[Q] installed new rom cant use cwm recovery now.. - Xperia Play Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I installed gbtweaked0 on my r800x cdma. My wifu doesn't work and I have to use cwm to install the wifi files but every time I click install for cwm it doesn't install.. I need help thanks in advance.

I don't want to come off as mean, but please go back to the developers thread and read through it...
You have to re-install CWM, and from there flash DoomLord's WiFi .zip. EVERYTHING is in that board... You should read through it before you start installing ROMs/Software for possible bugs and issues.

I know that. But the problem is CWM Doesnt stay installed. Everytime I install it and then try to boot into recovery it doesnt work. And then I open cwm recovery and click install again try it and it uninstalls after every reboot..

I had the same problems with cwm, which is one reason I went right back to cola. There's a thread in the development forum that has a one-click install of cwm, if you use that, it should work.

I am having the same problem too. I re-installed CWM twice but it still will not let me boot into recovery mode. I am also getting a force close error with Titanium Backup even after I reassign user permissions.
The ROM works great other than that! Does anybody have a solution?

Spoke to dev he told me to reroot I havent gotten around to it busy day Im gonna try tomorrow hopefully that fixes the problems. But I have to admit I love the rom. But Im using a droid incredible right now so Ill try it tomorrow. Good to know I'm not the only one with this problem.

Ok well I tried unrooting and rooting again and Im still having the same problem. Did you try to reroot? Just wondering if maybe you got a different result?

same i tried unroot and reroot absolutely nothing changed. my home button doesnt work either now..

wyckedsyko said:
same i tried unroot and reroot absolutely nothing changed. my home button doesnt work either now..
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Yea my home button stops working every now and then but after I turn my phone off and back on it works again.

I had the same problems, installed cwm with a computer, app, etc. I did it about 20 times in a row of install, reboot, etc etc and then one time in randomly worked and never stopped workin since

Having same issue.
Understand that the quick install of CWM only works on stock so that's why it's not working now. But even the quick instructions say to go back into CWM to flash the wifi modules which now I can't do.

I havent really been trying to fix it... But I'm gonna try more with my phone now. Im enjoying my mom's old droid incredible too much..

Sorry for the double post but here is the solution http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1390771 <-- use this instead of app thank you ligthningdude

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[Q] Infinite Reboot

I have been rooted for a while now and had bakedsnack 1.4 installed for about 2 months now. Everything was stable until a few days ago when it started rebooting randomly then much more often so I decided it was to time to update...went for Ava v9. After reseting factory defaults, wiping cache, wiping dalvik, I installed the rom. Immediate infinite loop reboot, tried this rom 2 more times then the newest baked snack then the plain rooted stock. All are infinite reboot loops...I have wiped numerous times now and can't seem to find a problem, I have updated my radios and everything trying to fix this to no avail. I could really use some help...here is a catlog of my bootup and 2 of the infinite reboots after a clean install.
pastebin.com/jBub3Upf
Also using amon-ra recovery and my root is full nand unlock.
same thing is happening to me. plz help. ava v9 running both stock kernel and kings 10 cfs. plz help. plz. i have the exact same problem. plz. i am bagging you. plz.
plz.
dk
Have you guys tried running a stock PC36IMG? That is the first thing I would try if I was in your shoes.
link to file: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=791019
_MetalHead_ said:
Have you guys tried running a stock PC36IMG? That is the first thing I would try if I was in your shoes.
link to file: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=791019
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i have tried unrooting and rerooting, but not flashing a stock pc36img.zip. thanks for the link. megafileupload is wired do you mind sending me a mirror? i will post results. if that doesnt work, i am unrooting nd trying again. if that still doesnt work, i am bricked
dkdude36 said:
i have tried unrooting and rerooting, but not flashing a stock pc36img.zip. thanks for the link. megafileupload is wired do you mind sending me a mirror? i will post results. if that doesnt work, i am unrooting nd trying again. if that still doesnt work, i am bricked
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devs, i'm not sure you get how serious this problem is, and how badly it needs fixing. i reboot any time i open a network connection. for example, when i boot up, even before htc sense loads, i reboot. i cannot stay up for more than 15 seconds. i have forcefully deleted all apps that even remotely might require data, and still somehow, i sync to my voicemail. boot up, pull down lock, reboot, stuck. plz help me i want to be able to use my phone.
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i have tried unrooting and rerooting, but not flashing a stock pc36img.zip. thanks for the link. megafileupload is wired do you mind sending me a mirror? i will post results. if that doesnt work, i am unrooting nd trying again. if that still doesnt work, i am bricked
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Have you been able to get it downloaded? I just tried to dl it from megaupload again and it worked no prob.
Downloading it now, will try it out. Thanks!
download went fine. about to push and flash. wish me luck... i just want my evo back waaaaa
flashed it. first try, boot failed because of a pu fail. stuck in bootloader. tried agian, and worked fine. my phone is rebooting as we speak. lets see if it worked...
and the big question: should i stick with ava v9 or what other rom should i try? i have never tried fresh, and cyanogen is too unstable for me. i have pretty much only tried ava, omj, and cm. plz recommend the must tries etc. i'm not asking you to choose for me, just tell me what to try.
dk
SHOOT IT STILL WONT WORK! i booted just fine, and was able to set up just the google account. the second i hit finish for the google account only and it tried to sync contacts, reboot. please help me knowledgable people!
EDIT: once i rebooted, i dragged down unlock screen and BAM! reboot... sad me i just want my evo back
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flashed it. first try, boot failed because of a pu fail. stuck in bootloader. tried agian, and worked fine. my phone is rebooting as we speak. lets see if it worked...
and the big question: should i stick with ava v9 or what other rom should i try? i have never tried fresh, and cyanogen is too unstable for me. i have pretty much only tried ava, omj, and cm. plz recommend the must tries etc. i'm not asking you to choose for me, just tell me what to try.
dk
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I had the EXACT same problem as you. Was the PU fail next to the boot line during the update? If so, then I think you've got bad blocks in your boot partition and I hate to say it but you might not be able to flash any custom kernels anymore. Once I finally got mine booted, the only kernel that worked was a stock one. I was able to flash Fresh, but HAD to keep the kernel stock. I ended up calling Asurion and filed a claim. Got my new evo today and am having no issues.
SHOOT IT STILL WONT WORK! i booted just fine, and was able to set up just the google account. the second i hit finish for the google account only and it tried to sync contacts, reboot. please help me knowledgable people!
EDIT: once i rebooted, i dragged down unlock screen and BAM! reboot... sad me i just want my evo back
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That sucks man. Do what I did, file an insurance claim and get a new phone. They ship it out next day.
same problem I'm having:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=808280
ok i think i finally have it. but now, what rom to use? please tell me. i might be going with the cm nightlies. but plz give your opinion. thanks for the stock pc...zip. tweetqit, thanks for letting me overrun your thread..ha
TO GET IT TO WORK, ONCE YOU ARE STUCK IN BOOTLOADER, JUST RE-UPDATE AND THE BAD BLOCKS WILL GO AWAY. OR AT LEAST THAT WORKED FOR ME.
Yup, failed for me the first time but worked the second. My phone was never the same after I went through that ordeal. No custom kernels worked, terribly sluggish performance, constant reboots. That's why I said f*ck it and had Asurion send me a new one.
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ok i think i finally have it. but now, what rom to use? please tell me. i might be going with the cm nightlies. but plz give your opinion. thanks for the stock pc...zip. tweetqit, thanks for letting me overrun your thread..ha
TO GET IT TO WORK, ONCE YOU ARE STUCK IN BOOTLOADER, JUST RE-UPDATE AND THE BAD BLOCKS WILL GO AWAY. OR AT LEAST THAT WORKED FOR ME.
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what'd you do? what exactly did it fix? everything?
On first try, boot: fail-PU. I guess this is a common problem? pretty lame. Will post after I try again.
Ok so now that, that failed..how do I try it again? when I reboot into recovery it just checks the PC36IMG.ZIP and dumps me back to the bootloader without asking me to install it...
I've done what I think dkdude36 did [install PC36IMG] and did get PU fail, and now i'm stuck in HBOOT/BOOTLOADER as expected. Now I only have the few options in bootloader and don't know what to do. I've rebooted and gotten the bootloops then wen't back into bootloader and it loads PC36IMG but it doesn't give me the option to update again. Am I supposed to do something in order for it to give me that option again? If so, what? As of now, I'm stuck and am bricked (hopefully not permanently).
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Ok so now that, that failed..how do I try it again? when I reboot into recovery it just checks the PC36IMG.ZIP and dumps me back to the bootloader without asking me to install it...
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what if we run:
fastboot erase boot
fastboot erase recovery
what will happen? will it prompt me to update with PC36IMG.zip as it did the first time?

[Q] Calkulin's Rom won't allow recovery..

So I I've had 2 different recoveries so far that have worked fine.. both came from Rogue though. One was from the 1.5 kernel (Hitman) which installed CWM Touch recovery, the other came with the normal recoveries based off CW 5.0.2.7. They were working fine until I installed Calkulin's Rom(2.8.1). Not sure if they're just incompatible or what, but when I go to recovery it shows the background image of the recovery but none of the options show up. It shows for about half a second and then it goes back to the original boot screen, then to the 2nd screen and turns on. So it basically skips right through the recovery and reboots. Do I need a new Rom or can I fix this? I really like the battery life and visuals of Calkulin's Rom and would love to be able to keep it.
EDIT: One more thing.. Since I installed the ROM, I've been getting market error 492. It doesn't allow me to install anything in the market..
I haven't tried a full wipe yet, so I guess I'll try that and then see how that works with the recovery and Rom..
I did the same thing to my phone this week, and I'm running Blazer, so i'm sure it has nothing to do with either ROM.
Not sure how I caused it but with so many folks running both without this error, I'm guessing that your issue (like mine was) was probably some how self induced.
I flashed back to stock and started over, and things have been working great. Might be worth a shot flashing back, or restore a backup and start fresh.
Haven't seen the market error before. I'm sure someone here has
Good Luck
If you got it off here, could you show me which stock you flashed..?
Everything you need is in the Epic 4G Touch Android Development section
Here is the post I used from Sfhub
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1433101
Watch the videos by Qbking77 They walk you thru everything step by step. (I hear his video intro rif every time I close my eyes now so you've been warned) Makes it super easy.
I would read everything you can and watch the videos before you get in too deep. I've had this phone since December, and just flashed my 1st ROM this week cause I've been reading up, and learning all I could before I jumped in the pool.
Well I've done all this with 2 phones before but I've never had this happen.. normally I just get the Rom and I'm good to go..
I think I must've gone wrong somewhere when I originally rooted through a stock rom.. It already seems to be more respondful.
premo1 said:
I think I must've gone wrong somewhere when I originally rooted through a stock rom.. It already seems to be more respondful.
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Try booting while holding the volume up and power button.
If that does not work, flash recovery from rom manager, and that should get you into recovery to flash whatever kernel/recovery u want.
I've done all that.. None of it works.. I'm currently ODIN'ing Factory Stock Rom with root. Hopefully after that I can redo all of these and eventually end up with a working, corresponding Rom and kernel..
premo1 said:
I've done all that.. None of it works.. I'm currently ODIN'ing Factory Stock Rom with root. Hopefully after that I can redo all of these and eventually end up with a working, corresponding Rom and kernel..
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Good Luck.
Recovery and market are now working Thank you Adanorm!
Glad your back up and running

need help with recovery not working

I need some help trying to figure out why I cannot do anything really anymore in recovery, I was running darkside rom and switched over to Mind Trick. After a successful flash I attempted to back up the new rom before I started adding on apps and add ons that are posted in the OP, While trying to do the back up it just hangs now, it will get a certain point (usually checking ms5 or whatever it is) and wont go any further, the same happens when I try to install any zip from recovery, it will say installing whatever i try, but it just hangs there and never installs anything. I have tried to flash the touch recovery but have no luck with that either. Also, if I try to restore from backup it just hangs or fails so I am kinda stuck where I am .Another thing I noticed is my reception has gone down, I did not flash any radio before the rom as I had to with Darkside because it did not say to in the OP so Im wondering if that has anything to do with the poor reception. People have told me that when they try to call my phone they just a busy signal but all the text messages seem to come through fine and I have good data speeds, I am kinda stuck on this one, I usually figure out the solution but this time Im really stumped. I would appreciate any help or ideas you may have and I will be sure to thank you. Thanks.
bls2633 said:
I need some help trying to figure out why I cannot do anything really anymore in recovery, I was running darkside rom and switched over to Mind Trick. After a successful flash I attempted to back up the new rom before I started adding on apps and add ons that are posted in the OP, While trying to do the back up it just hangs now, it will get a certain point (usually checking ms5 or whatever it is) and wont go any further, the same happens when I try to install any zip from recovery, it will say installing whatever i try, but it just hangs there and never installs anything. I have tried to flash the touch recovery but have no luck with that either. Also, if I try to restore from backup it just hangs or fails so I am kinda stuck where I am .Another thing I noticed is my reception has gone down, I did not flash any radio before the rom as I had to with Darkside because it did not say to in the OP so Im wondering if that has anything to do with the poor reception. People have told me that when they try to call my phone they just a busy signal but all the text messages seem to come through fine and I have good data speeds, I am kinda stuck on this one, I usually figure out the solution but this time Im really stumped. I would appreciate any help or ideas you may have and I will be sure to thank you. Thanks.
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Have you tried to odin another recovery or download goo.im and install the twrp recovery...
playya said:
Have you tried to odin another recovery or download goo.im and install the twrp recovery...
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No, I'm no familiar with what goo.im is so I am going to look into that now and then if all else fails I will try odin. I had tried about a month or so to install the version 6 of Mind Trick and ended up soft bricked for a minute until finally I was able to flash a very old recovery that was on the sd and I got lucky and it ended up making all the way through successfully so i just updated my apps and let it ride until now and decided to flash the version 7. It flashed that rom ok but now I am seeing the results of not figuring out what my problem was back then i guess. I appreciate your help. Thank you

please help! phone freezes after every app lounched- after trying to install cwm ...

hey guys!
i will realy appriciate any help on this one:
i am in a light panic attack as i might bricked my first phone..
today i have updated my t989 to ics 4.0.4 via kies, and then rooted it.
of course the root was so i can flash a rom. i chose to try cm9.
any ways, in order not to get the phone stuck in boot loop, i have tried to install the touch version of the cwm recovery.
i did it through the zip on sd option.
the version i used was: CWM6013-TOUCH-CM9-recovery (file size 4.201)
it seemed ok at first.
but then when i retsrted the phone, i noticed that every app i am trying to launch takes forever to respond (about a minute)...
i have tried to do factory reset and it did not help - the phone was sluggish even on the first setup screens..
now i am in the process of downloading the stock version again, to unroot. is this the way to go? did i miss something?
please let me know what info i can provide so you will be able to help me.
again, and i can't say it enough: every help will be very much appreciated. so, did i brick my phone?
thanks!
cvbn
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cvbn52 said:
hey guys!
i will realy appriciate any help on this one:
i am in a light panic attack as i might bricked my first phone..
today i have updated my t989 to ics 4.0.4 via kies, and then rooted it.
of course the root was so i can flash a rom. i chose to try cm9.
any ways, in order not to get the phone stuck in boot loop, i have tried to install the touch version of the cwm recovery.
i did it through the zip on sd option.
the version i used was: CWM6013-TOUCH-CM9-recovery (file size 4.201)
it seemed ok at first.
but then when i retsrted the phone, i noticed that every app i am trying to launch takes forever to respond (about a minute)...
i have tried to do factory reset and it did not help - the phone was sluggish even on the first setup screens..
now i am in the process of downloading the stock version again, to unroot. is this the way to go? did i miss something?
please let me know what info i can provide so you will be able to help me.
again, and i can't say it enough: every help will be very much appreciated.
thanks!
cvbn
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What all did you do to install the ROM?
Something like this happened to me on my original Galaxy S when I updated it via Kies to the new stock version. Everything was running extremely sluggish. I don't remember what I ended up doing to fix it but I most certainly did not keep the stock update on there. I rebooted it and let it sit for about 30mins and then rebooted it again and tried using it. It was a bit better but still not good so I just flashed another Rom and then it was lightning quick.
The good news is you didn't brick it if you can still boot up and run stuff. I'd suggest updating your recovery to TWRP as that seems to be the preferred one now a days, it's the one I've been using to flash countless Roms without any problems, and most Devs recommend it. Apart from that, follow the install instructions precisely and you shouldn't have a problem. To be sure, after upgrading your recovery to TWRP, you could do the wipes (cache/dalvik/factory reset/system) 2-3 times before installing your new Rom, that seems to help some people coming from previous troublesome Roms.
I've noticed a few problems people seem to have around here come from the recovery, mainly those not using TWRP and/or using some form of outdated or beta CWM. Hopefully you can fix your problem, I know first hand how awful that sluggish feeling is. Good luck!

My telephone is now rooted, but will not install CM Mods...

Hello, this is my first, and most likely stupid post...
I rooted my Epic 4G last night (amazingly) but now when I try to follow numerous guides and discussions on how to update my OS (I have the last gingerbread version) which is the MAIN reason I wanted to root my telephone, it stubbornly (or more likely, I STUPIDLY do something wrong) and it refuses to flash or install any of the CM Mods that I see EVERYONE else is running just fine on their Epic 4G!
I've installed ROM toolkit which LOOKS like it should easily install whatever ZIP file I've DL'd onto my SD card. But in every case with different mods, it comes back with the same error when it tries to install, which is 'Cannot mount the SD card', but it is mounted and seen just fine and it is mostly empty.
I followed these steps with the exception of using the PC interface, instead trying ROM toolkit to flash it which is found here;
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2540250&page=77
But, I get the same error when it goes to install. I MUST be doing something wrong. I am really VERY much a newbie, but unless I need to go about this differently, I am REALLY stumped after trying and reading for many hours now.
I would sure appreciate a nice, SIMPLE way hopefully to upgrade my OS from Gingerbread to whatever I can use (I see others saying they are running KitKat just fine!)
Thank you so much!
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I don't get what you are doing. Why are you trying to install that rom? That is an epic touch rom! Not an epic 4g rom, that's why you're getting errors. Just install any pre-rooted rom with clockworkmod, I usually use FC09 pre-rooted, and from there you can install cyanogenmod or a slimrom.
ernest-sora said:
I don't get what you are doing. Why are you trying to install that rom? That is an epic touch rom! Not an epic 4g rom, that's why you're getting errors. Just install any pre-rooted rom with clockworkmod, I usually use FC09 pre-rooted, and from there you can install cyanogenmod or a slimrom.
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Oh, hey, I am SO glad that you took the time to answer me, thank you!
See, I TOLD you guys that I am not really conversant with this. I figured that I was doing something wrong. I absolutely PROMISE that I have been reading about this and trying to figure it out for like 2 full days STRAIGHT!
Would you mind, please, terribly just listing the basic few things that I have to do? I REALLY am confused by this. Are you saying that I need to install clockworkmod first? What version will my Epic 4G take? All I have installed now that seems related to this is the ROM toolkit PRO and ROM Manager. When I DID try to use ROM Toolkit to install this Rom, I got a long prompt how I didn't HAVE Clockworkmod, but I thought that it came with one of the others, I guess.
Could you PLEASE list precisely what I need to do? Could you kindly list the links for ANY pre-rooted ROM that you would recommend, or ones that work on my Epic 4G? Once I understand the steps, then I probably will know what to do if I want to try others, but I am kind of stumped as to exactly what to do now. I didn't even KNOW that that was an Epic Touch ROM! I'm surprised that I was able to follow the steps just to root the dang thing!
Dude, if you wouldn't mind taking pity on me and show me what I need to do, that would be super nice. It SOUNDS from what you said that I need a version of clockworkmod and I just need the RIGHT Rom and just how to do it, I guess...
Thank you so much for your time and any help that you can give!
Ah, got Clockworkmod!
ernest-sora said:
I don't get what you are doing. Why are you trying to install that rom? That is an epic touch rom! Not an epic 4g rom, that's why you're getting errors. Just install any pre-rooted rom with clockworkmod, I usually use FC09 pre-rooted, and from there you can install cyanogenmod or a slimrom.
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Hey, I DID actually get a version of CWM. I installed ROM Manager and then it prompted me to 'update' CWM. Now, I had installed RM before and HAD tried to update CWM, BUT... it never allowed me to do that. However, THIS time, it DID! And now it continued and asked me if I wanted to flash CWM, and I said 'DO I?!!!' And it did. Now, I have a whole new option screen which I haven't looked at yet.
Soooooo, I'm kind of HOPING that now all that I will need is to be pointed toward a rooted ROM for my Epic 4G and just the steps how to do it.
I was TRYING to do this through ROM Toolbox Pro b4, but no go...
Thank you kindly again for whatever help you can give me!
Trying to get rooted ROM for Epic 4G...
ernest-sora said:
I don't get what you are doing. Why are you trying to install that rom? That is an epic touch rom! Not an epic 4g rom, that's why you're getting errors. Just install any pre-rooted rom with clockworkmod, I usually use FC09 pre-rooted, and from there you can install cyanogenmod or a slimrom.
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Okay, I am now DLing this file:
cm-10.2-20131125-UNOFFICIAL-epicmtd.zip
Which from the page LOOKS like it is for my Epic 4G. I will TRY to see if I can transfer it to my telephone's SD card. Then, I will TRY to, what, 'Flash' it...? ... using CWM that I THINK is now on my telephone?
Anyway, I didn't want you to think I'm being a deadweight. I AM trying to figure this out
Thanks!
Tried, but no go...
ernest-sora said:
I don't get what you are doing. Why are you trying to install that rom? That is an epic touch rom! Not an epic 4g rom, that's why you're getting errors. Just install any pre-rooted rom with clockworkmod, I usually use FC09 pre-rooted, and from there you can install cyanogenmod or a slimrom.
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Okay, the good news is that this time when I tried to install this package that I mentioned above, at least I didn't get the SAME error about not being able to mount the SD card, so that is SOME progress, I guess.
However, this time as it opened and tried to 'verify update package' it came back with an 'e-Signature verification failed'
Soooooo, did I indeed choose the WRONG ROM again...?
I will wait to hear from you when you have time.
Thank you kindly again!
Naaaa, I think I'm gonna frigg'n give up...
ernest-sora said:
I don't get what you are doing. Why are you trying to install that rom? That is an epic touch rom! Not an epic 4g rom, that's why you're getting errors. Just install any pre-rooted rom with clockworkmod, I usually use FC09 pre-rooted, and from there you can install cyanogenmod or a slimrom.
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sigh... well... I think I'm gonna give up. I DLed yet ANOTHER seemingly official rom FOR my device, it appears, from this site on this page:
http://download.cyanogenmod.org/?device=epicmtd&type=stable
The one at the top: cm-10.1.3.1-epicmtd.zip
It says 'STABLE', but it could not verify the signature again.
So, until SOMEONE has mercy on me and tells me what the hell I'm doing wrong, I guess I will give up.
Thanks anyway...
IIRC you have to turn off signature checking in CWM. It's a menu option. I would recommend installing v11 M12.
Mr_You said:
IIRC you have to turn off signature checking in CWM. It's a menu option. I would recommend installing v11 M12.
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Thanks kindly. I saw that many others were having similar troubles.
I will give it a try. And THANK YOU for the link!
Cheers!
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IIRC you have to turn off signature checking in CWM. It's a menu option. I would recommend installing v11 M12.
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My CWM is not Premium, so I don't think it has the option about signature verification. I did see on another thread that a fellow couldn't do it through ROM Manager because he kept getting the signature verification error. So, he was ultimately able to do it through Odin 1.85, which I have. The only thing is that the ROM is a Zip file and Odin will only flash Tar files because I've tried to do that before.
At least now I KNOW that I have a good link for the ROM itself, thank to you!
Now, all I have to do is figure out how to install it. I sure hope that I don't also have to buy ROM Manager Premium, because I just paid for ROM Toolbox Pro, which you would THINK would be powerful enough to do this, but I guess not...
Thanks though...
Mr_You said:
IIRC you have to turn off signature checking in CWM. It's a menu option. I would recommend installing v11 M12.
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Heh... I guess I haven't QUITE given up yet...
Anyway, I thought that you should know that through ROM Manager my telephone is NOT booting into CWM's boot recovery. When I choose to boot to CWM recovery it ONLY boots to the stock Android recovery showing a little Android figure with an error sign and then in yellow letters below it says 'Manual Mode'
That may also indicate that something else is wrong...
Got it!
FINALLY! ...after reading about MANY different approaches for other people with different issues, it occurred to me to try using Odin to 'Flash' the actual CWM recovery program since it never seemed to update or EVER back up to it no matter how many times I tried. FINALLY... by holding down the 3 buttons immediately after flashing CWM recovery, it FINALLY actually booted up into the CWM recovery mode! THEN... and only then could I properly install the CM11 version and it all went great!
Now, the only thing I'm trying to figure out is how the hell to sync my Google contacts to get them all back!!! :laugh:
latheofheaven said:
FINALLY! ...after reading about MANY different approaches for other people with different issues, it occurred to me to try using Odin to 'Flash' the actual CWM recovery program since it never seemed to update or EVER back up to it no matter how many times I tried. FINALLY... by holding down the 3 buttons immediately after flashing CWM recovery, it FINALLY actually booted up into the CWM recovery mode! THEN... and only then could I properly install the CM11 version and it all went great!
Now, the only thing I'm trying to figure out is how the hell to sync my Google contacts to get them all back!!! :laugh:
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Ahhhh... I didn't have ANYTHING Google, and then I remembered from what I read that in just about every case where someone installed a ROM like this one, they also mentioned a GAPPS file! DUH!!!!
So, I'm going to try to find the right one.
Also, something really weird... the Play store says that I already have some apps installed like ROM Manager and ROM Toolbox and others, but darned if they DON'T show up in my apps on my telephone. I wonder where the hell they are...???!
Thanks!
latheofheaven said:
Ahhhh... I didn't have ANYTHING Google, and then I remembered from what I read that in just about every case where someone installed a ROM like this one, they also mentioned a GAPPS file! DUH!!!!
So, I'm going to try to find the right one.
Also, something really weird... the Play store says that I already have some apps installed like ROM Manager and ROM Toolbox and others, but darned if they DON'T show up in my apps on my telephone. I wonder where the hell they are...???!
Thanks!
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I'm glad that you made it. Never give up on flashing. About playstore it shows, under all apps, ALL apps that has been installed using that account. It's been so long since I rooted my epic, like 4 years ago, that I don't remember how I did it. It's a really strong phone.
I personally prefer slimrom jellybean, with kitkat you will have few storage left and you will have to use app2sd.
ernest-sora said:
I'm glad that you made it. Never give up on flashing. About playstore it shows, under all apps, ALL apps that has been installed using that account. It's been so long since I rooted my epic, like 4 years ago, that I don't remember how I did it. It's a really strong phone.
I personally prefer slimrom jellybean, with kitkat you will have few storage left and you will have to use app2sd.
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Yep, I've definitely already run into the storage thing. There is only like 500 Megs of internal storage. I already tried 'Move to SD card', but I'm not sure that is the same one. I really couldn't move that much to the SD card, at least from that app.
Basically, after installing the Google Keyboard (to get the voice-input for messages) I THINK I'm done for now
BTW, thanks for the suggestion about Slim Jellybean!
Thanks mate!

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