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Mate the youtube app works great, try it out :D just got home, don't know if i have time, but i'll root
rahmu wroteCan anyone please explain to me what does "flashing the kernel" mean?
Thx.
The android OS is based on linux,so all android devices have a linux kernel,usually devices (from samsung) come with secure kernels that are unrootable so the user must flash a custom insecure kernel to root the device,usually referred as rooted kernel,the process is easy the user must flash (install) the kernel via a tool called odin (samsung devices can be flashed without root which make rooting em easier).
Short explanation: the user must replace the stock kernel with a custom one in order to root.
As for the kernel role,it controls the hardware,like cpu and board voltages and frequency,backlights,etc..
hahhahaha rooted, took 10 sec lol, easiest thing i ever did, now backing up for an ics rom
cool, i installed the ics reseruction rom, dam i'm still surprised the look and fell of it are awesome, wooft, anyway the browser's performance is behind samsung's rom (only when it comes to flash), the camera is very good, but nit excellent, and quadrant scores aren't good...
but the rom is wayy better than samsung's one....
@m.sabra , or any other prof, can you please suggest a good fast rom i can try, i'm loving this :D
note advertizing another forum but :P
http://www.ce4arab.com/vb7/showthread.php?t=393044
it is the tutorial I used

I had been reading a lot on xda developers and got lost in all the talk about kernels, roms, firmwares and shit

then I found the above thread, I did not trust it at first because
1) it is in arabic :P
2) it seemed too simple.

but it worked, and took no time at all
Never mind about the performance thing the rom is getting better just a question , do i have to wipe everything out everytime a new version comes out ?