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[Galaxy Note GT-N7000 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] rerp:
Hi. My SGN is my very first Android phone and I've been using it for only less than a couple of weeks now. I've familiarized myself with mostly everything that I plan to use in the settings, changed my launcher, steered clear from task killers, and other random rituals based on what I've read around here.

So I've been reading all night through the Development forum and I've decided I want to go deeper into customization by rooting, then maybe changing roms or kernels. (I don't understand so much besides what I've read as I haven't tried it.) Before I do anything though, I'd like to know what to expect from the custom roms or kernels. I don't feel comfortable with too much trial and error. :(

I'm not really afraid of the process, just of having to do it over and over.

Would you guys please help me set up? I'll try to be as specific as I can with what I need. I won't need to much instructions, just help me with the choices and I guess I'll look for them in the forum myself. :D

- the best possible battery life

- the best speed and performance

- the best display (if this varies between different setups)

- be able to use apps that require rooting (like play games like those that would require Chainfire3D, etc. - This is actually one of the reasons why I'm attempting this.)

- still be able to use all the apps prior to modifying the system

- outside of gaming, I like simple interfaces. I like how the menus on stock look, but mostly because I feel that the phone isn't being overworked or something.

- however, I like my homescreen and app drawer themed. I already like how my interface is; I'd keep it that way or close if I don't have to change it.

- keep all the good stuff, take out the bad stuff, add more good stuff. (VAGUE :confused:)

A brief outline of how I use my phone, which may also help with what I'm asking for:

- Lots of calls and SMSs.

- I used mostly stock apps, except for browsing, and playing videos.

- I play games, videos, and tend to sketch a lot, as well as browse.

- I changed my launcher and theme - GoLauncher EX.

- I sync my apps (that need syncing) manually.

- I don't use any maintenance apps (task killers/battery savers.) I just messed with the settings since I feel that's just what that one battery saving app did.

- I habitually turn off/remove/close stuff that I don't use or am not currently using.

- I get around 18-26 hours on battery.

SORRY FOR THE LONG POST. Please don't tl;dr. :(

Reading more [kernel], [rom], and [firmware] threads as I post. :o

Also, it'd help if I can get some info on ICS. Thanks so much.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simiot:
Hi, I have just flashed UltraToxic Rom v8.0.2 on my device as per http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1334124&page=69 I can't get rid of my yellow triangle with my mini USB jig. Can anyone direct me to a tutorial to do this? I have rooted a stock ROM before & the jig worked then. No idea why now. I think it might have to do with a kernel but I don't want to lose access to CWM / Titanium Backup Pro.

TIA :o
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sxi200:
You need to flash the old bootloader in Odin then use the jig. Just Google it.

Edit: http://www.multiupload.com/LQQBRQVJUD

Just flash in the bootloader section of Odin.

Sent from my GT-I9100
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sxi200:
Also check here:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1402286

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[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simiot:
Thanks sxi200! Got it all done now. Didn't load back on the new bootloader. I don't think it will make much difference if I have the old one. I know where to get it if i need to. Thanks again!
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sxi200:
No probs! Glad you got it sorted.

Sent from my GT-I9100
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nat510:
use old bootloader is ok in 2.3

but u will need the newest bootloader if u updated to 4.0
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sxi200:
I tried most ics versions (stock, bezke, wanam, cm9) and always reflashed the old bootloader. Didn't notice any difference except that the jig worked.

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[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Morghan:
Say I want to flash a new version of the rom i'm using do I need to wipe everthing again?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] plainjane:
After multiple updates it's usually a good idea for a full wipe. However just one update you'll be fine wiping cache and dalvik only. If you've flashed a custom kernel then you'll need to reflash that, along with any other mods you've made to the system.

Read the thread for the rom and double check that it isn't recommended to do a full wipe for this particular update. Also make a nandroid backup just in case you encounter any problems.

I only flash updates of the same rom, usually only wiping dalvik and cache. I do make sure to do a full wipe about once a month though. It keeps the phone running smoothly and helps weed out apps that I don't really use when I go to restore.

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[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dieselford:
It's always recomended to do a full wipe unless the op says otherwise. Some ops will make patches that do not require full wipe. If you don't full wipe, don't complain about problems. It's the first thing you will be asked. Use Titanium Backup for your apps and wipe away. Always nandroid first just in case you make a mistake.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Morghan:
thanks for the great answers guys appreciate it
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] dieselford:
You're welcome, just trying to be helpful.
[Motorola Droid 3] evooo:
so i have two milestone 3 asia gsm verson,

one has already flashed to a XT860 sbf, one is stock,

and i have RSD lite 5.6

but i lack Diag Interface, Model Interface, MUX Interface, NMEA interface, and TCMD Interface's drivers,

soo i can;t get my phone connect with RSD lite to flash,

If some one can give me a link to the proper drivers for the DROID 3 / XT 860 /ME863 it will be great,

i know this sound stupid but i can;t get those damn drivers to work for me,

so i have to see if the problem is fixed if i reinstall my window , cuz i am on a win 7 64bit ,
[Motorola Droid 3] jancisk:
Im exatly with tha same prob. If anyone could help... i'd apreciate it. thanks
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nram:
I'm trying to solve a problem, but I realize that I need some help, and I think that my question could be someone's question too.

Is it possible to unlock the bootloader with the smartphone locked to Vodafone or other service provider? If not, how can I unlock the smartphone?
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] NuriJ:
Yes, you can. My sim-card is also locked, i suggest you unlock bootloader from newest flashtool cuz it's easier.

Or use the guide by 9Lucas5 (use semc.bat)
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nram:
I tried to use the 9Lucas5 guide but I've got no results, probably because I have emuled Windows on my MAC OS .

But I haven't tried with this new version of the flashtool yet. Do I need any firmware?
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] laneyofdeath:
U just need to be on latest se firmware (BB .71) also u do know unlocking ur bl has nothing to do with what network ur on. It not sim unlock. :-)
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] juliospinoza:
yes you can, i unlock bootloader yesterday it took me 10 minutes, i have a x10i, what smartphone do you have?

read this post http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1254087
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nram:
I have x10i too, but it didn't work. Tomorrow I will try again.
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] verdazil:
I have many times unlocked bootloader, perfectly know this procedure and has noticed, that sometimes it is possible to reach result, only by preliminary flashing of official 2.1 ROM. Certainly, thus it is not more necessary to do "kernel downgrade"
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] laneyofdeath:
Use flashtool method not kernel up/down method it slightly old and flashtool is a one button method which doesn't require changing kernel in any way (from gb)
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] infinityyyy:
i unlock my bootloader, but not remove sim lock :)
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] laneyofdeath:
That's not what it does. It means that if u use a custom kernel it will boot into that straight away, saving time, rather than booting up semc kernel then custom one (hence why se logo disappears on boot) :)
[XPERIA X10 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nram:
I was able to unlock the bootloader by following this post: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=928343
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] crybert:
Everytime you flash a new stock rom you have to root it, install busybox, get the better graphics driver, flash FeaModRecovery and so on.

This can take a lot of time.

So I had the idea of making an All in One Package (AIO) for this which is flashable via stock recovery.

You "need" this AIO-Package only if you want to use a stock rom. The most Custom Roms already include this.

This AIO-Package includes:

Root
Busybox
Better Graphics Driver
Stock Kernel with init.d and custom bootanimation
FeaModRecovery 1.4 by manveru0 [only in v1]

DOWNLOAD

v1.1

Rapidshare

Mediafire

v1

http://www.multiupload.com/1KMB6IMJQB

http://www.mediafire.com/?lsxsaoyan4q4l1m

INSTALLATION

1. Download the zip file and put it on your internal SD-Card

2. Power off the phone

3. Now you have to go in RecoveryMode:

- Press Vol+ and Power Button

- as soon as the "SAMSUNG" appears release both buttons after 2 seconds

- as soon as the "Android out of the Box" appears, press the Menu button.

4. Use Volume buttons to choose apply update from sdcard in Recovery Menu.[Press Home-Button]

5. Navigate to AIO_Package_v1.zip [Press Home Button]

6. Restart your phone

Changelog

v1.1
- new Kernel 2.6.35.7-perf dpi@DELL150 #1
- better init.d support (will be executed at the end of the init.rc file)
- removed FeaModRecovery, because of Rebooting-in-Recovery-Issues
Flash v1.2 via Odin is the safest method for everyone

Extra:

includes Galaxy Nexus bootanimation.

How-To change the bootanimation:

1. Search for a bootanimation.zip/sanim.zip on google/xda

2. Have a look in the zipfile especially desc.txt:

Be sure that the resolution in desc.txt is 480 800

3. Now you have to replace the sanim.zip in /system/media/ with the one you choose. Be sure that your file is named sanim.zip too.

Therefore you can use a fileexplorer with rootaccess (like RootExplorer) or do it via adb.
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] broodplank1337:
Nice package, this one is definitely needed after flashing most roms
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] budakmaran:
wow..thats it!!

so much easier tools for beginner..

thanks..

EDIT : as the download link is not there yet, the title should be "release soon". i'm pretty sure u dont want to answer such a question "where is download link?"

regards,
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] crybert:
Download is now in the first post. Just tested it with a new flash of XXKPU and everything worked as it should.

So enjoy it :)
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] mikeeo019:
This should be stickied ! thanks a lot
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] iHZm.aHz:
Works with Cranium RC7?
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] BackDaws:
Thanks mate this is brilliant :)
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] Blumdum:
:D you dont need this package when you are already using Cranium Rom
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] :
thanks dude! ur a life saver!! very good
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] megoelmasry:
did will be working with this rom I9001JPKP3?

i am using ROM I9001JPKP3 2.3.5 its Arabic one . so did will be working with my ROM ( rooted ROM) and also it's possible to backup my ROM using AIR-package ?

:) thanks
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] crybert:
Should work. But you could UnRoot your ROM first with the UnRoot package by KeksKlip and then flash this AIO-Package

If you want to backup your ROM as it is now you need to flash FeaModRecovery first. Then you can do a full BackUp of your existing ROM.

But If you only want to able to do a BackUp in near future the AIO-Package is also including FeaModRecovery so after you flash it you can also do a BackUp.

So its up to you. Hope I understood you right and this helped you.
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] megoelmasry:
Thanks man i got it :)
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] maros30:
@ crybert: absolutely amazing job:):):), and one question for you: is this proces safe? I hope, that my S+ not bricked
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] crybert:
tried it with my own phone and its still a life :D
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] maros30:
@ crybert: Thank you very much :):):):):):):):) God bless you !!!
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] gkojuharov:
Awesome boot animation :d
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] crybert:
Do you guys also had issues like: rebooting to system out of feamodrecovery don't work or the backup in feamod isn't working? some guys in another forum mentioned them.

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[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] pyronia:
Anyone want to change the bootanimation can pick i9000 galaxy s bootanimation...its the same size, i use the nexus bootanimation before this, taken from galaxy s thread on xda...

Edit: nice work bro...after tired of custom rom, its now easy to have a stock rom like this thanks to u man...anyway, do u remove bloatware or not?
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] pyronia:
Is this really a rom? 13MB? It most like a kernel only...
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] valenti9:
its a collection of all the mods and stock kernel with init.d support (not facore_phoenix kernel). You have to flash any stock kernel 1st.
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] pyronia:
So, this is just an add on to stock rom?
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] broodplank1337:
it's for all roms, just after installing it
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] pyronia:
Its for root stock rom? Include put cwm to it?
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] crybert:
Its for any stock rom. After flashing your rom will be rooted, busybox...

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[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] omegaRED7:
Hi, i have a "weird" ROM (XXKI2 CSC MBM - Macedonia), simlock ON (T-Mobile MK), and i want to backup this ROM in this state. This, according to the info i've gathered thus far, can only be done with FeaModRecovery, but FeaMod requires at least XXKP4 - so how can i back up this original ROM in order to be able to fall back if flashing a new stock or custom ROM fails?

Thanks in advance.
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] snoopydunk:
Hi, great post ! And work also ! But I have a question, my phone is alredy rooted using method update from sd card, if i do AIO over my already rooted phone will that matter ? Or I can just go ahead because I need to have Feamod recovery on my phone. ]

THX
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] BackDaws:
well ive already got XXKPS rooted with 1.4 feacore but i want the ics boot animation so ill let you know cos im about to install it now :)

EDIT: All good, i just added the zip file to my external SDcard then just went into recovery CWM and installed from SDcard and rebooted.

Cool boot animation by the way :)
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] snoopydunk:
Great post

I have one question.

If I do this to a galaxy s plus 2.3.6 which is already rooted will I break the system or will it be ok. I rooted my GS+ with an zip file which I installed from recovery mode.

Because my recovery mode does not have a backup option. And your AIO pack has one.

Really great job you did.
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] crybert:
I tried it with an already rooted rom and it worked. But to be sure you also can flash the Unroot by keksklip. Just look in the stickies...

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[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] snoopydunk:
Can I do this over a rooted 2.3.6 xxkpu rom? THX Great job.
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] crybert:
Didn't you read my last post ?

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[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] joaquinalberto:
After to install it and reboot in recovery mode I entered in FeadMod Recovery. Now every time I select reboot system now it reboots but enters again in FeadMod Recovery.

Am I doing something wrong ? Any idea to reboot it normally ?
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] srinagar:
same here...don't know what happened, I tried to root the Galaxy S Plus (2.3.6, german Version), the Market did not start, tried to recover with unrooting but I end up in Recovery Mode.

What can I do?
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] snoopydunk:
Great, I will try it :)

---------- Post added at 01:54 AM ---------- Previous post was at 01:52 AM ----------

Yes :) sorry, I got a bit lost in the post :) THX
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] FaeRhan:
Same problem here on german I9001 with 2.3.6 XXKPS ROM. I only entered recovery mode to make a backup but got stuck there. Even taking battery out did not help. I entered download mode and reflashed the ROM with Odin to get out of endless recovery mode.
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] srinagar:
Yes Sir, same here.

I'm rather new to this Android-Stuff so it was a hell of a fight for me to get the phone back working. Ended up reflashing with Odin. Now I have a 2.3.4 version and wondering if I should give it another try.

2.3.6 with german baseband (cannot get details since they are gone - but it was delivered over Kies) causes trouble.
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] crybert:
I just can say that for me it worked. Therefore i did a clean install with XXKPU (no data at all. Completly factory reset) with no ext. Sd card Then I did all this stuff at the beginning of an intsallation. Right afterentering my googleaccount. I shut off the phone and rebooted into recovery. Right after that I flashed the zip all went good It booted up in the new system. And then I tested feamodrecovery issue. But I can enter and leave as I want. So at the moment I don't know why for some its working and for others it don't work. I will upload a test package with feamod 1.3.1 this evening and some changes in the updater-script would be cool if you guys would help me.

German users can have a look at android-hilfe.de. There are some probably solutions collected.

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[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] srinagar:
well, over here it just kept re-entering FeaMod. So I can choose reboot system and will reboot but end up again in Feamod.
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] EMEK:
I have the same problem - After first time I used FeaMod, every booting finished in this mode, and I cant boot normal.

Firmware - Stock, clean i9001_XXKPU_XXKPH_OXAKP1_open with full reset after update.

I tried full wipe, reflash, reset, flash Aio - still the same
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] crybert:
Could you try this test version: http://www.multiupload.com/1GX58JJ8GS

removed FeaModRecovery 1.4 and added 1.3.1

some minor changes in updater-script

I had no problems.
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] BackDaws:
whats wrong with Feacore 1.4 ? 1.3.1 is poor 1.3 you want to use i found 1.3.1 had slow graphics performance and battery drain.
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] crybert:
It's because I want to test what's wrong with the package because a lot of users are captured in a bootloop into RecoveryMode. I can't reproduce the failure so I made this test package.

EDIT: And don't mix FeaModRecovery and FeaCore. FeaModRecovery has nothing to do with the Kernel and its battery drain. The AIO-Package includes no FeaCore just the FeaModRecovery.
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] BackDaws:
Well that's even better so its basically a pure stock rom with cwm?

I didn't realise they were 2 different things.....so where do you get the feamod 1.4 from instead of the feacore pheonix 1.4 ?

Oh I'm going to wipe all scripts off my phone, format then install a clean xxkps with 1.4 thanks mate: )
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] crybert:
Exactly, stock kernel with init.d and custom bootanimation and almost stock system including FeaModRecovery :)
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] FaeRhan:
I only made a short try with FeaModRecovery 1.3.1 without reseting to factory settings or trying other things and just booted to recovery mode and repeated everything like I did with FaeModRecovery 1.4. I made a backup again and tried to exit but got stuck again. I did not try other things and reflashed my ROM because I need my phone now :p

Edit: Ok, tried installing FeaModRecovery 1.2 with Odin and 1.4 nonOC with recovery mode and had no problems with both versions. I could always enter and leave recovery mode and boot the ROM so the problem must be from the AIO-Package.
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] kellermanv:
Wtf...i installed your test zip with 1.3.1, but now i can't get out of recovery mode, everytime my phone boots it will enter in recovery mode...

Workaround untill crybert fixes it:

After installing this package, flash feamod 1.2 with odin, it will boot then, don't reflash the rom.
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] wintel_mac:
I think YardE mentioned this problem too, it seems that it has some dependendy to the persist partition.
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] crybert:
Andy why it works for some people. You have any idea?

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[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] wintel_mac:
No sorry I don't. For me it works neither. I had this once an unfortunately no backup, so I did reflash my ROM. This time I prepared myself and did a backup on the console:

mmcblk0p13 is the recovery partition

dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0p13 of=/sdcard/external_sd/stock-recovery-backup.img

In case you get stuck in recovery, mount your sdcard in CWM, connect your phone over USB with PC and launch:

./adb shell

then make sure you know what you're doing! Check if sdcard is mounted properly:

cd /sdcard

ls

you should see your files. Then restore stock recovery:

dd if=/sdcard/stock-recovery-backup.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p13

When you reboot your phone, it will once again get into recovery (the stock one), but when you press reboot in there, your phone successfully starts up again. Did it test twice this evening.
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] BackDaws:
It works fine for me, but i always after all flashes clear Cache, Clear Dalvik Cache and then fix permissions........its a habit :)
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] kellermanv:
Or...you can just flash 1.2 with odin and it will replace 1.4 or 1.3.1 and it will boot.
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] wintel_mac:
I tested once again. Once I was in CWM, I am not able to boot anything other than CWM. Wiping caches and fixing permissions did not change this behavior.

dd'd back my backup of stock recovery, reboot, one more time recovery (stock one then) and then my phone boots normal.
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] crybert:
Someone tried to flash the package a second time in CWM then? Perhaps this could also be a solution?!

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[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] wintel_mac:
And while trying to use CWM to do a backup, it threw an error while backing up /data. Backup files were created but obviously incomplete.

I hate to say it, as much as I like the device, it's not very modder/developer friendly.
[Galaxy S Plus I9001 Android Development] wintel_mac:
Update:

I did a factory reset, reflashed via ODIN, put the AIO file on internal SD, installed with stock recovery.

Then phone boots normal. Once I was in the CWM recovery, I could not escape to a normal boot. I don't know what problems I have with my phone regarding CWM.