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Sounds strange the way im puttinh it sorry. There a lock on phone so u cant install 3rd party apps. How can i get around this? Will rooting do this? If so is there away i can do this right from my phone? I got crap on the computer and tried to fix and made things worse. I use to install adb. Thanks for any help
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=761751
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The easiest way to enable sideloading is to flash a new ROM. You can download all you need directly on the phone.
When I was using the stock ROM, I used android side loading wonder machine from android central.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=761751
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Wasn't his question about side loading, not a sim unlock?
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quarlow said:
Wasn't his question about side loading, not a sim unlock?
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Woops wrong thread, my bad
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I dont have a computer any more. So everything i try is going to have to be through phone. The link someone posted is for oneclick done on the computer. Which i dont have any more. Also if theres away to sideload without having to mess with roms. I like what i have and dont want to fart around with roms. So if rooting phone will let you sideload is there something on market i can dl? Thanks
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Other than flashing a ROM I don't know a way to enable sideloading directly on the phone. Rooting would definately be required if there is an app to do it. Rooting would not be required if it is done through an update.zip. Rooting itself will make no difference in sideloading.
If you are running stock FroYo you cannot do anything without a computer, update.zip's wont run on stock FroYo (3e recovery).
If you are going to flash a new recovery to enable using the update.zip method then you may as well flash a new ROM, its the same amount of work, and mostly the same steps.
If you like the stock experience give Cognition a try. Its what would have come on the phone originally if the Samsung developers were actual end users. Its fast, stable, and full of features like sideliading, root, tethering, and many more.
And if none of this makes sense ... don't do it. If you don't understand what you are doing you will have a paperweight instead of a phone. All the info is in the stickies, this section or development section.
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I understand about flashing. Well sorta lol but you need a computer to do all this with right? If i had my computer i wouldnt be on here because i use adb to sideload but sence comps down all i got is phone. This sucks. Going to have to see about vetting desktop up and running again i guess. O well thanks for the input.
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What are you running on your phone?
If you are running stock 2.1, you may be able to do everything directly on your phone depending on if your phone will support 3 button combo. To test turn off your phone, then hold both volume buttons and power, when you see the third white att screen release the power button while still holding the volume keys. If you get a recovery menu, 3 button combo is supported, and you are good to go. You can download all you need to flash a ROM. Basically the clockworkmod update.zip and the ROM of your choosing.
If you can't get into recovery I think you need a computer to enable 3 button combo.
If you are running stock 2.2, you need a computer, period.
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Am running 2.2
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2.2 + no computer = no root or sideloading.
Do you know anyone with a computer you can use once?
I am brand new to the Android OS and I heard from some friends that rooting is very similar to "jailbreaking" on the iPhone in the sense that you gain a lot of extra features and are able to sideload apps, etc.
I have a few questions before I do my root. Also, I do not want to install Android 2.3 or any other OS on my phone. I want to keep the stock OS, except I want my phone to be rooted (if that works). The guide my friends showed me was this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=952352
1. If I root my phone and then install an HTC or AT&T update, does my root go away (HTC Inspire 4G locked to AT&T).
2. Can I remove the AT&T lock so I can use my phone in Europe if I root?
3. I don't want to brick my phone, so is there anyway to back it up beforehand?
Thanks for the help!
1. It won't let you update so your good.
2. Yes you can it unlocks the phone.
3. Yes its called a Nandroid
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XAviierG said:
1. It won't let you update so your good.
2. Yes you can it unlocks the phone.
3. Yes its called a Nandroid
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Also, is the thread I posted the best method for rooting as of right now, or is there a better one?
ComradeNF said:
Also, is the thread I posted the best method for rooting as of right now, or is there a better one?
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That's how I rooted mines. Very simple
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Just remember backups are your friends
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Just remember backups are your friends
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+1! I learned this the hard way haha.....I went flash crazy once with mods, and one of them went wrong. I hadn't made a backup in almost a week, so I had a lot of work to do to get everything back the way I like it. Now, I religiously do a backup before doing any mod, everytime . Time consuming, yes, but it'll save you A LOT of time if something goes wrong.
yep very true a back up just saved my butt yesterday
Back up is a must..
I hate when I get bricked without a backup....I have to reinstall the rom and set up everything again..
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words can't explain how many times I've been saved with my backup when messng with different flashes, haha. Very important.
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1- rooting is the hardest /most dangerous part(not that its dangerous, but its more dangerous than flashing a rom/kernel simply cause your flashing a radio). Flashing a rom is simple/safe. After you root don't not flash a rom cause you think its dangerous or you'll brick your phone-you wont.
2- I haven't made a nandroid backup ever. If you soft brick your phone, knowing adb is way more important than a backup. I've bricked my phone probably more than everybody in this thread x50, adb saves me everytime. Even if the computer wont see your phone when it boots, 99.9% of the time it will see it when in recovery, so this is what will really save you. Reboot the phone to recovery, use adb to fix whatever broke from the mod/whatever you just did.
(I'm not saying don't make backups, I'm saying learn adb - it can more likely save your ass than anything. Learn it)
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1- rooting is the hardest /most dangerous part(not that its dangerous, but its more dangerous than flashing a rom/radio simply cause your flashing a radio). Flashing a rom is simple/safe. After you root don't not flash a rom cause you think its dangerous or you'll brick your phone-you wont.
2- I haven't made a nandroid backup ever. If you soft brick your phone, knowing adb is way more important than a backup. I've bricked my phone probably more than everybody in this thread x50, adb saves me everytime. Even if the computer wont see your phone when it boots, 99.9% of the time it will see it when in recovery, so this is what will really save you. Reboot the phone to recovery, use adb to fix whatever broke from the mod/whatever you just did.
(I'm not saying don't make backups, I'm saying learn adb - it can more likely save your ass than anything. Learn it)
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Good advice....I need to take the time to do that.....
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I install slimroms 4.2.1 stable rom and went to reboot phone and now i cant boot it up. I tried getting into recovery or download mod by holding Home power and volume up or down but nothing happens. The screen just remains off. Is there a way around this or is it done?
Remove then reinstall the battery. Then try again. Cal you get into download mode?
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search for how to fix a hard brick you mightve flashed a rom for a different carrier dude, something like that. if you cant boot into odin than its probably hard bricked. try leaving it for awhile and go back to it later, sometimes technology is weird like that. i doubt it though..
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search for how to fix a hard brick you mightve flashed a rom for a different carrier dude, something like that. if you cant boot into odin than its probably hard bricked. try leaving it for awhile and go back to it later, sometimes technology is weird like that. i doubt it though..
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Well I'll be honest I looked at SD card and I flashed and i9300 rom on it. I've tried leaving battery and stuff but the phone just won't power on. Screen just remains off. When I plug into computer with battery out a red light comes on and phone tried to install a driver but doesn't install and Odin doesn't see. I have Samsung drivers installed so i don't know what it's trying to install. Am I screwed? Throw phone away? Lol
Google jtag. I don't think there's another way to get your phone fixed. Flashing an international rom is the surest way to hard brick.
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Google jtag. I don't think there's another way to get your phone fixed. Flashing an international rom is the surest way to hard brick.
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I head jtag doesn't work anymore after 2.3 android or maybe it was the jig I was reading about.
http://mobiletechvideos.mybigcommerce.com/samsung-galaxy-s-iii-jtag-brick-repair/
Hopefully someone will have another way to fix it but I'm pretty sure jtag is the only way.
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I am trying to root my G2x running 2.2.2 so I can use my computer to control it while I wait for a digitizer replacement. I have downloaded android SDK manager, Android Screencast, and multiple versions of superoneclick.
Now everything has gone according to plan, until I try to open superoneclick. at first the computer acts as it would normally when it opens a program. but the program never opens. So after a minute or so my computer was operating at a snails pace. so i opened task manager and my HDD was running at 100% which is obviously bad, considering my computer usually operates under 20%.
The instant I end the superoneclick task, my HDD drops back down to normal. And this happens every time I try to run superoneclick.
I was wondering if anyone has experienced this before, and if there is a solution or if im doing something wrong.
As far as i know the only way to root this phone is to flash a rooted rom via clockworkmod which needs to be installed via NVFlash.
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As far as i know the only way to root this phone is to flash a rooted rom via clockworkmod which needs to be installed via NVFlash.
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Is there a tutorial you would suggest, or should I just do some research? I mean I'll be looking it up either way, but advice would be great.
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Is there a tutorial you would suggest, or should I just do some research? I mean I'll be looking it up either way, but advice would be great.
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CWM via NVFlash.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1056847
Is your screen dead or just the.touch function?
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CWM via NVFlash.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1056847
Is your screen dead or just the.touch function?
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It's just the touch function, the bottom inch of screen works. and the top centimeter or so works, but the middle of the screen has no touch function. the phones in great cosmetic condition, but something happened and the charge flex cable died so i replaced that. But when it booted up for the first time in a year or so that section of the touch screen I mentioned didnt work. Oh, and I know me replacing the flex cable didnt cause the screen to go out because it was like that before.
The new digitizer should be in tomorrow. And i'm about to try what you suggested, and then ill come back and report. Thank you.
I rooted my phone by flashing cwm via nvflash and then flashed a g2x root.zip file. The zip file can be found in one of the stickies, if you can't find it and want it let me know and ill get it to you
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I'm already rooted with unlocked bootloader but I'm s on. Is there a just s off tutorial because I hate having to fastboot flash a new Rom from my computer each time I want to install a new one. I'd also like to get 4ext working instead of cwm.
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http://tau.shadowchild.nl/attn1/?cat=6. For 4ext just install it from the updater apk from its website.
Unfortunately I'm not that advanced to do that method of s off and iv tried installing the 4ext from within the app and it says installed but when I boot in recovery it's still cwm. As for the s off I feel safer just fast booting from my computer till I grasp a better concept with the advanced way. Witch is a bummer.
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Unfortunately I'm not that advanced to do that method of s off and iv tried installing the 4ext from within the app and it says installed but when I boot in recovery it's still cwm. As for the s off I feel safer just fast booting from my computer till I grasp a better concept with the advanced way. Witch is a bummer.
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If you familiarize yourself with adb and fastboot this process isn't really that hard. It just seems complex to the un-trained eye. You already did the dev unlock process and there are other tutorials about making a gold card that go into more depth. As always though don't do anything unless your sure of success or are willing to brick a device trying.
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