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Can you flash a custom ROM without a pc?

Sorry for the noob question :s
I was thinking if it was possible say with root explorer from the market!?
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No, unless you have CWM installed.

I do have cwm installed
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Yes, download a ROM using your phone, use a file manager like astro to then move the ROM to the root of your SD card, then use it to check the md5 check sum to make sure you don't have a corrupt download, then flash as you would normaly throught CWM.....that's it.
Remember to do a backup of your current ROM first...
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tats wat i like about android over iphone
with custom recovery, root explorer or any other file explorer, u can flash any rom on the go w/o the aid of a pc.
what i do is install astro explorer - having the option to check md5sum
download any rom from anywhere...
after finish download, use astro n move the rom.zip to root of sd card, boot into recovery n flash it

I must add : make sure the rom can be flash with cwm, if not you could semi-brick your phone. But custom roms are usually made for cwm flashing. Only official rom can't be flashed via cwm they are usually in .exe file, but you can also find them in zip file sometimes and you must extract it before flashing via pc.

How do you install the offical .exe roms then? And how do I check md 5 sum?
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Just follow the directions when you open the .exe
Warning though - you'll lose S-OFF and CWM

google for md5 checker

nooge9 said:
Just follow the directions when you open the .exe
Warning though - you'll lose S-OFF and CWM
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Just wanted to know how to do it that's all, as I was on a Vodafone branded sensation
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nooge9 said:
Just follow the directions when you open the .exe
Warning though - you'll lose S-OFF and CWM
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I flashed the stock wwe eur ruu and it left my phone s-off, even though it flashed the h-boot. It did put the recovery back to stock though and lost root, which can easily be sorted.
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The only thing that is the ROM sizes are over 300mb and I hit the tmobile 5gb cap so many times downloading on my phones data so I need to use WiFi more... But with the nexus one most roms were under 80 mb so it wasn't a problem . But its still cool you can switch roms on the fly
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That why I love my unlimted data on my plan
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gibbo82 said:
How do you install the offical .exe roms then? And how do I check md 5 sum?
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Official rom (RUU) are only b able to flash via pc unless u extract the upsate.zip n put it in ur root of ur sdcard.. well of coz extracting n moving it needs the pc too...
As for md5sum, astro manager does the trick.. press n hold on the zip file n press "properties" u will c all the details of the file include date time n of coz the md5sum. Do give it some time to load up the details though.
I saw a thread somewhr tat theres a md5checksum app in the market.. u might wanna check it out too..
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gibbo82 said:
I do have cwm installed
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S-off n install CWM then perm root ur device for freedom.... Lol
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joshua said:
S-off n install CWM then perm root ur device for freedom.... Lol
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All ready done it mate
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gibbo82 said:
All ready done it mate
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Cool! Now to look for a rom u preferred...
I recommend mike1986 Android Revolution HD rom!!
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How to flash a custom rom with an unlocked bootloader

I unlocked my htc mytouch 4g with the HTC dev website and then i followed a guide on how to perm root it but now i wanna install a custom rom and i have no idea how any help?
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Google:
"htc dev unlock flash custom rom".
Read a bit. About different phones, too.
Understand the concept.
Profit.

Thanks
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tanner195 said:
I unlocked my htc mytouch 4g with the HTC dev website and then i followed a guide on how to perm root it but now i wanna install a custom rom and i have no idea how any help?
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Since you're already rooted, just download rom manager and flash the custom recovery (clockworkmod)
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0.0 said:
Since you're already rooted, just download rom manager and flash the custom recovery (clockworkmod)
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If your bootloader is unlocked you have to flash the boot IMG separate.
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Since it is your first time, I would highly suggest making full nandroid backup of you phone and saving the file elsewhere. So that is something goes horribly wrong you can always revert. RomManager can do the backup I believe, though I use Titanium Backup Pro.

Mazamuda said:
Since it is your first time, I would highly suggest making full nandroid backup of you phone and saving the file elsewhere. So that is something goes horribly wrong you can always revert. RomManager can do the backup I believe, though I use Titanium Backup Pro.
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Always do a nandroid, ROM Manager is the way to go.
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This should help.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1660590
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Everytime I try and flash a custom recovery it always says error cannot load recovery.img and I can't figure out y it won't load it any ideas
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tanner195 said:
Everytime I try and flash a custom recovery it always says error cannot load recovery.img and I can't figure out y it won't load it any ideas
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You need adb installed on your computer and phone should be in bootloader and plugged into computer via usb.
Place the recovery (let's call it recovery.img) in the fastboot folder in adb.
Then, in a command prompt navigate to the adb directory on your sd card. For instance, on my computer I have the simple adb install, so I would type
cd C:\adb
fastboot flash recovery.img

I have adb set up on my computer and I place the file in the same folder as fastboot and rename it to recovery.img then I open my command prompt in that window so its already where it needs to be and the I boot my phone into fastboot via adb and I type in the command that's suppose to flash it but it always tells me error unable to load am I missing a step? Do I need it on my SD card? It's driving me crazy I was unable to downgrade bc of this problem to
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tanner195 said:
I have adb set up on my computer and I place the file in the same folder as fastboot and rename it to recovery.img then I open my command prompt in that window so its already where it needs to be and the I boot my phone into fastboot via adb and I type in the command that's suppose to flash it but it always tells me error unable to load am I missing a step? Do I need it on my SD card? It's driving me crazy I was unable to downgrade bc of this problem to
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Make sure you have "Hide extensions for known file types" disabled in windows folder settings. It's possible the name of the file is actually recovery.img.img so you're directing adb to flash a filename that doesn't exist.
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Omg thank u that crap was driving me insane now that that's fixed I'm sure all be able to do it now and maybe ill go back and root with s off thank you so much much appreciation
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tanner195 said:
Omg thank u that crap was driving me insane now that that's fixed I'm sure all be able to do it now and maybe ill go back and root with s off thank you so much much appreciation
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Sure thing. Glad you got it.
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Thank you all after about the whole night I managed to go back and use the downgrade method and then root my device using g free and after a couple roms finally found one that I like that has a working camera. Hello ics its about time I got it
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tanner195 said:
Thank you all after about the whole night I managed to go back and use the downgrade method and then root my device using g free and after a couple roms finally found one that I like that has a working camera. Hello ics its about time I got it
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S-Off is the only way to go if you have the option
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Yeah I got s off way better and easier than a unlocked boot loader
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tanner195 said:
Yeah I got s off way better and easier than a unlocked boot loader
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I envy you. You're at a thrilling time. First rooting and flashing of ROMs is so much fun.
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Yeah its really fun flashing roms. The only other device I've ever rooted was a lg optimus t and all I had to do was download a app and click perm root and I was done and that was last year when I 14 but now that I've gone trough all this I understand the concept of this way more and I can't wait to learn more
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Can anyone help me I am trying to root this phone by downgrade method everything went good till I have to put the file in the sd card and when try to flash it say no image or wrong image. I have check my file extension on my computer which is disable so it's not the problem and I also format my sd card to fat32. Need help
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Miui?

Is this available for our device if so how do you do it?
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Yeah, I had working MIUI v4 a couple times. But my PC fried, and I need a new Job to fix it. Check out the other MIUI thread in general. It's not hard to do, not one bit. Just need some Coffee, and free time.
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How do you get MIUI b4 on your device do you have to be rooted?
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You need to be S-Off, or S-On(u). I recommend S-Off as you don't need to fastboot the boot.img.
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K7Cobb said:
How do you get MIUI b4 on your device do you have to be rooted?
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You have to be rooted to do any of the following:
Flash a new radio (S-OFF only)
Flash a custom ROM
Flash a theme
Flash a mod
Flash a tweak
Edit all files on the phone.
Change boot animations
Have a custom splash screen
Have one of the most unique phones taylored to your likeing.
Pretty much everything cool is for rooted users.
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I still cannot root my device I have software number 1.63.....
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K7Cobb said:
I still cannot root my device I have software number 1.63.....
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You can root.
Start by going to the HTC Unlock Tool website
1) Set up ADB and Fastboot
2) Unlock your bootloader via the HTC Unlock tool
3) Fastboot flash Clockwork Mod Recovery
4) Get the Superuser zip file and copy it to your SD card
5) Use CWM to flash the Superuser zip file
6) Boot up phone, run Superuser.
You are now rooted with an unlocked bootloader. You are still S-On, so you will need to flash the boot images separately from the rest of the ROM.
If you want to go S-Off, you can try the Juopunutbear.
Also, see this thread.

XMC just posted an ICS MIUI ROM.
Hastily spouted for your befuddlement

Can I use super one click?
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K7Cobb said:
Can I use super one click?
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I doubt it. Check out the stickies for root and s-off. The compendium is a useful thread. Follow the instructions for HTC unlock, then push super user via adb then install rom manager to flash CWM. A little reading will get you started.
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Why did y'all remove amaze 4g s-off tool file we don't need it?

I went to the forum clicked on the link and it said there weren't any files its safe for me to flash a kernel then? Well ima go ahead and flash my rom I'll be back to see if anyone has replied
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[Q] How To Unroot HTC Pico (Explorer)

Hi Guys, I want to unroot my pico again with locked bootloader, is there any procedure to unroot..?
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Sufyan.Chhipa95 said:
Hi Guys, I want to unroot my pico again with locked bootloader, is there any procedure to unroot..?
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No use of it ......
If u again relock bootloader
It will show
RELOCKED instead of LOCKED
And for unroot ..try Ruu Rom in android section
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Plz give the Link for RUU and how to install RUU? That's the problem..
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Well here is how to install ruu http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1500165
But anyway WHY THE [email protected]@K do you want to do this, firstly, you can end up with headake if this fails in some place, secondly if you so bad need a stock rom, in my signature is link for flashable one, also if you want to use your warranty, you will fail, because the bootloader after ruu will show re-locked, so there is no point of using ruu.

Oohh.. Btw I'm Not Going To Unroot It, Was Just Asking If There Was Any Procedure To Unroot, For Knowledge..
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Aaa that's different. If you JUST need to unroot your phone.....
(have tested this only on galaxy ace, couldn't find link wright now so I'll paste what I did there)
1. go to /system/app whit file manager delete superuser.apk
2. go to /system/xbin and delete this
1. busybox
2. sh
3. sqlite3
4. su
5. su-v1
6. su-v2
7. su-v3
Then just reboot, not sure if it will work with explorer but it should.

Hmm.. Thnx.. But Not Going To Try
Because it's a bit risky and nobody have tried it yet for explorer..
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