Hello everyone,
I'm trying to S-OFF my sensation and flash a custom ROM and since am all new to this i was following the guide made by xl VipeR lx but i have encountered a problem while following the instructions therefore i need some help:
right now am at this step:
STEP 2. To INSTALL Recovery - v5.0.0.8
1. Download recovery v5.0.0.8 for the Sensation HERE: or Multiupload
2. Copy the PG58IMG file into the Root folder of your SD card (The main Folder of your Memory Card)
3. Turn off your phone FUlly and reboot into the Bootloader/HBOOT screen (see post above on how to get to hboot screen)
4. Press Volume up to Accept when it asks" Do you want to start the update"
my problem is when i HBOOT it doesn't show the message " Do you want to start the update" i can see a check is running and no image found then it goes to the HBOOt screen
when extracted the PG58IMG i found it contains 2 files " recovery and android-info" so i tried placing the files into the SD root and putting the folder containing them on the SD root however its the same result??!!!
so what am i missing here???
thanks a lot for your help guys!
You DON'T extract the ZIP file, just put it on the root of the SD card. OR, just use fastboot commands to flash it manually
Thanks a lot EddyOS !!!
i have another question..... now i have backup the ROM do i still need to do the backup through Titunium pro or its the same?? " i know its a naive question but just want to make sure am on the right track!!"
Titanium saves App-Data and messages and something like that.
A nandroid backup saves the ROM.
got it thanks mate!
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ok im tring to root flash smooth maximus on my buddies sk4g and im a little stuck. when i did my galaxy s it was way different. im trying to use android commander for the modified binary but it tells me abd doesnt work when i oped it and i have the sdk installed. do i have to do this what is the difference between this and my phone to have to do this step
lowlife113 said:
ok im tring to root flash smooth maximus on my buddies sk4g and im a little stuck. when i did my galaxy s it was way different. im trying to use android commander for the modified binary but it tells me abd doesnt work when i oped it and i have the sdk installed. do i have to do this what is the difference between this and my phone to have to do this step
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you have to flash a rom using cwm!
btw please post questions in general section not the dev section
ok well if a mod could move this thread...i understand how to flash it what i dont get is why i have to modify the binary to run cwm and why android commander wont run to push the file
You need to modify the binary because a stock recovery can't flash unsigned roms, which any rom not from samsung is. Android commander won't push that file because system needs to be remounted as read/write, rather than read only.
You can use my modified oneclickroot script to push the correct modified binary and install the update.zip to get you into CWM
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=15831175&postcount=124
you have to mod it to get into the right recovery and just use root explorer
download:
http://www.krylon360.com/file_host/sk4g/recovery.zip (This is the recovery.)
http://www.krylon360.com/file_host/sk4g/update.zip (this is the update)
http://www.4shared.com/get/HpENkmN8/...rer_v2124.html (this is root explorer.)
open the first file on your computer and take out the recovery file inside it and place it on the sd card.
place the second file on the sd card
and install the last file.
now open root explorer scroll down and find sdcard,
now open it and find recovery and long press on it. hit copy. now hit the back button once.
now find system. open it.
find bin. open it.
hit on the top mount r/w
hit paste and overwrite the file.
next, power down the device and instead of powering on regularly, press volume down+ power button you should be in the recovery mode.
if it is blue then hit install packages,
if it is red you should be good to go.
NOW YOU HAVE A CWM
thank you i was following another set of directions which apperently were wrong
I have downloaded all the files given in brian folder. I copied nandroid folderto my sdcard & then using open recivery i rebooted in recovery mode but nowhere i got an option to install nandroid files. Can some1 help me
Nandroid >> Restore
Don't forgot to make a nandroid backup before in case of you want to go back to stock without flashing a sbf.
i m not getting u to restore nandroid i shld get option to select it i dont get tht option
It sounds like you may be in stock recovery. We have to use a bootstrapped recovery called openrecovery. After you have installed openrecovery you get to it by holding the volume up key during a normal boot.
Sent from my Milestone XT720 using xda premium
Confused so explaining so tht u can catch where i m dng a mistake
Using cincinnati bells instruction i updated to 2.2. Now my phone is fresh & new,just installed few games thts it, then i find BRAVO 2.2 & i want to use tht. So following his instruction i download open recovery & copy paste it in my sdcard & even the nandroid folder to my sd card & i find somewhere the apk file of open recovery & install it. Now by pressing volume up button i restart my phone & I get an yellow exclamation mark with a triangle the i press camera key + volume up button then this is where i reach & get the error (image) I have attached the image
For some reason your sdcard is not being mounted. I would check it out on a PC in a card reader.
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For some reason your sdcard is not being mounted. I would check it out on a PC in a card reader.
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so wht shld i do??? is der a problem with my sd card????
Reading your post, I think there is a step that was missed. Did you extract the openrecovery.zip? The extracted contents are what is in this folder sdcard/openrecovery.
Do you have this set up on your SD card?
Sdcard/openrecovery.zip
sdcard/openrecovery
sdcard/nandroid/openrecovery/<your ROM you want to restore>
**No spaces between**
Go to this thread and download and unzip this recovery (http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1242259) This is what we are all using now b/c of the customization that MZ put into it. Follow the directions.
Yes yes yes yes!!! U were right i missed tht step i got it working Thank u thank u
interesting...
Here is one more problem. I have installed this rom now after installation of this ROM i m getting an Error PLMN failed.
Check you APNs but IIRC the PLMN error didn't really matter. I saw it on Hellmonger's ROM. Might want to ask Linertymonger, I think he had a fix for that.
Hey all. I did something silly and deleted a file in system/bin folder while troubleshooting a problem. I made a backup of the file before deleting it in sdcard/download but my phone wont boot so I can copy the backup file back to system/bin. I am able to get my phone into download mode and I believe I could copy the file via adb. However I do not know how to get adb to recognize the phone in download mode. I type...
adb devices
and it states "List of devices attached" and there is nothing under the list but when I plug my phone via USB it shows "SAMSUNG Mobile USB CDC Composite Device" in device manager so I know my pc is recognizing it. I have used adb before with batch files like 1click root and things like that so I know its just me not knowing the right commands to get my device recognized.
Any and all help is appreciated! I just need to copy 1 file from sdcard/download to system/bin and I would assume it would boot back up with no problem!
Thanks!
do u have cwm installed?
I just installed CWM v5.5.0.4 via download mode using this method. http://www.theandroidsoul.com/skyrocket-root-clockworkmod-cwm-recovery/
So now that I am in CWM I am trying to mount things like /system and it shows an error mounting /sdcard and I get that error messaging for mounting all except mount usb storage which works great. I was however able to get the file off my phone but now how do I get the file back to system/bin?
Yes.. you can (and really should) flash CWM from download mode via your PC/laptop. A few weeks ago I did something very similar and soft-bricked my SR by renaming an in-use file (framework-res.apk)... I also only had 3e, so couldn't just restore a nandroid or flash a rom zip. Go to the Dev section and find the thread by Copperhed ("Root the ATT SGH-I727 Skyrocket..."). read through the OP and follow instruction exactly. You will be Odin3 flashing just the CWM recovery partition... this will NOT trip your flash counter. If you are already rooted, you should retain root... if not, you can root via his OP. After you have CWM recovery, there's a way you can mount the sdcard so you can transfer files between your PC and SR... then, you can put the sbin file back and see if it reboots fine... if not, with CWM installed, you can flash (via zip.. not Odin) any rom/kernel/modem zip package you want.
Even though I installed CWM from a different source I thanked you anyways DoctorQMM! Now that I have CWM installed how to I transfer the file from my pc to the system/bin directory? I have been able to mount usb storage and it show up as a drive on my pc but when I mount /system nothing shows up. What am I missing?
Thanks for all your help! I am almost there! ^_^
hey, I recommended it first . Seriously though, download a kernel from the dev section, any kernel. Open it up in winrar, winzip, etc... and delete everything except the system folder. Now take the bin file u copied to ur computer and put it in a folder called bin. Put this bin in the kernel zip inside the system folder. Now delete everything else in the system folder. Put this file on a microsd, slip it in ur phone and flash it through cwm. this will put the bin back, and allow u to reboot phone
JDub... PM cdshepherd.... he's the one who shared with me you can use the mounts and storage option in cwm (then click "mount USB storage")... then you can copy files between your sd and computer without having to do what I did (which was pull external sd out of SR, mount in micro adapter, plugged into laptop and loaded files on the sd... then put sd back in phone.. booted into CWM and flashed the rom zip I put on there). Yes.. you are close! If you can't get that one file back to sbin on root, you could try to flash a stock rom/kernel zip (KK1 or LA3)... you only need to put that rom/kernel zip on your sd or external sd so CWM will see it.
icenight89 your right you provided the inspiration so I thanked you as well and appreciate the explanation. I will perform it now and see where I get. Let me understand this correctly in steps..
1. Download a kernel, any kernel.
2. Open it up, delete everything except the system folder.
3. Create a folder named bin and put the backed up file in the bin folder.
4. Delete everything else within the system folder except the bin file and bin folder. So it should be /system/bin/xxx.file
5. Put this on a microsd card and flash it through cwm. I assume I do this by selecting "install zip from sdcard?"
Thanks for the continual help! ^_^
I am having trouble with the kernel part. I downloaded a i727 kernel from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1340114&page=2. Opened it up and it has boot.img in it. Am I missing something?
Alright. I downloaded the kernel from here http://www.mediafire.com/?85g701ate11zdc9. The kernel contained a folder named system and deleted everything else. I then added the folder bin and added the backed up file I deleted to the system/bin/ directory. I then mounted usb storage via CWM and put the new .zip in there. I then selected "install zip from sdcard", "choose zip from internal sd card" located the zip file and selected "yes." I then get the following read outs...
Installing update...
Installation aborted.
--Installing: /emmc/sgh-1727-skyrocket-att-original-kernel_2.zip
Finding update package...
Opening update package...
Installing update...
Installation aborted.
So it looks like it is not installing. Am I doing something wrong?
wrong kernel, download this one:
http://faux.androidro.ms/sky-kernel-010b1.zip
delete everything from in there except system folder, including boot.img, and follow instructions again, should work
JDubbed said:
icenight89 your right you provided the inspiration so I thanked you as well and appreciate the explanation. I will perform it now and see where I get. Let me understand this correctly in steps..
1. Download a kernel, any kernel.
2. Open it up, delete everything except the system folder.
3. Create a folder named bin and put the backed up file in the bin folder.
4. Delete everything else within the system folder except the bin file and bin folder. So it should be /system/bin/xxx.file
5. Put this on a microsd card and flash it through cwm. I assume I do this by selecting "install zip from sdcard?"
Thanks for the continual help! ^_^
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these steps are exact, nice
Unfortunately I get the same error message with the kernel you supplied. x.x
010b1.zip
Finding update package...
Opening update package...
Installing update...
Installation aborted.
Are you sure I can just delete and add stuff like that and It will work? I mean it makes sense to me but since it keeps aborting there may be something crucial missing that I need to keep in the .zip file. Any ideas?
Here is a link of my modified zip. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/6778642/Android/sky-kernel-010b1.zip
pm me when u get a chance
JDubbed said:
Unfortunately I get the same error message with the kernel you supplied. x.x
010b1.zip
Finding update package...
Opening update package...
Installing update...
Installation aborted.
Are you sure I can just delete and add stuff like that and It will work? I mean it makes sense to me but since it keeps aborting there may be something crucial missing that I need to keep in the .zip file. Any ideas?
Here is a link of my modified zip. http://dl.dropbox.com/u/6778642/Android/sky-kernel-010b1.zip
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download a rom from Dev section. Doesn't matter which one. Try silvers rom you'll like it. Mount USB storage in cwm. Copy rom to sd. Eject SD from computer. Go back to main menu in cwm. Wipe data/factory reset. Wipe cache partition. Wipe dalvik cache(under advanced in cwm) format system under mounts and storage. Back to main menu in cwm. Install zip from sdcard. Choose zip(rom) you just placed on your SD. Flash it. Reboot device. Enjoy. And make a nandroid after it boots for the first time.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727 using xda premium
Did you make a cwm backup of rom you were using prior to this?
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727 using xda premium
No, I did not make a nandroid backup. I had to install CWM from download mode and then I was able to get into CWM all without booting.
I appreciate your time in writing a solution however I am not interested in wiping everything and starting from scratch which is what your proposing. I simply deleted a file in system/bin named mediaserver so system/bin/mediaserver. When I rebooted the phone would not boot. I made a backup of the mediaserver before deleting it and placed it in the sdcard/download folder. All I need to do is copy the mediaserver file back to system/bin/ directory and phone should boot backup as if nothing ever happened. That's is how I understand it. Its just missing a file and I know what the file is and I have the file I just need to figure out how to copy it back over to where it belongs.
I do know how to install stock and other roms but after spending numerous hours on my first phone, SGS Captivate, to experience others roms like Darky's Rom the end result was that it was not worth me having to keep up with all the releases and bug fixes, loading in working kernels to make things work correctly and the like. I would rather just stick with stock. Its just a personal preference.
If anyone knows how to copy a file from my pc or from internal sdcard to my Skyrocket using Download mode or ClockWorkMod using any means but without wiping my data please let me know. Eventually if I do not get a solution I will be forced to revert back to the stock rom but I would rather leave that as a last resort.
I look forward to any other suggestions!
Thank you!
Without the ability to push/pull with adb your running out of solutions. I do hope that you get your skyrocket up and running no matter what method you use. And I do hope that someone with the ability comes along to help you. My way is prob the easy way out. If it were me ide cut my losses. Start from scratch, and try to figure out where my prob starts. Good news is there is a great community with plenty of help. Good luck mate.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727 using xda premium
Since my zip suggestion didn't work, try flashing a different kernel, romracer stockish 0.3 is a good choice, from cwm
JDubbed said:
No, I did not make a nandroid backup. I had to install CWM from download mode and then I was able to get into CWM all without booting.
I appreciate your time in writing a solution however I am not interested in wiping everything and starting from scratch which is what your proposing. I simply deleted a file in system/bin named mediaserver so system/bin/mediaserver. When I rebooted the phone would not boot. I made a backup of the mediaserver before deleting it and placed it in the sdcard/download folder. All I need to do is copy the mediaserver file back to system/bin/ directory and phone should boot backup as if nothing ever happened. That's is how I understand it. Its just missing a file and I know what the file is and I have the file I just need to figure out how to copy it back over to where it belongs.
I do know how to install stock and other roms but after spending numerous hours on my first phone, SGS Captivate, to experience others roms like Darky's Rom the end result was that it was not worth me having to keep up with all the releases and bug fixes, loading in working kernels to make things work correctly and the like. I would rather just stick with stock. Its just a personal preference.
If anyone knows how to copy a file from my pc or from internal sdcard to my Skyrocket using Download mode or ClockWorkMod using any means but without wiping my data please let me know. Eventually if I do not get a solution I will be forced to revert back to the stock rom but I would rather leave that as a last resort.
I look forward to any other suggestions!
Thank you!
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Based on your first post, I don't think your pc is FULLY installed your device. Download mode requires additional drivers.........adb devices should return a serial number.
I have not tried adb on my skyrocket...I will do that for your sake and reply with my experience..
Hi there, I have tried to search for this issue but I haven't found anything...
I'm currently following this guide (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1192300), and have successfully made my device S-OFF.
I can't find the PG58IMG file when trying to flash CWM, the two files I can see are:
recovery-clockwork-5.0.0.8-pyramid.img
and
recovery-clockwork-5.0.0.8-pyramid.zip
Which one do I download, and do I simply rename it? What about the file extension?
Thanks in advance.
I'm a noob...
I just bought a new HTC Sensation, and didn't find what so called PG58IMG.
Just
recovery-clockwork-5.0.0.8-pyramid.img
and
recovery-clockwork-5.0.0.8-pyramid.zip.
Can Anybody help?
Simply rename the .zip file to PG58IMG.zip. make sure it's not PG58IMG.zip.zip. then place it on the root of your sd card, boot the phone into bootloader and select yes with the volume and power buttons when asked to update.
Easy as that ;-)
Sent from my HTC Sensation using XDA
This is a backup of my Alcatel One Touch Fierce 2 after rooting and getting switched to SuperSU.
Supersu is a system app in this backup so if you manage to find a way to build a flashable update zip this is a rooted rom.
For now I have found these files to be a good resource for anyone trying to build a rom from source or to try to figure out how to get a flashable update zip,
You may also be able to copy files you need if you deleted something that you need to put back. I would be careful how you copy files to your phone as this is how i got my screwed up.
I copied files to my /system when my phone was running and it crashed me. Now i can boot into recovery but the phone wont boot up completely and it will not restore itself to factory defaults. I built a update zip out of these files but it will not flash from the recovery.
On update from SD card it does not find the update.zip, I have used adb sideload to the phone to send the update.zip and it sends ok but errors out and will not recover.
I get E: Footer is wrong
and E: Invalid signature.
Rejection from the recovery. It wants a Factory update.zip and no one has that yet. We could get one if somebody has a phone that is not updated yet and they download the update but capture the download before it runs the update. I think there are some post on how to capture a OTA update and copy it.
Anyway for what its worth the files are here and complete.
This backup was originally made by using Online Nandroid Backup.
I also have a copy of most of my system that i made with ADB.
I noticed that the nandroid backup did not get some files, I built a complete backup by copying the missing files from my ADB backup into the Nandroid backup.
Then i rezipped the files.
There a 2 different backups of the boot.img and recovery.img. one i made using flashify and the other by dumping the images in ADB.
These were the commands i used to dump the images.
dd if=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/mmcblk0p29 of=/storage/sdcard0/recovery.img
dd if=/dev/block/platform/msm_sdcc.1/mmcblk0p7 of=/storage/sdcard0/boot.img
If someone with a rooted phone can dump the whole phone image that would be helpful.
I saw a thread before how to do it with one command but im not sure where its at now.
After you unzip any of these files be careful if you want to copy them anywhere. There are a lot of link files that will not get copied. So zip it fist to keep the links.
Right now all i need to do is figure out a way to flash the /system folder of this backup back to my phone to replace the current /system on the phone and i will be back in working condition.
If anyone has any ideas how to do this id appreciate some help.
Like i said I have created the Updater Script and Binary META-INF to make a update script but it wont flash.
The only backdoor i can find so far is the following.
If you power off phone completely
and then hold in the volume down key only
and then plug the phone in the computer
You will get a new device. Hold the vol down key until you get it.
If you have loaded the drivers from Alcatel for the one touch Fierce.
http://alcatelonetouch.com/global-en/support/faq/usbdriver.html
our drivers are the qualcom drivers.
You will get HS-USB Qloader 9008
it is in QDL mode or Download Mode.
From what i have read you can flash each partition or the whole emmc this way.
Im just not sure how. I dont know what Flash tool to use to interface with it.
I have all the mountpoint data for the partitions and the backups here.
Any ideas on how i can flash the /system partition only and restore my /system from this backup.
There is also a Titanium Backup of all the apps including SYSTEM apps
Here are the links to my backup files.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/8y762c5006emmxy/Bootimg-Recoveryimg.zip?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/2djuzlbp0g46xpy/cache.zip?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/v72afkqy4l8jhbx/custpack.zip?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/xcz24emwt04c98y/data.zip?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/h824nt02o7lyn58/mobile_info.zip?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/tnzvb72iijr6zlt/system.zip?dl=0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/ktzws2wut07w85y/TitaniumBackup.zip?dl=0
Somebody please get that OTA Update
Bigcountry
Have you got a copy of just the factory ROM?
System apps backup
Links don't work anymore, but can you please upload the titanium backup of system apps?
Accidentally deleted metroweb browser can anyone provide apk with odex where to install and permission would be greatly appreciated ??
hello,
can anyone help me please ? i have flashed my alcatel one touch fierce 2 7040n with the wrong flash, now it's in bootloop i have just access to recovery mode so i tried wipe data/factory reset and wipe cache partition but there's no change. then i installed adb and all usb drivers on my pc and tried to send the zip package with adb sideload but it dosen't work. so i tried my last chance to update from sd card, i put the zip file package in the root of a formatted sd card, the phone detect the sd card and mount it correctly but the files was not showing (just like it's empty) i don't know why, is there any solution for that issue ?
i really need your help and thank you in advance. :good:
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