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[Q] Total noob here, need (probably very basic) help

Hello, first time poster here!
I bought Samsung Galaxy Ace 2 GT-I8160 and I want to flash CM 11 on it, because the stock Samsung's ROM is very bloated and slow.
I am looking at CM 11 from NovaFusion, which can be found novafusion.pl website.
I have currently downloaded:
cm11.0_codina.nova.20141215.zip
pa_gapps-modular-pico-4.4.4-20150106-signed.zip
I chose pico gapps because I want as less bloat as possible (only actually need Play Store).
The problem is, I don't know what to do next...
Now, I have a few questions:
Can I just flash CM trough the stock/default recovery mode that is already on the phone?
Can I use Odin to flash CM? If so, where is a trusted Odin download?
How do I restore the stock ROM that came with the phone if something goes (terribly :silly wrong?
Is it possible to reset flash counter and any other traces of root & custom ROMs on this phone in case I want to return it to warranty?
I added the "About device" info in the attachment!

1. flash it trough cwm temporary
2. no, you can't. novafusion didn't release Odin package for codina now.
3. backup your stockrom using cwm temporary
4. flashing rom trough cwm not increase flash counter

ekky21 said:
1. flash it trough cwm temporary
2. no, you can't. novafusion didn't release Odin package for codina now.
3. backup your stockrom using cwm temporary
4. flashing rom trough cwm not increase flash counter
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Thanks a lot for responding!
Can you link me to CWM for this phone?
Also, how does the "temporary" mode work? Does it load up recovery from the microSD card? Just curious.

MrDinner said:
Hello, first time poster here!
I bought Samsung Galaxy Ace 2 GT-I8160 and I want to flash CM 11 on it, because the stock Samsung's ROM is very bloated and slow.
I am looking at CM 11 from NovaFusion, which can be found novafusion.pl website.
I have currently downloaded:
cm11.0_codina.nova.20141215.zip
pa_gapps-modular-pico-4.4.4-20150106-signed.zip
I chose pico gapps because I want as less bloat as possible (only actually need Play Store).
The problem is, I don't know what to do next...
Now, I have a few questions:
Can I just flash CM trough the stock/default recovery mode that is already on the phone?
Can I use Odin to flash CM? If so, where is a trusted Odin download?
How do I restore the stock ROM that came with the phone if something goes (terribly :silly wrong?
Is it possible to reset flash counter and any other traces of root & custom ROMs on this phone in case I want to return it to warranty?
I added the "About device" info in the attachment!
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1. Well, I think the stock recovery doesn't allow you to install zip from sdcard. That's why we use CWM instead (plus it does more things than stock recovery). I recommend CWM
2. No, Custom ROM should be flashed through CWM, I think...
3. You can backup your current ROM (includes apps installed) through CWM and if something goes wrong, you can easily restore it from CWM again. BUT, if somehow you can't get to CWM, you can use ODIN to flash stock ROM and your phone should be back to its original state
4. Yup, it can be done from CWM or ODIN.. same method as in my 3rd answer
PS. I only gave answers to stuff I've done before.. basically, my answers are based on self-experience hope it helps!
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MrDinner said:
Thanks a lot for responding!
Can you link me to CWM for this phone?
Also, how does the "temporary" mode work? Does it load up recovery from the microSD card? Just curious.
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Mm.. from what I remember... Temporary CWM will not replace your stock recovery, and you will need to flash the CWM everytime you want to get into CWM Recovery .-.

MrDinner said:
Thanks a lot for responding!
Can you link me to CWM for this phone?
Also, how does the "temporary" mode work? Does it load up recovery from the microSD card? Just curious.
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Here : Temporary CWM.

Thank you everyone, I got CM 11 working easy and nice! :good:
Also, looks like the NovaFusion CM 11 ROM did something to the recovery, now it always boots to CWM even without a microSD card.
Does that mean that I can't get back to old recovery? Can I just flash stock ROM and get it back?
P. S. everything is so damn fast and smooth compared to stock ROM!!!

MrDinner said:
Thank you everyone, I got CM 11 working easy and nice! :good:
Also, looks like the NovaFusion CM 11 ROM did something to the recovery, now it always boots to CWM even without a microSD card.
Does that mean that I can't get back to old recovery? Can I just flash stock ROM and get it back?
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Yes, Custom ROMs like CM 11 have CWM Recovery or TWRP instead of Stock Recovery because they have functions such as backup your system and more. If you really want to have Stock Recovery then you have to flash Stock ROM using Odin.
MrDinner said:
P. S. everything is so damn fast and smooth compared to stock ROM!!!
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Right. Probably that's why most of the people here use Custom ROMs.

[q] please help -- bricked --

well, I was installing a aosp jelly bean rom and I installed the boot.img first and then flashed the rom, but the rom said that the install was aborted due to bootloader issues or something. I then tried to restore my nandroid backupand that put me stuck on the htc screen on bootup. I then tried to install stock recovery as a guide told me or something and it got rid of my backup. I have no idea what to do. I have reflashed CWM and can boot into the bootloader and the recovery. How can I install a new rom or a stock rom to make this work. Please help!
My main number is this : 4.18.401.4
my hboot version is 1.72.0000
my radio version is 5.1204.167.31

gman88667733 said:
well, I was installing a aosp jelly bean rom and I installed the boot.img first and then flashed the rom, but the rom said that the install was aborted due to bootloader issues or something. I then tried to restore my nandroid backupand that put me stuck on the htc screen on bootup. I then tried to install stock recovery as a guide told me or something and it got rid of my backup. I have no idea what to do. I have reflashed CWM and can boot into the bootloader and the recovery. How can I install a new rom or a stock rom to make this work. Please help!
My main number is this : 4.18.401.4
my hboot version is 1.72.0000
my radio version is 5.1204.167.31
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are you flashed the boot.img from the backup?

Thant said:
are you flashed the boot.img from the backup?
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It deleted my backup so I couldn't get it... not sure what to do...
my situation is that my backup is gone and I am stuck at the htc quietly brilliant logo

gman88667733 said:
It deleted my backup so I couldn't get it... not sure what to do...
my situation is that my backup is gone and I am stuck at the htc quietly brilliant logo
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ok wich hboot and wich recovery you flashed first time, now you are with the stock one.
1. Unlock bootloader and flash THIS recovery
take the recovery.img from zip paste it in your fastboot folder and flash it with the command fastboot flash recovery recovery.img then go in recovery and charge the phone
2. Do you have some rom on your sd card?
3. Wich CWM version?
Edit if your AICP rom is still on sd card flash THIS RECOVERY then install the rom and flash the boot.img.
I think you tryed with the old recovery to install KitKat or LP rom big mistake

Thant said:
ok wich hboot and wich recovery you flashed first time, now you are with the stock one.
1. Unlock bootloader and flash THIS recovery
take the recovery.img from zip paste it in your fastboot folder and flash it with the command fastboot flash recovery recovery.img then go in recovery and charge the phone
2. Do you have some rom on your sd card?
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okay, so this will sound odd but I rfandomly flashed philz touch recovery and my phone turned on and is now working.... I think I need the proper help to install a custom rom now, instead of messing up... could you maybe get me the files for a JB AOSP rom? I would appreciate it! not sure what to look for now after this, scared i'll mess up. Thanks!

gman88667733 said:
okay, so this will sound odd but I rfandomly flashed philz touch recovery and my phone turned on and is now working.... I think I need the proper help to install a custom rom now, instead of messing up... could you maybe get me the files for a JB AOSP rom? I would appreciate it! not sure what to look for now after this, scared i'll mess up. Thanks!
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Why you not install some sense for first time or try to flash some CM12 or lolipop. Remember Philz 5.15.9 is only for JB roms and mount sd card work only on 5.15.9. If you want KitKat or Lolipop you must to change the recovery to this where I give you in my post, but dont forget to copy the rom to sd card with this recovery first., or easy way download some sense and flash it
Say wich rom you want to flash and I will give you the right link for rom

Thant said:
Why you not install some sense for first time or try to flash some CM12 or lolipop. Remember Philz 5.15.9 is only for JB roms and mount sd card work only on 5.15.9. If you want KitKat or Lolipop you must to change the recovery to this where I give you in my post, but dont forget to copy the rom to sd card with this recovery first., or easy way download some sense and flash it
Say wich rom you want to flash and I will give you the right link for rom
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You are very kind when flashing a rom, do I remove the boot.img from the rom file to flash via fastboot, or do i just make a copy of it? I would like to flash cm 10.2 to begin with, which files do i need and which recovery? thank you in advance, you are a great help!
Also, my phone only came with 1.5gb free space for apps... It is a 32gb phone and i have 25gb of storage left but it says only 1.5gb out of 6gb for apps, how do i unlimit this?

gman88667733 said:
You are very kind when flashing a rom, do I remove the boot.img from the rom file to flash via fastboot, or do i just make a copy of it? I would like to flash cm 10.2 to begin with, which files do i need and which recovery? thank you in advance, you are a great help!
Also, my phone only came with 1.5gb free space for apps... It is a 32gb phone and i have 25gb of storage left but it says only 1.5gb out of 6gb for apps, how do i unlimit this?
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10.2 is too old but it is your decision. just extract the boot.img from zip and put it in your fastboot folder. Don't extract the hole zip, and copy the original zip on your sd card. You can move the apps to your sd card CM support it

Well I want an aosp rom that means i can stick to the same recovery. It seems easier to stick to JB, would that be okay? Could you find me the relevant files?
I basically want the easiest one to install and the most risk free!
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Stuck after Install Rom

Hello to everyone ,
i installed miui v6 to my M8 and after that i cant flash any other rom.
I install a new rom from zip but after the reboot it stucks on the first screen of the new rom.
Waited for 3 hours but nothing.
What do you suggest ?

alexis333 said:
Hello to everyone ,
i installed miui v6 to my M8 and after that i cant flash any other rom.
I install a new rom from zip but after the reboot it stucks on the first screen of the new rom.
Waited for 3 hours but nothing.
What do you suggest ?
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simple question, do you flashed the boot.img inside the rom using fastboot?(fastboot flash boot boot.img)

Simple answer.
No.
Now what ?

Husky34 said:
simple question, do you flashed the boot.img inside the rom using fastboot?(fastboot flash boot boot.img)
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This isn't normally required on the M8, unless its some quirk specific to MIUI (which is a ROM I don't a have much knowledge of).
Make sure your TWRP version is up to date.
Make sure your hboot is up to date.
Wipe user data and cache (default wipe in TWRP) before flashing the ROM.
Those are the most common reasons for no boot after flashing multiple ROMs.

I dont use TWRP. I use Philz Touch recovery.
Where can i download latest TWRP ?

alexis333 said:
I dont use TWRP. I use Philz Touch recovery.
Where can i download latest TWRP ?
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That may be the issue right there. I know some folks are still using it, but Philz hasn't been updated in a long time. And since some newer ROMs have issues with older TWRP builds, I would assume the same would be true with Philz.
You can get TWRP here: https://dl.twrp.me/m8/

alexis333 said:
I dont use TWRP. I use Philz Touch recovery.
Where can i download latest TWRP ?
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https://twrp.me/devices/htconem8gsm.html

I flashed TPWR and then flashed the new ROM and everything ok.
Thanx for your help men ..

alexis333 said:
Thanx for your help men ..
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There's a button for that.
Happy it worked for you.

custom rom installation failed

help!
In my mi a2 lite after installing custom recovery i wipe dalvik.cache.system.data and try to flash custom rom,but it says zip file installation failed and error:1
my stock rom is deleted and i forgot to backup.
pls help me pls pls pls pls pls

download another custom rom , connect your phone on your pc (there is a file manager on twrp too) and transfert new roms. some need to flash twrp, gapps, magic too..

odjinan said:
download another custom rom , connect your phone on your pc (there is a file manager on twrp too) and transfert new roms. some need to flash twrp, gapps, magic too..
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I already try 3 custom rom but same problem.......

azwadishraq said:
help!
In my mi a2 lite after installing custom recovery i wipe dalvik.cache.system.data and try to flash custom rom,but it says zip file installation failed and error:1
my stock rom is deleted and i forgot to backup.
pls help me pls pls pls pls pls
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The same thing happened to me i solved with Offain's TWRP. Did you use that TWRP?

lanetfiravun said:
The same thing happened to me i solved with Offain's TWRP. Did you use that TWRP?
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I use the exact twrp for mi a2 lite(daisy)
All the precces were perfect but cant flash custom rom

azwadishraq said:
I use the exact twrp for mi a2 lite(daisy)
All the precces were perfect but cant flash custom rom
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Error 1 usually means wrong twrp or install package.
Could you copy/paste the name of the twrp version you're using and also rom, gapps version?
You should be using:
twrp-installer-daisy-3.2.3-0-offain.zip & img file(or higher)
Or the recovery released by TogoFire a couple of days ago.
Steps:
Boot twrp via adb (img file)
Format / wipe / flash custom rom / flash twrp (zip file) / change slot / reboot to recovery / flash gapps and magisk (optional) / reboot system.

andraslate said:
Error 1 usually means wrong twrp or install package.
Could you copy/paste the name of the twrp version you're using and also rom, gapps version?
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twrp-3.4.0-dees_troy-daisy.img
Rom link-https://download.pixelexperience.org/daisy

azwadishraq said:
twrp-3.4.0-dees_troy-daisy.img
Rom link-https://download.pixelexperience.org/daisy
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Dees_troy is the issue. Use the Offain version.

andraslate said:
Dees_troy is the issue. Use the Offain version.
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Thank you for helping me.May god bless you ?

azwadishraq said:
Thank you for helping me.May god bless you ?
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You're welcome, good luck.

oh the offain version??

[Solved] Wifi , bluetooth and Mobile hotspot not working after installing lineage os 17.1

Hello,
I installed lineage os 17.1 but my wifi, bluetooth and hotspot are not working. In "About Phone" section, it is showing both wifi and bluetooth mac address as unavailable.
I also reflashed stock rom, but now, same issue is happening there. So I reflashed lineage os 17.1. Please help me!!!!.
@sunnyraj84348

gurbir3178 said:
Hello,
I installed lineage os 17.1 but my wifi, bluetooth and hotspot are not working. In "About Phone" section, it is showing both wifi and bluetooth mac address as unavailable.
I also reflashed stock rom, but now, same issue is happening there. So I reflashed lineage os 17.1. Please help me!!!!.
@sunnyraj84348
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Try flashing another kernel

venu dinesh said:
Try flashing another kernel
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Can you please give me a link to any tutorial?

gurbir3178 said:
Can you please give me a link to any tutorial?
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Note: backup anytype of data in external storage
I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR DAMAGE OF YOUR DEVICE
Wipe all except micro SD card..
Flash rom- gapps(if required)- magisk ( if required) - kernel ( try inferno kernel available in xda redmi 5a forums) reboot.. if you bypassed bootloader flash appender.zip for applying blocks .. use orange fox recovery for best results.. and custom rom work only in nougat firmware

gurbir3178 said:
Can you please give me a link to any tutorial?
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t.me/Redmi_5a telegram link
Ask any questions there.. answers available soon

venu dinesh said:
Note: backup anytype of data in external storage
I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR DAMAGE OF YOUR DEVICE
Wipe all except micro SD card..
Flash rom- gapps(if required)- magisk ( if required) - kernel ( try inferno kernel available in xda redmi 5a forums) reboot.. if you bypassed bootloader flash appender.zip for applying blocks .. use orange fox recovery for best results.. and custom rom work only in nougat firmware
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Thanks I will try that. One more qustion. Will that kernel be booted as default? Or like in linux I have to choose kernel?

gurbir3178 said:
Thanks I will try that. One more qustion. Will that kernel be booted as default? Or like in linux I have to choose kernel?
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It will be booted automatically.. there are many kernel available but u can choose one kernel to flash at once if you want to use another kernel you have to flash the rom again flashing kernel is as like flashing zips.
Do not flash 2 kernel in one rom. You will be held in bootloop

venu dinesh said:
It will be booted automatically.. there are many kernel available but u can choose one kernel to flash at once if you want to use another kernel you have to flash the rom again flashing kernel is as like flashing zips.
Do not flash 2 kernel in one rom. You will be held in bootloop
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ok thanks.

venu dinesh said:
Note: backup anytype of data in external storage
I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR DAMAGE OF YOUR DEVICE
Wipe all except micro SD card..
Flash rom- gapps(if required)- magisk ( if required) - kernel ( try inferno kernel available in xda redmi 5a forums) reboot.. if you bypassed bootloader flash appender.zip for applying blocks .. use orange fox recovery for best results.. and custom rom work only in nougat firmware
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No Bro. Its not working. Same problem.

I also face the same problem when I flash lineages is 17.1,so now I am stock miui 11 don't have problems all works fine.I don't know in which way u flash stock ROM,Don't flash via recovery, I never done that ,try to flash it via fastboot tools use fastboot ROM

also face the same problem when I flash lineages is 17.1,so now I am stock miui 11 don't have problems all works fine.I don't know in which way u flash stock ROM,Don't flash via recovery, I never done that ,try to flash it via fastboot tools use fastboot ROM

Lak dj said:
I also face the same problem when I flash lineages is 17.1,so now I am stock miui 11 don't have problems all works fine.I don't know in which way u flash stock ROM,Don't flash via recovery, I never done that ,try to flash it via fastboot tools use fastboot ROM
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Solution: Flash persist.img from orangefox recovery.
Steps:
1. Boot to Orangefox Recovery.
2. Select persist.img file (Downloaded previously in phone)
3. Select "Persist partition" before swiping.
4. Swipe and then reboot.

gurbir3178 said:
Solution: Flash persist.img from orangefox recovery.
Steps:
1. Boot to Orangefox Recovery.
2. Select persist.img file (Downloaded previously in phone)
3. Select "Persist partition" before swiping.
4. Swipe and then reboot.
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I have a little confusion, can I get a perfect guideline or a perfect installation method

Lak dj said:
I have a little confusion, can I get a perfect guideline or a perfect installation method
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Flash latest orange fox recovery first. Then boot into it. and follow the steps. Can you tell your problem in more detail?

gurbir3178 said:
Flash latest orange fox recovery first. Then boot into it. and follow the steps. Can you tell your problem in more detail?
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Bro I need a clear flashing method

Lak dj said:
Bro I need a clear flashing method
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I don't understand your problem. You can ask more here... t.me/Redmi_5a

gurbir3178 said:
I don't understand your problem. You can ask more here... t.me/Redmi_5a
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Bro my doubt is when to flash the persist IMG, either while flashing along withthe ROM or after the ROM flashed

Lak dj said:
Bro my doubt is when to flash the persist IMG, either while flashing along withthe ROM or after the ROM flashed
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after flashing rom.

gurbir3178 said:
after flashing rom.
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Okay thanks for your help ,I'll try and I will reply if I face any issue,I check the link that u provide I am facing the error "Your not Authorized to Access the Content"