Not computer illterate but a 7yr blackberry convert to android. I use my phone lots for work so I like it fast. So I want the newest best software. Can someone steer me in the direction to a guide to what I need to do to root my phone and flash with the newest rom/kernel?
thx
Not trying to be an ass here, but if you haven't Google searched or searched within XDA about these things, you should not even worry about them. The S3 is plenty fast on stock.
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I need to root it for certain apps.
pretty much im asking. what is a kernel and a rom exactly, and what exactly do I need to do to have my phone completely unlocked/rooted/su
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1798695
This thread has a good explanation of ROM/kernel difference. As for "best"ROM, that's subjective. It's like what's the best restaurant. Everyone's opinion is different.
mrhaley30705 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1798695
This thread has a good explanation of ROM/kernel difference. As for "best"ROM, that's subjective. It's like what's the best restaurant. Everyone's opinion is different.
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awesome thank you very much
are there any good guides for installing a rom? Im downloading Diets, but he has minimal info in his thread. I read I need to run nanroid and what not but cant find a good howto
thx
je61 said:
awesome thank you very much
are there any good guides for installing a rom? Im downloading Diets, but he has minimal info in his thread. I read I need to run nanroid and what not but cant find a good howto
thx
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Best advice for installing a ROM is to follow the instructions in the first post of that thread. A nandroid is performed in cwm recovery. It's simply a backup of where your phone is right now. It is performed under backup and restore (not actually called a nandroid).
thank you. well his first post is fairly confusing. from my understanding i run CWM, backup,flash,recover?
do i then need to root it?
ROM should be rooted already.
Bit of a newb as well, best way to install a ROM;
Root using the no trip method stickied at the top of the dev forum.
Download and install goo manager and use this to install twrp, a great alternative to cwm.
Download and place the ROM of choice on the sdcard, and boot into recovery (home+vol up+power)
Perform a back up, then wipe and install!!
hapticxchaos said:
Bit of a newb as well, best way to install a ROM;
Root using the no trip method stickied at the top of the dev forum.
Download and install goo manager and use this to install twrp, a great alternative to cwm.
Download and place the ROM of choice on the sdcard, and boot into recovery (home+vol up+power)
Perform a back up, then wipe and install!!
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thank you very much
but if the rom is rooted, whhy did u root first?
je61 said:
thank you very much
but if the rom is rooted, whhy did u root first?
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You need to root your stock ROM to be able to install twrp. Any ROM you flash will come prerooted ;p
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So after having my evo for awhile ive finally decided to go root.
But i do have a couple of questions that i want to clear up.
1st i plan to use unrevokeds one click root method(going the newb way out here)
but my question from there is once i root will i still be able to boot into my stock rom or will i have to flash a custom rom? I want to flash custom roms eventually but i have yet to pick one.
2 From there whats some really good roms to use. ive been looking around but all of them seem to have a lot of bugs that need worked out and im not all about buggy roms lol.
3 Whats a nand unlock?
thats all i can think of for now i appreciate the help
you cant flash custom roms without a nand unlock.
the two levels of rooting
1) basic system root, letting you run root only apps
2) nand, allowing you to flash custom roms and whatnot.
most people start of with fresh or whatever unrevoked gives you.
good luck!
bmtdan said:
So after having my evo for awhile ive finally decided to go root.
But i do have a couple of questions that i want to clear up.
1st i plan to use unrevokeds one click root method(going the newb way out here)
but my question from there is once i root will i still be able to boot into my stock rom or will i have to flash a custom rom? I want to flash custom roms eventually but i have yet to pick one.
2 From there whats some really good roms to use. ive been looking around but all of them seem to have a lot of bugs that need worked out and im not all about buggy roms lol.
3 Whats a nand unlock?
thats all i can think of for now i appreciate the help
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Yes, you can boot into your stock rom. All root does is give you permissions to do stuff to your phone you can't do with root. So, you can still use your stock rom with root permissions.
I have fresh rom 3.2 and I don't know of any bugs that are of any importance. Everything works as far as I'm concerned and battery life is great.
nand unlocked is what allows you to flash custom roms and backup and restore your roms. you have to do this in addition to rooting, it should all be laid out in the tutorial for you.
thanks guys you both were very helpful?
Is there an easy wway to unroot?
bmtdan said:
thanks guys you both were very helpful?
Is there an easy wway to unroot?
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There is a thread in the dev forum titled How to Unroot.
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Ok, so I just got an Rogers Xperia Play (r800a) a couple days ago and my bootloader is locked but I want to use the stock based roms. How do I flash a rom? So far I've rooted my phone and I have uninstalled/frozen a lot of stuff so my phone is running pretty fast right now.
To summarize what I said, I have a rooted phone with a locked bootloader, can someone just tell me how to get that clockworkmod thing and what to do to flash a rom?
Here is a link for CWM so that it'll get you started:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1390771
I suggest going here first, most ROM developers will have instructions on how to install their ROMs.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1294129
n0_face said:
Here is a link for CWM so that it'll get you started:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1390771
I suggest going here first, most ROM developers will have instructions on how to install their ROMs.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1294129
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Thanks. I now have recovery installed. And the guide thing sad that it's possible to brick my phone so can someone give detailed instructions on the nandroid back up thing which lets you restore your phone to the way it is? My phone is in functioning good condition right now and I don't wanna freeze all the bloat again after the rom.
Potato13 said:
Thanks. I now have recovery installed. And the guide thing sad that it's possible to brick my phone so can someone give detailed instructions on the nandroid back up thing which lets you restore your phone to the way it is? My phone is in functioning good condition right now and I don't wanna freeze all the bloat again after the rom.
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Boot into recovery, select backup and restore, backup
Hey guys, sorry to hi-jack the thread but it saves making a new one.
I bought a R800i a few weeks ago, and the bootloader says unlock allowed: yes
and was wondering where I could go to install ROMS and how I'd do it? Would I need Clockwork Mod aswell (the same one as above or a different one? )
Thanks!
Hi,
I am trying to flash the original stock rom that my tmobile came with before I flashed it with cyanogen mod. I have been viewing and searching for the right sites but I can't seem to find the correct stock rom. Also some sites are saying to use odin and some are saying to just flash the stock rom like i did with cyanogenmod. Any help would be appreciated.
Did you make a backup prior flashing the custom rom?
Need Odin to flash stock.
All needed links are in my signature.
Aerowinder said:
Need Odin to flash stock.
All needed links are in my signature.
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Thanks so much, you don't know how long I was looking for those. Just a few questions I have though.
Also...
1) Will this take away my root? And if so, if I every need to root again do I just do the same thing I did before to root? (because I want to use titanium backup to get my apps and data back.)
2) Will I be able to do system/T-mobile updates normally from the device from now on or will I have to do them manually?
3) Finally, and it's alright if you don't but do you know any good videos to follow to flash the stock rom? (I think I found one but this comment won't let me post it right now.)
mrcolonelpopcorn said:
Thanks so much, you don't know how long I was looking for those. Just a few questions I have though.
Also...
1) Will this take away my root? And if so, if I every need to root again do I just do the same thing I did before to root? (because I want to use titanium backup to get my apps and data back.)
2) Will I be able to do system/T-mobile updates normally from the device from now on or will I have to do them manually?
3) Finally, and it's alright if you don't but do you know any good videos to follow to flash the stock rom? (I think I found one but this comment won't let me post it right now.)
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I did a detail post for this a while back to someone who was asking same questions. Will find it for you when I get home if no one provides it by than. But for your first q question use root66 it comes prerooted
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Hello!
I was strict at not making a new thread since there are a lot of discussions going on already, but the more I went through them, the more I was confused. I'm a complete newbie at rooting and want to root HTC One V GSM (Primo U).
I followed this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1598964 and got introduced to all the terminologies about rooting. But as I reached the end of the thread, people discussed that this method is old, and there was some issue with CWM or TWRP. Should I stick to the same method or is there any new and easy method available?
The reason why I'm rooting my phone is, it has became very slow, it lags and takes minutes to do simple tasks. By rooting, I was planning to install custom ROM, remove bloatware, move apps to SD card and overclock (slightly) to increase the performance.
Also, after going through this forum, I encountered that a lot of custom ROMs are discontinued for this device. Can you suggest me the best custom ROM which will serve the best for the above requirements. Or can I achieve all this on stock ROM itself?
Thank You!
VarDOS said:
I was strict at not making a new thread since there are a lot of discussions going on already, but the more I went through them, the more I was confused. I'm a complete newbie at rooting and want to root HTC One V GSM (Primo U).
I followed this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1598964 and got introduced to all the terminologies about rooting. But as I reached the end of the thread, people discussed that this method is old, and there was some issue with CWM or TWRP. Should I stick to the same method or is there any new and easy method available?
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Even I am a newbie in Android rooting...and you got the right thread (sticky) for rooting.
don't worry I followed the same thread and successfully rooted my device (HTC One V PromU)
also I recommend TWRP (am also using it) and faced no issues in it
VarDOS said:
Also, after going through this forum, I encountered that a lot of custom ROMs are discontinued for this device. Can you suggest me the best custom ROM which will serve the best for the above requirements. Or can I achieve all this on stock ROM itself?
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u try the ROM by ckpv5 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1647052
blade22 said:
Even I am a newbie in Android rooting...and you got the right thread (sticky) for rooting.
don't worry I followed the same thread and successfully rooted my device (HTC One V PromU)
also I recommend TWRP (am also using it) and faced no issues in it
u try the ROM by ckpv5 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1647052
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Thanks for your quick reply. So according to that thread, first, I'll need to unlock the bootloader, then install TWRP instead of CWM, right? then take the backup using Nandroid and then run Superboot to root it. Now that being done, my phone will be still on the stock ROM, right? then how should I install myONEv RC9.5 FX+ ROM? (Sorry noobish question).
Also, will myONEv RC9.5 FX+ will help to make my phone fast?
Let me tell u that initially I was afraid/confused regarding Android unlocking/rooting process..but after following xda thread found it too easy to follow and I'm 100% sure u will feel the same after completing the whole rooting process.
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Thanks for your quick reply. So according to that thread, first, I'll need to unlock the bootloader, then install TWRP instead of CWM, right? then take the backup using Nandroid and then run Superboot to root it. Now that being done, my phone will be still on the stock ROM, right? then how should I install myONEv RC9.5 FX+ ROM? (Sorry noobish question).
Also, will myONEv RC9.5 FX+ will help to make my phone fast?
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yes, if u have gone through unlocking/rooting threads(many r there in xda) for HTC One V u will find the unlocking bootloader is the topmost & 1st step in rooting.
so do in this order:
1.unlock bootloader
2.then rooting process (as given in that thread)
3.then flashing custom recovery (TWRP in this case)
4.nandroid backup
5.enjoy!!!!
and after rooting phone will be on stock ROM only (u can remove bloatwares now) :laugh:
custom rom flashing is clearly explained by devs in their threads
VarDOS said:
Thanks for your quick reply. So according to that thread, first, I'll need to unlock the bootloader, then install TWRP instead of CWM, right? then take the backup using Nandroid and then run Superboot to root it. Now that being done, my phone will be still on the stock ROM, right? then how should I install myONEv RC9.5 FX+ ROM? (Sorry noobish question).
Also, will myONEv RC9.5 FX+ will help to make my phone fast?
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no mate it won't make your phone fly.. will make it faster than stock..
and all this question can be answered by searching buddy
as you're new here you still have to get used to the rules.. but make sure you do follow them
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paarthdesai said:
no mate it won't make your phone fly.. will make it faster than stock..
and all this question can be answered by searching buddy
as you're new here you still have to get used to the rules.. but make sure you do follow them
sent from my sexy Nexy
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+1 I agree and also OP can post his queries in the same thread he refereed for unlocking/rooting :good:
I prefer backup of no rooted stock ROM
blade22 said:
so do in this order:
1.unlock bootloader
2.then rooting process (as given in that thread)
3.then flashing custom recovery (TWRP in this case)
4.nandroid backup
5.enjoy!!!!
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I prefer taking a nandroid backup before rooting so that if u ever want to go back to stock without root u can without hassle of downloading stock ROM. Personal experience:silly:
is TWRP better than Clockwork recovery mode? I used CWRM during my rooting and flashing, I am newbie also on this.
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is TWRP better than Clockwork recovery mode? I used CWRM during my rooting and flashing, I am newbie also on this.
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Yup, it is better, even I'm using the same.
Well, can anyone suggests a working Jelly Bean ROM for HTC One V, I find all of them to be discontinued. Project Butter should be strictly included in it.
Thank You.
I have just rooted my phone, but CyanogenMod Installer didn't support my phone. I have done research, but seems like there isn't much out there for the LTE version. I am a noob pretty much, just feels like I wasted time to root it. Also I don't want to brick my phone either. Thanks for the help.
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I have just rooted my phone, but CyanogenMod Installer didn't support my phone. I have done research, but seems like there isn't much out there for the LTE version. I am a noob pretty much, just feels like I wasted time to root it. Also I don't want to brick my phone either. Thanks for the help.
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pretty much all roms for T999 can work if I am not wrong. I have tried out some roms for T999 and they work on my LTE model
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I have just rooted my phone, but CyanogenMod Installer didn't support my phone. I have done research, but seems like there isn't much out there for the LTE version. I am a noob pretty much, just feels like I wasted time to root it. Also I don't want to brick my phone either. Thanks for the help.
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I also have used various T999 roms for my T999L with no problems.
So do I have to install manually and how? Sorry pretty new to this. Also any mods you suggest or stick with CyanogenMod? Thanks again
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So do I have to install manually and how? Sorry pretty new to this. Also any mods you suggest or stick with CyanogenMod? Thanks again
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Ok you have a few options. 1. Use the root66 stock/rooted/knox-free rom/install method by Doc77 (great job doc77) 2. CM 10 or 11 4.4.x custom rom flashed with custom recovery. 3. Or use odin to flash roms/mods the most comfortable method for you and your experience is up to you ALWAYS read the thread thoroughly and ASK questions if you need to before trying something without understanding it LOL I learned tje hard way lol good luck and have fun.
The vest way for the T999 and T999L for root is to Towelroot, then flash recovery in Android via Terminal or a software method. Do not use Download mode with a custom binary if you cab avoid doing so.
He said he already rooted though, so we are last that point anyways. Any ROM labeled D2LTE or D2TMO will fully work with your phone. Stay on the NC2 baseband and flash as preferred. I have found SOKP to be amazing but battery life suffers some, otherwise as a newer user to Custom Roms, Beanstalk Carbon Omni or the proper CM are great in different ways but stable SBD very approachable. Flash through TARP and follow thread instructions.
Trouble with CWM Recovery
I installed clockwork recovery and when i go through the process manually it just goes back to the original menu, also when I try to load a zip file it says failed to mount SDCard. Should I use another recovery program? Maybe I have the wrong version, but I can't seem to find one online for my t999L running 4.3. Also I can't seem to find any other mod except for CM for my phone, which I heard there are camera issues and not very stable. Hope that info helps : )
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I installed clockwork recovery and when i go through the process manually it just goes back to the original menu, also when I try to load a zip file it says failed to mount SDCard. Should I use another recovery program? Maybe I have the wrong version, but I can't seem to find one online for my t999L running 4.3. Also I can't seem to find any other mod except for CM for my phone, which I heard there are camera issues and not very stable. Hope that info helps : )
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Also I have tried TWRP and still can't mount partitions??? For backup anyways.
I highly suggest you read the sticky threads before doing anything. You will find almost everything you need to know and most issues already solved.
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DocHoliday77 said:
I highly suggest you read the sticky threads before doing anything. You will find almost everything you need to know and most issues already solved.
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I have read through many threads, but not sure what's going on?? I go to restore and it's blank to select anything to backup. I look at the log and it just says unable to mount to pretty much everything. It's rooted and it just seems like from reading this phone is harder than others to flash, at least from what I saw. I'm at a loss right now.
I was more referring to what you said about installing cwm and it booting stock instead.
As for mounting problems, try cwm or philz recoveries instead. Not sure why twrp does that for some folks. The T999 recoveries are recommended, but if you want to try the T999L version, I'm pretty sure you can get that from their website. (You might want to send them your recovery.log to see if they can find why it's having problems mounting partitions.)
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