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[Q] Flashing a custom ROM the official way?

Is it not possible to code a custom ROM so as to then flash it the same way an official ROM is flashed?

Greetings, fellow Oklahoman.
What do you mean "the official way"? RUU? PD98IMG.zip?
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inconceeeivable said:
Greetings, fellow Oklahoman.
What do you mean "the official way"? RUU? PD98IMG.zip?
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Hi. Thanks for the reply. What I mean is how an official ROM is flashed when an upgrade is issued. A notice is given that there is an upgrade and you download and install the upgrade. Can a custom ROM not be installed this way? Rather than having to go through the process of rooting the phone and then flashing one of the available custom ROMs. I would think it would be possible to issue a rooted ROM as an upgrade flash.

Wow. U must be truly a noob. The only way u can flash a custom rom is that u have to be rooted and have s off achieved first. And once u achieve that, you are talking about an over the air update. Which that only can happen from an unrooted totally stock phone. The only thing that comes close to that is an update from rom manager, in which u have to be rooted first before rom manager will work properly, which will download and install a custom rom of your choosing.
In other words, you have to be rooted and s off in order for u to do anything outside of stock
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Bro, very nicely stated.
cavsoldier19d said:
Wow. U must be truly a noob. The only way u can flash a custom rom is that u have to be rooted and have s off achieved first. And once u achieve that, you are talking about an over the air update. Which that only can happen from an unrooted totally stock phone. The only thing that comes close to that is an update from rom manager, in which u have to be rooted first before rom manager will work properly, which will download and install a custom rom of your choosing.
In other words, you have to be rooted and s off in order for u to do anything outside of stock
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cavsoldier19d said:
Wow. U must be truly a noob. The only way u can flash a custom rom is that u have to be rooted and have s off achieved first. And once u achieve that, you are talking about an over the air update. Which that only can happen from an unrooted totally stock phone. The only thing that comes close to that is an update from rom manager, in which u have to be rooted first before rom manager will work properly, which will download and install a custom rom of your choosing.
In other words, you have to be rooted and s off in order for u to do anything outside of stock
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I think the OP was asking if its in anyway possible to flash a custom rom via RUU not OTA. In the same way that ROMS for Samsung devices can be cooked to flash via ODIN as opposed to CWM...
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About GADMEI T820

First I Need To Know Can Anyone Tell Me How To Root This Device ?
Is There A Custom Rom For 3.0 Or 2.3.3 ? Because It Come With 2.2 And I Think That It Had Been Rooted And Change Something .
Hope You Or Any People Can Help I Need My New Tablet Powerful . Thank You .

ic3tea said:
First I Need To Know Can Anyone Tell Me How To Root This Device ?
Is There A Custom Rom For 3.0 Or 2.3.3 ? Because It Come With 2.2 And I Think That It Had Been Rooted And Change Something .
Hope You Or Any People Can Help I Need My New Tablet Powerful . Thank You .
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try superoneclick method you can google it.If you wanna find roms for this phone you should do some research

Can I use Flash Tool?
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whats that? :O

This is for Flashing Custom Kernel , Root And Unlocked Boorloader Tool For X10.
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Flashtool
I believe FlashTool is only for Sony Ericsson

[Q] root

looking for a stand alone rooting app to root any device be it FROYO GINGERBREAD or ICS...tried... the universal root app...Z4root....and ginger break...every app seems specific to the version...Asking any of the Devs to suggest such an app which is non specific of the android version:fingers-crossed:

superoneclick, allways use latest version

adilahmed said:
looking for a stand alone rooting app to root any device be it FROYO GINGERBREAD or ICS...tried... the universal root app...Z4root....and ginger break...every app seems specific to the version...Asking any of the Devs to suggest such an app which is non specific of the android version:fingers-crossed:
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Try Unlock root :thumbup:
Superone click
antdking rooting tool
want to taste Jellybean 10.1 for LG-P500, have a Look at my Signature

Do they come along with recovery ????
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adilahmed said:
Do they come along with recovery ????
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rooting is rooting, it doesn't have anything to do with recovery it is just giving you superuser permisions after you instlall SU and busybox from PlayStore , after root you will be able to install a custom recovery and after that you can install custom roms/kernels
read FAQ first http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2149636

Just curious to know.

I just read, for rooting unlocked bootloader we flash a specific kernel, then root using doom-lord's method, flash back stock ROM.
So y do that if you go for custom ROM?
I mean, if I flash custom kernel directly, then it will provide me root access?
Or after root, instead of flashing stock ROM and then installing custom ROM can't we just directly flash custom ROM?
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Custom kernel may not give root permission.
Because there for root permission you need superuser app to be installed.Which may be given through custom rom .
So custom rom will give root permission.
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So what it actually do?
I flash a kernel that makes rooting easy,
Then I root it.
So what is it changing?
I mean if I flash cm directly, will it not give me root access? Cos the kernel and ROM are already changed.
If root doesn't modify kernel or ROM, then what does it modify?
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Just don't confuse.
After flashing anything,like may be rom or kernel.using root checker.apk ,check the mobile rooted.If no root,if yes say thank god.
Good luck.
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Its not like that dear,
I just want to know what actually rooting does?
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07et842 said:
I just read, for rooting unlocked bootloader we flash a specific kernel, then root using doom-lord's method, flash back stock ROM.
So y do that if you go for custom ROM?
I mean, if I flash custom kernel directly, then it will provide me root access?
Or after root, instead of flashing stock ROM and then installing custom ROM can't we just directly flash custom ROM?
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07et842 said:
So what it actually do?
I flash a kernel that makes rooting easy,
Then I root it.
So what is it changing?
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In some phones, like the Galaxy S2, the bootloader comes unlocked. Hence, it is possible to root directly by flashing a custom kernel. Rooting can also be done without flashing a custom kernel also.
But in other phones, the bootloader would be locked. To unlock it, we would have to flash a vulnerable kernel first. Then root it. Then restore the previous kernel.
Or sometimes, the bootloader would be unlockable. In which case we would have to go for a SafeStrap recovery and stuff.
07et842 said:
I mean if I flash cm directly, will it not give me root access? Cos the kernel and ROM are already changed.
If root doesn't modify kernel or ROM, then what does it modify?
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As for flashing custom ROMs, you need to be rooted and have a custom recovery. Because the stock recovery doesn't allow flashing non-official ROMs. :good:
07et842 said:
Its not like that dear,
I just want to know what actually rooting does?
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Rooting doesn't modify anything mate. Simply put, rooting means injecting two binaries (su and busybox) into the system folder, and installing a Superuser app. This gives the user administrative access. :good:

07et842 said:
Its not like that dear,
I just want to know what actually rooting does?
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Then ask it directly know.
Root does these below things.
1.Install superuser.apk to system/app.
2.Put su files to lib folder.
This task ,kernel will not dnly costum rom can do.
I think I was up to your point.
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Help me out guyz

I have rooted my Galaxy Grand Neo Plus using instructions from one of the threads from xda itself. I used kingo root ( not King root) to root my device. Well, I was glad when it was successful but....it installed another superuser app instead of SuperSu . I installed supersu from store and that asked to update binaries....i tried to solve that problem by flashing a su bb installer attached in a video....but..it failed. My su binaries are still not updated....and my root is not stable bcoz of that....please help me out guyz

Gaurav #HUMANOID said:
I have rooted my Galaxy Grand Neo Plus using instructions from one of the threads from xda itself. I used kingo root ( not King root) to root my device. Well, I was glad when it was successful but....it installed another superuser app instead of SuperSu . I installed supersu from store and that asked to update binaries....i tried to solve that problem by flashing a su bb installer attached in a video....but..it failed. My su binaries are still not updated....and my root is not stable bcoz of that....please help me out guyz
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i would re-flash stock and start over with the correct files. once you mess up root it usually not a simple fix to get it straightened out, and in many cases its not fixable at all without starting over.

Thanks for responding me....
I understood you when I said " it's not a easy task" but.....
There might be any recovery for my device to get out of this trouble.
Or...should I root it once again with any good tool..m.could I suggest for specifically Galaxy Grand Neo Plus
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Gaurav #HUMANOID said:
Thanks for responding me....
I understood you when I said " it's not a easy task" but.....
There might be any recovery for my device to get out of this trouble.
Or...should I root it once again with any good tool..m.could I suggest for specifically Galaxy Grand Neo Plus
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i really dont know if there is some way around this for your device. it has been my experience with many devices that there is not, but i didnt want to say there is no way ever, because i obviously cant be familiar with every device ever made.
your best option, and the only one i know of, is to start over with clean stock.

Okay
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