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Can anyone help with
1. the following problem and
2 providing advice for best (easiest) way to go from stock 3G Xoom to Android 3.1?
When I type "adb reboot bootloader" from my windoze PC, I get the following messages on my Xoom console:
Starting Fastboot protocol support.
Failed to process command error(0x120000)
repeat previous line until forced reboot.
This is a real show-stopper since it is the first step in all of the instructions. Any advice??? By the way, I have done a hard reset and rerun the one-click root.
I have ClockWorks ROM Manager installed... Is booting into recovery mode an alternative for the bootloader???
Background:
What I am really trying to do is get my stock 3G Xoom to Tiamat 1.4.2 and Android 3.1, in a rooted state, in the most efficient manner possible. Any suggestions would be welcome!!!
Background:
I am an experience developer, but new to Android development. Jason Tyler's one-click method leaves my Xoom at Tiamat 1.1.6 (2.6.36.3Tiamat_Xoom-v1.1.6...). I also installed BusyBox via Titanium Backup, but that didn't have any effect.
If I can get the bootloader to work I am planning to upgrade to Tiamat 1.3.1 as an intermediate step so that I can upgrade to Android 3.1, since Tiamat 1.4.2 upgrade says "For Android 3.1 Only". If not for that I'd try to go directly to 1.4.2. Of course all of this is a moot point if I can't get into the bootloader!!!
Help!!!!!
Any advice would be appreciated!
Look at the instructions here for updating to 3.1 from recovery...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1074609
Then you can flash tiamats' kernel from recovery.
As for the rest, it sounds like a problem with your fastboot. Maybe download the fastboot.exe again and make sure it is in the folder you open the command prompt in.
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i one clicked to 1.16 and it was a pain. I then used a adb to get to 1.31 and used this very clear, very good guide:
http://www.xoomforums.com/forum/mot...09-flashing-kernel-through-adb-lots-pics.html
I found I really liked upgrading via adb and it was easier than one click.
From there I downloaded cwm and installed kernels and boot images from there and am now on 1.42. I used the guide noted by the second poster to upgrade to hc3.1. Note the cwm version is something like 3.0.28 not 3.0.25 which is found in ROM manager. To boot in to cwm I now reboot, when the motor logo comes up I press volume down. It shows recovery. I then press volume up to enter recovery. Power button executes an option in cwm.
Let us know how it goes.
Thanks very much for the reply! I do have a couple of issues...
Since I am at Tiamat 1.1.6, I don't have SD card support... I am just looking at whether there is a one-click for Tiamat 1.3.1, which would give me sd card support...
Also, my fastboot.exe worked previously and so I think that the problem is likely on the Xoom side, but I will look into getting a new fastboot.exe. I think it came with my Android SDk and I hope not to have to reinstall the whole thing! If it is on the xoom side, do you know of a way of restoring fastboot support on the Xoom?
CLARIFICATION: I realize that I am confusing "adb reboot bootloader" and fastboot.exe... sorry! What is the relationship? I am not currently runing fastboot.exe. Should I be? Is it an alternative to running "adb reboot bootloader" ?
one-click dose cause many problems. Adb it via the guide above.
In this thread are instructions for enabling the SD card...assuming you are able to get the bootloader sorted.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1010568
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Look at the instructions here for updating to 3.1 from recovery...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1074609
Then you can flash tiamats' kernel from recovery.
As for the rest, it sounds like a problem with your fastboot. Maybe download the fastboot.exe again and make sure it is in the folder you open the command prompt in.
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Just to clarify... the instructions at the link you sent refer to the need to have a microSD card (which I have), but to use it I would already need to be running Tiamat 1.3.1 or some other ROM that enables the micro SD card reader???? I don't think that I can flash those changes from my internal SD card, can I?
Thanks for any explanation!
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one-click dose cause many problems. Adb it via the guide above.
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I am confused... the guide looks really good, but it seems to require that "adb reboot bootloader" be working.
It is not on my machine. I may try to do another hard reset... ugggg.
Is there an adb guide that would allow me to go from a stock 3G Xoom to rooted without one-click? Thanks!
post 6 has instructions for a DB similar to the picture step-by-step guide I posted. Pick your poison. Once you upgrade to 1.31 via a DB, you can then upgrade to 1.42 via cwm. That's your simplest route.
seancallahan said:
I am confused... the guide looks really good, but it seems to require that "adb reboot bootloader" be working.
It is not on my machine. I may try to do another hard reset... ugggg.
Is there an adb guide that would allow me to go from a stock 3G Xoom to rooted without one-click? Thanks!
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Do you have fastboot.exe in your platform-tools folder on your PC. Note this step in the instructions. If you set everything up correctly, you should be okay.
Problem Solved!!!
As usual in these cases it was simple.... I just needed to ignore the error message and go ahead and run the commands to upgrade to 1.3.1.
Thanks for all of the help. With luck I will soon be done upgrading for a bit!
Best regards.
rschenck said:
Look at the instructions here for updating to 3.1 from recovery...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1074609
Then you can flash tiamats' kernel from recovery.
As for the rest, it sounds like a problem with your fastboot. Maybe download the fastboot.exe again and make sure it is in the folder you open the command prompt in.
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Thanks so much. After getting Tiamat 1.3.1 the fast BRD approach to getting to 3.1 worked wonderfully!!!! I am finally there... thanks again!
Hi All!
I would like to convert my completely stock non-rooted Canadian Wifi Xoom (MZ604) into a US xoom so that I can install the 3.1 software on it, as well as root, sdcard capable kernel, and CWM recovery.
Unfortunately, after reading many many of the threads here, I am totally confused as to what order to follow. Here is what I'm thinking, but please please correct me if I am wrong:
[steps removed]
Is that it? I feel like I'm missing something or that I may brick my device since it is not a US-rom that I am using as a base.
Thanks for the help!
[update 28th May]: The steps that I followed to get 3.1 with CWM & Tiamat on my Canadian Xoom are below, in post #7.
1. boot the device into fastboot and unlock it. Erase all cache and wipe the userdata.
2. Flash the complete US 3.0.1 HWI69 ROM. (yes, do this)
2.1 Root the 3.0.1 Rom
3. Install CWM recovery from http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1074979 using the fastboot method.
4. Install the 3.1 update from http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1074609, skipping the 3G step since I only have Wifi.
5. Install Tiamat 1.4.2 from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=978013. (update to one of the newest kernels)
6. Install International Language Pack from http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1083612 to get back all languages from 3.0.1 ROM.
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Note the comments and you should be fine. Good luck.
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Note the comments and you should be fine. Good luck.
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For your suggested step "2.1 Root the 3.0.1 Rom", would the thread at http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1010568 be the suggested strategy?
that will work
So did you do all that you said ? Did it work ?
i'm about to do my candian wifi xoom !
Thanks
I was hesitant to do that since I am reading a lot of bricking stories lately, I have a canadian MZ604 stock too, will do the same if you succeed!
Alright folks, It's been a few days now since I've updated my Xoom, so here's the process that I used. Note that it is different from the steps I listed in the original post:
1. Unlock the device via fastboot. Instructions here. DO NOT RE-LOCK EVER!!
2. Flash the Official & complete US 3.0.1 HWI69 ROM. Links here. Every time I tried to download the "does not require login" version from mediafire I got a corrupted zip, so instead I downloaded from the Motorola developer site (with instructions) here.
3. Once the 3.0.1 Rom was up and running, and I had an internet connection, I got the OTA notification for the 3.1 update and installed it. It took about 10 minutes to notify me once I had connection, probably because it had to download it before notifying me. After the install and reboot process, I had a stock 3.1 install, but still didn't have sdcard access. So, I kept going.
4. Install CWM 3.0.2.8 recovery, using the fastboot method. Instructions here.
Once CWM was installed and I had the ability to backup the rom, I immediately made a backup before EACH of the following steps was performed. I know it is overkill to make that many backups, but I wanted to be sure I wasn't going to screw up my device at any given step and have to start over again.
5. Root the 3.1 rom from here. After rooting I had sdcard access within honeycomb at /sdcard/external.
6. Installed Tiamat 1.4.2 kernel. Instructions here.
7. Installed the Language Pack from here, but when I rebooted the system it went into a loop on the purple animated honeycomb logo. So, I rebooted into recovery again, and did a "wipe data / factory reset" - this allowed my machine to reboot normally, but I had to reconfigure all my settings and reinstall all my apps.
So as of right now I'm on 3.1 HMJ37, rooted, with CWM recovery, Tiamat kernel, and have international languages! It's great!!
Mike.
Thanks for the detailed info... I flashed the complete US 3.0.1 ROM on my canadian xoom and got the 3.1 OTA update as well. So now my canadian wifi xoom is on US 3.1 !
I will not root it for now since i don't really need the external SDcard for now.
When you say Flash US 3.0.1 ...do you have steps to do that? I'm just wondering how to do it...since I don't have a functional SD Card I guess its not the flash update.zip method...
Can't wait to be running the US rom and not care for motorola Canada anymore!!!
Just saw that the steps to flash the rom are on moto website! Sorry!
How to flash
I've spent hours on this and I guess I must be stupid, but I can NOT figure out how to flash a ROM! I've tried the ADB commands, I've download the ROM manager, etc, etc, etc...I cannot find any instructions on how to do this! It must be very simple because every time I look for instructions, they always just say "flash the ROM" like it's nothing. But HOW???
Very frustrating...there appears to be no single place that outlines all the steps in one place - it takes a dozen web pages to do the simplest things...
I also want to update my Canadian ROM to a US ROM. I'm unlocked, I'm running Tiamat 1.3.0 but I don't know what to do now...?
It seems as though having an external micro SD card supported is a prerequisite, but I cannot figure out how to get that to work either. The frustrating part of all this is that I do (Windows) computer support - I'm not new to technology in any way, but I have seldom been more frustrated than this trying to find one set of clear instructions...!
HELP!
Thanks.
after flashing using the instructions on post number 7 with the HRI39 bin images and fastboot my tablet doesnt boot. it just sits at the motorla logo for ages and ages and ages...
do I maybe have to wait like an hour or something?
Converted my MZ604 Singapore version to US & OTA update to 3.1
I managed to reflash International images to US and OTA update to 3.1 using a mod microUSB cable. I didn't need to root my xoom to do it rather a hardwired method.
2. Flash the Official & complete US 3.0.1 HWI69 ROM. Links here. Every time I tried to download the "does not require login" version from mediafire I got a corrupted zip, so instead I downloaded from the Motorola developer site (with instructions) here.
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Can you please elaborate on how we do this? How do we flash a ROM? I only know how to do it in CWM Recovery, but not elsewhere.
Enhanced said:
Can you please elaborate on how we do this? How do we flash a ROM? I only know how to do it in CWM Recovery, but not elsewhere.
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Ok, hook your xoom up to your computer and open up a command line. Then CD to your tools directory of the android sdk and input these commands.
adb reboot fastboot
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot flash system system.img
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
fastboot flash userdata userdata.img
fastboot erase cache
fastboot reboot
And your good to go..... continue from the next step just be carefully to input the commands exactly, and for the love of Pete DONT UNPLUG your xoom while flashing
And do NOT relock!!
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I will be attempting this in the next day or so but had a few newbie questions (coming over from the apple world):
1) For step two, the img files all come from HWI69.zip?
2) For step four, do I want to do it with CWM or without? Is there more risk to one vs. the other?
3) For step six, to boot into recovery mode, is the following sequence correct?
Turn your XOOM off
Press Power to turn your XOOM back on
When the Motorola Dual Core boot screen appears tap Volume Down repeatedly until "Android Recovery" is displayed
Press Volume Up to enter Recovery
Thanks,
masterslacker said:
Alright folks, It's been a few days now since I've updated my Xoom, so here's the process that I used. Note that it is different from the steps I listed in the original post:
1. Unlock the device via fastboot. Instructions here. DO NOT RE-LOCK EVER!!
2. Flash the Official & complete US 3.0.1 HWI69 ROM. Links here. Every time I tried to download the "does not require login" version from mediafire I got a corrupted zip, so instead I downloaded from the Motorola developer site (with instructions) here.
3. Once the 3.0.1 Rom was up and running, and I had an internet connection, I got the OTA notification for the 3.1 update and installed it. It took about 10 minutes to notify me once I had connection, probably because it had to download it before notifying me. After the install and reboot process, I had a stock 3.1 install, but still didn't have sdcard access. So, I kept going.
4. Install CWM 3.0.2.8 recovery, using the fastboot method. Instructions here.
Once CWM was installed and I had the ability to backup the rom, I immediately made a backup before EACH of the following steps was performed. I know it is overkill to make that many backups, but I wanted to be sure I wasn't going to screw up my device at any given step and have to start over again.
5. Root the 3.1 rom from here. After rooting I had sdcard access within honeycomb at /sdcard/external.
6. Installed Tiamat 1.4.2 kernel. Instructions here.
7. Installed the Language Pack from here, but when I rebooted the system it went into a loop on the purple animated honeycomb logo. So, I rebooted into recovery again, and did a "wipe data / factory reset" - this allowed my machine to reboot normally, but I had to reconfigure all my settings and reinstall all my apps.
So as of right now I'm on 3.1 HMJ37, rooted, with CWM recovery, Tiamat kernel, and have international languages! It's great!!
Mike.
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rezadue said:
I will be attempting this in the next day or so but had a few newbie questions (coming over from the apple world):
1) For step two, the img files all come from HWI69.zip?
2) For step four, do I want to do it with CWM or without? Is there more risk to one vs. the other?
3) For step six, to boot into recovery mode, is the following sequence correct?
Turn your XOOM off
Press Power to turn your XOOM back on
When the Motorola Dual Core boot screen appears tap Volume Down repeatedly until "Android Recovery" is displayed
Press Volume Up to enter Recovery
Thanks,
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1) Correct - also, I know I keep saying this, but on the Moto site instructions for flashing they tell you to relock. Don't!!
2) I used the fastboot method (without). Make sure to download the img and not the zip.
3) I tend to wait on the Moto logo for about 3 secs then just press down once. Then up once you get the recovery option. Never fails.
Good luck.
Great. Thanks for the quick response. One additional question. This procedure seems a fair bit shorter in length than this one:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1073884
Is there a reason? Is there a place where I can read some sort of a beginner's guide to rooting so I can understand the steps I am going to be following better?
Thanks again.
burden010 said:
1) Correct - also, I know I keep saying this, but on the Moto site instructions for flashing they tell you to relock. Don't!!
2) I used the fastboot method (without). Make sure to download the img and not the zip.
3) I tend to wait on the Moto logo for about 3 secs then just press down once. Then up once you get the recovery option. Never fails.
Good luck.
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Relock
masterslacker said:
1. Unlock the device via fastboot. Instructions here. DO NOT RE-LOCK EVER!!
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Question : why shouldn't we "RE-LOCK EVER" ?
I ask because I've relocked mine after flashing Europe stock on my US Xoom (I [stupidly] did what I saw on motorola dev instructions...).
Hello all,
I know everyone hates people who post without searching the forums first, but I did and I am still very lost on what all I need to do to root my device and get going flashing ROMs with the new 2.20 Root Method.
I have used this thread to get me started (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1684382&highlight=root+guide) and I have already downloaded Android SDK from google + Platform-tools + Google USB Driver but I don't want to get going on root because in the instructions from 2.20 Root it states:
10. After unlocking the bootloader, you can flash a custom recovery partition via fastboot, boot into recovery mode, and use a recovery ADB shell or install from an update.zip to install Superuser and su (I do not provide support for custom recoveries, but this is a straightforward process that other people can help with).
I have searched the above linked thread and cannot determine how to generate a custom recovery partition (unless I did when I used the command "adb -backup all" in the platform-tools folder of the Android SDK..Furthermore, I do not know what "Superuser and su" is referencing.
If anyone could point me in the right direction, I dont mind doing the reading myself but I have gotten bogged down in the details. Basically, I want to save all of you the trouble of another noob who has bricked their phone because they didn't do their homework. Thanks all for your help!
TheEmpyre said:
Hello all,
I know everyone hates people who post without searching the forums first, but I did and I am still very lost on what all I need to do to root my device and get going flashing ROMs with the new 2.20 Root Method.
I have used this thread to get me started (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1684382&highlight=root+guide) and I have already downloaded Android SDK from google + Platform-tools + Google USB Driver but I don't want to get going on root because in the instructions from 2.20 Root it states:
10. After unlocking the bootloader, you can flash a custom recovery partition via fastboot, boot into recovery mode, and use a recovery ADB shell or install from an update.zip to install Superuser and su (I do not provide support for custom recoveries, but this is a straightforward process that other people can help with).
I have searched the above linked thread and cannot determine how to generate a custom recovery partition (unless I did when I used the command "adb -backup all" in the platform-tools folder of the Android SDK..Furthermore, I do not know what "Superuser and su" is referencing.
If anyone could point me in the right direction, I dont mind doing the reading myself but I have gotten bogged down in the details. Basically, I want to save all of you the trouble of another noob who has bricked their phone because they didn't do their homework. Thanks all for your help!
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I second this request. I feel like there are loads of helpful threads but after searching for a long time I don't see anything that leads someone new to Android rooting from stock 2.2 to having something like CM10 on their device. All of the write-ups I've found assume more experience than I have. Is there a general guide somewhere that I'm missing? Maybe something that explains rooting, backing up, flashing, etc. from start to finish where we can replace "this is where you root your device" with the new rooting method? I'm assuming it's out there but I can't seem to find it anywhere.
TheEmpyre said:
I have searched the above linked thread and cannot determine how to generate a custom recovery partition
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You don't need to "generate" anything, not sure where you got that terminology from. Just install Goomanager from the Play Store and use that to install TWRP recovery.
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TheEmpyre said:
Furthermore, I do not know what "Superuser and su" is referencing.
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In plain terms a superuser = a root user. But when discussed here, it usually references the app that manages what other apps have root access.
Superuser is required to perform root functions.
You can obtain the app various ways, all discussed here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1954361
TheEmpyre said:
Hello all,
I know everyone hates people who post without searching the forums first, but I did and I am still very lost on what all I need to do to root my device and get going flashing ROMs with the new 2.20 Root Method.
I have used this thread to get me started (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1684382&highlight=root+guide) and I have already downloaded Android SDK from google + Platform-tools + Google USB Driver but I don't want to get going on root because in the instructions from 2.20 Root it states:
10. After unlocking the bootloader, you can flash a custom recovery partition via fastboot, boot into recovery mode, and use a recovery ADB shell or install from an update.zip to install Superuser and su (I do not provide support for custom recoveries, but this is a straightforward process that other people can help with).
I have searched the above linked thread and cannot determine how to generate a custom recovery partition (unless I did when I used the command "adb -backup all" in the platform-tools folder of the Android SDK..Furthermore, I do not know what "Superuser and su" is referencing.
If anyone could point me in the right direction, I dont mind doing the reading myself but I have gotten bogged down in the details. Basically, I want to save all of you the trouble of another noob who has bricked their phone because they didn't do their homework. Thanks all for your help!
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ctennenh said:
I second this request. I feel like there are loads of helpful threads but after searching for a long time I don't see anything that leads someone new to Android rooting from stock 2.2 to having something like CM10 on their device. All of the write-ups I've found assume more experience than I have. Is there a general guide somewhere that I'm missing? Maybe something that explains rooting, backing up, flashing, etc. from start to finish where we can replace "this is where you root your device" with the new rooting method? I'm assuming it's out there but I can't seem to find it anywhere.
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They are many simple tutorials for rooting but do not know why you guys having hard time. Ok here is
1) You got Android SDK from google + Platform-tools + Google USB Driver -
2) Only for windows - Download htc sync ( It will install necessary htc drivers) - Link
3) Just to check if htc drivers installed properly , open "C:\android-sdk\platform-tools" ( Or folder where adb and fastboot exists) then "Press shift + right click and select "Open command window here" ( open command prompt and cd "folder where adb and fastboot exists).
4) In command window type " adb devices" and see output - If you get output then htc drivers installed properly.
You can skip step 3 and step 4 - These steps are only for verification
5) Goto [ROOT] HTC One X AT&T 2.20 Firmware - X-Factor root exploit and follow the instructions there.
6) Once you successfully root your device using above exploit then goto - [How To] Flash Custom recovery and ROMS after 2.20 root complete the steps to flash custom recovery and if you want to flash ROMS
7) To unlock BOOT LOADER use this link - [INDEX] AT&T/ROGERS One X Resources Compilation Roll-Up , follow the instructions under " BOOTLOADER UNLOCK, SUPER CID, AND S-OFF"
You can also goto this link - [ROOT][2.20] One XL Bootloader unlock & Root guide By XsMagical - Very nice tutorial, if you find above links difficult to follow
Note* : During exploit or flashing recovery they talk about using fastboot commands, In order to execute them you need goto C:\android-sdk\platform-tools" ( Or folder where adb and fastboot exists) then "Press shift + right click and select "Open command window here" ( open command prompt and cd "folder where adb and fastboot exists) and then execute the commands ..
Advice - Do not flash any roms apart from xda
Thank you, abhipati. I haven't seen any simple tutorials that are complete. Everything seems to assume the user knows how to do something mentioned in another thread, which in turn seems to assume something else. Your post seems like a very clear start-to-finish explanation. Maybe it should be made into a stickie in Q&A. I can surely handle step 1 but maybe that could be explained (or at least a link added to an appropriate thread).
If all this is out there somewhere already then I certainly didn't know where to find it. I appreciate your help.
ctennenh said:
Thank you, abhipati. I haven't seen any simple tutorials that are complete. Everything seems to assume the user knows how to do something mentioned in another thread, which in turn seems to assume something else. Your post seems like a very clear start-to-finish explanation. Maybe it should be made into a stickie in Q&A. I can surely handle step 1 but maybe that could be explained (or at least a link added to an appropriate thread).
If all this is out there somewhere already then I certainly didn't know where to find it. I appreciate your help.
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No problem.
Regarding step 1)
1) Download Android SDK from here {For Windows}
2) Download java you need it - here
Thank you all for helping gather some resources for me that I know are up to date etc. - Thankfully I do know a few unix commands so that I can navigate the command prompt aspects...I'm sure these threads get annoying so thank you very much for getting a new-to-root user up and running. I'll try this all later this evening and throw an update to let you all know how it goes -- hopefully no "bricked my phone" thread in the future
Excellent I have successfully unlocked my bootloader and achieved perm-root! Now on to flashing roms and I have some questions:
1) I have read GuyIncognito's instructions here (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1952076) on Flashing ROMs and how to go about doing that and i fully understand the process but I want to confirm (Yes I Have TWRP recovery installed and running) I only need to extract the boot.img out of the winRAR file of the ROM that I downloaded? (CM10 seems to be popular so I'm starting with that as my first ROM) There are so many other files in the package and I'm wondering why do you only need the boot.img file to be present with your adb and fastboot files from the google dev SDK -- the boot.img is only 5 MB and I can hardly believe that it constitutes the whole OS?
2) How do I go about installing gapps after I have flashed my ROM? I have downloaded Gapps so I have the file...do I place it in my SD Card and then enter recovery to install it? or Do have to use adb to flash it
Edit: I also have Superuser app on my stock ROM right now
Any further help is much appreciated, thank you very much.
Boot.img is technically just the kernel, it's the heart of the OS you are installing. Once extracted, rezip rom. Flash boot.img first using fastboot command prompt. Then flash the Rom itself that you rezipped through twrp
You can easily just flash gapps through twrp.
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Boot.img is technically just the kernel, it's the heart of the OS you are installing. Once extracted, rezip rom. Flash boot.img first using fastboot command prompt. Then flash the Rom itself that you rezipped through twrp
You can easily just flash gapps through twrp.
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Thanks for the reply, the community on XDA kicks a$$, doing some additional reading just plz tell me if I understand this correctly...
1) Copy CM10 zip and Gapps zip into phone storage
2) Follow GuyIncognito's instructions on flashing boot.img
3) Boot into recovery AFTER Flashing boot.img
4) Select "Install" in TWRP
5) Install CM10 zip First
6) Install Gapps zip next
7) Reboot
8) profit?
TheEmpyre said:
Excellent I have successfully unlocked my bootloader and achieved perm-root! Now on to flashing roms and I have some questions:
1) I have read GuyIncognito's instructions here (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1952076) on Flashing ROMs and how to go about doing that and i fully understand the process but I want to confirm (Yes I Have TWRP recovery installed and running) I only need to extract the boot.img out of the winRAR file of the ROM that I downloaded? (CM10 seems to be popular so I'm starting with that as my first ROM) There are so many other files in the package and I'm wondering why do you only need the boot.img file to be present with your adb and fastboot files from the google dev SDK -- the boot.img is only 5 MB and I can hardly believe that it constitutes the whole OS?
2) How do I go about installing gapps after I have flashed my ROM? I have downloaded Gapps so I have the file...do I place it in my SD Card and then enter recovery to install it? or Do have to use adb to flash it
Edit: I also have Superuser app on my stock ROM right now
Any further help is much appreciated, thank you very much.
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follow his instructions and you'll be fine
flash the boot.img in flashboot, reboot in recovery, flash your nameofrom.zip, flash your gapps pkg just like the rom (on your sd card), enjoy...
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TheEmpyre said:
Thanks for the reply, the community on XDA kicks a$$, doing some additional reading just plz tell me if I understand this correctly...
1) Copy CM10 zip and Gapps zip into phone storage
2) Follow GuyIncognito's instructions on flashing boot.img
3) Boot into recovery AFTER Flashing boot.img
4) Select "Install" in TWRP
5) Install CM10 zip First
6) Install Gapps zip next
7) Reboot
8) profit?
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yes that;s correct you may wanna backup your sd card 1st as well and do a full wipe before flashing the rom.
Just in case your not familiar with fastboot, the command is fastboot flash boot boot.img
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Crappyvate said:
follow his instructions and you'll be fine
flash the boot.img in flashboot, reboot in recovery, flash your nameofrom.zip, flash your gapps pkg just like the rom (on your sd card), enjoy...
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By Flash do you mean using TWRP recovery "install" feature and selecting the CM10.zip I have in my SD Card, and gapps? Just making sure I dont have to do it via command prompt cuz then I may have to do some additional reading
Edit: Just saw you all beat me to it, thanks all, will get back to you after I am running a ROM *crossfingers*
TheEmpyre said:
By Flash do you mean using TWRP recovery "install" feature and selecting the CM10.zip I have in my SD Card, and gapps? Just making sure I dont have to do it via command prompt cuz then I may have to do some additional reading
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yes install. you dont need to do it from command prompt, additional reading is always good
even though it was put together a while back this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1678308 is a very good guide and covers a lot of things of course you should absolutely start here in redpoint indispensable guide to all the resources available to one xl http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1671237
happy flashing
Alright Looks like I successfully flashed CM10! I flashed gapps with it at the same time but I have run into a problem -- It keeps telling me that all these gapps processes have failed and I have no access to a keyboard! Do I have to reflash gapps?
Hmm ok I think I messed up here....
My phone was essentially non-functional with CM10 -- Nothing worked and it took me a while to navigate to enable USB Debugging on the given mod. One I enabled USB Debugging in CM10 I ran the following:
adb reboot recovery
Once I was in recovery, I Restored a backup of my device that I made BEFORE I obtained permanent root via the toolkit as it was recommended during this time to make a recovery.
Recovery worked successfully, now after reboot it hangs on the HTC screen and then goes black, then reboots again, and again, and again...
I haven't been able to use the volume down + power button to even get back into the bootloader.....hopefully I am not screwed here...Any suggestions?
TheEmpyre said:
Hmm ok I think I messed up here....
My phone was essentially non-functional with CM10 -- Nothing worked and it took me a while to navigate to enable USB Debugging on the given mod. One I enabled USB Debugging in CM10 I ran the following:
adb reboot recovery
Once I was in recovery, I Restored a backup of my device that I made BEFORE I obtained permanent root via the toolkit as it was recommended during this time to make a recovery.
Recovery worked successfully, now after reboot it hangs on the HTC screen and then goes black, then reboots again, and again, and again...
I haven't been able to use the volume down + power button to even get back into the bootloader.....hopefully I am not screwed here...Any suggestions?
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I think u need to flash that backups boot IMG
omario8484 said:
I think u need to flash that backups boot IMG
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Yes that would make sense, but the problem is A) How do I access that backup's .img file? B) How can I enter bootloader again? It won't let me using Power+Vol Down, no matter how long I hold it for --- unless I need to hold it longer?
You have to hold it till the buttons flash and goes black... Hold for about 2-3 more seconds and release the power button, but keep the volume down held until you get to a white hboot screen. (it'll have three skating droids)
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InflatedTitan said:
You have to hold it till the buttons flash and goes black... Hold for about 2-3 more seconds and release the power button, but keep the volume down held until you get to a white hboot screen. (it'll have three skating droids)
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Ok got it, did a factory reset then re-flashed CM10 boot.img...Flashed CM10 BY ITSELF this time, without doing gapps at the same time, rebooted into recovery after CM10 rolled up, then flashed gapps alone, everything is working smoothly! Now, time to restore my apps
Panicked momentarily, but now I'm back at it.
THANK YOU EVERYONE! Huge ups to all of you for helping a noob find his way
So yeah I'm asking how to do it..
I have read the thread created by joelalmeidaptg but I find it unclear for me...
I am unlocked and have CWM installed...
WIIstpM said:
So yeah I'm asking how to do it..
I have read the thread created by joelalmeidaptg but I find it unclear for me...
I am unlocked and have CWM installed...
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Just a thought but if you can't follow the step by step directions already posted.wait.don't mess with it.
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kaos420 said:
Just a thought but if you can't follow the step by step directions already posted.wait.don't mess with it.
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Alright... If only someone could provide a clearer (more straightforward) step by step..
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Totaly agree.... someone should make a more noob proof topic, with links to the required stuff you need. The topic that exists is comparable to this ( no offense author ) : " How to draw a horse? Step 1) you take a piece of paper and a pen.... Step 2) You draw the ****ing horse.
I used that guide and I used method 2 the fast boot way, just take it step by step, start by downloading the fastboot link then get the update from Asus and extract it twice and move the blob file to the fastboot folder the just follow the steps mate
I think the guide by joel is excellent. It is really easy to follow - which bits don't you understand? Ask here and we'll try to aid you.
sbdags said:
I think the guide by joel is excellent. It is really easy to follow - which bits don't you understand? Ask here and we'll try to aid you.
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Well first of all im using CWM recovery.. what do i do ? because that guide is for people that have TWRP recovery
PaulSas said:
Well first of all im using CWM recovery.. what do i do ? because that guide is for people that have TWRP recovery
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ive had problems with cwm in the past so i would suggest using twrp in that thread
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I agree with Rob. Come to think of it, I haven't read one time where someone was using CWM on the new bootloader. I'm almost positive that it isn't even compatible.
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It says in the thread to use TWRP and then it walks you through the process.
First using method 3
"Method 3: Update using TWRP recovery
Notes:
You must have TWRP installed
You need to put the update file on an SD card
This was the method I used since I wanted to prevent any bugs due to old data and to ensure the new partitions from 4.2 would be OK
You will keep your data as long as you don't wipe Data and Factory reset (including internal memory)...... etc"
And then below that :
-- Installing TWRP (Recovery) --
Since this new update brings a new bootloader, older recovery versions from 4.1 won't work at all. Don't try to flash one!
This guide will give you a patched recovery that works (almost) fine on the new bootloader. And yes, it can read/write to an external SD just fine. Follow this steps to install the new recovery on your device:
Connect the tablet to the computer
Reboot the tablet using the proper button on the power menu, holding Volume down until you see three icons (RCK, Android and Wipe Data)
Download this file and unpack it (it contains fastboot and a patched version of TWRP 2.4.4.0)
Open a command line on the extracted folder (you can use the instructions I wrote in Method 2 if you don't know how to do this) and type
Code:
fastboot -i 0x0b05 flash recovery twrp.blob
Wait for the script to complete. Once it is done, reboot the tablet by holding volume down and power button for 10 seconds or using
Code:
fastboot reboot
on the command line. Don't enter recovery directly!
You have now the new recovery for Android 4.2 .
So if you want to flash TWRP follow the instructions and then use method 3 to update and then reflash TWRP again
robgee789 said:
I used that guide and I used method 2 the fast boot way, just take it step by step, start by downloading the fastboot link then get the update from Asus and extract it twice and move the blob file to the fastboot folder the just follow the steps mate
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The link I found does not allow me to download the file from asus website.. it doesn't give me a drop down for OS before I see any download for the Stockrom..
dilfatx said:
The link I found does not allow me to download the file from asus website.. it doesn't give me a drop down for OS before I see any download for the Stockrom..
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Yeah just go back and reselect support, downloads and type in your device and do it again that way.
Sorry people but i can't make root my phone, i try and i see tutorials but not working, someone can help me? sorry engliish
vitinha27 said:
Sorry people but i can't make root my phone, i try and i see tutorials but not working, someone can help me? sorry engliish
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First you have to install a recovery.
Flashing this file in recovery will root your phone.
daniel.mota said:
First you have to install a recovery.
Flashing this file in recovery will root your phone.
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I try I try but can't, I experienced on windows 7 and 8 and still not working.
vitinha27 said:
I try I try but can't, I experienced on windows 7 and 8 and still not working.
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What didn't work? Root or recovery?
I do all my flashing on windows 7 64bit without any problem.
Ditto. I do all my dirty deeds on 64-bit Windows 7. You may also want a quick way in; Grab OS_Hacking's BIOS tool (don't flash Gingerbread bootloader - just the BIOS and your choice of recovery softwares), and then flash the flashable Superuser zip (ARM version) - just copy Superuser zip onto phone first before flashing unlocked BIOS and recovery so you can do away with that quickly.
And, do one thing first; Kill the UAC in Windows 7 - it usually cause problems.
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vitinha27 said:
I try I try but can't, I experienced on windows 7 and 8 and still not working.
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Can you see the "Superuser" shortcut into the app list?
Give us more information to find what the problem is, tell us what are you doing step by step please, and why you knows it does not work.
Cheers.
daniel.mota said:
What didn't work? Root or recovery?
I do all my flashing on windows 7 64bit without any problem.
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both...
Dr. Mario said:
Ditto. I do all my dirty deeds on 64-bit Windows 7. You may also want a quick way in; Grab OS_Hacking's BIOS tool (don't flash Gingerbread bootloader - just the BIOS and your choice of recovery softwares), and then flash the flashable Superuser zip (ARM version) - just copy Superuser zip onto phone first before flashing unlocked BIOS and recovery so you can do away with that quickly.
And, do one thing first; Kill the UAC in Windows 7 - it usually cause problems.
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I try but after the phone don't turn on, stay always the LG symbol of gray...
bellzebu said:
Can you see the "Superuser" shortcut into the app list?
Give us more information to find what the problem is, tell us what are you doing step by step please, and why you knows it does not work.
Cheers.
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no, don't see... I connect phone on pc and install omap, after I open the program without UAC, because if open with UAC the program don't open... I chosso the option 6 and I follow all steps, at the final I install .zip with cwm or similar, and say success, when I turn on the LG not starts, stay with LG symbol in grey... (sorry english)
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no, don't see... I connect phone on pc and install omap, after I open the program without UAC, because if open with UAC the program don't open... I chosso the option 6 and I follow all steps, at the final I install .zip with cwm or similar, and say success, when I turn on the LG not starts, stay with LG symbol in grey... (sorry english)
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Follow this guide at section "How to root" (first post) step by step, be sure to write a GB recovery first and not write the GB bootloader (if you did that you can write the ICS bootloader again from OS_Hacking's tool), reboot and then install Su_Bbox_1.20.2_gazhead_signed.zip via recovery, reboot and check for "SuperUser" app.
You can restore the original bootloader and recovery flashing Stock_ICS_btldr-recov.zip at the end but is not mandatory.
Cheers.
bellzebu said:
Follow this guide at section "How to root" (first post) step by step, be sure to write a GB recovery first and not write the GB bootloader (if you did that you can write the ICS bootloader again from OS_Hacking's tool), reboot and then install Su_Bbox_1.20.2_gazhead_signed.zip via recovery, reboot and check for "SuperUser" app.
You can restore the original bootloader and recovery flashing Stock_ICS_btldr-recov.zip at the end but is not mandatory.
Cheers.
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Don't work man ;( and I don't know why...
bellzebu said:
Follow this guide at section "How to root" (first post) step by step, be sure to write a GB recovery first and not write the GB bootloader (if you did that you can write the ICS bootloader again from OS_Hacking's tool), reboot and then install Su_Bbox_1.20.2_gazhead_signed.zip via recovery, reboot and check for "SuperUser" app.
You can restore the original bootloader and recovery flashing Stock_ICS_btldr-recov.zip at the end but is not mandatory.
Cheers.
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Try flashing ICS bootloader and reboot (option 8).
Cheers.