So I'm new at rooting.. and flashing.
I currently have the Revolution HD ROM for my Galaxy Nexus.
I found that there was a new leaked radio for my CDMA phone.
I want to flash it. I know that I have to go to Clockwork Recovery and flash the .zip file, but is that all I have to do?
Do I have to do a factory reset or can I just flash the .zip file right away into the custom ROM?
Just flash the zip file
Being new to flashing should not be used an excuse not to read the hundreds of threads about flashing ROMs. Really, all the info is already here if you can be bothered to search and read.
In any case, I was a beginner once and so I understand.
The two ways to flash radio is either flash the zip file using ClockworkMod Recovery or to flash the radio.img using fastboot by typing the following in the Windows command prompt: fastboot flash radio radio.img
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Hi guys,
With the new clockwork recovery i can no longer flash radios through it. So i install them via fastboot by extracting the radio.img from the radio zip file.
Can someone tell me if there is anything i should do about the META-INF files? I'm just cannot help but think that the radio didn't flash properly without those.
Thanks in advance
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when im flashing a radio throught fastboot mode i just takie the .img file and flash it
but i dont extract the .img from the flashable .zip, i just download the .img file (there are always 2 files to download - either a .zip or an .img)
Are you using CM7 or Oxygen HBoot? If so, that's the reason, not CWM. Those tables don't have enough cache space to flash a radio through recovery.
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yes i am using cm7 hboot but also the safest method to flash a radio is with fastboot.
I was taking to OP
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Thanks for the replies. Yes indeed, i am using the oxygen hboot, i forgot that i had the stock one the last time i flashed a radio. Anyways i was just wondering if it was enough to extract the radio.img and flash it or there is something else i should do with the remaining meta-inf folder.
I always download the radios from this xda thread (featured in the Desire Index). I guess i did not think about searching for another place to get them. Will it really make a difference if i download the img for the radio instead of extracting it from the archive and flashing it?
honestly i dont think so, these are probably the same files.
HOWEVER
since it is a radio and a way to possibly brick your phone i wouldnt risk.
http://www.baadnwz.eu/search/label/addons
here is the newest radio "32.56.00.32U_5.17.05.23.img" from2011-May-17 09:19:46 size 25.5M
also check the md5 sums, with the file that is also there.
i flashed it today, all is fine
also i think it comes with newest RIL, so no need to worry bout updating it.
The .img file itself and the .img file inside the .zip are exactly the same. The other files in the .zip file just tell the system what to flash and where to flash it.
Hi
I think i screwed up BIG TIME! Please help me if you have an idea!
i tried to flash the latest ARHD, comming from the lite version, i decided to go for the full package.
followed the guide, fastboot boot .img, clear chache etc. but when i got to the flashing part, recovery wouldnt run the .zip file (bad)
Now i dont have any nandroid backups or any other roms to try and flash. I've superwiped, so theres no roms installed, so i guess i cant access my "sdcard"..
And also, i have OSX, so i dont know how to do the sdk stuff
Are there any way to fastboot a new rom? or any other way to get my phone running again?
thanks
see this thread or follow these steps
flash stock recovery
relock bootloader
flash ruu
flash recovery
unlock bootloader
thank you..
as i cant run an exe file, is is nessesary to do that to get the boot.img from the zipfile? it says in some guides that you have to make sure that the exe is running before getting the boot.img
or is it possible to download the boot.img directly?
im downloading the ruu now
Gnuen2004 said:
thank you..
as i cant run an exe file, is is nessesary to do that to get the boot.img from the zipfile? it says in some guides that you have to make sure that the exe is running before getting the boot.img
or is it possible to download the boot.img directly?
im downloading the ruu now
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why can't you run the .exe? what you can do is extract the boot.img from the rom.zip and flash it through fasboot
I come from the SGAce forums where flashing is just download-and-flash method and now I wanna try the HTC One X and use ARHD Rom (used it on my friend's Gnexus) And I really don't know what to do! It's just too complicated for me
My bootloader is already unlocked and it's only a test phone I borrowed cause I'm not sure what to buy yet
If anyone can help Here as well as ow to flash the rom and the .bat file
THANK YOU A LOT
First you need unlock bootloader to flash custom recovery. Follow this guide for example how to do it.
After recovery, make a backup of your current rom.
After backup, download ARHD 5.1.0 and superwipe script to your sdcard, after you got them both flash boot.img from ARHD thread. (Download this & run "install-boot.bat") This is mandatory because without S-OFF one can't flash boot.img from recovery, and without boot.img flashed one can't boot their device or it won't work properly.
Then to the basic flashing process, boot to recovery and flash superwipe script and afterwards flash ARHD and you're good to go!
BTW, you don't need to flash firmware files
Nubzori said:
First you need unlock bootloader to flash custom recovery. Follow this guide for example how to do it.
After recovery, make a backup of your current rom.
After backup, download ARHD 5.1.0 and superwipe script to your sdcard, after you got them both flash boot.img from ARHD thread. (Download this & run "install-boot.bat") This is mandatory because without S-OFF one can't flash boot.img from recovery, and without boot.img flashed one can't boot their device or it won't work properly.
Then to the basic flashing process, boot to recovery and flash superwipe script and afterwards flash ARHD and you're good to go!
BTW, you don't need to flash firmware files
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so I will only run the .bat file or use command prompt?
Doo:DAce said:
so I will only run the .bat file or use command prompt?
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In which part? When u flash boot.img you only need to run .bat file and press any button when device is in usb fastboot mode
Just another 13-Year old non-developer member running around the forums like a boss
Nubzori said:
In which part? When u flash boot.img you only need to run .bat file and press any button when device is in usb fastboot mode
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Ok im confused. How do you flah those two things?
Doo:DAce said:
Ok im confused. How do you flah those two things?
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Download the boot.img from ARHD thread, it has instructions inside
Hi all,
Recently rooted my one x (used to have a rooted desire) and changing rom isn't as easy as I remember.
I've searched the forums and the net but can't find much about swapping onto a different rom. I've put it onto MIUI V4 but want to try out cyanogenmod 10/9 but i keep getting boot loops. From what i've read i think its something to do with the boot img? Can anyone help or link me to a guide?
I have managed to restore onto MIUI through the clockwork recovery. Also in ROM manager i can only see MIUI roms :s
Don't use ROM Manager - it's crap
With the One X you can't flash a new boot.img from Recovery so you have to flash the boot.img in a ROMs ZIP file before flashing the ROM using the fastboot command 'fastboot flash boot boot.img'
Guides are in the Dev forum, or Google it
This may help you.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1832891
But as said above, basically any ROM you want to change to, you need to extract the boot.img from the roms .zip, flash it using the fastboot command, then flash the ROM via recovery.
craftycarper1 said:
This may help you.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1832891
But as said above, basically any ROM you want to change to, you need to extract the boot.img from the roms .zip, flash it using the fastboot command, then flash the ROM via recovery.
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Thanks for both of your replys. That thread really helps, going to give it a go tonight!
I've been using the HTC Desire HD for a long time, and I was wondering if things I've learnt with that phone are still relevant.
With the DHD, if the phone was S-ON (but with an unlocked bootloader and a custom recovery), whenever flashing a new ROM it was necessary to extract the boot.img file from the zip and flash it manually by using: fastboot flash boot boot.img.
That was because a custom recovery couldn't flash a custom kernel while the device was S-ON.
Is that also the case with an M8 device that stays S-ON?
Or is a custom recovery now able to write any custom kernel regardless of being S-ON/S-OFF?
Thanks!
Indeed
s-on = Flash kernel via fastboot
s-off = kernel is flashed via rom/recovery
Thank you for the quick reply!
quick question..if what you say is true..if s on flash kernal in fastboot..if s off just flash normally threw recovery...why in captins thread with his GPE rom..says s off users must flash boot.img in fastboot?...i was about to try his rom ,before i got to that part..i am s off and ive never had to flash a boot.img threw fastboot before flashing the rom....next question..do i need to unpack the rom zip ,extract the boot.img flash it in fastboot..then repack the zip and flash again in recovery?ive never had to do this..i thought i would see a boot.img zip as a seperate download wouldve been lot easier...ive never unpacked a zip to extract a boot.img before...so i had to back out for now..can someone plz give me step by step directions how to flash captins GPE rom..really appreciate it..and i know im in the correct section to ask such a newbie question..thanks in advance
is this still true with modern Marshmallow/Nougat ROMs (and their associated firmware updates)? the device is unlocked and S-ON?
example: I just flashed ViperROM v6.1 on Tmobile M8 with v6.2 firmware and separate flash of boot.img NOT required.
In fact, I validated theory by doing the traditional procedure and result as phone that did not boot.
traditional procedure: flash ROM via TWRP and reboot direct into bootloader and fastboot. then finalize by manual flash of boot.img via fastboot. boot.img pulled from root directory of ROM zip.
any insight would be appreciated. -GA
Mr Hofs said:
Indeed
s-on = Flash kernel via fastboot
s-off = kernel is flashed via rom/recovery
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gads1 said:
is this still true with modern Marshmallow/Nougat ROMs (and their associated firmware updates)? the device is unlocked and S-ON?
example: I just flashed ViperROM v6.1 on Tmobile M8 with v6.2 firmware and separate flash of boot.img NOT required.
In fact, I validated theory by doing the traditional procedure and result as phone that did not boot.
traditional procedure: flash ROM via TWRP and reboot direct into bootloader and fastboot. then finalize by manual flash of boot.img via fastboot. boot.img pulled from root directory of ROM zip.
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No need to flash boot.img separately using fastboot (with s-on).
But it shouldn't hurt anything, either. It's just a redundant step, as you are just flashing the same boot.img that TWRP is already installing.
Try it again, without flashing boot.img separately. But I have a feeling something else is causing no boot. Make sure you are using current TWRP (version 3.1) with default TWRP wipe (cache, dalvik and data), or try another ROM.