Thanks in advance if anyone can help me. I've searched a few threads and tried a few things but none solved my problem. Here is a summary of what I have done:
I have a New Nexus S 4G
I rooted using the method on nexusshacks dot com
Initally couldn't get into recovery, so flashed new Recovery and was able to go through install process
Tried installing latest MIUI and got a loop on the booting animation
Redownloaded the rom and tried again
Tried manually installing through recovery wiping cache x3 and dalvik x3 then installing, same thing
Tried the above with CyanogenMod to see if it was the Rom that was bad and got a boot loop there as well.
I have a recovery of the stock ROM that I am running, but would appreciate any help. Thanks
You can't flash custom roms with stock recovery, get cwm recovery for NxS 4g.
Also, stay away from nexushacks method. Lately there are ****loads of ppl here on the forums that got stuck at some point after following their manual. I'd recommend this sticky: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1071500 (especially the guide on how to root by BuglessPete)
Additionally, ALWAYS make sure you download for NxS 4g
Thanks for your reply. I was using CWM I downloaded through Rom Manager. Im on a Mac, do the ones you suggest work on Mac?
Root guide for mac users: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=970237
Are you sure that you tried Nexus S 4G ROMs? Also try to format /system partiton before flashing...
redsprocket said:
Thanks for your reply. I was using CWM I downloaded through Rom Manager. Im on a Mac, do the ones you suggest work on Mac?
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Right after nexusshacks.com guide ditch rom manager lol, it's the 2nd source of fail.
Tenhi said:
Root guide for mac users: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=970237
Are you sure that you tried Nexus S 4G ROMs? Also try to format /system partiton before flashing...
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They were definitely NS4G roms, downloaded a couple times to be sure. Can you explain the quote above? I didn't see an option for this in CWM Recovery.
Also, I tried running through the steps to root on a Mac from the link previously posted in this thread and same result. I did not unroot before doing it. Should I have? And how do I unroot on a Mac?
Don't know about unrooting...You can find format options in mount section in CWM recovery. Try to format system, cache and data. Have you tried to flash stock rooted ROM?
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The formatting fixed it. Thanks all.
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I rooted my Nexus S 4G and was running MIUI but decided to go back to the stock ROM for awhile. When attempting to go back over to MIUI, I can no longer get into Recovery and now the stock ROM won't boot either, stuck on loading animation.
I'm on a Mac, is there anything I can do? Thanks
redsprocket said:
I rooted my Nexus S 4G and was running MIUI but decided to go back to the stock ROM for awhile. When attempting to go back over to MIUI, I can no longer get into Recovery and now the stock ROM won't boot either, stuck on loading animation.
I'm on a Mac, is there anything I can do? Thanks
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Boot into boot loader. Use fastboot to flash a recovery. Reinstall your rom of choice.
Thanks, I was able to get Recovery working again and after trying a few things was able to get back into my ROM, but I'm still not able to flash back and forth different ROMs. Seems my root isn't sticking with this method:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=970237
The root file on there is for ecalir/froyo only. Go into rm>download rom> superuser and download "superuser 2.3.6.3 efgh" and that should work.
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redsprocket said:
Thanks, I was able to get Recovery working again and after trying a few things was able to get back into my ROM, but I'm still not able to flash back and forth different ROMs. Seems my root isn't sticking with this method:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=970237
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did you wipe data(factory reset) before flashing different roms? you have to. you dont need to wipe data only when updating the same rom.
Ahhh, that must be my problem. I got so used to not wiping on MIUI that I assumed I could jump between ROMs without wiping. Thank you and apologies for the remedial posts.
redsprocket said:
Ahhh, that must be my problem. I got so used to not wiping on MIUI that I assumed I could jump between ROMs without wiping. Thank you and apologies for the remedial posts.
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no apologies needed, thats why we're here
Hello All,
I need your help regarding upgrade my captivate which is running on 2.1. I had hard bricked it once before when I was trying to update it via odin. Just got fixed it back from mobiletechvideos.com. Now I want to upgrade it to gingerbread Can anyone tell me any stable rom which I can upgrade safely and have 0% chance to hard bricked it again. Or any rom which I can flash via any other tool not via odin as I thought last bricked was caused due to odin. Pls help me.
I like the MIUI rom but I saw that it use ODIN so I am a bit afread to try it
Thanks
My understanding of the process.
I'm fairly sure you need to use superoneclick to root, that's step one. Next go to market and dowload ROM manager and install it, that's step two.Step three, flash clockworkmod recovery with ROM manager. Choose captivateMTD and let it flash. Step four, now go to the download ROM and choose an MTD ROM. I reccomend cyanogenmod as its aosp, overclocked and generally awesome. They have a stable build that's a great dd. Step five is to flash it. When the download completes it will promt you to wipe data and cache, clear everything and hit go. Step six would be to dl and flash gapps with ROM manager. Wipe cache and install. After all this you should be on cm7 stable. Pm me if you need help. I have the drivers and all files you could possibly need in my dropbox account.
Good luck and enjoy cyanogenmod.
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where I can get superoneclick to root it ?
imk79 said:
where I can get superoneclick to root it ?
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please, for the love all that is holy, leave your phone alone if you dont know how to use GOOGLE
http://bit.ly/uoGYG7
I tried to download superoneclick via this link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=803682
All archive showing me damaged only 8 mb version is working but when I tried to root it via that version it shows me FAILED msg at the end. Any help in this regard ?
You do not need to root your phone to install a custom rom.
If you currently are on 2.1, boot into recovery and flash this zip file.
From here you can go about installing a gingerbread kernel and rom.
If you are unsure of the process, please do lots more research before you go flashing anything. If you brick again it's not my fault.
mikedavis120 said:
My understanding of the process.
I'm fairly sure you need to use superoneclick to root, that's step one. Next go to market and dowload ROM manager and install it, that's step two.Step three, flash clockworkmod recovery with ROM manager. Choose captivateMTD and let it flash. Step four, now go to the download ROM and choose an MTD ROM. I reccomend cyanogenmod as its aosp, overclocked and generally awesome. They have a stable build that's a great dd. Step five is to flash it. When the download completes it will promt you to wipe data and cache, clear everything and hit go. Step six would be to dl and flash gapps with ROM manager. Wipe cache and install. After all this you should be on cm7 stable. Pm me if you need help. I have the drivers and all files you could possibly need in my dropbox account.
Good luck and enjoy cyanogenmod.
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Step One: Root Done
Step Two: ROM manager installation Done
Step Three: flash clockworkmod recovery with ROM manager (When I clicked on it asked me that confirm phone model and when I clicked on samsung captivate MDT it said that clockworkmod not officially supported the captivate MDT and have you installed clockworkmod based recovery manually if I clicked on yes it proceed to the next screen and if I clicked no it said that without it rom manager will not work. If i clicked on yes it proceed to the next screen and asked me the clockworkmod version 2.x or 3.x. I select one of them and click on the install rom from SD card and then browse to my downloaded rom when I clicked on rom and it will ask me to backup exsisiting rom, wipe data and cache and wipe dalvik cache. I had selected last 2 options and clicked ok then it asked me to press ok to reboot into clockworkMod Recovery and continue the installation when I clicked ok and rebooted where it showing me 4 options: rebbot system now, reinstall packages, delete all user data and delete cache data. After that I don't know what to do BTW I downloaded MIUI rom as I wana try it )
Any Help ?
Its sounds like you are in the stock recovery still. When you get to the screen with four options click reinstall packages and it should take you to clockwork recovery. The you will have many more options. You will want to go to install zip from SD card then choose zip from SD card and then navigate to your rom of choice and click it. Then it will go through the install process and when it is done hit reboot now and you should be running your custom rom.
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Its sounds like you are in the stock recovery still. When you get to the screen with four options click reinstall packages and it should take you to clockwork recovery. The you will have many more options. You will want to go to install zip from SD card then choose zip from SD card and then navigate to your rom of choice and click it. Then it will go through the install process and when it is done hit reboot now and you should be running your custom rom.
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Ok here come the problem again. I install the update.zip from sd card and the phone took me into the clockworkmod recovery a new menu then I install update.zip and after that I click install a zip from SD card. I clicked on it and browse it to the downloaded rom and it asked me to perform the action and I clicked ok after that it shows the installing process again and from after that phone is showing AT&T logo then Cyanogen Mod logo and then showing it is installing something and then restarting again and again. Phone is in the same state and doing this thing again and again. I remove the battery and power on again and its doing same thing any help ?
Get into cwm again via buttons and flash cm7 one more time. Should fix the error you're seeing.
ok I am able to fix it. I removed the SIM card and SD CARD and it will come to the update process and when done its boot to the rom and finally I am in new MIUI look and feel Thanks guys for your help. I will try this rom for few days but can any one pls tell me any proper guide where I can find a proper guide and information that how to update a rom and how to fix a problems if faced during the installation process.
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but can any one pls tell me any proper guide where I can find a proper guide and information that how to update a rom and how to fix a problems if faced during the installation process.
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dude. this website is all the info you freakin need
imk79 said:
ok I am able to fix it. I removed the SIM card and SD CARD and it will come to the update process and when done its boot to the rom and finally I am in new MIUI look and feel Thanks guys for your help. I will try this rom for few days but can any one pls tell me any proper guide where I can find a proper guide and information that how to update a rom and how to fix a problems if faced during the installation process.
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The thanks button is there for a reason. Haha just messing with you but if you feel like saying thanks to someone feel free to press the button that's what it's there for.
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dude. this website is all the info you freakin need
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Yeah I know that this for the XDA all about but every time I got help is via starting a topic. Being a beginner I want to have a guide where all problems should listed click if the phone is not going cwm how can you fix it so it would be guide. I got help everytime from XDA when I searched but very distributed. And if you search on google you will got alot info in which you are not sure about which is correct for you. Anyways Thanks alot guys.
Hi all,
I am stuck on installing ICS.
I am trying to install SKY-ICS 4.2F6.
I am in CWM, and Format the /data, /system, /cache, /emmc folders.
Then I install from zip the ROM, now it is in bootloop (Keeps rebooting), I ddo see the samsung logo, and I can boot into CWM.
Am I missing something?
This is on a fresh , rogers I727R
Thanks
Heeter
Did you use the touch or non-touch version of CWM?
The non-touch version does not wipe the cache properly which results in soft brick (bootlooping). Ensure you are using the touch version of CWM, you will probably have to flash it via ODIN.
There's probably a thread somewhere that explains how to do this, the instructions I followed are here:
http://www.theandroidsoul.com/touch-clockworkmod-recovery-for-rogers-and-att-skyrocket-sgh-i727/
The reason I link this and not some thread is because I know this works, and I have heard there are possible issues with the latest version of CWM touch, I have been using 5.8.1.3 for a while now with 0 issues.
EDIT: I take no responsibility if somehow the above bricks your phone, if you are unsure on the use of ODIN please search and read up on it, you can brick your phone easily with it if you click the wrong thing.
Thanks a million, RabidSmurf
That did the trick
I am on the welcome screen
Thanks again,
Heeter
No problem, glad it worked!
I had the exact same issue when I first got my phone and had trouble finding the answer.
I rooted and unlocked the phone also s/off with revolutionary. I wanted to restore to factory so I could install updates and none of the commands in cwm recovery will not work. Will not read sd. can not wipe data to install the PG59IMG.zip file the instructions say you should be on the latest clockworkmod recovery if possible. according to rom manager I'm on 5.0.2.7 cwm. Sorry if posted in wrong place haven't needed help before.
Thanks
ShadowBlack666 said:
I rooted and unlocked the phone also s/off with revolutionary. I wanted to restore to factory so I could install updates and none of the commands in cwm recovery will not work. Will not read sd. can not wipe data to install the PG59IMG.zip file the instructions say you should be on the latest clockworkmod recovery if possible. according to rom manager I'm on 5.0.2.7 cwm. Sorry if posted in wrong place haven't needed help before.
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Load PG59IMG.zip on the root of a different sd card and boot into the bootloader.
Sent from Spaceball One.
Did that.
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Load PG59IMG.zip on the root of a different sd card and boot into the bootloader.
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Thanks I finally got it what I had to do is go into rom manager. Then hit load rom from sd. check wipe data and system. I then had to go back and delete everything from the sd but the img file. Then load zip from sd. Followed other instructions from there. Worked great.
Thanks
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um so you were having no issues with your phone but you wanted htc updates? you felt these updates would be better than a custom rom?
anyway are you following THIS GUIDE?
at what point do you need to use clockwork? maybe im reading this wrong but i think the guide you are using maybe the wrong guide
First off, I just switch to my first android phone from iOS, so although I have plenty of experience jailbreaking and unlocking over there, I'm new to this, so hand-holding is appreciated
I have a developer XT926 phone. Fastboot says it's unlocked with status code 1. It came running 4.0.4, and I rooted it using motofail2go. I now want to install CyanogenMod 10.1 (or some other version 4.2 rom that you guys think is better), as described here. However, I have been unable to find detailed instructions on how to install it after booting into recovery mode. (I'm guessing those steps are well-know on xda, but forum and google searches didn't help.)
Additionally, since I have an unlocked dev phone, can I install one of these unsigned roms directly, or will I need to first install clockworkmod, safestrap, etc (and if so, any advice on which one).
Thanks the any help you can give me
You need to install a custom record very like twrp or cwm. Either is fine and you can easily switch later if you want to try them both out. Once you have your custom recovery installed, you'll need to boot into recovery. From there you will v be able to backup your current setup followed by a factory wipe and ROM install. Good luck
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You need to install a custom record very like twrp or cwm. Either is fine and you can easily switch later if you want to try them both out. Once you have your custom recovery installed, you'll need to boot into recovery. From there you will v be able to backup your current setup followed by a factory wipe and ROM install. Good luck
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Thanks. So I have twrp installed and working, and made a successful backup. I was about to install CW 10.1, when I noticed comments that it seems to have a lot of issues. What rom would you recommend I install? Liquidsmooth? Eclipse? CM 10.1 anyway? Thanks again!
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Thanks. So I have twrp installed and working, and made a successful backup. I was about to install CW 10.1, when I noticed comments that it seems to have a lot of issues. What rom would you recommend I install? Liquidsmooth? Eclipse? CM 10.1 anyway? Thanks again!
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Try em all!
I'm an Eclipse man myself.