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[TUT] Telus HTC Desire *UPDATED* - Windows Drivers, Root, Radio and ROM Instructions

Ok, so I just took the tutorial written by Slimdizzy and have modified it for Windows users, as he stated he was using a Mac, and a lot of people seem to be having issues getting this working. Go easy on me this is my first TUT write up, I hope it helps......If anyone has a correction or a suggestion please let me know.
Credit goes to Slimdizzy for his original post here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=750888
When I rooted my Telus HTC Desire the first time it was hit and miss, if I remember correctly I did it 3 times until it worked 100%, by this I mean Unrevoked/Root ran without hitch, and after running Unrevoked I was able to reboot into Android, and then reboot back into recovery on my first try without any weirdness.....
The following steps are what I did to get my drivers installed and working the first time, rooting the phone, installing Radio 5.09.00.20, and getting a custom ROM installed (I used OpenDesire)
First things first you need the drivers, this is the most important part. Nothing will ever work for you if you don't have the right drivers installed.
Drivers:
1. Download the Android SDK here: http://dl.google.com/android/android-sdk_r06-windows.zip
2. Unzip and place the files in C:\Android. You can place the files wherever you want but my steps will use this location.
3. Run SDK Setup.exe , if you get the Failed to fetch URL error, hit close and then go to Settings and enable Force https://. Then click on Available Packages, near the bottom you will see USB Driver Package, place a check mark beside it and then click Install Selected.
Alternatively you can try using these drivers, they have worked for other users but I have not installed my drivers using this method so I can't say how well they will work.....
http://www.unrevoked.com/rootwiki/lib/exe/fetch.php?hash=908951&media=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.unrevoked.com%2Frecovery%2Fandroid-usb-driver.zip
4. Android SDK will download your drivers and place them here C:\android\usb_driver.
Now plugin your Desire with USB Debugging enabled (Settings --> Applications --> Development). Windows will prompt you for the device drivers, point windows to the C:\android\usb_driver folder and it should do it's thing. YOU MUST BE SURE TO INSTALL THE ADB DRIVERS, without those Unrevoked will not run.
5. Once all your drivers are installed, you can verify them by checking with the Android SDK
Open a DOS prompt (CMD in the Run box) and navigate to C:\android\tools and then type "adb devices", it should return a funny device name/ID, if you see a device listed then you are good to go, if you don't then repeat these steps until you do, check your Device Manager for an uninstalled device/driver.
***UPDATED***
Steps for Rooting:
***Follow these steps after you are 100% sure you have the drivers right!***
***DO NOT plug you Desire into your computer yet***
1. Goto http://unrevoked.com and download the software
2. You now have a choice of recovery, Amon RA has released an SLCD version of his recovery, which in my opinion is much better, it has a few more features than Clockwork. I recommend Amon RA, but the choice is yours.
Amon RA Recovery v1.7.0.1 R5 SLCD: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/4481275/recovery-RA-desire-v1.7.0.1-R5-SLCD.img
Clockwork v2.5.0.7 SLCD:http://koush.tandtgaming.com/recoveries/recovery-clockwork-2.5.0.7-bravo.zip
3. Go to HBOOT, this is done by shutting down your phone and powering on the device while holding the Power button down and pushing Volume down at the same time, once HBOOT is loaded do a wipe (Clear Storage). You can navigate the menus by using the volume rocker and the Power button to select your option.
4. Load Unrevoked and load the custom SLCD recovery file on your PC:
Goto File>Custom Recovery and point it to the recovery image that you downloaded in step 2.
5. Restart your phone, it will take a few minutes because you did a wipe, just wait it will load (up to 5 minutes). As soon as the welcome screen loads plug your phone in to the PC and Unrevoked should do it's thing. If Unrevoked doesn't start, then hit the Menu button go to Settings --> Applications --> Development and enable USB debugging.
6. The phone will restart a couple of times, and will look like it's hanging on the HTC screen but it's not! If the HTC screen is present for more than 5 minutes pull your battery and start again ( I had to do this a couple times myself). If Unrevoked pauses half way through its process, it could be because for some reason you don't have the proper drivers installed. You can load them as Unrevoked does the root process, while the phone is rebooting if Unrevoked pauses and Windows prompts you for a driver point it to the C:\android\tools directory and it will load the drivers and Unrevoked will continue its root process.
7. When Unrevoked is finished you will be left at the recovery screen,
8. *** VERY IMPORTANT*** Before restarting do a "wipe cache partition", "factory reset". And now would be a good time for a Nandroid Backup
9. Now reboot, and Android should load. Check for Superuser Permissions app, if you see it you're good if not restart from step 3.
10. Shutdown and load HBOOT, wait a few seconds for SD card (you'll see something try to load quickly), then load recovery again, it should load everytime without issue now.
It may take a few tries, but just follow these steps and it will work.
Steps for flashing radio, and custom ROM:
1. Grab a custom ROM from the forum, I used OpenDesire: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=712615
OpenDesire comes with a nice reboot to Recovery feature built in.
2. Once zip is download, copy it to your SD card
3. Get the updated radio needed from here: http://www.mightyrom.com/mrx/MRX/Bravo/Radio/Signed/32.44.00.32U_5.09.05.30_2.zip
4. Reboot into recovery by powering on the device while holding the Power button down and pushing Volume down at the same time. Select Recovery with the Volume rocker and then click the power button to launch it.
5. Select "install zip from SD card" using the trackpad and select the radio zip that you download in step 3.
6. Let it do its thing (could take up to 10 mins to finish), use the back button to get to main menu and select "reboot system now" with the trackpad. If your phone hangs after rebooting wait at least 10 minutes before pulling the battery, it could be finishing the radio update.
7. Once rebooted check that the new radio is good by loading HBOOT (you should know how to do this by now) and at the top it will show you're radio version.
8. Load recovery again and select "wipe cache partition", "factory reset" (for the 3rd and final time). Then select "install zip from SD card" using the trackpad and select the ROM zip that you download in step 1.
9. The new ROM is now installed, restart the phone and wait up to 20 minutes (it shouldn't take that long) for the new ROM to load, DO NOT PULL YOUR BATTERY UNTIL AT LEAST 20 MINUTES HAVE PASSED.
You should now have your phone rooted, new radio installed, and a new custom ROM loaded.
Sorry for such a long post, but I found all these steps necessary to get the end result.
If I have missed anything or if anyone has comments / corrections post them here and I will try to keep the tutorial updated and easy to use as possible.

Great post man. I found the "dont plug the phone in yet" part out the hard way. I thought I had busted it on the 1st try!
Couple of things.
USB debugging is under development in Apps. (not a big deal)
Those unrevoked drivers worked great for me, I followed the instructions in the HTML doc that came with the zip. I have heard there are extra drivers needed for windows 7, and you have to be sure your running unrevoked as an admin.
Once I was rooted, I used RomManager to get the newest clockwork and flashed it. I used rom manager to flash the rom, HBoot to flash the radio, and did it backwards. Seems to not make a difference.
Thanks for doing this!
Edit: you forgot the most important part! Always Nandroid backup, and copy all the files from the SD card as soon as you are rooted incase something goes wrong.
Below may be wrong info, but it is what happened to me.
//////////////Extra tip, if you format an SD card, be sure you copy back the clockwork files before you unmount the card. I didn't and could not boot at all untill I copyed all the files back. I went straight to a nandroid without trying to boot into android, so I don't know if I messed up Android, but I know it would not boot to anything untill I fixed the SD card.
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ajanu said:
Extra tip, if you format an SD card, be sure you copy back the clockwork files before you unmount the card. I didn't and could not boot at all untill I copyed all the files back. I went straight to a nandroid without trying to boot into android, so I don't know if I messed up Android, but I know it would not boot to anything untill I fixed the SD card.
Thanks for doing this!
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Can you elaborate on this? I'm assuming Clockwork recovery is stored on the SD card?

BIGGGG THANKS, I will try tonight.

Below may be wrong info, but it is what happened to me.
//////////////Yes there is a folder called clockwork mod, in there were my nandroid backups. I copied everything on the SD back and Clockwork booted, so I can't say for sure, but I'd assume all you need is the clockwork folder. There are other folders that look like system folders that may also be important./////////////

ajanu said:
Great post man. I found the "dont plug the phone in yet" part out the hard way. I thought I had busted it on the 1st try!
Couple of things.
USB debugging is under development in Apps. (not a big deal)
Those unrevoked drivers worked great for me, I followed the instructions in the HTML doc that came with the zip. I have heard there are extra drivers needed for windows 7, and you have to be sure your running unrevoked as an admin.
Once I was rooted, I used RomManager to get the newest clockwork and flashed it. I used rom manager to flash the rom, HBoot to flash the radio, and did it backwards. Seems to not make a difference.
Extra tip, if you format an SD card, be sure you copy back the clockwork files before you unmount the card. I didn't and could not boot at all untill I copyed all the files back. I went straight to a nandroid without trying to boot into android, so I don't know if I messed up Android, but I know it would not boot to anything untill I fixed the SD card.
Thanks for doing this!
Edit: you forgot the most important part! Always Nandroid backup, and copy all the files from the SD card as soon as you are rooted incase something goes wrong.
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This is exactly the part I wanted, when I had to use nandroid

ajanu said:
Yes there is a folder called clockwork mod, in there were my nandroid backups. I copied everything on the SD back and Clockwork booted, so I can't say for sure, but I'd assume all you need is the clockwork folder. There are other folders that look like system folders that may also be important.
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I believe this is misinformation.. only reason because I was having that endless HTC frozen screen so I formated my SD card, the FAT32 partition and the EXT3 partition in windows using Paragon Partition Manager, finally got back into recovery, wiped everything from cache to davlik cache as well.. then installed my rom.
If Clockwork was stored on the SD card.. I believe it wouldn't have booted.. got a little confused there. However, the Nandroid backups are stored on the SD card.. that I know for sure!

quazis said:
I believe this is misinformation.. only reason because I was having that endless HTC frozen screen so I formated my SD card, the FAT32 partition and the EXT3 partition in windows using Paragon Partition Manager, finally got back into recovery, wiped everything from cache to davlik cache as well.. then installed my rom.
If Clockwork was stored on the SD card.. I believe it wouldn't have booted.. got a little confused there. However, the Nandroid backups are stored on the SD card.. that I know for sure!
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These devices make no sense to me. Maybe I didn't help anything with the copy and just trying to boot a few times would work. I would expect things to work or not work, but they work intermittently some times. Certainly increases the confusion/frustration levels.

Wouldnt be using the latest radio and using "recovery-clockwork-2.5.0.7-bravo.img" instead of the old one be better?

Juggalo_X said:
Wouldnt be using the latest radio and using "recovery-clockwork-2.5.0.7-bravo.img" instead of the old one be better?
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Link has been updated to reflect the latest Clockwork recovery version.
Thank you!

Blowtoke said:
Link has been updated to reflect the latest Clockwork recovery version.
Thank you!
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No problem and here is a link to the new radio if you want to update it. it appears to be much better then the one linked in tut. Here it is

Juggalo_X said:
No problem and here is a link to the new radio if you want to update it. it appears to be much better then the one linked in tut. Here it is
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Radio link updated as well, thanks!

quazis said:
I believe this is misinformation.. only reason because I was having that endless HTC frozen screen so I formated my SD card, the FAT32 partition and the EXT3 partition in windows using Paragon Partition Manager, finally got back into recovery, wiped everything from cache to davlik cache as well.. then installed my rom.
If Clockwork was stored on the SD card.. I believe it wouldn't have booted.. got a little confused there. However, the Nandroid backups are stored on the SD card.. that I know for sure!
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What is EXT3 partition ?
I would like to get more details about the sdcard ? I make my backup with nandroid and after I format the sdcard....so if I want restore the back up from Nandroid, it will not be there....sorry for the noob questions

fourire said:
This is exactly the part I wanted, when I had to use nandroid
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This step has been added to the guide....thank you!

fourire said:
What is EXT3 partition ?
I would like to get more details about the sdcard ? I make my backup with nandroid and after I format the sdcard....so if I want restore the back up from Nandroid, it will not be there....sorry for the noob questions
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Ext3 partition is for A2SD, I never touched my SD Card until I was rooted, updated radio, and loaded a custom ROM. I can't say whether or not the SD card plays a role in freezing during boot to recovery or not? But like I said I never partitioned my SD until after everything was done.....

Very good tutorial !
Thank you

After all that, what's about the apps, contacts, calendar ?
And for this file: 2. Get the needed recovery image from here: http://koush.tandtgaming.com/recover....0.7-bravo.zip... is it for slcd ?

fourire said:
After all that, what's about the apps, contacts, calendar ?
And for this file: 2. Get the needed recovery image from here: http://koush.tandtgaming.com/recover....0.7-bravo.zip... is it for slcd ?
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Recovery-clockwork-2.5.0.7-bravo.zip has been confirmed to work with SLCD, the link has been updated.
Thanks!

ok - at step 8
8. *** VERY IMPORTANT*** Before restarting do a "wipe cache partition", "factory reset". And now would be a good time for a Nandroid Backup
Can someone point me to a nandroid backup tutorial.

Blowtoke said:
I've posted a question on the Clockwork forum to find out if the latest version (recovery-clockwork-2.5.0.7-bravo.zip) works with SLCD, once I get an answer I will update the link if necessary.....for now it's reverted back to the old recovery img that I know works....
Thanks!
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It works ive flashed it as my recovery img

Huawei Ascend - Flash Back to Stock

HOWTO : Flash the Huawei Ascend to stock
These directions are for metroPCS the next post contains directions for Cricket
Fastboot Method
(Note:This method will work even if the phone will not start or go into recovery)​
Download the Following Package:
MetroPCSStock Recovery Package with Scripts
678041208774eab0aed1005f287d71ab MetroStockRecover.7z
1)Attach phone to USB
2)Power Phone Off
3)Enter Fastboot (End Call + Volume Down - while phone turns on)
4)Run script relevant to your OS
metroPCSStock-linux.sh
metroPCSStock-mac.sh
metroPCSStock-windows.bat
5) Your phone will automatically reboot
WARNING: Only the linux version has been tested. All other versions should work though. DO NOT power off the phone during the process.
Nandroid Method
(Note:Working custom recovery is needed for this method)​
Download the Following Package:
MetroPCS Stock Nandroid Backup (Phone Right Out of Box)
663fab87380e87c8c158a2f5d0c4495e MetroPCSStock.7z
1) Place nandroid backup files into a directory on sdcard:
/nandroid/mem=211M/stock/
2) Boot into recovery (Send Call + Volume Up - while phone turns on)
3) Go to Backup/Restore.
4) Select Nand restore
5) Select mem=211M
6) Select folder named "stock"
7) Proceed with on screen instructions

Directions
These directions are for Cricket the previous post contains directions for MetroPCS
Force Update Method
(Recommendation : When the OS of handsets could not start up successfully)​
Download the Following Package:
Cricket Stock Recovery Package
d97ed410ffa518c689e2444d21007daa M860V100R001C153B251SP03.zip
1) Copy "dload" folder to SD card
2) Switch off the handset ,then press "Volume Control Upper Key +End Key+ Power Key"
3) Showing successful
4) Remove battery one second ,then power on ,waiting till the os start up
Normal Update Method​
Download the Following Package:
Cricket Stock Recovery Package
d97ed410ffa518c689e2444d21007daa M860V100R001C153B251SP03.zip
1) Copy "dload" folder to SD card
2) Settings--SD card & Phone storage--Software Upgrade

how do i download this?

I did it, and it worked! but theres no signal?

neko423 said:
I did it, and it worked! but theres no signal?
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Thats strange, try dialing *228, tell them I sent you and you'll get a free pizza.

neko423 said:
I did it, and it worked! but theres no signal?
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Can you post back and let us know if you were able to get your signal back and the phone working?
Thanaks

semyazza said:
To flash your metroPCS phone back to stock.
Download the Following Package:
MetroPCSStock Recovery Package with Scripts
1)Attach phone to USB
2)Power Phone Off
3)Enter Fastboot (End Call + Volume Down)
4)Run script relevant to your OS
metroPCSStock-linux.sh
metroPCSStock-mac.sh
metroPCSStock-windows.bat
5) Your phone will automatically reboot
WARNING: Only the linux version has been tested. All other versions should work though. DO NO power off the phone during the process.
Reserved for future use. Directions on how to flash to come. In the mean time please check the post above for the available files.
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I am assuming those users like me that have already rooted and installed AmonRA could use your nandroid backup to recover to stock "out of the box"?
Can you give directions for doing that?
Thanks,

opsguy said:
Can you post back and let us know if you were able to get your signal back and the phone working?
Thanaks
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well so far is still searching for service.

neko423 said:
well so far is still searching for service.
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Do you have "bars"? If so dial *228 and speak "Update Roaming List" when the menu prompts you to. That will update the PRL file. You should NOT need to do this though unless you did other things to your phone.
My guess is that you flashed the cricket update? If that's the case let me know and I will guide you through the process of manually programming your phone to metro.

opsguy said:
I am assuming those users like me that have already rooted and installed AmonRA could use your nandroid backup to recover to stock "out of the box"?
Can you give directions for doing that?
Thanks,
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Better directions are on the way. I just have no time to post them today. I will update more directions tomorrow and gradually make the directions better.
General Idea though is copy raw nandroid files to sdcard to a folder within the folder "nandroid" boot into recovery and select the option to flash nandroid backup.

semyazza said:
Do you have "bars"? If so dial *228 and speak "Update Roaming List" when the menu prompts you to. That will update the PRL file. You should NOT need to do this though unless you did other things to your phone.
My guess is that you flashed the cricket update? If that's the case let me know and I will guide you through the process of manually programming your phone to metro.
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I have no bars ..
and idk if thats the case.

opsguy said:
I am assuming those users like me that have already rooted and installed AmonRA could use your nandroid backup to recover to stock "out of the box"?
Can you give directions for doing that?
Thanks,
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I need this too! This is my exact setup. I uninstalled google talk, couldn't use the market, found new apk files to install, got it working again, but still get fc's in the market now and then. So I'd like to start from out of the box knowing what I know now!

If you have a custom recovery installed already. My guess would be to do the following to resore.
1. Drop the files to your sd card in a folder structure somewhat matching nandroids structure. /nandroid/mem=211M/Stock/.
2. Boot into recovery (press and hold vol up and send then press power)
3. Go to Backup/Restore.
4. Select Nand restore
5. Select mem=211M
6. Select Stock(if thats what folder you named it).
7. Follow the instructions on the screen.
I haven't actually done the restore but, I did do the steps up to but not including the actual flashing. There was also a recovery image in the nandroid backup. I removed it on my card so I wouldn't overwrite my custom recovery. You can do whatever you want.

foltz61 said:
If you have a custom recovery installed already. My guess would be to do the following to resore.
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Pretty new to all this, so if I do a full nandroid backup of my current system, then try this, and sumthin doesn't work right, I can restore my current system back to the way it is before the attempt? Scared to be the first one to try this.
Also, do I need to copy every file in the archive? Or just the .img and md5?

I tried something similar but never could get it to restore the stock nandroid. I didn't try to rename it though...
S.I.™ ©®77

morningsidesanitarium said:
Pretty new to all this, so if I do a full nandroid backup of my current system, then try this, and sumthin doesn't work right, I can restore my current system back to the way it is before the attempt? Scared to be the first one to try this.
Also, do I need to copy every file in the archive? Or just the .img and md5?
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Thats what is supposed to happen as long as the custom recoveries (ie Amon-Ra and/or Clockwork) were ported to our phones correctly. I would remove recovery.img so your custom recovery partition isn't overwritten.

foltz61 said:
Thats what is supposed to happen as long as the custom recoveries (ie Amon-Ra and/or Clockwork) were ported to our phones correctly. I would remove recovery.img so your custom recovery partition isn't overwritten.
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Now all we need is a guinea pig...hehe. I'm still scared.

Metro pcs
HOWTO : Flash the Huawei Ascend to stock
These directions are for metroPCS the next post contains directions for Cricket
Fastboot Method
(Note:This method will work even if the phone will not start or go into recovery)
Download the Following Package:
MetroPCSStock Recovery Package with Scripts
678041208774eab0aed1005f287d71ab MetroStockRecover.7z
1)Attach phone to USB
2)Power Phone Off
3)Enter Fastboot (End Call + Volume Down - while phone turns on)
4)Run script relevant to your OS
metroPCSStock-linux.sh
metroPCSStock-mac.sh
metroPCSStock-windows.bat
5) Your phone will automatically reboot
WARNING: Only the linux version has been tested. All other versions should work though. DO NOT power off the phone during the process.
I tried this for my phone more than once but how can it boot the info automatically when the computer canot detect the phone during fastboot?

babblescreef said:
HOWTO : Flash the Huawei Ascend to stock
These directions are for metroPCS the next post contains directions for Cricket
Fastboot Method
(Note:This method will work even if the phone will not start or go into recovery)
Download the Following Package:
MetroPCSStock Recovery Package with Scripts
678041208774eab0aed1005f287d71ab MetroStockRecover.7z
1)Attach phone to USB
2)Power Phone Off
3)Enter Fastboot (End Call + Volume Down - while phone turns on)
4)Run script relevant to your OS
metroPCSStock-linux.sh
metroPCSStock-mac.sh
metroPCSStock-windows.bat
5) Your phone will automatically reboot
WARNING: Only the linux version has been tested. All other versions should work though. DO NOT power off the phone during the process.
I tried this for my phone more than once but how can it boot the info automatically when the computer canot detect the phone during fastboot?
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You need the correct drivers for your operating system. Use google or the forum search feature.

Every fellow ascend user if we want the souce code (to make custom rom's)
ever1 please make an email to Huawei's email.
Their email is [email protected]
The email was not found by me.Just trying to help so we can get source code.

[HOWTO] install CM6 RC3 to XT720 from stock (newbie friendly)

Let's begin
1st download all the necessary files:
Motorola 5.4.0 Driver with MotoHelper http://www.motorola.com/consumers/v/index.jsp?vgnextoid=bda09ec8009a0210VgnVCM1000008806b00aRCRD
stock UK XT720 sbf and RSD Lite 4.9 from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=953863
SuperOneClickv2.1.1 ftom http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=887416
OI File Manager or from Android Market
Open Recovery for XT720 from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1242259
CM6 RC3 from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1197655
Then proceed to install the windows drivers for XT720,
once that is done flash your XT720 back to factory stock,
to go into ROM flashing mode Hold Power + Volume Down + Camera buttons all at once, be patient, it will take a while and a couple of reboot.
When the phone is finally done booting up, go into Settings > Applications, and check the boxes for USB debugging + Stay awake,
now you can run SuperOneClickv2.1.1 to root your XT720, for step by step rooting instructions follow this guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=887416
Next you will want to install a File Manager to your XT720, the stock XT720 doesn't include any file manager,
open a command line (in windows run CMD),
switch to the directory ..\SuperOneClickv2.1.1-ShortFuse\ADB\
run the command line adb.exe install FileManager-1.1.6.apk
The next step is best done using a microSD card reader, then you can drag & drop all the files for your XT720 directly to the SD card from Windows Explorer
- OpenRecovery.apk,
- the unzipped files from OpenRecovery-XT720-01 folder,
- update-cm-6.3.0-RC3-MilestoneXT720-signed.zip,
- gapps-hdpi-20101114-signed.zip
Using the OI File Manager install OpenRecovery.apk (it should be at the root of your SDcard),
run Open Recovery from XT720 stock launcher's app drawer,
select Install Recovery System (allow super user),
then follow the instructions to install OpenRecovery-XT720-01 from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1242259
Once you are done proceed to install update-cm-6.3.0-RC3-MilestoneXT720-signed.zip, and gapps-hdpi-20101114-signed.zip using OpenRecovery-XT720 (for details follow http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1197655),
select clear cache, dalvik, and factory reset
choose the reboot option from OpenRecovery-XT720 menu,
the first boot of CM6 will take a very long time,
when you see the launcher, let it finish loading, then reboot the phone again via power button > reboot,
after this last reboot, the phone is finally ready for normal usage.
Enjoy!

You can get the Dexter's OpenRecovery.apk here

you can use universal androot to root your phone alternatively. its super easy. just drag it onto your sd card (or download directly from your phone), install the apk, and click root. heres a link. http://www.4shared.com/file/HvHnis8C/Universal_Androot_v161.html

I actually did this to a friends xt720 yesterday and I needed to fix the APN settings, he wasn't getting data.

WARNING, about BusyBox newer than v1.17.1 and Link2SD
So i found out the hard way there's an odd bug with BusyBox 1.18.x or newer it conflicts with Link2SD, it wont mount and causes Link2SD to throw this message
Code:
Mount script error
Mount script cannot be created
mount: mounting /dev/block/vold/179:2 on /data/sdext2
failed: no such device
reverting BusyBox back to 1.17.1 fixed the problem

Help on Boot Loop
Followed all instructions here to update to the the cm 6.3.0 RC3. Everything appeared to go as stated, but after reboot i seem to be stuck in a vicious boot loop. I get the cyanogen mod droid logo but it seems to pop up every 10 seconds or so without the phone ever starting up. Any help would be greatly appreciated. It's cute as a paperweight, but not much good as a phone.
Disregard....after rebooting for nearly nine hours....the phone finally started up and appears to be working....Thanxxxx

I too now am unable to access data....i am not skilled enough to work with the APN settings. Could you please help me out on what i need to do to get my data working again...no internet access sux....

AllGamer said:
Next you will want to install a File Manager to your XT720, the stock XT720 doesn't include any file manager,
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Awesome Instructions bud, much needed for the first timers. Just thought I would add that stock 2.1 always came with quickoffice for me and that's what I normally use at first to install Open Recovery but always end up needing a better File Manager anyway. So either way, I hate to be a stickler just might be one less step lol. Good job AllGamer dude!
Ps.. I should have just said good job dude your way is better lol.

hitech1 said:
I too now am unable to access data....i am not skilled enough to work with the APN settings. Could you please help me out on what i need to do to get my data working again...no internet access sux....
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Install APN manager from the market and find your carrier there.
You could always just input them manually, doesn't require any skill bud, you just have to google the correct APN configuration details.

nice App
JiroPrinz8 said:
Install APN manager from the market and find your carrier there.
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https://market.android.com/details?id=ale.android.apnmanager&feature=search_result
this is an Excellent recommendation.
I didn't even know such APP existed
it's so easy to enter APN data... pick and choose, done!

Don't think you should be flashing ROMS if you're hesistant about manually entering an APN, my 2 cents lol.

I would still rather recommend singapore rom, with the tv out and everything. Don't know of any cons with this atm.

Hi,
i installed cm6 rc 3 as described above. And it runs very smooth and stable.
Although i have one big problem: If i insert my sd-card (3gb fat + 1 gb ext4, with app folder on ext partition) in my phone, app2sd works as it should and the phone boots as usual. But when the phone shuts off the display and goes into sleep mode, i am no more able to wake it up again. When I push the power button only the leds switch on. I have to pull the battery and restart the phone.
If sdcard is not inserted, everthing works great. with no problems since three days now.
But i would like to have my sdcard back...
Perhaps some can help me.

Leotronick said:
Hi,
i installed cm6 rc 3 as described above. And it runs very smooth and stable.
Although i have one big problem: If i insert my sd-card (3gb fat + 1 gb ext4, with app folder on ext partition) in my phone, app2sd works as it should and the phone boots as usual. But when the phone shuts off the display and goes into sleep mode, i am no more able to wake it up again. When I push the power button only the leds switch on. I have to pull the battery and restart the phone.
If sdcard is not inserted, everthing works great. with no problems since three days now.
But i would like to have my sdcard back...
Perhaps some can help me.
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I'm not certain but I think this means that Android thinks your battery has more charge than the hardware does. I would first try to redo battery calibration (there are threads in the XT720 general section about how to do this) if you can convince yourself that your battery is actually full. It can be a little tricky.

Leotronick said:
Hi,
i installed cm6 rc 3 as described above. And it runs very smooth and stable.
Although i have one big problem: If i insert my sd-card (3gb fat + 1 gb ext4, with app folder on ext partition) in my phone, app2sd works as it should and the phone boots as usual. But when the phone shuts off the display and goes into sleep mode, i am no more able to wake it up again. When I push the power button only the leds switch on. I have to pull the battery and restart the phone.
If sdcard is not inserted, everthing works great. with no problems since three days now.
But i would like to have my sdcard back...
Perhaps some can help me.
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might be your vsel being too low. it happened to me too, and i made the vsel a little higher and it didnt happen anymore.

Hi, I have a noob question...
Can I install this recovery image (CM6) directly from stock Videotron SBF?
I do have install open Recovery based on Androidiani. Can I flash this Rom (CM6) with that recovery or I need something diffrent?
Thanks for your help!

speedmax said:
Hi, I have a noob question...
Can I install this recovery image (CM6) directly from stock Videotron SBF?
I do have install open Recovery based on Androidiani. Can I flash this Rom (CM6) with that recovery or I need something diffrent?
Thanks for your help!
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if you are already on stock, then yes you can flash CM6
but make sure you are rooted first
and use the Open Recovery XT720 listed in the OP topic

AllGamer said:
if you are already on stock, then yes you can flash CM6
but make sure you are rooted first
and use the Open Recovery XT720 listed in the OP topic
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Thanks, I Will proceed tomorow.
Regards,
Sent from my MB860 using xda premium

Just installed! Working nice...
Camera and camcorder are working, it was a bug with stock Rom.
Is there a Overcloking kernel for XT720 CM6 rom?
Or is there a way to overclock it with the current one?
Regards et thanks for your help!

speedmax said:
Just installed! Working nice...
Camera and camcorder are working, it was a bug with stock Rom.
Is there a Overcloking kernel for XT720 CM6 rom?
Or is there a way to overclock it with the current one?
Regards et thanks for your help!
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yes, just download the milestone OC utility from Android market

[Q] Infuse zip flashing stuck at "Finding update package"

Hi guys, this is the first post i upload and want to take the occasion to greet you all.
In these days i bought a Samsung Infuse 4G...i really like this phone but want to be able to use it with some special features such as connecting various USB devices to the phone and other juicy stuff.
I read that the builtin ROM is not capable of such this thing, and Ice Cream Sandwitch, witch should allow to do that, is not available for this smartphone model. At least not officially.
My choice fell upon CM7 LinuxBozo ROM ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1311960 ).
I rooted my device. I'm sure of that because i am able to use the root explorer with root privileges and the root menu shows up among my applications.
I then followed the instructions here ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1107881 ) in order to install the ClockWorkMod Flashing Menu but I am not sure whether anything went allright or not as, after trying both the methods shown on the guide, nothing happened (in the first case, the automatic install through ROM Manager seems to work, a message appears on the screen confirming anything went smooth but when i reboot i see the normal reboot menu, no advanced menu nor CWM menu; in the second case i tried to manually load the CWM menu by placing the update file in the SD and renaming it to update.zip, the update gets stuck somewhere saying something about a bad or wrong signature, tried it a few times and with different CWM update versions but nothing to do).
I then stumbled into a workaround to fix that issue by an even more manual procedure ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkMo8rBehHg&feature=related ) basically consisting in copying the "recovery" executable from the CWM update archive to the directory /system/bin and of course chmodding it to rwxr-xr-x and chowning it to the root.
Now the CWM screen appears but, as i attempt to flash the CM7 ROM, the flashing gets stuck at "Finding update package". I read here ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=821499 ) that it could happen sometimes and it's just a matter of trying and trying again... I tried at least ten times up to now but it keeps getting stuck...maybe it's not my case.
Hope someone will help me out...i really need that USB reading feature. Thank you.

baareem said:
Hi guys, this is the first post i upload and want to take the occasion to greet you all.
In these days i bought a Samsung Infuse 4G...i really like this phone but want to be able to use it with some special features such as connecting various USB devices to the phone and other juicy stuff.
I read that the builtin ROM is not capable of such this thing, and Ice Cream Sandwitch, witch should allow to do that, is not available for this smartphone model. At least not officially.
My choice fell upon CM7 LinuxBozo ROM ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1311960 ).
I rooted my device. I'm sure of that because i am able to use the root explorer with root privileges and the root menu shows up among my applications.
I then followed the instructions here ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1107881 ) in order to install the ClockWorkMod Flashing Menu but I am not sure whether anything went allright or not as, after trying both the methods shown on the guide, nothing happened (in the first case, the automatic install through ROM Manager seems to work, a message appears on the screen confirming anything went smooth but when i reboot i see the normal reboot menu, no advanced menu nor CWM menu; in the second case i tried to manually load the CWM menu by placing the update file in the SD and renaming it to update.zip, the update gets stuck somewhere saying something about a bad or wrong signature, tried it a few times and with different CWM update versions but nothing to do).
I then stumbled into a workaround to fix that issue by an even more manual procedure ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkMo8rBehHg&feature=related ) basically consisting in copying the "recovery" executable from the CWM update archive to the directory /system/bin and of course chmodding it to rwxr-xr-x and chowning it to the root.
Now the CWM screen appears but, as i attempt to flash the CM7 ROM, the flashing gets stuck at "Finding update package". I read here ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=821499 ) that it could happen sometimes and it's just a matter of trying and trying again... I tried at least ten times up to now but it keeps getting stuck...maybe it's not my case.
Hope someone will help me out...i really need that USB reading feature. Thank you.
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what color is your cwm screen?
this may be a simpler way of gettin cwm:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1220090
specifically, the CWM instructions set.

I see that the instructions you suggested me would mean to start the process almost from scratch. I will do that as soon as i finish studying the nazis for my school report .
And maybe after getting the next answer from you
The boot screen is green text on black backgroud.
Holding audio and power buttons for 10 seconds doesn't prompt me to the red boot screen if it was what you meant and if I read the instructions provided well (witch i didn't as i have no time now)... don't get me wrong. Just trying to provide you as more information as possible.

baareem said:
I see that the instructions you suggested me would mean to start the process almost from scratch. I will do that as soon as i finish studying the nazis for my school report .
And maybe after getting the next answer from you
The boot screen is green text on black backgroud.
Holding audio and power buttons for 10 seconds doesn't prompt me to the red boot screen if it was what you meant and if I read the instructions provided well (witch i didn't as i have no time now)... don't get me wrong. Just trying to provide you as more information as possible.
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if you still have root, download from market
sgs kernel flasher and the flash the gingerbread kernel to give you RED recovery and flash the rom of your choice after a factory reset and usual wipes

Cool... i'm now running CM7 !
Here is what i missed for anyone who would have the same problem in the future (you can find the download links here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1220090 ):
CWM Installation Instructions:
1) You must be rooted.
2) If you have a /Voodoo folder on your internal SD card, delete it and reboot.
3) If you're already running a custom ROM with Voodoo lagfix FULLY enabled, you can skip to step 7.
4) Download CWM-community-kernel-v8.zip if you're on Froyo or CWM-infused-v2.0.1-kernel.zip if you're on Gingerbread and place it on your internal SD card.
5) Install SGS Kernel Flasher from the Market.
6) Open SGS Kernel Flasher, select choose kernel, select the file you downloaded, and select flash kernel. Your phone will reboot and begin to enable Voodoo lagfix. Let it do that and boot all the way up. It will take a while (5-10 minutes) because it's converting all partitions to ext4.
7) Download update-infused-v2.X.X-full.zip and place it on your internal SD card.
8) Power off your phone.
9) With the phone powered off, hold both volume keys and the power button for about 10 seconds and then release. This should boot you into RED CWM.
10) Select "install zip from sdcard" and select update-infused-v2.X.X-full.zip.
11) Once that finishes, select "wipe data/factory reset".
12) Select "reboot system now".
13) Do NOT restore system data with Titanium Backup. Do NOT restore ALL apps with data. If you absolutely must restore something with Titanium Backup, only restore MISSING apps with data.
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Now just another question: i noticed different errors when running the market and other old built-in apps... I just need to reinstall gapps right?

yeah, that is why it's stickeyed.
you just had to read/search them.
market wise, there's a market fix
or you can also factory reset and wipe cache and dalvik in cwm

Thanks. You helped me solving this and now anything works fine. Have a good day.
Thread (NOT) SOLVED.
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(Edited after realizing gapps still don't show up as installation didn't really worked)

baareem said:
Thanks. You helped me solving this and now anything works fine. Have a good day.
Thread SOLVED.
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np. take it easy, bro.

I was too quick saying it worked.
The Infuse just booted up but nothing changed. I then tried to do the zip installing through rom manager again but invane.
When trying with the manual install it promts me with this error:
E: Can't open /emmc/gapps-gb-xxxxxxx-signed.zip
(bad)
Installation aborted.
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I tried different versions of gapps including the one suggested in the CM wiki but with no luck. I guess the problem is somewhere else.
PS: now i see the blue on black bootscreen as in order to install gapps with rom manager i was asked to reinstall CWM trough it...

baareem said:
I was too quick saying it worked.
The Infuse just booted up but nothing changed. I then tried to do the zip installing through rom manager again but invane.
When trying with the manual install it promts me with this error:
I tried different versions of gapps including the one suggested in the CM wiki but with no luck. I guess the problem is somewhere else.
PS: now i see the blue on black bootscreen as in order to install gapps with rom manager i was asked to reinstall CWM trough it...
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what version of ROM were you running when you tried this?
Stock FRoyo?

Cyanogenmod 7 ... exactly this version : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1311960
Kernel version is 2.6.35.7 , android v 2.3.7.
The old, OOB version i had was froyo 2.2.6 if i well remember.

baareem said:
Cyanogenmod 7 ... exactly this version : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1311960
Kernel version is 2.6.35.7 , android v 2.3.7.
The old, OOB version i had was froyo 2.2.6 if i well remember.
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I haven't played with CM7, it's not an infuse based rom.
I recall some installation issues with it.
I remember an unsuccess reboot intially and pull battery thing..not sure.
If you're looking to install another rom, odin back to stock and start over.
check out my sig line for some useful links

Before installing CyanogenMod backup T-Mobile Galaxy S 4G SGH-T959V original OS

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EDIT
There are two phone models
Galaxy S 4G SGH-T959V
Galaxy S 4G SGH-T959
The one without the V is the Vibrant. Wow Samsung. That was confusing. Phone model is Galaxy S 4G SGH-T959V which NOT the Vibrant.
Answer to my own question:
The "Fully Stock One-Click" solution to revert Samsung Galaxy S 4G SGH-T959V to its factory state. It includes:
Repartitioning: Repartition to stock KJ6 [UVKJ6 Android Gingerbread 2.3.6 Firmware]
Reloading: IBL/PBL, SBL, SBL2, PARAM, Kernel, Recovery, FactoryFS, Data, and Modem.
Formatting: Cache and DBdata
Use this code to format the SD Card *2767*3855#
http://sourceforge.net/projects/tea...T959VUVKJ6_STOCK-UVKJ6-One-Click.jar/download
1. Make sure Visual Studio C++ runtime, Java SE Runtime Environment and drivers are installed under Windows.
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=13523
http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=8328
http://www.java.com/en/download/manual_v6.jsp
http://firon.net/xda/usb_drivers_GalaxyS_x64.zip
http://firon.net/xda/Samsung_Mobile_Driver_V1.3.800_For_SPH-d700_Epic_4G.zip
2. Press and hold USB icon in upper left corner then slide it down to get Notifications displayed > TAP on USB Connected > Turn on USB storage > OK > Your SD Card is accessible from your computer now.
[Do the same and TAP on Turn off USB storage to disconnect the phone from computer.]
3. Make sure to remove the /sdcard/Voodoo directory from your SD Card.
4. Power off your phone.
5. Take your USB cable and plug it into the computer ONLY, not the phone.
5. Hold down both the volume up and down at the same time then plug in the USB cable to your phone with the other hand. Keep holding the volume up and down buttons until you see the Download mode green [Warning!!] message.
5. Press Volume Up button to see" [Downloading... Do not turn off Target!!!]
6. Copy T959VUVKJ6_STOCK-UVKJ6-One-Click.jar to C drive then type this inside DOS prompt to start the process.
C:
java -jar T959VUVKJ6_STOCK-UVKJ6-One-Click.jar
7. Click on [Flash] > You will get a window that instructs you what to do > OK > to click on Options > List All Devices > From drop down menu, Select: SAMSUNG USB Composite Device > Replace Driver > Wait for it to finish > Close > Close the [Replace Driver] Window.
8. Now you should be able to click on [Flash] again and revert to factory state.
9. The phone will automatically reboot.
After running this program, the device should revert to factory state.
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Phone was rooted using SuperOneClick and is running T-Mobile Android 2.3.6. I would like to back it up before installing CyanogenMod.
ClockworkMod is installed but I get the error: signature verification failed ClockworkMod
I understand I need to get CF-Root Kernel for T-Mobile Galaxy S 4G Vibrant to be able to backup default OS using ClockworkMod? Which files are needed to do that for Galaxy S 4G Vibrant?

c627627 said:
Phone was rooted using SuperOneClick and is running T-Mobile Android 2.3.6. I would like to back it up before installing CyanogenMod.
ClockworkMod is installed but I get the error: signature verification failed ClockworkMod
I understand I need to get CF-Root Kernel for T-Mobile Galaxy S 4G Vibrant to be able to backup default OS using ClockworkMod? Which files are needed to do that for Galaxy S 4G Vibrant?
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Saying vibrant gives me a bad feeling in my stomach. Please take your battery out and confirm the model number says: SGH-T959V
If so, Just say Galaxy S 4G. Saying Vibrant causes unrest in this forum. Too many bricks.
Which version do you see at the top of recovery?
When you say ClockworkMod, do you mean Rom Manager or the ClockworkMod Recovery? Rom Manager doesn't work on the SGH-T959V.
Sorry, just trying to clear up some terminology before we make mistakes

SGH-T959V
FCC ID: A3LSGHT959V
I thought that the term 'Vibrant' is just a name to distinguish T-Mobile as the carrier of the Galaxy S 4G phone.
GOAL:
1. While using the phone, start an app and tell it to save the current ROM.
2. The phone reboots and saves it to your SSD card.
I was using this to accomplish that
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.koushikdutta.rommanager
But upon reboot on the SGH-T959V, I get the error: signature verification failed ClockworkMod
I thought that in order to not get this error, I would need CF-Root Kernel?

Stickied: Don't use rom manager aka rom mangler!!! Thanks management!!!
Please use the backup in your recovery, not any user-land application.
Especially if you are coming off GB, you might want to read http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1897227 for some suggestions on how to back up and restore. Most GB "system" data is not binary-compatible with ICS.

Thank you. What does the acronym GB stand for? Edit: I think you are referring to Android 2.3 version on phone, thanks. When you say don't use the app, can you use the App on CyanogenMod 7.2 which I plan to install on the Galaxy S 4G or are you just advising against it on the native ROM?
The link in the quote below appears to only lead to some internet petition, do you have another link?
What is the exact command to use with Terminal Emulator (if it can be used) to push the file to /system/bin as instructed?
krylon360 said:
Here is CWM Final for the SGS4G.
You will still need to modify your stock recovery binary to be able to use CWM.
Kernel Devs can also compile CWM into their kernel by extracting the update.zip and building it into their initramfs.
To modify recovery download this file
http://www.multiupload.com/UW4R9NXSVO
and use root explorer or adb push the file to /system/bin
DO NOT delete the current one there, or rename any files.
Just overwrite it.
CWM Final
http://www.krylon360.com/file_host/SGS4G/update.zip
Place in the root of your SD. If you have a update.zip there already, delete it, and replace it with this one.
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GB is "Gingerbread"
You don't need to flash CWM any more. Use the Heimdall One-Click instead.

Thank you. My goals for phone Galaxy S 4G SGH-T959V are:
Backup current default T-Mobile 2.3.6 ROM onto SD card.
Backup CyanogenMod 7.2 after it is installed onto SD card.
1. Does Heimdall One-Click allow me to backup T-Mobile ROM 2.3.6 if the phone is rooted? Which software is used for this if not https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.koushikdutta.rommanager?
2. Can ROM Manager ClockworkMod be used on CyanogenMod 7.2 or is your advice against it only for T-Mobile native ROM?

Backup your data as described in the thread I linked -- Titanium Backup and potentially other tools for Contacts, SMS/MMS, call logs
Do not use ROM Manager. Period.
There is no need, in my mind, to back up the stock "ROM" (in contrast to your data), since there is a one-click that restores your phone to "stock."

You make a good point about stock ROM for most people, but is the one click-option to return to Native available *after* CyanogenMod is installed?
But to rephrase my original intent:
To preserve all custom settings and installs, ideally I would like to to simply start an app, the phone reboots, reimages, and boots right into either Native ROM or CyanogenMod, can imaging process be started *from* inside both Native and Cayanogen ROMs?
I understand you are saying not to use this under any circumstances on Galaxy S 4G: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.koushikdutta.rommanager
Once again, my goal is not to simply backup contacts, my goal is a complete system image - containing all settings, fonts, apps and contacts - just like imaging an OS partition on Windows. You mentioned Titanium Backup, is this what I should use to accomplish that:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.keramidas.TitaniumBackup
I am trying to apply the same approach I use on the PC: it takes me less time to reimage my complete operating system partition than it takes time for a short bathroom break. Slightest Windows hickup and I nuke the entire partition and reimage. Simply trying to do that on the phone, setup everything just like I want it to be then create images for stock and native and launch the reimage process with just one click.

You'll have to flash just a GB kernel first, one that has root and recovery built in. You can make a "nandroid" backup from that.That backup can only restore your GB state over a GB ROM.
You won't be able to go from any MTD ROM (any ICS, some recent GB) to BML (stock GB) because the "disk partitioning" is different without flashing "back-to-stock" first. (Namely, your GB nandroid backup can't be used if you are partitioned using MTD.)
You won't be able to just restore an image of your data from GB to an ICS ROM without corrupting things horribly.
If you're not comfortable, I would follow the steps I gave in the thread I linked. It goes step by step and should give you confidence that you can flash and migrate data.

What you're looking for is nandroid backups which you can create and restore from recovery.
However the current problem with that is the BML vs MTD file systems(unsure about the terminology here) between the stock Samsung rom and it's variants and the cyanogen based roms.
Currently the only method to go back from MTD is to one-click back to BML and then restore a nandroid for that.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1358498
This is currently the easiest method to go back to BML, the one-click by eollie has the latest kernel with the correct cwm to flash over to MTD but you can't restore a nandroid from one to the other.

OK, check. Flash Kernels, then reimage Native or Cyanogen Mods accordingly only after flashing Kernels.
Before installing CyanogenMod, with the current Kernel being native, can I use any app to image? Can Titanium Backup do it?
In other words, I will go through the linked information in detail of course, but if I may just ask you, can this be a one-two process of:
1. Flash Kernel
2. Use Titanium Backup from within Native and CyanogenMod ROMs. (any other app suggestions for this, I'd like to sample a few to see which one is best for me?)

Image -- no -- your phone is supposed to be "locked down" when you got it from the carrier. This means no low-level access to users. Titanium Backup does not image, it creates backups of the files. (You could do it using 'nix command-line tools, but not only it is a bad idea to image a filesystem on a running system, but also it doesn't sound like you're a' nix user.)
Again, you can't restore a BML "nandroid" backup on an MTD filesystem or vice versa. For that matter, you can't easily restore a Clockwork Recovery backup using TWRP or vice versa and, last I checked, you couldn't restore selected partitions using Clockwork Recovery (though TWRP will).
Backup? Not really. Most backup programs require root access.
Other apps instead of Titanium Backup? There really isn't any other Android app that an experienced user would go with these days, as far as I know. For that matter, I would guess a majority of the "serious" users have purchased the "Pro" version.

This doesnt require root access. But it is limited to what you can do.
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.rerware.android.MyBackupPro
c627627 follow what jeff is suggesting. Currently in a unrooted state you are very limited to what you can do and pretty much what you are asking is impossible until you gain root access. You can flash antonx heimdall one click and get root access and shouldnt lose your current settings. But you might have to set everything up again so be prepared.

But te very first sentence of this thread is telling you that my phone is rooted.
jeffsf said:
Image -- no -- your phone is supposed to be "locked down" when you got it from the carrier. This means no low-level access to users.
[...]
Backup? Not really. Most backup programs require root access.
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My phone is rooted. I am not sure if you missed that or if you are referring to other limitations. On my Motorola Cliq, I use this to quickly image CyanogenMod with just one tap: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.koushikdutta.rommanager
If it is the same version of CyanogenMod, is it something in the hardware of the phone that has changed now so that with older phones you could of that and with newer ones you cannot?
I am definitely only interested in full scale operating system backup only, so Titanium backup would not work for me. I want every setting in every app, every setting and every option I set on the phone backed just like I make CyanogenMod 7.2 backups on my Motorola Cliq now.
So specifically, initial points of confusion are:
Why can I back up old Motorola Cliq rooted phone but not the rooted Galaxy S 4G using one tap backup?
I think we need to establish if you were mistaken about my phone not being rooted or if you are talking about Native ROM vs CyanogenMod backup options. Are all the replies above about unrooted phones?

On a stock phone, even if rooted, you don't have a recovery that lets you make an image backup.
All phones are different. What works on one won't necessarily work on another. The SGS4G is very different, even from other Samsung phones.
Unless you flash a kernel and recovery, you're not going to be able to do an image backup.
At this point I'd read the "Before you flash anything..." post and the Heimdall one-click threads. What you may know from another phone isn't how the SGS4G works.
Once again, do not use ROM Manager.
I think you should re-examine why you are flashing anything and how much reading and understanding you need to complete before you try.
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Thanks. That clarifies it. Since other posters were using the term 'unrooted' I did not know whether they understood that the phone is rooted.
I will not use the ROM manager with this phone at all. I now understand that there is no App that would backup the phone's operating system, regardless if it is native or CyanogenMod.
I will take time reading the linked threads to figure out the best way to create/restore images.

Once you have custom recovery installed, you'll be able to do image backups.
However, an Android app can't reliably do an image backup as it can't stop filesystem writes.
Posted from my SGS4G, thanks to Team Acid development

jeffsf said:
Once you have custom recovery installed, you'll be able to do image backups.
However, an Android app can't reliably do an image backup as it can't stop filesystem writes.
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I am assuming that after "custom recovery is installed" - image backups are done by holding the three buttons and entering some menu and starting the image/reimage process?
I read the link you posted. It is to fully restore the device to its factory state. I rewrote the linked page to make it a three step easy to follow process. I'll figure out how to get the custom recovery installed next.
Heimdall One-Click 1.31
The "Fully Stock One-Click" solution to revert Samsung Galaxy S 4G SGH-T959V to its factory state. It includes:
Repartitioning: Repartition to stock KJ6 [UVKJ6 Android Gingerbread 2.3.6 Firmware]
Reloading: IBL/PBL, SBL, SBL2, PARAM, Kernel, Recovery, FactoryFS, Data, and Modem.
Formatting: Cache and DBdata
Use this code to format the SD Card *2767*3855#
http://sourceforge.net/projects/tea...T959VUVKJ6_STOCK-UVKJ6-One-Click.jar/download
1. Make sure Visual Studio C++ runtime, Java SE Runtime Environment and drivers are installed under Windows.
http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=13523
http://www.microsoft.com/download/en/details.aspx?id=8328
http://www.java.com/en/download/manual_v6.jsp
http://firon.net/xda/usb_drivers_GalaxyS_x64.zip
http://firon.net/xda/Samsung_Mobile_Driver_V1.3.800_For_SPH-d700_Epic_4G.zip
2. Press and hold USB icon in upper left corner then slide it down to get Notifications displayed > TAP on USB Connected > Turn on USB storage > OK > Your SD Card is accessible from your computer now.
[Do the same and TAP on Turn off USB storage to disconnect the phone from computer.]
3. Make sure to remove the /sdcard/Voodoo directory from your SD Card.
4. Power off your phone.
5. Take your USB cable and plug it into the computer ONLY, not the phone.
5. Hold down both the volume up and down at the same time then plug in the USB cable to your phone with the other hand. Keep holding the volume up and down buttons until you see the Download mode green [Warning!!] message.
5. Press Volume Up button to see" [Downloading... Do not turn off Target!!!]
6. Copy T959VUVKJ6_STOCK-UVKJ6-One-Click.jar to C drive then type this inside DOS prompt to start the process.
C:
java -jar T959VUVKJ6_STOCK-UVKJ6-One-Click.jar
7. Click on [Flash] > You will get a window that instructs you what to do > OK > to click on Options > List All Devices > From drop down menu, Select: SAMSUNG USB Composite Device > Replace Driver > Wait for it to finish > Close > Close the [Replace Driver] Window.
8. Now you should be able to click on [Flash] again and revert to factory state.
9. The phone will automatically reboot.
After running this program, the device should revert to factory state.

c627627 said:
I am assuming that after "custom recovery is installed" - image backups are done by holding the three buttons and entering some menu and starting the image/reimage process?
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If you have a stock (or mainly stock) ROM installed, you need to get into "recovery mode" on boot. The "guaranteed" way into recovery is to press and hold VolUp and VolDn at the same time, while holding them, press the Power key until you see the boot sequence start, release Power, and release VolUp/VolDn once you see recovery start. On many custom ROMs, there is an option when you long-press the Power key and get the pop-up menu. You can also do that on a rooted phone that is connected to your computer with adb by using $ adb reboot recovery (for any ROM, I believe).
I read the link you posted. It is to fully restore the device to its factory state.
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Sounds like you're well on your way! Now all we have to do is get you off Windows and on to Linux