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[Q] Rooting&Flashing Important questions

i have readed this guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=824396
but i got some questions
i understand rooting good but i got some questions
What will rooting do to my phone
will it affect anything i have?
and now flashing first rom
do i need to connect my phone to my computer while i use titanium backup???
and while i use nan droid
do i need to connect my phone to pc
and is it a android app?????????
and do i have to get a linux to flash or root???
and what do he mean with
(Ensure you have downloaded a ROM and it is on the root (Not in any folders) of your SD card)
what do he mean with on the root
and do i have to make a folder or paratiton in memory card to use it
i have a 8 GB memory card
will it use much space
and if i mess up my phone how can i repair it???????????????????
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What's with the ton of question marks at the end?
First and foremost, that guide is applicable only if you are on Android 2.1 (Eclair). If your Wildfire has the official Froyo Update, it wont work anymore, in which case, read this post here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1029318
- No, Rooting wont affect anything you have. You can always get back to stock
- No, you need not connect your phone to your computer when using Titanium backup. It will create a backup on your SDCard
- The same holds for a Nandroid Backup. You need not connect your phone to your computer. It will create a backup on your SDCard
- No, Windows will do fine. Linux is not a necessity
- 'root of your sdcard' means just that. Simply paste the ROM's ZIP file to your SDCard. Do not place it any folders or subfolders on your SDCard.
- No, its not necessary to partition your SDCard to use and flash Custom ROMs
- Yes, 8GB is certainly more than sufficient. The bundled 2GB card does the job as well.
- There are two ways to repair your phone:
a) Perform a Nandroid Restore. (It can be found just below Nandroid Backup. When you take a backup, you will know it)
b) Flash an RUU. It's an EXE file containing the stock ROM Image. All RUU's can be found here:
http://shipped-roms.com/index.php?category=windows mobile&model=Buzz
Good Luck

S-Off?

Sorry I'm a bit of a noob with this stuff. What is S-off and how do I get my HTC One X to that state? (I'm trying to install Android Revolution HD)
My second question is, using clockworkmod, am I able to easily switch between ROMs (eg stock/ARHD)? Cheers

S-off means that the Security off the bootloader is unlocked
u can do this tru HTCdev
Select other supported models and follow the steps.
Some warranty can be void this way so make the choice
At the moment CWM is not ready for us yet
But Paulobrien is working hard and has a interim Solution

Thanks, ARHD's saying I need '4EXT Touch Recovery' is that different to the Interim ClockworkMod Touch you've linked me to? Thanks

Don't worry about the 4EXT recovery, AFAIK it's not available yet for the One X (unless I've missed an announcement). Use paulobrien's custom recovery instead.
The reference to 4EXT is probably just text copied from one of Mike's other threads, I'm sure he'll tidy things up soon. Or maybe Max will release 4EXT Recovery for the One X and he won't need to.

Thanks again!
I've unlocked my device and have flashed interim's clockworkmod so I'm on step 3 installing the firmware package from the link, only I don't seem to have a cid (see attached) - what should I do?

It also says to place the .zip files on the root of the SD card - what directory should I put it in on the One X?

crimsonnight said:
It also says to place the .zip files on the root of the SD card - what directory should I put it in on the One X?
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Where you place the .zip of the rom is irrelevant as long as its on the sdcard partition you can navigate to it through the interim clockworkmod.
As for the firmware package thats not a question i can answer definitively. As i had a higher firmware number installed on the factory rom, i didnt install the reccomended package (after asking the question in the ARHD thread). All works fine for me
Just remember to take a back up of the stock rom before you start trying to flash roms.

coxy47 said:
Where you place the .zip of the rom is irrelevant as long as its on the sdcard partition you can navigate to it through the interim clockworkmod.
As for the firmware package thats not a question i can answer definitively. As i had a higher firmware number installed on the factory rom, i didnt install the reccomended package (after asking the question in the ARHD thread). All works fine for me
Just remember to take a back up of the stock rom before you start trying to flash roms.
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Thanks but where is the SD card partition, I don't see it in the root directory? Also how exactly do I make a backup? Thank you!!

Connect the usb cable..
Use connect drive...
open your windows file explorer ., there will be a new drive HTC Storage
Place it there

crimsonnight said:
Thanks but where is the SD card partition, I don't see it in the root directory? Also how exactly do I make a backup? Thank you!!
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The SD card partition is what you see when you open a file explorer on your device, or when you open it as a disk drive on a computer.
Easiest thing to do is to paste the ZIP file in question into the root directory of your device, i.e. just open the device on a computer and paste without navigating any further. It should contain a lot of folders and also a PDF of the user manual.
Then, when you're going to "install" the ZIP from "sd card" via recovery, it'll be at the bottom of the list -- no further navigation required.

crimsonnight said:
Thanks but where is the SD card partition, I don't see it in the root directory? Also how exactly do I make a backup? Thank you!!
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All good mate.
To create a backup boot into clockworkmod then go to backup/restore > backup. This will create a nandroid backup which is saved in the clockwork mod folder in the sdcard partition.
Might not be exactly that wording but thats the jist of it.

[Q] Unable to push files to sdcard after bootloop

I have been busy today with a nasty problem, i hope you anyone can help me out.
I was running JDROID's custom rom with great satisfaction, had it backupped. The trouble started when i downloaded an other rom and forgot to place the rom (.zip) on my sdcard before i flashed the boot.img via flashboot.
By that time i didnt knew how to use ADB commands, so i decided that i would forget about the new rom and i would restore my working backup. (im using CWM)
After restoring that backup a bootloop occured, so tried lots of things like wiping the cache. Also ive tried to restore the backup after lots of full wipes ect. Even installing JDROID's latest rom witch i had on my sdcard dindt help. Still had a bootloop.
I managed to use ADB when my phone was switched off, and i pushed a rom.zip to sdcard. But CWM cant seem to find it.
My question is this: in CWM there is an option to "mount USB storage". When i use it i get the message "unable to open ums lunfile". I have tried formatting the sdcard, whereby i deleted my backups still didnt work.
What whould you guys try next?

relock the bootloader and run an ruu appropriate to your cid

So obviously, I've messed up again...

I was messing about with my phone and to cut a long story short I need my original boot image. When I try to go back to my backup, It doesn't seem to help.
I was on stock Orange 4.1.1 I think? Whatever the latest was.
Does anyone know where I can get the boot.img please? I can do the rest myself I think

So you did a nandroid backup ? You mount the sdcard as a usb diskdrive and look in the backup folder. The boot.img is in there

So I'm in recovery - mounts and storage. I click on mount USB storage and it says unable to open ums lunfile?

Update the recovery to this one and that problem is gone
http://db.tt/Krlm4dPs

Cheers, I sorted it. Thanks!

Nice !
CASE CLOSED !

[Q] Problems and confusion with TWRP

I'm running twrp 2.7.1 and have quite a few problems but I'll just start out with the backup and restore options.
The tutorials I've reviewed instructs to simple backup your stock rom and to reinstall, choose the file and restore.
Why isn't the wipe and factory restore procedure performed?
I followed the instructions and attempted to restore the latest backup but when I hit reboot I get the no OS installed warning, this is without any wipe. I doubled check the checksum of this backup for accuracy.
If I choose the earliest file from the restore list, I get no OS warning and am able to reboot back to the "older" flash of the stock rom. I actually performed the same procedure after a failed install of a custom rom with wipe. Got the OS warning after loading the latest backup but no warning with the oldest.
This only scratches my problem but I'd like to address and hopefully fix this first.
Thanks for any suggestions.

If the nandroid was made with a different version of twrp, maybe try reflashing that version and try again.
Alternatively, you could just flash whatever rom is backed up, then try to only restore the data portion.
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Just tried your suggestion choosing latest backup and restoring data only. Now after the splash screen it wants to setup language, email etc. again.

What I meant was flash whatever rom it was that you were trying to restore. If its the sane rom in another backup that's fine though. Did the data restore pass the md5 check?
You can try again, but afterwards go to twrps advanced menu and copy log to SD. It may provide some clue as to what's wrong. Attach it here if you want me to take a look.
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Well I'm starting to think twrp is corrupt.
I tried to load the ndroid backup I made yesterday but the log showed it was done in 8 seconds. I attempted to flash back to the original image I made 2 months ago which I have been successful doing..I thought everything was flashing when I noticed the screen is now says...
Could not do normal boot.
ODIN MODE
Product Name: SGH-1747
CUSTOM BINARY DOWNLOAD:Yes (3 counts)
CURRENT BINARY: Custom STATUS: Custom
QUALCOMM SECUREBOOT: Enable
Downloading....
Do not turn off target!!!
It's been stuck on this screen for a while.

Sounds like something got corrupted, or you need to try with a different recovery. Either way its in download mode for flashing with Odin.
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Have you tried using Philz Touch? I was using TWRP but ran into problems flashing ROMs. I switch to Philz and the problems went away.
Unfortunately, Philz can't restore TWRP nandroid backups.

Could I please get some advice on what to do next?

Okay, I was able to pull the battery and boot into twrp, restore the old stock rom and safely reboot but this is one of many problems.
I haven't been successful installing any roms. I've downloaded Liquid Smooth, Gummy, Carbon and Slim 4.4.4 versions and encounter the following error message.............E: Unable to open zip file
Error flashing zip / external_sd / custom rom / "file name"
I'm using a 64 gb card but am not sure how it's formatted. I've created files with the roms in the internal card but twrp doesn't see it.
I've read tutorials and researched some of the blogs and I assure you that I'm not doing anything haphazard but the amount of problems I'm having is absurd.

the only thing i can think of (and hopefully someone more knowledgeable will chime in) is if in twrp settings see if 'md5 check ' is checked. if it is then uncheck it and try to flash again. srry thats all i got right now. (or bad idea doc ?)
good luck.
err on the side of kindness

Try flashing from internal SD. Don't know why but its worked for a couple other people so far. If it still doesn't work, please use the copy log to SD option and attach it here.
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Challenged_101 said:
Okay, I was able to pull the battery and boot into twrp, restore the old stock rom and safely reboot but this is one of many problems.
I haven't been successful installing any roms. I've downloaded Liquid Smooth, Gummy, Carbon and Slim 4.4.4 versions and encounter the following error message.............E: Unable to open zip file
Error flashing zip / external_sd / custom rom / "file name"
I'm using a 64 gb card but am not sure how it's formatted. I've created files with the roms in the internal card but twrp doesn't see it.
I've read tutorials and researched some of the blogs and I assure you that I'm not doing anything haphazard but the amount of problems I'm having is absurd.
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I suggest Philz Touch as a substitute for TWRP. I was having problems with TWRP until I switched to Philz.

I noted that I tried to flash from the internal card but twrp could't find the folder I created.
Twrp still didn't see the files after i moved them out of the folder and placed them among the other folders.

Challenged_101 said:
I noted that I tried to flash from the internal card but twrp could't find the folder I created.
Twrp still didn't see the files after i moved them out of the folder and placed them among the other folders.
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Open a file explorer like es file explorer..create a new folder and put the ROM zip in the external SD..I had to do that and I use cwm

I created files with Astro file manager but twrp still doesn't see them on the internal card just the external but won't open the zips.

I'm just not getting much feedback on my problem. Will posting on a different forum help?

If the external sd is formatted as exFat, recovery may not be able to read it correctly. Since its a 64gb card, I bet this is the problem.
Have you gone into the mounts menu and remounted your internal sd and/or /data? Maybe its just not mounted...
You might also want to try twrp 2.6.3.1 or 2.8.0.1. You can get them from the link in my sig.
Or try philz recovery as suggested before.
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