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[Q] Stuck somewhere on CWM after flashing several roms

here it goes, i flashed several roms, it goes straight to CWM after samsung logo. Did i mount/unmount sys, blah blah blah... the answer is yes. Have I checked all my drivers to make sure they are working...YES! I opened up ODIN and it will not locate my phone. Oh it must be the usb cord... It cannot be after using several different cords... maybe the port aint working either..lets check *beep* wrong! Everything is in working order... I can get into download mode from the CWM, i can flash whatever the hell i like it will not pass the samsung logo or the CWM. Maybe there is something i can sneak into my sd and a zip file that makes it all working...not possible! so.. i need help.
I cannot go straight to the download mode after samsung logo, it will only boot up CWM red. I can get into green CWM by clicking sd:update.zip which doesnt do much for me or my phone. when i move around in CWM red. it would say no cache recovery log, in the download mode it would say no custom binary.
I would LOVE to get my phone up and running... going on to my second day at it!

Perhaps you can copy a working rom onto the external SD card from the computer and install from zip like that..
Just in put the zip into the SD card, navigate cwm to external_SD and try and load.from that zip..
Not sure.. I'm a noob
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Use a jar file,heimdall back to stock
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I managed to get my phone up and running after million of tries getting the phone to be read by the PC and ODIN.
However, I cannnot download any apps from the martket due to error (-101). I have gotten all my apps back through external SD from the stock file manager.
Should I root the phone again and bypass the market to external SD (rooted apps) and flash a rom and the market will be working?

kushsi said:
I managed to get my phone up and running after million of tries getting the phone to be read by the PC and ODIN.
However, I cannnot download any apps from the martket due to error (-101). I have gotten all my apps back through external SD from the stock file manager.
Should I root the phone again and bypass the market to external SD (rooted apps) and flash a rom and the market will be working?
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go to settings/manage applications and look for the market app and uninstall the updates. then you can download apps...
same happen to me when I go to stock, and looking for a root explorer app to download for replacing the recovery file.
take a look at this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1293751
an excellent work by prasadudwadia

ntorresla said:
go to settings/manage applications and look for the market app and uninstall the updates. then you can download apps...
same happen to me when I go to stock, and looking for a root explorer app to download for replacing the recovery file.
take a look at this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1293751
an excellent work by prasadudwadia
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I go in there all the time ;-) however I've already uninstall the market (the updates) and downloaded a new one from my external sd and it still says error (-101).
I am getting ready to root the whole 9 yard again, BUT my phone cannot be read once again, it will charge but it cannot be discovered. WHY SAMSUNG GOT to be SO COMPLICATED!?!
I guess the MODs can close this thread, since my phone is up and limping. Thanks for those that "helped" out, right!

kushsi said:
I go in there all the time ;-) however I've already uninstall the market (the updates) and downloaded a new one from my external sd and it still says error (-101).
I am getting ready to root the whole 9 yard again, BUT my phone cannot be read once again, it will charge but it cannot be discovered. WHY SAMSUNG GOT to be SO COMPLICATED!?!
I guess the MODs can close this thread, since my phone is up and limping. Thanks for those that "helped" out, right!
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Sounds like you're upset, but you're displaying poor attitude.
No one forced you to do anything to your phone.
You choose to make the changes yourself.
Shouldn't you read up more on it before you start?
Did you really think anyone here owes you anything?
Try these:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=2031989&postcount=45
http://catb.org/esr/faqs/smart-questions.html
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1237
And this!
It should help.

wow quickie did you come up with that all by yourself?
Was I suppose to ask nicely? Even when ya'll bash newbies by looking at their post counts? *clapping* way to go!
OH thank you for that google link, my phone is running 100percent now lol.

kushsi said:
wow quickie did you come up with that all by yourself?
Was I suppose to ask nicely? Even when ya'll bash newbies by looking at their post counts? *clapping* way to go!
OH thank you for that google link, my phone is running 100percent now lol.
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look at qkster's signature! it has everything you need... i spend many hours trying to understand by myself this... and im still think im a noob...
anyways, if you can go to stock and know how to root...
this is the checklist:
1) have stock
2) have root access
3) install recovery http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y09p-J_g_Rg
have the rom on the sd card...

[Q] from MIUI to stock on Nexus One stuck

Well I have spend the last 8 hours trying to get my MIUI nexus one to stock roms. I have not been able to download a Stock ROM that is not corrupt. I have tried the following and they are all corrupt.
1. Link in the Download the flashable version of FRG33 HERE line.
http://forum.androidspin.com/showthread.php/4736-GUIDE-Reset-your-Google-Nexus-One-back-to-Stock?
2. https://rapidshare.com/#!download|4...|80958|R~052AFB941A9916E13B09E12EF4E05D1C|0|0
3. http://loadbalancing.modaco.com/download.php?url=mf/?oz11nmzyqm3
and a number of others ones. When I click on them they all say
windows cannot open the folder the compressed zip folder is invalid.
On my phone is
ClockworkMod Recovery v3.0.0.5
HBOOT 0.35.0017
RADIO-5.08.00.04
MICROP-0b15
NEXUSONE PVT SHIP S-ON
I am confused by the different threads that I have read on how I should be doing this. Some threads seem to say I put the image on the microSD card and reboot with power/vol-down others seem to say to use the Android SDK software on windows and install the new image from the windows computer.
I am not clear if the phone should be rooted or unrooted. I have installed z4zoot and I can both root and unroot.
So I think I need something more than being directed to another forum thread. I have read and following about 5 of them and gotten no more.
I have PayPal and would even be willing to give a small gratuity if someone could help me move my two nexus one to stock. one has Cyanmod and the other one MiUI.
I have my Skype on and you can text me at bobmutchseo or [email protected]

LOL, 30 views no one saw this. Cant believe I spend 6 hours trying to figure this out.
"Make sure you do not let your browser unpack the .zip file when you download it, the signature will fail, it's a sig of the zip file package itself, not a checksum on the contents of the zip file."

oh well I guess I was wrong again.
-- Installing: /sdcard/PASSIMG.zip
Finding update package...
Opening update package...
E:Cant open /sdcard/PASSIMG.zip
(bad)
Installation aborted

bobmutch2 said:
Well I have spend the last 8 hours trying to get my MIUI nexus one to stock roms. I have not been able to download a Stock ROM that is not corrupt. I have tried the following and they are all corrupt.
1. Link in the Download the flashable version of FRG33 HERE line.
http://forum.androidspin.com/showthread.php/4736-GUIDE-Reset-your-Google-Nexus-One-back-to-Stock?
2. https://rapidshare.com/#!download|4...|80958|R~052AFB941A9916E13B09E12EF4E05D1C|0|0
3. http://loadbalancing.modaco.com/download.php?url=mf/?oz11nmzyqm3
and a number of others ones. When I click on them they all say
windows cannot open the folder the compressed zip folder is invalid.
On my phone is
ClockworkMod Recovery v3.0.0.5
HBOOT 0.35.0017
RADIO-5.08.00.04
MICROP-0b15
NEXUSONE PVT SHIP S-ON
I am confused by the different threads that I have read on how I should be doing this. Some threads seem to say I put the image on the microSD card and reboot with power/vol-down others seem to say to use the Android SDK software on windows and install the new image from the windows computer.
I am not clear if the phone should be rooted or unrooted. I have installed z4zoot and I can both root and unroot.
So I think I need something more than being directed to another forum thread. I have read and following about 5 of them and gotten no more.
I have PayPal and would even be willing to give a small gratuity if someone could help me move my two nexus one to stock. one has Cyanmod and the other one MiUI.
I have my Skype on and you can text me at bobmutchseo or [email protected]
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When you said you open the zip and it said invalid, try using a different browser to download it from, I had a same problem like you, some browsers download the file but it becomes corrupt, thats why you get "update fail" cause the zip
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[Q] stuck in recovery mode PLEASE HELP

i have a samsung tmobile 4g 2.3.6 i rooted my phone usin superone click2.2.3 i put my phone in recovery mode and the it rebooted when it was done the phone came on only to the samsung tmoblie screen then go black so i put it into download mode and tryed to reroot it but i pulled the usb core from the phone is on a black screen with firmware upgrade encountered an issue.please select recovery mode in kies and try again i tryed to flash with odin put cant get a pit to download to me computer it keeps aksing for a fild to save in to open im lost dont know wht to do can someone please help

Follow second link in my signature and follow guide. Read all - notes included - and you'll be up and running.

think you but i couldnt get it to work so i found and used t959-vukj6 one click the it worked then i used this master code to delete all my download files. i have two qustions can i reroot my phone now an is there another rom manager to use on google app because thats what muck my phone and again think you

whyg said:
think you but i couldnt get it to work so i found and used t959-vukj6 one click the it worked then i used this master code to delete all my download files. i have two qustions can i reroot my phone now an is there another rom manager to use on google app because thats what muck my phone and again think you
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Not sure what you mean you couldn't get it to work. The guide is for all the KJ6 One-Clicks. Either way glad you are up and running. You are now on stock. Follow the first link in my signature - where applicable - to get to a custom ROM. No app will do this for you. And you know now NEVER use ROM Manager on this phone.

again i would like to think you for the time u took to help me in the being i only wanted to know if i could hack my ps3 with my sgs4g and i found this forum an u know the rest again i only have one more ?
when i do a back up its said no sd-ext found. skipping backup of sd-ext. and i cant find the muisc i download on my phone and again think you for the help

whyg said:
again i would like to think you for the time u took to help me in the being i only wanted to know if i could hack my ps3 with my sgs4g and i found this forum an u know the rest again i only have one more ?
when i do a back up its said no sd-ext found. skipping backup of sd-ext. and i cant find the muisc i download on my phone and again think you for the help
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How/When did you do the back up. The guide I pointed you to - Heimdall One-Click For Dummies - doesn't reference a back up. Also, I assume your music was saved to your sd card. Are you sure it is not still on your sd card?

i used the first guide that u to me to use i download cwm5+voodoo lagfix, valhalla-black and i love it so far and now im bout to flash thunderbolt v2.77 i had valhalla-final but like v-black just cause i love colors on disrespect so once again thank you
cant find sdcard in file and it keeps soft reboot on lock screen and once again im very happy for your help

whyg said:
i used the first guide that u to me to use i download cwm5+voodoo lagfix, valhalla-black and i love it so far and now im bout to flash thunderbolt v2.77 i had valhalla-final but like v-black just cause i love colors on disrespect so once again thank you
cant find sdcard in file and it keeps soft reboot on lock screen and once again im very happy for your help
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The soft reboot is likely because you need to go in settings - tweaks - lockscreens and select a custom app.
Maybe connect your phone or sd card to your computer and look on it to see if your music is still there. I don't use stock file manager (use might download a root explorer like Super Manager from tbe market), but if you open it you are likely opening directly into the root of your sd card. Maybe explain that issue more and I can try and help.
Also, there is a VB Q & A thread that you may browse as it has a ton of answers to issues people have had.

[Q] Trying to Root: hboot 1.45.0013, Unlocked Bootloader, S-ON

Okay, have found a lot of threads similar to this, but with key differences that are making the answers not-terribly-helpful in my particular circumstances. Not a comment on the answers, but enough that I feel the need to ask my question specifically.
I am trying to gain more control over my MyTouch 4g Slide (aka Doubleshot), obviously on T-Mobile.
It is running Android 2.3.4, and has hboot 1.45.0013. I have wiped it a few times in the process of fuxing with it, so right now I'm not worried about losing anything other than basic function (i.e., bricking it is still bad).
I have tried the zergrush exploit (it's been closed),
have managed to unlock the bootloader using the HTC unlock tool,
and have managed to flash the appropriate Clockworkmod recovery and get the blue menu to come up.
My overall goal isn't to do any major overhauls- I want to be able to allow some apps to turn my GPS on and off, clean out some bloatware, and put some new ringtones into the same folder as the stock ones. My understanding is that temporary root access is enough to do these things- go in and clean up, change some permissions on apps, then go back to being a normal user, just like with a well-managed Linux computer.
I just can't seem to get the next step to work.
My understanding is that I now somehow use Clockworkmod to install Superuser from the .zip archive. The options I get in the recovery screen are:
reboot system now
apply update from sdcard
wipe data/factory reset
wipe cache partition
install zip from sdcard
backup and restore
mounts and storage
advanced
power off
My impression is that I should be using "install zip from sdcard" to install Superuser, but when I select that, the menu just disappears, and I am left looking at the logo, with no further options. I have seen it implied that there should be choices about which zip to install- those never come up.
What am I missing? My google-fu is failing me in trying to find instructions or guides for this particular combination of limitations and progress.
EDIT TO ADD: Ah- found part of my problem... the recovery menu uses the camera button, not the power button. Still somewhat at a loss to see what's next. Installing from the SD card fails. Info in a second post.

Got the menu working, but now failing to install Superuser. I get the following output:
Mounting SYSTEM...
Deleting SYSTEM:bin/su...
Extracting files to SYSTEM...
Setting SYSTEM:bin/su permissions to 06755...
Creating SYSTEM:xbin/su symbolic link...
E:Error in /sdcard/Superuser-3.0.7-efghi-signed.zip
(Status 0)
Installation aborted.
Now what?

I am seeing in other places that HBOOT 1.45.0013 can't be rooted. I've been trying for about 9 hours to do this. . .no luck, even with a variety of methods.
bummer.

I'm in the same boat as the both of you. Spent the last two hours and enough tabs in my browser that my music player was skipping when switching between them, and my machine is nothing to be scoffed at!
There just doesn't seem to be enough clear information about how to root this device, and with only 7 pages of development threads, it's gonna be hard to be told to search!

In recovery you use the trackpad to navigate, and select....also, why not just flash a pre rooted stock rom? Follow the directions in this thread, it will work with any rom, not just ICS roms. I used the instructions in this thread to install Bulletproof on my Bf's phone which was an insurance replacement, so it had the same hboot that you guys have, and S-on. It worked flawlessly, I am not sure why so many people are having such a hard time, because it worked the first time perfectly for me.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1508556
Edit: Which recovery are you using?

Woot! Oops...
Well, I managed to root my phone... and then borked it through my own overexuberance. :headdesk: Oh well, I can fix it. Important part:
I finally found out what "Status 0" means- the zip you are trying to install wasn't signed properly. I re-downloaded, no luck. But there is an option to turn off signature checking in CWM, and that worked, after some fiddling- Superuser installed and worked fine. Not sure if re-downloading ended up being relevant or not.
So, you can root this version without flashing a new ROM.
That said, I think I probably did enough weirdness to mine that I will go for a new stock ROM, so much thanks to yellowjacket for posting that thread link. Removed HTC Sense, then somehow borked Go Launcher Ex, so my phone doesn't have a home screen and I can't get to the app I used to move stuff to fix it. Of course I never found a set of instructions for making a Nandroid backup until after I messed things up... Oh, well, time to go looking for the stock ROM.
Thanks all!

If anyone has a Nandroid backup or copy of the dead-standard out-of-the-box ROM for this phone, please let me know. All I am finding is modified versions. Can't find the base that they were made from, and even the most basic version says it requires S-OFF to install. :headdesk:

Do you specifically need a nandroid backup, or would a flashable ZIP do? Pointers to the latter are available.

Flashable zip would actually be preferable, and pointers would be very much appreciated. I know they have to be out there somewhere, I'm just not finding the right search terms to locate them among all the modified versions.

Look at this post in the developer reference thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=17384145&postcount=7
(There's lots of stuff listed there, but look for the 400 MB+ images.)
NOTE: Some ZIP tools get confused by these signed ZIPs, so they might seem corrupt. Check the MD5s to see that you got a good download. 7Zip seems to deal with them OK if you want to look inside.
I have personally flashed the 1.28 and 1.55 ZIPs without incident, but I did check the MD5s.

Well, I was not able to restore the ROMS from the links wjcarpenter linked- everything worked fine, as far as I can tell, but the phone said the "updates" were older than what was originally installed, so the installation was aborted. Not sure how to fix/handle that.
For the moment, I have one of the cleaned-up ROMs that is very similar to stock, but I would really rather it not be obvious that I rooted the phone the second you start it up (the one I found has changed the startup animations), so I will keep looking.
If it's going to be obvious that I changed the ROM, I guess I might as well start looking for the best custom ROM... any suggestions as to which is the most stable?

Firefairy said:
Well, I managed to root my phone... and then borked it through my own overexuberance. :headdesk: Oh well, I can fix it. Important part:
I finally found out what "Status 0" means- the zip you are trying to install wasn't signed properly. I re-downloaded, no luck. But there is an option to turn off signature checking in CWM, and that worked, after some fiddling- Superuser installed and worked fine. Not sure if re-downloading ended up being relevant or not.
So, you can root this version without flashing a new ROM.
That said, I think I probably did enough weirdness to mine that I will go for a new stock ROM, so much thanks to yellowjacket for posting that thread link. Removed HTC Sense, then somehow borked Go Launcher Ex, so my phone doesn't have a home screen and I can't get to the app I used to move stuff to fix it. Of course I never found a set of instructions for making a Nandroid backup until after I messed things up... Oh, well, time to go looking for the stock ROM.
Thanks all!
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Just think of it as a big learning experience! The first time I rooted a phone, I messed it up so much I had to keep flashing back to stock and rerooting at least 3 or 4 times. Thankfully I had a phone that was virtually unbrickable. It was a good learning experience though, and I now feel comfortable rooting and flashing on several different devices.

Firefairy said:
Got the menu working, but now failing to install Superuser. I get the following output:
Mounting SYSTEM...
Deleting SYSTEM:bin/su...
Extracting files to SYSTEM...
Setting SYSTEM:bin/su permissions to 06755...
Creating SYSTEM:xbin/su symbolic link...
E:Error in /sdcard/Superuser-3.0.7-efghi-signed.zip
(Status 0)
Installation aborted.
Now what?
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download from androidsu and either save it directly to the ROOT of your sdcard, or copy and paste to the root of your sd card. i always get that same error when i install superuser from a folder in my sd card.

Just picked up a sidekick 4G. Need to know what to do.

I recently sold my galaxy note for 400 but the kid only had 375 but gave me his sidekick as well.
And I want to know what i need to do in order to instal Glorious Overdose or w/e.
What exactly should I do? Do i need to root it first? Or something else?
Please give me a nice list of what exactly I need to do , and in what order.
Also any recommendations for what to instal.
Thank you.

antisouless said:
I recently sold my galaxy note for 400 but the kid only had 375 but gave me his sidekick as well.
And I want to know what i need to do in order to instal Glorious Overdose or w/e.
What exactly should I do? Do i need to root it first? Or something else?
Please give me a nice list of what exactly I need to do , and in what order.
Also any recommendations for what to instal.
Thank you.
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You need root to install a custom ROM in all phones. This post might be helpful:
eMJaaay said:
Firstly you need root. Then you have to move a custom recovery to your phone's /system to allow you to install unsigned packages. You can do this using root explorer (paid app, but its the most simple and easy way of doing it) or you can do it using. You also need to have a custom recovery file, the update.zip which when you hit reinstall packages (given you pushed the custom recovery file to the phone's system) would bring up clockworkmod recovery. In clockworkmod recovery, there are many options, one of them being mounts and storages. Going on to that option will bring up your mounts and storages, where the most important one you need to check is SYSTEM which should always say UNMOUNT. If it says MOUNT SYSTEM, click on it and it should say UNMOUNT SYSTEM.
For ROOT, use SuperOneClick. You can download the file here -> link (scroll to the end of the post). I used version 2.2 and everything worked fine. Look at this guide by ayoteddy for more information -> link. You need to choose psneuter as your exploit. Windows detects this app as a virus so make sure all your anti-virus / firewall software is off. If it doesn't work, try and try again. Change USB cables and try some more!
Read the noob guide here -> link. Its REALLY good and gives you a step by step of how to root / get custom recovery and install custom ROM.
Go here -> link. For more in depth information about getting a custom recovery. And here -> link. for Krylon's recovery files (links on his thread aren't all working).
I recently rooted and got custom recovery and installed a fresh ROM (GOV 3.2) and all I can say is, be patient and follow everything step by step and you'll be fine. I'll also advise you to partition your SD card BEFORE installing a ROM just to be safe, because I've heard some people having issues with it. I did it and had no problem, but again I don't know if this is a placebo or actually helped. After installation / rebooting, etc ... don't touch your phone for a couple of minutes. If you reply in the appropriate threads, I'm sure someone will help you out if it doesn't work.
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Ok I'm having a little trouble.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1275116
I'm following this. I reached the part where i need to turn off my phone and go into recovery mode.
But when i choose to reinstall. It says E: signature verification failed .
Any help?

antisouless said:
Ok I'm having a little trouble.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1275116
I'm following this. I reached the part where i need to turn off my phone and go into recovery mode.
But when i choose to reinstall. It says E: signature verification failed .
Any help?
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Did you put the recovery in the system/bin?
And the update in the root of your SD?

antisouless said:
Ok I'm having a little trouble.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1275116
I'm following this. I reached the part where i need to turn off my phone and go into recovery mode.
But when i choose to reinstall. It says E: signature verification failed .
Any help?
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When it gives that message it usually means you haven't correctly pushed recovery to your /system. You can only push recovery after you have successfully rooted (get a free root checking app from the Play Store to check). Once you've rooted, you need to push the recovery file you get after you extract the recovery zip from the download links I've sent. You can move it from the root of your SD card to your phone using adb or root apps such as root explorer (very simple, but its a paid app). You also need to download the update.zip file from the link I sent (same place you downloaded the recovery file) and put it at the root of your SD card (don't unzip it). That should work!

Ok thanks . I'm going to try this now.