I obtained root via Odin as superoneclick didn't work. Then i flashed the latest version on MIUI and I lost root access. A couple of forums said superuser needs to be enabled in the settings. However when I opened superuser and looked under preferences there was no toggle to enable it.
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I hope all developers read this too... this just happened to me... no root and no recovery... please help!
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dpj13 said:
I obtained root via Odin as superoneclick didn't work. Then i flashed the latest version on MIUI and I lost root access. A couple of forums said superuser needs to be enabled in the settings. However when I opened superuser and looked under preferences there was no toggle to enable it.
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There is an app in tools called Superuser, not the one you download from market. It will have the enable toggle.
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dman3285 said:
I hope all developers read this too... this just happened to me... no root and no recovery... please help!
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Originally Posted by LG_iiNsTiiNcT View Post
Okay so if you were one of the few people who lost recovery for some weird reason "ME" no need to unbrick to stock and re-flash I have a solution.
1: Download sgs kernel flasher
2: Download CWM community kernel
3: Flash kernel via sgs kernel flasher "unchecked the reboot button" when done flashing turn phone of "SHUTDOWN"
4: 3 finger until the Samsung logo pops up keep holding the buttons the screen will go black then Samsung logo will come up, let go of the power button and keep hold the volume up and down buttons "For about 20 seconds" then let go it should boot into Red CWM after a few seconds.
5: Go to install zip from SD card go all the way down and run update.zip it will boot back into RED CWM run update.zip again and it should now boot into GREEN CWM
6: From here Re-Flash MIUI "New Release would be smart", Wipe Fact,Wipe Cache, Wipe Dalvik, Flash, reboot at sign of Samsung logo pull battery, 3 finger into blue recovery and flash again.
7: Presto you should be set and have recovery back.
The app in my tools folder has no toggle and I can't use sgs kernel flasher cause I don't have root access... I didn't download superuser from the market
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And I even tried updating my su binary and it says "gaining root access-failed! "
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dman3285 said:
The app in my tools folder has no toggle and I can't use sgs kernel flasher cause I don't have root access... I didn't download superuser from the market
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Go here, there are some fixes posted for people with out root and recovery. go to last couple of pages
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1294491
this thread should be moved to Q&A
There is no superuser in my tools folder
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Everybody needs to read we have answered this same question over 20 times in the last week lol.. Do not use the downloadable super user app. When you flash miui there's a tools folder in that there's a super user app, click on it got menu button on bottom of phone, click turn root on. NOW YOU HAVE ROOT. Second follow my instructions to get recovery back there on the first page of Jordan's post and also posted in this thread. If anyone who is having these problems is reading this please research and check threads before over posting questions. Thanks
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There is no superuser in my tools folder
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It looks like a note pad
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There is no superuser in my tools folder. I have calculator, voice dailer, update, monitor, clock, and backup
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dpj13 said:
There is no superuser in my tools folder. I have calculator, voice dailer, update, monitor, clock, and backup
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Did you just freshly flash the Tom and haven't moved anything around
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Any way back on topic have you tryed every way to get recovery there is a ffew ways if not and u absolutely lost your super user app then u might just go the Odin back to stock root aand start from scratch. Ill keep looking for you thougb
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And for recovery 3 finger your way in. Press them all at the same time hold the power button make sure it reboots the. The let go of the power button. But keep on holding the volume buttons. Recovery is there you just have to reach it.
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Oh with all due respect I have read all of it... and I know how to get recovery back, but it's kinda hard to flash recovery kernel when kernel flasher requires root! Trust me I tried everything I knew before I posted.... I did not download any superuser app from the market.... the superuser app in the tools folder does not have a toggle for root... and I know what it looks like been running miui since it came out for infuse... thanks... just want my root back..
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Tried that 3 [email protected] prime... no dice.... just stuck on sanding logo... lost recovery before and used lg s method to retrieve it but nothing works this time cause root is gone... may have to go back to stock..
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dman3285 said:
Tried that 3 [email protected] prime... no dice.... just stuck on sanding logo... lost recovery before and used lg s method to retrieve it but nothing works this time cause root is gone... may have to go back to stock..
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Then just Odin back to stock. Opimus most people like myself are flashing Jordan's MIUI just fine. I did lose recovery, but I got fixed with LGs fix. Dman I hope you get it fixed.
Again, this thread should be moved to Q&A. Or closed because there is a thread for MIUI in both Q&A and development.
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At least in my case, I agree something is not right with rooting after I updated to MIUI-Infuse-1.10.14. The superuser app is different then last week's (1.10.7) and no apps show up in the approved list.
I reloaded last week's MIUI-Infuse-1.10.7 and the apps show up in the MIUI list but some apps work ok...others don't. Went back to 1.10.14, same problem.
I think I'll wait till this week's update and then start trying some of the solutions already posted. yeha!!
Thank you cajun that's what I thought I would have to do, just thought someone would have an easier solution before I went thru the pain of reverting back to stock... the thing is everything was great with all the other updates until I updated to 1.10. 14. Then everything went bye bye.. lol.. thanks for the help everyone you guys are really great and helpful.
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dman3285 said:
The app in my tools folder has no toggle and I can't use sgs kernel flasher cause I don't have root access... I didn't download superuser from the market
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have you tried hitting menu and hitting the root permissions toggle ?
edit see you got it working ... good work
That's what I'm saying cheezy... no toggle when I hit menu anywhere
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It seems like everytime i flash a new rom.or update my rom i get to the cwm screen through rom manager. When i want to add an extra(advance power mod) iy takes me to the white (fastbot/hboot?) Screen and i hit bootloader and it finds an update... I know that it will reset my rom and put me bqck to stock if i continue with the update... I just dont get y i cant always jist get to the "black cwm" screen where i am when i flash a new rom? I used to be able to go into rom manager and "boot into recovery" which takes me.to the black normal cwm screen. Now it goes to this white screen with the skating android on the bottom where it wants to update crap. Any help?
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Remove (or rename) the PD98IMG.ZIP from your SDCARD. It's finding that and trying to install it.
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It seems like everytime i flash a new rom.or update my rom i get to the cwm screen through rom manager. When i want to add an extra(advance power mod) iy takes me to the white (fastbot/hboot?) Screen and i hit bootloader and it finds an update... I know that it will reset my rom and put me bqck to stock if i continue with the update... I just dont get y i cant always jist get to the "black cwm" screen where i am when i flash a new rom? I used to be able to go into rom manager and "boot into recovery" which takes me.to the black normal cwm screen. Now it goes to this white screen with the skating android on the bottom where it wants to update crap. Any help?
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Delete the PD98IMG from your sdcard...or at least move it from the root....or rename it.
Ok now in doing this, say i just rename it, is that gonna mess anything up later? I apprieciate ur fast help!!
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Ok now in doing this, say i just rename it, is that gonna mess anything up later? I apprieciate ur fast help!!
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That's fine. It won't mess anything up. It just needs to NOT see PD98IMG.zip, however you want to go about it...rename, move, delete. The result is the same.
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Thanks a bunch!
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Ok so removed file, i cant even flash a rom withoit being taken to the white fastboot screen? It should bring me to the black cwr screen with the rom manager icon not the skating droid... From this fastboot screen, i cant do a damn thing except the image crc or whatever.. im stumped
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Any help? Tryed to uninstall and re-install rom manager... No luck
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Any help? Tryed to uninstall and re-install rom manager... No luck
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Not to insult your intelligence, but are you sure you have cwr flashed? Perhaps try reflashing it?
I've never uninstalled ROM manager, so I don't know how that affects cwr, whether the stock recovery gets put back on or not, but Rom manager, with a working cwr, should at least get you where you want to go.
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No insult here ha but yea i tried to flash clockwork recovery and all and still only get the hboot/fastboot screen.... And i can do nothing at all ha i dont understand, it has happened now 2x... Wen i tried to install cpu and now with power menu mod... I dunno
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That happened with me just use buddys one click downgrade then just go to super one click to get temporary root to fix the no sd problem then go to the fixes section and click fix good luck use this to get s-off when you downgraded has a lot of tools
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1049102
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This thread is for general questions regarding MIUI FOR INFUSE ROM.
sticky please
I flashed miui about a week ago. The .30 edition.
Well I want to update and when I try to boot into cwm it just sits at Samsung screen.
I tried to flash the cwm through Tom manager and still nothing. =\
I was having the same problem booting into cwm. I followed LG_iiNsTiiNcT's directions that are below via the2rrell and I was able to boot Jordan's update. Thanks guys.
the2rrell said:
i have seen 2 fixes for this...... this is one of them from "LG"
Okay so if you were one of the few people who lost recovery for some weird reason "ME" no need to unbrick to stock and re-flash I have a solution.
1: Download sgs kernel flasher
2: Download CWM community kernel
3: Flash kernel via sgs kernel flasher "unchecked the reboot button" when done flashing turn phone of "SHUTDOWN"
4: 3 finger until the Samsung logo pops up keep holding the buttons the screen will go black then Samsung logo will come up, let go of the power button and keep hold the volume up and down buttons "For about 20 seconds" then let go it should boot into Red CWM after a few seconds.
5: Go to install zip from SD card go all the way down and run update.zip it will boot back into RED CWM run update.zip again and it should now boot into GREEN CWM
6: From here Re-Flash MIUI "New Release would be smart", Wipe Fact,Wipe Cache, Wipe Dalvik, Flash, reboot at sign of Samsung logo pull battery, 3 finger into blue recovery and flash again.
7: Presto you should be set and have recovery back.
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MattSoRaven said:
I was having the same problem booting into cwm. I followed the2rrell's directions that are below and was able to boot Jordan's update. Thanks guys.
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My directions lol..
So I made a theme and I want to share it but for some reason the carrier logo and Sinhalese bars that are in systemui don't show up I have to put them in systemui.apk from the actual rom
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Haha. Well thanks man. I was confused about what he meant by "LG". I edited the my post. It worked great.
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MattSoRaven said:
Haha. Well thanks man. I was confused about what he meant by "LG". I edited the my post. It worked great.
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I don't mind as long as its helping people I just threw in the lol
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kernels
sorry for the dumb question, but can we flash any gb kernel (such as infusion 1.1) onto MIUI to improve battery life or will that get me stuck in a boot loop?
thanks in advance
Is this a gb rom?
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nash2000 said:
Is this a gb rom?
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Yes, it is 2.3.5
alexgarrett said:
Yes, it is 2.3.5
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That's weird than, I haven't been on gb for a while now and I flashed miui the other day. I wasn't a big fan of it at the time but now I think I may give it another shot. I'm not sure which version I used.
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Well I had great success with 1.9.23 and 1.9.30. Read about all the people having issues with CWM and laughed thinking they obviously did something wrong. Well lo and behold, updated to 1.10.7 and now I have no recovery. Gah! So what is my recourse? I flashed exactly as I did before so it wasn't user error. Anyone have a clue as to how to get Recovery back?
Voo-Doo??
I've ready everywhere about this rom but I cannot find the answer for this!
Do I need to turn off Voo-Doo lag fix for this rom??
Thanks
chipstien said:
Well I had great success with 1.9.23 and 1.9.30. Read about all the people having issues with CWM and laughed thinking they obviously did something wrong. Well lo and behold, updated to 1.10.7 and now I have no recovery. Gah! So what is my recourse? I flashed exactly as I did before so it wasn't user error. Anyone have a clue as to how to get Recovery back?
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First page my fix is posted haven't heard from anyone that it doesn't work always success sofar give it a shot
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So is .10 an update or will I have to restore all my apps, themes and settings again?
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djlobes said:
So is .10 an update or will I have to restore all my apps, themes and settings again?
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U can flash just don't wipe data
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How do i get extended settings to work :s or is it not yet working for this version of miui?
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Is there a big difference in 4G speeds and battery life with this and Infused 2.2.3?
Kassidyyyy said:
How do i get extended settings to work :s or is it not yet working for this version of miui?
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Andy "the guy who does es" just got home from vacation he said he'd have it up tomorrow. Make sure it says 1-10-7 or 1-10-8
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Umm...so MIUI will be updated every friday for the infuse? I have a small issue with that which is that all my widgets dissapear on my home screen after updating and it takes like 10 mins to get them back again...Any way to avoid this?
Also another HUGE ISSUE
Why does 3d lag so badly? The GPU renders very slowly i went from 57 fps to 28 in quadrant. Can someone explain this? Makes no sense how everything else is super smooth yet the 3d i just horribly slow?
I know this may sound odd for.some but important asking cause everything i tried seems not to work so i can i get some help maybe some step be step instructions.please don't nobody has to be a smart ass also if somebody would be willing to make a video that would be nice.....
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Are you trying to root from stock ee4? The question was a little vague and I want to make sure before typing it all out.
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Yes that's what im trying to do
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I think there is a rooted stock ee4 in the development section. Let me see if I can find it. I think you would then just install using Odin with is in a sticky at the top.
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Why do you want rooted stock ee4? To debloat?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1121201
Found this but seems like alot to go through just for root. Easier to find a debloated version and just add back in what you want. Im still new at this myself.
If you are only worried about root and do not want to flash a custom ROM you only need to:
1. Download CWM from this forum: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1112804.
2. Flash it to your phone using odin, make sure you selct PDA and uncheck auto-reboot. When finished boot straight into recovery just to make sure everything worked.
3. Install superuser from the market or download the .apk and flash through cwm. =)
That's it, if you have any questions about how to use odin please refer to this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1160580
Knew there was an easier way lol. Guess I learned another thing for today.
Thanks important bout to try ima update when important done
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deedomond said:
Thanks important bout to try ima update when important done
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Got to love T9. Haha.
i hate t9 i always do that
You're not the only one man. Dont worry about it.
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I tried those steps it didn't work for me
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did you get an error on a part or where did things stop working?
It said complete but wen i wen i downloaded superuser it said i wqsnt rooted
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Not sure if you can achieve root on this phone without a custom kernel.
As far as I'm aware if you do go with a custom kernel when Verizon releases an update you will need to revert back to stock to be able to receive it.
If that's ok with you go here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1205428 and follow steps 1, 2a ,2b. you'll be sitting rooted and stock at that point. if you go with the pbj voodoo kernel (i'm using it) it will give you root and speed your phone up quite a bit. after that just download superuser from the market and go nuts.
Friends -
I take no credit for this. I found this boot animation in some other XDA forum and tested this with this Raver's ROM.
It runs smooth.
This is CWM flashable. Remember to take backup of your existing bootanimation.zip from /system/media location.
A BIG thank you to Raver and Krylon/ Honk for this ROM and Kernel.
***** I have tested this on Valhalla Final ROM as well. ******
Lolllll I found that last night too
And yes, its super nice, nice find and post man!
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Works great on "SGS4G OTA NOCIQ Edition - [TEAMWHISKEY DEV TEAM]" with "[KERNEL][UVKJ6][BETA2d] Subtly Modified Stock with CWM + Voodoo Lagfix [12/11/2011]"
Thanks
I freakin love this boot animation thanks man
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great addition to a ROM! Thanks +
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Working good on airfluips aosp kj6 rom. Thanks for this.
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Badass! That works perfectly!
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Thank you - its awsome
Hey guys I'm still new to all this... I'm curious I've got vahalla final on my phone... how exactly do you install this? cause I won't miss the pink unicorn bootup animation.. Not that it wasn't bad...
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Ahhhhh damn I can't find it in my download files now... What would it be under? And what do I do with the other boot up animation I have on there?? I'm just kinda confused..
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mysticfrog said:
Ahhhhh damn I can't find it in my download files now... What would it be under? And what do I do with the other boot up animation I have on there?? I'm just kinda confused..
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Step 1: Using root explorer or similar app, go to /system/media
Step 2: Copy the existing bootanimation.zip file to /sdcard
Step 3: download the file in OP to your /sdcard
Step 4: reboot to recovery
Step 5: Install zip from sdcard and flash it
Step 6: reboot
Step 7 (optional): If you didnt like this new bootanimation and want the old bootanimation (pink unicorn) back ...using rootexplorer copy the bootanimation.zip (from Step2) to /system/media
Cool I'll check it out.. I've got rom manager premium... I really don't know why I got that app
The only reason I ask Is because I actually downloaded it from here straight to my phone.. And now I can't find it.. Is ROM manager even good to have also? I'll do it from my computer when I get off and let ya know.. Thanks alot for The info..
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mysticfrog said:
Cool I'll check it out.. I've got rom manager premium... I really don't know why I got that app
The only reason I ask Is because I actually downloaded it from here straight to my phone.. And now I can't find it.. Is ROM manager even good to have also? I'll do it from my computer when I get off and let ya know.. Thanks alot for The info..
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Dont use ROM manager as it will eat your first born child and kill your phone...you have been warned -_-
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Should I download root explorer from The market? Are is there one on here? right now I've got drhonks cwm& voodoo package I got from here..
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mysticfrog said:
Should I download root explorer from The market? Are is there one on here? right now I've got drhonks cwm& voodoo package I got from here..
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Just use Super Manager. Works like a charm. Be sure to enable the root function in the settings.
bkoon1218 said:
Just use Super Manager. Works like a charm. Be sure to enable the root function in the settings.
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i installed it and the first screen says warning suoer manager is on the external storage..
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AHHH okay i got it... thanks for the help... i just get very paranoid when i do these things.. i soft bricked my phone twice rooting it.. so i just want to be clear with the things i do...
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[/COLOR]AHHH okay i got it... thanks for the help... i just get very paranoid when i do these things.. i soft bricked my phone twice rooting it.. so i just want to be clear with the things i do...
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Glad you got it. Thats how we learn, soft bricking our phones over and over
As long as we have this forum, we have lots of helpful people to get us out of it.
I take it that I should always use my computer when downloading things for my phone... My brother has a vibrant and he always just downloads his roms straight to his phone.. Anyway I've realized that when I place the file on my phone from the computer my result's have always been great.. Thanks again... One question though what us dalvik cache.. And are we supposed to clear it every once in a while
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I take it that I should always use my computer when downloading things for my phone... My brother has a vibrant and he always just downloads his roms straight to his phone.. Anyway I've realized that when I place the file on my phone from the computer my result's have always been great.. Thanks again... One question though what us dalvik cache.. And are we supposed to clear it every once in a while
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http://androidforums.com/eris-all-things-root/76110-what-dalvik-cache.html
I make a habit to clear it every time I flash something new. After you flash, you can wipe it in the Advanced menu in CWM. When your phone reboots, be sure to not touch ANYTHING and let it sit for 10-15 minutes to let it rebuild. If you don't, your phone will lag.
If you didn't give sufficient time for your phone to rebuild the dalvik cache, you can always go into the Advanced menu in CWM and wipe it again. You'll just have to wait the 10-15 minutes again.
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Hey guys I'm still new to all this... I'm curious I've got vahalla final on my phone... how exactly do you install this? cause I won't miss the pink unicorn bootup animation.. Not that it wasn't bad...
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Download zip and put on the root of your SD card and then flash thru cwm.
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Hello all,
I have a couple questions regarding rooting my phone
i have a fully stock vrz sgs3 and the only thing ive done to it is loaded a different launcher (nova prime). i want to root my phone so that i can backup everything ive downloaded onto it (contacts, pictures, but most importantly EVERY app ive downloaded) and also slap a rom on there for some unique customizations (was thinking CM10).
I suppose my first question would be, in the process of rooting my phone, will it wipe any/all data and leave the phone like it was when i first open the box?
and if it doesn't, will i be able to backup everything with a backup app (and also which one would be highest on people's lists) before i start getting that rom on there and going nuts making my phone my own?
thank you very much for everyones time and help with this!
happy new year!
slainte!
If you use the one click root method(http://droidmodderx.com/galaxys3/?page_id=159) which by the way is way easier and faster than Odin, you won't lose any of your data, afterwards you will download Titanium backup to backup all of your apps, I'm not sure if there's another app out there but trust me this is the one EVERYONE uses and the best one. Then download EZ-recovery(from the app store) and install the custom recovery CWM using the app itself and download EZ-unlock 1.2 (http://rootzwiki.com/topic/32456-app-920-ez-unlock-14-easiest-way-to-unlock-your-bootloader/) since 1.4 is buggy, and press unlock to unlock the bootloader and then you can flash all the ROMs you want. You MUST have the bootloader unlock to flash custom ROMs/kernels and remember to always factory reset/wipe cache and dalvik and format system when flashing and don't ever flash a ROM from another carrier because it will brick your device.
Good luck.
I'm guessing you are on JB OTA right?
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If so here is the only method to root it http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=35418324
You woo not lose your data doing it. Also, as a friendly tip download triangle away because this root method will trip your flash counter. Also, I HIGHLY recommend not downloading or following guides from other sites besides here and root, and maybe a select other few. Seen way to many bricks by following random guides.
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Make sure you follow the root guide according to what software you are running. The ICS method does not work for Jellybean. Rooting will not wipe your data but flashing a ROM will. Just do a Nandroid backup in clock work mod (CWM) thats backs up your data with your ROM as well. You can download Titanium Backup to back up your apps. Sms backup will back up your txts and call logs.
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kintwofan said:
I'm guessing you are on JB OTA right?
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If so here is the only method to root it http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=35418324
You woo not lose your data doing it. Also, as a friendly tip download triangle away because this root method will trip your flash counter. Also, I HIGHLY recommend not downloading or following guides from other sites besides here and root, and maybe a select other few. Seen way to many bricks by following random guides.
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Well put couldn't have said it better,
I would not jump right into an ASOP like CM10 for my first flash, you might want to start with a TouchWiz based rom like Clean rom first. AOSP roms in general take a few more steps to install and still have some occasional issues (data drops, getting stuck in roaming, and loosing IMEI (no data) any of which could lead to a day of anxiety and localized baldness (hair pulling)
I hope you know what your getting into.....You will never be satisfied with a stock rom again :laugh:
Wow! What great responses everyone!
Thanks all for the great advise and help!
I'll keep you guys posted... If I still can from my phone
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Look up droidmodderx on YouTube. He has extremely simple walk through for rooting
VZW GS3. EXECUTIONER 2.5
AegonTheDragon said:
If you use the one click root method which by the way is way easier and faster than Odin, you won't lose any of your data, afterwards you will download Titanium backup to backup all of your apps, I'm not sure if there's another app out there but trust me this is the one EVERYONE uses and the best one. Then download EZ-recovery(from the app store) and install the custom recovery CWM using the app itself and download EZ-unlock 1.2 since 1.4 is buggy, and press unlock to unlock the bootloader and then you can flash all the ROMs you want. You MUST have the bootloader unlock to flash custom ROMs/kernels and remember to always factory reset/wipe cache and dalvik and format system when flashing and don't ever flash a ROM from another carrier because it will brick your device.
Good luck.
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so i tried to do the root method you mention in the first part of your response, and it asked me if the uid and the gid are set to 0. there were not prompts for me to change the values of these id's so i assumed they were not set to 0 when the cmd asked me.
can you please advise on how to get these set to 0?
thank you!
Just check in the prompt, even if it's right it'll ask you, it'll say they're values in the prompt.
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AegonTheDragon said:
Just check in the prompt, even if it's right it'll ask you, it'll say they're values in the prompt.
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i saw when it askes about testing the superuser and it should say the values of those two id's and some other lines as well, but in the prompt for me, it says /system/bin/sh: /system/xbin/su: not found
i have both the usb debugging set and unknown users selected.
not sure what the prob is
thanks
jdowell362 said:
i saw when it askes about testing the superuser and it should say the values of those two id's and some other lines as well, but in the prompt for me, it says /system/bin/sh: /system/xbin/su: not found
i have both the usb debugging set and unknown users selected.
not sure what the prob is
thanks
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Are you on jb or ics
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kintwofan said:
Are you on jb or ics
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im running jb 4.1.1
jdowell362 said:
im running jb 4.1.1
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Then like I said earlier, those one clicks do not work on jb. You need to follow the guide I posted. That's why it's not working.
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kintwofan said:
Then like I said earlier, those one clicks do not work on jb. You need to follow the guide I posted. That's why it's not working.
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ahhhhh roger that!
thanks again P
kintwofan said:
Then like I said earlier, those one clicks do not work on jb. You need to follow the guide I posted. That's why it's not working.
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ok i think this might be my last question P
i have gotten as far as flashing the vralec and the cwm md5's onto my phone and gotten into cwm and installed the bootloader and it went perfectly and now i just need to reboot and its asking me "rom may flash stock recovery on boot. fix?
do i select "no" or "yes, disable recovery flash"?
i would prefer not to wipe any data so im guessing i select "yes..."
thanks again
Select yes or you will have to redo everything
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Question
What is the difference between using the EZ-Bootloader or using Goomanager for TWRP?
I am not a fan of using apps just for the sake of it and having 3 of the same on my phone. I have seen people use Goomanager for TWRP, EZ-Bootloader and Rom Manager. All I want is one...so is there an advantage or disadvantage to using TWRP and uninstalling EZ-Boatloader?
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What is the difference between using the EZ-Bootloader or using Goomanager for TWRP?
I am not a fan of using apps just for the sake of it and having 3 of the same on my phone. I have seen people use Goomanager for TWRP, EZ-Bootloader and Rom Manager. All I want is one...so is there an advantage or disadvantage to using TWRP and uninstalling EZ-Boatloader?
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EZ-Recovery has the the old TWRP preloaded last I saw but can load latest on sd card and use the app to install it. Goo Manager downloads the latest TWRP directly and installs. Rom Manager is for CWM.
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kintwofan said:
Then like I said earlier, those one clicks do not work on jb. You need to follow the guide I posted. That's why it's not working.
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Mr. Robinsons Route 66 K3 version works fine also. Just unlock bootloader before recovery flash.
Thanks
That's what I wass thnking as well. I plan on uninstalling the EZ-Bootloader and press on with TWRP.
Thanks