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Hi everyone,
I'm using a HTC Wildfire and am considering changing from stock (HTC non-branded) to CyanogenMod for a number of minor reasons. Could anyone just confirm that I got a few points right before I get started:
- Recovery is totally independent from the ROM itself, right? So I can flash ClockWorkMod Recovery only, continue to use the stock ROM, but have the additional features of ClockWorkMod available, such as backup, with which I can create a complete backup of the stock ROM. In case I don't like CyanogenMod, I can restore the stock image and be exactly where I left it, Apps, Settings and everything (of course the new Recovery will still be installed.) Is this correct?
- I'm planning to do the following steps (I read about the details, just want to confirm the basics):
x use the Revolutionary way to S-OFF and install new Recovery
x create full image backup of the stock ROM using the new Recovery
x install new ROM (ClockWorkMod)
x if I don't like CM: restore image created before to return to stock
-> This should work, shouldn't it?
- One more: What will happen if the the phone is S-OFF, an alternative Recovery is installed, and a HTC Firmware-Update is attempted? Will this work at all, will it update just the ROM, or will it update the Recovery, too? S-OFF will not be changed back to S-ON, right?
Thanks for your help.
Regards
1. Yes, the recovery is in it's own partition and is independent from the ROM
2. The recovery creates a "snapshot" of your current ROM. So when you restore, it'll be just the way you left it.
3. There's no need to do any HTC Firmware updates after installing a custom ROM (infact, I'm almost 100% sure that it won't work)
As a basic answer yes you go ahead with what you posted.just make sure your hboot version is compatible with revolutionary 1st etc etc.
As for HTC firmware update question,if your talking about the over the air updates I'm not sure but I think it would update your hboot thus reverting back to s-on status again so best not accept it if you do get one (turn off in settings)
Edit : ninja'd lol
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slymobi said:
As a basic answer yes you go ahead with what you posted.just make sure your hboot version is compatible with revolutionary 1st etc etc.
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Yes, of course.
As for HTC firmware update question,if your talking about the over the air updates [...]
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No, the manual ones you can download directly from HTC and install via USB. My understanding was that this would kill everything flashable, including radio and recovery. It would be reassuring to have a worst-case way to go back to stock in case the image-restore fails for whatever reason.
150d said:
Yes, of course.
No, the manual ones you can download directly from HTC and install via USB. My understanding was that this would kill everything flashable, including radio and recovery. It would be reassuring to have a worst-case way to go back to stock in case the image-restore fails for whatever reason.
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Ah sorry never dealt with any firmware updates. There are ruu.exe to help get back to stock if something goes wrong I think.
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You can go completely back to stock, s-on and all but believe me once you have cwm installed there really is no point unless its for warranty reasons, backup fails are rare with the latest recoveries + if it does fail with your first backup you can always post here and we will explain how to extract a stock Rom from an ruu to put things back to how they where before or you can flash a custom sense Rom and modify it to your liking.
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You can go completely back to stock, s-on and all
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That's great.
[...] but believe me once you have cwm installed there really is no point unless its for warranty reasons[...]
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Yea, exactly. I'm a little on the paranoid side, I know... ;-)
Ok, I'm on my way now. I've performed the "Revolutionary" S-OFF and am now running "Revolutionary CWM v4.0.1.4". Is this an out-of-date version?
I've read about ROM-Manager being able to auto-check for and flash a new Clockworks Recovery, but I've also read that ROM-Manager needs root. I have not yet flashed a new ROM, so I assume that I'm not yet rooted, am I? Can I find a ZIP of CWM that I can directly flash from the SD-card?
Does the CWM-version I'm running have any effect on the "quality" of the image backup? In other words, if I create a backup now, will I be able to restore it later running a different version of CWM?
The "different version backup restore" is a bit wonky and won't always work.
To flash a different recovery from the SD card do this:
1. Place this file on your SD card (Not in any folders!): http://www.multiupload.com/74EW2VPNHL
2. Boot into the bootloader
3. Wait a bit and then it should prompt you to update
4. Click the volume+ key to update
5. Remove SD card
6. Boot into the new recovery and insert the SD card
7. Go under mounts and select Mount USB storage
8. Delete the PCIMG file from your computer
nejc121 said:
1. Place this file on your SD card (Not in any folders!): http://www.multiupload.com/74EW2VPNHL
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I tried to, but I couldn't use the link. The whole domain seems to be down - maybe another holy crusade of Big Content, who knows. They sure leave fans in their wake, don't they.
Since you indicated that updating would be ok for the wildfire I went to http://www.clockworkmod.com/rommanager and downloaded the file recovery-clockwork-5.0.2.0-buzz.zip.
However, I'm not sure how to handle it: If I put it on the card under this name, nothing happens on bootloader-start. In recovery, I can select the file and install it, and then I immidiatly get a newly colored menu with the new CWM version 5.something. However, once I restart, the old CWM (v4.x) is there again.
I assume I need to use a magic filename so that the bootloader performs the update, not the (already running) recovery. Right?
**EDIT: Ah, disregard. I believe I found the answer myself.
Do you have fastboot?
If you do I can give you the recovery.img I'm using, which you can flash via fastboot.
Yes, fastboot is available.
Thank you.
Okay, here's how you flash a recovery via fastboot.
1. Extract the .zip I attached to the location where you fastboot is
2. Reboot phone in the bootloader
3. Select fastboot and attach USB cable
4. Open up the command prompt and type in "cd [location of fastboot]
5. Type in "fastboot flash recovery recovery.img"
6. You're done
Oh and by [location of fastboot] I mean that you type in the location of fastboot.
Wow - this was fun. There was something really curious going on with my device: Whatever I tried, no "official" way worked to modify CWM v4 to v5. In every case, the menu of the new version showed up and was usable, but was gone again after restart. After the file-on-card method got me nowhere (file was not recognized), I tried the high road and installed ROM-Manager. This complained about missing su. So I installed su. After that ROM-Manager downloaded CWM v5 and put it onto the card (into a file named update.zip - ahh... ) On restart, the CWM-install-screen came up, then the v5 menu.
And after restart, it was gone again. Even ROM-Manager was confused: He showed v5 as "installed", when in fact it was still v4. ;-)
So finally I downloaded the Android SDK (to get fastboot.exe) and performed the flash as you suggested in the first place. And it worked. First try, without hitch, permanently.
Thank you very much for your help!
Regards
The problem with ROM Manager's version is that it's only temporary and can only be accessed from the ROM Manager itself
My DINC is latest Gingerbread 2.3.4.
I'm trying to get rid of the awful 'low memory' problems that I'm having on a daily basis.
I'm following this XDA guide
[HOW TO] Fix the "Low on space" problem (in plain English)
The PC drivers got installed fine.
But when I run unrevoked 3.22 it gets stuck on 'Rebooting into recovery'. At that point the phone shows the screen: ClockworkMod Recovery v5.0.2.0 (the screen has 9 selectable options in blue text). I can select the first option 'reboot system now' and the phone seems untouched. I've tried it a few times but keep running into the same problem.
Any ideas??
If you're in Recovery (oh that sounds so rude lol) press the optical button to select options. The power button functions as the back button while in recovery.
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If you're in Recovery (oh that sounds so rude lol) press the optical button to select options. The power button functions as the back button while in recovery.
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OK...but do you have any idea why I can't complete the process?
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OK...but do you have any idea why I can't complete the process?
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Trying to be delicate you're done! you now can download this file from androidsu (removed for it being junk) and then put it on to your SD card and flash it by going to install zip from SD and then find this file and say yes to flash. It will flash the superuser binary and the application effectively rooting your phone. you may also want to flash the s-off tool from unrevoked called unrevoked forever from here to give you the ability to flash alternate radios or splash screens or whatever you decide to!
http://unrevoked.com/rootwiki/doku.php/public/forever
I hope this helps!
EDIT: superuser binary link: http://dinc.does-it.net/Superuser/
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Trying to be delicate you're done! you now can download this file from androidsu downloads.noshufou.netdna-cdn.com/superuser/Superuser-3.1.3-arm-signed.zip and then put it on to your SD card and flash it by going to install zip from SD and then find this file and say yes to flash. It will flash the superuser binary and the application effectively rooting your phone. you may also want to flash the s-off tool from unrevoked called unrevoked forever from here to give you the ability to flash alternate radios or splash screens or whatever you decide to!
unrevoked.com/rootwiki/doku.php/public/forever
I hope this helps!
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I'm done? Sorry but I'm a bit confused - The instructions say in the last step:
-Once it's done, unplug your phone and ensure that a "Superuser Permissions" application is inside your app drawer.
Shouldn't I be seeing a new app named 'superuser permissions'? Since there's no app with that name I assumed unrevoked did not complete it's process.
Can I somehow verify that unrevoked was successful?
The fact that it has flashed clockwork is success enough, I know you want to be thorough but I have done this with my own phone as well as a friend's with perfect success of rooting the phone. My Inc now runs ics with perfect ease after completing the process you have. And trust me, the hardest part is behind you. If you download the files I cited above then you will flash them both using your new recovery then you will be set to do endless nods to your phone. My advice though before flashing anything to your phone is to check the Md5 carefully to male sure you don't flash corrupted files to your phone
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The fact that it has flashed clockwork is success enough, I know you want to be thorough but I have done this with my own phone as well as a friend's with perfect success of rooting the phone. My Inc now runs ics with perfect ease after completing the process you have. And trust me, the hardest part is behind you. If you download the files I cited above then you will flash them both using your new recovery then you will be set to do endless nods to your phone. My advice though before flashing anything to your phone is to check the Md5 carefully to male sure you don't flash corrupted files to your phone
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Hey thanks for the clarification. I will go ahead and flash the files - I'll post back with the results.
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I'm done? Sorry but I'm a bit confused - The instructions say in the last step:
-Once it's done, unplug your phone and ensure that a "Superuser Permissions" application is inside your app drawer.
Shouldn't I be seeing a new app named 'superuser permissions'? Since there's no app with that name I assumed unrevoked did not complete it's process.
Can I somehow verify that unrevoked was successful?
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u can verify by going to google play and download root checker or download whatever app that need root to function.
as for superuser app, sometimes that app just didn't show, in order for it to show is you have to manually flash it in clockworkmod recovery, just like nschiwy say. its actually fine to do that so don't be worried , as a precaution cek the MD5 to make sure you dont flash a bad zip file.
Bonkurei said:
u can verify by going to google play and download root checker or download whatever app that need root to function.
as for superuser app, sometimes that app just didn't show, in order for it to show is you have to manually flash it in clockworkmod recovery, just like nschiwy say. its actually fine to do that so don't be worried , as a precaution cek the MD5 to make sure you dont flash a bad zip file.
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Thanks guys - your feedback is very much appreciated!
Sorry for all the questions here -
where can I find the md5 for this superuser zip file? I've been searching around but can't find it...
citysoundman said:
Thanks guys - your feedback is very much appreciated!
Sorry for all the questions here -
where can I find the md5 for this superuser zip file? I've been searching around but can't find it...
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if im not mistaken the latest superuser version is "Superuser-3.0.7-efghi-signed.zip" if ur using this then the MD5 would be b897748a40980ec32998a33f42338b5e
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if im not mistaken the latest superuser version is "Superuser-3.0.7-efghi-signed.zip" if ur using this then the MD5 would be b897748a40980ec32998a33f42338b5e
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For some reason your md5 number doesn't match with the md5 I downloaded of either the 3.1.3 zip mentioned in this thread, or the 3.0.7 zip you mention.
Can you provide a link to the md5 info?
citysoundman said:
For some reason your md5 number doesn't match with the md5 I downloaded of either the 3.1.3 zip mentioned in this thread, or the 3.0.7 zip you mention.
Can you provide a link to the md5 info?
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here's the link http://goo.im/superuser/
I have a bad situation here - my DINC is now stuck rebooting over and over into the white startup screen.
Here's what I did -
I copied to my SD card the 3.1.3 zip file that nschiwy linked in his post. Then I did this:
6.) Power down, then go back to hboot. Use the volume keys to select "Recovery", press power button to select and enter Clockwork. Now select "Install zip from SD card", then "Choose zip from SD card", then navigate to the Superuser zip you placed on the card in step 3. Select and load it. (NOTE: For those that don't typically load zips directly in CWM, use the trackpad button to make selections in CWM, the power button brings you back one menu.)
All this went fine. I used the Recovery command 'power off'. But then when I powered up it now is stuck in reboot. I did flash again from the zip file on the SD card, but same problem.
I see the troubleshooting tips posted here (I will copy it below). Pulling the battery didn't help. And I can't seem to reflash from the unrevoked app because my DINC just keeps boot-cycling...
What shoudl I do??
My phone keeps rebooting over and over and I can't do anything!
Pull out the battery, wait for 15 seconds, and put it back in and turn the phone back on. If it still keeps rebooting, pull out/re-insert the battery again, go into hboot (see above answer) and try the following steps. You can stop as soon as one of them works!
1. Restore a backup that you made in a previous step (if you have one).
2. Reflash the .img file from Step #8.
3. Flash the .img file here: http://dinc.does-it.net/wildstang83_...2_11232011.zip (note: this one will take you back to stock, so you'll have to start the guide over).
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here's the link http://goo.im/superuser/
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Thanks Bonkurei
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1. Restore a backup that you made in a previous step (if you have one).
2. Reflash the .img file from Step #8.
3. Flash the .img file here: http://dinc.does-it.net/wildstang83_...2_11232011.zip (note: this one will take you back to stock, so you'll have to start the guide over).[/I]
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if im not mistaken number 3 is an RUU, which mean when u flash it, it will take u back to stock, please cmiiw.
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Thanks Bonkurei
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your welcome, btw i think version 3.1.3 is for arm devices, cmiiw.
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if im not mistaken number 3 is an RUU, which mean when u flash it, it will take u back to stock, please cmiiw.
your welcome, btw i think version 3.1.3 is for arm devices, cmiiw.
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Can you please clarify for me - flashing the number 3 means to load it into unrevoked app as a custom image?
I'm not sure how to get unrevoked to recognize my DINC because it just keeps boot-cycling..
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your welcome, btw i think version 3.1.3 is for arm devices, cmiiw.
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So I should try 3.0.7 then...if I can get it onto my SD card...hmmmm
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Can you please clarify for me - flashing the number 3 means to load it into unrevoked app as a custom image?
I'm not sure how to get unrevoked to recognize my DINC because it just keeps boot-cycling..
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as far as my understanding of those words, i think its like this :
1. skip cause u dont have 1
2. reflash clockwordmod but since ur phone keep bootloop, i think u gotta flash it in HBOOT.
3. reflash rom by going into clockworkmod recovery and install zip from sdcard.
again cmiiw.
btw can u go to clockworkmod recovery via recovery in HBOOT menu? if u can i think u can skip no 1 and 2 and just go install zip from sdcard in clockworkmod recovery menu.
but idk if its save to do that.
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So I should try 3.0.7 then...if I can get it onto my SD card...hmmmm
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i think u can try it, before flash that stock rom.
do you have a card reader?
if u dont have 1, can you go to clockworkmod recovery menu?
if u can go to clockworkmod recovery menu, just go to mounts and storage and then mount USB storage plug the cable and voila it will detect ur sdcard.
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as far as my understanding of those words, i think its like this :
1. skip cause u dont have 1
2. reflash clockwordmod but since ur phone keep bootloop, i think u gotta flash it in HBOOT.
3. reflash rom by going into clockworkmod recovery and install zip from sdcard.
again cmiiw.
btw can u go to clockworkmod recovery via recovery in HBOOT menu? if u can i think u can skip no 1 and 2 and just go install zip from sdcard in clockworkmod recovery menu.
but idk if its save to do that.
i think u can try it, before flash that stock rom.
do you have a card reader?
if u dont have 1, can you go to clockworkmod recovery menu?
if u can go to clockworkmod recovery menu, just go to mounts and storage and then mount USB storage plug the cable and voila it will detect ur sdcard.
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Yes I can get to Recovery via HBOOT, and yes I can mount USB storage - that is great thanks! I will try to flash the 3.0.7 zip from Recovery. If it doesn't work then I can try and flash the Tip #3 zip file from Recovery.
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Yes I can get to Recovery via HBOOT, and yes I can mount USB storage - that is great thanks! I will try to flash the 3.0.7 zip from Recovery. If it doesn't work then I can try and flash the Tip #3 zip file from Recovery.
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great, just do that. i hope ur device would be working flawlesly again .
Hey guys, first of all I'm a complete n00b to all of this stuff, so please bear with me and consider using layman type language with me. Some of you may think I shouldn't even be messing with this stuff with my limited knowledge, but I'm determined to get the best out of my Galaxy Nexus and generally learn quickly and follow directions well.
Here's the bullet-point run-down of what happened:
- Bought a Galaxy Nexus that was "yakjuux" and wasn't getting updates.
- Read through a thread on here on how to flash to "yakju". Did so successfully.
- I then wanted to root since my device was already wiped from unlocking bootloader or flashing some partition or something
- Followed this thread (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=19583168#post19583168)
- Rebooted, saw the "Superuser" app and thought I nailed it.
- Saw an update for Jellybean, it requested a reboot before install
- Upon reboot I got a dreaded android on it's back with a red exclamation, nearly wet myself. Took battery out, put back in, phone booted normally. It didn't update to JB anymore and when I check for updates it doesn't show. I figured it'll come around again.
- Went to "superuser" app to update, it said it "Failed!" upon trying to gain root access. Upon reading around, downloaded SU Update Fixer from the store, failed gaining root access. Read some more, downloaded "Root Checker" app and it said my device was not rooted.
So where do I go from here? I'm tempted to just follow the 'flash to yakju' thread again and go back to a clean ROM and forget rooting, but maybe there's something simple I can do from here.
** One side note, in that rooting thread I mentioned above, I did not understand step #7 (7. Using CWM recovery, install su.zip that you downloaded in step 1) too clearly. I didn't understand how my phone could even get the su.zip file. So after reading some other rooting methods, I copy and pasted the .zip into the "Internal Storage" drive under My Computer > Samsung Phone > Internal Storage. Then using CWM Recovery on my phone just selected to install it from sdcard (since the Gnex doesn't have an sdcard) and it seemed to be a success. But I'm not sure if that was right. I assumed it was since I got the Superuser app.
Another thing that felt kind of wrong is that, when I flashed to yakju, it wiped my phone clean. I expected rooting to do the same thing, but it didn't (I think because my bootloader was already unlocked?). So I'm not sure if that has anything to do with it either.
Please help. And remember to please refer to things in dummy form. I only know things that involve the above, like using the cmd and typing fastboot and flashing files from a directory, etc.
Thank you in advance.
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Hey guys, first of all I'm a complete n00b to all of this stuff, so please bare with me and consider using layman type language with me. Some of you may think I shouldn't even be messing with this stuff with my limited knowledge, but I'm determined to get the best out of my Galaxy Nexus and generally learn quickly and follow directions well.
Here's the bullet-point run-down of what happened:
- Bought a Galaxy Nexus that was "yakjuux" and wasn't getting updates.
- Read through a thread on here on how to flash to "yakju". Did so successfully.
- I then wanted to root since my device was already wiped from unlocking bootloaderor or replace some partition or something
- Followed this thread (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=19583168#post19583168)
- Rebooted, saw the "Superuser" app and thought I nailed it.
- Saw an update for Jellybean, it requested a reboot before install
- Upon reboot I got a dreaded android on it's back with a red exclamation, nearly wet myself. Took battery out, put back in, phone booted normally. It didn't update to JB anymore and when I check for updates it doesn't show. I figured it'll come around again.
- Went to "superuser" app to update, it said it "Failed!" upon trying to gain root access. Upon reading downloaded SU Update fixed from the store, failed gaining root access. Read some more, downloaded "Root Checker" app and it said my device was not rooted.
So where do I go from here? I'm tempted to just follow the 'flash to yakju' thread again and go back to a clean ROM and forget rooting, but maybe there's something simple I can do from here.
One side note, in that rooting thread I mentioned above, I did not understand step #7 (7. Using CWM recovery, install su.zip that you downloaded in step 1) too clearly. I didn't understand how my phone could even get the su.zip file. So after reading some other rooting methods, I copy and pasted the .zip into the "Internal Storage" drive under My Computer > Samsung Phone > Internal Storage. Then using CWM Recovery just selected to install it from sdcard (since the Gnex doesn't have an sdcard) and it seemed to be a success. But I'm not sure if that was right. I assume it was if I got the Superuser app.
Please help. And remember to please refer to things in dummy form. I only know things that involve the above, like using the cmd and typing fastboot and flashing .img files from a directory, etc.
Thank you in advance.
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Re-install superuser the same way you did the first time. The OTA failed because you have a custom recovery installed. If you want to update to Jelly Bean, look into installing one of the JB ROMs in the development forums, or if you must have the OTA you'll have to flash the stock recovery and make sure everything else is stock as well. OTAs do not care if you are rooted or have an unlocked bootloader.
you can also install the OTA manually, heres my method
1) grab the link for yakju IMM76i > 4.1.1 from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1764536 and place that iin your sdcard. ALSO download this version of Superuser (chainfires one): http://download.chainfire.eu/197/SuperSU/CWM-SuperSU-v0.93.zip and place that in your sdcard too.
2) install clockworkmod recovery again the same way you did before, using fastboot flash recovery recovery.img, press vol down twice in the bootloader and go straight into the recovery.
3) install the OTA zip you downloaded and placed in your sdcard
4) clear cache and fix permissions (might not be necessary but you can do it just incase)
5) reboot, you should now have stock jellybean. the ClockworkMod recovery would be removed at this point because stock android has a file in system which replaces the stock recovery after every reboot, unless you delete that file.
6) go back into the bootloader, flash recovery as before and again boot straight into the recovery. this time flash the superuser zip you downloaded.
7) reboot. should be all sorted now
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Re-install superuser the same way you did the first time. The OTA failed because you have a custom recovery installed. If you want to update to Jelly Bean, look into installing one of the JB ROMs in the development forums, or if you must have the OTA you'll have to flash the stock recovery and make sure everything else is stock as well. OTAs do not care if you are rooted or have an unlocked bootloader.
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Thanks for the fast response.
So basically, I just copy and paste su.zip again into my Internal Storage on my computer. Put my phone into Recovery Mode, plug it in, find and install that su.zip again, and then reboot?
Also, this is something I didn't know: So if you are rooted, you cannot update "normally"? I will always have to flash over the latest ROM?
Thanks.
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So basically, I just copy and paste su.zip again into my Internal Storage on my computer. Put my phone into Recovery Mode, plug it in, find and install that su.zip again, and then reboot
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Yes.
BryMerc said:
Also, this is something I didn't know: So if you are rooted, you cannot update "normally"? I will always have to flash over the latest ROM?
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OTAs do not care if you are rooted or have an unlocked bootloader.
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They only care that the recovery and /system are stock, and even then (as I said) don't care if you're rooted. Rooting doesn't matter. Having a custom recovery does. They are not the same thing. Also, read through ||Nexus|| response.
IINexusII said:
you can also install the OTA manually, heres my method
1) grab the link for yakju IMM76i > 4.1.1 from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1764536 and place that iin your sdcard. ALSO download this version of Superuser (chainfires one): http://download.chainfire.eu/197/SuperSU/CWM-SuperSU-v0.93.zip and place that in your sdcard too.
2) install clockworkmod recovery again the same way you did before, using fastboot flash recovery recovery.img, but dont reboot this time, press vol down twice in the bootloader and go straight into the recovery.
3) install the OTA zip you downloaded and placed in your sdcard
4) clear cache and fix permissions (might not be necessary but you can do it just incase)
5) reboot, you should now have stock jellybean. the ClockworkMod recovery would be removed at this point because stock android has a file in system which replaces the stock recovery after every reboot, unless you delete that file.
6) go back into the bootloader, flash recovery as before and again boot straight into the recovery. this time flash the superuser zip you downloaded.
7) reboot. should be all sorted now
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OK, thank you so much. I'm going to do exactly this. When I "fastboot flash" these over again, will they just replace the old ones? Or do I have to uninstall the ones already on my phone or something. I feel like it may get cluttered or something lol, sorry if that's stupid.
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OK, thank you so much. I'm going to do exactly this. When I "fastboot flash" these over again, will they just replace the old ones? Or do I have to uninstall the ones already on my phone or something. I feel like it may get cluttered or something lol, sorry if that's stupid.
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no, youre just reflashing the recovery which wont affect anything else. once you reboot it will revert back to the stock recovery anyway, so youll be able to get future OTA updates just fine.
edit: yes itll just be replacing the recovery, nothing else
IINexusII said:
no, youre just reflashing the recovery which wont affect anything else. once you reboot it will revert back to the stock recovery anyway, so youll be able to get future OTA updates just fine.
edit: yes itll just be replacing the recovery, nothing else
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Hey, I just installed the Jellybean but how do I do #4? Clear cache and fix permissions?
BryMerc said:
Hey, I just installed the Jellybean but how do I do #4? Clear cache and fix permissions?
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in clockwork mod recovery there should be a "Wipe Cache" option, and for fixing permissions go to "advanced" and "Fix Permissions"
BryMerc said:
Hey, I just installed the Jellybean but how do I do #4? Clear cache and fix permissions?
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Wait, actually I don't think the JB installed now that I'm staring at the screen properly.
It went Installing update...
assert failed: file .........blah blah
Installation aborted.
Also, the drivers I thought I had for my phone seem to be messing up and in device manager it says "Full" with an exclamation point. I'm not sure why.
Sorry for the late responses as a n00b I'm stuck with 5 minute intervals here.
which country are you from?
IINexusII said:
which country are you from?
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Canada.
I just tried reinstalling the drivers and everything and for some reason it's not working. I flash Clockwork Recovery, I see the JB.zip, but when I click to install it it says "assert failed" and has the dead Android. Not sure if it's a driver issue, but I redid the Universal Naked one I had before that worked.
BryMerc said:
Canada.
I just tried reinstalling the drivers and everything and for some reason it's not working. I flash Clockwork Recovery, I see the JB.zip, but when I click to install it it says "assert failed" and has the dead Android. Not sure if it's a driver issue, but I redid the Universal Naked one I had before that worked.
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After selecting "Install zip from sdcard" I see an option "apply /sdcard/update.zip". Is that anything maybe I need to do or something?
check your PM
This is how to root your samsung captivate glide on ICS version 4.0.4
Step 1
Go over to http://androidsu.com/superuser/ and scroll down to ARM devices (2.0 – 4.1). Then you will see 3.2-RC2 under it is a link to the download, click it to start the download.
Step 2
Ounce you have downloaded it you want to put it onto the root of your SD card. You can do this by putting it onto your external SD card and copying it over to the root of your phone.
Step 3
Boot into CWMR. You can do this by shutting your phone down completely and ounce its shut off you hold down power and the volume down button.
Step 4
After you boot into CWMR you want to install zip from SD card so hit the volume keys to move up and down and click install zip from SD card. Then you scroll down to where the Superuser zip file is and flash it.
Step 5
Finally, once you have flashed it you want to reboot your phone by going back to main menu and clicking reboot. Now your done!! Just wait for your phone to boot up and you have successfully rooted your phone!
If you don't have CWMR after flashing ICS with the OneClick-Tool use this Guide for reflashing CWMR:
[RECOVERY][7/11/12][I927(R)]Clockwork Mod Touch Recovery 6.0.0.1 (STABLE)
A Working Download Link is somewhere one the last pages of this thread.
You will need the Odin-Tool.
Thanks
Roeni said:
If you don't have CWMR after flashing ICS with the OneClick-Tool use this Guide for reflashing CWMR:
[RECOVERY][7/11/12][I927(R)]Clockwork Mod Touch Recovery 6.0.0.1 (STABLE)
A Working Download Link is somewhere one the last pages of this thread.
You will need the Odin-Tool.
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The working download link in the recovery thread was posted by me just so you can find it better.
Sent from my SGH-I927 using xda premium
jayjayjoker2 said:
The working download link in the recovery thread was posted by me just so you can find it better.
Sent from my SGH-I927 using xda premium
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ItsMeBdon said:
This is how to root your samsung captivate glide on ICS version 4.0.4
Step 1
Go over to http://androidsu.com/superuser/ and scroll down to ARM devices (2.0 – 4.1). Then you will see 3.2-RC2 under it is a link to the download, click it to start the download.
Step 2
Ounce you have downloaded it you want to put it onto the root of your SD card. You can do this by putting it onto your external SD card and copying it over to the root of your phone.
Step 3
Boot into CWMR. You can do this by shutting your phone down completely and ounce its shut off you hold down power and the volume down button.
Step 4
After you boot into CWMR you want to install zip from SD card so hit the volume keys to move up and down and click install zip from SD card. Then you scroll down to where the Superuser zip file is and flash it.
Step 5
Finally, once you have flashed it you want to reboot your phone by going back to main menu and clicking reboot. Now your done!! Just wait for your phone to boot up and you have successfully rooted your phone!
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On that page it only has 3.2-RC3 now intead of 3.2-RC2. Is that basically the same thing but a newer version or something completely different that I don't want?
It shouldn't matter its just the newer version of superuser.
Sent from my SGH-I927 using xda app-developers app
When rooting 4.0.4 can you get it so you can overclock to 1.2ghz like the other rooting guide says?
No, though at some point in the future we'll be able to. Overclocking is something that requires kernel support, and samsung hasn't released the source for the kernel we're using with ICS, so no custom kernels that will work with ICS have been made yet. Once that source is released, it's fairly simple to add overclocking support, and someone will have a custom kernel up fairly quickly. Then you'll just need to flash that, and overclock away.
ItsMeBdon said:
This is how to root your samsung captivate glide on ICS version 4.0.4
Step 1
Go over to http://androidsu.com/superuser/ and scroll down to ARM devices (2.0 – 4.1). Then you will see 3.2-RC2 under it is a link to the download, click it to start the download.
Step 2
Ounce you have downloaded it you want to put it onto the root of your SD card. You can do this by putting it onto your external SD card and copying it over to the root of your phone.
Step 3
Boot into CWMR. You can do this by shutting your phone down completely and ounce its shut off you hold down power and the volume down button.
Step 4
After you boot into CWMR you want to install zip from SD card so hit the volume keys to move up and down and click install zip from SD card. Then you scroll down to where the Superuser zip file is and flash it.
Step 5
Finally, once you have flashed it you want to reboot your phone by going back to main menu and clicking reboot. Now your done!! Just wait for your phone to boot up and you have successfully rooted your phone!
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Is this smeant to work on the Rogers version SGH-i927R with stock Android 2.3 as well or only 4.0.4 ??
I tried the steps and there were no errors during install but its seems to have only half taken.
That is:
Superuser: Runs and says its rooted. It lists apps given root priv.
Root Checker: Says its rooted.
Titanium Backup: Says not all requirements met on startup and stays on black screen saying aquiring rights.
My Backup Root: Given root but when actually starting a backup it stays at 0%.
Directoy Bind: Given root but when it actually goes to create a link it hangs.
Maruzko said:
Is this smeant to work on the Rogers version SGH-i927R with stock Android 2.3 as well or only 4.0.4 ??
I tried the steps and there were no errors during install but its seems to have only half taken.
That is:
Superuser: Runs and says its rooted. It lists apps given root priv.
Root Checker: Says its rooted.
Titanium Backup: Says not all requirements met on startup and stays on black screen saying aquiring rights.
My Backup Root: Given root but when actually starting a backup it stays at 0%.
Directoy Bind: Given root but when it actually goes to create a link it hangs.
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read title in op!!! there is a thread for gb root! Google is your friend!
dbrannon79 said:
read title in op!!! there is a thread for gb root! Google is your friend!
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No prob, I ended up flashing the Stock UCLJ3 Rooted ICS from here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1994902
Works a treat.
Dumb questions deleted!
I figured it out with help from a lot of threads, and this one.
Thanks everyone!!!!
I now have cwm and am rooted on 4.0.4
I done the procedure but now my phone is freezed
elmer71 said:
I done the procedure but now my phone is freezed
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Create.a thread in the general forum explaining exactly what you did and when your phone errors
Sorry to continue this thread at such a late date, but I have tried this and am having problems getting it to work.
I have a refurb Captivate Glide that AT&T gave me when the screen died on the original one. Samsung KIES would not update the refurb phone to ICS no matter what I did, so I had to read everything I could to learn to use ODIN to do the ICS update. I got that done (no thanks to AT&T), but now I want to root the device so that I can. tweak the performance and use "rooted apps."
I readily admit that I am a noob... However, I followed the directions in this thread and I am not ending up with a rooted device. I downloaded the ZIP as instructed, I put it in the root of what shows up as "Phone" for the SGH-I927 device in my Win computer's File Manager, rebooted the phone into recovery mode, selected apply update from external storage, then selected "..\", and then reboot. (There was no option to select the ZIP file directly... also, I see some references on the web to the file needing to be named update.zip... do I need to rename the zip?)
The Root Checker app tells me that the phone is not rooted. The app locates the Superuser app (I installed it from Google Play), but it cannot find the su bin.
Any suggestions?
SteveTheTechie said:
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I readily admit that I am a noob... However, I followed the directions in this thread and I am not ending up with a rooted device. I downloaded the ZIP as instructed, I put it in the root of what shows up as "Phone" for the SGH-I927 device in my Win computer's File Manager, rebooted the phone into recovery mode, selected apply update from external storage, then selected "..\", and then reboot. (There was no option to select the ZIP file directly... also, I see some references on the web to the file needing to be named update.zip... do I need to rename the zip?)...
Any suggestions?
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External storage in recovery (CWM, right? If not, you have to install clockwork mod recovery via ODIN) is your SD card. You need to put the .zip file on the SD then.
You can also install root zip from internal, so you have to put the zip on the Phone part in windows explorer.
The correct zip should be selected in recovery when installing.
braintweaker said:
External storage in recovery (CWM, right? If not, you have to install clockwork mod recovery via ODIN) is your SD card. You need to put the .zip file on the SD then.
You can also install root zip from internal, so you have to put the zip on the Phone part in windows explorer.
The correct zip should be selected in recovery when installing.
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Thank you for your reply. When I load the My Files app on the phone and scroll to the bottom, I see the Superuser-3.2-RC3-arm-signed.zip file in the phone's /sdcard folder. Is that as it should be?
When boot the phone into recovery, all I see is folders to select from when I select to update from external storage... I do not see a specific file that I can select. Regarding CWM, I thought that was just another name for the phone recovery mode at boot up... Is CWM something different?
Again, thanks a lot for you assistance.
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Thank you for your reply. When I load the My Files app on the phone and scroll to the bottom, I see the Superuser-3.2-RC3-arm-signed.zip file in the phone's /sdcard folder. Is that as it should be?
When boot the phone into recovery, all I see is folders to select from when I select to update from external storage... I do not see a specific file that I can select. Regarding CWM, I thought that was just another name for the phone recovery mode at boot up... Is CWM something different?
Again, thanks a lot for you assistance.
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CWM = Clockwork mod recovery, its needed to install any .zip update, and it differs from the default one. You cannot install any update unless the official one (I guess) via the default recovery.
braintweaker said:
CWM = Clockwork mod recovery, its needed to install any .zip update, and it differs from the default one. You cannot install any update unless the official one (I guess) via the default recovery.
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Ok, thanks for setting me straight and for the link. A couple of questions...
1) I know how to do the update via Odin, since I updated to ICS w/ Odin. However, before I flash the CWM to the phone, can you tell me if I am going to lose anything (data, apps, etc.) before I do that? I will do a backup, but I would prefer not to have to restore everything on the phone again. (ICS update was bumpy... lost some stuff and restore from backup did not work as well as hoped)
2) Will installing the CWM prevent me from installing other firmware updates in the future?
(e.g., maybe a future Jelly Bean update for Samsung Capivate Glide? )
Again, thanks for all of your generous assistance.
different file, but works.
SteveTheTechie said:
Sorry to continue this thread at such a late date, but I have tried this and am having problems getting it to work.
I have a refurb Captivate Glide that AT&T gave me when the screen died on the original one. Samsung KIES would not update the refurb phone to ICS no matter what I did, so I had to read everything I could to learn to use ODIN to do the ICS update. I got that done (no thanks to AT&T), but now I want to root the device so that I can. tweak the performance and use "rooted apps."
I readily admit that I am a noob... However, I followed the directions in this thread and I am not ending up with a rooted device. I downloaded the ZIP as instructed, I put it in the root of what shows up as "Phone" for the SGH-I927 device in my Win computer's File Manager, rebooted the phone into recovery mode, selected apply update from external storage, then selected "..\", and then reboot. (There was no option to select the ZIP file directly... also, I see some references on the web to the file needing to be named update.zip... do I need to rename the zip?)
The Root Checker app tells me that the phone is not rooted. The app locates the Superuser app (I installed it from Google Play), but it cannot find the su bin.
Any suggestions?
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This is what I used on my captivate glide, worked like a charm! The intro is loud, you have been warned, otherwise your your speakers up
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Cn879wTAXi4
hi guys, i have to say i've tried to search some similar 3ds but didnjt find a solution, so im posting a new 1, hoping for a solution and not doubling any 3d.
i've helped a friend rooting his wildfire s, but i've mistakenly wiped the system ((((((( so now i can boot into bootloader\fastboot but cant flash any rom nor boot it normally, is there any way to fix it? i've tried all the ruus but none is working.
thx!!
evil_lcf said:
hi guys, i have to say i've tried to search some similar 3ds but didnjt find a solution, so im posting a new 1, hoping for a solution and not doubling any 3d.
i've helped a friend rooting his wildfire s, but i've mistakenly wiped the system ((((((( so now i can boot into bootloader\fastboot but cant flash any rom nor boot it normally, is there any way to fix it? i've tried all the ruus but none is working.
thx!!
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First of all, wrong section, find mod and ask him to move it.
Second, did you tried to flash rom using bootloader's update? you put pg76img with full system (pulled out of ruu) on sd card. And just get into bootloader, it should install system.
Third thing, describe "no go problem" with ruu.
cahiri0 said:
First of all, wrong section, find mod and ask him to move it.
Second, did you tried to flash rom using bootloader's update? you put pg76img with full system (pulled out of ruu) on sd card. And just get into bootloader, it should install system.
Third thing, describe "no go problem" with ruu.
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hey, sorry for wrong section, i was quite sure it was correct, so can any mod move it ? thx!!
so i put the pg76img with all the files extracted from a zip ruu in the root of the sd and getting into bootaloader it should update automatically?
the problem with the ruus is the with the zip ones i used the "Wildfire_S_All-In-One_Kit_v2.1" to installed it and i get the command like window where is says it's going and then, when the bar on the phone gets to the end, in bootaloader, in the window says it failed. so i enter in a loop of pop ups and cmq windows.
let me try again for details on this ones and the exes.
Try flashing cwm in fastboot and then install any rom
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yeah, i've finally managhed to flash a rom (cm7 rc) now i try with some sense, hoping it keeps on working!! thx!!!