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Recently my girlfriend and I wanted to upgrade her T-Mobile galaxy s 4g to a gingerbread custom Rom. we first flashed clockwork mod and a froyo custom rom, then decided to flash "Audiophile gingerbread 2.3.4" and completely looked over the instructions that said to first flash bootloaders. I have had problems flashing my g2x and our hd2's in the past but thought that as long as I could get into CWM I would be fine, not true without proper bootloaders I guess. now the SGS4g will start up but after the "galaxy s 4g exclusively by T-Mobile screen" it does the bill Cosby sweater thing and starts up normal. but after five seconds or so, soft reboots and keeps looping like that. I'm pretty sure I need to Odin flash but don't know exactly what rom or file and I am having a lot of trouble getting into download mode and getting windows to read the phone. I have ran the Samsung driver software already...any ideas? any info needed?

You're getting that rainbow because you are still on froyo bootloader. Search for FB's EXT4 conversion guide. It has all the info you need to fix your issues. Also try the new AUDIOPHILE FTW ROM. It just allowed me to convert to EXT4 without the partition. So you can probablly skip that step once you get the right bootloaders.
If Odin gives you issues keep trying eventually it will see the phone!

Follow my guide.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1223765

follow fb's guide as hes part of team acid and does find nice ways to try n ease some of the gb clutter u have to go though and we do implment as much of what he does into our roms as we can ... but case u still do have issues u do have his methoods as a backup case stuff goes wrong..

Thank-you both for taking the time to help me...I really do appreciate it.
I am having a lot of trouble getting the phone into download mode. do you know if without the g.b. bootloaders if download mode shows up normal or does it have the bill Cosby sweater look to it also? Is there a trick to getting into download mode that you guys use? I have tried I think all methods that I've found online. is there another option if you can't get into download mode...? thanks guys, working on this problem more today, will post results.

Odin will still pick up your phone in Bill Cosby mode.
If you haven't already load up odin with the proper files in the proper places.
Pull battery out of phone.
plug phone and usb into computer
hold down volume up and down
put in battery.
Odin should see the phone.
If not repeat with different usb port.
Keep tryin it will see it eventually

FBis251 said:
Follow my guide.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1223765
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Thank you so much. Your method for getting into download mode worked flawlessly the very first time and every other time. The guide you guys directed me to looked and sounded like alot of work, but when all said and done it took less than a half hour after downloading files. The directions were very simple and easy to follow. Thank you very much! Your help made for a very happy girlfriend . I have one final question...When i got to (Step 11) in CWM it said, "E:Cant mount/ sdcard, and/or damaged sdcard." Q: Can she just use the present ROM (she likes it) without installing busybox? What are the pros and cons to not doing this? I did follow the partition sdcard instructions on a 2GB sandisk. Is there an easy way to fix the card? Thank you again for all your help.

If you don't install busybox there's a very high chance that you won't be able to use the voodoo lagfix which converts your phone's partitions to ext4 instead of rfs, giving you a performance boost.
Have you tried another SD card? Did you format your SD card according to the prerequisites?

[Q] Noob needs help after rooting - Stuck in hboot & white screen

Well, I must admit I am in over my head....I have owned an inspire for a few years and finally decided that I wanted to try and learn about rooting etc. I followed instructions using the advanced ace hack kit and flashed cyanogen mod7 rom and I was so proud....then some problems and some bad decisions by me. First, there was some sort of issue with the phone as I could place calls and hear but the mic did not work. Unsure of how to fix that problem, I tried a new rom (leedroid) which was still ok but upon starting I had no service. Clearly, I do not know enough to troubleshoot and I should have read more prior to beginning and this is where I began to get into deeper trouble. After trying to revert back to the cyanogen mod7.2 using rom manager, I have really messed things up. Right now, I have lost clockworkmod recovery so when I hold down the volume and press the power, my only option is hboot and it prompts me "do you want to start update"that goes nowhere...If I begin with the power button only it hangs on the HTC white screen. Iknow, I know I should be searching and reading. Believe me, I am but I could sure use someone to give a lost guy some help! I have been trying to learn and download my original RUU to perhaps get back on track that way...Thanks in advance for taking the time to read!
hocky88

hocky88 said:
Well, I must admit I am in over my head....I have owned an inspire for a few years and finally decided that I wanted to try and learn about rooting etc. I followed instructions using the advanced ace hack kit and flashed cyanogen mod7 rom and I was so proud....then some problems and some bad decisions by me. First, there was some sort of issue with the phone as I could place calls and hear but the mic did not work. Unsure of how to fix that problem, I tried a new rom (leedroid) which was still ok but upon starting I had no service. Clearly, I do not know enough to troubleshoot and I should have read more prior to beginning and this is where I began to get into deeper trouble. After trying to revert back to the cyanogen mod7.2 using rom manager, I have really messed things up. Right now, I have lost clockworkmod recovery so when I hold down the volume and press the power, my only option is hboot and it prompts me "do you want to start update"that goes nowhere...If I begin with the power button only it hangs on the HTC white screen. Iknow, I know I should be searching and reading. Believe me, I am but I could sure use someone to give a lost guy some help! I have been trying to learn and download my original RUU to perhaps get back on track that way...Thanks in advance for taking the time to read!
hocky88
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First try taking out your SD card and using something to connect to the computer and take off the P981IMG or whatever that zip file is called. Then try booting back into recovery again. Also, next time try to not use rom manager and just flash it from recovery mode.
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Here is the rooted stock from and radio just place in root of SD (not in any folder) boot up into hboot since you known how to do that let it find it will ask to install volume up for yes let it do its thing then reboot when asked. Make sure all roms and pd98 s are off SD card before you put this one on it. It will give you gingerbread from then you can install whatever custom from you want.
Have and enjoy the learning
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Wow! First, thanks for the quick repsonses. Yes, my first lesson learned is to flash from recovery as it seems more direct and therfore less likely to create problems for me until I get up to speed. This morning I am at work, so not alot of time available, but I did take out the SD card and rebooted and I found it interesting (for me anyway) that I can now choose the clockworkmod recovery v5.0.2.0 with out my SD card inserted. So, I can see that I messed up something on my SD card. I think when I get some time today, I will download the rooted stock that Reinaldo offered, clear all the stuff off my SD card and put this file into the root directory and let hboot update with this file. I knew I came to the right place for help! Think I will spend the day reading the basics trying to understand how all these pieces work together...

U just have a PD98IMG.zip on ur sd card that u need to get off of it cuz hboot is trying to flash it as soon as it boots up. So when u remove ur sd card, it's not trying to flash that zip so u can get to recovery. So u need to plug ur sd into a pc & move or delete that zip. Or u can just move/delete it with a file explorer once it boots up, of course. Just be careful to never put a PD98IMG.zip on the root of ur sd card unless ur ready to flash it. Then be sure to move or delete it once ur done flashing. Did u download a radio or something?

hocky88 said:
....I have owned an inspire for a few years
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??? release date 2/13/11. I guess time flies when you're having fun.
You're on the right track with your last sentence from your last post. Spend lots of time reading and educating yourself and you will be much better off.

This will be closed soon by a mod there is about 20 threads of the same issue..
My Inspire

[Q] LG Motion (Possible Cyanogen mod?)

Hey everyone! I would like to start off by saying that I am brand new here, and am surely going to mess up quiet alot... But here goes,
I've recently rooted my phone with a very simple guide, and it's the first device I've every rooted. So I know very little of the process of doing so, (I'm learning slowly).
I also have found a rom that I would like to install, but I would love to know if others think it seems legit? If it is real, I know many people would absolutely love to use it! The rom's URL is (ht tp:// playfuldroidz.com /wiki/ CyanogenMod_10_Motion) (Please remove spaces, sorry as I said i'm new...)
Now I don't mind testing this myself, but being as new as I am at android I honestly do not know how to follow the relatively simple instructions.
(This Is where I need some help, Please be noob cautious!)
Download the .zip & copy to phone or sdcard (make sure 4g or wifi is enabled if dl'd from phone).
Zip can be installed from either internal or external sd in CWM (Which ever you copied it too!)
MAKE A BACKUP!!!
DO A FACTORY RESET!!! - this will wipe data & cache!
Go to install zip from sdcard
Choose zip from sdcard
Select cm-10-xxxxxxxxxx-UNOFFICIAL-l0.zip
Confirm
Repeat Steps 5 -8 for gapps
Reboot
Now my first question I'd love some help with, is how do I perform this backup there talking about? do they just mean my simple go into settings and click backup? Or should I do it some otherway?
Second question: Do they mean the phones built in service of factory reset?
Third Question: To install a Zip from an SD card do I need to simply use ES file explorer, or root file browser? Or is there a custom way to install a Zip file on android?
Fourth and final Question: What is gapps..? Is this something I should get or use?
EDIT: I've got a fifth one also... Thanks to anyone who's stayed this long and is willing to help me.! Will this Cyanogen mod (If working) Work almost exactly like a real nexus Operating system? I've got a nexus 7 tablet running stock android, and I love it! That's why I'm doing this to my phone honestly.
Thank you all greatly!

Prophet968 said:
Hey everyone! I would like to start off by saying that I am brand new here, and am surely going to mess up quiet alot... But here goes,
I've recently rooted my phone with a very simple guide, and it's the first device I've every rooted. So I know very little of the process of doing so, (I'm learning slowly).
I also have found a rom that I would like to install, but I would love to know if others think it seems legit? If it is real, I know many people would absolutely love to use it! The rom's URL is (ht tp:// playfuldroidz.com /wiki/ CyanogenMod_10_Motion) (Please remove spaces, sorry as I said i'm new...)
Now I don't mind testing this myself, but being as new as I am at android I honestly do not know how to follow the relatively simple instructions.
(This Is where I need some help, Please be noob cautious!)
Download the .zip & copy to phone or sdcard (make sure 4g or wifi is enabled if dl'd from phone).
Zip can be installed from either internal or external sd in CWM (Which ever you copied it too!)
MAKE A BACKUP!!!
DO A FACTORY RESET!!! - this will wipe data & cache!
Go to install zip from sdcard
Choose zip from sdcard
Select cm-10-xxxxxxxxxx-UNOFFICIAL-l0.zip
Confirm
Repeat Steps 5 -8 for gapps
Reboot
Now my first question I'd love some help with, is how do I perform this backup there talking about? do they just mean my simple go into settings and click backup? Or should I do it some otherway?
Second question: Do they mean the phones built in service of factory reset?
Third Question: To install a Zip from an SD card do I need to simply use ES file explorer, or root file browser? Or is there a custom way to install a Zip file on android?
Fourth and final Question: What is gapps..? Is this something I should get or use?
EDIT: I've got a fifth one also... Thanks to anyone who's stayed this long and is willing to help me.! Will this Cyanogen mod (If working) Work almost exactly like a real nexus Operating system? I've got a nexus 7 tablet running stock android, and I love it! That's why I'm doing this to my phone honestly.
Thank you all greatly!
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Question 1,2 and 3.. they are all done through Clockworkmod. Look through the menus you'll see it if you still struggle look on YouTube.
Question 4.. gapps is Google Apps you need to flash this after the ROM to get the play store and all the other standard Google apps.
Question 5.. in your eyes pretty much, it'll look the same but with more features obviously.

Thank you alot!
Thanks! now i've only gotta do one last thing, and see if anyone knows whether or not this website is a reliable source, or atleast if the mod works...

Prophet968 said:
Thanks! now i've only gotta do one last thing, and see if anyone knows whether or not this website is a reliable source, or atleast if the mod works...
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Just give it a go mate, if in doubt try it out lol (don't quote me on that haha)

Alright I've got one last dumb question
CdTDroiD said:
Just give it a go mate, if in doubt try it out lol (don't quote me on that haha)
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I was just wondering if there's a chance this clock work mod thing doesn't work on my phone? I don't really know how, or where it is either... and I'd love some help with that... Thank you!
(Edit) I don't think there is a clockwork mod for my device... According to the Rom Manager app I was told to use for installing it.

Prophet968 said:
I was just wondering if there's a chance this clock work mod thing doesn't work on my phone? I don't really know how, or where it is either... and I'd love some help with that... Thank you!
(Edit) I don't think there is a clockwork mod for my device... According to the Rom Manager app I was told to use for installing it.
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If you did what it said in the instructions *root it, cwm, install custom rom* then after installing the custom rom it has it's own cwm. turn off the phone, turn in back home and press the back and home button together at the same time and it should take you to the rom's cwm. If the phone does a factory reset by pressing the back and home button then you did the installation wrong.
But just in case I'll setup a full instruction for you.
Root your phone.
Which can be done easily, just download this and extract the files: http://www.mediafire.com/?dhdbwflnl1vknx2
once you extract the files put your phone on debugging mode which can be done by going to settings, developer mode, and click usb debug.
once you've done that connect your phone to the pc *make sure it's on charge only* wait for driver installation to finish. once that's done click root. follow instructions on the screen it shouldn't be too hard! after following instructions you should be rooted and have cwm. but to install the recovery go to your apps and find lte 2nd init recovery and then click the top button, agree to super su to use it and you're done with rooting and cwm! now. these files you were talking about, download them and put them on sd which can be done with a file manager. after they've downloaded go to the lte 2nd init and click the bottom button. it will reboot the phone and take you to cwm. While you are in cwm click on the home button to go to external which is the sd, then go to backup and restore, and click backup! this is very important. miss this step and things could go bad. Now all you have to do is follow the instructions you posted yourself and you should be done! if you need any help don't hesitate to message me. I've done this for a long time now.
Whoops forgot to add. the website IS a reliable source. Learned that cause I'm a risk taker and decided to try it out myself. and do not use rom manager or anything like that for recovery. ever. especially on phones that do not have their own recovery mode. also. the CM10 works great in my opinion! But there's a catch. for me at least. even though everything is perfect during phone calls I cannot use my 4g. which is a bad thing for me cause I need it. other than that if that doesn't bother you or anything or don't have service then knock yourself out and install the cm10!

COMPLETED) This mod worked, all things are now finished except one small issue!
So after installing the mod with some great help of someone here on this forums, I've been basically beta testing the mod for a few days. I have nearly no complaints, as almost everything works seemlessly just like you'd except the operating system to. In the end I found one single issue though, which is terribly annoying for me in specific...
My GPS isn't working, which could be one of many things other than the rom. Seeing as I only recognized It yesterday, there may be an outside reason it at random shut off. If anyone know's what can cause this, and a fix for it please comment back!
Thanks to everyone who helped with installing the mod

Check out www.unleashedprepaids.com. have whole section on lg motion custom ROMs help guides everything u need!
Sent from my LG-MS770 using Tapatalk 4

Please help me with the rom
Hey guys not sure if i am suppose to post this here but i couldnt find any where else and i couldnt find an answer with my exact problem, i installed this rom on my moms lg motion and everything went find untill i got to gapps it came up with an error inside of cwm so i just contined all the other flashes i had to do and rebooted i thought that i could just flash gapps later. But i mad a very big booboo i installed the Recovery APK for it in cm 10 i forgot all about pressing reboot and saying reboot into revocovery so i was going to try it though the Recovery APK so i installed the thing and pressed reboot and instead of taking me into recovery it takes me to a screen that says something like "mourning call error" which i dont know what means but i had to take out the battery and turn the phone back on so that worked and i got back to the home screen but i still cant install gapps so she can use all the google sevices i tried rebooting with the built in reboot into recovery (the one that you press reboot when you hold the power button) and that does the same exact thing i have no way of flashing gapps or anything else for that matter can someone please help me i have no idea what to do. everything i working on the phone but that. thank you sorry if i put this in the wrong place.

Confused my droid using this method- would love in on this thread
Sorry if I'm posting in the wrong place-punch me if I have-
I rooted my lgms770 with version f firmware- installed cwm and 2ndinit recovery (2nd init was the only known way (to me anyway) to get into cwm at the time) followed this guide ---
[LgMotion All Things root] and
[GUIDE] Unbrick OR Unroot LG Motion 4G [KDZ] - Android Forums
I am not allowed to post urls yet...sorry...its the the first google hit
I've tried multiple versions of the official LG Firmware flash, from the website, and by following this guide-
AOKP Dirty Unicorns baseless port cm10 - Android Forums Actually, its the unicorns that got me.
With no luck there. I am running Mint16, and had to run the programs through Wine of course, then tried Q4wine, and eventually tried running though Oracle VM, and finally, I wiped my ancient dell of Linux altogether and put WinXP back on it (took 2 hours, that). No cigar. And yes, I did the drivers, all in order, etc, tried again, reinstalled etc
I finally set up adb to try to get into this droid that way, but am having problems with port permissions (I'm going to guess that's on my pc's end-running Mint16)
I can access the factory reset screen (the black and white), download mode, and the battery charges on a black screen with a nice purple font, but I am still stuck in a bootloop. I've employed all known button spamming combos to get back into cwm (there is a nandroid in there somewhere)..but alas...
Help me Obi-Wan-Kenobi's..
Peach

I had the purple letters with no way to get to the factory reset screen i just used the lg online flash tool in upgrade recovery put in the imei of the phone in made sure the phone was in usb download mode then it was fixed but for some odd reason i still cant get my phone to the factory reset option. I apologize sincerely if I wasn't detailed enough if you need any clarification on it then let me know through pm or i could even send u a link to my box folder i keep the install files in.
(Also i have a one click root app for the LGMS770 So if you or anyone would like the link i would be happy to give it to you)
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[Q] Gots to reset the phone

Hi guys and girls. Noob here with just enough knowledge to totally f stuff up. Any ways, I have a Galaxy S model sgh-t959v. I rooted it and installed Bionix rom from team whiskey. I used this one because at the time, it was the only one I could find that would actually load on the phone. I was probably trying to use the wrong roms or whatever. Any ways, I am now experienceing the low mem lvls and various problems. Basically I would like to start fresh and brand new, clear the phone completely and install a better rom. I did a seach on the forum and there are several posts on how to fix the low mem problem, but for some reason my phone wont reboot into a state taht I can install them from sd card. It only gives me the option to wipe data, no install from sd card. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks and have a great new year.
Jimbo

use one click heimdall !
you must boot it into download mode..
just search it and the procedures are on it
root-flash kernel-flash rom thats it

[Q] How to Upgrade Android Version

I have Sony Xperia Miro i basically have no idea where to begin i know i have to root but what are the things i should know and how it works ?
From where should i begin and what are the odds of System crash and which version i will be getting after upgrade.
please help

You have rooted your phone, so the first thing you should do, is get yourself a recovery (CWM or TWRP) and make a full system backup. That's important because you will have something to come back to in case you end up messing your phone.
Now, if you plan on installing ROMs based on stock, you can straight away use recovery to install them (the instructions for each ROM are given along with the ROM).
In case you want to install a custom ROM, aka something built from a source different from the stock like the Cyanogenmod or Paranoid or MIUI or something based off on them, you gotta first unlock bootloader. There are pretty nice tutorials for unlocking bootloader using flashtool.
That reminds me, always have a flashtool and ftf file for your phone handy. Flashtool always helps, as long as your hardware isn't damaged that is.
Now talking about risks: There are a lot, but I never faced any that made me lose my buddy.
1) Your motherboard may get fried. Don't worry, it happens 1 in 100 or maybe 1000.
2) Phone sometimes overheats.
3) During installation of a ROM, you may encounter an error and phone may go into bootlop (Go upto logo screen and be there forever). Backups and/or Flashtool comes to the rescue here.
4) Never flash a ROM with the memory swiped (internal -> external exchange). I have seen somewhere that it causes a hardbrick.
A hardbrick is when you gotta go to service centre. Your phone isn't going to start anymore.
A softbrick is when there's some problem with the software. You can fix it using flashtool or backups of recovery. Someone who keeps on switching ROMs (like me ) faces it a lot. Just follow all steps and you will be alright.
In the end, luck has some contribution too

maxzeroedge said:
4) Never flash a ROM with the memory swiped (internal -> external exchange). I have seen somewhere that it causes a hardbrick.
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Not really, at least on my J - I've been flashing few roms like this and everything is fine. The only thing worth mentioning is that cwm isn't tricked by memory swap, so backups and roms should be on external in it.

Saleen28 said:
Not really, at least on my J - I've been flashing few roms like this and everything is fine. The only thing worth mentioning is that cwm isn't tricked by memory swap, so backups and roms should be on external in it.
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Oh well, good for you. I have tipo, but I never tried it. I was just mentioning it because the one who said that was pretty confident about it. You know its better to warn than to mourn (I know they don't rhyme),