Smart App Protector

If you need more info, this is the best site you can find:

http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1336

And the procedures as stated in Android central is one of the commonly used procedures to upgrade or you can refer to xda forum for alternatives eg using GNex toolkit to upgrade firmware

If you have been following this thread just for past few days posting you will notice many of us are on custom roms, some even since day one they got their phones

Just installed aopk milestone3 ontop of bigxie apex1.0 without phone wipe. Change kernel to apex v5
Perfect install has been on it an hour no obvious significant bugs noted
To proof that is safe n perfectly ok to install another developer rom ontop another developer without phone wipe

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Added on February 1, 2012, 8:10 amThat is bad. Mine is still good coming to a month use. It is probably due to constant friction with hand and sweat
Mine is always with case rearth slim or in melko case. So very well protected

This post has been edited by benny888: Feb 1 2012, 08:10 AM

Launch PHONE, dial *#*#4636#*#*

You will see Phone Info, Battery Info, Usage Statistics, WiFi Info
Select Phone info : IMEI

It is advisable to wipe cache partition and dalvik cache even when flash kernel. It only takes a few seconds. No harm doing it. Cleaning these does not do any harm
Flashing other mods not necessary

The Dalvik cache is a place where the Android OS re-compiles the executable programs the first time to optimize them. It only needs to do it once which explains the "cache" part -- unless you make a major change like replace the kernel. If you do that, you want to manually clear the Dalvik cache to force Android to recompile the apps for the the new kernel.

I also believe the main data Cache is used by the Android OS at runtime to write temporary files for specific reasons. You want to clear this out when you try a new ROM so it doesn't re-used that cached data.

Manually cleaning both caches out allows the new ROM to be installed in a "cleaner" environment.

Just look at what you want to flash. Example you flash a rom than you want to flash a mod of its theme . In such a case , it is better to flash rom reboot than flash the mod. If you are flashing something on top of the rom which doesn't have it than you can flash it simultaneously example flashing gapps immediately after you flash Milestone 3 rom. There is no fix rule - use your common sense. Know what you are flashing. If you don't know or unsure, safest is to flash it individually after a reboot

This post has been edited by benny888: Feb 1 2012, 10:20 PM

Baseband is your phone radio/modem > It controls your phone signals, data reception etc
No need to upgrade if you are happy with it. Upgarde only if you consistently faced line blacKouts, difficulty in getting internet connection on 3 G. But before you change , analyse your problem first over few days to ensure it is not telco issue. Or try it with another telco simcard

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Added on February 1, 2012, 10:28 pmWhat is your baseband now ? And on what rom ?

This post has been edited by benny888: Feb 1 2012, 10:28 PM

I am always on XXKJ6 since day one on original rom to all the cook roms ( ARHD, AOPK, Foxhound, BIgxie APEX)

XXKK6 is a good one as I never have any issues so far with it. XX is Europe based which works very well in all Samsung phones in Asia. I do not know UG is from which country, probably in Latin America as UB is Brazil

Build 21 , quite few users complain about line issues. Switch to stable version latest is Milestone 3. Just upgrade it, no need to wipe phone. You install these nightly builds, learn and accept many bugs with the phone

Download the baseband zip -m extract it and locate the radio.img file
Best way to flash is to use fastboot

Boot into bootloader
Enter this command into terminal/command prompt:
fastboot flash radio name-of-radio.img
(replace "name-of-radio.img" with actual img name)

That is because you choose wipe data which is factory reset

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Added on February 2, 2012, 10:02 pmFirst time you flash custom rom advisable wipe data. Root your phone first use titanium backup to backup your apps/data n use cwm backup whole rom too incase you need restore back

This post has been edited by benny888: Feb 2 2012, 10:02 PM

Most will ask you to wipe but i never even moving among developers. Anyway is your choice as you can always wipe data in recovery mode if phone fail to boot

How to help you with no detailed info?
Me never have problem connect with wifi

NO issues at all

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Added on February 2, 2012, 10:44 pmClear cache partition plus dalvik cache before flashing any new rom or even kernels

This post has been edited by benny888: Feb 2 2012, 10:44 PM

If you have been reading my blog posts , I already mentioned clearly you need root n clockworkmod installed in first few lines:
http://leemn.wordpress.com/2012/01/27/gala...rkmod-recovery/

This post has been edited by benny888: Feb 2 2012, 10:57 PM

Answer already given in several posts backup

Did you install any ahem pirated cracked apps . If you did not , sent in to service center or reflash rom yourself first to monitor , which the service center will first do and return phone to you

You can use any apk, just need to change the resolution only. The APK are the same for all phones irrespective of phone size display if you are getting such APK. And a warning to those using pirated Papago, depending on your source of such apk - be aware your phone will hang/freeze , sudden reboots frequently. Go and buy original copy to avoid such issues - it is only RM 99

This post has been edited by benny888: Feb 2 2012, 11:12 PM