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I have been successfully using below procedure for couple of month to get Samsung Galaxy S 4G Clockword recovery fully working.
I followed below steps and I got Samsung Galaxy S 4G clockword recovery's Backup, restore and ROM.zip flashing fully working.
1. Install VKB5 Rom on phone using odin (Download mode on phone) from below link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=978836
2. Download "3e_recovery_installer.zip" from here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=833423
run the 3e Recovery Installer. When finished, close.
3. Flash ClockWorkMod Recovery via ROM Manager from market by selecting "Vibrant" when asked for phone type. Then reboot into recovery.
(You may need to reboot your phone if you get stuck on the ROM Manager "Reboot to Recovery" screen) (Just reboot, then attempt to reboot into recovery again)
At the green recovery select "reinstall packages". The first time will fail, run it once more, and you should now have the green CWM Recovery menu.
4. use Rom Manager to flash SGS4_data_mount_VKB5.zip from below link:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=4R3GI9O0
5- Now you should be able to backup, restore and flash Rom.zip files created with Deodexer using clockword recovery Rom Mananger.
Enjoy
6. Videos showing SGS4 Clockword fully working
SGS4_clockword_Backup_restore video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4A-QysQFyrQ
SGS4 Full Clockwork Backup video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hM8KPpkwj-s
SGS4 Clockword Rom.zip flashing video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOehlwk_T94
Known Issues:
1- data folder 3rd party aplications i.e. none Google included in Rom.zip will not be flashed with rom.zip to the phone but can be installed later.
Note that data 3rd part aplication can though be backed up and restored with Clockword_recovery.
This is not the optimal solution for SGS 4G Clockword Recovery Mod. I have been waiting so long like all others on this forum for the offical ROM Manager Clockword Recovery Mod for SGS 4G. So I started loosing hope, therfore I tried to use others on this forum experiences to come up with a working Clockword Recovery Mod for SGS 4G. again this is working fine for me with a minor issue I already mentioned above in issues. If I find a better working Clockword Recovery Mod for SGS 4G I will switch to it as soon as possible. This one is satifying my needs for Backup, Restore; and flashing ROM.zip and zip files for now.
THIS IS A BETA TEST, I'M NOT RESPONSIBLE IF YOU BRICK YOUR PHONE SINCE THIS USES ANOTHER CWM METHOD FROM THE SAMSUNG VIBRANT
What rom is this again?
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arahma said:
2. Download "3e_recovery_installer.zip" from here:
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What is the 3e_recovery_installer For?
*Sammydr10*
why go through all this when the other thread only requires root and modification of system/bin/recovery and then reinstall packages in stock recovery
hackulous said:
why go through all this when the other thread only requires root and modification of system/bin/recovery and then reinstall packages in stock recovery
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good question.... this has really been interesting, I've been working on both the T959 (TMO Vibrant) and then this one T959V (4g) to see the differences and I must say there have been more threads, comments, you name it but each have a problem or a lot of them. Of course I have been using the instructions & files accordingly and not using the same for the two phones, however there has been a lot I have used on the 4G that I used on the Vibrant.
All of the instructions seems to vary a bit as well (all using Odin). This one seems to make sense. I have been trying them all and changing things here and there as I go. I've been logging what . Did you revert to stock using Odin and if so which thread and how did it go? I'm curious. I'll post what happens with this.
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why go through all this when the other thread only requires root and modification of system/bin/recovery and then reinstall packages in stock recovery
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Not to flame... But this route is redonkulous. I have to agree that the other route being taken by krylon and honk is the way to go...
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arahma said:
I have been successfully using below procedure for couple of month to get Samsung Galaxy S 4G Clockword recovery fully working.
I followed below steps and I got Samsung Galaxy S 4G clockword recovery's Backup, restore and ROM.zip flashing fully working.
1. Install VKB5 Rom on phone using odin (Download mode on phone) from below link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=978836
2. Download "3e_recovery_installer.zip" from here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=833423
run the 3e Recovery Installer. When finished, close.
3. Flash ClockWorkMod Recovery via ROM Manager from market by selecting "Vibrant" when asked for phone type. Then reboot into recovery.
(You may need to reboot your phone if you get stuck on the ROM Manager "Reboot to Recovery" screen) (Just reboot, then attempt to reboot into recovery again)
At the green recovery select "reinstall packages". The first time will fail, run it once more, and you should now have the green CWM Recovery menu.
4. use Rom Manager to flash SGS4_data_mount_VKB5.zip from below link:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=4R3GI9O0
5- Now you should be able to backup, restore and flash Rom.zip files created with Deodexer using clockword recovery Rom Mananger.
Enjoy
6. Videos showing SGS4 Clockword fully working
SGS4_clockword_Backup_restore video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4A-QysQFyrQ
SGS4 Full Clockwork Backup video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hM8KPpkwj-s
SGS4 Clockword Rom.zip flashing video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOehlwk_T94
Known Issues:
1- data folder 3rd party aplications i.e. none Google included in Rom.zip will not be flashed with rom.zip to the phone but can be installed later.
Note that data 3rd part aplication can though be backed up and restored with Clockword_recovery.
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Everyone should seriously wait until there is an official release for the SGS4G.
Telling people to use the Vibrant CWM version is not acceptable. This will add into the mix problems for people. Issues that will make it even harder for people to help diagnose when people post they are having issues.
Congrats on getting it to "work" on your phone. Thanks for sharing your experience, but everyone should be warned:
This method is not the right way to get CWM working on your phone.
Wait till CWM built by Dr Honk and Krylon360 is done and submitted to be included in ROM Manager. You'll save yourself alot of trouble and headaches.
arahma said:
I have been successfully using below procedure for couple of month to get Samsung Galaxy S 4G Clockword recovery fully working.
I followed below steps and I got Samsung Galaxy S 4G clockword recovery's Backup, restore and ROM.zip flashing fully working.
1. Install VKB5 Rom on phone using odin (Download mode on phone) from below link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=978836
2. Download "3e_recovery_installer.zip" from here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=833423
run the 3e Recovery Installer. When finished, close.
3. Flash ClockWorkMod Recovery via ROM Manager from market by selecting "Vibrant" when asked for phone type. Then reboot into recovery.
(You may need to reboot your phone if you get stuck on the ROM Manager "Reboot to Recovery" screen) (Just reboot, then attempt to reboot into recovery again)
At the green recovery select "reinstall packages". The first time will fail, run it once more, and you should now have the green CWM Recovery menu.
4. use Rom Manager to flash SGS4_data_mount_VKB5.zip from below link:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=4R3GI9O0
5- Now you should be able to backup, restore and flash Rom.zip files created with Deodexer using clockword recovery Rom Mananger.
Enjoy
6. Videos showing SGS4 Clockword fully working
SGS4_clockword_Backup_restore video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4A-QysQFyrQ
SGS4 Full Clockwork Backup video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hM8KPpkwj-s
SGS4 Clockword Rom.zip flashing video
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sOehlwk_T94
Known Issues:
1- data folder 3rd party aplications i.e. none Google included in Rom.zip will not be flashed with rom.zip to the phone but can be installed later.
Note that data 3rd part aplication can though be backed up and restored with Clockword_recovery.
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Additionally, why are you instructing people to install KB5. Also why is this listed as CWM3 when it's still using AMEND for the scripting and not Edify? What is the actual version number of CWM, I'm guessing it's not CWM3.
Thanks for posting all the questions, I didn't see the Vibrant part, I personally wouldn't rely on it being 100% safe unless it's been running a while. Truth is I "think" I used Vibrant Desktop Toolbox on the SGS 4G & continued working on it for a while as if it was the Vibrant until I could barely see (4am). But did notice the FFC and went oh s......! I thought I had made so much progress from recovering it from partitioning the SD card through Rom Manager (wiped the internal SD), live and learn.
Now SGS shows an internal SD Card where the Vibrant shows only SD Card in recovery. So since then have been making small changes and comparing. Still in recovery and am yet to find a thread with all the Odin info that you need to know (like changing ports, which worked for me). So until I come across a method made for that device that gets me back to stock I'll continue playing and see what comes out of it. After the Vibrant wouldn't boot I decided to keep the SGS in hopes to be able to learn off of the themes and info I use from the Vibrant thread to modify for the SGS and soon the SGS's Forum would be as busy as the Vibrant's is. I had done a couple things before this but nothing risky, just learning, it was careless mistakes that landed me here.
I'm sure you agree that the most simplified way to flash CWM is with Rom Manager but since that's not an option at the moment we have to wait or try an alternative & what's development without getting creative?..?.
If anyone knows knows of a thread with working links & clear instructions to odin back to stock please let me know. SO many methods just minor changes which some have made a difference. I ended up piecing my own update zip and it went further than any other. I pieced together a rom from a reliable Vibrant developer and pieced it as needed with a couple others. Got past the way more than I thought I would have only encouraging me to do more until I realized I need to stop and get a phone working....so I got a new phone so I could be reached..
If I totally understand what you did then maybe I'll try your method & will give you an update. But if something went wrong I would rather know it was me to blame for using files used for Vibrant on SGS. Everything out says don't use sw made for Vibrant on SGS, If you know why this is okay or what to do to make the sw compatible that would be great for SGS! It was fun playing at this level but I want Trigger and everything else back on the Vibrant and learn to make the SGS custom as well. Enough with recovery and downloading, those views are going to be embedded in my screens.
DjIsD said:
Thanks for posting all the questions, I didn't see the Vibrant part, I personally wouldn't rely on it being 100% safe unless it's been running a while. Truth is I "think" I used Vibrant Desktop Toolbox on the SGS 4G & continued working on it for a while as if it was the Vibrant until I could barely see (4am). But did notice the FFC and went oh s......! I thought I had made so much progress from recovering it from partitioning the SD card through Rom Manager (wiped the internal SD), live and learn.
Now SGS shows an internal SD Card where the Vibrant shows only SD Card in recovery. So since then have been making small changes and comparing. Still in recovery and am yet to find a thread with all the Odin info that you need to know (like changing ports, which worked for me). So until I come across a method made for that device that gets me back to stock I'll continue playing and see what comes out of it. After the Vibrant wouldn't boot I decided to keep the SGS in hopes to be able to learn off of the themes and info I use from the Vibrant thread to modify for the SGS and soon the SGS's Forum would be as busy as the Vibrant's is. I had done a couple things before this but nothing risky, just learning, it was careless mistakes that landed me here.
I'm sure you agree that the most simplified way to flash CWM is with Rom Manager but since that's not an option at the moment we have to wait or try an alternative & what's development without getting creative?..?.
If anyone knows knows of a thread with working links & clear instructions to odin back to stock please let me know. SO many methods just minor changes which some have made a difference. I ended up piecing my own update zip and it went further than any other. I pieced together a rom from a reliable Vibrant developer and pieced it as needed with a couple others. Got past the way more than I thought I would have only encouraging me to do more until I realized I need to stop and get a phone working....so I got a new phone so I could be reached..
If I totally understand what you did then maybe I'll try your method & will give you an update. But if something went wrong I would rather know it was me to blame for using files used for Vibrant on SGS. Everything out says don't use sw made for Vibrant on SGS, If you know why this is okay or what to do to make the sw compatible that would be great for SGS! It was fun playing at this level but I want Trigger and everything else back on the Vibrant and learn to make the SGS custom as well. Enough with recovery and downloading, those views are going to be embedded in my screens.
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Well this guy has been posting alot of stuff that is not stable. Including this.
Here is what is stable:
Follow the instructions to put the latest CWM Beta 3 on your phone:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=13181141&postcount=1
Then all you have to do is boot into CWM and flash this ZIP. It's pretty simple, which is why what this guy is trying to get you to do is messed up.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1074939
Additionally, there are numerous posts out there about how to use ODIN. Flash any one of the DEODEXED or STOCK TARS that are on the SGS4G forum. No need for using a PIT. It's again, pretty straight forward, just read anything BUT what this OP is trying to provide. DON'T FLASH STUFF for the ORIG VIBRANT onto SGS4G.
Joedeveloper is correct, the two phones are totally different. Partitions are way different, sgs4g are actually closer to epic than vibrant 3g.
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I will leave this open, just posted a note in the OP first post as a warning.
Thanks,
joedeveloper said:
Everyone should seriously wait until there is an official release for the SGS4G.
Telling people to use the Vibrant CWM version is not acceptable. This will add into the mix problems for people. Issues that will make it even harder for people to help diagnose when people post they are having issues.
Congrats on getting it to "work" on your phone. Thanks for sharing your experience, but everyone should be warned:
This method is not the right way to get CWM working on your phone.
Wait till CWM built by Dr Honk and Krylon360 is done and submitted to be included in ROM Manager. You'll save yourself alot of trouble and headaches.
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When I saw the “Download "3e_recovery_installer.zip" from here:” I was skeptical.I had visions of when I used that method back in March and nearly bricked my phone. I was able to recover from that fortunately. I chose the Wait and see philosophy on this solution.
This is not the optimal solution for SGS 4G Clockword Recovery Mod. I have been waiting so long like all others on this forum for the offical ROM Manager Clockword Recovery Mod for SGS 4G. So I started loosing hope, therfore I tried to use others on thsi forum experiences to come up with a working Clockword Recovery Mod for SGS 4G. again this is working fine for me with a minor issue I already mentioned in the initial posting. If I find a better working Clockword Recovery Mod for SGS 4G I will switch to it as soon as possible. This one is satifying my needs for Backup, Restore and flashing ROM.zip for now.
The recovery from.clockwork vibrant I's working...seems the easiest way to get recovery so far..no computer necessary
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Canter seem to get the link for the data mount..can you upload and repost link
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What rom is vkb5
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Close this thread... Bricks, anyone?
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I think the user should change the title of the thread. This isn't really a simplified procedure and uses the old using AMEND for the scripting and not Edify like the newer CWM.
People won't be able to flash the Theme's that people have been posting in the Theme and App section and they won't be able to flash future ROM's and ports.
Greetings.
It doesn´t boot.
First details:
Galaxy Fit rooted and 2.3.4 Gingerbread (worked fine)
I downloaded rom-manager and wanted to change to custom roms.
So far.
As I tried to install clockwork I found this in your forum:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1339640
and did everything exactly written there
then restartet, started rom-manager and chose the first option (Clockworkthingy).
As there was a choice of the device, I didn´t find my device and chose the last in list (which did´t work and then I picked the first in list and accepted.
downloaded syanogen 7.0 and after download and backup-chose it told me it would reset and start in recovery ... that was the last I´ve seen from my galaxy ...
Is it broken now.
Please help!
note: tried to start recovery with vol+, home and power as well as usual way to start it. without success
Come on. Some of you Guys are able for sure to tell me, if it is hopeless or there IS something I can do to get it working again.
I know nearly nothing about Smartphones and stuff so
Please!
Rodsengard said:
Come on. Some of you Guys are able for sure to tell me, if it is hopeless or there IS something I can do to get it working again.
Please!
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Sorry to say that your phone is bricked.
First, rom manager doesn't support your device.
Second, you are an idiot that you selected unknown device from list to make it work.
Third, the thread doesn't have any tutorial about rom manager it is CWM that is meant to be flashed using odin.
Fourth, I probably this is hard brick and nothing can be done.
IN MY VIEW GO TO THE SAMSUNG SERVICE CENTER AND TELL THEM THAT YOU LEFT YOUR FOR CHARGING OVERNIGHT AND ITS NOT BOOTING.
THEY WILL SURELY HELP FOR FREE AS THEY DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU DID AND THIS IS AN APPROPRIATE REASON.
Thank you for your honesty.
Your phone still can be fix up. Your phone not brick yet.. Your phone might get bricked if it running out of battery during flashing, like a half way flashing, then you are in the worse case scenario.
Recovery mode unavailable? Forget about recovery since it has been.broken. What important now is to get access to download mode by pressing vol down + power + home key. If you can access download mode, then your phone can be fixed in 5min.
Read this, before you go any further, if you sure that you already successfully flashed any rom before it went brick. Just do this simple step, for cm7, u need siyah kernel, go download (siyah 2.1.1 .tar)... Not .zip.
Remove your battery then put it back, get into download mode then flash siyah 2.1.1 with Odin 1.85.if your phone already flashed cyanogenmod7, then your phone should boot up and work properly.
If it doesnt work, click the link on my signature, follow all steps provided tp get back your to work as stock. Then start flashing again.
Ps : dont use backup, dont use romanager.
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My guide is for SGS2 International. Not ATNT, please find stock rom for your phone version. But the flashing method are just the same..
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Thank you for your efforts neobirdrio, but as I wrote above, nothing works.
No combination with vol+ or - and the 2 other HW-Keys.
But if we are still in Topic, what exactly do I have to do with an intact Galaxy fit to flash it to a custom ROM.
What Custom ROMS would run with it?
Where Do I get the Newest Version?
And is it worth changing it?
I wanted something special, something faster than Gingerbread and (of course the original Froyo on it), including something needs less Space.
Could you advice me?
(I ordered a new one swince it happened)
Try read this post,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1120880
Latest stock firmware for galaxy fix is 2.3..which is gingerbread.
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Still trying this out.
Did it in this way press three Keys, push batery in and so on ... One time on my netbook it came to life by meaning system told me, that it installs driver (seemed to be recognized right) and ODIN told, there is a connection. I started ODIN (which was prepared to do Gingerbread onto it) But it did nothing. I am not sure if I startet Odin with Adminrights, soooo ... Do now backup of the partition, put a much earlier backup on my PC and try it again (I am running out of PCs, so I simulate, that this is a new Computer )
I keep you informed.
Thanks again so far.
Tried it again, but it didn´come back to life
So Thanks to all ppl helped me.
easier perhaps? I read about a rom manager you download from the market...
Thanks to what efforts everyone contributes here, I've found after getting out of soft brick, I managed to get root. And I'm almost happy with the handset, now that I got root explorer to work. It works best as a browser for the 20 gigs of junk on my sd card, I've found.
What I have is the SGH-i727 att branded, returned to stock, 2.3.5, my kernel is 2.6.35.11 also I flashed something in the i777 forum, is the reason for "returned to stock". My handle could be adjusted to "stupidbiker". And I've been properly scolded.
So what's a good way to get clockwork mod in my situation?
And I don't care about a warranty or a counter, or does the counter do other bad things?
And a link for operating clockwork mod? Everyone here can push three buttons except me! LOL I've pulled it off a few times on accident, but I bet in here somewhere there is a correct procedure outlined for operating clockworkmod. A link to that would be way cool.
Wow I'm stupid. K. Thanks.
This is question and answer right? I got lots of questions!
Once I get clockworkmod in the device with all the colors, I'm gonna flash a rom, the ice cream rocket I saw, also I want to test CM7, I'm in L.A. and in the LTE area and looks like I could provide input.
I'm using search, but if someone plants a good link it would be much appreciated.
Thanks.
fukenbiker said:
easier perhaps? I read about a rom manager you download from the market...
Thanks to what efforts everyone contributes here, I've found after getting out of soft brick, I managed to get root. And I'm almost happy with the handset, now that I got root explorer to work. It works best as a browser for the 20 gigs of junk on my sd card, I've found.
What I have is the SGH-i727 att branded, returned to stock, 2.3.5, my kernel is 2.6.35.11 also I flashed something in the i777 forum, is the reason for "returned to stock". My handle could be adjusted to "stupidbiker". And I've been properly scolded.
So what's a good way to get clockwork mod in my situation?
And I don't care about a warranty or a counter, or does the counter do other bad things?
And a link for operating clockwork mod? Everyone here can push three buttons except me! LOL I've pulled it off a few times on accident, but I bet in here somewhere there is a correct procedure outlined for operating clockworkmod. A link to that would be way cool.
Wow I'm stupid. K. Thanks.
This is question and answer right? I got lots of questions!
Once I get clockworkmod in the device with all the colors, I'm gonna flash a rom, the ice cream rocket I saw, also I want to test CM7, I'm in L.A. and in the LTE area and looks like I could provide input.
I'm using search, but if someone plants a good link it would be much appreciated.
Thanks.
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download rom manager, install cwm from that, select tmobile galaxy s2 when asked.
see what I found
First you need to flash Clockworkmod Recovery. Then you place the zip on your SDcard, do a Nandroid backup through clockworkmod Recovery (not necessary but highly, highly recommended... especially if you have never done this before.) Then select install zip from SD card, find the .Zip file and run it and you should be golden.
What is nandroid? I use Mybackup Pro. Same sort of stuff right? I'm getting close to getting my arms around everything....
waiters said:
download rom manager, install cwm from that, select tmobile galaxy s2 when asked.
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Thank you for such a quick reply. I am on AT&T. Why would I select Tmobile?
"because that's the one that works"
is an answer I can accept. I'm not fussy just stupid.
Thank you!
I have successfully flashed ClockworkMod Recovery using ROM Manager. I'm so pleased I'm gonna get premium. I see directions! It shows a button for flashing a custom rom that I store on my SD card? Do I dare?
I picked the tmobile thing and so far so good. I got data and just tried a phone call. Happy.
I will follow the other threads now. If a moderator thinks people will get more stupid reading my new thread they may delete it.
I soft bricked
figured out Odin enough to flash back to stock
got root
went to market and installed ROM Manager
turned on wifi as ROM Manager recommended
after a good hookup, I flashed ClockworkMod recovery
Surfed the web, made a phone call, took a picture, uploaded to facebook
Looks like I'm all good.
I'm feeling ready...
fukenbiker said:
Thank you for such a quick reply. I am on AT&T. Why would I select Tmobile?
"because that's the one that works"
is an answer I can accept. I'm not fussy just stupid.
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apparently they are very similar (but dont get crazy and start installing the tmobile gs2 kernel/roms) - also there is no skyrocket version yet...
but yes cwm does work perfectly from rom manager when you select tmobile gs2
i did this myself the other day... works fine..
just download rom manager, have fun.. good luck
hey ****enbiker would you say your kinda ''noobish'' when it comes to this ? lol I'm just super scared to do this. To avoid voiding my warranty I was even thinking of just saving a check and getting a nexus s to fool around with, but if your new to this and would say ''ALMOST anyone can do it'' I'd say I might be game. I just would like to learn somethings from newer rooters rather than annoy/piss off the Vets!
I have screwed up every phone I got my hands on so not a noob exactly. I am at present using cm7 and considering the new kernel released this morning. What's holding me back is how well it works and how easily I screw up and screen rotation work around is good enough so why flash and set up again... oh I will flash again but just got it all restored back and gotta take it to work tomorrow ...
Yeah pretty much if I can do it anyone can. I really am ignorant compared to a programmer or developer. But not many noobs have broken as much stuff as I have!
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Boot into CWM?
waiters said:
apparently they are very similar (but dont get crazy and start installing the tmobile gs2 kernel/roms) - also there is no skyrocket version yet...
but yes cwm does work perfectly from rom manager when you select tmobile gs2
i did this myself the other day... works fine..
just download rom manager, have fun.. good luck
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I am having trouble getting CWM to boot on device start-up with the Vol Up Key, is this how you do it or am I doing it wrong?
I can easily get to it from choosing "Reboot into Recovery" from ROM manager but I want to make sure I can get in without Android in case I need to do a full NAND recovery.
Thanks
promiseofcake said:
I am having trouble getting CWM to boot on device start-up with the Vol Up Key, is this how you do it or am I doing it wrong?
I can easily get to it from choosing "Reboot into Recovery" from ROM manager but I want to make sure I can get in without Android in case I need to do a full NAND recovery.
Thanks
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its volume UP and DOWN......
the2rrell said:
its volume UP and DOWN......
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Wow OK I thought I tried that, anyway it worked! Thanks a lot.
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YouTube stutters on CM
Okay after I finally settled in with version 4 I have figured out that version 3 it was okay YouTube did not stutter or jerk, it is this new Da_G's kernel when the video went to hell. I remember the problem appeared in version 3 after flashing Da_G's kernel.
I have not tried any other kernel beside Da_G's with version 4. And YouTube is skippy jerking all to our dismay here. Or there, where ever I was to report this, beg pardon.
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edit:
I see you don't have to press the power button?
I always begin that way, I press all three at once.
Volume up, volume down, and power.
After it buzzes three times I keep the volume up and down held, but let go of the power button.
I keep the volume up and down held until I see a logo on the screen. Then I let go of the phone and it boots into the scarey black screen with dos writing and you have to navigate with the hardware buttons.
That's how I've been doing it and it puts me into cwm recovery straight from putting the battery back in, every time.
If a true noob is reading this, you're dropping in after I've rooted and then obtained clockworkmod from the market, granted it superuser permissions, and then, after getting past the advertisements, you select to flash clockworkmod.
Also you'll see discussion of not getting a signal and getting an APN. Before you try CyanogenMod or CM7, which is what I use, you take your handset that has a working signal, and download an app from the market called "APN backup and restore" and do a backup of your APN. (not for those who refuse to populate the phone with a chip) (also not for those who don't have a working wifi readily available) Now make sure you have a copy of that on the other chip. The Skyrocket has an internal SD and also an external SD which ATT turns out is too cheap to put one in there when they sell it...
Make sure you have ApnBackupRestore folder with it's xml content on both chips.
Then go to CM7, in the op, get version 4, then go to the kernel thread and get Da_G's kernel, and put them on BOTH sd cards (so you won't have trouble finding it LOL)
And there you have it. Yet another blue collar attempt at helping folks that are smarter than I am that aren't as brave as I am!
Pull the battery, and apparently only hold the two volume buttons after putting the battery back in, never tried it that way! Wipe Data/Factory reset, find the rom and install it, find the kernel and flash that zip as well (install it, trying to help with lingo) reboot, then hook up to wifi, download APN backup/restore from the market (your phone will sync and load it for you when you log in with your google gmail to set up the handset. Run the APN backup and restore app and enjoy CyanogenMod!
My favorite, can you tell, LOL
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Okay after I finally settled in with version 4 I have figured out that version 3 it was okay YouTube did not stutter or jerk, it is this new Da_G's kernel when the video went to hell. I remember the problem appeared in version 3 after flashing Da_G's kernel.
I have not tried any other kernel beside Da_G's with version 4. And YouTube is skippy jerking all to our dismay here. Or there, where ever I was to report this, beg pardon.
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I see you don't have to press the power button?
I always begin that way, I press all three at once.
Volume up, volume down, and power.
After it buzzes three times I keep the volume up and down held, but let go of the power button.
I keep the volume up and down held until I see a logo on the screen. Then I let go of the phone and it boots into the scarey black screen with dos writing and you have to navigate with the hardware buttons.
That's how I've been doing it and it puts me into cwm recovery straight from putting the battery back in, every time.
If a true noob is reading this, you're dropping in after I've rooted and then obtained clockworkmod from the market, granted it superuser permissions, and then, after getting past the advertisements, you select to flash clockworkmod.
Also you'll see discussion of not getting a signal and getting an APN. Before you try CyanogenMod or CM7, which is what I use, you take your handset that has a working signal, and download an app from the market called "APN backup and restore" and do a backup of your APN. (not for those who refuse to populate the phone with a chip) (also not for those who don't have a working wifi readily available) Now make sure you have a copy of that on the other chip. The Skyrocket has an internal SD and also an external SD which ATT turns out is too cheap to put one in there when they sell it...
Make sure you have ApnBackupRestore folder with it's xml content on both chips.
Then go to CM7, in the op, get version 4, then go to the kernel thread and get Da_G's kernel, and put them on BOTH sd cards (so you won't have trouble finding it LOL)
And there you have it. Yet another blue collar attempt at helping folks that are smarter than I am that aren't as brave as I am!
Pull the battery, and apparently only hold the two volume buttons after putting the battery back in, never tried it that way! Wipe Data/Factory reset, find the rom and install it, find the kernel and flash that zip as well (install it, trying to help with lingo) reboot, then hook up to wifi, download APN backup/restore from the market (your phone will sync and load it for you when you log in with your google gmail to set up the handset. Run the APN backup and restore app and enjoy CyanogenMod!
My favorite, can you tell, LOL
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Whoa!!!!! COOL STORY BRO.............LOL
I'm sure this will help someone.
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I don't know for sure, about the vol. up/dn.. but when I rooted my phone, the only way that I could get it to work was power & volume DOWN only. The three button just got me no where.
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My Atrix 2 is currently having some serious issues. Last night I rooted it. I changed the boot animation to what was supposed to be a human eye turned droid eye or something. When I rooted it and attempted to install Safestrap it didn't install correctly. As I am inexperienced with rooting android phones, I didn't think it'd hurt. I don't know if it did. When I rebooted to see the animation it just said android in silver letters with light flashing across it and it never got past that. I did several hard resets to see if that would fix it, after trying multiple battery pulls of course, and nothing. The phone is now dead and won't charge, when I plug it in it just shows the Motorola logo and doesn't do anything, but if I unplug it the logo doesn't go away. Help, please!
CreativeSin said:
My Atrix 2 is currently having some serious issues. Last night I rooted it. I changed the boot animation to what was supposed to be a human eye turned droid eye or something. When I rooted it and attempted to install Safestrap it didn't install correctly. As I am inexperienced with rooting android phones, I didn't think it'd hurt. I don't know if it did. When I rebooted to see the animation it just said android in silver letters with light flashing across it and it never got past that. I did several hard resets to see if that would fix it, after trying multiple battery pulls of course, and nothing. The phone is now dead and won't charge, when I plug it in it just shows the Motorola logo and doesn't do anything, but if I unplug it the logo doesn't go away. Help, please!
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Phew, that was close. Hello and welcome to the help section of the A2 forum, for starters the trouble you're facing right now is called soft bricking. It's a very common problem, but is usually solved by flashing the correct ICS sbf for your region.
So firstly, is your phone branded AT&T or is it from another region? Please specify which. Next you need to recharge your battery externally either by an external battery charger or the Mcgyver method. (search the forum for more details).
After you've charged your battery up enough, put it back in your phone and put your phone into fastboot mode by holding the volume down button + power button and make sure it says 'Battery OK'.
After making it this far, you'll need RSD lite order to flash/install the sbf files. If everything goes fine without failure, then your phone will be back to stock and you've saved it! Here's a thread that has content that should guide you with further details: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2245825 Good luck!
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Phew, that was close. Hello and welcome to the help section of the A2 forum, for starters the trouble you're facing right now is called soft bricking. It's a very common problem, but is usually solved by flashing the correct ICS sbf for your region.
So firstly, is your phone branded AT&T or is it from another region? Please specify which. Next you need to recharge your battery externally either by an external battery charger or the Mcgyver method. (search the forum for more details).
After you've charged your battery up enough, put it back in your phone and put your phone into fastboot mode by holding the volume down button + power button and make sure it says 'Battery OK'.
After making it this far, you'll need RSD lite order to flash/install the sbf files. If everything goes fine without failure, then your phone will be back to stock and you've saved it! Here's a thread that has content that should guide you with further details: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2245825 Good luck!
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As RSDLite was rebooting my phone I checked the forums and saw this! Hahah but thank you very much! This is pretty much exactly what I ended up doing. I posted this and then read up on the forums rules and some stuff and realized I should really learn to help myself if I want to . Took some time and a lot of mistakes but I put it together. Thank you very much for the reply.
CreativeSin said:
As RSDLite was rebooting my phone I checked the forums and saw this! Hahah but thank you very much! This is pretty much exactly what I ended up doing. I posted this and then read up on the forums rules and some stuff and realized I should really learn to help myself if I want to .
Took some time and a lot of mistakes but I put it together. Thank you very much for the reply.
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You're welcome :thumbup: I'm glad it all worked out for you in the end. I still remember the time earlier this year when I just got my phone, went crazy with mods and ended up softbricking it for a whole week. It was hell just to get it working again cuz RSD Lite decided to hate me from the get-go. -_-
So I'm glad to help others out with this, but enough rambling lol, take greater care for the next flashes you do until you get used to it!
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Aceofzeroz said:
You're welcome :thumbup: I'm glad it all worked out for you in the end. I still remember the time earlier this year when I just got my phone, went crazy with mods and ended up softbricking it for a whole week. It was hell just to get it working again cuz RSD Lite decided to hate me from the get-go. -_-
So I'm glad to help others out with this, but enough rambling lol, take greater care for the next flashes you do until you get used to it!
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Thanks! Just got it all rooted again no problem. I'm trying to learn all this, any tips on something I could start working on?
CreativeSin said:
Thanks! Just got it all rooted again no problem. I'm trying to learn all this, any tips on something I could start working on?
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Well now that you're back and rooted, if you're planning on doing any more flashing any time soon then I recommend you install boot menu manager. If you've previously installed safestrap or bootstrap, clear their data and uninstall them before installing bmm.
With that done, you've just made your phone a little safer from bricking because bmm allows multi rom booting, which are somewhat independent of the primary system. Refer to this thread for more info on how to make systems, etc.: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2115715
The first thing you'd want to do is make sure your apps/data is always backed up at all times with apps like titanium backup. Create 2 or more systems so that you can try the bmm compatible custom ROMs which are in the dev section if you want to try any of them. But please, read all instructions, warnings, requirements, etc. carefully before attempting any flashing in general.
The thread I posted in my earlier post above will have links to the specific custom ROMs. If you're doing any other kind of flashing, make sure to again, read instructions carefully and take your time with learning all of this.
Hi, I soft bricked my phone recently.
I was running stock ICS from Moto on a rooted Atrix 2. I wanted to upgrade it to JB so I installed Atrix 2 bootstrap and clicked Bootstrap Recovery (gave superuser permission) and then Reboot Recovery. It went into CWM and I wiped factory data and cache. Before I installed the JB zip I backed up my old ICS via CWM and then installed CyanogenMod-Dev-edison-nightly-20130401-2132-signed.591fan.com zip.
It was upgraded successfully to 4.2.2 but I couldnt get my updated contacts from the Super Recovery app, so I thought to restore the old ICS and backup the contacts once again. I installed Atrix 2 bootstarp apk again and went thought the same process ( Bootstrap recovery > gave Superuser permission > Reboot recovery). As soon as it rebooted the Motorola logo came on and after that the phone gave dark grey screen. I tried rebooting and going into CWM on startup but it didnt give the option of install zip from sd card as it did on my earlier attempt.
I am stuck with a bricked phone and all my work is stuck up.
I read about RSDlite but I have heard it causes hard bricking on several occasion. So, I am a bit cautious about using it and I dont know the exact procedure to use it also. Can you please guide me on how to regain my phone from this soft brick and where i went wrong during my installations.
Any help would be very much appreciated. Thanks a lot in advance.
kunal2711 said:
Hi, I soft bricked my phone recently.
I was running stock ICS from Moto on a rooted Atrix 2. I wanted to upgrade it to JB so I installed Atrix 2 bootstrap and clicked Bootstrap Recovery (gave superuser permission) and then Reboot Recovery. It went into CWM and I wiped factory data and cache. Before I installed the JB zip I backed up my old ICS via CWM and then installed CyanogenMod-Dev-edison-nightly-20130401-2132-signed.591fan.com zip.
It was upgraded successfully to 4.2.2 but I couldnt get my updated contacts from the Super Recovery app, so I thought to restore the old ICS and backup the contacts once again. I installed Atrix 2 bootstarp apk again and went thought the same process ( Bootstrap recovery > gave Superuser permission > Reboot recovery). As soon as it rebooted the Motorola logo came on and after that the phone gave dark grey screen. I tried rebooting and going into CWM on startup but it didnt give the option of install zip from sd card as it did on my earlier attempt.
I am stuck with a bricked phone and all my work is stuck up.
I read about RSDlite but I have heard it causes hard bricking on several occasion. So, I am a bit cautious about using it and I dont know the exact procedure to use it also. Can you please guide me on how to regain my phone from this soft brick and where i went wrong during my installations.
Any help would be very much appreciated. Thanks a lot in advance.
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Use boot menu manager instead of bootstrap recovery
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I rooted mu Samsung galaxy avant it was my first root I thought I had the twrp installed and backed up so I was playing with some diff roms well one blew my picture up huge like the phone thought it was a galaxy note but still had avant actual screen sze so I couldn't do anything tried to restore with the trwp an it wouldn't change just stayed the same so I was able to navigate my way to factory data reset and its still doing it only now I cant even open it up all the way and get into my phone cant click agree on a permission agreement page right after wifi page so what if anything can I do? ive tried to reboot in recovery nothing worked tried everything even rooted my wifes exact same phone installed the recovery right this ime put it on the sd card an tried rebooting threw that and it reboots works and just goes straight to the same start up screen. im getting really frustrated can anyone please help!!! im willing to donate very nicely to the first person that can walk me threw doing this myself or send me a file what ever it take first person that gets my phone back up and running im going to donate to u it means allot to me and I need help asap
Follow the instructions in the rooting guide it's really easy to flash the stock ROM and start from scratch.
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