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[Q] Rooting without flashing ROM

This is has probably been asked before, but I had a hard time finding the answer.
Can I root my Epic 4g Touch without wiping data?
The root methods that I have seen require you to flash which in turn requires you to wipe your data/os. So this is why I ask if there is a method to root so that you don't have to wipe anything.
My end goal is to flash StarBurst ROM. But before that I would like to backup settings/data with Titanium Backup ★ root.

Yes, but you have to at least flash clock work recovery mod. Once you flash that you can flash a su.zip to gain root on the stock rom. I wanted to be fully stock so I flashed the cwm, then flashed the su.zip then I flashed the stock kernel again. You won't lose data because with cwm you're flashing a kernel and not system. I went back to stock kernel after rooting because I was getting a lot of los everyday with the cwm kernel installed.
Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S II Epic 4G Touch

graffixnyc said:
Yes, but you have to at least flash clock work recovery mod. Once you flash that you can flash a su.zip to gain root on the stock rom. I wanted to be fully stock so I flashed the cwm, then flashed the su.zip then I flashed the stock kernel again. You won't lose data because with cwm you're flashing a kernel and not system. I went back to stock kernel after rooting because I was getting a lot of los everyday with the cwm kernel installed.
Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S II Epic 4G Touch
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I agree. Stay away from the CWM way of rooting. I got continuous LoS today until my battery died. Not worth it.

Weird Problem when trying to Flash Rom

So I got my new Phone In the mail today because my other Epic 4g touch broke.
First thing I do is Load The latest ACS One Click Root/Restore For EL29 and all goes well. Now Im wanting to Load a Custom Rom, so Now i need a Recovery, So I use the E4G Autoloader to Load CWM and all goes well.
Boot into CWM, flash the ROM...reboot and it gets stuck at the Samsung Galaxy S screen.
I have tried restoring to EL29, EL26, EK02 and then insalling CWM, and all goes well up untill the point of rebooting from ANY ROM flash.... it just stays at the Samsung Galaxy S screen. Tried with CWM and Various other CWM5 variants.
Has any one seen this before? My last 4g touch did nothing like this.
Chris

So here I sit with a Stock Rooted Kernal/Rom (EL29) afraid to load CWM and flash any Rom because it always gets stuck at the Samsung Galaxy S Screen.
Really wanting a custom rom....

have you tried to use calkulins format all file before flashing the rom? if not try this link it should download it for you.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=771828&d=1320435068

Yes, I have it loaded on my SD card and use it every time. Iv tried so many combinations.. This is the first time I have had any problem with anything... Hero, Epic, Photon, 1st Epic Touch
This could be a re-man Phone because I got it via Insurance when my last one broke....think they could have done something to it?...even so I can ODIN/Restore to any EK02, EL26/29 and everything is fine.
I'd say I would be good with it cause they come rooted when using the ACS One Click, but I want a custom rom.
Chris

Sorry man then I don't know how to help you. That's the best I have for you. Best of luck ;-)
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boostedmach said:
So here I sit with a Stock Rooted Kernal/Rom (EL29) afraid to load CWM and flash any Rom because it always gets stuck at the Samsung Galaxy S Screen.
Really wanting a custom rom....
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Don't use the one click root method just use Odin to root the phone. Make sure your downloads are good by checking your md5. Another question for you how long are you waiting when it that screen pops up because the first boot takes a while as you may already know. Forgot to ask did you wipe your SD card when you got your new phone you could try that as well.

Gonna try to ODIN a 100% Stock rom, then go from there.
Looks like I found a EG30 Stock ROM, think that would be a good start?

Found http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1415884
Going to ODIN that, then go from there.
Chris

boostedmach said:
Found http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1415884
Going to ODIN that, then go from there.
Chris
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There is a ek02 rom

Well that failed in ODIN...
Would an EK02 be better to start out with?

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boostedmach said:
Yes I have a Google Plus account
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Sign in lets get this phone running a custom rom. My name is shawn

I have a Stock EL26 w/Root
I also ODIN'd StockAS5-EL26 Repack from Chris41g
And all is happy...but im affraid to try and Load any custom Rom via Recovery because nothing has ever worked so far. Online Stock Roms via Odin have worked.
I have read about a few others getting stuck at the Samsung Galaxy S Screen, but i dont know what they have done if anything.
Chris

smccall said:
Sign in lets get this phone running a custom rom. My name is shawn
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I assume your talking about signing in online?
my user name is this user name @gmail.com
Chris

boostedmach said:
I assume your talking about signing in online?
my user name is this user name @gmail.com
Chris
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OK looking now

So Weird.
Stock EL26, Rooted fine, Installed chris41g repack with ACS Recovery, Flashed the EL29 Modem went fine.
Wanting to use Calkulin E4GT v2.8 or TNz BLEND

boostedmach said:
So Weird.
Stock EL26, Rooted fine, Installed chris41g repack with ACS Recovery, Flashed the EL29 Modem went fine.
Wanting to use Calkulin E4GT v2.8 or TNz BLEND
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Can't find you on Google

Im on my google+ page and logged into gmail.

boostedmach said:
So Weird.
Stock EL26, Rooted fine, Installed chris41g repack with ACS Recovery, Flashed the EL29 Modem went fine.
Wanting to use Calkulin E4GT v2.8 or TNz BLEND
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Boosted Into Recovery, flashed Calkulin E4GT Format All, Then Flashed Calkulin E4GT v2.8... Rebooted
Now stuck at the Samsung Galaxy S Screen.
Checked MD5 for the rom.
On a side note, The flash went pretty fast in recovery and the precentage bar did not work, Dont remember how long a ROM normally takes in to flash in Recovery but Its almost 300mb and it went pretty fast.
Chris

Fresh phone with EL30 - I want to root it. How?

I want to root a 'new' (as in freshly replaced refurbished) Epic4G running the EL30 software update. I managed to do this successfully with the EI22 update. I want the best ROM. On EI22 I used "CleanG3" and I'm sure the rooting technique and ROM to use have advanced some. Anyone care to share?

Nope same process flash the gb3a.tar kernel and flash clockwork mod and flash a new rom.. or flash a su.zip
Sent From My SPH-D700 Running Android 4.0 :sly:

Or just do a few clicks and find this info on your own without posting. Yep, I am being a smart ass tonight.
Sent from my SPH-D700 using XDA App

Ok so it's just a reviison (+.1) not a major release. In that case, I read there are issues, such as an issue with the GPS. Will the update work flawlessly with any patches?

Fastest way to install a custom rom coming off stock....
odin cwm recovery, make sure auto-reboot is NOT selected. (this will make sure your phone will not boot up when the process is complete. Your new recovery will not save if this happens.)
when the process is complete, pull your battery, put the battery back in, boot your phone into recovery mode (volume down, power key, camera key, all same time)
install your rom with a rooted kernel, your ready to go.
If you are only trying to root your stock ROM, you will need to complete the steps posted in reply #1.

CM9 GPS fix changing back to GB rom

I'm trying to fix GPS by locking on with a gingerbread rom, then powering off, then back to CM9. I'm just not sure how to do that since I don't have CWM recovery anymore. I'm not familiar with the recovery that came with CM9. Any help?

Possibly someone else knows a better way, but I honestly did it by using the autoflash to EL29 through Odin http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1433101.
I would then boot up, get the GPS lock and power off while in Maps and locked. Then flashed the CWM from the CM9 original post tar through odin, and flashed CM9 from there.
Bulky, painful process that upped the flash count again, but got it to work for me.

ok, so I there's no CWM style "install from zip" option with CM9A2. Is this something that is expected to change anytime soon? Will CWM recovery ever be included?

I have a fast and accurate fix by running two apps one time. Run Faster Fix, then run GPS Fix. My gps locks before my map is even done loading now.
Sent from my SPH-D710 using Tapatalk 2 Beta-5

Aairman23 said:
ok, so I there's no CWM style "install from zip" option with CM9A2. Is this something that is expected to change anytime soon? Will CWM recovery ever be included?
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I am sure there will be once we get out of alpha phase and get source code for a working custom ics recovery. You just have to remember that our devs are working with very very limited source code right now so it limits what they can do.
For what they have to work with they are doing an amazing job though.
Sent from my SPH-D710 using XDA

killaphatboy said:
I have a fast and accurate fix by running two apps one time. Run Faster Fix, then run GPS Fix. My gps locks before my map is even done loading now.
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tried this...still can't get a lock.

I also tried auto root package wich eventually said that it installed el26CWM, but it got stuck on the yellow triangle screen (which apparently was supposed to be gone.) So now I'm stuck in download mode looking or a gingerbread based rom in .tar format so that I can flash using regular old odin. Can anybody provide me a link to any gingerbread based rom that is a tar file. I thought that I could just download a gingerbread rom zip file, then extract and find the .tar file within, but apparently that is not the case. any one have a link?

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=21134991
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I tried the one touch odin method and it passed, but my phone gets stuck on the sprint 4g boot animation loop. so then I found a el26cwm.tar file and went back into odin mode and tried flashing it through regular odin (in the pda slot) and everything passed, but I'm still stuck in the sprint 4g boot animation. What am i doing wrong?

That is usually from a bad install. Try flashing a kernel. Boot into recovery and flash a ROM from there. Don't forget to wipe or use Calkulins format all package.
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before flashing cm9 in cwm wipe data/factory reset.
i was in a boot loop myself after going back to GB to get GPS.
i odin'd el26cwm, boot into cwm flashed calkulins 3.0 rom, got a gps lock, rebooted into cwm recovery that came with 3.0, flashed cm9, gapps and modem. got stuck in a bootloop....i never did reflash the GB rom, just odin'd el26cwm but this time in cwm recovery i wiped data/factory reset before flashing cm9 and gapps no need to redo modem.

yourm0m1 said:
before flashing cm9 in cwm wipe data/factory reset.
i was in a boot loop myself after going back to GB to get GPS.
i odin'd el26cwm, boot into cwm flashed calkulins 3.0 rom, got a gps lock, rebooted into cwm recovery that came with 3.0, flashed cm9, gapps and modem. got stuck in a bootloop....i never did reflash the GB rom, just odin'd el26cwm but this time in cwm recovery i wiped data/factory reset before flashing cm9 and gapps no need to redo modem.
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finally got back to CM9w/GPS lock!!!!!
After boot loops from auto root, one touch odin, and regular odin, I finally went back into recovery, factory wipe, then install gunslinger, then install unammed ROM, then got a lock in google maps, power off, then followed the CM9 instructions again. Now I'm all good, but wasted 3 hours that I could have been working (which is my loss since I'm self-employed) However, now I have GPS on CM9, so I'm content. Thanks to everyone who helped I really appreciate it.

Aairman23 said:
finally got back to CM9w/GPS lock!!!!!
After boot loops from auto root, one touch odin, and regular odin, I finally went back into recovery, factory wipe, then install gunslinger, then install unammed ROM, then got a lock in google maps, power off, then followed the CM9 instructions again. Now I'm all good, but wasted 3 hours that I could have been working (which is my loss since I'm self-employed) However, now I have GPS on CM9, so I'm content. Thanks to everyone who helped I really appreciate it.
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What was it that finally got you from Android Recovery and back to CWM??
I've been trying to get this corrected all day after I installed CM9 Alpha 3 last night from the stock ROM and found GPS didn't work which i need.
My issue is simply: I just can't get back to a normal CMW screen to install different ROMs that are on the phones internal storage.
I'm currently downgraded to the EL26 which I installed successfully through ODIN, however, I still get the Android Recovery instead of CWM. I've tried EL29, flashing CWM through ROM Manager, etc... Nothing works and Android Recovery will not let me install a ROM from the phones internal storage. I need CWM to install CM7, then CM9 again, to enable the CM9 Alpha 3 GPS fix.

Use mobile odin and flash this kernel: http://db.tt/0QJkleJR
When screen goes off hold power+volume up to boot into recovery. It won't boot up because its a gb kernel, but its the safest cwm to flash things with.
Sent using Tapatalk 2 Beta-5 on AOKP 32 ROM

Also, be sure to wipe before flashing.
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killaphatboy said:
Use mobile odin and flash this kernel: http://db.tt/0QJkleJR
When screen goes off hold power+volume up to boot into recovery. It won't boot up because its a gb kernel, but its the safest cwm to flash things with.
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You sir, are my hero!! Hours I've spent; searching, downloading, trying different things.... and that did the trick!

Zackb911 said:
You sir, are my hero!! Hours I've spent; searching, downloading, trying different things.... and that did the trick!
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You are very welcome.
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[Q] Installing ICS CWM

I just upgraded my E4GT Sprint from GB to ICS using the oneclick installer. I am trying to install the CODENAME rom from CWM but havng issues getting CWM installed. I used the the E4GT auto but FE16 isnt listed so i tried FE15 but it wont load into CWM. So i tried this link "http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1390393" and flashed from ODIN and it goes into CWM but before it boots it says my phone is a gt-i9100 and has a ! on the bottom. It appears to boot though so i booted back into CWM and tried to flash the ZIP for CODENAME and the gapps file and it jsut gets stuck at the boot screen with the transformer logo. I cant get into CWM after that point and have to ODIN back to ICS. I am on ICS now and its working fine. Does anyone have any instructions on getting CWM installed and the codename rom from a fresh odin ICS install?

mazdaspeed6 said:
I just upgraded my E4GT Sprint from GB to ICS using the oneclick installer. I am trying to install the CODENAME rom from CWM but havng issues getting CWM installed. I used the the E4GT auto but FE16 isnt listed so i tried FE15 but it wont load into CWM. So i tried this link "http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1390393" and flashed from ODIN and it goes into CWM but before it boots it says my phone is a gt-i9100 and has a ! on the bottom. It appears to boot though so i booted back into CWM and tried to flash the ZIP for CODENAME and the gapps file and it jsut gets stuck at the boot screen with the transformer logo. I cant get into CWM after that point and have to ODIN back to ICS. I am on ICS now and its working fine. Does anyone have any instructions on getting CWM installed and the codename rom from a fresh odin ICS install?
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You really should read more before hopping around like that without checking. Real risk for a brick here.
-Flash EL26 stock CWM kernel via the PDA option in ODIN/Mobile ODIN
-When phone begins reboot, Hold Power + Volume up until boots into recovery.
-Wipe data/factory, cache and dalvik cache
-Flash ROM
-Flash Gapps
-Reboot
Those are the instructions right from the developer's thread. This is an AOSP rom and it sounds like you're trying to install TW kernels.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1662295
This is the kernel repository. It links to each kernel where you can read further and find out if they are safe for flashing things.

Seems like you've done a bunch of stuff. But you really should do a whole bunch of reading first or you will brick your phone.
My suggestion would be to use sfhub's one-click http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1705730 to get to a fully stock rooted device. Then use his autoroot package http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1342728 to add CWM (the lates in the package is FF11+CWM Agat I believe) then you can add Agat's latest kernel with CWM http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1721065
But I would be very careful when flashing ANY ROM; use the developers prefered method. Some recommend using EL26 CWM. Some a different recovery or procedure. Be especially careful with CM9 and AOKP builds to follow the directions there.
Good luck

So while i was waiting for a response i just went back to the stock GB using the one click install. I then used the autoroot package to install CWM and then restored my nandroid backup before i made in the very beginning. So my phone is back to a perfect state with GB and CWM installed. Can i just flash the ROM from CWM as is then? For some reason i thought it had to be "converted" to ICS and thats what started this whole mess. Things have changed since my old Evo
I just noticed that im running EL29 not 26...does that matter? When i try to flash that CMW EL26 stock root is when it gave me that gt-i9100 on boot and the ! at the bottom. Using the autoroot and choosing the EL29 Rogue is the only way i got it installed.

mazdaspeed6 said:
So while i was waiting for a response i just went back to the stock GB using the one click install. I then used the autoroot package to install CWM and then restored my nandroid backup before i made in the very beginning. So my phone is back to a perfect state with GB and CWM installed. Can i just flash the ROM from CWM as is then? For some reason i thought it had to be "converted" to ICS and thats what started this whole mess. Things have changed since my old Evo
I just noticed that im running EL29 not 26...does that matter? When i try to flash that CMW EL26 stock root is when it gave me that gt-i9100 on boot and the ! at the bottom. Using the autoroot and choosing the EL29 Rogue is the only way i got it installed.
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My friend some good suggestions above your post. Give yourself a day or two and do some reading prior to flashing. This way you may not end up at Sprint making up stories about why your phone wont boot up.

Let me just echo what everybody else has said, you're gotta read more. A lot more! If you're one goal is to get CNA in your phone I would recommend reading all of the very first post on that thread. They give step by step instructions.
If you need CWM there are several options to get it on your phone. Both sfhub and I have put together several one-click and automated options to get it on your phone.
One thing that hasn't been suggested yet but I would strongly encourage you to do is to read the "How Not To Brick Your E4GT" thread. It's sticked in the General section.
Good luck!

Two more things.
1) If you're going to ask for help give it a few minutes before trying something new. It takes people a minute to reply. Sometimes waiting that extra minute or two is all you need to be saved from bricking.
2) Don't be afraid to hit your thanks button for everyone who has offered advice already. I got them once for you but it might not hurt to do it again.