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Hi All, admitted newbie here. Sorry if this is misplaced, but I've searched and can't find the answer.
I've rooted my evo, dowloaded the all in one sprint lovers rom and installed it using rom manager. however, after install, i can find no signs of it being SL - no wifi tether app, no % battery indicator, no power control from pull-down window. from all outward appearances it is vanilla sense/froyo.
how do i verify exactly what installed? do i have to somehow seperately install/enable the SL features mentioned above?
help is appreciated..... thanks.
To check what you have just go to settings then at the bottom about phone, then software and look around it should say what rom you have
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you don't flash it from rom manager.
name it to pc36img.zip EXACLTY and make sure it is on the root of the sdcard. save anything worth saving. then power off phone. then hold volume down and power, and you should see a white screen w/ skating droids. it'll ask if you want to updat.e hit folume up for yes. once it is done, it'll ask you if you want to reboot. also hit volume up for yes.
i'd reccomend you also try some roms like myns, mik's, koni's, and maybe some aosp cm7 action as well.
welcome to the root world.
any other quesitons, don't be afraid to ask.
peakay said:
Hi All, admitted newbie here. Sorry if this is misplaced, but I've searched and can't find the answer.
I've rooted my evo, dowloaded the all in one sprint lovers rom and installed it using rom manager. however, after install, i can find no signs of it being SL - no wifi tether app, no % battery indicator, no power control from pull-down window. from all outward appearances it is vanilla sense/froyo.
how do i verify exactly what installed? do i have to somehow seperately install/enable the SL features mentioned above?
help is appreciated..... thanks.
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Download Amon 2.3 for recovery you can also use this later to flash things and backups. Now place the sprint lovers rom in the root of sd card turn phone off.
Hold volume button down and hit the power button while holding down to get into bootloader it will then boot the pc36img.
Then when you get that all done remove it from your sd card and copy amon 2.3 pc36img over do the same thing. Then remove it from the sd card and bingo your set man. Easy as pie. Any more directions PM me.
First of all, thanks to those who have posted already - very much appreciated.
I think i found the problem (but not the solution yet) and it is very weird. After having problems getting sprint lovers loaded, I went ahead and tried cm7 using the version downloaded from rom manager. It installed and I've been using it a couple days. very nice.
However, I still wanted sprint lovers so I tried it again today. Downloaded the all in one fresh again to my mac so i was sure of the right file, moved it to my sd card root, verified it is there in finder, then did an install from sdcard using rom manager. it goes through the whole process and what do I get? CM7 again?!?
So... I think what was happening was that installing from sdcard in rom manager is resulting in the already existing rom being reinstalled. weird.
Further to this problem, if I manually boot into recovery and try to install from sdcard, I am able to see all the usual folders, etc. on the sdcard, but not the zip rom file. I can see the rom file when the phone is mounted to my mac and I can also see it when I use a file manager on the phone. However, in recovery, no dice. This is why I initially used rom manager to install as I wasn't seeing rom files when browsing in recovery.
Does anyone have a solution? I am totally confused as to why this is happening and its caused hours of confusion already. Is it a Mac file thing?? I kept installing Sprint Lovers and finding that there were no new features (about 3 times), which is why I originally made this posting.
Thanks in advance!
peakay said:
First of all, thanks to those who have posted already - very much appreciated.
I think i found the problem (but not the solution yet) and it is very weird. After having problems getting sprint lovers loaded, I went ahead and tried cm7 using the version downloaded from rom manager. It installed and I've been using it a couple days. very nice.
However, I still wanted sprint lovers so I tried it again today. Downloaded the all in one fresh again to my mac so i was sure of the right file, moved it to my sd card root, verified it is there in finder, then did an install from sdcard using rom manager. it goes through the whole process and what do I get? CM7 again?!?
So... I think what was happening was that installing from sdcard in rom manager is resulting in the already existing rom being reinstalled. weird.
Further to this problem, if I manually boot into recovery and try to install from sdcard, I am able to see all the usual folders, etc. on the sdcard, but not the zip rom file. I can see the rom file when the phone is mounted to my mac and I can also see it when I use a file manager on the phone. However, in recovery, no dice. This is why I initially used rom manager to install as I wasn't seeing rom files when browsing in recovery.
Does anyone have a solution? I am totally confused as to why this is happening and its caused hours of confusion already. Is it a Mac file thing?? I kept installing Sprint Lovers and finding that there were no new features (about 3 times), which is why I originally made this posting.
Thanks in advance!
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YOU CAN NOT USE ROM MANAGER TO INSTALL THE ALL IN ONE VERSION OF SPRINT LOVERS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
The all in one version of sprint lovers must be installed from the boot loader not recovery. You copy sprint lovers PC36IMG.zip to the root of the sd card and enter the boot loader, then follow the instructions on the screen when it asks if you want to update.
If you insist on using ROM manager then you have to install the stand alone version of Sprint Lovers. This will require you to also install the updated radios unless you have already updated the radios.
PC36IMG.zip use bootloader, any other .zip is installed using recovery and rom manager uses recovery.
peakay said:
First of all, thanks to those who have posted already - very much appreciated.
I think i found the problem (but not the solution yet) and it is very weird. After having problems getting sprint lovers loaded, I went ahead and tried cm7 using the version downloaded from rom manager. It installed and I've been using it a couple days. very nice.
However, I still wanted sprint lovers so I tried it again today. Downloaded the all in one fresh again to my mac so i was sure of the right file, moved it to my sd card root, verified it is there in finder, then did an install from sdcard using rom manager. it goes through the whole process and what do I get? CM7 again?!?
So... I think what was happening was that installing from sdcard in rom manager is resulting in the already existing rom being reinstalled. weird.
Further to this problem, if I manually boot into recovery and try to install from sdcard, I am able to see all the usual folders, etc. on the sdcard, but not the zip rom file. I can see the rom file when the phone is mounted to my mac and I can also see it when I use a file manager on the phone. However, in recovery, no dice. This is why I initially used rom manager to install as I wasn't seeing rom files when browsing in recovery.
Does anyone have a solution? I am totally confused as to why this is happening and its caused hours of confusion already. Is it a Mac file thing?? I kept installing Sprint Lovers and finding that there were no new features (about 3 times), which is why I originally made this posting.
Thanks in advance!
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dude wtf.
srry but i told you how in my first post ^^^^^
sprintlovers is a ruu style flash, which is mostly unused. rom manager uses update.zips.
if you're going to ask a question, plz dont ignore a perfectly good answer.
i get where you might have gotten confused, because the rest of the people told you how to flash an update.zip rom, which won't work with sprintlovers. but you didn't even try mine, even though i gave you perfectly good instructions.
if you need help, dont be afraid to ask.
but don't ignore the answer.
dkdude36 said:
if you need help, dont be afraid to ask.
but don't ignore the answer.
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Sorry dk, no disrespect, I just didn't understand what you were telling me exactly. Please keep in mind there are a lot of moving parts to this with the roms, kernals, radio updates, etc. and whats obvious to you may not be to someone who just started. I actually did follow your directions yesterday once it sank in and Cruise replied to make it crystal clear and all is well now. SL is installed and working perfectly.
I left thanks to you both...thank you!
One question: Is there a rom like sprint lovers, but is stripped down and crap free? I don't like having to go back and delete everything and not know what i might step on that affects the phone later. I really liked cm7 a lot for the couple days I used it, but with gps being flaky (i know it is fixable) and some random lags and weirdness I got on certain apps, I am not sure if it is solid enough. I use this phone daily as my main business phone for all incoming and outgoing calls, so it has to be solid.
Thanks again.
I suggest that you download and install the Titanium Backup app. Whatever rom you decide to flash, you can use the aforementioned app to "freeze" an app you don't want. If you later find that you do want it or need it, you can always "defrost" it with Titanium Backup. As for what is safe to remove, see the following list:
browser.apk (if you use a different browser)
mail.apk (if you use gmail)
amazonmp3.apk
appsharing.apk
calculator.apk
FMRadioWidget.apk
NewsReaderWidget.apk
StockWidget.apk
TwitterWidget.apk
DCSStock.apk
Flashlight.apk
Flickr.apk
Geniewidget.apk
GoogleQuickSearchBox.apk
htcbookmarkwidget.apk
HtcCalculatorWidget.apk
HtcCarPanel.apk
HtcFootprints.apk
HtcFootprintsWidget.apk
htcmailwidgets.apk
HTCMobileGuide.apk
htcsmswidgets.apk
HtcPhotoWidget.apk
HtcProfilesWidget.apk
HtcRingtoneTrimmer.apk
HtcRingtoneWidget.apk
HTCSetupWizard.apk
HtcSoundRecorder.apk
HtcStreamPlayer.apk
HtcTwitter.apk
HTMLViewer.apk
IQRD.apk
MagicSmokeWallpapers.apk
Mail.apk
Maps.apk (reinstall from market)
Mode10Wallpapers.apk NewsReader.apk
PicoTts.apk (needed for navigation)
QuickLookup.apk
Quickoffice.apk
Rss.apk
SocialNetworkProvider.apk
Sprint_NASCAR.apk
Sprint_Navigation.apk
Sprint_NFL.apk
Sprint_Promotion.apk
Sprint_Qik.apk
Sprint_TV.apk
Sprint_VVM.apk (if you use google voice)
SprintTVWidget.apk
Stock.apk
Street.apk
teeter.apk
TelephonyProvider.apk
TtsService.apk
VisualizationWallpapers.apk
VoiceDialer.apk
VoiceSearch.apk
WidgetDownloadManager.apk
WifiRouter.apk
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Thanks Doug - very helpful.
However, am still interested if there is a clean, crap-free rom where you do not have to go through and delete so many items. Anyone know of one?
That will depend on your definition of "crap-free". If crap free means the removal of all Sprint apps then yes, most custom sense roms have them removed and stored in a special folder on your SD card in case you decide to install one or more of them later. Some people see the Sense overlay as crap. If you do, too, then there are numerous AOSP roms available. Salvage-Mod and CyanogenMod are just two of the more popular ones. There is even a sense-removal script floating around. Keep in mind, however, that the devs initially create their roms to suit their own tastes. They then alter their work to satisfy fans of their work as best as they can. Furthermore, what you consider crap may be a necessity to the next person. Know what I mean? Anyway, I hope I was helpful. Take care and enjoy the rest of your day....
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peakay said:
Sorry dk, no disrespect, I just didn't understand what you were telling me exactly. Please keep in mind there are a lot of moving parts to this with the roms, kernals, radio updates, etc. and whats obvious to you may not be to someone who just started. I actually did follow your directions yesterday once it sank in and Cruise replied to make it crystal clear and all is well now. SL is installed and working perfectly.
I left thanks to you both...thank you!
One question: Is there a rom like sprint lovers, but is stripped down and crap free? I don't like having to go back and delete everything and not know what i might step on that affects the phone later. I really liked cm7 a lot for the couple days I used it, but with gps being flaky (i know it is fixable) and some random lags and weirdness I got on certain apps, I am not sure if it is solid enough. I use this phone daily as my main business phone for all incoming and outgoing calls, so it has to be solid.
Thanks again.
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hey man. sorry for the disrespectful/pushy post. i had just come back from an undeserved loss in volleyball, and i sorta was hurrying as well. no disrespect meant. agian, welcome to the root world...
Hi everyone , i have a little problem when i try to flash the all in one sprint lovers rom PC36IMG.ZIP bootloader scans for it and (no image or bad image or wrong image) something like that , i rooted my phone with unrevocked 3.3 . Thank you guys
diegol76 said:
Hi everyone , i have a little problem when i try to flash the all in one sprint lovers rom PC36IMG.ZIP bootloader scans for it and (no image or bad image or wrong image) something like that , i rooted my phone with unrevocked 3.3 . Thank you guys
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Are you certain the file isn't named PC36IMG.zip.zip? Remove the .zip portion and try again, just in case. Also, are you certain the file is suppose to be flashed from the bootloader and not from within recovery? If you are and removing the .zip from the filename didn't work, redownload the file.
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Yes i.m sure it is named PC36IMG.ZIP and when bootloader serch for it (wrong image) and i did download few times but with the same results , what else could it be? just in case i'm going to download it one more time
Again ( no image or wrong image ) WTF is wrong? now i noticed that when bootloader is searching or loading the image first says ( loading PC36DIAG.ZIP ) and then ( no image or wrong image ) and after that loads the PC36IMG.ZIP but again ( no image or wrong image )
yea dude it's named wrong. windows hides file extensions sometimes so it may be named pc36img.zip.zip but you just don't know it. try removing .zip then try again.
dkdude36 said:
yea dude it's named wrong. windows hides file extensions sometimes so it may be named pc36img.zip.zip but you just don't know it. try removing .zip then try again.
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Good call. That's why I just tell people to name it PC36IMG, since I already know its a .zip extension.
diegol76 said:
Hi everyone , i have a little problem when i try to flash the all in one sprint lovers rom PC36IMG.ZIP bootloader scans for it and (no image or bad image or wrong image) something like that , i rooted my phone with unrevocked 3.3 . Thank you guys
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I am having the same issue.....keeps saying no image. I've made sure the file name is correct (only 1 extension) and it's sitting in the root of my sdcard. Any other ideas? Is the file case sensitive? Windows files usually aren't but I don't know what the bootloader is written in so not too sure. Please help as I've found the process up to this point to be pretty painless but didn't want something this small to hold me up.
Thanks a bunch!
Edit: I've also downloaded and tested the .zip several times (using WinRAR) and it seems ok. the file size is 225,430 KB.
robertfah said:
I am having the same issue.....keeps saying no image. I've made sure the file name is correct (only 1 extension) and it's sitting in the root of my sdcard. Any other ideas? Is the file case sensitive? Windows files usually aren't but I don't know what the bootloader is written in so not too sure. Please help as I've found the process up to this point to be pretty painless but didn't want something this small to hold me up.
Thanks a bunch!
Edit: I've also downloaded and tested the .zip several times (using WinRAR) and it seems ok. the file size is 225,430 KB.
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try just removing the extenstion altogether then. just pc36img (no period either). that might work.
Hey folks, just got my epic 4g two days ago. been trying to root it since then. the battery life is terrible on the stock ROM and i want something that allows me to use my phone without worry about draining all the power. I cant seem to root it though. i tried this one click root;
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=897612
but it says the phone is not connected. so installed drivers, tried a different cable and nothing has helped. what can i do? also, if someone could just lay out how you flash a new ROM and such. i havent seen a FAQ or anything that clearly outlines the process and im very confused.
thank you!!
You need:
1. A USB cable other than the stock one, it's a POS
2. Switch USB ports if one doesn't work, use one in the back if it's a desktop
3. Restart Computer/Epic if it still doesn't work
tried all of that, and ever port on my computer. no luck.
jamERs said:
tried all of that, and ever port on my computer. no luck.
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Easiest thing rather than struggling with one click is to Odin in a prerooted ROM like here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=853209
And more info on Odin is here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1052813
Once you get rooted, find the ROM you like, read the OP thoroughly. The instructions for each ROM are similiar but not the same.
Check out these how to videos in the general section....http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1009997
Everything you ever wanted or needed to know about your epic and don't thank me, thank qbking77.
kennyglass123 said:
Easiest thing rather than struggling with one click is to Odin in a prerooted ROM like here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=853209
And more info on Odin is here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1052813
Once you get rooted, find the ROM you like, read the OP thoroughly. The instructions for each ROM are similiar but not the same.
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looks perfect for me! just cant make it work. i downloaded the file and it came across as a .rar which i cant open. it says look for the odin.exe file. where can i find the download for that?
so close, yet still struggling.
jamERs said:
looks perfect for me! just cant make it work. i downloaded the file and it came across as a .rar which i cant open. it says look for the odin.exe file. where can i find the download for that?
so close, yet still struggling.
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The Odin file was in the second post. Winrar will extract a rar file. There are many free programs out there for extracting rar files. Here is the Odin file:
kennyglass123 said:
The Odin file was in the second post. Winrar will extract a rar file. There are many free programs out there for extracting rar files. Here is the Odin file:
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thanks for that, guess i just missed it.
holy **** though, am i just tech tarded? cause this seems like way to much stuff. All because samsung couldnt give me decent battery life. just had avg block a virus from the winrar reader i tried to install to open to .rar file so i could get the .tar file for odin.
goodness
jamERs said:
thanks for that, guess i just missed it.
holy **** though, am i just tech tarded? cause this seems like way to much stuff. All because samsung couldnt give me decent battery life. just had avg block a virus from the winrar reader i tried to install to open to .rar file so i could get the .tar file for odin.
goodness
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Sorry, should have warned you to turn off your anti-virus. Several files are detected as trojans. Once you get rooted you will be free of the hassles. Good bunch of people here always willing to help out.
okay, got odin installed, loaded up the things the best i could as per the instructions and download links. plugged my phone in and hit start, nothing happened.
<OSM> All threads completed. (succeed 0 / failed 0)
is all that shows up.
: (
damnit, this is maddening
here is what i used:
in pit i put;
victory_8G_100528.pit
in pds i put;
EB13-Extended-3.tar
now my buddy who is a dev for an android app told me my OS might already have been upgraded by some of the previous fiddling it was doing. i currently have Froyo.EC5
kennyglass123 said:
Sorry, should have warned you to turn off your anti-virus. Several files are detected as trojans. Once you get rooted you will be free of the hassles. Good bunch of people here always willing to help out.
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free of hassles. yes please. ive read up on a few ROMs and it seems like that would certainly help me enjoy this phone and not be tooo hard to use. just this first step keeps tripping me up.
jamERs said:
free of hassles. yes please. ive read up on a few ROMs and it seems like that would certainly help me enjoy this phone and not be tooo hard to use. just this first step keeps tripping me up.
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Someone made a bunch of videos to help also here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1009997
kennyglass123 said:
Someone made a bunch of videos to help also here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1009997
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okay, finally got odin on there. now is this a ROM that will improve my battery life or was this just a step to allow me to flash new ROMs on?
jamERs said:
okay, finally got odin on there. now is this a ROM that will improve my battery life or was this just a step to allow me to flash new ROMs on?
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If you've finally successfully rooted, then you've done the hardest part. From here on out please make an effort to browse and search the forum, or GOOGLE search your question with "XDA" in the search bar. Everything you have asked up until now I can easily find answered 10 times on this forum.
There are many of us here that are happy to take the time to help you get the most out of your Epic and try and answer your questions, but we get very tired of constantly answering the same questions.
It's time to wean you.
To put you on the right path though, I will answer you. This is a rooted STOCK rom you have now. No adjustments except the freedom to adjust it yourself. You want a custom rom to flash over that, such as Bonsai, Midnight, or Syndicate Rom Frozen, which I will not link you to .
RandomKing said:
If you've finally successfully rooted, then you've done the hardest part. From here on out please make an effort to browse and search the forum, or GOOGLE search your question with "XDA" in the search bar. Everything you have asked up until now I can easily find answered 10 times on this forum.
There are many of us here that are happy to take the time to help you get the most out of your Epic and try and answer your questions, but we get very tired of constantly answering the same questions.
It's time to wean you.
To put you on the right path though, I will answer you. This is a rooted STOCK rom you have now. No adjustments except the freedom to adjust it yourself. You want a custom rom to flash over that, such as Bonsai, Midnight, or Syndicate Rom Frozen, which I will not link you to .
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alright, time to jump from the nest i suppose. thanks!
jamERs said:
okay, finally got odin on there. now is this a ROM that will improve my battery life or was this just a step to allow me to flash new ROMs on?
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If u mean that EB13 prerooted, no. You will need one of the better ROMs like Bonsai, Syndicate, Midnight or others. Read the OPs in development of each ROM so you like what you are getting before you grab it.
Do you BONSAI?
Hey I was wondering if anybody else is getting a bad download for the LifelessJellybeanv12 zip? I've downloaded it 3 times once on my phone and twice on my desktop each time the zip file was empty. I attached a picture of the message that I'm getting on my desktop, and I'm basically getting this same message when I download from my phone. Just wanted to know if this is happening to anyone else who could possible offer some help.
have you checked that the file size is the same? It should be 919.51 MB
Maybe the download is corrupted?
Something is wrong with the download. A couple other guys, myself included, are having the same issue.
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ens04 said:
have you checked that the file size is the same? It should be 919.51 MB
Maybe the download is corrupted?
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Yes I checked the file size on my phone it shows up as .90GB which I know is wrong, and on the desktop it shows up as 919MB but I still get the same message that I posted in the picture. I think it's a bad download maybe, hopefully he fixes it.
By the time I had a chance to try lifeless the file was unavailable. I did get the stock zvb and flashed that. Froze bloat with Titanium Backup.
New working Lifeless zip is up. Not sure if you all have noticed, but wanted to point out the fact just in case. It is working, and I can verify, as I've been running it all day with no issue.
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Yes I checked the file size on my phone it shows up as .90GB which I know is wrong, and on the desktop it shows up as 919MB but I still get the same message that I posted in the picture. I think it's a bad download maybe, hopefully he fixes it.
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If the devs post the hash checksums you should verify the hash of the file you've downloaded. It's easy. You can move it to your phone, launch terminal, and run "md5sum filename.zip". Make sure the hashes are the same. That way if it's not the same, you'll know you have a bad download.
There are some .zip files that I will install in recovery mode and will confirm installation. When I reboot the phone, the apps or mods that I install will not have installed. I am stock rooted on Galaxy Note 2 on JB. Any ideas or suggestions?
Thanks
Need more info.. and re word it a lil..and what mods are u flashing in what sequence?
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Need more info.. and re word it a lil
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Ok. Example: Say I take a .zip file that you have made for me and I download it. I boot into recovery mode and find the file and flash it, gives me the message that it has completed but when the phone reboots it's no where to be found. Did it not install or is there a place I need to look on my phone that it might be hidden?
just because its a zip file, doesnt mean it has the install routine baked into it..
As Twansky said, what is the file, and what is it for?
wase4711 said:
just because its a zip file, doesnt mean it has the install routine baked into it..
As Twansky said, what is the file, and what is it for?
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Ok. The files that I've tried would be mods for toggles, keyboards, and different add ons. For the most part, all of the files that I've flashed have worked. The ones that didn't work I'm not disappointed that they didn't, I was just wondering if possibly there was something or somewhere that I needed to look to see if they actually did but needed to activate per say. Could you explain what you mean by "install routine baked in" please. I'm a noob and learning everyday.
Thank you
some of those zip files, were probably just a bunch of individual files, zipped up to save room, and make them just 1 file insted of many..
a "flashable" zip file will have a few folders, one being meta.inf, another being system, along with some others...
post one of those zips that you are having a problem with here, and we will take a look at it..
what ^^^^^^^^^^ Said....g
Wase, let me see if I still have them on my phone. I know a couple that I tried were rom specific but one worked and one didn't. Those are the ones I expected not to work. Give me a minute to see what I still have.
http://db.tt/kXFyYyIJ
This is one that didn't work that is for ROM XXDLL4. Another file that I downloaded is the glass dialer did work. What I guess I'm asking is, why would one work but not the other. I know these were fir that specific rom, I'm just confused on why one would work and not the other.
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Need more info.. and re word it a lil..and what mods are u flashing in what sequence?
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Sorry, I did not answer that part.
Boot into recovery>Find location where file was downloaded>Click to install>Confirm install>Install confirmed>Reboot.
I have tried wiping cache and not wiping cache.
Open up these "zips" and look inside..
yeah, it was a flashable zip..no idea why it wouldnt work, but, as you said, this is not a mod for our phone specifically, so that might be why..Just like anything else electronic, not every rom/mod/flashable file is going to work on every phone; thats just the way it is...
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yeah, it was a flashable zip..no idea why it wouldnt work, but, as you said, this is not a mod for our phone specifically, so that might be why..Just like anything else electronic, not every rom/mod/flashable file is going to work on every phone; thats just the way it is...
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Exactly... use caution flashing "flashable" zips unless you know for a fact it accomodates your specific device. You need to look in the META-INF folder and review the updater-script. In there you will see specific BLKs (partitions) which are mounted/extracted/written/unmounted. Devices don't all use the exact same "/dev/block/mmcblk0xx" for /system or /data partitions. Some of these scripts are fairly universal but I've seen others which call specific devblock partitions.
Thank you everyone for the help on this. I finally got brave enough about a hour ago and flashed a custom rom fir the first time.
Thanks again for all the help and info.
I have a oneplus 7t, on straight talk using verizon towers.
So since I got the android 12 update, I have spent several hours on the phone with customer service, and haven't been able to fix every issue.
We did fix the problem where I had no data, customer service walked me through updating the APN and that was fixed.
-I still can't receive MMS pictures through the standard app, I can work around that using the google messages app, but that's frustrating since I know something isn't working correctly.
-I randomly get call failed when I try to accept a phone call. This happens very often, but i'm not sure why it doesn't happen every time. I seem to be able to make outbound calls without any issues.
Not being able to fix the call issues, and MMS issues makes me want to roll back to android 11. the phone worked great until this android 12 update. I tried a factory reset, and still have the same issues.
I've tried searching for instructions but all of them are lacking thorough instructions. They say "pick the matching file for your phone", but mine is 1905, but only 1901 and 1903 are listed. I'm sure one of those are supposed to work, but which one?
"download this apk"...... ok, now i have a .apk.zip file that i don't know what to do with.
-delete .zip and i don't know how to make the .apk file install or open
-unzip, and i have 500 files that i don't know what to do with.
"move this to the root storage".... how?
I used to be more tech enabled, but it's been so long since i've rooted a phone or something else this involved. I really just want my phone to work properly again.
Well I can get the local update apk to open, but I can't figure out where to place or what to name the roll back file for that apk to find it. This is frustrating and wasting many hours of my life
https://oxygenos.oneplus.net/OnePlus7TOxygen_14.I.31_OTA_0310_all_2112101928_downgrade_327348e7ed1f4427.zip
HueyT said:
https://oxygenos.oneplus.net/OnePlus7TOxygen_14.I.31_OTA_0310_all_2112101928_downgrade_327348e7ed1f4427.zip
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Thanks, but that's not super helpful. I'm at the point where I'm struggling to get local update to find it, because I'm not sure where or how to move it to make it be found
dempseyjosh said:
Thanks, but that's not super helpful. I'm at the point where I'm struggling to get local update to find it, because I'm not sure where or how to move it to make it be found
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Does the file contain something called MSM tool? If so you will need to do this from a Windows PC (or VM).
EDIT: nevermind disregard this post.
dempseyjosh said:
Thanks, but that's not super helpful. I'm at the point where I'm struggling to get local update to find it, because I'm not sure where or how to move it to make it be found
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Move it from \sdcard\downloads to \sdcard root
I Need a little more specific help than that. Do I need to be hooked to a computer to do that? Does it mean to be changed at all? .zip.jar is correct? Because I've tried moving it from the downloads folder to device storage. It feels right to me, but it's not finding the file to update with.
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I Need a little more specific help than that. Do I need to be hooked to a computer to do that? Does it mean to be changed at all? .zip.jar is correct? Because I've tried moving it from the downloads folder to device storage. It feels right to me, but it's not finding the file to update with.
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No on pc. Yes to rename jar file to zip
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No on pc. Yes to rename jar file to zip
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Thank you, that was the last bit of help I needed with that. I've successfully rolled back and my phone is working correctly, as far as I can tell.
Well you answered my question. "Do not take this upgrade"