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[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] zander21510:
I think we're confusing Rom Manager with Clockwork Mod...

Rom Manager is an app made by koush, its a downloadable market app thats included with Cyanogenmod and other roms (on other phones) that makes it easy to install a ROM without bothering with booting into recovery. I used it extensively during my Nexus days, though on the t989 many roms you have to super wipe or do a lot of advanced things you can only do inside clockwork mod.

ClockworkMod is a recovery manager for your android phone, also made by Koush. The classic version that has been on all phones is the non-touch type, latest version is 5.0.2.7. You use the power button and volume rocker to navigate. There is another version dubbed ClockworkMod Touch, latest version is 5.8 something...you can actually navigate with touchscreen in this.

Many people's problems, I've experienced it too, is that CWM touch likes to reboot randomly during crucial moments (during a backup, MD5 creation, flashing a ROM...), leaving the potential for (and in some cases it actually has) bricked phones. Plus the touchscreen navigation is tempermental, its just not very responsive or accurate. Very dangerous bugs for such a sensitive area on the phone.

So do yourself a favor...use ClockworkMod, the originial. Its not going to kill you to navigate with the volume rocker and power button...it actually makes you pay attention and go slower so you don't make mistakes and push the wrong thing. Its easy to install...with Rom Manager! Download it from the market, when you open it near the top there will be a button to flash the latest ClockworkMod. It will be the non touch type.

As stated above, I wouldn't use the ROM flashing functions of Rom Manager with our phone, but it does have an easy button to reboot into recovery for roms without the option in the shutdown menu. It's the easiest way to flash CWM though.

Hope this helps.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Babyj303:
You guys can stop "trippin" there are 2 roms under the dl section in rom manager for our phone DO NOT IN ANY WAY SHAPE OR FORM FLASH THIS TO YOUR SGH-T989!!! it WILL BRICK YOUR DEVICE!!! Somebody just needs to email koush about it so they can be removed. IMHO dl to your phone or pc and then flash away a superwipe is recommended. I for one am iffy with rom manager because it errors out on restores sometimes.

Sent from MY Juggernaut!!!:eek:
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] BaconStep:
Holy christ time to flash back to original clockworkmod. Later touch recovery.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Darmokk:
Still rockin the original CWM, never saw all the fuss about the touch stuff. Manually toggling is much safer and reliable IMO
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Bermudian:
I see that people have mistaken that I was talking about not using CMW. Let me explain. CMW (Clockwork Mod Recovery) and ROM Manager are two different things. You get CMW from ROM Manager. You use CMW to flash ROMs. Some people use ROM Manager to flash ROMs instead of CMW. That's the way you get bricked. By flashing ROM's that aren't on ROM Manager. I hope this clears it up.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] :
I was unaware people still used Rom Manager.....

Thought we upgraded to ODIN, ADB and Heimdall
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] sbell7105:
ROM manager will not brick your phone! If it does get bricked it was user error! Please close this thread
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] rsfaze:
the OP says it bricked his phone, yet then says he flashed back to stock LOL. If your phone is a BRICK it's dead and does NOTHING.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] darkamikaze:
There's also soft brick which can be saved. He was most likely referring to that.

ODIN is really crappy software IMO.. Despite its uses.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] zander21510:
Even rom manager has its uses...I wouldn't use it to flash ROMS, because often with our phones you need more wiping than just data & cache, which is all it can do before it flashes a rom. It however it can be used to easily flash CWM and for phones without the option in the shutdown menu, you can use rom manager to reboot straight into CWM.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Racing19969:
Guy's, what he is trying to tell you is that there are 2 ROMS that can be dowloaded and installed by ROM MANAGER that WILL BRICK YOUR PHONE. They are listed as T989 roms but they are actually for the International SGS2....
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] bluepenny65:
He's accurate about what he described in this thread. I created a similar thread (probably got deleted) yesterday about the same issue. Just because you haven't experienced bricking yours doesn't mean he shouldn't warn others.

I hard-bricked my T989 just simply trying to boot into recovery (non-touch CWM) from the Rom Manager app...and I have read similar issues. The phone goes fcuking dead. :eek:

UPS just dropped off my replacement phone today...ready to be rooted for an ICS AOSP ROM if I can find one. Done with CM7 for now.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Melon_Bread:
There isn't one that fully works with data and audio
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] mojorisin7178:
The only thing I keep seeing in this thread that I really do not agree with is the use of rom manager to flash CWM. I could be wrong but as far as I know if you use rom manager to install CWM it fake flashes it. It does not write it to the recovery partition or something like that. The problem is if you cant boot your phone up then you can not get to CWM to restore your backups. The vol up+down+power combo will not work. So yeah its easy to install cwm but you really need to use odin to instally it otherwise you are setting yourself up for a potential headache. Again I am not an expert so if I am wrong can someone please correct me.

I know I read about it when I decided to root my G2x which was my first android phone.

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1056847

That is where I read it the only difference is they use nvflash instead of odin but it is the same thing just for the tegra 2 chip.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] zander21510:
This is not true. I've always used rom manager to flash cwm and the volume trick does work. So long as you have root access I don't see the problem
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] bbobarino:
I agree I NEVER use rom mangler cough I mean manager!! Coming from the sgs4g where rm is not supported I have always been skeptical. I don't even use it to install the recovery.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] jets76:
ROM manager is good for installing CWM right after rooting. That's about it.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] scuzzbag87:
Meh I'll stick with the touch recovery never had any problems.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] .hapster.:
Maybe I've just been lucky, I don't know, but I have used ROM Manager to install several different ROMs on this phone with no probs. All of the ones I've played around with were d/l'd from this site. I had far more probs installing ROMs on my OG Moto Droid than I have with my GS2.

-- Sent from my Galaxy S II
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] quincyfbaby420:
I've never tried flashing thru rom manager but clockwork recovery has worked just fine everytime that I've flashed a custom rom on my sgh-t989
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] eugene373:
I HATE the word Soft Brick!

No Such thing, either it's a Brick or not, and I should know, I've bricked more phone then I really care to admit!

Regarding the Touch Recovery.. I've Brick a T989 using that Recovery due to errors & I'll never use it again regardless.

Rom Manager, I think it's an awesome App, I've even paid for it... but, there's issues on the user end & not reading and so forth.....

Just my thoughts,

~Eugene
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] bowenac:
Well hate to say it but yea Rom Manager bricked my phone by using the reboot to recovery option, when I selected that... the phone turned off and never turned back on. I can't get into download mode either. Anyone else every experience this?

Again that is all I did launched the app and selected reboot to recovery. This has never happened to me before on any device... but that is exactly what happened. I will never ever use this app again.
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] rymanh:
I don't trust anything except for my custom recovery when it comes to Flashing ANYTHING!
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] RushAOZ:
The only thing I use ROM manager for is flashing the latest version of official CWM. I never use it to flash ROMs. Flash the ROMs yourself you lazy turds lol. =D
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] vck11:
..

I don't know why but I have never trusted this app...
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] manhhung1420:
No problem with rom manager
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] PJcastaldo:
Rom Manager is developed and maintained by one of the most respected and trusted developers in all of Android.. Koush has been around longer than most of you have owned an android device.. There is nothing wrong with Rom Manager or CWM.. After Amonra (most of you have no idea what Among RA is....) was longer in development cwm was the ONLY recovery and paved the way for all of the gray recovery options we have today. I'd even say we don't even have devs that come close to his skill level..

Personally I prefer twrp.. but cwm and rom manager are perfectly safe and if it bricked your device then its probably your fault ..

Edit : also alot of the cwm recovery options we have are not even official btw..
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Papa Smurf151:
Locking this as I locked the same thread yesterday

XDA Moderator
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Supamike88:
Is there a way to just have it on in the text application?
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MamaGlue:
can you specify which rom you are using and version
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Supamike88:
Android Revolution 7.02
[myTouch 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] MamaGlue:
never used that ROM before but i think it would be better to post this question in the android revolution thread

also i thought gb supported auto rotation in the messaging app by default
[EVO Shift 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] mrbsb:
Just rooted my girlfriend replacement Shift, what's the most up-to-date ROM, that doesn't require a DATA WIPE?
[EVO Shift 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] prboy1969:
They are all going to require, or suggest a " DATA Wipe. It will ensure a better flash.
[EVO Shift 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] larry0987:
If you're rooted just backup with titanium or similar then you can restore your data after flashing
[EVO Shift 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] prboy1969:
That's a really not a good idea, it can cause issues. Especially if it's system data. Game data, some third party apps, maybe even messages can usually be restored without issue. But system data IMO most times leads to issues.

TEAM MiK

MikROMs Since 3/13/11
[EVO Shift 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] larry0987:
Sorry, I assume nobody would restore system data. I only use it for apps and game data like XDA or angry birds
[EVO Shift 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] strapped365:
I think we had about a 6 week span of time when people was doing nothing more than resotring system data from like aosp/Sense or vice versa....that was a headache.

There are a few games I restore data from. But its always Sense/Sense or aosp/aosp:

Angry Brids

Contract Killer

Front Line Commando

Drag Racing and so on.

*APPS*

Tapatalk

XDA Premium

And maybe a couple others

*Some Shifters use Google Voice for SMS because you don't have to worry, all them texts are on google.com/voice. But there are certain ways to set that up so you don't get duplicate texts, or the goofy 1009 text for voicemails.

The reason why all of the roms posted here call for a system wipe is because they are all optimized in their own way, some have opted apps, some roms are 100% rebuilt from ground up starting with optimization. Some ROMS are ports from a different device, or the Android flavor is different all together, which means framework has changed. So a full system wipe isn't always a bad thing, when you look at what can be gained from what little bits of data lost

*Edit*

My process for a new ROM is use TB to backup the apps I downloaded from market.

Boot to recovery

Nand backup

Format system

Format SD-EXT ( not the SD card )

Format cache

Format data

And wipe dalvik cache

Flash ROM

Reboot

Wait 10 minutes then dive right in

All that leads to 100% flawless installs every time
[EVO Shift 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] alanthemanofchicago:
How I do it:

Titanium backup batch - all user apps + data

Uncheck the apps I don't really use (this is when I get rid of stuff I don't really need)

Nandroid

Userdata Wipe

format /system

Install rom

Install TiB and batch restore all missing apps+data.

Done Sense/Sense, Aosp/Sense and all variants, and rarely have problems. Just be careful going from GB to ICS, sometimes it can be a little balky.

EDIT: You can't go wrong with a Mik rom.

And, FWIW, I use gvoice.
[Captivate General] kruuth:
I'm in China(Beijing) and I have an M-Zone sim card. Does anyone know what I need to do in order to get data on my captivate?
[Android Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] wyldkard:
As posted on the XDA portal and several other sites, the Galaxy Note (ATT) can be modded to run on T-Mobile's 4G network.

I am trying to find out what other phones can do this, preferably out of the box, whether they are ATT branded or international GSM. I have seen listings on ebay that sell Galaxy Nexus GSM versions with claims of working on 4G network but I havent seen this confirmed anywhere.

What do I need to look for in a phone's specs regarding GSm and UMTS frequencies that will tell me if the phone can run on T-Mobile's 3G or 4G network?

I use phonearena as a source for phone specs and according to wikipedia, 1700 and 1900 but plenty of phones have those frequencies so the answer cant be that simple, can it?
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] dirt_squirrel:
Hey all, I'm just wondering what apps are safe to freeze with titanium?

I've never tried this before and I'm looking to cut down on resource usage in an effort to increase my battery life. LTE, music and surfing during my commute have me at about 30-40% by lunchtime.

Aside from freezing apps, can anybody recommend anything besides a battery app, or should I give juice defender another go?
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] Bwyan Benton:
I currently have a bunch frozen in testing....and I have deleted all the rogers apps, pre installed games...and anything that was preinstalled from the marketplace ie: adobe reader, adobe flash.

Give it another week and I can update you on all the apps I have frozen that should be safe.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] cannothas:
I'm on AT&T, so I started by deleting all their bs. Then I removed the 1/2 of carrier iq that was available to remove. But I haven't frozen anything. Curious to see your list!

Sent from my HTC PH39100
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] Bwyan Benton:
Yes, give me another week so I can make sure I don't have problems. I'll update in this thread.
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] cannothas:
Any results yet?

Sent from my HTC PH39100
[HTC Vivid, Raider, Velocity] Bwyan Benton:
Yes...I'm at work right now. So I will write my list tonight. Everything I have frozen is good and no problems.
[XPERIA X8 General] x8Break:
i installed this rom http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1362585

but im new to this so i must did something wrong

and now it dosent stuck on Sonny Ericson ..

its stucks on XPERIA Logo idk what is this ..

XPERIA in shiny letters

whice stuck after 5m

i need help i ddunno what to do

i tried SEUS and its not working any more its stuck on

Phone Connection something ..

im afraid my phone is not able to be fix ..

can u help me ?
[XPERIA X8 General] RoberGalarga:
You already flashed the nAa kernel or any other custom kernel? MiniCM doesn't work on stock kernel.
[XPERIA X8 General] Mayank77:
Firstly , Your's is a soft brick. Easily recoverable. Use PCC/SEUS.

Open PCC

Under "Support Zone" , click "start"

Start " phone software update"

Click "Repair Phone"

Follow the subsequent steps... Your phone is recovered.

Secondly , Only flash ROMS which are meant for stock kernel (I presume you have not unlocked bootloader)

Do NOT flash a ROM if it does not support stock kernel.

Thirdly , this is a "General" section. Not a "Q&A" section. Be careful next time :)
[XPERIA X8 General] zmuhammx:
Obiviously he is on stock when he mentions stuck on xperia logo....
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] mikep401:
does the antenna modual have anything to do with picking up the 4g signal
[Kindle Fire General] skm1892:
My kindle is stuck on the Yellow Triangle and When i Plug it into the computer (win 7) all it does is turn on and off and so the computer cant recognize it . please help please
[Kindle Fire General] ProtheusIRC:
Your battery is dead. Plug it into the wall and let it charge for 30 mins to an hour and it will boot right back up. Happened to me recently and I freaked out too lol
[Kindle Fire General] powerpoint45:
If a wall charger doesnt work you will need a factory cable
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 General] tandob:
can anyone give me the default samsung keyboard ? 3x4 key style.
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 General] NeelDroid:
Stock Keyboard

Try this--> Samsung Stock Keyboard(For deodexed roms)

If u r not sure about it... download from here what u need.. files r in the attachments.
[Galaxy Y GT-S5360 General] noobwithgalaxyy:
Do you have the stock keyboard?

If yes, goto settings > locale and text> Samsung keyboard.. Under portrait select 3x4.

Hope it helps :D

Sent from my Awesome Galaxy Y
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kyokeun1234:
I have android ics 4.0.4 on my i9020a and battery had been pretty bad... so I went to battery setting to see what's draining my battery and Android system was taking around 40% of my battery... is this normal? I though battery issue was fixed, was it not? I am not rooted, so is there any way to fix this? I would love to post a screenshot but doesn't work for me for some reason...
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] urko95:
Do you update your Nexus manually or via OTA? As I know, the update of 4.0.4, at first, came to 9020T and 9023 ,and then, came tu Nexus S 4G but not to 9020A! If I'm wrong, correct me please.

Regards,

Urko

PS: Can anyone thanks me? I can't release my Rom on the Dev section because I don't have 10 posts thanked! Ahh and the post was made a little bit with Google Traductor, I'm 16 years old.. xD Sorry
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] noemberday:
i imagine something is keeping your ns from sleeping;

google talk camera bug might be the culprit.

http://code.google.com/p/android/issues/detail?id=22878

"Comment 48 by rob.heit...@solertium.com, Dec 17, 2011

After some more playing today, the bluetooth radio power issue seems to be just a small rounding error on whatever else is going on.

There's an issue with Google Talk where it opens the camera at boot and the phone never goes into deep sleep again; has anyone else on this thread tried opening and closing the camera after a reboot, *then* see if CPUSpy says deep sleep is being entered? On my i9020a with CM9 a11, the camera trick allows me to start entering deep sleep ... still measuring to see how much that really helps. It would sure be nice if this was just an app bug!"
[Nexus S Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] AeroEchelon:
Hold the power button and vol. down button to take a screenshot. We need these screenshots at any attempt to help you.

You could also install BetterBatteryStats (http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1179809) to see if any app is producing a WAKELOCK. (i.e. not letting your phone enter sleep.)
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] indiankid25:
hey guys is there anyway i can port the CRT animation from one rom to another? and if i can can someone please tell me how i can do it
[T-Mobile Samsung Galaxy S II SGH-T989] Actionx1:
I would love to know as well.

CRT on

CRT off

Sent from my iPhone
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] x8Break:
i installed this rom http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1362585

but im new to this so i must did something wrong

and now it dosent stuck on Sonny Ericson ..

its stucks on XPERIA Logo idk what is this ..

XPERIA in shiny letters

whice stuck after 5m

i need help i ddunno what to do

i tried SEUS and its not working any more its stuck on

Phone Connection something ..

im afraid my phone is not able to be fix ..

can u help me ?
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] fenixcro:
Try this!
[XPERIA X8 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Mayank77:
It's a soft brick.

Use PCC/SEUS
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Ph0z3:
so i swept everything VIA odin 1.7 & 1.8: root+3e, no-root, GTG's-unbrick, every way possible... and everything is still installed and NOT stock... WTF?

was originally on ZEUS 5.2, tried to flash Z-TR, and had issues, then after spending almost 2 hours screwing with this, and flashing my phone 6 times now, still having issues.

it loads with ADW-EX (my install) and TW (stock) and if i select ADW, then all my apps try to load, but FC in order of boot sequence. Then if i load TW, everything seems to load fine, but none of my apps will run..

i just want to return to COMPLETE STOCK so i can freakin load Z-TR.

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i dont know what the hell im doing wrong, but the phone WILL NOT return to stock. ive tried everything. ive flash with un-brick, ive tried odin, and i get the same result every damn time.

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someone help me please.
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Erik_T:
You can has kies loaded up? GTG's ultimate unbrick is a little funny at times. Takes a while to get it working. ;)
[Samsung Infuse 4G] BrassGuy:
Read everything First!:)

If I were you... and I have been in that exact position. This will wipe everything and you'll have to manually set everything back up but will ensure the cleanest install possible.

Go into CWM

-wipe data/factory reset....yes

-wipe cache partition....yes

Go to "Mounts and Storage"

-format boot...yes

-format system...yes

-format data...yes

-format cache...yes

-format sdcard...yes

Reboot Recovery and use Qkster's Heimdall Packages

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1524081

Make sure to do the first (heimdall stock uclb3) twice the second time with bootloaders checked

Then use the heimdall package in the second post (same page as above) to install Entropy's Kernel which will give you CWM

Let it boot...don't set it up or anything just copy ZTR (or whatever rom you want)

Reboot into CWM flash zip and enjoy!
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Ph0z3:
right on... since im on Ubuntu ill try Heimdall one more time i suppose for thrills! lol

... i really hope it works this time around, cause im about 2 seconds from throwing my phone in the toilet, calling it "water damage" and going to get a new one.. lulz

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...as for the formatting everything, if i format the SD, that would do the INTERNAL, correct? ...meaning i need to pull everything i want saved off of there, to my comp & load it back on once completed?

- what about formatting the system? ..will that wipe any saved items i have?

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** also... thank you for the help! :)
[Samsung Infuse 4G] BrassGuy:
Yeah the wipes I prescribed will wipe absolutely everything. Back up your pics, videos, music, etc to a computer so you can put them back on.

The process I described is what I do whenever anything is acting strange...or ..... before I flash a rom I intend to use for more than a couple days.

It wouldn't hurt to run Qkster's EFS back up script either and store that away in a safe place...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1561463
[Samsung Infuse 4G] Ph0z3:
bah... thats alot of work... i think ill just do Heimdall for now, then if im still having quicks, ill reformat EVERYTHING.

what i reformatted everything EXCEPT for the SD? ...what all would be deleted inside the /system directory?
[Samsung Infuse 4G] BrassGuy:
You can format as little or as much as you want:) Just trying to give you the cleanest slate possible... Good Luck:D