I've installed the Zen rom for the HTC Hero and I keep trying to install the A2SD or get it going but can't, does anyone have or can give a step by step? From flashing to wiping the rom?
might be able to get the help you are looking for here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=715116
I know when I first set mine up all i did was make the ext3 partition in the recovery mode and it just worked for me.
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My buddy has the inspire 4g. He bought it rooted by somebody else. I've flashed cynogenmod for him aqnd several updates over the past few months. We are trying to flash new roms and its constantly aborting. Ive rooted my droids and always flash roms and never run into this problem.
He has the newest clockwork mod should we possible get a different recovery?
I don't do anything with flashing a new radio, is that necesary and whats causing the problem?
I am trying to flash core droid or revolution, he wants the best sense rom any suggestions?
I would appreciate any help. If there is no way to fix it I planned to totally reset and unroot and then root it myself and make sure everything is done right, does that sound right?
dieseldank said:
If there is no way to fix it I planned to totally reset and unroot and then root it myself and make sure everything is done right, does that sound right?
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Though probably not necessary, the peace of mind that comes with knowing what's been done to the phone from the ground up might be worth it.
As for a fix to your current issue, please provide a little more detail as to the error.
It clears the cache and everything like that but it has a line that says installing update then the next line is installation aborted. That happens very quickly when I try to apply the update.zip
dieseldank said:
It clears the cache and everything like that but it has a line that says installing update then the next line is installation aborted. That happens very quickly when I try to apply the update.zip
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Is this the same SD card for every try? It might be a flakey SD card. Try a different card if you can.
I have several sd cards so will try the one I use. Am going over to help him in a few hours. Anyone have other suggestions? Should I be able to just flash a rom or do I have to flash a new radio also? <Because Ive only done cynogen on his which didnt have a radio.
Thanks again.
dieseldank said:
I have several sd cards so will try the one I use. Am going over to help him in a few hours. Anyone have other suggestions? Should I be able to just flash a rom or do I have to flash a new radio also? <Because Ive only done cynogen on his which didnt have a radio.
Thanks again.
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Radio is not usually flashed as part of the ROM. As long as you have a valid radio, it should work. If you somehow managed to get an invalid radio flashed, then you've have bigger problems that you indicate (i.e. hard bricked).
The fact that you can boot into recovery indicates that all it well with the device from that perspective. That leaves only the ROM zip to be flashed which is why I suggested trying a different SD card (since you tried several, it's not likely that you always got a bad download).
If it still messes up with a new SD card, try complete wipe, then format system from nandroid before running the update.zip. System partition doesn't get formatted during a complete wipe, but most ROMs should format it as a matter of course before installing. It's unlikely, but it could be a corrupt system partition which should clean up with a format.
dieseldank said:
I have several sd cards so will try the one I use. Am going over to help him in a few hours. Anyone have other suggestions? Should I be able to just flash a rom or do I have to flash a new radio also? <Because Ive only done cynogen on his which didnt have a radio.
Thanks again.
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Wanna Save yourself some time and maybe some future headaches? Like posted above It helps when you know what has been done. I would start from the ground up. Get back to a stock base and go from there, this way you are not trying to track down something you may not have done but was done before he got it.
As for your issue, If a radio is recommended then it will/should state so in the thread.
I have threads on how to root his inspire but can anyone forward a link of how to completely unroot and reset. When i reset in recovery it still keeps cynogenmod on.
dieseldank said:
I have threads on how to root his inspire but can anyone forward a link of how to completely unroot and reset. When i reset in recovery it still keeps cynogenmod on.
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There's no good reason to go through all that trouble. If you have S-OFF, then you're good to go as far as being rooted is concerned. Since you appear to have recovery too, then you're 95% rooted no matter what the current ROM is doing.
If you have S-OFF already, then going back to stock and rerooting is just going to waste time.
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It clears the cache and everything like that but it has a line that says installing update then the next line is installation aborted. That happens very quickly when I try to apply the update.zip
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In cwm are you trying to "apply update from sdcard" or "install zip from sdcard"
install zip is what you want.... then choose the ROM. IF you're applying update.... it's gonna abort.
You could also try reflashing recovery in Rom Manager or flashing an older version of recovery.
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Gene Poole said:
There's no good reason to go through all that trouble. If you have S-OFF, then you're good to go as far as being rooted is concerned. Since you appear to have recovery too, then you're 95% rooted no matter what the current ROM is doing.
If you have S-OFF already, then going back to stock and rerooting is just going to waste time.
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Since it has s-off and is rooted correctly what do you advise I do to fix my abort problem? Didn't see an answer in there, thanks.
Nickovtyme said:
In cwm are you trying to "apply update from sdcard" or "install zip from sdcard"
install zip is what you want.... then choose the ROM. IF you're applying update.... it's gonna abort.
You could also try reflashing recovery in Rom Manager or flashing an older version of recovery.
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I tried both ways and its aborts both ways. And Ive reflashed recovery in rom manager, should I maybe try a different recovery?
Since you are already rooted and having trouble flashing thru rom manager, why not try flashing to stock rooted thru bootloader? It's my understanding that attn1's Ace_Cingular_US rom will automatically do a full wipe and take you to the latest stock rom and radio. If that works, then you can install the latest rom manager and flash a custom rom. It's worth a shot.
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dieseldank said:
Since it has s-off and is rooted correctly what do you advise I do to fix my abort problem? Didn't see an answer in there, thanks.
I tried both ways and its aborts both ways. And Ive reflashed recovery in rom manager, should I maybe try a different recovery?
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It's not gonna hurt. it sounds like the recovery is having issues with the script so it's aborting... an older recovery may resolve that issue.
But that's a good idea also... flash the lastest stock rooted ROM thru hboot. Then reflash recovery. see If that don't solve it
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Hi everyone,
I've been reading this Forum for a few Days now an been watching and getting excited about the Custom-Rom-Development going on since Alpharevx has been released.
I still got a few minor Questions before I start trying to install a Custom Rom.
Maybe you can help me out with theese.
1. When using Alpharevx to go S-Off and also flashing the CWM, then I should have a Menu pointing me to a Backup-Feature. Where does it Backup to ?
1.1. Is this a complet Backup of my actual Rom so whenever I flash this back I will be where I am right now ?
2. I want to use a new Class 10 SD-Card in which format should I format it ? Ext4?
3. Do I need to do Alpharevx and Gingerbreak before installing a custom Rom ?
I think that's it for now. I hope you can help me out.
Thanks in Advance
Jubei
P.S. Sorry for the bad English
I want to know this too
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1. Not sure. 1.1 yes
2. I think the answer is yes ext4.
3. Yes you need alpharevx to s-off the phone and gingerbreak to root it
Hope that helps. Can someone correct me if I'm wrong
1. After installing CWM Recovery, you will have an option there called Backup & Restore.
1.1 It backups everything. Everything will be exactly as you left it before doing a backup.
2. Format it to EXT4 only if you need more space for apps. For example: 0,5 GB Ext4 and 9,5 FAT. Your choice.
3. Without AlphaRev you cannot unlock the bootloader, you need to S-OFF it.
If you install the custom recovery provided by AlphaRev, you won't need any root. Just go into Recovery, backup, then wipe data and cache and you are ready to flash new ROM that is already rooted.
Hey,
great thx for the fast replies. So I will try to flash my DS tonight.
See you on my next questions-thread
The CWM back up is a complete image of the phone, appart from the nvram (radio), and lives in sd/root/clockworkmod/backup from there you can extract and save it someplace if you like.
I don't think the Desire S can read/write any faster than Class 6, so a class 10 is a waste of money.
you can check if you're rooted via rootchecker app..i've succesfully rooted my phone and flash LBC Rom yesterday...today gonna try Virtous Unity...hehe,i love my phone!
Thanks in advance if anyone can help me. I've searched a few threads and tried a few things but none solved my problem. Here is a summary of what I have done:
I have a New Nexus S 4G
I rooted using the method on nexusshacks dot com
Initally couldn't get into recovery, so flashed new Recovery and was able to go through install process
Tried installing latest MIUI and got a loop on the booting animation
Redownloaded the rom and tried again
Tried manually installing through recovery wiping cache x3 and dalvik x3 then installing, same thing
Tried the above with CyanogenMod to see if it was the Rom that was bad and got a boot loop there as well.
I have a recovery of the stock ROM that I am running, but would appreciate any help. Thanks
You can't flash custom roms with stock recovery, get cwm recovery for NxS 4g.
Also, stay away from nexushacks method. Lately there are ****loads of ppl here on the forums that got stuck at some point after following their manual. I'd recommend this sticky: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1071500 (especially the guide on how to root by BuglessPete)
Additionally, ALWAYS make sure you download for NxS 4g
Thanks for your reply. I was using CWM I downloaded through Rom Manager. Im on a Mac, do the ones you suggest work on Mac?
Root guide for mac users: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=970237
Are you sure that you tried Nexus S 4G ROMs? Also try to format /system partiton before flashing...
redsprocket said:
Thanks for your reply. I was using CWM I downloaded through Rom Manager. Im on a Mac, do the ones you suggest work on Mac?
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Right after nexusshacks.com guide ditch rom manager lol, it's the 2nd source of fail.
Tenhi said:
Root guide for mac users: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=970237
Are you sure that you tried Nexus S 4G ROMs? Also try to format /system partiton before flashing...
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They were definitely NS4G roms, downloaded a couple times to be sure. Can you explain the quote above? I didn't see an option for this in CWM Recovery.
Also, I tried running through the steps to root on a Mac from the link previously posted in this thread and same result. I did not unroot before doing it. Should I have? And how do I unroot on a Mac?
Don't know about unrooting...You can find format options in mount section in CWM recovery. Try to format system, cache and data. Have you tried to flash stock rooted ROM?
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The formatting fixed it. Thanks all.
Great! Glad to be helpful ...
Has anyone else had issues with this new rom i have flashed this and it will load up and constantly be reading sd card and then reboot and continue this loop. I have even went all the back to stock un rooted rerooted and then flashed again with same problem. I would really like to check out this rom but its not working for me please help.
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Has anyone else had issues with this new rom i have flashed this and it will load up and constantly be reading sd card and then reboot and continue this loop. I have even went all the back to stock un rooted rerooted and then flashed again with same problem. I would really like to check out this rom but its not working for me please help.
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Check in recovery to see if voodoo is enabled if it is disable it. It sounds like your SD card isn't being read properly by system. Once disabled use fb's busybox flasher to get busybox, then go back to recovery and enable voodoo.
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Thanks i will give that a shot hope it works.
I've had problems with first install try reflashing but first im cwm go to mounts and storage and format /system /data /cache manually then install rom
Be sure to backup data beforehand
Thank's aren't asked for but aappreciated
Disregard this
I have this exact problem as well and I'm still searching for an answer. :/ I will try what cnote says and see of this works.
-Sent From My Amazing SGS4G-
HTC DESIRE ROOTED
Everyone of the cusom roms i install go in fine but on reboot stays on boot screen will not boot from there?
what am i doing wrong,have to recover to stock rom to get it to work
please help!
cheers jem:silly:
this is the wrong place to post your problem.You must write in desire Q&A
jemcat said:
HTC DESIRE ROOTED
Everyone of the cusom roms i install go in fine but on reboot stays on boot screen will not boot from there?
what am i doing wrong,have to recover to stock rom to get it to work
please help!
cheers jem:silly:
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First of all wrong place to post problem.
Secondly, it is clear that you dont know anything about hboot of your phone and the rom your donwloading....
Stock hboot only supports rom for stock hboot.
As you are new to this stuff, im assuming you are test driving HTC Sense roms, which almost always require a 2nd sd-card partition as sd-ext in ext2/3/4 format. Which you probably dont have, so your getting bootloops. No other reasons i can think of.
Go read about "sd-ext" and "hboots", or explain your problem and your phone config in more detail so i can help more.
Regards
Yasir