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Root How to load Zefie's custom kernels (for Dummies)

I did it! I flashed my Moment successfully. I followed the recipe at the beginning of this thread, however there are a couple of extra things I had to do to be successful.

1. Install Samsung PC Studio...NOT New PC Studio (according to Zefie)

2. And here was the biggie for me; you have to SHUT FIREFOX! I had it open so that I could read the directions.

So--that it! Put in Sam PC Studio and shut off Firefox and followed the instructions top of this thread and all went perfect. Took about 45 seconds! :D Thanks for all the invaluable help from you guys!! Thanks to you...I am now a flasher:D:D
 
Gizmodo said:
I did it! I flashed my Moment successfully. I followed the recipe at the beginning of this thread, however there are a couple of extra things I had to do to be successful.

1. Install Samsung PC Studio...NOT New PC Studio (according to Zefie)

2. And here was the biggie for me; you have to SHUT FIREFOX! I had it open so that I could read the directions.

So--that it! Put in Sam PC Studio and shut off Firefox and followed the instructions top of this thread and all went perfect. Took about 45 seconds! :D Thanks for all the invaluable help from you guys!! Thanks to you...I am now a flasher:D:D
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LOL. About time. :) Congrats!
 
Anyone else's phone die within 5 minutes of getting the red battery with the slash through it with the custom kernel?

I actually only get 5 minutes if the phone is sitting on the desk. If I'm on a call I've got 30 seconds to find a charger after the first low battery warning beep before the phone hangs up and shuts down. Boo.
 
dkjones96 said:
Anyone else's phone die within 5 minutes of getting the red battery with the slash through it with the custom kernel?

I actually only get 5 minutes if the phone is sitting on the desk. If I'm on a call I've got 30 seconds to find a charger after the first low battery warning beep before the phone hangs up and shuts down. Boo.
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It is either that, or i "fix it" and go back to the long long time at 15% :( It is impossible without knowing what they did to the OS and Kernel in cl14 to reprogram the meter correctly.. So pester samsung to release it opensource! (since they legally have to)
 
dkjones96 said:
I know lots of chicks that are good at pestering... I'll tell them to do it :P
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All females get that skill upon their arrival to adulthood. It's the reason the law recognizes 18 as an adult but not 17 yrs, 364 days. The programming is done the last night of their childhood.

Some just choose not to use it that often.

;o)
 
Gizmodo said:
I did it! I flashed my Moment successfully. I followed the recipe at the beginning of this thread, however there are a couple of extra things I had to do to be successful.

1. Install Samsung PC Studio...NOT New PC Studio (according to Zefie)

2. And here was the biggie for me; you have to SHUT FIREFOX! I had it open so that I could read the directions.

So--that it! Put in Sam PC Studio and shut off Firefox and followed the instructions top of this thread and all went perfect. Took about 45 seconds! :D Thanks for all the invaluable help from you guys!! Thanks to you...I am now a flasher:D:D
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Glad it helped!
 
Man. Today I finally got to see what a difference this made. I took my phone off charge around lunch. Spare parts shows its been running (awake) 64% since then, its 9:30 now and I have 30% battery left. Before the update I would have been dead hours ago at that awake percentage.
 
chibucks said:
i have the same problem on my asus netbook... i dragged the odin window as high as i could... removed the title bar... dragged it up a little further and was able to click the corner of the one package box. :)
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currently having the same problem as you guys.. only (and this makes me feel like a super noob) I can't figure out how to remove the title bar for odin. :( How do you do that?
 
blitzik said:
currently having the same problem as you guys.. only (and this makes me feel like a super noob) I can't figure out how to remove the title bar for odin. :( How do you do that?
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oh, we removed/reduced the windows (not the odin) start bar (on the bottom) and were able to click the top part of the "one package" box (to select the tar file). :) hope that helps...
 
Still not quite enough space.. it only gets down to about midway through the button before. The one I have to hit. It's extra frustrating because I can rightclick the title bar and slide the whole window around with the move option, but as soon as I left click or nudge the mouse at all, the window snaps back onscreen
 
Move odin as high as u can, right click on desktop and open properties. Click on appearance then advanced or "custom" or something like that. Pick "active window title bar" from the drop down menu. Reduce the size by at least 5. Click Apply, click ok.
You have to undo this when finished in order to close odin.
 
Skhatri15 said:
ok sorry for being such a noob at all this, but it says i need to have SAMSUNG PC STUDIO 3 as well as other "ingredients" on this site: How-To: Flash to ZE08 & back to Stock Kernel/Remove System Apps

problem is, i use a mac. what should i use? plz help, i hate having the meter read 15% and not being able to use the backlight on my keypad.

thanks :)
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There is a thread about getting Odin to work on Linux but there is a single post by Zefie which states mac's would need to use bootcamp for Odin to work on them and that Virtual machines haven't seem to run Odin either.

Can I use Linux for flashing?
 
joeykrim said:
There is a thread about getting Odin to work on Linux but there is a single post by Zefie which states mac's would need to use bootcamp for Odin to work on them and that Virtual machines haven't seem to run Odin either.

Can I use Linux for flashing?
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well i don't have bootcamp, nor do i know how to run it...damnit i really wanted to fix this. is there a way to turn off the powersaving feature once it hits 15%, that's the only reason i want it. I want to be able to have brightness, keypad backlight, etc, since it stays at 15% for a long time (its actually around 50%).
 
ok, i might explode...

i have done everything as mentioned....odin finds my phone...

Download Start...
<0> Create File...
<1> StartThread Detected : 1
<2> StartThread Detected : 0
<3> StartThread Detected : 0
<4> StartThread Detected : 0
<5> StartThread Detected : 0
<6> StartThread Detected : 0
<7> StartThread Detected : 0
<8> StartThread Detected : 0
<1> Begin Thread..
<1> Engine RUN!!!
<1> setup connection...
<1> odin mode.. check platform verification.
<1> START!!!
<1> odin mode.. do file mapping..
<1> check download environment.

and thats what i get everytime. where it used to say "detected" on the top left, it just says start. idk how to make it start!...im so confused...some one please reply quick, b/c i can't turn my phone on, and i don't want to reset it, i just wanna finish doing this. please someone help.
 
Is the phone still in download mode? If so, pull the battery and replace it and start it up normally to make sure it will start.

Try rebooting it, and making sure you have all three boxes checked in odin....then be sure moment.ops is loading as well.

Thats about all I can think of. Hope it helps.

Also, be sure firefox and pc studio aren't running. pc studio could be running in your task bar.
 
I just installed ZE10.2 and I didn't even realize that I left firefox running and the flash worked...LOL
 
SITH said:
Is the phone still in download mode? If so, pull the battery and replace it and start it up normally to make sure it will start.

Try rebooting it, and making sure you have all three boxes checked in odin....then be sure moment.ops is loading as well.

Thats about all I can think of. Hope it helps.

Also, be sure firefox and pc studio aren't running. pc studio could be running in your task bar.
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yes i did all that, but none of that was the issue, i found the solution.

Zefie has his own little page explaining what to download when u have been updated by sprint. I had to use odin 4.03 instead and go back to CJ05 and then use HIS file to update to CL14 and then use a patchoob version of ZE9.2 or w/e.

:)
 
Ahh, I see. And since I was never updated by sprint I didn't need to use the patchnoob. Good info for the future.
 
i was wondering what the difference in the regular and patchoob versions were. so, since i never went to the store, i can just load his custom roms straight up and not worry about the patchoob versions. cool.
 
NOMster said:
i was wondering what the difference in the regular and patchoob versions were. so, since i never went to the store, i can just load his custom roms straight up and not worry about the patchoob versions. cool.
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patchoob is only if you get the sprint "official" update.. they stick the cl14 SBL which you have to remove via flashing back in odin 4.03... something happens tho where odin 4.03 doesn't inject the oob data back in so you have to flash with a kernel that has the oob injected already in it...
 
Skhatri15 said:
ok, i might explode...

i have done everything as mentioned....odin finds my phone...

Download Start...
<0> Create File...
<1> StartThread Detected : 1
<2> StartThread Detected : 0
<3> StartThread Detected : 0
<4> StartThread Detected : 0
<5> StartThread Detected : 0
<6> StartThread Detected : 0
<7> StartThread Detected : 0
<8> StartThread Detected : 0
<1> Begin Thread..
<1> Engine RUN!!!
<1> setup connection...
<1> odin mode.. check platform verification.
<1> START!!!
<1> odin mode.. do file mapping..
<1> check download environment.

and thats what i get everytime.
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Hi I also have this issue. I've tried on a few pc's and laptops and it stops at that point for 20 mins+. Also when I try to turn on the phone I just get a screen with "Samsung" a phone icon and a computer icon, can someone tell me how I might go about fixing this issue?
 
So I am having an issue - I had the stock Sprint CJ05 with CL14 loaded from Zefie's site.... then I went and ran the ZE10.2 kernel update, and now my phone says the brightness failed to start and my camera doesn't work....

Should I try reapplying the kernel? Should I go back to stock and then try again?
 
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