I've been browsing the forums for a couple of months. Read lots of how-to guides but they all give different ways of doing the same thing.
Thought I knew a lot about computers, but feeling like a noob
GT-N7100 (international) running 4.1.1. Rooted using N7100. Backed up all my apks and data using Carbon, the backup app. I assume that if I wipe the device I can restore... so I'm good to go.
Wanted to put on a custom 4.2 rom so I picked Carbon (1.4-2FEB2003). Reviews looked favourable.
Downloaded Rom Manager v5.5.2.3. Clicked "Recovery Setup", rebooted, my Current Recovery is now Clockworkod 6.0.1.9.
Downloaded the rom using goomanager. Rom is sitting in a zip in a directory on my sd card.
Installed Mobile ODIN Lite v3.65 since I wanted to keep the flash count at 0.
Mobile ODIN doesn't see any of the files (they're zip). If I unzip them using an external zipper then I can manual select "Kernel" boot.img, but no idea what files to select for the rest of the options. Ok, so abandoned ODIN.
Back to ROM Manager. Install ROM from SD Card, however that app appears to be bugged since it's not able to show the external sd card, (extSdCard) and just shows internal memory.
Installed ROM Toolbox Lite. Install ROM from SD card. Browsed onto the SD card. Hurrah... picked the rom. ROM Pre-Installation appears, picked Backup Existing ROM, Wipe Data and Cache (shudder), Wipe Dalvik Cache. Ok. Reboot and install. OK. Phone reboots.
Into ClockworkMod.
Screen appears with a falled down droid. Options are: reboot system now, apply update from ADB, apply update from external storage, wipe data/factory reset/ wipe cache partition, apply update from cache.
No idea what to pick. I'd have expected to get a "install rom from sd card" or some other such option, since "update" sounds like just changing clockworkmod.
Choosing "reboot system now" and the system comes back up as if I hadn't told it to install rom. Apply from external allows me to browse the rom but then I get ann E:signature veritifcation failed.
Hard-reboot. Back into 4.1.1.
I can plug into my computer (mac - so no Odin). While I'd like to keep my trianges away etc for warranty, it's not 100% critical.
How to progress further? Which of the several flashing tools should I use? What noob mistakes am I making?
1st Of all Every time You Flash a Custom Rom or boot into recovery mode ur binary will be increased so its pointless to use Triangle away while you are rooted , But when you decide to make ur device completely stock then use Triangle away and flash a Stock Rom which will unroot ur device and get ota updates back.
Now for flashing custom Roms its simple By Using any custom recovery Clockworkod or TWR.. etc:
1- Turn Off ur device then boot into recovery ( Vol up + Home + Power)
2- Make sure you have downloaded the Rom to your external SD Card
3- Wipe data Factory Reset ( Your External will remain untouched)
4- Wipe Cach
5- Wipe Dalvik cach
6- Finally Install Zip From SD Card an choose install Zip from External Card , Aroma Installer will popup then you can take it from here
Dark.Soul085 said:
1- Turn Off ur device then boot into recovery ( Vol up + Home + Power)
6- Finally Install Zip From SD Card an choose install Zip from External Card , Aroma Installer will popup then you can take it from here
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Would you expect the Install Zip from SD Card option to appear if I'd skipped steps 2-5. I.e. if I haven't factory wiped yet, would the option not appear? Or should it always be there and there is something else wrong?
Thanks for your help BTW.
ohmegosh said:
Would you expect the Install Zip from SD Card option to appear if I'd skipped steps 2-5. I.e. if I haven't factory wiped yet, would the option not appear? Or should it always be there and there is something else wrong?
Thanks for your help BTW.
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if u skip steps 2-5 you will face problems in the new rom. even worse the new rom may not boot normally due to leftover system data files n settings of the previous rom.
best way to flash is to reboot to recovery rather than using some softwares.
always make a nandroid in clockwork "backup n restore" option prior to flashing new rom.
souravtarafdar said:
always make a nandroid in clockwork "backup n restore" option prior to flashing new rom.
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Maybe this is where my confusion is coming from. I'm not seeing a backup option in the clockwork menu. Nor am I seeing a flash rom option, or anything other than the few options.
Those options are: reboot system now, apply update from ADB, apply update from external storage, wipe data/factory reset/ wipe cache partition, apply update from cache.
That means you haven't flashed cwm recovery.
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UtkarshGupta said:
That means you haven't flashed cwm recovery.
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According to ROM Manager on the phone I'm getting told
"Current Recovery: ClockworkMod 6.0.1.9
Latest Recovery: ClockworkMod 6.0.1.9"
I've tried reflashing the recovery a couple of times but it makes no difference.
I've checked clockworkmod.com/rommanager and indeed 6.0.1.9 appears correct.
Is there a different tool I should be using to put the cwm recovery into place?
Again, thanks to everyone so far for your help. This noob wants to not be a noob
In recovery does it say stock recovery ?
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UtkarshGupta said:
In recovery does it say stock recovery ?
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When you say "in recovery" did you mean in the ROM Manager app, or somewhere else? I'll assume you meant when booting in recovery mode.
If I boot into recovery mode (from ROM Manager, click the reboot into recovery, or by power off/on with keys) I get the fallen down droid, and the following:
"Android system recovery <3e>
Volume up/down to move highlight:
power button to select.
reboot system now
apply update from ADB
apply update from external storage
wipe data/factory reset
wipe cache partition
apply update from cache
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# MANUAL MODE #
-- Applying Multi-CSC...
Applied the CSC-code : BTU
Successfully applied multi-CSC."
I guess you still have the stock recovery , You should have the option to install a zip from SD Card check the Screenshot
Dark.Soul085 said:
I guess you still have the stock recovery , You should have the option to install a zip from SD Card check the Screenshot
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Hmm... screenshot definitely doesn't look like that. So what do I need to do to get that recovery installed? ROM Manager doesn't seem to want to do it. I wonder if the way I got root is the problem?
Download the recovery from clockworkmod site and flash it via mobile odin.
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UtkarshGupta said:
Download the recovery from clockworkmod site and flash it via mobile odin.
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I've downloaded the file (6.0.1.9) and it comes as a .img file. However, by default, mobile odin wouldn't handle it. Searched and found another post that said to rename it to "recovery.img" and... MO found it. Hurrah. Flashed. Hurrah.
It rebooted into it once. All looked good. But on reboot it's gone. I'm a lot further along than this morning so thank you. I'll go play some more!
Rename the following file
/system/recovery-from-boot.p
to
/system/recovery-from-boot.p-bak
With root explorer or something.
Then flash custom recovery again.
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Flash it via odin
UtkarshGupta said:
Rename the following file
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That did it, thanks!
souravtarafdar said:
if u skip steps 2-5 you will face problems in the new rom. even worse the new rom may not boot normally due to leftover system data files n settings of the previous rom.
best way to flash is to reboot to recovery rather than using some softwares.
always make a nandroid in clockwork "backup n restore" option prior to flashing new rom.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2028103
go to second post for installation instruction of philz cwm recovery.......I guess u even dont have root access, so try the odin instructions.
or try the original cwm touch version:::::::::
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=34315245
-Reboot device to download mode(vol down+home+power at once keep pressed until restarts)
-Open odin and select downloaded file for PDA tab
-Connect device to PC, and wait till device successfully added to com port
-Flash
-Use Triangle away reset flash counter(thanks chainfire).
hope it helped u.:good:
souravtarafdar said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2028103
go to second post for installation instruction of philz cwm recovery.......I guess u even dont have root access, so try the odin instructions.
or try the original cwm touch version:::::::::
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=34315245
-Reboot device to download mode(vol down+home+power at once keep pressed until restarts)
-Open odin and select downloaded file for PDA tab
-Connect device to PC, and wait till device successfully added to com port
-Flash
-Use Triangle away reset flash counter(thanks chainfire).
hope it helped u.:good:
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How can he triangle away if he has a custom recovery?
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UtkarshGupta said:
How can he triangle away if he has a custom recovery?
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Triangle away ----used to reset flash counter....thAT IS it resets the times u flash something....when u flash recovery ur counter increases...simply open triangle away & reset counter to 00000000000000000000.........so ur doubt cleared
didn't thought u would ask this after seeing ur previous posts
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Hi all,
I've been trying to root my phone for a couple of days now to no success. I used the method found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1317394
However whenever I go to recovery and pick the option "apply update to sdcard" (to get the update.zip) it will just show me the android in a box picture and nothing else. Does anyone know what's the cause of this problem?
My phone:
Build no: GINGERBREAD.DXLA2
Android version: 2.3.6
Baseband version: I8150DXKL1
Thank you very much.
did u press the menu button after the android and box appears?
when that image appears, press the menu button
vanir29 said:
did u press the menu button after the android and box appears?
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Yes I did, and it gives me the list of options in recovery mode- apply update, factory reset, wipe data etc etc. But when I picked the apply update to sdcard to get the update.zip, it will just show a blank screen with the android in a box again.
Get rid of stock recovery...flash this cwm recovery by arco68
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1446593
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jahlee said:
Get rid of stock recovery...flash this cwm recovery by arco68
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1446593
sent from another space
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Have you rooted using this CWM ?
In case you don't want to upgrade to CWM(no root required, only ODIN flashing/ADB shell), you can try flashing the stock recovery again.
greets
THE-E
Thanks for the replies guys.
I did try CWM but it gave me the same problem too, whenever I picked the option "apply update to sdcard" it will show me the CWM picture with blank screen. So I flashed back to stock ROM. Is it a hardware issue?
Forgot to mention my phone is Samsung Galaxy Wonder (GT-I8150)
geeklegend said:
Thanks for the replies guys.
I did try CWM but it gave me the same problem too, whenever I picked the option "apply update to sdcard" it will show me the CWM picture with blank screen. So I flashed back to stock ROM.
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@the-e
Ermm..u asking me.?
@geeklegeng
What .zip actually u want to flash...?
Editopss..sorry,my bad..I'm not fully read that..u actually want to root thru recovery..
geeklegend said:
So I flashed back to stock ROM.
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Stock ROM or stock recovery ?
jahlee said:
@the-e
Ermm..u asking me.?
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Yes.
greets
THE-E
THE-E said:
Stock ROM or stock recovery ?
Which firmware do you have ?
Yes.
greets
THE-E
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nop..rooted via doomlord tool on pc..at that time rooting via recovery method still not available..
I though he want to flash something like CRom or Thme.actualy he want to root..
THE-E said:
Stock ROM or stock recovery ?
Which firmware do you have ?
Yes.
greets
THE-E
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I think I flashed the Stock ROM..it goes back to the original recovery I have before CWM. I get it from this link:http://www.sammobile.com/firmware/?page=3&t=1&o=1&m=GT-I8150&r=2#regiona
Firmware: I8150DXLA2 (did I get this right?)
@jahlee
I want to apply update.zip that is used to root the phone found in this method http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1317394
Thank you so much for the replies
geeklegend said:
I think I flashed the Stock ROM..it goes back to the original recovery I have before CWM. I get it from this link:http://www.sammobile.com/firmware/?page=3&t=1&o=1&m=GT-I8150&r=2#regiona
Firmware: I8150DXLA2 (did I get this right?)
@jahlee
I want to apply update.zip that is used to root the phone found in this method http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1317394
Thank you so much for the replies
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The only thing solution which I would have, would be(I have posted this before, so this might sound sometimes strange ^^):
If you use a OnePackage-file to upgrade the firmware, all data will stay. If you use the asian firmwares with many files, to flash the firmware, the data will be vanished after the successful upgrade.
If you want to flash a firmware with a OnePackage file and want all data to be deleted, than you have to do as followed:
1. Backup everything manually what you can!
2. Flash via ODIN ClockWorkMod Recovery on your device(english). Scroll down to other and select ClockWorkMod.
3. Once ClockWorkMod is flashed, go to the recovery:
a) backup and restore -> backup to external sdcard
b) backup and restore -> restore from external sdcard
This is to make sure the files aren't corrupted, if this is successful you can be sure everything is backupped. If you get a MD5 mismatch something went wrong. Try again!
c) wipe data/factory reset -> confirm
d) wipe cache partition -> confirm
e) mounts and storage -> format system -> confirm
f) mounts and storage -> format cache -> confirm
g) mounts and storage -> format data -> confirm
4. You restart your phone in Download Mode and flash a firmware using this instruction, which is provided in the thread under Firmwares.
5. Now root your phone via stock recovery.
6. Now you will have to flash again the ClockWorkMod recovery to restore your data.
Than open ClockWorkMod Recovery and:
backup and restore-> advanced restore from external sdcard -> select the backup -> Restore data -> confirm.
Now if you want the stock recovery back(needed for OTA updates) instood of ClockWorkMod, than go to the Others or Sonstiges and select the stock recovery, and flash it on your device.
Oh yeah, the reason why you have to make these complicated steps: Because you were flashing all different kinds of firmwares, you system will be a mess. To make sure your device is not a overwritten old firmware these steps are necessary.
Flashing via ODIN does not delete all old data !!!
greets
THE-E
PROBLEM SOLVED! Thanks to all who replied and helped!!!! Especially THE-E!!
Hi, I'm new here & I've been searching countless hours through the forums & Google trying to find my answer but I can't seem to find it anywhere.
This is my first time I ever "root" my Android device, I've had experience in jailbreaking my iPhone in the past but nowadays even a baby can do it.
The thing is, I was following these guides here trying to flash this Jelly Bean rom:
(Apprently new guys can't post links to guides... okay..
*guide 1
*guide 2
I have a T-Mobile T999 Model so I got that nailed down.
When I boot into that recovery whatever I get a different screen than the one presented on this screen:
*picture 1
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When I'm around that step I get :
"Volume up/down to move highlight;
power button to select. (though in the tutorial it says home? wtf?)
reboot system now
apply update from external storage
wipe data/factory reset
wipe cache partition
apple update from cache
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That's all I get, though in the tutoral it says:
"Copy the downloaded zip files from step 3 and step 4 to the internal SD card. Do not extract them."
&
"Select install zip from sdcard, then select choose zip from sdcard. Scroll to the ROM file on the SD card and select it. Confirm installation by selecting Yes – Install _____.zip on the next screen. The ROM will start installing."
Though, the thing is. I don't have "Install zip from sdcard" just some big ol' robot in the background with some wierd stuff in his chest like blue wires. What happened?
*guide 1: www(dot)theandroidsoul(dot)com/t-mobile-galaxy-s3-sgh-t999-gets-official-cyanogenmod-10-cm10-guide/
*guide 2: www(dot)galaxys3root(dot)com/galaxy-s3-root/how-to-root-u-s-and-canada-galaxy-s3-sgh-t999sgh-i747sph-l710-fail-proofnoob-proof/
can anyone tell me what's going on? did I mess up my phone?
*picture 1: www(dot)galaxys3root(dot)com/wp-content/uploads/2012/07/howto-root-us-canada-galaxys3-sght999-sghi717-sphl710-17-690x384.jpg
You are still on stock recovery. You need custom recovery to flash roms. To get a custom recovery use odin. Found here-- http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1168421&d=1341114315
Download one of the attached recoveries and load in PDA slot of odin.
When you open ODIN, there will be 2 boxes checked. F.Reset Time and Auto Reboot. I recommend that you uncheck Auto Reboot so only F.Reset Time is checked. When the flash is complete,(green box says PASS!) your phone will not reboot by itself. From there Hold Vol-Up+Home+Power and boot straight to recovery.
Once you boot into custom recovery, flash this to root your current rom http://k0nane.info/rom/ecm/TeamEpic-Root-from-Recovery-v5.zip.
Alternatively, you can just skip to flashing your CM10 rom (after a nandroid backup of course)
billard412 said:
You are still on stock recovery. You need custom recovery to flash roms. To get a custom recovery use odin. Found here-- http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1168421&d=1341114315
Download one of the attached recoveries and load in PDA slot of odin.
When you open ODIN, there will be 2 boxes checked. F.Reset Time and Auto Reboot. I recommend that you uncheck Auto Reboot so only F.Reset Time is checked. When the flash is complete,(green box says PASS!) your phone will not reboot by itself. From there Hold Vol-Up+Home+Power and boot straight to recovery.
Once you boot into custom recovery, flash this to root your current rom http://k0nane.info/rom/ecm/TeamEpic-Root-from-Recovery-v5.zip.
Alternatively, you can just skip to flashing your CM10 rom (after a nandroid backup of course)
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Hello!
I've done this Odin portion already, I've already gotten past the Odin "PASS" & all that good stuff. The thing is, when I do Vol-Up+Home+Power I'm I'm shown only this:
reboot system now
apply update from external storage
wipe data/factory reset
wipe cache partition
apple update from cache
I am not doing Vol-Down-Home-Power since that's just the other recovery correct?
The question is .. do I need a Sdcard to flash a rom into my galaxy s3? cause I don't have one..
Edit:
This is the recovery mode screen I'm shown when I do Volume-Up-Home-Power:
www(dot)youtube(dot)com/watch?v=UxaVXJJdhhk
I don't have that model it's just showing you the recovery screen I get. I'm guessing it's not the custom one?
Use Odin and CWM from my signature.
I got it, I know what's wrong to anyone else having this problem.
To those that applied the Samsung update - samrung overrides the recovery if you don't remove the battery!
taco7712 said:
I got it, I know what's wrong to anyone else having this problem.
To those that applied the Samsung update - samrung overrides the recovery if you don't remove the battery!
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I was about to post that =P
psykhotic said:
I was about to post that =P
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+1
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And I'm fairly certain you need a sdcard to flash ROMs.
You don't need an external sd to flash roms.
taco7712 said:
I got it, I know what's wrong to anyone else having this problem.
To those that applied the Samsung update - samrung overrides the recovery if you don't remove the battery!
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Hi
i figured out how to update my original firmware of 4.1.1 on my Note 2 N7105 LTE to 4.1.2 by downloading this tar.md5 (N7105XXDLL4_N7105TMHDLK8_TMH) through Odin
and it seemed to work because in "about device" it says im running 4.1.2 and it also seems to be a REALLY annoying European T-Mobile version because of the short and LOUD t-mobile video every single time i open and close my phone.
I also installed CWM-based Recovery v6.0.1.5-jb which works perfectly (thank god)
now when i tried to boot the deodexed rom for N7105XXDLL4 through recovery via sd card. everything seems fine i can choose all the options in sequence and when i get to the end it tries to install (percentage bar) but stops very quickly and reboots me to recovery mode...the first time i did that it forced me to restore from backup (because it wouldnt boot at all) and the second time i did it it made me reboot and the samsung logo appeared followed by "android is upgrading 0 to 162" I WAS SUPPPPER HAPPPPY!! but i was crossing my fingers...low and behold the phone did boot but all the fonts and everything else were EXTREMELY tiny and a message kept popping up saying SystemSU has closed or something..
I obviously restored back to t-mobile 4.1.2 (hungarian)
Is there something wrong im doing during the installation? should i try and upload it through odin or something instead of through my sd card??and how do you do that?? i mean it cant be the wrong deodexed because i chose the first one for xxdll4 and it the installation does boot on my phone..
i mean everything looks great except for the fact that it stops at the beginning of installation and reboots me to recovery prematurely....
ANY HELP???!!!! THANKS!!!
Proced a factoty reset, erase format all except SD Csrd in CWM optiond.
Install TWRP via CWM
Install update uding TWRP
pirata****zu said:
Proced a factoty reset, erase format all except SD Csrd in CWM optiond.
Install TWRP via CWM
Install update uding TWRP
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id be more than HAPPY to thank you!! trust me!! :good:
considering im a tad of a noob..
can you refer to a link or a bit more details on how to proceed with all this??
and also what will this all do for me??
in the end i want 4.1.2 and a custom rom to replace the 4.1.2 tmobile that i already have. and obviously keep some sorth recovery (i already have cwm) other than android recovery 3e.
when i boot recovery mode when i go to wipe data/factory reset
i dont have an option to erase all except sd card...
how do i install twrp?? where is it? and what is it??
install what update using TWRP?? the custom rom?? or another 4.1.2 update??
sorry im trying to understand all this....
TWRP is other kind of recovery. Try a fredh install using it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1956939
But, before, wipe/factory reset using CWM
Install TWRP (.zip file) using CWM
Reboot recovery
Install new tom using TWRP
pirata****zu said:
TWRP is other kind of recovery. Try a fredh install using it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1956939
But, before, wipe/factory reset using CWM
Install TWRP (.zip file) using CWM
Reboot recovery
Install new tom using TWRP
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i just installed openrecovery-twrp-2.4.0.0alpha-t0lte.img.tar using ODIN
without doing any factory reset or anything through CWM and it worked...is that bad? im going to try and load rom now....
ari770 said:
i just installed openrecovery-twrp-2.4.0.0alpha-t0lte.img.tar using ODIN
without doing any factory reset or anything through CWM and it worked...is that bad? im going to try and load rom now....
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now im stuck what are the steps to install deodexed rom in TWRP?? or any rom for that matter....
if i go and press install and select rom file and swipe to comfirm flash,it stops and says "failed" in red
E:/unable to open zip file etc etc
ari770 said:
now im stuck what are the steps to install deodexed rom in TWRP?? or any rom for that matter....
if i go and press install and select rom file and swipe to comfirm flash,it stops and says "failed" in red
E:/unable to open zip file etc etc
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So i finally got it to run deodexed installation on TWRP..i have no idea how lol...i wiped cache and delvik cache and it ran and installed and rebooted
the only issue is that i dont see any difference at all...except for the fact that there is no tmobile video when i restarted my phone...
how do i know if deodexed is installed??? i dont even have phone record..and it gave me the option to install it and its not there...hmmmm
im so lost....
btw how to i get to customize this new rom??
thanks
I got my Sprint S3 a few months back and am interested in flashing Cyanogenmod onto it. I've followed the instructions to put Clockwork recovery on using Odin and, due to my stupidity, ended up flashing an older version as well as a newer version about 4 times (I thought it wasn't working because I didn't understand that Vol up was recovery mode, I kept going Vol down in to backup... anyways...) so now I have an issue. The Clockwork recovery that I'm trying to use doesn't look like any I've seen on recent videos. It just says "Andriod System Recovery <3e> and has only the options to
-Reboot system now
-Apply update from ADB
-Apply update from External Storage
-Wipe data/factory reset (which doesn't give the option to flash from SD like CW does)
-Wipe cache partition
-Apply update from cache
Things I've tried:
1. Installing CM anyways using the apply update from Ext. Stor (no dice)
2. Wipe data/factor reset - Doesn't help with the 4 recoveries that my Download mode says have been downloaded.
3. Re-install latest update using Odin. Now I have 5, but it does the same thing as before.
4. I've checked to see if I can update it in the normal OS but the fact is that it doesn't even have a ROM manager on the apps list. So... ?
Help? I still want to install CM 10.0 (I'm not that adventurous) but I've got to get this CW recovery figured out somehow!
Thanks!
crowbahr said:
I got my Sprint S3 a few months back and am interested in flashing Cyanogenmod onto it. I've followed the instructions to put Clockwork recovery on using Odin and, due to my stupidity, ended up flashing an older version as well as a newer version about 4 times (I thought it wasn't working because I didn't understand that Vol up was recovery mode, I kept going Vol down in to backup... anyways...) so now I have an issue. The Clockwork recovery that I'm trying to use doesn't look like any I've seen on recent videos. It just says "Andriod System Recovery <3e> and has only the options to
-Reboot system now
-Apply update from ADB
-Apply update from External Storage
-Wipe data/factory reset (which doesn't give the option to flash from SD like CW does)
-Wipe cache partition
-Apply update from cache
Things I've tried:
1. Installing CM anyways using the apply update from Ext. Stor (no dice)
2. Wipe data/factor reset - Doesn't help with the 4 recoveries that my Download mode says have been downloaded.
3. Re-install latest update using Odin. Now I have 5, but it does the same thing as before.
4. I've checked to see if I can update it in the normal OS but the fact is that it doesn't even have a ROM manager on the apps list. So... ?
Help? I still want to install CM 10.0 (I'm not that adventurous) but I've got to get this CW recovery figured out somehow!
Thanks!
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You're still in the stock recovery. When you followed the instructions, did you pull the battery after completing Odin? If you don't and end up rebooting into the main android system, it'll automatically re-install the stock Recovery. Try again based on this method and be sure to follow the battery pull instruction.
Let me know if this works!
Sounds like you still have the stock recovery. When you are in Odin make sure that you uncheck 'auto-reboot'. If you let the phone reboot before you get into clockwork recovery the system will automatically replace it with stock.
Topherk beat me to it, haha
topherk said:
You're still in the stock recovery. When you followed the instructions, did you pull the battery after completing Odin? If you don't and end up rebooting into the main android system, it'll automatically re-install the stock Recovery. Try again based on this method and be sure to follow the battery pull instruction.
Let me know if this works!
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Ok, so I tried the exact method (auto-reboot off and F-reboot off) and got this message on Odin: http://i.imgur.com/MQMP3LQ.png
I'm trying again with F-reboot on, but I don't know if that'll be any better.
Did you turn on 'USB Debugging' under settings >developer options? Are you sure the Samsung drivers are installed on your computer?
Nope. That had the same result (F-reboot on failed)
metalfan78 said:
Did you turn on 'USB Debugging' under settings >developer options? Are you sure the Samsung drivers are installed on your computer?
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YOU'RE A GLORIOUS PERSON AND I COULD KISS YOU ON THE MOUTH.
Thanks, that worked.
Whoa! You're welcome
Hit the thanks button.
metalfan78 said:
Whoa! You're welcome
Hit the thanks button.
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I thank you good sir.
On a side note, the post I originally linked had two bright bold sections: Preparing your computer (installing Sprint drivers) and preparing your phone (enable usb debugging)... Reading is fun! -sigh-
Done!
topherk said:
I thank you good sir.
On a side note, the post I originally linked had two bright bold sections: Preparing your computer (installing Sprint drivers) and preparing your phone (enable usb debugging)... Reading is fun! -sigh-
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If you dont like to read qbking made some great YouTube tuts as well
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Hey,
I recently rooted my SGS3 using odin which worked flawlessly. Thereafter I installed CWM and began the fun of trying out new roms... Tried slimbean which was just ok for me. I read that Cyanogenmod 10.1.3 was one of the best so I installed this on my device. My fop-aw here was I didn't know you needed to install the google apps before you flashed the rom. I tried to install an version of google play via sd card apk file, but when i open the app it imediately closes. Right now i am stuck with a rom with no way to install the apps I so dearly enjoy lol... So.... now for the problem, I can no longer get access to CWM to reflash the rom even when I do the whole power, volume, home like before. It goes to download mode instead of the CWM recovery. What can I do to remedy this situation. I only know as much as I have read so lets pretend i am a dumbass. lol
Thanks in advance,
shane5557 said:
Hey,
I recently rooted my SGS3 using odin which worked flawlessly. Thereafter I installed CWM and began the fun of trying out new roms... Tried slimbean which was just ok for me. I read that Cyanogenmod 10.1.3 was one of the best so I installed this on my device. My fop-aw here was I didn't know you needed to install the google apps before you flashed the rom. I tried to install an version of google play via sd card apk file, but when i open the app it imediately closes. Right now i am stuck with a rom with no way to install the apps I so dearly enjoy lol... So.... now for the problem, I can no longer get access to CWM to reflash the rom even when I do the whole power, volume, home like before. It goes to download mode instead of the CWM recovery. What can I do to remedy this situation. I only know as much as I have read so lets pretend i am a dumbass. lol
Thanks in advance,
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Volume up + power + home = recovery. Volume down + power + home = download mode...
And u flash the gapps after u flash the ROM.
if you still have issues accessing cwm then I suggest you download Rom manager apk install it and flash cwm using it. I got cwm through Rom manager, but then I now flashed latest philz recovery.
use Rom manager to install recovery and cm10.1.3 is already rooted so u will have success
cheers
Thanks
Worked like a charm thank you very much for your time.
? though it worked but not.
After installing Rom manager I had it load up my recovery file. I clicked on the backup file and... It rebooted taking me to CWM recovery screen but with only few options to choose from: reboot system now, apply update from external storage, wipe data/factory reset, wipe cache partiion, apply update from cache... Obviously I am doing something way wrong. Any ideas?
Try starting Rom Manager and selecting boot into recovery.
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shane5557 said:
After installing Rom manager I had it load up my recovery file. I clicked on the backup file and... It rebooted taking me to CWM recovery screen but with only few options to choose from: reboot system now, apply update from external storage, wipe data/factory reset, wipe cache partiion, apply update from cache... Obviously I am doing something way wrong. Any ideas?
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use Rom manager to flash cwm recovery and then reboot into recovery! u will have success