Hi.
I'm getting ready to update my rooted 3.0.1 3G Xoom and have one question before I start.
I just flashed ClockworkMod recovery 3.0.2.8. Do I still need to apply the new_recovery mentioned in this thread:
[UPDATE][HC3.1] Wifi and 3G! Completely Flashable! No Fastboot Needed!
Or can I just start at step 2?
Thanks,
John
When in doubt, just follow the instructions. In this case though I think you'll be OK.
Mandelbrot.Benoit said:
When in doubt, just follow the instructions. In this case though I think you'll be OK.
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OK.
I suppose I can install new, then reflash the latest CWM after upgrading if need be. I'm guessing new is a modded version of CWM anyway, since Solarnz is responsible for both.
thanks,
john
jabster42 said:
OK.
I suppose I can install new, then reflash the latest CWM after upgrading if need be. I'm guessing new is a modded version of CWM anyway, since Solarnz is responsible for both.
thanks,
john
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The 2 are the same. If you see in the Solarnz thread BRD even points to this and also mentions that Solarnz will now be handling all CWM updates. So if you want to be completely safe, install the CWM as referenced by BRD, but there should be no need to reflash the new Solarnz CWM after.
ClydeB1 said:
The 2 are the same. If you see in the Solarnz thread BRD even points to this and also mentions that Solarnz will now be handling all CWM updates. So if you want to be completely safe, install the CWM as referenced by BRD, but there should be no need to reflash the new Solarnz CWM after.
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Yeah, I did see that, and noticed the latest CWM thread was dated a day after the upgrade/rooting guide, and that Solarnz was the guy responsible, and that the descriptions for both were pretty much the same.
Basically was just wondering because the upgrade post didn't explicitly say that new_recovery_.zip is CWM. But now I know.
Thanks...off to upgrade and root.
-john
(oddly, I received the upgrade notification this morning....everything I've read said I would not receive that because I'm rooted. It is annoying to have to keep hitting "install later" )
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I am new to this posting and asking questions. I have a xoom and rooted it and updated it with 3.1 and then I went and updated it with the new rom which came out the other day. I did something studpid and didn't wait for the resolution to the sdcard not being seen after flashing the new deodex rom. I looked on the kernal manager and when I what I thought was the latest kernal I decided to flash it. I now can only get to recovery mode and I don't want to make another mistake. Can someone tell me if I can safely do a wipe data/factory reset? Will that get me back so I can flash the deodex rom back? You dev guys are really awesome and I really appreciate all of your work. Thank you for your support.
razor532 said:
I am new to this posting and asking questions. I have a xoom and rooted it and updated it with 3.1 and then I went and updated it with the new rom which came out the other day. I did something studpid and didn't wait for the resolution to the sdcard not being seen after flashing the new deodex rom. I looked on the kernal manager and when I what I thought was the latest kernal I decided to flash it. I now can only get to recovery mode and I don't want to make another mistake. Can someone tell me if I can safely do a wipe data/factory reset? Will that get me back so I can flash the deodex rom back? You dev guys are really awesome and I really appreciate all of your work. Thank you for your support.
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If you can get to recovery, just re-flash the rom, it includes its own kernel.
Ok I will and let you know if I am successful. Thank you
I tried to use recovery but my xoom won't see the sd card. I have adb running but really am afraid to use it without some help. Don't want to brick my xoom. I have the kernal zip but don't 1.4.4 and thought if I could flash the kernal to my xoom that would maybe fix it. I read somewhere that you shouldn't flash a zip file, so I don't know what to do. any help would be appreciated. Thank you
razor532 said:
I tried to use recovery but my xoom won't see the sd card. I have adb running but really am afraid to use it without some help. Don't want to brick my xoom. I have the kernal zip but don't 1.4.4 and thought if I could flash the kernal to my xoom that would maybe fix it. I read somewhere that you shouldn't flash a zip file, so I don't know what to do. any help would be appreciated. Thank you
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Please don't flash any xip file through adb! Why not go into RomManager app and look for an earlier version of recovery, maybe 3.0.2.5, and flash that. A good recovery should allow you to flash from your sdcard through clockwork mod recovery.
I can't get to the rom manager app. Am I missing something? The OS won't boot up and I only have version 4 of the clockwork recovery. What should I do?
razor532 said:
I can't get to the rom manager app. Am I missing something? The OS won't boot up and I only have version 4 of the clockwork recovery. What should I do?
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There is your problem, you did not read the warnings...DO NOT USE CWM 4.
Grab Recovery Image (solarnz-R4c-100611-1150) FLASHED THROUGH FASTBOOT from this post.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1074979
Fastboot flash it, if you don't know how read the post or read my sig. Once you have a working recovery, try my post above.
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There is your problem, you did not read the warnings...DO NOT USE CWM 4.
Grab Recovery Image (solarnz-R4c-100611-1150) FLASHED THROUGH FASTBOOT from this post.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1074979
Fastboot flash it, if you don't know how read the post or read my sig. Once you have a working recovery, try my post above.
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Flash the .img file as bwcorvus says, not the .zip.
Take your time.
OK, Thank you very much,,, I will be more careful in the future. I am back up and running the new rom with an older recovery. That taught me a good lesson never to install an earlier version of a kernal and never to try and flash a .zip file from adb. Thank you for the instructions. Is there a book for "adb for dummies"? My name should be in it...
thank you again...
Np, glad you got it working. And guess what? You got to learn something .
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OK, Thank you very much,,, I will be more careful in the future. I am back up and running the new rom with an older recovery. That taught me a good lesson never to install an earlier version of a kernal and never to try and flash a .zip file from adb. Thank you for the instructions. Is there a book for "adb for dummies"? My name should be in it...
thank you again...
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There is actually an ADB tutorial somewhere on this site...seriously, do a search. It had a lot of great information. I like to know what I'm doing...it makes me more nervous to just blindly follow instructions with something like this, but I'm still mostly blind (sigh).
So, im rooted 3.2.1 and now i can not for th life of me find a method for putting cwm on here. The guide i found needs to be flashed through cwm and the link in the asus tf reference page in the dev section points to a method that appears to have been patched last spring. Any ideas?
Tyfighter said:
So, im rooted 3.2.1 and now i can not for th life of me find a method for putting cwm on here. The guide i found needs to be flashed through cwm and the link in the asus tf reference page in the dev section points to a method that appears to have been patched last spring. Any ideas?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1346180
Recovery installer!
Well hot damn. Thank you, sir. I was expecting adb or downgradingor good old fashioned voodoo
Thanks button =]
After my thread for the TF101, here are my first repackaged OTA updates for the TF700:
First of all let me make this clear:
If you have root and want to keep it, use OTA Rootkeeper.
The original recovery is removed from the blob, so you won't lose your current recovery.
If after flashing one of these zips you still have the OTA update notification, do this:
Go to Settings -> Apps -> All and clear data from DMClient.
Current OTA 9.4.5.26:
US version:
us-9.4.5.22-to-9.4.5.26-TF700-CWM-v1.0.zip MD5: 2C6C763D0A7618E4AB4CB530D714F833
WW version:
ww-9.4.5.22-to-9.4.5.26-TF700-CWM-v1.0.zip MD5: E9597AD7C18483445A1F006D91A44C1B
IMPORTANT! If you deleted/changed some files, these updates will NOT work. These updates are meant for people on a stock rooted rom.
Sweet I know a few people were looking for a flashable OTA update.
...for CWM that hasn't been ported yet
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...for CWM that hasn't been ported yet
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AFAIK cwm zips are compatible with TWRP.
It's a generic name which is supported by most recoveries.
(TWRP or CWM) As far as we are able to unlock our TF700... That not my case...
But it's a good news for those who can
Lizard, a better title would be "[ROM][FLASHABLE]" or something. People tend to get very confused when you say "CWM" because they think no other recovery can flash it .
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Lizard, a better title would be "[ROM][FLASHABLE]" or something. People tend to get very confused when you say "CWM" because they think no other recovery can flash it .
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I've changed the title to flashable, since I don't consider the update zips to be roms. I hope this will take away some of the confusion.
Lizard said:
I've changed the title to flashable, since I don't consider the update zips to be roms. I hope this will take away some of the confusion.
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Thanks! Will reduce our support requests for TWRP
Bad Link To zip File
Oops! This page appears broken. DNS Error - Server cannot be found.
This is the message I get when I click the link to download your OTA update, need that update, can you help. Please.
TECHNOLLIC said:
Oops! This page appears broken. DNS Error - Server cannot be found.
This is the message I get when I click the link to download your OTA update, need that update, can you help. Please.
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Look at the date of the OP - 9.4.5.26 is very old. Why do you need this old update?
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Look at the date of the OP - 9.4.5.26 is very old. Why do you need this old update?
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To install NvFlash. I have 9.4.5.30, NvFlash will not install with this Rom version, it has to be before that.
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To install NvFlash. I have 9.4.5.30, NvFlash will not install with this Rom version, it has to be before that.
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You cannot downgrade from 9.4.5.30 to 9.4.5.26; the 9.4.5.30 bootloader and above accepts only signed bootloaders and the older ones are not signed.
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You cannot downgrade from 9.4.5.30 to 9.4.5.26; the 9.4.5.30 bootloader and above accepts only signed bootloaders and the older ones are not signed.
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So how will I be able to install the NvFlash Tool? I want to flash custom roms but I want to protect my tablet from getting bricked.
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So how will I be able to install the NvFlash Tool? I want to flash custom roms but I want to protect my tablet from getting bricked.
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You can no longer able to install nvflash once you already flashed above .26 version, like .30 and up. You're out of luck.
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You can no longer able to install nvflash once you already flashed above .26 version, like .30 and up. You're out of luck.
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That sucks, I didn't flash .30, it came with it already installed. I'm used to flashing my phones, so it should be no problem flashing my tablet. Thank you very much for your help.
If you've flashed roms on other phones or tablets in the past then you should be fine. Just don't do anything crazy and you shouldn't brick it. I don't have NV Flash capabilities on mine, though I had the chance to but updated my bootloader anyway. Doesn't bother me as I'm not a dev and won't be doing anything crazy on mine. I've done plenty of flashing on many phones and the Asus Prime in the past, so I'm not worried about it
Sent from my Evo LTE using XDA Premium
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That sucks, I didn't flash .30, it came with it already installed. I'm used to flashing my phones, so it should be no problem flashing my tablet.
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Just be careful to never choose "wipe data" in the bootloader menu without a working (compatible to bootloader) recovery, that is the #1 reason for hard bricks:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1917304
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Just be careful to never choose "wipe data" in the bootloader menu without a working (compatible to bootloader) recovery, that is the #1 reason for hard bricks:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1917304
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Thanks again for your help and support.
I just received my TF700T for Christmas and it has JB. Can I flash this to go back and get root without unlocking?
rocketjr said:
I just received my TF700T for Christmas and it has JB. Can I flash this to go back and get root without unlocking?
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Yes. see http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1925230
Sent from my ASUS Transformer Infinity TF700 running Android JB (rooted) via Tapatalk HD
Coming from a DX, the process to root / flash on the galaxy doesn't seem that much different. Although, there seems to be greater risk for issues around imei information, etc....
So, I've read about everything I can on the forums, trying to make sure I understand all of the ins and outs and I'm starting to feel pretty comfortable with the process, however I would like someone to just confirm that i've got everything correct......
Based on this guide ( [GUIDE][VZW Edition]How to root your Galaxy SIII & More!(ROMs/CWM/Stock)) , this is how I understand things if somone could either comfirm or correct my information I would greatly appreciate it!
1. using section 2 in the guide for windows users, I use the RootDebugFS bat file to root the phone.
2. After rooting, and prior to unlocking the boot loader, I backup my IMEI using Comprehensive IMEI/EFS Backup method listed in the guide.
3. From here I can unlock the bootloader and install CWM reovery.
4. At this point, back in the droid X world I would take a back up of my system so I have a semi - stock image to go back to.
5. Now I can download any of the different custom roms listed and follow the instructions in the OP to flash that rom.
Going back to stock.
1. Should I need to go back to Stock, I would just use the ODIN tool to flash one of the stock images.
Again, If someone could just let me know if i've missed anything or if I'm WAY off base I would appreciate it.
Thanks again, and I love the forum and the community!
yep you got it correct...also if you have any questions feel free to post in my thread!
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yep you got it correct...also if you have any questions feel free to post in my thread!
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Thank you very much, I really appreciate it!! Can't wait to get started.
I did try to post in your thread, but apparently I'm to much of a NOOB to do so LOL!
nickjensz said:
Thank you very much, I really appreciate it!! Can't wait to get started.
I did try to post in your thread, but apparently I'm to much of a NOOB to do so LOL!
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I've got 2 more questions....
1. I tried to flash the synergy backup for the IMEI/EFS using stock recovery as per the instructions and I got a message that the signatures or something like that wasn't correct and it was aborted.... Thoughts?
2. As far as custom recoveries go.... I'm used to CWM, but I've heard a lot of good things about TWRP. Which would you recommend?
nickjensz said:
I've got 2 more questions....
1. I tried to flash the synergy backup for the IMEI/EFS using stock recovery as per the instructions and I got a message that the signatures or something like that wasn't correct and it was aborted.... Thoughts?
2. As far as custom recoveries go.... I'm used to CWM, but I've heard a lot of good things about TWRP. Which would you recommend?
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#1-Have never had to use it as I have never lost IEMI. May be a way to disable signature check in recovery. Can do permanent fix with terminal emulator.
Type:
su (enter)
reboot nvbackup (enter)
#2- Recovery is personal choice. I have been using TWRP since pre-order release and never had a bad flash or backup. As far as I'm concerned it rocks. Easier navigation and looks good. Some prefer CWM. To each their own. Don't recommend flashing via Rom Manager. Flash straight from recovery.
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#1-Have never had to use it as I have never lost IEMI. May be a way to disable signature check in recovery. Can do permanent fix with terminal emulator.
Type:
su (enter)
reboot nvbackup (enter)
#2- Recovery is personal choice. I have been using TWRP since pre-order release and never had a bad flash or backup. As far as I'm concerned it rocks. Easier navigation and looks good. Some prefer CWM. To each their own. Don't recommend flashing via Rom Manager. Flash straight from recovery.
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Thank you very much for the advice! I really appreciate it!
signature verification error means you were in stock blue recovery and not cwm recovery.
droidstyle said:
signature verification error means you were in stock blue recovery and not cwm recovery.
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Thanks DroidStyle Wouldn't have gotten this far without the help! Finally got CWM on and flashed i that way and it worked great!
Speaking of CWM though.... in EZRecovery, do I need to hit "FLASH" and then "Reboot" recovery everytime I want to go into CWM or TWRP? If I don't it just takes me to stock recovery.
nickjensz said:
Thanks DroidStyle Wouldn't have gotten this far without the help! Finally got CWM on and flashed i that way and it worked great!
Speaking of CWM though.... in EZRecovery, do I need to hit "FLASH" and then "Reboot" recovery everytime I want to go into CWM or TWRP? If I don't it just takes me to stock recovery.
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you should only need to flash cwm or twrp once, then reboot recovery to get into cwm. im not sure why its not sticking but it should.
As subject says.. Flashed CWM, turns out that this apparently isn't the widely accepted recovery option anymore. I was using an older guide..
Can i "switch it" to TWRP?
DatacomGuy said:
As subject says.. Flashed CWM, turns out that this apparently isn't the widely accepted recovery option anymore. I was using an older guide..
Can i "switch it" to TWRP?
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Yes, you can flash TWRP over CWM. just make sure you have downloaded the correct version for your bootloader and the ROM you want to flash.
cmendonc2 said:
Yes, you can flash TWRP over CWM. just make sure you have downloaded the correct version for your bootloader and the ROM you want to flash.
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Are there any issues with staying on CWM?
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Are there any issues with staying on CWM?
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Well some ROMs were not working with it in previous versions of Android it depends what you have installed. Most likely there is no problem, but with TWRP you dont have to keep mashing your volume keys
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Well some ROMs were not working with it in previous versions of Android it depends what you have installed. Most likely there is no problem, but with TWRP you dont have to keep mashing your volume keys
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I really need to read more. The TF300T is nothing like what i've had to learn with rooting my phones..
is there a FAQ thread or a main thread on TWRP?
DatacomGuy said:
I really need to read more. The TF300T is nothing like what i've had to learn with rooting my phones..
is there a FAQ thread or a main thread on TWRP?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1672108
The build you install depends on your current setup and what you want to flash.