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Can you flash a custom ROM without a pc?

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

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

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

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

google for md5 checker

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

If anyone has the htc fm tuner that came with phone could you please post I can find it to unfreeze or reinstall after bloat remover
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here you go

Thanks a lot ...and for battery cover deal.
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Edit ...won't let me install it.any help
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chefp2010 said:
Edit ...won't let me install it.any help
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Did you try installing it through Astro file manager?

Try installing thru astro or drag and drop to system/app and change persmissions than reboot
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Got it ...thx once again for the great help....
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Plz, how did you install it? Have the same issue, tried also root explorer and astro, always "app not installed"
How can I FORCE IT to install that damn app?

has anyone found a solution around for this?

Yeah just put int system app
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problem persists!
hi all...
placing the apk in system/app & changing permissions does not help.
still gives the error "app not installed"
plz suggest... what i'm missing here
help greatly appreciated!

Can you please upload the apk file for me?

Where is the apk ?
Where is the apk? There is no link in second post.

Moving apps to ad after OTA update

How can I move apps I've downloaded to my ad card, I tried using the application manager and some apps are greyed out the move to sd function. Need help. I'm using stock htc sensation not rooted. Thanks.
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jhobert said:
How can I move apps I've downloaded to my ad card, I tried using the application manager and some apps are greyed out the move to sd function. Need help. I'm using stock htc sensation not rooted. Thanks.
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Because some apps u can't

Oh ok thanks got it. Its just so odd before the ota update those apps can be moved to sd and now it won't let me.
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[Q] Manually Updating CMR

Im running clockwork mod 2.5.0.7 and through rom manager ive tried updating to 5.something. However it never works, so, i have the .img file for the newest version. how do i update to it manually? Oh and i don't want to use adb.
thanks in advance

I'm guessing you flash it using CWR
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thats what i figured, but it doesn't allow you to flash .img, only .zip. unless im missing something

adbirdie said:
unless im missing something
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a) You are missing the whole point of the development section.
b) there is a reason why a number of reputable members here still use cwm 2.5.0.7
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the only reason im updating is because i want to partition my sd without using adb, but that isn't working out with 2.5

This is the first one for me that partitioning can be done from adb. I love this board as every day I learn something new.
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Use gparted for your sd card...

Did u also see there is a Q & A SECTION?!?!?!
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erklat said:
This is the first one for me that partitioning can be done from adb. I love this board as every day I learn something new.
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Yep, using parted.
Op. Best to use gparted than recovery.
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How to flash a custom rom with an unlocked bootloader

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

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

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

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