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[Q] How do I install the Revolver ROM?

I searched this forum a bit and I can't find a nice guide. I am currently running rooted .19 on my TF101, B70KAS. Is it as simple as dropping the ROM on my internal SD and letting it update to the latest Revolver release (based on .21)? Or can I do it with booting into recovery mode? This is my first tablet and I have no clowworkmod on my tablet... do I need to flash that somehow? Where's a guide?
thanks!

ninjai117 said:
I searched this forum a bit and I can't find a nice guide. I am currently running rooted .19 on my TF101, B70KAS. Is it as simple as dropping the ROM on my internal SD and letting it update to the latest Revolver release (based on .21)? Or can I do it with booting into recovery mode? This is my first tablet and I have no clowworkmod on my tablet... do I need to flash that somehow? Where's a guide?
thanks!
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Since i am firm believer you need to learn what you are doing i will lay down the basics from there you are on your own.
1) read and study SU access
2) read and study SU access
3) read and study SU access
4) root
5) install clockwork recovery
6)download Revolver
7)verify the MD5SUM
8)boot into recovery
9)do a nandroid back up
10) do a factor reset via CWRI
11) flash the OS you want
12) reboot
13) enjoy

neidlinger said:
Since i am firm believer you need to learn what you are doing i will lay down the basics from there you are on your own.
1) read and study SU access
2) read and study SU access
3) read and study SU access
4) root
5) install clockwork recovery
6)download Revolver
7)verify the MD5SUM
8)boot into recovery
9)do a nandroid back up
10) do a factor reset via CWRI
11) flash the OS you want
12) reboot
13) enjoy
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I am very familiar with CWM, flashing, nandroid backups, etc. I've had a nexus one for a long long time. I just can't find any good stickies on how to install CWM on my tablet, which I assume is my first step, though I find it odd there are no stickies. On the Nexus One forum there are lots! Where can I learn about installing CWM on my tablet with stock (but rooted) .19 FW?

ninjai117 said:
I am very familiar with CWM, flashing, nandroid backups, etc. I've had a nexus one for a long long time. I just can't find any good stickies on how to install CWM on my tablet, which I assume is my first step, though I find it odd there are no stickies. On the Nexus One forum there are lots! Where can I learn about installing CWM on my tablet with stock (but rooted) .19 FW?
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Search for RecoveryInstaller in the Themes and Apps section.
One click CWM installer, don't get any easier than that.

I had the Same issue coming from the nexus s. the tricky bit is that rom manager does not support the transformer. I've got a galaxy tab 10.1 as well and flashing over a custom recovery was easy as pie.
anyway, what you have to do is this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1213723
(http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1093818)
then you need to install an app (i use reboot2recovery) from the marketplace to get into the custom recovery. i've tried quickboot or rom manager but all it does it take me to a black screen or reboot the device. reboot2recovery will actually drop you into clockworkmod recovery. from there, do your nandroid backup. you'll need an SD card in your transformer for it to actually go ahead with the backup.
aside: from my reading, the backup should backup to internal storage with that modded clockwork. i've never been able to get it to work though. anyway, just use an SD card for now so you can get through the difficult stuff.
so at this point uve done the following:
installed clockwordmod using the first 2 links and installed the reboot2recovery APK to get into recovery.
now you have an SD card in your transformer and you are doing a nandroid backup.
once completed, put the 200+mb revolver rom on the root of your SD card. you may also want to put another kernel. i use the one recommended by revolver.
now just wipe the cache, data, etc as usual. now flash the rom, reboot the system when completed. plug in your gmail account, wifi password etc. and then reinstall the reboot2recovery apk. now reboot to recovery and then flash the kernel. reboot and ure good to go. install revolver parts to allow for additional tweaking and OTA updating.
i got my transformer from bestbuy this thanksgiving and went to revolver 3.9.5 immediately. last night i actually flashed revolver 3.11 right over it. not a single problem.
edit: reading the above post, i remember that my FIRST recovery installation was using that one-click tool and, as was said, it works flawlessly. you still need the reboot2recovery though. and recoveryinstaller WILL NOT install the modified for internal storage version of clockwork. i'm thinking maybe i just havent tried backing up since updating to the internal storage version, which is why i think i've "never gotten it to work"

baseballfanz said:
Search for RecoveryInstaller in the Themes and Apps section.
One click CWM installer, don't get any easier than that.
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Awesome, I had tried it earlier and it didn't do anything. Then I realized that my superuser app was FCing, however I could still use adb shell and su just fine! After I realized there was an update for the superuser app, I installed it. Everything is perfect now.

kramer987 said:
I had the Same issue coming from the nexus s. the tricky bit is that rom manager does not support the transformer. I've got a galaxy tab 10.1 as well and flashing over a custom recovery was easy as pie.
anyway, what you have to do is this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1213723
(http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1093818)
then you need to install an app (i use reboot2recovery) from the marketplace to get into the custom recovery. i've tried quickboot or rom manager but all it does it take me to a black screen or reboot the device. reboot2recovery will actually drop you into clockworkmod recovery. from there, do your nandroid backup. you'll need an SD card in your transformer for it to actually go ahead with the backup.
aside: from my reading, the backup should backup to internal storage with that modded clockwork. i've never been able to get it to work though. anyway, just use an SD card for now so you can get through the difficult stuff.
so at this point uve done the following:
installed clockwordmod using the first 2 links and installed the reboot2recovery APK to get into recovery.
now you have an SD card in your transformer and you are doing a nandroid backup.
once completed, put the 200+mb revolver rom on the root of your SD card. you may also want to put another kernel. i use the one recommended by revolver.
now just wipe the cache, data, etc as usual. now flash the rom, reboot the system when completed. plug in your gmail account, wifi password etc. and then reinstall the reboot2recovery apk. now reboot to recovery and then flash the kernel. reboot and ure good to go. install revolver parts to allow for additional tweaking and OTA updating.
i got my transformer from bestbuy this thanksgiving and went to revolver 3.9.5 immediately. last night i actually flashed revolver 3.11 right over it. not a single problem.
edit: reading the above post, i remember that my FIRST recovery installation was using that one-click tool and, as was said, it works flawlessly. you still need the reboot2recovery though. and recoveryinstaller WILL NOT install the modified for internal storage version of clockwork. i'm thinking maybe i just havent tried backing up since updating to the internal storage version, which is why i think i've "never gotten it to work"
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none of those gives a step by step (im noob )
i just dont know what "Reboot into recovery using "adb reboot recovery" " means
im already rooted and i cant get to the CWM recovery because i cant see the install from zip, backup current rom or wipe data , nor those options

jesesystem said:
none of those gives a step by step (im noob )
i just dont know what "Reboot into recovery using "adb reboot recovery" " means
im already rooted and i cant get to the CWM recovery because i cant see the install from zip, backup current rom or wipe data , nor those options
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It mean open your command prompt in your computer fire up the ADB server and type
Code:
adb reboot recovery
Why why not download the reboot recovery app from the market?
https://market.android.com/details?id=com.transformer.recovery
Sent from my Transformer TF101 using Tapatalk

jesesystem said:
none of those gives a step by step (im noob )
i just dont know what "Reboot into recovery using "adb reboot recovery" " means
im already rooted and i cant get to the CWM recovery because i cant see the install from zip, backup current rom or wipe data , nor those options
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Have you installed CWM recovery?
Rooting alone does not install CWM recovery.

jesesystem said:
none of those gives a step by step (im noob )
i just dont know what "Reboot into recovery using "adb reboot recovery" " means
im already rooted and i cant get to the CWM recovery because i cant see the install from zip, backup current rom or wipe data , nor those options
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Search for RecoveryInstaller in the Themes and Apps section.
One click CWM installer, don't get any easier than that.

thank you guyz i just needed to install cwm recovery, its just that those steps are not on any step by step , i can access now in to cwm recovery

Once in recovery it cant mount sd

SGS Dutchie said:
Once in recovery it cant mount sd
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You have a micro sd card insert into the slot?

baseballfanz said:
You have a micro sd card insert into the slot?
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Nope,thought it was the internal sd just like is shown in file explorer.

SGS Dutchie said:
Nope,thought it was the internal sd just like is shown in file explorer.
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CWM only work with external card for now
Removable/MicroSD

baseballfanz said:
CWM only work with external card for now
Removable/MicroSD
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Ah, I must go and search for one then.

baseballfanz said:
CWM only work with external card for now
Removable/MicroSD
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Thx man, you really helped me out today. First with my root/cwm problem and now with this rom.
You really are a great help. Thx again!

cant turn on my htc plzzz neeed help very quick

I was advised that i needed to update my recovery to twrp from cwm recovery to avoid an issue i got while flashing roms (the contents of my sd card would get pushed down into a subfolder of a newly created set of folders) however when i wiped my phone, as i always used to do with CWM twrp seems to have wiped a lot more, its wiped the existing rom, and all the files on my card, so i cant install a new rom. Basically i only have access to twrp recovery mode, how can i get the rom .zips onto my phone to install them? Id really appreciate any help at all, i had no issues flashing with CWM and i re

tomacotuna said:
I was advised that i needed to update my recovery to twrp from cwm recovery to avoid an issue i got while flashing roms (the contents of my sd card would get pushed down into a subfolder of a newly created set of folders) however when i wiped my phone, as i always used to do with CWM twrp seems to have wiped a lot more, its wiped the existing rom, and all the files on my card, so i cant install a new rom. Basically i only have access to twrp recovery mode, how can i get the rom .zips onto my phone to install them? Id really appreciate any help at all, i had no issues flashing with CWM and i re
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You can mount your storage as mass storage with twrp.
Your PC will find your phone like a normal mass storage device.

which model
tomacotuna said:
I was advised that i needed to update my recovery to twrp from cwm recovery to avoid an issue i got while flashing roms (the contents of my sd card would get pushed down into a subfolder of a newly created set of folders) however when i wiped my phone, as i always used to do with CWM twrp seems to have wiped a lot more, its wiped the existing rom, and all the files on my card, so i cant install a new rom. Basically i only have access to twrp recovery mode, how can i get the rom .zips onto my phone to install them? Id really appreciate any help at all, i had no issues flashing with CWM and i re
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i think its proper dead use jtag

NQNH said:
You can mount your storage as mass storage with twrp.
Your PC will find your phone like a normal mass storage device.
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i lock my bootload to try ruu and know i can reaunlock it ??

naveed_hind said:
i think its proper dead use jtag
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what is that?

can you plz tell me a stable rom

It wouldn't be a full brick he can get into bootloader and recovery... Just get any rom mount storage put the rom on sd Card and flash it... If needed flash boot. Img as well.

k1llacanon said:
It wouldn't be a full brick he can get into bootloader and recovery... Just get any rom mount storage put the rom on sd Card and flash it... If needed flash boot. Img as well.
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that is what i do and now i turn it on and it freez on the htc bot anymation with white backround and red text :-s some ideas??

Fast boot boot.img and make sure to wipe dalvik cache.

tomacotuna said:
that is what i do and now i turn it on and it freez on the htc bot anymation with white backround and red text :-s some ideas??
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As posted above you probably flashed a rom that requires a boot. Img flash the boot. Img in bootloader.

k1llacanon said:
As posted above you probably flashed a rom that requires a boot. Img flash the boot. Img in bootloader.
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Ya i flask the trickdroid or something like this and i flash allsou the boot and it boot up and freez on the htc logo acreen any ideas now i am on stock version but i want a custom rom plz help
Sent from my HTC One S using xda premium

If you don't know how to use a phone when it's rooted your better off on stock dude

k1llacanon said:
If you don't know how to use a phone when it's rooted your better off on stock dude
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I now how to use it but on my galaxy nexus is more simple ok?? And if i dont know every thing i learn
Sent from my HTC One S using xda premium

CWM Can't see my backup

I fragged up Android by applying an update, so I can't boot into Android.
I can get into CWM, but it doesn't see my backup... The backup is in /clockwordmod/backup/2013-03-17-14.09.00 . I can see it when I put my SD card in the PC.
However, CWM isn't finding it when it's in the device, and there's no option to direct CWM to where it is....
Solution anyone?

Bump....

damian5000 said:
I fragged up Android by applying an update, so I can't boot into Android.
I can get into CWM, but it doesn't see my backup... The backup is in /clockwordmod/backup/2013-03-17-14.09.00 . I can see it when I put my SD card in the PC.
However, CWM isn't finding it when it's in the device, and there's no option to direct CWM to where it is....
Solution anyone?
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Hi there!
What I can think of is first of all save your CWM backup to your PC.
Then you'd really have to flash a ROM to at least a version that will enable you to use the version of your backup: say if the ROM requirement that you had installed when you made the backup was 4.0.4 then install any ROM of that. You won't have to install any apps then.
You can then install X-parts from Google Play and with that CWM but that will not be a "stuck-on" CWM as any ROM upgrade will remove it BUT the beauty of it is that in your backup [which you'll then copy from your PC to the same folder you describe above make a Restore] you have the CWM that will stick and from there on won't have to worry.
Sounds like a bit of work but personally I don´t see a way around it...this is what I would do to get things as before.
Hope this works for you and do let me know.
Oh and don't forget to click THANKS.

ac3ofS2 said:
Hi there!
What I can think of is first of all save your CWM backup to your PC.
Then you'd really have to flash a ROM to at least a version that will enable you to use the version of your backup: say if the ROM requirement that you had installed when you made the backup was 4.0.4 then install any ROM of that. You won't have to install any apps then.
You can then install X-parts from Google Play and with that CWM but that will not be a "stuck-on" CWM as any ROM upgrade will remove it BUT the beauty of it is that in your backup [which you'll then copy from your PC to the same folder you describe above make a Restore] you have the CWM that will stick and from there on won't have to worry.
Sounds like a bit of work but personally I don´t see a way around it...this is what I would do to get things as before.
Hope this works for you and do let me know.
Oh and don't forget to click THANKS.
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Yea, what I ended up doing was installing a stock ROM, then installing Rom Manager. From ROM manager the backup installs no problem... But if booting directly to recovery, it can't find it, even though it's in the standard spot... It seems halfway pointless to me to have a backup that can't be restored from recovery... but who am I to judge :silly:

damian5000 said:
Yea, what I ended up doing was installing a stock ROM, then installing Rom Manager. From ROM manager the backup installs no problem... But if booting directly to recovery, it can find it, even though it's in the standard spot... It seems halfway pointless to me to have a backup that can't be restored from recovery... but who am I to judge :silly:
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Okay... I think I found what the problem was. From within CWM App, I changed storage to external as opposed to internal, now the backups are found from recovery. Not 100% sure that's what the issue was, because I've wiped and installed a couple different ROMs since having the issue.

damian5000 said:
Okay... I think I found what the problem was. From within CWM App, I changed storage to external as opposed to internal, now the backups are found from recovery. Not 100% sure that's what the issue was, because I've wiped and installed a couple different ROMs since having the issue.
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Hi there mate!
Thanks for sharing what the prob was at the end of it all...I surely learned something and my THANKS to you is given.
See ya around the Forum...

[Q] TWRP no/OS on Verizon Galaxy S3

I am a "NOOB" and I completely apologize if this has been discussed previously. My daughter has a Galaxy S3 that someone installed TWRP on it. She tried to update the phone because it gave her the status to do so. Somehow she has wiped everything except TWRP and I have no idea what to do in order to get a OS back on the device. Can someone please help and I really need the information explained to me in the simplest terms. Thanks

In twrp, if you click "restore" does it list anything on either internal or external memory? If so, just restore it and don't update.
Sent from my Slim GS3

dpeeps74 said:
In twrp, if you click "restore" does it list anything on either internal or external memory? If so, just restore it and don't update.
Sent from my Slim GS3
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It doesn't show anything.

Did you try reboot system?

Odin flash VRBMB1. You'll need a access to Windows for this to work. This will return you to out of the box stock rom.

Do what Slimsnoop suggested. Its for the best
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lol
It just means the SYSTEM was wiped. Just download a small ROM like CM10.1 and flash it. Reboot.
Have had this happen a lot. For a fast fix You will have to load ROM on the external SD card, then when you flash it check the directory where the ROM is stored on the external SD and flash it. Reboot. No need to flash gapps if you don't plan on keeping that ROM.
If you plan on keeping it just download the ROM you want and flash.

SlimSnoopOS said:
Odin flash VRBMB1. You'll need a access to Windows for this to work. This will return you to out of the box stock rom.
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Ok so this just happened to me and I turned to this awesome site for help. I had switched from CWM to TWRP and installed the img file, when it rebooted into recovery it told me there was no OS installed. I flashed the above referenced file with Odin... when it rebooted though, I had everything I thought I had lost. No stock rom, it was still running cm10 with all my apps and themes, everything.
I'm confused. I'm not a total newbie to this kind of stuff, but I'm by far no expert. I'm just curious if TWRP didn't recogonize anything so it assumed there was no OS installed?

Easy way around this. Happens to me all the time
what you are gonna have to do it download a compatible rom from your computer to a micro sd card. Put the micro sd card in your phone. Go into twrp and select the rom and flash from external sd.

[Q] help getting back to normal

was rooted on lollipop, tried to update to 2.2 but i think i installed the wifi version (i am an lte owner) tried to put the aosp rom on since i needed to wipe and start fresh anyways. Now i am on the aosp rom which changed my recovery the recovery that loads doesnt mount the sd card (and doesnt see the internal storage). I figure if i can just get back to another recovery i should be able to get back on track.

Scoobydumb said:
was rooted on lollipop, tried to update to 2.2 but i think i installed the wifi version (i am an lte owner) tried to put the aosp rom on since i needed to wipe and start fresh anyways. Now i am on the aosp rom which changed my recovery the recovery that loads doesnt mount the sd card (and doesnt see the internal storage). I figure if i can just get back to another recovery i should be able to get back on track.
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Are you rooted? if so, with flashify, flash another custom recovery. I'd recommend TWRP 2.8.5.0. Its here, http://forum.xda-developers.com/shield-tablet/development/wip-twrp-2-8-0-1-unofficial-t2877117/ and its on the latest posts as zip attachment (you need to extract the zip, because it contains an *.img).
If not, (I have not tried this because I haven't got the need to do it)
you can flash TWRP 2.8.5.0 via fastboot, but you need to unlock the bootloader.

problem is i dont have gapps installed so unable to use flashify. When i try to use adb to install them i get error closed
then waiting for device.
tablet is showing in device manager as google galaxy nexus adb interface
so i believe drivers are installed correctly.

Scoobydumb said:
problem is i dont have gapps installed so unable to use flashify. When i try to use adb to install them i get error closed
then waiting for device.
tablet is showing in device manager as google galaxy nexus adb interface
so i believe drivers are installed correctly.
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You could do the second solution. But I have never done it, so I cant help you with that, just with what I theoretically know.