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[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] WHib96:
I put a question on his thread so we'll see what he says. I don't see why I wouldn't be able to just take the .tar from Klin's kernel and put the zImage that contains the stock kernel into that after removing the zImage that was already in it (which would contain Klin's Kernel). It's a shame I'm having problems with this kernel, because I like it aside from the problems. It definitely has given me a noticeable speed boost, but it has caused my stock camera and video recording apps to stop working, it drains my battery because it makes the CPU run at full blast all the time, and it seems to have made my amazon app store app unstable to the point where I can't even really get it to open. I really really like the speed boost and having the ability to undervolt though...Oh well. I'm all good with the stock kernel for now :)

EDIT: Okay, so I just flashed back to the stock kernel...And oddly enough, my stock camera and video recording apps are still not working. They load up fine, but what should be what the camera is viewing is just black...What the heck man. I have Camera zoom FX, and it works fine. However, the stock video and camera apps are both seemingly broken...And they didn't start doing this until after I flashed Klin's kernel :\

Did something go wrong in the flashing process that screwed up the camera and video apps? I use the video recorder app usually, so it's the fact that I don't have it that's bothering me. I could go fine without the stock camera app.

And wow, flashing kernels is so much easier than I thought it would be. I might try Terrasilent sometime now that I see how simple this is lol. SGS kernel flasher makes it even easier than using Odin.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] obscuresword:
Wow that's very odd. Did you back up your apps? Because you may have to flash wipe data :(
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] WHib96:
Well I haven't backed up every app but I could. It is indeed very odd...The Amazon App Store app was giving me trouble after I flashed Klin's Kernel, and still was after I went back to stock, but I just reinstalled it and it was working fine again. I mean it seems to me like it'd be a bit much to wipe all my data just because one app isn't working...Wouldn't I just be able to grab the apk for the camera app and reinstall it or something? I mean since one camera app works, I know it's just the stock one that isn't working.

Do you still recommend a flash wipe?
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] obscuresword:
No i dont recommend wiping lol. If you have root uninstaller or titanium backup on your player you can simply back up the app thats giving you trouble uninstall it and then reinstall it
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] WHib96:
Odd stuff...Not even that made it work. It's like the camera app can't seem to connect to the actual camera, but yet, camera zoom fx can lol. Looks like I may just have to find a new video recording app. Kinda sucks though. The stock camera app was nice to have on hand, especially since when you press the "Switch to video" button in camera zoom fx, it takes you to the stock video recorder. Should I try to grab the apk for the camera app off the internet somewhere?
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] obscuresword:
Here I got the .apk file from my galaxy player for you. Just install it again and see what happens.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] WHib96:
Haha ultra weirdness. When I try to install it, it goes through the litrle installationbprocess and then says "application not installed". Perhaps that apk is coded in order so that it cannot be reinstalled or something.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] obscuresword:
What lol. Try uninstalling yours and then install mine
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] WHib96:
Well, I did. I backed up the camera app and then uninstalldd it. Then, after I tried to to install it using your apk, it just say "application not installdd". Now, my backup doesnt even appear in titanium backup and all that's there in its place is "camera firmware". Im gonna post a picture of it saying application not installed, because it seriously is kinda funny lol. It makes me laugh anyways.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] obscuresword:
Wow lol is alli can say haha
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] obscuresword:
Try installing this again but use Titanium Backup and see what happens. Files are here*
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] WHib96:
All right. Just to clarify though, do I need to put those files in any specific place? Also, I assume I open up the .gz file with Titanium Backup and that'd be it, correct? The other file is just to help out the .gz with something?

If this still doesn't work, I think I've found a way around not having the camera app. There's an app on the market called ICS camera, and well...It's what it says it is. Just the ICS camera and camcorder. My camera works fine with it, as it does with every app except the stock camera app. However, as you know, our players have that bug that makes the camera image look inverted. But there's a bug fix for it that I'm about to do, so if this method doesn't work, I'll just stick with this ICS camera (assuming I can do this bug fix correctly.)

Also, here's the picture of the thing saying not installed. I think it's pretty funny, because it runs through the installation process normally and even has a check at the end. But they sneak the "not" in there hahaha.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] obscuresword:
It gave me 3 files for some reason lol. One was properties but XDA wouldn't let me upload it. You should be able to put them anywhere, but if you have Titanium Backup already installed then put them in that folder. Uninstall the camera apk from Titanium Backup and then reinstall my backup. I never had that bug lol on the stock app. Yeah that's just silly lol. It's installing....installing....installing. it is not installed haha.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] WHib96:
Okay I'll have to try it on Tuesday. Pretty much busy all tomorrow (quarter finals..). Yeah, I never had it on many camera apps, but on apps such as camera360 I did, and some others. The bug fix worked though, so that's all good. So if this doesn't work, everything will still be fine.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] WHib96:
Okay so I put the files in my titanium backup folder (with all the other .gz and whatever files), and it isn't seeming to appear in the list on titanium backup...

However, I have news. Even now, with auto memory manager and after cleaning out tons of apps (i have around 130 apps now), I'm still getting those stupid random reboots after about 3 days. And also, I still get reboots if something is just like hogging a lot of ram and stuff (for example, I was on FLcommando and I pressed something that opened the browser, and then as I tried to go back to the game it froze for a minute and then reboot). Not sure if I can fix that, but surely the 3 day reboot deal shouldn't be happening. Do you suppose I should just wipe the sucker and restart?

I found what gave me more performance boost than anything was just clearing out apps. Now temple run actually runs perfectly smooth, and I can actually play it. It's weird how you can really only fill up so much until certain apps basically become useless. But yeah, performance is great on my player now...It's just those annoying little reboots :\
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] obscuresword:
I'm think you're going to have to flash back to stock. I know for a fact that the galaxy player does reboot when too much memory is used, but I don't know why yours keeps rebooting like that. It doesn't make sense. So if or when you do wipe backup all apps + data with Titanium backup (make sure you have enough space on you storage or SD card, and then flash through odin like normal. Let me know if you need the stock rom because I have one (it's prerooted though)
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] zaclimon:
As obscuresword said it would be better to flash back to stock and backup all your apps. This way it can be easier, or you can push the camera to /system.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] WHib96:
Well I'm not wanting to wipe just to get my camera app back. I don't really care about it too much since I have apps that replace it just fine, and it's like I never lost it. But do you guys think I should wipe just to fix this random reboot after every 3 days or so? I would like to get it fixed....It's kinda annoying. Also, I've never done a factory reset/wipe (if there's even a difference...Newbie here), so bare with me if I ask tons of questions on that :P

lol I'm almost tempted to try Ethereal if I'm gonna have to wipe anyways...
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] iurnait:
U will save yourself a lot if time if you do a full wipe and reinstall your apps.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] obscuresword:
Yup I recommend it.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] WHib96:
Righteo. So I know how to flash the rom and what not, but what would be the proper/best method for wiping? I promise you're almost done with me. You've been guiding me through this stuff for like a month now lol. You've been very kind and patient with me. Thanks a bunch dude. I do wish there was some way I could repay you.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] obscuresword:
No repayment needed. I didn't even realize it's been a month lol. Firstly, did you backup your apps with Titanium Backup or are you just going to start fresh ( I recommend backing up the most important ones and starting fresh if you can). Anyways all you do is make sure USB Debugging is enable Settings -> Applications -> Development -> and make sure it's checked. It's the same process as flashing a kernel except it takes a bit longer and you may have to wipe data. Since I wrote the steps for flashing a kernel before on here I'll skip to these

1) Turn off the player regularly then put it into download mode (Hold Volume down and power),

2) Open Odin (make sure only Auto Reboot and F. Reset Time are checked or you will brick your device)

3) Plug in Galaxy Player to USB port. Under ID:COM it should say something like 0:[COM4] and is yellow. In the message area it should say "Added!!"

4) Hit PDA and select the .tar file named "YPG1USFullRestoreFinal.tar" (only use the .pit file if you want to re partition your player otherwise it is not needed) found here: http://www.mediafire.com/?c76jdkgkn7qf310

5) Hit Start and wait until it finishes. Should take anywhere from 2-4 minutes.

6) Profit

Optional Steps*

If you get bootloops then

7) Turn off player, and put it into recovery (Hold simultaneously power + volume up)

looks like this http://h8.abload.de/img/20100829_004w6fq.jpg

8) Do Wipe data/factory reset, and Wipe cache Partition

9) Profit
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] WHib96:
Okay I SWEAR this is the last question about wiping lol. I do NOT actually need to go into recovery and hit wipe from there before flashing? Flashing a rom with Odin automatically wipes for me? It almost sounds too easy lol...Heck, if I wanted to change roms, it's like all I have to do is backup the apps I actually need backed up, and then I just flash and bam I have a new rom...Is it really that simple? (excluding bootloops, since those from my knowledge are basically effortless to fix)

By the way, Klin's kernel actually did make a huge difference in battery. I realized a couple days ago that I can squeeze about 3 whole days out of my battery with the stock kernel with minor usage. With heavy usage, about a day and a half to two days. With Klin's kernel, it made the CPU run full blast all the darn time for some reason and it limited the battery to about only a day or so. Heck, I'll have to ask some hardcore android dude if they would know how to disable that issue.

But yeah man, 3 days a of battery. Gotta admit, that's pretty sweet :)
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] obscuresword:
Ask as many questions as you need. It's no big deal. That's why we have the XDA community :). Anyways no you don't need to wipe data before flashing a rom with odin. You usually have to wipe data after and that's only if you get bootloops . Yeah it actually is easy once you get the hang off it.

You don't even have to back up apps if you don't want. I was just telling you that in case you wanted to keep all your app settings and stuff. Otherwise you don't need too and can just start fresh. Yeah I don't understand why that happens.

I haven't used stock kernel in a while, but for me I couldn't even go past 1 day haha. But like iJimanic <- hope I spelled that right, said that there's something in either the custom rom/kernel degrades the performance so idk, but I can't live with out Voodoo Sound and DSP manager now haha, but I remember doing a music playback test with every thing off except the sound (and it was PowerAmp not the stock player) and I was at I think 18hrs @ 20-30% which is great. I love these galaxy players.

I can't upload my file because I forgot it can't be bigger than 12.00 mb lol, and the link I sent you is for hemidall, so I have to find a link to the .tar file so hold on.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] WHib96:
Wow, I thought you always had to wipe with flashing roms and that REDD was just am exception lol. In that case, after I reflash, I should do a wipe/factory reset inorder to try to fix my reboot problems, restore my backups, and I'll be good, right?

So for the sake of being mega clear here, I could install a custom kernel, then install a custom rom, then reinstall the stock rom, then reinstall the stock kernel, all without having to actually wipe (unless the custom rom calls for it)? Obviously as you can probably tell, I've been very interested in the Ethereal rom since you first mentioned it a while back. I mean it sounds brilliant - increased battery life AND major speed increase. However...If I end up not liking it very much, I want to know how to safely get back to stock without hard bricking the thing.

Okay. Take your time man. Yeah I'd like your stock rom since it's already rooted.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] obscuresword:
Yeah wipe data only if you get boot loops, and restore your backup apps and all should be well. I think only on REDD you can do that. The others roms need to have a custom kernel or they won't run/work properly I believe. It's better to ask the developers of the rom though since I'm not 100% sure lol. So just send them a PM and they should answer it without a problem. Going back to stock is the same with every "stock based" rom, All you do is follow the instructions I wrote above and you should be back to stock.

Yeah I can't upload mines, because I don't have a cloud storage account like mediafire, and XDA won't let me upload because it's way bigger than 12mb. So here is the one from zalicom (please thank him since he gave me a link) http://www.mediafire.com/download.php?c76jdkgkn7qf310. and I believe this one is root. Just extract it and you're off .
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] zaclimon:
Actually it's the one from the recovery thread, just that I didn't removed it from mediafire so I don't know if it's rooted or not.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] obscuresword:
Lol ok. Man if the file wasn't so big I would just send mines to you in an email, so you can upload it to your mediafire account.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] WHib96:
Well now since we know this rom probably isn't rooted, I'd like to ask (just for the sake of being totally safe here, bare with me. I just would hate myself for all eternity if I bricked this thing), it IS okay to flash the unrooted rom while I'm currently rooted, correct? I assume I'll just have to reroot, which is basically effortless anyways.

I know I ask way too many stupid and obvious questions before flashing things :o but I'd rather annoy someone on XDA forums with my huge load of questions than brick my android because I was too afraid to ask :D
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] WHib96:
Okay, so after I did some research I was just gonna go ahead and flash the rom, factory reset (in order to get a fresh new start, and just restore some apps with titanium backup), and then reroot and possibly look into a custom rom from there. However, uh...The file you gave me for the stock rom is not a .tar, it's a .7z and contains the files needed for Heimdal (or whatever it's called). I've checked the recovery thread and the only file there for Odin is the .pit...

I've found this thread http://xdaforums.com/show....php?t=1512331 and it seems to have the stock rom...Can I get the A-Okay from you to flash this? I assume after I flash this sucker it will resurrect my stock camera app and all my apps that I have now will also still be on there, and then I'll do a factory reset to start fresh and hopefully that will fix up the problems I'm having with the reboots.

So I guess it's all good to flash the stock rom from the stock rom. I just want the A-Okay from you before I decide to flash it.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] zaclimon:
It's the same rom I've used for the recovery rom for the us player. It will restore your stock camera app as well as it should fix the bootloops.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] WHib96:
All right, gotcha. Just so you're clear though, I'm not having bootloops. My player gets sluggish and ends up automatically rebooting after about 3 days of it being on, which wouldn't be a problem, but it makes playing games kinda rough sometimes. As for the camera app, it just died by itself after I flashed Klin's kernel. Thus, I'm gonna try flashing this rom to get the camera app back and then factory reset to try to fix the gradual increase of sluggishness after each boot. Would you recommend that I format the USB storage with the factory reset in order to help fix the issue? I'm not sure if I should or not...And obviously, I don't want to if I don't have to.

Thanks by the way. I'm extremely impressed by the amount of polite help I can get from the XDA community.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] zaclimon:
No you don't have to, just a factory reset will do it because this affect only your /system and /data.

And no problem, I don't think a technical support at best buy would do this. :p
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] WHib96:
Okay...Well, the flash and factory reset went fine. I figured that since I factory reset, I may as well try and install a new rom with it (I flashed a custom kernel first of course). Haha, well, Odin failed the first attempt the flash the rom, which soft bricked the device, then I just tried again and it worked. However, I got boot loops. Within CWM, I tried clearing the cache and dalvik cache, and also tried hitting fix permissions. Nothing was working. Thus, I just figured I'd go back to the stock rom and try again. Well, I'm still getting darn boot loops, just farther into the boot. I actually see the little galaxy thingy animation now, but it loops through that. Also, I didn't know it would do this, but it removed CWM when I reflashed the stock rom, so no nandroid restore :\

Do I need to perform another factory reset to fix this? Wouldn't be a bother considering I just did one. If I need to head over to your recovery thread, let me know. Just direct me what I need to do, please. Thanks.

I can still get into recovery and download mode, so I know I'm not screwed. Any help is appreciated!
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] zaclimon:
You shouldn't flash a custom kernel upon the first boot of the device. (I already got bootloops like you said). You should completly restore your device (with factory reset) then boot the device for the first time. Then you can flash a custom kernel and do your things on it. Sorry if you lost your data when you factory reset-ed :eek:

Hope it helps!
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] WHib96:
Okay, so just factory reset from recovery? No need to reflash the rom or anything? I won't lose anything. I have titanium backups on my SD card and computer, and I backed up all my pictures and what not. I prepared for the worst. :highfive:
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] zaclimon:
No... Reflash the rom and factory reset (clean without flashing anything). You'll let it boot it first and then you can flash a custom kernel if you want.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] WHib96:
Right, I'm booting on the rom now, but when I reflash it, it just boot loops as usual. Thus, I have to factory reset from recovery, right?

Have patience with me. First time handling roms, obviously :P
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] zaclimon:
Yeah you have to.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] WHib96:
Mmkay, that got me back into the stock rom. Thanks dude. Nothing was lost, considering I had done a factory reset just before anyways. So I'm now that I'm in the stock rom with stock everything, after I reboot the device just once (thus, it would be my second time booting into the stock rom and kernel), I can flash a kernel and rom safely?

I tried flashing the Ethereal rom (since I do a bit of gaming on my player), and it's the one that got me stuck in all those boot loops. With that rom though, you aren't supposed to factory reset before flashing it or it could screw up your home button (according to the dev. anyway).

My apologies if it seems I am asking you the same questions over and over. I'm all for clarification though.:good: Better me to know EXACTLY what to do than to just think I know what to do. :)
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] zaclimon:
Nice to see that it's working! :D Well I don't know if it screw your home button since I haven't been on a gb custom rom for a long time. Ethereal had been said that it's the fastest one but it's not the most stable rom. If you want a stable one, go with icy fusion. Also if you don't have anything, keep it like this. If not, retry to flash to stock and try again.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] WHib96:
Hm, okay. I'll try Icyfusion in that case. I kinda would like to try out Ethereal sometime though, it just seems to be a bit complicated to flash considering it's recommended you don't factory reset and also it can take around 30 minutes to boot up for the first time...Crazy man. Quick question though...Um...Do I need to have a custom kernel for Icyfusion? I can't find anything on the thread saying it's a requirement, and if possible, I'd love to keep the stock kernel, since the custom kernels make my CPU run full blast almost all the time, consequently wearing out my battery faster.

If I don't like Icyfusion, perhaps I'll just try installing V6 supercharger or something. I'd just definitely like a performance boost over stock.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] zaclimon:
Hmm if icyfusion requires ext4, yeah you would need flashing a custom kernel for it to work. And 30 min for a first boot :eek: LOOOL.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] WHib96:
Haha, well, you know I'd find out if I could, but I can't...So I have to ask, how do I know if it requires ext4? I'm pretty sure it doesn't, but I don't know. Yeah...That is too long lol. :p
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] zaclimon:
Hmm I think klin say it in the OP of his thread. If not, well you can try the stock kernel to see if it works.
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] WHib96:
Well me being me, I was very tempted to try Ethereal. This time, thankfully, I flashed it with no problems, no factory resets, and no broken home button. It's slick and fast, but I really see what you mean by unstable. The Gmail app isn't even usable :( The speed increase seems to be balanced back to normal by the instability. Also, I had litterally mastered the art of battery life on the stock rom (3 days man!), and it seems to be about the same on here so no big deal there lol. I'll try Icyfusion after testing out Ethereal a bit more.

Also...Klin does not seem to say if Icyfusion requires a custom kernel. Thus, i should assume it does, right?
[Samsung Galaxy Player 4.0, 5.0] zaclimon:
Yea it does because it uses ext4 which the stock kernel doesn't support: