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Question: Samsung Galaxy S i9000

Hi All,
Sorry if this is not posted in the right section, i am unable to post in the correct section due to me being a new registered member, so i thought i'd ask here and maybe some of you can help and share some of you're knowledge.
I have a Samsung Galaxy S i9000, I followed a guide posted on the XDA developers website (here is the link) http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1852546
I ignored the INSTALLING JW4 section as i was already updated to GINGERBREAD 2.3.6 XXJW4.
I then followed the Installing Root section with success.
I then installed Cyanogenmod 9.0 on the install custom ROM section, but further down the section i was also told to install gapps....Could someone tell me what gapps is ? and what gapps does ?
Everything else went well and i am now running Cyanogenmod 9.0 on my Galaxy S.
I was wondering, i hear alot about jelly bean, ice cream, cyanogenmod, what are the differences ? or are these the same thing ?
now i have cyanogenmod installed on my phone, and i want to update to say Jelly Bean 4.2 how do i go about doing this ? do i need to follow the guide and root again or ?
also can someone explain flashing to me ?
Thanks in advance.

JLD91 said:
Hi All,
Sorry if this is not posted in the right section, i am unable to post in the correct section due to me being a new registered member, so i thought i'd ask here and maybe some of you can help and share some of you're knowledge.
I have a Samsung Galaxy S i9000, I followed a guide posted on the XDA developers website (here is the link) http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1852546
I ignored the INSTALLING JW4 section as i was already updated to GINGERBREAD 2.3.6 XXJW4.
I then followed the Installing Root section with success.
I then installed Cyanogenmod 9.0 on the install custom ROM section, but further down the section i was also told to install gapps....Could someone tell me what gapps is ? and what gapps does ?
Everything else went well and i am now running Cyanogenmod 9.0 on my Galaxy S.
I was wondering, i hear alot about jelly bean, ice cream, cyanogenmod, what are the differences ? or are these the same thing ?
now i have cyanogenmod installed on my phone, and i want to update to say Jelly Bean 4.2 how do i go about doing this ? do i need to follow the guide and root again or ?
also can someone explain flashing to me ?
Thanks in advance.
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First of all...what is GAPPS?
Gapps is short for google apps...its has gmail, maps, play store, maybe youtube or an update to the camera app (not sure) but you get the idea...you don't have to install gapps but it's recommended...here is a link to gapps: GAPPS. Third link is what you should download...the one that says CyanogenMod 9.x.x
Second, Ice cream sandwich(ICS), Jelly Bean(JB):
These are android OS versions, you are now using cyanogenMod 9....this is using Android ICS(ice cream sandwich) this is android 4.0.3 or 4.0.4.
Here is a full list of Android OS versions.
Now you get the idea...
Third...what is CyanogenMod?
Simply put, CyanogenMod is a group of people who take the stock android OS and make some customizations, editing, tweaking, and theming...like others...but CyanogenMod(CM) are so great, that most other ROMs depend on CM (You'll see in the ROM page something like "Based on CM" or "Based on cyanogenMod 9").
Extra:
What is ClockWorkMod recovery? (CWM):
CWM is the most popular custom recovery that gives you more options than that of the stock recovery...most of the time, when you root your phone you flash a custom recovery like CWM or TWRP(Team Win Recovery Project) which give you the ability to flash custom ROMs and other flashable ZIP files...
This is a great guide and will help you greatly...
Have a nice day

How to port a ROM with cm 10.2 android 4.3?

I saw posts mentioned that there are differences in the way of porting cm10.2 with android 4.3. Does anyone has any recommendation or guideline on how to do it?
And also, how about if I want port a custom rom which is cm10.2 android 4.3 into a cm 10.1 release 8, is there any guideline on doing this?

Aylwinchai said:
I saw posts mentioned that there are differences in the way of porting cm10.2 with android 4.3. Does anyone has any recommendation or guideline on how to do it?
And also, how about if I want port a custom rom which is cm10.2 android 4.3 into a cm 10.1 release 8, is there any guideline on doing this?
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Android 4.4.4 help

Hi everybody,
I'm looking for a 4.4.4 Kitkat custom rom, stable and without bugs.
There are the CM11 nightly but it's impossible to know what still does not go on them so I would not risk.
Any suggestions?
Do not link me any Lollipop rom, since I don't like the new Android OS and will never work perfectly on a Quadcore, in my opinion.
Thanks for your time.

Upgrade CyanogenMod 4.0.4 on TMO P1000

I've got CyanogenMod 9 (4.0.4) running on my T-Mobile GT-P1000 and I'd like to upgrade to something newer. It's been a while since I've played with ROMs, so I have two questions if anyone can help me.
First, can I upgrade directly from CM 9 to something newer, like the current CM 11 snapshots, or do I need to flash back to stock first and can you point me to instructions for the best method?
And second, which is more subjective, what is the most recent version of CM that works well on this device?
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Can I install JB ROM if now I have a KitKat custom Rom?

Hi there, a few months ago I flashed a custom ROM and switched from the stock 4.1.2 to the CarbonRom 4.4.4, my phone is a Samsung Galaxy S Advance
Now I'm having lags with it and I want to return to the stock ROM or install a JellyBean based ROM.
I read that it's not possible to install the ROM directly because I need to downgrade first, but I don't know where to start... is there a guide out there?
I tried searching on google and I read that it's not possible to downgrade because of bootloader things... Can someone help me?
Thanks in advance

You don't need to downgrade.
You can directly install stock Jelly Bean firmware using Odin.
You can install a Jelly Bean based rom using CarbonRom recovery. If the Jelly Bean based rom doesn't include a kernel, you also need to install a Jelly Bean kernel (like CoCore).
Personally I think there's no need to revert back to the slow Jelly Bean. I'm using this rom http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s-advance/general/rom-modded-cyanogenmod-11-t3387424 for three weeks now with no problems, it's better than CarbonRom.