For those of you with stock phones still running Eclair on Christmas Day 2010, I have made a video of how to flash Darky’s ROM – a popular custom ROM for the Samsung Galaxy S GT-i9000.
The difference it made to the phone is ridiculous.
Going from stock Samsung 2.1 to a nicely tuned and optimized Froyo ROM completely transforms the phone. To begin with the phone is MUCH faster and far more responsive. Graphical tweaks mean everything looks much nicer. Froyo is far more user-friendly, with better designed menus and UI elements. You get to enjoy the latest versions of Google’s main applications like GMail, Maps, and Youtube. The crapware installed by carriers is removed. And several more useful apps often come pre-installed.
If you would like to upgrade the operating system on your Galaxy S, make sure your phone is Rooted first, and then follow these 3 simple steps:
1. Download two zip files and copy them to the phone’s internal SD card. One zip file is a custom “Recovery” program called ClockWork Mod (CWM.) The other much larger zip file will contain the ROM itself.
3. Reboot into recovery and click on the CWM zip file to install it. (You may need to do this twice.)
4. From the new ClockWorkMod Recovery menu, click on the ROM’s zip file to start the flash.
After the flash is done, you select ‘reboot’ from the recovery menu and you are done! The first reboot can take several minutes, but it is an exciting time.. as you anticipate how much more fun your phone is going to be.
Here’s the video showing the steps in more detail:
Here’s Darkyy’s XDA Thread:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=814091
On darky´s tutorial she doesnt say that you have to be rooted. So must I be rooted to do this?? or is it just for safety?
You need to be rooted to install the ClockWork Mod custom recovery.
Oh, btw Darky is a guy.
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sweet, can i upgrade directly to darky’s ROM after i bought SGS?
yes. After rooting it first.
hi, thanks.
After rooting should i make a back up using ROM manager?
Will this tutorial be good http://www.androidpolice.com/2010/05/08/complete-guide-how-to-flash-a-custom-rom-to-your-android-phone-with-rom-manager-full-backup-restore/ ?
A backup is a good idea if you would like to revert back to the previous state your phone was in.
That is a very good article from androidpolice.com Thanks.
Thank, yeah i plan to make backup first, pretty scared that i might brick my phone while installing Darky’s ROM.
By the way, are the downloads at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=814091 up to date? I mean in the requirements section, is the ClockWordMod up to date? Is it just fine to download it?
Thanks my friend
Yes it is. You’re welcome.
hi, do i have to use a default kernel? i’m currently on speedmod by hardcore.. thanks
do i need to restore the deafault kernel before flashing darky’s latest ROM? i’m currently on speedmod by hardcore
I think if you have recovery 2e you are ok. I have no first hand experience with the speedmod kernel though.
can I install this rom on my galaxy s i9000 that is current running on dxjpa (asian region) ?
Yes. But you need recovery 2e first.
I bricked my SGS. I installed the wrong firmware. I admit it’s my fault, i didn’t read it well that it’s for captivate models.
I’m send it to the service center, and i’ll be getting it back later. And regarding backing up, ROM manager app doesn’t work well. I don’t know how, i followed the steps in androidpolice.com and still no luck.
What advice could you give me? Should i upgrade directly to darky’s or should i make backup first? (i don’t have anything to backup except for android 2.2 installed as the default OS)
Any thoughts? Please advice. thanks a lot my friend
which phone model?