Ok so I'm currently trying to root and such and I was able to root my tab 2, but when i went to flash a ROM, Clockworkmod was gone, and all I had was the stock recovery. I found that I needed to use heimdall but I can't really figure out how to use it so that I can get my CWM back. I'm kinda newbie when it comes to how everything works, If anyone can help me somehow it would be greatly appreciated.
Look at the CWM thread in the 7" development forum.
I don't see a CWM thread in the 7" development forum
If you flash CWM, you need to remove the file /system/etc/install-recovery.sh or /system/recovery-from-boot.p. Otherwise, on every boot, the stock kernel will reflash the recovery partition, leaving you with stock recovery.
shark1327 said:
I don't see a CWM thread in the 7" development forum
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Sorry, I was thinking about the CWM thread in, um, another Tab 2 forum.
Go to the pinned rooting topic in the XDA forum here. Then go to the second post. Then follow the Xoomdev link...
All will be revealed. There's another thread there that addresses overwriting recovery, too.
What rooting method are you using? If your following this forum method you should have Odin and drivers installed. Maybe you didn't have root to begin with? All you need to do is to re Odin and follow instructions.
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I followed the root method in this post
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=25503906#post25503906
I used odin when I did it but i rebooted into CWM during the process and when I went back to flash it was stock.
Also how would I remove those files so that it doesnt go back to stock? (sorry for the newbieness... this is very frustrating to me and I can usually understand this fairly well)
EDIT: Figured it out, thanks guys for the help
Had the same error as you, still can't get passed it! :/
Frustrating!
Try a different USB slot. Several folks did that and bypassed initial problems.
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Hello!
The reason I am posting a new thread about this is because I have searched all over XDA as well as other sites to find solutions to my problems without any luck. I have tried so many different methods that haven't worked that I've just lost all patience and need some one on one help.
Alright, so I have been attempting for several days now to successfully root and flash a custom rom to my Tmobile Samsung SK4G.
I used superoneclick - i have superuser, terminal emulator and root checker. All work. I have rooted my device. Atleast accord to t.e. & r. c. ^^
Now the problems that I am having is flashing a custom rom.
I have tried using Rom Manager to do so without any luck. I have manually downloaded and pushed (or whatever) the recovery file to the necessary location and still can't boot into CWM recovery mode. I still keep getting stock recovery (blue).
I also have tried to 'install package files' or whatever it says without any luck. Any time I try to flash roms, I get an error. )E:signature verification failed or something similar.
I have tried to ODIN but was unsuccessful. So since I still have root, if someone could just help me out with all appropriate (and recent) files and tell me what to do with them step by step. That would be great. And please don't try to redirect me to a ''noob root" or "noob cus rom" thread. I promise I already read through them.
I've tried everything. Nothing is working and I'm getting tired of the SK4G continuing to FC or reboot all on its own or freeze. I'm just having issues and I hear that rooting/cus roms are helping with those problems.
Thanks! I hope someone can help. I'm pretty flustered by this point and I can try to give any additional information necessary.
Is it that u can't get to orange cwm? If so there is some batch that dos it on the dev forum on this decive under the cwm for sk4g
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Is it that u can't get to orange cwm? If so there is some batch that dos it on the dev forum on this decive under the cwm for sk4g
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gee thanks skippy your input has been a delight... good thing you put a link and stuff to that batch from the dev forum that "dos" it
but seriously I have the exact same problem as the OP and have not been able to truly find a solution. so a link to the "batch file from the dev forum" would be greatly appreciated
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here is that link from the dev board BIG THANKS TO sduvick for the script
THIS DOS IT
I'm having a similar problem, I have CWM and have flashed it and tried to reboot into recovery only to recieve the stock recovery (blue). I went to the cwm creator (Kryon69? or something like that) got the recovery file and the update zip.
I have the update zip in the phone replaced with the proper one, but when I use android commander to push the recovery it says I am not rooted.
I have super user and a buddy told me that wont load up if I am not rooted, and I have tried to root it again with an adb program and that shows that root is succesful.
Android commander q&a said that my problem is that I am not hard rooted and that I should flash to a rom that will support hard root, but I can't flash to the new rom because i can't get to cwm recovery.
*sidenote* have they re uploaded any of the roms for sk4g to something other than multi upload yet? I've only found one rom as of a few days ago and it's not the one i particularly yearn for.
I have smooth maximus x,gingerclone v2,gov2 but idk how to use dropbo to share them
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I have been having a problem with this too, I used super oneclick and rooted it, and tried to push the recovery file to system/bin but it would not allow me. it said i wasnt rooted, i have the recovery.zip file in the sd card as well as a smooth maximus rom but it will not work.
I would be grateful for some guidance...
I have been researching for 2 days on how to do this and have finally succumbed to asking for help so please help a humble noob.
Also if anybody has the link for KJ2 rom so i can restore it back to normal through ODIN i would appreciate it. i cant find the file anywhere
Can someone help please? I installed CWM Recovery thru ROM Manager. Rebooted in recovery to back up my ROM and now I can't get out of recovery. Every time I select Reboot System it reboots me into recovery.
Try here (if you can use NVFlash)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1519635&highlight=boot+into+cwm
Like many others, When I saw the thread over in the Dev section about the 5.5.0.4 recovery, I jumped right in and fired up Rom Manager before reading any further in the thread.
Unlike many others, I don't get the same results. My TF101 reboots to the OS with no problem. However trying to reboot to recovery from recovery doesn't work. I have to hold the vol. down button just like a cold boot into recovery.
The only difference might be, that I had stock recovery prior to installing 5.5.0.4, due to having to recover from another soft brick condition after trying to install the CM9 Nightly that is now available over on the official Clockworkmod site. That one had failed miserably for my device.
Good luck with solving your problems with the new recovery. Wish I could explain exactly why mine seemed to work as advertised when most others didn't. But I don't know.
I do have the problem with the Removable MicroSD not being visible. Only the built in "Fake" SD Card.
Update:
I now have the reboot into recovery problem. I used the wipe data option from the VOL DWN/PWR button start up, and now have that annoying boots into recovery problem like everyone else. I hope that and the SD card problem gets fixed in the next version.
Thanks, got everything back to normal with NVFlash method I found by watching this :http://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=VMHXeYMgPy4
Lesson learned!! :/
Curious where the thread in the Dev section went to, I cant find it this morning...
Unfortunately, some of us cannot use NVFLash to fix this problem.
So, is it too much to ask that the Dev who wrote Rom Manager and CWM actually look in to this for us?
I too installed the newer CWM through Rom Manager and need to cold boot to get in to the OS otherwise it recovery boot loops.
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Curious where the thread in the Dev section went to, I cant find it this morning...
Unfortunately, some of us cannot use NVFLash to fix this problem.
So, is it too much to ask that the Dev who wrote Rom Manager and CWM actually look in to this for us?
I too installed the newer CWM through Rom Manager and need to cold boot to get in to the OS otherwise it recovery boot loops.
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Thread was closed. I was on it this morning and wanted to post a reply saying NV Flash work for me and I couldn't because it said the thread was closed.
I read the whole thing and apart from NV Flashing the was no other solution
How do you know you can't NVFlash?
yea , this morning the thread in the Dev section went to general , and now closed.
Perhaps we should follow this until everything is clarified.
the nvflash only work for b60 and some b70 tablets , most of b70 and b80 cant be flashed with this tool
I'm working on something to fix this, but I still need a little more testing.
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I'm working on something to fix this, but I still need a little more testing.
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ok, then waiting
any clue where to attack the problem?
Some people reported the new recovery worked when flashed over stock recovery.
any help you can supply on this would be greatly appreciated. it's very uncomfortable not being able to count on your recovery.
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Some people reported the new recovery worked when flashed over stock recovery.
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too late for us
I was up until 1am following the thread and posting my process, specs.
I am even more curious as to how the thread which was still pretty calm turned in to something that deserved being deleted.
In any event, I think we all understand that what we do is at our own risk. But CWM and Rom Manager have been the gold standard of reliability for quite some time. Once something is a trusted means by which to do something its even more disappointing to see that it no longer works.
the first post was moved because it was not exactly a development post
then, in the general section, I do not know why it closed, there is no explanation
so if microsd is not recognized, i can install rom from internal, right?
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so if microsd is not recognized, i can install rom from internal, right?
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Install what??
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yeah, check out the troubleshooting thread here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1530337
I went to install a rom on my sk4g and something went wrong its just stuck on first load screen and thats it please anyone help
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I went to install a rom on my sk4g and something went wrong its just stuck on first load screen and thats it please anyone help
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You need to ODIN your sidekick back to the stock ROM, it will help you :good:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1186954
good luck!
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If the link is broken, try to download the files for ODIN THERE
Stop being foolish, people.
Root your phone, get clockworkmod, make a backup, and then...
Do not install a rom.
You need to Odin first. That's right. Recover your phone to bone stock. Learn how it works first instead of showing up asking the same dumb questions over and over...
Odin first. Then root it again, get clockworkmod, and restore your backup.
Now, that you know how recovery works, you can start tinkering.
In case you didn't notice (you didn't), there was no development on this phone at all until developers had a way to Odin back to stock. Development started with Odin. Shouldn't you?
Don't wait until you have a problem. Use your head.
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Stop being foolish, people.
Root your phone, get clockworkmod, make a backup, and then...
Do not install a rom.
You need to Odin first. That's right. Recover your phone to bone stock. Learn how it works first instead of showing up asking the same dumb questions over and over...
Odin first. Then root it again, get clockworkmod, and restore your backup.
Now, that you know how recovery works, you can start tinkering.
In case you didn't notice (you didn't), there was no development on this phone at all until developers had a way to Odin back to stock. Development started with Odin. Shouldn't you?
Don't wait until you have a problem. Use your head.
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I learned this the hard way, but no one seems to be posting anything decent on how to make CWM the default and permanent recovery. Whenever I do the three button thingy, it always boots into stock recovery. Doing the update thingy through stock recovery didn't work either. It just gets me to CWM temporarily, and then the next time I boot into the device I get stock recovery all over again. Plz help?
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I learned this the hard way, but no one seems to be posting anything decent on how to make CWM the default and permanent recovery. Whenever I do the three button thingy, it always boots into stock recovery. Doing the update thingy through stock recovery didn't work either. It just gets me to CWM temporarily, and then the next time I boot into the device I get stock recovery all over again. Plz help?
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There's a fake flash Windows utility that uses the original root program and script, but it installs clockworkmod instead of rooting your phone. The idea was to use it after you rooted your rom. sduvick posted it. It is an ugly hack, but it works.
http://www.mediafire.com/?cedw9551tl1riu5
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There's a fake flash Windows utility that uses the original root program and script, but it installs clockworkmod instead of rooting your phone. The idea was to use it after you rooted your rom. sduvick posted it. It is an ugly hack, but it works.
http://www.mediafire.com/?cedw9551tl1riu5
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When I tried that utility, it boots into stock recovery, and when I tell it to re-install packages, it tells me that it isn't able to verify the signature?
I was trying to install the CM 10 jelly bean rom into my p6210, but it was failed, and somethings were already changed after that time, such as my usb cant transfer data to my device (which is already known), the device wont save any changes such as password, brightness....etc, and the lock screen doesn work. So, I thought it could be fixed by the android recovery 3e, I did recover it few times,and nothing changed. But now, it doesnt even start up, could anyone help me plzzzz? I just want it back to the factory from.
If you installed ClockworkMod Recovery 6.0.1.0 and made a backup before flashing CM10 (as advised on the CM10 thread), you can just restore the backup. But it sounds as if you didn't.
You might try starting with these instructions for installing stock ICS using Odin and temporary CWM. Or this thread could be helpful. Beyond that I don't know enough to give any specifics. But you can search these forums for "heimdall" and "pit" to find several other threads about installing stock firmware on crippled devices. Good luck.
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If you installed ClockworkMod Recovery 6.0.1.0 and made a backup before flashing CM10 (as advised on the CM10 thread), you can just restore the backup. But it sounds as if you didn't.
You might try starting with these instructions for installing stock ICS using Odin and temporary CWM. Or this thread could be helpful. Beyond that I don't know enough to give any specifics. But you can search these forums for "heimdall" and "pit" to find several other threads about installing stock firmware on crippled devices. Good luck.
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Thanks a lot!!!! I bring it back, well... it wasnt actually "me", should give the credit to the threader who write that thread, but thanks anyway!!
I flashed a MIUI rom which didn't work well on my phone and started to hang. All of a sudden it just shut down and nothing was there. I later used Odin 1.7 and the stock rom and 512 pit file to flash it back to stock. The process was successfully complete and it restarted the phone. However, the phone screen is completely black at the point where it is supposed to show the home screen. When I touch the haptic buttons at the bottom it lights up but that is it. Nothing happens.
I tried to go to recovery mode by pressing BOTH VOL BUTTONS and POWER BUTTON. It says Android system recovery <2e> as the title. At this point if I want to install a new custom ROM I have to select reinstall packages. I do that and it shows error in red font as follows:
E:Can't open /sdcard/update.zip
(No such file or directory)
Installation aborted.
There are fixes to this error that involves connecting the phone with the PC through USB but my phone doesn't start at all as I have mentioned earlier.
Have I completely lost this phone?
Please understand that you need to flash a Custom Recovery before you can flash custom Rom. The Stock Recovery that you have will not be able to flash Custom Roms. Here's a thread that describes how you can do so. What I do wish to caution is that you should ensure the phone is working optimally before you proceed with Custom Roms. If there are no issues otherwise, then you can proceed to flash a Rom of your Choice.
Hello,
When I searched, I found the following thread: ** [GUIDE] FIX AND RESCUE YOUR VIBRICK + ODIN SUPPORT! N00b Friendly **.
The secont part could help you: "NO-BOOT PHONES".
Good luck!
Hammer_Of_The_Gods said:
Hello,
When I searched, I found the following thread: ** [GUIDE] FIX AND RESCUE YOUR VIBRICK + ODIN SUPPORT! N00b Friendly **.
The secont part could help you: "NO-BOOT PHONES".
Good luck!
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Yes. I found it too. However, when I followed the procedure I stupidly checked Repartition in the Boot Cycle process. I was on this phone for five hours and it was around 4 or 5 in the morning and I was sleepy. :'( I don't know if that irreversibly took away my only chance at bringing back my phone.
I tried the same process with repartition unchecked but I guess the damage was done by then. FML.
I think at this point you're going to have to comb through the vibrant Q&A section for similar issues and see if any fixes help. The guys in that forum section know the best, hopefully there's an answer there somewhere.
The guide posted above didn't help, not sure we here can do much more.
You could post your problem there too....again, the members there know what they're doing with that particular model.
Vibrant Q&A http://forum.xda-developers.com/samsung-vibrant/help
Good luck my friend!!
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Yes. I found it too. However, when I followed the procedure I stupidly checked Repartition in the Boot Cycle process. I was on this phone for five hours and it was around 4 or 5 in the morning and I was sleepy. :'( I don't know if that irreversibly took away my only chance at bringing back my phone.
I tried the same process with repartition unchecked but I guess the damage was done by then. FML.
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@MiniGunnR, I do not believe you have permanently bricked the device. All you need is correct partitioning of your phone to get it back. This is usually done with the help of .PIT Files that are flashed via Odin. A PIT File simply put is a file with Partition information on the Device. Here's a thread that explains what its all about. remember that thread is NOT for your Device. Its just for your information.In the thread @Hammer_Of_The_Gods had linked, you will find there are PIT files for download. Make sure they are for your exact device specifications. If in doubt, you can ask on that thread.
EDIT - If you open a new in Vibrant's Q&A Section, I am sure there'd be someone would love to help you there.
Sometimes a different version of Odin can help too. I know on my S2, I had 3 goto versions for doing different things. Maybe try that.