I am having some phone problems as a result of a root attempt.
Phone : LG p999
Carrier : Wind (Canada)
Here's what I did:
1. Tried superoneclick root program. It never got to completion and I couldn't figure out why. It always failed at right before finishing, even after reboots.
2. After superoneclick , I decided I would edit the adb shell manually. I did not initialize psneuter because that step was successful with Superoneclick. I loaded the superuser package. After this, I couldn't get the phone to boot, even in recovery mode.
3. Next I used One-Click ClockworkMod Recovery NvFlasher to load clockworkmod (cwm) . At first I loaded it onto internal SD. This worked fine but I couldn't get it to recognize any backups or cm7 nightlies.
4. Then I tried loading on the external SD. This worked, I couldn't see any backups but could load cm7 nightly and gapps.
5. Rebooted phone, everything fine. But within a few hours, my 3g was not working. I typed #*#*4636*#*# and saw the 3g settings were empty. Apn settings are normal though.
So here is where I'm at now. Wifi, SMS, calling all work. Cannot access 3G, sdcard (can’t take pictures).
Also, I didn't make a backup. Yea, that was stupid.
first thing were you on 2.2.2 or 2.3.3 when you first tried superoneclick? It sounds like you did the update and were on 2.3.3. The superoneclick methode does not work for rooting anymore. You have to nvflash CWM first. Then flash xboarders stock ota rooted or any Rom that is pre rooted I think will work.
So what I would do at this point is try using nvflash and flash back to stock and start over. You will probally have to reinstall CWM then I would just use the xboarders stock rooted ROM just to gain root then install CM7. You probally dont have to flash xboarders first but that is the way I know will definitly work so that is what I recomend. Also I dont know if the NVflash returns the phone to stock 2.2.2 or 2.3.3 I have never done it. maybe someone else who knows more could chime in.
Charlie
Are you already on Cyanogen Mod 7 as your title indicates? CM7 is rooted OOTB. There is no reason to try and root it again.
Yes it is running CM7 now, but with some serious problems:
1. Can't use one click to flash stock ROM -- each time I try the phone gets stuck in a rebooting loop and just eventually freezes.
2. 3G/sdcard problems with CM7
- not sure if this is just an issue with the CM7 build or whether my phone is causing this.
I have flashed CM7, but the weird thing is that the 3G works fine for about a day and then it cuts out. Its not an APN thing --> I checked the settings. Any ideas what is going on there?
Gonna try loading xboarders when I have a free evening.
Thanks
Related
Ok, so my phone is a rooted Droid 2, and all my root required apps seem to be working fine. Well, I wanted to try some new roms, and most definitely backup my phone. So I start Rom manager, flash clockwork recovery, it tells me that was successful, then I try to backup current ROM, and it restarts my phone, and it loads up like nothing has changed. I go to Manage and restore current backups, and there is nothing there. If it makes a difference, the little loading swirl at the bottom is basically always there.
I'm quite confused, I thought this was a straight forward application, but it just seems not to be doing anything. Any help is appreciated.
I'm afraid I won't be much help but the exact same thing happened with my rooted Captivate. According to what I've read on CyanogenMod.com, when you flash Clockwork, it's supposed to put you in recovery. Mine didn't do that, but in ROM Manager, it lists Clockwork as my current recovery. I also tried to backup my current ROM and it did go into recovery and then rebooted and I had the same result as you. I read that you can't flash Clockwork on Froyo and if that's true, it's going to be a pain in the butt to flash back to Eclair, flash Clockwork, reflash Froyo, then try to install Cyanogen. I'm hoping someone will tell me there's either a Clockwork for Froyo or an easier way to do this.
I had same problems when first using ROM Manager. I found out eventually that the little swirls are ads loading.
After upgrading to Premium and getting rid of the ads, ROM Manager has worked fine for me.
Wildfire
CyanogenMod 6 RC2
Well I ordered a G2X the other day and finally I received it. It came with Gingerbread 2.3.3 from the factory. (worked flawlessly) Keep reading.
After a couple days I wanted to try out CM7 on it. So, I rooted the phone by using NVflash and doing all that good stuff, then I flashed the phone with (Gingerbread OTA 2.3.3 Rooted flashable zip v1.0.0) I couldn't get root with SuperOneClick so that was my only option. Well I got root and that's when the fun started.
I installed CM7 on it, seemed to run fine, looked fine. But simple me, I wanted to go back to Plane jane 2.3.3 So, I did all the usual stuff (backing up, wiping data, formatting caches), then I ran OneClickRecoveryFlasher...and restored the phone with LG-P999-V10f.zip (supposedly a stock flash for 2.2.2)
well it all seemed to work fine apon finishing. It booted fine, ran ok. However now I have some really bad problems. The major one is that my wifi doesn't work worth a damn now, the connection is highly intermittent. I can't use the market to download apps because it dies out often, along with anything else network related. (browsing works 5% of the time) You catch my drift. My other android phones have no trouble with anything. Now here where it gets weird, I supposedly restored my phone back to stock. However, the phone reports a proper android version 2.2.2 which is what I flashed it to. However it shows kernel 2.6.32.9 Baseband is July 15th 2011. When I use LG's phone update tool it says I am running V21E which is Gingerbread 2.3.3 ...but that's not true because it is actually 2.2.2
I have no clue what to do, I am stuck. I just want to either have a stock G2X running either 2.2.2 or 2.3.3
beast6228 said:
Well I ordered a G2X the other day and finally I received it. It came with Gingerbread 2.3.3 from the factory. (worked flawlessly) Keep reading.
After a couple days I wanted to try out CM7 on it. So, I rooted the phone by using NVflash and doing all that good stuff, then I flashed the phone with (Gingerbread OTA 2.3.3 Rooted flashable zip v1.0.0) I couldn't get root with SuperOneClick so that was my only option. Well I got root and that's when the fun started.
I installed CM7 on it, seemed to run fine, looked fine. But simple me, I wanted to go back to Plane jane 2.3.3 So, I did all the usual stuff (backing up, wiping data, formatting caches), then I ran OneClickRecoveryFlasher...and restored the phone with LG-P999-V10f.zip (supposedly a stock flash for 2.2.2)
well it all seemed to work fine apon finishing. It booted fine, ran ok. However now I have some really bad problems. The major one is that my wifi doesn't work worth a damn now, the connection is highly intermittent. I can't use the market to download apps because it dies out often, along with anything else network related. (browsing works 5% of the time) You catch my drift. My other android phones have no trouble with anything. Now here where it gets weird, I supposedly restored my phone back to stock. However, the phone reports a proper android version 2.2.2 which is what I flashed it to. However it shows kernel 2.6.32.9 Baseband is July 15th 2011. When I use LG's phone update tool it says I am running V21E which is Gingerbread 2.3.3 ...but that's not true because it is actually 2.2.2
I have no clue what to do, I am stuck. I just want to either have a stock G2X running either 2.2.2 or 2.3.3
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You are probably going to have use Xboarders ROM then flash the unroot.zip he has in this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1158513.
See if that works to get you back to 2.3.3 completely stock.
It says that because it checks the baseband to see how recent it was, that's why it thinks you're on v21e.
As of now, there's no way to flash back to the old baseband, since people don't include the baseband in their ROMs, as that can cause a whole host of problems. The solution is to do exactly what tidewaterns said, that just gives you a little extra background info.
I am going to give this a try and see what happens, I will post results.
Well I tried the slimmed down version of Xboarders's rom and it seems to be working well so far. I originally installed his Stock OTA rom and that's when I started having problems. Oh well. thanks guys for all the help.
Crash course about root and roms: Superoneclick roots the rom you have in place. Flashing xboarders rom didn't "give you root" for the other roms you flashed, it is simply one rom out of many that is pre-rooted by the dev who packaged it up. When you flash it you have a rom that is rooted. If you had flashed CM7 (another rom that provides root access to its system files) then you'd have had a different rom that was pre-rooted by its dev.
Are you catching what I'm saying? Flashing xboarders rom didn't "give you root" any more than CM7 "gave you root." Root is built in to those roms.
If you want to restore to an unrooted stock rom browse the threads in the development section. There are a couple of stock nandroid backups posted that you can restore via clockworkmod recovery and then you'll have a stock unrooted rom. You can even do that and still have clockworkmod recovery in case you want to flash a different rom to your phone again.
And PLEASE remember when flashing from one rom to a different rom, WIPE WIPE WIPE data, cache, dalvik cache, then flash rom, then fix permissions, then reboot. This will save you SO MANY headaches.
G2X CM7
I learned something new Thanks for the info. And yes, this last time when I installed, I wiped and formatted just about everything I could possibly do, including fix permissions..seemed to do the trick.
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I learned something new Thanks for the info. And yes, this last time when I installed, I wiped and formatted just about everything I could possibly do, including fix permissions..seemed to do the trick.
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Sweet! If you're simply updating to a newer version of the same rom you can probably get away with just wiping cache and dalvik cache and then flashing. Its just when you switch to a totally different rom that you need to do a full wipe. Gives you a clean slate to start with.
G2X CM7
I'm curious about one thing though. What would I accomplish by using Nandroid and flashing a bin? I see there is a BIN_LGP999AT-01-V10f-310-260-MAR-27-2011+0.zip file that is available for this phone, although I have no clue on how to install Nandroid. Anyways, wouldn't flashing a BIN be the ultimate way to restore the G2X?
Hello,
I Have Updated My LG G2x To The GB Update 2.3.3 But It Hasn't Resolved Any Of The Issues They Said It Would. The Phone Still Shuts Off, Screen Locks And Never Comes Back, And The Data Is Constantly Hanging. I Am Looking For A Way To Root My Phone So That I Can Install A Custom Rom. Ive Tried SuperOneClick And Gingerbreak And Both Ended In Failure. Please If Anyone Has Any Info On How To Do So Please Let Me Know.
Thank You,
ZiggySoWavy said:
Hello,
I Have Updated My LG G2x To The GB Update 2.3.3 But It Hasn't Resolved Any Of The Issues They Said It Would. The Phone Still Shuts Off, Screen Locks And Never Comes Back, And The Data Is Constantly Hanging. I Am Looking For A Way To Root My Phone So That I Can Install A Custom Rom. Ive Tried SuperOneClick And Gingerbreak And Both Ended In Failure. Please If Anyone Has Any Info On How To Do So Please Let Me Know.
Thank You,
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read earlier you just have to installed clockwork and flash a rom with superuser, not sure if thats true but it makes sense. Im probably going to be getting a g2x today, with gb on it and will flash custom rom.
Here you have too use nvflash too install cwm recovery then download and install a rooted rom. Either eagleblood or weapon g2x then place on your sd card power off phone power on whille holding power and vol down flash the zip from sd card go here follow the instructions its very very simple http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1056847 yes it works with 2.3. I bought my phone preloaded with gingerbread. Workd smoothly and was quick dont forget to hit the thanks button
I recently got a Captivate and wanted to put Cyanogenmod on it as it's what I used on my HTC Aria before this.
So the first few times I did it I managed to delete my IMEI but I got HellyBean to run just fine, but couldn't use it due to the IMEI messup.
So I managed to get back to stock and set about trying it again, but it seems like what ever I do I can't get anything to work properly.
So I'm starting from a Stock 2.1, the first thing I did was use the SuperOneClickRoot which worked fine.
The next part is what I think I just can't get right, installing ClockworkMod.
First I tried using this http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/Samsung_Captivate:_Full_Update_Guide but it didn't work, I now realize that is for 2.3, not 2.1.
So I googled around, found a CWM for 2.1, renamed it to update.zip and flashed it. That worked fine and I can use CWM from then.
After that I set about finally getting CyanogenMod on it.
I tried this guide first http://www.androidauthority.com/captivate-sgh-i897-cyanogenmod-10-jelly-bean-android-4-1-103899/ but it would just leave me stuck at the ATT screen.
I also tried HellyBean, but that has deleted my IMEI every time I've tried flashing that.
So what am I doing wrong here? What is considered the best guide to use?
This has just become so frustrating, it's so much more difficult than when I first got my Aria and flashed that to CM7, I just cant figure out what I'm doing wrong.
Then use this guide:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1350266
Make sure you download the ROM and put it on the SD card first and THEN flash the kernel because once you flash the kernel the OS won't load anymore.
Also you installed Helly Bean so you must have GB bootloaders? In any case, flash GB to ensure you have the right bootloaders. Follow the guide. Install ROM. There is a reason the guides start from 2.3, BECAUSE YOU NEED 2.3.
Right, it just makes more sense to start on GB. You need those bootloaders, plus all guides assume you have it now. And you can skip rooting.
Sent from a jelly bean
Hello all,
Okay, I admit that I am gonna get a lot of "use the search tool first" replies, but please hear me out. I have done my fair share of searching. Its not that I haven't found anything, its just the things I found are useless for this SGS 4G. I really wanted to install Cyanogen Mo on the SGS (its not actually mine, a friend asked me to do it since he saw my old SGS GT-I9000 running CM).
I am gonna try and give a detailed report . The phone was originally from T-Mobile and now unlocked permanently. Its running firmware version 2.3.3 that I installed just recently. I found out that I can't install CWM on the stock kernel or bootloader or whatever and I needed a new of the thing. So I went on searching and searching....found a handful of help but none work. Every method breaks at some point and I go to the "firmware update failed" thing on the phone, which I then install 2.3.3 again using ODIN and try another method. I have tried a lot of things. Hemidall, ODIN, SuperOneClick, and a lot of gibbrish-sounding methods. None work. I am now running 2.3.3. Here are some infos:
ABOUT PHONE:
Model Number: SGH-T959V
Firmware Version: 2.3.3
Baseband Version: T959VUVKF1
Kernel Version: 2.6.35.7-T959VUVKF1-CL270364
Build Number: GINGERBREAD.VUVKF1
The files I used to flash to 2.3.3 using ODIN v1.85:
PIT: Hawk_Sidekick_VibrantPlus_831.pit
PDA: CODE_T959VUVKF1_CL270364_REV00_user_low_noship.tar.md5
PHONE: T959VUVKF1-Phone-CL1020302.tar.md5
CSC: SGH-T959V-CSC-TMB-VIBRANTP.tar.md5
I hope the above infos are enough. So, can anyone help me and point me to the right direction on how to install CWM and then install CM10 or 9 on my friends SGS 4G?
Thanks,
Tamrat
Hmmm, an interesting set of binaries, ones that don't ring a bell with me. I'm used to seeing T959VUVKJ6.
Where did you find those? Half curiosity, half trying to understand the problem, half since much of the "old" images for the phones got lost when Multiupload and what have you were shut down.
For the SGS4G, the kernel, root file system, and recovery file system are all in "boot.img" -- flash one, you flash them all. They can be flashed through Odin (assuming you really like Windows), heimdall (multi-platform), through recovery, or from a root command line (for the adventurous only).
I would say the most robust way to get where you need to be would be to use Lumin's guide to make sure you've got a viable Gingerbread set-up going, then flash something reliable to get you to MTD, like TeamAcid's CM9.
From there, you should know that some of the KK ROMs use slightly different MTD partitioning and aren't a "just flash this ROM and keep your data" kind of thing.
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Hmmm, an interesting set of binaries, ones that don't ring a bell with me. I'm used to seeing T959VUVKJ6.
Where did you find those? Half curiosity, half trying to understand the problem, half since much of the "old" images for the phones got lost when Multiupload and what have you were shut down.
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A long day Googling... and then a site turned up. One thing I forgot to mention was, before I installed this firmware, I had to use the "remove battery->plug usb->press the button combos->insert the battery" to enter download mode, but now I juts have to press vol down and power button.
Thanks for the reply,
Failure again
UPDATE:::
I tried to update to 2.3.6 as the guide suggests and I also wanted a clean stock OS in case the old one was not. But once again updating to 2.3.6 has been a pain. Kies Mini recognizes the phone but it doesn't recognize the firmware running on the phone. And also, firmware update is impossible since the button is greyed out.
I googled again and found the official 2.3.6 firmware for the phone (file name: T959VUVKJ6-REV00-home-low-CL694130.tar.md5) and tried flashing it using ODIN; absolutely no luck. It fails at the stage which says Slb.bin. Restarting the phone after that gives a "firmware upgrade failure" display. Only way to wake up the phone is to flash the previous OS back.
I am really confused here.
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Some how, after like 10 retires and fiddling with ODIN, it finally flashed 2.3.6 to the SGS 4G. Still, fingers crossed.
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Finally, its all working fine now. Thank you @jeffsf, thank you very much.
F*****************K
forgot an important step and now my IEMI number is gone........
do i throw the phone now, or is there any other way???
Don't throw your phone away! How do you know that you have "no IMEI" on your phone? We'll go from there.
Hopefully, you've backed up your data before starting to play around with ROMS. If so just load your backed up efs folder onto your storage & use Root Explorer to drop it over your existing one , it will overwrite your imei file & you will be good as new.
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I'm also in need of help, I have been running SlimSaber since last weekend, was wanting to try out Beanstalk. First full wipe, install & reboot wipe again, reinstall etc as per Dao's OP, but after the first install, it won't boot past the kernel splash. Tried again with same result. Decided to click it back to stock & start over, using Gremlin Remover (odin). Then saw that others were having similar issue so I tried to load in build from April1st.
But now it only boots back into recovery, won't boot to the OS ( everything indicated install was complete & no errors.)
1 clicked back again & just tried to put SlimSaber back on again, but have the same problem, will only boot into recovery.
I had to first load CM9 to get CWM 6.xx so I could install kk using TWRP
What am I not doing correctly? Thanks for any suggestions.
Flash kernel
Reboot recovery
Wipe all partitions
(Reboot recovery for good measure and wipe again if paranoid)
Install
Boot
If that doesn't do it, it is likely ROM or hardware.
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Since this is running GB VUVKG4, could you recommend a kernel that would work & get me to TWRP (or CWM 5.xx+)?
Either the Team Acid CM9 or Hefe Kernel should work.
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