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[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BlindSession:
Forgive me for using the wrong words, I did not say to do things wrong and wreaking my phone. I should have phrased that differently, IF i do it wrong and wreck it somehow then it is a lessoned learned.I'm in no way out to wreck my phone, thats ridiculous. I have made many mistakes during programming that I have learned and remembered what not to do, some people learn the hard way to retain what they did wrong and not to repeat it. Not everyone learns the same way.

I completely understand about reading how others wreck their phone so i can learn without risk, and to read up on odin and brickbug, which is blatantly obvious.

As for fancy apps, you are kidding right? you think i want to root my phone to use fancy apps? I think not. i'm not some kid that likes shiney new things and to be the one to say "look what i got". That comment was utter disrespect. Maybe instead of trying to make me look like a dumbass you could be a little more helpful and not be so blantantly obvious on what i should do, which i already have started doing until i had to reply this.

Is this how you treat everyone that is starting to learn something new? You make obvious statements, mock by saying what isnt rocket science? I highly doubt that when you started doing this that you werent some dumbass in the beginning.

I appreciate the person who was replying to my questions and pointing me in the right direction, he was helpful. You were just being a ****. you know on forums dealing with c#/asp.net I dont act like you do to questions or statements that i feel are silly, especially to people just starting out. You must have been treated the way you treated me when you first started out, how many times did you feel like a dumbass from people that knew what they were talking about? probably still to this day in one way or another you are treated like an idiot. So instead of acting the way you were and still are treated, try acting decent and helpful and not counter-active.

I hope that there isn't more people acting like you did towards me to other people, if so then this isnt a place to learn.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] theunderling:
Thanks for the praise.....

I ask myself every day....is rooting really that difficult?.Is this xda or facebook?.Whats with "life stories" included in posts?.Have all them guys that created stickies/guides wasted their time cos noobs/donks like you dont read them?.

And guys like Sun90 are helpful and intelligent....theyve helped me out before.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sun90:
hey buddy chill for now , in XDA u will face all sort of people, which is quite common ma8.

as for as ur 'Busybox' thing is concern, this is what it means.

BusyBox is a software application that provides many standard Unix tools, much like the larger (but more capable) GNU Core Utilities. BusyBox is designed to be a small executable for use with the Linux kernel, which makes it ideal for use with embedded devices. It has been self-dubbed "The Swiss Army Knife of Embedded Linux".

it will provide u all necessary things to have access to root of ur phone, while SuperSU or Superuser grants necessary permissions to all those apps which need 'Root Access' to perform efficiently.

if u remove busybox then u will loose root access to ur phone for sure.

hope the above things ar clear for u for now:)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BlindSession:
Hi Sun90,

You are absolutely right when it comes to types of people that I wil come across in this forum or any other forum for that matter, I just didnt expect someone to start flaming right off the bat.

Thank you for the explaination on 'BusyBox', I understand what you are saying. My concern was that I didnt want to have to rely on something that had to be constantly running on my phone to ensure that it stays rooted. I gather from what you said about buysbox that its just tools, and not something that constantly runs. The swiss army metaphor, makes sense.

I have searched through these forums and somethings that may be obvious and cut and dry to people that have done this, isnt always the case to everyone else. I get left with many questions after reading threads. I have read many threads here and throughout online on rooting. Some guides are easy, they tell you how but never the 'why'.

I have heard alot about odin, and I have read things where i plug my phone in and run a 'runme.bat' that does it all but explain why.

Today I'm going to be reading deeper on Odin and Clockworkmod and trying to find the correct secure and unsecure kernel. I hope to run across more people like you that actually are here to help and not wanting to show how much they know by being condescending to make themselves feel better about themselves.

In the end, for me, its not enough to do it but to know the whys behind it. Thank you for your patience and the help.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sun90:
:laugh: u should not misundertand people's comments here in the first place ma8, but do take it positively, since everybody in XDA is willing to Help one another for sure, But some times the helping way which really Confuses the matter for sure:)

since i assume ur a man who is more hungry for indepth knowledge of things u come accross,which is really good in its own way, I wish u success for ur journey seeking the same here on XDA:)

Good Luck:good:
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BlindSession:
Well I just downloaded CF-Root-SGS2_XW_XEN_LP7-v5.4-CWM5.zip, and Odin3-ver3.5 and am about to follow Chainfire's thread with its step by step guide, i found his guide to be pretty insightful. Another thing I got confused on was the difference between I1900, I1900M and I found out that the only difference between the 2 was nothing. One question though, after i root the phone and if i ever do a factory reset on it does it stay rooted or do I have to do the process over, likewise with busy box.

I did copy down what version my phone is running if something goes wrong...

I'll post back soon with either success or failure.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Spiralzz:
You won't lose root if you factory reset. Only way to unroot is to flash stock firmware again.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BlindSession:
Thanks Spiralzz :)

So right now i followed the instructions, i have odin running. I have the phone itself in usb debugging... but it looks like odin froze up..its at SetupConnection and hasnt continued. Could i be wrong and it takes time? Its been in this state for about 5 minutes now.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BlindSession:
Ok well, i wasnt successful. Odin came back with a fail. It came back 3 times failing.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Spiralzz:
Can you please write the steps you did? Also, I would like to know your phone model.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BlindSession:
Hi Spiralzz

Ok i downloaded what i had previously posted. The steps i did was.

Started odin

Clicked on pda and loaded the file that i mentioned

Put my phone into debugging mode

Connected my phone via usb

Odin added com6

Then i clicked start

The first time odin got hung up on connections

The second time i attempted it, i had started back from the start

Then it showed com6 again

Then it showed threads completed(success 0, failed 1)

I retried numerous times by starting over and got the same Threads completed(success 0, failed 1)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BlindSession:
Oh sorry i forgot its I1900M
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Jokesy:
Sorry for bumping to your thread.

I find it very difficult to understand how it has taken this long to root your device successfully.

Why do you need Odin or CF-ROOT kernel to root an ICS phone when you can achieve the same thing with much easy methods.

Get rid of Odin and follow the easiest rooting method here: xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1501719

I'm sure your phone will be rooted within minutes without flashing any kernel.

Swyped from my Samsung Galaxy SII
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BlindSession:
Hi Jokesy

No worries on jumping on this thread, all help is good help..

As you see im very nee to this.

The reason why i was going with odin? I dont have a reason in all honesty... i think because i was worried with busybox is because i didnt want it running in the background, but i was shown that its a set of tools, Sun90 explained it to me.

I was also worried that if i did a factory reset that i would lose busybox and root. But was told the only way i would lose root or busybox would be if i reflashed my stock kernel.

So thank you for the link and im going to go that method.

I think my reasoning behind using odin is because Chainfires thread was more in depth with the why's other than just having it done.

Thanks :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] RobHin:
thanks too
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BlindSession:
Ok, i followed the link and downloaded the cwm.zip file and followed it by rebooting into the mode i was supposed to and it went well until i selected install from sdcard, i picked thr cwm file and then another prompt came up and when i went to install from sdcard i got errors because it couldnt read the log. So im going to put the other file on and try again with both zip files on my sdcard.

I used root checker after the first try and it showed that it wssnt.

But im going to try again :)
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] BlindSession:
Woohoo! It worked!

Thanks Jokesy and Sun90! You guys helped me a great deal, its much apprrciated! :)
[Samsung Galaxy W I8150] robertkanie:
Hi guys, i need help modifying my vold.fstab file to swap my internal storage with my external storage.. I've searched high and low for similar threads but it turns out, most, if not all their vold.fstab are different. Attached is my vold file. Thx in advance
[Samsung Galaxy W I8150] bbmadzky:
Why bother? grab the vold.fstab in the said threads and try it on your work. You don't need to modify yours. Just use what others have shared in their thread(s). You can always save a copy of your original vold if you want. And a nandroid backup too.
[Samsung Galaxy W I8150] robertkanie:
I've tried, it caused my hp to go into a loop.. Good thing i did a nandroid backup. Anyone can help me here? Or at least link me to a vold file that is compatible with mine..I'm using the [ROM] [ICS 4.0.4] [AOKP] InDroiD REMICS V3 btw.:)
[Samsung Galaxy W I8150] bbmadzky:
modified vold can only be used in gingerbread. You can have the sd-swap option built-in when you use CM9 (arco's) or any custom rom based with Arco's.
[Samsung Galaxy W I8150] nasseer:
do you mean swap internal sd card and external sd card..?? if that so, maybe you can use my modded vold file..my original vold file is similar to your vold file...copy my modded vold file to etc/ (using Root explorer), delete the original, rename the modded vold file and change permission (if i'm right, its rx-r--r--). Don't forget to copy/move your file from internal sd card to external sd card before swapping... :cool:

good luck :good:
[Samsung Galaxy W I8150] robertkanie:
LOL, so easy! i just found out.

Thx :)
[Samsung Galaxy W I8150] justicejoe:
similar issue

I modded my VOLD.fstab from this site, (latgale.co.uk/?p=70).on a factory rooted galaxy W. I over wrote the original file before changing rw/ro in my excitement and noobness, now my phone has no access to usb or sd internally or externally. it works fine but says 0.00B on both usb and sd storage. I backed up the original on the memory stick but now I have no access. I have not installed clockwork mod yet because it seemed like a lot of reading, and was going to circle back later for it. when I check the file VOLD.fstab and give it the right permissions and restart it there is still nothing, when I open it with note pad the script is all there. What am i missing? how do I connect to internal storage to flash the original file back or a working one?

*(edit) I turned rw on the file and then renamed it twice once to some thing elts then back again pulled the battery for a few min and it worked.
[Samsung Captivate Glide] tienlp:
I was using an unlocked Captivate Glide i927 until last week; i updated the leaked ICS ROM and all the the unlock setting or root are wiped.

At first the phone still asked for my unlock code everytime i turn it on, later I use the unlock method in this topic [ http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1595756 ] by removing the files from the EFS folder and get a generic id. It didn't work

From there on the phone only tells me "Phone not allowed" when I turn it on, there's no text field for entering the unlock code anymore.

Spent more than 8 hours just to try different methods (from moving the nv_data file, using hex editor, EFSPro Tool) but couldn't make it better

Now I've just got the unlock code on eBay but, in short, my problem is:

- I don't know how to enter it, all method i found from internet didn't work

- My IMEI is changed to the generic IMEI (0049 ...) - and too bad i have no back up of the original efs folder (scumbag brain ...)

- My phone is now locked and but I need to unlock it as I don't use AT&T service

So I am looking for a solution to:

- Unlock my phone in Android 2.3.6 or the leaked ICS (would be better)

- Repair my IMEI (so that I can use the unlock code)

I WILL NOT HESITATE TO PAY SOME SMALL DONATION (via PayPal) FOR THOSE WHO CAN HELP ME FIX THIS. I'M SERIOUS - DEADLY SERIOUS - BECAUSE I NEED IT TO WORK NORMALLY BEFORE SEP 9TH.

Thanks for reading, i appreciate any help, information or solution for this prob. Sorry for my bad English
[Samsung Captivate Glide] Nardholio:
Without a backup of your efs you'll need to send your phone back to Samsung for repair. If you do have your original efs folder backed up just copy it back.

Use

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1264021 for help if you have a backup but its not doing anything when you copy it back
[Samsung Captivate Glide] tienlp:
tried but it didn't work, the IMEI is still 0049 ...
[Samsung Captivate Glide] phatryan69:
Have u tried restoring the phone back to stock as in usin odin then tried to unlokc it again? I'm not at my cpu or I would give u the link to it
[Samsung Captivate Glide] Aquethys:
Odin won't restore a EFS folder.
[Samsung Captivate Glide] santimaster2000:
Next time make sure to have a full backup before messing with your phone ;)

And yes, you are f*cked, your only hope it's to send the phone to a Samsung SAT and hope for the best.
[Samsung Captivate Glide] JustSayTech:
ok, this may not restore your full imei, but it will atleast give you a generic one with a carrirer unlock

the generic imei is an imei that will let your phone connect to a network but it wont be unique to your phone

<--- Begin Long Version --->

ok here what i did

i never backed up my efs folder, didnt know you had to, and i deleted files in there to unlock my phone for any carrier

i was using the Jelly Bean rom from Dman

something went wrong and i was not able to connect to the network anymore, i deleted the whole efs folder (DO NOT DO THIS, IT WAS MY MISTAKE THAT I DID!!!!!!)

the phone then created one itself, still couldn't connect

next i was attempting to restore back to a rooted stock using ODIN

then my phone froze while in download mode

i restarted and it prompted my to use recovery mode and recover with kies

so i put my glide in recovery mode by pulling the battery putting it back in and holding the power and vol up buttons together

the phone started in recovery mode, you have to hit vol up again to confirm you want to use recovery mode

connect the phone to the computer

now this is important, i then opened up kies

clicked on TOOLS in the menu bar area

then went to TOOLS > Firmware Upgrade and Initialization

it then asks you for a model number

i entered "SGH-I927" without the quotes (ATT Captivate Glide)

if you have the Rogers version of the glide, enter "SGH-I927R" (Rogers Captiavate Glide)

the rest of the process takes place in kies, it will restart your phone a few times etc

wait till everything is done, even if it looks frozen you should let it sit for at least 10 mins on the same screen before declaring its frozen

when everything is done, it should have restored the phone to 4.0.4 ICS Stock

you now have a generic imei as kies has set it up for you

immediately root your phone and backup your efs folder

then install whatever rom you would like

<--- End Long Version --->

<--- Short Version Start --->

Pull the battery out of your Glide

record SERIAL NUMBER and MODEL NUMBER

put it back in

hold the POWER and VOL UP buttons at the same time

your phone starts up in RECOVERY MODE

press VOL UP to say yes to the prompt

download and install KIES if you haven't done so already

connect your phone to your computer

open KIES and go to TOOLS > FIRMWARE UPGRADE AND INITIALIZATION in the menu bar

when prompted for a MODEL NUMBER:

Enter "SGH-I927" if you have the ATT Glide

and "SGH-I927R" if you have the Rogers Glide

now it will ask for your SERIAL NUMBER, enter it in all caps

it will ask to install the latest rom for your phone say yes and let KIES work its magic

if you believe you phone is frozen please wait at least 10 mins to see if the screen changes

when the phone restarts you should have the generic imei, re-root your phone and backup your efs folder and flash whatever rom you would like, enjoy!

hope this helps, if it did help in anyway please hit the thanks button
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] mj.vikram:
Total collection of FlipFonts :).

Preview of all the fonts...

How to :

1. Install these fonts as regular apks .

2. Set the font from font style in display settings.

I TAKE NO CREDIT IN CREATING THESE FONT .APK'S, All the Credit goes to BLOWNCO, Ppalbicke & Pauldiddy....

Click here to Download ...

Link to Zip file which contain all the fonts.

Original Thread.
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] D™:
Hey buddy, I have an application for that also..let you know about the same after reaching home..Great work..:cowboy:
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] 'cooleagle':
No offence buddy but there was no need to create a new thread for this.

You could have just linked the Original Threads to one of the stickyed threads or requested for them to be added to the roll up sticky.
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] mj.vikram:
Ok from next time i will do the same....
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] amar1548:
Is there any way to pack all these fonts into a flashable zip....

Thnx in advance :D
[Samsung Galaxy R i9103] juzz86:
I'll go ahead and close this one up MJ, as it's really just duplicating the original thread.

If there's enough interest in developing the roll-up thread that far, we could consider adding a link to the original thread in there.

Thanks mate! :good:
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] pejsaboy:
I've had my sprint gnex for about a week now. maybe two weeks, I forget. Anyway, 4.0.4 ICS is mind-blowing compared to 2.3.5 that I had on my rooted S-on Evo 4g (I did de-bloat the stock rom). The fact that it's not a Sense or TouchWiz rom is the best part of all, and really I find that I have no desired functionality that would require rooting or flashing of any kind. However... a lot of the additions in JB look really awesome and I'd like to check into those at some point in the near future. I'm comfortable with the idea of rooting and flashing. After I rooted my Evo I may have actually laughed out loud for being as paranoid and anxious as I was.

Here's my concern: after trudging through the sprint gnex dev forum, there's a lot of roms and kernels available. At this point I'm not so concerned with a kernel, but I'd like some help narrowing down the options to one or maybe two roms to get started with. Basically I'm looking for one that's as close to what Google would give me if they were releasing to sprint devices. I would also be cool with one that's as close to what sprint might release in an official OTA.

I was never crazy about trying CM roms (or other AOSP based ones for that matter) on the Evo just because I wasn't crazy about having to flash back and forth between stock roms for PRLs and profiles. I'm not sure how often that would really have to be done, but I won't consider that a deal breaker if it gets me into an ideal rom.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Smokeey:
CM10 + faux kernel

/thread
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] blame2:
MMuzzy's AOSP is as close to OTA stock as you'll find. In both form and build quality.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Ieatnoobs:
Like the above, CM10 is as stock as you'll find. There are other very close to stock with internal performance tuning.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] I Am Marino:
For a standard custom experience. Go CM.

I suggest Eclipse or Paradigm for beyond.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] angelofdeath003:
I don't know about other jb ROMs, but unlike cm7 on the evo (which i used to have as well) cm10 allows you to do prl and profile updates in the about phone menu.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] crixley:
paranoidandroid with trinity kernel...
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] JediNinjafication:
If you want stock the best one is RUJellin by shabbypenguin and dreamsforgott3n. They had it ported and running without problems less than24 hours after source. Plus they're super cool and the thread is pretty chill.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Smallsmx3:
CM10 for sure. Stock cm kernel. Its the most polished looking room for xure
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] pejsaboy:
Ok, definitely seeing a lot of love for CM so I'll be researching that one for sure. If that doesn't pique my interest I'll start checking out some of the other ones mentioned as well. You can probably expect a few more questions in this thread before I actually dive into anything, though ;)
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] I Am Marino:
I prefer AOKP to CM, but the last few AOKP builds have been horrible on battery and in terms of someone wanting a custom experience and not really knowing what they want, I point them to CM.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] crixley:
paranoidandroid is just cm10 with more options lol
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] pejsaboy:
I'm trying to be a good forum member and search out my own answers before posting them, but I'm having a bit of trouble finding much info about CM10 from their own website. First of all, they don't have a subforum for the samsung gnex at all (just the google variant), and most of what I have skimmed across on the forums seems to be related to either CM 7 or 9. Should I be looking in the Google Galaxy Nexus CDMA forum over there? Do we have much here on xda for CM10 aside from a dev thread?

Still need to look at paranoidandroid, I'm not opposed to a few extra options on top of what CM10 has already :)

Edit:

Paranoid looks like awesome, like the ability to use the tablet UI, but I think I'll wait for that one to mature a little more since I'm just getting started with roms!
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] Zeinzu:
I'm also gonna have to say mmuzzy's stock AOSP ROM. It's what we would have had from Google if we had AOSP support, IMO.

Sent from my Stock AOSP Android 4.1.1 Galaxy Nexus.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] scarcry:
I'm running vanilla rootbox 2.2 which is also pure android with AOKP bits. To be honest it hasn't even been 24 hours since I flashed that ROM but it's been running very stable. I just can't say anything about battery life yet.
[Samsung Galaxy Nexus] kawaski47:
Launcher 7 :D

I love the win7 experience with the Android customization in the background

No need to swap out different roms.