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i was going between ROMS trying out different versions. then i installed Vision BaconBits 0.3 on a Modaco DESIRE Z rom (i know, i know) & now the phone is stuck in a boot loop.
then i noticed i couldn't revert back to the stock ROM like i've done before. i wiped & tried again, but to no avail.
says MAIN VERSION is older or something like that.
i even tried the Modaco ROM again too, but nada. it fails.
oh yeah... and for some reason i got S-ON again. i'm like wtf?
so... did i brick my phone? or is there a way to get it going again?
btw, i did install ClockworkMod Recovery for G2 & did a back up before i tried out the DESIRE Z ROM.
DJ ELITE said:
i was going between ROMS trying out different versions. then i installed Vision BaconBits 0.3 on a Modaco DESIRE Z rom (i know, i know) & now the phone is stuck in a boot loop.
then i noticed i couldn't revert back to the stock ROM like i've done before. i wiped & tried again, but to no avail.
says MAIN VERSION is older or something like that.
i even tried the Modaco ROM again too, but nada. it fails.
oh yeah... and for some reason i got S-ON again. i'm like wtf?
so... did i brick my phone? or is there a way to get it going again?
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it sounds like your phone is screwed!if there truly is no way to fix this return it for hinge issues or something,even pop the hinge if you have to lol
Try to get into clock work wipe if you can the system should try to reinstall stock , or see if you have adb access and then you can go from there . Good luck
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DJ ELITE said:
btw, i did install ClockworkMod Recovery for G2 & did a back up before i tried out the DESIRE Z ROM.
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So your not able to Volume Down + Power and get into clockwork still? If so then why couldnt you just restore the backup you made.
thx for the expedient reponse...
bled82 said:
Try to get into clock work wipe if you can the system should try to reinstall stock , or see if you have adb access and then you can go from there . Good luck
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the phone boot loops. how do i get in CWM?
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So your not able to Volume Down + Power and get into clockwork still? If so then why couldnt you just restore the backup you made.
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i can def do the Volume Down + Power. how does that get me in to CWM?
I'm still new to this so take my advice with a grain of salt but I think that "Main version is older issue" can be avoided by using the hex editor to change the build number on the ROM. Try changing the version with the hex editor as per this post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=831398
and then try to flash it. Hopefully thats all you need to do.
pull the battery, wait a couple seconds and put back in. now hold the volume down button and press power. the phone will boot into fastboot. use volume down key to select recovery and hit the power button to confirm. if CW is still on your phone it will load, if you have s-on idk if it will load without su privilages or not im not a dev but try it.
edit: i have soft bricked my g1 like 10 times, the main thing to remember is backup, wipe wiPE WIPE! and follow instructions to a T.
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i can def do the Volume Down + Power. how does that get me in to CWM?
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If you can get vol dwn + pwr to work, then you can scroll to recovery. from there, you should be able to restore your backup from rom manager. If it's not in that one, then hold trackpad button + power and scroll to recovery.
if you can get into the clockwork recovery and can successfully get adb to recognize the phone, try the downgrade from OTA. it will restore your phone back to out of the box.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=831398
you might need a usb microsd reader to get the files onto and off of the sd card
thx for the reponses...
Azrael3123 said:
I'm still new to this so take my advice with a grain of salt but I think that "Main version is older issue" can be avoided by using the hex editor to change the build number on the ROM. Try changing the version with the hex editor as per this post:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=831398
and then try to flash it. Hopefully thats all you need to do.
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yikes... sounds a lil too experimental to me. thx for chiming in tho. truly appreciated.
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pull the battery, wait a couple seconds and put back in. now hold the volume down button and press power. the phone will boot into fastboot. use volume down key to select recovery and hit the power button to confirm. if CW is still on your phone it will load, if you have s-on idk if it will load without su privilages or not im not a dev but try it.
edit: i have soft bricked my g1 like 10 times, the main thing to remember is backup, wipe wiPE WIPE! and follow instructions to a T.
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yeah... i don't see CMW.
digikid said:
If you can get vol dwn + pwr to work, then you can scroll to recovery. from there, you should be able to restore your backup from rom manager. If it's not in that one, then hold trackpad button + power and scroll to recovery.
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in RECOVERY i don't see ROM MANAGER. just the standard:
Rebooty system now
Apply sdcard:update.zip
Wipe data/factory reset
Wipe cache partition
thx for the response.
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if you can get into the clockwork recovery and can successfully get adb to recognize the phone, try the downgrade from OTA. it will restore your phone back to out of the box.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=831398
you might need a usb microsd reader to get the files onto and off of the sd card
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i'm using my old HTC Rhodium to rename/transer files on the SD.
unfortunately... no CMW that i can see.
I can understand your hesitation but if you read through the post you will see that many people have tested it and it should work fine. At this point its the only way to downgrade to stock due to the "Main version is older" issue and, assuming you truly can't access clockwork recovery, I don't see what other method there is. Whats really got me twisted is the S-on part; I could've predicted some issue by flashing BB onto the Z rom but I wouldn't have seen that coming. Is it even possible to flash anything while S-on is enabled?
maybe you can use an offical update.zip that is signed. i dunno
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in RECOVERY i don't see ROM MANAGER. just the standard:
Rebooty system now
Apply sdcard:update.zip
Wipe data/factory reset
Wipe cache partition
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Hmmm...then you didn't install the CWM recovery. You should try to flash the rom that shipped with the phone. You can get it here. To do that, you need to get it onto your memory card as update.zip, then boot to recovery and choose "Apply sdcard:update.zip" and then you should have a bootable phone again.
thx for the reponses...
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I can understand your hesitation but if you read through the post you will see that many people have tested it and it should work fine. At this point its the only way to downgrade to stock due to the "Main version is older" issue and, assuming you truly can't access clockwork recovery, I don't see what other method there is. Whats really got me twisted is the S-on part; I could've predicted some issue by flashing BB onto the Z rom but I wouldn't have seen that coming. Is it even possible to flash anything while S-on is enabled?
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don't get me wrong, i feel u. i may have no choice but to try that. i'm getting desperate.
however, the current ROM loaded is the Modaco DESIRE Z w/the Vision BaconBits 0.3 updated to it... and after that, it kept boot looping. plus the fact that i have S-ON.
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maybe you can use an offical update.zip that is signed. i dunno
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have em. renamed em. tried em. (e.g.: PC10IMG.zip[, updated.zip)
oh that sucks
I was stuck in the same boat as you were. I had a stock rom permarooted and messed up editting on of the /system/ files. and got stuck with endless reboot. i then flashed this: [ROM] Desire Z Sense on the G2 (via HBOOT) because it was the only rom out at the time. It successfully loaded, but i wanted to go back to stock. i then flashed the OTB rom and got stuck with a desire z rom with s-on. No other rom would flash so i proceeded to temp-root and do the downgrade from OTA.
You lost root. Have to install the PC10.img and re-root.
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But in order to edit the files necessary to flash down to the stock ROM, he needs to have at least temp root so he can pull and edit the misc.img (I think). If he has S-on and is stuck in a boot loop, how can he access visionary or terminal emulator in order to set up that temp root? I think that's the biggest issue unless I'm missing something.
Shouldn't the stock rom have everything that's needed? Plus it's signed so it should flash with s-on.
I installed CWM recovery on my G2 and it keeps booting up automatically and I don't like that when I charge it so I want to remove it. What's the best way to remove it or flash stock recovery without losing data? Thanks all!
Try selecting shut down via clockwork menu, it should power device down while still connected to ac
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Try selecting shut down via clockwork menu, it should power device down while still connected to ac
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I really appreciate your help, but I kinda just want it off my phone completely as I have Autism and it bothers me a lot :\. I am very OCD about this kind of stuff and I just want my phone to turn completely off by itself. Thanks for all your help
Yeah, have the exact same error, I can't even calibrate my battery as it never shut down ...
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On the sticky about how to revert back to stock there is the stock recovery image. Just flash that and your done. However i seem to recall the reboot thing being a know issue for the hboot? I might be totally wrong about that though. One other thing make sure your really rooted and true s off with the gfree method if you still want root and custom stuff.
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I might be the only person who actually likes that it goes into recovery when plugged into usb and off. No stupid button combinations to remember. Personally the only time my phone is off is when it's dead. Otherwise it's 24/7 operation. To each his own though. I'm sure there is a guide on how to remove the recovery in the android development section.
locust43 said:
I installed CWM recovery on my G2 and it keeps booting up automatically and I don't like that when I charge it so I want to remove it. What's the best way to remove it or flash stock recovery without losing data? Thanks all!
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Use this recovery. It is the stock eng-recovery. Its the stock recovery, but has adb enabled in it, just incase something goes wrong at somepoint it might be your window back in...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=834627
Put it in your sdk folder, boot into fastboot, then use the fastboot cmd in that post.
@gunlance, I'm the same way, but we all have different ways of using our phones...
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Try selecting shut down via clockwork menu, it should power device down while still connected to ac
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Where is the powerdown option??? Is it not there or am i blind?
Beast11 said:
Where is the powerdown option??? Is it not there or am i blind?
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There isn't one. You either have to stay with the phone powered on in Clockwork and charging, or flash back to the stock recovery (e.g. if you have fastboot/adb working, then "fastboot flash recovery recovery.img", where recovery.img is a stock recovery image from the stock ROM).
im rooting a friends phone, used unrevoked it got stuck in waiting for system to settle, then i closed it, now phone wont go into bootloader, it shows a phone with red arrow, as I tried to load ra recovery's pc136img.zip
what do i do??
i feel like an idiot
how would i run the RUU running ubuntu/linux??
Will the phone boot up at all?
So on powerup holding power and volume down doesn't get you to the bootloader?
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Rem3Dy said:
So on powerup holding power and volume down doesn't get you to the bootloader?
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no just shows a phone with red arrow, same thing when i try and boot it, splash screen shows and then red arrow
wtf okay now it booted up to system, should i run unrevoked again?
Does the comp recognize it when you plug it into the usb port?
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im rooting a friends phone, used unrevoked it got stuck in waiting for system to settle, then i closed it, now phone wont go into bootloader, it shows a phone with red arrow, as I tried to load ra recovery's pc136img.zip
what do i do??
i feel like an idiot
how would i run the RUU running ubuntu/linux??
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If everything has been idle for a few minutes, I would first try running unrevoked again, right from the screen with the triangle (that's recovery screen, you just don't have a custom recovery yet). If that fails, then shut the phone off and boot to the bootloader. See if its S off or S on. If its S off, you just need to flash a recovery. If it's S on, I would RUU and then try Unrevoked again. Let us know if its S off or S on.
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r916 said:
wtf okay now it booted up to system, should i run unrevoked again?
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Mmmm, is the phone any diff, e.g. Superuser App, ROM manager installed? Or still completely unrooted. Either way, might try again.
k2buckley said:
If everything has been idle for a few minutes, I would first try running unrevoked again, right from the screen with the triangle (that's recovery screen, you just don't have a custom recovery yet). If that fails, then shut the phone off and boot to the bootloader. See if its S off or S on. If its S off, you just need to flash a recovery. If it's S on, I would RUU and then try Unrevoked again. Let us know if its S off or S on.
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showed s-off, but then i tried rebooting to recovery and red arrow, then turned off, booted to bootloader and red arrow, then waited a few mins and then phone booted up to system
If you have rom manager on the phone now, try opening it and clicking "Flash Clockwork Recovery."
unrevoked is still staying at waiting for system to settle, why is this? it usually goes away after like 30 seconds.
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showed s-off, but then i tried rebooting to recovery and red arrow, then turned off, booted to bootloader and red arrow, then waited a few mins and then phone booted up to system
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Okay, you just need to install recovery. As jlstafford said, if you use rom manager, select flash recovery. If that gives you trouble (depends if unrevoked got Super User installed before it failed), then u need to flash a PC36IMG of recovery. Let us know.
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k2buckley said:
Okay, you just need to install recovery. As jlstafford said, if you use rom manager, select flash recovery. If that gives you trouble (depends if unrevoked got Super User installed before it failed), then u need to flash a PC36IMG of recovery. Let us know.
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I tried to do RA recovery's pc136img.zip but it would show a red arrow and a phone when i tried to boot into bootloader.
r916 said:
unrevoked is still staying at waiting for system to settle, why is this? it usually goes away after like 30 seconds.
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Just be patient with it for a few minutes. I've had that take af ew minutes before. Also, something could be interfering with it, such as anti virus, pda net, doubletwist, htc sync, etc. Who knows. The bottom line is that if you're S off already, you really don't need to run unrevoked again. You can finish it yourself, manually. Put this PC36IMG(amon ra 2.3) on the root of your sd card. Boot to your bootloader. Let it update, by selecting volume up. WHen it finishes, boot to recovery. You should now have recovery. From that point, wipe and flash a rom if desired.
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I tried to do RA recovery's pc136img.zip but it would show a red arrow and a phone when i tried to boot into bootloader.
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Download the file I just attatched . Put it on the main directory of your sd card, not in any folders. Don't rename it, just download it and put it on hte card. When it's on your card, pull your battery out. Put the battery back in, then hold volume down and power button. You should get to the bootloader, and it should wait a few seconds, then scan the card, find the PC36IMG, and ask you to update. Select yes when it asks you. Then when it asks you to reboot, select NO. Then from the bootloader menu, select recovery. What happens? DO you get to recovery successfully now?
EDIT: and this is assuming you are indeed S off. You said you were S off, for sure right?
I was trying to get him to flash a recovery not in bootloader, since it seemed like he couldn't get to hboot or recovery. Although, he may be able to now.
after unrevoked reboots SU is not in the app drawer like it usually is
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I was trying to get him to flash a recovery not in bootloader, since it seemed like he couldn't get to hboot or recovery. Although, he may be able to now.
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Right, I agreed with you on that, and suggested that he use ROM Manager to flash recovery as well. However then his next response was that he was trying to use Unrevoked again. He must be able to get to the bootloader, otherwise he wouldn't have been able to see if he was S on or S off. Also, depending how far Unrevoked got before it failed, it may or may not have installed the Super User App. If it didn't get that far, he probably won't be able to use ROM Manager, as it wont be granted SU. If that's the case, a PC36IMG should work, and isn't hard, as long as your volume buttons and power buttons function!
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after unrevoked reboots SU is not in the app drawer like it usually is
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I was concerned of that. If you are S off, please download the PC36IMG I attatched and follow the instructions. It should work man, as long as that bootloader is S off. Have you tried that yet? What was the result? The critical part you are missing right now is Recovery. If you can get recovery, you can then flash a rom, which will have Super User app and busybox included anyways. You just need recovery.
I got it, it was a bad download of unrevoked.
stupid thing
Previously I was on 2.2 and rooted using unrevoked. I then flashed the stock 2.3 pre rooted rom which I found here.
Everything works fine but I wish to remove some of the rubbish which is preinstalled and after reading lots of guides it says I must boot into recovery but I no longer have recovery and dont know how to install it.
Is there an easier way to remove stock apps? I tried deleting with root explorer but it comes back after restart.
you cant delete stock apps without s-off as they are replaced.
You either need to boot into recovery or reflash a modified version of the rom.
Now what do you mean you have no recovery?
Turn off your device.
Hold vol down+power, and highlight recovery using the volume keys and power to select. What do you see?
If you no longer have clockworkmod, You will have to s-off then fastboot flash it, although I cannot see how you got in this situation.
When I gold volume down and power button nothing happens phone doesn't even turn on. And what is a-off? Is it possible on 2.3?
It's flashing a custom hboot which ignores the security flag in radio nvram (s-on).
What if you hold vol down, then hold power for 3 seconds then release only power?
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Still doesn't do nothing. Sometimes it lists boots into the actual ROM and that's it.
Faulty hardware?
What about the same method using Back instead of vol down?
It cant be faulty hardware because when I was on 2.2 it worked. It only stopped working after I flashed the pre rooted 2.3. I will try the back button and will see how it goes.
soldiers33 said:
It cant be faulty hardware because when I was on 2.2 it worked. It only stopped working after I flashed the pre rooted 2.3. I will try the back button and will see how it goes.
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Well I don't know how software could affect hardware from working. Especially hardware used to power on a device, unless you're not doing it right...
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rootsu cant he take his system apps off in abd commands even with s-on??
dan281082 said:
rootsu cant he take his system apps off in abd commands even with s-on??
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yes, but he needs to be booted into recovery to do this. I have a guide in my signature.
Could just freeze them in titanium too.
rootSU said:
yes, but he needs to be booted into recovery to do this. I have a guide in my signature.
Could just freeze them in titanium too.
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my bad didnt read first post proper!
Sorry couldn't post. Basically I tried to hold volume down and power button but nothing still happens. I held it for 30 seconds but it would even turn on unless I let go off power button.
Don't know what's happened to your device. Personally I'd RUU it and start again but someone may have a better idea
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soldiers33 said:
Previously I was on 2.2 and rooted using unrevoked. I then flashed the stock 2.3 pre rooted rom which I found here.
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Is it possible that you are not rooted anymore as you went to a pre-rooted 2.3? And cannot get to recovery because of a stock rom?
wigs1l said:
Is it possible that you are not rooted anymore as you went to a pre-rooted 2.3? And cannot get to recovery because of a stock rom?
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he cant get to hboot or fastboot either. All these things exist in stock form. Something is really wrong here
I've tried the same thing, an had to pull the battery shortly, afterwoods I could use the volume down / power option. This happen several times, until I flashed another ROM. ???
Okay just rooted my galaxy s 2 with the auto root, I want to install roms using rom manager but sometimes it will rom manager has denied super user permission but other times it will not say it all and it will download complete I hit install rom wipe everything then a triangle with an exclamation mark in it and the android dude on the side pops up and stays there, I take the battery out then put it back in and it takes me to the recovery system but it only says reboot now, apply update, wipe data, and wipe cache with the triangle with an exclamation mark in it and the android dude still showing behind it. Any clue to what can be wrong?
Sounds like you haven't flashed a custom recover, if you have unlocked the bootloader already then you may be able to flash clockworkmod recovery from within rom manager,
Not sure I have an evo 3d
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What do you mean by haven't unlocked bootloader?
I hold the vol. down, power and home button at the same time then vol up to continue it says Odin Mode, product name SPH-D710, Custom Binary download: NO, Current Binary: Samsung official....Downloading do not turn off target!! Been on the screen for a while now.
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What do you mean by haven't unlocked bootloader?
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No u just need Clockwork Mod recovery to flash a rom rom manager won't do it, I had this problem and really rooted again with a method that included clockwork mod in it. I have a Mac so I don't think it'll be the same way but try this. If u can go to the ACS website they are always easier.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1265429
Jess813 said:
No u just need Clockwork Mod recovery to flash a rom rom manager won't do it, I had this problem and really rooted again with a method that included clockwork mod in it. I have a Mac so I don't think it'll be the same way but try this. If u can go to the ACS website they are always easier.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1265429
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So you think I should re-root it?
AnaBear said:
So you think I should re-root it?
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First, just to make sure, you wrote Galaxy S 2 in your OP, but you are on the E4GT (Sprint) version correct?
If you are, and used sfhub's Auto Root, did you proceed to option 'C'? If not, you have not yet installed a custom recovery, which is what you need to install custom ROMs.
Try this, hold [Power] + [Vol. Up] at the same time for several seconds (30+.) If you are booted into CWM recovery, you will be all set to flash ROMs, if not you still need a kernel with CWM (option C in the auto root process.) Based on your comments in the OP, you do not have a custom recovery. I believe you described the stock recovery.
Easiest thing to do is go back to the Auto Root batch file and complete option C. This will give you recovery without increasing your custom software counter (counter = bad for warranty.)
Yes I'm with sprint and no I didn't proceed with c thanks for informing me I will try to see if it works. Thanks.