[ROM][Kernel][Firmware] Stock-Rooted L900VPAMA7 Odex / DeOdex [Team WHOMP]

cherylbaker · Feb 15, 2013

ianmb said:
I hope so cuz i dont want to flash something that im not sure of. Granted these guys/girls have been doing this for a while now but coming from my tiny ogevo to this is really got me confused. Oh and by the way cherylbaker saw a few days ago that you built your own ROM..CONGRATS. I was in the works on one for the ogevo but got this phone instead . Maybe we could collab on one if you want to....no biggie if not! Just trying to make sense of what i need to download flash and what not.

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My ? is that if I dl the newest L900PAMA7 ROM and flash this to my phone...just the link in the op...DO I NEED TO FLASH ANYTHING ELSE? Running ...obviously Macks newest ROM..LJC , do I need to go back to stock unrooted or can i just flash the MA7 update..do i need the modem flash....IM JUST CONFUSED!!!!!!!!

Ha ha ha your the second person who had said that. .I dunno where it is coming from but I haven't actually built a rom yet. .working on it yes. . Made changes and it flashed on my phone but that's s far cry from building a rom ha ha
In the op of some thread (perhaps this one) there are zips to flash for different things. You might just want to wait for a one click. I flashed the new kernel just fur fun. . I am a little concerned at this time about battery life. . Perhaps it is just the Constant use new software fun

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---------- Post added at 08:29 AM ---------- Previous post was at 08:24 AM ----------

ianmb said:
I hope so cuz i dont want to flash something that im not sure of. Granted these guys/girls have been doing this for a while now but coming from my tiny ogevo to this is really got me confused. Oh and by the way cherylbaker saw a few days ago that you built your own ROM..CONGRATS. I was in the works on one for the ogevo but got this phone instead . Maybe we could collab on one if you want to....no biggie if not! Just trying to make sense of what i need to download flash and what not.

---------- Post added at 02:02 AM ---------- Previous post was at 01:53 AM ----------

My ? is that if I dl the newest L900PAMA7 ROM and flash this to my phone...just the link in the op...DO I NEED TO FLASH ANYTHING ELSE? Running ...obviously Macks newest ROM..LJC , do I need to go back to stock unrooted or can i just flash the MA7 update..do i need the modem flash....IM JUST CONFUSED!!!!!!!!

Before you flash the rom you need to update your base to ma7. Also if you fish macks rom you are no longer running an ma7 rom so you will not have whatever features or bug fixes are in it.

Go read this thread
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2147373

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ianmb · Feb 15, 2013

cherylbaker said:
Ha ha ha your the second person who had said that. .I dunno where it is coming from but I haven't actually built a rom yet. .working on it yes. . Made changes and it flashed on my phone but that's s far cry from building a rom ha ha
In the op of some thread (perhaps this one) there are zips to flash for different things. You might just want to wait for a one click. I flashed the new kernel just fur fun. . I am a little concerned at this time about battery life. . Perhaps it is just the Constant use new software fun

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---------- Post added at 08:29 AM ---------- Previous post was at 08:24 AM ----------

Before you flash the rom you need to update your base to ma7. Also if you fish macks rom you are no longer running an ma7 rom so you will not have whatever features or bug fixes are in it.

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Just checked my baseband...still says ljc...what do I need to do first. Already flashed the MA7 rom and it says my rom is ma7 but baseband is still ljc?
Is the MA7 MODEM the baseband I need to flash first before the ROM ... like I said I already have the MA7 ROM on my phone ... but baseband is still ljC . GEEZ I hate being a noob all over again !
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dtm_stretch · Feb 15, 2013

Here is some help:

I know it says you must already be on MA7 Firmware to flash but I was successful flashing from MA5, just make a back up and if something goes wrong, restore it. Hell, I didn't even wipe. I am not sure how firmware version will be relevant to flashing system + data + boot.img and I didn't see anything in the updater script that would cause issues if you weren't. If you are switching between deodex/odexed and you don't wipe you will have issues.

Modem = Radio (there is no NV/PRI in Samsung phones) Baseband = Modem

Firmware in the sense that T3 is using it, means Modem + Sboot + Tz, Firmware does not equal rom (really system image + data)
I am hesitant to flash a newer Sboot files because in the past you would lose the ability to reset the flash count and I have never seen ill effects. I have no idea what the Tz file does, nor have I seen an answer. However, I wouldn't be surprised if the Tz file has something to do with LTE(or maybe international versions) because some people are having issues once updating. For example, the ones who lose LTE didn't go from OTA MA7 to Deodex/odexed MA7 (like the OP says) so they never got they updated Tz file (just a hunch, I could be wrong). You can be one whatever firmware versions you want but I just can't imagine Samsung/sprint would have the latest versions be worse than older ones but people have mixed results.

Kernel is pretty self-explanatory. You can use which ever one you want, just try to stay within the android version (4.1.2).

faceless · Feb 15, 2013

ok, so i flashed this and everything seems to be working well... but did Samsung not add the 1 finger expand/contract on the notifications like stock google 4.1.2 has?

ianmb · Feb 15, 2013

dtm_stretch said:
Here is some help:

I know it says you must already be on MA7 Firmware to flash but I was successful flashing from MA5, just make a back up and if something goes wrong, restore it. Hell, I didn't even wipe. I am not sure how firmware version will be relevant to flashing system + data + boot.img and I didn't see anything in the updater script that would cause issues if you weren't. If you are switching between deodex/odexed and you don't wipe you will have issues.

Modem = Radio (there is no NV/PRI in Samsung phones) Baseband = Modem

Firmware in the sense that T3 is using it, means Modem + Sboot + Tz, Firmware does not equal rom (really system image + data)
I am hesitant to flash a newer Sboot files because in the past you would lose the ability to reset the flash count and I have never seen ill effects. I have no idea what the Tz file does, nor have I seen an answer. However, I wouldn't be surprised if the Tz file has something to do with LTE(or maybe international versions) because some people are having issues once updating. For example, the ones who lose LTE didn't go from OTA MA7 to Deodex/odexed MA7 (like the OP says) so they never got they updated Tz file (just a hunch, I could be wrong). You can be one whatever firmware versions you want but I just can't imagine Samsung/sprint would have the latest versions be worse than older ones but people have mixed results.

Kernel is pretty self-explanatory. You can use which ever one you want, just try to stay within the android version (4.1.2).

So basically just stay with the ljc baseband on the ma7 rom? As long as everything works fine? Thanks again...I'm just learning and all my ?s may seem to be a nuisance, but I just want to understand what I'm doing/reading. So if my ?s seem redundant I apologize.

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dtm_stretch · Feb 15, 2013

ianmb said:
So basically just stay with the ljc baseband on the ma7 rom? As long as everything works fine? Thanks again...I'm just learning and all my ?s may seem to be a nuisance, but I just want to understand what I'm doing/reading. So if my ?s seem redundant I apologize.

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That is your choice it is not relevant to the version you are on. I prefer to stay on the newest modem(baseband), some people report having different data speeds with different modems.

ianmb · Feb 15, 2013

dtm_stretch said:
That is your choice it is not relevant to the version you are on. I prefer to stay on the newest modem(baseband), some people report having different data speeds with different modems.

So if I choose to flash the newest modem and im already on ma7 do I need to re flash the rom too, or just the baseband?
And if my speeds/signal are bad with new modem...can I go back to the ljc baseband?
Also...do I just wipe cache/dalvik to flash just the modem
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neopolotin75 · Feb 15, 2013

ianmb said:
So if I choose to flash the newest modem and im already on ma7 do I need to re flash the rom too, or just the baseband?
And if my speeds/signal are bad with new modem...can I go back to the ljc baseband?
Also...do I just wipe cache/dalvik to flash just the modem
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You can flash the modem at any point but its always recommended to flash the modem that matches that version.

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---------- Post added at 10:34 AM ---------- Previous post was at 10:28 AM ----------

dtm_stretch said:
Here is some help:

I know it says you must already be on MA7 Firmware to flash but I was successful flashing from MA5, just make a back up and if something goes wrong, restore it. Hell, I didn't even wipe. I am not sure how firmware version will be relevant to flashing system + data + boot.img and I didn't see anything in the updater script that would cause issues if you weren't. If you are switching between deodex/odexed and you don't wipe you will have issues.

Modem = Radio (there is no NV/PRI in Samsung phones) Baseband = Modem

Firmware in the sense that T3 is using it, means Modem + Sboot + Tz, Firmware does not equal rom (really system image + data)
I am hesitant to flash a newer Sboot files because in the past you would lose the ability to reset the flash count and I have never seen ill effects. I have no idea what the Tz file does, nor have I seen an answer. However, I wouldn't be surprised if the Tz file has something to do with LTE(or maybe international versions) because some people are having issues once updating. For example, the ones who lose LTE didn't go from OTA MA7 to Deodex/odexed MA7 (like the OP says) so they never got they updated Tz file (just a hunch, I could be wrong). You can be one whatever firmware versions you want but I just can't imagine Samsung/sprint would have the latest versions be worse than older ones but people have mixed results.

Kernel is pretty self-explanatory. You can use which ever one you want, just try to stay within the android version (4.1.2).

The tz/LTE connection is probably true...I havent been able to find info on the tz file. Since I am one of the ones that loses LTE im going to say the safest way to keep LTE would then be roll back to ljc do the update to ma7 then you get the sboot/tz/modem root then flash this or just wait until T3 or someone else pulls the tibits then flash and lte should be back.

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Adanedhels · Feb 15, 2013

Guys I hate to say this but I have a feeling that some of the radio glitches you are having might be because you updated to Ma5 or LK8 beta software before the official release

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fryingpan0613 · Feb 15, 2013

Adanedhels said:
Guys I hate to say this but I have a feeling that some of the radio glitches you are having might be because you updated to Ma5 or LK8 beta software before the official release

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Doubt it, you shouldn't spread stuff unless you know for sure.
I ran constant Team Sextape leaks on my epic touch, and never had issues.
I would bet the people with issues didn't take the ota first.

neopolotin75 · Feb 15, 2013

fryingpan0613 said:
Doubt it, you shouldn't spread stuff unless you know for sure.
I ran constant Team Sextape leaks on my epic touch, and never had issues.
I would bet the people with issues didn't take the ota first.

Yea Im I just did the Rom and modem because I saw a cpl people had issues going back after rolling back then updating. I was just going to put a zip together and install the tz and see if that fixes the lte connection.

Adanedhels · Feb 15, 2013

I'm talking from experience on a previous phone. Don't get defensive here you forget sometimes the leaked software has differences from the official releases, such as where different files are written.

Now from my previous conversation with t3 you might want to try installing garwynns kernel to make sure that isn't the issue.

Also there are posts from people in this thread who have used this update and are running lte just fine. This isn't magic and its not sextapes fault you install leaked software at your own risk. I had to completely rebuild my evo3d when I did that, and I will and have never done so again. Sometimes updates are dead ends and there is no going back only completely rebuilding. ...

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austinbrady · Feb 15, 2013

Hope this helps some...

I was on ma5 baseband and firmware, rooted and odexed.

Wanted ma7 base and firmware de-odexed.
Wiped cache and dalvic.
Flashed ma7 modem.
Reboot.
Flashed ma7 de-odexed rom.
Rebooted.
All is wonderful.
All apps function as before.

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Skunk Ape1 · Feb 15, 2013

Thanks a bunch. You've just given me something to work on this weekend.

Flak · Feb 15, 2013

I may have missed it (sorry if I did). Are the kernels posted now the new one or are they still LJC?

santos331 · Feb 15, 2013

I tried flashing the kernel from here too and it is still giving me the one from october. I downloaded the one from rwilco as well from his website and its also the same result. Could it be because were rooted and were flashing it? Ill probably go back to stock recovery and try it.

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Adanedhels · Feb 15, 2013

Just flash Garwynns kernel for now its ma7 with a few tweaks from him. ..

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leenhia · Feb 15, 2013

If I install the update do I need to install the modem and kernel if I'm rooted?

bash78 · Feb 15, 2013

I was at Ma5, What i did was
1. I went back to Ljc stock (unrooted)
2. Rooted it back using the Tool kit
3. flashed the update.zip for Ma7
4. Flash t3s deodexed rom and modem

Everything working. LTE too ( went to downtown Miami to check)

leenhia · Feb 15, 2013

will I lose all my apps and setting if I install this update?

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