i use to have a epic 4g and i could use odin to re flash stock rom and i would root my phone again and i would flash a custom rom of my choice so it would perform better. i wanted to do the same thing with my evo 4g, so i would like to know how can i completely re-flash a stock rom so i can re-install this stupid custom rom that keeps ****ing with my phone...i keep going from rom to rom and wiping everything only works but so much because i would have something from the last rom pop-up (keybord mod or theme or pulldown) things like that...please help
What recovery are you using? And what exactly are you wiping?
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Install the most recent Sprint RUU, the root again.
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Hello and sorry for the inconvenience. I'm new to rooting and updating my evo. I have 2.2 android version since i rooted my evo and i rooted it with unrevoked 3. Now i keep getting updates from my phone but cant install them because im rooted. I was wondering how can i update my evo to the latest android version which is 2. something and how can i also update the latest fota version that's 3.70.
I don't know if i need to install a new ROM or get the update online. Your help would be grateful and thanks in advance.
You have to flash updated roms to keep your phone updated...thats the only way AFAIK
Any custom rom will get rid of the update notifications, and all are based on the newest OTA by now. I think the only 2.3 gingerbread rom is the CM7 nightly, which is very stable and very nice
Before you flash a new rom you will want to make sure you have one of the custom recoveries, RA for example is what i use for my flashing.
What Radio and software are you running?
software 2.2 and what do you mean by radio, basebad or kernel
Have you checked your phone to be sure you have S- off? There is a Rom in the developers section that has the latest OTA 3.70... but I do concur with the guys above in that you need to flash a custom Rom.
Go to the market and download Rom Manager. By using unrevoked I believe you now have clockworkmod as your custom recovery. And I'm pretty sure it would b version 2.6.0.1 which is the good one. By using Rom Manager you can flash a custom Rom directly through the app. My favorite is by far Cyanogen 6.1.2. The only downside is 4g isn't currently working. But the upsides by far outway that issue.
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thanks and as we speak im doing a nandroid back up and want to know out of
myn's and calk's
which one is the best and if both of them work with 4g and i wanted to know if i do a nandroid backup will all my apps and contacts be deleted?
Both are good ROMs but every time I go try out a new ROM, I always go back to Calk's. I like it best but that's just my personal opinion. Once you feel comfortable flashing try them all out. I would reccomend using titanium back up to back up all of your apps though so when you flas a new ROM you can easily recover all your apps.
thanks and will it erase all my contact when i flash a new rom?? cause i already did an nandroid backup. and i want to download calks. SO whats my next step here. does calk work with 4g since i have htc evo 4g. sorry because im an amateur and dont know that much about this
Yes your contacts will be erased but once you log back in with your google acct they will resync. Yes, Calk's Rom supports 4G.
Download Calk's format all (not necessary but just something I personally use) & install it to root of the SD card
http://www.mediafire.com/?ikylelx99c49133
Same with the ROM, DL it to SD card root
reboot into recovery (vol down & power)
Factory wipe
Wipe Dalvik
Install zip from SD Card
Calk's format all
EViO v1.8
After it's done installing the phone will appear to hang a the splash screen This is normal for a first boot after a flash just let it do it's thing. It will eventually come up, I promise.
Enjoy your new ROM
one more thing and sorry to bother you how can i make sure all my contacts are with my gmail account
chotero said:
one more thing and sorry to bother you how can i make sure all my contacts are with my gmail account
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by logging into gmail on your computer and checking "contacts". based on your questions, perhaps you should wait and research more before you dive into something that you can't get out of. you've been warned, just sayin. good luck though
I don't know what is going on with my Epic Touch. I rooted the phone, added CWN recovery, and then installed starburstROM. After my phone tried to encrypt, my phone would not start up. So I went back to the stock kernel, tried to re-root, and add CWN. Once I install CWN, my phone goes into bootloop. The only way I can get out of that loop is if I install stock kernel or re-root. I would like to reset everything, root, and add a new ROM. I am relatively new at this. Would someone be so kind to help me out?
I am pretty sure I want to install the midnight ROM. So any help finding the right things to install would be appreciated.
I got it working by using versions very similar to stock. Now I am installing midnight rom
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1282415
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1287776
Well, I just installed midnight and now it won't turn on. I see the bootup screen but the phone turns off after that. BUmmer, any ideas?
I would flash the stock eg30 tar and start over.
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before I install new ROMS, I wipe everything. Factory reset, wipe cache, then flash the new ROM.
As posted above, also flash back to stock eg30 and start over.
This is has probably been asked before, but I had a hard time finding the answer.
Can I root my Epic 4g Touch without wiping data?
The root methods that I have seen require you to flash which in turn requires you to wipe your data/os. So this is why I ask if there is a method to root so that you don't have to wipe anything.
My end goal is to flash StarBurst ROM. But before that I would like to backup settings/data with Titanium Backup ★ root.
Yes, but you have to at least flash clock work recovery mod. Once you flash that you can flash a su.zip to gain root on the stock rom. I wanted to be fully stock so I flashed the cwm, then flashed the su.zip then I flashed the stock kernel again. You won't lose data because with cwm you're flashing a kernel and not system. I went back to stock kernel after rooting because I was getting a lot of los everyday with the cwm kernel installed.
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Yes, but you have to at least flash clock work recovery mod. Once you flash that you can flash a su.zip to gain root on the stock rom. I wanted to be fully stock so I flashed the cwm, then flashed the su.zip then I flashed the stock kernel again. You won't lose data because with cwm you're flashing a kernel and not system. I went back to stock kernel after rooting because I was getting a lot of los everyday with the cwm kernel installed.
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I agree. Stay away from the CWM way of rooting. I got continuous LoS today until my battery died. Not worth it.
Before I get ravaged, I have wandered from thread to thread to thread trying to find answers and unfortunately, everyone's got a different situation, so I'll try and sum it up here.
I have an Epic 4G that I threw the Samsung/Sprint Froyo ROM on as soon as it as available, after which I rooted it, installed CWM 2.5 and called it a day. I've been wanting to upgrade to Gingerbread, but the official EI22 ROM is obviously giving me issues because of root, so I decide, hey, I can try adding on some other ROMs and finally get into this thing.
Now somewhere amongst all this, I have CWM 5.0 installed and my phone is running both older and newer versions and only 5.0 is letting me restore in case I screw up.
So I grab the Gingerbread restore and after wiping my data, restore it. Gets stuck on Samsung logo. Try this a few times, give up, reload my original Froyo image (only after coaxing CWM to load up 5.0 instead of 2.5). Try again tonight with ACS ICS ROM and 2.5, still stuck at Samsung logo. Wipe and try again, same thing.
So my question is: A) would it be better to go back to Odin and try again despite a stable Froyo image, B) how can I eliminate one of these CWMs, C) has anyone else had these issues?
seems like you did a whole bunch of things... probably best to start clean.. odin to stock froyo. then you probably want to root it from there. after that, you can flash the latest cwm, then latest gingerbread rom
when you installed cwm5, did u flash through rom manager or through recovery?
I honestly just downloaded CWM from Marketplace and I found out how I was able to access it: it's a zip in my Clockwork folder. Once I "install" that, it loads into 5.0 and that's how I've been able to work, but it never updates CWM, I have to keep having to boot into it from the zip.
well u have cwm2,5 u said... try booting into cw, (three fingers) and flash the zip. but maybe you can try downloading cwm from the official cwm thread and flash that zip just to be sure
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1357655
Yeah, every time I try to flash that ZIP, it just opens up 5.0 instead. I'll have to try doing it from scratch.
isnt that what u want??? 5.x.x.x??
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isnt that what u want??? 5.x.x.x??
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Yeah, definitely.
Okay, Odin'ed back to stock Froyo and rooted, loaded on ACS Recovery. This whole process has killed my battery, so I'm going to recharge before trying to load up a new ROM. It seems like it should be easy from here on out...
You should just start over with a fresh install.
Here are the steps. I made this list before CWM 5 was released, but you can get the CWM 5 ODIN .tar file from that thread which was linked a few posts up.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=19444784&postcount=93
Yeah I ODINed back with ACS Recovery and now I'm running ACS ICS, which is sooooooo awesome. I think I was afraid about having to ODIN back to stock and losing everything. Now I should still have the Froyo image on there, can't I just run between this new one and that?
Thanks, all!
What do you mean by you have acs ics and still have the froyo image?? are you dual booting
Acs ics = rom.
EpicNewb4g said:
What do you mean by you have acs ics and still have the froyo image?? are you dual booting
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Does he mean the wallpaper?
Yes i just rooted my epic 4g touch yesterday. Looking for where I should go from here. I did only root it so Im going to go home and do the option "c" on the automated script tool so i can flash it with EK02+CWM so I have the CWM to flash roms. My questions are: I am currently on android 2.3.6 on EK02 Kernel. Should I stay on that kernel or should I do something different? Something newer or better? Also Once I have the kernel with CWM installed, can someone give me proper EASY instructions how to flash a rom? or theme? Also is there any recommended combination of a kernel/ROM/Modem i should install? I don't want something that has several bugs. The least, the better! ;-) Please any information would help. I'm a Newbie lol
Any Rom you flash will have a kernel built in. For the sake of you being new to this, I would just use the kernel the Rom comes with right now and worry about playing with kernels later.
The Modem will not flash with the ROM and needs to be flashed separately. Again, you might want to just stay with what you have right now. Any combination of the ROM, Kernel, and Modem will work. There is no science to what combo works best and is all a matter of personal opinion and experiences.
Once you install CWM, you can flash a ROM. Just download the ROM and add put it on your internal SD Card that phone has. Then boot into CWM. An easy way to do this is to download quick boot from the market and you can boot into CWM.
When in there wipe all system data (will remove all you apps from your phone.), cache, and dalvik cache (in advnaced).
Then go to install file from sd card. Choose internal, then go to the zip file that is the ROM. Click on it and install. After it is done, reboot the phone from CWM and you will now have a custom ROM.
Most of the ROMs you would want to install are on the 1st page of the Dev section. I currently running UnNamed ROM as it is extremely stable and has been giving me good battery life. I am on EL29 Modem and running the kernel the ROM came with.
There are other ROMS that offer more theming if you would like but sometime do not offer the same stability as some other ROMS.
For themes, make sure they are compatible with whatever ROM you are running. To flash a theme, you would do it the same way as a ROM except no need to clear system data. Just wipe Cache and Dalvik so you do not lose your info and then flash the zip. Also, if the ROM you are using is updated you usually do not need to clear system data either but if you jump to a totally different ROM you will need to clear everything.
A good app to get is Titanium Backup. I totally recommend purchasing the Pro version but you can get away with the free one. You can backup the apps you have on your phone and then reload them on the new Rom. Make sure to only put back the apps you downloaded and not apps from the system. You can a batch save and restore instead of doing each one individually. Click the settings menu, then batch.
Hope this helps you get started. Sorry, if any of this is confusing as sometimes I just ramble on as I type...Any more questions just ask away...We have a good group of people here.
If you like the color blue you should install Strongsteve's odexed ROM. If you don't like the color blue you should still install his ROM. Not only is it a beautiful to look at set up, it's also very stable and fast. Constant improvements are always being made as well. And you will soon be a fan of all things blue
There are other ROMS on the developers page. Some are tweaked for long battery life, some are themed but all are worthy of a look. It just comes down to personal preference.
As for the modem you will need to flash that separately. Try a few different ones and see which gives you the best performance.
Ok cool. Thanks guys. So if i want to stay on this modem I am on now. I could basically just flash the rom I want and this modem will stay on my phone right? I don't need to re flash it?
Yes.....you are correct. Now that you're rooted let the fun begin!
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Ok cool. Thanks guys. So if i want to stay on this modem I am on now. I could basically just flash the rom I want and this modem will stay on my phone right? I don't need to re flash it?
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correct.
I don't think any ROMS flash with modems except for the EK02 sprint official Over-The-Air update.
Awesome. One last thing lol, sorry for all the questions. I am currently on EK02. I am going to flash Strongsteve's odexed ROM. After I flash that rom, will I need to then flash again the EK02 Modem or is flashing the ROM all I need to do?
My advice stay on EK02 at least for couple days so you can compare with other setup. EK02 and EL13 have good results for me, everything else gives me bad battery life.
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lol i would like to stay on it and that's fine. I'm just wondering if after i flash this rom, my modem will stay on there? Or do i need to re flash the EK02 modem?
Your modem will stay
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