Update Samsung Galaxy Wonder I8150 to Android Jelly Bean

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Revision History
26 September 2013 Updated the steps for entering download mode so that Odin can detect your phone.

I’ve always wanted to update my Samsung Galaxy Wonder to Android Jelly Bean; lately my cellphone became quite slow (especially after the latest upgrades to Android 2.3 from Samsung) and I always wanted to install Chrome and Google Keep that both require Android 4. Samsung does not provide any official release of Android 4, so I decided to go for a custom ROM. In particular, I’m using Android Jelly Bean, 4.2.2, CyanogenMod 10.1 ALPHA (Build 7).

I had quite a hard time to understand how to install it; basically because I had never installed a custom ROM. Moreover, the instructions to do that can be found on the web but I never found a complete tutorial that shows the procedure from the very start: they all assume that you have already done previous steps.

Then, I decided to write a complete tutorial (this is based on Windows). This assumes you have an external sdcard on the phone.

The update will wipe out all your data, so make sure you backup them first. Proceed at your own risk. You will also lose Samsung warranty.

PLEASE, if you have problems with this custom ROM, DO NOT post comments to this blog post: use the official discussion forum thread.

Make sure you read the whole tutorial first, before proceeding.

Disclaimer: All the tools, mods or ROMs mentioned below belong to their respective owners/developers. I am not to be held responsible if you damage or brick your device.

USB Drivers

Make sure you can connect your Android phone with the computer. If not, install the USB drivers for Samsung Galaxy W properly. The easiest way is to install Samsung Kies.

Install ClockworkMod recovery using Odin

Download Odin zip file: Mediafire (this is the original page with this information)

Extract the odin Multi_Downloader_v4.43.exe file and run it.

Download recovery-clockwork-6.0.3.4-ancora.tar.md5 and Ancora.ops (this is the original page with this information).

In Odin

  • enable “One Package” in options
  • Select the Ancora.ops file,
  • load the md5 file with the “One Package” button

Now you need to put your phone it into download mode, in order to upload the clockworkmod recovery file:

  • turn off phone,
  • hold Volume Down + Home + Power Button for a while till the phone turns on.
  • the phone will turn on and show some screen,
  • plug in usb cable
  • press Volume Up

At this point Odin should detect the connected phone

In Odin press the “Start” button, and the downloading should start (see the phone):

Wait for the download to finish (see Odin)

Now you can unplug and turn-off the phone.

Create a backup of the current image

Turn on the phone in the Recovery Mode: hold Volume Up + Home + Power Button for a while till the phone turns on (Note: this time it is “Volume Up”, not “Volume Down”). Release power button as soon as samsung logo appears and hold your volume up button + home button until clockworkmod recovery appears on the screen

To use the menus:

  • Volume buttons to move in the menu
  • Home button to select a menu
  • Power button to go back

Select “backup and restore” and then “backup to external sdcard”:

and wait for the backup to complete

You can now reboot the phone from the main screen. The phone will reboot as usual.

You may want to store a copy of the backup in your computer hard disk; just connect the phone with USB, and navigate to the directory where the backup was saved on the phone sdcard:

Perform the update

Download CyanogenMod 10.1 ALPHA (Build 7) and Google Apps

(this is the original source with the links)

Put these files in the root folder of your external SD card (you can turn on the phone as usual and connect it via USB for that, or copy these files from the computer using an external card reader).

When the copy finished, disconnect the phone and turn it off.

Switch ON the phone in the Recovery Mode: pressing and holding Volume Up + Home + Power buttons together.

Now wipe data and cache selecting the following commands (and wait for them to complete)

  • Select “wipe data/factory reset”
  • Select “wipe cache partition”
  • Select “advanced” and then select “wipe dalvik cache”

Now go back to the main menu (Recall: use the power button to go back)

Select “install zip from sdcard” and choose the zip file containing the OS (in this case it is cm-10.1-20130611-EXPERIMENTAL-ancora-alpha7.zip) from the root of the SD card (where you previously copied it).

Now do the same for the google apps zip file: select “install zip from sdcard” and choose the zip file containing the OS (in this case it is gapps-jb-20130301-signed.zip) from the root of the SD card.

Reboot into the new system

Now you’re ready to reboot into the new system from the main menu!

NOTE: Your Phone will boot now and it might take about 5 minutes to boot on your first time. So, please wait.

If everything went fine, you should see the new logo

Then you should see all the menu screens for configuring the phone!

Note: as for me, this procedure started with an error message saying that the vocal synthesis engine crashed, but I simply ignored the message and went on.

After you inserted your Google account, the phone should be ready; at this point, if you selected an Internet connection, all the applications you had previously installed from Google Play should be installed automatically… it took about an hour in my case.

First Impressions

The system seems rather stable and surely more responsive than before!

Battery usage seems to have increased, especially when connected with WIFI.

All in all, I’m very happy of the new system. 🙂

External Sources

These are all the links where I found the software and information I based this tutorial on.

192 thoughts on “Update Samsung Galaxy Wonder I8150 to Android Jelly Bean”

  1. Ofer

    Hello Lorenzo,
    Thank you very much for your detailed information, it was very helpful and easy to follow. The upgrade went smoothly and it looks great.

    Ofer.

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      1. Balaji

        Thanks Lorenzo……! I have been updated successfully to new 4.2.2.But now i wanna to revert back to my old version 2.3.Can u plz help me in this regards.

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        1. 123telugu

          For u r old version, go to sammobile.com and register with u r email. now loged into sammobile then search the model no of ur device. then download there firmware. next download the odin and unzip the download file to browse the file in odin. after select the onepackge and add ancore file then click start button.

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        1. suratmi

          After you inserted your Google account, the phone should be ready; at this point, if you selected an Internet connection, all the applications you had previously installed from Google Play should be installed automatically…

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      3. Firew

        Thank’s Lorenzo for every thing but …my phone …samsung galaxy wonder i8150
        android 2.3.6. i need upgrade 4.2.1 but can you help me Lorenzo? thank you .

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        1. Lorenzo Bettini Post author

          I don’t understand what you’re asking… if you want to update, then read the blog post…

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      1. Lorenzo Bettini Post author

        I’ve just updated the blogpost. Please check the latest comments and re-check the section in the blogpost for putting the phone in download mode.

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        1. Jacob

          Yeah It’s working now I finish all the steps but now I can’t access the gallery or camera and it says “No external storage available”

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    4. Ravikaant

      Lorenzo , the post states that the phone will take up 5 minutes to start up for the 1st time , but mine is still going although it’s already 1 hour , any suggestion? should i reboot it again?

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    1. Lorenzo Bettini Post author

      I wouldn’t know, that was the first time I used Odin… try to ask on some forum.. what is the error anyway? Or it just does not do anything? Are you able to access your phone via USB?

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      1. A.M

        i have the same problem, everytime i press the start button there was a message say “please connect the phone”, what should i do?

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        1. Leloose

          make sure you have intalled the lastest Samsung USB driver, and make sure u have marked USB debunging in your phone,..

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    1. Lorenzo Bettini Post author

      I think the internal SD will be formatted, thus it won’t work.. but I don’t know for sure..

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  5. tomash

    IT WORKS GREAT! Thank you very much
    i think its possible to o copy the files to INTERNAL ROOT FOLDER because its gives the option to choose the zip files from the “usb storage” too

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  6. b_rett

    Thanks Lorenzo! The upgrade worked exactly as you instructed. The only challenge I have now is connecting to Kies. It’s prompting me to turn off USB debugging mode but I can’t find that anywhere in the settings in this new OS. Have you been able to connect to kies or know where I can find that setting?

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    1. Lorenzo Bettini Post author

      Hi
      I’m not using Kies, so I haven’t tried that. I think that USB debugging is in the Settings, in the Options for developer section. But I don’t know whether Kies will access the phone now that it has a firmware that Kies does not recognize… If I remember correctly, this is specified in one of the blog posts I linked.

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      1. b_rett

        You are correct, kies will not recognize it. I found an app called android-sync to use for syncing with outlook. Cost is $30 but it works well. you may know this but the developer section is hidden in jelly bean, you must tap on the build number 7 times to expose it.

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    1. Lorenzo Bettini Post author

      I wouldn’t know, that was the first time I used Odin… try to ask on some forum.. what is the error anyway? Or it just does not do anything? Are you able to access your phone via USB?

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      1. vivien

        hello, yes i able to access my phone via USB. :/ omg i feel so help less now. i found out the way u teach ppl update samsung galaxy w to jellybean so easy .. but now i feel so sad cant even detect my phone..

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  8. Eagle

    Hi Lorenzo,

    How is your phone performance after updating to Jelly Bean ?
    Do all application run well ?
    Do all devices (camera, gps, etc) work well ?

    thanks

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    1. Lorenzo Bettini Post author

      Eagle, the performance definitely improved! The applications all seem to work well. Please also check the official thread for that: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2214042

      The only annoyance was the battery consumption that significantly increased! But that was fixed in version “2013-08-13: CM-10.1 alpha8”. I upgraded to such version (released after I published this blog post) and battery consumption is much better now 🙂

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  10. PLEZZ HELP!!

    my samsung w already upgrade via samsung kies for latest official firmware… i follow ur instruction so far so good until i want to install zip [cm-10.1-20130611-EXPERIMENTAL-ancora-alpha8.zip] at my external sd card… THE OPERATION ABORTED 🙁 ERROR MESEJ STATUS 7 DUNNOW WHAT IT IS… SO I RESTORE BACK MY PHONE :((((

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    1. Lorenzo Bettini Post author

      I’m sorry, but I really cannot help about these specific errors…
      you might want to try the procedure again…

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      1. dulla

        this happened to me as well, and even on my pc i cant extract the file cm-10.1-20130611-EXPERIMENTAL-ancora-alpha7.zip, it says it is either in unknown format or damaged, i tried build 7 and 9, its all the same

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    1. Lorenzo Bettini Post author

      If they are in the simcard there should be a menu option somewhere in settings to copy the contacts from the simcard to the phone… aren’t you using a google account? aren’t you synchronizing all the contacts with the google account?

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  12. Amr

    I have samsung galaxy wonder and I installed cm-10.1 alpha7 4.2.2 but the camera is not working nor the gallery nor any app
    all of them is asking for root permission
    can anyone help me?

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  13. grayjam

    I can see that apps are using my external sd card but i don’t see it in my file manager. the sdcard0/external_sd but it is empty and i do not have this emmc file other sites are talking about. please help. I can’t find teh usb or development feature anymore.a little help is welcome

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  15. Diey

    Hye Lorenzo. I just wanna ask. Why did my odin just only show ‘pass’ and then when i wanted to start it back the odin show that i have to connect with the phone. I already connect it. Please help me :'(

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      1. Yusuf

        Hi Lorenzo.
        Please edit your post.
        You missed the part: Press Volume UP for download mode.
        It should be:

        •turn off phone,
        •hold Volume Down + Home + Power Button for a while till the phone turns on.
        •the phone will turn on and show some screen,
        •plug in usb cable
        **PRESS VOLUME UP**
        At this point Odin should detect the connected phone

        Great job !

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        1. Lorenzo Bettini Post author

          Opss… I did not remember I pressed Volume Up… sorry about that. I’ve updated the post. THANKS! 🙂

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  17. Riky

    DONE !! (with Built 8)
    STRONGLY EMOTIONAL !!!

    Thanks a lot for this bible to you, to xda developers, to cyanogenmode team and to anyone helped for this great result !!
    I’m still updating full system with apps… but I really enjoy this success.

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  18. MC

    Hi All!

    Did anyone fixed the not detecting phone problem?

    After I do the first steps (loading Ancora and the md5 file + restarting phone in download mode), the ODIN don’t detect my phone.
    Even if when I restart it normally and plug the usb I can acces files on it both on sd card and phone memory.

    Thanks!

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    1. Yusuf

      hahaha
      simple. lorenzo forgot to mention 1 little step to enter download mode.
      >>afer you press the 3 buttons (vol down+home+power)…phone will show some screen. What Lorenzo forgot to mention is YOU MUST PRESS VOLUME UP AFTER THAT.
      THEN YOUR PC WILL DETECT YOUR PHONE.

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  19. Ahmad Amir

    it works great but I cant find a path for my memory card on the file manager !!
    the external_SD file is the file in the internal manager

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    1. Lorenzo Bettini Post author

      As I said in the answer of a similar comment: Same for me. You must install and use ES File Explorer and you’ll be able to see your external sd card

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  22. Yusuf S.

    Hey Lorenzo, just wanna share with you there is a very good ROM called the Touchwi5v8 also by cyanogenmod on xda.
    check it out.
    It has S4 looks. You’ll love it ! maybe you can make a tutorial on this please? (i cant)
    thanks 🙂

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    1. Lorenzo Bettini Post author

      you must have saved the original image before upgrading (I mention that in the blog post); if you have saved the original image probably it’s just a matter of following the same procedure specifying the original images… but I haven’t tried that.

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  25. Grave_Mind

    Lorenzo,

    My Phone Could Not Detect The External SD_Card. What Should I Do?

    I Already Downloaded ES File Explorer. Its Not Working.

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    1. Lorenzo Bettini Post author

      You mean that ES File Explorer does not show anything in the External SD? Or that your phone does not see the external SD at all?

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  28. anton schmid

    Hi Lorenzo
    I have a greate problem with odin and cwm6, because the process reached the step ” recovery.img download..” , the time counter runs, but nothing further happened …
    —
    Any idea to solve this problem and install cwm6 ?
    —
    I have already stopped the antivirus software too …

    Download Start…
    Create File…
    StartThread Detected : 1
    StartThread Detected : 0
    StartThread Detected : 0
    StartThread Detected : 0
    StartThread Detected : 0
    StartThread Detected : 0
    StartThread Detected : 0
    StartThread Detected : 0
    setup connection…
    odin mode.. check plcatform verification.
    VerifyPlatform:V0, P0,R0
    START!!!
    set download environment.
    recovery.img download..

    Ciao Toni

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  30. ken

    hi Lorenzo,

    after I updated to jelly bean custom rom final release. its all great. but I notice something: I can’t do a network setting manually (search network manually),it says error. and also the wifi and download with HSDPA seems quite slower than original (gingerbread). did u feel same too with me?

    ken

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  31. Antal

    Hi Lorenzo,
    I have already upgraded my Galaxy W with cm-10.1-20130611-EXPERIMENTAL-ancora-alpha7, but the mobile internet it’s not working.
    Do you have any idea how can I solve this problem.
    Thanks

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  32. nmsyafiq

    Hi Lorenzo,
    i upgraded my galaxy wonder using cm-10,1 alpha9 and it work really good except for camera..but it does bother me because im not using camera alot,,, but the my real problem start when my phone go to sleep mode, when i open it (press side button or home) my phone screen go with a blank screen, with bit white colour… or the colour of screen become less brightness, it like my screen was broken, but im sure my screen is okay.. it only happen when i press side button or home button (after sleep mode).. and while i call someone and the phone light goes off and when i touch the screen to light it back the screen goes to blank screen…. it some bug or what .. am i face this problem alone or everyone had this too….please help me my phone keep annoying me..

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  35. Holtzmann

    Hi Lorenzo
    I ROMmed my Wonder with Alpha8.Everything has gone good.except strange responses pushing buttons from sleep mode. Once each 10 trial.Finally a Fantastic job.
    Following your successful procedure I’ve ROMmed also my P7300 with CM10.1.2. With dedicated CWM CM and GAPP.
    Thanks again
    Holtzmann

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    1. Lorenzo Bettini Post author

      @yazan: NO, it is NOT guaranteed, see the disclaimer at the beginning. Do that at your own risk.
      IMPORTANT: all your data will be REMOVED, so make a backup first.

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  37. yazan

    Hi again Lorenzo,

    in the beginning of the document you mentioned “This assumes you have an external sdcard on the phone.”

    actually i dont have external sdcard , will this procedure work ?

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    1. Lorenzo Bettini Post author

      During the procedure you will have to wipe all your data in your internal sd, that’s why an external sd is required.

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  38. Honey

    Hi Lorenzo
    I am see your article, I am using Galaxy W & version 2.3.6
    I want to know only two things after installing this custom ROM
    1 ) Is Battery drain stopped ?
    2 ) How much get free RAM ?

    Now i see in XDA site new version “2013-10-10: CM-10.1 beta1”
    Which i can update New or yourone ?

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    1. Lorenzo Bettini Post author

      The battery usage is improved with the upgrade in August (however, in wifi the battery consumes faster).
      As for the free RAM I don’t understand what you mean.
      Currently I’m using 2013-08-13: CM-10.1 alpha8
      I have upgraded after writing the blog post

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  39. Flare

    Hi Lorenzo,

    There is already a CM 10.1 alpha9
    I didn’t yet download CM 10.1 beta 1

    What is Better CM 10.1 alpha9 or CM 10.1 beta 1?

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  40. Andrea

    Ciao Lorenzo, volevo sapere se per caso questo update ha dei bug o da problemi in generale… Grazie mille per il lavoro!

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  42. yusri

    hi lorenzo,

    followed your instruction step by step, it working man.

    thx a lot.. just about to sent my phone to a trash can 1hour ago.. 🙂

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  43. Sami

    Thank you very much. I have galaxy wonder and i did the upgrade you explained perfectly. And it’s working very well. But i cant be able to create folder in application pages. Normally if you press the specification button which on the left side, you see the ‘new folder’ choice and you write A folder name. But now it’s not that. Have you the same problem? And is there any solution?

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  44. Tracy

    Hi. im having a problem. im stuck and it shows an error. what should i do?

    Download Start…
    Create File…
    StartThread Detected : 1
    StartThread Detected : 0
    StartThread Detected : 0
    StartThread Detected : 0
    StartThread Detected : 0
    StartThread Detected : 0
    StartThread Detected : 0
    StartThread Detected : 0
    — cannot open the usb serial port. code: 5

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    1. Lorenzo Bettini Post author

      Yes, it may happen that you completely brick your phone. It’s explicitly said that at the beginning of the post.

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    1. Lorenzo Bettini Post author

      Check that you followed exactly the updated instructions to put the phone in download mode. If it still does not work, ask in the forum (see the link in the post).

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  47. didik

    yes i did it, thx Lorenzo, n how to printscreen with this os,(capture screen)
    problem odin cant show device make sure driver ur smartphone on device manager on OS ok, n all step thats right

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  52. Baki

    Hi Lorenzo! thanks for this detailed post and your explanations for help.. I upgraded JB 4.2.2. It is nice and works faster than the previous version.

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  53. Baki

    Hey Galaxy W users! This ROM really works FASTER but you need to know that battery finishes in 6 – 8 hours with this ROM.

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  54. Sakti

    Hi Lorenzo, thanks for great tutorial. My device has going faster n very smooth. I was very desperate with the old OS before but now its really cool in alpha-8 ! Thank you 🙂
    regards from Indonesia

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  55. Matteo Natalini

    ho dei problemi, cioè non mi mette i driver giusti quando collego il cell e quindi odin non lo vede. mi dice samsung usb ma ci mette il triangolo giallo vicino. help plssss .) grazie in anticipo

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      1. eagle

        Hi Lorenzo,
        Finally I have the courage and time to upgrade my SGW. As others mentioned before, it is much faster and stable than prev ROM, with battery sucker, network searching error problem. thanks a lot, it is really worth to do.
        As you use alpha 8 now, do you find any error with that? would you explain steps to update alpha 7 to 8 or 9?
        thanks.

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        1. Lorenzo Bettini Post author

          It is explained in the original web page: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2214042

          “Upgrades
          Upgrades from previous versions of CM10.1 are the same process as install, except you do not need to wipe anything. Contrary to popular belief, you do not need to even wipe cache and dalvik-cache when upgrading between CM10.1 versions. You only need to wipe if you are doing a major upgrade, switching to a different ROM entirely, or attempting to fix bugs caused by bad backups or corrupt app data.”

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          1. ramoj

            I already have installed the alpha 7 successfully by following your step by step instructions, thanks for that… but now i want to try to upgrade it to Beta 1, would that be fine? I will just follow the same steps as above except I do not need to wipe anything?

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  56. Isma

    When I active the download mode.. The COM Port Mapping doesnt shown anything even I have press volume up botton..

    And also.. Can I flashing/installing an android ROM without using ClockWorkMod Recovery?

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  59. ardiyans

    Hello Lorenzo,

    i was upgrade successful , but after reeboot 1st make wifi connection for login google accaount, after it i was turn off wifi. why i can’t access data by network operator?

    “no internet connection” give me solution please?

    Thank you
    ardiyan

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  61. john

    Thank you sir.. BT please fix my problem everytym I open my Play Store it keep saying that Google apps has stopped. Please help me sir. Thank you more power.

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  62. madan

    i upgraded my wonder with cm 10.1 alpha 9 and now m having problem in connection with the wifi networks….and there displays error message setting is not responding…so do u have any solution for this?

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  63. Paul Dvorak

    Great. It works very well. Thank you very much for your detailed description.
    Really you´ve helped me alot. Have a nice time.

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  65. sazwan

    haii..im already done this odin and already install the cm 10 .. but i cant use bluetooth, cant use internet and playstore cant incoming call and the notification also dint come out how to solve it

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  66. limtzemeng

    THIS WAS SHOWN IN THE MESSAGE COLUMN :

    Download Start…
    Create File…
    StartThread Detected : 1
    StartThread Detected : 0
    StartThread Detected : 0
    StartThread Detected : 0
    StartThread Detected : 0
    StartThread Detected : 0
    StartThread Detected : 0
    StartThread Detected : 0
    — cannot open the usb serial port. code: 5

    what should i do?!

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    1. limtzemeng

      i had found out where i went wrong, and i had done all the steps ……..trying the new system now , thank you ^^

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  67. ulla

    Hey Lorenzo, thank u very much, your information very helpful.
    The upgrade went smoothly but after that, my phone can’t connect to my PC. Can u help me?

    Maybe i miss at configuration at my phone or my driver samsung must be updated or what, please i need help ??

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  68. braveshocker@gmail.com

    Nice tutorial ,i done everything.
    But my external sd not showing,due to this i cant use camera .
    i can see external sd in es file explorer.
    Any solution.

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  71. dulla

    hi lorenzo,
    i got a problem during installations, i couldnt install the file CyanogenMod 10.1 ALPHA (Build 7) or any of its like, i tried apha 8 9 n beta 1 as well, none of them worked, then i tried to extract these files i couldnt, im not sure if its related or not but it says the files r damaged when i tried to extract them, maybe this is the reason i couldnt install them, any other link where i can get this kind of zip files??

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  72. thefalcon79

    i followed ur steps carefully and everything went fine…AWESOME
    i like this Jelly Bean 🙂

    thnx dude, i do really appreciate ur effort

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  73. thefalcon79

    i used/installed the newer version:
    cm-10.1-20131008-EXPERIMENTAL-ancora-beta1.zip

    and it’s works great 😉

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  74. Mamma Mia

    hi lorenzo,,,thank u vry much for this tutorial,,,after the upgraded,,everything’s work perfectly fine with my wonder,,100% worked,,it ran very smoothly,,,didnt hve any lag or bug,,thanks again ^_^

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  76. kramned_29@yahoo.com

    Hey Lorenzo,

    I have done all the steps on your tutorial.. but boot is taking too long.. its been 20 minutes now.. What should I do?

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  77. Hugo Swallow

    Grazie, Lorenzo! You have given my I-8150 a new lease of life. It’s totally different from the sloooow phone which I had before. Now, when I press the Home button, something actually happens!

    I had spent a lot of time previously trying to figure out what was wrong, but I never managed to get it working satisfactorily. I wanted to replace the phone, but couldn’t find one the same size (very important for me!). Then I came across your page yesterday and followed your instructions. They were easy to follow, and it took less time than I had expected. Now it’s a case of getting used to the different interface, but everything seems to work fine (so far) – and so much faster!

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    1. Thanh H.

      You are right, Hugo! The phone was exceptional slow with previous original android. I also tried to tweak it for higher performance and was about to replace the phone, until just now. 😀

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  78. Thanh H.

    Hi Lorenzo,

    It worked with my phone. I updated to CyanogenMod 10.1 BETA 1 with Gapps 20131001.
    Every steps are exactly as described.
    You’ve made a excellent guide. Thank you so much!

    This is my first “touch-down” with Android and it’s for my wife’s phone. Happy! 😀

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  80. Karthick

    Hi Lorenzo

    it worked fine on my phone as well 🙂 Thanks a lot for putting this together, vry plain , simpl and to the point..

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  85. katerina

    hello lorenzo i saw your post yesterday. i have the same mobile and i want you to ask you which update do you think is the better for the particular model? and which one has less bugs ?btw the best post about update ! thx for your time and plz reply 😀

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  87. Shafi

    USB Tethering is not working in CM 10.1. Is there any way to fix this issue. Rest of things are working great…………..

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  91. Antal

    Hi,

    I would like to upgrade my phone from CyanogenMod 10.1 ALPHA (Build 7) to CM11 (Kit Kat).
    I need to make the all process again or I need to install only the new CM11 from SD card?

    Thanks for your answer

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    1. Lorenzo Bettini Post author

      check the cyanogenmod forum; I guess you have to make the whole process again since you upgrade to a major kernel update. Please, ONCE AGAIN, do NOT use this blog post to ask question that should be asked on the forum.

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  93. Veno

    Woowwwwww this firmware is very2 great…..nice…. then after i install the ES file explorer….Its working…. 🙂 🙂 🙂 Thanksss…..

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  96. Aaron Vasanth

    Superb!!! It really worked for me… Kudos to the developers and thanks for the step by step process….

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  98. Jeremiah Villegas

    Please help, when I click the “Start”, it says “an unnamed file was not found”. What should I
    do?

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  99. Toni

    THANKYOU SO MUCH!!! Wonderfull work!!!

    Just a little problem i came up with: odin doesn’t recognise the device in windows 8! I had to do it in windows XP.
    Thanks again!

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  102. Badarch

    my odin didnt read my phone but i searched from google and found my answer i am very happy now i am backuping my phone

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  110. Michael

    sir I just wanna thank you for this. you made a great instructions and good links. looking forward to your another blog like this one.

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  111. mat

    Thanks a lot for your detailed instructions. I just upgraded my Galaxy Wonder to Kitkat 4.4.4 (cyanogen) and it works like a charm.

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    1. Lorenzo Bettini Post author

      I’m glad you managed to upgrade to Kitkat 4.4. It would be helpful if you could say whether you just followed these instructions (are they still valid?) and which image you used for upgrading.
      Lorenzo

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  112. mat

    I used 2014-10-29: CM-11.0 20141029-UNOFFICIAL from:

    http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2588495

    and the cwm-recovery from:

    http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1446593

    From the latter page I used the tarball for odin.

    The older recovery cwm 6.0.3.4 did not work, the update ended with error 7, because at first I did not take the warning literally.

    “Warning: Only use this recovery to flash CM-11.0.” (cwm 6.0.4.5 ancora)

    Your instructions work, I just used the newest version that came to my attention. I did use the version of odin you recommended.

    After the latest Updates to the original firmware my phone got unblievably slow to the point of being unusable. Now it is quick and responsive again.

    Thanks a lot!
    mat

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    1. Lorenzo Bettini Post author

      By putting the image you had previously saved in the ssd and installing that backup using the same procedure you used to flash the new rom

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  116. João Esteves

    Great! A new smartphone without actually buying one 🙂 The only issue is that Kiles doesn’t seems to recognize it anymore. Is there a walk-around? Thanks.

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      1. João Esteves

        OK, thanks anyway. I’m quite happy with my virtually new Galaxy 🙂 And since it was the very first time I did this the fact that it run smoothly at the first attempt is quite remarkable.

        Regards.

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  123. Giuseppe Gamba

    Buonasera,
    ho seguito le istruzioni e il mio Galaxy Wonder è passato a Jelly Bean.
    Funziona tutto tranne la connessione a Internet.
    WiFi OK
    Via rete telefonica NO

    Può aiutarmi?

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