd and reboot..
I have no other idea without more info.
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Try deleting the initd folder.might be conflicting scripts in that folder..
You'll find in system/etc,delete initd and reboot..
I have no other idea without more info.
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Thank you:good:, i am try to do that but cant find initd in that folder also not anywhere else but i find other init files but not the initd. Is there any other way to clean such things up? atm i have stock 4.1.1 and latest siyah kernel, everything rooted su, busybox and root browers with all the tools installed running.
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Hi S3 fellow users,
Yesterday i wanted to try some new rom so i flashed Darkys rom with siyah kernel, works fine but flashed back to stock because didnt like the rom, now it reboots itself everytime when its on the lock screen and by itself...
I flashed different stock roms and custom roms with odin for 15times, i wiped everything for 100 times.... dont know what to do? any tips?
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Why not try another rom using stock kernel
ignatios123 said:
Why not try another rom using stock kernel
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Thanks for your help but i did that, tryd different stock roms and didnt work
Did you do a wipe? Roms don't always transition /data smoothly from one to another.
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Did you do a wipe? Roms don't always transition /data smoothly from one to another.
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Yes i did 10 times wipe, i tryd different custom roms, and different stock roms, with odin and with cwm..
Now what i found out is that it only reboots when the screen is off so in lockscreen. if i hold the phone awake it wont reboot,
is there an tool to clean the whole system up? like intitd that i cant found in any way..
How could i delete all the mods that came from other roms? i cant find the initd folder...
My phone is on stock 4.1.1 siyah kernel, rooted, busybox, cwm recovery 6.0.1.2, have root explorer working.
I did wipe/factory reset, dalvik, fix permission, wipe batt stats, wipe cach flashing kernel/rom official and non official
and my phone keeps rebooting when the screen go's off auto or if i pres the power button.
Did you changed CPU voltage or clock settings earlier?
BTW you can remove files with ADB.
1) Boot into recovery
2) Connect USB
3) open ADB shell - 'adb shell'
4) navigate to the folder - 'cd /system/etc/'
5) Remove the files - 'rm -r init.d'
6) exit and reboot phone
Yes i did that early i try 1800 max in stweaks on siyahkernel and then the phone rebooted, dont know exactly what happend then but everything was fine after that... i also used other roms and kernels...
But thanks for your advice i will try to do this, i am new to ADB so i am going to figure that out right now.
is it possible to do that with cwm recovery on it?
That's what the problem is. I did it to my phone once. I overcolocked and undervolt.
Everything worked fine for few mins. But when I rebooted my phone, it went to lock screen and hang for few secs and then reboot again.
Never go to 1800 but a max of 1600. mine max is 1500 now.
Let me gather more info for you.
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That's what the problem is. I did it to my phone once. I overcolocked and undervolt.
Everything worked fine for few mins. But when I rebooted my phone, it went to lock screen and hang for few secs and then reboot again.
Never go to 1800 but a max of 1600. mine max is 1500 now.
Let me gather more info for you.
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Oke thanks very much for your help i realy appriciate that! but when i look inside the s tweaks my clock speed is just normal was that for you also?
Did you change any other settings in stweaks, voltage settings?
You can try some different kernel if your phone have problem with siyah.
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Did you change any other settings in stweaks, voltage settings?
You can try some different kernel if your phone have problem with siyah.
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No i think not, but atm i did a fix permisson and now the phone is not rebooting but it takes about 5 seconds for the screen to turn on when the screen is of in lockscreen. i am very confused
Guys i there any way to clean every bit of **** that could be on the phone like init.d??? please help
Had same thing happen to me, my fix, 1st save everything to pc from sdcard and titanium backup if you can. Flash stock rom and then put (i use omega v34) on external sdcard. Flash touch recovery. Wipe cache and dalvik, fact reset then go to usb mount and format everything (except external card obviously) then flash omega rom.
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Had same thing happen to me, my fix, 1st save everything to pc from sdcard and titanium backup if you can. Flash stock rom and then put (i use omega v34) on external sdcard. Flash touch recovery. Wipe cache and dalvik, fact reset then go to usb mount and format everything (except external card obviously) then flash omega rom.
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THank you but i try out this before, nothing works..... :crying:
I didn't read that you formatted your card before, that wipes any conflicting setting, otherwise might be hardware related.
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I didn't read that you formatted your card before, that wipes any conflicting setting, otherwise might be hardware related.
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I just try the exact method you say just to be sure but the same problem remains, i wiped everything that i could but it remains the phone reboots when the screen is off or it dont reboot but it freezes when the screen is off.
I dont think of hardware related problem because when i keep the screen awake i can do whatever i want without problem....
Hi.
I just like, rooted and flashed my S3 with an Archdroid rom 2 days ago. didnt really like it so thought of trying
★[ROM][26. Jan] GlamourS4/N3 for S3 ♦Touch Of Note 3♦ [4.3] version 5.0 [MK6] [FAST]★
so i go into recovery and wiped the data and cache, and cleared the Dalvik cache too and installed the rom. All was smooth till the installation completed and rebooted. I see the Samsung Galaxy S3 screen for awhile, then blank. Phone's running warm.
What should i do? I tried repeating the whole installation process again.... no help. And oh, i am using the Philz Touch recovery. Does it make a difference what recovery i use anyway?
EDIT: ok its running really really warm now. screen still is blank, yet menu and return buttons do light up when i touch them. what gives?
Hope someone can help out a noob there. Thanks very much
Bruise Wayn said:
Hi.
I just like, rooted and flashed my S3 with an Archdroid rom 2 days ago. didnt really like it so thought of trying
★[ROM][26. Jan] GlamourS4/N3 for S3 ♦Touch Of Note 3♦ [4.3] version 5.0 [MK6] [FAST]★
so i go into recovery and wiped the data and cache, and cleared the Dalvik cache too and installed the rom. All was smooth till the installation completed and rebooted. I see the Samsung Galaxy S3 screen for awhile, then blank. Phone's running warm.
What should i do? I tried repeating the whole installation process again.... no help. And oh, i am using the Philz Touch recovery. Does it make a difference what recovery i use anyway?
EDIT: ok its running really really warm now. screen still is blank, yet menu and return buttons do light up when i touch them. what gives?
Hope someone can help out a noob there. Thanks very much
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If you are using PhilZ recovery go to wipe data/factory reset option 2 clean to install a new rom this is the best way to install ..Make sure your rom is on the external SD card see if that works and report back.
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If you are using PhilZ recovery go to wipe data/factory reset option 2 clean to install a new rom this is the best way to install ..Make sure your rom is on the external SD card see if that works and report back.
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Hi thanks for the reply. It does not work
Bruise Wayn said:
Hi thanks for the reply. It does not work
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Then you need to return to stock with Odin and see if you still have problems...After flashing back to stock with odin if you get a bootloop boot into recovery and factory reset..
Update. it occurred to me that the version of the GlamourS4N3 rom i downloaded is the V4, not the V5. So it hangs up my phone upon installation and reboot. its definitely on. Just that the screen is blank and the menu and return buttons do light up when i touch then. Phone gets really really warm. I thought the first boot would take a bit of time, as did the ArchDroid rom but..... didn't happen...
So i downloaded the S4 Revolution V12 and it installed and booted up perfectly. Thank goodness.
But thanks guys for taking time to try to help me out. Cheers. I have downloaded the V5 and prolly try that out in afew days.
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Update. it occurred to me that the version of the GlamourS4N3 rom i downloaded is the V4, not the V5. So it hangs up my phone upon installation and reboot. its definitely on. Just that the screen is blank and the menu and return buttons do light up when i touch then. Phone gets really really warm. I thought the first boot would take a bit of time, as did the ArchDroid rom but..... didn't happen...
So i downloaded the S4 Revolution V12 and it installed and booted up perfectly. Thank goodness.
But thanks guys for taking time to try to help me out. Cheers. I have downloaded the V5 and prolly try that out in afew days.
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I flashed the v4 ytd too and resulted in the same. I had to buy a sd card to unbrick my phone. Tried v5 and no notification bar and they said I selected too much things in aroma installer. And when v4 bricked my phone, the developer said he dun know anything to fix it. It was another user who helped me.
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I flashed the v4 ytd too and resulted in the same. I had to buy a sd card to unbrick my phone. Tried v5 and no notification bar and they said I selected too much things in aroma installer. And when v4 bricked my phone, the developer said he dun know anything to fix it. It was another user who helped me.
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The MEGA download link was fast which is why i downloaded it and i realised its the V4. I verify that both the direct download link and bittorrent link for the V5 works but very very slow.
Yes its always good to have an ext SD card and put the rom in there, becoz when u clear the user data and stuff, and if u have no SD card and yr new rom is inside it will just be deleted altogether and WHAM! u r stuck.I know, becoz it happened to me on my first rom reflash. I was lucky to have an old 2gb mini sd card lying around. I remember 1 came with my P1000.
+, u can set your pictures to be saved in ext sd so when u wipe yr phone to put a new rom in, yr pics and whatsapp msgs r backed up in the ext sd so yea....
Bruise Wayn said:
The MEGA download link was fast which is why i downloaded it and i realised its the V4. I verify that both the direct download link and bittorrent link for the V5 works but very very slow.
Yes its always good to have an ext SD card and put the rom in there, becoz when u clear the user data and stuff, and if u have no SD card and yr new rom is inside it will just be deleted altogether and WHAM! u r stuck.I know, becoz it happened to me on my first rom reflash. I was lucky to have an old 2gb mini sd card lying around. I remember 1 came with my P1000.
+, u can set your pictures to be saved in ext sd so when u wipe yr phone to put a new rom in, yr pics and whatsapp msgs r backed up in the ext sd so yea....
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Fyi, custom recoveries do not delete the root directory of the internal sd card. So ur whatsapp, pictures, music, rom zips will not be erased when u factory reset it.
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Fyi, custom recoveries do not delete the root directory of the internal sd card. So ur whatsapp, pictures, music, rom zips will not be erased when u factory reset it.
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thanks thats good info. I must have been mistaken. perhaps i was confused from an incidental wipe on the stock recovery
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thanks thats good info. I must have been mistaken. perhaps i was confused from an incidental wipe on the stock recovery
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Yeah. The stock recovery wipes everything.
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JellyYogurt said:
Yeah. The stock recovery wipes everything.
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confirmed. coz i tried to flash wif the Philz recovery and what i didnt realise was, the stock recovery overwrote the Philz when i rebooted. And then i wiped everything lol. I didnt know i had to select the "option 2" to prevent the stock recovery from erm, recovering?
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confirmed. coz i tried to flash wif the Philz recovery and what i didnt realise was, the stock recovery overwrote the Philz when i rebooted. And then i wiped everything lol. I didnt know i had to select the "option 2" to prevent the stock recovery from erm, recovering?
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Tats weird. Try using cwm. Cwm does tell me tat the stock recovery might auto reflash when I wanted to reboot system. I just didn't care abt it and reboot but nth happens.
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Tats weird. Try using cwm. Cwm does tell me tat the stock recovery might auto reflash when I wanted to reboot system. I just didn't care abt it and reboot but nth happens.
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Its working fine now. After i chose the option from preventing stock recovering from overwriting. only had to do that once. and thats it.