ok so i rooted my phone and i enabled the free tether thanks a lot guys for all the help i was looking around but didn't find a guide for installing custom roms can someone make one plz
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How to revert back to stock!
These will set you back to Stock and Unroot Your phone.
I have a few noob questions not answered here yet. I've looked in most if not all of the other root threads, the recovery thread, etc. I have been using Android since '09 or '10, but have always been afraid to root the phone. This time around I simply did not want to put up with all the AT&T bloatware.
I used Odin to achieve root. The doomlord root wasn't working for me, and an odin root method was the only alternative I found (this was on the 24th of Feb, I think). That method did work, first try. The only other things I've done was install superuser, titanium backup, backup and remove some bloat, install ROM manager, and ADFree, and that's it.
Here's what I am/was trying to find out:
Any and all help is greatly appreciated. I apologize in advance if these are answered elsewhere... I did look. >.<
Thanks again, as I can't find this THANK YOU button anywhere!!!!
In every post, on the right side toward the bottom of the post. There are 4 buttons; Thanks, Quote, Multiquote and Quick Reply. You want the one titled THANKS. (Not Thank You.) It has a thumbs up icon. You won't see the button on your own posts, so you can't thank yourself.
If I helped you... please hit that Thanks button at the bottom of this post. (My post. So I get the thanks.)
Thanks.
I would love to thank people for their posts, however the only buttons I can see are Quote and Multi-Quote. I have read that after I make a post they may appear, so hopefully this works.
UPDATE: That did it! I can thank people now.
Android itself is OPEN. you can go and build your very own version of 4.0 ICS right now from source code. there are very few phones you can STABLY and RELIABLY run it on though.
The NEXUS line of phones exists for a reason. they are untouched by carriers (verizon teabagged the Galaxy Nexus a little), and do not have some stupid overlay on them. they are developer devices in that it is the first phone to get android updates straight from google (no manufacturer interference required).
every other phone is tainted with a manufacturer's UI. Touchwiz on Samsung phones (galaxy nexus is a samsung but they provided the hardware not the software), Sense on HTC, 'non-blur' on Motorola, whatever Sony calls theirs...lol, LG, etc
on top of that tainted Android interface is a carrier branding or lockdown (doesnt apply to the entire world, but im only referring to US here)
so google releases new version of Android
manufacturers build phone, and customize android to fit their model (this is where android almost stops being OPEN)
carriers get a hold of the manufacturers build of android and tweak and modify it themselves (more than likely they just tell the manufacturers what they want), as you know they love to include bloat and lock it down from the user
you receive your android phone after it has gone through all those steps....long process huh? we dont get updates to newer versions as quickly because of that long process...and they would rather us buy new phones instead of improving perfectly good hardware.
Android is open in the sense that manufacturers can use it however they wish, within reason. it is not necessarily meant to be 'open' to the average end user, and manufacturers dont want you messing with the phone they built. its the reason XDA is what it is today, albeit with roots deep in WinMo hacking.
Hi!
This kernel enables custom boot animations (/system/media/sanim.zip), adb root, init.d support, runs a script to auto-root your /system partition, and then you're on your merry way
You may need the USB Drivers available here. (Support & Downloads for SGH-I717)
Once the USB Drivers are installed, power off the phone, then hold volume down and power it on, you'll get a screen asking you to hit vol up to continue, do so. This puts the phone in download mode.
Stick the provided pda.tar in the PDA box of Odin3 1.85, flash away!
Install Superuser from the market after booting.
Note that this will increase your flash counter, which is presumably used by Samsung as a reason to decline warranty service (not aware of any reports of this occuring yet...?)
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Hi,
This is an odin .tar prepared with the stock AT&T Kernel, System, and Recovery.
Flash it from odin using the same instructions as my root thread
After flashing, you may need to boot into recovery by powering off, holding vol up + vol down, and holding power until you get into recovery. Then perform a factory reset, this should get you up and running after most brickery.
Note that this is a large file (~450MB), please spare my web host if you don't particularly need it
Download .rar here
Below are stock kernel-only odin tars:
AT&T stock kernel-only odin pda tar
TELUS stock kernel-only odin pda tar
Bell stock kernel-only odin pda tar
Rogers stock kernel-only odin pda tar
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