I have an inspire that I got T-mobile working on it and after I rooted the phone i didn't flash it to a custom rom. So now I want to get ClearDroid in it, but when I tried to go to ROM manager there wasn't a pop-up saying there's an update for clockworkmod recovery.
Now I don't know how to get clockworkmod installed. I've tried looking in the forums for solutions but still no luck. I also want to know if I did something wrong with the rooting.
I would really appreciate the help.
Wel can you tell me what the first entry is in your rom manager? Mine is flash clockwork recovery. Give that a go and see if it works for you.
What root method did you use? I used ACE HACK KIT and if I recall it put a clockwork recovery on my device.
Spark is correct...hack kit does add a clockwork recovery. Start adb and type adb reboot recovery to boot into it. Or, install Droid explorer on your pc and click tools, install custom ROM.
http://de.codeplex.com/releases/view/50997
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I used Bubby's simple root program. It's weird tho because I first used it on another inspire and I was able to root it and flash it to another ROM. The second time I rooted on a different inspire(the one with the T-mobile) I can't flash it to a different ROM.
I've confirmed with root checker that the phone is rooted and I was thinking if it's advisable if I should root it again.
One more thing when I tried to go into boot mode and there was an orange blinking light. I just took out the battery and got it working again. What I heard is that it could be a sign of semi-bricking the phone.
Might be best to flash back to stock using the RUU in Bubby's one click, however, you may lose the ability to use T-mobile. I'll think about it after I get some sleep.
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I was also thinking about flashing back into stock and after that just try to root everything again to work with T-Mobile
So you have your brand new LG G2x and have heard about this rooting and flashing thing but don't know where to begin. When I first got my G2x I had a hard time trying to learn how to root my phone, flash it with CWM and flash a custom ROM onto it.
I couldn't find a thread specifically showing me how to do all of this with the G2x Gingerbread 2.3.3
Well, I have put this thread together to help those out there like myself that were lost. I have gathered all the links with the directions you need to follow to successfully root and flash your phone!
So let's being!
These directions are to flash the ROM Cyanogenmod7 onto your phone. They can also be used to flash any other ROM, just download the rom that you want after doing Step 1 and 2, then follow the directions in Step 4 to flash the ROM.
1) Flash ClockworkMod via NVFlash by following the directions in this thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1056847
After flashing your phone with Clockworkmod, make a backup by booting into ClockworkMod recovery mode, then going to backup and restore. In case something were to go wrong, or you want to flash your phone back to stock rom, you will have the backup available.
2) Do this step if you want to keep your stock Gingerbread but want your phone Rooted. If you want to install a custom Rom, you can skip this step since custom Roms are already Rooted. Root your phone by following the directions in the following link
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1255214
3) Download the latest nightly build of ROM Cyanogenmod7 here, or download another ROM from the G2x Android Development
http://download.cyanogenmod.com/?device=p999
4) Follow these directions to flash the ROM onto your phone. Make sure to "Wipe Data" in Clockwork Recovery mode before flashing the ROM.
http://theunlockr.com/2011/05/03/how-to-load-a-custom-rom-on-the-t-mobile-g2x
5) If the ROM you decide to flash doesn't come with the google apps, like Youtube, Market, Maps etc. You can download the .zip for the google apps here. Just flash the .zip from Clockwork Recovery mode.
http://goo-inside.me/gapps/
CM7 comes with AWDLauncher, but if you find the menu a bit laggy, you can try out AWDLauncher EX from the android market.
I take no credit for the work done by these people, I simply put all of the links in one place.
Mods and Admins, if this is in the wrong section please don't ban me
I saw other Guide threads on here so I think this is the correct section to post this in.
great Job!
I followed all tutorials Thanks for The guide.
This video also helped
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kG08Uc8pQT0
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I followed all tutorials Thanks for The guide.
This video also helped
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kG08Uc8pQT0
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This also helped me.http://www.androidpolice.com/2010/0...top-5-benefits-of-rooting-your-android-phone/
Thanks, I'll be using this as soon as I get my phone.
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Getting. My g2x in 4 days. Can't wait to rip into it.
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Thanks for the write up. I'm looking into all options right now.
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Thanks man, thinking about rooting the phone but I just got it so not sure yet but good guide.
First off I'm very new to everything Andriod coming from iPhone for the last 4 years.
I'm in a very simular problem to ORStoner who posted a thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1624431
I have tried everything that people suggested to this user but I'm still locked on the HTC screen.
So I unlock the bootloader which was a success then I flashed clockwork recovery which went well. However then I flashed a zip that I got from this site http://www.guidingtech.com/10821/disable-3-three-dot-menu-htc-one-x-map-to-task-switcher-button/
I went through all the instructions but knowing me probably screwed up somewhere.
My Clockwork version is recovery-clockwork-touch-5.8.3.1-endeavoru
any ideas because I feel lost with no phone.
Thanks
By anychance did you make a nanroid backup from clockwork before you flashed? Also did you also wipe everything like cache,dalvik-cache,data,system,sd-android secure,you gotta make sure you DONT WIPE YOUR SD card.
Unfortunately I was stupid enough NOT to back up, rookie mistake!!!. I have cleared all Cache including dalvik. No luck, So frustrating.
I just read the last part of your post, I did wipe the SD. I need the original files to flash any idea where i can get them?
Download a rom update utility (ruu) from
Forum. Flash stock recovery (you can find in modacos thread. ) Relock bootloader using fastboot oem lock. Start ruu and follow the directions. You can unlock bootloader again later.
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Soulution!~
did yoiu unlock it using the steps provided by the developers?
if so then go into recovery mode, wipe clear everything using the two options provided and reboot.
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Download a rom update utility (ruu) from
Forum. Flash stock recovery (you can find in modacos thread. ) Relock bootloader using fastboot oem lock. Start ruu and follow the directions. You can unlock bootloader again later.
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Done everything you said but I cant seem to get the RUU to work. I keep getting the message (the ROM update Utility cannot update your android phone please get the correct ROM Update utility and try again)
I have tried
RUU_ENDEAVOR_U_ICS_40_HTC_Europe_1.26.401.2_Radio_1.1204.90.13_release_251208_signed
RUU_ENDEAVOR_U_ICS_40_Vodafone_UK_1.26.161.2_Radio_1.1204.90.13_release_251227_signed
and
RUU_ENDEAVOR_U_ICS_40_HTC_ARA_1.28.415.9_Radio_1.1204.103.14_release_25679_signed
Im running out of ideas, Im on Vodafone BTW I dont know if this makes a difference.
Ok ,my girlfriend bought a new infuse and now she wants a custom ROM preferably ics on it ! It's on 2.2.1 ATM so I read around n as far as I could find out here is what I need to do :
1. Use Odin stock GB package to flash stock GB, I found a thread but it says it had no bootloaders. This is the confusing part shouldn't the Odin have GB bootloaders ?
2. Once I m on GB bootloaders if I don't have root n cwm I flash a kernel to get those
3.then I flash a ROM as per instructions in OP
Am I right ? O am I missing something? Also would be a great help if someone would tell me which is the safest method to get GB bootloaders on infuse ? Thanks a lot in advance
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No, not really any of that is necessary. Root the phone on 2.2.1, install CWM via ROM manager (found in Google play), download and install Cyanogenmod 7 (found at cyanogenmod.com) on her phone (no matter what version, just v7), then flash an ICS ROM the same way as the Cyanogenmod 7 ROM, no other stuff.
ROM install instructions:
Wipe data/factory reset
Wipe cache
Wipe dalvik cache
Install (Gapps if required)
Reboot
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Dint know that CM7 supported infuse, as their site didn't list infuse in devices supported!! Well I will take your word for it and go about doing that method u described ! Thanks
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Dint know that CM7 supported infuse, as their site didn't list infuse in devices supported!! Well I will take your word for it and go about doing that method u described ! Thanks
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Don't take his word for it, as I don't think he even has an Infuse. Cyanogen doesn't officially support the Infuse at the moment, so you won't find a CM7 rom there for the Infuse. Since you are still on 2.2 and have root, you can use Rom Manager from the Play Store to install recovery. You'll note that there isn't a choice for the Infuse in the device list. Choose Galaxy S i9000, and that recovery will work for the Infuse (Don't try to use i9000 roms on the Infuse, though, because they won't work without being properly ported.). Once you get CWM recovery, choose your rom from the Infuse development section here, and follow the instructions there for installation. We also don't advise using Rom Manager for much else, as some have had issues on the Infuse. It's best to do nandroid backups, rom flashes, etc. directly in CWM recovery on this device.
By the way, the previous poster has a Galaxy S i9000, and his instructions for flashing an ICS rom aren't correct for our device either. Be sure to follow the instructions found in any of the rom threads here once you get CWM recovery.
All that said, since you mentioned Odin, you could also just flash Option C with Odin from HERE, and you'll have AT&T Gingerbread with root, CWM recovery, and a bunch of other goodies. This is a good base from which to flash any other rom you'll find in the dev section.
You also asked about bootloaders for Gingerbread. If you take issue with seeing rainbow artifacts in recovery and in the boot animation (the only issue that you will have without them), then you will need to flash them separately. We don't include them in Odin packages, because a failed bootloader install is really just about the only way you can hard brick an Infuse. If you can sucessfully flash other items in Odin, and are on Gingerbread or ICS, download and extract THIS package, and flash the tar.md5 in Odin. In seconds, you'll have the bootloaders, and will never need to flash them again.
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Don't take his word for it, as I don't think he even has an Infuse. Cyanogen doesn't officially support the Infuse at the moment, so you won't find a CM7 rom there for the Infuse. Since you are still on 2.2 and have root, you can use Rom Manager from the Play Store to install recovery. You'll note that there isn't a choice for the Infuse in the device list. Choose Galaxy S i9000, and that recovery will work for the Infuse (Don't try to use i9000 roms on the Infuse, though, because they won't work without being properly ported.). Once you get CWM recovery, choose your rom from the Infuse development section here, and follow the instructions there for installation. We also don't advice using Rom Manager for much else, as some have had issues on the Infuse. It's best to do nandroid backups, rom flashes, etc. directly in CWM recovery on this device.
By the way, the previous poster has a Galaxy S i9000, and his instructions for flashing an ICS rom aren't correct for our device either. Be sure to follow the instructions found in any of the rom threads here once you get CWM recovery.
All that said, since you mentioned Odin, you could also just flash Option C with Odin from HERE, and you'll have AT&T Gingerbread with root, CWM recovery, and a bunch of other goodies. This is a good base from which to flash any other rom you'll find in the dev section.
You also asked about bootloaders for Gingerbread. If you take issue with seeing rainbow artifacts in recovery and in the boot animation (the only issue that you will have without them), then you will need to flash them separately. We don't include them in Odin packages, because a failed bootloader install is really just about the only way you can hard brick an Infuse. If you can sucessfully flash other items in Odin, and are on Gingerbread or ICS, download and extract THIS package, and flash the tar.md5 in Odin. In seconds, you'll have the bootloaders, and will never need to flash them again.
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Exactly what he said
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Girl friends they always want something...I tried to explain this to my wife but noooooo....
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A few threads today are getting pretty entertaining, fellas. If I wasn't messing with Jelly Bean and had a network connection, I'd go to Tapatalk to slap some thanks. I'm all out for the day on the PC.
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Don't take his word for it, as I don't think he even has an Infuse. Cyanogen doesn't officially support the Infuse at the moment, so you won't find a CM7 rom there for the Infuse. Since you are still on 2.2 and have root, you can use Rom Manager from the Play Store to install recovery. You'll note that there isn't a choice for the Infuse in the device list. Choose Galaxy S i9000, and that recovery will work for the Infuse (Don't try to use i9000 roms on the Infuse, though, because they won't work without being properly ported.). Once you get CWM recovery, choose your rom from the Infuse development section here, and follow the instructions there for installation. We also don't advise using Rom Manager for much else, as some have had issues on the Infuse. It's best to do nandroid backups, rom flashes, etc. directly in CWM recovery on this device.
By the way, the previous poster has a Galaxy S i9000, and his instructions for flashing an ICS rom aren't correct for our device either. Be sure to follow the instructions found in any of the rom threads here once you get CWM recovery.
All that said, since you mentioned Odin, you could also just flash Option C with Odin from HERE, and you'll have AT&T Gingerbread with root, CWM recovery, and a bunch of other goodies. This is a good base from which to flash any other rom you'll find in the dev section.
You also asked about bootloaders for Gingerbread. If you take issue with seeing rainbow artifacts in recovery and in the boot animation (the only issue that you will have without them), then you will need to flash them separately. We don't include them in Odin packages, because a failed bootloader install is really just about the only way you can hard brick an Infuse. If you can sucessfully flash other items in Odin, and are on Gingerbread or ICS, download and extract THIS package, and flash the tar.md5 in Odin. In seconds, you'll have the bootloaders, and will never need to flash them again.
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Thanks a ton for the elaborate detail I.would try the Odin method as I an very comfortable with it but I've last question since u said that those packages don't have bootloaders , when I flash those Odin packages I will have GB on the phone but no GB bootloaders ? U mean I will run a GB ROM on froyo bootloaders? It's that even possible? I ask this because on captivate when I moved from froyo to GB we flashed Odin along with bootloaders so I had a GB ROM with GB bootloaders in fact other we were asked to first flash GB bootloaders n then flash a ROM ! And if that it's possible then all I have to do is just Odin that GB package without the bootloaders and then flash the bootloaders once and for all, right? Sorry for being a noob in this section but it's better being a noob rather than hard bricking a infuse lol
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Thanks a ton for the elaborate detail I.would try the Odin method as I an very comfortable with it but I've last question since u said that those packages don't have bootloaders , when I flash those Odin packages I will have GB on the phone but no GB bootloaders ? U mean I will run a GB ROM on froyo bootloaders? It's that even possible? I ask this because on captivate when I moved from froyo to GB we flashed Odin along with bootloaders so I had a GB ROM with GB bootloaders in fact other we were asked to first flash GB bootloaders n then flash a ROM ! And if that it's possible then all I have to do is just Odin that GB package without the bootloaders and then flash the bootloaders once and for all, right? Sorry for being a noob in this section but it's better being a noob rather than hard bricking a infuse lol
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Yes, you can have and run Gingerbread on the phone without GB bootloaders. The only side effect will be that you will see rainbow distortion in recovery and during the boot animation. Other than that, on the Infuse, Gingerbread runs fine on Froyo bootloaders. So, you are right. Odin the GB package without the bootloaders, and when that's done flash the bootloaders. You won't have to flash the bootloaders again as they can't be downgraded. Froyo runs fine on the upgraded bootloaders, too, by the way.
Oh sweet ! Thanks a ton will flash it now , she has been eating my head to get rid of the at n t bloatware finally I will get her phone on ics thanks a ton for pointing me in the right direction and bearing with my noobish questions ! Thanks to everyone
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Hi is there any way to know what bootloader i'm on? Right now running Aeon 1.4 with red recovey without any glitches. No rainbow or other problem.
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rainbow99984 said:
Hi is there any to know what bootloader i'm on? Right now running Aeon 1.4 with red recovey without any glitches. No rainbow or other problem.
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If you have no rainbows or glitches, then the bootloaders that are on the phone are fine. If you are using Aeon 1.4, and don't have any glitches in recovery, then it is safe to assume that you most likely have the GB bootloaders. Some kernels have workarounds for the rainbow artifacts, so if you flash something later and find that you have rainbow distortion, you can always flash bootloaders at that time. For now, if all is good, then there is no need to worry about bootloaders. To answer your question, though, the best way to know is to check recovery and boot animation. If there is no distortion, and everything boots properly, then you have the proper bootloaders for your setup.
Thank you for the fast reply. Yes i dont have any problem there. Reason i wish to make sure is- my phone no longer recognised in pc hemidall or odin, tried all but failed. It charge with usb but no luck in download mode. Willing to try ics so anxious.
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Thank you for the fast reply. Yes i dont have any problem there. Reason i wish to make sure is- my phone no longer recognised in pc hemidall or odin, tried all but failed. It charge with usb but no luck in download mode. Willing to try ics so anxious.
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Yeah, those issues aren't related to your bootloaders. You'll want to try different USB ports, another cable, uninstall and reinstall your Samsung USB drivers (and your Heimdall libusb driver for one specific USB port), etc. But, the bootloaders aren't to blame for your issues there.
Ye i tried. I'm on ubuntu so heimdall is my choice. Usb could be board problem. So willing to play safe so that i wont got in situation where i need heimdall i know my chance is slim for ics considering the issue that may occur.
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If you are that anxious to flash ICS, you can do it without the bootloaders.. you will just have the rainbows with which you can live for a while.
Then later when you get a chance of using Windows, use Odin to flash them.
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I've not been able to catch up to speed with the new custom roms and need some help from the community.
When I brought my UK WIFI Xoom (MZ604) back in Autumn 2011 I had it rooted, Clockwork recovery installed and a Tiamat custom rom on it. I switched it on earlier in the week and the boot screen just kept on loading in a cycle and wouldn't stop. I thought to save myself time I grab a new rom and install the ZIP as normal. Now the Xoom just goes in a cycle of the loading rom screen. I don't think I've bricked it because I'm able to get into the recovery mode.
I've been out of touch and need some clear guidance in what I need to do next.
1. All the ICS roms have ceased development? Reason why I ask is that its easier to 'recover' my Xoom with just install a new Rom over the old?
2. Jellybean requires additional steps to put the customer rom? Its not just a simple case of install new Rom over the old via clockwork.
EDIT: Just to note I'm still on HoneyComb so looking further I might need to put a new CWM on my tablet and reroot?
Thanks.
Question: As I've got CWM currently installed, if I perform flashing eos recovery, will this resolve my issues?
Can you download the stock firmware and flash it through fastboot and start from scratch?
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Can you download the stock firmware and flash it through fastboot and start from scratch?
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I think I can revert it back to stock but I was hoping to do a quick win solution and download a rom and install. I might have to follow some guides tonight and get it up and running again.
Try installing rogue touch recovery and flashing a different rom.
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