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Rom Manager & Mytouch 4G Slide

Okay, is anyone else having a hard time using Rom Manager using it's features due to the fact that the MT4GS is NOT listed as one of the models. I mean, how am I supposed to enter manual flash override if I can't even select MY phone model. What are WE supposed to do???
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we don't have an official recovery yet, so we have to use Modaco 4.0.0.9 for the time being..
WHATEVER YOU DO, DO NOT FLASH THE RECOVERY FOR ANOTHER PHONE..

That's a lil late however, I think I already did that, now I can't even enter recovery mode anymore, and when I power on while holding the volume button down. I get same message about trying to load and then it says no image. Even then if I try to press recovery I get stuck on the white t-mobile/HTC screen. Mt only option if to reboot. I'm st my wits end. Should I just Unroot and then just Root back again?
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YES flash the PD15IMG file and start over from scratch with revolutionary and then upgrade to modaco's 4.0.0.9 recovery. There is no support for the MT4GS in ROM Manager and it's not safe at all to flash anything that's designed for another phone unless you want problems! Good luck!

dmarco said:
That's a lil late however, I think I already did that, now I can't even enter recovery mode anymore, and when I power on while holding the volume button down. I get same message about trying to load and then it says no image. Even then if I try to press recovery I get stuck on the white t-mobile/HTC screen. Mt only option if to reboot. I'm st my wits end. Should I just Unroot and then just Root back again?
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There's probably an easier way. Download the modaco recovery zip, unzip it and grab the img file and rename it to recovery.img. Then reboot into the bootloader and use fastboot to flash the img. That should do the trick.

unclespoon said:
YES flash the PD15IMG file and start over from scratch with revolutionary and then upgrade to modaco's 4.0.0.9 recovery. There is no support for the MT4GS in ROM Manager and it's not safe at all to flash anything that's designed for another phone unless you want problems! Good luck!
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Just want to say thank you and I'm going to donate some coffee cash to you later. I followed your method of copying/transferring recovery image through terminal emulator on my phone and now it works PERFECTLY again. I think I accidentally flashed a different version of recovery for a different phone model through Rom Manager. So I learned my lesson. I also spoke with Koush yesterday and he assured me that a fix is on the way for the MT4GS, which is great to hear, otherwise, it's pretty much useless to us.
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Where on my SD card am I supposed to stick the "recovery.img" file so that FASTBOOT will see it? I am having no luck finding/loading the IMG file....
I got it figured out. NEVERMIND =)

1) Download MoDaCo's recovery to your computer.
2) Download the Fastboot binary for your computer.
3) I'm assuming you have ADB set up on your computer, so type in "adb shell reboot bootloader".
4) When your phone is in the bootloader, type in "fastboot flash recovery */path/to/recovery.img*" and then "fastboot reboot".
5) You should be able to boot into recovery now.

Thank You Sir. I had already figured it out. I felt so stupid when I did too... It happens though... I guess I should have read more.

Yea I did this by accident once, flashed the MT4G recovery through Rom Manager. I suggest just go ahead and dont install that app at all, you cant really do anything with it anyway since most of the options are unavailable unless you flash CWM recovery through the app. Also, if you are using Unity Rom, CWM reads your device as a HTC Sensation, so dont be fooled. Once you flash the 4009 originally you should be good, if you accidentally flash another phones recovery, none of your nandroids will work

Jaytex24 said:
Yea I did this by accident once, flashed the MT4G recovery through Rom Manager. I suggest just go ahead and dont install that app at all, you cant really do anything with it anyway since most of the options are unavailable unless you flash CWM recovery through the app. Also, if you are using Unity Rom, CWM reads your device as a HTC Sensation, so dont be fooled. Once you flash the 4009 originally you should be good, if you accidentally flash another phones recovery, none of your nandroids will work
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Yup, I learned that the hard way. Drove me nuts for 2 days til I finally figured out where I went wrong.lol Rom Manager is useless to us MT4GS owners for now
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dmarco said:
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Thats actually a horrible score. Your overclocked to 1.8ghz and only at 5000? My RubiX is at 4900 with no overclock. One of my testers got 6100 using unity 1a kernel clocked to 1.6ghz.
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Root with adb?

Hey guys, so my fast boot is still stuck so I would like to know if there is any way to root my nexus using adb commands?
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acfa said:
Hey guys, so my fast boot is still stuck so I would like to know if there is any way to root my nexus using adb commands?
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What do you mean it's still stuck? Why won't you just flash clockwork then flash a rooted ROM. Much simpler.
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dEris said:
What do you mean it's still stuck? Why won't you just flash clockwork then flash a rooted ROM. Much simpler.
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Well my power button is broken so fast boot thinks its always being pressed for some reason and that makes it not work :/ its frozen and the volume keys don't work. So that's why i can't flash anything. I'm wondering if I can root my phone through adb so then I can just use ROM manager to flash a custom recovery.
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acfa said:
Well my power button is broken so fast boot thinks its always being pressed for some reason and that makes it not work :/ its frozen and the volume keys don't work. So that's why i can't flash anything. I'm wondering if I can root my phone through adb so then I can just use ROM manager to flash a custom recovery.
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This has some info on broken power button.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...n+power+button
Here is a take apart guide if it is more stuck than broken
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1590882
or
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1214102
The search button is helpful.

jayjay3333 said:
This has some info on broken power button.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show...n+power+button
Here is a take apart guide if it is more stuck than broken
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=1590882
or
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1214102
The search button is helpful.
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I already did all of that. I turn my phone on with my volume keys and turn it off with the search button. I opened my nexus too and the power button isn't stuck :/ I'm just asking if there is any other way to root without using fasboot. Or if I'm able to install a custom recovery without fast boot
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acfa said:
I already did all of that. I turn my phone on with my volume keys and turn it off with the search button. I opened my nexus too and the power button isn't stuck :/ I'm just asking if there is any other way to root without using fasboot. Or if I'm able to install a custom recovery without fast boot
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Well I think you can boot into fastboot via adb command. Then flash clockwork. Then boot into clockwork via adb command.

Couple questions for s3

Hey guys I've been on sprint for six years and I'm switching over to Verizon now. I have the s3 for Sprint and my s3 for Verizon is coming on Monday. I've been trying to catch up on the Verizon one so I can open it up and root it. My questions are how do you boot into recovery? I've seen volume up, plus home plus power (same as sprint) and then I've seen volume up plus down and power. Which one is it? Also once cwm or TWRP is flashed does this phone have the scripts that will re flash the stock recovery? On sprint once we got root we had to delete two scripts in /system so our custom recovery will stick and won't be erased, does Verizon have this? Thanks guys and looking forward to flashing with you all
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Vol. Up + Home + power will put you into Recovery
Vol. Down + Hole + power will put you into Download
As for the recovery, I just flash CWM via odin and completely replace the stock recovery.
Also I can't stress this enough UNLOCK THE BOOTLOADER! If this doesent get unlocked you will brick your phone and you'll have to odin back to stock.
Use EZ Unlock 1.2 to unlock the loader with a press of a button. Don't use 1.4 for its broken.
You can find the APK in the development section.

shinjielric said:
Vol. Up + Home + power will put you into Recovery
Vol. Down + Hole + power will put you into Download
As for the recovery, I just flash CWM via odin and completely replace the stock recovery.
Also I can't stress this enough UNLOCK THE BOOTLOADER! If this doesent get unlocked you will brick your phone and you'll have to odin back to stock.
Use EZ Unlock 1.2 to unlock the loader with a press of a button. Don't use 1.4 for its broken.
You can find the APK in the development section.
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Thanks bro I already have it downloaded and ready to go. Appreciate the help.
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musclehead84 said:
Thanks bro I already have it downloaded and ready to go. Appreciate the help.
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Anytime!

musclehead84 said:
Also once cwm or TWRP is flashed does this phone have the scripts that will re flash the stock recovery? On sprint once we got root we had to delete two scripts in /system so our custom recovery will stick and won't be erased, does Verizon have this? Thanks guys and looking forward to flashing with you all
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I'm curious about this part as well. I've noticed a few people who have the latest VRLG7 update have mentioned their custom recovery doesn't stick once they root and install it.
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There were two scripts that needed deleted on the Sprint GS3. Look for these two scripts and see if they are present. I can't look cause my phone won't be here until Monday.
System/recovery-from-boot.p
System/etc/install-recovery.sh
These two scripts caused the custom recovery to be overwritten by the stock recovery on boot. So once the phone booted up u lost cwm or TWRP recovery. In order to fix this we had to obtain root and then rename or delete these two files and then flash recovery. I was just curious if this phone had that problem cause I haven't seen it mentioned in the forum.
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it will not overwrite the recovery

No it will not overwrite the recovery. You're safe.

help with recovery please.

flashed clockworkmod recovery v5.0.2.0 (BB) running stock rom android v2.2.1 via rom manager, rebooting to recovery says E: bad boot message "recovery" what does it mean
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That happens to most people, it doesn't mean anything. The recovery will still work fine, I've been getting that ever since I've had this phone and it's never caused me any problems. Don't worry about it.

it seems that for me the recovery options are not working as i try to choose any option and its just stuck on with the recovery logo, i press power again and it back yo menu, is there any fastboot i need to disable ? because i cant get to bootloader... menu + vol up...
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Try using other button to select, instead of power button. For me, I use search button, but my recovery is a different version than yours. If you give up, flash a different recovery file.

post-mortem said:
Try using other button to select, instead of power button. For me, I use search button, but my recovery is a different version than yours. If you give up, flash a different recovery file.
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thanks MENU button here
now thinking which to install, any idea wich is must stable some from android 2.3 and up? was thinking on
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why dont u just use the touch recovery of twrp. it works fine

Well right now you're on the old baseband, so make sure to flash a baseband fix if you install anything from 2.3 or up, you can download the fix here: http://www.mediafire.com/?tjyibxdbqyyrmwz make sure to install the fix every time you install a new rom.
As for the most stable rom, you'll have to try them and see which one you like. That being said, I've heard nothing but good things about oxygen rom.

Souron29 said:
why dont u just use the touch recovery of twrp. it works fine
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yeah downloaded it but just saw menu button works, can anyone direct me on old BB roms? or should i upgrade baseband?
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Taurdas said:
yeah downloaded it but just saw menu button works, can anyone direct me on old BB roms? or should i upgrade baseband?
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Upgrade baseband! But read carefully all the steps first.
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in oxygen rom thread he advices to upgrade new baseband and a recovery with new BB...
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You don't have to upgrade the baseband, he just recommends it because the new baseband gives better reception, if you use the baseband fix you can use any rom you like. If you do want to upgrade the baseband though, just use lg's official gingerbread updater, it's the safest way.

Powering on

Hey guys i just got this phone from a random on craigslist and hes unlocked the bootloader and stopped there. I dnt know what method he used but in order to power on the device i have to use certain button combos. Example it boots straight to recovery so i reboot now and while its rebooting i have to hold both volume buttons and the power until a white lettered screen pops up and use volume up to power on. And tips? Ty in advance.
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debage39 said:
Hey guys i just got this phone from a random on craigslist and hes unlocked the bootloader and stopped there. I dnt know what method he used but in order to power on the device i have to use certain button combos. Example it boots straight to recovery so i reboot now and while its rebooting i have to hold both volume buttons and the power until a white lettered screen pops up and use volume up to power on. And tips? Ty in advance.
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on the white-lettered screen try and choose Bootloader. if you can get there you can flash either CWM or TWRP recovery, then flash a working system, or else do a full firmware flash with RSD Lite. or if he already flashed a custom recovery you could boot there and try flashing a working ROM.

Hes got cwm on here. And from what i can tell just rooted the stock rom. Ive never seen a device having a method to power on except maybe a semi tethered jailbroken iphone. Idk
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Any suggestions for roms for when i get this figured out?
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The device should turn on normally, unless he did something to put it in a bootloop. That's why i figured your basic option was to do a stock restore of some kind.
Check the dev. sections, but rooted stock is basically the only option at present. There are starts on CM9 and CM10 builds, but i don't think they do a whole lot besides boot up. There is a deodexed version of stock that you can flash, and at least apply some tweaks and such

Right on thanx man ill try it and see what happens.
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Ok new topic. I think the dude i got the phone from unlocked the bootloader but didnt root it. He said it was rooted. But when i dl rom manager it said i wasnt. So i guess my question is how do i root the thing?
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Ah ok, if the bootloader is unlocked, just flash either CWM or TWRP recovery thru Fastboot, then boot into recovery and flash SU.
Edit: after flashing recovery, make sure to boot straight into recovery by holding the volume up button while rebooting. If you boot into the system, it will probably overwrite your flash with stock recovery.

Hes already installed cwm. I cant use regular boot methods. When i reboot the phone it boots into recovery. Thats when i hold down all the buttons to bring up the boot options screen. So basically all i have to do is flash the su file? Btw I tried doing that along with flashing a kernel and cm9 it wouldnt boot into the rom.
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debage39 said:
Hes already installed cwm. I cant use regular boot methods. When i reboot the phone it boots into recovery. Thats when i hold down all the buttons to bring up the boot options screen. So basically all i have to do is flash the su file? Btw I tried doing that along with flashing a kernel and cm9 it wouldnt boot into the rom.
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I'm not sure how you're sending all these messages from a dead phone...
But regardless, CM9 doesn't really "work" per se. It boots, sure... but nothing else works.
You're going to have to flash one of the stock backups people posted around. I know there was a .win backup of everything - which you'll need TWRP to restore.