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[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] bhundven:
CM9 recovery is CWM.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] jmp328:
Need some help

I desperately want to update my Galaxy S 4G, but most of these instructions are in part or techie speak. I have been looking through the threads, but can't find clear instructions.

Could someone please point me to a good post with clear directions?
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] hechoen:
These are as clear as can be.

CM9 Install

If you don't understand it it's up to you to educate yourself more. The terms might seem "techie" to you but there really not. Just spend a ton of time reading all the stickies and googling. Good luck.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] mguelph:
Same issue here.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] m4xm4n:
Something broke in our open source version of low power mode between CM7 and CM9. I'm looking into it this week.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] webxs:
Thank you, I only thought I have a problem. :rolleyes:
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] jrgbx:
Help

I was using FB Valhalla Version which is awesome, I am trying to Install Cyanogen 9 but I got a E: Verification Error so I toggled the signature verification using CWM-Based Voodoo Lagfix Recovery v5.0.2.7 It opens the pack ... installing update... installation aborted... can anyone help?

Should I update to Cyanogen 7 and then 9?

Update: THX! :D Ill try that...
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] falcons2:
Flash cm7 first then boot back into recovery to flash cm9 and you'll be good to go. That's exactly what I did and I had no problems
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] jrgbx:
Quick question too... how to I flash the .img file? I usually just flash the zip. Sorry for the newbie question but I haven't done this in awhile... last cyanogen flash I did was on the G1 days
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] mierkat09:
Is anybody else having problems with weak wifi?
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] jrgbx:
Using CWM-Based Voodoo Lagfix Recovery v5.0.2.7 It opens the pack ... installing update... installation aborted... can anyone help?

I tried installing CM9 from Valhalla FB Edition, got the installation aborted... So then I tried installing cm7 got the same message.

Help
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] falcons2:
Sounds like a bad download try redownloading it then flashing
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Shortbus-Driver:
This really is bad ass....

Also if you Google cm9 themes....there's plenty out there

Edit: just noticed I can't stream video on veetle. :-(

I'm a huge veetle fan,does anyone know how to correct this?
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] jrgbx:
Thank you I was able to install both CM7 and CM9... currently awaiting the awesome CM9 boot logo to finish...

UPDATE: OMG!! LOVE IT!! THX ACID TEAM!
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Wodensman:
Is there any chance of Overclocking being supported down the line? I can semi-work with the weak wi-fi, but overclocking is necessary to get some things to run smoothly. OMG I just noticed all my contacts are GONE. I cannot import from sim!!!
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Shortbus-Driver:
Wodensman

Flash ICS gapps and you will have Google and can get your contacts from Gmail backup
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] AntonX:
I'm waiting for the dust to settle and everything become a little more stable with the ROM. I was not interested much in CM7 (same GB anyway), but CM9 is a different story and I am interested ;) So I'll wait a little and if nobody adds OC/UV by then, I'll add it.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Wodensman:
OH HELLS YEA! I loved your OC kernel I was using with VB. I was just thinking about you too. I was like "I haven't seen Anton post in a while, he's missing all this!

---------- Post added at 02:10 PM ---------- Previous post was at 02:09 PM ----------

I guess I never saved a backup with gmail. I just always saved contacts to SIM, thinking I would never lose them. I never lost my SIM data when I flashed anything else. Damn. Now I can't hit anyone up to make sure my SMS is working.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] eollie:
Hampsterblade has said he will look into getting a oc/uv enabled kernel in the future.

You need to be using google to backup contacts. Having to convert from proprietary Samsung BML to open source MTD there is something that cant be ported in because of it being closed source so importing contacts from the sim seems to be broken for now. You can also export your contacts to the sd card and import them latter. Never rely on just saving that kind of important stuff on your sim card.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] sutexibunsu:
I'm also having issues with excessive battery drain. Normally I'm able to read up on things and figure it out without any help, but this is beyond me.

Here's the problem: The phone seems to be constantly switching back and forth between HSPA+ and 3G. I'm in an area with solid HSPA+ coverage, so this shouldn't be a problem. Going into the Battery Usage menu, the mobile network symbol line is a solid line (see attached screenshot). While this is going on, the phone back gets unreasonably warm. Total battery life is around 6 hrs with a 2,300 mA battery (I've gotten over two days using stock + AntonX's Basic w/ Twist).

Since others have been talking about fantastic battery life, I'm figuring I did something wrong. Maybe someone can help out.

Here's what I did:

1. Heimdall one-click stock UVKJ6

2. Heimdall AntonX Basic w/ Twist 1.1.0 no OC/UV

3. Boot to Red CWM, install CM7 R11B zip.

4. Phone boots to Blue CWM, install CM7 R11 R11B zip (x2).

5. Reboots to Blue CWM, install CM9 zip and GApps zip.

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.

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[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] eollie:
Save a nandroid backup of this. One click to kj6 restore your contacts then save them to google. Or export to your sdcard. Then flash back to ics and restore your nandroid.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] m4xm4n:
I'll be adding overclocking to the kernel soon. It's on my list of things to do.

Short list of things I'll be doing this week and next:

Fix FFC orientation

Fix playlpm on ICS

Add data usage tracking (needs some kernel stuff added, pretty easy)

Add overclocking to kernel
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] eollie:
Would it be possible to get a flashable zip of the kernel and cwm? I cant make a backup with TWRP and really would like to have a backup. I could just flash over and not inject twrp but Im trying to avoid having to setup my phone again. If that is the only option I have then Ill do it.

Also the padded modems FB has posted can they be used on CM9/AOKP?
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] jmp328:
1. Download the ROM zip file to your SD card

where is the ROM zip file? I think I understand everything ... but I am hanging up on this.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] FBis251:
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=27854042&postcount=4
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] hipsterindian:
My battery life is pretty ****ty. Can you help?
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] th3controller:
If you just recently flashed CyanogenMod 9 into your device, please wait a few days for the phone to stabalise/calibrate itself. Allot of processes are running when you first turn on your phone from a freshly flashed device, thus eating more battery.

You can also save battery by setting the governor as SmartAssV2, tuning down the brightness (I find the brightness too high even in the lowest brightness), or using tweaks to improve battery life using Pimp My Rom.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] hipsterindian:
Cool thanks. I wasn't sure which governor to use so that helps tremendously. Previously I used conservative.

I will try pimp my from and any tweaks.

Also it my phone doesn't seem to be recognizing when I plug it into comp. I have debugging and mass storage enabled.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] th3controller:
If you have a 32 bit system use this http://dl.dropbox.com/u/66510956/Android/usbdeview-x32.zip

If you have a 64 bit system use this http://dl.dropbox.com/u/66510956/Android/usbdeview-x64.zip

Unplug your device first, then run the program and uninstall any Samsung/Android drivers. You will find out if they're Samsung or Android if they have any "samsung" or "android" keywords.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] hipsterindian:
I previously had an android driver but it doesn't seem to show up on the usbdeview.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Pancake Modz:
This might be a stupid question but why dont I have 4g on this ROM? Did I do something wrong? :confused:
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] kdkd008:
Hello,

I have a quick question and I hope you can help me with it. I had a ton of issues with my phone, when it rebooted it wouldn't actually start up; it would just show the batter sign. The only way for me to get it working was to use Odin to flash back to stock, it was annoying. I finally was able to download ROM Manager and was able to flash the nightly build of CyanogenMod Unofficial Galaxys4. There are definitely a lot of bugs in this BUT when I reboot my phone, it actually starts back up which is very nice.

I wanted to ask if there was a more stable version of 4.1.2 out there? Even if all the options aren't working, I'd still like to try to flash it. I tried flashing ICS before and it failed a lot and I had a ton of problems with the phone. I'm satisfied right now with what I have but there are a few things missing like wifi, etc from this nightly build. Was just wonder if like SlimBean would be a better option? Or is there something much better than both of these?

Thanks,

Khalid
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] hechoen:
Yep. Not enough research. H=4G

ROM Manager doesn't work with this phone(unless koush changed that recently). Look under the battery and post you're model number. If you do indeed have a t959v how did you go about installing the recovery with ROM Manager?
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] kdkd008:
SGH T959V

I bought this phone off of CL. I had flashed stock then downloaded ROM Manager from Google Play. I had also flashed at one point a kernel that supposedly had CWM recovery on it. In all honesty, I have no idea what's on it anymore and what I did. I tried a 100 different things to try to sort out of the phone. All I know is right now I have a nightly build of 4.1.2 on it and it's buggy but it's better than the previous option.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] hechoen:
OK. First thing you need to do is un-install ROM Mangler. DO NOT USE THE APP. You have a current recovery so you're good to go. Do all of your flashing through the recovery only. JB builds right now are all ALPHA so they are gonna be buggy. You can flash CM9 and you'll be much happier until the JB bugs are worked out.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] kdkd008:
Can you please link me to the CM9 build that you've mentioned with the gapps for it too? Thanks!
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] th3controller:
Slim Bean is now beta monsieur

Go find it your self, I'll give you a hint its in the development section ;)
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] kdkd008:
I appreciate your help. Thanks.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] kdkd008:
Hey,

I installed CyanogenMod 9.1.0 and it's working great. Is there anyway for me to find out if I have a bad chipset? I bought this phone off of CL as mentioned and don't know the history behind it very well but I noticed that whenever I would take out the battery or usually restart it wouldn't boot back up. The only way for me to boot it back up was through Odin by flashing back to Stock. I now installed Cyn9 and as you know it has the built in recovery so when I press the power button and click restart, it will actually restart back up fine. If I take out the battery (I had to do so to take out my sim) it did the same problem as before and would not start back up. All I would see is a battery sign. It's like the phone can't boot up after the battery is taken out. The only way to boot back up, is to force the phone with the combo button to go into the built in recovery (before it was with Odin when I had stock). Once I'm in the recovery then I choose the option to reboot and the phone starts up.

Do you guys think this is a chipset problem or is it a corrupt file some where? Is there anyway to really find out? Any advise would be greatly appreciated as always. Thanks.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] lumin30:
To troubleshoot you should flash back to complete stock and use it for a bit to see what problems you see. Follow the guide in the second link of my signature and take not of what I say about USB ports and Odin vs Heimdal.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] champ1919:
Rom manager has been updated to allow you to use it without replacing recovery. It will now ask you if you have a custom recovery already in place.. I have it a whirl on kj6 and it makes backups and such with antonx kernel.. no problem. But, I was just goofing around with it..

I didn't try cm9, but don't know why it wouldn't. I'll test it out tonight when I get home..

Edit: well, its not 100%. Rom manager (the app) seems to only work on whichever platform you start it on. IE, ok froyo to froyo or gb to gb but not gb to froyo or gb to ics. Its like the kernel change doesn't seem to happen. It is getting closer, but, it ain't fixed yet. Still a mangler. Darn it.

Sent from my SGH-T959V
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] sharpie9701:
I have been doing some pretty extensive reading on here.... and I can't find the answer I am looking for. I use CIFS manager pretty frequently and have been unable to locate a cifs.ko file that will work with this rom. I had CM7 and it had it working fine, but I chose to upgrade because of the changes I like. I noticed that CM9 doesn't come with the modules. Any where I can get them or are they in development? Unfortunately I am not techie enough to build the files, otherwise I would build myself. I didn't go far enough in computer programming, chose another career path instead. ;)

Any info would be appreciated.

Thanks!!
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] kdkd008:
I'll try to go ahead and do that today and see what happens but it seems to be a problem that I've faced constantly; when the battery is removed, it can't boot up properly. I just wish there was a way to run a program and see if there is a hardware problem with the phone. :(
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] getochkn:
"Doctor, my arm hurts when I put my arm up like this"

"Then don't put your arm up like that".

Easy solution, don't take your battery out.

If you go back to stock though and it happens, obviously there is a hardware problem.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] CooLoL1999:
Im using CyanogenMod 9 and I have a terrible battery life like I charge it up to 100% and go to sleep when I wake up in the morning its dead.

Im not complaining but is this an issue or something can anyone help me
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] th3controller:
Maybe because you have the wrong phone?

Sure I can agree that it has horrible battery life, but mines doesn't go from 100 to 0, usually goes to 100 to 85 when I'm sleeping.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] CooLoL1999:
You must be looking at my sig.

Youre wrong I have a Galaxy S 4G running CyanogenMod 9 and I have a terrible battery drain, I also tried a full wipe but no luck
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] lumin30:
Then buy a new battery. I have fantastic battery life.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] CooLoL1999:
Ok
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Nyagu:
I just installed this on my SG4G, Everything is awesome.

I don't know if anybody can replicate but whenever I use the google search bar as I'm typing the app crashes.

Not sure if that is something to do with the rom but just wanted to know if more people have had that issue.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Fluidification:
You should probably do a fresh wipe including apps.

IDK, I have an extended battery with really bad bat life.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] m4xm4n:
Fix permissions from recovery
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] gregcapps:
Aries question....

Definitely not looking for an ETA, but I'm just curious how things fare on the Aries update...
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Theraze:
Since November 11th, there's been a bounty of 60$+ for anyone who can figure out the Sleep of Death. This according to the Dev thread post 364-370. Well, actually all the useful posts until current (391) fall into that category as well... SoD still exists, people haven't figured it out yet, no clue when it'll get sorted, it'll work when it does.

So that's the ETA... it'll be out when it's out. Want to get some money and a bunch of thanks? Figure out the SoD. Post useful results. Profit.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] gregcapps:
As I said I'm not looking for an Eta..it was a general inquiry. And pardon me for saying so but I'd rather have one of the developers actually working on the project respond.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Beastmode:
What exactly was the sod again? Like how does it happen?

sent from my batcave in space! lol
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] hechoen:
http://xdaforums.com/showpost.php?p=34187285&postcount=371

Some of the issue at least.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] foltz61:
Edit: Ignore

I never have SoD's. Probably the only things I do differently than most is not have GPS on unless I'm actively using it and, I never use Bluetooth. I also rarely charge my phone with the power adapter. I have extra batteries and a wall charger.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] daothanhduy1996:
Lol man, u should read, we (they) are talking about aries build, not herring lmao
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] foltz61:
Oops. You are correct. I did read though. Between the time I read and posted I just forgot what I already read. Old age and Captain Morgan strike again.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] m4xm4n:
I was working on a ton a couple of weeks ago but then I got mad. I need to fix my USB UART setup first.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] hechoen:
Throw it against the wall really hard? LLOL. Jk. Everyone needs a break man. Thanks for the update.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] khmerkid:
Where can I download build 2? Link is dead. Thanks in advance.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] bhundven:
I have the same problem, but it's a different issue. I broke the cable that connects to the clip. Easy to fix, but I'm just too busy.

At this point I'm relying on the community, TeamAcid, TFQ, and others to help with this issue.

I'm too swamped to even look at android anything, except what I'm using for my Daily Driver (sgh-i717), and I'm not even doing anything their except flashing like everyone else.

Answer for those asking what is going on: Nothing.

When will it get fixed: When someone steps up to the plate to hit.

Shout out to TeamAcid and TFQ for keeping things going while I've been in work exile. You guys rock!
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Theraze:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/teamacid/files/roms/cyanogenmod-9-unofficial-sgs4gmtd/

Sourceforge is where stuff used to be hosted before Goo.im, which was good when they had their accidental wipe.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] hechoen:
None of those are the Aireies build. That build was made on 8-19 and upped on 8-20. I'm sure that was a link that Team Acid hosted somewhere else to avoid confusion with the masses. I know it's buried as a test build somewhere in the CM9 Dev thread but I have no need or desire to go look for it. If you can't find it let me know and I'll up the ROM as soon as I get permission from Acid.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] FBis251:
Just re-upload it, it might be faster than finding the post :D
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] gregcapps:
http://sourceforge.net/projects/bhu...20120819-UNOFFICIAL-galaxys4gmtd.zip/download

There ya go I found it. Aries test build.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] bhundven:
It might be on my own sourceforge user hosting.

Yup, here is the 8-20 build.

If you flash that, and have problems, no one will help you unless you provide logs.

If you provide logs, put them in the dev thread. If the logs are useless, it's ok. We'll let ya know and help you to get us better logs.

But if you just flash this and say: It doesn't work.

We will all laugh at you...

This is not even unofficial, not even beta, not even alpha, this is EXPERIMENTAL. And, you can tell, it was built on 8/20/2012... It probably has fixed, known CM9 issues.

Maybe if m4xm4n has time, he can throw up a recent build.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] Theraze:
Well, they just asked for build 2, they didn't specify the second Aries build. :) Oddly, the second Aries build from October 4th works fine for me...
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] gregcapps:
How may I ask are you avoiding sleep of death issues? Are you sure you are on the Aries build??
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] hechoen:
WOW. Thanks FB and Bryan. This is by far the most action this thread has seen in a long time. SODs suck but, hopefully, with enough people logging the crap out of it there may be some resolution. Now, Bryan, if you have a better way to grab a log from ADB now is the time to post those. I'm assuming you want complete logs until SOD as well as last_kmsg? If you have a better way of pulling those please help us(me?) help you.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] bhundven:
Well... it isn't that simple. You cannot reproduce the problem with usb connected, or logging to sd/mmc.

You have to log to /data or /cache somewhere.

But even with that, I don't really get any useful logs when the SoD happens.

I need to instrument the kernel manually to test. The best test, would be logs going to internal uart, connected to the buspirate.

It's such an involved process, and I just lack the time.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] hechoen:
So if it was logged from a terminal emulator to SD the SOD wouldn't occur because of the emulator running? If that's the case can we keep a process in the background awake to keep the phone from SODing? I'm sure it's been covered but since you seem to be around for a bit chime in please.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] bhundven:
Your battery usage would SUCK. So, I won't release that.

Ideally, we'd want to isolate which subsystem is having a problem.

This is not the easy part. m4xm4n and I have been trying to do that when we have time. Just when I think it is one subsystem (like power management, vfs/fs, something arch specific, etc...), I add some debugging and nothing ever shows.

It may seem like it should be something easy to fix, but it's really kind of difficult to figure out what the problem really is. I'm sure the actual fix for the issue is very simple.

My next step is to do a minimal port of aries, nix everything I did to the current aries tree on my github, and add one component at a time until the SoD happens. Also, now that I have a job (although, I'm having some issues getting paid right now... eh... startups), I'm planing on getting an ort-jtag. Hopefully their software allows me to do hardware break-points. If anyone has experience with the ort-jtag, I'd love to have a conversation with you on irc or pm. See my signature for irc.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] hechoen:
Having the battery suck is better than having the SOD. At least that way you can pull logs for the other issues. Wifi doesn't work right? So attack the problem from multiple fronts. The CM 10.1 that we have doesn't deep sleep, yet, which is what's killing the battery on it. I was still able to try to debug that by capturing logs. For the wifi issue as well as the sleep issue.

I'm sure the fix is simple but finding that one key piece of info won't happen unless we all log the crap out of it. If you have anything specific you would like logged please post that info. I am more than happy to do what I can to get it to you.

That sounds like a perfect way to isolate the issue.
[Samsung Galaxy S (4G Model)] bhundven:
Not really, because then I'd have to deal with the influx of "my battery sucks, wah wah wah". I don't want that noise.

Wifi works on aries. Bluetooth works on aries, idk about gps... I don't have tmo and there is some issue with at&t for me on any rom.

Bluetooth audio and almost all audio on aries is wack. I'm sure there is something simple to fix that, but right now, it's not as big of a deal as SoD.

I don't think you are going to find the issue with a simple adb logcat. Sorry.

It's what needs to be done. Hop on irc if you want more info. I'm on tonight.