I rooted my thunderbolt according to this:
http://forum.androidcentral.com/thu...9-mac-procedure-how-root-htc-thunderbolt.html
(I have a mac).
Everything was swell and I installed Superuser and could use rooted apps.
I upgraded my radio from stock to MR2.5 so I could flash a gingerbread rom.
Everytime I try and flash a gingerbread rom via Bootloader, it'll give me a warning sign that looks a little like this...
I can go back to stock, but since I upgraded the radio, the phone has no signal.
Aren't you suppose to flash the rom then fastboot and let the radio flash.
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Oh wow. I feel stupid, seems like I couldn't understand. -_-
Can I do anything with the phone? Or would I just have to hard reset it, then go back to stock?
Or like could I downgrade the radio? (downgrading seems a bit risky).
Have you tried flashing the ROM via clockwork recovery? Try doing that instead of using the bootloader to flash the rom. I've personally flashed a gingerbread radio from bootloader, then flashed an update.zip from recovery and had everything work just fine.
krazzi said:
Have you tried flashing the ROM via clockwork recovery? Try doing that instead of using the bootloader to flash the rom. I've personally flashed a gingerbread radio from bootloader, then flashed an update.zip from recovery and had everything work just fine.
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I just tried it. It worked, but it's taking forever to boot up. I think it may be stuck at the "Thunderbolt" sign (with the little thunderbolt).
Is that normal?
EDIT: I got it working. Thank you guys.
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Im kinda a noob. I have flashed to several roms (currently on serendipity and loving it.) Everytime to change roms I flash back to stock with ODIN. Is there a faster/easier way to flash? Cuz right now it takes me like twenty mins to completely change roms (not counting reloading apps and system data.) Thanks in advance
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Not sure if there are faster ways, but when I flash roms I usually never flash back to stock.
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If you don't flash back to stock...what do u do?
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Flash the new rom over my current rom.
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U still need to clear data/ factory reset and clear cache right?
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normally u can just flash over previous ROMs w/o goin to stock when dealing with froyo ROMs sometimes u need to disable voodoo lagfix depending if the included kernel doesnt support it. but if u were to go to a i9000 gingerbread ROM then flash a froyo you would need to flash to stock with odin oneclick JF6(non 3 button fix only) because gingerbread bootloader and secondary boot from froyo ROMs will brick you
if its a full wipe ROM then no need to wipe as the ROM install will do that itself
But I couldn't figure out how to make Captivate Recovery 3e work....so just use Eclair to flash to roms...
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But I couldn't figure out how to make Captivate Recovery 3e work....so just use Eclair to flash to roms...
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Have you checked the extended power button menu? Recovery might be right there then that's all you would do to get into clockworkmod recovery- which is what you want for flashing ROMs over one another. And like you said, wipe your caches and stuff. But this goes for 2.2, or 2.2.1, not to be done between froyo and gingerbread ROMs. There might be a way to do that, but for the now the safest way is to not do that. Stick to one firmware at a time.. that's the easiest safest way for a noob to get around and try different ROMs.
any self-respecting rom chef will make the update script wipe cache, system, data, and dalvik cache.....
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any self-respecting rom chef will make the update script wipe cache, system, data, and dalvik cache.....
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10 char
Thanks
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if u were to go to a i9000 gingerbread ROM then flash a froyo you would need to flash to stock with odin oneclick JF6(non 3 button fix only) because gingerbread bootloader and secondary boot from froyo ROMs will brick you
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cognition is the only rom with a bootloader in it (perhaps the froyo perception) ... All other froyo roms are fine.
CremeFraiche said:
if u were to go to a i9000 gingerbread ROM then flash a froyo you would need to flash to stock with odin oneclick JF6(non 3 button fix only) because gingerbread bootloader and secondary boot from froyo ROMs will brick you
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studacris said:
cognition is the only rom with a bootloader in it (perhaps the froyo perception) ... All other froyo roms are fine.
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Just to clarify, if flashing to froyo from gingerbread, make sure the froyo package you are flashing doesn't contain any bootloaders. You do not need to go to stock jf6.
Froyo ROMs can run on gingerbread bootloaders, but if you mix a gingerbread bootloader with a froyo bootloader, you will brick your phone.
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To check the rom for a secondary bootloader, open up the zip look in the updates folder if you see "sbl.bin" that would be the secondary bootloader. Don't flash that rom.
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twvance said:
Just to clarify, if flashing to froyo from gingerbread, make sure the froyo package you are flashing doesn't contain any bootloaders. You do not need to go to stock jf6.
Froyo ROMs can run on gingerbread bootloaders, but if you mix a gingerbread bootloader with a froyo bootloader, you will brick your phone.
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It's my understanding that the only way to flash a bootloader is through odin. Flashing a rom safely should only be done through CWM after flashing stock 2.1 or flashing a 2.2 kernal that has both CWM and 3e.
You can flash any 2.2 rom while maintaining your gingerbread bootloaders.
Correct me if I am FACTUALLY incorrect.
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It's my understanding that the only way to flash a bootloader is through odin. Flashing a rom safely should only be done through CWM after flashing stock 2.1 or flashing a 2.2 kernal that has both CWM and 3e.
You can flash any 2.2 rom while maintaining your gingerbread bootloaders.
Correct me if I am FACTUALLY incorrect.
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As studacris said, cognition flashes a bootloader (i assume sbl.bin). So it seems that odin is not the only way to flash a bootloader.
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rubenoso said:
It's my understanding that the only way to flash a bootloader is through odin. Flashing a rom safely should only be done through CWM after flashing stock 2.1 or flashing a 2.2 kernal that has both CWM and 3e.
You can flash any 2.2 rom while maintaining your gingerbread bootloaders.
Correct me if I am FACTUALLY incorrect.
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You're incorrect on several points: 1.Cognition has a bootloader in a cwm zip, you can flash a bootloader without odin.
2.you can flash a rom with odin, going to stock is still a rom.
3. It can't have 3e AT ALL or you will get a signature error and the flash will fail.
4. You don't have both 2e/3e and cwm st the same time. cwm replaces stock recovery.
5. Like I mentioned before cognition has a froyo bootloader so you can't flash that with gingerbread ones or it is guaranteed to brick, you can all other roms though just not cog.
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You're incorrect on several points: 1.Cognition has a bootloader in a cwm zip, you can flash a bootloader without odin.
2.you can flash a rom with odin, going to stock is still a rom.
3. It can't have 3e AT ALL or you will get a signature error and the flash will fail.
4. You don't have both 2e/3e and cwm st the same time. cwm replaces stock recovery.
5. Like I mentioned before cognition has a froyo bootloader so you can't flash that with gingerbread ones or it is guaranteed to brick, you can all other roms though just not cog.
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Thanks guys, I appreciate the info. Its helpful to reduce the noobishness.
Hi, I just need alot of help! I've been a rogers captivate owner for a year and i've rooted, sim unlocked, flashed many, MANY roms with success. I have also soft bricked my cappy a few times but odin restored it back to stock every time where i started over.
So basically, i soft bricked my cappy, used odin to restore to stock rogers gingerbread 2.3.3 , rooted, used odin to install corn kernel and now every time i wipe data and everything in recovery and flash a rom, it says successful but when i restart, it just gets stuck at the " samsung I896 " screen and doesn't go any further. I can't go into recovery or do anything, but i can succesfuly odin back to stock gb. I've used this same procedure many times before and it always worked but not this time. The only difference there was, was that when it got soft bricked this time, I was going from MIUI JB to Paranoid Android JB instead of ics or gb custom roms.
Can anyone please please help me out here? I really hate stock samsung roms and I LOVED JB when i had it, and i really want it back! I would really appreciate anyone's help! Thankyouuu !
[EDIT] Thankyou everyone who tried to help, i figured it out and resolved the problem, the problem was i was wiping data/factory reseting in cwm which i shouldn't have been doing.
What about using Odin to flash a kernel compatible with the Paranoid Rom, then flash the Rom through that kernel's recovery...
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What about using Odin to flash a kernel compatible with the Paranoid Rom, then flash the Rom through that kernel's recovery...
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Yeah, but paranoid android comes with its own recovery, and oh i forgot to mention, i have tried many times, and sometimes after i flash the paranoid rom, and reboot, the phone will boot but directly to recovery when i normally boot it, so i can flash the rom through its own recovery but still it just boots into recovery directly nothing else, and then i go back to stock and i've been on stock for like a month now, but im really missing paranoid androidd.
Wait i think i found the solution guys please helpp ! on stock when im about to flash the new rom, do i clear user data/ wipe data whatever it is in cwm ? Im doing that with faliure, am i not supposed to?
Hi guys,
3 days ago I had root but softbricked by installing hyperdrive when "I thought" I unlocked via ez-unlock but I guess that didn't take. Tried to restore back to stock but couldn't, I lost access to CWM and Odin nor Heimdall (Mac, Linux and Windows) didn't like my phone in 3 computers using 3 different cables.
But from continuous failed/incomplete/partial flashes, CWM is miraculously back! So that's like my only glimmer of hope right now. So my question is could I get back to stock or any rom from flashing something from CWM? Could I get ANY kind of ROM running again, could I root again, unlock bootloader and install new rom via CWM.. Basically can I fix my phone from CWM? Or is the only way back to any rom is via stock via Odin/Heimdall?
PLEASE HELP.
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Hi guys,
3 days ago I had root but softbricked by installing hyperdrive when "I thought" I unlocked via ez-unlock but I guess that didn't take. Tried to restore back to stock but couldn't, I lost access to CWM and Odin nor Heimdall (Mac, Linux and Windows) didn't like my phone in 3 computers using 3 different cables.
But from continuous failed/incomplete/partial flashes, CWM is miraculously back! So that's like my only glimmer of hope right now. So my question is could I get back to stock or any rom from flashing something from CWM? Could I get ANY kind of ROM running again, could I root again, unlock bootloader and install new rom via CWM.. Basically can I fix my phone from CWM? Or is the only way back to any rom is via stock via Odin/Heimdall?
PLEASE HELP.
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So confusing....
Ok, so you're on a stock rom right now and you have cwm installed? You must have some type of root enabled, do you have supersu or superuser installed? If you don't you need to install one from the playstore.
If you have cwm, then all you need to do is use ez unlock to unlock your bootloader then you can flash away. Use version 1.2, you likely used 1.4 which doesn't always work.
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BadUsername said:
So confusing....
Ok, so you're on a stock rom right now and you have cwm installed? You must have some type of root enabled, do you have supersu or superuser installed? If you don't you need to install one from the playstore.
If you have cwm, then all you need to do is use ez unlock to unlock your bootloader then you can flash away. Use version 1.2, you likely used 1.4 which doesn't always work.
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I'm really sorry about the confusion.
I came from a stock rooted, "unlocked" rom, it had CWM touch installed. Then I tried to install Hyperdrive.. Install went well via aroma.. But after reboot I got the verizon unauthorized error and I lost access to CWM Touch but I could go into download mode... Now here's where the confusion starts...
I tried to flash back to stock via Odin. Each and every single time it failed after a few files. Believe me I looked for a solution as in several solutions all of which failed until my last flash which also failed but installed a few more files before it failed and I dunno I got CWM Touch back.
Hence the reason why I'm asking if I could fix my phone via CWM because Odin is crazy and Heimdall is also picky.
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I'm really sorry about the confusion.
I came from a stock rooted, "unlocked" rom, it had CWM touch installed. Then I tried to install Hyperdrive.. Install went well via aroma.. But after reboot I got the verizon unauthorized error and I lost access to CWM Touch but I could go into download mode... Now here's where the confusion starts...
I tried to flash back to stock via Odin. Each and every single time it failed after a few files. Believe me I looked for a solution as in several solutions all of which failed until my last flash which also failed but installed a few more files before it failed and I dunno I got CWM Touch back.
Hence the reason why I'm asking if I could fix my phone via CWM because Odin is crazy and Heimdall is also picky.
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So you can get into download mode just fine? You need to use a better USB cable and try a different port on your computer. It should be able to flash, but if you're using a lower quality cable than what came with the phone it might be your issue.
This guide should work if you can't get a normal flash back to stock work:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1840030
Basically, the only other way I know of to go back to stock without a pc is to use mobile Odin, but that needs root access. There's no file you can flash in recovery to go completely back to stock as it will still leave you with a custom recovery installed.
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I finally got into my rom, after flashing the first boot chain (vralec) Odin messed up again, couldn't flash the 2nd one nor root66 so I pulled my batt and I guess the first vralec gave me stock recovery n just let me boot into my rom, installed twrp and ez unlock 1.2 from there, rebooted into twrp and then installed TkROM.
Thanks for all the help.
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Glad it worked out, and nice rom choice.
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Ok, Ive unlocked my bootloader, installed CWM, rooted my device and checked that it worked, and when I go to the boot loader and select recovery it takes me to CWM. Ive made backups from it and and they restore fine. I even installed a custom kernel and it worked because noFrills let me OC/choose a different governor. Yet from the three ROMs Ive tried so far, they install fine, no errors from CWM, but when I boot up it just gets stuck booting forever. Ive tried wiping everything, Ive tried wiping some things, heck I even tried wiping nothing but I still get the same issue. Id really like to try a new ROM now that I went through the trouble of voiding my warranty, so please try to help me. Thanks in advance, alexbenh
Same here
Gonna try out this guy's method real quick except with CWM
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=49668571&postcount=5
I know this seems obvious, but are the ROMs you are flashing specific for your device?
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yes, I have the Moto G XT1034 and have flashed ROMs before on my old galaxy exhibit and never had any trouble with that
Join the club, same here, done everything right but no custom rom joy for me
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If you're flashing a kitkat ROM, make sure you're already running KitKat. If you're still on 4.3, then fastboot flash the stock 4.4.2 image first, then try custom roms
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WOOOHOOO, I reinstalled the stock 4.4 firmware and everything, I couldnt root it with superboot so I just skipped the rooting step. Then I flashed CWM through the bootloader although I decided to take a risk and instead of "fastboot flash recovery recovery.img", I did "mfastboot flash recovery recovery.img" just to see if it would change anything. Not sure if thats why it works for me now, but its worth a try. Good luck to the rest of you who have this problem.
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If you're flashing a kitkat ROM, make sure you're already running KitKat. If you're still on 4.3, then fastboot flash the stock 4.4.2 image first, then try custom roms
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Yes, I was already running the stock 4.4 ROM the only differences was that I had a custom kernel which could possibly be an issue, but I wouldnt think so
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2620060&page=2
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huh, I had not tried using TWRP, but I thought CWM had a fix permissions command as well.
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huh, I had not tried using TWRP, but I thought CWM had a fix permissions command as well.
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My experience. I tried CWM then loaded a Rom, the first one I tried being CM11 = Bootloop, Then I tried several other Rom's and always the same result, spinning on Bootloop
I then put the phone back to stock firmware 4.4.2 and tried TWRP version TWRP2630, no joy even the bootloader wouldn't work right.
Finally put the phone back to stock AGAIN (now getting frustrated!) and tried installing TWRP2631 using fastboot. That did the trick, now all ROM's load and run fine. This version of TWRP appears to be working well. Backup/restore works, and no problems at all.
Other's report CWM works well, but not for me unfortunately.
Hi guys. I have a Verizon S3 that is out of warranty that I've decided to mess around with since I've already upgraded to a G2. I tried to flash ClockworkMod Recovery using heimdall, but couldn't get it to work. Since I couldn't get heimdall to work, I rooted and installed ROM Manager, then installed ClockworkMod Recovery from there. When I rebooted to get into recovery it says "Verizon has encountered unauthorized software" and wouldn't let me in. I booted normally, then tried to go into recovery from ROM Manager. I get the same message, but now I'm stuck in a recovery loop. I've tried flashing back through heimdall and Odin, but neither one is working for me.
I can get into download just fine, but everything I try to flash with Odin gets me a big FAIL message. Any suggestions? The phone was upgraded to 4.3 before I got a hold of it, which is probably my main issue.
Try flashing ORIGINAL STOCK. You have a locked bootloader and will not be able to install a custom recovery or any custom rom. But, once you're up and running you can root it.
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Try flashing ORIGINAL STOCK. You have a locked bootloader and will not be able to install a custom recovery or any custom rom. But, once you're up and running you can root it.
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Do you have a link to the original stock files for 4.3? I've looked, but can't find any.
Try this. It worked for me.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2601544
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Worked like a charm. Thanks!