Hey guys,
So I have a rooted phone but everything else is stock, so I'm wondering if I need to unroot before I do the OTA. If I don't, do I need to re-root it after the OTA?
I wouldn't bother unrooting...entirely unneeded...unless you feel like going through the process.
I did mine in about five minutes, using the official sprint update zip that was pushed down to my phone. I've used this method since my EVO OG days and it seems to work very well for my phone...for whatever reason. Some folks have no problem with my method, some folks don't have much luck. Caveat Emptor.
Here's what I did as a synopsis:
**NOTE!!!! I have CWM Recovery v6.0.1.2 on my phone.**
1. Went into Root Explorer and moved the update zip file out of /cache to my external card.
2. Shut down my phone completely.
3. Boot it up holding home+volume up+power until the first flash on the screen, then release. This puts you in CWM Recovery.
4. Flash zip file, and choose your external sdcard and browse to your update zip that you moved in there via Root Explorer. Go ahead and install it. It should only take about a minute or two...it's a small update.
5. After it has completed, go back in the menu, wipe the cache directory, go to advanced and wipe the dalvik cache.
6. Choose to reboot your phone - CWM will WARN YOU that the recovery will be replaced, do you want to fix? Say yes. CWM will WARN YOU that root access may be removed, do you want to fix? SAY yes! (When someone asks if you're a God...you say YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!! - sorry...i had to)
7. The phone reboots and you'll see so many android elements being upgraded or optimized. It takes a minute or two.
8. Now that you're in your phone, verify the versions, make sure your root programs work (they should), and enjoy!
This process literally took me five minutes while I was cooking dinner...easy peasy. Not sure if other recovery versions of CWM or other software recovery packages will do exactly what I was able to do. But it's a very easy process for me. On my old OG, I'd had to restore root after the first reboot...kind of sloppy, but got the job done easily enough. This version of CWM Recovery knows that something has been adjusted and will fix it before you really reboot the system. That's slick.
Ytsejamer1 said:
I wouldn't bother unrooting...entirely unneeded...unless you feel like going through the process.
I did mine in about five minutes, using the official sprint update zip that was pushed down to my phone. I've used this method since my EVO OG days and it seems to work very well for my phone...for whatever reason. Some folks have no problem with my method, some folks don't have much luck. Caveat Emptor.
Here's what I did as a synopsis:
**NOTE!!!! I have CWM Recovery v6.0.1.2 on my phone.**
1. Went into Root Explorer and moved the update zip file out to my external card.
2. Shut down my phone completely.
3. Boot it up holding home+volume up+power until the first flash on the screen, then release. This puts me in CWM Recovery.
4. Flash zip file, and choose your external sdcard and browse to your update zip that you moved in there via Root Explorer. Go ahead and install it. It should only take about a minute or two...it's a small update.
5. After it has completed, go back in the menu, wipe the cache directory, go to advanced and wipe the dalvik cache.
6. Choose to reboot your phone - CWM will WARN YOU that the recovery will be replaced, do you want to fix? Say yes. CWM will WARN YOU that root access may be removed, do you want to fix? SAY yes! (When someone asks if you're a God...you say YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!! - sorry...i had to)
7. The phone reboots and you'll see so many android elements being upgraded or optimized. It takes a minute or two.
8. Now that you're in your phone, verify the versions, make sure your root programs work (they should), and enjoy!
This process literally took me five minutes while I was cooking dinner...easy peasy. Not sure if other recovery versions of CWM or other software recovery packages will do exactly what I was able to do. But it's a very easy process for me. On my old OG, I'd had to restore root after the first reboot...kind of sloppy, but got the job done easily enough. This version of CWM Recovery knows that something has been adjusted and will fix it before you really reboot the system. That's slick.
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I can't try that since my external card has become unmounted somehow... But would I still be able to update without un-rooting?
vpy said:
I can't try that since my external card has become unmounted somehow... But would I still be able to update without un-rooting?
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I did not UN-Rooot first!
If you have the stock recovery you can update via OTA, BUT you will have to re-root when you are done.
Thats what I had to go through anyway.
Moved to stock recovery. Run the OTA update then RE-Root.
I have a post someplace that explains what I went through in slightly more detail.
Ytsejamer1 said:
I wouldn't bother unrooting...entirely unneeded...unless you feel like going through the process.
I did mine in about five minutes, using the official sprint update zip that was pushed down to my phone. I've used this method since my EVO OG days and it seems to work very well for my phone...for whatever reason. Some folks have no problem with my method, some folks don't have much luck. Caveat Emptor.
Here's what I did as a synopsis:
**NOTE!!!! I have CWM Recovery v6.0.1.2 on my phone.**
1. Went into Root Explorer and moved the update zip file out to my external card.
2. Shut down my phone completely.
3. Boot it up holding home+volume up+power until the first flash on the screen, then release. This puts me in CWM Recovery.
4. Flash zip file, and choose your external sdcard and browse to your update zip that you moved in there via Root Explorer. Go ahead and install it. It should only take about a minute or two...it's a small update.
5. After it has completed, go back in the menu, wipe the cache directory, go to advanced and wipe the dalvik cache.
6. Choose to reboot your phone - CWM will WARN YOU that the recovery will be replaced, do you want to fix? Say yes. CWM will WARN YOU that root access may be removed, do you want to fix? SAY yes! (When someone asks if you're a God...you say YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!! - sorry...i had to)
7. The phone reboots and you'll see so many android elements being upgraded or optimized. It takes a minute or two.
8. Now that you're in your phone, verify the versions, make sure your root programs work (they should), and enjoy!
This process literally took me five minutes while I was cooking dinner...easy peasy. Not sure if other recovery versions of CWM or other software recovery packages will do exactly what I was able to do. But it's a very easy process for me. On my old OG, I'd had to restore root after the first reboot...kind of sloppy, but got the job done easily enough. This version of CWM Recovery knows that something has been adjusted and will fix it before you really reboot the system. That's slick.
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What file is the update.zip loacted in. I found this file in the cache named ac3e74a5a71c.update_SPH-L710_LJ7_to_MA6.zip, is that it. Thanks
You WILL lose root when you update, but it will update as long as you are on a stock rom with stock recovery. To make things easier, install Voodoo OTA rootkeeper and use it to back up root before updating. Then all you will have to do to re-root is restore root using Voodoo.
bigblue206 said:
What file is the update.zip loacted in. I found this file in the cache named ac3e74a5a71c.update_SPH-L710_LJ7_to_MA6.zip, is that it. Thanks
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Yes, it's in /cache. I was thinking that, but my fingers didn't get the memo to type it. My bad. When Sprint downloads the patch to your phone, that's where it goes. I do the update manually, so I move it off to external card.
vpy said:
I can't try that since my external card has become unmounted somehow... But would I still be able to update without un-rooting?
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You could save the file to /sdcard if you wanted...being that you're not formatting it or wiping it, you should be fine putting it there. Hell...you could leave it in the /cache directory if you really wanted to, however I like moving it out before I flash it.
Ytsejamer1 said:
I wouldn't bother unrooting...entirely unneeded...unless you feel like going through the process.
I did mine in about five minutes, using the official sprint update zip that was pushed down to my phone. I've used this method since my EVO OG days and it seems to work very well for my phone...for whatever reason. Some folks have no problem with my method, some folks don't have much luck. Caveat Emptor.
Here's what I did as a synopsis:
**NOTE!!!! I have CWM Recovery v6.0.1.2 on my phone.**
1. Went into Root Explorer and moved the update zip file out of /cache to my external card.
2. Shut down my phone completely.
3. Boot it up holding home+volume up+power until the first flash on the screen, then release. This puts you in CWM Recovery.
4. Flash zip file, and choose your external sdcard and browse to your update zip that you moved in there via Root Explorer. Go ahead and install it. It should only take about a minute or two...it's a small update.
5. After it has completed, go back in the menu, wipe the cache directory, go to advanced and wipe the dalvik cache.
6. Choose to reboot your phone - CWM will WARN YOU that the recovery will be replaced, do you want to fix? Say yes. CWM will WARN YOU that root access may be removed, do you want to fix? SAY yes! (When someone asks if you're a God...you say YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS!!!!!!! - sorry...i had to)
7. The phone reboots and you'll see so many android elements being upgraded or optimized. It takes a minute or two.
8. Now that you're in your phone, verify the versions, make sure your root programs work (they should), and enjoy!
This process literally took me five minutes while I was cooking dinner...easy peasy. Not sure if other recovery versions of CWM or other software recovery packages will do exactly what I was able to do. But it's a very easy process for me. On my old OG, I'd had to restore root after the first reboot...kind of sloppy, but got the job done easily enough. This version of CWM Recovery knows that something has been adjusted and will fix it before you really reboot the system. That's slick.
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I tried this but it failed for me. I'm running CWM 5.5.0.4 though. How should I update to CWM Recovery v6.0.1.2?
Money24 said:
I tried this but it failed for me. I'm running CWM 5.5.0.4 though. How should I update to CWM Recovery v6.0.1.2?
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This method doesn't seem to work for some folks...for whatever reason. It doesn't effect anything as the file won't flash, so if you want to upgrade CWM, yeah, give it another shot.
Ytsejamer1 said:
This method doesn't seem to work for some folks...for whatever reason. It doesn't effect anything as the file won't flash, so if you want to upgrade CWM, yeah, give it another shot.
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Noob alert: So I just flash the CWM recovery 6.0.1.2 file with Odin? Can someone give me a simple walkthrough?
Money24 said:
Noob alert: So I just flash the CWM recovery 6.0.1.2 file with Odin? Can someone give me a simple walkthrough?
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I don't have a walk through as during my initial root process, I ended up directly on CWM 6.0.1.2. However, a quick search here on XDA seemed to indicate ROM Manager was the easiest way to upgrade CWM versions. http://www.clockworkmod.com/rommanager
You may want to search around to see what you find out.
Ytsejamer1 said:
I don't have a walk through as during my initial root process, I ended up directly on CWM 6.0.1.2. However, a quick search here on XDA seemed to indicate ROM Manager was the easiest way to upgrade CWM versions.
You may want to search around to see what you find out.
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Will do. Thank you for the help
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Ytsejamer1 said:
I don't have a walk through as during my initial root process, I ended up directly on CWM 6.0.1.2. However, a quick search here on XDA seemed to indicate ROM Manager was the easiest way to upgrade CWM versions.
You may want to search around to see what you find out.
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Ok, so I updated with Rom manager and now on 6.0.2.3 and my install failed. Status 7 error or something like that. Any ideas? Thanks.
Money24 said:
Will do. Thank you for the help
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Ok, so I updated with Rom manager and now on 6.0.2.3 and my install failed. Status 7 error or something like that. Any ideas? Thanks.
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Yeah, that seems to be the error for folks who can't update via my method...odd. Check this...Skunkape is gracious enough to post instructions and his way to update is fairly bulletproof. http://forums.androidcentral.com/sprint-galaxy-s-iii/257471-your-way-update-mb1.html
Updated MB1 to MD4
I know this is an old thread but just wanted to say I used this method to update to MD4.
I am rooted CMW moved the OTA file to SD card and followed these steps.
Did not lose root and have multi window on my GS3.
Thank you.
Related
alright, so i'm following this supposedly dummy proof guide and i'm still having issues. my tech level is somewhat high so i'm no tard nugget when it comes to these things.
i'm on step 32 here http://androidforums.com/all-things-root-evo-4g/99793-tutorial-idiot-proof-root-guide.html
i cannot get the update.zip to work. when getting to the recovery screen, i see the following
"E:Can't open /cache/recovery/command"
ignoring that and clicking "apply sdcard:update.zip"
i then get the following
"-- Instal from sdcard...
Finding update package...
Opening update package...
Verifying update package...
E:signature verification failed
Installation aborted."
does anyone know what is going on and can possibly help me out? i've already un-mounted/re-mounted my SD card and tried all of those steps again and i'm still getting the same results. thank you!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=652
Sporkman said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=652
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is there a topic there or something i should be looking for? i've googled my exact problems, only to be directed here to xda to threads with different phones and no real fix to this issue. someone usually says "oh i tried it again and it worked", or "oh i re-did it all and it just worked".
i've already done all of that. so again, anyone...please
what Sporkman was trying to get across is that this is the wrong forum to post this question. Go over to the forum Sporkman posted, and ask there.
lzlaxhacker said:
what Sporkman was trying to get across is that this is the wrong forum to post this question. Go over to the forum Sporkman posted, and ask there.
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thank you for not being quite as vague as first reply.
What's the name of the ROM you're trying to flash? Try selecting flash zip from SD card, then choose zip from SD card, then flash whichever ROM it is you're trying to flash. Make sure you wipe data and dalvik first.
neckface said:
What's the name of the ROM you're trying to flash? Try selecting flash zip from SD card, them choose zip from SD card, then flash whichever ROM it is you're trying to flash. Make sure you wipe data and dalvik first.
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i'm trying to flash a stock ROM, Supersonic_1.32.651.1_rooted.zip.
after re-doing everything, i went back to ROM manager and this time selecting "fix permissions" worked. i'm now trying to flash clockworkmod recovery and that's not working...so now i'm gonna try it manually again now that the permissions have been fixed supposedly.
the part in bold i didn't get at all lol
what do you mean by zip from SD card?
and yup, it's still not working. same error messages. why is rooting an Android so hard??? i haven't seen one guide that was all step by step ie 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 etc for first timers like myself. even the one i linked isn't a complete step by step.
when i get into recovery mode, this is what i see for options:
-reboot system now
-apply sdcard: update.zip
-wipe data/factory reset
-wipe cache partition
mrvirginia said:
i'm trying to flash a stock ROM, Supersonic_1.32.651.1_rooted.zip.
after re-doing everything, i went back to ROM manager and this time selecting "fix permissions" worked. i'm now trying to flash clockworkmod recovery and that's not working...so now i'm gonna try it manually again now that the permissions have been fixed supposedly.
the part in bold i didn't get at all lol
what do you mean by zip from SD card?
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Lol Okay, first off if you're using the apply update.zip feature in recovery, its not going to work unless the ROM you're trying to flash is named update.zip. when you go into recovery mode, what version recovery are you running? Is it the one with turquoise letters? Of it is then you're running Koush's clockwork recovery already and there is no need to flash. There should be some options, apply zip from SD card or something like that at the main screen in recovery mode. I'm not too sure, I use Amon RA's recovery. But after you select that you should be given a few options and one of them should choose zip from SD card.
mrvirginia said:
when i get into recovery mode, this is what i see for options:
-reboot system now
-apply sdcard: update.zip
-wipe data/factory reset
-wipe cache partition
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That's the stock recovery. You haven't successfully flashed a custom recovery yet. Check this post in a sec for an edit, I have a tutorial that's skimmed down. You should be able to run through it quickly since you're almost done with the rooting process.
Okay, so I'm at work and I realize the info I've been giving you is riddled with grammatical errors and what-have-you, so just follow this guide from step 13 down.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=711760
neckface said:
Lol Okay, first off if you're using the apply update.zip feature in recovery, its not going to work unless the ROM you're trying to flash is named update.zip. when you go into recovery mode, what version recovery are you running? Is it the one with turquoise letters? Of it is then you're running Koush's clockwork recovery already and there is no need to flash. There should be some options, apply zip from SD card or something like that at the main screen in recovery mode. I'm not too sure, I use Amon RA's recovery. But after you select that you should be given a few options and one of them should choose zip from SD card.
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the clockwork recovery did not work. i had to manually download that one. and it's called "update.zip". so this is why i'm trying to flash this. i have to flash this first in order to be able to flash other ROMs, or at least that was my understanding.
so, to recap, i tried to do "Flash Clockworkmod Recovery" in the ROM Manager and it kept giving me an error.
i started with unrevoked. it finishes, done, and i get rooted
then i downloaded ROM manager
tried to flash clockworkmod from ROM manager and it says "an error occured while flashing your recovery". no biggie
that's where the "update.zip" comes in. that is the same thing as the clockworkmod, except i'm manually downloading this on a computer and then loading it onto my phone.
then, reboot and go through the steps, and that's when i get the original errors posted in the OP.
edit: just saw your second post. thanks! that looks way freaking easier lol. i'll give it a try and report back. thanks again
after typing in "cat /sdcard/flash_image > /data/flash_image" into the terminal emulator i get "No such file or directory"
mrvirginia said:
after typing in "cat /sdcard/flash_image > /data/flash_image" into the terminal emulator i get "No such file or directory"
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Okay, go ahead and do the whole tutorial from step one.
neckface said:
Okay, go ahead and do the whole tutorial from step one.
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if you dont have root yet, i just helped someone that pmd me about helping them root and with ota 4step root it took him about 7 mins and all we did was watch it work, and hes only had his evo for 1week and didnt actually know anything about rooting other than he wanted to flash my finisher rom. I was surprised how simple it really was. follow the easy directions HERE and youre golden lemme know how it goes. I suggest doing some research and deciding which rom you would like to use and then putting it on your sd root directory before you start. Also when it asks you what recovery image to flash i suggest amon-ra because it has NEVER failed me, even back to the hero. I have heard many complaints about the other. toasts is sweet too though. I am not ripping anyone since i cannot even make a recovery image, just letting you know what has been solid since day one for me.
neckface said:
Okay, go ahead and do the whole tutorial from step one.
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yeah i just created that folder since i realized it should've been there and it still didn't work so i'm gonna factory reset, and then start from the very beginning.
neckface said:
Okay, go ahead and do the whole tutorial from step one.
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dude you are the man! took a while since i had to re-download all the files (was at work before), but it was smooth sailing with that guide! thanks again for your help!
mrvirginia said:
dude you are the man! took a while since i had to re-download all the files (was at work before), but it was smooth sailing with that guide! thanks again for your help!
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Sweet as, man. So you actually did the process without a computer? Glad you found it helpful.
one more question. anyone know why google earth wouldn't be showing up in the market after root? using titanium and trying to restore, that's the only app that wouldn't restore, too.
I did the root and I have the WiMAX setting and Wifi Tethering is working somewhat but I cant figure out how to flash my rom..I dl'd DamageControl 3.2 but i dont know what to really do now...When i try use ROM Manager I get the error..."an error occurred while attempting to run priviledge commands!" I'm just lost as to what i do now to start using a different rom
Bump.....ANYONE?!
So the following questions would need to be answered:
1) What version of stock were you running before you rooted? (i.e. 1.47, 1.32)
2) What root method did you use?
3) What recovery do you have?
4) If you have wireless tether working than you would need to have installed a custom kernel, which one did you install?
I'm sorry that no one else has tried to assist you in this, however, next time please post this in Q&A as this is for development purposes.
~Jasecloud4
nova0387 said:
I did the root and I have the WiMAX setting and Wifi Tethering is working somewhat but I cant figure out how to flash my rom..I dl'd DamageControl 3.2 but i dont know what to really do now...When i try use ROM Manager I get the error..."an error occurred while attempting to run priviledge commands!" I'm just lost as to what i do now to start using a different rom
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my personal experience sometimes if your using the rom mangager to flash roms it doesnt always wipe it fully so i use amon recovery all the time now
Im honestly not sure which version i was running b4 I just my Evo about 4 days ago...I used the SimpleRoot 1.47 to root my phone...all went fine for rooting...I didnt install any custom kernal...I pretty new at this so bare with me a bit if you could
and thnx for your time for even replying man!
nova0387 said:
Im honestly not sure which version i was running b4 I just my Evo about 4 days ago...I used the SimpleRoot 1.47 to root my phone...all went fine for rooting...I didnt install any custom kernal...I pretty new at this so bare with me a bit if you could
and thnx for your time for even replying man!
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i honestly dont know anything about that simple root i have heard that it does work though i rooted in the beginning with toast's method. anyway what happens when you try and get to recovery mode IE powering the the phone off, then holding the volume down button while powering the phone on?
danon.brown said:
i honestly dont know anything about that simple root i have heard that it does work though i rooted in the beginning with toast's method. anyway what happens when you try and get to recovery mode IE powering the the phone off, then holding the volume down button while powering the phone on?
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Well when i try to go into recover mode it first gives me a black screen that shows a cell phone and a triangle with a exclamation point then i hold the volume up keyand press power and it says "e can't open cache recovery command" n then takes me to a screen where it says
Android system recovery <2e>
use d-pad to highlight; center to select.
reboot system now
apply sdcard:update.zip
wipe data/factory reset
wipe cache partition
nova0387 said:
I did the root and I have the WiMAX setting and Wifi Tethering is working somewhat but I cant figure out how to flash my rom..I dl'd DamageControl 3.2 but i dont know what to really do now...When i try use ROM Manager I get the error..."an error occurred while attempting to run priviledge commands!" I'm just lost as to what i do now to start using a different rom
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Okay during the process of rooting my device, ebo 4g, v1.3x
I ran into the same problem, you have to or I'm sure on this forum just do some research,.....
In RA, dalvik wipe, cache wipe and phone wipe. Then I flashed the rom via sd card, using clockwork custom recovery. If you used Simple root 3 click process you should have clock work.Via step 2.
Rename the Rom to update.zip and place in root sdcard.
Adb reboot recovery
Update.zip from SD card
Finnish do full system wipe and dalvik cache.
Make sure you are nand protected before flashing.
Via step 3
I don't know if this mighhelp just some recent stuff I ran into. Rooted my g1 a WHILE back. Hope these noobietips help lol
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Do this! It's the fastest and easiest way.
Once you get 1.47 and singed sigs then do DC ROM again.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=715915
elitekernel said:
Okay during the process of rooting my device, ebo 4g, v1.3x
I ran into the same problem, you have to or I'm sure on this forum just do some research,.....
In RA, dalvik wipe, cache wipe and phone wipe. Then I flashed the rom via sd card, using clockwork custom recovery. If you used Simple root 3 click process you should have clock work.Via step 2.
Rename the Rom to update.zip and place in root sdcard.
Adb reboot recovery
Update.zip from SD card
Finnish do full system wipe and dalvik cache.
Make sure you are nand protected before flashing.
Via step 3
I don't know if this mighhelp just some recent stuff I ran into. Rooted my g1 a WHILE back. Hope these noobietips help lol
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Ok when i go to SimpleRoot and i click extras it says flash recovery...then i can select from Clockwork or RA...I've tried both and they just say flashed successful but nothing different happens...I'm not really sure what ADB reboot recovery is?
stewie-droid said:
Do this! It's the fastest and easiest way.
Once you get 1.47 and singed sigs then do DC ROM again.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=715915
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I ttried that and it works fine until i get to the part about the su file...it doesnt let me go into recovery mode it shows me the black screen with a cell phone and a triangle with an exclamtion point
nova0387 said:
Ok when i go to SimpleRoot and i click extras it says flash recovery...then i can select from Clockwork or RA...I've tried both and they just say flashed successful but nothing different happens...I'm not really sure what ADB reboot recovery is?
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adb reboot recovery just reboots your phone into recovery mode. once your in that do all the wipes i think its 3 dlvk, data and something else. power off the phone once more then boot to recovery again. now one of the options is flash from zip go there and you should find whatever rom your trying to flash. also you should be putting your zipped rom files in the root directory of your sdcard. on a side not if your on a mac dont download them with safari use firefox or something else
nova0387 said:
Ok when i go to SimpleRoot and i click extras it says flash recovery...then i can select from Clockwork or RA...I've tried both and they just say flashed successful but nothing different happens...I'm not really sure what ADB reboot recovery is?
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also clockwork and ra are 2 different types of recovery you wont notice anything until u actually reboot the phone into recovery mode
Ok i clicked flash rom on the simple root again and this time it brought up a black and green screen and more options...I selected apply zip from sd card and went down and selected the Damagecontrol zip...it said it installed successfully but now when i go to reboot my phone it keeps reloading the sprint 4g screen and wont boot all the way up!?
nova0387 said:
Ok i clicked flash rom on the simple root again and this time it brought up a black and green screen and more options...I selected apply zip from sd card and went down and selected the Damagecontrol zip...it said it installed successfully but now when i go to reboot my phone it keeps reloading the sprint 4g screen and wont boot all the way up!?
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you forgot to wipe something common problem.. reboot to recovery again.. go to the wipes part and do all of them.. reboot one last time to recovery then flash DC it should work then
wipe the first 3 if your on RA 1.7.0.1 data/factory, cache, and dalvik.. then reboot into recovery again and flash
nova0387 said:
Ok i clicked flash rom on the simple root again and this time it brought up a black and green screen and more options...I selected apply zip from sd card and went down and selected the Damagecontrol zip...it said it installed successfully but now when i go to reboot my phone it keeps reloading the sprint 4g screen and wont boot all the way up!?
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nova,
I had the same boot loop issue. My thread for it here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=728955
The issue was that I wasn't totally 100% rooted. By carefully following these directions, I was able to resolve my issue:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=721055
I hope this helps also, I did it using the "PC" method. If you have questions regarding those instructions I'd be happy to share my personal experience.
Ok Ok Ok!!! I think I jsut got it my dood! How do i know tho? It booted up and everything just fine and i have wayy more apps including like Dconfig ad superuser permission...is that kinda how i kno?
nova0387 said:
Ok Ok Ok!!! I think I jsut got it my dood! How do i know tho? It booted up and everything just fine and i have wayy more apps including like Dconfig ad superuser permission...is that kinda how i kno?
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Errr... maybe? Superuser permission, etc. certainly doesn't come with stock. It depends on the ROM you installed. Here's one way to find out...
Go to Settings -> About Phone -> Software Information and check the "Build Number". AFAIK it's impossible to install DamageControl without full root (I tried to myself before fixing my root and going to Fresh 1.0.1) so if that's what you have I'd say you're good.
There may be a better way but that's all I know.
aikeru said:
Errr... maybe? Superuser permission, etc. certainly doesn't come with stock. It depends on the ROM you installed. Here's one way to find out...
Go to Settings -> About Phone -> Software Information and check the "Build Number". AFAIK it's impossible to install DamageControl without full root (I tried to myself before fixing my root and going to Fresh 1.0.1) so if that's what you have I'd say you're good.
There may be a better way but that's all I know.
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Yep my Build Number says DamageControl v3.2.3! Thnx again everyone who tried to help me and def a special thnx to Danon.Brown! Hollllllla
To PM me and please help me with my Defy mess.... PLEASE
I'm assuming you are referring to being stuck in your bootloop now? Once I get home I'll write you an entire guide on how to unfubar it.
runeblade said:
I'm assuming you are referring to being stuck in your bootloop now? Once I get home I'll write you an entire guide on how to unfubar it.
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Lol post it too... I would like to know how to combat bootloop aswell...
The fastest way, assuming that you have an external SD card reader and can put this file on your SD from your computer is the following:
Download This : TMobile Update Thanks to BeachHead for modifying it.
Once downloaded rename it to Update.zip.
Place in root of SDCard.
Hold the volume down button and turn the phone on. Press in the corner to get into the recovery mode. On the options select the update.zip. Let the process begin. The file is modified to not check for things. This will reload all of the firmware as well as the system. After that is done, do a factory reset. Your phone should now boot to 2.2 . If this does not work let me know and I'll do the more involved guide.
runeblade said:
The fastest way, assuming that you have an external SD card reader and can put this file on your SD from your computer is the following:
Download This : TMobile Update Thanks to BeachHead for modifying it.
Once downloaded rename it to Update.zip.
Place in root of SDCard.
Hold the volume down button and turn the phone on. Press in the corner to get into the recovery mode. On the options select the update.zip. Let the process begin. The file is modified to not check for things. This will reload all of the firmware as well as the system. After that is done, do a factory reset. Your phone should now boot to 2.2 . If this does not work let me know and I'll do the more involved guide.
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I get:
"E:failed to verify whole-file signature
E:signature verification failed
Installation aborted."
Argh - HELP
I flashed the SBF 2.2 BOOT and it booted to the T-Mo screen which is where it is currently stuck. I'll give it a few minutes.
I got where you are at now. Download this SBF and flash it. http://www.multiupload.com/ZZ4TU8W7UQ
Its is the earlier leaked TMobile build. Once you have flashed this root your phone and install clockwork. Let me know when all of that is done. I should be done with dinner by then and can help the rest of the way. You will need the zip file I posted earlier as well as the 2.2 nandroid backup. Leave the Update.zip in the root of your sdcard, and put the nandroid backup in the apkrev folder on the sdcard. Once those are in place, boot into clockworkmod. Wipe system and cache. Then do a restore of the 2.2 Nandroid. Do not reboot yet. Now apply the update.zip. Do not reboot yet. Now do another system wipe. Now reboot the phone. You should be all set to go.
Dude it was actually fine. It loaded up and worked perfectly, I have FroYo and you are the man! Now I have a camera problem.
runeblade said:
I got where you are at now. Download this SBF and flash it. http://www.multiupload.com/ZZ4TU8W7UQ
Its is the earlier leaked TMobile build. Once you have flashed this root your phone and install clockwork. Let me know when all of that is done. I should be done with dinner by then and can help the rest of the way. You will need the zip file I posted earlier as well as the 2.2 nandroid backup. Leave the Update.zip in the root of your sdcard, and put the nandroid backup in the apkrev folder on the sdcard. Once those are in place, boot into clockworkmod. Wipe system and cache. Then do a restore of the 2.2 Nandroid. Do not reboot yet. Now apply the update.zip. Do not reboot yet. Now do another system wipe. Now reboot the phone. You should be all set to go.
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I would try a reset to fix it. Many have had camera issues and that seems to be the fix.
Nothing.... What were the camera issues others had? I just get black, no matter what.
hah2110 said:
Dude it was actually fine. It loaded up and worked perfectly, I have FroYo and you are the man! Now I have a camera problem.
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Woooah hold up you got it to load up by flashing what?? You said it was the 2.2 boot sbf? the one I told you to flash earlier?
ketonkss4 said:
Woooah hold up you got it to load up by flashing what?? You said it was the 2.2 boot sbf? the one I told you to flash earlier?
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YES!!!!!!!!!!
You have to boot the right firmware. I realized that last night. You need to get that update.zip file to run and bring the proper firmware inline with the system image. I was screwing around last night playing with the different combos, and discovered that it wasn't mapping resources right. I lost use of my SD card.
hah2110 said:
YES!!!!!!!!!!
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Awesome! I think im gonna go ahead and take credit for this one guys lol
And no you dont have to pay me your happy exclamation marks are pay enough!
^^
LOL!
Nice one ketonkss4!
ketonkss4 said:
Awesome! I think im gonna go ahead and take credit for this one guys lol
And no you dont have to pay me your happy exclamation marks are pay enough!
^^
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Now someone fix my camera
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Did you see my post about firmwares......the 2.2SBF is slightly older than the new rom. I suspect mappings have changed...update and see if that fixes it.
runeblade said:
Did you see my post about firmwares......the 2.2SBF is slightly older than the new rom. I suspect mappings have changed...update and see if that fixes it.
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Ahhh yes that sounds like a legit fix... So he should just go into stock recovery and do the update.zip? well beach-head's update.zip
Yup. See earlier post. LOL
That update.zip from Beach never worked for me and still doesn't.... I don't understand. I still get verification failed.
Last night I soft bricked my phone. At least from what i have read it is a soft brick. The phone will power up to the Samsung Galaxy s3 screen. I can also get into download mode and cwm. I am hoping this means that phone has been soft bricked.
As far as why my phone did this...I booted into cwm and i did a restore through the menu options. I'm not sure if i hit the wrong one, or what exactly happened at this point. Whatever it was loaded and i was unable to get past the gs3 screen.
I tried loading a .Tar file from a tutorial provided by "Theexcel". The tutorial was to flash the new tar onto the phone through Odin. However, in the tutorial, it says to make sure that the flash counter is set back at zero. How can i do this when my phone won't power on. I am not aware of how to reset the counter without getting an app from Playstore.
As you can see, I am new to the forum. I posted here because this seems to be a similar topic.I have ready many other instances of bricked phone. none of them seemed to match my exact scenerio. Please let me know if you have any ideas. I tried to address what i think my be wrong with the phone and some of the steps I have done to try and repair it already. I will gladly provide answers to more specific questions.
Just to clarify Tmobile Galaxy S3 (SGH-T999)
Flash counter not relevant in your case.
Factory reset through recovery should fix your issue.
Aerowinder said:
Flash counter not relevant in your case.
Factory reset through recovery should fix your issue.
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I may have done this wrong. I think I have tried this though. home+volume up+power, this brings me to my cwm recovery. I did the full wipe and factory reset. after this it still didn't allow me past the gs3 screen. Should i somehow be using android recovery? if so, how do i get that to work again? Thanks
Weird. Try Odining a stock rom.
Aerowinder said:
Weird. Try Odining a stock rom.
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Thanks Aero! I have tried this already as well. the file i used was T999UVALH2_T999TMBALH2_T999UVALH2_HOME.tar.md5 . I believe this is the stock 4.1.1. Also, I have just heard of md5 checked. I am not sure how to use that solely on my computer. I found a tutorial for doing it on the phone. As you know...not an option right now. I am keeping my hopes up that I don't need to send my phone off for Jtag. Like i said, i can still access cwm and download screen.
I have searched around the forum quite a bit. Do you know of any good instructions to walk me through flashing the stock rom that also includes links to the rom and gapp?
Hold on....you can get into recovery? Once in recovery you just do a factory reset? Do you have a micro SD card? Do you have a micro SD card adapter so that you can connect it to a computer?
Sent from my SGH-T999 using xda premium
Sounds like a boot loop, not a brick. Boot to recovery and wipe data then try to restart the phone.
Sent from my SGH-T999 using xda premium
707BeastMode707 said:
Hold on....you can get into recovery? Once in recovery you just do a factory reset? Do you have a micro SD card? Do you have a micro SD card adapter so that you can connect it to a computer?
Sent from my SGH-T999 using xda premium
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I do have a card reader. Not exaclty sure where it is right now....what should I do once i have located it?
I have done the factory reset through recovery. Just to make sure i'm not misunderstanding this would be cwm? (sorry, i am still a noob!) haha
nickcross88 said:
I do have a card reader. Not exaclty sure where it is right now....what should I do once i have located it?
I have done the factory reset through recovery. Just to make sure i'm not misunderstanding this would be cwm? (sorry, i am still a noob!) haha
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Don't worry about being a noob. Everyone on this forum is or has been a noob. You'll learn though.
Just follow these steps:
1.) Download this ROM on your computer (the latest from T-Mobile, stock rooted):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2126679
2.) On your SD card create a designated folder for ROMs (just to make it easier to find the ROM when it comes time to flash it), then find the ROM you have just downloaded and put it in the folder you have created on the SD card
3.) Power on the phone, Boot into recovery which is also known as CWM by (volume up, home button and power button)
4.) Once in recovery do the following:
-wipe cache
-wipe dalvik cache
-wipe date/factory reset
-install zip from external SD card
-navigate to the folder where you placed the ROM in step 2 and select it and and select yes to flash it.
-when finished flashing go back to the main menu and select reboot device
(Device may take a few minutes to fully boot so let the phone sit and do its thing)
5.) When phone is booted up, go through the setup process with your email and what not.
6.) AFTER GOING THROUGH THE SETUP PROCESS, REBOOT DEVICE BACK INTO RECOVERY (CWM) AND SELECT RESTORE/BACKUP, THEN SELECT BACKUP, WHEN FINISHED REBOOT THE DEVICE
7.) AFTER YOU HAVE REBOOTED YOUR DEVICE GO TO THE PLAY STORE AND DOWNLOAD THIS APP:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...tore/apps/details?id=com.j.y.daddy.customizer
8.) ONCE DOWNLOADED, OPEN THE APP (should ask for root permissions, hit accept) SELECT TOOLS, SELECT IMEI(S) BACKUP/RESTORE AND SELECT BACKUP.
You are now good to go, you may now flash and experiment with other ROMs. Stay away from the international s3 forum, just flash things that are meant for your S3 model, if you are not sure just ask the dev.
Sorry for the caps lock but steps 6, 7 and 8 will prevent you from major headaches. Especially 7 and 8. If you flash a ROM and your stuck on 2g/edge and your imei is zero, just download that app and open it and restore your imei. Step 6 is helpful just in case if you download a ROM and you run into your current problem you can just restore your backup and your phone will be fine.
Sent from my SGH-T999 using xda premium
If you have Odined a stock rom, how is it that you still have CWM? Did it fail? If you were able to successfully Odin a stock rom, then doing a factory reset should fix your problem.
UVALH2 is 4.0.4. http://www.sammobile.com/firmwares/1/?model=SGH-T999&pcode=TMB#firmware
Try using mrRobinson's root66 of UVDLJC. root66 is identical to the official firmware .tar file in every way except that root has been injected into the system image.
707BeastMode707 said:
Don't worry about being a noob. Everyone on this forum is or has been a noob. You'll learn though.
Just follow these steps:
1.) Download this ROM on your computer (the latest from T-Mobile, stock rooted):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2126679
2.) On your SD card create a designated folder for ROMs (just to make it easier to find the ROM when it comes time to flash it), then find the ROM you have just downloaded and put it in the folder you have created on the SD card
3.) Power on the phone, Boot into recovery which is also known as CWM by (volume up, home button and power button)
4.) Once in recovery do the following:
-wipe cache
-wipe dalvik cache
-wipe date/factory reset
-install zip from external SD card
-navigate to the folder where you placed the ROM in step 2 and select it and and select yes to flash it.
-when finished flashing go back to the main menu and select reboot device
(Device may take a few minutes to fully boot so let the phone sit and do its thing)
5.) When phone is booted up, go through the setup process with your email and what not.
6.) AFTER GOING THROUGH THE SETUP PROCESS, REBOOT DEVICE BACK INTO RECOVERY (CWM) AND SELECT RESTORE/BACKUP, THEN SELECT BACKUP, WHEN FINISHED REBOOT THE DEVICE
7.) AFTER YOU HAVE REBOOTED YOUR DEVICE GO TO THE PLAY STORE AND DOWNLOAD THIS APP:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...tore/apps/details?id=com.j.y.daddy.customizer
8.) ONCE DOWNLOADED, OPEN THE APP (should ask for root permissions, hit accept) SELECT TOOLS, SELECT IMEI(S) BACKUP/RESTORE AND SELECT BACKUP.
You are now good to go, you may now flash and experiment with other ROMs. Stay away from the international s3 forum, just flash things that are meant for your S3 model, if you are not sure just ask the dev.
Sorry for the caps lock but steps 6, 7 and 8 will prevent you from major headaches. Especially 7 and 8. If you flash a ROM and your stuck on 2g/edge and your imei is zero, just download that app and open it and restore your imei. Step 6 is helpful just in case if you download a ROM and you run into your current problem you can just restore your backup and your phone will be fine.
Sent from my SGH-T999 using xda premium
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Finally got home. Ready to try this. My freaking phone is dead. I have plugged it in...It doesn't seem to be recharging while my phone is turned off? Do you have any ideas for what i should do here?
re: charging issue
nickcross88 said:
Finally got home. Ready to try this. My freaking phone is dead. I have plugged it in...It doesn't seem to be recharging while my phone is turned off? Do you have any ideas for what i should do here?
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First thing I would do is to remove the battery and put it into the freezer for a couple hours,
then put the battery back in the phone to charge. (wipe the moisture off the battery first).
I know this sounds like a weird thing to do, but it's an old school trick which works most the time.
Once the phone starts to charge leave it alone until it has a full charge, don't play with it til then.
nickcross88 said:
Finally got home. Ready to try this. My freaking phone is dead. I have plugged it in...It doesn't seem to be recharging while my phone is turned off? Do you have any ideas for what i should do here?
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Wait before you follow my post.....when you boot into recovery, what color is the background and what is the color of the text?
|When Emotion Goes up, Logic Goes Down|
707BeastMode707 said:
Wait before you follow my post.....when you boot into recovery, what color is the background and what is the color of the text?
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recovery mode is 5.5.0.4 CWM Black background with blue text. also has the top hat logo in the middle of the screen.
nickcross88 said:
recovery mode is 5.5.0.4 CWM Black background with blue text. also has the top hat logo in the middle of the screen.
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Ok, i have loaded the provided .zip file to my sd card. however, it isn't showing up on my sd card when in recovery. It shows other files, but it won't show the new zip file or the new rom.
I see there is a setting under mount that says "mount external SD card" could this be the reason?
No. External SD mounting is broken on 5.5.0.4. Update it.
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No. External SD mounting is broken on 5.5.0.4. Update it.
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I have fixed it. I was able to odin a stock .tar file on it 20 minutes ago. The only thing i am wondering about its that system info says i'm running 4.0.4. I am running the system update for it.
Thanks to everyone that helped me with my mistake. You guys are awesome!
Thank you sooo much!
707BeastMode707 said:
Don't worry about being a noob. Everyone on this forum is or has been a noob. You'll learn though.
Just follow these steps:
1.) Download this ROM on your computer (the latest from T-Mobile, stock rooted):
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2126679
2.) On your SD card create a designated folder for ROMs (just to make it easier to find the ROM when it comes time to flash it), then find the ROM you have just downloaded and put it in the folder you have created on the SD card
3.) Power on the phone, Boot into recovery which is also known as CWM by (volume up, home button and power button)
4.) Once in recovery do the following:
-wipe cache
-wipe dalvik cache
-wipe date/factory reset
-install zip from external SD card
-navigate to the folder where you placed the ROM in step 2 and select it and and select yes to flash it.
-when finished flashing go back to the main menu and select reboot device
(Device may take a few minutes to fully boot so let the phone sit and do its thing)
5.) When phone is booted up, go through the setup process with your email and what not.
6.) AFTER GOING THROUGH THE SETUP PROCESS, REBOOT DEVICE BACK INTO RECOVERY (CWM) AND SELECT RESTORE/BACKUP, THEN SELECT BACKUP, WHEN FINISHED REBOOT THE DEVICE
7.) AFTER YOU HAVE REBOOTED YOUR DEVICE GO TO THE PLAY STORE AND DOWNLOAD THIS APP:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/...tore/apps/details?id=com.j.y.daddy.customizer
8.) ONCE DOWNLOADED, OPEN THE APP (should ask for root permissions, hit accept) SELECT TOOLS, SELECT IMEI(S) BACKUP/RESTORE AND SELECT BACKUP.
You are now good to go, you may now flash and experiment with other ROMs. Stay away from the international s3 forum, just flash things that are meant for your S3 model, if you are not sure just ask the dev.
Sorry for the caps lock but steps 6, 7 and 8 will prevent you from major headaches. Especially 7 and 8. If you flash a ROM and your stuck on 2g/edge and your imei is zero, just download that app and open it and restore your imei. Step 6 is helpful just in case if you download a ROM and you run into your current problem you can just restore your backup and your phone will be fine.
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Thank you so much! this happened to me this morning, I've been looking for answers for 2 hours! I came upon yours and this helped me! I just wanna thank you so much, I thought I bricked my phone, and had to buy a new one. Thanks to you, I won't have too, just wanted to say this one more time, thank you! c:
Aerowinder said:
No. External SD mounting is broken on 5.5.0.4. Update it.
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Could this be part of the reason i was unable to flash cm 10.1 onto the phone in the first place? Should i update to the touch version?
nickcross88 said:
Could this be part of the reason i was unable to flash cm 10.1 onto the phone in the first place? Should i update to the touch version?
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What you have to do is go to the play store and download ROM manger, open ROM manager and install the updated version of cwm, then you shouldn't run into any more problem when flashing ROMs, just make sure the recovery is always up to date.
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Hey guys, so I'm deciding to try to put CM 10.1 stable onto my AT&T galaxy s3 obviously. I'm rooted and the superuser file is on my phone sd. Am I suppose to put CM 10.1 and the gapps onto the phone SD as well or am I suppose to put all of them onto my ex.SD card (p.s. It's only a 2gb :/ )? Also, should I try using goomanager or ROM manager or should I just put the files onto my SD and go into recovery and do it that way then? Sorry for the noob questions again, I'm just really knew to all of this stuff
alextric96 said:
Hey guys, so I'm deciding to try to put CM 10.1 stable onto my AT&T galaxy s3 obviously. I'm rooted and the superuser file is on my phone sd. Am I suppose to put CM 10.1 and the gapps onto the phone SD as well or am I suppose to put all of them onto my ex.SD card (p.s. It's only a 2gb :/ )? Also, should I try using goomanager or ROM manager or should I just put the files onto my SD and go into recovery and do it that way then? Sorry for the noob questions again, I'm just really knew to all of this stuff
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It's always good to put them on your external SD that way if you wipe your internal by accident you'll still have your ROM and hopefully your backup to gall back on.
If you don't have clockwork mod recovery or twrp installed yet you'll need to take care of that first. Decide which recovery you want, download the appropriate program (goo manager for twrp or ROM manager for cwm)
It'll install your recovery.
Reboot into recovery and you'll want to back up your current setup in case you make a mistake. Than you'll wipe than flash your ROM and gapps and reboot and you're done.
This guide should help you with anything you need.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2179330
Let me know if you need any clarification.
Sent from my SGH-I747 using xda app-developers app
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It's always good to put them on your external SD that way if you wipe your internal by accident you'll still have your ROM and hopefully your backup to gall back on.
If you don't have clockwork mod recovery or twrp installed yet you'll need to take care of that first. Decide which recovery you want, download the appropriate program (goo manager for twrp or ROM manager for cwm)
It'll install your recovery.
Reboot into recovery and you'll want to back up your current setup in case you make a mistake. Than you'll wipe than flash your ROM and gapps and reboot and you're done.
This guide should help you with anything you need.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2179330
Let me know if you need any clarification.
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Thanks a whole lot! I appreciate it! Just a few more questions.
*Here's a real nooby one, how do I know if I have CWM or TWRP installed? I can get into recovery mode and it shows that Rom manager symbol up at the top.
*Should I move the SuperUser.zip file from my internal SD to my external sd and would I have to re-root if I did that?
*Hopefully the last question I have , and should my 2gb ex. SD card be big enough for all of the files and the back ups?
alextric96 said:
Thanks a whole lot! I appreciate it! Just a few more questions.
*Here's a real nooby one, how do I know if I have CWM or TWRP installed? I can get into recovery mode and it shows that Rom manager symbol up at the top.
*Should I move the SuperUser.zip file from my internal SD to my external sd and would I have to re-root if I did that?
*Hopefully the last question I have , and should my 2gb ex. SD card be big enough for all of the files and the back ups?
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Ok so let's answer the last question first. 2gb is fairly small for anything other than 1 backup (depending on what you are backing up) and a ROM and Gapps. I have a 2gb sd that I keep my stock backup and a couple recovery files on for an emergency and a 32gb in my phone for everyday use.
I'm a little concerned about the SuperUser.zip you have floating around, have you installed it yet?
How did you root? I'm curious to see what steps you take. Because once you root, you than flash custom recovery and install SuperUser.zip IN your recovery. So either you already have recovery installed or you aren't 100% rooted yet.
Once SuperUser.zip is installed you can delete the zip, if you want to. It's merely an install file.
Go to your apps, do you see an app labelled SuperUser or SuperSU?
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alextric96 said:
Thanks a whole lot! I appreciate it! Just a few more questions.
*Here's a real nooby one, how do I know if I have CWM or TWRP installed? I can get into recovery mode and it shows that Rom manager symbol up at the top.
*Should I move the SuperUser.zip file from my internal SD to my external sd and would I have to re-root if I did that?
*Hopefully the last question I have , and should my 2gb ex. SD card be big enough for all of the files and the back ups?
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Ok I re read that again and noticed you mentioned that you got into recovery and you can see the logo for Clockwork Mod.
That's great. If you haven't already installed SuperUser.zip you'll want to do that. Also download ROM Manager if you haven't and make sure your recovery is up to date. The latest CWM is 6.0.3.1 you'll see the build number while you're in recovery.
Once that is all done, in recovery you'll want to make a backup.
After that you'll need to preform a full wipe and than you can flash the ROM and Gapps.
KorGuy123 said:
Ok so let's answer the last question first. 2gb is fairly small for anything other than 1 backup (depending on what you are backing up) and a ROM and Gapps. I have a 2gb sd that I keep my stock backup and a couple recovery files on for an emergency and a 32gb in my phone for everyday use.
I'm a little concerned about the SuperUser.zip you have floating around, have you installed it yet?
How did you root? I'm curious to see what steps you take. Because once you root, you than flash custom recovery and install SuperUser.zip IN your recovery. So either you already have recovery installed or you aren't 100% rooted yet.
Once SuperUser.zip is installed you can delete the zip, if you want to. It's merely an install file.
Go to your apps, do you see an app labelled SuperUser or SuperSU?
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Yeah I have SuperSU installed and it grants me root access for like titanium back up and triangle away and that stuff.
Here's the steps that I used to root:
*Plugged my phone into my computer and copied the SuperSU.zip onto my internal SD
*Unplugged my phone and turned it off and booted it into download mode.
*Then I pressed Vol. Up to continue and then I plugged my phone back in and opened odin.
*I clicked the PDA button and chose the .tar file that I downloaded. (The whole thing that I downloaded was called RecoveryGalaxyS3USCanada)
*I then clicked start and waited till it said passed.
*It passed and then I took out my battery so it would be off and then put it into recovery mode I think. (Vol. up + home + power)
*Then it booted into a menu and I clicked install from SD card and then install zip from internal SD card and then I chose the SuperSU.zip and clicked yes and then it loaded and all that and then I chose to reboot it. It rebooted and then I had the SuperSU app and then I downloaded Titanium backup to make sure I was fully rooted and it loaded and backed it up.
That is all the steps that I did to root my s3. It was a video that I found on galaxys3root.com
*Here is the link to the site and video that I followed:
http://galaxys3root.com/galaxy-s3-r...gh-t999sgh-i747sph-l710-fail-proofnoob-proof/
alextric96 said:
Yeah I have SuperSU installed and it grants me root access for like titanium back up and triangle away and that stuff.
Here's the steps that I used to root:
*Plugged my phone into my computer and copied the SuperSU.zip onto my internal SD
*Unplugged my phone and turned it off and booted it into download mode.
*Then I pressed Vol. Up to continue and then I plugged my phone back in and opened odin.
*I clicked the PDA button and chose the .tar file that I downloaded. (The whole thing that I downloaded was called RecoveryGalaxyS3USCanada)
*I then clicked start and waited till it said passed.
*It passed and then I took out my battery so it would be off and then put it into recovery mode I think. (Vol. up + home + power)
*Then it booted into a menu and I clicked install from SD card and then install zip from internal SD card and then I chose the SuperSU.zip and clicked yes and then it loaded and all that and then I chose to reboot it. It rebooted and then I had the SuperSU app and then I downloaded Titanium backup to make sure I was fully rooted and it loaded and backed it up.
That is all the steps that I did to root my s3. It was a video that I found on galaxys3root.com
*Here is the link to the site and video that I followed:
http://galaxys3root.com/galaxy-s3-r...gh-t999sgh-i747sph-l710-fail-proofnoob-proof/
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Are you on AT&T or a Canadian carrier?
KorGuy123 said:
Are you on AT&T or a Canadian carrier?
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I'm on AT&T but it worked for AT&T and I think most of the Canadian carriers as well.?
alextric96 said:
I'm on AT&T but it worked for AT&T and I think most of the Canadian carriers as well.?
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No I was wondering because if you were on a Canadian carrier we would have extra steps.
Download ROM manager and make sure that your recovery is up to date it should be 6.0.3.1
Once its up to date you're ready to backup and flash.
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KorGuy123 said:
No I was wondering because if you were on a Canadian carrier we would have extra steps.
Download ROM manager and make sure that your recovery is up to date it should be 6.0.3.1
Once its up to date you're ready to backup and flash.
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Oh, alright thanks a whole bunch man! I really appreciate it! Just wondering, would you recommend this sd card:
http://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-Micro...SDQU-032G-AFFP-A/dp/B009QZH7BU/ref=pd_cp_pc_0
or this one:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B008NCA6RO
And one last thing really haha
I tried to use Rom manager a few days ago and I downloaded cm 10.1 rc5 and the gapps for it and I followed all of the steps from a video I think I found on here somewhere and it was working and all that and then it rebooted and it had the cyanogenmod logo thing loading and then about 1.5-2 minutes later, it said something like, "Setup Wizard has stopped working" and something else like "apps.google" has stopped working. I rebooted my phone after that and it was the same thing again. Have any idea why that happened?
alextric96 said:
Oh, alright thanks a whole bunch man! I really appreciate it! Just wondering, would you recommend this sd card:
http://www.amazon.com/SanDisk-Micro...SDQU-032G-AFFP-A/dp/B009QZH7BU/ref=pd_cp_pc_0
or this one:
http://www.amazon.com/dp/B008NCA6RO
And one last thing really haha
I tried to use Rom manager a few days ago and I downloaded cm 10.1 rc5 and the gapps for it and I followed all of the steps from a video I think I found on here somewhere and it was working and all that and then it rebooted and it had the cyanogenmod logo thing loading and then about 1.5-2 minutes later, it said something like, "Setup Wizard has stopped working" and something else like "apps.google" has stopped working. I rebooted my phone after that and it was the same thing again. Have any idea why that happened?
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Either one looks fine.
Did you flash the ROM with ROM manager?
That and goo manager are no good for flashing anything other than recoveries.
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KorGuy123 said:
Either one looks fine.
Did you flash the ROM with ROM manager?
That and goo manager are no good for flashing anything other than recoveries.
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Yeah I did flash the ROM and gapps with ROM manager. Then what am I suppose to use ROM manager for then?
alextric96 said:
Yeah I did flash the ROM and gapps with ROM manager. Then what am I suppose to use ROM manager for then?
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Rom manager causes a LOT of issues when flashing with it. Same with Goo Manager. Some people have had their devices bricked because of thos programs. They are good for just updating your recovery.
Making a nandroid will allow you to try out new ROMs while still keeping a safe backup in the event you experience issues during or after the OS installation. Be sure your device is fully charged before proceeding onto the backup and flashing procedures.
These are the steps you need to backup/wipe/flash manually.
It will become second nature to you quite quickly.
This is from xBeerdroidx's guide I sent you.
Backup all your pictures and music to your computer before doing any of this so you don't lose it.
1. Power off your device.
2. Press and hold Volume Up + Home + Power buttons at the same time.
3. Release the power button when the device vibrates and you see the blue script in the top left corner
4. You are now in custom recovery.
5. In CWM go to Backup and Restore and select Backup.
6. After backup is finished, select reboot system now or stay in recovery to continue with this guide.
*NOTE: Be sure to save a copy of this backup to your computer and/or micro sd card. Having a recent backup saved to your computer and micro SD card can be useful if something happens to your phones internal memory.
1. If you are not already in recovery, boot in now (Vol Up + Home + Power. Release the power button at vibrate and when you see the blue script in the top left corner).
In CWM:
2. Select Wipe data/factory reset
3. Select Wipe Cache
4. Select Advanced and Wipe Dalvik Cache
5. Select Mounts and Storage and format /system
6. If you are transitioning from 4.1 to 4.2 or 4.2 to 4.1, you must also format /data. You will lose all personal data so back it up first.
7. From the main recovery screen:
>>CWM - Choose the "install .zip from SD Card" or "install .zip from external SD card" option (depending on where you placed the files) then navigate to the ROM file, select it and confirm.
8. If you need to flash gapps, repeat step 5 and select the gapps package.
9. Reboot system. It will take several minutes to load so be patient and don't worry. Once the phone is booted, let it sit for 5 minutes, reboot and enjoy!