so i have a samsung galaxy s 4g that is rooted with superoneclick. right now i have clockworkmod recovery 3.2.0.0. i like amon ra much better. i had this on my G1.im trying to flash 2.2.1. i cant seem to get it to flash. in terminal emulator it doesnt recognize the command "flash_image" it is "not found". i have adb setup but when i try "adb root" i get a message "adbd cannot run as root in production builds" i cant seem to get into bootloader by holding down buttons or by using "quick boot" i tried rom manager, "flash alternate recovery" is greyed out. please help!
No amon ra or ROM manager for this phone.
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jager555 said:
No amon ra or ROM manager for this phone.
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Is the 3E stock recovery the only reason?
I don't understand why its not an option....
Was it built for this phone?
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A bunch of things you need to know for galaxies vs aosp
1. I also came from a g1. I loved it.
2. AOSP, Sense, Motoblur.etc excluding Touchwiz(These types run on the basic file format. Install rom from a signed zip, start up using a bootloader spl, you must be familiar with hardspl. A boot.img, this is the kernel, and a zip with /system, and other stuff. Also a recovery.img(Amon Ra). And a modem.img
3. Those phones have a posibility for ADB Remount command and fastboot.
eg adb remount, or fastboot flash recovery.img
4. Touchwiz is Galaxy. They run on 2 bootloader binary files, a zImage as a kernel, and mainly the /system partition called factoryfs.rfs is stockly available on a computer flashable tar file which has the files. The tar files usually with files that include factoryfs.rfs, datafs.rfs, cache.rfs, param.lfs, boot.bin, sbl.bin, zImage and modem.bin.
5. Factoryfs = /system zip datafs = /data partition cache = /cache partition, param includes core files like splash image 1 for the g1, and boot and sbl are bootloader, zImage = boot.img with different coding, modem.bin = modem.img
6. zImage contains the recovery.img partition on GB and the /system partion has recovery in froyo roms.
7. Touchwiz has odd mounts, and flashing alternate recoveries has the potential to make your phone an expensive paper weight.
8. There is a feature kind of like boot loader and spl mode for g1(rainbow screen) called download mode. This is where you connect to the computer to flash the big tar files.
9. The smart devs have created a clockworkmod recovery, which has more functions then amon ra and allows you to flash zip files with sgs4g roms.
10. Boot animation cannot be changed unless you have a kernel supporting them. Instead of bootanimation.zip, they use 2 files called bootsamsung.qmg, and bootsamsungloop.qmg
11. DON"T FLASH ANYTHING NOT MADE FOR THIS PHONE, ESPECIALLY BOOTLOADERS AS THEY MAY MAKE YOUR PHONE UNUSABLE, THE REST USUALLY CAN BE RECOVERED.
so is there a way to backup/restore my galaxy s like i could my G1
1. the galaxy s 4g is not a G1
2. yes, you can back it up by going to "backup and restore" in CWM and then clicking "Backup". this will back everything up.
you can restore by choosing the same option in cwm, but "restore" once in the menu.
if you are on a rom that you want to keep, you can go to advanced restore in the backup/restore menu and restore only your data.
gdofwar has a tutorial out on how to backup/restore the phone. does this help?
when i go into ROM Manager and click "backup current rom" it takes me to the screen in the picture. there are no backup options. incase you cant see the pic. the options are:
reboot system now
reinstall packages
delete all user data
delete cache data.
lokeycmos said:
when i go into ROM Manager and click "backup current rom" it takes me to the screen in the picture. there are no backup options. incase you cant see the pic. the options are:
reboot system now
reinstall packages
delete all user data
delete cache data.
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ROM manager does not work on this phone. You cant use ROM manager. ROM manager does not work.
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Exodian said:
ROM manager does not work on this phone. You cant use ROM manager. ROM manager does not work.
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so what can i do?
Omfg
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Dev section krylon 360 cwm final thread. Read it follow it.
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Bali on Froyo. drhonk's GB kernels.
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Cool THank you for the thread! i have the update.zip on my sd card. when i try to push the other file it says "failed to copy 'recovery' to '/system/bin/recovery': Read-only file system" how do i work through this? thank you much!
jager555 said:
Omfg
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You read my mind with that post. LOL
htaak said:
You read my mind with that post. LOL
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Im looking for help not criticism. im obvisously not on your level.
ok. look for the bali 3.3uv threads. odin this file using the instructions in the thread. this will give you the proper cwm and root.
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Im looking for help not criticism. im obvisously not on your level.
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I hope you are above my level LOL.
It wasn't meant as criticism, Jager just happened to post exactly what I was thinking at the moment I was thinking it as I read through the thread, and it made me laugh. It was like a mini version of Monty Python's Dead Parrot Sketch.
I sincerely apologize if it came over that way. I am not here to argue with or upset anyone.
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Cool THank you for the thread! i have the update.zip on my sd card. when i try to push the other file it says "failed to copy 'recovery' to '/system/bin/recovery': Read-only file system" how do i work through this? thank you much!
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Flash, not push. Unless you're rooted, the file system is set to read-only. If you are rooted, download root explorer or any other file system explorer, set to R/W, and push again.
To flash, boot to recovery and select the update.zip option (don't remember exact wording).
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neocorteqz said:
Flash, not push. Unless you're rooted, the file system is set to read-only. If you are rooted, download root explorer or any other file system explorer, set to R/W, and push again.
To flash, boot to recovery and select the update.zip option (don't remember exact wording).
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if you do it this way for the love of god dont forget to remont the system as r/o after you copy the recovery file to the system bin folder ....
I have a g2x. My phone is currently on Miui . But I tried switching back to stock rooted froyo. My phone is rooted, and is on Miui. I dislike this rom , and wanted to switch back.
Problem: I wipe data and cache everything .go to install zip, choose the stock froyo zip I found in xda. I click it and it says installation aborted. It's been very very frustrating. Since I leave to Europe in 2 days I can't stand to have Miui for 2 weeks. What can i do. Thanks
Try restoring your backup.
Might be a bad download. Redownload the file and make sure its a full file size 1xx MB rom.
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Try restoring your backup.
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My backup was accidentally deleted. I can't restore any rom. Thanks
Is the stock froyo zip a flashable zip or is it a zip file containing a nandroid backup? What are the contents of the zip you're trying to flash?
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Is the stock froyo zip a flashable zip or is it a zip file containing a nandroid backup? What are the contents of the zip you're trying to flash?
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android_secure.img
.DS_Store
boot.img
cache.img
data.img
nandroid.md5
recovery.img
system.img
abdulsaleh said:
android_secure.img
.DS_Store
boot.img
cache.img
data.img
nandroid.md5
recovery.img
system.img
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It's a nandroid. Put those files (extract them) to /sdcard/clockworkmod/backup/??? And nandroid restore them.
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Hi guys and gal's check me out I'm trying to flash cwm final and it keeps aborting the process! I push recovery to system /bin and zip file I put on my SD card using root explorer boot into recovery reinstall packages and no bets don't know what to do any ideas? All assistance is greatly appreciated.
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yosif yackson said:
Hi guys and gal's check me out I'm trying to flash cwm final and it keeps aborting the process! I push recovery to system /bin and zip file I put on my SD card using root explorer boot into recovery reinstall packages and no bets don't know what to do any ideas? All assistance is greatly appreciated.
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Are you doing this on Froyo or GB? This only works on Froyo. Maybe try re-downloading the recovery & zip file to insure you didn't get bad downloads.
I'm on froyo and I downloaded from my phones browser if that makes a difference, and thanks for the help boss
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yosif yackson said:
I'm on froyo and I downloaded from my phones browser if that makes a difference, and thanks for the help boss
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It shouldn't make a difference how you downloaded the zip as long as you followed the instructions on the thread. Make sure you don't try to extract the zip file. try re-downloading them & try again.
are you changing the permissions of the directory from read only (R/O) to read/write (R/W) in root explorer before you try pasting the files?
Yup I used root explorer to push the files and it prompted me to switch to r/w when I tried to push the recovery. I'll try the process from the beginning and report back
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Does anyone know where to find or have the apk for the AOSP keyboard? I'm currently unrooted and can't stand the GB keyboard.
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I think this is what I used.
http://www.filesonic.com/file/4235112464/app.zip
Thanks for the link. After attempting to get fileshare to cooperate it dawned on me that it was a zip file. I am unrooted, therefore no CWM. can i still install a zip file without CWM on the phone or just unzip on a pc and copy the apk over?
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Lockett said:
Thanks for the link. After attempting to get fileshare to cooperate it dawned on me that it was a zip file. I am unrooted, therefore no CWM. can i still install a zip file without CWM on the phone or just unzip on a pc and copy the apk over?
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Flash CWM and boot into it. When you are done flashing reboot and the stock software well automatically delete CWM.
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Flash CWM and boot into it. When you are done flashing reboot and the stock software well automatically delete CWM.
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Maybe I got the right files this time .
A newbie, I rooted my phone and was trying to figure out EZRecovery. Ended up bricking the phone and installed a stock image using Odin, but that is a separate issue about which I may write a separate question.
After I installed the stock image, I noticed that there is a folder on the SDCard entitled gs3recovery and inside are 6 files named as follows: 2 (0 bytes), recovery_hyb_invisibleckv2 (5.44MB), recovery_rec_CWM6010 (5.41MB), recovery_rec_CWMT5849 (6.34MB), recovery_rec_stock (6.10MB), and recovery_rec_twrp220 (6.96MB). The latter 5 are all Disk Image Files.
When I was trying to use EZRecovery, I went looking for images in TRWP and CWM folders and didn't find any. Are these the images inside the gs3recovery folder or are they too small to be images?
Could these images be used if I rerooted?
What images are you trying to find? The images in that folder are when you open ezrecovery and use the drop down box to select a recovery to flash, those are the recoveries.
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Those are the recovery images that EZRecovery uses to flash a specific recovery onto your phone. There only usable if your rooted, so if you aren't its safe to delete that folder.
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What images are you trying to find? The images in that folder are when you open ezrecovery and use the drop down box to select a recovery to flash, those are the recoveries.
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Thank you for your reply.
So let me confirm that you're saying these are images that I could recover using EZRecovery?
I thought that was probably the case, but I had expected the images to be a lot larger than 5-6MB.....like on Windows PC 7 where the image is more than 50% the size of the system drive.
Those are the recovery images. You could even use terminal to flash them using.the dd commands. The app does it for u
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Thank you all for responding. Basically then, I have images I could restore but I will have to root to do so.
I won't go into the whole story, but I have to root anyway because I restored a stock image to the bricked phone while the bootloader was unlocked.
I am planning to go back to stock but I can't do that until the bootloader is locked and I have to root in order to do that.
Thanks again.