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[HOW-TO] Get a rooted version of EE4

I thought I'd collect together instructions from a few threads to help people get from stock EE4 to a rooted version. While the instructions will be consolidated, I will be linking back to the original threads for software downloads, so that people will always be getting the latest versions from those threads.
Assumptions
You are running stock EE4 (I'll address getting to this state in another post if I need to, but the only reason for this is that we're flashing the ROM via Clockwork Mod, which I don't think will update the baseband radio for you if it's not already at EE4).
You are on a Windows system (because that's the drivers and software I'll be pointing you to - the basic concepts will be the same for other operating systems.
Preliminary
Download the Droid Charge Windows drivers here and install them.
Download Odin on to your computer from here or here.
Download the version of Clockwork Mod (CWM) Recovery you want to load and put it somewhere on your computer you can remember. Check nitsuj17's post here for the current choices, but as of June 13th, 2011, imnuts's version here was the only choice for a bug free EE4 experience.
Download the rooted kernel you would like to use to get you root access, and put it somewhere on your phone's SD card. Check nitsuj17's post here for the current choices, but as of June 13th, 2011, imnuts's PeanutButta Jelly Time kernel seems to work without requiring an SD card fix. This recommendation is only slightly influenced by the fact I'm eating honey chipotle peanuts while writing this. Choose either a Voodoo lagfix or non-lagfix version. The Voodoo lagfix should be faster, but will require you to convert back if you want to go back to stock. Here's an explanation of what the Voodoo lagfix is. (though this isn't a Galaxy S phone, it's the same concept).
{Optional} Download the ROM you would like to use (if you want to load one) and put it on your phone's SD card (as well as any other fixed files the ROM author posted). Do this if 1) you want a deodexed ROM that can load custom system-wide themes (as opposed to Launcher themes), and/or 2) you would like a ROM that has the bloatware removed already, and/or 3) you would like whatever other improvements the ROM authors added. Again, check nitsuj17's post here for the current choices, but as of June 13th, 2011, the best options for EE4 are either the stock ROM that has been deodexed, GummyCHARGED 1.5, or imnut's EE4 Debloated 4.2.1 ROM. [These are all ROMs installed with CWM, so the instructions below will apply to that scenario, but you may run across a ROM that is installed via Odin. Just install those the same way you are being instructed to install CWM.]
Potentially, you could install a pre-rooted ROM and be able to skip the kernel instead.
As a safety precaution, download the file in this thread and save to your phone in case you have problems with your SD Card because of your new kernel.
Installing CWM using Odin
Shut down your phone and make sure it is unplugged from your computer.
Pull the battery out of your phone.
Make sure all applications are shut down and Antivirus is disabled, and run Odin on your computer.
Plug your phone in to your computer.
Hold the Down volume button until the large yellow triangle downloading screen appears. The first thin rectangle in the upper left of the ODIN applicate should also turn yellow and identify a com port. You can now release the volume key.
Uncheck the box in Odin that says "Auto Reboot".
*For this next part, make sure you are using the PDA button, NOT the Phone button, or you'll hurt your phone* Check the box next to PDA in Odin, and click the PDA button.
Navigate to the .tar.md5 file for CWM you downloaded (probably something like New_CWM_Recovery.tar.md5) and Open it.
Now you should be showing your phone connected to a Com port, Auto Reboot is unchecked, and you have selected the CWM file you want to load, so click the Start button.
In Odin, it should show the download progress, briefly flash a blue "Restart", then show a green "Pass". If it doesn't, try again, and if it repeatedly fails, try the following:
Mine was seeming to lose power and shut off halfway through, and here's how I fixed it. After Odin was loaded on the PC and the phone was in download mode, but before I started the flash, I inserted the battery. This kept the phone on through the process and it succeeded.
Try a different USB port (some people claim the back USB port works better for them, but that's very computer dependent).
If you're on a laptop, make sure it is plugged in. Try a desktop if it continues to fail.
Try a different USB cable.
Make sure Odin is the only software running, and antivirus is disabled!
Redownload the Odin package, it may be corrupt.
Redownload the ROM/kernel/recovery, it may be corrupt.
Shutdown your phone by disconnecting it (and removing the battery if you had to install it for troubleshooting).
If you need visual instructions for running Odin, there are excellent ones here, just make sure to uncheck the auto-reboot box.
At this point, you should have CWM installed, so now let's install your rooted kernel.
Installing kernel through CWM
Boot in to recovery by holding down the Home key, the Up volume key, and the power button. After you see "SAMSUNG" you can let go of the power button, but continue to hold the home key and up volume until you are in recovery.
In CWM, navigate up and down using the volume keys, select using the power key, and go back a menu using the back key.
Select "install zip from sdcard".
Select "choose zip from sdcard".
Find and select your kernel's .zip file
Repeat the above steps, but this time choose the SD Card fix file you downloaded.
Install your ROM
If you decided to install a new ROM as well, you have a couple of extra steps.
Select "wipe data/factory reset".
Select "Yes -- delete all user data".
Go back using the back key.
Select "install zip from sdcard".
Select "choose zip from sdcard".
Find and select your ROM's .zip file.
If needed, install any other fixes the ROM author posted (for instance, Gummy comes with an Exchange Email fix you need to load).
At this point, reboot and you should be all set. If you chose a lagfix kernel, it will take a while to reboot while it converts your file system. You will hear an electronic female voice detailing what is going on while this is happening.
If you are having problems accessing your SDCard with a custom kernel, please follow the instructions in this post.
Thanks to nitsuj17 for maintaining a list of dev work for the Charge, to imnuts, kejar31, and jt1134 for awesome dev work, and to DroidXcon for dev work and the awesome Odin instructions.

Reserving one post, just in case.

Nice clear and to the point write up. This for sure should help alot of folks out getting themselves to a EE4 build that has root access. Nice job!!!!

Just a FYI, I was on EE4 debloated and went to a stock EE4 deodexed for personal reasons. Needless to say, my sdcard is locked out from CWR because I forgot to install the sdcard fix before rebooting recovery - that step is probably necessary for people going with that ROM (I tried the adb commands in the kernel post, but I'm getting an error "unmount command not found" or something like that). Superuser also was wiped out, but a download from Market takes care of that.
I do have the yellow CWR and PBJT kernel installed before I flashed the stock deodexed ROM. When I get home I'm going to start over with ODIN on stock rooted ED1.

binglejellsx2 said:
Just a FYI, I was on EE4 debloated and went to a stock EE4 deodexed for personal reasons. Needless to say, my sdcard is locked out from CWR because I forgot to install the sdcard fix before rebooting recovery - that step is probably necessary for people going with that ROM (I tried the adb commands in the kernel post, but I'm getting an error "unmount command not found" or something like that). Superuser also was wiped out, but a download from Market takes care of that.
I do have the yellow CWR and PBJT kernel installed before I flashed the stock deodexed ROM. When I get home I'm going to start over with ODIN on stock rooted ED1.
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Thanks for the info, I hadn't tested that!

So I followed the above instructions to a T on flashing New_CWM_Recovery, which worked fine, and then I installed PBJT's Voodoo kernel, which also worked fine. I rebooted and ran Quadrant, and my score went from 950 on stock EE4 to 1700 with the Voodoo kernel, so it definitely installed. However when I try to go into Titanium Backup it is telling me that I don't have root access. Root Explorer also won't let me mount as R/W anymore. I have Superuser installed. I am relatively new to all of this and could use some help. Any ideas on what is happening?

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...for the current choices, but as of June 13th, 2011, imnuts's PeanutButta Jelly Time kernel seems to work without requiring an SD card fix. This recommendation is only slightly influenced by the fact I'm eating honey chipotle peanuts while writing this. ...
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Just FYI, started with stock EE4 and ended up still having to use the SD Card fix to get around some weird read/write issues. Not sure if it was in read only more, but my mac wasn't recognizing the SD card when in mass storage mode. Installed the fix via CWM and everything worked like a charm. This was immediately after installing PBJTime.
Cheers!

Thanks!
Chadness you are the awesomeness
I've rooted before when I had an Incredible, but was a little leery rooting my charge since I've never used Odin before. Your guide lays out all the steps and was very easy to follow. Thanks a bunch!

underscored said:
Just FYI, started with stock EE4 and ended up still having to use the SD Card fix to get around some weird read/write issues. Not sure if it was in read only more, but my mac wasn't recognizing the SD card when in mass storage mode. Installed the fix via CWM and everything worked like a charm. This was immediately after installing PBJTime.
Cheers!
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Thanks for the report. I think I'll rewrite to have people install that just in case.

zeuswsu said:
Chadness you are the awesomeness
I've rooted before when I had an Incredible, but was a little leery rooting my charge since I've never used Odin before. Your guide lays out all the steps and was very easy to follow. Thanks a bunch!
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No problem. I hadn't used a Samsung and hadn't had to use Odin before, either. Not too bad once it's laid out, but that program can be touchy!

I rooted with Odin straight from EE4 stock to imnuts's CWM and then the Peanut Butta kernel and didn't have any trouble with the SD card. Now to just decide what rom to put on it...
Edit: Ok, nevermind...my SD card shows up on my computer as a cd drive...so, now to fix it.

I'm going to close this one as we currently have http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1121201 in General.

[q] help please

Hello everyone i have a problem with my htc hd2 this is my first time flashing my phone and it went smooth until i try to put the rom in my sd card. it always tells me that the zip file is no longer on my computer but out of curiosity i tried ad recovery to see if the zip file is there and it is there but when i try to load the custom rom it says the zip file is (bad) and installation aborted i don't know what to do next

iluuvmochi said:
Hello everyone i have a problem with my htc hd2 this is my first time flashing my phone and it went smooth until i try to put the rom in my sd card. it always tells me that the zip file is no longer on my computer but out of curiosity i tried ad recovery to see if the zip file is there and it is there but when i try to load the custom rom it says the zip file is (bad) and installation aborted i don't know what to do next
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how are u transferring them? should just copy n paste. do it from CWM (9. ad recovery). go under "mounts and storage". then go down to "mount usb storage" n wait for PC to recognize it. then copy... paste. should work. for additional help youll need explain your whole flashing procedure from task 29 to rom installation. hope this helps

MEG4LOM4NI4C said:
how are u transferring them? should just copy n paste. do it from CWM (9. ad recovery). go under "mounts and storage". then go down to "mount usb storage" n wait for PC to recognize it. then copy... paste. should work. for additional help youll need explain your whole flashing procedure from task 29 to rom installation. hope this helps
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from magldr i go to (4.usb mass storage) and then when it connects i drag the zip file onto my sd card folder and then it would show that its copying but i after a few minutes it would tell me that it no longer on my computer. im trying to NAND flash my phone and was trying to put hyperdroid but i could not get past the part where i have to put the rom on my sd card oh and every time my sd card folder opens i get this pop up saying "PLEASE INSERT THE LAST DIK OF THE MULTI-VOLUME SET AND CLICK OK TO CONTINUE" and it say on top compressed (zipped) folders

iluuvmochi said:
from magldr i go to (4.usb mass storage) and then when it connects i drag the zip file onto my sd card folder and then it would show that its copying but i after a few minutes it would tell me that it no longer on my computer. im trying to NAND flash my phone and was trying to put hyperdroid but i could not get past the part where i have to put the rom on my sd card oh and every time my sd card folder opens i get this pop up saying "PLEASE INSERT THE LAST DIK OF THE MULTI-VOLUME SET AND CLICK OK TO CONTINUE" and it say on top compressed (zipped) folders
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so your not using Clockworkmod Recovery then? just flashing directll to NAND?
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Most newer roms are compatible only with Clockworkmod Recovery (aka CWM or CWR). u must install this after maglr.
Just went over to the OP for hyperdroid v 3.0.1. thats why in the file u downloaded says: Hyperdroid-CWM-v3.0.0-MAGLDR-CWM-ZIP.
*note the bolded abbreviations... means u need Clockworkmod Recovery for this rom to work... not hard just an extra step that i highly recommend
There are roms that dont require this and a few ways around it as well but its easier to just install CWM. like i mentioned before seems most (all the ones ive used in the past ten months) roms are going this route for CWMods added features and benefits

Heres a little guide i cooked up bout an hour ago in another thread to help
I just posted this in another thread to clear some things up for some guys shortly after my first reply to you....guess ya inspired me in a way, hahaha. you might be more concered with steps 5 through 6 seeing as how you already have MAGLDR installed...... hope this clears up the process for you a bit
............................excerpted from previous post........................................
********BTW i have attached a little template that i use when flashing various roms and storing them on my PC. has task29, HSPL & MAGLDR already in it. all u need to do is go to the xda hd2 master radio thread to grab your appropriate radio and put that into the empty radio file. then find the rom you want to test out and usually the developer will have both rom (obviously) and the appropriate CWM that u should use with it and just put those in their respective empty folders i have in the attached file. that way all the steps below will line up to the files i have attached
OH YEAH, FORGOT... THESE STEPS ARE TO BE DONE AFTER THE INITIAL PREREQUISITES i.e. windows mobile device center, activesync, proper spl version...blah blah blah
--------the following steps 1 - 4 are to be preformed while at the tri-color boot screen (easiest way to reach is to turn off your phone while its connected to your PC then immediately hold volume down button till you see it n wait for it to say usb in the white section).
(by the way your device will ALWAYS automatically restart itself after a couple seconds if it is shut down while plugged in via USB to either a wall/car charger or hooked up to a PC this is normal and a small hiccup either due to the use of magldr or the hspl but dont worry)...cant quite remember
1. run task 29
-double click the only icon in file if your using the one provided by doloop
-wait for it to run and do its thing. when its finished it will automatically turn off your device so be sure to hold down the volume key as soon as it does.
2. install radio
-run the "customRUU" file with the HD2 icon in the radio of your choosing
-it will operate in a similar fashion as the task 29, automatically turning off device upon completion.... down on the vol key
3. install hspl3/hspl4
-run the "HSPL3_PKG/HSPL4_PKG" file. should be the only one in there
-make sure you select 2.08.HSPL in the setup and it will execute itself just like the installers in the previous two steps n turn off your phone... down vol key
4. install magldr113
-make sure your selecting "rom update utility" in the magldr113 file. dont run the "DAF" it wont work properly if you do and youll get errors
-BUT THIS TIME AS IT TURNS ITSELF OFF HOLD DOWN THE POWER BUTTON ON YOUR DEVICE AS IT BOOTS UP UNTIL U GET TO MAGLDR AND CONTINUE TO HOLD IT DOWN UNTIL YOU SEE ABOUT 12 DIFFERENT OPTIONS...
5. install CWM recovery
-go to option 5 "USB Flasher" and hit the green call key. wait a few moments till it shows USB....USB make sure the second usb pops up and your PC recognizes the connection. then when it does sync you get to......
-while still in the usb flasher mode above, simply run you desired CWM recovery which should the one your developer recommends for the builds as the requirements tend to vary from rom to rom.
-this is achieved by selecting the "DAF" file from the clockworkmod recovery your using
-and again this installer will shut off your device upon completion and HOLD DOWN THE POWER KEY LIKE ABOVE TILL YOUR BACK AT THE MAGLDR MAIN MENU (with options 1-12).
6. install rom
-go to option 8 "AD Recovery" and hit the green call button to enter into the CWM recovery u just installed
-after it loads up (GO!GO!GO!) go down to the "mounts and storage" option that is third from the bottom and hit the call key.
-once there go to the last option "mount USB storage" and hit the call key.
-give your PC a few moments to recognize the sd card for your device and choose to open it when your PC prompts with the regular file explorer or just find it and double click on the newly recognized drive (sdcard) if your PC doesnt auto prompt you.
-the new drive (sdcard) should be empty (depending...) then just find the desired rom you chose to use, right click on it and copy.....then over to the new drive (sdcard) and paste. might take a min or two depending on the roms size
-once the copying is complete hit the call button to "unmount" your sdcard then the back button on your device till your back at the CWM main screen
-go to the fifth option down and "install zip from sdcard" and hit the call button
-select the second option "choose zip from sdcard" and select the zip file you just copied to your sdcard. then it will begin to install the rom and all rom install times vary by build. some take a minute, some seem like they take forever.
-once installation is complete hit the back button till your back at CWM main screen and choose the last option which is to "power off"
-then tap the power button(if u unplugged it from usb otherwise it wil reboot by itself) to turn on your device and give it some time for the initial boot and load as it has to set up everything u just installed. subsequent boot wont take as long but again it can all vary from rom to rom.
-after initial load and a successful bootup you should arrive at ether the lockscreen or a startup screen. give the rom a few more mins to settle and dont hit any buttons. then unlock the device or skip through the startup options and get to the home screen. maybe give it another min to settle the launcher and the last bit of data and resist the urge to mess with the features. your gonna hate this but hold down the power button and select power off device from the popup menu. i know it sucks but it is best practice when flashing roms. after device shuts off wait a few seconds and turn it back on and let it reboot. should be faster this time and when u get to your lockscreen simply give it a few seconds to settle again, unlock and go to main launcher a wait a couple more seconds for it to finish settling and.....have fun! (every time i restart my device for any reason i will always give it a few moments to finish loading up before just blazing away with the apps)
WOW! maybe its not so abridged after all, but oh well tried my best to be as clear as possible so people can utilize their HD2 to its fullest potential.
HOPE THIS HELPS AND PLEASE HIT THE THANKS BUTTON IF IT HAS

Hello meg4lom4ni4c! you are awesome! thank you so much for helping me and it feels good to know that even though im a noob i still inspire people ahahaha
i was having problems connecting to my pc before but for some reason when i tried it again using the usb port tat the back of my pc it connected and and i put CWM and did what you said to put the zip file on CWM (mounts and storage) and copy and pasted the file and it worked! yey! now the only thing is when i go to market it always forecloses and i don't know what to do to fix it. when i go to market there would be a yellow box on top saying that "this application is not compatible with your phone" and it always forecloses. was wondering if i need task 29 and and radio if i want to change roms and to start it, would i go to the tri color screen and run task 29?

Starting HD2 ANDROID SO FRESH N SO CLEAN!
iluuvmochi said:
Hello meg4lom4ni4c! you are awesome! thank you so much for helping me and it feels good to know that even though im a noob i still inspire people ahahaha
i was having problems connecting to my pc before but for some reason when i tried it again using the usb port tat the back of my pc it connected and and i put CWM and did what you said to put the zip file on CWM (mounts and storage) and copy and pasted the file and it worked! yey! now the only thing is when i go to market it always forecloses and i don't know what to do to fix it. when i go to market there would be a yellow box on top saying that "this application is not compatible with your phone" and it always forecloses. was wondering if i need task 29 and and radio if i want to change roms and to start it, would i go to the tri color screen and run task 29?
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well what the task29 does is pretty much whipe your whole devices NAND (internal) memory. it wont wipe your radio or the HSPL. it takes care of wiping the rest of the space (MAGLDR and CWM).
so your options are as follows:
-try fix permissions trough CWM
-wiping davlik cache (helps clean up issues with apps n such possibly your market situation, but this could be largely due to the type of rom your using as well as none are perfect...some are really close)
or start fresh to minimize chances for errors and force closes
do this by restarting your device into CWM
-in CWM execute the following commands in the following order (this is a little overkill but better safe than sorry i suppose).
at main CWM screen
-wipe data/factory reset
-wipe cache partition
then at main CWM screen go under "mounts and storage"
-format /boot
-format /cache
-format /data
-format /sdcard
-format /system
-format /sd-ext (only if u made one)
then back at main CWM go under "advance"
-wipe davlik cache
-can also find fix permissions here if needed i personally havent used this much(but maybe i should be every once n awhile...might be good practice)
at this point your ready to start at step one in my guide two posts up....run task29 at tri-color boot screen and so on and so on
*********Please note that the use of CWM is essential for most current builds that utilize a rom-zip format. not sure about sd card builds as i havent used them. i came into the hd2 flashing game right when they got it to run solely out of NAND. just seemed like a better way to do it to me but i could be wrong
hope this helps and lemme know if everything worked out for you. also include the rom you are attempting to install for further assistance. and also corrections are always welcome as i am definitely no developer just have a knack for nerdy stuff (sometimes)

Hi!
so i was reading your post very carefully coz i don't wanna mess up and panick and mess up even more LOL im just gonna go ahead and do cwm wipe and format first but how do i go to cwm screen from my phone and do i have to be connected to my pc?
i downloaded task29 the repack by shadrac one but could not decide which radio to get..any advice? and as for the rom i really don't know what rom im gonna get because i just started flashing my phone but if you have any suggestions i would very much like to hear it the rom im using right now is "Hyperdroid-CM7-v2.1.0-HeadyHoneyBadger" and it works good except the market, it just keeps foreclosing i really like cyanogenmod but i think there is a lot of different kinds so i really don't know which one is good.
Thank you so much for taking the time to help me YOU are really AWESOME!!!

iluuvmochi said:
Hi!
so i was reading your post very carefully coz i don't wanna mess up and panick and mess up even more LOL im just gonna go ahead and do cwm wipe and format first but how do i go to cwm screen from my phone and do i have to be connected to my pc?
i downloaded task29 the repack by shadrac one but could not decide which radio to get..any advice? and as for the rom i really don't know what rom im gonna get because i just started flashing my phone but if you have any suggestions i would very much like to hear it the rom im using right now is "Hyperdroid-CM7-v2.1.0-HeadyHoneyBadger" and it works good except the market, it just keeps foreclosing i really like cyanogenmod but i think there is a lot of different kinds so i really don't know which one is good.
Thank you so much for taking the time to help me YOU are really AWESOME!!!
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Hmmmm where to start....
You were in CWM when u copied the rom to the phone... remember? to get there turn off device then restart it while holding down the power button to get you to MAGLDR. Option 9. AD Recovery = ClockworkMod Recovery (aka CWM or CWR) in there is where u use my little wipe/fresh install guide
The version of Hyperdroid your using is from a months ago. Pongster has released v.3.0.0 "the insightful impala" with a hotfix to version 3.0.1. I would recommend using that as most of your market issues will be addressed i would imagine.
i attatched a file in my previous post... download it. it comes with the task29(provided by doloop), HSPL3, and MAGLDR113 that i use. the lil guide i posted follows how i have the files in the "HD2 rom template" arranged. if you unzip the attached file (use 7zip,winrar....etc) youll see files labeled 1-6 (1.task29 2.radio 3.HSPL 4.MAGLDR 5.CWM 6.ROM). the radio file is empty because i was unable to compress it enough to include it( there is a 8mb attachment limit ) The CWM file and rom file are blank as well because both will vary from build to build.
if u use my attachment as a kind of template it will make the steps easier to go thru thats why they are numbered
to get the appropriate radio on xda type a search for "radio master thread" and open the post. there you will see a bunch of different radios. BE CAREFUL SOME MIGHT BRICK YOUR DEVICE!!! read the post it explains which ones not to use i believe. the one i use and have noticed a lot of others use is 2.15.50.14.... has always worked for me. download it and put it in the empty radio file in my template.
now go back to Pongsters hyperdroid cm7 OP and download both the version 3.0.0 and also download the v3.0.1 hotfix and put both of the zip files in the empty rom folder.
in Pongsters second post he has the CWM for you that youll need if you already dont have it (its on step three of his little guide on his second post) download and put that in the empty CWM file in the template.
now that you have all the files you need and in a nice tidy order.... reflash time!!!!
follow my "fresh install/wipe/format procedure" in my previous post then use my install guide post afew posts up and follow it using the lil template i provided and that u put the radio,CWM,rom & hotfix into
notice how the 1-6 steps in my install guide follow the 1-6 on my "HD2 rom template" attachment?
******oh yeah when u get to the installing the rom step only install the v3.0.0 zip via CWM first and follow the recommended new rom startup section at the end of my lil guide. make sure the rom has had plenty of time to settle and everything like it says n go ahead and play around with it a little and try it out. but then after u rebooted it a couple times like it says reboot it a third time into CWM and go to the install zip from sdcard option and go in and install the hotfix(sorry i tend to repeat myself sometimes)
lemme know how it goes and have u tride Tyweens rom??? Its pretty good itself in case your not crazy about the Hyperdroids' minimalistic and monocrome look. Both are great though.....
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oh yeah go to www.android.hd2roms.com for a site i use that someone made that kinda keeps track of most of the HD2 roms floating around on xda. its pretty acurate and gets updated constantly. help u see most of the flavors of android on the HD2.

YEY!
YEEEEEEEEY! IT WORKED! you are AWESOME! thank you so so so so so much! if it wasn't for your guidance i wouldn't be able to understand it! i did all the stuff you told me and it worked! i didn't have any problems while flashing my phone! did i say thank you already? THANK YOU!!!!!
and thank you for all the links that you suggested it was really helpful! thank you thank you thank you!!

[Q] Installing Hellfire Phoenix

I'm about to get a g2x very soon, and i heard that the stock rom sucks and that Hellfire Pheonix's is best. The instructions given on the op was not very beginner friendly, so i'm a bit confuse. This is going to be my first android and i would appreciate it if someone could link me to some sort of reference and tutorial for the installation of Hellfire Phoenix.
I've searched and google, but i had no luck. If you guys know if a detailed tutorial is out there, then just tell me and i'll put more effort into finding my answer. Thank you very much.
EDIT: To be more specific, what threw me off was "DO NOT use CWM to load the rom to your SD card. CWM has been known to cause file corruption when using it to transfer the zip file.". From all the tutorials that i've read and seen, they all use cwm. what are the alternatives?

Trung Lam said:
I'm about to get a g2x very soon, and i heard that the stock rom sucks and that Hellfire Pheonix's is best. The instructions given on the op was not very beginner friendly, so i'm a bit confuse. This is going to be my first android and i would appreciate it if someone could link me to some sort of reference and tutorial for the installation of Hellfire Phoenix.
I've searched and google, but i had no luck. If you guys know if a detailed tutorial is out there, then just tell me and i'll put more effort into finding my answer. Thank you very much.
EDIT: To be more specific, what threw me off was "DO NOT use CWM to load the rom to your SD card. CWM has been known to cause file corruption when using it to transfer the zip file.". From all the tutorials that i've read and seen, they all use cwm. what are the alternatives?
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What it means is don't boot into CWM and mount usb storage and copy files to sd card from there because it is known to corrupt the file and then could end up in a bad flash and it could harm ur phone.
When ur gonna copy the rom ur gonna flash to ur sd card, make sure ur booted into android first and mount usb storage from there.
Hope this helped
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russell956956 said:
What it means is don't boot into CWM and mount usb storage and copy files to sd card from there because it is known to corrupt the file and then could end up in a bad flash and it could harm ur phone.
When ur gonna copy the rom ur gonna flash to ur sd card, make sure ur booted into android first and mount usb storage from there.
Hope this helped
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Correct.
Now, to fully answer your question:
Ok, adding this in after I wrote this to make things clearer: before starting make sure you:
1. Have G2x scrubber in the root of your SD card
2. Have the zip for your ROM (HFP in this case) in the root of your SD card
3. Have a copy of gapps (Google Apps) in the root of your sd card, get it here
4. After flashing CWM make a back-up (nandroid) of your stock ROM via CWM
First you need to flash Clockwork Mod (CWM) on your phone go here for that:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1056847
Also, note: NEVER use ROM manager to flash CWM.
Second grab G2x scrubber from the HFP thread.
Next boot into CWM by holding volume down and power at the same time as the phone starts up. I find it helpful to count to three (eg, one one thousand, two one thousand, etc) after the blue and white (as opposed to plain white) LG logo first appears, that way you will have your finger off the power button when CWM starts. And in case it needs to be explained: you navigate CWM via the volume keys and make selections with the power button.
So, having downloaded G2x scrubber to your phone, go to "install zip from SD card" then "choose zip from SDcard" and navigate to G2x scrubber, run it twice.
Once that is done, use the same install zip option and this time choose the HFP zip.
Next select the gapps zip and flash it.
You're all done. Reboot and enjoy.

Thanks for the helpful replies! I feel very confident about modding my g2x when i get it now!
EDIT: Do i need to root my phone if i'm going to install HFP?

Trung Lam said:
Thanks for the helpful replies! I feel very confident about modding my g2x when i get it now!
EDIT: Do i need to root my phone if i'm going to install HFP?
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No, just use NVFlasher to flash ClockWorkMod Recovery, then flash your rom. You'll be rooted when you finish.

I found good guides on TheUnlockr. There are links in the thread discussing Hellfire Sandwich (HFS). If you don't need wifi calling or the ability to take video I would recommend using HFS v1.2. It is an update to ICS (Android 4.0.x) but it is not completely stable yet.

Волк said:
Correct.
Now, to fully answer your question:
Ok, adding this in after I wrote this to make things clearer: before starting make sure you:
1. Have G2x scrubber in the root of your SD card
2. Have the zip for your ROM (HFP in this case) in the root of your SD card
3. Have a copy of gapps (Google Apps) in the root of your sd card, get it here
4. After flashing CWM make a back-up (nandroid) of your stock ROM via CWM
First you need to flash Clockwork Mod (CWM) on your phone go here for that:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1056847
Also, note: NEVER use ROM manager to flash CWM.
Second grab G2x scrubber from the HFP thread.
Next boot into CWM by holding volume down and power at the same time as the phone starts up. I find it helpful to count to three (eg, one one thousand, two one thousand, etc) after the blue and white (as opposed to plain white) LG logo first appears, that way you will have your finger off the power button when CWM starts. And in case it needs to be explained: you navigate CWM via the volume keys and make selections with the power button.
So, having downloaded G2x scrubber to your phone, go to "install zip from SD card" then "choose zip from SDcard" and navigate to G2x scrubber, run it twice.
Once that is done, use the same install zip option and this time choose the HFP zip.
Next select the gapps zip and flash it.
You're all done. Reboot and enjoy.
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Thank you very much! Волк, Your instruction is very helpful. I run the Hellfire V2.0 two days. So far So good. And thank you very much! x0xhellx0x, You are genius!

[Q] How to flash a rom after rooting

OK I apologize ahead of time for what is probably a ridiculously easy question for most.
The ATT 1X is my first android and this is the first phone that I've rooted.
I read for hours and followed the instruction to a T. I rooted, unlocked the bootloader and installed CWM.
I can get into Recover/Boot mode or whatever you call it on phone startup, I have the Super user icon in my files, but I have no idea what to do now.
I found a ROM that I thought was worth a shot (CleanROM 2.5) but I don't know what to do. I've read and researched for hours now and everyone's problems seem to be complicated but no one talks about this.
I downloaded the ROM to my computer but I don't know what to do with the files, I can't find a .bat file or anything to initialize it and I am stuck.
I've wiped the data and done everything in the steps but I'm stuck at actually installing it. I know I'm obviously doing something wrong but I feel like I'm very close to what needs to be done.
Any help is welcome, thanks

deblas66 said:
OK I apologize ahead of time for what is probably a ridiculously easy question for most.
The ATT 1X is my first android and this is the first phone that I've rooted.
I read for hours and followed the instruction to a T. I rooted, unlocked the bootloader and installed CWM.
I can get into Recover/Boot mode or whatever you call it on phone startup, I have the Super user icon in my files, but I have no idea what to do now.
I found a ROM that I thought was worth a shot (CleanROM 2.5) but I don't know what to do. I've read and researched for hours now and everyone's problems seem to be complicated but no one talks about this.
I downloaded the ROM to my computer but I don't know what to do with the files, I can't find a .bat file or anything to initialize it and I am stuck.
I've wiped the data and done everything in the steps but I'm stuck at actually installing it. I know I'm obviously doing something wrong but I feel like I'm very close to what needs to be done.
Any help is welcome, thanks
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I recommend you check QA thread found in a sub forum under your devices section and you review the stickied post for ROM install or Google "android install custom ROM " (remove quotes). Too much info on this already to type it all back out here. Did you watch you tube newb video you agreed to have watched when getting an xda account?
Essentially you now made it so your phone has the ability via CWM Recovery to now boot to that to install ROM zip or continue to use rooted stock ROM (how you flashed that zip for superuser is baasically same as how you flash a cwm compatible ROM zip (MOST but not all ROMs)) which with SuperUser can now run privelleged code if it is made to or requires it to run.
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Thanks. I know this must seem so stupid, but I've been searching this forum, google, youtube and pretty much everything else for how to do this and I get it all and understand what's happening.
I just don't know where to put this ROM (which folder) to get it to install.

deblas66 said:
Thanks. I know this must seem so stupid, but I've been searching this forum, google, youtube and pretty much everything else for how to do this and I get it all and understand what's happening.
I just don't know where to put this ROM (which folder) to get it to install.
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So after all that searching you never came across instructions informing you to put the zip on your phones storage?
You should probably just hold off a bit on flashing anything then. Not being mean but it sounds like you are confused by the process and end result. Step back and do some basic checklisting.
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Download the rom you want and DO NOT UN ZIP IT. THEN PLACE THAT ZIP ON PHONE STORAGE AND BOOT INTO YOUR CUSTOM RECOVERY . HIT INSTALL FROM SD CARD AND MAKE SURE THE ROM YOU DOWNLOADED IS LISTED BUT DONT FLASH YET. GO BACK THE THE MAIN SCREEN OF RECOVERY. NOW MAKE A BACKUP. WHEN THAT IS DONE GO BACK TO MAIN RECOVERY SCREEN AND HIT WIPE PHONE DATA AND THEN CONFIRM. THEN GO AND HIT CLEAR CACHE OPTION. THEN GO BACK AND GO TO ADVANCED AND CLEAR DALVICK CACHE. NOW YOUR READY TO FLASH. GO TO INSTALL ZIP FROM SD AND FLASH YOUR ROM. FIRST BOOT ALWAYS TAKES LONG AFTER FLASHING A NEW ROM :thumbup:
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Pirateghost said:
So after all that searching you never came across instructions informing you to put the zip on your phones storage?
You should probably just hold off a bit on flashing anything then. Not being mean but it sounds like you are confused by the process and end result. Step back and do some basic checklisting.
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Been posting on the internet for decades, don't worry about being mean. I'm here to learn. I rooted, unlocked the bootloader and installed CWM so that I could take advantage before the phone asked me to update the software to the 1.85 version.
My phone works fine now, and I did everything correctly which is what I was setting out to do. I'm in no rush to flash a ROM, but now that I'm ready I'm itching to try it out.
Driggity420 said:
Download the rom you want and DO NOT UN ZIP IT. THEN PLACE THAT ZIP ON PHONE STORAGE AND BOOT INTO YOUR CUSTOM RECOVERY . HIT INSTALL FROM SD CARD AND MAKE SURE THE ROM YOU DOWNLOADED IS LISTED BUT DONT FLASH YET. GO BACK THE THE MAIN SCREEN OF RECOVERY. NOW MAKE A BACKUP. WHEN THAT IS DONE GO BACK TO MAIN RECOVERY SCREEN AND HIT WIPE PHONE DATA AND THEN CONFIRM. THEN GO AND HIT CLEAR CACHE OPTION. THEN GO BACK AND GO TO ADVANCED AND CLEAR DALVICK CACHE. NOW YOUR READY TO FLASH. GO TO INSTALL ZIP FROM SD AND FLASH YOUR ROM. FIRST BOOT ALWAYS TAKES LONG AFTER FLASHING A NEW ROM :thumbup:
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This is the process as I understand it and as stupid as it sounds, I'm hung up on where in phone storage to place the zip file of the rom. I don't see a storage folder, an SD folder, nothing that seems obvious and nothing that is in any of the things I've been reading or watching.

deblas66 said:
Been posting on the internet for decades, don't worry about being mean. I'm here to learn. I rooted, unlocked the bootloader and installed CWM so that I could take advantage before the phone asked me to update the software to the 1.85 version.
My phone works fine now, and I did everything correctly which is what I was setting out to do. I'm in no rush to flash a ROM, but now that I'm ready I'm itching to try it out.
This is the process as I understand it and as stupid as it sounds, I'm hung up on where in phone storage to place the zip file of the rom. I don't see a storage folder, an SD folder, nothing that seems obvious and nothing that is in any of the things I've been reading or watching.
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Plug phone into computer. When prompted, select Disk Drive. On computer, browse to your computer, open the 'disk drive', and copy the zip there. THAT is your sdcard as seen by your phone.

Pirateghost said:
Plug phone into computer. When prompted, select Disk Drive. On computer, browse to your computer, open the 'disk drive', and copy the zip there. THAT is your sdcard as seen by your phone.
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Seriously?
Wow I feel dumb. I was looking for a sub folder or directory specifically for storage and backup.
Thanks, I think that should be enough for me to do this tonight.

deblas66 said:
Seriously?
Wow I feel dumb. I was looking for a sub folder or directory specifically for storage and backup.
Thanks, I think that should be enough for me to do this tonight.
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Yeah, some phones you may have to drag down notifications and tap USB mode or USB connected notification (it has standard USB icon and only appears when phone attached to computer). Then tap either USB storage mode or the button to enable USB drives. Then on computer just like a thumb drive it adds drive letter. Copy anything there that is /mnt/sdcard or /sdcard on phone. BE SURE TO EJECT DRIVES BEFORE AND TAP TO DISABLE USB ON PHONE IN THAT ORDER THEN UNPLUG FROM USB (failure to do so COULD result in data loss or corruption which you DO NOT want to happen to a ROM zip)!
Then boot in to recovery choose install zip from sdcard (not apply update from sdcard) as install from allows you to browse for any zip and install. Usually Vol up and down moves through menus and power or search button is enter. BE SURE THE ROM YOU DOWNLOAD IS SPECIFICALLY MEANT FOR YOUR DEVICE OR YOU COULD EASILY BRICK YOUR DEVICE. PLEASE REVIEW HOW TO RUN NANDROID BACKUPS AND RUN ONE BEFORE INSTALLING A DIFFERENT ROM.
I CAN NOT STRESS ENOUGH IF UNSURE DON'T PROCEED, BE SURE YOU RUN NANDROID BACKUPS AND ENSURE YOU FOLLOW INSTALL DIRECTIONS INCLUDED WITH YOUR ROM. ALSO, NEVER FORMAT EMMC (AKA INTERNAL SDCARD) IT ALMOST GUARENTEES A BRICKED DEVICE.
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Wow that was easier than I thought.
Thanks for the help guys and sorry I missed such an easy step.
ROM installed.

deblas66 said:
Wow that was easier than I thought.
Thanks for the help guys and sorry I missed such an easy step.
ROM installed.
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Is all good, and now you see why we were kinda scratching our heads wondering what was up a little . Glad we could help get you going though welcome to the world of custom ROMs. Please just be careful and always do backups and take it slow and read things 2x before even attempting once. While it can be easy to do it is also easy to accidentally brick your device (make it not work and have to be sent out for repairs).
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[Q] Rooted with SOC without unmounting SD

I performed root of my stock Froyo Infuse using Superoneclick.
I did NOT remove or unmount the SD card prior to doing this (it was not mentioned in the instructions I followed on another site).
The phone was successfully rooted. I see no problems evident in behavior of the phone.
I am contemplating flashing a ROM at some time in the future (after more studying of the qkster's "how-to").
Will this previous error cause me any problems?
Is there anything I should do to fix it before I proceed?
Thanks in advance.

You appear to have done everything correctly so you are safe to continue. When it says not having the sdcard connected it refers to your internal sd card, which cannot be mounted to the pc when running SOC.
What ROM you plan on flashing sir? That way I may be able to make the process simpler for you.
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Thanks. AEON is my objective.

Very well, then you just only need to install cwm so you can flash the rom.
follow method 1 of this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=14376440
Be sure to first install the 3e modded recovery using an root explorer such as solid explorer or es file explorer, both free.
Sent from my sweet & buttery Infuse

andros11 said:
Very well, then you just only need to install cwm so you can flash the rom.
follow method 1 of this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=14376440
Be sure to first install the 3e modded recovery using an root explorer such as solid explorer or es file explorer, both free.
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Or...since he's rooted download aeon, then download one of entropys DD kernels (any one...its only for cwm and the kernel will be replaced by aeon)
Then go to the playstore and search "sgs kernel flasher"
Flash entropys kernel that you downloaded
After reboot (may boot loop don't worry) boot into recovery by holding both volume keys and power simutaniously until your phone reboots and you see Samsung logo...when you see the Samsung logo release the buttons
Wipe data/factory reset
Wipe cache
Wipe dalvic cache (under advanced)
Install zip from sdcard
Choose aeon
Choose yes
Wait
When done reboot
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mg2195 said:
Or...since he's rooted download aeon, then download one of entropys DD kernels (any one...its only for cwm and the kernel will be replaced by aeon)
Then go to the playstore and search "sgs kernel flasher"
Flash entropys kernel that you downloaded
After reboot (may boot loop don't worry) boot into recovery by holding both volume keys and power simutaniously until your phone reboots and you see Samsung logo...when you see the Samsung logo release the buttons
Wipe data/factory reset
Wipe cache
Wipe dalvic cache (under advanced)
Install zip from sdcard
Choose aeon
Choose yes
Wait
When done reboot
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I want to follow roughly mg2195’s path suggested above.
I did download SGS.
As a side-trip, I used SGS to install some Froyo-compatible custom Kernels (Infusion 2.0, Infusion 1.8, Defused 1.4).
I now have Defused 1.4 Kernal along with my stock Froyo ROM
I used Root explorer to put the modified recovery file in.
I rebooted several times and used the three-finger press, and now I reach the RED screen:
ClockwordModRecovery v2.5.1.3. But I didn't do anything at that screen yet other than exit.
I have two questions before I proceed;
QUESTION 1 – Can I skip entropy’s DD kernal since I already have CWM red?
QUESTION 2 – I want to verify the modified recovery file that I used is correct:
I use the one suggested in this Infuse video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y09p-J_g_Rg
the video links to file
http://llamalord.com/youtube/downloads/3e_recovery_no_sig_check.zip
When I googled that file name 3e_recovery_no_sig_check.zip to double-check, it lead me to this thread for CAPTIVATE:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=909213
GTG has a different thread “100% working ClockworkMod Recovery for Infuse 4G” which has a zip file with a different name (recovery-clockwork-2.5.1.2-infuse.zip)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1107881
That 2.5.1.2 is not quite the same version number that I see on my red screen (my red screen says 2.5.1.3) . And on top of that, GTG made some comments on page 1 and 2 of that thread which I didn’t fully understand but lead me to believe Captivate is not a match (so he used i90000 instead). All of this makes me wonder if I have the right CWM red in there.
QUESTION 2 SUMMARY: Do you think my CWM red is good, or do I need to start all over again with GTG’s file?
Additional info found later;
I did find the same file 3e_recovery_no_sig_check.zip that I installed here on xda forums in an Infuse thread by h8rift: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1091465 . I downloaded it and verified the zip filename and size is identical to the one I used. That makes me feel a little better about question 2.

Although I've been studying these things, I'm still confused about the next step (trying to figure Q1 answer myself). Maybe if I can understand better, then I can answer myself. The following questions are an attempt to improve my understanding:
Q3 - Does getting the red CWM menu mean my CWM is successfully installed the way it needs to be ready to flash a rom ? (I’d think it does, but not sure).
Q4 - I see the GTG thread was same one linked by andros11. I am totally confused about that thread. Method 1, Step 1 you take a zip (which zip... your ROM or the one linked on the message?) and you rename it update.zip and put it on your sd card (where on your sd card... surely it makes a difference?). And this accomplishes something different than putting the modified file named recovery file into root/system/bin/recovery using root explorer?
Q5 – the only purpose of mg2195’s recommendation to download entropy’s kernal was to get the modified CWM, right?
Thanks for your patience.
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I think I will go ahead and flash Entropy's daily driver, should make all my questions irrelevant.
I'll post results, fingers crossed that it'll be a proclamation of victory.
In the meantime, I'm still curious about above, especially question #4.
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Edited again - actually I am going to sleep on it for a few days and make sure this is what I want to do.

electricpete1 said:
Although I've been studying these things, I'm still confused about the next step (trying to figure Q1 answer myself). Maybe if I can understand better, then I can answer myself. The following questions are an attempt to improve my understanding:
Q3 - Does getting the red CWM menu mean my CWM is successfully installed the way it needs to be ready to flash a rom ? (I’d think it does, but not sure).
Q4 - I see the GTG thread was same one linked by andros11. I am totally confused about that thread. Method 1, Step 1 you take a zip (which zip... your ROM or the one linked on the message?) and you rename it update.zip and put it on your sd card (where on your sd card... surely it makes a difference?). And this accomplishes something different than putting the modified file named recovery file into root/system/bin/recovery using root explorer?
Q5 – the only purpose of mg2195’s recommendation to download entropy’s kernal was to get the modified CWM, right?
Thanks for your patience.
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I think I will go ahead and flash Entropy's daily driver, should make all my questions irrelevant.
I'll post results, fingers crossed that it'll be a proclamation of victory.
In the meantime, I'm still curious about above, especially question #4.
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Edited again - actually I am going to sleep on it for a few days and make sure this is what I want to do.
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Since you already managed to get Cwm red, you have no need of using the 3e modded recovery. That would only allow you to flash the zip linked in the OP of the gtg thread, which should be placed on the root of your /sdcard.
Entropy's dd mg2195 suggested would replace your kernel with a Gingerbread one that included cwm.
I would say to go ahead and flash Aeon since you already have CWM.
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