Hi, sory for newb posts. But this all got a bit more complicated since my HTC days!
I managed to get cmod7 working (remove apk to stop looping on boot!).
But what can I flash now with the CM kernel I have?
Or how/what kernel to flash and what ROM for best/stable device?
I see and have the Mooded rom, but do i need to flash kernel first? And baseband etc.?
All gone strange since i last flashed devices!!
Thanks !
there should be a list of suitable kernels in any rom thread. download the ROM zip to your SD card, use fastboot to boot the kernel, enter cwm and wipe data(if necessary), and flash the zip and any modules if required.
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Hello All,
I want to flash my stock rom with some good custom ROM like Acronium or XperiaMod or CM7.. Can anyone give me a stepwise solution of how can I do it? Also, can anyone tell me how do we change the default kernel? What should be done first? Flashing the custom ROM or changing the kernel? Please help.. Thanks.. Sorry I checked many posts here on xdadevlopers, but I dint get a clear idea of how to do it actually..
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Using search you could have found all the stuff.
Steps on how to do it:
1. Check what the ROM needs (kernel, baseband).
2. Download the stuff you need and put the ROM files on the SD card.
2. If another baseband is needed, flash it with FlashTool
3. Now flash the needed custom kernel using fastboot
4. With most of the custom kernels you get recovery
5. Boot into recovery by pressing the back button during boot.
6. Wipe cache and dalvik cache
7. Flash the ROM via install cutom zip
8. Enjoy the ROM
Hi guys! Since I am a noob I haven't flashed a custom ROM before I wanna ask you do I need to change my kernel in order to put the amazing Hashcode's JB ROM. I already have a root privileges and TWRP installed. What are the steps then... There is hardly any info about the installation process in the ROM's topic. And how to install google apps - through the TWRP or? Thanks in advance. Waiting for your answers...
ROMS always have the kernel included. Everything is installed from recovery. Just wipe partitions, flash ROM, flash gapps, reboot.
Thanks man, I really appreciate. Will try!
What saved said....the kernel is included In all ROMS.
When life gives you tech....Make use of it.
Please, i know this is nooby and you guys hate these questions, but i have searched, and maybe i typed the wrong thing but i couldn't find anything. Basically i just want to know how to flash another custom rom and kernel on my device. i tried yesterday with a kernel and just got the infinite reset loop again, somehow i fixed it by gettinginto fastboot and reflashing the old kernel but i dont want that happening again. with the roms i heard you can just download the zip to the sd storage and install it via CWM but again, i dont want to take any risks, i did pay $600 for this phone after all. thanks in advance, and sorry for the n00bish questions, i just want to be on the safe side.
also while im here so i dont have to make another topic, i have ARHD 9 installed atm, and it was fine when i first installed it but now the softkeys are always lit up, i cant find an option to turn it off in the Suite tools that came installed with it either.
all custom kernels comes with modules. They are in the zip file.
First you need to flash the kernel through fastboot.
fastboot erase cache
fastboot flash boot boot.img
then go to recovery and flash the zip modules.
Reboot your phone and it should boot up fine.
Don't worry you are not going to brick your phone. Before flashing anything always charge your phone to full.
Flashing rom is simple again. copy the zip in sd card.
copy the boot.img of the rom and put it in fastboot folder.
reboot to bootloader.
again fastboot erase cahce
fastboot flash boot boot.img
reboot to recovery.
wipe data/cache, cache and davik.
install the zip through recovery
Reboot and done
while installing custom kernels you need to flash kernel modules through recovery always.
and read the thread properly what kernels supports what roms.
some roms need repacking, that would be too much to learn at once..
jst do the process step by step and you will be fine.
thanks for the help man, much appreciated
try viperx...it has all the steps there as well
faiz02 said:
while installing custom kernels you need to flash kernel modules through recovery always.
and read the thread properly what kernels supports what roms.
some roms need repacking, that would be too much to learn at once..
jst do the process step by step and you will be fine.
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If it is mentioned in the thread of the specific rom that repacking a kernel is requried before flashing please tell me if I have got the whole order of things to do wrong, I would really appreciate it.
The specific rom has recommended kernels for trouble free running.
I definitely feel that I have confused myself along the way.
- repack kernel with "Automated Kernel Repack Beta" and download boot-repacked.img to computer
- copy boot-repacked.img to fastboot folder
- fastboot flash boot boot-repacked.img
- fastboot erase cache
- reboot into recovery
- wipe factory data > wipe cache partition > wipe Dalvik cache
- flash kernel.zip for the modules?
- flash rom.zip?
- flash additional gapps.zip (rom specific)
- reboot?
Does this look right to you?
Sorry if this is a troublesome question.
Thank you!
Looks good to me. One thing. Boot your new rom once first before installing Gapps.
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eyosen said:
Looks good to me. One thing. Boot your new rom once first before installing Gapps.
Sent from my HTC One X using Tapatalk 2
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Thank you! I will give it go and will thank you again if all of it works out. Is it possible for the old Gapps to conflict with the new ones I will be flashing. Or will the Factory wipe sort that out.
Also another hypothetical case;
Say the Rom Dev have repacked the recommended kernels, can a problem arise by repacking a kernel with the Rom.zip again? Will the subsequent boot-repacked.img have an issue? And if the modules of the kernel are flashed over modules that the Rom.zip might have, will the modules be overwritten without problems?
Thank you and apologies for the convoluted question!
sidsat20 said:
Thank you! I will give it go and will thank you again if all of it works out. Is it possible for the old Gapps to conflict with the new ones I will be flashing. Or will the Factory wipe sort that out.
Also another hypothetical case;
Say the Rom Dev have repacked the recommended kernels, can a problem arise by repacking a kernel with the Rom.zip again? Will the subsequent boot-repacked.img have an issue? And if the modules of the kernel are flashed over modules that the Rom.zip might have, will the modules be overwritten without problems?
Thank you and apologies for the convoluted question!
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Gapps, there wont be conflicts.
If you already find them repacked by rom dev, it means that they were tested.so are safer to use. So use them.
As for modules, usually yes. Unless they are on different bases such as 2.6.39 and 3.x.x.x. just do a nandroid backup first, and then try. Enough hypothetical.
Hi everyone,
I have tried searching but was not able to find what I was looking for.
I would like to install Cyanogen 9 RC2 on my phone. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1757323
I currently have an early version of CM10 GSM Jelly Bean on there, which is missing some of the core features (they will come with time!). According to the instructions though, the zip file is supposed to contain a boot.img file to flash it.
Guessing its my newbieness, but, where do I get this file? How do I extract it from the archive to flash with?
Code:
Rom Installation:
Flash boot.img in fastboot
FACTORY Reset
[B]Flash the ROM[/B]
reboot
boot rom
reboot back into recovery
Flash GApps
Reboot into the system (first boot will take several minutes)
Thanks muchly! As well, if someone can point me to a handy user guide for this kind of thing, that would be awesome. As of now I'm only barely able to finger this stuff out. Took me over an hour to unlock my phone haha
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U READ THE INSTRUCTIONS WRONG :/
""DONT FLASH THE BOOT.IMG INSIDE THE ZIP""
U can simply use KISS kernel open :
http://www.mediafire.com/?7hq6ikra7w0kt
open the 1 wid cm9 written in it ..rename it to boot.img ...
this kernel has several advantages lik sweep2unlock and usb host <3
Aninomus said:
U can simply use KISS kernel open :
open the 1 wid cm9 written in it ..rename it to boot.img ...
this kernel has several advantages lik sweep2unlock and usb host <3
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Interesting. So, I take this new boot.img and toss it in my /FastLoader folder, patch it, then fire up my CWM Recovery, load zip from SD and voila?
(I can't check it out now, MediaFire is blocked at work)
:/
read the instructions 1000 times :/
As of now i am out of tim wen free i'll giv u the whole instructions
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U READ THE INSTRUCTIONS WRONG :/
""DONT FLASH THE BOOT.IMG INSIDE THE ZIP""
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Sorry, new to this stuff. Please don't hate!
I had just installed CM 10 which did require a boot.img flash, so I was a bit confused with the "Flash the ROM" portion of the install.
So with CM 9, I just plop the zip on my phone's SD, fire up recovery, load, bob's my uncle?
You need to flash a kernel for cm9 go to the KISS kernel thread http://www.mediafire.com/?7hq6ikra7w0kt pick a kernel and flash it via fastboot, just like you did the CM10 kernel, boot into recovery ,wipe data, cache and format system, flash the CM9 ROM and the Gapps, reboot!
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You need to flash a kernel for cm9 go to the KISS kernel thread http://www.mediafire.com/?7hq6ikra7w0kt pick a kernel and flash it via fastboot, just like you did the CM10 kernel, boot into recovery ,wipe data, cache and format system, flash the CM9 ROM and the Gapps, reboot!
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Yey! Thanks man. Exactly what I needed. I'm installed and up/running.
Having a bit of an issue with the SD card, it won't detect it. Card works fine in my computer; tried another one as well. Tried mounting/unmounting, rebooting, violently protesting in the streets, nothings working.
I'm not even sure where to begin fixing that. Any suggestions? Thanks!
Hey guys, I'm pretty new here so I'm wondering if I should flash the hotspot fix too (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1859518&page=167, post 1665) when I install the KXP JB ROM the first time?? I'm coming from a stock ROM.
Nope
The kernel (FXP 144) from besttt
The rom
G apps
and the general fix
Nope you don't have to.
another question
Okay okay, i'm getting a hold of this flashing ROM business. Last question before I flash the custom ROM haha in the KXP thread for JB5 (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1859518) if you guys can help me out check out the instructions part, the 5th instruction says "install zip from sd card then flash gapps if you want them (kernel is flashed automatically with zip for 2012 models, for 2011, fastboot flash the kernel)"
Since i've flashed the kernel the first time, does it mean i have to flash the boot.img(since boot.img is the kernel part, right?) in the ROM.zip again after flashing the ROM? I'm pretty confused.