While everyone else enjoys (or a few,regrets) finally installing ICS, I can only be jealous of you all, as my PC went on the fritz right before I was going to plug my phone in for the update.
So I'm stuck with 2.3.6 a little longer.
But I want something to play with, too!
So I was looking around, and remembered this option:
But I don't even know if it's for 2.3.6 or not, or how safe it is to flash.
Is it really that easy: just download it straight to the phone using ROM Manager (which I did, and have no idea where it went. Using es, I can't find it in internal or external...? Just poof...gone...)
Okay. I'll assume CWM can find it.
No... I guess I have to choose what I want it to flash. Where is it? Not in downloads or CWM or on ex or...?
Okay. Skip that part. Now...
Do I checkmark both these other two boxes as well as the wipe dalvik? I already did a nandroid bu after I flashed this ROM-the one I'm using, stock- back in after I was done with Darkside), so just wipe data and cache and dalvik cache, or none...?:
I also already have a full bu on tit bu on my ext card.
Is this it? About a two click flash? No booting into recovery manually or anything?
Best of all, no PC?
I have tried to find out about CM9 in xda.
But all I can find is comparisons to the official Cyanogen 9 ROM's and something about nightly means it's being worked on every day.
I guess Cyan is like "the best", right? It's got 5 stars, so it must be alright?
Would this be a good second ROM for me to install?
What precautions should I be aware of before I start pushing things?
Thank you so much.
I do appreciate it.
Edit: I went ahead and tried to install it after reading around a little bit.
Still not sure it's for 2.3.6. Might be 2.3.5. or 4.0.3 ?
I re-downloaded CM9 and it appeared in Internal as CWM/download/...this time.
Still don't know where the 1st one went.
I left dalvik checked, and checked wipe data and cache. Then install.
Okay. It got stuck in re-boot.
Battery pull. Still stuck. CM slash screen and Samsung logo and thin blue bar and black screen and vibrations all looping erratically.
Fear.
Battery pull.
Awe. Recovery mode. :thumbup:
Back to normal. Phew.
Okay.
Backup is good.
So... Lets try something else since it's only 2am.
Like this. At least it says it's for T989 2.3.6 and has several 5 star reviews:
Success!!
Titanium: Restored all user apps and data.
Success!
Whoa...
1.8 ghz!
Check these out:
I'm using GoLaunch again (don't like tw), had to go get SlideIt keyboard (no Swype) and Screenshot It, but I am definitely going to use this for ahwile. Smooth and quick!
Can't try out ICS for a week or two, but at least the day/night/morning wasn't a total loss.
My second ROM!
Yeh!
So I'm stuck with 2.3.6 a little longer.
But I want something to play with, too!
So I was looking around, and remembered this option:
But I don't even know if it's for 2.3.6 or not, or how safe it is to flash.
Is it really that easy: just download it straight to the phone using ROM Manager (which I did, and have no idea where it went. Using es, I can't find it in internal or external...? Just poof...gone...)
Okay. I'll assume CWM can find it.
No... I guess I have to choose what I want it to flash. Where is it? Not in downloads or CWM or on ex or...?
Okay. Skip that part. Now...
Do I checkmark both these other two boxes as well as the wipe dalvik? I already did a nandroid bu after I flashed this ROM-the one I'm using, stock- back in after I was done with Darkside), so just wipe data and cache and dalvik cache, or none...?:
I also already have a full bu on tit bu on my ext card.
Is this it? About a two click flash? No booting into recovery manually or anything?
Best of all, no PC?
I have tried to find out about CM9 in xda.
But all I can find is comparisons to the official Cyanogen 9 ROM's and something about nightly means it's being worked on every day.
I guess Cyan is like "the best", right? It's got 5 stars, so it must be alright?
Would this be a good second ROM for me to install?
What precautions should I be aware of before I start pushing things?
Thank you so much.
I do appreciate it.
Edit: I went ahead and tried to install it after reading around a little bit.
Still not sure it's for 2.3.6. Might be 2.3.5. or 4.0.3 ?
I re-downloaded CM9 and it appeared in Internal as CWM/download/...this time.
Still don't know where the 1st one went.
I left dalvik checked, and checked wipe data and cache. Then install.
Okay. It got stuck in re-boot.
Battery pull. Still stuck. CM slash screen and Samsung logo and thin blue bar and black screen and vibrations all looping erratically.
Fear.
Battery pull.
Awe. Recovery mode. :thumbup:
Back to normal. Phew.
Okay.
Backup is good.
So... Lets try something else since it's only 2am.
Like this. At least it says it's for T989 2.3.6 and has several 5 star reviews:
Success!!
Titanium: Restored all user apps and data.
Success!
Whoa...
1.8 ghz!
Check these out:
I'm using GoLaunch again (don't like tw), had to go get SlideIt keyboard (no Swype) and Screenshot It, but I am definitely going to use this for ahwile. Smooth and quick!
Can't try out ICS for a week or two, but at least the day/night/morning wasn't a total loss.
My second ROM!
Yeh!