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Yea was just looking at that :p Vanilla ROM uses XXKI3 I see.

Edit: Flashing the firmware now, it's take quite a long time. Is that normal?
 
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I'm flashing to KI3 using this guide - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1075278

This has been the screen in Odin for the past 15 minutes.

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Not sure what to do if it's stuck, don't want to corrupt anything.
 
LiE said:
I haven't installed Kies.
Shall I kill Odin?
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Kies installs the USB drivers for the phone, so you need to install that first.

After it's installed make sure you close it properly (check task manager) and remove anything mentioning Kies from Startup in MSConfig. Kies running while using Odin will mess up the flash :).

Edit: Why are you flashing the KI3 kernel? I thought you were rooting and then flashing a custom ROM?
 
LiE said:
I don't follow?
Which file should I be using from here - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1075278
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none of them, LiE, they are stock firmwares and kernels. a) Flashing a stock firmware or kernal will not give you root and b) flashing a kernel from a different firmware over the top of your existing firmware is never idea. Note: to root, you need to flash a custom rooted kernal that matches your currently installed firmware. You are currently on KF3 so you need a rooted KF3 kernel.

But before any of that, you need Kies installed as odin uses the usb drivers that come with it.

1) kill kies
2) pull the usb cable and pull the battery out of the phone. put it back in and boot in to download mode once more
3) install kies. Do not run it and kill it if it does run
4) download the rooted kf3 kernel detailed in this post: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=14283397&postcount=4
5) run odin, select the kf3 kernal you just downloaded and flash. do not touch any other settings in odin.

let the phone reboot and it should be rooted ready to accept any custom firmware.
 
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It's fine, if you root KF3 and upgrade to a custom rom that's based on KI3, then you'll be on KI3.

Looks like KI4 actually, villain:)
 
LiE i've just explained what you need to do lol

if you want to flash a stock firmware then you can do that without messing around with kernels.
if you want to flash a custom firmware you must root first.

Before you do either of those you must have the usb drivers that are packaged with kies installed.
 
LiE said:
Thanks, but what if I want to install a ROM that uses KI3 and I'm on KF3? i.e. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1198334
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Flash doing it the way James said, Then download villianrom, put it on your SDcard of phone.

Turn the phone off, Enter recovery with Vol up + home + power (together)

DO A BACKUP! from within CWM

Do cache wipe & then davlik wipe (davlik is under advanced)

Select install zip from SDcard & then select Chooze zip from SDcard.

Find Villianrom & hit the home button.

Villianrom uses a custom Kernel called Ninphetamine which is actually not too bad.
 
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