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    Noobs guide to rooting/romming your phone.

    of course you can. look at me as a very detail oriented user, which I am. not enough detail - can't follow instructions; too much detail - one gets sunk in it. just like my patients do. of course, ECOs and CWMs can be differentiated by the last words in their descriptions. it's simply easier to...
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    Noobs guide to rooting/romming your phone.

    ok, it's final booting now. meaning - verizon log. I am not sure yet if it all went well. here's few observations 1. please, do color code manual mode screens, for ease of understanding which mode is a user in. red or blue 2. please, simplify walkthrough. It's written with best intentions...
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    Noobs guide to rooting/romming your phone.

    if i can make a suggestion.. in instructions on p.1, number programs to be installed, and then mark them accordingly in step by step guide. there are 2 x ECO and 2 x CWM. what I am suggesting is mark them 1. ECO; 2.ECO; 3. CWM; 4. CWM. or #1 ECO; #2 ECO; #1 CWM; #2 CWM and mention...
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    Noobs guide to rooting/romming your phone.

    good early morning. I shall give it 2nd try now. I have about 1.5 hr to do it, before gym time. I'll re-download all files and try it again. like I said, my hunch was - I was not really in CWM recovery mode. phone works fine so far, but all I accomplished yesterday was to factory restore it...
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    Noobs guide to rooting/romming your phone.

    now that I calmed down a bit 5. Reinstall your battery and reboot into recovery by holding the volume up, down and power button all at once. This will boot you into stock recovery. what is stock recovery? AT WHAT POINT DO YOU LET GO OFF BUTTONS? when samsing logo appears? when stock recovery...
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    Noobs guide to rooting/romming your phone.

    it's ok, keep your eyes on the road. I gave up.Odin worked fine, fortunately, phone did not brick, but anything into recovery modes does not appear to work. I can't resolve differences between stock recovery and CWM recovery, and how to switch between the 2. soft menu key does nothing, volume...
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    Noobs guide to rooting/romming your phone.

    how long is update zip supposed to take to load in CWM mode? so far, it's been sitting on triangle with exclamation mark and droid forever. Odin works fine, green PASS and all that.