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Is there a basic guide for rooting the epic?
I've rooted my droid a while ago, and loved the rom manager...
is there rom manager support?
Yea there is man. Go to the development thread and one of the stickies is for the wiki development page. That will have the basics and link you to the needed pages with directions. The rom manager we use on epic is clockwork recovery rom manager. Its simple to use and easy to install. Read up though first.
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Just look at my post. Works perfect
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If you go to the general forum, which is where you posted this, and click on:
Samsung Epic 4G Wiki - CLICK HERE AND USE THIS BEFORE POSTING
Its in there.
problem backing up my current ROM
everytime I use ROM Manager to backup my current ROM it goes to Recovery and then when I reboot the phone nothing shows up my Manage and Restore backups in ROM Manager.
Any thoughts?
Bj
Use backup and restore within cwm, not rom manager.
But you should be able to do this from ROM manager, right?
and what is cwm, i'm new at all this
Rom manager sucks for the epic. You need to use a custom kernel to use rom manager. It won't flash cwm for you on stock kernel.
Bj do you have cwm installed? Clockwork mod is a custom recovery mod. You use to NAND backup, flash, partition, clear battery stats and mire. You can only install it from a pc.
Maybe I'm slow
Maybe I'm slow here.... walk me through this.
I rooted my phone.
I have ROM Manager, which does include cwm. I purchased the paid app for ROM manager, but nothing seems to work, when i try to back up my phone boots to recovery and nothing is saved. when I search for new roms none show up.
I'm using a mac at home, but i rooted my phone on my work pc.
Please help me be able to install custom roms (froyo). please define terms and provide links if possible.
Bj
You rooted your phone good but rom manager will not flash clockwork for you. It says it dies but it won't. The only way to get cwm is to run the one click root plus clockwork. If yo turn your phone off and hold power, camera, and volume down what does the text look like. If you see blue writing and like 4 options that is the stock recovery. If it's green with a good bit of options that is what you want for flashing roms. But the new version of cwm3 is out and that is orange writing. For flashing all you do is put the rom on the root of the sd card, boot into cwm, wipe cache, data, and dalvik three times each. Then go to install zip from sd card, choose zip, and scroll till you find the rom on the sd card and hit the camera button to flash it.
the_bj said:
Maybe I'm slow here.... walk me through this.
I rooted my phone.
I have ROM Manager, which does include cwm. I purchased the paid app for ROM manager, but nothing seems to work, when i try to back up my phone boots to recovery and nothing is saved. when I search for new roms none show up.
I'm using a mac at home, but i rooted my phone on my work pc.
Please help me be able to install custom roms (froyo). please define terms and provide links if possible.
Bj
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musclehead84 said:
You rooted your phone good but rom manager will not flash clockwork for you. It says it dies but it won't. The only way to get cwm is to run the one click root plus clockwork. If yo turn your phone off and hold power, camera, and volume down what does the text look like. If you see blue writing and like 4 options that is the stock recovery. If it's green with a good bit of options that is what you want for flashing roms. But the new version of cwm3 is out and that is orange writing. For flashing all you do is put the rom on the root of the sd card, boot into cwm, wipe cache, data, and dalvik three times each. Then go to install zip from sd card, choose zip, and scroll till you find the rom on the sd card and hit the camera button to flash it.
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Basically, do what he said. But, to run most of the Froyo ROMS, you need a DK-28 modem. Now, I'm not the one to provide the information to what that is, but all I know if that you need it.
Directions taken from BThomas22x (the maker of VIPEROM which is what I use):
As for use of Odin, It's actually a lot easier than it seems. I'll give you a quick runthrough.
1. Download and extract Odin, as well as the Modem and PIT files. (You DO NOT flash the ROM through Odin, The ROM is flashed through Clockwork.)
2. Open Odin. At this point, you have to put your phone in download mode. To do so, simply hold the number 1 on the keyboard, and the power button at the same time. Once in download mode, plug the USB cable into the phone. Only plug the phone in AFTER Odin is up and running or Odin won't pick up the phone.
3. Navigate to where you downloaded the modem and pit files and place the PIT file where it says "PIT" and the modem.bin file where it says "phone".
4. On the left side there is an options box. Make sure that "reboot" is the ONLY thing that's checked.
5. Now you're ready to flash the new modem. (Remember, the modem does NOT need to be downloaded, it's just a bonus feature) Hit start and allow it to run through it's process. When finished, the block above the port that your USB is showing will turn either green or red for pass or fail. At this point I haven't heard of anyone failing.
When Odin is done doing it's thing, it will automatically reboot the phone for you. Then you're setup with the new modem!
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Head over to http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=864445 if you need more help/the download links don't work.
Now, that's the DK-28 modem. YOU NOW MUST USE ROMS WITH THE DK-28 MODEM! I'm pretty sure most of the 2.2 (Froyo) ROMs use DK-28, but someone might want to double check me. It's good to learn how to use Odin anyway since it's your way out if you brick your phone.
I think I was going to include something else, but I'm too tired to remember... lol. Just send me a PM if you need any more help and I'll get back to you later tomorrow or just keep posting here.
Odin gave me a pass.
Now where do I go to get my ROM, can I still use ROM manager or should I go another route?
THanks!
the_bj said:
Odin gave me a pass.
Now where do I go to get my ROM, can I still use ROM manager or should I go another route?
THanks!
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And also what is the best way to back up my current ROM now?
Forget ROM manager.
Get your roms from the dev forum.
Put them on your sdcard where you can find them.
Flash them with clockwork.
The best way to back up your current rom is to select "backup" from within clockworkmod. It will not, however, backup your kernel. The easiest way to restore a backup is to reflash the original rom, then advanced restore->restore data in cwm.
The only way to get cwm is to run the one click root plus clockwork.
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That isn't the only way, but it is definitely the easiest if you aren't comfortable fiddling around with a command line on your phone.
DiGi760 said:
Forget ROM manager.
Get your roms from the dev forum.
Put them on your sdcard where you can find them.
Flash them with clockwork.
The best way to back up your current rom is to select "backup" from within clockworkmod. It will not, however, backup your kernel. The easiest way to restore a backup is to reflash the original rom, then advanced restore->restore data in cwm.
That isn't the only way, but it is definitely the easiest if you aren't comfortable fiddling around with a command line on your phone.
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If i've already rooted can I still use one click root plus CWM and do you have a link for where I can get it?
Yes the one click will still work. It will check if you have root and skip the exploit when it isn't needed. It will then proceed to install busybox, the reidirector, and clockworkmod.
You can find the one-click version 2.5.5 in the dev forum. It is one of the stickies at the top of that forum.
DiGi760 said:
Forget ROM manager.
The best way to back up your current rom is to select "backup" from within clockworkmod. It will not, however, backup your kernel. The easiest way to restore a backup is to reflash the original rom, then advanced restore->restore data in cwm.
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Wow. So this is why my data restores never work...? lol I always get f/cs after I restore something. Thanks for this!
hello, i just got my first android phone so I'm new to this sort of stuff, though I love being able to unlock hidden potential of different devices, so naturally I discovered the ability to root smart phones and all that good stuff.
The model I have is the Samsung Galaxy Gio GT-S5660M. It's running 2.3.4. Gingerbread version.
I've been reading a lot of guides and for the most part rooting and adding additional utilities like flash, etc. seems pretty simple. However, I have not yet been able to find out how to create a back of up of my stock firmware when I bought the phone in case I end up bricking it, or decide I want to return to stock.
I've read many guides that claim to show how to create back ups and recovery points, but I'm still having trouble understanding it.
To be more specific, I would like to create as opposed to download, a back up of the phone in it's current state which is, as I said earlier, stock. I did a factory reset since I had some stuff installed while I was fiddling with it for the first time.
thx
You have to root it before you can back up stock rom so, firstly you root it (you can find guides here on xda)
Then install clockworkmod recovery: warning: DON'T EVER USE ROM MANAGER TO INSTALL CLOCKWORKMOD ON YOUR GIO, IT WILL BRICK YOUR PHONE!! use one of the recoveries found in xda, you will also find guides to install them there.
Then third; backup in clockworkmod using "backup and restore"
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iok1 said:
You have to root it before you can back up stock rom so, firstly you root it (you can find guides here on xda)
Then install clockworkmod recovery: warning: DON'T EVER USE ROM MANAGER TO INSTALL CLOCKWORKMOD ON YOUR GIO, IT WILL BRICK YOUR PHONE!! use one of the recoveries found in xda, you will also find guides to install them there.
Then third; backup in clockworkmod using "backup and restore"
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so first of all, what I'm looking for is called a ROM right?
what I don't get though is how come I need to modify the device before creating the backup. Isn't the phone modified at that point? Or is the stock configuration being stored somewhere on the phone that I can't see without clockwork?
You cannot create a backup without the recovery mod CWM Clockwork Recovery Mod. But to install this you need your device rooted (modified so you can modify and view system files)
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so first of all, what I'm looking for is called a ROM right?
what I don't get though is how come I need to modify the device before creating the backup. Isn't the phone modified at that point? Or is the stock configuration being stored somewhere on the phone that I can't see without clockwork?
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1 - you don't need to search for a rom to backup your stock rom
2 - you need to root your phone in order to be able to backup your rom
3 - you need to install a more advanced recovery (program "similar" to pc BIOS) in order to do a nandroid backup
4 - after you flash that more advanced recovery (aka CWM -> ClockWorkMod), you backup your rom in "backup and restore" menu, backup. It will then store your rom in a folder.
5 - you should strongly consider after that, to install a custom rom made by many of the devs here on XDA in order to have a better experience with your phone...
0M3G4_ said:
1 - you don't need to search for a rom to backup your stock rom
2 - you need to root your phone in order to be able to backup your rom
3 - you need to install a more advanced recovery (program "similar" to pc BIOS) in order to do a nandroid backup
4 - after you flash that more advanced recovery (aka CWM -> ClockWorkMod), you backup your rom in "backup and restore" menu, backup. It will then store your rom in a folder.
5 - you should strongly consider after that, to install a custom rom made by many of the devs here on XDA in order to have a better experience with your phone...
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+1 That was what I wanted to say
I've already uploaded a stock ROM backup last fall of the same Gingerbread ROM you're running, along with instructions on how to make one yourself or flash mine.
The best advice I can give you is: research, research, and more research.
Good luck,
Darkshado
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What software do you recommend to clockworkmod Gio with?
s!mon said:
What software do you recommend to clockworkmod Gio with?
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I use px-cwm-v2.zip recovery.
You flash it using stock recovery.
thx for the replies. I will give it a try.
Darkshadow, whats the thread's name where you posted the ROM and instructions? I'd like to check that out too.
Also, whats a good rom to consider upgrading to? Something that has the ability to play flash videos.
EDIT:
If I understand correctly, roms are basically whole operating systems that have been customized by the developer. So a rom can be already rooted and have clockwork as well as other custom stuff, and I just need to flash it. The alternative to this is to do everything manualy... root the current OS, add clockwork and whatever else. Correct?
Also, I'm not sure yet if a rooted phone has any extra options on it's own, or if it's only a set up that's sole purpose is to allow other applications to be installed who then will give the user better control over his device.
I've run into a little problem.
I'm following this guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=16963172&postcount=1
I've got Odin and the tar downloaded, but when I go into download mode with my phone and connect it to the PC, it says that the device driver was not successfuly installed, and I get no confirmation in Odin that a connection has been made between the phone and the program.
What am I missing?
Thx.
EDIT:
Nevermind, I needed to install Kies. Don't even need to run it. Apparently it has the driver that's needed.
Okay, I've rooted my phone successfully. Now the next step is to install Clockwork and create a back up.
Now that I understand a little bit the way Odin and flashing ROM works, I think it would be better to just download a stock ROM and in case something goes wrong, I can just flash it the way I flashed the rooted one.
(I think I saw a completely stock ROM somewhere for my model but I don't remember where. A link would be appreciated if it exists.)
Correct me if I'm wrong pls.
Also, if I do that, then is there any reason to install Clockwork since I've read that many ppl have issues with installing it and it's riskier than rooting or installing other software.
Right now I think what I'm most interested in is installing Adobe Flash Player 11 or something of the sort that can play flash videos and streams.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=19623732&postcount=1
taken from the sticky
i'm also thinking of installing cwm
looking at the sticky, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=20397988&postcount=8
how outdated is this cwm?
I'm using Opera as my browser so from what I've learned, flash doesn't work with it period. Is skyfire a good alternative?
Also, like I said, I don't think I need the clockwork if I can get a clean stock ROM that I can just flash if something goes wrong. As I don't intend to download many apps or add many phone numbers (memorized instead), a backup isn't really needed.
nvmd, i just went ahead and installed the cwm in that link, there's a 5.0.2.7 though if that is even the newest one
now, i cant seem to backup my phone
it says it cannot mount /system
try dolphin browser
anonxlg said:
nvmd, i just went ahead and installed the cwm in that link, there's a 5.0.2.7 though if that is even the newest one
now, i cant seem to backup my phone
it says it cannot mount /system
try dolphin browser
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Did you pick the ext4 + rfs version?
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Clockwork is not riskier than other things you do. Just follow steps and you see no problems.
anonxlg said:
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=19623732&postcount=1
i'm also thinking of installing cwm
looking at the sticky, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=20397988&postcount=8
how outdated is this cwm?
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its an older version, its 5.0.2.7, theres also 5.0.2.8 but these give some problems after installing/wiping, so some people still use the older version.
Hello guys,
I'm new here. I have the same problem as anonxlg. It says can't mount system. I also used the version from the big thread for new users. Can anyone enlighten me on what to do? I've been searching the forum and google, but can't make it work. I feel like a compleet noob now, and I don't feel special about it.
RJ88
Edit: I kept searching, and finally found a working 5.0.2.7 version. First I had another 5.0.2.7 version, but when I tried to install it didn't work. I finally found "signed_cwm-5.0.2.7-flashablezip-ext4+rfs.zip (Flash from Recovery)" on http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1421650 (through google actually. I have to get used to this site), and I'm making my backup now.
thanks RJA88, backup worked
edit/update
i used the cwm linked and backup worked, i tried installing cm9 beta8 (galaxyics), and it would get stuck after samsung bootscreen (it flashes a white pick or soemthing before full back screen)
i tried restoring backup i made, and it didnt work, some mount error again
i reverted back to 5.0.2.6 and did the restore backup again, and this time it goes up the the galaxy gio gt5660m screen and just stop..
note that i do not know what the rfs/ext4 is for for the gio if that is what is causing problems
Hi all,
First of all what a great community with so much helpful information. I am new to android, just moved from 4 years of iphone. I have rooted my galaxy s 3 using the helpful guides on this site. I was wondering if someone could point me to a helpful guide on custom roms. From my understanding, all I have to do is go to the play store and download rom manager and then install clockwork mod and from there I can start using custom roms. Thanks a ton.
chuckado said:
Hi all,
First of all what a great community with so much helpful information. I am new to android, just moved from 4 years of iphone. I have rooted my galaxy s 3 using the helpful guides on this site. I was wondering if someone could point me to a helpful guide on custom roms. From my understanding, all I have to do is go to the play store and download rom manager and then install clockwork mod and from there I can start using custom roms. Thanks a ton.
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You dont have CWM yet? If you want you can just download Goomanager from playstore and install TWRP from there. That will give you recovery.
Then you can start playing with your ROMS.
If you want to use Goomanager just install it
open it
once it opens hit the menu button and select Install OpenRecoverScript.
Take a look here. Lots of info and even talks about TWRP and recovery
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1725839
Is there a reason to choose between rom manager and clockwwork mod or goo manager TWRP?
jasvncnt1 said:
You dont have CWM yet? If you want you can just download Goomanager from playstore and install TWRP from there. That will give you recovery.
Then you can start playing with your ROMS.
If you want to use Goomanager just install it
open it
once it opens hit the menu button and select Install OpenRecoverScript.
Take a look here. Lots of info and even talks about TWRP and recovery
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1725839
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Also I am hoping to find a process on to install either goomanager or rom manager and install a custom rom. I understand that either manager can be installed from the play store but what is done after that?
chuckado said:
Also I am hoping to find a process on to install either goomanager or rom manager and install a custom rom. I understand that either manager can be installed from the play store but what is done after that?
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I have never used ROM manager. CWM and TWRP do the same thing. They are both recoveries that you can use to back up your ROMs and flash ROMs. I haven't used CWM in awhile as I prefer TWRP. Again they do the same thing but TWRP is a touch recovery. Little easier to use. Once you install either one you just download what ever ROM you want. I store the ROMs on my external SD card. Then you just boot into your recovery and flash the ROM you just downloaded.
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I have a quick question about goo manager, I am try to point to my sdcard as the download location and it says that all the paths that I try are not valid. I have tried /storage/extsdcard/apps/goomanager but that wont work. Im not sure what the issue is.
chuckado said:
Is there a reason to choose between rom manager and clockwwork mod or goo manager TWRP?
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RomManager and GooManager, and ClockWorkMod and TWRP are different kind of softwares.
CWM and TWRP are recoveries, as Jasvncnt1 said above. They are used to flash ROMs into the phone or flashable packages into a custom ROM, backup a ROM, restore a ROM, and some kind of other maintenance (fix permissions, factory reset, format SD card...). They basically are the engine used to customize your phone.
RomManager and GooManager are apps. They basically are front-ends to recoveries usable right from your ROM. (For example, if you flash a ROM from GooManager or RomManager, the app simply reboots the phone into your actual recovery and asks the recovery to proceed with flashing the specified package. Same goes for fix permissions, resets,etc. if they are available in the app.)
These apps also extend recoveries capabilities by offering some other useful functions like dowloading ROM zips from repositories, downloading Gapps packages, checking for available ROM updates...
Some people may find apps like GooManager and RomManager useful, but basically everything available in these apps can be achieved manually right from the recovery.
chuckado said:
I have a quick question about goo manager, I am try to point to my sdcard as the download location and it says that all the paths that I try are not valid. I have tried /storage/extsdcard/apps/goomanager but that wont work. Im not sure what the issue is.
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I believe the download path is case sensitive. extsdcard is a different location than extSdCard. Moreover, the download folder must already exist before you configure it as the prefered download folder in GooManager. So check the following:
1) that you have a /storage/extSdCard/apps/goomanager folder in your external SD card. If not, create it;
2) that you type exactly /storage/extSdCard/apps/goomanager, with the uppercase letters at the right place.
Hey guys
I am completely new in this topic. I just got an Samsung Galaxy Tab S (SMT700 Wifi) as a present a few days ago. Its my first android device I had so far.... so everyone will call me "noob" and I am okay with it DD
When I realised that there are different android os development projects like CM and Paranoid, I become interested in trying them out. so...
1.) Is it possible to brick the android device completely or is there something like an recovery/dfu mode in iOS devices?
2.) Can I go back to the stock OS contributed bey samsung itself (Touchwiz Kitkat)? If yes are this files online?
3.) Does I need special hardware to perform a custom rom flash? (micros card/special OS on pc (linux,....)
4.) Does the CM blck mod in the official forums contains alle required drivers and blobs already to perform gpu tasks and so on? (are there currently downsides swell?)
Thx :fingers-crossed:
androidnoob222 said:
Hey guys
I am completely new in this topic. I just got an Samsung Galaxy Tab S (SMT700 Wifi) as a present a few days ago. Its my first android device I had so far.... so everyone will call me "noob" and I am okay with it DD
When I realised that there are different android os development projects like CM and Paranoid, I become interested in trying them out. so...
1.) Is it possible to brick the android device completely or is there something like an recovery/dfu mode in iOS devices?
2.) Can I go back to the stock OS contributed bey samsung itself (Touchwiz Kitkat)? If yes are this files online?
3.) Does I need special hardware to perform a custom rom flash? (micros card/special OS on pc (linux,....)
4.) Does the CM blck mod in the official forums contains alle required drivers and blobs already to perform gpu tasks and so on? (are there currently downsides swell?)
Thx :fingers-crossed:
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1. There is bootloops but hardbricks are rare. You can enter recovery and download mode(flash stock rom on broke os) in a bootloop. Just hold power, home or vol up for recovery and home +power +vol down for download mode.
2. Yes you can go back to any version of stock os unlike apple you have to be on the latest. The files are online for your device at sammobile. (google it) and also samsung updates.
3. All you need to perform a custom rom flash is a custom recovery called twrp and your device. Theres an app on google play for installation of it. (search on youtube on how to do so). But thats just flashing zip based roms(which most custom roms are). For stock rom installation, you will need a pc and a application called odin 309 to flash a stock md5 file rom in which you will need to be in download mode (like installing new update from itunes).
You will need to backup your whole rom with twrp before flashing a custom rom. You may need a micro sd if your short on space. You will also need to be rooted to install custom roms. Please go to the cfautoroot thread of your device to root your device in which you will viod warrenty.
4. Cm rom as of now still has bugs but is still useable for games and such. There should be a list of bugs on the thread and might have some missing features such as ir blaster and finger print scanner. Battery life may vary. So there are downsides.
5. I can go into more depth of custom stuff and flashing if you wish. Right now my fingers hurts xD. Hope this helps!
1) it is very, very unlikely even if you try intentionally to do so
2) yes, no problem. google for Samsung Firwares, it's all online
3) windows PC, Odin Software, and an USB cable, that's all. You can do it with Linux if you prefer. Some Roms are installed via zip file from the device itself, then you need to flash a new Recovery partition first, that is able to do so
4) ?
Thx you very much for the help !
After reading a lot about this topic it seems to be not as difficult as I thought it would be.
But I don't get one thing. Why does I need to make a proper backup only for the flashing propos? If I flash my internal memory, all data will be replaced. And if it goes wrong I will be able to do a complet software reset with odin and the original samsung image found in the Internet?! So why I have to make a backup (there is no data in my current tap I will need in the future)?
And does the cf chain root flash the OS or the firmware ?
As my understanding tell me that the firmware is something comparable to a bios , which should never be flashed to maintain stability.
So as my logic goes further if my device is rooted, after a proper reset it will not be rooted anymore? (Android stock reset function in settings)
Or does armbased devices not have a normal firmware/bios as I mentioned ? And something in the bootprocess itself is manipulated to anable root access?
Hopefully you get what i mean :angel:
androidnoob222 said:
Thx you very much for the help !
After reading a lot about this topic it seems to be not as difficult as I thought it would be.
But I don't get one thing. Why does I need to make a proper backup only for the flashing propos? If I flash my internal memory, all data will be replaced. And if it goes wrong I will be able to do a complet software reset with odin and the original samsung image found in the Internet?! So why I have to make a backup (there is no data in my current tap I will need in the future)?
And does the cf chain root flash the OS or the firmware ?
As my understanding tell me that the firmware is something comparable to a bios , which should never be flashed to maintain stability.
So as my logic goes further if my device is rooted, after a proper reset it will not be rooted anymore? (Android stock reset function in settings)
Or does armbased devices not have a normal firmware/bios as I mentioned ? And something in the bootprocess itself is manipulated to anable root access?
Hopefully you get what i mean :angel:
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1. Sometimes odin and kies will fail for you. Twrp backups is to be really safe if you get bootlooped and odin fails for you. Its much easyer to restore a twrp backup and easy to make one. Its just if odin or kies fails which twrpnwould be your only hope. Just in case
2. Cfautoroot only flashes supersu and root. It keeps your apps and everything. So when you flash cfautoroot, it will say andriod is upgrading becuase its installing root and restoring back your apps.
3. After a full proper reset, it will not have root and revert back to stock. Thats where you flash cfautoroot to gain root again!
Hope this helps!
So as of now I managed to root my device and also created a twrc backup, which is now transfered to my sd card
Are there major differences between a rom flash with twrc recovery or odin?
androidnoob222 said:
So as of now I managed to root my device and also created a twrc backup, which is now transfered to my sd card
Are there major differences between a rom flash with twrc recovery or odin?
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Most custom roms are to be flashed with twrp. Meanwhile stock roms/md5 is to be flashed with odin(firmware from website).
Again Thx you very much!! You are awesome!
I managed to install cyanogenmod its insanely fast compared to the touchwiz version
But there is one more thing I have to ask.
I installed TWR in the latest version but the klimwifi (2.8.XX) version (klimtwifixx was not avaible). Is this the right version?
Where exactly does TWR be installed. Afther the wipe and the format it stays, so I have no clue how it can be available even if the internel memory was formated?
I started TWR by the terminal (reboot recovery), becouse I have no clue how to start it instead by button pressing?
And there are no playstore how can i get it on cm11?
androidnoob222 said:
Again Thx you very much!! You are awesome!
I managed to install cyanogenmod its insanely fast compared to the touchwiz version
But there is one more thing I have to ask.
I installed TWR in the latest version but the klimwifi (2.8.XX) version (klimtwifixx was not avaible). Is this the right version?
Where exactly does TWR be installed. Afther the wipe and the format it stays, so I have no clue how it can be available even if the internel memory was formated?
I started TWR by the terminal (reboot recovery), becouse I have no clue how to start it instead by button pressing?
And there are no playstore how can i get it on cm11?
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2.8 is the latest version of twrp. I dont think your device is klimwifixx. It should be klimwifi. What the wipe and and factory reset in twrp does is that it clears all your apps and wipe cache. It does not wipe any folders and it justs wipes your apps. So internal should not be affected unless you formatted it... You just need to swipe the factory reset on it when installing roms. For google play store you have to flash a file name gapps. There should be a link to it on the thread. To get into recovery, turn off your device, then hold power, home, vol up buttons at the same time to enter recovery. To exit recover just touch the reboot rectangle and hit reboot system. Hope this helps!
Okay now its clear TWRP replace the "downloade mode", which is the standard recoverymode
You said I do not need to format the disk, but why?
In linux distributions (debian for example) you will have similliar structure for example /var /bin /sbin /usr /proc,.....
If there is the stock touchwiz android it will have this structure listed above as well. So it will courrupt the os by overwriting this folders by a custom rom....
. Maybe you wont do it in the TWRP menue, because it will do it automatically by choose you custom rom install script in the zip?
How is the portioning in those devices? Maybe there are /dev/sda1 (android) and /dev/sda2 (with the recovery setup inside)....? I just want to understand those things
androidnoob222 said:
Okay now its clear TWRP replace the "downloade mode", which is the standard recoverymode
You said I do not need to format the disk, but why?
In linux distributions (debian for example) you will have similliar structure for example /var /bin /sbin /usr /proc,.....
If there is the stock touchwiz android it will have this structure listed above as well. So it will courrupt the os by overwriting this folders by a custom rom....
. Maybe you wont do it in the TWRP menue, because it will do it automatically by choose you custom rom install script in the zip?
How is the portioning in those devices? Maybe there are /dev/sda1 (android) and /dev/sda2 (with the recovery setup inside)....? I just want to understand those things
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No no! Twrp replaces stock recovery. Download mode cannot be replaced. You enter it by holding power, vol down, home button when the device is off. Download mode is when you flash things. Recovery mode is when you clear cache or other stuffs. I have no idea with the linux stuff you explained but custom zip roms just adds some modifications and other stuff to the device. You would need to clear cache and factory reset so you wont have problems installing it. You can easyly go back to stock rooted by restoreing a backup you made in twrp. It has to do something with img and replacing those if thats what your talking about idk. No need to format as the rom add things to it. Just need to factory reset and cleae caches.
But now if I want to enter download mode for testing, it will boot into the twrp recovery. So as for me it looks like that it is already replaced..
androidnoob222 said:
But now if I want to enter download mode for testing, it will boot into the twrp recovery. So as for me it looks like that it is already replaced..
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It shouldnt be as twrp only replaces recovery. Img did you try doing home, power, vol down?
Hi
I have a quick question I have the Galaxy tab S 10.5 wifi and was wondering can I install TWRP without the tablet being rooted?
Also there are some builds where it states that its rooted, debloated and de-knocked. Does this mean that they can be flashed without rooting the tablet and tripping knox.
Thanks for your replies, still trying to get my head around this.
Hi all, relative newb here.
If there is an RTFM on this, I'm all ears, and won't mind one bit.
I want to take a stock SPH-L710 to CM13, and read the thread. First step is to install CWM. I will try this first step later tonight, but question I have is whether I need to be rooted first.
Reason I ask is prior to taking OH1, I "tried" to get CWM installed on ND8 version, and it wouldn't take. I tried first via Odin 3.07, allowing after the SUCCESS message to let the phone reboot itself, and when I shut down and tried to get into recovery mode, it would just go tot he stock "download mode" screen. i then tried to flash via Odin, and not allow reboot, pulled the battery, and restarted into recovery, and the stock download screen still came up.
In reading the thread about CM13, the thread says to load CWM. The version that is linked to on the clockworkmod page is 6.0.4.5, which is not the version I was trying to install above (it was an older version). Can I assume that installing this version will allow boot into the CWM recovery, so I can get to the next step?
I also searched, and found useful pages on how to convert a .img to at tar.md5, so I think I'm good to use the version on the cwm url.
I've searched hard to find any mention of not being able to boot into CWM, and it has something to do with OTA updates. Asking these questions now, since for some reason, I can only get this site up here at work, not at home using IE on a 32 bit machine.
TIA...and pointers to RTFMs greatly appreciated.
Eric
ejaf said:
Hi all, relative newb here.
If there is an RTFM on this, I'm all ears, and won't mind one bit.
I want to take a stock SPH-L710 to CM13, and read the thread. First step is to install CWM. I will try this first step later tonight, but question I have is whether I need to be rooted first.
Reason I ask is prior to taking OH1, I "tried" to get CWM installed on ND8 version, and it wouldn't take. I tried first via Odin 3.07, allowing after the SUCCESS message to let the phone reboot itself, and when I shut down and tried to get into recovery mode, it would just go tot he stock "download mode" screen. i then tried to flash via Odin, and not allow reboot, pulled the battery, and restarted into recovery, and the stock download screen still came up.
In reading the thread about CM13, the thread says to load CWM. The version that is linked to on the clockworkmod page is 6.0.4.5, which is not the version I was trying to install above (it was an older version). Can I assume that installing this version will allow boot into the CWM recovery, so I can get to the next step?
I also searched, and found useful pages on how to convert a .img to at tar.md5, so I think I'm good to use the version on the cwm url.
I've searched hard to find any mention of not being able to boot into CWM, and it has something to do with OTA updates. Asking these questions now, since for some reason, I can only get this site up here at work, not at home using IE on a 32 bit machine.
TIA...and pointers to RTFMs greatly appreciated.
Eric
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The thing is CWM is outdated, i believe to install CM13 successfully, you'd have to install twrp.
Here is the link to the latest, grab the first tar flash it via odin & you should be good to boot into recovery to flash roms.
https://dl.twrp.me/d2spr/
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The thing is CWM is outdated, i believe to install CM13 successfully, you'd have to install twrp.
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Interesting news...thanks. The "Official" thread says that only CWM can be used. Of course, since that thread has a gazillion replies, I couldn't get through it. Of course...I just noticed that the thread I was reading was not specific to CM13, so I have to do more reading.
Main question....haven't got a hit on whether, after installing custom recovery, I need to root or not.
I am also at a disadvantage, since I can't get this site up at home, only at work, so I can't dowload anything while reading.
Thanks for the reply.
ejaf said:
Interesting news...thanks. The "Official" thread says that only CWM can be used. Of course, since that thread has a gazillion replies, I couldn't get through it. Of course...I just noticed that the thread I was reading was not specific to CM13, so I have to do more reading.
Main question....haven't got a hit on whether, after installing custom recovery, I need to root or not.
I am also at a disadvantage, since I can't get this site up at home, only at work, so I can't dowload anything while reading.
Thanks for the reply.
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Yes, the official thread is CM13, you don't need Cwm, pretty much twrp supports marshmallow now.
And i believe you would need root.
If there's any way for you to be able to download the files, id be happy to give you step by step instructions :good:
THANKS BIG TIME!!!
Cool beans! I got TWRP 3.0.2.0 installed! And when exiting, I installed superSU, followed instructions, updated via play store, and disabled Knox.
I am in the process of downloading CM13 Nightly from cyanogenmod (cm-13.0-20160428-NIGHTLY-d2spr.zip). I don't see an "official" release there, so I guess a nightly is the best I can do if I want CM13 (weird though, since the unofficial thread started in November, and I only see nightlies starting in April.
So this is what's next correct?:
- wipe the device
- flash rom
- flash gapps
- reboot system
TIA...Eric
FYI...I couldn't take it anymore, didn't feel like tracking the IE issue, so I downloaded chrome
ejaf said:
THANKS BIG TIME!!!
Cool beans! I got TWRP 3.0.2.0 installed! And when exiting, I installed superSU, followed instructions, updated via play store, and disabled Knox.
I am in the process of downloading CM13 Nightly from cyanogenmod (cm-13.0-20160428-NIGHTLY-d2spr.zip). I don't see an "official" release there, so I guess a nightly is the best I can do if I want CM13 (weird though, since the unofficial thread started in November, and I only see nightlies starting in April.
So this is what's next correct?:
- wipe the device
- flash rom
- flash gapps
- reboot system
TIA...Eric
FYI...I couldn't take it anymore, didn't feel like tracking the IE issue, so I downloaded chrome
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Yeah the Unofficial thread was being maintained by a Developer, who stopped as soon as the officials came out.
And yes
1.) Wipe Data, Cache, System, & Internal Storage (So backup anything on there)
2.) Flash Rom, Gapps, SuperSu 2.71 (If you want root)
& should be good to go
Just found this post here on the "Unofficial" CM thread, which causes me some concern:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=65865323&postcount=207
This basically states:
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An example of the steps with the assumption someone was coming from the stock android with TWRP installed and everything to be flash stored on the external sdcard. Assuming the user is in TWRP to start.
Issue a full format of the following partitions, /system, /userdata, /internalstorage, /cache, /dalvik
Add the rom to the flash queue (eg. cm-13.0)
Add an android 6 compatible gapps to the queue
Add the Virgin fix to the queue
Run the flash queue (or flash the above file individually without rebooting)
Reboot into system for the first time
Once booted reboot into TWRP
Add the same rom zip to the flash queue
Add the Virgin fix to the queue
Run the flash queue (or flash the above file individually without rebooting)
Reboot to system
Everything should be functioning (at least mostly)
Enjoy
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Not sure about the APN stuff, so I guess i have to read more about that as well.
Thanks for getting me through the "baby" steps though...I'm infinitely further than I was before
ejaf said:
Just found this post here on the "Unofficial" CM thread, which causes me some concern:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=65865323&postcount=207
This basically states:
>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>
An example of the steps with the assumption someone was coming from the stock android with TWRP installed and everything to be flash stored on the external sdcard. Assuming the user is in TWRP to start.
Issue a full format of the following partitions, /system, /userdata, /internalstorage, /cache, /dalvik
Add the rom to the flash queue (eg. cm-13.0)
Add an android 6 compatible gapps to the queue
Add the Virgin fix to the queue
Run the flash queue (or flash the above file individually without rebooting)
Reboot into system for the first time
Once booted reboot into TWRP
Add the same rom zip to the flash queue
Add the Virgin fix to the queue
Run the flash queue (or flash the above file individually without rebooting)
Reboot to system
Everything should be functioning (at least mostly)
Enjoy
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Not sure about the APN stuff, so I guess i have to read more about that as well.
Thanks for getting me through the "baby" steps though...I'm infinitely further than I was before
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That's the order, now about the apn im not sure, i just use mine for wifi and stuff.
That Cyanogenmod build "04282016" wasn't running so well for me, so I'm on AICP for now.
But i would suggest, OctOs , AICP, or Exodus Roms. Those are the most stable roms for this device.
Same steps just different ROMs.
But i did hear Exodus gives you data right off the bat, so that'd be good to try
Interesting...thanks for the tips. Hopefully I won't have to bother any of you all again, since I really don't have much in the way of knowledge to return
E
FYI...was able to boot up into CM 12.1 over the weekend. Jury's still out on whether to go to a 6.0.1 based ROM, but appreciate all the help.
Eric
I found the APN fix didn't work with the CM13 rom (I've used it previously with 12.1 fine). I also found that the build-in cm update failed on 20160505 nightly. Not sure if this was just that day or a known bug.