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Rom manager failure...

I saw CM9 was out and tried to use Rom Manager to upgrade. I was previously rooted.
It prompted me to install ClockworkMod first, which I did.
Then I downloaded the ROM (prompted me to select T-Mobile Galaxy S2)
Rebooted to take a backup, phone flashes Samsung once and then black screen.
How badly did I screw up?

First off why are u using rom manager to flash a rom? Rom manager is not a reliable app u should do it manually in recovery

The better way to ask would be how can I fix this, not how bad did you screw up. Hence the unhelpful answers.
Can you get into download mode or recovery manually with a battery pull and the right key presses?
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casonswag said:
First off why are u using rom manager to flash a rom? Rom manager is not a reliable app u should do it manually in recovery
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Great answer to the question though... I wont blast you but honestly rom manager has been the cause of more problems for the very thing you just did than I can imagine. Leave that app alone and learn how to do things the for the lack of a better word (hard way). It is way more gratifying believe me.
VoiD_Dweller said:
The better way to ask would be how can I fix this, not how bad did you screw up. Hence the unhelpful answers.
Can you get into download mode or recovery manually with a battery pull and the right key presses?
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You are right as well but ya know what a couple of smart ass responses to someone in this case will stick with him and hopefully he will never make a move like this again...
Ok now to help you, see if you can get into download mode and odin a recovery onto your phone. If not try and odin back to stock and start over from scratch. I am sure you have a backup on your phone so you can always restore that.
Now while your phone is being fixed do some reading up before you jump into things. Flashing is an addiction but it can also be a very expensive habit (If you know what I mean)
Edit: Just noticed Florida is up in here thick!

I've been flashing roms since MyTouch3G and Windows Mobile days.
I just thought Rom Manager was more dependable than that. It even prompted me for my device type...
I'm unable to get into recovery but I am able to get into download mode, so I'll revert with Odin and reroot this evening...

keenerb said:
I've been flashing roms since MyTouch3G and Windows Mobile days.
I just thought Rom Manager was more dependable than that. It even prompted me for my device type...
I'm unable to get into recovery but I am able to get into download mode, so I'll revert with Odin and reroot this evening...
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All u gotta do is look for the recoveries all in dev section theres like three u can choose from first find one that u can flash through odin to get u started

casonswag said:
All u gotta do is look for the recoveries all in dev section theres like three u can choose from first find one that u can flash through odin to get u started
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Yeah, I got it sorted out after I got home. Just re-flashed recovery, it's all good now.
Thanks everyone.

Looks like you had better luck than me, Rom Manager bricked my phone when I told it to do a backup.

[Q] install su through odin?

What would I do in odin to install a su. Zip through odin?
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I have many app ideas, but don't have the skill or the time to learn how to make an app. if you would like to know an idea and attempt to make one, just message me.

I guess there need to be separate .tar file to be flash.
It roots and install su too.
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Just use Motochopper to root.
Sent from Spaceball One.

... They is not what I'm asking. Motochopper doesn't work with the update...
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I have many app ideas, but don't have the skill or the time to learn how to make an app. if you would like to know an idea and attempt to make one, just message me.

[Q] install su through odin?

What would I do in odin to install a su. Zip through odin?
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I have many app ideas, but don't have the skill or the time to learn how to make an app. if you would like to know an idea and attempt to make one, just message me.

Click on PDA that's it if you can do it. Make sure nothing like partition is checked that would mess you all up. Never knew they had a odin su zip then again I never checked.
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Super wierd flashing problem HELP!!

So i recently was running little minions rom and i wanted to try another one so i backed up my little minions rom but i couldnt restore i renamed it. and now i am on stock firmware, rooted with cwm recovery but after i tried to flash little mions rom again, or wicked v8, or any rom it shows a message that says "E: Cant open /storage/sdcard1/WICKED_v8.zip"(bad) Installation aborted
So guys i have found a fix to this little annoying problem!
The fix to this is actually super simple! all you have to do is go into cwm recovery then go down to Mounts/Storage then from there go to format scard1 (externalSD) ounce your done formatting. reboot your phone and put the Custom rom you want to flash in your externalSD go into recovery and flash the Rom normally! Vuala! you have fixed this little annoying problem
MAKE SURE TO COPY ALL THE FILES YOU WANT TO YOUR COMPUTER AS THIS WILL DELETE EVERYTHING ON YOUR SD CARD THANKS

Never mind i found out how to fix it im taking this down now

Why not post how you fixed it, that way it might help someone else with the same problem. Give back to community.
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your most certainly right

baseballfanz said:
Why not post how you fixed it, that way it might help someone else with the same problem. Give back to community.
☞ Sent from here☜???
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See the cartoon in my sig line. That is why you should always post the solution!
Sent from your phone. You should be more careful where you leave that thing.

Skipjacks said:
See the cartoon in my sig line. That is why you should always post the solution!
Sent from your phone. You should be more careful where you leave that thing.
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Every time I see that cartoon, I feel sad for the stick-man because I've been there so many times

lordcheeto03 said:
Every time I see that cartoon, I feel sad for the stick-man because I've been there so many times
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Yup! On so many different topics!
XKDC understands!
Sent from your phone. You should be more careful where you leave that thing.

I am goung to assume that this will erase all files on the card. Perhaps you should let people know they need to make a copy of any files they want to keep before doing this. Good fix. Thanks for posting.
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S4 seems to be getting stuick on bootup of ROM & other issues

Hello and thanks to all those before me who give great advice on troubleshooting....
Here's my situation:
Phone is Rooted.
I downloaded an app a few days ago from the Play Store, so I could move my app installs to the sdcard. When i installed the app it said that there was something wrong " can't remember the exact message " and it needed to fix it. My dumbass allowed it to fix it and here is where my problems began.
Right after that I began receiving a message "Shell has been granted Super User", phone began to run sluggish and the Play Store App would always say it was crashing.
So I figured, screw it I would format and start w/a new ROM anyway.... I did not have any sort of backup (of course dumbass)
However I loaded up the latest version of Odin 3.09 and just incase I installed the root.zip again incase that was destroyed. Then I installed the latest version of OUDHS CWM-Based Recovery 1.0.3.3 ( Previously I had TWRP )
I downloaded a few different roms so I could see what I wanted...However...here's where things get interesting, and I did do some research on it but couldn't find a way to resolve the 1st problem.
When I first started to install a ROM, don't remember which one I was getting a signature verification failed....I had read that it could be 2 things, one the MD5 was bad, I verified that, so that wasn't the issue. Then I came across that it may have been a ROM that my device(Samsung) somehow knew wasn't approved, therefore prevented it from being installed....OK fine...
Next I found a ROM that was going to work via installing...So i picked the CM10.2 and wiped/format/davik/cache...etc... Installation took a few mins...Then when I rebooted, it's been on the Cyangenmod screen for 45 mins +....
Is there anyway I can do some verification that something further isn't interfering w/my installs?
Thanks in advance and any guidance is GREATLY appreciated...
Regards
Erik

Odin to stock and try that, always the best choice
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aamir123 said:
Odin to stock and try that, always the best choice
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Actually I tried that and I used this one from stockroms.net TMB-M919UVUAMDL-1366964131.zip
the verification failed immediately, however, when I checked it w/the MD5 hash on my computer it checks out...That's where I'm wondering if there is something else going on...
Or are you talking about something else regarding stock? If so could you clarify...Thanks

Use sam mobile.com
And flash the mdl fw from there. Also you may have to unzip the original file to get a tar file
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aamir123 said:
Use sam mobile.com
And flash the mdl fw from there. Also you may have to unzip the original file to get a tar file
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Just wanted to say thank you for your help. Both the flashing the recovery back to default and the default ROM worked. Now in the future no more clicking yes when I don't have a backup
Have a great weekend!!

oregongreen said:
Just wanted to say thank you for your help. Both the flashing the recovery back to default and the default ROM worked. Now in the future no more clicking yes when I don't have a backup
Have a great weekend!!
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glad it worked out for you, I know it can be scary to think you screwed up your phone.

Glad you solved it, ALWAYS MAKE A BACKUP
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mrhughy said:
Glad you solved it, ALWAYS MAKE A BACKUP
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This can nvr be said enough.