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[Fascinate General] moosehead11:
Thanks

Ya already did a backup and moved it and a copy of my esf to my computer
[Fascinate General] spacekobra:
Semaphore is phenomenal. It adds more memory and bln. And Other things like voodo sound and voodo colour
[Fascinate General] finneginsfast:
Semaphore 1.2.0s is a good one to try.
[Fascinate General] moosehead11:
THANKS!!!

Going to try flashing tonight or tomorrow
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
+ 1 on semaphore :)
[Fascinate General] Matt5606:
Love WEUI, but lately it seems I'm having random lockups, probably once every couple of days. Not a big deal, but it's annoying when I haven't had issues for so long long.

So, what's the new flavor of the month guys? I'm in the mood to flash ;)
[Fascinate General] finneginsfast:
New ICSSGS v5: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1677650

I'm running MIUI v4, smoother and nicer, more polished IMO than WEUI if you want to keep with the same theme: http://www.miuiandroid.com/community/threads/miui-v4-for-i9000.15461/

Lots seem to be partial to Slim ICS: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1488096

Let us know what you get up to...
[Fascinate General] spacekobra:
I'm having random lock ups too. It's quite annoying
[Fascinate General] Matt5606:
Love to go back to icssgs, but with having to wait so long for updates from rc4 to 5 I'm done with it. Plus there's better roms out there lol.

What's the difference between weui and miui? They both look pretty similar, I'm assuming it's just more/less options added.
[Fascinate General] finneginsfast:
I'd have to say they're very similar, weui has that nice aroma installer which is insignificant after installation anyhow. The other I'd have to say is smoother and very polished.
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
So here's my thoughts.

If you liked ICSSGS, you should LOVE Slim - very similar as both are AOSP BUT slim has some nice modifications (the Advanced Slim Settings) so you can get a nice lockscreen with more options, pull down toggles plus the developer I believe is in Canada (Halifax to be precise). Updates are pretty regular - I started on 3.5 and its now 3.8 with 3.9 in progress.

I have been on it a while and it is very nice coupled with Semaphore 1.2.0s. Snappy, smooth, decent battery life pending on what you have going on.

If you liked MIUI - then I would go with Finn's recommendation of Andy Thomson's ROM for I9000. WeUI has been a bit stagnant as of late (oh these developers working for free with personal lives LOL) but is pretty great - likely when NS releases his next version, likely it will surpass Andy's but even NS recommends Andy's at this point. Plus I don't think you need GAPPS which was absolute hell for me when I was on WEUI and eventually borked my phone - that's when I switched to SLIM as I wanted to try that.

Right now - don't see me switching until I do something 'bad' again and bork it up (if you have to reflash, why not try something new right!).

Anywho, that's my take - right now for ICS I would go Andy's ROM or SLIM - I would love to try a Kang ROM but just haven't had the time to screw around as of yet.
[Fascinate General] finneginsfast:
I also ran dark knight last week for a few days and quite liked it. Couldn't find any faults in it really, might be worth looking at.
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Off topic - was just on Telus and noticed they have 'any time upgrades' - so you pay off your phone balance, get a new phone - for me today that would be 200 clams :)

Likely will wait until late fall or early next year when it (1) drops lower but more importantly (2) new phones come out - rumours has it Android 5 devices will be launched (which is crazy - not everyone is on ICS yet - a lot of GB out there still).

Is anyone thinking of abandoning our nice little phone yet? ;)
[Fascinate General] finneginsfast:
Thought about it a few times but every time I flash a different rom I feel like my phone is new :D.

I haven't really found a need for new yet but you never know and thanks for the heads up.
[Fascinate General] moosehead11:
You wouldn't happen to have a link for it would you? I had a look around but not sure i am looking in the right spots

Thanks
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
You need to tick the repartition box when flashing froyo... I ran into the same thing.

</not an iPhone>
[Fascinate General] finneginsfast:
And to add to this...the other day when I was doing the same thing, the only way I could get Kies to update was to completely uninstall it the download the latest version off the samsung site. Worked fine after that for some reason.
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Kies is a temperamental mistress

</not an iPhone>
[Fascinate General] Sebasking07:
i have the same number as koocheese . and everything works just fine :) . so i guess i dont have to change it
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Might not cause issues but if you start seeing weird things maybe reflash stock and back up efs just to be sure.
[Fascinate General] Sebasking07:
I have back up my efs folder copy it back but it didnt change my imei number in my about phone info
[Fascinate General] Appetisaac:
She's a whore! Got to step 6 went into rec. but was not given choice to root so chose reboot where I am now stuck.
[Fascinate General] finneginsfast:
I'm pretty sure you can't root a phone through kies if that's what you mean.
[Fascinate General] Appetisaac:
I got GB from kies, installed voodoo from OP with odin. Should have used speedmod.
[Fascinate General] Sebasking07:
you should put speedmod before voodoo
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Yep. Speedmod is the only confirmed way I know to get root on stock GB although I read S1C works now but I have never tried it.

@seabas - your backed up EFS file. What does that look like? How many files in it and does it have an IMEI subject folder?
[Fascinate General] moosehead11:
I rooted my stock GB with S1C with no problems
[Fascinate General] finneginsfast:
I tried the other day with no luck, only worked on froyo for me.
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Likely need the newest version of S1C or a specific one :) in any event rooting GB is only a small step and if you have your EFS backed up and are loading and ICS ROM then you can skip it.

</not an iPhone>
[Fascinate General] koocheese:
What finally got the GB from kies to load?

Miraculously, I found an old backup of nv_data.bin burried in my old drive from when I did the SIM unlock ages ago. Rocking the correct IMEI now!

kies recognizes it as KOR too now, not XXX as before the fix, still no updating.
[Fascinate General] Matt5606:
The only way that kies will recognize your phone after the flash to froyo is to tick repartition in odin. If you dont do that, kies will recognize the phone, but its not in the correct file system for it to upgrade it.
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
oh Matt - off topic - and you likely found it - but in semaphore you can also use the menu button to move down the list in CWM recovery - so you never need to use volume and power if you don't want #protips
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Also guys - if you don't have BOX yet, get it - free 50GB of data for mobile sign up to the 23rd of March - and now Titanium Backup supports it along with dropbox.

http://lifehacker.com/5894431/titanium-backup-updates-adds-boxnet-syncing-for-your-backups

#protips
[Fascinate General] ebenze:
Newbie questions

Hi,

First of all, thanks to all for the awesome threads helping me understand how to upgrade the phone. I've had a Telus T959D for about 6 months now, but have been running Stock GB. I'm ready to take the plunge and install ICS on it as I think the stock ROM is terrible.

That being said, I've taken the time to read this thread as well as the 50+ pages from the OneCosmic ICS thread (which helped spawn this one I believe) and the other couple of threads to try to ensure I have all the necessary info to do this before starting out. However, I do have a few newbie questions that I am hoping someone can help me understand.

I keep reading about modem and modem versions. But I'm not sure how they relate to the phone. Is this the equivalent of roaming lists from Telus CDMA days?

What is the difference between recovery mode and download mode? I think that download mode is the 3 button method (vol up/down & pwr). But how does one boot into recovery mode? Or is that the same thing?

What is the best way to backup the phone (contacts, pictures, etc) before flashing anything? Is there the equivalent of making an "image" of the phone such that I can restore to my phone's exact state if I want later?

Once the phone is rooted, does this also unlock the phone and give me the ability to use it on any network? Or do I need to do something additional if I want that functionality?

I keep reading about running Darky's ROM to restore a stock Froyo. I'm a little confused. Is it impossible to simply restore a stock version of anything on the phone without using custom roms?

I've read some posts discussing calibrating the battery. Is there a reason why this is necessary? Does reflashing/wiping destroy the phones ability to track the battery consumption/voltage and/or predict how much is left? Is there a recommended procedure for best calibrating the battery?

What is meant with respect to "repartioning" in Odin? In my world repartition relates to drive space allocation. I do not understand how it relates to the cell phone.

I would assume that a power-failure in the process of flashing with Odin would be disastrous. That being said, can I do this from a Parallels Windows VM from within my MacBook? Or is it safer to use a Win desktop and hope that there are no power glitches?

I appologize for the newbie-ness of these questions, but I can't seem to wrap my head around some of these things. I'm fairly sure that I'll understand better once I try flashing, but I'm trying to gather as much knowledge as possible to hopefully prevent me doing something stupid and end up bricking my phone.

Thanks for the help!

Eric
[Fascinate General] Appetisaac:
Uninstalled kies and samsung drivers and deleted from program files.Downloaded kies from Telus support page.Updated and ran.
[Fascinate General] finneginsfast:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1468795. Also do a search for the samsung kernel cleaning script. Always use it as it will reduce problems such as bootloops etc.
[Fascinate General] moosehead11:
Is that something you flash after flashing a new kernel?
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Flash it BEFORE installing your new kernel

:)
[Fascinate General] moosehead11:
Thanks!!!
[Fascinate General] Matt5606:
Yeah I've been staring at the sgs3 for quite some time. I drool every time I see it lol.
[Fascinate General] moosehead11:
Out of curiosity when you flash the speedmod kernel initially are you doing with ODIN on your computer or are you using Mobile Odin?
[Fascinate General] finneginsfast:
I've never tried mobile odin...I always use the desktop version.
[Fascinate General] moosehead11:
came across it when i was looking for the desktop version and wasn't sure if it was the latest way of doing things

When using Odin the Speedmod Kernel goes in PDA should anything be checked?
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
do not check any of the 3 boxes - re-partition, auto-reboot, or f reset.

Here's the original how to (and there's a screenshot a few posts down)

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1227618
[Fascinate General] spacekobra:
About switching phones? No, I got this unlocked and I pay 10 a month. Not switching for as long as possible :p MIUI and slim are my favs.

I still have a slight preference to slim. But MIUI is so polished.
[Fascinate General] jonnyb16:
Anyone ever use the fast charge support in the semaphore settings? It says use at own risk so I thought I'd ask first
[Fascinate General] spacekobra:
I used it once. Basically it prevents connecting to a pc when plugged in. But I don't charge via pc so it was useless. use at risk because you won't be able to connect to a pc when that's enabled.
[Fascinate General] jonnyb16:
So it's really only a benefit if your charging by PC?
[Fascinate General] spacekobra:
To my knowledge yes. It didn't do anything different when I plugged in from an outlet.
[Fascinate General] jonnyb16:
I see, thanks for the info.
[Fascinate General] finneginsfast:
I use it although I haven't seen any significant difference. I believe it's supposed to be effective when charging via low voltage sources such as pc or car chargers by allowing a higher charge current.
[Fascinate General] jonnyb16:
Hmm, so I just flashed slim 3.8 from 3.6. I didn't do the data wipe, just cache. Everything seems to be working fine so far except now the phone doesn't work. I can open the app but when I try and phone someone it tells me the Android app has stopped. But then it actually still makes the call, and flashes that error a few times. Any ideas?
[Fascinate General] Dayfid:
There's a fix for that in the Update Me app I believe. Try that.
[Fascinate General] moosehead11:
Thanks!!
[Fascinate General] jonnyb16:
Genius!! thank you.
[Fascinate General] spacekobra:
Hey finn, have you come across any good MIUI themes?
[Fascinate General] Dayfid:
No problem. Glad it fixed it. :)
[Fascinate General] finneginsfast:
Sorry, I don't dabble in themes.
[Fascinate General] spacekobra:
Alright. Thanks anyways. I'll hopefully find one I like. Right now I'm all mixed up. The default theme is really nice though
[Fascinate General] moosehead11:
NEED SOME HELP!!!

So i flashed Slim 3.8 and everything went great, but now for the life of me i can't figure out how to get my efs folder back onto my phone
[Fascinate General] spacekobra:
That's weird. I had no issue with efs for slim.

But anyways, use a file explorer that can reach root. Copy the efs over and reboot

As in, the main level of root if that wasn't too clear
[Fascinate General] finneginsfast:
Just copy your efs folder and paste it onto the root of your phones file system. It'll probably ask you if you want to merge or overwrite your existing one, say yes then reboot. Should be back to how it should be after that.

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I gotta say, we sure all know what we like when we like the roms we've flashed, it's so evident to me now. I've just finished flashing Mintberry, then Team Nyx V5 then all the way back to Miui v5 where I came from, full circle.

I could only give those roms about 1/2hr of playtime till it became obvious as to what I really prefer.
[Fascinate General] moosehead11:
Ya i tried coping it using ES File Explorer but it says "efs copy failed"...some of the files have moved over but it seems like it won't move the nv_data.bin file
[Fascinate General] finneginsfast:
Do you have root privileges granted for ES file manager?
[Fascinate General] moosehead11:
Yes...i can move everything but that one file...which i am going to assume is the file that i really need to make it work
[Fascinate General] finneginsfast:
Hmm not sure what to tell ya, I'd try a reboot then make another attempt.
[Fascinate General] moosehead11:
YA tried that a couple times too...is there any way to copy the folder from my computer to the right spot...either by mounting the SD or through recovery?
[Fascinate General] finneginsfast:
You should be able to, not 100% sure how to enable usb on that rom. Should be something like dropping down the notification bar and enabling it. Try transferring that way, good luck. I've never had a problem with that process before...
[Fascinate General] moosehead11:
any one else have a "lost+found" folder in there esf folder? Its on my phone now but its not in the original folder from my pre flashed phone...tried deleting it since there are no files in it but it won't let me

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is there a size limit on a file that can be moved to the efs folder?? the nv_data.bin file is like 2Mb
[Fascinate General] finneginsfast:
There's a lost and found in mine, don't know of any limits regarding file sizes.
[Fascinate General] moosehead11:
this might be a dumb question but do i need to flash a modem in order to get this to work or should the stock one be ok?
[Fascinate General] daoom:
I had the same issues, ES File Explorer just would not write anything to the EFS folder. I even tried doing it with Terminal Emulator and finally with ADB and kept getting an "out of memory" error.

I finally just flashed back to stock 2.2 since it's late and I need sleep.
[Fascinate General] moosehead11:
You wouldn't happen to have a link to the stock Froyo files would you???

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finally got all the files to my efs folder but still no service...checked the nv.log file and it says that nvdata.bin is the wrong size...only 104kb instead of 2Mb

any have any thoughts or suggestions??

Also can some give me a list of whats in there efs folder in case i am missing something...i shouldn't be since i copied the whole folder but at this time i am lost for an answer
[Fascinate General] daoom:
There's a link to the stock 2.2 files in the first thread.
[Fascinate General] moosehead11:
Well finally up and running on slim 3.8 with a working efs...had to flash a different ics from and then copy efs and then reflash slim

Now I just need a better modem I think the stock one seems a little weak signal wise
[Fascinate General] moosehead11:
Well had to switch to ICSSGS since it appears that Slim3.8 hates me...everything seemed to be ok until i realized a little while ago that i can't send or receive phone calls...an error pops up says com. android.phone has stopped...anyone know what is happening there?? On ICSSGS i can send and receive calls fine
[Fascinate General] Dayfid:
Open the Update Me app, go into the apps section scroll down and download the Phone apk. It will fix it.
[Fascinate General] jonnyb16:
Easy fix on that, just go into the update Me app, there is a fix there for the phone issue. This just happened to me yesterday.
[Fascinate General] Dayfid:
Does anyone know anything about the ICS encryption error? Was that ever fixed and has anyone ever got it?
[Fascinate General] moosehead11:
ok...giving this another shot

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Excellent i now have a working phone:-)
[Fascinate General] spacekobra:
I can't say I know what you are talking about. And I've used a bunch of ics roms.
[Fascinate General] moosehead11:
Can the default lightning launcher be uninstalled if I decide to use a different one? Hate being constantly asked to choose one or other
[Fascinate General] jonnyb16:
You can use titanium backup to uninstall or freeze the app if you like
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
TB will work but just set your favorite launcher ad tge default - the prompts will stop (until an update)

In terms of the phone, kravind supplies very specific instructions on his change logs so be sure to read those as he tweaks his ROM. The phone and other issues are detailed there.
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Me either.
[Fascinate General] Dayfid:
Really? Well that's good then. It hit people randomly. It says "Encryption Unsuccessful" then a bunch of other stuff and your only option is "Reset Phone" or something like that and it locks you out of your internal SD card or something.

I'll look for a link that actually describes it better.

Edit:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1621835

Also if you Google "Encryption Unsuccessful- Reset Phone" a ton of other threads come up about it too.
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Never seen anything like that (that thread is for an SII as well) although they are blaming a corrupt EFS folder, do again note the importance of backing up and restoring that folder. :)
[Fascinate General] spacekobra:
Jpm, are you still on slim? What's the default dpi? I found the dpi settings in the build.prop

I'm sure you can guess where this is heading ^_^
[Fascinate General] moosehead11:
Got to say coming from stock GB i am loving this ROM...i watch alot of recorded tv on my phone (1hr train ride each way to work) and i don't know if this ROM has better codecs but the picture quality is way better then when i was on stock...the only issue i am having is the battery life is crap right now...not sure if i need to dumb down some settings or not...thinking i do need to reset my Batt stats though
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Need to give it a few recharges and it should settle out.
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Might be tired but I can't :) but yeah still on slim and my dpi is 182.
[Fascinate General] spacekobra:
I'm putting my dpi back to 182. That was one of the things I liked about slim. The lower dpi made the phone feel so much bigger.

As well as give me more space for things. (unless MIUI doesn't allow it)

MIUI is starting to grown on me. It's really polished
[Fascinate General] Dayfid:
It effects more than the S2, It was just an example. :P Oh well. Hopefully none of us have to deal with this issue. I have several back ups. One on both of my SD cards, and a copy on my Box account. :P
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Miui is great. One of my favorites but I still like slim which gets pretty quick updates, nice battery life, and some good features past standard AOSP.
[Fascinate General] spacekobra:
Yeah, slim and MIUI are the best. MIUI is missing a true app drawer and some aosp features that were kinda convenient. But it make a up for it in polish and other features. Their superuser is really fluid.

Low dpi doesn't bode well on MIUI. Back to 240 (I think it's 240)
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
If you use an alternate launcher on Miui you will have the app drawer back (but it is built for its launcher)
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
Slim 3.9 is out - be sure to read the changelog if you are updating - lots of changes including a <sigh> slim gapps flashable </sigh>
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
QUESTION with lots of folks flashing these days, is this thread helpful? Are the OPs helpful?

The goal was to try as put as much in one place as possible (without getting into specifics on specific ROMs as they change too much) and one thread to help T959D users.

Anything else I should put in the OPs based on recent experience?
[Fascinate General] finneginsfast:
I think this thread has been helpful but since we don't have a place to call our own, this thread is the place everyone has been coming to. I think it's lost it's course somewhat...

But it's active and this is really the only place to get other Canadian's with 959D's attention for questions and problems to be solved unfortunately. We have a somewhat unique situation with our phones here but don't loose heart.
[Fascinate General] moosehead11:
also noticed that i am having kind of the same battery issue as stock GB where i charge my phone until it says charged and as soon as i unplug it the battery indicator drops from 100% to like 98%, 95% or some or %...is there a fix for that

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This Thread has been great and very helpful...not sure i would have taken the plunge and Flashed a custom ROM if i hadn't found it
[Fascinate General] finneginsfast:
That's normal...
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
This has only happened to me on Darkys. For slim I would suggest reflashing with your battery at 100% and wiping your battery stats along with cache and dalvik.
[Fascinate General] moosehead11:
Thanks

Will try that when i upgrade to 3.9
[Fascinate General] finneginsfast:
Wiping battery stats is a myth: http://www.xda-developers.com/andro...-battery-stats-does-not-improve-battery-life/
[Fascinate General] jpmccarthy:
So they say. I still do it :) no harm no foul