Whenever i try to flash a new ROM it doesn't want to load. I've tried the CM7 nightlies and the pheonix ROM. This is what I do.
I root my phone via one click root.
Install clockwork recovery via app.
wipe
install ROM via recovery (install zip)
start up
Locks at LG screen. Ugh!
Any advice?
Turague said:
Whenever i try to flash a new ROM it doesn't want to load. I've tried the CM7 nightlies and the pheonix ROM. This is what I do.
I root my phone via one click root.
Install clockwork recovery via app.
wipe
install ROM via recovery (install zip)
start up
Locks at LG screen. Ugh!
Any advice?
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What OS are you coming from?
Wipe cache
Wipe dalvik cache
Wipe data
Wipe system
Flash.
NVIDIA NEVER AGAIN!
Turague said:
Install clockwork recovery via app.
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NO, NO, NO! It's one thing to do this, alot have, it's another to not read threads or research it.
NEVER flash CWM from an app, you HAVE TO flash via NVflash.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1054492
Волк said:
NO, NO, NO! It's one thing to do this, alot have, it's another to not read threads or research it.
NEVER flash CWM from an app, you HAVE TO flash via NVflash.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1054492
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Why? What happens if you did from the ROM Manager? Sorry im a noob to this device
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Волк said:
NO, NO, NO! It's one thing to do this, alot have, it's another to not read threads or research it.
NEVER flash CWM from an app, you HAVE TO flash via NVflash.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1054492
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This is a must for the g2x. If you use from manager it only fake flashes clockwork mod recovery and makes you unable to flash roms.
Typical way to achieve root on the g2x is to.
1. Nvflash cwm
2. Create a nandroid backup.
3. Flash a rom that has root.
Don't bother with rom manager or super one click.
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Just as a quick question. Does wiping the system, wipe ANY of my data? Like does it only wipe the existing ROM? Ive been confused of it since the first time i flashed a ROM
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Волк said:
NO, NO, NO! It's one thing to do this, alot have, it's another to not read threads or research it.
NEVER flash CWM from an app, you HAVE TO flash via NVflash.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1054492
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Thanks, I'll give it a shot and get back to you. I don't think it had to do with the wipe as I always ran a wipe script before installing. I thought it had to do with the kernel.... (don't have a clue though)
I'll flash the clockwork via nvflash, and get back to you, thanks.
EDIT:
IT WORKS. NVFlash the recovery, make sure to change the command if you have a different version you plan to flash/
I used rom manager and all, my roms have worked fine... :S
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theNOOBuser said:
I used rom manager and all, my roms have worked fine... :S
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You sir are a very lucky man.
Lol. I'm guessing it was a noob-move getting clockwork through ROM Manager. Ill probably use nvflash when I get home just to be safe hahaha
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theNOOBuser said:
Lol. I'm guessing it was a noob-move getting clockwork through ROM Manager. Ill probably use nvflash when I get home just to be safe hahaha
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you definitely want to do that. do you have a nandoid backup of your original system? if your phone breaks, that is the only way to revert it back to original for an exchange (unless ofcourse you take a hammer to it).
Yeah. I have a Stock froyo backup.
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jblah said:
you definitely want to do that. do you have a nandoid backup of your original system? if your phone breaks, that is the only way to revert it back to original for an exchange (unless ofcourse you take a hammer to it).
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i first flased cwm using nvflas... but then i updated it thru rom manager ... is it ok?
rohitmohanihm said:
i first flased cwm using nvflas... but then i updated it thru rom manager ... is it ok?
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I think so. Catch is that I don't know if doing that will actually update anything, the whole problem is that ROM manager doesn't flash it properly/to the right place. The only thing to do is make a nandroid and try it out and if ti doesn't work, then reflash with NV flash and you're good.
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I think so. Catch is that I don't know if doing that will actually update anything, the whole problem is that ROM manager doesn't flash it properly/to the right place. The only thing to do is make a nandroid and try it out and if ti doesn't work, then reflash with NV flash and you're good.
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I flashed a few other ROMs after i updated CWM thru ROM manager.. and all of them flashed with out any problems.. the only Issue i had was when i tried flashing Morfic's Trinity kernal .. my phone would get stuck at the boot animation.. i wiped every thing and reflashed CyanogenMod and my phone is working agin [I wiped cache and Dalviks before i flashed the kernal.. i guess my phone cant handle it] http://media.xda-developers.com/images/smilies/mad.gif .. Thanks Bro
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Hey guys..
I just today rooted my lovely Nexus S, 9023 or what its called (non branded or nothing)
But i cant load recovery.. went fine when i rooted it, but now that i want to load an custom rom it fails.. i followed this guide to root: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=883032
Anyone have some ideas??
I just get a android logo and triangle + ! in it.. as error.. (
Best regrads
n0ta
Just tested with ROM Mananger, it can backup just fine.. as soon i choose a ROM to install it loads recovery and fails, just like when you do it manually.
n0ta said:
Just tested with ROM Mananger, it can backup just fine.. as soon i choose a ROM to install it loads recovery and fails, just like when you do it manually.
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Sounds like stock recovery installed itself. If you are rooted remove/rename /etc/install-recovery.sh then reflash cwm manually or through rom manager.
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I have had this happen on my NS4G. I know they are a little different, but it seems like you are having the same thing happen that I did and to solve it, I open Windows command prompt(or terminal depending on you OS) and fastboot flash recovery (insert recovery.img name here) and reflashed the recovery partition with clockwork. Very easy fix. Just make sure you boot straight into recovery after flashing and flash the Rom you want to flash before booting back into stock(also make a nandroid before that). After that you shouldn't have any more problems unless you unroot. There must be a small glitch somewhere when flashing the clockwork doesn't fully erase stock recovery partition.
krohnjw said:
Sounds like stock recovery installed itself. If you are rooted remove/rename /etc/install-recovery.sh then reflash cwm manually or through rom manager.
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Works now thanks all to both of you.
n0ta said:
Works now thanks all to both of you.
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Pretty common lately...Android for Nexus S recovers its recovery if it is changes...
"You dawg, we heard you like recovering your recoveries, so we made recovery recover in recovery." and all that...
bender_123 said:
Pretty common lately...Android for Nexus S recovers its recovery if it is changes...
"You dawg, we heard you like recovering your recoveries, so we made recovery recover in recovery." and all that...
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The Nexus one did the same thing. Most OTAs verify / replace this file. It's easy enough to deal with if you're unlocked and rooted.
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This is about the third or fourth time this question has come up over the past week...
bender_123 said:
This is about the third or fourth time this question has come up over the past week...
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I assure you it won't be the last.
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Ok just got this phone and have decided to go with Phoenix Blood rom, but how do i start? I have to be on froyo to root? Im coming from samsung epic on sprint that i flashed so im not completely retarded. Thanks for any help
Use superoneclick to root on froyo.
If your on 2.3.3 gb there's a flashable. Zip in development section to root.
Also you will want to use tgagunnmans nvflash method to install clockworkmod recovery in dev section.
Phoenix blood is a great choice btw, enjoy!
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You're still on Froyo? To my understanding it's a good idea to flash the OTA GB first so that you'll get the up to date baseband. Once that's done just go ahead and flash PB.
no im on gb jsut thought i had to go back to froyo to root, so i just flash clockwork mod then pb and thats it?
reeshmd23 said:
no im on gb jsut thought i had to go back to froyo to root, so i just flash clockwork mod then pb and thats it?
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Yes, but make sure you're using NVFlash to get CWM. Don't use Rom Manager.
Easiest way is using the tool unlockroot. It supports gb on the G2X. Or you can use nvflash, whichever you prefer.
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redmonke255 said:
Easiest way is using the tool unlockroot. It supports gb on the G2X. Or you can use nvflash, whichever you prefer.
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If he wants to change Roms he will still need Nvflash regardless how he gets it rooted.
GTWalling said:
If he wants to change Roms he will still need Nvflash regardless how he gets it rooted.
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Agree. Nvflash=bullet proof.
what is nvflash?
reeshmd23 said:
what is nvflash?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1056847
From that thread:
Flashing the custom recovery using NvFlash is the only way to ensure that in the case your phone will not boot up, you will be able to get into recovery to fix the issue / flash a ROM / restore from nandroid backup. That is what this app will do for you.
If you flashed the ClockworkMod recovery from ROM Manager it does not flash the recovery to your phone, it fake flashed it. The only way you can gain access to ClockworkMod recovery is through ROM Manager at that point. Using this method is the only way to flash recovery so it is persistent and accessible booting to recovery.
If you have already flashed through ROM Manager you can still proceed with this method. Flash Away!
(You can use both ROM Manager CWM and have the nvflashed version working together. You just access either or one at a time, having the nvflashed one means you can boot to CWM. Welcome to Tegra2)
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Follow the link. This is a must for tegra 2 based phones. It is always better to be safe than sorry and it also allows you to do a ton of other things, such as making backups and flashing roms. Let us know if you need help. The phone is pretty much unbrickable after you do this. It gives you the ability to recover from any major mistake.
Its in the dev thread, it low level flashes clockworkmod recovery to our phones internal memory partition. You need to install apx drivers first in order for the g2x to be nvflashed.
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thanks for the help guys got it all set up
Just to add in, nvflash allows u to boot into cwm recovery whenever u want and u don't need to be next to a computer. I think that is how it worked for Samsung phones and Odin, where u needed a computer, but haven't used a Samsung phone so I could be wrong. Remember always make a back up of everything and play around with the different roms, not every rom works for everyone
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Actually Odin is just like nvflash. It is used to put cwm on you phone and to put the stock recovery back on.
Once you have cwm you can flash what ever rom or kernel without the need for root. Just back up your stock unrooted stock rom before flashing anything else.
If you do that you will have your own stock backup with no need of finding it in the forums if you need to go back to stock.
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Hey guys,
Finally got around to working on my phone. I have a question. I've been following this guide here to the letter. But I skipped step 1 as I thought rooting was only for 2.2 Froyo G2x owners as mine's already been updated to 2.3. Do I still need to root it to flash CWM while I'm logged into my phone??
Thanks in advance!!
If flashing cwm via nvflash doesn't work then you'll need to root first, it's been quite some time since I last did this, but I'm pretty sure all you need to do is flash cwm using nvflash and then install the rom of your choice
jj_z1 said:
If flashing cwm via nvflash doesn't work then you'll need to root first, it's been quite some time since I last did this, but I'm pretty sure all you need to do is flash cwm using nvflash and then install the rom of your choice
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Followed the guide here and flashed the root file.
One last question. Can I install roms and kernels from rom manager, or do i do both from cwm?
zeth006 said:
Followed the guide here and flashed the root file.
One last question. Can I install roms and kernels from rom manager, or do i do both from cwm?
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I honestly never tried to install roms, or kernels, from rom manager, I think you need to buy the premium app to be able to do so. Either way, it's always safer to flash from cwm since you can wipe everything you need to from there (ie. cache, dalvik cache, system, and data) which is very important when flahing different roms, and kernels
jj_z1 said:
I honestly never tried to install roms, or kernels, from rom manager, I think you need to buy the premium app to be able to do so. Either way, it's always safer to flash from cwm since you can wipe everything you need to from there (ie. cache, dalvik cache, system, and data) which is very important when flahing different roms, and kernels
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Okey dokes. Off to try it out.
jj_z1 said:
I honestly never tried to install roms, or kernels, from rom manager, I think you need to buy the premium app to be able to do so. Either way, it's always safer to flash from cwm since you can wipe everything you need to from there (ie. cache, dalvik cache, system, and data) which is very important when flahing different roms, and kernels
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Just to reiterate, on this particular phone it's not the best idea to flash with rom manager at all. Always go with cwm.
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Super One Click has been updated with a new exploit that can root the G2X Gingerbread without flashing CWM Recovery. Get the new version of Super One Click and root it that way. Or flash CWM Recovery and then flash my root zip.
jboxer said:
Super One Click has been updated with a new exploit that can root the G2X Gingerbread without flashing CWM Recovery. Get the new version of Super One Click and root it that way. Or flash CWM Recovery and then flash my root zip.
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Cool. I'll do that with the next phone I get, haha!
I will get my 2nd g2x in 4 days. Looking for guide for s-off,root,super Cid I'm guessing flashing a rom is just like any other phone. Has anyone ran an ics rom on their g2x?
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hardrockinandroid said:
I will get my 2nd g2x in 4 days. Looking for guide for s-off,root,super Cid I'm guessing flashing a rom is just like any other phone. Has anyone ran an ics rom on their g2x?
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ICS for G2x is a work in progress. I believe CM team is working on it.
I used the CWM to install CNA b4.zip, the Codename Android package.
Now all my phone does is boot into a menu that says:
install wipe
backup restore
mount settings
advanced reboot
How do I get into ICS?
frogcity said:
I used the CWM to install CNA b4.zip, the Codename Android package.
Now all my phone does is boot into a menu that says:
install wipe
backup restore
mount settings
advanced reboot
How do I get into ICS?
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I think u didnt follow what I wrore in instruction: YOU MUST BE ON ICS TO FLASH THIS ROM...anw, just heimdall back to stock, then flash CM9 and then any ICS rom else u like...remember to stick to instructions next time man...there must be a reason that we (OPs) put it there but not for fun lmao...
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daothanhduy1996 said:
I think u didnt follow what I wrore in instruction: YOU MUST BE ON ICS TO FLASH THIS ROM...anw, just heimdall back to stock, then flash CM9 and then any ICS rom else u like...remember to stick to instructions next time man...there must be a reason that we (OPs) put it there but not for fun lmao...
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I was on ICS (Cyanogenmod9) when I tried to flash it.
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I was on ICS (Cyanogenmod9) when I tried to flash it.
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Oh so sr, my mistake (inform more info next time bro ^^) so, just try to redownload or recopy and reflash cause I flashed it normally from CM9
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sounds like he lost root. You will probably need to use heimdall one click to get back to kj6. Use the one I packaged that can be found here.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1822626
Then flash to ICS and then to the rom you want.
I had this happen to me when I tried to flash CNA b4. No matter what I did I could not get out of recovery when trying to flash. I thought for sure I would have to go back to stock but I just fully wiped and reinstalled AOKP with no problems. It may have been a bad download or something but I had that issue as well.
OK yesterday I rooted my nexus 5 using chain fire. I then installed the ROM manger app to install CWM. Does this mean I can now flash ROMs or zip files (eg. Beats audio) straight away or am I missing steps.
Sorry and thank you in advanced
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You need to head to CWM recovery and then flash the rom.zip files...
Make sure you do a complete wipe before installing a new rom...
dec1153 said:
OK yesterday I rooted my nexus 5 using chain fire. I then installed the ROM manger app to install CWM. Does this mean I can now flash ROMs or zip files (eg. Beats audio) straight away or am I missing steps.
Sorry and thank you in advanced
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Dude, uninstall Rom Manager asap and never use it again, this has always been a terrible app and now its real terrible. Flash a custom recovery with Flashify (Play) or in fastboot (fastboot flash recovery namerecovery.img). Rom Manger is not a solution but a problem.
Sorry I don't understand!!! I have been using CWM for a very long time. I am just asking now that I am able to flash ROMs?
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dec1153 said:
Sorry I don't understand!!! I have been using CWM for a very long time. I am just asking now that I am able to flash ROMs?
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Rom Manager is unstable and buggy mate, if you have a working recovery then you`re lucky. Make sure to backup your current rom before you start flashing and backup your EFS folder and store it on the PC to be sure.
gee2012 said:
Rom Manager is unstable and buggy mate, if you have a working recovery then you`re lucky. Make sure to backup your current rom before you start flashing and backup your EFS folder and store it on the PC to be sure.
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I have done a nandroid backup through CWM which functiond fine. Thanks anyways. One question, after root my nexus 5 is a tad slower. Is it possible to turn ART on while rooted because I heard people are getting bootloops when they do this.
Thanks
dec1153 said:
I have done a nandroid backup through CWM which functiond fine. Thanks anyways. One question, after root my nexus 5 is a tad slower. Is it possible to turn ART on while rooted because I heard people are getting bootloops when they do this.
Thanks
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ART is still experimental atm and some apps are not optimized for it yet. That can cause bootloops in some cases. If that should happen restore the backup.
dec1153 said:
... Thanks anyways...
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Dude, @gee2012 is just trying to help, and is right about RM. I used it back in the day on my Nexus One running CM before there were any alternatives. Over time, RM got wonkier and wonkier, ending up an app that is best avoided. I recommend that you take the advice of a recognized contributer, and don't continue to be loyal to a has-been app that could bork your system.
PS. Welcome to the forum!
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Dude, @gee2012 is just trying to help, and is right about RM. I used it back in the day on my Nexus One running CM before there were any alternatives. Over time, RM got wonkier and wonkier, ending up an app that is best avoided. I recommend that you take the advice of a recognized contributer, and don't continue to be loyal to a has-been app that could bork your system.
PS. Welcome to the forum!
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Hi I only used ROM manger to install CWM. I don't plan to use it for anything else. I plan to boot into CWM and flash a .zip from there. Is this not safe?
dec1153 said:
Hi I only used ROM manger to install CWM. I don't plan to use it for anything else. I plan to boot into CWM and flash a .zip from there. Is this not safe?
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Sure it is. I was talking about Rom Manager, please don`t ever use it again. Just for your sake mate.
Everything said about Rom Manager is 100% correct; it's long been known to brick some phones, due to the recovery files it lists not being compatible with a lot of devices (and poorly defined).
Great advice, @PhilipTD and @gee2012.
Haha OK. I just like CWM so I used it to install it. How do I boot into CWM without using the app? So I can delete ROM manger after
dec1153 said:
... my nexus 5 is a tad slower. Is it possible to turn ART on...
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Further to @gee2012's response, rather than switch to ART, and thereby forego the use of Xposed, check out the optimized Dalvik library.
dec1153 said:
Haha OK. I just like CWM so I used it to install it. How do I boot into CWM without using the app? So I can delete ROM manger after
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Download it from here https://www.clockworkmod.com/rommanager and flash in fastboot or with Flashify (Google Play.)
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Further to @gee2012's response, rather than switch to ART, and thereby forego the use of Xposed, check out the optimized Dalvik library.
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I don't need closed framework. So uninstalling and then switching ART should work? I'm scared it will go into a bootloop!
You might like Philz, btw. (With a nod to @rootSU)
dec1153 said:
I don't need closed framework. So uninstalling and then switching ART should work? I'm scared it will go into a bootloop!
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You might want to read the first 5 threads in the General section well, this will give you the basics knowledge you need to not to brick your phone
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Download it from here https://www.clockworkmod.com/rommanager and flash in fastboot or with Flashify (Google Play.)
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I already have CWM installed? Do I have to install it again? If so can you take me on a step by step guide, I'm a utter noon! Thanks
So step 1) download ROM manger
Then.....
dec1153 said:
... can you take me on a step by step guide...
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Wouldn't you rather learn it yourself? It's so much more rewarding.
dec1153 said:
I already have CWM installed? Do I have to install it again? If so can you take me on a step by step guide, I'm a utter noon! Thanks
So step 1) download ROM manger
Then.....
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If it works for you, it works. Don`t have to flash it twice. Look above @PhilipTD`s post for Philz Touch CWM, which is even better and has more options than CWM. Its a zip and you can flash it in CWM.
And its noob, not noon