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where do i put a file i want fastboot to see

I have no idea where to put the new ra-evo recovery file so that fastboot sees it. I have looked sorry for the stupid question

your fast boot should be installed in ur android sdk tools folders so if thats where ur fast boot is then put the file in the tools folder

Fastboot flashes files from your computer not on the sdcard or anything.
Ex. Fastboot flash recovery /User/downloads/recovery.img
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i am so confused
so if I am rooted and unlocked and I already have the original amon recovery i just put the new amon recovery in the tools folder. then how do I get it on my phone

if you already rooted you should have android sdk installed
easyest way
go to start
my computer
c drive or your main drive
android sdk or sdk (wat ever you named it)
tools folder
put recovery in tools forder
open a command prompt and
cd \android-sdk
cd tools
now your in the tools folder
fastboot flash recovery /recovery.img
it is easyer and faster no searching for the files if you put the recovery in the tools folder its already there no going to filesfoldersdownloads you dont need them commands its faster and easy look through the adb and sdk guides it has all commands and most recover forums tell you all this

so i need to change the name of the amon recovery image to recovery.img

No he was just using recovery.img as a example.
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Here's how i did it this morning, downloaded file to pc, connect phone as disk drive, opened disk drive, placed the amon file into the sdcard, changed phone back to charge only, went to astro to verify that the amon file was on the home list of files, then wen to market and downloaded terminal emulator free, and just follow Amon's instructions to apply using terminal or adb, it was reall easy that way, i kept trying to load the fastboot way and just couldn't figure it out, so i tried this was and perfect, new recovery, and hopefully i can wipe dalvik now.

You don't need fastboot to flash a new recovery image. Like tomh said in the post above this one, put the new recovery on the root of your sdcard, open a terminal emulator on your phone and type the following:
flash_image recovery /sdcard/name_of_recovery.img
I haven't used my computer to update a recovery image since I first got my Hero.

with a terminal app you'll want to use this exact cmd's
su(press enter)
flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery-RA-evo-v1.8.0.img(press enter)
reboot recovery(press enter)
that's just as amon_ra has it, same as what i used as well.

thanks for the help

shawnten said:
thanks for the help
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Somewhere on your PC. You just have to give the path to the fastboot command.
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i just downloaded the terminal emulator onto my evo but when i type the first cmd "su" it says permission denied. please tell me how do i get passed that.

ro2themax said:
i just downloaded the terminal emulator onto my evo but when i type the first cmd "su" it says permission denied. please tell me how do i get passed that.
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Root your phone..

i jsut use rom manager. I am to lazy to do everything else currently rom manager has the latest amon ra you can tell it to flash as an "alternative" recovery. takes 2 seconds and no typing out "long" commands in terminal.

i was under the impression i was rooted...i did the OTA update to 2.2 then used the method to root that came out a week ago using unrevoked3 and unrevoked forever. but instead of going back to a rooted 2.2 i stayed on a rooted 2.1.

ro2themax said:
i was under the impression i was rooted...i did the OTA update to 2.2 then used the method to root that came out a week ago using unrevoked3 and unrevoked forever. but instead of going back to a rooted 2.2 i stayed on a rooted 2.1.
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Huh, that's weird. What rom are you using?
If you're using a rooted rom then you should be getting a # when you type "su" into the terminal..
Do you have the SU app installed? Did you get an SU Permission request when you opened the terminal for the first time? If so, did you grant the terminal emulator SU permission?

im using a stock 2.1 rom and i do have superuser permissions installed. i also have setcpu for root users installed and "su" grants "setcpu" permission.
i also forgot to mention that i also put a "netarchy kernal" on their also which appears to me, works as it said. right now if i want to go into recovery it goes through clockwork, but i want to get amon ra's recovery on there instead.

ro2themax said:
im using a stock 2.1 rom and i do have superuser permissions installed. i also have setcpu for root users installed and "su" grants "setcpu" permission.
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hmm.. which 2.1 stock? Was it a rooted stock (with busybox and su already in there) or did you install the su app?
Although sounds like it already had busybox if setcpu is getting permission.
If you are near your computer see if you can get a # using the adb shell. I'm a little stumped here..

the 2.1 stock came with the "su" already. i just posted a quick update on the my previous post that i flashed a netarchy kernal on my evo also. i dont know if that helps but i just forgot to mention it...
please bare with me, im by my computer and to go into adb shell do i need to plug my evo in as charge only and open a cmd from android tools to see if i get # ???

How To Flash CW Rocovery (noobs)

Ok just follow step by step and even you can do this...
Download the .img file from here:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=T4DAGUR8
Put that on file(Yes The One You Just Downloaded) on the root of your SD Card. open term emulator And type:
su
Then push enter then type:
flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img
Then type Enter.
For adb
Make sure you android sdk folder is in you C: and its named
AndroidSDK
Next open cmd the type: ( AFTER cd\ MAKE SURE YOU PUSH ENTER AFTER EVERY LINE AND SPACE BEFOR YOU TYPE A NEW LINE)
cd\
cd AndroidSDK\tools\
adb reboot bootloader
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img...
NOW THAT WASN'T ROCKET SCIENCE WAS IT!
RECORCES:
http://gridlock.euroskank.com/glacier/recoveries/

Jaywan said:
Ok just follow step by step and even you can do this...
Download the .img file from here:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=T4DAGUR8
Put that on file(Yes The One You Just Downloaded) on the root of your SD Card. open term emulator And type:
su
Then push enter then type:
flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img
Then type Enter.
For adb
Make sure you android sdk folder is in you C: and its named
AndroidSDK
Next open cmd the type: ( AFTER cd\ MAKE SURE YOU PUSH ENTER AFTER EVERY LINE AND SPACE BEFOR YOU TYPE A NEW LINE)
cd\
cd AndroidSDK\tools\
adb reboot bootloader
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img...
NOW THAT WASN'T ROCKET SCIENCE WAS IT!
RECORCES:
http://gridlock.euroskank.com/glacier/recoveries/
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That did not work. error recovery.img doesnt exist. when using adb. and flash_image not found when using emu.

I have been flashing recoveries since the G1 and im to stubborn to ask for help, but i cannot get CW3 to flash. Maybe im getting old lol. And i have tried both these methods.

ive tried multiple times..
for terminal emulator after i put in the commands it doesnt do anything. (is that what its supposed to do?) it shows like this
su
flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img (ive renamed file to recovery.img)
then when i goto check Rom manager at the top it says rom manger premium v3.0.0.2
Flash clockwork mod recovery
current recovery:2.5.1.2
latest recovery:2.5.1.2

by the way im currently on the rom
CyanogenMod for Glacier (myTouch 4G) :: V6.1.2-RC2 (12/21/2010, #2)

This is what I got
$ su
# flash_image recovery/sdcard/recovery.img
usage: flash_image partition file.img
#

nyctrini3 said:
This is what I got
$ su
# flash_image recovery/sdcard/recovery.img
usage: flash_image partition file.img
#
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You're missing a space between the "recovery" and "/sdcard...."

Psyclism said:
You're missing a space between the "recovery" and "/sdcard...."
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When I include the space there is no action so what is my next step I rebooted into recovery n I'm still on 2512

mightywonton said:
ive tried multiple times..
for terminal emulator after i put in the commands it doesnt do anything. (is that what its supposed to do?) it shows like this
su
flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img (ive renamed file to recovery.img)
then when i goto check Rom manager at the top it says rom manger premium v3.0.0.2
Flash clockwork mod recovery
current recovery:2.5.1.2
latest recovery:2.5.1.2
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Same thing here man where is Amon_RA recovery lol

That is a CW 3 Recovery for Gingerbread. ROM Manager hasn't been updated so even if you have the correct recovery, ROM manager will still say 2.5.x.x
Reboot into recovery to see if it actually worked. The text will be yellow in 3.x.x.x or blue in 2.5.x.x
If you use terminal emulator it will give you a blank line after you flash_image.
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joeyklatzko said:
That is a CW 3 Recovery for Gingerbread. ROM Manager hasn't been updated so even if you have the correct recovery, ROM manager will still say 2.5.x.x
Reboot into recovery to see if it actually worked. The text will be yellow in 3.x.x.x or blue in 2.5.x.x
If you use terminal emulator it will give you a blank line after you flash_image.
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In terminal after I typed the command the next line is blank rebooted into recovery n it said recovery 2512 so what should I do next actually its blue in 2512 so do that mean it worked?

Has anyone here having trouble update their SDK yet? You need to update to GB 2.3

I finally got it working thanks everyone for the help

does flashing cw3 through terminal emulator work?

flash_image not found???
I'm getting this message when attempting to flash the new clockwork recovery image.
Flash_image: not found
Can any of you guys tell me what's going wrong here. I'm using terminal commands and not getting anywhere.
Thanks.

JPongco said:
I'm getting this message when attempting to flash the new clockwork recovery image.
Flash_image: not found
Can any of you guys tell me what's going wrong here. I'm using terminal commands and not getting anywhere.
Thanks.
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nulights said:
does flashing cw3 through terminal emulator work?
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Flashing through terminal works
Dwnld file from op it should already say recovery.img
move it to the root of your SD I use Linda file. Next open emulator
type :su then hit enter
type : flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img
Type: enter
you will see absolutely nothing
that's ok just type
reboot recovery if you see cwm in yellow or gold honeycomb color
you're done if not keep trying
That's what I did

JPongco said:
I'm getting this message when attempting to flash the new clockwork recovery image.
Flash_image: not found
Can any of you guys tell me what's going wrong here. I'm using terminal commands and not getting anywhere.
Thanks.
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Sounds like the file isn't where you're telling it. Make sure the recovery you downloaded is named exactly recovery.img if you are writing:
flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img
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flash_image not found.
what is wrong??

flash_image: not found
I'm really not sure what's going on with the emulator but it seems like this command is not part of the script for some reason...
I tried the same commands through adb shell and got the same response "flash_image: not found"
the adb method isn't exactly working out for me although I am persistent. I'm typing the command line EXACTLY and getting this response in the emulator, that's for sure.

finlly flashed cwm3 but everytime try to flash a rom says intallation aborted?
please help:

[Q] fastboot on linux (ubuntu)

hi guys, i'm really sorry if this is really simple, but i just cant get my head around it and i've been googling for ages and i just keep getting more and more confused.
i'm basically trying to get fastboot enabled on my ubuntu linux install (11.04). would someone please explain to me in simple terms how to get it installed and running on linux, please? from the start would be great, as i find it harder to carry on half way through something. i appreciate the help. you guys are awesome

As soon as I get on my computer at home, i'll outline the steps and attach fastboot
(gimme an hour)
Update: it's taking me longer to get home than expected... Gimme till about 1pm cst (central standard time)

paxChristos said:
As soon as I get on my computer at home, i'll outline the steps and attach fastboot
(gimme an hour)
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that would be brilliant!! thank you!!

Fastboot on Linux
I too had issues when I switched from Linux to windows (recently) and here's how I got it (just for documentation)
1) I downloaded android-sdk for linux, did the installs, but lo and behold, there was no fastboot...
2) Searched google for about 45 minutes
3) Finally figured out that HTC had it in their development website
4) Downloaded & chmod'd it so it'd work
5) Figured out that the r800x really can't be unlocked via all my attempts (so far...)
Here's a step by step as to how to get it without my hassle.
1) Attached is fastboot, download it, extract it (you can do this later in terminal if you feel like it, or you can do it now in the file explorer)
2) Open up terminal (if you don't have a shortcut for it, make one, it's the most useful thing in linux. ever.)
3) Type in su, enter your password (if you have it setup) and become root. (Or, you could call sudo whenever it is necessary, it's your preference)
4) goto the folder you downloaded fastboot to in terminal (the default chrome download place is /home/[insert your username here]/Downloads)
5) type in chmod [your preference for setting permissions here] fastboot
6) type in (sudo) cp fastboot /bin/
7) now you can call fastboot from anywhere in the terminal!!
This can also be done with adb
Any questions??

paxChristos said:
I too had issues when I switched from Linux to windows (recently) and here's how I got it (just for documentation)
1) I downloaded android-sdk for linux, did the installs, but lo and behold, there was no fastboot...
2) Searched google for about 45 minutes
3) Finally figured out that HTC had it in their development website
4) Downloaded & chmod'd it so it'd work
5) Figured out that the r800x really can't be unlocked via all my attempts (so far...)
Here's a step by step as to how to get it without my hassle.
1) Attached is fastboot, download it, extract it (you can do this later in terminal if you feel like it, or you can do it now in the file explorer)
2) Open up terminal (if you don't have a shortcut for it, make one, it's the most useful thing in linux. ever.)
3) Type in su, enter your password (if you have it setup) and become root. (Or, you could call sudo whenever it is necessary, it's your preference)
4) goto the folder you downloaded fastboot to in terminal (the default chrome download place is /home/[insert your username here]/Downloads)
5) type in chmod [your preference for setting permissions here] fastboot
6) type in (sudo) cp fastboot /bin/
7) now you can call fastboot from anywhere in the terminal!!
This can also be done with adb
Any questions??
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^_^ thank you so much!! you have made my life so much easier!! just one question. if all i'm doing is flashing the occasional kernel with fastboot, or pushing/pulling etc with adb, do i still need all the adroid sdk stuff? or can i just delete all the stuff now?

solitarymonkey said:
^_^ thank you so much!! you have made my life so much easier!! just one question. if all i'm doing is flashing the occasional kernel with fastboot, or pushing/pulling etc with adb, do i still need all the adroid sdk stuff? or can i just delete all the stuff now?
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Honestly, I don't know.
That being said, try copying all the extra stuff from where it is currently to another location, and try running adb and fastboot, if it works, delete the extra stuff, if it doesn't, don't mess with it

i am trying to do this with no luck. any suggestions

Where are you stuck?
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In the terminal I get to waiting on divice. Can't get past that
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ninjasailas said:
In the terminal I get to waiting on divice. Can't get past that
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Are you in fastboot mode?? (Blue led on top)
(To get into fastboot mode on the Xperia Play, hold down the search button before and while you plug in the usb cord)
(If you are using a different phone, please google the button combination for fastboot)

I have a Droid x 2 and I have booted into fastboot mode
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good luck, but your problem is outside my (very limited) experience with devices, sorry.
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That's ok I know its possable seen lots of dx2 users post there logo.bin files. might have to find a windows box. Also, what command do you recommended to fix permissions for fastboot. I used chmod +x fastboot
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I use numbers and honestly I do either 777 or 755
droid x2 is motorola, right? Don't you need boot strap or something for motorola?
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update: check http://www.droidforums.net/forum/motorola-droid-x2/149566-droid-x2-boot-menu-recovery.html and see if that helps

For linux I found I had to add the "-i 0x0fce" before my commands or else Id be left with the waiting for device, try this:
fastboot -i 0x0fce getvar version
Also you may have to make the file:
/etc/udev/rules.d/51-android.rules
With this inside (note that 0fce is the idVendor for SE):
SUBSYSTEM=="usb", SYSFS{idVendor}=="0fce", MODE="0666"
That being said I think this accomplishes the same thing as just putting the -i 0x0fce before your command

I navigated to /etc/udev/rules.d. but I cannot create file.
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ninjasailas said:
I navigated to /etc/udev/rules.d. but I cannot create file.
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Create it I'm a different folder i.e. documents or downloads, them cp the file over to /etc/udev/
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I actually created the file I had to use the command gksudo Nautilus. What version of Ubuntu do you have? I am using 11.10
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11.10, I run everything in terminal with root privileges : p
(don't forget to chmod if you cp!!)
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What is cp
Oh copy paste?
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How to change hboots ?

So my desire is rooted then I s off'd with revolutionary and loaded a new recovery, now I want to change hboots so I put an pb99img.zip file on the scard and booted into bootloader but the zip file is not found.... Am I missing something?
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It will be best if you start using fastboot, it's fastest easiest and safest way to do so.
Look for ADB/Fastboot guide (they are all over the place..), you need to setup it once and then you just flash hboot by simply executing few commands for example:
fastboot flash hboot cm7r2.img
fastboot erase cache
fastboot reboot-bootloader
And you're done, so just learn how to install and use adb.

If you want to use the pb99img.zip method, make sure that the file really is called PB99IMG.zip. Windows is default set that it doesn't display file type endings, so it would show "PB99IMG.zip", but the file really is called "PB99IMG.zip.zip", which won't be recognized.
Anyway, I prefer fastboot. If you can't use it (e.g. no own pc with adb around), the zip method also works. But fastboot is faster (as the name says!) and you don't have to mess with files on your sd.

Ok so readup a bit about adb and fast boot then installed jdk then installed the sdk then installed platform tools which included adb and fast boot and added path to adb folder under path environment variable. Connected phone and booted into fast boot. All good so far.
Running adb or fastboot devices command lists my phones serial number so all looks like its working so then I put the ing files I want to flash in the same folder as the adb.exe file then run the command - fastboot flash hboot bravo_alphaspl-oxygenr2.img but I get an error failed to load etc etc
Did I miss something? Am I putting the img files in the right place? Should I use the alpharev zip files instead of the img files?
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What errors exactly are you getting, it will be best if you paste whole log including commands that you were executing.
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see attached for error message

Just put the PM199IMG.ZIP File to the root of microSD card and goto boot loader and it will detect the update file and ask you if you want to update or not there just press yess and then goto recovery and restore your nandroid backup. Or flash New Rom.
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Don't you mean PB99IMG.zip file not PM199IMG.zip? If so have tried that as per first post. If not then I'll try that too.
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Maybe you have misspelled the img name, rename it to something shorter like oxygen.img also make sure you're in fastboot mode while flashing it! (power off, then hold vol- & power on, select fastboot)
And the last thing the img file has to be in same directory as the fastboot.exe
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Cuz, sorry to confuse you, but seriously, forget all about adb, terminal emulator, PB99IMG.zip etc. Just install Android Flasher, plug your phone to PC (leave on main screen, it'll be fine) and push .img file to phone.
It seriously is a piece of piss, mate. You will have no dramas.
There's a thread in dev section to give you the how-to.
E: If coming from another HBoot, make sure you push "downgrader" (from alpharev) first.

777ace said:
E: If coming from another HBoot, make sure you push "downgrader" (from alpharev) first.
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No need.
10chars

kiwiflasher said:
Don't you mean PB99IMG.zip file not PM199IMG.zip? If so have tried that as per first post. If not then I'll try that too.
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Typing error Sorry

kiwiflasher said:
Ok so readup a bit about adb and fast boot then installed jdk then installed the sdk then installed platform tools which included adb and fast boot and added path to adb folder under path environment variable. Connected phone and booted into fast boot. All good so far.
Running adb or fastboot devices command lists my phones serial number so all looks like its working so then I put the ing files I want to flash in the same folder as the adb.exe file then run the command - fastboot flash hboot bravo_alphaspl-oxygenr2.img but I get an error failed to load etc etc
Did I miss something? Am I putting the img files in the right place? Should I use the alpharev zip files instead of the img files?
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You are on right track, you just need to put the img file to the location of fastboot.exe .
Dunno why you guys are talking about adb...that's a completely different story and you can't flash hboots with adb.
Apart from that i am quite surprised about how far you got,given the partly confusing answers.
You either use fastboot or android flasher (which is basically a fastboot GUI I think) or the PBblabla.zip hboot-zip method. Don't mix them up - you are using fastboot (which is the safest and in my eyes most straight forward way) , so stick to it You're almost there!
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Ok so I put the image file in the same folder as the fastboot.exe file so sounds like I did nothing wrong and it should have worked? Must be something wrong with the jdk or sdk install so will try using the Android Flasher method.
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Yay for Android Flasher that did the trick, thanks to all...
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kiwiflasher said:
Yay for Android Flasher that did the trick, thanks to all...
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Sweet as!

sd formated,urgent help!

i was trying to install a rom,and in the CWM i formated the sd along with the others by mistake,now i can't reach the rom i transfered and the phones won't boot for sure
i tried to flash the google stock with gnex toolkit (using step 9) and i downloaded the file but it fails and what is shown to me is what you have in the attached image,it gets stuck at the "sending radio"
what should i do,i really need urgent help here
please just know that i'm a total noob so please tell me what to do step by step so i could understand

What Nexus do u have gsm or verizon? If it's Verizon you picked the wrong version and it's flashing a gsm radio. If it's gsm it could be a bad download or you picked the wrong version not too sure about that I have a Verizon nexus
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it's a GSM,and i chose the right version stated in the toolkit thread and the one i installed the drivers and unlocked the bootloader and rooted the phones with it
is there a way to transfer a file in the CWM mode? can i transfer the rom in this mode?

You should do these commands in fastboot instead of using a toolkit.
Here is a step by step guide how to get back to stock. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1626895
Edit: to answer you question about pushing a file in recovery, you can. You must use adb. The command is adb push nameoffile.zip /data/media
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i installed the sdk and found the adb.exe in the platform tools folder now what should i do?!! should i transfer the rom .zip to the same directory of the adb.exe?

Put the zip in the same folder and hold shift and right click select open command prompt here. Then adb push the zip onto your phone.

You got clockwork recovery? If so, you need cwm flashable version of radio, boot loader and ROM
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rok3r said:
i installed the sdk and found the adb.exe in the platform tools folder now what should i do?!! should i transfer the rom .zip to the same directory of the adb.exe?
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Yes move it to the same directory. Open the command window in that directory. (Shift+right click > open command window here)
Then type: adb push rom.zip /data/media
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OMG!!! Device not found,same message i got in the toolkit when i tried to push the files (((((((
drivers?

Yes most likely a driver issue. Type adb devices in command. If if returns a device number everything is set up correctly. If not reinstall the drivers.
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If you are trying to push in bootloader adb won't work. Get in to recovery cwm works fine than do the adB push

THAAAAAAAANNNNKKKKSSSSSS!!!
seriously thanks for the help,i am totally new to this and felt like i killed my phones with my inexperienced self
i was a driver problem and i used the toolkit to uninstall and install again the driver and then used the toolkit to push the files but it said something like adb is already in root access or whatever so i headed to the adb.exe and it did it!!!!
thanks man for the great help again!!!!!:good:
this will make me learn to do a nandroid hahahaha
@atifsh i was in the CWM,it was a driver problem after all,thanks for your reply