[Guides & Tools] Modifying Your Phone - LG Optimus 3D

1. LG Flash Tool
This is the flashing tool that will let you install:
Any .kdz firmware. Ex. V10C_00.kdz
KDZ Files Available:
FROYO
V10C_00.kdz
V10D_00.kdz
V10E_00.kdz
V10K_00.kdz
GINGERBREAD
V20A_00.kdz
V20B_00.kdz
V20C_00.kdz
V20E_00.kdz
V20F_00.kdz
V20P_00.kdz - Official AT&T Gingerbread
V21A_00.kdz
V21B_00.kdz
V21D_00.kdz
V21E_00.kdz
Requirements:
You'll need to have the LG Thrill / Optimus 3D
All your data backed up
All LG Drivers Removed
DOWNLOAD LINK: LG Flash Package - 50 MB
How To Use:
Step 1
Download the .kdz file you want to flash
Extract the files with WinRar or 7zip
Uninstall all LG drivers
Restart computer
Step 2
In the "Drivers" folder, install the "LGUnitedMobileDriver_S4981MAN36AP22_ML_WHQL_Ver_3.6.exe" file
In the "Software" folder, install the "B2CAppSetup.exe" file
In the "SERVER" folder, launch the "shttp3.exe" file
An error may or may not pop up. Just click OK
Check the "I agree with this license, and I accept all items."
Check the "Update entry in main menu."
Check the "Add to startup."
Make the password "admin"
Click "Install"
Launch the "Small HTTP server" from the Start Menu
MINIMIZE the popup. If you close it, the server will quit.
On the TaskBar, a new icon should appear. Right click the icon and go to "Settings"
Select the "HTTP" tab and change the "Port" to "9002"
Click "OK" in the top right corner
Step 3
Navigate to "C:\shttps" on the hard drive
Copy the contents of "WWW Folder" into the "C:\shttps\www" directory
Navigate to "C:\Windows\system32\drivers\etc" on the hard drive
Copy the "hosts" file in "C:\Windows\system32\drivers\etc" to the "ORIG" folder in the LG Flash Package
Delete the "hosts" file from "C:\Windows\system32\drivers\etc"
Copy the "hosts" file from the "MOD" folder in the LG Flash Package to "C:\Windows\system32\drivers\etc"
Step 4
In the "FLASHING" folder, launch "Windows Enabler.exe"
A new icon should appear on the TaskBar. Click the icon to turn it to the "ON" position
In the "FLASHING" folder, install the "msxml.msi" file
Step 5
Open Device Manager
Windows XP - Right Click "My Computer", click the "Hardware" tab, and select "Device Manager"
Windows Vista/7 - In the Start Menu search bar, type "Device Manager" and select it at the top
Unplug your phone (If it is plugged in)
Take out the battery
Step 6
Check Device Manager for the current active "COM Ports"
Boot into DOWNLOAD MODE
Plug the phone into the computer without the battery inserted
Hold [VOL UP + POWER]
Put the battery in and wait until it vibrates or for 3 seconds
Check Device Manager for a NEW "COM Port"
If there is not a new "COM Port", restart Step 5
Step 7
Launch the "UpTestEX_mod2_marwin.exe" file
Change the product type located under the LG Electronics logo to "3GQCT"
Change the PhoneMode to "EMERGENCY"
Navigate to your .kdz file in the "Select kdz file" box
Click "Normal web upgrade test" at the bottom
Click "Upgrade Start" on the pop up screen
On the "Select Country & Language" box, click "Clear phone Software udpate Registry"
Change "Country" to "Different Country"
Change "Language" to your language
Click OK
Your phone is now flashing. DO NOT TOUCH THE PHONE AT ALL. DO NOT UNPLUG THE PHONE.
Step 8 : Varies
If your phone boots properly, ignore this.
Part 1: Booting into recovery
If your phone does not boot and you are stuck in a boot loop:
Boot into RECVOERY MODE
Hold [VOL DOWN + 3D]
Press the POWER button until the phone vibrates
Part 2: Wiping data in recovery
Use VOL DOWN to navigate to "wipe data/factory reset"
Press the "3D" to select it
Use VOL DOWN to navigate to "Yes"
Press the "3D" to select it
Restart the phone
Step 9 : Optional
Root using one of the three SuperOneClick versions in the LG Flash Package folder
Install ClockworkMod or Touch ClockworkMod Recovery with Recovery Manager
2. Entering APNS
This example is for AT&T "4G" HSPA+ APNs
Getting To The APNs
Go to the "Settings" app
Select "Wireless & networks"
Select "Mobile networks"
Select "Access Point Names"
Setting Up The APNs
Press the Menu button
Select "New APN"
Select "Name"
Change it to "AT&T HSPA+"
Select "Ok"
Select "APN"
Change it to "phone"
Select "Ok"
Select "MMSC"
Change it to "http://mmsc.cingular.com"
Select "Ok"
Select "MMS Proxy"
Change it to "wireless.cingular.com"
Select "Ok"
Select "MMS Port"
Change it to "80"
Select "Ok"
Select "MCC"
Change it to "310"
Select "Ok"
Select "MNC"
Change it to "410"
Select "Ok"
APNs SET!
3. Booting into and Navigating Recovery Mode
Booting into Stock Android Recovery
Boot into RECVOERY MODE
Hold [VOL DOWN + 3D]
Press the POWER button until the phone vibrates
Using Stock Android Recovery
VOL + and VOL - is to move up and down
Press the 3D button to select an option
Booting into ClockworkMod Recovery
Boot into RECVOERY MODE
Hold [VOL DOWN + 3D]
Press the POWER button until the phone vibrates
Alternatively for ClockworkMod:
Go to Settings
Go to Privacy
Choose Factory Reset
It will boot into ClockworkMod.
Using ClockworkMod Recovery
VOL + and VOL - is to move up and down
Press the POWER button to select an option
4. Flashing CyanogenMod 10
Step 1. Revert to Complete Stock Gingerbread
Use the "LG Flash Tool" in this post to do this. [I ADVISE USING V21E]
Step 8 in the guide HAS to be done. Make sure you wipe data.
Step 2. Root Phone
Use "Megatron Root" in the second post to do this.
Step 3. Install ClockworkMod
Use "Recovery Manager" in the second post to do this.
DO NOT USE TOUCH CLOCKWORKMOD.
Step 4. Download CM10 & GAPPS
CM10: DOWNLOAD
GAPPS: DOWNLOAD
Step 5. Boot Into CWM and Flash CM10+GAPPS
Use the "Booting into and Navigating Recovery Mode" Guide if you do not know how to navigate ClockworkMod
[COLOR]DO NOT REBOOT[/COLOR]
Step 6. Wipe Data & Reboot
Wipe the data from CWM and reboot.
You should now be running CM10!

[TOOLS]
1. Recovery Manager
This is a flashing tool that will let you install:
Stock Recovery
ClockworkMod Recovery
Touch ClockworkMod Recovery
Requirement:
You'll need to have the LG Thrill / Optimus 3D
You'll need to be rooted.
Superuser and SU have to be updated to the latest app and binary
Update Superuser in the market
Open Superuser app and go to the options
Scroll to the bottom and click "Su binary"
DOWNLOAD LINK: Recovery Manager - 18 MB
How To Use:
Extract the files with WinRar or 7zip
Launch "Recovery Manager.bat"
Make sure your phone is in "USB Debugging Mode" and is plugged in
Choose your option
Wait for the screen to refresh
Boot into recovery to verify it was flashed successfully
2. Megatron Root
This is a root tool by Dan Rosenberg that will let you root:
V20x Firmware
Any other Gingerbread Firmware that SuperOneClick can't root
Requirements:
You'll need to have the LG Thrill / Optimus 3D
LG P920 Drivers installed
DOWNLOAD LINK: Megatron Root - 1 MB
How To Use:
Extract the files with WinRar or 7zip
Make sure your phone is in "USB Debugging Mode" and is plugged in
Launch "run.bat"
Wait for the phone to reboot
Verify that root is enabled
ROOT DONE!

CM10 (In)Compatible Basebands
This is a list of what basebands are compatible with CM10. If it's not compatible, you will not get any cell reception.
CM10 Compatible Basebands
V21D
CM10 Incompatible Basebands
V20P
V21E

Nice compilation.
Please include links to ROMs
20E - http://csmg.lgmobile.com/swdata/WEBSW/LGP920/AAFRML/V20e_00/V20E_00.kdz
20F - http://csmg.lgmobile.com:9002/swdata/WEBSW/LGP920/ABUOML/V20f_00/V20F_00.kdz
20E has RTL support and 20F is the latest one available.

omgomg said:
Nice compilation.
Please include links to ROMs
20E - http://csmg.lgmobile.com/swdata/WEBSW/LGP920/AAFRML/V20e_00/V20E_00.kdz
20F - http://csmg.lgmobile.com:9002/swdata/WEBSW/LGP920/ABUOML/V20f_00/V20F_00.kdz
20E has RTL support and 20F is the latest one available.
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Alrighty! I'll add them up.
Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S II w/ CM9

This should be a sticky and updated regularly.
Great post

Really nice work - Lestat!!
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Thanks a lot!!!!
Greetz Paki

Great for newbies..

Great job! But how can I extract the contents of the .kdz firmware file without actually installing it? (Please note that I'm not at all familiar to the LG-way of doing firmware.)

E:V:A said:
Great job! But how can I extract the contents of the .kdz firmware file without actually installing it? (Please note that I'm not at all familiar to the LG-way of doing firmware.)
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There's currently no point of extracting the contents because they are encrypted.
Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S II w/ CM9

Hello, please help me. i bought optimus 3d p920 from UK, was on stock 2.2.2, had rooted n installed clockwork v5.0.2.0, i have backed up the stock rom via CWR, i software updated from mobile , it was a 4.5mb update n after that the phone is not going past CWR, i tried to restore backup via CWR no luck. please help is my phone is bricked?Thanks

Try to fix permissions.
If it doesn't work, refer on this section to two guides about manually updating via KDZ. It's piece of cake, so don't worry, your phone isn't bricked at all.

Thanks for the reply, i tried to flash kdz file but, after port change step when i try to launch B2CAppSetup.exe , it says no internet connection , connect to internet then continue, even though my net is on. what iam i doing wrong?

Wouldn't work for me. When I got to clicking Start update it jumped straight to the usual update app and told me my phone was on latest firmware... I guess it was to do with the shttp; I couldn't use it because crappy Symantec End Point threw a fit when I extracted the archives so I tried using WAMP (Apache server) and changed the port to 9002 as instructed...
Also my phone went crazy trying to get into download mode. I had to time releasing VOL+PWR when device manager detected the port or it told me I had unplugged it.
After I gave up I had to reboot my phone three times and then set the clock!
I'm stuck with 21a still

sourcewop said:
Hello, please help me. i bought optimus 3d p920 from UK, was on stock 2.2.2, had rooted n installed clockwork v5.0.2.0, i have backed up the stock rom via CWR, i software updated from mobile , it was a 4.5mb update n after that the phone is not going past CWR, i tried to restore backup via CWR no luck. please help is my phone is bricked?Thanks
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Where did the update cone from? Your service provider?
Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S II w/ CM9

If you need help flashing, download the LG Flash Package, and Recovery Manager. Install TeamViewer and I can flash your phone for you.
Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S II w/ CM9

Right, managed to flash my phone at home on my laptop but after rooting and installing Touch CWM, I finally booted my phone, went through the initial setup wizard and then was asked which launcher app I wanted to use; LG one or GO Launcher???!!!! Bearing in mind that I have formatted the internal and external storage, gone to CWM and done factory reset, where the hell is this coming from? I looked in manage applications and I can see GO Launcher is installed (along with its widgets and themes), ES File explorer is installed and so is AlarmClock Plus... WTF!
I downloaded the KDZ from LG site so I cant see it being dodgy but I am totally confused where it got these apps from and how it installed them... I know you can put .apk files in a certain folder on the sdcard and it will auto install them but I dont have these apk's at all!
Hsd the ROM been really clever and realised I had these apps on before when I tried 21B and found I couldnt root it??
Anyway! Thanks for an awesome guide.. I did have to make a couple of changes to get mine to work...
When installing the B2CApp updater, I had to put the HOSTS file back the orig or it wouldnt install.
When trying to get into Download mode, I had to again time the release of the vol/pwr keys or it said the drivers failed to install...
But thanks a bunch! I am now on V21d

cyberguru said:
Right, managed to flash my phone at home on my laptop but after rooting and installing Touch CWM, I finally booted my phone, went through the initial setup wizard and then was asked which launcher app I wanted to use; LG one or GO Launcher???!!!! Bearing in mind that I have formatted the internal and external storage, gone to CWM and done factory reset, where the hell is this coming from? I looked in manage applications and I can see GO Launcher is installed (along with its widgets and themes), ES File explorer is installed and so is AlarmClock Plus... WTF!
I downloaded the KDZ from LG site so I cant see it being dodgy but I am totally confused where it got these apps from and how it installed them... I know you can put .apk files in a certain folder on the sdcard and it will auto install them but I dont have these apk's at all!
Hsd the ROM been really clever and realised I had these apps on before when I tried 21B and found I couldnt root it??
Anyway! Thanks for an awesome guide.. I did have to make a couple of changes to get mine to work...
When installing the B2CApp updater, I had to put the HOSTS file back the orig or it wouldnt install.
When trying to get into Download mode, I had to again time the release of the vol/pwr keys or it said the drivers failed to install...
But thanks a bunch! I am now on V21d
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That is strange indeed. I haven't downloaded V21D so I wouldn't know, but you did a data wipe in recovery?
Sent from my Samsung Galaxy S II w/ CM9

Yep, did a full wipe in recovery before doing anything...
Not to worry though, I removed the apps and then took a backup of the ROM for future use!

HEY dark its me it was starting to load but in the middle of the process it said communication error or something?

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[ANCIENT-TUTORIAL] IDIOT-PROOF Root Guide! NAND Unlock and ADB Update!!

This guide is ancient, guys. The only purpose it should serve now is showing you how to set up ADB or flash something through recovery. You can use unrEVOked Forever to root now, which is much faster and easier. Quit sending me PMs with questions about this.
After the positive response I got from my Swype guide, I decided to do one for root too. I have found that Toast's guide goes way over the head of a lot of new users (Using adb to copy and rename files? C'm on, Toast!), and I want to simplify things down for them.
In this guide, I will provide a way for you to backup your phone in case you have any vital programs, and I will take you all the way through getting back to the rooted stock image and restoring your apps (from there, you will be on your own!). This DOES work with Sprint's latest OTA (ends in .6).
Please let me know if there are any errors or any omissions (something like Titanium Backup not working with unrEVOked; I haven't tested this). Also, if someone wants to take some screenshots of the recovery stuff or just has images of the steps, just let me know, and I can add them.
If you get stuck on a step, please post it in the topic first instead of directly PMing me. It's not that I don't want to personally help you (you can ask all the people I've helped), but I'm not always directly available, and other users can freely help you out if you post in the thread! It also provides a little "mini-troubleshooting" scenario for anyone else with the same issue as you. I also recommend reading the entire guide before doing it so you will have some idea of what steps you will be taking! Thanks!
TABLE OF CONTENTS:
SECTION I: BACKING UP YOUR APPS
SECTION II: ROOTING FOR THE FIRST TIME
SECTION III: INSTALLING A CUSTOM RECOVERY
SECTION IV: INSTALLING A CUSTOM ROM
SECTION V: NESSECARY SOFTWARE INSTALLATION
SECTION VI: INTRODUCTION TO ADB
SECTION VII: UNLOCKING NAND
1. First things first, if you don't want to backup your apps, skip to step #14.
SECTION I: BACKING UP YOUR APPS
2. Go to the settings menu, and select Applications.
3. Check the box next to "Unknown Applications" and accept the warning.
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4. Go to your web browser and navigate to http://unrevoked.com/m/ .
5. Click the logo to download the file, as it says.
6. Once the file is done downloading, click it.
7. Click the install button, and hit "open" when it is done installing.
8. Click Start!
9. When you get the "Done." message, navigate to the Market and find Titanium Backup. I HIGHLY recommend the donate version, but you need to donate to the dev via PayPal to get a license file, and it could take him up to a day to email it to you.
10. Click "open" after it is done installing and click the "Problems?" tab at the bottom.
11. Click "yes" to install BusyBox.
12. When Titanium Backup restarts, press Menu and select "Batch."
13. Backup all of your apps here.
SECTION II: ROOTING FOR THE FIRST TIME
14. Plug in your phone's USB cable and connect it to your computer. You should get a prompt in the notification bar that the phone is connected. Open the notification bar and select where it says "charge only."
15. Change the type to "disk drive" and select "Done."
16. Download this file, and save it to your desktop.
17. Since your phone is connected as a disk drive, navigate to My Computer and you will see it as "Removable Disk." Drag and drop the file you just downloaded to the icon.
18. At this point, we are about to flash the debug image. YOUR DATA WILL ALL BE WIPED AFTER THIS POINT!
19. Hold down "power" to bring up the following menu. Select "Power off."
20. Select "Ok."
21. Thanks to mrono, we now have some images of the recovery image for your ease of use, but I will post toast's exact words that you should follow to the letter. If you want step-by-step versions of this, skip to step 21a.
- Hold volume down while powering the phone on. continue to hold volume down until you see the WHITE bootloader screen.
- After a few seconds it will begin to checking for files, and find PC36IMG.zip. while its doing this it will show a blue progress bar while its checking. (this takes 30 - 60 seconds to finish)
- It will then list all the images in the zip and ask you if want to flash. SAY YES
- When its finished it will ask you if you would like to reboot. AGAIN... SAY YES
- At this point it will boot into a rooted rom.
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Essentially, you just have to hold the volume down button as you press the power button, and the phone will do the rest. Just accept any prompts you get.
21a. When powering on, hold down the volume down key, and keep holding it down until this screen appears.
21b. It will search for a second then prompt you to install the PC36IMG.zip. Select yes.
21c. After the installation is complete, select yes to reboot your device.
22. You are now rooted! Congratulations! However, this debug ROM will not show protected apps in the Market, so we're going to install a rooted version of the stock ROM now.
23. After everything is booted, reconnect your USB cable and enter disk drive mode as described before.
24. Navigate to the PC36IMG.zip file and rename it however you want. This prevents it from running when ever you reboot. After this file is renamed, disable "disk mode" the same way you enabled it.
SECTION III: INSTALLING A CUSTOM RECOVERY
NOTE: Steps 25 - 28 were removed due to ROM Manager being updated. Follow the steps in step 29 below.
29. If ROM Manager just won't work for you, download this file, rename it to "update.zip," and copy it to the root of your SD card just like we did with the PC36IMG zip before. A common problem that people have here is actually typing the last ".zip" in when naming the file. ONLY type "update" as the file name because the file you are downloading is already in .zip format, and Windows hides known file extensions. If you get any kind of "file cannot be found" or "verification error" on this step, then you probably made this mistake, and you just need to rename the file.
Please note: This is the ONLY file on your SD card to be named "update.zip." Do NOT rename any other files to "update.zip" or remove this file.
SECTION IV: INSTALLING A CUSTOM ROM
30. At this time, we will download the rooted stock ROM. Get it here and save it to your desktop. Do NOT rename this downloaded ROM to "update.zip!"
31. Copy it to your SD card exactly like we did before with the first ROM. Make sure you re-enable disk mode so you can copy files again.
32. Once again, thanks to mrono we have photos of this step, but I will give you the exact words from Koush on how to boot into recovery. Skip to step 32a for exact step-by-step instructions in this step.
When you want to launch the recovery image
* Turn on your device with 'volume down' pressed and select 'Recovery'
* When the exclamation mark appears, press and hold 'volume up' then press 'power'
* Select the second option, 'Apply sdcard:update.zip
* That's it, ClockworkMod recovery should launch!
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Just like before, we turn off the phone and hold the volume down key as we power on the device. However, this time we will select "Recovery" from the menu (move down with the volume button and select it with the power button). Now you will see a screen with an exclamation mark. Press and hold the volume up button and press the power button. Select the "apply update.zip" option, and you will be in recovery mode.
32a. Just as before, hold down the volume down key as you power on the phone until this screen appears. Select "Recovery" from the menu.
32b. When you enter recovery, you will see the following screen. Don't panic.
32c. Hold the volume up button and press the power button. You will now be presented with the following screen.
32d. From here, select "apply sdcard:update.zip." Remember, this is the recovery image from before. Your phone will boot into the ClockworkMod custom recovery.
33. First, wipe the cache partition and the user data by selecting their respective menu options. From here, select "install zip from sdcard." Now select "choose zip from sdcard" and navigate to the stock ROM .zip file that we downloaded. Skip to step 33a for step-by-step images, but the text below may help you navigate the recovery menu:
The full recovery menu will read as follows:
-reboot system now
-apply sdcard: update.zip
-wipe data/factory reset
-wipe cache partition
-install zip from sdcard
-nandroid
-partitions menu
-advanced
- *****Go Back*****
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Select the bolded in the items in the order in which they appear. After all is wiped, select -install zip from sdcard then pick -choose zip from sdcard and finally navigate to the zipped ROM that you want to install.
33a. From the recovery menu, select the following options and confirm them: "wipe data/factory reset" followed by "wipe cache partition."
33b. After everything is wiped, navigate to "install zip from sdcard," then select "choose zip from sdcard."
33c. Now, navigate to the custom ROM that you downloaded and select it. You will get a progress bar.
34. After the ROM is done installing, press "**Go Back**" and then pick "reboot system now" from the menu.
35. Congratulations again! You are now running a rooted version of the stock ROM (or the custom ROM of your choice). You can restore your apps with Titanium Backup or you can get another custom ROM and flash it exactly the same way that you flashed the stock ROM. I highly recommend Fresh ROM, which can be found in this topic. In fact, ANY custom ROM can be flashed in the same manner that is described in steps 30-34.
35a. Make sure you flash the latest radio update before installing any custom ROMs! It flashes just like a ROM, and you can download it and find any warning information here. Don't dp this yet if you plan on continuing the guide and unlocking NAND because you will have to do it again at the end of the guide.
SECTION V: NESSECARY SOFTWARE INSTALLATION
36. We are going to download and install three pieces of software here: 7-Zip, HTC Sync, and the Android SDK. First, we will install 7-Zip. Navigate to the 7-Zip website (http://www.7-zip.org/download.html) and download the appropriate version for your copy of Windows (either 32 or 64 bit). Install it. In my opinion, this is the best archive utility, and it just makes life easier if we're on the same page.
37. Next, head to the HTC website (http://www.htc.com/us/support/evo-sprint/downloads/) and download the HTC Sync update for Windows. Install it. This should take care of your drivers for 32 or 64 bit.
38. Finally, head to the Android Developers (http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html) website and select the Windows version of the Android SDK. Agree to the software agreement and save the file.
39. Take the zip file that you just downloaded and copy it to your C: drive as shown.
40. Once the file is copied, right click on it and select 7-Zip then "Extract Files Here." You should now see a folder called "android-sdk-windows" in the root of your C: drive. You've installed the Android SDK successfully.
SECTION VI: INTRODUCTION TO ADB
41. Accessing ADB is very easy. Click on the new android-sdk-windows folder, and you will see a bunch of different folders inside. We're going to be concerned with the "tools" folder, but don't open it!
42. Hold down the shift key and right click the tools folder. Select "Open Command Window Here" from the pop-up list. You have now opened an adb window, and any interaction with your phone will be done through this simple command line. You can copy lines directly from this tutorial and paste them into the command window by right clicking and selecting "Paste" (CTRL+V will not work in the command line).
43. If you want to manually navigate to the adb line (you don't need to do this unless you couldn't get step 42 to work), open a Command Prompt window (Run -> "cmd.exe" on XP/Vista, or just search "Command Prompt" in Windows 7). Now enter the following line of code: cd C:\android-sdk-windows\tools\ . This will take you to the tools folder where you must execute all adb commands.
44. Remember how to get to the adb command prompt. Any time I tell you to enter something via adb take the following steps: Connect your phone via USB, ensure USB Debugging is enabled (Menu -> Settings -> Applications -> Development, but this should be already enabled from the previous steps), and open the command window via either method described in steps 42 or 43. You can find a list of basic adb commands here or by typing "adb help" from the adb command line. You should always be able to directly copy and paste any code that I give you, however.
SECTION VII: UNLOCKING NAND
45. Download Toast's EVO Recovery files here. Save the .zip file anywhere you please. When it is done downloadi ng, right click it, and "Extract Files Here" using 7-Zip again. We are going to use a batch file in this folder to enter a custom recovery mode in a minute.
46. Download the new PC36IMG.zip debug ROM located here. When the menu pops up asking you to save the file, remove the "eng-" off the name so it only reads "PC36IMG". It is very important that you do this before you copy the file to your phone, either now or manually after you save it. NOTE: This is NOT the same image that we used in the first portion of the guide. You MUST download this version.
47. Next, download Toast's custom recovery image located here. Again, right click it and select "save target as." This time delete everything else off the front of the file name so it only reads "recovery".
48. The last two files that you will be downloading are mtd-eng.zip (located here) and flash_image.zip (located here). Once both of these files are downloaded them, right click and "Extract files here" with 7-Zip. You will now have the following files downloaded and extracted:
49. Copy the flash_image, mtd-eng.img, recovery.img, and PC36IMG.zip files to the root of your SD card just as shown below.
50. Now the fun part!! Open an adb window and enter the following code:
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adb reboot recovery
Your phone will now reboot and show the yield sign with the red exclamation point. Don't touch it!
51. Navigate to that "evo-recovery" folder that you extracted earlier and right click on the "recovery-windows" batch file. Select "Run as Administrator" from the menu to execute the file. Another command window will pop up and spew out a bunch of lines. Don't touch it! Just look at your phone which is now in the Amon RA recovery image! If right-clicking doesn't work, try double-clicking to run it normally.
52. Special thanks to Riztnack for the wonderful screens in the follownig sections! Select "Backup and Restore" from the recovery menu. After that select the option to backup your current ROM. You have just performed a nandroid backup. Keep this in mind, becase we are going to restore this after the whole process is over.
53. Select "reboot" from the recovery menu and let your phone boot back up. Make sure you are connected to your computer via USB (you should not be in disk drive mode here or you will get an error), and go back to that same adb window we had open before and used to reboot our device (you can close the window that opened when you ran the batch file). Enter the following lines exactly as they are written, ONE LINE AT A TIME (I recommend copy and pasting):
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adb shell
cat /sdcard/flash_image > /data/flash_image
chmod 755 /data/flash_image
/data/flash_image misc /sdcard/mtd-eng.img
You will get an error message if anything goes wrong in the shell. When you enter the last three commands the window will just repeat them again to confirm that they were executed properly.
54. Now power off your phone just as before. Hold the volume down button as you press power to turn the device on. It will enter the bootloader just as before.
55. Select YES to flash the image, and after it is done flashing select YES to reboot. Don't worry if one of the "TP" options is bypassed. This is normal.
56. Once rebooted, go back to your adb command window and enter the following commands:
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adb shell
cat /sdcard/flash_image > /data/flash_image
chmod 755 /data/flash_image
/data/flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img
reboot recovery
You will get the same confirmations when you enter the 2nd through 4th commands. After you enter the last one the phone SHOULD boot into the same recovery that we were in before. If your phone does NOT boot into recovery, take the following steps: Disconnect from USB, pull the battery, reboot the device, and enter the same adb commands as in step 53. After that, enter lines 2 throuh 5 from step 56. You should now be in recovery. Disclaimer: These were just the steps that I took after my phone did not boot into recovery the first time. They worked for me, so let me know if they work for you or not.
57. Your NAND is now unlocked!! Once your phone boots directly into recovery in step #56, take that as confirmation of success! While in recovery, wipe your user data (factory reset) and wipe the Dalvic cache.
58. Head to the Backup/Restore menu and restore that last nandroid backup that you just did. You can now reboot your phone, and it will be exactly the same as before.
58a. Make sure you flash the latest radio update before installing any custom ROMs! It flashes just like a ROM, and you can download it and find any warning information here. Even if you installed it before, you will have to flash it again because the debug ROM writes an older version.
59. Be sure to rename that PC36IMG.zip to something else like "NAND-PC36IMG.zip" just like you did before so that it doesn't try to boot it every time you enter the bootloader.
60. You can now enter recovery mode by entering the bootloader (holding volume down while powering on the device) and selecting recovery or by using the QuickBoot app (I highly recommend it). You can also use apps like AdFree or Root Explorer to freely edit your /system partition.
I really hoped this guide helped you guys, and I look forward to your feedback.
I'm not going to be asking for any donations because I'm not the one doing all of the work--the devs are the real contributers. I've just taken thier methods and spelled them out in an easy-to-follow way. Those guys work long hours contributing to the community so you should be donating to them.
That's all, folks! I hope you enjoy your root! Big thanks to all of the devs who have made this possible!
Here are some important links with relevant discussions:
Original root guide.
Fake-flash recovery guide.
Stock RUU topic with discussion.
Stock OTA topic with discussion.
How to fix QuickBoot and ROM Manager's rebooting functions on some ROMs.
ADB guide for when you're ready to take the next step.
Making ClockworkMod your permanent recovery.
Original NAND unlock guide.
that's beautiful for noobs
madunix said:
that's beautiful for noobs
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Thank you!
So this is basically like mixed with Toast's root and unrevoked.
Very well done!
May I make a suggestion?
Maybe change step 24 to
24. Navigate to the PC36IMG.zip file and rename it however you want. This prevents it from running when ever you reboot.
Someone might actually look for debig .zip
will this guide work if i installed the OTA update (version ends in .6 instead of .1)
thanks
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Very well done!
May I make a suggestion?
Maybe change step 24 to
24. Navigate to the PC36IMG.zip file and rename it however you want. This prevents it from running when ever you reboot.
Someone might actually look for debig .zip
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Done. Thanks for the input.
jblazea50 said:
will this guide work if i installed the OTA update (version ends in .6 instead of .1)
thanks
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Yes, I believe it will.
thanks, about to try it out
You might add in on step 26 that you need to switch back to 'charge only' mode for Rom Manager to work, otherwise you get a 'SD card not mounted' error. (at least I did )
Otherwise, great post!
How does one go from Clockwork recovery back to stock recovery?
I love how you have your Drives named.....especially the one for Pirated Stuff. I laughed.
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How do you go from Clockwork recovery back to stock?
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You can't permanently flash clockwork yet, it's just temporary until you reboot then the stock recovery goes back. Unless there have been some major developments today.
logosmonkey said:
You might add in on step 26 that you need to switch back to 'charge only' mode for Rom Manager to work, otherwise you get a 'SD card not mounted' error. (at least I did )
Otherwise, great post!
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Oh yes! Good post!
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How do you go from Clockwork recovery back to stock?
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ClockworkMod recovery is actually just that file named update.zip in the root of your memory stick. We can't actually flash a real recovery image yet, so it is tricked into thinking we are flashing an update when we are really going into a recovery image.
worked like a charm; installed damagecontrol .v3 rom
jblazea50 said:
worked like a charm; installed damagecontrol .v3 rom
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Happy to hear it! Did you do the unrEVOked bit, by chance? I actually never tested that out personally because I was already rooted when I wrote this.
Thanks so much for this. I'm new to android and didn't understand any of the terminology people were using. This is good.
I think my only suggestion would be to skip the initial rom manager install to download the recovery. I couldn't get rom manager to actually download the update.zip and it probably would have saved some time to just download the update.zip in the first place and do it manually. It kept saying it was successfully downloaded when it wasn't.
roybotnik said:
Thanks so much for this. I'm new to android and didn't understand any of the terminology people were using. This is good.
I think my only suggestion would be to skip the initial rom manager install to download the recovery. I couldn't get rom manager to actually download the update.zip and it probably would have saved some time to just download the update.zip in the first place and do it manually. It kept saying it was successfully downloaded when it wasn't.
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Thanks for the input. Please let me know if anyone else is having problems with ROM manager on the debug ROM, and I will switch it around.
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Happy to hear it! Did you do the unrEVOked bit, by chance? I actually never tested that out personally because I was already rooted when I wrote this.
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i went from step 1 to 34, followed all of it; the only thing is i installed a different custom rom; had to install the recovery image as an update.zip
also, i don't think you mentioned in your guide to wipe data/factory reset prior to installing custom rom because when i did it the 1st time, got stuck in a boot loop; then i realized i had to wipe and it worked fine;
oh, also, after the boot loop, i had to do flash the recovery image as update.zip again because it wasn't there when i went back to recovery
I know this a noob question but will this work after the htc update?
I keep hearing mixed things!!!!
Thanks and OMG that was beautiful
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i went from step 1 to 34, followed all of it; the only thing is i installed a different custom rom; had to install the recovery image as an update.zip
also, i don't think you mentioned in your guide to wipe data/factory reset prior to installing custom rom because when i did it the 1st time, got stuck in a boot loop; then i realized i had to wipe and it worked fine;
oh, also, after the boot loop, i had to do flash the recovery image as update.zip again because it wasn't there when i went back to recovery
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Yeah, I added in that data wipe bit not long ago because I forgot to. I wonder why the ROM Manager doesn't work in the debug ROM... I'll definitely just remove that later tonight.

Xoom root and bootloader unlock

I have a uk wifi only XOOM on Honeycomb 3.2. I want to root but do I have to unlock the bootloader first? What is the easiest way to unlock the bootloader and root without adb or fastboot commands. I've looked at 'xoot', 'cornea', and the 'Lord AIO tool'. Do all these methods unlock the bootloader and root? Can anyone confirm that they work for this model? Are there any other easy methods that I've missed?
Also, after I have unlocked the bootloader and rooted can I install cwm recovery from rom manager and then even the team eos v1.0.0 ics rom?
Thanks in advance for your help (I did search, but not much info came up about these methods).
wifi-only-xooms should all be the same.
don't know about the root-methods you mentioned, I used one that includes adb/fastboot-commands (an amazing total of 4 commands were used that day). This is a link to the method I used, it will also work for your xoom.
Why do you want to avoid adb/fastboot-commands?
Thanks for reply. I don't feel confident using adb. And I don'tk now how to use it set it up. Do you know an up to date guide explain how to set it up?
UPDATE: I have now set up adb. Please could you give a little more detail on the method you used. Specifically the unlocking the bootloader part and flashing the recovery via fastboot.
Thanks again.
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Thanks for reply. I don't feel confident using adb.
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don't worry, its not exactly a rocket science...
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And I don'tk now how to use it set it up. Do you know an up to date guide explain how to set it up?
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no, but this is what you'll need to do:
preparations
disable any anti-virus, anti-adware, firewall software you might have on your computer. Best would be to completely uninstall those. If you're using the windows firewall, disable it. You may re-install/activate it after you are done flashing your device.
download and install JDK
google says that the JDK (Java Development Kit) is needed to run the Android SDK. I am not sure if the JRE (Java Runtime Environment) is sufficient, but to play it safe, we're just gonna install the JDK. (JRE is needed to run Java applications, JDK usually to develop Java applications. However, JRE is a part of the JDK and the JDK wont clog up your computer in an excessive way, so you should be safe just using the JDK)
go here and hit the download button beneath JDK.
under "Java SE Development Kit 7u2" (at time of writing, in the future, the release-number might be higher), click the "Accept License Agreement"-option and find the Download that is right for your version of windows. x86 and i586 are names for 32-bit-versions of windows, if you are using a 64-bit version of windows use the file that reads windows-x64 in its name.
install the file, shouldn't be too hard
download and install motorola drivers
If you are using windows, you will need the motorola USB-driver package for adb and fastboot to work.
download the motorola drivers from the motorola website. Open motorola.com, find the xoom's page, find a link saying "support", on the right column of that page you should find a link named "USB-Drivers" or something like that in the "software updates and drivers" section. You should get a page with a link "Download Motorola USB-Driver v5.4.0 with MotoHelper". Do not download the stuff labled "USB-Charging drivers".
At the time of writing this, this link will lead to this file.
once this file has downloaded, just run it and follow the on-screen instructions.
download, install and set up android SDK
The Android SDK (Software Development Kit) is needed to develop applications for android. It also contains the programs adb and fastboot, which we will need. The program SDK Manager, which we will use, is used to download certain parts of the Android SDK.
go to developer.android.com/sdk/ and download the current SDKs zip file. I know, it recommends the installer, but just don't download that.
the zip will contain one folder called "android-sdk-windows", just have your favorite program extract this folder to C:\. I renamed this folder to android-sdk, this is optional but i will assume you did for the following instructions.
you should now have a program C:\android-sdk\SDK Manager.exe. Run it.
A window will open and the program will download a list of currently available packages. After this list has been refreshed, you should find a "Tools"-folder with "Android SDK Tools" and "Android SDK Platform-tools". Check both and hit the button "Install (2) Packages". You won't need anything else unless you really want to develop apps for android.
the installation will take a bit, afterwards, you will find new folders in C:\android-sdk\: tools and platform-tools. Please check, that the platform-tools-folder contains the programs adb.exe and fastboot.exe
(Optional)add tools and platform-tools to your PATH
If you enter a command in windows' command prompt, it will try to locate this command (essentially a program) in the directorys specified in the current directory. If it can't find the program there, it will search in the directories specified in your PATH-Variable.
This step is only needed, if you want to be able to use the adb or fastboot-commands from any directory, like Desktop, your Users folder, etc.
These instructions apply to Windows 7, they will be similar in other Versions of windows.
As I am currently on a german machine, these instructions are a little unspecific. If any user with an english installation of windows 7 could post the exact names for these links&buttons, that would be greatly appreciated.
hit Start, right-click "My Computer" and hit "Properties"
in the left tab, the 5th link from the top should read something like "Advanced System Settings". Hit that link.
a window "System Properties" opens up. Navigate to the 3rd tab "Advanced" and hit the button on the bottom of this Tab "Environment Variables..."
you will see two tables, in the lower list (entitled "System Variables") you should find the variable named "Path": Click on it and hit the Edit-Button below the table.
a small window will pop up with a long text in the lower field (value of the variable). I can't stress this enough: DO NOT DELETE WHATEVER IS WRITTEN IN THERE!!!. Instead: APPEND ";C:\android-sdk\tools\;C:\android-sdk\platform-tools\" without the "". the first ; MUST be there.
hit OK in all three windows
done
This should basically do it. You can now connect your xoom with your computer. Make sure USB-Debugging on the xoom is enabled, that option should be somwhere in Settings -> Development. The first time you connect your xoom with debugging enabled, Windows should give you a message that it is installing some new drivers, but that should work automatically. Same goes for the first time connecting your xoom in bootloader mode.
You can now open a command prompt (Win+R, enter cmd, hit run) and enter "adb devices", it sould read something like
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C:\>adb devices
List of devices attached
012c3456789f1234 device
, that means it worked. From here on, you can follow the instructions in the thread I mentioned in my previous post.
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UPDATE: I have now set up adb. Please could you give a little more detail on the method you used. Specifically the unlocking the bootloader part and flashing the recovery via fastboot.
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crap, read that too late. But anyways, since I'm already on it:
preparation
we will need some files in order to get your xoom runnin a custom rom. In this section we will download them and put them into their places.
create a folder on your desktop and name it "xoom"
check this thread for downloads. What you will need is Universial xoom root and ClockWorkMod recovery. But again, please check the named thread for updated files. All credits to these files go to their original posters.
at this point, you might just as well just download your new rom, but I won't go into this at this point.
you need an micro-sd-card for your xoom. You cannot use the internal /sdcard partition for this
place the universial xoom root zip-file onto your sdcard. If you already downloaded your new rom, put that onto the sdcard as well, it should be a flashable .zip-file.
place the ClockWorkMod-File in your Desktop\xoom-folder and rename it to recovery.img .
put the sdcard into your xoom, if it isn't in there already
boot the xoom
enable USB-Debugging (Somewhere in Settings -> Development)
connect your xoom using a good and short USB-cable. Let this cable be a trustworthy cable, one that you barely use and that has not been bent, cut or otherwise abused.
right-click on the xoom-folder on your desktop while holding the shift-button on your keyboard and hit "open Command prompt here" (or sth. like that, again, my windows is german)
enter adb devices to make sure adb is working, if your device shows up in the device list, everything is good:
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C:\Users\llama-power\Desktop\xoom>adb devices
List of devices attached
012c3456789f1234 device
unlock your xoom
unlocking your xoom will enable us to flash new files to your xoom. We want to do this. However, unlocking your xoom will void your warranty and DELETE EVERYTHING you've got on your xoom. To unlock this we're gonna reboot the xoom into the bootloader and have it unlock your xoom
to get into the bootloader, you may now just enter adb reboot bootloader
wait a minute. Your xoom should shut down, and reboot into the bootloader. continue if you see the red M and "Starting Fastboot protocol support." on your xooms display
check if fastboot is set up correctly. Enter fastboot devices , this should list your device, just like when you tested adb
enter fastboot oem unlock , this will start the unlocking process. Follow the instructions on your xoom. Bear in mind, this will really delete everything and void your warranty. You Control this thing using the volume up/down-buttons. volume down changes the selection, volume up selects whatever is on your screen. the xoom will ask you if you want to delete/void your warranty/unlock your xoom and if you say yes, it will ask you, if you really really want to do this and then it will unlock itself and delete everything.
I'm not sure if your xoom will reboot on itself or if you will be back to the bootloader screen. in the latter case, just enter fastboot reboot
Your device is now unlocked and has rebooted into a shiny new Desktop.
installing ClockWorkMod
Clockworkmod is a recovery that gives you a lot more options than the stock recovery. For example, it will enable you to create backups, delecte specific partitions and install non-motorola update.zip-files
to install CWM recovery, we will again need to go to the bootloader. So just enable usb debugging in your xooms settings again (remember, you wiped that when you unlocked it) and enter adb reboot bootloader
wait until you are back in the bootloader and "Starting Fastboot protocol support" appears on your screen
to flash the new recovery, just enter fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
remember, for this to work, you still need to be in your desktop\xoom-folder and the recovery-image must be named recovery.img. If your recovery-image is named differently, just modify this command accordingly (fastboot flash recovery blahblub.img)
watch your xoom's screen, once it says that it has successfully flashed the recovery, you need to reset your xoom. It is important, to know how to boot into the recovery right away, so please read this step thoroughly before starting.
To reset the xoom, press and hold vol-up + power for about two seconds. Your xoom will restart. Once the red M appears, wait 3 seconds and then press vol-down. It should ask you what to do (display --> Android Recovery). You can change the option with von-down, select with vol-up, highlight Android Recovery and select it with vol-up.
if this suceeded, you should be in the ClockworkMod recovery (Your background image should now be a green robot). If not, you have to restart with flashing the recovery. Do not boot into android as, depending on your OS-Version, it will reset the recovery to stock.
backup your system
Why would you want to backup now, this system is as stock as it gets??? Exactly, maybe you will want to revert back to a stock xoom, so keeping a backup of this will be nice
Right now you are in the Clockworkmod-System, controls are: vol-up/down: cursor up/down; power: select
using the vol-down-button on your xoom, navigate to "backup and restore" and hit the power button
make sure "Backup" is highlighted, hit power to start the backup process. It will backup basically everything from your xoom onto your sdcard
after this is done use the "+++++Go Back+++++"-links to go back to CWMs main menu. Do not reboot, as this will probably delete CWM
root your xoom
If you root your xoom, you will be able to do much more on your xoom. The universal xoom root update.zip will also prevent your xoom from deleting the Recovery upon boot.
using vol up/down, navigate to "install zip from sdcard", hit power to select
use "choose zip from sdcard"
pick the Xoom-Universal-Root.zip
find the entry that says "yes"
once that is done, "+++++Go Back+++++" until you find an entry "reboot System now", hit that one
Your xoom should now be unlocked, rooted and be equipped with a new recovery system. To install a custom rom, reboot into the recovery (reboot the xoom, when the red M appears, wait three seconds, hit vol down, then vol up) and just install the custom roms update.zip. Be sure to follow the roms installation instructions, you might need to wipe certain partitions or manually install more than one package (for example for the google applications)
All credits go to creators of the downloaded files, I assembled these instructions from their threads or other informations. I have not created a single of these files.
Thank you so much!!!: That was just what I needed. Thanks for all the amazing detail, I will try it in the next couple of days when I built up the courage!
Amazing guide!!! You should set up your own thread or send it to solarnz (the guy who mad the universal root).
UPDATE: In the part where I flash recovery.img , You told me that I should shift+right-click ,then open command window and type adb devices. adb isn't recognised in the desktop - xoom folder, however it works if I run it from C:\android-tools. Do I need to place the recovery in the android-tools folder?
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Your xoom should now be unlocked, rooted and be equipped with a new recovery system. To install a custom rom, reboot into the recovery (reboot the xoom, when the red M appears, wait three seconds, hit vol down, then vol up) and just install the custom roms update.zip. Be sure to follow the roms installation instructions, you might need to wipe certain partitions or manually install more than one package (for example for the google applications)
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So, i can just copy the .zip from here (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1488075) onto the root of the SD card and then follow your instructions above?
Edit - I've already unlocked and rooted
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So, i can just copy the .zip from here (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1488075) onto the root of the SD card and then follow your instructions above?
Edit - I've already unlocked and rooted
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yes, but be sure to pick the right .zip-file for your xoom. AFAIK, the bugless beast is not available for european or us 3g xooms. Using a zip that has been made for another model may permanently damage your xoom (some MZ601 users reported that they were unable to get 3g working again after installing a MZ604-rom, not even after installing official MZ601-rom)
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yes, but be sure to pick the right .zip-file for your xoom. AFAIK, the bugless beast is not available for european or us 3g xooms. Using a zip that has been made for another model may permanently damage your xoom (some MZ601 users reported that they were unable to get 3g working again after installing a MZ604-rom, not even after installing official MZ601-rom)
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mine is/was an australian Telstra Xoom. does that make it more likely to be euro or US?
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mine is/was an australian Telstra Xoom. does that make it more likely to be euro or US?
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i THINK it should be comparable to the EU-xoom. What's your model number? It should be printed on your box and, if you haven't flashed any custom rom yet, in your xooms settings. It should read MZ60*.
MZ600 is the US-3g-model for CDMA-Networks.
MZ601 is the EU-3g-model for GSM-Networks.
MZ602 is the MZ600 upgraded with the LTE-Module.
MZ604 is the wifi-only-model
if you can't find a bugless beast-rom for your xoom, I'd recommend the team EOS nightlies, work really niceky for me
I followed these instructions. When I got to the point of installing the new ROM I ended up at the bot with the "!". What do I do now?
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I followed these instructions. When I got to the point of installing the new ROM I ended up at the bot with the "!". What do I do now?
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you are talking about the standard-android-bot, and it shows up after trying to reboot into recovery, right?
That means, that the recovery has been overwritten w/ the stock recovery. This happens when you don't root after installing the cwm recovery and before rebooting, or if the rooting fails.
If you already made the backup, you should be on the safe side, just go ahead and redo the section "installing ClockWorkMod". at the end of thiis section, you should be in the recovery, just install your rom from there, skip the backup- and root- sections and do not reboot before the rom and gapps-packages have been installed.
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Thanks Llama.
I did what you said. After flashing ROM (i think) and loading Gapp I rebooted and now it is just on the red M screen and doing nothing else. Please help! I can get back into clockwork recovery. what am I doing wrong. As if its not obvious, I'm a total noob.
edit: Wow! Somehow I got it to work. I now have EOS rom. Thanks everyone!
Did something wrong
Okay, I have the EOS rom, but I can't find any of my apps. I thought I backed up everything on my internal storage. I loaded the backup into the internal storagage after the flash, but no apps. Maybe I didn't backup the apps properly. I don't have adroid market on the new rom, and cant download any of my apps from market or amazon. ICS is great, but not much use without apps. I can't even download new apps. What am I missing?
do you have the google mail app? Android market is usually part of the gapps package, maybe you didn't install that package correctly?
I'd try to do a factory reset (wipe /data, /cache and dalvik-cache from recovery) and install the gapps .zip again.
how did you backup your apps? If at all possible, you should not reatore apps using titanium backup or something like that after upgrading from Honeycomb to ICS. Instead, you should install these apps from market manually and only restore those apps that you can't find on the market.
factory reset
So I go into clockwork recovery and "wipe data/factory reset"? then do i "wipe cache partition" or do I wide data before factory reset? After factor reset were do a start back in the procedures you decribed in detailed post? I really appreciate your help!
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So I go into clockwork recovery and "wipe data/factory reset"? then do i "wipe cache partition" or do I wide data before factory reset? After factor reset were do a start back in the procedures you decribed in detailed post? I really appreciate your help!
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I am not entirely sure if you even have to wipe the cace partition, as a factory reset should also wipe the cace-partition. But just to play it safe:
go to recovery
wipe /cache partition
advanced->wipe dalvik-cache
wipe /data/factory reset
install zip from sdcard-> pick the gapps .zip
reboot
you do not start back in tzhe instruction, as they never described installing custom roms;-)
also, make sure you use the current gapps .zip, that should be release 10.5
sd card?
I did what you instructed with no problem. I ensured that gapp v10.5 is the one I have on my sdcard(as viewed on pc). But when I go to select .zip file from sdcard (from clockwork recovery), I get a menu that has the files I had on my internal storage, and the gapp.zip is not there. There is also a 'ifx_permissions' file on my internal storage (viewed on pc), and there are files that were not wiped out (files for apps).
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I did what you instructed with no problem. I ensured that gapp v10.5 is the one I have on my sdcard(as viewed on pc). But when I go to select .zip file from sdcard (from clockwork recovery), I get a menu that has the files I had on my internal storage, and the gapp.zip is not there. There is also a 'ifx_permissions' file on my internal storage (viewed on pc), and there are files that were not wiped out (files for apps).
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which recovery did you flash? Did you use the Tiamat-modded recovery I recommended in post #2? With that recovery you shouldn't be able to see the internal memorys contents, instead you should only be able to see the sd-cards contents.
When booted into recovery, the first line should read "Clockwork Mod Recovery v3.2.0.0 (solarnz-R4c-100611-1150)". If not, please flash the recovery image I recommended in post #2, according to the section "Installing ClockworkMod". After that, do what I wrote in post #16.
If you still have problems after that feel free to ask some more, glad I can give back a little of my knowledge
Magnanimous Gratitute
llama,
you are a scholar and a gentleman. I think I am finally up and running. I was entering recovery from ROM recovery. After your tutelage all is in order. I have Market now and apps are downloading. One final (i hope) noob question. How do I thank you (on the thread). You have certainly earned it!
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How do I thank you (on the thread). You have certainly earned it!
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[9001][GUIDE][NOOBFRIENDLY]Starter-Guide[STOPPED]

I´m not responsible for what you do! This guide could “destroy” your phone if you do something different how it is explained!!!
I do not have any claim of fullness! If here should be any mistakes feel free to correct me!
Support is now stopped, read this post for more details...
Hi folks
I saw that here is missing a basic guide for our device, then I noticed that we have get a lot of new members, too!
This guide will be so noobfriendly that even my grandmother will understand it
I will try to answer here every question and I will add it then to the front page. I will answer very kindly, too! So feel free to ask everything =)
Please follow each step, don´t skip any step and do all exactly how I explain it...
Must haves:
Following things are must haves for every I9001 phone. In this guide I will explain how to get them on YOUR phone.
Most things will be installed automated by a installation of a custom rom, which is then more easily for you to get them!
Busybox
USB-Debugging
Clockworkmod
Root
Deodex
1. Basics:
About Roms:
What is a Rom:
The whole system of your phone is a rom. Windows 7 is a Rom for your computer (just a metaphor)
A rom contains different sections:
boot.img (kernel)
system.img (the main-system)
recovery.img (recovery mode)cache.img (caches)
Stock-Rom:
The Stock-Rom is the system which Samsung is delivering to the store. Samsung built this rom from the google sources and changed android they way they like it.
The stock-rom is the original rom of your phone!
You can find a lot of stock roms in the Index or just here in the dev forum
Custom-Rom:
A custom-rom is a modified rom which has different improvements. The base can be of a stock rom or it is an AOSP-Rom.
You can find a lot of custom roms here in the forum or just visit the Index
AOSP-Rom:
This is a Custom-Rom too, but the base is built from the sources of Google. The advantages are that there is not any garbage, it is more stable and it has more functionality. But the disadvantage is that it is hard to build and it will take long time for being bug free.
Basic knowledge:
What are Tweaks:
Tweaks are changing values in the system. Tweaks ussually improves the whole system
Kernel Description:
The Kernel is a piece of software which controls everything on your system.
The kernel controls the cpu with the governor. The governor decides the behavior of the cpu, like when the cpu has to be on the max. clock or when it has to be on the min. clock.
The kernel controls the ram and sd-card behavior with the scheduler. The scheduler decides how long a process should be saved in the ram and it influences the sd-card read and write speed.
The kernel controls the voltage of the battery on a specific cpu clock, too
The kernels which are offered here are oc (overclocked), UV (under volted), they add new governors and scheduler and the add the init.d support.
Init.d makes it possible to launch tweaks at the boot of the phone if they are in the init.d folder (system/etc/init.d).
A description of governors and scheduler are here and here
You can change the governor and scheduler with AnTuTu CPU Master
I recommend strongly to change the kernel because it improves your system immense, but in the other hand the car cardle will not work anymore with these kernels.
Only Stock Kernel and the stock kernel with init.d support the car cardle
At the moment are following kernel popular:
Skyhigh
Feamod
Vitality
Stock Kernel with Init.d - KQ7
Bloadware:
Bloadware are apps which nobody needs. Samsung implement them in their stock roms. When they are removed there will be more free space for other apps and more ram will be available
Brick:
Your phone is bricked when it can not boot anymore.
There are two types bricks
Soft Brick:
When your phone is soft bricked it can cause a boot-loop (the reboot-procedure begins always as new) or your phone will stick in the boot.
Soft bricks happen often by installing themes over a odex system (more informations in the 8. point)
You can solve soft bricks easily by installing a new rom with the clockworkmod or with odin (more informations in the 2. point)
Hard Brick:
When your phone is hard bricked it will not do anything. You will not be able to enter the clockworkmod or the downloadmode!
Hard bricks often happen by flashing roms of other phones or flashing bad custom roms (at the moment there aren´t any "bad" customs roms for our device)
You can solve SOMETIMES a hard brick with a JTAG. If the jtag could not help you have to send your phone to samsung for a expensive repair
Batterly life:
You can improve your battery life by changing the governor, the scheduler, turning off gps, bluetooth, wi-fi and by changing the brightness of your display.
You can improve your battery life too by changing the max. and min. clock of your cpu. But here is to say you have to find your personal middle way of performance and battery life settings.
Wipe:
A wipe is when you delete everything on your phone. It has the same meaning as "format" and "delete". How to wipe your phone is explained in the 6. point
Other Settings:
Animations:
In the default settings the animations are diactivated, but they look so nice that you have to activate them . If you want for example the old screen off you have to activate the animations.
How to activate animations:
Enter in the settings of your smart-phone
Select "display"
Choose "animation"
Choose "all animations"
Wi-Fi troubles:
If you face Wi-Fi troubles could this method solve your problems
Enter in the settings of your phone
Choose "Wirelless and network"
Choose "Wi-Fi settings"
Press the Menu-Button
Choose "Advanced"
Activate "use static IP"
Busybox:
Busybox is a collection of commands and functions for every android phone. Some custom roms will even not be working properly without Busybox! Normally Busybox will be installed automated by a custom rom installation , but if not you can install the .zip in the post #3 through Clockworkmod (detailed explanation for installing .zips with clockworkmod are in the 2. Point)
USB Settings:
What is USB-Debugging:
USB-Debugging is a function of Android. If it is enabled you will be able to use adb. Make sure that you have it always enabled because you will need it often and by the way it does not have any disadvantages
What is adb:
adb means: Android Debug Bridge
With adb you can change/edit/install files on your phone with your computer. Broodplank1337 made a big configurator which can do incredible things!
Configurator
How To use Adb is explained in this Tutorial
How to enable USB-Debugging:
Enter in the settings of your phone
Enter in the “Applications”
Enter in “Development”
Enable “USB-Debugging”
How to copy files on your internal SD card:
Make sure that you´ve got at least installed the USB Driver if not download them from the download section (if you have installed kies you got the USB Driver installed too)
Make sure that you have enabled USB-Debugging in the Settings of your phone
Connect now your device with your computer with the usb-wire
Now just pull down your status bar and select the usb notification then you choose "connect storage to PC"
Now you can copy files on your internal SD-card
Your internal SD-card is the storage with 5 GB
2. How to install every Rom/Kernel/Recovery/Mod:
General
If it is a zip file you have to install it with Clockworkmod Recovery. If it is a .tar or a .tar.md5 file you have to install it with Odin!
Odin:
What is Odin:
Odin is a program on windows where you can install custom roms and kernel during your phone is in the Download Mode. To use Odin you need the AriesVE.ops and the kernel or custom rom you want to install.
What is the Download Mode:
When you phone is in the Download Mode you will be able to flash kernel, roms, new recovery modes with Odin. You can only exit the Download Mode by taking of the battery or when odin finished flashing!
How to get in the Download Mode:
Please turn off your phone and wait until it is completely shut down
Press the Home-button + volume-down + power button until there is an android icon
(In post#2) is a Imagine which could help you)
Installing Custom Roms and Kernels with Odin
Download:
Odin
AriesVE
(downloadlinks are in post#3)
Start Odin.exe
Press on "OPS" and choose the AriesVE.ops
Activate the Option "One Package"
Click on "One Package" and select the .tar or .tar.md5 file
Put your phone in to the download mode
Connect your phone with the usb-wire
Press "Start" in Odin
Wait until your phone reboots automatically
(In post#2) is a Imagine which could help you)
Recovery-Mode:
What is the Recovery Mode:
The Recovery Mode is like the BIOS of your computer. There you can manage your phone easily. The Stock Recovery Mode does not have a lot of functions, because of this there were made new recovery mode by good devs. A better recovery mode is the clockworkmod
What is the clockworkmod:
The clockworkmod is actually the most popular recovery mode. At the moment it is the most stable one, too
Other expressions for "clockworkmod":
"CWM"
"Recovery Mode"
"feamod"
What are the differences between Stock-Recovery Mod and Clockworkmod:
With the stock Recovery Mod you can just make a Factory Reset and install simple zip files. You will not be able to install custom roms!
With the clockworkmod you can backup, restore and format your system and install any custom rom
Do I need the Clockworkmod:
Yes it is a must have, you will not be able to install any custom rom or other mods
How to get in the stock-Recovery Mode:
Please turn off your phone and wait until it is completely shut down
Press please the power + the volume up button for 10 seconds
When you see a Box with an android icon press once the menu button to be able to use it
How to navigate in stock Recovery Mode:
Navigating:
Volume Up/Down
Selecting:
Home-Button
How to install the Clockworkmod:
Download:
AriesVE
Odin
FeaModRecovery 1.2
(downloadlinks are in post#3)
Enter the Download Mod
Now start Odin
Select as always AriesVE.ops as ops file
Then activate “one package” option in Odin and choose as “one package” “FeaModRecovery_1.2.tar.md5”
Press "Start" and wait until your phone reboots
How to get in the Clockworkmod:
Please turn off your phone and wait until it is completely shut down
Press please the power + the volume up button for 10 seconds
How to navigate in Clockworkmod:
Navigating:
Volume Up/Down
Selecting:
Menu-Button
Back:
Back-Button
What is "mounting":
If you mount something you will be able to edit/delete/add files to your system. Developer always recommend to mount /system before installing a mod, because if you don´t do it the mod will not be installed successfully
How can I mount /system:
Enter in the Clockworkmod
Choose "mounts and storage"
Choose "mount /system"
It works with /data , /cache , /efs , /emmc , /sdcard ,too
How to install Custom Roms/Kernel/Recovery/Mods with the Clockworkmod:
Put the zip file on your external-card in a folder (Do not put it in a folder with starting with a ".")
Enter in the Clockworkmod
Choose “install zip from sdcard”
Choose “choose zip from sdcard”
Choose the .zip file and install it
Reboot
3. Root:
What is a Root:
You can compare "Root" with the "admin" on your computer or with a “Jailbreak” for Apple products. If you have "root" you can modify all on your system. If you have installed root there will be no more borders.
Other expressions for "root":
"superuser""su"
What can I do exactly with a Root:
Firstly you can backup your apps (will explain this later more precise)
You can change the cpu frequency (cpu=processor an electronic circuit which executes computer programs)
You can run every app which needs root access
Does the root pay up:
Yes it does because it is the first border to cross for having the best of your phone
How to install Root with Clockworkmod:
Download the root from post#3
Put the root.zip on your external-sd-card in a folder (Do not put it in a folder with starting with a ".")
Enter the Clockworkmod
Choose "install zip from sdcard"
Choose "choose zip from sdcard"
Choose the root.zip and install it
Reboot your phone
How to install Root with stock Recovery:
Download the root from post#3
Put it on your internal SD card. Please just copy it on your SD-card and NOT in any folder
Enter in the stock Recovery Mod
Then you choose “apply update” and you choose the root.zip and install it
Reboot then your Phone by choosing “rebooting”
How to Unroot:
Download the "unroot.zip" from post#3
Put the .zip on your external-sdcard in a folder
Enter in the clockworkmod/stock recovery mode
Install it like you installed the root.zip
4. How to Backup:
There are two ways of backing up your data.
With Titanium Backup:
Titanium Backup is an app which will only backup your apps
Titanium Backup is a free app but I recommend only the pro version, because the free is too slow
Your backup will be saved on you internal-card in:
/titanium backup/
With Clockworkmod:
With the clockworkmod you can backup your apps and your whole system with all settings. I prefer this method because it is simple and secure...
How to Backup in CWM:
Enter the Clockworkmod
Select “backup and restore”
Select “backup” and enjoy your backup
Your backup will be saved on your external-card in:
/clockworkmod/backup/
5. Restore:
How to restore the whole system:
Enter the Clockworkmod
Select “backup and restore”
Select “restore” and choose the date of your backup
How to restore only apps:
Before restoring you should always format your device! How to format is explained in the next point!
Enter the Clockworkmod
Select “backup and restore”
Select “advanced restore”
Choose the date of the backup
Choose “data”
6. How to format:
Do this every time before flashing a stock- or custom-rom!
Attention!
You will delete everything on your phone! Your phone will not even be able to boot! Only Clockworkmod and the Download-Mode will be left! (Your SIM-Card will be untouched)
Please make sure that you saved only your backups on another device before formatting your phone (like on your computer)
This is the best method for using the full experience of every custom rom! I recommend this method because in the past a lot of users had issues with custom roms. They had installed a lot of different custom roms before and they didn´t format their phone correctly before flashing the new rom. This caused a lot of problems
Enter in the Clockworkmod
Choose "advanced"
Choose "Wipe Dalvik Cache"
Go back to the main-menu by pressing the back button
Choose “Mounts and storage”
Select all after all
Format /system
Format /cache
Format /data
(Format /emmc)
(Format /sdcard)
Formating "emmc" and "sdcard" is not a duty! You will need it if you installed a mod on your internal or in your external card
7. Warranty:
What makes your warranty dissapear:
Root
Clockworkmod
Custom-Rom
Other Kernel
How to restore your warranty:
You can restore warranty easily, you have just to flash the stock-rom which was on your device when you bought it. If you not remember which stock-rom you had installed as first visit Sammobile and search for I9001. Download the stock-rom which is for your country, flash it with odin and you will have your warranty back
(For using the Search you have to Regist on Sammobile)
8. Deodex(ADVANCED):
What is Odex:
All apps are at the beginning odexed. Odex means that the apps are actually "packed". When the apps are odex it is more difficult to modify them.
What is Deodex:
Deodexing apps means that you are "unpacking" the apps. When you deodex your apps you will be able to modify them. A deodexed Rom belongs to basic because you will need it for installing a theme or other mods.
Deodexing your rom will not cause any disadvantages
How to Deodex:
Requierments:
Root
Busybox
Java SDK (Download is in the post #3)
USB-Debugging
xUltimate-v2.3.3 (Download is in the post #3)
Connect your phone with the usb-wire
Extract xUltimate-v2.3.3.zip
Start the "Test.exe"
Following must be in the command prompt:
adb = PASS!
odex = PASS!
zip = PASS!
busybox = PASS!
java = PASS!
temp = PASS!
deodex = SKIP!
redex = SKIP!
If something is different please do not deodex you phone because you will fail. If it all matches do following things:
Start the "Main.exe"
Press "1"
When it is finished press please "2"
Enter the folder "origi_app" and delete following files:
Maps.apk
Maps.odex
Phonesky.apk
Phonesky.odex
PlusOne.apk
PlusOne.odex
Enter again xUltimate-v2.3.3 and press please "3"
When it is finished press please "4"
After it is finished start the Deodex.bat (big thanks to nikagl for the commands)
After the automated reboot your phone should be successful deodexed
To check if youre phone is deodexed just run again the "Test.exe" and under the point "deodex" should be "PASS!" or under the point "odex" should be "FAIL!"
Other Tutorials:
How to install CM9 by Arco (alpha2):
Original Post
This tutorial only works if you have installed a custom recovery! How to install a custom recovery (clockworkmod) is explained in the Starter-Guide.
Please make sure that your phone is formated before doing this! How to format is explained in the Starter-Guide ,too.
1. Download please CM9 by arco
2. Unrar
3. Put the folder "2012-05-12.19.54.06" in "clockworkmod/backup" (internal or external is equal)
4. Put your phone in the recovery-mode
5. choose "backup and restore"
6. choose "restore" or "restore from external card"
7. choose "2012-05-12.19.54.06" and confirm
8. reboot
Do following if you do NOT have installed the Clockworkmod by Arco!
9. Download Arco´s Clockworkmod
10. Put your phone into download mode
11. Start Odin
12. Select the ops file
13. Check "one package" and select as "one package" "recovery-clockwork-5.5.0.4-ariesve.tar.md5"
14. Press "Start"
How To Connect both Storages at the same time on pc with CM9:
Original Post
So found an other solution where people were complainig off!
First big thanks to Campi1995 who tested it as well
So the problem was following:
people were not able to connect two storages at the same time with their computer and I found an interesting app in the market, it is called Multi Mount Sd-card
For mounting both storages do follwing things:
Install Multi Mount Sd-card
Add the Widget off the app on any homescreen (in the app drawer, you can add widget)
Connect your phone with the usb-wire
Click once at the widget (it should get green)
and BUUUUFF both is connected to the pc
Remember the pay app is better, but the free one works as well.
If there are any questions regarding this post feel free to contact me...
and again:
peace out fabsau
How to mount your external card on /sdcard/external_sd instead of /emmc/ on CM9
Original Post
Ok guys, after a lot of people were complaining about that the external sd card is now mounted as emmc (including me), I searched a little bit in the forum and I want to share what I´ve found!
Tintenfisch wrote a nice tutorial to make you happy, I tested it and it is working.
Tutorial
Just do what he say and you will be able to use your sd-card as external sd-card
(I activated "Alternate dbase mgmt", because tintenfisch it is recommending it, then I deactivated "Handle USB Connection")
Hoped I helped some people, if there are any questions regarding this post feel free to contact me!
peace out fabsau
How to add toggles on your notifaction bar
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1. Enter the settings
2. Click on System
3. Click on Notification Drawer
4. Click on Widget buttons and select your toggles
Credits:
KeksKlip - For the root
manveru0 - For the clockworkmod
Skywalker01 - For making big improvements in this forum (and later for the new clockworkmod)
All people which gave me this knowledge!! ♥
All other Devs that are working hard just to make US happy!!!!
Other Threads:
Index
Wiki
Quick-Flasher
Please remember that the Quickflasher is very noobfriendly and easy to use, but in my opinion you should use this tool if you know how to do the usual way (like it is here explained)
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fabsau said:
7. Warranty restore:
You can restore your warranty easily! You have just to flash any stock rom via Odin for getting your warranty back and do not change anything!
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Hm.. don't you need exactly the same ROM version of what your phone was before flashing or what your carrier offered you with KIES?
annqx said:
Hm.. don't you need exactly the same ROM version of what your phone was before flashing or what your carrier offered you with KIES?
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some people buy their phone as sim unlocked (not carrier related) , and those are usually shipped with one of the stock roms available on sammobile . for the rest of us who got their phone with carrier bloatware, we need to have a backup of that stock rom.
as for this thread, although i support any help for people who are starting with android or are new to the device, but i pretty much don't see something that is not covered in the wiki. (not hating, just saying).
You enter STOCK RECOVERY by pressing vol up and power, and then MENU, not just vol up + power
more info
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/Samsung_Galaxy_S_Plus/GT-I9001 don`t forget to add 9001`s wiki page you can put it on top of your tutorial because LOTS of ppl don`t read it
rayiskon said:
some people buy their phone as sim unlocked (not carrier related) , and those are usually shipped with one of the stock roms available on sammobile . for the rest of us who got their phone with carrier bloatware, we need to have a backup of that stock rom.
as for this thread, although i support any help for people who are starting with android or are new to the device, but i pretty much don't see something that is not covered in the wiki. (not hating, just saying).
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I get your point and I understand you completly, but like I said in the thread more things will come...
glava34 said:
You enter STOCK RECOVERY by pressing vol up and power, and then MENU, not just vol up + power
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Well I just descriped how to enter in the stock recovery, but I forgot to say how to "activate" it. so your I will add the menu-button thing
chasemyass said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/Samsung_Galaxy_S_Plus/GT-I9001 don`t forget to add 9001`s wiki page you can put it on top of your tutorial because LOTS of ppl don`t read it
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This is a good idea I will do this...
Can someone explain how to restore the warranty because I´m the opinion that every stock-rom is enough. (I will ask some friends too)
fabsau said:
This is a good idea I will do this...
Can someone explain how to restore the warranty because I´m the opinion that every stock-rom is enough. (I will ask some friends too)
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it`s written on wiki and actually is pretty simple just wrote down what ROM you got on your brand new SGS+, then download the correct version of it from web and put it safe....just in case you need it
Nice tutorial man ^^ You really explained a lot!
so guys added a lot of new things! few guides are under construction and I have to rework 7. point but I think I will finish this project on the 08 april, so stay tuned =)
so guys I finished the guide. If someone becomes troubles with something feel free to contact me!
Stickied!
fabsau said:
so guys I finished the guide. If someone becomes troubles with something feel free to contact me!
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I would add @kernels the stock one with init.d support since it's the only one (beside pure stocks) that is working with car cradle
Sent from my GT-I9001 using Tapatalk 2 Beta-6
chasemyass said:
I would add @kernels the stock one with init.d support since it's the only one (beside pure stocks) that is working with car cradle
Sent from my GT-I9001 using Tapatalk 2 Beta-6
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thanks for the information!
Because people now will ask what init.d is, I added a description of it, too
Hello
How I can remove clockwork mode installed with this ways?
Moonart said:
Hello
How I can remove clockwork mode installed with this ways?
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at the moment only by flashing a stock rom...
Moonart said:
Hello
How I can remove clockwork mode installed with this ways?
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you can dd the stock recovery.
unable to update after flashing custom rom
I'm having this problem: after flashing a custom rom from sammobile I'n unable to update in KIES. The strange thing is that I get for example XXXKQ7/DBTKP2/XXKPK/ and then the last numbers are of the firmware that previous was on the phone. I think I am doing something wrong but I simply don't know what. Can anyone give me a sollution for this.
Chicane301 said:
I'm having this problem: after flashing a custom rom from sammobile I'n unable to update in KIES. The strange thing is that I get for example XXXKQ7/DBTKP2/XXKPK/ and then the last numbers are of the firmware that previous was on the phone. I think I am doing something wrong but I simply don't know what. Can anyone give me a sollution for this.
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Kies won`t let you upgrade everything ... the CSC code it`s the main rom chooser then. And not all released stocks are available to upgrade using Kies on ANY other stock

Cherry mobile Omega HD (i-mobile IQ6)

Omega HD root
Disclaimer: I will not be liable for bricked devices. Follow these instructions at your own risk. ROOTING VOIDS WARRANTY, as per Cherry Mobile. Please be guided accordingly.
This tutorial is not recommended for newbies. Knowledge of basic adb and fastboot commands is helpful. Better if you have previously installed ADB drivers.
Downloads (http://www.mediafire.com/?ar2ccya8395d1):
SuperSU zip
TWRP
SP Flash Tool
MTK Drivers
MTK 6577 scatter file
if the driver didn't work download this http://www.4shared.com/zip/YXlLFoLm/6577driver_install_3_steps.html
install folder step 1 to 3
Place the scatter file and TWRP recovery in the SAME FOLDER.
rename twrp recovery to recovery.img
1. While the phone is still on, enable USB debugging (Settings > Developer options) then plug into PC. Allow drivers to install. Install the MTK drivers as well.
2. Mount phone as USB storage. Copy SuperSU zip to internal or external SD card. Unmount USB storage, then unplug phone from PC.
2. Turn off phone. Remove the battery.
3. Start SP Flash Tool. Under "Scatter-loading," choose the MT6577_Android_scatter_emmc.txt. You will see that RECOVERY has a check beside it. Click on "Download." A warning will appear, proceed anyway.
4. With your phone still off and the battery out, plug it in to the PC. Flashing should start. It will only take a few seconds. You'll see a green circle when it's done.
5. Unplug USB cable and put the battery back.
6. Enter recovery mode by Power and Volume + button. Release both buttons when you see the boot menu. Use Volume + to highlight "recovery." Then use Volume - to confirm.
7. Click "Install." Choose the appropriate tab (internal or external SD card).
8. Select UPDATE-SuperSU-1.25 zip. Swipe to confirm the update. It will flash. Go back to main menu of TWRP.
9. Click "Reboot system." Wait until you are fully booted into your homesceen.
10. Once booted, you should see SuperSU in your app drawer.
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OmegaXtremeHD
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s3 bootanimation n sound
s3 boot logo
Jelly bean icons
iphone ringtones
google play music
dolphin browser
apex launcher
deodexed
busybox
rooted
init.d
signal tweaks
3g tweaks
battery tweaks
gpu rendering
dns tweaks
media tweaks
v6 supercharger
kickasskernel
crossbreeder
reorganized build.prop file
uploading
http://www.4shared.com/folder/dJXI2ODd/_online.html
try open first in case of corrupt file
remove crossbreeder for much better battery
flash uninstall zip http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2113150
and underclock for much longer battery download setcpu or no frillcpu or anything u want i dnt care..
save rom in SD card
reboot to CWM/TWRP
install rom via SD card
reboot
I'm not responsible for any loss of data or brick....
i think this only works on iq6A
do you already own this phone?
Cherry mobile Omega HD info states that its a dual core phone while all info about i-mobile IQ6 states its a single core phone. does anyone know which mediatek chipset the Omega HD uses? It's GPU?
yes i had it
How?
How can we flash the CWM to the Omega HD if you don't even give us a flashtool? Is this Rooting process tested? is it working?
Please help me
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Sir, can I have a copy of the Setting.apk of your Cherry Mobile HD? i've accidentally forgot to have a backup of it and now, i've accidentally just erased it. please help me. thankyou very much
Pretty Please?
Wil53664 said:
yes i had it
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please post the Settings.apk of the Cherry Mobile Omega HD sir. I really need it it would be appreciated if you post it here.
How to Backup the phone
just bought the phone yesterday
do yo guys know how to back up this jellybean phone?
Hey guys, if you have FB we have a group with most of oHD users. Just search "CherryMobileOmegaHD" in FB (can't post links yet. sorry)
There are custom roms in the group, the usual rom cooked from dsdixda's kitchen (zipalign, deodexed, rm bloatwares)
@cyzarine
What do you mean with backup? We have the stock rom in the group, you might want to check it out.
Bummer! I'm stuck at step 3!
You will see that RECOVERY has a check beside it. Click on "Download." A warning will appear, proceed anyway.
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-- umm... NO, I DON'T!! There must be a step that's missing... :-S
edit:
nevermind. I forgot to rename TWRP file to "recovery"
Thanks for this!
anyone have a kernel that have oc"?
In need...
Woke up to a drained Omega HD today.
Plugged it in to have it charged.
Switched it on afterwards.
"OmegaHD" flashed before my eyes, followed by a blank screen with the familiar Cherry Mobile tune playing on the background. And then nothing! NO DISPLAY! I touch the screen and there are sounds playing to confirm each press, which means I am pressing on the right places -- only that there is NO DISPLAY APPEARING.
I switch it on and off, still the same results.
Wiped cache. Nothing... Since it's practically new, I go ahead and factory-restore the thing... still the same results. NO DISPLAY! :-S
What else can I do to this device to have it work properly?!
Have you installed any custom rom or any other zip files with your phone?
xMinistro said:
Have you installed any custom rom or any other zip files with your phone?
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do have stock rom can you give plsss......
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Wil53664 said:
Omega HD root
Disclaimer: I will not be liable for bricked devices. Follow these instructions at your own risk. ROOTING VOIDS WARRANTY, as per Cherry Mobile. Please be guided accordingly.
This tutorial is not recommended for newbies. Knowledge of basic adb and fastboot commands is helpful. Better if you have previously installed ADB drivers.
Downloads (http://www.mediafire.com/?ar2ccya8395d1):
SuperSU zip
TWRP ported by me
SP Flash Tool
MTK Drivers
MTK 6577 scatter file
if the driver didn't work download this http://www.4shared.com/zip/YXlLFoLm/6577driver_install_3_steps.html
install folder step 1 to 3
Place the scatter file and TWRP recovery in the SAME FOLDER.
rename twrp recovery to recovery.img
1. While the phone is still on, enable USB debugging (Settings > Developer options) then plug into PC. Allow drivers to install. Install the MTK drivers as well.
2. Mount phone as USB storage. Copy SuperSU zip to internal or external SD card. Unmount USB storage, then unplug phone from PC.
2. Turn off phone. Remove the battery.
3. Start SP Flash Tool. Under "Scatter-loading," choose the MT6577_Android_scatter_emmc.txt. You will see that RECOVERY has a check beside it. Click on "Download." A warning will appear, proceed anyway.
4. With your phone still off and the battery out, plug it in to the PC. Flashing should start. It will only take a few seconds. You'll see a green circle when it's done.
5. Unplug USB cable and put the battery back.
6. Enter recovery mode by Power and Volume + button. Release both buttons when you see the boot menu. Use Volume + to highlight "recovery." Then use Volume - to confirm.
7. Click "Install." Choose the appropriate tab (internal or external SD card).
8. Select UPDATE-SuperSU-1.25 zip. Swipe to confirm the update. It will flash. Go back to main menu of TWRP.
9. Click "Reboot system." Wait until you are fully booted into your homesceen.
10. Once booted, you should see SuperSU in your app drawer.
credits to ish gridote
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Hi. Can you please post a mirror on the twrp-omegahd.img file? All of the other files have been downloaded except for the img file. Error comes up.
bakes5981 said:
Bummer! I'm stuck at step 3!
-- umm... NO, I DON'T!! There must be a step that's missing... :-S
edit:
nevermind. I forgot to rename TWRP file to "recovery"
Thanks for this!
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please hit thanks if this helps
OmegaXtremeHD link issues
OmegaXtremeHD link is not working .... 509 error .... any mirror or alternative links?
Wil53664 said:
Omega HD root
Disclaimer: I will not be liable for bricked devices. Follow these instructions at your own risk. ROOTING VOIDS WARRANTY, as per Cherry Mobile. Please be guided accordingly.
This tutorial is not recommended for newbies. Knowledge of basic adb and fastboot commands is helpful. Better if you have previously installed ADB drivers.
Downloads (http://www.mediafire.com/?ar2ccya8395d1):
SuperSU zip
TWRP ported by me
SP Flash Tool
MTK Drivers
MTK 6577 scatter file
if the driver didn't work download this http://www.4shared.com/zip/YXlLFoLm/6577driver_install_3_steps.html
install folder step 1 to 3
Place the scatter file and TWRP recovery in the SAME FOLDER.
rename twrp recovery to recovery.img
1. While the phone is still on, enable USB debugging (Settings > Developer options) then plug into PC. Allow drivers to install. Install the MTK drivers as well.
2. Mount phone as USB storage. Copy SuperSU zip to internal or external SD card. Unmount USB storage, then unplug phone from PC.
2. Turn off phone. Remove the battery.
3. Start SP Flash Tool. Under "Scatter-loading," choose the MT6577_Android_scatter_emmc.txt. You will see that RECOVERY has a check beside it. Click on "Download." A warning will appear, proceed anyway.
4. With your phone still off and the battery out, plug it in to the PC. Flashing should start. It will only take a few seconds. You'll see a green circle when it's done.
5. Unplug USB cable and put the battery back.
6. Enter recovery mode by Power and Volume + button. Release both buttons when you see the boot menu. Use Volume + to highlight "recovery." Then use Volume - to confirm.
7. Click "Install." Choose the appropriate tab (internal or external SD card).
8. Select UPDATE-SuperSU-1.25 zip. Swipe to confirm the update. It will flash. Go back to main menu of TWRP.
9. Click "Reboot system." Wait until you are fully booted into your homesceen.
10. Once booted, you should see SuperSU in your app drawer.
credits to ish gridote
OmegaXtremeHD
s3 bootanimation n sound
s3 boot logo
Jelly bean icons
iphone ringtones
google play music
dolphin browser
apex launcher
deodexed
busybox
init.d
signal tweaks
3g tweaks
battery tweaks
v6 supercharger
kickasskernel
crossbreeder
download link
https://www.dropbox.com/s/8q1c6db45uegepk/OmegaXtreme.zip
updated link
save rom in SD card
reboot to CWM/TWRP
WIPE DATA/FACTORY RESET
install rom via SD card
reboot
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Hey buddy,
Where's the file..??
StanleyD said:
Hey buddy,
Where's the file..??
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will update link later
having trouble with some apps working on my Omega HD. a couple of my Android mainstays are Haxsync and Swiftkey. on my Omega HD, they run no problem, but if the unit powers off for whatever reason, when I turn it back on, my Haxsync account (under Settings/Accounts) disappears, requiring me to set up the app again, and Swiftkey is no longer activated as my default input. any help?

[Guide] How to Root Cube T8 Plus

Hi
I found a russian site how to root the Cube T8 Plus h**p://4pda.ru/forum/lofiversion/index.php?t695306.html. Here a short translation:
Disclaimer: ******* I'm not responsible for any damages *******
1. Download SuperSu directly to your Cube T8 from official site: h**p://download.chainfire.eu/supersu
2. Download Flash Utility/Driver on your PC: h**p://uploaded.net/file/eyo5yt8c
3. Download TWRP for Cube T8 on your PC: h**p://uploaded.net/file/o54jinin and extract its content to a folder.
Mirror: https://drive.google.com/drive/fold...ourcekey=0-11J8nUVn2_sUUAPHA9kwWg&usp=sharing
4. Install Device Driver from Step 2. on your PC (you have to agree Security warning). Depending on Windows version used, disabling Driver Signing might be required prior installation.
5. Start flash_tool.exe
6. Go to "Download" tab and Click "Scatter-Loading" Button, move to folder created in Step 3. and select the file "MT6753_Android_scatter.txt". Press the "Download" Button
7. Power down your Cube T8 tablet. After power down, connect it to a USB Port on your PC (No, you don't need to power it up - leave it powered down!). After a few moments, the flash tool should recognise the tablet and will install twrp recovery and should show "Success" Screen
8. Remove tablet from PC. Boot into Boot Selection by pressing Volume-Up and Power button simultaneously, Select "Recovery" and wait for twrp booting up.
9. In twrp, Install Zip File downloaded on Step 1. This should be found in Folder "MyFavorite"
10. Reboot device. By selecting "Reboot" in twrp, the device will hang. But don't worry; just press the power button for about 10 seconds for a forced reboot.
11. Voilà, you have a rooted Cube T8 Plus
Thanks for the guide. Can you provide more mirror? Uploaded is currently blocked in my country. Google Drive would be sweet.
Thanks.
Anybody tried this?
It works perfectly, but I had to disable the driver's signature check.
Now I just need the modified scatter file to get a better memory repartition. These russian guys on pda.ru found out how to repartition the memory, but the file is now disappeared from internet http://4pda.ru/forum/index.php?showtopic=695306&st=560#entry44767726
Yes !
it worked for me but i didnt succeed in installing the right driver (package given in this post was correctly installed) for tablet in off mode,
so i had to force download of recovery and if SuperSU install (with error) when i launch it it warn for binary installation.
but root is effective and i can now use soft like adaway or else that need complete root access :victory:
LtGarcia said:
it worked for me but i didnt succeed in installing the right driver (package given in this post was correctly installed) for tablet in off mode,
so i had to force download of recovery and if SuperSU install (with error) when i launch it it warn for binary installation.
but root is effective and i can now use soft like adaway or else that need complete root access :victory:
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That's weird, it worked flawlessly for me.
By the way, the internal 2 GB storage is way to small for me, I need a bigger partition and since the 4pda guys deleted their scatter files, I'm trying to create it by myself following this guide, I hope to not mess up things
Ok, I found the scatter editor (that was deleted too). Here you can download it. OP, if you want, you can add it in the guide.
Thanks for your feedback and your work Dyonysus, i assume all errors was consecutive to Kingroot installation (he didn't succeed in rooting but i left it installed when i flashed the recovery as i checked sometmes if a root policy was avaible)
This root guide can be used for Cube T8 also?
I also confirm this method works perfectly. Good job finding this.
Dionysus2389 said:
By the way, the internal 2 GB storage is way to small for me, I need a bigger partition and since the 4pda guys deleted their scatter files, I'm trying to create it by myself following this guide, I hope to not mess up things
Ok, I found the scatter editor (that was deleted too). Here you can download it. OP, if you want, you can add it in the guide.
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So, have you succeeded in repartitioning the internal memory? If yes, did you face any issues or errors in the process and is the device stable and working as fast afterwards?
vorlonresident said:
So, have you succeeded in repartitioning the internal memory? If yes, did you face any issues or errors in the process and is the device stable and working as fast afterwards?
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Unfortunately I didn't. I got a bunch of problems tryin' to forge the new scatter file and, when I finally got a decent one, the damn tool didn't flash it properly.
If someone could find those two files or just ask those russian guys to upload them again, it'd be terrific.
Hi,
This post is a subject to change (grow), since I will keep it as a record for my tips for this fine tablet.
Installation of TWRP recovery and increasing /data partition (YES! That's possible)
I've succeeded getting TWRP, root and larger /data partition, so after screenshot I'll put detailed how-to. Sorry for duplicating first post, but I'd like to have everything in one place in the way I exactly did it.
Warning: this method seems to be blocked in some newer OS updates, see this post for reference: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=64801688&postcount=25
All credits go to OP and @odigitech for http://forum.xda-developers.com/general/rooting-roms/guide-how-to-resize-data-internal-t3180978
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You need SD card for that.
Cube T8 Plus TWRP and root:
1. Download SuperSu and copy it to the root of SD card (without extracting): http://download.chainfire.eu/supersu
2. Downlad Utility/Driver to PC: http://uploaded.net/file/eyo5yt8c
3. Download Cube T8 TWRP recovery to PC: http://uploaded.net/file/o54jinin and unpack.
4. Install driver on PC. Depending on Windows version, if the driver installation fails, it may be necessary to disable signature check (google for that).
5. Run flash_tool (downloaded in step 2). If it doesn't run, try copy it to the root folder of your hard drive, eg. C:\SP_Flash_Tool_exe_Windows_v5.1516.00\, albo D:\SP_Flash_Tool_exe_Windows_v5.1516.00\
6. In "Download" section choose "Scatter-Loading" point to "MT6753_Android_scatter" from /Recovery (downloaded in step 3), press "Download" button.
7. Turn off the tablet. Connect it via USB to PC (tablet needs to be switched off!). After short while, flashing tool should recognize the tablet and start flashing automatically, installing TWRP recovery. After that you should get "Success" screen.
8. Disconnect tablet from PC. Run it in Recovery by pressing VOLUME_UP and POWER simultanously.
9. Using VOLUME_UP, choose "Recovery" and confirm it by pressing "VOLUME_DOWN". Wait untill TWRP starts.
10. In TWRP choose 'install ZIP' and point to "/external sd/UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.46.zip"
11. After installation is finished, choose "Reboot". Recovery will hang, but do not fear Press Power for 10s to force turn off. Then turn on the tablet.
Your tablet is now rooted!
Change partition size:
1. Download and copy to the root of SD (without extracting) Resize_v22.4.1-signed.zip: (take attachment from the first post here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/general/rooting-roms/guide-how-to-resize-data-internal-t3180978/ )
2. Run the tablet in Recovery by pressing VOLUME_UP and POWER simultanously.
3. Using VOLUME_UP, choose "Recovery" and confirm it by pressing "VOLUME_DOWN". Wait untill TWRP starts.
4. In TWRP choose 'install ZIP' and point to "external sd/Resize_v22.4.1-signed.zip""
5. In one of following windows choose the partition size. I recommend between 8GB and 10GB. WARNING: If you choose less than the current size, you may loose your data. More than or equal to 8GB is a safe value.
Enabling Multiuser accounts:
1. The device must be rooted
2. Use any root explorer to edit /system/build.prop.
3. Add to the end of a file:
Code:
fw.show_multiuserui=1
fw.max_users=5
4. Reboot
Info: After first try to swich to guest the device force rebooted, but then it worked well.
Disabling killing background apps
If you encounter situation in which apps are being killed right after they are put to background (each application switch using recent apps causes application reinitialization), just make sure that Developer Options/Apps/Don't keep activities is switched off!
Permamently disabling pre-installed chinese apps (they will not reappear after full reboot)
There are 6 chinese apps pre-installed, which can be easily disabled. You can try to simply uninstall them, but you'll find that after full reboot they reappear.
So the best way to disable them is to use any root explorer and get rid APKs in /system/vendor/operator/app. I myself renamed app folder to app.old. They do not appear anymore.
What to do if tablet seems to be dead (black screen - no reaction), but it just misbehaves
Couple of times I've had a situation in which the screen was blank and I couldn't wake up the device. I could however run recovery, so the first time I performed reset from recovery and it helped.
Next time I found out that it's automatic brightness that fails and causes the screen to go blank. So the solution is to press power button, make a swipe gesture from the top to show brightness slider (you will not see it, but it works even on the lockscreen), and try to blindly press this slider. It should be about 2,7 cm (1,06 inch) from the top, with ca. 3cm (1,2 inch) margins on the left and right. Then stop using autobrightness with slider set to zero.
Thanks a ton
Amazing , followed your instructions and my tablet is now rooted and also has 9+GB of data partition. Thanks a ton.. Keep up the good work.
--Rao:
after using the resize script it not remount the partition and android not start. Android ask for a password to "decrypt data" but the problem is that the partition is missing.
Any suggest about this?
thanks
For the moment i can resize partition up to 6 gb using a edited scatter file
Please can I use this safely on the original Cube T8?
Zunera M said:
This root guide can be used for Cube T8 also?
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The steps are the same! Only the files for drivers and TWRP Recovery change. I need to put a guide together for the T8.
Here's the link: http://forum.xda-developers.com/android/general/guide-how-to-root-original-cube-t8-t3285009
maludroid said:
Hi,
I've succeeded today getting TWRP, root and larger /data partition, so after screenshot I'll put detailed how-to. Sorry for duplicating first post, but I'd like to have everything in one place in the way I exactly did it.
All credits go to OP and @odigitech for http://forum.xda-developers.com/general/rooting-roms/guide-how-to-resize-data-internal-t3180978
Screenshot:
You need SD card for that.
Cube T8 Plus TWRP and root:
1. Download SuperSu and copy it to the root of SD card (without extracting): http://download.chainfire.eu/supersu
2. Downlad Utility/Driver to PC: http://uploaded.net/file/eyo5yt8c
3. Download Cube T8 TWRP recovery to PC: http://uploaded.net/file/o54jinin and unpack.
4. Install driver on PC. Depending on Windows version, if the driver installation fails, it may be necessary to disable signature check (google for that).
5. Run flash_tool (downloaded in step 2). If it doesn't run, try copy it to the root folder of your hard drive, eg. C:\SP_Flash_Tool_exe_Windows_v5.1516.00\, albo D:\SP_Flash_Tool_exe_Windows_v5.1516.00\
6. In "Download" section choose "Scatter-Loading" point to "MT6753_Android_scatter" from /Recovery (downloaded in step 3), press "Download" button.
7. Turn off the tablet. Connect it via USB to PC (tablet needs to be switched off!). After short while, flashing tool should recognize the tablet and start flashing automatically, installing TWRP recovery. After that you should get "Success" screen.
8. Disconnect tablet from PC. Run it in Recovery by pressing VOLUME_UP and POWER simultanously.
9. Using VOLUME_UP, choose "Recovery" and confirm it by pressing "VOLUME_DOWN". Wait untill TWRP starts.
10. In TWRP choose 'install ZIP' and point to "/external sd/UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.46.zip"
11. After installation is finished, choose "Reboot". Recovery will hang, but do not fear Press Power for 10s to force turn off. Then turn on the tablet.
Your tablet is now rooted!
Change partition size:
1. Download and copy to the root of SD (without extracting) Resize_v22.4.1-signed.zip:
2. Run the tablet in Recovery by pressing VOLUME_UP and POWER simultanously.
3. Using VOLUME_UP, choose "Recovery" and confirm it by pressing "VOLUME_DOWN". Wait untill TWRP starts.
4. In TWRP choose 'install ZIP' and point to "external sd/Resize_v22.4.1-signed.zip""
5. In one of following windows choose the partition size. I recommend between 8GB and 10GB. WARNING: If you choose less than the current size, you may loose your data. More than or equal to 8GB is a safe value.
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Hi man Happy New Year . Can you upload again Resize_v22.4.1-signed.zip for Cube T8 Plus because the link not working....thanks
alex22280 said:
Hi man Happy New Year . Can you upload again Resize_v22.4.1-signed.zip for Cube T8 Plus because the link not working....thanks
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I've taken the link from the first post here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/general/rooting-roms/guide-how-to-resize-data-internal-t3180978/ - see attached files, to get a correct link. I wouldn't reupload this. It looks like x-d is rotating attachment links.
Please edit your quotation so it does not contain wrong link.
maludroid said:
I've taken the link from the first post here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/general/rooting-roms/guide-how-to-resize-data-internal-t3180978/ - see attached files, to get a correct link. I wouldn't reupload this. It looks like x-d is rotating attachment links.
Please edit your quotation so it does not contain wrong link.
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Resize_v23-signed.zip ?
alex22280 said:
Resize_v23-signed.zip ?
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I assume it works as well...

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