This guide shows you how to root and install a ROM.
I am NOT responsible for bricked devices or dead sd cards etc.
Hi,
Today i'm going to show you how to root and update your Galaxy S.
In this guide we flash custom kernel and rom.
But first, remember the drivers http://www.filefactory.com/file/3nhyqmo40111/n/SAMSUNG_USB_Driver_for_Mobile_Phones.zip
Now the rooting part.
1.Download Semaphore kernel http://semaphore.gr/downloads Choose the first one. (Semaphore_2.7.4.tar)
2. It may look like a zip file but it is not. So do not extract the tar file.
3. Open Odin (if you don't have it download it from http://ul.to/o2xcp01n )
4. Switch off the phone and wait for vibration. When it vibrates it is completely off
5. Make sure you have drivers.
6. Put your phone to download download mode. To do that press vol down + home + power.
7. Now your phone should be in download mode. Plug it to computer (make sure odin is still open)
8. Click PDA tab and choose Semaphore_2.7.4.tar.
9. Click start
10. Wait
11. Wait more and then there should read Success! in odin
12. Now you can disconnect the phone.
13. Finish!
Now we are ready to install a custom ROM!
First you need to download a ROM. I recommend Cyanogenmod because it is popular, it has many features and it is stable. Here's the link http://download.cyanogenmod.org/get/jenkins/49867/cm-10.2.0-galaxysmtd.zip
1. Download the ROM.
2. Put it to your phone's internal sd-card
3. Download gapps http://goo.im/gapps/gapps-jb-20130813-signed.zip
4. Put it to your phone's sd-card
5. Reboot to recovery (vol up + home + power)
6. Wipe data/factory reset
7. Wipe cache
8. Advanced > wipe dalvik cache
9. Install zip from sd-card
10. Choose zip from sd-card
11. Select cm-10.2.0-galaxysmtd.zip
12. Confirm
13. Wait
14. Wait more
15. Wait even more
16. Go back
17. Don't reboot
18. Install zip from sd-card
19. Choose zip from sd-card
20. Choose gapps-jb-20130813-signed.zip
21. Confirm
22. Wait
23. Reboot
Now it's ready! You made it! You rooted and updated your phone. Be proud!
This is not correct guide.
Why?
monkeywithbanana said:
This guide shows you how to root and install a ROM.
I am NOT responsible for bricked devices or dead sd cards etc.
Hi,
Today i'm going to show you how to root and update your Galaxy S.
In this guide we flash custom kernel and rom.
First you need to be sure that you have 2.3.6 XXJW4.
You can check it by going to settings > about phone > and there's baseband version.
If you have JW4 you can skip to rooting part.
If you don't have JW4, you need to flash it.
Installing JW4
1. You need the drivers. For 32 bit(x86) Windows http://drivers.softpedia.com/get/MOBILES/Samsung/Samsung-Galaxy-S-USB-Driver-for-Windows-x86.shtml and for 64 bit(x64) Windows
http://drivers.softpedia.com/get/MOBILES/Samsung/Samsung-Galaxy-S-USB-Driver-for-Windows-x64.shtml
2.Download the firmware http://www.hotfile.com/dl/150483619/708026d/I9000XXJW4_I9000OXAJW4_XEU.zip.html
3. Then you need extract the downloaded file I9000XXJW4_I9000OXAJW4_XEU.zip (from step 2) to any folder, you will get these 2 files:
JW4_JW4_JW4.tar
SS_DL.dll (ignore this file)
4. Download Odin which we will be using to flash XXJW4 on the phone. http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?06v1nznuk3ng7gw
5. Disconnect your phone if it’s connected to PC. Then switch it off. Wait 5-6 seconds for vibration to confirm complete switch off.
6. Boot into recovery. To do this, press and hold the Volume_UP + Home + Power till the screen turns on, then let them go. You will boot into recovery soon enough.
7. Then, use the volume keys to navigate and the home/power key to select options, select wipe data/factory reset, then select Yes on next screen to confirm. After the data wipe is complete, remove and re-insert the battery, but don’t power it back on.
8. Put the Galaxy S in Download Mode. To do that press and hold these keys together: Volume down + Home + Power until a screen saying Download Mode comes up.
9. Open Odin (downloaded in step 4) — Odin3 v1.7.exe.
10. Connect your phone to PC now. You should get the message “Added!!” under Odin’s message box in the bottom left. If you don’t get this message, then probably there is a problem with drivers. Make sure you’ve proper drivers installed.
11. Now, in Odin, click the PDA Tab, and select the file JW4_JW4_JW4.tar
12. Important! Do not touch any other button or make any other changes in Odin except selecting the required file as given in step 11.
13. Now, hit the START button to begin the flashing process. When it finishes, your phone will automatically reboot, upon which you can unplug the cable. Plus, you’ll get a PASS (with green background) message in the left-most box at the very top of the Odin.
IMPORTANT Note: If ODIN gets stuck at some stage and doesn’t seem to be doing anything, do this — disconnect the phone from the PC, close ODIN, remove battery, re-insert it, turn phone on in Download mode again, and do the procedure again from Step 9. Same if you get a FAIL message in Odin.
14. Finish!
Now the rooting part.
1.Download CF-Root http://download.chainfire.eu/155/CF-Root/SGS/CF-Root-XX_OXA_JW4-v4.4-CWM3RFS.zip
2. Unzip the file and you get a tar file. It may look like a zip file but it is not. So do not extract the tar file.
3. Open Odin (if you don't have it download it from section 4 in installing part)
4. Switch off the phone and wait for vibration. When it vibrates it is completely off
5. Make sure you have drivers (JW4 installing section 1)
6. Put your phone to download download mode. To do that press vol down + home + power.
7. Now your phone should be in download mode. Plug it to computer (make sure odin is still open)
8. Click PDA tab and choose CF-Root-XX_OXA_JW4-v4.4-CWM3RFS.tar.
9. Click start
10. Wait
11. Wait more and then there should read Success! in odin
12. Now you can disconnect the phone.
13. Finish!
Now we are ready to install a custom ROM!
First you need to download a ROM. I recommend Cyanogenmod because it is popular, it has many features and it is stable. Here is link http://get.cm/get/3qH
1. Download the ROM.
2. Put it to your phone's internal sd-card
3. Download gapps http://goo.im/gapps/gapps-ics-20120429-signed.zip
4. Put it to your phone's sd-card
5. Reboot to recovery (vol up + home + power)
6. Wipe data/factory reset
7. Wipe cache
8. Advanced > wipe dalvik cache
9. Install zip from sd-card
10. Choose zip from sd-card
11. Select cm-9.0.0-galaxysmtd.zip
12. Confirm
13. Wait
14. Wait more
15. Wait even more
16. Go back
17. Don't reboot
18. Install zip from sd-card
19. Choose zip from sd-card
20. Choose gapps-ics-20120429-signed.zip
21. Confirm
22. Wait
23. Reboot
Now it's ready! You made it! You rooted and updated your phone. Be proud!
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here are the reason:
1. While installing jw4 in step 6 you have ask to boot in recovery and recovery only available when you have flashed a kernel which supports it.
2. If i already have recovery them why i should flash jw4 again and then again root it and flash the ics.
3. You have asked to put rom in internal sdcard and gapps in sdacrd... they should both be in same card else a new user might get confuse.
4. You haven't mention if user ends in bootloop what should he do?
I think this guide is just fine , go make your one if there's a problem^. Good job OP.
Sent from my GT-I9000 using xda premium
I meant to write internal sd card for gapps and my sgs had stock recovery without root.
Have you ever heard about android stock recovery 3e?
And i forgot to write what to do if bootloop And fortunately nobody asked what to do if bootloop and if someone asks, i'll reply and explain what to do.
monkeywithbanana said:
I meant to write internal sd card for gapps and my sgs had stock recovery without root
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Is it... i haven't heard like this ever.
bakcup /efs
I didn't acutally read the whole thing so I don't know wether it's corret or not, but I think you should definitly advise the user to backup the /efs folder to prevent issues with IMEI/baseband.
(searched your guide for /efs and didn't find it anywhere)
Greets.
AlwaysDroid said:
I think this guide is just fine , go make your one if there's a problem^. Good job OP.
Sent from my GT-I9000 using xda premium
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I can create my own guide however did not want to have one more thread on the thing which is already there a lots of time rather than I will spread the already present guides.
boot loop
Hi,
I followed the entire guide and after getting and "Encryption Unsuccessful" -> Reset to Factory, I got a boot loop.
Any ideas on how I could fix this?
Thanks for the guide
Nash
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UPDATE: Fixed the boot loop but still don't know why it happened. Can you shed a light? Still on 2.3
Thanks!
Nash
Were you flashing the Rom or gapps before getting the encryption error? It's possible that the zip files are corrupted or they have some errors. Try to redownload the files.
Thanks for your reply, but i want to know if that works with my phones stock rom
CF-Root is is available for almost every Samsung SGS stock rom(maybe for every stock rom) so you just need to tell me your baseband and i'll give instructions to do that for your ROM.
What if I still have Froyo installed? Where can I find instructions to upgrade to Gingerbread?
See the ''installing JW4'' section
monkeywithbanana said:
And i forgot to write what to do if bootloop And fortunately nobody asked what to do if bootloop and if someone asks, i'll reply and explain what to do.
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I have this exact problem...I have followed the instructions to the T, Now my phone is just "bootlooping". Please can you tell me what to do?
Thanks in advance
Factory reset and try flashing again.
Uhh why don't you just suggest an odin flash of Darky's rom, then a CWM flash of CM9 then CM10. That would be a lot quicker and easier to read and explain.
it's a good guide, thanks
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Here is a guide I have put together for the Samsung SCH-I500 Fascinate.
There is 9 sections:
1: How to Flash Froyo roms
2: How to flash EH03/EH09/EI20 TW gingerbread roms
3: How to flash MTD GB roms(cm7,miui,aosp)
4: How to Flash ICS, JellyBean, and KitKat 4.X Roms
5: Going back to stock Froyo or Gingerbread from any rom
6: Rooting stock Froyo/Gingerbread
7: Radios/Modems
8: Kernels
9: How to get out of a bootloop situation on Jelly Bean based roms(without ODIN!)
*I am not liable for what you do to your phone!
*I take no credit for any of the links posted in this thread!!!
*(Back up data/sd card First!!)
*Don't understand some of the terminology in this thread?? READ THIS:good:: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1513143
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Section:1 How to flash a 2.2.1 froyo rom
*if you don't want voodoo lag-fix flash a novoodoo kernel in cwm such as stock ed05, just repeat step 11, but use this file.
http://www.mediafire.com/?6sm609gwt8j0yni
*If your coming from any other rom besides stock froyo, use section:5 first, then proceed with section:1
Step 1: Download these files pc,
Odin- http://www.mediafire.com/?5y0vkhz85w3j4cz
Samsung drivers- http://dl.dropbox.com/u/25089906/SAMSUNG_USB_Driver_for_Mobile_Phones.exe
CWMALL 2.5- http://www.mediafire.com/?6x5utoca59et7o9
Step 2: Download power wash 1.2 rom(or any froyo rom you want to flash) and put it on the sd card of your phone
http://www.mediafire.com/?dbjb599rt1o8urz
Step 3: power off phone and pull battery.
Step 4: plug-in the factory usb cable and hold the volume down key, get into "download mode".
Step 5: open Odin, click PDA and select cwmall.tar you downloaded in step 1, hit start, should only take 10 sec, then say pass. Click reset.
Step 6: unplug usb cable and insert battery.
Step 7: with three fingers hold the power, and both vol. up/down until you see the samsung logo appear the second time and let off. you should be in red recovery 2.5.1.x.
Step 8: Wipe Data/Factory reset, then under the "advanced" menu wipe dalvik cache.
Step 9: use soft menu key on bottom left of phone and get back to main page in cwm. Find and select install zip from sd, then select chose zip and find the rom you pushed to your sd card in step 2. Select it and it will take you to a secondary menu, arrow down select yes.
Step 10: once the rom finishes installing, reboot system and enjoy your new rom!
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Section:2 How to flash a EH03/EH09/EI20 2.3.5 gingerbread roms
Step 1: Download these files to your pc,
Odin- http://www.mediafire.com/?5y0vkhz85w3j4cz
Samsung Driver- http://dl.dropbox.com/u/25089906/SAMSUNG_USB_Driver_for_Mobile_Phones.exe
Atlas 2.2 pit file- http://www.mediafire.com/?r2mi80911vgjjjz
PowerWashed 2.3.4 eh09 rom- http://www.mediafire.com/?c37loxth85zn2ti
* You can also substitute Powerwashed for the stock eh03 rom and have the latest eh03 radio before upgrading to TSM Res. or Superclean3
http://www.imnuts.org/downloads/fascinate/odin/CI500_VZW_EH03_GB_CM.tar.md5
Step 2: power off phone and pull battery.
Step 3: open odin on your computer.
Step 4: plug in factory usb cable and hold the volume down button. Yellow
triangle should appear saying "download mode".
Step 5: click on PDA in odin and find the PowerWashed eh09.tar(rom) or eh03 STOCK rom you downloaded to your computer in step 1.
Step 6: click on PIT in Odin and select the atlas 2.2 pit you downladed to pc(make sure repartition is checked)
Step 7: click start and wait 5min, box in left hand corner of odin will say PASS, then click reset.
Step 8: unplug usb cable, put battery back in and boot phone.
*Now you are on rooted PowerWashed eh09 gingerbread by Ccompos or Stock EH03, depending on which odin package you used. If you want to flash TSM Resurrection or Superclean3, continue following directions below.
Step 9: Download these files to pc-
CWMALL 2.5- http://www.mediafire.com/?6x5utoca59et7o9
Step 10: Download TSM or Superclean3 to the root of your devices sd card
TSM Resurrection 2.2 (EH03 based): http://dev-host.org/ST2
Superclean3 milestone 2: http://dev-host.org/ih2m13vt442z/sc3_milestone2_full.zip
Step 11: power off phone and pull battery.
Step 12: plug-in the factory usb cable and hold the volume down key, get into "download mode".
Step 13: open Odin, click PDA and select cwmall.tar( you downloaded in step 9, hit start, should only take 10 sec, then say pass, Click reset.
Step 14: unplug usb cable and insert battery.
Step 15: with three fingers hold the power, and both vol. up/down until you see the samsung logo appear the second time and let off. you should be in red recovery 2.5.1.x.
Step 16: Wipe Data/Factory reset, then under the "advanced" menu wipe dalvik cache.
Step 17: use soft menu key on bottom left of phone and get back to main page in cwm. Find and select install zip from sd, then select chose zip and find the rom you pushed to your sd card in step 10. Select it and it will take you to a secondary menu, arrow down select yes.
Step 18: once the rom finishes installing, reboot system and enjoy your new rom!
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Section:3 How to flash any MTD 2.3.7 GB rom such as cm7,miui,vgb etc...
Step 1: Download these files to your pc,
Odin- http://www.mediafire.com/?5y0vkhz85w3j4cz
Samsung driver- http://dl.dropbox.com/u/25089906/SAMSUNG_USB_Driver_for_Mobile_Phones.exe
Download cwm4 fixed for cm7- http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=669652&d=1311907538
EH03 rom- http://www.imnuts.org/downloads/fascinate/odin/CI500_VZW_EH03_GB_CM.tar.md5
Atlas_v2.2 pit- http://www.mediafire.com/?r2mi80911vgjjjz
Step 2: Download latest CM7.2 Nightly and Gapps the devices sd card.( MIUI does not need gapps)
CM7.2- http://download.cyanogenmod.com/?device=fascinatemtd
Gapps 12/14/11 for cm7- http://www.mediafire.com/?dm1qsm4rwapkeqx
Step 3: power off phone and pull battery.
Step 4: open odin on your computer.
Step 5: plug in factory usb cable and hold the volume down button. Yellow
triangle should appear saying "download mode".
Step 6: click on PDA in odin and find the stock EH03 rom you downloaded to your computer in step 1.
Step 7: click on PIT in Odin and select the atlas 2.2 pit you downloaded to your pc(make sure repartition is checked).
Step 8: click start and wait 5min, box in left hand corner of odin will say PASS, then click reset.
Step 9: unplug usb cable, put battery back in and boot phone.
Step 10: power off phone and pull battery.
Step 11: plug-in the factory usb cable and hold the volume down key, get into "download mode".
Step 12: open Odin, click PDA and select cwm4 fixed for cm7 you downloaded in step 1, hit start, should only take 10 sec, then say pass. Click reset.
Step 13: unplug usb cable and insert battery.
Step 14: with three fingers hold the power, and both vol. up/down until you see the samsung logo appear the second time and let off. you should be in blue recovery 4.
Step 15: Wipe Data/Factory reset, then under the "advanced" menu wipe dalvik cache.
Step 16: use soft menu key on bottom left of phone and get back to main page in cwm. Find and select install zip from sd, then select chose zip and find the rom you pushed to your sd card in step 2. Select it and it will take you to a secondary menu, arrow down select yes.
Step 17: once the rom finishes installing reboot.
Step 18: Long press power key, select reboot, select recovery, wipe cache, wipe dalvik, install gapps 12/14 zip from sd that you down loaded in step 2, Reboot!
If your getting "E cant mount sd card" or "sd card damaged" errors then I suggest replacing your sd card with a class 6 or higher
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Section:4 How to flash ICS, JellyBean, and Kit Kat 4.X roms
Step 1: Download these files to your pc:
Odin- http://www.mediafire.com/?5y0vkhz85w3j4cz
Samsung Driver- http://dl.dropbox.com/u/25089906/SAMSUNG_USB_Driver_for_Mobile_Phones.exe
CWM4 fixed for cm7- http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=669652&d=1311907538
Stock EH03 rom- http://www.imnuts.org/downloads/fascinate/odin/CI500_VZW_EH03_GB_CM.tar.md5
Atlas_v2.2 pit- http://www.mediafire.com/?r2mi80911vgjjjz
GB bootloaders- http://goo.gl/6aJ1N (this needs to be extracted with a program such as 7zip)
Step 2: Download one of the Custom ICS,JB, or KK roms below to the root of your sd card.
ICS 4.0.x
Official AOKP MS6- https://dl.dropbox.com/u/69414229/aokp_fascinatemtd_milestone-6.zip
AOKP MS6-Devil- http://encounterandroid.com/stevespear426/aokp/fascinate/aokp_fascinatemtd_Milestone-6-Devil.zip
THS b.14- https://www.dropbox.com/s/0nw3ilvvpwvzv83/cm_fascinatemtd-ota-eng.BUILD14.zip
JellyBean 4.1.x
CM10-http://rootzwiki.com/topic/30744-alpharom411-cyanogenmod-10-for-samsung-fascinate/
JellyBro CM10 Skang-http://fitsnugly.euroskank.com/?rom=cm10&device=fascinatemtd
AOSP JellyBean- http://rootzwiki.com/topic/31084-alpharom-aosp-jellybean-411-73012/
AOKP JellyBean- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1847225
Helly Bean- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1819946
Psycho cm10- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1940780
JellyBean 4.2-4.3
ParanoidAndroid JB- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1874086
Baked Blackbean- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1885026
HellyBean- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2026139
AOKP- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2185502
Kit Kat 4.4.
Cyanogen Mod 11- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2521427
Step 3: Download latest GAPPS package to root of sd card
Gapps- http://goo.im/gapps
Inverted JellyBean Gapps- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1797292
Step 4: Power off phone and pull battery.
Step 5: Open odin on your computer.
Step 6: Plug in factory usb cable and hold the volume down button. Yellow
triangle should appear saying "download mode".
Step 7: Click on PDA in odin and find the stock EH03 rom you downloaded to your computer in step 1.
Step 8: Click on PIT in Odin and select the atlas 2.2 pit you downloaded in step 1(make sure repartition is checked).
Step 9: Click start and wait 5min, box in left hand corner of odin will say PASS, then click reset.
Step 10: Unplug usb cable, put battery back in and boot phone.
Step 11: Power off phone and pull battery.
Step 12: Plug-in the factory usb cable and hold the volume down key, get into "download mode".
Step 13: Open Odin, click PDA and select cwm4 fixed for cm7 you downloaded in step 1, hit start, should only take 10 sec, then say pass. Click reset.
Step 14: Close and open odin to reset connection. click on the PDA function and find the GB bootloaders.tar that you downloaded in step 1 and hit start.
Step 15: Unplug usb cable and insert battery.
Step 16: With three fingers hold the power, and both vol. up/down until you see the samsung logo appear the second time and let off. you should be in CWM blue recovery 4.
Step 17: Wipe Data/Factory reset, then under the "advanced" menu wipe dalvik cache
Step 17: Use soft menu key on bottom left of phone and get back to main page in cwm. Find and select install zip from sd, then select chose zip and find the rom you pushed to your sd card in step 2. Select it and it will take you to a secondary menu, arrow down select yes.
Step 18: Once the rom finishes installing reboot.
Step 19: Reboot recovery via the power menu.
Step 22: Wipe cache and Install gapps zip from sd that you downloaded in step 3, then reboot.
*For those currently on a ICS rom and want to upgrade to a Jellybean rom or vise versa. Just download the rom of choice to sd, boot into recovery, wipe data/factory reset, then flash rom...should be no need to go all the way back to stock unless your having alot of issues with force closes and what not.
*If your getting "E cant mount sd card" or "sd card damaged" errors then I suggest replacing your sd card with a class 6 or higher
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Section:5 How to get back to stock Froyo or Gingerbread after flashing any rom, follow these steps:
Step 1: Download these files to pc,
ODIN- http://www.mediafire.com/?5y0vkhz85w3j4cz
Samsung Drivers- http://dl.dropbox.com/u/25089906/SAMSUNG_USB_Driver_for_Mobile_Phones.exe
Stock ED05 Froyo rom(you will need to unzip with 7zip or winrar.) or stock EH03 Gingerbread.
ED05 Froyo:http://dl.dropbox.com/u/21819472/CI500_VZW_ED05_FROYO_REL.tar.md5
EH03 Gingerbread: http://www.imnuts.org/downloads/fascinate/odin/CI500_VZW_EH03_GB_CM.tar.md5
Atlas 2.2 pit file to pc :http://www.mediafire.com/?r2mi80911vgjjjz
Step 2: power off phone and pull battery.
Step 3: open odin on your computer.
Step 4: plug in factory usb cable and hold the volume down button. Yellow triangle should appear saying "download mode".
Step 5: click on PDA in odin and find the ED05 Froyo rom or Stock EH03 GB rom you downloaded to your computer in step 1.
Step 6: click on PIT in Odin and select the atlas 2.2 pit(make sure repartition is checked).
Step 7: click start and wait 5min, box in left hand corner of odin will say PASS, then click reset.
Step 8: unplug usb cable, put battery back in and boot phone.
You are now back to stock ed05 Froyo or Stock EH03 Gingerbread!(Verizons latest Froyo & Gingerbread release for the fascinate)
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Section 6: How to root stock froyo or gingerbread(This is not needed if your flashing a custom rom)
Downloads these files to PC,
Samsung drivers- http://dl.dropbox.com/u/25089906/SAMSUNG_USB_Driver_for_Mobile_Phones.exe
Odin (computer program)- http://www.mediafire.com/?429fcpdtpckkcea
CWMALL 2.5 (place this file somewhere on your computer where you can easily locate it)- http://www.mediafire.com/?6x5utoca59et7o9
"su-2.3.6.1.x.zip" file (place this file on the root of your sdcard...not within any folders)- http://www.mediafire.com/?38vozx7n37u02a5
Modified stock Froyo kernel (place this file somewhere on your computer where you can easily locate it). This file is only necessary if you're rooting Froyo. It's not necessary for Gingerbread- http://goo.gl/QCYxT
Instructions:
1. Install Samsung drivers on your computer.
2. Open Odin on your computer. (You may need to disable antivirus programs on your computer and/or phone for this to work properly.)
3. Power off your phone and remove the battery.
4. Plug the stock USB cord that came with your phone into a powered USB port on your computer (usually on the back of the computer).
5. Press and hold the "volume down" button on your phone, and continue to hold it while plugging the USB cord into your phone. This will put your phone into download mode. You'll see a large yellow triangle on the screen of your phone. (Let go of the volume button at this point.) You will also see one of the small boxes in Odin turn yellow, as well as "Added" appearing in the message box.
6. Click the PDA button in Odin (NOT the PHONE button) and navigate to the "CWM2.5_Voodoo.tar.md5" file you downloaded earlier. This file does not include a voodoo kernel and will not perform the voodoo lagfix conversion. It's only named as such to note that it is compatible with voodoo kernels.(make sure auto reboot is unchecked, although it should be by default)
7. Click START. When this process has finished, you'll be notified in Odin (succeeded 1 / failed 0) and your phone's screen will go blank.
*** Step 8 is only for rooting Froyo. If you're rooting Gingerbread, skip Step 8 and proceed to Step 9. ***
8. Unplug your phone and click RESET in Odin. Repeat Step 5 to get the phone back into download mode and recognized by Odin. Using the PDA button, navigate to the "stock_kernel.tar.md5" file you downloaded earlier, select it, and press START. You'll again be notified in Odin once this process has completed (succeeded 1 / failed 0).
9. Unplug your phone and re-insert the battery.
10. Press and hold BOTH volume buttons. While holding them, press the power button. Hold all three simultaneously until you see "SAMSUNG" appear TWICE. This will boot your phone into CWM 2.5 red recovery. If your phone boots up normally here and not into recovery, just wait for it to boot up and then power it down and try again. It may take a couple tries for you to get it right.
11. Using the volume rocker, navigate down to "Install zip from sdcard." Highlight it and press the power button to select.
12. Navigate to "choose zip from sdcard" and select with the power button.
13. Navigate to the "su-2.3.6.1.x.zip" file that you downloaded earlier and select it. Scroll to "Yes," and use power button to select.
14. When you're advised of completion, press the MENU softkey to go back to the previous CWM Recovery screen, then highlight and select "reboot system now."
*Thanks to Bhfd64 @ galaxy forums for this write up!!
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Section 7: Radio/Modems- Here is a list of imo the best radios for the fascinate...now this does not mean another radio wont work better for you, this topic is very subjective. These radios are compatible with any fascinate rom.
[EC09]- http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=631016&d=1308583586 This gingerbread radio gives me really good data speed w/ the least amount of 1x swtiching
[EH03]-http://www.mediafire.com/?uuvxtuwonl2e629 This latest gingerbread radio gives good data speed, but It spends alot of time in 1x
[ED05]-http://www.mediafire.com/?c7h1wl5wne51duf This is probably the best froyo radio, but I get better data speeds with the gingerbread radios. Although this radio has less 1x switching than eh03 imo
Step 1: Downlaod odin and samsung drivers from one of the previous sections to pc
Step 2: Download one of the radios from above to pc
Step 3: Power off phone, pull battery, and plug in usb cable from phone to pc
Step 4: Hold volume down until yellow triangle appears (download mode)
Step 5: Open odin and put the file you downloaded from step 2 in the pda function of odin and hit start
Step 6: After odin says successful, click reset, uplug usb cable, insert battery and reboot
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Section 8: Kernels-In this section I will list the latest kernels for the fascinate and proper instructions for flashing
TW Kernels for eh03/eh09/ei20 based roms:
KGB 1/16 Kernel by Comradesven- http://www.mediafire.com/?ja3onlh1au3rdjf
Lean Kernel by Imoseyon- http://www.box.com/s/4otys70j1np02dfavhtt
Geewiz 2.5 kernel by djp952- http://www.mediafire.com/file/s38nq6jaqwp5c5f/geewiz-2.5-kernel-01222012.zip
Kernel for CM7 or MIUI 2.3.x GB:
Glitch v13.1 by Team Glitch- http://androtransfer.com/tk-glitch/CM7kernels/Glitch%2013.1/CM7Fascinate-Glitch-V13_1-REL.zip
Kernels for ALL ICS 4.0.x builds:
Devil3 Kernel_0.76: http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1130270&d=1339707886
Glitch Skunkworks: http://efpophis.glitchteam.com/SkunkWorks/
Step 1: Download one of these kernels(That applies to the current rom your running) to the root of your sd card
Step 2: reboot into clockwork recovery by long pressing the power key, select reboot, select recovery
Step 3: Wipe Cache & Dalvik
Step 4: Select Install zip from sd, then select choose zip, Find the kernel zip you downloaded and select it.
Step 5: profit
*For more information on these kernels see the op in the dev section. There is plenty of information there explaining how to setup these kernels. Im not going to list all that here
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Section 9: How to get out of a bootloop situation on Jelly Bean roms without using odin!!
-Power device off, pull sd card, and push a cm7 based rom(see section 3 for link) to the sd card via your PC, then reinstall the sd card on your device
-three finger into recovery
-wipe data
-flash cm7 and and it will bootloop back into recovery
-flash cm7 again, then let it boot
-boot into recovery via power menu
-wipe data
-flash ics build 2 and let it boot
-boot into recovery again via power menu
-wipe data
-flash ICS rom of choice and gapps, reboot
-profit!
droidstyle ...thanks a lot
Is this powerwash 1.2 the stock with touchwiz and will I have data problems
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Is this powerwash 1.2 the stock with touchwiz and will I have data problems
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Yes the rom link I provided is powerwashed 1.2 ed05 w/ otb fusion kernal by ccompos.
droidstyle said:
Why is he not banned?
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You will all now see that the troll has been banned, so move on please. (trolls like this will always be banned (@xHoLyx), if people cant contribute dont post!)
Thanks.
Thread cleaned.
Just wanted to say thanks for making the process noob-friendly.
Came from a OGDroid and Continuum so Odin was fairly new to me. Love the Rom you provided and look forward to trying new ones in the future.
really well explained, and easy to follow.
Thanks for the kind words sir!!
Great post - easy to follow. I'm ready to try flashing my first custom ROM. You say that I can use any Froyo rom. Does that mean no Gingerbread? I was thinking of trying CM7 first.
[UPDATE] Just saw your directions for a gingerbread rom at the bottom of the post. Just a suggestion - you might want to put a note in the first paragraph that gingerbread directions are on the bottom. Thanks!
Anyway, I went ahead and flashed the powerwashed rom. Works perfect!
martyxng said:
Great post - easy to follow. I'm ready to try flashing my first custom ROM. You say that I can use any Froyo rom. Does that mean no Gingerbread? I was thinking of trying CM7 first.
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Thanks! If you want to install cm7, click on the installing a mtd rom link and follow that guide.
Oh most sublime of XDA members, may I please buy you a tasty beverage of your choice in massive quantities?
Xenopha said:
Oh most sublime of XDA members, may I please buy you a tasty beverage of your choice in massive quantities?
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sure, I love me some sweet ice tea or bud light when the work is done
Update...Included guides for eh09/ei20 gingerbread and mtd roms(cm7,miui,aosp)
I must say , AWESOME job my friend ! This is EXACTLY what people are looking for when they come to sites like XDA. Site just needs more people like you.
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Awesome thread, this is exactly what I needed. A quick question though, if I went back to stock using DL09 and want to get MIUI back on my phone, is it alright that im on ED05 now? Can I just flash the recovery and use ED05 for MIUI?
wabbitinspace said:
Awesome thread, this is exactly what I needed. A quick question though, if I went back to stock using DL09 and want to get MIUI back on my phone, is it alright that im on ED05 now? Can I just flash the recovery and use ED05 for MIUI?
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yes, I just put dl09 up there because a few members including myself had troubles getting on mtd roms from ed05. Go ahead and try with ed05 first, you can always odin dl09 if you have trouble. GL!!
Ok.. I have to first off state that I am a NOOB.. sorry i just finished watching that lovely video and had to quote it..
I have never done anything like this before.. I purchased a second hand Fascinate and the owner advised me that it had been rooted..
I did massive searching and came across your Guide.. * which rocked by the way *
I followed the steps to flash the system back to a factory phone.. I am about to call them and have it activated to my line on which i had a Fascinate but it found the underside of a tire doing 110 down the interstate.. * belt clip broke *
I only am worried that the phone will not activate or that the big red V will know it had been rooted and will not allow me to use the phone on their service.. Is this at all possible? Was I an UBER NOOB for flashing it back to stock? * sorry had to ask that *
Reatork said:
Ok.. I have to first off state that I am a NOOB.. sorry i just finished watching that lovely video and had to quote it..
I have never done anything like this before.. I purchased a second hand Fascinate and the owner advised me that it had been rooted..
I did massive searching and came across your Guide.. * which rocked by the way *
I followed the steps to flash the system back to a factory phone.. I am about to call them and have it activated to my line on which i had a Fascinate but it found the underside of a tire doing 110 down the interstate.. * belt clip broke *
I only am worried that the phone will not activate or that the big red V will know it had been rooted and will not allow me to use the phone on their service.. Is this at all possible? Was I an UBER NOOB for flashing it back to stock? * sorry had to ask that *
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no worries, once you flash back to stock ed05 vzw will never know what was previously done to the phone!
Thanks.. I followed the provided steps at the beginning of this thread and it worked flawlessly.. And looks like my stock phone did when before it met its demise..
Hi, I have this ROM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQvrEH74dgI, my question is how to install the google apps (2nd link). Thanks.
Boot into recovery (power on holding the Power and Volume Down button) and in the recovery screen, select "install zip from sd".
Select internal or external storage/sd and browse to the file, select it with the power button. It'll do its thing and after, I would clean the dalvik cache and reboot.
I assume you've got a custom recovery already installed, since you've got the custom rom already installed.
I did this
Before proceeding, please keep in mind that your handset will be wiped clean of all data so make a backup of your data. Also, the steps below require your handset to be rooted with a custom recovery installed. If your handset is not rooted, I’d recommend you not to flash this ROM since its not meant for amateurs.
Step 1: Download CM9 Alpha 4 for Epic 4G from here or here. Also download the supplementary Google Apps package from here.
Step 2: Boot into CWM Recovery, and select the ‘Wipe data/Factory Reset’ option. Then navigate to Mounts and Storage and select the ‘format /system’ option.
Step 3: After you have formatted all the partitions on your Epic 4G, select the ‘install zip from SD card’ option, and then select the CM9 Alpha 4 zip file. Once the CM9 file has been flashed, again select the ‘install zip from SD card’ option, and this time select the Google Apps zip file package.
When the flashing process is complete, simply reboot your phone and wait for it to boot into CM9. Keep in mind that the first boot might take sometime, so please be patient.
Do NOT restore your app data backup. Doing so can lead to instabilities, and other issues. Also, please don't complain about feature X or Y not working. The ROM is in Alpha for a particular reason.
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But my phone is still stucked at its starting window for more than 20 minutes :?
My phone got stucked ! It stucks at the staring window, and doesnt want to load
define "starting window"
Like this, but instead of all the things it says, mine says just "Unlocked" in the upper left corner. I have tryed this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQvrEH74dgI (rom + gapps), and this guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1302423 + this for the apps http://knowmydroid.com/blog/install-android-4-ice-cream-sandwich-cm9-on-samsung-epic-4g.
Hello Xda Devs. I'm really new to android phones (I just switched from windows phone lately to try on low end android phone first). Since I heard that rooting are pretty awesome, I tried to root my phone by following these steps that I found over the net.
"This stage will be done on your phone so, switch your PC off.
1) Open Settings, go to Applications then Development and check USB Debugging.
2) Now reboot your phone and press VOL Up + Home + Power together during the booting.
3) The Recovery Mode will be opened. If you do not see the recovery mode then try the method no. 2 again.
4) In recovery mode use the Vol Up and Down buttons to navigate and the Home button to select.
5) Now select “Install Zip from SD card.”
6) Then select “Choose Zip from SD card” and find out and select the Zip previously downloaded.
7) The download process will start and will take more than 10 minutes.
8) After the completion of the update follow the next steps on recovery mode.
9) Then select “Wipe Data/Factory Reset”.
10) Now enable “Wipe Cache Partition”.
11) After that select “++++Go Back++++”
12) Reboot the phone and you shall get it rooted. "
I skipped Step 9 to 11. [Note: I didn't wipe out any data to prevent any data loss through the process). I followed the steps and managed to root my phone.
Then, I tried to download ICS for my SGY by following steps on another blog to change my phone to ICS. The steps given are :
"Process to Download Android Ice Cream Sandwich 4.0 for Galaxy Y
Download Android Ice Cream Sandwich 4.0 from here.
-Transfer this file to your Samsung Galaxy Y. It can be done by connecting device with computer via USB cable.
-If you are done with above, then next step is to boot your device to Recovery Mode. It can be done by pressing Volume Up +Volume Down + Power buttons together. Soon, an Android logo will surface on your device’s screen. This is the proof that you are in the Recovery Mode.
-Now navigate to the option that reads “install zip from SD card”. Don’t know how to navigate? Use Volume Keys!
-In the list that comes up, select the ROM file that you downloaded in the first step.
-Confirm the installation, and then wait for it to get finished.
-Go to main menu and select ‘reboot system now’.
-Your Samsung Galaxy Y will restart now. "
So far so good, then when it restart, my phone stuck on the animation mode. (Cynogenmod 9 animation).
Other than what I mention above, I did not install anything else and now I'm really confused. I'll attach a picture of the animation that I said. Please help. Thanks.
Before installing any custom rom u should always wipe data.
NewGuyArena said:
Hello Xda Devs. I'm really new to android phones (I just switched from windows phone lately to try on low end android phone first). Since I heard that rooting are pretty awesome, I tried to root my phone by following these steps that I found over the net.
"This stage will be done on your phone so, switch your PC off.
1) Open Settings, go to Applications then Development and check USB Debugging.
2) Now reboot your phone and press VOL Up + Home + Power together during the booting.
3) The Recovery Mode will be opened. If you do not see the recovery mode then try the method no. 2 again.
4) In recovery mode use the Vol Up and Down buttons to navigate and the Home button to select.
5) Now select “Install Zip from SD card.”
6) Then select “Choose Zip from SD card” and find out and select the Zip previously downloaded.
7) The download process will start and will take more than 10 minutes.
8) After the completion of the update follow the next steps on recovery mode.
9) Then select “Wipe Data/Factory Reset”.
10) Now enable “Wipe Cache Partition”.
11) After that select “++++Go Back++++”
12) Reboot the phone and you shall get it rooted. "
I skipped Step 9 to 11. [Note: I didn't wipe out any data to prevent any data loss through the process). I followed the steps and managed to root my phone.
Then, I tried to download ICS for my SGY by following steps on another blog to change my phone to ICS. The steps given are :
"Process to Download Android Ice Cream Sandwich 4.0 for Galaxy Y
Download Android Ice Cream Sandwich 4.0 from here.
-Transfer this file to your Samsung Galaxy Y. It can be done by connecting device with computer via USB cable.
-If you are done with above, then next step is to boot your device to Recovery Mode. It can be done by pressing Volume Up +Volume Down + Power buttons together. Soon, an Android logo will surface on your device’s screen. This is the proof that you are in the Recovery Mode.
-Now navigate to the option that reads “install zip from SD card”. Don’t know how to navigate? Use Volume Keys!
-In the list that comes up, select the ROM file that you downloaded in the first step.
-Confirm the installation, and then wait for it to get finished.
-Go to main menu and select ‘reboot system now’.
-Your Samsung Galaxy Y will restart now. "
So far so good, then when it restart, my phone stuck on the animation mode. (Cynogenmod 9 animation).
Other than what I mention above, I did not install anything else and now I'm really confused. I'll attach a picture of the animation that I said. Please help. Thanks.
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go to recovery mode and wipe cache and data
MuSaddiq1410 said:
Before installing any custom rom u should always wipe data.
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I didn't known that. So, what should I do now? My phone have been stuck on the animations for hours.
sangalaxy said:
go to recovery mode and wipe cache and data
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Just done it. Should I reboot now ?
NewGuyArena said:
I didn't known that. So, what should I do now? My phone have been stuck on the animations for hours.
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do as I said
switch off the phone take out the battery then put it on
press vol up+hom+power button you will go into recovery mode
wipe data and cache then reboot
NewGuyArena said:
I didn't known that. So, what should I do now? My phone have been stuck on the animations for hours.
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Use odin to flash stock rom. Get odin and stock rom of ur region from this thread.
NewGuyArena said:
I didn't known that. So, what should I do now? My phone have been stuck on the animations for hours.
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download any c.rom. . Wipe data and cache dn instal rom. . Also u can flash back to stock using odin.
To start off with we have no official ics for our device
there is cm9 but nothing works on it other than it boots
next to install any custom rom
go into cwm
wipe data wipe cache wipe system
Mount data mount cache mount system
flash rom zip
some roms for example cm7 require a specific kernel like percy#2 and extra steps
follow any instructions on the op of rom thread
NewGuyArena said:
I didn't known that. So, what should I do now? My phone have been stuck on the animations for hours.
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Nothing wrong with the installation steps
U did everyhtng rite......but the thing is u didn't installed the suitable CM9 kernel
That is why it is said be sure that u did everything rite
Things u can do now
1-Flash Stock rom via odin,it will make ur phone as a fresh newly bought phone (browse for odin flash guide and stock firmware for galaxy y)
2-the easiest thing-Flash CM9 kernel I.e white kernel via odin.....and then ics will surely boot on ur sgy
^ is of no use bcoz ics cm9 has got many bugs its yet to be stable
Phew! That was a long explaination........
I need cookies now....I am hungry.....
Thanks everyone for the superb fast reply. Since ICS is not working so, I decided to use Odin to flashback to my normal version firmware. So, is there steps on how to use Odin ? (I've just installed a zip file of the firmware and also Odin)
sangalaxy said:
go to recovery mode and wipe cache and data
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Like @-calibian666- said u've been a thanks collector all around.....don't guide people wrongly just. For thanks and increase ur post count....thanks really doesn't matter
D4rkSh4dow said:
Like @-calibian666- said u've been a thanks collector all around.....don't guide people wrongly just. For thanks and increase ur post count....thanks really doesn't matter
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mm ok sir but I didn't posted it for thanks
as per the question he didn't wipe the data or cache before and after flashing cm9
so I just asked him to do that AFAIK it is not a wrong guide
sangalaxy said:
go to recovery mode and wipe cache and data
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Like @-calibian666- said u've been a thanks collector all around.....don't guide people wrongly just. For thanks and increase ur post count....thanks really doesn't matter
Now, is there any link to guide me on how to use Odion and so on ? And also, does USB debugging works on my current 'unstable-ICS' ? I need to connect to my laptop.
NewGuyArena said:
Now, is there any link to guide me on how to use Odion and so on ? And also, does USB debugging works on my current 'unstable-ICS' ? I need to connect to my laptop.
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use this guide LINK
NewGuyArena said:
Thanks everyone for the superb fast reply. Since ICS is not working so, I decided to use Odin to flashback to my normal version firmware. So, is there steps on how to use Odin ? (I've just installed a zip file of the firmware and also Odin)
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Steps to unbrick device via odin
-Install samsung USB drivers
-Turn off ur phone into download mode(voldown+power+home)
-Plug in ur device via usb cable
-u will see a yellow box says about ur com port....
-if that appers go ahead,if not....the drivers isn't installed(uninstall and reinstall again)
-select PDA browse for ur firmware package the folder in which it is extracted
-put the files according...CSC,MODEM,PDA
-Click Start
-wait till its done
-Sucess
Sorry for late reply....I was studying...
I need more cookies
D4rkSh4dow said:
Steps to unbrick device via odin
-Install samsung USB drivers
-Turn off ur phone into download mode(voldown+power+home)
-Plug in ur device via usb cable
-u will see a yellow box says about ur com port....
-if that appers go ahead,if not....the drivers isn't installed(uninstall and reinstall again)
-select PDA browse for ur firmware package the folder in which it is extracted
-put the files according...CSC,MODEM,PDA
-Click Start
-wait till its done
-Sucess
Sorry for late reply....I was studying...
I need more cookies
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Well, your instructions are much more easier to understand rather the original post. I was a bit confused there... Hahaha... but everything back to normal now. Now, I've load of updating and downloads to does back.
Thanks everyone for the great help.
NewGuyArena said:
Well, your instructions are much more easier to understand rather the original post. I was a bit confused there... Hahaha... but everything back to normal now. Now, I've load of updating and downloads to does back.
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I am always there to help you.......next guide on its way
Hello guys,
i have decided to make a complete (as compete as possible) guide about flashing Custom ROMs because i didnt find any for our device.
I will try to keep this guide as clear as possible for better understanding and quick flashing!THE FOLLOWING METHODS HAVE BEEN TESTED A LOT OF TIMES, IN DIFFERENT DEVICES, AND THE RESULTS WERE SUCCESFULL!
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I am not responsible for bricked devices, dead SD cards,
thermonuclear war, or you getting fired because the alarm app failed. Please
do some research if you have any concerns about features included in this GUIDE
before you begin the whole procedure! YOU are choosing to make these modifications at YOUR OWN RISK.[/CENTER]
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BEFORE YOU PROCEED WITH THE FOLLOWING METHODS, IT IS HIGHLY RECOMMENDED THAT YOU MAKE A NANDROID BACKUP OF ALL YOUR DATA.(REQUIRES ROOT ACESS!)
PRE-REQUIREMENTS (INCLUDING CUSTOM RECOVERY AND ODIN METHODS):
1) Drivers. Here you can find the most recent(As updated from the site owner)driver package for your device (skip this step if you have already installed them). Download
2) A device with TWRP recovery installed. (If you want to flash your ROM via custom recovery)
If it happens that your device is not rooted, you can follow the ODIN method mentioned down below or you can follow this guide on how to flash a TWRP recovery!
3) ODIN. (If you want to flash your ROM via computer)
4) IMPORTANT: Make sure your battery is at least 90% charged!
5) OPTIONAL: Make sure your have downloaded the lattest GAPPS.zip.
6) OPTIONAL: Make sure your have downloaded the lattest SUPERSU.zip.
7) Some patience.
Changelog:
[16/02/2016(Minnor Improvements)] General cleanup.
[30/01/2016(Minnor Additions)] Added an #INDEX#.
[27/01/2016(Important Changes)] Changed some parts at the UNBRICK method.
[22/01/2016(Minnor Improvements)] Updated the ODIN method.
[20/01/2016(Major Additions)] New post: Unbrick, added.
[18/01/2016(Minnor Improvements)] Updated the drivers package.
[28/11/2015(Important Improvements)] Rewrote and added some parts on the Custom recovery and Odin guides.
[21/10/2015(Minnor Changes)] Changed the expresion on some parts. It should be easier to follow now.
#INDEX#
NANDROID BACKUP
CUSTOM RECOVERY METHODS
ODIN METHOD
UNBRICK
Credits:
@Android-Andi for his custom TWRP recovery and how to flash it method.
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NANDROID BACKUPNOTE: If the backup's android version was on an android version older than the one you are trying to flash DO NOT FLASH IT.(pss. it does no harm, just it is worthless)
NOTE: Backup must be done before wiping any partitions.
NOTE: In the following methods i will be using TWRP as custom recovery.
BACK UP PROCEDURE
1) Boot into recovery mode. (In order to do so, press Volume Up (+), Homebutton and the Power-Button at the same time untill you see the S3 Mini Logo, then release the Power-Button and keep pressing Volume Up (+) and the Homebutton untill you see the TWRP logo!)
2) From the main menu of the TWRP press the Backup button.
3) Then tick the partitions that you want to backup (Preferably Boot, Data and System).
4) Make sure that your destination folder is on your external sd-card. (If you dont have micro a sd card, save it on the internal storage and then transfer the files to a computer.
5) Choose a name or leave the auto-generated one.
6) Enable encryption, so others can't install your backup with all of your apps, contacts, accounts etc.
7) Swipe to Back Up.
8) DONE!
CUSTOM RECOVERY METHODS
NOTE: In the following methods i will be using TWRP as custom recovery.
NOTE: The following methods are completely different from each other, thus you should NOT try to mix them.
METHOD NO.1 (The clean installation) RECOMMENDEDIt is recomended but not necessary to perform a FORMAT DATA wipe before wiping the bellow partitions.
As you may have heard the clean installation, is a method that wipes all your device's DALVIK CACHE, SYSTEM, CACHE, DATA and INTERNAL STORAGE partitions.
YOU DONT HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT MAKING THE PHONE UNSUABLE.
By wiping SYSTEM partition, you only wipe the old ROM's files. The new ROM will genarate new proper files.
By wiping DALVIK CACHE and CACHE, you just clean the old " mess" of installed apps etc.
By wiping INTERNAL STORAGE and DATA you DO delete all of your personal files, apps, phone contacts etc.
WIPE PROCEDURE
1) From the main menu of the TWRP press the Wipe button.
If you dont want to follow the step 2 go to step 4.
2) OPTIONAL BUT RECOMENDED: Then press the Format Data button.
2a) Go back.
2b) From the main menu of the TWRP press the Reboot button.
2c) Then press the Recovery button.
After that your device will reboot by it self into recovery mode, continue.
3) From the main menu of the TWRP press the Wipe button.
4) Then press the Advanced Wipe button.
5) Tick the Dalvik Cache, System, Cache, Data, Internal Storage.
BE CAREFULL, DO NOT WIPE your Micro SD Card! Otherwise you will not be able to install your ROM.
6) Swipe to Wipe.
7) DONE!
INSTALL PROCEDURE
1) From the main menu of the TWRP press the Install button.
2) Browse to your micro sd card.
3) Find the ROM.zip file you want to install.
4) Press on it.
5) Then Swipe to Confirm Flash.
OPTIONAL STEPS FOR GAPPS PACKAGE. IF YOU DONT WANT TO INSTALL IT CONTINUE TO STEP 8
6a) From the main menu of the TWRP press the Install button.
6b) Browse to your micro sd card.
6c) Find your gapps.zip package.
6d) Press on it.
6e) Then Swipe to Confirm Flash.
OPTIONAL STEPS FOR SUPERSU PACKAGE. IF YOU DONT WANT TO INSTALL IT CONTINUE TO STEP 8
7a) From the main menu of the TWRP press the Install button.
7b) Browse to your micro sd card.
7c) Find your supersu.zip package.
7d) Press on it.
7e) Then Swipe to Confirm Flash.
8) After the installation is done, press the Reboot System button that will show up on the screen.
9) DONE!
METHOD NO.2 (The "dirty" installation) NOT RECOMENDEDWith this method you DO NOT wipe your INTERNAL STORAGE nor your DATA. You only wipe the absolutely unnecessary files from the old rom so the new rom can genarate new ones.
As you may have heard the "dirty" installation, is a method that only wipes DALVIK CACHE and CACHE.
By wiping DALVIK CACHE and CACHE, you just clean the old " mess" of installed apps etc.
NOTE: THE WIPE PROCEDURE MUST BE APPLYED BEFORE AND AFTER THE INSTALLATION
WIPE PROCEDURE
1) From the main menu of the TWRP press the Wipe button.
2) Then press the Advanced Wipe button.
3) Tick Dalvik Cache and Cache.
4) Swipe to Wipe.
5) After the Wipe is done, press the Back button that will show up on the screen.
6) From the main menu of the TWRP, press the Reboot button.
7) Then press the Recovery button.
8) DONE!
INSTALL PROCEDURE
1) From the main menu of the TWRP press the Install button.
2) Browse to your micro sd card.
3) Find the ROM.zip file you want to install.
4) Press on it.
5) Then Swipe to Confirm Flash.
OPTIONAL STEPS FOR GAPPS PACKAGE. IF YOU DONT WANT TO INSTALL IT CONTINUE TO STEP 8
6a) From the main menu of the TWRP press the Install button.
6b) Browse to your micro sd card.
6c) Find your gapps.zip package.
6d) Press on it.
6e) Then Swipe to Confirm Flash.
OPTIONAL STEPS FOR SUPERSU PACKAGE. IF YOU DONT WANT TO INSTALL IT CONTINUE TO STEP 8
7a) From the main menu of the TWRP press the Install button.
7b) Browse to your micro sd card.
7c) Find your supersu.zip package.
7d) Press on it.
7e) Then Swipe to Confirm Flash.
7f) After the Flashing is complete, press the Back button that will show up on the screen.
Repeat the WIPE PROCEDURE and after it is done continue from here to step 8.
8) From the main menu of the TWRP press the Reboot button
9) Then press the System button.
10) DONE!
ODIN METHOD
NOTE: With the following method you can't install Gapps. If you wish to install GApps you must install them with a custom recovery and by following the FLASH USING CUSTOM RECOVERY METHODS post. Same goes for the super su.
INSTALL PROCEDURE
1) Boot into Download mode. (In order to do so, press Volume Down (-), Homebutton and the Power-Button at the same time untill you see the Green warning screen. Then press the Volume Up).
2) Connect the device to the computer.
3) Open Odin on the computer.
4) Check if your device is being recognised on the top left of the Odin window. There should be displayed something like (e.x. 0:[COM3]). (If nothing is displayed, you propably didn't install the Drivers or you installed the wrong ones)
5) Make sure that only Auto Reboot and F.Reset time are ticked.
6) Press ONLY the PDA button.
7) Browse to your downloaded file (e.x. ROM.tar.md5).
8) Select it.
9) Press Start.
10) Wait untill the device reboots and on the top left is displayed one green box saying PASS!.
11) Unplug the device from the computer.
12) Immediately remove the cover and take out the battery.
13) Wait 5 secs and then put it back again.
14) Boot into recovery mode. (In order to do so, press Volume Up (+), Homebutton and the Power-Button at the same time untill you see the S3 Mini Logo, then release the Power-Button and keep pressing Volume Up (+) and the Homebutton)
15) Wipe data/factory reset.
16) Wipe Cache partition.
17) Press reboot system now.
18) DONE!
UNBRICK
NOTE: Please be sure that your device is bricked. To know if your device is bricked, your device should not boot into your current ROM at all and at some cases not even on (Custom) recovery. In other words you suffer from what is called bootloop.
If you are able to boot into your already flashed custom recovery use the FLASH USING CUSTOM RECOVERY METHODS and flash your custom ROM to regain access to the phone.
If you can not boot into your custom recovery but you can boot in download mode the problem is repairable. Be sure that you have the original recovery installed before you flash the Stock ROM because some roms don't include it and it may cause some issues.
If you can not even boot in download mode then your device is hard bricked and you must use an usb jig in order to make your device boot into download mode(ONLY) again. If at the end, you still can not boot into download mode then there is nothing you can do from a software-side
Download the stock rom you need form here: www.sammobile.com and unzip it on your computer.
UNBRICK PROCEDURE
1) Boot into Download mode. (In order to do so, press Volume Down (-), Homebutton and the Power-Button at the same time untill you see the Green warning screen. Then press the Volume Up).
2) Connect the device to the computer.
3) Open Odin on the computer.
4) Check if your device is being recognised on the top left of the Odin window. There should be displayed something like (e.x. 0:[COM3]). (If nothing is displayed, you propably didn't install the Drivers or you installed the wrong ones)
5) Make sure that only Auto Reboot and F.Reset time are ticked.
6) Press ONLY the PDA button.
7) Browse to your downloaded file (e.x. ROM.tar.md5).
8) Select it.
9) Press Start.
10) Wait untill the device reboots and on the top left is displayed one green box saying PASS!.
11) Unplug the device from the computer.
12) Immediately remove the cover and take out the battery.
13) Wait 5 secs and then put it back again.
14) Boot into recovery mode. (In order to do so, press Volume Up (+), Homebutton and the Power-Button at the same time untill you see the S3 Mini Logo, then release the Power-Button and keep pressing Volume Up (+) and the Homebutton)
15) Wipe data/factory reset.
16) Wipe Cache partition.
17) Press reboot system now.
18) DONE!
If everything went as it should you should now have stock rom with stock recovery installed.
In the ODIN method you dont mention how to install Gapps. Please explain me how to install Gapps with the odin method. And also i have a question... if I will use the odin method i will have root after installation?
SausageReunion said:
In the ODIN method you dont mention how to install Gapps. Please explain me how to install Gapps with the odin method. And also i have a question... if I will use the odin method i will have root after installation?
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The most known and safe (in a way) method is flashing your ROM with a Custom Recovery which i highly recommend [also you dont mess alot with the binary counter that way(if you dont know what this is , please google it)], but if you want to go with the Odin method that's ok with me.
About GApps: In actually fact you can't flash GApps with Odin. GApps were created only be to flashed with a Custom Recovery(whether this is TWRP or CWM).
My suggestions are that after you flash your desired ROM with the Odin method there are two options:
1)You flash a Custom Recovery via Odin and then you use the guide from above(FLASH USING CUSTOM RECOVERY METHODS) and only follow the steps from 6a to 6e and then only the 8th step.
About the Root Access after flashing with Odin: That depends only from ROM that you flashed. If you want root access and your ROM does not support native Root Access you must install a custom recovery and from there flash the supersu.zip file.
NOT ALWAYS AVAILABLE:After you flashed your rom via Odin (and taking into consideration that you dont have a custom recovery) you should enable ROM's native root access managment tool. From there you can experiment as you like.
I hope i helped good luck and play it safe .
Which is the best custom ROM for s3 mini GT-I8190
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Hello! Please can someone tell me why when I install a ROM on my s3 mini with TWRP i t finishes too fast. For about 5-10 seconds. Is this a corrupted file. I have a cm 12.1 and I wanted to install a fusionkat ROM yesterday but this happens and I restored my cm
Rizan Mohammed said:
Which is the best custom ROM for s3 mini GT-I8190
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Really you cant define which one is the best. All of the roms that have been ported/created from our developers here, are great. It really depends on your personal liking.
marti2003 said:
Hello! Please can someone tell me why when I install a ROM on my s3 mini with TWRP i t finishes too fast. For about 5-10 seconds. Is this a corrupted file. I have a cm 12.1 and I wanted to install a fusionkat ROM yesterday but this happens and I restored my cm
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Fusionkat ROM is a stock rom, so in order to flash it you have to use the odin method from the guide that i wrote on this page. Stock roms can only be flashed with Odin.
Hi btw can i flash rom for i8190 for i8190n?
I think its better if dalvik cache & cache will be cleaned again after installation and before rebooting the system in the Clean Installation
mangkoeboemi said:
Hi btw can i flash rom for i8190 for i8190n?
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If you mean whether or not you are able to flash a rom intented for i8190 on a i8190N the answer is yes.
dev.wes07 said:
I think its better if dalvik cache & cache will be cleaned again after installation and before rebooting the system in the Clean Installation
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I think it makes no difference since you delete every thing and also reboot the device after you wiped.
Which method do I use when I don't have rooted device and want to have Google Play ?
G3RV0 said:
Which method do I use when I don't have rooted device and want to have Google Play ?
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If you dont have a rooted device and you want to install a custom rom, you can use the Odin Method. Consider that i don't recommend this type of thing. It is way better to have at least a custom recovery, then you can do whatever you want on your device. Best of luck
Thank you very much for the guide. I am new to flashing ROMs/rooting my phone and such (but I've done a whole lot of reading and I think I'm about up to speed, seems like fun stuff!) but I was just wondering if there is any way to do this using the Odin method BUT without having to download TWRP?? I have a mad nasty virus on here called pornclub (yet I don't actually watch any porn on my phone, if ever at all (gofigure! :| ...))
This virus started out just trying to download apps while I was connected to the internet and firing up popups for different supermarket stores etc, which was bare-able, but I done a factory reset on the thing and now it seems like the virus is back- and with a vengeance!!! It completely fills the whole phone with popups saying 'hot sexy girls now' etc and downloading so many different silly apps that I can't actually even use any function on the phone any more. So that means no phonecalls, texts, anything, it literally takes over the whole phone with these apps and pictures of all the 'sexy sluts' I can apparently go and meet right now. I also obviously cannot download TWRP or anything else for that matter.
So do I have any silver lining to my boob shaped cloud? Just need to know if there is any way I can just flash a new custom mod without having to download anything on the actual phone at this point, as I have just done a factory reset and now cannot access any functions on there because of popups etc.
Thank you very much kindly in advance for any help. Much appreciated!
edit: I should mention that it now also switches on the wifi and mobile data simultaneously without me even touching it. I currently have the phone sitting on download mode and charging.
zeneven said:
Thank you very much for the guide. I am new to flashing ROMs/rooting my phone and such (but I've done a whole lot of reading and I think I'm about up to speed, seems like fun stuff!) but I was just wondering if there is any way to do this using the Odin method BUT without having to download TWRP?? I have a mad nasty virus on here called pornclub (yet I don't actually watch any porn on my phone, if ever at all (gofigure! :| ...))
This virus started out just trying to download apps while I was connected to the internet and firing up popups for different supermarket stores etc, which was bare-able, but I done a factory reset on the thing and now it seems like the virus is back- and with a vengeance!!! It completely fills the whole phone with popups saying 'hot sexy girls now' etc and downloading so many different silly apps that I can't actually even use any function on the phone any more. So that means no phonecalls, texts, anything, it literally takes over the whole phone with these apps and pictures of all the 'sexy sluts' I can apparently go and meet right now. I also obviously cannot download TWRP or anything else for that matter.
So do I have any silver lining to my boob shaped cloud? Just need to know if there is any way I can just flash a new custom mod without having to download anything on the actual phone at this point, as I have just done a factory reset and now cannot access any functions on there because of popups etc.
Thank you very much kindly in advance for any help. Much appreciated!
edit: I should mention that it now also switches on the wifi and mobile data simultaneously without me even touching it. I currently have the phone sitting on download mode and charging.
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Wow you seem to be in trouble but we can FIX it!
First of all i need you to have your battery charged to 100%.( if you cant charge your phone while its on, remove the battery and charge it to another phone or charge it with an external battery charger )
Power off your phone.
With the 3 button compination, go to your current(stock for you i think) recovery and do a factory reset. This will wipe all your data thus the virus.
After all this, boot into your rom.
Then you can flash a custom recovery and flash any rom you want.
You are done!
If this does not work for you, just let me know and i will post another solution.(i am not posting it right now cause it is more complicated!)
EDIT: Sorry for the delay but i didnt saw that you had already done a factory reset and it didnt work. That means that the virus is propably on the sd card. The solution is to wipe your sdcard and use the odin method. As simple as that. Please next time try to keep the things you tried and what is your problem together.
Geocfu1 said:
Wow you seem to be in trouble but we can FIX it!
First of all i need you to have your battery charged to 100%.( if you cant charge your phone while its on, remove the battery and charge it to another phone or charge it with an external battery charger )
Power off your phone.
With the 3 button compination, go to your current(stock for you i think) recovery and do a factory reset. This will wipe all your data thus the virus.
After all this, boot into your rom.
Then you can flash a custom recovery and flash any rom you want.
You are done!
If this does not work for you, just let me know and i will post another solution.(i am not posting it right now cause it is more complicated!)
EDIT: Sorry for the delay but i didnt saw that you had already done a factory reset and it didnt work. That means that the virus is propably on the sd card. The solution is to wipe your sdcard and use the odin method. As simple as that. Please next time try to keep the things you tried and what is your problem together.
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Oops, sorry about that. Thank you for the reply.
I took the sd card out a long time ago but the problem is still there somehow. When I switch on the phone, I have about seconds before I can no longer use it because of popups etc...
Also, I just checked and it seems like I joined these forums on the exact same date as you but 1 year later, we both joined on the 18th of January.
Hi ALL,
Good day!
I'm new in an Android Phone and just Rooted my device yesterday using the KingRoot.
I just wondering how to use a custom ROM available here in XDA in my Samsung Note III.
If there's a link on where I can review or follow the procedure, could you please redirect me.
I've already looked/searched for it but unfortunately, I can't get the answers on my own.
thanks in advance!
Mark
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2439633
You choose a custom rom you read and understand the rom and its instructions then flash .
Many roms have how to videos .
Basics
Download the Rom
Enter Recovery Mode
Do a Full Wipe
Install The Rom
Reboot - The first boot can take up to 10 min
JJEgan said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2439633
You choose a custom rom you read and understand the rom and its instructions then flash .
Many roms have how to videos .
Basics
Download the Rom
Enter Recovery Mode
Do a Full Wipe
Install The Rom
Reboot - The first boot can take up to 10 min
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thanks for your kindness.. :good:
Is there any link also in doing the flash.. (apology for spoon feeding)
I just don't know how or where to start.. lol
TIA!
First step should be install a custom recovery. For example TWRP. You can't install with stock recovery.
Google : twrp for note 3 xda
Then read, read and install it.
Here is the link, you can see video.
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2494245
Find a rom i development forums here and look for instructions there.
Steps....
-1. I am not responsible for any damage caused. This is how I learned and what I taught my friends using Sammy.
0. Backup all your data to SD card or PC.
1. go to https://twrp.me/Devices/ and search your device model and download the latest .tar file (something like 4.4.tar)
2. search download and install Kies in your PC, this is for getting all Samsung drivers.
3. search download and extract "odin 3.0.9" in a folder in your pc.
4. press Volume Down + Home + Power and get into Download mode (you'll have to press Volume Up if it asks to continue)
5. Now phone will show "Downloading", Run "Odin.exe" from odin folder and Connect your phone to PC via USB cable.
6. Odin will detect your phone in blue color in first slot, select the downloaded .tar file in Odin and click start
7. do not disconnect the phone as it will restart.
8. after restarting, remove phone. then shutdown.. press Volume Up + Home + power and get into recovery. (TWRP) (click Reboot System and use as normal)
9. Download your favorite (flashable zip of) ROM, click Wipe (select all in TWRP, will erase all data)
10. After successful wipe, click install, select ROM zip from SD card and follow onscreen instructions.
11. After install, go to Wipe or Advanced Wipe and "Clear Dalvik Cache"
12. Reboot System. Enjoy