Just lookin for some help. Im on stock ed05 with the latest genocide kernel. Im trying to install a custom boot animation and using astro and android file manager to delete the bootani file so i can flash a custom one as the flashing android logo is annoying. Both apps are telling me i cant delete the file though. Is Root Explorer neccessary?
carnivalrejectq said:
Just lookin for some help. Im on stock ed05 with the latest genocide kernel. Im trying to install a custom boot animation and using astro and android file manager to delete the bootani file so i can flash a custom one as the flashing android logo is annoying. Both apps are telling me i cant delete the file though. Is Root Explorer neccessary?
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Yeah; root explorer will do that no problem. It is totally worth the $$ if you are rooted and like to change stuff.
A little late , but thanks , guess ill have to get root explorer.
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So heres the details. Did the unrevoked flash. Got superuser. Successful root, but wanted to flash CM6. Downloaded via Rom manager, when to reflash and got stuck in boot loader loop. Dragged and dropped eng boot loader package onto SD card from different thread (seen here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=752832). Now superuser is missing. Also, every time I reboot it reloads image from zip. Should I just remove zip from SD? Why did superuser disappear? S-off is still there. h-boot: 0.76.? Thanks for your help in advance!
Try downloading it from the market.
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lol, did that, and none of my rooted apps recognize it. Rom manager said I need one in system/bin/su I tried to move via astro and root explorer but neither would let me saying it needed to be a read only file.
Remove the ZIP from your SD card, get ChainsDD's Superuser from the Market. Problem solved.
Thats the one I downloaded, however rom manager says I am not rooted and it cannot find file in system/bin/su or system/xbin/su
FIXED!!
Lol, apparently downloading from the market was the older version. I went ahead and downloaded zip file from dev original thread here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=682828
flashed in recovery and presto chango I have my SU back.. Thanks guys!
where'd my su go?
This was ugly dude, good job on the recovery, sheez.
I'm running 2.3.4 stock rom with modified kernel by HellCatDroid. Phone is also rooted. The rom allows custom boot animations but I haven't been able to get it to work. There are no bootanimation.zip files in /system/media. I've tried various methods and neither of them work. The files in /system/media are in .qmg format. How can I get it to work?
TheNiz said:
I'm running 2.3.4 stock rom with modified kernel by HellCatDroid. Phone is also rooted. The rom allows custom boot animations but I haven't been able to get it to work. There are no bootanimation.zip files in /system/media. I've tried various methods and neither of them work. The files in /system/media are in .qmg format. How can I get it to work?
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just place a 'bootanimation.zip' file in the media directory that's what the custom boot animation function is looking for.
If there isn't a bootanimation.zip file there then you'll just get the standard one
I already did that. It doesn't work.
Try nimphetamine kernel. Den place bootanimation.zip in /system/media... should work...
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I'm thinking of trying CF-Root kernel. Will I have any issues if I flash that kernel over this one? Will CWM and Busybox still work? I know it comes with CF root as well, but just wondering if it will cause any issues.
Quick story:
I just unlocked and rooted my phone yesterday,
and I installed Rom Mananger to flash clockwork recovery and i noticed that I have to flash it every single time for it to work... As in every time when I try to reboot into recovery without reflashing it, it gives me an android with red error sign in the middle?
Please help me with this!
Thanks!
Yes I'm a newb
I am in the same boat! I hope one of the experts offers some help!
Have you tried renaming or deleting the 'recover-from-boot.p' file in /system? That fixed it for me, I renamed it to recover-from-boot.p.bak using root explorer, reflashed the recovery and all is well now.
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Have you tried renaming or deleting the 'recover-from-boot.p' file in /system? That fixed it for me, I renamed it to recover-from-boot.p.bak using root explorer, reflashed the recovery and all is well now.
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Great! that worked!
I am having an issue with cwm. when I go into rom manager i was able to succesfully flash it to my phone. Now when i reboot into recovery I get the android guy with a red exclamation point. sometimes I can get in but I cant reboot my phone from the menu and have to do a battery pull. I am able to flash .zip's and update the bootanimation for example if i get in. When I reboot from rom manager I get some error message that is stopped working before it reboots and again sometimes it works sometimes it doesnt.
should I push the recovery through the sdk again?
Yes, you should. I read that sometimes CWM won't stick if applied through ROM Manager.
There is a file on the nexus s and i believe the Gnex as well that will rewrite the stock recovery after a reboot. unless you change this file you have to flash the recovery every time you want to go into it. use a file manager and search for install-recovery i believe its install-recovery.sh and rename it to install-recovery.sh.bak ( or wtv ) may solve it.
I just did a quick search in root explorer and found a file called "install-recovery.sh"
it should be in the root folder/etc/install-recovery.sh
and i just tried going into CWM and got the same thing as the OP. I am going to rename the "Install-recovery.sh" file like Goat_For_sale suggested, then reinstall CWM and see what happens after a few reboots.
Standby.
*final* edit
So here is what I did.
1.renamed "install-recovery.sh" to "install-recovery.sh.bak" (located in the "etc" folder of the root) I used root explorer. Make sure you mount as writeable or else you cant change the file name.
2. rebooted phone as normal. went into Rom Manager and reinstalled CWM.
3. turned phone off, and booted into recovery and boom! CWM came up nicely.
Glad I found this thread, or I would have been annoyed when I go to flash a rom tonight and couldnt figure out why I wasnt able to get into CWM.
Good luck OP.
I hope you were able to resolve this issue. I was having the exact same issue and i followed the instructions in this thread and it corrected it and i havent had a problem since.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1392336
Now cwm seems to be working but when I hit to boot into recovery from rom manger it says that something has stopped working unexpectally but it seems to boot into recovery just fine.
If you follow the steps on the link that i posted, and make sure that you follow the step of deleting the file with Root Manager once you have moutned as RW then that should get you working. If you are still having issues with I would be happy to walk you through the process tonight over google talk once i get off of work.
Thanks Angelino I will try that today. I just havent deleted that file yet. Now since im rooted and already flashed cwm, i should just go into root manager delete the file and then do the fastboot and flash the recovery again?
TSanborn79 said:
Thanks Angelino I will try that today. I just havent deleted that file yet. Now since im rooted and already flashed cwm, i should just go into root manager delete the file and then do the fastboot and flash the recovery again?
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dude try my method, it was super easy, and doesnt require deleting anything, just renaming that file.
threepio said:
dude try my method, it was super easy, and doesnt require deleting anything, just renaming that file.
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I did try your method but it only partially works. I still get an error when trying to boot from rom manager.
It actually says superuser has stop working. Finally was able to read it.
I am having issues with my gnex and recovery. I am rooted and can run clockwork when I boot from the app. However when I run root explorer i can find any of the recovery files to delete or rename. They arent showing up in system or etc but when i restart my phone stock recovery is still there... ideas?
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I did try your method but it only partially works. I still get an error when trying to boot from rom manager.
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wierd. I havent had a problem yet. Hope u get it figured out.
Alright, I am either rusty as hell or something has changed... I'm trying to change my boot animation and no matter what I try I keep getting black screen unless I download straight off of rom toolbox. But then I cannot resize it.
I've tried resizing all of the jpg's, extracting the zip and changing desc.txt on notepad++ and I can't even remember what else.
Please someone help me figure this out. It is aggravating the hell out of me that I cannot figure the simplest thing!
EDIT: Only thing I can think of is that I need insecure boot... If so does anyone have one?
EDIT: I figured it out... I ended up flashing one through twrp and it worked.
3.35.401.12 firmware
bigp951 said:
Alright, I am either rusty as hell or something has changed... I'm trying to change my boot animation and no matter what I try I keep getting black screen unless I download straight off of rom toolbox. But then I cannot resize it.
I've tried resizing all of the jpg's, extracting the zip and changing desc.txt on notepad++ and I can't even remember what else.
Please someone help me figure this out. It is aggravating the hell out of me that I cannot figure the simplest thing!
EDIT: Only thing I can think of is that I need insecure boot... If so does anyone have one?
EDIT: I figured it out... I ended up flashing one through twrp and it worked.
3.35.401.12 firmware
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YES you need insecure kernel or s-off system must mount as rw you can do this in twrp recovery open it go to mount mount system ...put your bootanimation on SD open explorer in twrp and copy it to system /resource and give it chmod 0644 then reboot
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I flash insecure kernel yesterday and flashed through twrp. Thanks
I miss the days of just swapping out a file in root browser...
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