yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] hachew:
i would really appreciate if someone could write a proper or idiot guide on this CF Root. i tried to read it, but i find it quite confusing personally.

i am on i9003XXKPN, firmware 2.3.5. Really want to flash other roms. Hope someone is kind enough to write a clearer or idiot guide. Thanks in advance.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] Skander1998:
Use the search button.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] iAmBalvinder:
what is the utility to convert the file system to ext4 ?
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] Skander1998:
Generally faster.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] Ashish Lahare:
Successfully rooted....... But after a week CWM app and Tweaks app are not working properly....

Note: I have also installed busybox 1.20.1 by Stericson......
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] shriom_manerker:
reflash cf root
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] Ashish Lahare:
Tried.... But same problem....
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] kishankpadiyar:
Try reflash again n don't install busybox over it.. if still didn't work try any other cf root, or custom kernel..
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] crazbanditz:
Wipe cache and dalvik cache if not reflash from stocck
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] Ashish Lahare:
Thanks.....
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] crazbanditz:
U r welcomed... So did wiping cache and dalvik cache do the job for u?:D
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] vishal24387:
Hey guys do we need to install busybox over any custom kernel??? I am using bck kernel. Whats the use of busybox.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] Silentkiller101197:
BCK Kernel comes already with Busybox preinstalled.. no need to install busybox. :)

Note that you are using the CF-Root version. :)

Basically, Busybox is a collection of simple, but powerful Linux utilities and commands that Android doesn't come with by default. It is used by apps like Titanium Backup in order to do some special operations. It is also known as the "The Swiss Army Knife of Embedded Linux"...:D
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] iAmBalvinder:
I am on stock DDKP2, and have rooted using the universal cf root. Firstly, out was just a sweep to do that, thanks to the developers. And even the options in the cwm are great.

I have few questions:

1. If I use the ext4 app, will I need to back up individual partitions via the nandroid back up before using, our any other issues that will pop up.

2. How does the cwm manager app differ from the recovery cwm ?

3. If I flash another ics rom, will the root options be sustained, or I will have to root again with some other tool?
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] crazbanditz:
Just do a backup before doing anything that has the potential of soft bricking ur phone. It applies to almost all developers works. Better be safe than sorry.

CWM manager is just to make life simpler.

Custom ROMS all come with Root or SU. Stock ROMS however do not.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] iAmBalvinder:
Thanks.

I did a nandroid backup, rebooted, and tried using the ext4 conversion utility.

It rebooted into recovery and tried converting every partition of the flash from rfs to ext4. Out of the four \system partition was not converted. Its says a warning while restoring the partition that too little memory is left, so it performs a roll back process.

Rest data, dbdata and cache were converted, but seems like their usage has increased, like in stock task manager personal data used around 11mb out of 72 mb space. Now its consuming 29mb. Similarly with other partitions, a bit usage has increased. Is it normal ?
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] crazbanditz:
Thats nothing to worry about. just go to the app again and see if the convert to ext4 option is still white or is it dark. if it is still light then ext4 conversion was not successful.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] iAmBalvinder:
Yeah, both the options 'convert to ext4' and 'convert to rfs' are light. Both options are still available. And even it shows that \system is still in rfs, and \data, \dbdata and \cache are converted into ext4.

Should I try to convert again?
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] crazbanditz:
Hmmm. Backkup and try again...
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] iAmBalvinder:
Tried but failed again.

\system conversion to extra fails every time :confused:
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] iAmBalvinder:
Sorry conversion to ext4.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] crazbanditz:
Hmmm... i think its a known issue leave it for now and ask the OP. Sorry that I did not help enough. But u may want to try this ICS Rom its really fast stable and overall good here it is. :) It is deodex zipaligned ext4 converted and etc.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] bscraze:
Search the dev section for ext4 conversion script by skin. Works for me every time on stock.

Cheers:)

Sent from my GT-i9003 powered by RemICS S III-looking rom!
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] hohor:
thanks my friend you made a great job for me specially Turkiye Stock Roms are not supported/developed by developers enough.( in this forum also )

It is greatly working on my stock ROM 2.3.6 I9003JVKPB and latest upgrade 2.3.6 I9003JVKPE.

i hope when Value pack released in Turkiye your work runs still greatly in Value Pack also.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] hohor:
thanks man you helped me very much
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] Newtt:
Can someone tell me the complete procedure to install this on my I9003? I didn't quite understand the instructions. Thanks. :)
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] vishal24387:
keep reading sticky threads. You will get ur answer there.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] Newtt:
What is a sticky thread? Can someone direct me there? I'm feeling utterly clueless. :(
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] bscraze:
Basically, connect your phone in download mode, place the file under pda in odin, then click flash and watch the magic happen in about 6 seconds
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] vishal24387:
buddy I can also answer this but let people find themselve answers. They just want to ask everything & want readymade answers.

Sorry by mistake pressed thanx button :p
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] bscraze:
I know your intention, however there isnt a flashing kernel guide and therefore I understand this guy's plight. Maybe I'm just too nice or I'm not in a bad mood, but whatever. My instructions are not that clear either, he will still need to do some searching.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] kewlguy:
Dont be a smartass!

If someone feels like helping let him do that.Forum are here to help.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] bbmadzky:
Error in wifi after trying to flash this one with DDFL2. Any other workaround to root my device?
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] Jordanyme:
Here is :

PDA_BCK_CF-root_universal_beta14fix.tar
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] XDA_Bam:
Please link to the post and not directly to the attachment. People should be able to see where a file is coming from and - even more important - what it is for and how it's handled.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] nrjwgh:
does a specific version of odin need to be used for flashing ?
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] nrjwgh:
I am on baseband DDKP4 and I am getting error while flashing via Odin v1.83 .....I checked the drivers, they are correctly installed ....cell is recognized in kies and odin .......help needed !!
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] prem2691:
my phone is not detecting in odin... should i use win 7 or win xp is enough... i cant enter the download mode while the cable is connected ... does the version of odin matters here? if s what version should i use????
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] prasadKnew:
Problem with XXLE4

Hi,

Has anyone tried this with XXLE4, when I do that I am getting constant restarts from the Samsung logo itself and also I am not able to get into the recovery.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] rgxHost:
Greetings;

Ive tried this before but i felt nothing happened or that the app is not doing the job properly.

So i thought... why not use the mount2sd apk?

Im using it on my Acer e310 for quite a long time and does precisely what i need on that device.

But when using on i9003 im having some problems and system crashes. I would say its due to using DDLF2 rom... But im not sure. I do know that it requires a custom rom.

Since no Busyboxes will solve the problem (so far..) im assuming i need a custom rom. But havent found one that works perfectly without bugs. (i honestly like ICS but so far only found bugged roms).

Does someone know why or if it is possible to use it (mount2sd app) and/or how?

Just because im familiar with it and it.

"mount2sd" can manage specific details wich can increase or decrease device performance.

The results are so good on my acer that i wich i could achieve the same in this i9003.

Thanks in advance

Please hit thanks if it helped you.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] wcypierre:
If any of you are unable to backup due to /datadata not being mounted, you can try the following command

busybox mount /dev/block/stl10 /dbdata
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] LB2805:
Problem with wifi and reboot

Hello,

After using Odin to apply amit.bagaria tar file, my gt-i9003 don't connect to WIFI (error) and reboot after a moment. I make data factory reset, wipe cache and dalvik, but no changes...

What can I do to recover a full functional phone.

I just need to root it to remove simlock.

Regards

Laurent
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] SpaceChuck:
In case you get a Wi-Fi error, flash this kernel(PDA_BCK_CF-root_universal_beta15.tar) : https://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1355675

It fixed the problem for me :)

---------- Post added at 11:02 AM ---------- Previous post was at 10:56 AM ----------

Flash this kernel: https://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1355675 (PDA_BCK_CF-root_universal_beta15.tar). This fixed it for me :)
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] amit.bagaria:
Bootscreen options is modified in this version. Now it supports the standard "bootanimation.zip" file instead of "sanim.zip". This was done to be able to use bootscreen installer apps from Market :)
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] dedy3092:
Thank you very much for your help..

now I've been able to change bootanimation..
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] vishal24387:
wow...same thing was going in my from 2 days that why we use sanim.zip name...! Reall thanx amit.

Edit-

we need ur help for creat a dump file for mobile odin along with ur cf root.

xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=19412338
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] Afrodude8:
Any chance of adding BLN Mod support in future versions?

Thank you.

All seems to be working ok in the current version :)
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] calvinljh:
I'm flash XXKPQ with this CF-ROOT, after use CMW + Deodex + Restart + CMW backup +ext4 & restore, it fail...

Anyone have this problems? especially for those app move to USB. it Prompt FC & app install internal system start crashing... + FC happend.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] leongwenjun:
welcome back!!!!!! thank you:):D
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] klau7:
Try to restore again. It failed for me the first time but worked on second try after reboot. Now everything is fine.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] Unkalo:
I had to put sanim.zip to work well, as bootanimation.zip it doesn't work
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] klau7:
I've had random reboots when removing system apps with titanium. I mean when removing system apps sometimes the phone reboots and sometimes it doesn't. No big deal anyway since it is a one time process.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] nitinvaid:
error while restoring data
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] calvinljh:
wonder you realize this happen when backup "android_secure"?
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] darknight74:
Hi amit.

Thank you a lot for this mod enabling a bright root future for our device.

BTW I'm cuorious about you work, how came this mod should work on every future GB release.

As far as I understood the CF-Root has both kernel and system components and every GB release has upgrades on both of them.

Thus I think a universal mod should change core components on a GB fw thus falling back in an old version if a pplied to a newer one.

Am I wrong?

Maybe I'm worng because I took a really short look to Android system.

BT I'd really like to know the process you used to create such a universal mod :)

THX again
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] kacongx:
Thanks Bro..

Welcome back..
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] vishal24387:
is ur phone ext4 converted?
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] Unkalo:
Restore of this cf-root doesn'y copy sdcard internal (sd-ext in skin's CF). For this reason, if you do all wipes the restore doesn't work. I have flashed ganesbisher cf root again for KPQ
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] amit.bagaria:
Uploaded a new version now. This should fix the issues reported. Can you test the new version and report errors (if any) with logs?

[~ # cat /cache/recovery/last_log]

[~ # cat /cache/recovery/log]

P.S.: It is intentional in this recovery to NOT backup the whole internal sdcard. Wipes should not be touching the sdcards (internal & external). Only the ".android_secure" [The apps you install/move to SD card], should be backup up and restore should work fine.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] amit.bagaria:
You are correct in a way. However, this CF-Root only has kernel and ramdisk (which does not appears to be updating much, except the Kernel Build version number). The actual system updates are in the "system.rfs" of each firmware. This issue starts when Kernel Build version number does not match with few driver files in the /system folder (and hence the drivers fail to load). So apart from all other improvements, I am doing this version number magic on the fly (keeping the updated drivers functionality intact). This makes this CF-Root compatible with all earlier / future / custom versions of Gingerbread ROMs.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] vishal24387:
Sory amit but can u tell me how to take a log? What program or tool I need for it? I am always confuse with it.

Edit-

i think its better if backup contains internal sd card data also. Because many times important supporting files of installed apps are there. So can u make changes to backup internal sd card data also...?
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] amit.bagaria:
Use the following in Command Prompt:

adb shell

[~ # cat /cache/recovery/last_log]

[~ # cat /cache/recovery/log]
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] Unkalo:
I don't know how I can do it. Sorry for my ignorance.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] omkarroxx:
Thanks for the extra options in the recovery menu :)

thanks a lot !
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] piernodoyuna:
perhaps it's only my issue, I'd followed all steps, EXT4 conversion too, but pressing Home key doesn't appear the menu to the Task manager, and can't go out form the app
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] bekh:
crach to phone specially when root access requested

HI

i have installed CF-Root and CWM for I9003 Gingerbread (All versions)

yesturday, since that i have faced by around 10 crach to phone specially when root access requested.

i'm running KPQ.

anybody else facing this problem.??????

thanks
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] noxember:
is it working at froyo version? i try and stop at samsung logo :(
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] vishal24387:
great buddy...
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] ganeshbiyer:
U guys either blind or illiterate.

Read the first post.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] ChineseBoy:
i have flash it .and have a lag during backup sometimes
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] aphecs:
Thanks man! Worked like a charm!

Cheers!
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] jesrani:
I had flashed earlier version a few days back. I think there is a new version after that, can I flash on top of earlier one?

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[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] dante0927:
boot animation

hi,why no boot animation after install this cf-root?

i am DXKB9
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] Lordrdx666:
Haven't used this yet... But welcome back amit!

Thanks a lot... Will be flashing a new ROM then letting ya know...

Tapashocked :) via my gt-I9003 with a random keyboard of my choice ! :D
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] Lordrdx666:
Read the OP carefully...

Tapashocked :) via my gt-I9003 with a random keyboard of my choice ! :D
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] dr-PHP:
have any body tried it on I9003JPKP5
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] cooolrider195:
Thanks alot.. very useful stuff..
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] xXCorleoneXx:
Hello

I created a backup and restore this.

But there comes this error message.

Error while restoring / data data!

what can I do now ?
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] leongwenjun:
when restore it say error while restoring data/data ，but can boot with out any problem
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] bigeyes0x0:
I have this problem too, but I restart after my phone boot up, app settings are lost (/dbdata wasn't restored), so I went back to CWM and do advanced restore data partition and this time /datadata is restored correctly. Might be a bug. My phone is on DXKP9
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] vishal24387:
this same kernel is used in doomlord kernel. Is this bug also exist in doomlord kernel?
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] bigeyes0x0:
I got it there actually. After I installed doomlord kernel and tried to convert to ext4. Well I was successful in the end but need to restore 2 times as said.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] xXCorleoneXx:
yes this is also in Doom's kernel

So for me it did not work
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] vishal24387:
i think u should this error in doomlord kernel thread.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] Erahgon:
Just to note: A CWM v4 (i.e. Skin1980's versions) backup is different from a CWM v5 (i.e. Amit's universal version) backup. This could also be an issue!

After taking a nandroid backup, don't modify the folder or it's contents!

For people not getting bootanimations, just rename "sanim.zip" to "bootanimation.zip" as written in the OP.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] klau7:
Same here
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] Tarun.krthkr:
But the restore was successful for me with CWM v5 (i.e. Amit's universal version):) using the data which i had backed up using CWM v4 (i.e. Skin1980's versions)...:confused:
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] Erahgon:
Ah kewl! Thnks for the confirmation! It was just a hypothesis! Everyone else getting the same result? There was one guy on the UtterChaos kernel thread who said v4 didn't restore to v5.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] drajax:
Tat was me! Well it didn't work for me :-)

☞★sent from drajax's Galaxy SL!!! *♂ツ
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] amit.bagaria:
You are correct partially. v4 backups are compatible with v5, [at least for /system, /data, /dbdata, and /cache]. However in earlier CWM ".android_secure" and "sd-ext" were handled different (i.e, .android_secure use to go in the sd-ext backup [which should not be happening ideally ]. Let me try to explain this:

Nandroid backup / restore does not deal with user data on sdcards (internal / external).

However, the apps that are moved to SD goes to ".android_secure" folder on SD card, which should be take care by Nandroid backup / restore.

I am not facing any such issue. I will be posting a new version soon which will take care of "bootanimation.zip" issue faced by new CWM users.

For the people reporting errors, please do a favor:

1) First, try QtADB to take screenshots [ http://qtadb.wordpress.com/download/ ]

2) Explain the whole procedure (step-by-step), which lead to failure.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] DooMLoRD:
@amit.bagaria

since we can flash kernel via CWM, i was wondering why cant we backup/restore kernels thru CWM...

it would be great if this option was also available...
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] bigeyes0x0:
I only encounter this problem after I flash the ext4-format cwm. So I think the issue is with an empty dbdata partition after being formatted. As after booting up normally, dbdata is populated, restart to CWM and dbdata restore works fine.

I will try to do more test after work, tonight if I have sometime.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] KBS720:
I tried this universal cf root after kpq came out but I also had some problems when trying to restore backup after ext4 format. It failed to restore system.

I reflashed again kpq clean (.pit -> kpe -> kpq) and did universal cf root. I made backup and tried to restore right after backup. It failed to restore datadata this time.

These were all done in cwm recovery.

I gave up and went back to cf root by ganesh.

I will try this again as I need to reflash kpq again. I'll give my feedback after some tests and after my wife get's off my phone. :/

Edit: Ok now its working fine for me. No errors found. Converted to ext4 and restored without any problems. :)

One thing I noticed: When I made a backup from cwm app, it saved the backup in internal memory. I almost freaked when I tried to restore and it said *file not found*. I had to choose restore from internal sd card. Is this normal for this cwm version? In ganesh's cf-root/cwm, its default save location is the external sd card.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] amit.bagaria:
New version posted

I have posted a new version. Check the changelog in OP.

Reports errors here (if you find any :) ). Enjoy....
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] DooMLoRD:
hey did u add kernel backup & restore?
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] amit.bagaria:
Not in this release. May be in next release of CWM Recovery (not the CWM application), backup and restore "/boot" partition
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] DooMLoRD:
in ur EXTRA, the param.lfs is missing logo.jpg
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] amit.bagaria:
Thanks for pointing out. I will remove it for now, will post the fixed one later. :)
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] DooMLoRD:
i was getting some weird/scrambled logo while booting... when i pushed my own logo to /mnt/.lfs/ then it started showing up...

i like the "toggle partition to backup" addition :) (though /boot is there its and not currently backed up)
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] xXCorleoneXx:
you just need a 480x800 image in

mnt / .lfs a picture with the name logo.jpg

with root explorer
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] drwizardboy:
Really Thanks

I'll try
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] mitoVonDido:
restoring backup via CWM app just not working? It only restart and boot as usual. Luckily backup function is working fine.
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] vishal24387:
@ amit

i tried ur method. Thanx. Now i

changed bootlogo as per my

wish. Anyway still

bootanimation.zip dont work. We

have to rename as sanim.zip like

in skin's cf-root to make it work.

Can u make changes so that

directly bootanimation.zip will

work & we dont need it to

rename as sanim.zip...?
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] xXCorleoneXx:
was not so lazy, but have to rename only
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] amit.bagaria:
Actually the feature you want is already implemented (Read OP). However, if you have just reinstalled the new PDA over the old version, then the settings are not regenerated. You need to perform the following steps, in order for the new settings to be in effect:

adb shell
# sysrw ; rm -rf /system/cfroot/ ; sysro
# reboot
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] chinmay_7d:
not able to restore backup xxkpq with cwm v5.0.2 by amit... the backup was made from the same cwm.

Error: MD5 mismatch

what does this mean?
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] vishal24387:
actually I have flashed doomlord's kernel. He said that he is using ur ramdisk. Will these instructions work when I have already flashed doomlord's kernel?
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] desmail:
To fix this is assuming you did not change the folder names and let Clockworkmod create them.*

Code:Checking MD5 sums...

MD5 mismatch!

- Plug your phone to the computer

- Open a Terminal and type:

Code:adb devices

adb shell

# cd /sdcard/clockworkmod/backup/2011-06-29.20.22.53

# rm nandroid.md5

# md5sum *img > nandroid.md5

# exit

****"Substitute the final folder name for the backup you need to fix."

- Re-run the restore and everything should be fine.

Inviato dal mio GT-I9003 usando Tapatalk
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] jasspreet:
can i flash cwm dated 24-11 on doomlord kernel vo2????
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] dante0927:
wat is OP?

---------- Post added at 10:22 AM ---------- Previous post was at 10:18 AM ----------

wat is OP?
[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] jesrani:
Opening post, the first post in the thread

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[Samsung Galaxy SL i9003] jesrani:
I think doomlord kernel v3 already users 24-11 cwm of amit

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