I'm looking for flash_image, or a different utility that I can use to flash a recovery image from my phone.
I know I can use ROM Manager or I can use fastboot if I load an engineering bootloader but I would rather not mess with the bootloader and I prefer the old, manual method to something like ROM manager that treats everyone like they are too dumb to use a command line.
BTW I'm already rooted & S-OFF using gfree.
Thanks
Try searching for the answer to your question.
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I know this is probably way over your head, but had you done any searching prior to posting, you might have found the answer to your question rather easily. So, I know, your first big steps and all, but try search before asking stupid questions. You'd be surprised how many people ask the same question.
So needless to say, ONE, you posted this in the wrong section. TWO, SEARCH BEFORE POSTING, I KNOW, CRAZY THOUGHT! CAPS!
Please can someone make guide for noobs ? i just came from galaxy note because of delays and bought this awesome device.
I even dont know what the hell is Hboot,fastboot, ??RUU??, and dont know how to flash via ADB etc..
if someone make thread like this it will be very useful.
I have been reading this forum for 2 days but it doesnt given me something.. it looks like its made for peoples who have skills with HTC devices (i am good skilled with flashung Samsung devices)
Thx
So why u posting this in dev section???
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Sramie said:
Please can someone make guide for noobs ? i just came from galaxy note because of delays and bought this awesome device.
I even dont know what the hell is Hboot,fastboot, ??RUU??, and dont know how to flash via ADB etc..
if someone make thread like this it will be very useful.
I have been reading this forum for 2 days but it doesnt given me something.. it looks like its made for peoples who have skills with HTC devices (i am good skilled with flashung Samsung devices)
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Hi sramie, this should be in general section but basically, and I'm not going to get too detailed here, hboot is your original bootloader. Same as when you first rooted a Samsung through Odin. You had to boot the device into its bootloader before you could do anything.
Fastboot is effectively you're first OEM version of Odin and or recovery but on the phone itself. You can boot into it and then flash everything else via commands from a pc. Some of these commands are Adb some are fastboot. So these commands are behind the GUI of Odin. When you try and flash a Rom on a Samsung these are the commands given just through a graphic interface without you having to type them into a command prompt.
Ruu is just the original software installed on a device in its entirety. It can be region or provider specific. That's why we don't all get updates ota at same time.
I'm not going to go into step by step here because searching and learning is the best way to understand what you are doing. And there are heaps of tutorials already on these forums. Try search terms recovery, adb and tutorial. Should give you what you need.
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Failure to comply with forum rules will result in an infraction and/or ban depending on severity of rule break.
thanks alot
but i still dont know what is RUU.. there is specific firmwares with different RUU ? where i can get them ?
thx
I would apreciate some help here as i got really confused.
I just unlocked my bootloader from HTCDev just to discover that I cannot install custom recovery, I cannot have root access and there are no recent custom ROMs to install (I need a stable one but recent, not older than mine - 2.3.5)
Could you help me by answering, what's the point of unlocking bootloader if I can't have the above?
I need to use sdcard for apps but for this, Root is required which is not able.
I need custom ROM (if there is one which is fine tuned with better performance, battery, and lighter)
I need to use apps that need root access, i.e titanium backup, etc. how can I use them without root?
So is this forum really dead? I remember it was more alive a few months ago.
I'm abandoning my efforts since I have to recover the phone back to normal use but it's a pitty that things are like that here.
First things first........as a senior member you should know well to post questions in the General section ONLY
Second..... if you have unlocked the bootloader correctly(i know you might have done that), root via Doomlord's easy root kit....
As far as the recovery is concerned...use Rom manager..... it's the easiest way
And the "aliveness" of the forum is quite well as compared to other fora...... the other mid-range phones may have more roms but a majority of them are PURE KITCHEN WORK while others have a little framework changes in CM7..... so there's no extra choice as compared to our phones.....
If you want good roms, mindhaxer/einstein.frat's(they both are the same) roms are good sense ones
Or you can try CM7 or CM9 if you are an AOSP fan
I hope this long post is the answer to all your points in your 2 posts
First of all, thanks for answering.
Second, even if I posted in Q&A, I don't believe I would get any different answers and,
third and most important, I have done my reasearch thoroughly but couldn't find this part you mentioned anywhere so I was trying to gain root with many other methods like super tool, etc. Now, if those guides are not stickies how could I possibly know where to find those steps? they were not even in the first 4-5 pages of the WFS forum.
Yes as a senior member I decided it would be wiser to post here in order to have better chances but maybe I'm wrong.
Anyway, I have to thank you again because you guided me to find the DooMLoRD package which wasn't mentioned anywhere else and now in a few minutes I managed to root the phone which I abandoned a few hours ago.
I still insist though that this info must be gathered here as sticky otherwise new comers will always be confused and need years to manage something which in other forums is managed in minutes.
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First of all, thanks for answering.
Second, even if I posted in Q&A, I don't believe I would get any different answers and,
third and most important, I have done my reasearch thoroughly but couldn't find this part you mentioned anywhere so I was trying to gain root with many other methods like super tool, etc. Now, if those guides are not stickies how could I possibly know where to find those steps? they were not even in the first 4-5 pages of the WFS forum.
Yes as a senior member I decided it would be wiser to post here in order to have better chances but maybe I'm wrong.
Anyway, I have to thank you again because you guided me to find the DooMLoRD package which wasn't mentioned anywhere else and now in a few minutes I managed to root the phone which I abandoned a few hours ago.
I still insist though that this info must be gathered here as sticky otherwise new comers will always be confused and need years to manage something which in other forums is managed in minutes.
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I agree with you I've been trying to figure out the rooting of this phone for the past two hours, I never bother posting for help as you always get scolded and people say duh use search which is really helpful.
I did I didn't find the answers. this forum is a bit of a mess tbh compared to the onex forum..
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I agree with you I've been trying to figure out the rooting of this phone for the past two hours, I never bother posting for help as you always get scolded and people say duh use search which is really helpful.
I did I didn't find the answers. this forum is a bit of a mess tbh compared to the onex forum..
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If you need any help from here just let me know. I have already root on my phone and it's quite easy once you have all the steps in hand.
Cynabal said:
I agree with you I've been trying to figure out the rooting of this phone for the past two hours, I never bother posting for help as you always get scolded and people say duh use search which is really helpful.
I did I didn't find the answers. this forum is a bit of a mess tbh compared to the onex forum..
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I went from complete noob to unlocking, installing cwm and then a custom rom by doing a lot of reading in xda and other forums. The info is all there!
You expect to spend 2hrs reading and know how to root, you need to spend more time learning, and the more time time you spend the less chance of messing it up.
I spent a lot more than 2hrs and all went fine and I've never had a problem.
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andreasy said:
First of all, thanks for answering.
Second, even if I posted in Q&A, I don't believe I would get any different answers and,
third and most important, I have done my reasearch thoroughly but couldn't find this part you mentioned anywhere so I was trying to gain root with many other methods like super tool, etc. Now, if those guides are not stickies how could I possibly know where to find those steps? they were not even in the first 4-5 pages of the WFS forum.
Yes as a senior member I decided it would be wiser to post here in order to have better chances but maybe I'm wrong.
Anyway, I have to thank you again because you guided me to find the DooMLoRD package which wasn't mentioned anywhere else and now in a few minutes I managed to root the phone which I abandoned a few hours ago.
I still insist though that this info must be gathered here as sticky otherwise new comers will always be confused and need years to manage something which in other forums is managed in minutes.
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Its not about getting an answer to your question. Its about keeping this section clutter free. Its the development section for a reason, and I'm mighty sure I'm not seeing a custom ROM in this thread.
So follow the rules and post in General or Q&A next time.
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Ok I see. Now I have 2 options: reply or shut up and leave. I'll do both.
Firstly I apologise for intentionally posting in the wrong thread (I had my reasons). I won't do it again, actually I won't post anything here again as that was a one time task for me.
Second, I see that you are ready and willing to give me lessons and increase your thanks meter between each other but before teaching me how much time of reading is necessary before you root, let me tell you that I was in xda long before you and I know very well both how much reading is necessary but I also know what the spirit of a community is. There are mods here who didn't get irritated as fast as you. From the speed of your answers I recognise that you must not be older than 25 which doesn't make you mature so @scott_doyland, your opinion is accepted but I was a noob on 2005 and I have performed the root procedure on more than 6-7 phones just by reading so I've done my homework plenty of times and you know what? You don't need 2 hours to root a phone. Actually I need about 30 minutes max including the reading I do on the instructions of each phone. Only on this forum I didn't find all the info gathered and before you jump answering on that, I'm not complaining about this but that's the reason I posted in order to get an answer and avoid the research of 200 pages. It's you guys that got inflamed about that. So take a lesson from a veteran who broke the rules. The idea of the community is to help each other even if the answer was given several times. Some people may not have the time to read or maybe they have read tons of info on other forums and they are visitors like me and can't spent the same amount of time in all forums for each phone they have to root. I'm adraid that if you can't accept this, you are also breaking the rules. Do you see my thanks meter? well, not even one of those thanks was taken from posts like yours. Every single thanks I got was from help providing to noobs and to people who didn't do their homework. Maybe you should visit some forums in the DHD section and see what the spirit of community is all about.
I'm sorry for disturbing the calm waters of your forum but you won't see me again anyway. As I said, I spent many hours on other forums of xda, that was a one time stop for me because I had to root this phone and leave and since this forum doesn't have the most friendly structure in regards to info availability (stickies, etc.) I had to ask. I apologised for posting in wrong thread but I also had to pass the message that people willing to become teachers will have to become students, that's why I answered
Now, go ahead, feel free to start attacking and exchanging thanks between each other. You see, I contributed to your community in my own way. Many of you will double their thanks meters by tomorrow. I don't have the time to continue discussion, I have other things to do so, mods, please feel free and delete this post at some point since it doesn't lead anywhere but just take my feedback if you want and organise better the structure of your forum (if you want).
Ok bro. I have a S-ON, Unlocked Bootloader just like you. There are no way to root after u unlocked bootloader (because u need to update to lastest Hboot in order to UBL). I'd tried all tools i can find on xda and NONE of them can be use to root. There also don't have any clear guide for S-ON with UBL show how to install custom rom and get root.
But after few days digging up the forum, i'd managed to install custom rom + root. I share with you:
After your phone bootloader unlocked via HTCdev, your phone sure will have either HBOOT-1.08.0099 or HBOOT-1.09.0099. You'll need a ClockworkMod recovery image on your computer to install rom + root. And you'll need a working Android SDK with Fastboot to do get ClockworkMod working on ur S-ON phone.
OK let's say now you have fastboot folder alr, and know how to use it.
1. Download lastest clockwork mod .img here: http://www.clockworkmod.com/rommanager
2. put the file .img just downloaded to the fastboot folder.
3. Turn off phone, then hold volume down + power ---> wait the menu searching for the zip file (of course we ignore this) then press Power again to go to fastboot menu.
4. connect phone to laptop via usb cable.
5. Open fastboot folder, right click choose open command windows here.
5a. If you are on HBOOT-1.08.0099:
Copy this and right click to the command windows, paste then enter, ur phone will automatic restart to CWM menu:
Code:
fastboot -c "mtdparts=msm_nand:[email protected](misc),[email protected](recovery),[email protected](boot),[email protected](system),[email protected](cache),[email protected](userdata),[email protected](devlog),[email protected](hboot)" boot recovery-clockwork-5.0.2.8-marvel.img
5b. If you are on HBOOT-1.09.0099:
Copy this and right click to the command windows, paste then enter, ur phone will automatic restart to CWM menu:
Code:
fastboot -c "mtdparts=msm_nand:[email protected](misc),[email protected](recovery),[email protected](boot),[email protected](system),[email protected](cache),[email protected](userdata),[email protected](devlog),[email protected](hboot)" boot recovery-clockwork-5.0.2.8-marvel.img
Ok men, now u just download any rom u like, put it to ur memory card and flash rom like normal.
Remember that, everytime u flash new rom, u need to repeat the whole process from step 3 to step 5.
Hope this can help you bro. Cheers for our S-ON
BIG THANKS to this topic http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1374926
Dear guy, your topic not yet help me to S-OFF my phone, but it gave me the temporary solution to install custom rom. Cheers to ur good work!!!
P/S: to the thread creator: Why u gave up so early bro...Xda-developers is great forum.
Ok, because many people are confused and PM me about what's next after unlock, here's the answer. Don't try the Super Tool, it doesn't work. At least for some people.
Go here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1321582
and use that script instead. It will flash Busybox and su to your phone. That's it. You have root acces then.
@Ghekua: If you have unlocked your bootloader then you have already installed the apropriate HBOOT. Just run that script from the post I attached above and you will have root access.
Edit: Oh, sorry, I read your post before edit and got different meaning. Anyway, thanks, I used the post above which is much faster and easier and I'm done.
Ghekua, if you install a custom rom it will already have root access, no need to root a custom rom.
I rooted my stock rom just by flashing cwm and then via cwm flashed a root.zip file from xda.
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i know it bro haha. I just post the post there. But i wonder if there is any chance to keep the CWM for S-On so everytime we flash a new rom, we no need to flash CWM again.
ghekua said:
i know it bro haha. I just post the post there. But i wonder if there is any chance to keep the CWM for S-On so everytime we flash a new rom, we no need to flash CWM again.
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Flashing a new rom does not wipe cwm.
Cwm is always there unless you flash a different 'recovery'.
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...this is why people keep asking questions here. Please stop responding to these. Pleaseee?
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scott_doyland said:
Flashing a new rom does not wipe cwm.
Cwm is always there unless you flash a different 'recovery'.
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it's true for S-OFF bro. For S-On every time flash new rom need to fastboot to flash cwm again.
(i'd tried to install cwm by rom manager app, by flashable zip downloaded from clockworkmod website, no use)
I find downloading alquez's recovery and replacing the android_info file with the last RUU/update [of same], then flashing via hboot to be the simplest solution [since it works on marvel & marvelc].. I just keep that PG76IMG.zip on my sdcard and swapout android_info as needed [no need to sign or anything]. Of course then if you wanted latest-and-greatest [gsm] you'd root [Heritz guide works across board gsm & cdma], install your Rom Manager and reflash. But I like simple solution that works on both my wildfire s's
I do agree this is a general topic and if anyone has read my simplistic thread responses, I've stated above philosophy repeatedly in various threads.. and it seems to always work
Rob
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ghekua said:
it's true for S-OFF bro. For S-On every time flash new rom need to fastboot to flash cwm again.
(i'd tried to install cwm by rom manager app, by flashable zip downloaded from clockworkmod website, no use)
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How strange. I'm s-on and I never have to reflash CWM. I've only ever flashed it twice and the second time was just to upgrade to a later CWM.
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Hi, first post here.
I watched the noob video, so I'll be as brief as possible.
I have a rooted LT15i, 2.3.4, 4.0.2.A.0.42, baseband 56.
OTA fails, and I want to move to ICS. What do I do?
I installed CWM via x-parts and did a backup.
Backed up APN settings, contacts, etc...
I've read heaps of warnings in all sorts of Guide/Tutorial/All-in-one/Everything explained threads.
But it's still unclear if I have to unlock the bootloader to get to ICS.
No offense to XDA, there's a lot of great tutorials explainings how to use tools,but most of the topics fail to provide an answer as to why you would be unlocking the bootloader 'this way' instead of 'that way'. Alot of missing context. I wont have a problem executing the guides, I would have an unlocked phone, but which kernel/rom do I dare flash? Battery/Charging issues, cpu freq, APN settings...
I see alot of baseband versions, but not mine? Can/should I change it out? (I like 'Why?' explanations too
If I want sleek and fast, which custom kernel/rom closest to stock can you recommend?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1653188
If things are unclear then you've not READ enough or skimmed over things.
Thank you, but it's alot of information to take in at once, and I've been coming here for months. I won't have a will to live after I'm done sifting out all the little details of vital information hidden in oh so many threads.
Daniel-TAz00 said:
Thank you, but it's alot of information to take in at once, and I've been coming here for months. I won't have a will to live after I'm done sifting out all the little details of vital information hidden in oh so many threads.
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Then perhaps it's best to stick with the stock ROM. You don't need to take it all in at once you just need to start at the beginning and learn gradually and read what's relevant to what you're trying to achieve at the time.
OTA fails, and I want to move to ICS. What do I do?
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You can find the answer to that by the name of some of the thread titles contained at the first link I've given you which is what makes these posts highly frustrating because there's one started everyday asking for information that's been rehashed a million times already and which can be found in the stickies in the general section.
I don't see it. And I would love to stick with the, newer, stock rom.
A simple step-by-step would probably suffice.
For example.: Revert back to stock and do an OTA
Un-root
Reset to factory defaults
Update with Software companion
Or can you right-click the link you feel i need to read in that thread and paste it? The titles are confuzzeling
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I don't see it.
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Then I wouldn't bother trying to mod your device until you can learn to read.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=13109282#post13109282
I asked some pretty simple straightforward questions, I just wan't straight forward answers. Or atleast the link you feel i need to read. fyi, my phone is not FOTA'd and thats the only link about doing OTA on that page.
Anyone else on this Q/A forum besides this knucklehead?
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I asked some pretty simple straightforward questions, I just wan't straight forward answers.
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You want what's been rehashed a million times, say you've been coming here for months but clearly you didn't come here to learn anything. You then said you couldn't see what it is you've asked for when it's clearly under ROOT so if you haven't seen that then there is no helping you.
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Anyone else on this Q/A forum besides this knucklehead?
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There is yes and if you wait long enough those happy to spoon feed you information that you could have already read yourself by now will be along to help.
I will just leave the answer here
Since I used the zergrush method to root my phone, I ran the unroot script
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1312859
Installed Sony Ericsson's pc companion and updated to 4.1.B.0.431
Now I'm on baseband 72