Hey everyone, I followed instructions on flashing the CWM recovery by using root explorer and then flashing the update.zip, i've seem to run into a brick wall here. I booted into recovery 3e the samsung stock recovery that came with my SGS4G then i reinstall update, it continues until it cant verify the signature on the zip file... im stuck! Am i doing something wrong?
roadrunnerrd3 said:
Hey everyone, I followed instructions on flashing the CWM recovery by using root explorer and then flashing the update.zip, i've seem to run into a brick wall here. I booted into recovery 3e the samsung stock recovery that came with my SGS4G then i reinstall update, it continues until it cant verify the signature on the zip file... im stuck! Am i doing something wrong?
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Sounds like a corrupt download. Redownload and make sure you push the recovery to the right place and the update.zip is at the root of your SDcard.
Also please keep all questions in the "general" section.
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Yupper.....signature verification errors are always 1 of 2 things:
1) not properly signed
2) corrupt download
Just for future reference.
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Thank for the fast reply! I downloaded the zip 3 times already lol, and i know i have root because i used rage to exploit and i've overwritten the recovery in /system/bin with superuser permission using root explorer as explained in the thread... would it make a difference if i pushed it via adb? i was unable to push due to adb recognizing as read only so i opted for the root explorer.
Push the recovery?
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"Recovery" as in the binary modification required for cwm is what I meant, not cwm itself
If you want to push it you need to be in root in adb. Should make a difference though. I did it with root explorer.
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That's what i thought.... hmmmm and i did have my shell root on but i was still unable to push files, but still it shouldnt have mattered what method i chose to overwrite the binary with, as long as it was successful (supposedly)
mad_fitter said:
If you want to push it you need to be in root in adb. Should make a difference though. I did it with root explorer.
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+1.
~Root explorer
~change permission on system/bin/replace recovery.img
~Put update.zip onrood of sdcard and `reinstal package`.
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silverspoon80 - when you refer to change permission you mean superuser correct?because i have followed that exact guide to the point... still no avail... i sware this makes the ion rooting and flashing look like small time lol!
roadrunnerrd3 said:
silverspoon80 - when you refer to change permission you mean superuser correct?because i have followed that exact guide to the point... still no avail... i sware this makes the ion rooting and flashing look like small time lol!
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no. i'm talking about the 'Mount R/W' button on Root Explorer. That's what lets you replace the recovery that's already in your system/bin/ with the one that drhonk posted - or you get 'permisson denied' error.
*facepalm... i'm going to try it again THIS TIME w/mount, i'll get back to ya in a few. kudos for the input it's appreciated!
roadrunnerrd3 said:
*facepalm... i'm going to try it again THIS TIME w/mount, i'll get back to ya in a few. kudos for the input it's appreciated!
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anytime, keep us updated
You Sir are a true saint! In these dark hours of frustration... i overlooked something that stared me straight in the eye! Double thumbs up, I can't thank you enough!
roadrunnerrd3 said:
You Sir are a true saint! In these dark hours of frustration... i overlooked something that stared me straight in the eye! Double thumbs up, I can't thank you enough!
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you can press the 'thanks' button - and you're welcome
OH NO! i'm afraid we have a far more serious issue at hand now.... i cant enter recovery anymore and my galaxy is stuck at the splash screen!
silverspoon80 said:
+1.
~Root explorer
~change permission on system/bin/replace recovery.img
~Put update.zip onrood of sdcard and `reinstal package`.
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I had CWM (Krylon’s Version) working in a previous install of KD1 from Kies upgrade. Then I hosed my upgrade to BFrost ROM. I have Odened back to Whawks KD1 this the second time just in case it did not take on the first try. Both times I cannot get CWM to go in recovery. I have replaced system/bin/ recovery from a fresh download and placed update.zip on the root of Ext SD. I know recovery was over written properly because the date changed and Root explorer did not error out. I even restarted the phone 3 times to make sure it set. When I go to recovery and select ‘Reinstall Packages” I’m getting :
E: Can’t Mount /Dev/Block/mmcblk0p1
E: Can’t Mount SDCARD:Update.zip
It makes it sound like Recovery file is not taking. I did not have this problem with my original KD1 install before I hosed the system. Any thoughts?? I’ve tried many times with same result.
^ i just installed bfrost.... im now completely sponged and have to start from scratch using odin ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh one issue after another! I STILL LOVE THIS PHONE THOUGH! Sorry i cant be of much help im seriously lacking knowledge in the galaxy
roadrunnerrd3 said:
^ i just installed bfrost.... im now completely sponged and have to start from scratch using odin ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh one issue after another! I STILL LOVE THIS PHONE THOUGH! Sorry i cant be of much help im seriously lacking knowledge in the galaxy
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I'm thinking it's a rights issue. This Rom has given me a couple FC's. One of them with SU so I may have a flaky SU. What's weard is that I know I changed the recovery file. That was the error I was getting when I frist tried installing it last month until I replaced the Recovery file.
roadrunnerrd3 said:
silverspoon80 - when you refer to change permission you mean superuser correct?because i have followed that exact guide to the point... still no avail... i sware this makes the ion rooting and flashing look like small time lol!
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not in superuser. you need to change permission in the program your using to replace the recovery file since its a system file
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Dani897 has already made a discussion of this, but I'm moving this information over as an official post in the Infuse 4G section as well.
This is from existz/untermensch's thread. I take no credit. See here for more info http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=909213
Making this modification will allow you to flash un-signed .zip files due to signature verification being turned off. (3e requires root)
* Download and extract the .zip
* Use a terminal emulator or ADB Shell and mount system as read/write.
* For backup purposes, use adb or root explorer to rename the current recovery file in /system/bin to recovery.orig
* Use a file manager (Root Explorer) and copy the new recovery file to /system/bin
* Reboot and your 3e (Froyo stock) recovery will no longer require signature checking.
You can now use this recovery or use the CWM from Captivate (posted in another thread here).
I am not responsible if this bricks your phone. This is easy cheese...just follow these steps.
Download:
3e Recovery w/o signature verification
Youtube video using Root Explorer from gtg465x (Make sure to Thank him!!)
You actually tested this on an Infuse?
DarkH2O said:
You actually tested this on an Infuse?
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Yes. it is working on mine right now.
i already tested this days ago and cwm
except using truselos super easy batch script to make it even more easy for people to use.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1086622
still there is disbelief. yes people it works! im not sure what trouble people are having flahsing roms but cwm and 3e can flash .zip files just fine. i expected to see some flashable mods and themes by now. i have successfully flashed files for testing purposes and im not too advanced of a user. i planed to post some things like a market fix and such but i have been disrtacted.
Dani897 said:
i already tested this days ago and cwm
except using truselos super easy batch script to make it even more easy for people to use.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1086622
still there is disbelief. yes people it works! im not sure what trouble people are having flahsing roms but cwm and 3e can flash .zip files just fine. i expected to see some flashable mods and themes by now. i have successfully flashed files for testing purposes and im not too advanced of a user. i planed to post some things like a market fix and such but i have been disrtacted.
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Dani, i completely agree. If you notice, I made mention of your testing at the top of the article.
Now that there is a dedicated thread, its much more likely to be realized that this works FINE. I think once I get a tester for the Odin package I slapped together to get us back to stock in case we brick, and get it successfully setup, i'll put a thread out and we can REALLY get to work on some ROMs.
So far, this phone's software is nearly identical to the Captivate, meaning we will just need to port from the Captivate and we will have a mass of ROMs in no time!
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Dani, i completely agree. If you notice, I made mention of your testing at the top of the article.
Now that there is a dedicated thread, its much more likely to be realized that this works FINE. I think once I get a tester for the Odin package I slapped together to get us back to stock in case we brick, and get it successfully setup, i'll put a thread out and we can REALLY get to work on some ROMs.
So far, this phone's software is nearly identical to the Captivate, meaning we will just need to port from the Captivate and we will have a mass of ROMs in no time!
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as soon as we get some kernel dev on this thing i agree. porting will be easy. thanks for the write ups too. are you planning to get a second phone? i would test if i had two of them. my captivate will go to my brother, if it weren't for that id have probably bricked it and begged some people to try making new odin packages for me to fix it.
i understand that after a brick the user hates not having the phone and may be very tempted to return it but it is helpful to everyone to try all you can to recover it. if mine bricks im using the insureance plan and saying it was stolen, then i will have a dedicated test phone.
I have an Atrix as well, but would prefer someone who may have already bricked to try this package that i wrote up this morning.
I dont mind someone wanting to swap.their phone...but i literally need about an hour or two of time with the brick's user and its very likely that we will have working Odin....and then you and i...as well as others... can do kernel and rom deving nearly immediately. We have source already, so we only need to test this safety net . PM me if you find someone who is bricked or is willing to test!!
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as soon as we get some kernel dev on this thing i agree. porting will be easy. thanks for the write ups too. are you planning to get a second phone? i would test if i had two of them. my captivate will go to my brother, if it weren't for that id have probably bricked it and begged some people to try making new odin packages for me to fix it.
i understand that after a brick the user hates not having the phone and may be very tempted to return it but it is helpful to everyone to try all you can to recover it. if mine bricks im using the insureance plan and saying it was stolen, then i will have a dedicated test phone.
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I have a bricked Infuse im not sure what caused the crash. I was running stock rooted by the super one click method and was uninstalling an app when it went all black except the bottom keys. Doesnt do much of anything else now. I attempted an odin fix someone suggested to no avail. I can get into download mode still but nothing else. Id be willing to try anything to unbrick it .
it's working for me, I unzipped, put the file in my dropbox, downloaded the file on phone from dropbox, used root explorer to mount, (I'm already rooted) copied the file, went to system/bin, renamed the original, then pasted the new file, rebooted, flashed CWM to captivate, and rebooted into recovery, and it works. I still have my HTC Inspire, i'm on a 30 day run here to see if i like the infuse. So far it's the best GPS i've had, and i've had a lot of phones. I hate to think I spent 600 bucks on a another captivate. I had that phone as well, but so far i really like it.
Realityfalse said:
I have a bricked Infuse im not sure what caused the crash. I was running stock rooted by the super one click method and was uninstalling an app when it went all black except the bottom keys. Doesnt do much of anything else now. I attempted an odin fix someone suggested to no avail. I can get into download mode still but nothing else. Id be willing to try anything to unbrick it .
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if you can get into download mode I personally would try running the captivate odin and see what happens, buts that's just me lol. I'm a risk taker lol.
What commands do you use in ADB to mount system as read/write?
budco2000 said:
if you can get into download mode I personally would try running the captivate odin and see what happens, buts that's just me lol. I'm a risk taker lol.
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dont do that. you dont want the captivate param.ifs on here. you may loose download mode if the boot parameters get messed up. especially dont flash anything with bootloaders, that means no one click nad no 3-button fix roms. this may be similar to the galaxy s but there are atleast a few differences in hardware layout that would make that a bad idea. for instance this can run gps and camera during phone calls. the sgs cant so the way things comunicate on the board may be differet, it may also just be differences in the kernel or framework but we cant be sure.
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dont do that. you dont want the captivate param.ifs on here. you may loose download mode if the boot parameters get messed up. especially dont flash anything with bootloaders, that means no one click nad no 3-button fix roms. this may be similar to the galaxy s but there are atleast a few differences in hardware layout that would make that a bad idea. for instance this can run gps and camera during phone calls. the sgs cant so the way things comunicate on the board may be differet, it may also just be differences in the kernel or framework but we cant be sure.
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Yes. DO NOT DO that.
BTW, I just had a successful Odin flash with beatblaster! His framework-res was broken, and he flashed all stock partitions successfully. Hope to be posting it up to the masses in about an hour; After he does some initial checks now that he's back to stock to make sure everything is 100%!
Let's get this party started ....stay tuned!
h8rift said:
Yes. DO NOT DO that.
BTW, I just had a successful Odin flash with beatblaster! His framework-res was broken, and he flashed all stock partitions successfully. Hope to be posting it up to the masses in about an hour; After he does some initial checks now that he's back to stock to make sure everything is 100%!
Let's get this party started ....stay tuned!
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yaaay
ok now we can get all crazy with few worries. good to hear!
Dani897 said:
yaaay
ok now we can get all crazy with few worries. good to hear!
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Yes. That's a major hurdle.
h8rift said:
Yes. DO NOT DO that.
BTW, I just had a successful Odin flash with beatblaster! His framework-res was broken, and he flashed all stock partitions successfully. Hope to be posting it up to the masses in about an hour; After he does some initial checks now that he's back to stock to make sure everything is 100%!
Let's get this party started ....stay tuned!
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Sweet! So the dump was good then it sounds like. So just to sum it all up, odin the pda tar and it restores and wipes EVERYTHING!
Woops! AND DEODEXED!!?!?
I'm pretty new to all of this, but here is how I did it. Make sure you have busybox installed!
Extract the "recovery" file to your phone's internal SD card.
On your phone, go into your terminal emulator.
Type in "su" and press enter.
Type in "cd /sdcard" and press enter.
Type in "mount -o rw,remount /dev/block/stl9 /system"
Type in "cp -f recovery /system/bin" and press enter.
Reboot your phone.
Maybe this will help someone. Maybe it's not even the right way to do this, and my phone will soon explode. I'm a pretty big noob with this, so someone let me know.
PS: If you brick your phone, it isn't my fault.
Hi I came from iPhone 4 and like 2days owning this infuse, I am trying to follow gtg465x to install his ROM, I am done with the rooting and his next step is to "install 3e recovery" now that I am here I am totally lost, I downloaded the file here my Questions are:
1.where do I extract the zip I donwloaded from here? From the SD card root?
2. What thing will I use Terminal emulator or ADB SHELL to make it read/write is that 2 an Android apps I'm lost here. I am trying to be careful, I searched and found too much post and way different doing this. So now I am confuse.
Can anybody tell me how it install 3e recovery the easy and idiot proof way, like I said I am new to android I really have no idea about everything, and most of them too are initial I don't even know what the initials means. Anyone? Thanks
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spirikitik said:
Hi I came from iPhone 4 and like 2days owning this infuse, I am trying to follow gtg465x to install his ROM, I am done with the rooting and his next step is to "install 3e recovery" now that I am here I am totally lost, I downloaded the file here my Questions are:
1.where do I extract the zip I donwloaded from here? From the SD card root?
2. What thing will I use Terminal emulator or ADB SHELL to make it read/write is that 2 an Android apps I'm lost here. I am trying to be careful, I searched and found too much post and way different doing this. So now I am confuse.
Can anybody tell me how it install 3e recovery the easy and idiot proof way, like I said I am new to android I really have no idea about everything, and most of them too are initial I don't even know what the initials means. Anyone? Thanks
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I came from an iphone as well, about 2 weeks ago. I used the method posted in my previous reply. It worked for me, and has been doing fine so far. One thing you must do is make sure busybox is installed before you try it though. If you dont have busybox installed, none of the commands will work. Then just download "Terminal Emulator" from the market, and use that to give commands.
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Cohdee said:
I came from an iphone as well, about 2 weeks ago. I used the method posted in my previous reply. It worked for me, and has been doing fine so far. One thing you must do is make sure busybox is installed before you try it though. If you dont have busybox installed, none of the commands will work. Then just download "Terminal Emulator" from the market, and use that to give commands.
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What command? I really have no idea, can you give me step by step if you don't mind?
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Hey All,
Just had my infuse for a week and no complaints about the phone so far. But I have been reading a lot on this forum and I want to get off this stocky phone and get a ROM on it and see how much better it will be.
I'm fairly new to this as I have never rooted or loaded ROM's before, so running into a lot of problems. Trying to root my Rogers Infuse with superoneclick which didn't work and ended up getting stuck in boot loop so used odin3 fix and got it up and running again and rooted phone.
I downloaded the 3e recovery and used root explorer to r/w in system/bin which is telling me to rename old recovery file but for some reason I don't have an original recovery file. So I just paste the one I downloaded and unzipped in the folder, use rom manager and flash cwm. Then when I get to cwm recovery to reinstall packages but that option is not available on screen.
Sorry guys I'm pretty struggling with this, I have been searching all over and starting to think I should just stick to stock. Any help would be greatly appreciated thanks in advance!!
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eddy82 said:
Hey All,
Just had my infuse for a week and no complaints about the phone so far. But I have been reading a lot on this forum and I want to get off this stocky phone and get a ROM on it and see how much better it will be.
I'm fairly new to this as I have never rooted or loaded ROM's before, so running into a lot of problems. Trying to root my Rogers Infuse with superoneclick which didn't work and ended up getting stuck in boot loop so used odin3 fix and got it up and running again and rooted phone.
I downloaded the 3e recovery and used root explorer to r/w in system/bin which is telling me to rename old recovery file but for some reason I don't have an original recovery file. So I just paste the one I downloaded and unzipped in the folder, use rom manager and flash cwm. Then when I get to cwm recovery to reinstall packages but that option is not available on screen.
Sorry guys I'm pretty struggling with this, I have been searching all over and starting to think I should just stick to stock. Any help would be greatly appreciated thanks in advance!!
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You probably need to hit reinstall packages twice then it should turn green and then you flash
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Yea thats what I have been reading on the forum but for some reason it doesnt even give me "reinatall package" option at all.
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eddy82 said:
Yea thats what I have been reading on the forum but for some reason it doesnt even give me "reinatall package" option at all.
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What color is it booting into then
If it's green install from sd card
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It's blue, I'm still in samsung recovery. I thought followed all steps already, gotta see what I missed I guess.
Thanks for reply, hope I can get it going tonight.
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First download your ROM,next use this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=14053463
Then flash your ROM
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you never set up CWM...
download rom manager from the market, click "flash clockworkmod recovery", then select plain old galaxys i900.
this should give you the "reinstall packages" option that you are looking for, and selecting that twice will get you to green recovery.
or you could just flash any infusion froyo kernel with heimdall or odin and get directly to red CWM (which is where you generally want to be flashing zips from).
Damn just tried it but stuck on Samsung boot screen. Seemed like everything got loaded on the phone, Odin3 said it was completed too. Maybe there is something wrong with my phone thanks.
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mfpearson said:
you never set up CWM...
download rom manager from the market, click "flash clockworkmod recovery", then select plain old galaxys i900.
this should give you the "reinstall packages" option that you are looking for, and selecting that twice will get you to green recovery.
or you could just flash any infusion froyo kernel with heimdall or odin and get directly to red CWM (which is where you generally want to be flashing zips from).
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I downloaded ROM manager before and clicked on "flash clockworkmod recovery" but the "reinstall packages" still didn't show up.
Not to sure how to flash kernels yet.
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try starting fresh from stock, and following this video to get your modded 3e recovery. make sure you adjust the permissions like the video does.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkMo8rBehHg
I will give it another go at it.
I will follow this link to get back to stock
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1092021
There are 2 downloads there that I see. "stock + rooted + 3e" and the other is "100% stock"
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whenever i need to (i say that because most of the time it isn't really necessary), i always go back to 100% stock, do a factory reset from settings (make sure the contents of your SD card are backed up), and re-root it using superoneclick (making sure USB debugging is on, and my SD card is mounted).
then, follow the youtube video for modded 3e recovery, making sure to adjust the permissions at the end. flash clockworkmod recovery again in rom manager (plain old galaxys i9000), and this should allow you to finally flash your ROM.
Yea going to give it one last try before I go to bed thanks!
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This is a good read on this phone. Kind if weird being so different from my Captivate for doing roms.
Thanks guys flashed Serendipity 7 it's great!
Just started fresh, made sure I took all the correct steps and it worked.
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eddy82 said:
I will give it another go at it.
I will follow this link to get back to stock
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1092021
There are 2 downloads there that I see. "stock + rooted + 3e" and the other is "100% stock"
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UCKD5 is a Froyo AT&T-derived ROM - the bootloaders on your Rogers Infuse probably won't like it.
It looks like you eventually figured things out, but in general - the Rogers Infuse has different "back to stock" and "rooting" processes from AT&T devices due to it having stock Gingerbread and more specifically, Gingerbread bootloaders. Since far more people here own AT&T Infuses, the Rogers-specific threads tend to get buried on the 2nd/3rd pages of dev, and people here forget that Rogers devices are "special" when posting suggestions.
Hi,
I need some help.
I rooted this morning, deleted some bloatware and downloaded titanium backup and backed up files.
Now my next step was to delete the recovery file with root manager but the app wont let me switch to R/W when I am in the bin folder and it will not let me delete the recovery file.
I think I was supposed to create a recovery file? But I did so on ROM Manager.
chrscap said:
Hi,
I need some help.
I rooted this morning, deleted some bloatware and downloaded titanium backup and backed up files.
Now my next step was to delete the recovery file with root manager but the app wont let me switch to R/W when I am in the bin folder and it will not let me delete the recovery file.
I think I was supposed to create a recovery file? But I did so on ROM Manager.
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Why are you trying to delete it? If you are trying to get CWM you still need to install the modded 3e recovery and then rename the recovery you are trying to delete instead which is separate from the CWM download you do in Rom Manager, or at least I'm guessing that's what your trying to do...
IF that's the case you DEFF have some reading to do...BOOM...<--click it lol
Thanks bro
i see the light, im on the right track now.
LOL, wtf, I downloaded the zip recovery, unzipped and put it on the sd card.
I copy, then when trying to rename, it wont let me mount R/W
Okay... LOL.. it was the root explorer app. there was something wrong with it. I reinstalled and it works.
I got it free on 4shared
An app all along
chrscap said:
Okay... LOL.. it was the root explorer app. there was something wrong with it. I reinstalled and it works.
I got it free on 4shared
An app all along
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Well it's usually something isn't it? But ya most of the questions and/or problems you might have can be answered in that link I gave you, an already answered question in the Q&A, or the "super thread" sticky in the dev section.
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Well it's usually something isn't it? But ya most of the questions and/or problems you might have can be answered in that link I gave you, an already answered question in the Q&A, or the "super thread" sticky in the dev section.
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Big thanks for hooking up the link and big ups to the devs and creator of the link.
I had to find out what was the cause so I wont repeat. I went through a boot cycle. From the video, it said to just rename the recovery to .bak. I think that was the cause of the boot cycle. (Gotta follow steps!)
Thank god for the unbrick by GTG.
I will try again but I will delete the original recovery file.
Hey I admit, ima noob at rooting/flashing but we all got to start somewhere!
guys how do you remove the root when you dont want it?
chrscap said:
Big thanks for hooking up the link and big ups to the devs and creator of the link.
I had to find out what was the cause so I wont repeat. I went through a boot cycle. From the video, it said to just rename the recovery to .bak. I think that was the cause of the boot cycle. (Gotta follow steps!)
Thank god for the unbrick by GTG.
I will try again but I will delete the original recovery file.
Hey I admit, ima noob at rooting/flashing but we all got to start somewhere!
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Ya just rename and change permissions of the new one yada yada, you've seen the vid lol
Yes the devs, past and present, have done some awesome work! I'm just passing on the info lol And you are exactly right on getting started, not even four months ago I reeked of noob lol
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Sarius24 said:
guys how do you remove the root when you dont want it?
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If you used SuperOneClick there is definitely an "Unroot" option when open up the program. If you want something different, Gtg's Ultimate Unbrick will put your phone back to a completely stock state, EVEN if your phone is not bricked, don't let the name scare ya lol
yeah I used GTG UB, works great, itll be like if you just turned the phone on for the first time, i was very happy. lol
Now I got S7 with Redrom and beats by dre logo wallpaper, so sweet!
K one thing however, is that gonna return me to AT&T stock or Rogers?
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Sarius24 said:
K one thing however, is that gonna return me to AT&T stock or Rogers?
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I have att, when used, it returned to my original state (att).
I dont have Rogers so follow this thread, maybe you can get an answer
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1116251
Sarius24 said:
K one thing however, is that gonna return me to AT&T stock or Rogers?
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AT&T stock, sorry, didn't see you were rodgers. So from what I've seen there is no Odin back to complete stock for rodgers, also the link chrscap gave you will not work without modification, its meant for AT&T. The only link I know of for Rogers stock is HERE but it includes root. (look through that thread and see if "unroot" is discussed)
I do know you can manually remove root by first removing the Superuser App then the su binary.
Alright thanks for the direction.
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you may need busybox for root explorer to remount the /system folder. download from the market. (you could always skip all this by flashing the comunity kernel in heimdall)
Okk so i have my infuse 2.3.3, on Rogers rooted but whenever i try to do the erecovery method of installing CWM onto my phone, i keep running into issues finding the recovery file in my /system/bin folder
Is there something i can do about this? or a new method of getting CWM??
Thanks in advance
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PkMo8rBehHg&feature=youtube_gdata_player
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tejash.shiva said:
Okk so i have my infuse 2.3.3, on Rogers rooted but whenever i try to do the erecovery method of installing CWM onto my phone, i keep running into issues finding the recovery file in my /system/bin folder
Is there something i can do about this? or a new method of getting CWM??
Thanks in advance
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Have you read this thread?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1193927
yahh ive seen that, but the links are dead and it seems like a lot harder of a process, i just wanna see if i can to it with the erecovery way..
I found some other recovery in the root of my phone, but not sure if ill run into issues if i do it the erecovery way? :/
tejash.shiva said:
yahh ive seen that, but the links are dead and it seems like a lot harder of a process, i just wanna see if i can to it with the erecovery way..
I found some other recovery in the root of my phone, but not sure if ill run into issues if i do it the erecovery way? :/
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within the thread....link alive
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=22496294&postcount=164
I'm just starting to learn how to do all this...
I have CWM 5.8.4.0 installed, UCLD2 and Superuser 3.0.7
I've lost root access and can't figure out how to get it back. I've been searching the forum but can't quite seem to find what I need. I went through the process for rooting and no good result. I thought maybe I should just do a recovery back to 2.3.6 in CWM and it says the MD5 mismatch. I thought I had a solid backup for my original phone all this time. I restored it once through ROM manager and it worked great. I did a factory reset and went through the rooting process again and still nothing.
What my goal is, is to flash to a ROM that people are liking and that performs well. Was going to try SKYICS 4.2E, but I don't think I should attempt anything until I figure out how to go to a backup consistently. I could back up what I have now, which gives me a working phone, but I don't really like it. Most of my apps don't work correctly on it. What I really don't want to do is go forward again and really have it jacked up and not be able to go to a previous backup.
Where should I start? I'm guessing getting root access again. I'm assuming I won't be able to flash another ROM until I get this.
Thanks for the help!
I was having that problem too, I used this script "su_ics_v3.1_updated_wraithdu_installer" also install and run busybox if you haven't already or just flash an insecure kernel (make sure its right for your rom)
jordan9812 said:
Just go read the faxes then after hours of that restore to stock and read the rooting guide good luck
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Okay funny guy... What was my first line again??? lol
I don't even know how to get back to stock. I can do that even if I don't have root access? I'm just trying to learn the mechanics of all this. Learn what does what... CWM is a means to write to the phone from boot. Can install different ROMs and parts of ROMS, ie. lock screens... Then there's kernels that operate the hardware that have to be compatible with the ROM. People talk about way more than I can comprehend at this point; it's one step at a time for learning.
So---first step is what? Read for hours? I don't understand what I'm reading. haha
32dave said:
I was having that problem too, I used this script "su_ics_v3.1_updated_wraithdu_installer" also install and run busybox if you haven't already or just flash an insecure kernel (make sure its right for your rom)
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What was the very first line in my post? lol
I'm not a programmer, but have taken some Java classes.
I don't know how to use scripts at all. In my mind, I can't do anything until I get root access. I'm not sure what the MD5 mismatch means either. I'm definitely reading things, but it seems that either I'm not understanding or that it's a tangent and not really related to what I'm trying to do...
You don't need root access. All you need is cwm to flash roms, kernels and radios
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I'm starting to figure that out. This stuff isn't very simple. It seems like it is, but for some reason it's just not. It's like a tractor pull. The more I learn the harder it gets to learn more because the crap gets too deep!
CodeRedDewd said:
I'm starting to figure that out. This stuff isn't very simple. It seems like it is, but for some reason it's just not. It's like a tractor pull. The more I learn the harder it gets to learn more because the crap gets too deep!
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read the n00b posts and stickies, its really not that hard, all roms r rooted..meaning u dont have to root, u can do root ur self for stock firmware, the hard part(not really hard) is flashing cwm(clockworkmod recovery) via odin, once u do that flash a rom according to the rom u want to use, read this on howto root and flash cwm using odin http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1340526
to go back to stock is very easy also via odin, read this link on howto http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1652398
once u find a rom read all about that rom on how to flash it and any trouble shooting
clockworkmod recovery replaces the stock recovery so u can do wonderful things to our phones, it's this application that installs(flashes) the roms
Thanks for the info... I installed another ROM that I liked better, SKYICS without the root. I wanted to tweek something else and I cannot do it unless I get root access. Using Odin is pretty easy like you said and CW recovery. The first link you posted is the one I originally followed and it was rooted. I went through the process again and no root. Titanium just says sorry I don't have permission. I did a factory reset and tried to root again and nothing. I'm not sure where to go from here to get the root back....
If you flash a custom ROM they are already rooted
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I don't have root access. I did have it, but lost it when I installed ICS 4.0.4.
Titanium is saying it can't do anything... I just checked and now it's working. I didn't change anything. That's weird. It asked me for permission and is now in the superuser list. I couldn't get anything to do that for a few days. I'll just have to say Okay and move on. lol
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I don't have root access. I did have it, but lost it when I installed ICS 4.0.4.
Titanium is saying it can't do anything... I just checked and now it's working. I didn't change anything. That's weird. It asked me for permission and is now in the superuser list. I couldn't get anything to do that for a few days. I'll just have to say Okay and move on. lol
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thats why i said when u use a rom "once u find a rom read all about that rom on how to flash it and any trouble shooting", its usually a bad flash, if reflashing doesnt work then redownload the rom and again and flash
u could of flashed superuser, but the problem was the rom didnt install properly......good u got it solved
32dave said:
I was having that problem too, I used this script "su_ics_v3.1_updated_wraithdu_installer" also install and run busybox if you haven't already or just flash an insecure kernel (make sure its right for your rom)
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Can you be more specific on rooting 4.0.4? I didn't like SKY ICS and installed Embryo. It's much faster than the other, but now I don't have root again. I don't know how I got root access to SKY ICS, because when I asked I didn't have root, but 2 days later I suddenly had the access and did nothing.
I'm browsing around trying to find how people root 4.0.4...
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I'm browsing around trying to find how people root 4.0.4...
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I used the 1st 3 steps for my ULCE2 [GUIDE]{ROOT}How To Root The ICS Leak
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I used the 1st 3 steps for my ULCE2 [GUIDE]{ROOT}How To Root The ICS Leak
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That's exactly what I did and it's not working. I'm using CWM touch and tried 2 different superuser files I've found and nothing. BusyBox won't install because it says it doesn't have permission and I can't mount the drive in the phone with a file explorer because it's not rooted.
I read somewhere that I may need to install an "insecure kernel", or maybe a ROM that is already rooted? I can't figure those things out....
I've even started all over and flashed the UCLE2 again, cleared all data. then installed Embryo, CWM then superuser. No luck. I'm at a loss here.
Update: I have tried these superuser files.
Superuser, Superuser-3.0.7-d-signed and Superuser-3.0.7-efghi-signed. The last one gave me root access for 4.0.4. I'll attach the file for others.
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That's exactly what I did and it's not working. I'm using CWM touch and tried 2 different superuser files I've found and nothing. BusyBox won't install because it says it doesn't have permission and I can't mount the drive in the phone with a file explorer because it's not rooted.
I read somewhere that I may need to install an "insecure kernel", or maybe a ROM that is already rooted? I can't figure those things out....
I've even started all over and flashed the UCLE2 again, cleared all data. then installed Embryo, CWM then superuser. No luck. I'm at a loss here.
Update: I have tried these superuser files.
Superuser, Superuser-3.0.7-d-signed and Superuser-3.0.7-efghi-signed. The last one gave me root access for 4.0.4. I'll attach the file for others.
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This superuser zip gave root access where other versions did not for 4.0.4.
CodeRedDewd said:
That's exactly what I did and it's not working. ...
I read somewhere that I may need to install an "insecure kernel", or maybe a ROM that is already rooted?....
I've even started all over and ...I'm at a loss here..
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This superuser zip gave root access where other versions did not for 4.0.4.
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...which is why we're focused on the one method with its 3 or 4 steps we linked. [Confession] My bad, I forgot to mention as is often covered in the threads - CWM flashing the zip took me a few (4) retries. I only backed up as far as 'select update from sdcard' for each retry, all within the same recovery session. Maybe this will help?
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(See below)
...which is why we're focused on the one method with its 3 or 4 steps we linked. [Confession] My bad, I forgot to mention as is often covered in the threads - CWM flashing the zip took me a few (4) retries. I only backed up as far as 'select update from sdcard' for each retry, all within the same recovery session. Maybe this will help?
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It wasn't the steps ther were wrong. It was superuser that was wrong. I tried and tried with 2 different ones and nothing. Then I found another version that worked on the first attempt. The versions I tried first worked on 2.3.5, but not on 4.0.4.
I'm attaching the one I found that worked the first time. I tried the others about 20 times each and nothing, but they worked before. I haven't read anywhere that there are different versions of superuser that only root certain builds. I found it out the hard way.
If i can remember "SOME" superuser zips need to be flashed a few times before they flash successfully.
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If i can remember "SOME" superuser zips need to be flashed a few times before they flash successfully.
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Thanks. I have read that, and that it works sometimes when it says it fails. The problem was that there are a few versions of superuser. I had two that worked on previous versions of android, like 2.3.6, but they won't work on 4.0.4. I found a different one named. "Superuser-3.0.7-efghi-signed" that worked first time. I tried the others more than enough. They don't work on 4.0.4. It's funny no one has mentioned this before.
Let's be clear.
I am glad you reached this goal CodeRed. Enjoy!
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...It wasn't the steps that were wrong....The problem was that there are a few versions of superuser.
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Yes, but there was only one version in the [GUIDE]{ROOT}How To Root The ICS Leak.
CodeRedDewd said:
I had two that worked on previous versions of android, like 2.3.6, but they won't work on 4.0.4. I found a different one named. "Superuser-3.0.7-efghi-signed" that worked first time. I tried the others more than enough. They don't work on 4.0.4. It's funny no one has mentioned this before.
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I had the older zip too, but it was all properly instructed in our [Dev] thread. Copperhed posted 'This will root 2.3.5 or 2.3.6' for an earlier Superuser.zip last November, linked in InSaiyanone's excellent all-in-one guide.
Needing to root 4.0.4 would lead us to the next stickie, where projeqht linked
Starskyrob's 'Step 2: Flash Attached zip from recovery.' in his [GUIDE]{ROOT}How To Root The ICS Leak, posted March 28th, referring to the zip you and I succeeded with. I think anyone reading the stickies should find the same guidance.