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CM7 rc1

Quick question guys... I was reading that cm7 RC 1 can be installed by only rooting your phone and then using rom manager. Is this true or are there other steps required? I know there used to be other things that needed to be done but maybe with the new RC is got easier?
Thanks for the help
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phantasybm said:
Quick question guys... I was reading that cm7 RC 1 can be installed by only rooting your phone and then using rom manager. Is this true or are there other steps required? I know there used to be other things that needed to be done but maybe with the new RC is got easier?
Thanks for the help
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Well, even though you could do it with only ROM manager and root it is highly recommended that you flash CWM recovery just in case anything goes bad you can always bring the recovery and reflash or restore.
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^^^^^ agreed. The plain-jane method of rooting/RomManager/CWM works but if something happens where you can't get into RomManager (aka bootloop) then your SOL.
Do yourself a favor and spend 3 seconds and NVFlash. You only have to do it once and you will be forever able to save your skin if something goes bad.

Thanks guys.
So I root first (already done), NVFlash (done some reading but still not 100% sure what exactly this does or how to do it) and then set up cement recovery?
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I haven't used the rom manager app once on the g2x.
G2x with CM7 and faux kernel. NONSENSE!!!!

tackleberry said:
I haven't used the rom manager app once on the g2x.
G2x with CM7 and faux kernel. NONSENSE!!!!
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me neither, lol and to the other guy nvflash u want because say your phone goes into a bootloop what u gonna do? u cant do nothing but pull battery out then when u turn your phone on it just keeps bootlooping not letting u into the phone ever, well thats what would happen if u got a bad download or flashed the wrong thing by accident , dude accidents do happen, rom manager is what they call a fake flash, ..........now nvflash really puts recovery on your phone it over writes your stock recovery, and if your going into a bootloop u can pull battery put back in then hold vol down and power and bingo your in recovery, it looks the same as rom managers recovery, but with this one u can actually get into it and if your bootlooping u would just restore a nandroid or reflash another rom and your good, ....kinda a failsafe i live by it and dont use rom manager , and if u want to see your backups and rename them use astro zip in market its free too

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....kinda a failsafe i live by it and dont use rom manager,
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That is all you need to know... NVflash is the only way to go if you absolutely want to be sure you can save your phone...
I don't know why people question that...
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1054492
How to setup and use NVflash.
Thanks for the heads up. I was just about to dive in with Rom Manager alone. REALLY don't need new problems.

According to Cyanogenmod's wiki you can flash recovery from ROM Manager, it says nothing about this NVFlash. I did this and rebooted into Clockwork and flashed CM7 RC1, and now I can't get back into Clockwork, just the default one, and ROM Manager can't execute anything, I can't connect to wifi and, I get various Force Close messages at start up. So is the wiki lying to me?

Do NOT question nvflash! You need this... nvflash makes the clockwork recovery permanent.. If you only flash through rom manager it only makes the recovery temporary and the next time you reboot you will lose recovery
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jonnyboyca said:
Do NOT question nvflash! You need this... nvflash makes the clockwork recovery permanent.. If you only flash through rom manager it only makes the recovery temporary and the next time you reboot you will lose recovery
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It made a huge difference. Things are running much more smoothly now that I used nvflash and reinstalled CM7.1-RC1.

Awesome enjoy
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Do NOT question nvflash! You need this... nvflash makes the clockwork recovery permanent.. If you only flash through rom manager it only makes the recovery temporary and the next time you reboot you will lose recovery
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It's almost like people don't read the threads about rooting. Every one that I read said, in no uncertain terms, you NEED to use NVflash if you want permanent root....
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The thing is there is incomplete information all over the place and it changes constantly, and it's difficult to keep up on what is needed or not. Cyanogen's wiki doesn't say it's needed, and I figured that meant the problems with ROM Manager and Clockwork had been resolved in the most recent versions.

jonnyboyca said:
Do NOT question nvflash! You need this... nvflash makes the clockwork recovery permanent.. If you only flash through rom manager it only makes the recovery temporary and the next time you reboot you will lose recovery
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Same **** I said in cm7 rrc thread. Yet I get laughed at and ridiculed.
U arr correct
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KeithLM said:
The thing is there is incomplete information all over the place and it changes constantly, and it's difficult to keep up on what is needed or not. Cyanogen's wiki doesn't say it's needed, and I figured that meant the problems with ROM Manager and Clockwork had been resolved in the most recent versions.
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That's why I advocate, when in doubt, research some more. I didn't get the feeling that info was incomplete, everything I read said nvflash for permanent root and you can bet that the threads where people were asking for help because they were in a bootloop the first question asked was did you use nvflash... maybe cyanogen just figured that everyone already got recovery with nvflash, because you should have, and THEN it is safe to use RM...
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Cant get cwm menu?

Hey all, was on infused 2,0,4 with infused kernal, one click back to stock and one click rooted, installed cwm and now i cant get the cwm menu only the android 3e loads, if i click reinsrall packages i get an error, any idea's? I tried factory reset from dialer and that didnt help error or menu.... Any help.would be appreciated, thanks
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/archive/index.php/t-1091465.html
I just did this about 30 min ago to flash a battery mod and it works like a champ. As usual hold both volume buttons and power buttons down until samsung appears on the screen the release the power button. You will have to select reinstall packages twice then it will take you to the green modified 3e recovery.

I forgot to mention that once you replace the stock recovery with the modified 3e go into rom manager and flash the clockwork mod recovery for the galaxy s i9000. This will place the update.zip file on your sd card.

So thats great news, thank you! The only question i have is step two how.to i make it a.read/write system? My.imfuse.runs.fine with.stock i just cant flash anything but.it.does turn on.... And i have flashed cwm multiole times still no update file?
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Glad you got it long day bro. Pm me if ya need more help
infused infuse helping other infused infuses?

You can mount the system with a file manager such as root explorer. The update.zip file will be located in your internal storage /sdcard.
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After a few trial and error runs I got it thanks allot,i learn something new everyday!
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Its all good man. I just learned how to do that yesterday myself.
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Glad I found this. Going to have to try this.

[Q] Question to [airfluip1]

I Downloaded and installed your rom from HERE using rom manager, And I'm not sure what I did wrong but when I turn on my phone it goes to Phone Logo screen (first screen) then all black with a corrupted blue lines at the bottom about half an inch long. Then, a couple seconds later it goes to a full corrupted screen. then it just does everything repeatedly.
Sorry I can't take screen shots since my phone doesn't work. But any idea of what I might of done wrong?
My phone is already rooted and CwM was already installed. Not sure if the installation process was messed up or not. And I can't get my phone into the CwM recovery to fix this problem.

Dark9 said:
I Downloaded and installed your rom from HERE using rom manager, And I'm not sure what I did wrong
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There are a bunch of threads and a sticky! (2nd topic in the Dev Forum) that state Rom Manager does not work with this phone. That is what you did wrong.
you should have flashed the rom in CWM, but since the damage is done, you will have to get the phone in download mode and use ODIN to flash a new rom and start over again.
Hopefully, you can still get in DL mode by holding both volume buttons at the same time and inserting the USB cable.
use FB's starter pack post for the files you need for ODIN, and don't use Rom Manager anymore!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1223765

Or you can use the easier more stable alternative: Heimdall one click
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1422824
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I tried to do the One-Click. But for some reason A caution sign in-between the link connection of the phone and pc..
EDIT: I've Tried pulling everything out battery, sim, sd, usb cord both end. waited a couple mins... then put everything back and tried again..

Dark9 said:
I tried to do the One-Click. But for some reason A caution sign in-between the link connection of the phone and pc..
EDIT: I've Tried pulling everything out battery, sim, sd, usb cord both end. waited a couple mins... then put everything back and tried again..
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That's another download mode screen. The previous screen you described sounds like you didn't have the right boot loaders in place. Check out The KJ6 Heimdall One-Click Collection. Select any of the three of those you want to use, and follow Bhundven's instructions (really easy). All you need to have installed previously is Java.
Let us know how it goes.

Dark9 said:
I tried to do the One-Click. But for some reason A caution sign in-between the link connection of the phone and pc..
EDIT: I've Tried pulling everything out battery, sim, sd, usb cord both end. waited a couple mins... then put everything back and tried again..
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This is another form of download mode. Heimdall should recognize the device and flash it.
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Dark9 said:
I tried to do the One-Click. But for some reason A caution sign in-between the link connection of the phone and pc..
EDIT: I've Tried pulling everything out battery, sim, sd, usb cord both end. waited a couple mins... then put everything back and tried again..
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I think thats like the last resort for our phones. I get it if i mess up during the first attempt to unbrick

Sweet thanks for the help I've got my phone UP and running now. ^^

Dark9 said:
Sweet thanks for the help I've got my phone UP and running now. ^^
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> rom manager
Found the problem
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tehgyb said:
> rom manager
Found the problem
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Lol
That or ignoring the sticky (first threads) in the development section entitled "don't use ROM manager"
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Bassmanjames said:
Lol
That or ignoring the sticky (first threads) in the development section entitled "don't use ROM manager"
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Yeah. Lots of people don't read those. They just want to flash a ROM as quickly as they can. All the noobs should get a popup when they first join xda instead so they DO read it. Lol
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After the popup they should get quizzed on what they read lol
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erikmm said:
After the popup they should get quizzed on what they read lol
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We need operation iron fist back lol
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The only reason I used Rom manager is cause I was told it was one way to install the roms

[Q] Getting Infuse into CWM

First off, i'm sorry if there are posts on this. I searched this site and Google to find my answer. I tried flashing the Infused rom first, the flash didn't work, I was stuck in boot loop. I eventually used Odin to get back to stock. I decided to go with the SuperCM7 instead to try my luck with that. I am rooted and have installed CWM through rom manager(galaxysi9000 as im sure you all know. I'm trying to follow the steps on infinitybiff's post(directions for flashing....) Anyways when i try to go into CWM recovery, i'm taken to the standard android <3e> recovery screen. Should I try downloading CWM to my sdcard and trying that? Any suggestions would be great!

Just manually replace the recovery file.

Could you guide me through that? Sorry im a noob.
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What file do i replace. I know how to find my recovery file(system/bin/recovery). Do i replace that?
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forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1107881
Should help.
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Thanks... Although for some reason my phone wasn't booting up. Now trying Odin again, but its getting stuck at factory.fs.rfs or whatever it is. Hopefully didn't brick my phone.

no soup for you.
sorry had to do it. Seinfeld was a good show.

Hahaha, yes Seinfeld was a good show. No worries got my phone up and running, now to try this flashing crap again... OK, update.zip is on my INTERNAL SD CARD and still not booting into CWM. On the verge of giving up.

Did you try to manually replace the recovery file yet? ROM Manager doesn't always seem to work for it.

My method :
Flash the kernel+cwm by sgs kernel flasher apps.
if your rom.
Froyo > Community kernel v8
GB > Infuse-GB 1.0 kernel

verticae said:
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1107881
Should help.
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I prefer method 1 in that thread. Always works for me.

Fairly new to gx2

SO Im trying to root and flash cwm 5 on my phone..I installed nvidia driver correctly but when I try to flash cwm 5 on the command it flashes flash.bin but bootloader fails everytime..Hence why I don't see sw upgrading etcc..Any way to fix this or install some other way?
Maybe advanced?
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Have you tried flashing 2.3.3 via nvflash? If not, I'd say give that a try then try to flash CWM again, make sure you follow the instructions carefully. I, as well as many other G2x users I'm sure, have had issues just because we missed a step or two in the flashing process.

Yeah that's the one I was referring I seem to do everything just on that blue command it says bootloader fails..and nothing comes up on my phone ;(
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I'm sorry if I'm being a little thickheaded here but you said you tried to flash CWM via nvflash and it failed, are you also saying you tried to flash the 2.3.3 rom via nvflash from this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1248644 and it failed as well?
Edit: could you post a picture of the screen on your computer after you run nvflash, or just more info on what error it's giving you exactly?

0No I never try to flash any rom,I just wanted to flash cwm..well I'm picking cwm 5 on one click then the command comes in and it says bootloader failed press Any key to continue and then it leaves.
I know how to use cwm I hacked the galaxy and the Mytouch but this is giving me problems!! Need help
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So follow the instructions on the thread from the link i posted above. If it doesn't work then you probably didn't install the APX drivers properly, so uninstall everything phone related off your computer and start from scratch, that should do it.
If it does work try to flash CWM after, hopefully it'll work.
You could also try to flash CWM 4.0.1.5 from nvflash if you haven't already, maybe the CWM 5 file is corrupt

True ill give that a try,thanks man
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no problem, i hope it works, good luck

WORKED YAY turns out all I had to do was go for the the cwm lower version..the command color is blue in the other one..thanks once again..Now I want yo install cyanogen I read you need to match baseband and ril first time I ever heard about that..How can I go about this..also read there's an app that helps
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Go to the market and search for "getril "... install it. Then open the app... allow the super user request if prompted. .. then the app will check your baseband and your Ril. Just below that it will have a button you can press to update your ril to match your baseband... press it... there ya go ... all done .... let us know how it worked for ya.
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It did thanks mate,running cyanogen,so for every rom use get ril I guess?
Any suggestion on good Roms,Hows the state of ics buggy,camera??
Because I know for the Mytouch 4g the camera and such were still a bit behind.because no official cm9 yet
Thanks in advance.
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You'll still have service whether you use getril or not, but it's always safer to do it.
Last time I tried ICS it was fairly smooth, not as much as I'd like though. Camera works but not for video recording. There's a few other bugs as well.
I've tried pretty much every rom and kernel in the dev section.
My favorite kernel is Morfic's, I usually go for the elp version for better battery life.
As for roms EaglesBlood, HellFire Phoenix, stock MIUI w/ trinity kernel, Bionix Reloaded, and Weapon G2x all worked very well for me.
My favorites though are EaglesBlood and HellFire Phoenix of course

Yes I plan to use all those Roms
I'm all set to go!
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jj_z1 said:
So follow the instructions on the thread from the link i posted above. If it doesn't work then you probably didn't install the APX drivers properly, so uninstall everything phone related off your computer and start from scratch, that should do it.
If it does work try to flash CWM after, hopefully it'll work.
You could also try to flash CWM 4.0.1.5 from nvflash if you haven't already, maybe the CWM 5 file is corrupt
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I was able to flash CWM 5.0.2.0 fine with the one-click-flash. I was having some trouble following the instructions on here so I found a guide on unlockr.

Yeah I went ahead and flash cwm 5 again and it worked..I had too have , have an sd card..4 didn't do it for me
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