Hey guys, I just picked up ny sgn2 and im loving it, and rooted it ( out of habit). But my previous phone were sony ericsson and to install custom roms I needed to unlock bootloader, and no such thing is mentioned for the note 2. So just to make sure as I love my phone too much for anything to happen to it.
Thanxx
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No, u dont need to unlock bootloader on samsung phones:fingers-crossed:. All u need to do is flash cwm and root through odin and flash your custom rom.
KyleDevlin12 said:
Hey guys, I just picked up ny sgn2 and im loving it, and rooted it ( out of habit). But my previous phone were sony ericsson and to install custom roms I needed to unlock bootloader, and no such thing is mentioned for the note 2. So just to make sure as I love my phone too much for anything to happen to it.
Thanxx
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No need to unlock bootloader
I introduce you PhilZ CWM, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2028103
It's very nice, just flash via Odin or install as zip. Happy flashing :laugh:
This is sweeet. Thanx for the reply guys loooving this beast
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Hi,
first of all, I am pretty new to smartphones and android.
I have my arc s, 2.3.4, .42 firmware, rooted, locked bl for two weeks now.
I am really interested in mods since i dont want to unlock bootloader for custom roms...
My problem is: In almost every thread i look people say you have to apply mods via recovery (?) and this is only possible with bl unlocked,
but i managed to apply the statusbar widget mod (sorry for no link) via root explorer..
is this possible with every mod?
thanks in advance and a happy new year!
This depends "modification"
Flashing via recovery is fastest and easiest way. Via root explore you must do all work manually.
Sometime this work, sometime not.
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taaviu said:
This depends "modification"
Flashing via recovery is fastest and easiest way. Via root explore you must do all work manually.
Sometime this work, sometime not.
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How to flash via recovery?
Xperia Arc (rooted)
you can instal CWM recovery on LOCKED BOOTLOADER with SE TWEAKER.
It will work just fine, but you cannot flash custom ROM since your BL will be still locked.
taaviu said:
This depends "modification"
Flashing via recovery is fastest and easiest way. Via root explore you must do all work manually.
Sometime this work, sometime not.
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if it doesnt work, will it mess up my phone? and if it does, will i be able to fix it?
By reflashing it.
But install recovery with SE tweaker, do a backup and then you can always restore "system" when a mod messed the phone up and it just bootloops.
Or unlock the bl and flash a kernel with recovery, it's worth it
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and what happens if se tweaker messes up my phone?
Reflash the firmware with FlashTool
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Doesn't FlashTool need unlocked bootloader to work?
xzizz said:
Doesn't FlashTool need unlocked bootloader to work?
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No, it doesn't, only the device in flashmode.
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I can rooting my phone after installing the ROM XZXperience v2? I have no root and CWM and i dont wanna repeat all the process. I ask the question here because I can not post in the thread of the ROM.
Thanks
Erlale said:
I can rooting my phone after installing the ROM XZXperience v2? I have no root and CWM and i dont wanna repeat all the process. I ask the question here because I can not post in the thread of the ROM.
Thanks
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try this
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2204321
No the first thing to do is root, then flash any custom rom u want, since u are in a custom rom than u are rooted nd dont need to root
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mhoss48 said:
No the first thing to do is root, then flash any custom rom u want, since u are in a custom rom than u are rooted nd dont need to root
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eeerrr. Do u use xperia s?
To op: yes u can and should flash root (superuser / supersu ) via cwm and u should flash the cwm again. Unless u have unlocked bootloader then u don't need to do that..
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Hey guys can anyone tell me how to install cwm in my xperia ion.i recently rooted my jb with locked bootloader.
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Doomlord is working on that to make one for us. Right now there is no way for those who has Locked Bootloader to get CWM (including me). So we just can wait. If u want something to install, maybe u can just copy it straight away to system and change the permission.
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Doomlord is working on that to make one for us. Right now there is no way for those who has Locked Bootloader to get CWM (including me). So we just can wait. If u want something to install, maybe u can just copy it straight away to system and change the permission.
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Ok lets see....
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In my case, when i installed CWM @ locked bootloader .55 FW, the CWM didn't work properly. So I suggest you to unlock bootloader & flash doomkernel which is pre loaded with CWM and TWRP.
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Hey guys can anyone tell me how to install cwm in my xperia ion.i recently rooted my jb with locked bootloader.
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Pushing the files to the system and changing the permissions is hectic than flashing through recovery. If any error happens it can result in unexpected accidents.
You can unlock the boot loader (u will lose bravia engine) and flash a custom kernel using flash tool.
In the development section you can find some cool kernels with build-in recovery.
If You don't want to unlock , then wait for someone to make a recovery for phones with locked boot loaders.
hello i installed ultimate hd 3.0.2 custom rom and then i flashed ultimate hd mod!obviously something goes really wrong and i cant access anything related to com.android.settings!!!when i see realize this i decide to flash again the ultimate hd rom....but i cant boot to recovery mode!!please help!dont tell me that me arc s is bricked!!
rom:ultimate hd 3.0.2
kernel:stock kernel
xperia arc s
Did you use XParts?
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first of all really thnx for the reply!
i dont have x parts installed!i am trying now to install x parts using 3g internet connection because i cant connect to any wi-fi!but i dont know if its going to work!i can see only the notification bar!!
Try flashing a kernel that has CWM recovery on it, provided you have an unlocked bootloader.
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poli4 said:
hello i installed ultimate hd 3.0.2 custom rom and then i flashed ultimate hd mod!obviously something goes really wrong and i cant access anything related to com.android.settings!!!when i see realize this i decide to flash again the ultimate hd rom....but i cant boot to recovery mode!!please help!dont tell me that me arc s is bricked!!
rom:ultimate hd 3.0.2
kernel:stock kernel
xperia arc s
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Flash the stock firmware..
root it and install cwm (as ur bootloader is locked)
do a full wipe n flash uhd...
so simple
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manoj_nike15 said:
Flash the stock firmware..
root it and install cwm (as ur bootloader is locked)
do a full wipe n flash uhd...
so simple
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May be simple for you, but could be difficult for other people to understand.
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guys i manage to download xparts and install cwm recovery so my problem is solved!i did all this just from the serajr's notification bar!!! :laugh:
thank you VERY MUCH for your help! :victory:
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May be simple for you, but could be difficult for other people to understand.
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Man.. if they feel it is simple then it ll be simple.. its depends on the way they think...
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Hi Folks,
Please help me, i am new to Samsung. I am really confused of process of unlocking bootloader and flashing custom ROM on note 2. I was with Xperia devices for ages, and it was quite easy to do things on xperia . But on Note 2 i hardly find clear instrutions . Please some one respond to below question.
> I know we need to unlock bootloader to flash Custom ROM, so wat is the tool for doing it ? I see Casual but all i see is for atnt and verison. I am from india and what is that i need to do to unlock BL ?
> How to flash multiple Recoveries for NOTE 2 ?
Note 2 that i have is UAE verions
TRA iD : 0016333/08
TA: ER0095136/12
As far as I know the bootloader is unlocked already. If you want a custom rom just root and install a custom recovery then flash away. (Make sure you flash right rom for your device). Personally I recommend phils recovery. If in any doubt just follow one of dr ketan guides and you won't go wrong
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sawdoctor said:
As far as I know the bootloader is unlocked already. If you want a custom rom just root and install a custom recovery then flash away. (Make sure you flash right rom for your device). Personally I recommend phils recovery. If in any doubt just follow one of dr ketan guides and you won't go wrong
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Ho wow is it That would be great , by any chance is there a way that i could find it out ?
I am flashing CARBON ROM , i was using this as a daily driver on my xperia z Phils recovery ? i was used to CWM and TWRP recovery as they not good with Note 2 ?? :/
Phils touch recovery is cwm based but with a touchscreen interface like twrp so that's why its popular. Like I said the best bet is to follow dr ketans guide or I'm sure phils recovery thread has an all in one root and recovery flash. Just flash that with odin then you can flash carbon rom. That's pretty much it just don't flash N7100 on a N7105 or vice versa and you can't really go wrong
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I also had a xperia and had to unlock the bootloader, but as a friend said this handset comes with unlocked bootloader
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