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You need to give yourself the custom recovery. Look in the ec10 threads or something, it's pretty simple but I don't remember it all.
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sageDieu said:
You need to give yourself the custom recovery. Look in the ec10 threads or something, it's pretty simple but I don't remember it all.
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I'm currently following the instructions from here.
This is the development forum, please post questions elsewhere if they are not directly related to development.
King Mustard said:
I'm currently following the instructions from here.
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So you are using instructions from another website and coming here for help? I would suggest either asking for help there or using the information provided here.
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akellar said:
So you are using instructions from another website and coming here for help? I would suggest either asking for help there or using the information provided here.
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No, I found that guide after sageDieu told me "You need to give yourself the custom recovery."
Follow the instructions listed on the forums for installing a custom recovery. Or install a custom rom that includes the recovery needed automatically. And to everybody else, please limit the "Wrong forum" replies. He's been made aware of the policy and we have wonderful moderators that will move the thread if they see fit.
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No, I found that guide after sageDieu told me "You need to give yourself the custom recovery."
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Irrelevant. You are still using instructions from another website. We can't speak for what another forum tells you to do.
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Oops double post.
Blah blah, ignore them. Just look through the older pages of threads in the dev forum, or maybe the stickies. You have to flash a recovery.bin with Odin, then flash an update.zip that you put on your SD card. Then it will put you in cwm where you can flash a voodoo kernel or something to give yourself permanent recovery.
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ChromWolf said:
Not actually adding anything to the thread, other than to mention that I just had to LOL. XD ....Like, I actually did what the acronym says, and for at least a minute. Maybe I'm tired. But it was good. Thanks add. XD
OT: Did you ever get things going KingMustard?
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No. The closest we got was 'install zip from sdcard' appearing but when she used it, it was just a black screen before booting her back to the CWM menu after a few secs/a minute. I'll try it all when she comes to the UK next month.
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No. The closest we got was 'install zip from sdcard' appearing but when she used it, it was just a black screen before booting her back to the CWM menu after a few secs/a minute. I'll try it all when she comes to the UK next month.
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First off, before you start any of this, you may want to take a backup of the phone in case you do need to go back to stock, if you haven't taken a backup already.
No one else has actually linked to it (since we're not exactly sure what end result you're after), but first off I'd say get a copy of ClockworkMod (CWM) Red, which can be found at This Thread. Grab the TAR file at the bottom of the post.
Next, grab a copy of Odin, the flashing software for Samsung devices. You can grab it at the bottom of the first post in the Files to get your Mesmerize back to stock 2.1 and 2.2.1 thread. Note that if you bork the phone up and need to restore back to stock, this is where you can get Odin images for the phone as well.
Follow the steps in the Guide for getting you phone back to stock, EXCEPT, skip step 3, there will not be a PIT file for flashing CWM Red to your phone. Also, in step 4, it will just be a TAR file, not a TAR.MD5 file. As long as you see a yellow box on the left as shown in the picture in that thread, your phone is connected. If not, get them from the Samsung website here, assuming it's a Mesmerize from US Cellular:
http://www.samsung.com/us/support/downloads/SCH-I500RKAUSC
About mid-way down on the left, click the blue link for "Software", and under the File column on the right, download the first file. Should be a long-named EXE file, and will install Samsung USB drivers to let the phone communicate with the computer.
That should get you Custom Recovery installed, which should allow you to flash ZIP files from the SD card.
I'm kinda giving you what you're after, but since it can be dangerous information, it comes with a caveat... In fairness, we haven't really been given a clear picture of what you're trying to do with the phone so far, just that you're at a point where you can't get "Install zip from sd card" to appear. Be VERY cautious about flashing things to the phone if you haven't read up on it, and read, and read some more. Skipped steps = bricked phones. Worse, I'm cobbling my instructions together from multiple guides, meaning it's even easier to skip a step. Just be warned of the perils, we're not responsible for what you do to your phone, alla that.
Can you give us specifics on what you're trying to do?
so i was trying to install CR7 on my captivate and after the step where i install cm7-captivate-initial-kernel with odin my captivate now refuses to go past boot screen. Anything i can do about this?
Yes, it's soft bricked (recoverable). Instructions on how to fix it are in the stickied thread like 3 threads above yours:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=919816
Also, since it's cm7, make sure you check 'Repartition' in odin if you're going to flash to a different rom.
you sir are awsome
so i just did what was in the guide but instead of booting to download mode my phone booted to recovery mode. i might be able to fix it from here but im kinda afraid something bad might happen
ridic987 said:
so i just did what was in the guide but instead of booting to download mode my phone booted to recovery mode. i might be able to fix it from here but im kinda afraid something bad might happen
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Follow the instructions for installing CM7, after you flash the kernel you are not done and it will not boot up yet. Please read and understand what you are attempting to do if not you could end up being sorry.
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Follow the instructions for installing CM7, after you flash the kernel you are not done and it will not boot up yet. Please read and understand what you are attempting to do if not you could end up being sorry.
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+1 that's what is supposed to happen. You're halfway there.
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fixed now thanks for the help guys
OK. I Had installed the bare bones ROM. Phone is acting up. Need to send back in for fix. I keep getting dropped calls. Loss of service. No SMS send. I flashed the ROM hoping for a fix. But nothing. Still the same.
So now after doing a restore I am stuck at the samsung 4G screen. It will not go past. It will not go into CWM.
Any ideas?
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Follow the guide second link of my signature to flash back to complete unrooted stock to send back.
lumin30 said:
Follow the guide second link of my signature to flash back to complete unrooted stock to send back.
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Ok, I followed that guide, did not work. The only thing that went right was the ability to get phone into download mode.
the C++ will not install, it bypasses that , then will not install the drivers, it has timed out 5 times, I even disconnected my wireless, and went straight to the modem making sure there were no problems.
Im not sure what to do now.
You are posting in several forums. Can you confirm you have a Galaxy S 4G SGH-T959V?
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You are posting in several forums. Can you confirm you have a Galaxy S 4G SGH-T959V?
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I am only posting in this forum. This is the Tmobile Galaxy S4g that I have.
I tried the process again, I got the C++ to install, it went to the zadig program, I followed the instructions, but where you are supposed to install drivers, the guide says to reinstall drivers, mine says to replace drivers.
Replace them.
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Replace them.
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still does not work, i have clicked replace, it goes, does its thing, then comes back saying installed. heimdall opens up but then i click flash, and it starts, says drivers not installed and the zadig program pops back up.
Have thoroughly read the guide?
Just look for the Gremlin Remover in the Dev forum. It should be easier for you. Take it slow. Read carefully. Take 10 deep breaths. Stay relaxed. Read the OP again. Then try it.
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Take 10 deep breaths. Stay relaxed..
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Thank You. I somehow forgot to do that.
Would your solution work for me too?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1771451
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Have thoroughly read the guide?
Just look for the Gremlin Remover in the Dev forum. It should be easier for you. Take it slow. Read carefully. Take 10 deep breaths. Stay relaxed. Read the OP again. Then try it.
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Ok, im back again. I did the "Gremlin Remover". It came up that the process completed successfully, except the fact that the phone never left download mode it never rebooted.
So i have tried to do the One click Heimdall again, with no luck.
I've been looking at rooting my phone for a while now but all the tutorials I had seen were for the old H-Boot option and I couldn't find any way to do it on my phone. I really have no clue on what to do so any help whatsoever would be awesome! Thanks
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Tidey said:
I've been looking at rooting my phone for a while now but all the tutorials I had seen were for the old H-Boot option and I couldn't find any way to do it on my phone. I really have no clue on what to do so any help whatsoever would be awesome! Thanks
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Start by reading the stickies in the Dev forum. Then read the stickies in the other forums. The use the 'Search' option (if that is down use Google with a site-specific search). Make sure you read and understand what you are doing before you start - but it is all fairly simple and the answers to all your questions are out there already.
Tidey said:
I've been looking at rooting my phone for a while now but all the tutorials I had seen were for the old H-Boot option and I couldn't find any way to do it on my phone. I really have no clue on what to do so any help whatsoever would be awesome! Thanks
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The index thread in the stickies of the dev forum is a good starting point, it has links to several different guides.
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Tidey said:
I've been looking at rooting my phone for a while now but all the tutorials I had seen were for the old H-Boot option and I couldn't find any way to do it on my phone. I really have no clue on what to do so any help whatsoever would be awesome! Thanks
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*You go to htcdev.com and perform Unlock Bootloader procedure.
-- This step will unlock whatever necessary for you to load a new ROM. (But, Radio and bootloader will be locked)
-- If you press Vol-Down + Power button, you see **UNLOCKED**. But, dont worry about S-ON.
*Now, install ROM Manager from Play Store.
*Select the Flash ClockWorkMod Recovery
*Reboot into Recovery
*Backup Current ROM
*Wiping caches, data and load your ROM of choice [Follow as your choice of custom ROM instructions]
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*You go to htcdev.com and perform Unlock Bootloader procedure.
-- This step will unlock whatever necessary for you to load a new ROM. (But, Radio and bootloader will be locked)
-- If you press Vol-Down + Power button, you see **UNLOCKED**. But, dont worry about S-ON.
*Now, install ROM Manager from Play Store.
*Select the Flash ClockWorkMod Recovery
*Reboot into Recovery
*Backup Current ROM
*Wiping caches, data and load your ROM of choice [Follow as your choice of custom ROM instructions]
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Thanks, i've sorted it now! I'm just glad I didnt get any abuse about posting when there's posts out there which i hadn't seen! I'm just looking around now and trying out different ROMs!
Thanks again
Your next post will likely be "can't boot the phone, stuck on HTC logo". When it happens, remember that instead of searching, you took the short path of listening to someone who might not know something (as in fact it happened). Just as the guys above, I have no patience for those who don't search, and not going to explain what's missing.
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Your next post will likely be "can't boot the phone, stuck on HTC logo".
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So true...
Haha nope I did it that way but used a different post, I wasn't going to just attempt it using a few instructions and risk screwing up my phone. Sorry to disappoint, and like I said before I searched it straight after and couldn't get rid of the post.
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tried to root my Skyrocket, tried to put on latest cm10.1 nightly, got system 7 error, someone said to format. Did so, now it won't go past the samsung screen. Can someone help me fix my newb-ness?
Noobs have no business messing with nightlies.
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xcrazydx said:
Noobs have no business messing with nightlies.
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thanks for stoppin' by
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thanks for stoppin' by
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Np, enjoy the skyrocket!
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lookslikescreech said:
tried to root my Skyrocket, tried to put on latest cm10.1 nightly, got system 7 error, someone said to format. Did so, now it won't go past the samsung screen. Can someone help me fix my newb-ness?
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Start at the beginning. When you rooted your phone what ROM/build were you on? Stock? What Recovery are you running? Did you make a backup? In my experience, you usually get a system 7 error when the download is bad, (did you check the MD5?) or if you're trying to flash a ROM that doesn't match your current system (IE: trying to flash a JB ROM when you're currently on ICS.)
The more info we have, the better we can help you.
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Start at the beginning. When you rooted your phone what ROM/build were you on? Stock? What Recovery are you running? Did you make a backup? In my experience, you usually get a system 7 error when the download is bad, (did you check the MD5?) or if you're trying to flash a ROM that doesn't match your current system (IE: trying to flash a JB ROM when you're currently on ICS.)
The more info we have, the better we can help you.
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Uh status 7 is assert protection so its a mismatch usually in device info typically model numbers, and has nothing to do with bad downloads.
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Start at the beginning. When you rooted your phone what ROM/build were you on? Stock? What Recovery are you running? Did you make a backup? In my experience, you usually get a system 7 error when the download is bad, (did you check the MD5?) or if you're trying to flash a ROM that doesn't match your current system (IE: trying to flash a JB ROM when you're currently on ICS.)
The more info we have, the better we can help you.
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Thanks for helping
I had a stock rom on it and found a youtube video referencing the how to guide in this forum, walked everything through step by step but didn't do the twrp thing, only odin . Tried it, didn't work. Didn't checkthe MD5 as it wasnt referenced in the video (have since seen it in the thread).
I'm gonna try and flash a stock rom with odin if I can and start over and ignore the youtube video.
At the moment Odin is the only program on my computer that talks to my phone so I'm hoping that works, just gotta find how to do it...
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Thanks for helping
I had a stock rom on it and found a youtube video referencing the how to guide in this forum, walked everything through step by step but didn't do the twrp thing, only odin . Tried it, didn't work. Didn't checkthe MD5 as it wasnt referenced in the video (have since seen it in the thread).
I'm gonna try and flash a stock rom with odin if I can and start over and ignore the youtube video.
At the moment Odin is the only program on my computer that talks to my phone so I'm hoping that works, just gotta find how to do it...
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Yeah, stay stock until you have a clue on what you're doing.
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lookslikescreech said:
Thanks for helping
I had a stock rom on it and found a youtube video referencing the how to guide in this forum, walked everything through step by step but didn't do the twrp thing, only odin . Tried it, didn't work. Didn't checkthe MD5 as it wasnt referenced in the video (have since seen it in the thread).
I'm gonna try and flash a stock rom with odin if I can and start over and ignore the youtube video.
At the moment Odin is the only program on my computer that talks to my phone so I'm hoping that works, just gotta find how to do it...
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In this section (q&a), read through "the ultimate newb guide" by vincom.
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btm fdr said:
In this section (q&a), read through "the ultimate newb guide" by vincom.
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thanks, on it now. Just need to get it back to stock with Odin then I'll try again when I understand what I'm doing more.
Anyone feeling charitable and want to tell me how to flash the stock rom with Odin? I'd appreciate it.
lookslikescreech said:
thanks, on it now. Just need to get it back to stock with Odin then I'll try again when I understand what I'm doing more.
Anyone feeling charitable and want to tell me how to flash the stock rom with Odin? I'd appreciate it.
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It's in the guide bro
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Best of luck mate, reply here if you have any issues. And for pete's sake, next time, instead of watching a YouTube video, read read read and re-read the forums. Once that's done, read them again. Only then, start flashing.
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Best of luck mate, reply here if you have any issues. And for pete's sake, next time, instead of watching a YouTube video, read read read and re-read the forums. Once that's done, read them again. Only then, start flashing.
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hahaha thanks
Now it says "firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again." Far out, I can't win tonight!
lookslikescreech said:
hahaha thanks
Now it says "firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again." Far out, I can't win tonight!
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Bro, you're going to end up with a paperweight. That guide is step by step. Read it, read it again.
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hahaha thanks
Now it says "firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again." Far out, I can't win tonight!
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That's an alternate form of DL mode. Odin a stock ROM from that screen. Read the Noobs Guide. Odin is finicky so pay attention to the guide. Then read it again. Once you've read and comprehend it all spin in a circle saying "I deserve this" three times and Odin will grant your wish. lol
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That's an alternate form of DL mode. Odin a stock ROM from that screen. Read the Noobs Guide. Odin is finicky so pay attention to the guide. Then read it again. Once you've read and comprehend it all spin in a circle saying "I deserve this" three times and Odin will grant your wish. lol
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hahaha thanks
Got it working, used TWRP to flash the latest RC CM 10.1
Got it all going now after a minor heart attack and a few more grey hairs. Just gotta figure out why the wifi isn't working at all now. Can't get it to turn on.
Your original 'system error 7' problem was most likely caused by trying to flash a newer ROM with an older version of CWM or TWRP. Glad you got the phone up, can't help you with the wifi problem, sorry. Although, what modem did you flash, if any? System Settings -> About phone -> Baseband version?
Tom
rpr69 said:
Your original 'system error 7' problem was most likely caused by trying to flash a newer ROM with an older version of CWM or TWRP. Glad you got the phone up, can't help you with the wifi problem, sorry. Although, what modem did you flash, if any? System Settings -> About phone -> Baseband version?
Tom
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I flashed the UXUMA7 radio, didnt really do much, it worked before.
Still can't figure out the Wifi though :-/ just straight up won't turn on.
If you are on a newer CM 10.1 , the only supported radio is UCMC1, UXUMA7 is really old. That may be why wifi is not working.
UXUMA7 and UCMC1 are very similar. First one is the Rogers and second is att's release which is usually late by a month or so after rogers. Bottom line both will work.
Have your radiofile.zip, cm10.1.zip, and gapps from 20130301 all on your SD card.
Do you have a back up, nandroid? If not do it now.
Go to recovery and Clean up well:
Go to mounts and format data, system, cach twice or three times. Go to advanced and clean dalvik cache. Don't reboot
Now installing in this order:
- radio
-cm10.1
-gapps
Now reboot your phone.
Wait until it is finished and leave it untouched for 10 minutes to settle down and do its thing.
Then turn it off back on and enjoy.
Your noob status will start to fade if you do a clean install :thumbup:
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