i rooted my htc inspire and then i tried to install the custom rom. when i go to rom manager and click on the recovery mode (2nd option) it doesn't work. then i do it manually. i try it once and nothing happens and so i try it again and the screen comes up. I want the second option, the recovery but when i move down with the down volume key, it goes straight to the hboot option then asks if i want to update. Why won't it let me do the recovery option?
niksha said:
i rooted my htc inspire and then i tried to install the custom rom. when i go to rom manager and click on the recovery mode (2nd option) it doesn't work. then i do it manually. i try it once and nothing happens and so i try it again and the screen comes up. I want the second option, the recovery but when i move down with the down volume key, it goes straight to the hboot option then asks if i want to update. Why won't it let me do the recovery option?
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Make sure you hit "Flash Clockworkmod Recovery" first. It'll take a sec to do it's thing. Put the ROM on your SD, go to Install From SD, find the rom zip and it will automatically take you into recovery mode (I would recommend wiping everything first [dalvik cache/data] - make sure to make a backup tho!) then choose install zip from sd card.
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Sounds like there's still a PD98IMG.zip on your SD card. Mount your SD as a disk drive and see if you find this file on your SD, if you do, get rid of it. Any time there's a PD98IMG.zip on your SD, HBoot will automatically try to install it. If there's not a PD98IMG.zip there, it should allow you to select recovery.
And as constantschange said, make sure you have already flashed clockworkmod recovery through ROM Manager
thanks guys you have really helped me out. I did delete the zip from the sd card and i flashed the clockwork recovery through rom manager. But i ran inrto another problem. Now i can go into recovery but when i select it the screen turns black (the screen also turns black when i tried to boot into recovery mode from rom manager - which is why i have to manually root it) and i cant turn the phone off so i take the battery out. So how do i fix that??
niksha said:
thanks guys you have really helped me out. I did delete the zip from the sd card and i flashed the clockwork recovery through rom manager. But i ran inrto another problem. Now i can go into recovery but when i select it the screen turns black (the screen also turns black when i tried to boot into recovery mode from rom manager - which is why i have to manually root it) and i cant turn the phone off so i take the battery out. So how do i fix that??
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Most likely you rooted your phone with Bubby's 1 click method. If thats the case, look in his thread for the faq. It tells you how to take care of that issue.
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dooyoo222 said:
Most likely you rooted your phone with Bubby's 1 click method. If thats the case, look in his thread for the faq. It tells you how to take care of that issue.
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i did that and i started the other guys method and installed coredroid but then my phone started up went to htc then a animation then back to htc screen, etc. i cant view anything. then i thought of doing a factory reset so i turned off phone, then volume down and power key. i went to factory reset and selected it and the phone is still in black screen and has stayed like that for 20 min... any suggestions??
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Hi all,
Seeing as Telus now has the Desire, a lot of people are a little confused how to root and flash it. I will list the steps I did in order to root mine and run a nightly Cyanogen build on it.
A few notes before we get started. I use a Mac/Ubuntu 10.04 so Windows people will have to get the drivers installed by installing HTC Sync then uninstalling just the software leaving the drivers on the system. I also do not want the Sense software so my tutorial will use ROMS based off of stock Android. Flash what you want though
Steps for Rooting:
1. Goto http://unrevoked.com and download the software
2. Get the needed recovery image from here http://crop.floodbit.org/~defer/recovery-clockwork-2.5.0.1-bravo-slcd.img
***DO NOT plug you Desire into your computer yet***
3. Start unrevoked and goto File>Custom Recovery and point it to the recovery image that you downloaded earlier
4. Enable USB debugging on your Desire Settings>Applications>Developement
5. Plug Desire into your computer, unrevoked should start its goodness
6. Once you are left at the recovery boot and unrevoked says "Done!", disconnect your Desire and click the Trackpad to select "reboot system now", phone should reboot into normal mode
7. Check for Superuser Permissions app, if you see it you're good if not retry
You can still install rom manager from the market to use the "Reboot to recovery" option as it is handy but do not let it install the recovery image, it will mess up your flashing.
Steps for flashing:
1. Go here to grab a Cyanogen build http://mirror.kanged.net/cm/nightly/bravo/
(I used 08092010 as of this writing)
2. Once zip is download, copy it to your SD card
3. Get the updated radio needed from here http://android.adamg.co.uk/bravo/radio/32.43.00.32U_5.09.00.20.zip
4. Reboot into recovery either using rom manager or by powering off you Desire and powering it back on while holding down Vol-. Rom manager will get you to the recovery console right off, other method will bring you to hboot screen. 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 earlier
6. Let it do its thing (could take up to 10 mins to finish), phone should reboot to recovery, use the back button to get to main menu and select "reboot system now" with the trackpad
7. Once rebooted check that the new radio is good by going to Settings>About phone>Software information (or whatever its called), if good lets continue, if not redo till it works
8. Reboot to recovery as before, select "wipe cache partition", "factory reset" to clear out any junk leftover and once done select "install zip from sd card"
9. Select the ROM we downloaded before with the trackpad and click it
10. Wait for it to do its thing, could take up to 20 mins to finish
11. Phone should reboot into your new rom
Hope this help people.
*I am not responsible for bricking your phone.*
UPDATE August 23 2010 - Once you have eveyrthing working, check ROM Manager. If it says that you need to install ClockworkMod (as it wont pick up the custom one) go ahead and do it. I am running 2.5.0.7 ClockWorkMod and the SLCD is supported by it so you can see the recovery console.
did you make a gold card first?
Thanks!
Just got to unlock when i get home, then time to flash radio and new rom!
Just one question why did you choose the rom that you did vs. others?
Mine hung at the waiting 5 seconds because windows sucks
No need for a goldcard. Goldcards are when you downgrade using an RUU.
And I don't understand the part about not using ROM Manager. It works just fine for me.
I'll be grabbing one next week as my first android device, Question from the android super noob. This does not sim unlock correct?
h46it said:
Thanks!
Just got to unlock when i get home, then time to flash radio and new rom!
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[Noob thought inside] So I get it that we need to desimlock a branded phone to get the new ROM working ? (I got an Orange branded Desire)
BKcore said:
[Noob thought inside] So I get it that we need to desimlock a branded phone to get the new ROM working ? (I got an Orange branded Desire)
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Are you going to use the phone on a orange network? If so then there is no need to unlock the phone. Just need to root the phone.
h46it said:
Thanks!
Just got to unlock when i get home, then time to flash radio and new rom!
Just one question why did you choose the rom that you did vs. others?
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Its as close to native as it gets for me. Half the size of other roms.
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marinierb said:
No need for a goldcard. Goldcards are when you downgrade using an RUU.
And I don't understand the part about not using ROM Manager. It works just fine for me.
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You can use it if you want just don't apply the recovery image if it asks or you will overwrite the custom one.
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Juggalo_X said:
I'll be grabbing one next week as my first android device, Question from the android super noob. This does not sim unlock correct?
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Correct
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slimdizzy,
assuming you did this in windows, what driver/device shows up in device manager when your at the fastboot usb and hboot usb, are they different or the same?
Thanks for the guide. Seems to work well, but I have a couple of issues.
Firstly, after booting into recovery using the needed recovery image - the phone will not ever boot back into that recovery mode.... if I try to use Rom Manager to boot into Recovery mode it will hang and I have to remove battery. So the only way I can get into that recovery mode is by using unrevoked each time.
This issue is probably related to my next one - is when I tried to install Cyanogen (thanks for the recommendation) - it applied in the recovery mode okay, rebooted, and then got to the Cyanogen / Android load screen... and hanged for about 45 min before I decided to remove battery.
Anyway, do we have to partition the SD card? Any other tips or suggestions are appreciated.
Redsmurf said:
Thanks for the guide. Seems to work well, but I have a couple of issues.
Firstly, after booting into recovery using the needed recovery image - the phone will not ever boot back into that recovery mode.... if I try to use Rom Manager to boot into Recovery mode it will hang and I have to remove battery. So the only way I can get into that recovery mode is by using unrevoked each time.
This issue is probably related to my next one - is when I tried to install Cyanogen (thanks for the recommendation) - it applied in the recovery mode okay, rebooted, and then got to the Cyanogen / Android load screen... and hanged for about 45 min before I decided to remove battery.
Anyway, do we have to partition the SD card? Any other tips or suggestions are appreciated.
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Are you plugged in with the usb cord still? This is why i was having problems booting into recovery.
Got it working after a bunch of times. What did it was choosing the "Factory Reset" from the clockwork recovery; rebooting - and it loaded up Cyanogen almost immediately.
rock_80 said:
slimdizzy,
assuming you did this in windows, what driver/device shows up in device manager when your at the fastboot usb and hboot usb, are they different or the same?
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I stated that I use OS X and Ubuntu 10.04, so no drivers needed. Might I suggest downloading a live CD of Ubuntu that you can boot into and use it for flashing?
Somewhere else in this development forum there is a thread with drivers for windows apart from just the htc sync drivers.
Redsmurf said:
Got it working after a bunch of times. What did it was choosing the "Factory Reset" from the clockwork recovery; rebooting - and it loaded up Cyanogen almost immediately.
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Good to hear you got it sorted out and glad you like the Cyanogen ROM.
Thanks missed that in the first part!
slimdizzy said:
Might I suggest downloading a live CD of Ubuntu that you can boot into and use it for flashing
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You could also install VirtualBox and create a virtual machine running Linux. Very handy to have.
I do it the other way. I run Linux and have a Windows XP virtual machine that I use for GPS stuff.
Same deal in linux just sits waiting at waiting for device (htc splash screen)
didnt see the error log in the terminal
Errror: N = -1 , errno = 19 (No such device)
so whenever i boot into recovery mode using power+ volume up it goes to the hboot screen but when i try to scroll using the up and down volume key, nothing happens, then a few seconds later it tries to search for the pd.img file (forget exactly what it is) then ask me to update it, so i did this hoping that next time i go into recovery mode i can install my custon rom, but this just restored my phone, luckily i made a backup before and now my phone is back to being rooted, but i still cant use recovery mode! also when i try through rom manager i just get a black screen, i used http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=961406 to root my phone.
Recovery is power + volume down, boot loader is power + volume up...
I'm assuming ROM Manager shows that ClockWorkMod is installed?
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scottrod said:
so whenever i boot into recovery mode using power+ volume up it goes to the hboot screen but when i try to scroll using the up and down volume key, nothing happens, then a few seconds later it try to search for the pd.img file (forget exactly what it is) then ask me to update it, so i did this hoping that next time i go into recovery mode i can i install my custon rom, but this just restored my phone, luckily i made a backup before and now my phone is back to being rooted, but i still cant use recovery mode! also when i try through rom manager i just get a black screen, i used http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=961406 to root my phone.
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when that happened to me i used option #1 in this thread --> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1019868 & it worked like a champ
hope this helps you out
Doo Doo said:
when that happened to me i used option #1 in this thread --> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1019868 & it worked like a champ
hope this helps you out
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that file i have to place into the root of my sd card, there is already the PD98IMG.zip on the card, do i replace this one?
scottrod said:
that file i have to place into the root of my sd card, there is already the PD98IMG.zip on the card, do i replace this one?
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just take the pd98img file that you have on the sd card now & save it on your computer somewhere then put the pd98img file from the thread i posted for you on the sd card then flash it & see how that works out for ya
Doo Doo said:
just take the pd98img file that you have on the sd card now & save it on your computer somewhere then put the pd98img file from the thread i posted for you on the sd card then flash it & see how that works out for ya
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Hhhhmm, strange, it does not work using power+ volume down (still the up/down keys do mothing) but when booting into reovery through rom manager worked! so thanks!
Power + vol up does nothing power + vol down takes you to hboot. The problem your having is coming from not deleting the pd98img before going into hboot.
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A couple other options. Download quickboot from the market. The app has options for reboot, recovery, bootloader and power off. Also Rom manager has the option to boot into recovery.
And... Make sure fastboot is not enabled.
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Hi,
I rooted my Samsung Infuse and flashed CM7 as explained in http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1311960
It looks awesome, many thanks to the people who put it together. ( I couldn't reply there since I am a "noob")
My phone boots fine in to CM7 and I can make calls and use other hardware, no problem so far.
I was trying to get Gapps by going to Rom Manger -> Download ROM -> Scroll down to Google Apps. It reboots and ends up at the screen with the white triangle around an exclamation and the android icon. I do not get the ClockworkMod menu. I have to press and hold the power button to reboot normally and get back to CM7.
Am I missing the recovery executable file? I looked in /system/bin and /sbin and it is not there. Should I copy the one I used earlier in to /system.bin ?
Thank you.
I believe cwm can show that when it is working, on some builds you can toggle between it showing the files being copied and that screen with the power button if I remember right.
Thanks for the reply, Dani897.
I am trying to get the Google apps installed which I couldn't since the recovery mode isn't showing up.
Any hint how I can get them on?
suryathesun said:
Thanks for the reply, Dani897.
I am trying to get the Google apps installed which I couldn't since the recovery mode isn't showing up.
Any hint how I can get them on?
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Not really sure, I don't run CM7. But if you are using ROM manager it might just start flashing and never enter the menu.
If it is hanging maybe you can find gapps.zip on xda somewhere and put it on the sd card. Then use the reboot into recovery option instead of the flash ROM option in ROM manager.
Why not install the. Apk's instead of flashing the Google aps
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Dani897 said:
Not really sure, I don't run CM7. But if you are using ROM manager it might just start flashing and never enter the menu.
If it is hanging maybe you can find gapps.zip on xda somewhere and put it on the sd card. Then use the reboot into recovery option instead of the flash ROM option in ROM manager.
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Thanks Dani897, didn't realize the reboot has recovery option. Now I have the Gapps installed.
In fact, CWM showed up when I rebooted into recovery mode. Wonder why ROM Manager couldn't do that.
suryathesun said:
Thanks Dani897, didn't realize the reboot has recovery option. Now I have the Gapps installed.
In fact, CWM showed up when I rebooted into recovery mode. Wonder why ROM Manager couldn't do that.
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If I remember correct ROM manager has several options, 1 is to download and flash roms, 1 is to flash from sd card 1 is to reboot into recovery. if you use the first two options it goes into recovery but not the menu, it skips strait to flashing so you don't needed to do any more work, it only shows the menu if you reboot into recovery.
Sarius24 said:
Why not install the. Apk's instead of flashing the Google aps
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Thanks for the reply Sarius24, I will try that the next time.
Do you happen to know of a reliable source for such apk's?
Dani897 said:
If I remember correct ROM manager has several options, 1 is to download and flash roms, 1 is to flash from sd card 1 is to reboot into recovery. if you use the first two options it goes into recovery but not the menu, it skips strait to flashing so you don't needed to do any more work, it only shows the menu if you reboot into recovery.
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Good to know that. In fact, I tried the "Download ROM" option which downloaded the Gapps zip and rebooted in to the white triangle screen.
Now moving onto fixing other issues
Thank you.
Hi all, so I am helping my nephew trying to fix his sensation, but I dont know if I can...he just got it used, and it hadnt been rooted...he helped me root mine way back when....so He said he htc dev the phone all went well, unlocked, s-on and cwm touch, and flashed SU...BUT..he flashed elegancia Pegasus..but after helping him try to fix it i noticed in his phone he is hboot 1.27...so he has s-on still...he did not make a backup...(I asked, he said wasnt sure why)...lol...so now...his phone will go into cwm recovery, but nothing to recover...if he reboots it and does nothing, he is stuck at htc splash screen ....nothing happens...and can alsoget into hboot...bootloader etc etc...just no OS basically...I have tried all kinds of stuff to help him but I just dont know what to do next...can someone please help and see if we cant at least get his phone working again?..."Uncle cant afford to buy him a new phone"...and he isnt getting mine...lol....when i tried to get it in usb mode through recovery to try to get some files to the phone it says something like ums lumpfile??..something like that also...this thing is messed up....please dont give me links with more confusion...lol....I need one on one here folks....Thanks so much,,,,
Hmm, you should try to flahs it back to official firmware, or try to get to enable storage via cmw menu, if that doesnt work, just flash it back
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timmy-kidd said:
Hmm, you should try to flahs it back to official firmware, or try to get to enable storage via cmw menu, if that doesnt work, just flash it back
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You need to flash the boot.img of the ROM that is why the device will not boot into the OS. You can either use fastboot commands or flash 4 EXT Recovery and use the Smart Flash in it. Download this PG58IMG.zip and place it on the root of your SD card, you can put his SD card in your Sensation and download the file to the SD card. Jusgt make sure you move it to the root of the SD card. Then put the SD card in his Sensation and power the device on holding the volume down button down. When Hboot comes up it will detect the file and ask you if you want to flash it, press the volume up button and let it flash. Then take the SD card out of the device and press the power button to reboot the device. Next put the SD card with the ROM in the device and select recovery. When 4 EXT Recovery boots up select tools and then enable Smart Flash and then go back to the main menu and select install from sdcard thenn select choose zip fromsdcard and then select the ROM. Press yes and let the ROM flash and then reboot the device. It will flash the boot.img when it reboots and then reboot again and you should have a working device again.
I dont have a rom on the phone...that I know of...where can i get the stock one at?...really confused here, also i did the above file Pg58img and it said cid incorrect..update fail...where can i get the 4ext recovery?..ty so much!!!!!
I did some searching and found that the 4ext is an apk...cant use that as I have no useable phone....
I fixed it, had to push the correct firmware to phone, and installed ext4 recovery, and it worked fine...thanks for the help
I just wanted to install the clockmod recovery in order to flash a new rom. (My phone wont download anything I thought the version is too old)
Since my phone was rooted, I just went straight to download the 4 ext recovery and installed it as the video showed on Youtube.
everything was OK until the very last step, which is restarting the phone and get into to boot loader? I forgot to uncheck the fast boot, so repeated to run 4ext and restart the phone many times. after unckecked the the fastboot first time, I successfully got into the boot loader but it didn't allow me to make the recovery there is only one option, (hit the power to something I cant remember) so nothing changed this time. Then I repeated it once more, this time it turns out two option, to update or not, then I hit the update, finally it shows me to hit power to reboot.. everything in my phone is gone now except the rom manager and super user apps.
But everything in sd card is still there, just the phone couldnt recognized the card now....
What can I do now???
you could try taking loading your sd card to a computer, copy everything off and reformat and try. You try to load another ROM. What happens if you start the phone without a SD Card in the phone?
Duffmantp said:
you could try taking loading your sd card to a computer, copy everything off and reformat and try. You try to load another ROM. What happens if you start the phone without a SD Card in the phone?
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You meant to reformat my sdcard then flash the new rom? But I still need to install the 4ext recovery before flashing the new rom, right?
Yes you could do that, you guy try using Clock work mod. Works the same way, minus the touch feature. The only reason i say reformat your sd card is because you said it was not being recognized by the phone.
What happens if you power up your phone with no sd card installed?
Duffmantp said:
Yes you could do that, you guy try using Clock work mod. Works the same way, minus the touch feature. The only reason i say reformat your sd card is because you said it was not being recognized by the phone.
What happens if you power up your phone with no sd card installed?
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Nothing happened when I uninstalled the sdcard, but when I reinstalled it and powered up, it did show preparing the sd card on top...
But all the old apps and contacts are still missing, did I just wipe them all??? Is there anyway to recover them??
If I did wipe everything, how come it doesn't change anything when I open the "removable disk" in my computer
if you are using a Google account. then you just have to resync your account and you will get your contacts back. The apps are gone and will have to be redownloaded unless you made a backup. Like coping the sd card contents to your computer and then putting them back on your card. If you redownload the apps, your data should still be there to use.
dylan5188 said:
I just wanted to install the clockmod recovery in order to flash a new rom. (My phone wont download anything I thought the version is too old)
Since my phone was rooted, I just went straight to download the 4 ext recovery and installed it as the video showed on Youtube.
everything was OK until the very last step, which is restarting the phone and get into to boot loader? I forgot to uncheck the fast boot, so repeated to run 4ext and restart the phone many times. after unckecked the the fastboot first time, I successfully got into the boot loader but it didn't allow me to make the recovery there is only one option, (hit the power to something I cant remember) so nothing changed this time. Then I repeated it once more, this time it turns out two option, to update or not, then I hit the update, finally it shows me to hit power to reboot.. everything in my phone is gone now except the rom manager and super user apps.
But everything in sd card is still there, just the phone couldnt recognized the card now....
What can I do now???
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I'm confused. You wanted CWM so you installed 4ext? Step by step, exactly what did you do?
Duffmantp said:
if you are using a Google account. then you just have to resync your account and you will get your contacts back. The apps are gone and will have to be redownloaded unless you made a backup. Like coping the sd card contents to your computer and then putting them back on your card. If you redownload the apps, your data should still be there to use.
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I'll try that, thanks, but for now, I still want to flash a new rom. How can I do that if I cant install the clockworkmod recovery?
bananagranola said:
I'm confused. You wanted CWM so you installed 4ext? Step by step, exactly what did you do?
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Sry being a noob, isn't 4ext a CWM software? I just follow a guy who made a tutorial to install codefireX Builds rom on youtube, he said before flash the rom, I need to root my phone which I already did, and install clockwork recovery mod, which 4ext is good for it.
dylan5188 said:
Sry being a noob, isn't 4ext a CWM software? I just follow a guy who made a tutorial to install codefireX Builds rom on youtube, he said before flash the rom, I need to root my phone which I already did, and install clockwork recovery mod, which 4ext is good for it.
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1. CWM and 4ext are both recoveries. Though 4ext was based on CWM at some point, they are separate recoveries.
2. What, exactly, step by step, did this video have you do?
3. For future reference, I don't advise using videos. They can be outdated and/or just plain inaccurate, and fewer people view them, so problems aren't pointed out as quickly.
dylan5188 said:
I just wanted to install the clockmod recovery in order to flash a new rom. (My phone wont download anything I thought the version is too old)
Since my phone was rooted, I just went straight to download the 4 ext recovery and installed it as the video showed on Youtube.
everything was OK until the very last step, which is restarting the phone and get into to boot loader? I forgot to uncheck the fast boot, so repeated to run 4ext and restart the phone many times. after unckecked the the fastboot first time, I successfully got into the boot loader but it didn't allow me to make the recovery there is only one option, (hit the power to something I cant remember) so nothing changed this time. Then I repeated it once more, this time it turns out two option, to update or not, then I hit the update, finally it shows me to hit power to reboot.. everything in my phone is gone now except the rom manager and super user apps.
But everything in sd card is still there, just the phone couldnt recognized the card now....
What can I do now???
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Where is the file that you wanted to flashed?? how were you trying to flash CWM? What for? 4ext is a custom recovery as CWM, so you just needed to flash a custom rom from there...
bananagranola said:
1. CWM and 4ext are both recoveries. Though 4ext was based on CWM at some point, they are separate recoveries.
2. What, exactly, step by step, did this video have you do?
3. For future reference, I don't advise using videos. They can be outdated and/or just plain inaccurate, and fewer people view them, so problems aren't pointed out as quickly.
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I just downloaded the 4ext free version and installed it, after that, it told me to enter the hboot (press volume down and power button), which caused my problem. It supposed to have the option to hit the recovery button, but mine just require me to update and reboot... After reboot, everything was wiped...
I just thought video was more convenient.... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ih5orslc-4M
glevitan said:
Where is the file that you wanted to flashed?? how were you trying to flash CWM? What for? 4ext is a custom recovery as CWM, so you just needed to flash a custom rom from there...
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this is the video I was watching http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuFTPMr0v_A
He said I need to root and install recovery before flash the rom, so I was just trying to install the recovery.
Sorry, man, but I'm not going to sit through a video...exactly what did you do and where did you get the files?
dylan5188 said:
I just wanted to install the clockmod recovery in order to flash a new rom. (My phone wont download anything I thought the version is too old)
Since my phone was rooted, I just went straight to download the 4 ext recovery and installed it as the video showed on Youtube.
everything was OK until the very last step, which is restarting the phone and get into to boot loader? I forgot to uncheck the fast boot, so repeated to run 4ext and restart the phone many times. after unckecked the the fastboot first time, I successfully got into the boot loader but it didn't allow me to make the recovery there is only one option, (hit the power to something I cant remember) so nothing changed this time. Then I repeated it once more, this time it turns out two option, to update or not, then I hit the update, finally it shows me to hit power to reboot.. everything in my phone is gone now except the rom manager and super user apps.
But everything in sd card is still there, just the phone couldnt recognized the card now....
What can I do now???
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Hmm.. best bet would be adb fastboot.
Download the 4ext recovery image (not sure where to get the .IMG file but google and you'll find it =})
Then rename it recovery.IMG and put it where your adb.exe is (C:\Windows\System32 if you used Advance Ace Hack Kit)
Then type adb adb flash recovery recovery.IMG and it should flash 4ext
Then put a Rom on the SD Card and flash it using 4EXT =)
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dylan5188 said:
this is the video I was watching http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uuFTPMr0v_A
He said I need to root and install recovery before flash the rom, so I was just trying to install the recovery.
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Are you S-OFF, do you have recovery installed? CWM or 4ext are just the same to flash a rom as long you have a recovery installed. To flash a partition you need to be whether S-OFF or have the bootloader unlocked....what situation is yours?
Let me tell you something that I share with MissB up there...that video sucks..there are lots of GOOD tutorials on how to flash a rom, but of course you need to read first...if not just ask the guy who did the video. Flashing and hacking is not for the lazy ones.