After painstaking deliberation, they had reached the decision to eat gingerbread. Cautious and deliberate by nature, they opted to install stock 2.3.6 using Kies, presumably the safest choice. KB5 had been having a hard time connecting to the pc via usb with debugging active - no choice was given how to connect to pc, and Kies was not recognizing the phone. Finally bypassing the usb hub allowed Kies to recognize the device, and after a long download, a usb error message flashed up and process failed. Removed phone battery and reboot, all is well but SCREW KIES
Odin from now on
Probably the most creative thing I've seen here all night. Kudos to you my friend!
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Downloaded the stock ODIN version of GB 2.3.6 KJ6 .tar here to flash via ODIN but phone will not connect via usb at all now. I think I reverted it's firmware back to the paleolithic era somehow. Could someone share the link the newest ODIN? I have v1.85 and I think also 4.03?
Unless anyone has any ideas, looks like CWM may be my only chance. How can I upgrade firmware if the method used to update is inoperable? Whenever I go into download mode it will not connect with USB. Instead windows says
"USB Device Not Recognized
One of the USB devices attached tho this compter has malfunctioned and windows does not recognize it. For help with this problem, click here."
Great bricked in a factory reset version of kb5 ugh. And this all happened because I tried to use stupid Kies!
Son of a ginger biscuit I figured out why it would not connect it was the 6 FOOT CORD I had hooked up for convenience it WILL NOT GO INTO ODIN OR KIES without the original 3' cord wow
Don't know if it was related to the Kies failure or not but now I am up and running though I cannot flash any .zip with cwm, says signature not verified, and I cannot find a toggle, I have 2.3.6 running now, rooted with super one click zerg, recovery 3e, is there a difference between "rom manager" and "cwm"?? How do I fix this I'd like to install the custom debloater .zip... upgraded from kb5
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Don't know if it was related to the Kies failure or not but now I am up and running though I cannot flash any .zip with cwm, says signature not verified, and I cannot find a toggle, I have 2.3.6 running now, rooted with super one click zerg, recovery 3e, is there a difference between "rom manager" and "cwm"?? How do I fix this I'd like to install the custom debloater .zip... upgraded from kb5
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Definitely stay away from ROM Manager, from what I've read. You're getting that signature verification error probably because the phone now has standard recovery vs. CWM. That's an assumption on my part, though. You would have to ODIN one of Drhonk's modded kernels that comes with voodoo/cwm/root to get CWM installed. Within the standard recovery there is not a place to toggle the signature verification.
Considering you're on KJ6 now, go to http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1194032 and grab drhonk's KJ1 kernel. Put it into the PDA section of ODIN and flash it. Then you'll have CWM.
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is there a difference between "rom manager" and "cwm"??
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I had the same issue when I first started. ROM Manager is an app used to download & install custom ROMs, make backups, etc., but it does not work correctly on our phones. "CWM" (as used in the context of the SGS4G) is the custom recovery menu we install to do basically the same things. Anyway, follow stephen_w's instructions to install a custom kernel and that will solve your issues.
Awesome response stephen_w. A link! So much info out there I'm compiling a small database but when I need something it's usually back to search!
I was up and running KJ6, trying to install .zip files from root of sd card using cwm. Did not work - error was E:\ signature verification failed
So, decide to ODIN back to KB5, and try to load cwm, upgrade via cwm, and see if there was a glitch there. Did not work. Upon ODINING back to KB5, download screen has different look, and phone bootloops at Galaxy S logo. I'm about to ODIN flash 2.3.6 again and hope that it works....
This all started because Kies failed (presumably due to length of cord) the KJ6 from Raver that I ODIN'd in I THOUGHT was all stock actually came with CWM and super user preloaded. CWM did not recognize su.apk in the root and was therefore less functional. I fixed permissions and the error went away, but many icons were still greyed out. I wanted to bring back my apps/data from rom manager backup, but my recovery would not work. It would not open the .zip files, and there was no toggle to enable/disable signature verify. This may have been because I did not buy the pay version of CWM, or I don't know how to use it properly. Do you have to somehow flash the recovery to enable CWM? Is there a particular recovery designed for KJ6 SGS4G??
Also, what is the "bootloader update" option for in ODIN?
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Awesome response stephen_w. A link! So much info out there I'm compiling a small database but when I need something it's usually back to search!
I was up and running KJ6, trying to install .zip files from root of sd card using cwm. Did not work - error was E:\ signature verification failed
So, decide to ODIN back to KB5, and try to load cwm, upgrade via cwm, and see if there was a glitch there. Did not work. Upon ODINING back to KB5, download screen has different look, and phone bootloops at Galaxy S logo. I'm about to ODIN flash 2.3.6 again and hope that it works....
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Weird; I've not had the signature verification error with CWM, only with the standard recovery.
When you went back to KB5 you went from a Gingerbread (GB) ROM to a Froyo ROM. Froyo & GB require different boot loaders so if the ROM you flashed did not have both boot loaders, then you get stuck in a boot loop. Going back to KJ6 will probably get you going again.
This all started because Kies failed (presumably due to length of cord) the KJ6 from Raver that I ODIN'd in I THOUGHT was all stock actually came with CWM and super user preloaded. CWM did not recognize su.apk in the root and was therefore less functional. I fixed permissions and the error went away, but many icons were still greyed out.
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I thought Raver's ODIN version of KJ6 was pure stock. I didn't think it had CWM or Superuser.
I wanted to bring back my apps/data from rom manager backup, but my recovery would not work.
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You might have problems recovering to GB ROMs. This is due to an error in CWM for GB. The problem prevents the /system partition from unmounting. From what I've been told, you have to flash back to a Froyo ROM, like Bali, to do the recovery then flash back to the GB ROM afterward. Not sure if that's your problem here, though, as I've never used ROM Manager.
It would not open the .zip files, and there was no toggle to enable/disable signature verify. This may have been because I did not buy the pay version of CWM, or I don't know how to use it properly. Do you have to somehow flash the recovery to enable CWM? Is there a particular recovery designed for KJ6 SGS4G??
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I've never paid for a version of CWM. I've always used one of drhonk's modded kernels to get CWM. Installing the KJ1 kernel I mentioned earlier should do that for you.
Also, what is the "bootloader update" option for in ODIN?
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My best ODIN advice: Let ODIN decide what needs to be checked and what should not. I've not used the "Phone Bootloader Update" feature. Don't go anywhere near the "Phone EFS Clear", either. I've a feeling that would wipe out your IMEI and other things.
See if you can get Raver's ODIN Stock KJ6 to install, then install drhonk's KJ1 kernel. Once done, reboot into recovery mode and see if it is CWM Red recovery, which is should be. Note the version number at the top and report it back here.
If all of that works well and the right version of CWM is there, then maybe we need to examine what ZIP you're trying to flash. Maybe it's a corrupt file.
Thank you very much, succesfully flashed GB 2.3.6 KJ6, succesfully flashed Drhonks KJ1, had a hard time entering recovery boot mode
RECOVERY BOOT MODE 3 BUTTON SGS4G 959V
HOLD: vol up, vol dn, power
RELEASE: power
RELEASE: vol up, vol dn
Disabled voodoo and I'm about to load up busy box, (CWM i.e. rom manager???) per the instructions......
UPDATE 20:02 ownloaded "rom manager", re-enabled VOODOO, rebooting. I think I get what's going on here. The file system is being reformatted / partitioned every time voodoo is enabled/disabled. I'm assuming the enabled mode is ext4 partitioning. However, cwm must be installed during fat32 mode, thus the reasoning for enable/disable voodoo. Can't wait to try this out, is it really faster than stock KJ6?? Love the look and feel of the rom already!
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Thank you very much, succesfully flashed GB 2.3.6 KJ6, succesfully flashed Drhonks KJ1, had a hard time entering recovery boot mode
RECOVERY BOOT MODE 3 BUTTON SGS4G 959V
HOLD: vol up, vol dn, power
RELEASE: power
RELEASE: vol up, vol dn
Disabled voodoo and I'm about to load up busy box, (CWM i.e. rom manager???) per the instructions......
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Yeah, since being on GB I've been unable to get into recovery unless I use an app like Quick Boot or using ADB from the Android SDK.
Rom Manager and CWM, to my knowledge, are different animals. Good luck getting it going; it sounds like your 95% of the way there.
Heck yea workin good now to restore those apps I lost and debloat and play with boot animations!!!
UPDATE: Just also flashed via CWM .zip the debloater file, SWEET
Bloatware remover flashed with cwm works awesome, just browse to find the .zip doesn't even need to be in root dir
So far no noticeable deficiencies and without even installing app killer I have 165 used and 343 megs of ram free!!
I'm about to try to backup progs using rom manager, but when I click "backup/restore" it tells me I have to flash clockwork mod, which I'm pretty sure is already flashed??
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Heck yea workin good now to restore those apps I lost and debloat and play with boot animations!!!
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Awesome, glad you got it working
MY PHONE IS NOW ALL THAT IS PERFECT
Thank you EVERYBODY
This took me about 2 weeks of 3-4 hours a day research and thumb work
now operating
2.3.6 KJ6 GB w/
KJ1 drhonk stock + voodoo + cwm
debloater.zip
Titanium Backup to restore all apps (adfree, app killer, etc. etc.)
Icons and background are gone but no bigggy
mine got unplugged in odin download screen can anyone help?
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mine got unplugged in odin download screen can anyone help?
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That blows. Does ODIN recognize it when you plug it back in? If so, just reflash.
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When in doubt take the battery out! (to dinner)
UPDATE: I want to make a total phone backup (of all my current settings) using rom manager. When I go to "backup current ROM" it says cwm needs to be installed and gives me options for several phones, including the i9000. Should I do this even though cwm red is already installed on my phone? Need a workaround here...
thanks in advance
Farlander said:
When in doubt take the battery out! (to dinner)
UPDATE: I want to make a total phone backup (of all my current settings) using rom manager. When I go to "backup current ROM" it says cwm needs to be installed and gives me options for several phones, including the i9000. Should I do this even though cwm red is already installed on my phone? Need a workaround here...
thanks in advance
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ROM manager doesn't work on the SGS4G. Your best bet right now is titanium backup, or flashing the bali kernel for 2.2 if you want to make a full backup using cwm recovery.
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Definitely stay away from ROM Manager
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ROM Manager is an app used to download & install custom ROMs, make backups, etc., but it does not work correctly on our phones.
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ROM manager doesn't work on the SGS4G.
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Man, this should really be posted somewhere.
stephen_w said:
That blows. Does ODIN recognize it when you plug it back in? If so, just reflash.
That fixed it
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I have a samsung mesmerize and i jsut updated it into froyo, im new to doing this kind of stuff and I haev tried to update Clockworkmod using ODIN. But everytime i do it and start my phone up again i'm stuck in airplane mode and cant get out of it. Is there another step i'm supposed to do after using ODIN that i'm missing? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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I have a samsung mesmerize and i jsut updated it into froyo, im new to doing this kind of stuff and I haev tried to update Clockworkmod using ODIN. But everytime i do it and start my phone up again i'm stuck in airplane mode and cant get out of it. Is there another step i'm supposed to do after using ODIN that i'm missing? Any help would be greatly appreciated.
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never heard of odin (im still kinda new), but have you tried rom manager from the market? thats how i updated my clockwork recovery to 3.0.0.7, the newest one. it upgrades clockworkrecovery, flashes roms, and backups roms, and theres a paid and free version (with ads). thats what i used. tell me if this works.
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never heard of odin (im still kinda new), but have you tried rom manager from the market? thats how i updated my clockwork recovery to 3.0.0.7, the newest one. it upgrades clockworkrecovery, flashes roms, and backups roms, and theres a paid and free version (with ads). thats what i used. tell me if this works.
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Yes i have rom manager but still not 100% on how it works. Would i save the update i downloaded to my sdcard and then use rom manager to open it and update clockworkrecovery?
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Yes i have rom manager but still not 100% on how it works. Would i save the update i downloaded to my sdcard and then use rom manager to open it and update clockworkrecovery?
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to fix anything clockwork scroll to the very bottom of the app, then click flash alternate recovery. Then when its done then click all clockworkmod recoveries right below it, then select 3.0.0.5, and that should fix most/all problems with clockwork anyone has, and give you the newest update. and to get to recovery easier just use mikfroyo v4.4 like i am. when you hold the power button just click options under power off, and click recovery, and it'll open clockworkmod.
note: i did this while i wrote it to double check it still works after i updated it.
and this is all done on my htc evo.
Hi guys. I've got a Samsung Mesmerize and I'd like some assistance getting CWM on my phone so I can properly flash kernels and such. I know next to nothing.
Currently, I am using the stock EC10 ROM with stock recovery. It was simple enough to get, I followed some instructions for adb and did the "adb reboot download" command with my phone to put it in download mode and then used Odin to flash the ROM. This is literally the extent of my knowledge.
I began wanting a new kernel because of the speed and battery life improvements, among other things, that seem to accompany custom kernels. All the instructions I found for flashing them involved CWM, which of course I do not have.
Finally I found an app on the market called "sgs kernel flasher" which claimed to be a very easy way to flash new kernels without using CWM. So I installed it and used it to make a backup of my current kernel, and then I flashed jt1134's 0327-2 kernel which I got from here. All went well.
And that is the state I am at now. I am using the stock EC10 ROM with stock recovery (which I've never used nor do I know how) that I flashed with Odin, and I am using jt1134's 0327-2 kernel that I flashed with sgs kernel flasher.
Now though I believe it would be a very good idea for me to get CWM as it seems to be what is used if something goes wrong with the phone. I have the Voodoo Control app that I got from the market and it states the lagfix is active and has options which I believe enable and disable the lagfix.
From the current state my phone is in, can anybody tell me what I need to do in order to get the latest version of CWM working on my phone? Many thanks in advance and sorry for not knowing what I'm doing!
This Thread. It's only the very first sticky...
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This Thread. It's only the very first sticky...
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Thanks, I saw that except I literally don't know what I am doing, and I can not find anywhere in that thread that says HOW to install CWM. I get the impression that these threads are written for people who have at least some basic understanding of how this stuff works, which sadly I do not...
And also how do I disable the lagfix to flash things if I don't have cwm? Can it be disabled with voodoo control?
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Thanks, I saw that except I literally don't know what I am doing, and I can not find anywhere in that thread that says HOW to install CWM. I get the impression that these threads are written for people who have at least some basic understanding of how this stuff works, which sadly I do not...
And also how do I disable the lagfix to flash things if I don't have cwm? Can it be disabled with voodoo control?
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In your voodoo control you can disable it by unchecking the boxes and rebooting. You should hear the lagfix lady when rebooting.
For CWM I actually flashed it with Odin. this thread Will help you in the easiest way possible.
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In your voodoo control you can disable it by unchecking the boxes and rebooting. You should hear the lagfix lady when rebooting.
For CWM I actually flashed it with Odin. this thread Will help you in the easiest way possible.
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Ah, so if I understand correctly, the process to get CWM is to disable the lagfix in the Voodoo Control application, and reboot the phone. Then put it in debug mode and connect to my PC and use ADB to put it in download mode, and finally use Odin to flash the CWM tar file? Is there anything special I need to do in Odin, like enable certain anything or check any specific boxes?
In Odin, do I flash the tar file in the PIT, PDA, PHONE or CSC field?
To put your phone in Download Mode all you have to do is take the battery out and hold the Volume Down button while plugging your phone up to your computer via USB (yes without the battery in it). There's no need to fool with adb
No offense but this is the exact kind of thing I don't understand. When everyone else in the world follows standard procedure of ODIN'ing the stock ROM with CWM to then be able to flash kernels and all that, why don't you? Every single time a question like this arsises is because someone tried to go out and not do what everybody else does and try to go approach things in some roundabout way.
Lesson for the future and for others - Just follow the instructions and what not in the forums. If you start skipping steps or trying to create your own avenue of accomplishing something you're just going to run into trouble.
For instance
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All the instructions I found for flashing them involved CWM, which of course I do not have.
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That should've been a hint right there. If they all have instructions that involve CWM, well then **** man, clearly you should get CWM.
Not trying to haze your nuts, just using you as an example for other.
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To put your phone in Download Mode all you have to do is take the battery out and hold the Volume Down button while plugging your phone up to your computer via USB (yes without the battery in it). There's no need to fool with adb
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Thanks. Alright... I flashed the CWM package with Odin and it was successful. Do I have CWM recovery now? I held volume up/down and powered on the phone and it went into a red menu that appears to be CWM and has options for voodoo and such.
I take it this means I was successful? I read somewhere that to finish the installation, I need to flash sdcard/update.zip from recovery, and I do see the option to do that in the red menu. But I'm confused, because it looks like I already have CWM now? Also, in my file manager I do not see a file called update.zip in the /sdcard location, or anywhere. Am I done? Why is that option in CWM if there is no update.zip file (apparently)?
So if I do now have CWM, how do I flash a kernel with it? Appreciate the help, I am learning here.
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I know I didn't do this correctly from the start, but that was because in the beginning I was only looking to upgrade to Froyo and keep everything else stock, then I got interested in doing more...
The red recovery menus are CWM.
To flash a new kernel just download it onto your SD card. Then in CWM select, Install zip from SD Card. Then select Choose zip From SD Card and select the kernel.
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The red recovery menus are CWM.
To flash a new kernel just download it onto your SD card. Then in CWM choose, Install Update.zip from SD Card. Then choose Select .zip From SD Card and select the kernel.
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Thanks! Do I actually need to name the kernel file "update.zip" or is that just the arbitrary name of the menu option?
No, sorry couldn't remember exactly the way CWM worded it. It doesn't doesn't have to be update.zip, it can be named anything.zip. It'll take you to navigation type menu where you can move in and out of folders on your SD card and select the appropriate file.
When flashes go wrong things can get bad.with the vibrant I just odined to stock...through download load. Will we get something similiar for the greatest smartphone ever LG g2x
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When flashes go wrong things can get bad.with the vibrant I just odined to stock...through download load. Will we get something similiar for the greatest smartphone ever LG g2x
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NV Flash
its not the same. odin was a backup in case you couldnt even get into recovery, so there was download mode as a failsafe....which was through odin.. there has to be something like this available... anyone know.. or are we sol if we mess up bad
Im wondering this as well...my friend flashed a rom on the G2x and the wifi is broken. Rom manager won't flash into recovery. Used my Sim card which has internet but the phone won't recognize the internet. Tried the power+ volume buttons on boot up but nothing happens. Any idea on how to get back to stock? Rom is eagle's blood
You would need to flash CWM through NVflash
ROM manager will not flash CWM, it looks like it did but is actually a fake flash. That's why you need to do it through nv flash.
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Yes. You flash back to stock with the KDZ file and the KD flasher program.
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downloaded nvflash and drivers, have usb debug mode on but when i do anything on nvflash it says no usb connected?
nvm got everything done thanks a lot!
I believe that there's the program used to flash KDZ files, I guess that could restore EVERYTHING back to stock.
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You would need to flash CWM through NVflash
ROM manager will not flash CWM, it looks like it did but is actually a fake flash. That's why you need to do it through nv flash.
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Koush and Cyanogen said ROM Manager is not doing a fake flash. After flashing the rom you have to immediately boot into recovery using rom manager. It them flashes the new recovery right after boot. The recovery partition is not available when the phone is in normal mode. If you don't do an immediate boot into recovery through ROM Manager then the recovery is not properly flashed. If you have updated to GB then the first time you must do the NVFlash method as there is no way to root the phone any other way at this time.
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Koush and Cyanogen said ROM Manager is not doing a fake flash. After flashing the rom you have to immediately boot into recovery using rom manager. It them flashes the new recovery right after boot. The recovery partition is not available when the phone is in normal mode. If you don't do an immediate boot into recovery through ROM Manager then the recovery is not properly flashed. If you have updated to GB then the first time you must do the NVFlash method as there is no way to root the phone any other way at this time.
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It is fake in the sense that no matter what you do it isn't on the actual recovery partition and if the phone goes to hell in a handbasket then you have to flash one through NVFLASH anyways. Koush just happens to have a vested interest in people using Rom Manager.
Yes, STAY THE HELL AWAY FROM ROM MANAGER. Seriously, you're just asking for trouble.
I use rom manager all the time. It works great for downloading and flashing roms on the fly... but just NVFlash first.
NVFlash takes like 3.5 seconds and your done. Nandroid backup and your good.
Then either download Rom manager or manually download and copy it to your SD card. Very very simple. Easiest phone ever to get going. You don't even need to worry about rooting first.
You'll gain root after flashing s custom rom. MIUI is my choice right now. CM7 is having problems after they merged the LG GB source.
MIUI 8.19 is found in the rom forums. Weapon is also nice but lacks some extras I'm used to.
LG G2x - 2.3.5 MIUI Love
Asus TF - Custom 3.2
ok...i have a semi-bricked phone.. i mean semi-bricked because it's functional, but I can't seem to restore from my backups or flash other Roms in CWM recovery.
so, the story goes..it's a long story but please read!! i am in dire need of help!
I was on the latest Infused V2, and have previously tried CM7, S7, hellraised Roms, etc.
so I was kinda experienced in switching back and forth between Roms from CWM.
Yesterday I felt like trying bigfau's port of DlevROM 5.0, which i managed to flash successfully. I made a backup of my infused ROM. DlevROM was missing support for my language so I decided to switch back to infused. but then i remembered MIUI, which I never had tried before.
so I flashed MIUI successfully and played around with it. everything was working but i just didn't like MIUI, so i wanted to restore my backup that i had made earlier that day.
Now.. I had restored previously many times so I thought I knew what I was doing..
when i booted into recovery from MIUI, it was blue. then i remembered from my recovery from CM7 to Infused that I need to be on the same recovery (aka RED) as the one i made the back up in. So i booted back into MIUI, downloaded SGS kernel flasher, then flashed bedwa's Infusion.
I then booted into recovery and i was in RED CWM!
So i proceeded to restore my backup.
it checked md5 sum, it then went on to restore system. I thought it was going smoothly until it started to restore data. then it failed.
here is what CWM says.
Checking MD5 sums...
Restoring system...
Restoring data...
E: Can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p2
(File exists)
Error mounting /data/!
Skipping format...
E:Can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk0p2
(File exists)
Can't mound /data/!
yeah.. i don't know where I went wrong.. I've never encountered a problem with restoring from CWM..
I only had MIUI, an older version of Infused V2, and S7 in my sdcard so i tried to flash infused v2 and s7. neither worked. i mean they flashed, but i kept on going into a samsung logo bootloop...
so i re-flashed MIUI... so i'm on MIUI right now.. which i don't like =((
i'm only planning on keeping it until someone gives me a solution!!
I've asked for help previously and all I got was a "sorry, use ODIN to stock"
I've never used ODIN to go back to stock before so I don't know how to do it...
I've read up on the ODIN threads but most seemed to have problems with it...
Would Odin to stock (not gtg's ultimate unbrick) give me root and modded 3e? what exactly is it going to wipe? pictures?
thanks for your help... please help... i really don't like MIUI... i want to go back to Infused V2... or DlevROM once bigfau puts in the language support!
please help
Would Odin to stock (not gtg's ultimate unbrick) give me root and modded 3e? what exactly is it going to wipe? pictures?
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This would give you root and modded 3e. Odin would wipe EVERYTHING
Just follow the instructions on the page and you should be fine. I've done it a couple times.
Don't worry too much. Its not bricked or anything like that.
Reboot in recovery, and flash the infused ROM that's on ur phone. This should work.
Thumb rule: When moving between ROMs, install the ROM clean, and then restore ur backup (of the same ROM) on top of it. It could be a disaster restoring backup of a different ROM.
Just fyi, I had the same problem trying to go back from MIUI... I've used the ODIN/Root+3e on numerous occasions to basically start over BUT it keeps all my files like pics,music,contacts etc. so don't be intimidated by it..it works. Once you've done that you can re-flash S7, V2 or whatever you want.
Make sure you've got your drivers installed (download samsung kies to do so) and when you open Odin, you right click and run as administrator then follow the instructions.
ok, thanks guys! I will give both a try! =)
Another Solution:
1. Use GTG ultimate unbrick with PIT file to restore partitions. CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD GTG ULTIMATE UNBRICK FOR ODIN.
2. Flash community kernel v8 in Odin in order to root + clockwork mod. (Put the downloaded file in the PDA slot of odin)CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD COMMUNITY KERNEL FOR ODIN.
3. Flash whatever rom you want to use.
4. Restore your backup for that rom.
5. Enjoy.
diablo009 said:
Don't worry too much. Its not bricked or anything like that.
Reboot in recovery, and flash the infused ROM that's on ur phone. This should work.
Thumb rule: When moving between ROMs, install the ROM clean, and then restore ur backup (of the same ROM) on top of it. It could be a disaster restoring backup of a different ROM.
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question,
since i'm in blue recovery right now (i'm on MIUI for the time being)
would I have to flash red CWM before flashing Infused V2? or can i just flash it from blue recovery??
thanks~
jhong91 said:
question,
since i'm in blue recovery right now (i'm on MIUI for the time being)
would I have to flash red CWM before flashing Infused V2? or can i just flash it from blue recovery??
thanks~
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Yes
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LG_iiNsTiiNcT said:
Yes
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You might want to be a bit more specific about which of those questions you were answering
GGXtreme said:
You might want to be a bit more specific about which of those questions you were answering
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Lol my bad. Flash red cwm first
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Bandit_Kaine said:
Another Solution:
1. Use GTG ultimate unbrick with PIT file to restore partitions. CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD GTG ULTIMATE UNBRICK FOR ODIN.
2. Flash community kernel v8 in Odin in order to root + clockwork mod. (Put the downloaded file in the PDA slot of odin)CLICK HERE TO DOWNLOAD COMMUNITY KERNEL FOR ODIN.
3. Flash whatever rom you want to use.
4. Restore your backup for that rom.
5. Enjoy.
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ok guys..
i just tried GTG's odin back to stock (not ultimate unbrick)
computer recognized my phone,
folllowed every step to a TEE,
and then the phone rebooted itself and i saw the ATT bootscreen, so i was in a relief.
then after the att bootscreen the screen just went blank.... dark... pitch dark.. and nothing seems to work...
so i downloaded GTG's ultimate unbrick, and followed the instructions to a TEE and still the phone screen turns black right after the att bootscreen...
ok.. so what do i do now..??
Edit 1: So I booted into stock blue recovery, deleted all user data, and rebooted and it workedd!! yay~~ now push the community kernel and restore? right?
I have been trying to flash Infused 2.2.3 to my Infuse lately but it never seems to work. No matter what way i choose to boot into clockworkmod to flash the rom it doesn't boot into the red screen always the blue screen (reboot system,reinstall packages, delete all user data, format internal SD card). I have tried downloading the rom from rom manager and downloading at the finish prompt, booting from phone off with the 3 button combo, booting from the "install from sd card" menu in Rom manager. I even found an app that booted into cwm (albeit the wrong one). I downloaded it from ROM manager (wherever that goes) and I put it on my Ex. SD card from my computer (using an adapter not my phone). Did i do something wrong???
Also another problem i found. When I try to download apps from the market app everything gives me a "APP_NAME could not be downloaded due to an error." but when I restart my device it pops up when the media scanner finishes like it just finishes?
If I manages to Flash the ROM will it fix the market???????
It will go back to normal right???
*sorry for my bad grammer, im rather strained at the moment*
CWM is installed by flashing a kernel that has it. What you are seeing is stock recovery. You need to flash the infusion kernel, which has red (voodoo) cwm, and then flash infused from that. There are guides to do this, if I wasn't on my infuse I'd link it, but the kernel needs to be flashed via Odin.
And I'm sure your market woes will disappear with Infused!
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Perpetrator said:
CWM is installed by flashing a kernel that has it. What you are seeing is stock recovery. You need to flash the infusion kernel, which has red (voodoo) cwm, and then flash infused from that. There are guides to do this, if I wasn't on my infuse I'd link it, but the kernel needs to be flashed via Odin.
And I'm sure your market woes will disappear with Infused!
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well wait a second... I have already flashed Infused and even another ROM (TEDGY) thru CWM stock from ROM manager. I downloaded Infused and somehow it applied? I checked because A. my battery lasted all day even with extreme usage B. it said i was running infused in the About Phone menu?
If the kernel is what you run first could it be possible I flashed it thru SGS Kernel flasher???
also. CWM doesn't read your external SD card. if your coming from CM7 i believe its screws with the directories and switches the cards around or something like that. I would recommend just flashing the community kernel via odin again.
Okay I have spent the last 3 days flashing kernels and roms Via Odin or CWM and nothing will stick I must be missing something.
My kernel procedure
1. find defuse-kernelv1.4.tar and set as PDA file in Odin
2. put phone into download and start.
3. usually walk off and let the lady yammer on (to calm my nerves)
4. come back and check settings VIOLA!!! I'M BACK STOCK???
What am i missing/doing wrong/have wrong procedure????
I'm hoping to one day peruse this forum with enough know how to help N00BS (like myself) so anything is helpful.