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Must root the phone before flash a rom?

I have read the[GUIDE] Step by Step ROOT Nexus S via ClockworkMod Recovery image (i9023 and i9020A)....
a little comfused that it says 'You're now free to install the ROM you want.' after part 4 'root'
Must the phone be rooted before flash a rom?

proxylullaby said:
I have read the[GUIDE] Step by Step ROOT Nexus S via ClockworkMod Recovery image (i9023 and i9020A)....
a little comfused that it says 'You're now free to install the ROM you want.' after part 4 'root'
Must the phone be rooted before flash a rom?
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No you can flash without root.
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You only need to be rooted in order to use ROM Manager... If you just unlock the bootloader and flash/boot Clockwork, I believe you can flash about anything.

DoomFragger said:
You only need to be rooted in order to use ROM Manager... If you just unlock the bootloader and flash/boot Clockwork, I believe you can flash about anything.
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thanks, I think you are right......with Clockwork anything can be flashed...

Having SU and Busybox installed is helpfully with some apps that require root such as titanium backup and root explorer.
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[Q] g2x gingerbreak 1.20

Hi I upgraded my g2x to 2.3.3 now wanting to go back to froyo. I installed the latest 1.20 gingerbreak. I installed it from my computer to my device, turned on the debug usb mode, have sd card. I waited for the device to root for 30 mins but it doesn't do anything just keeps trying to root. Anyone have this problem? Is it the new 1.2 version, my phone, or something I am doing that wrong?

Did you even look at the directions for rooting gingerbread for our phone in the dev forum?
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Yah I looked at thread saying i should install gingerbreak which should work with any phone, and the directions said I should install it on my phone with debug mode and formatted sd card. My mistake that obvious?

If you have clockworkmod recovery installed, then just flash xboarders 2.3.3 rooted zip (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1179748). If you don't have clockworkmod recovery, then use this link to get that flashed so you can flash the ROM. Here is the link http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1054492.

Your other option to root, once you get clockworkmod installed via nvflash, is to flash the root zip jboxer posted over in the dev section. Here's a link:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1255214
Just flash it with clockworkmod and it will root your stock rom keeping all your data intact.

Can't root on cwm.

I have a samsung galaxy Ace GT-S5830 . I recently reseted my phone from service centre. So i tried to root my phone, but by mistakely flashed clockwork mod. Rebooted.Again tried to root but it showed 'installation aborted' .I opened cwm app, but it showed that it needs superuser(root access) what should i do? i searched how to remove cwm and how to root on cwm but it shows a lenthy process of turning phone to stock rom... i would appreciate any help. Please help.Explain me as if i were an 8 year old.

Clock work mod can't be flashed by Rom manager unless your phone is rooted, root your phone first then flash clock work mod. If you do have recovery flashed on your phone you don't need to be rooted to flash a new Rom.
If you don't understand that abouve first you need to read on how to root your phone, once you have all your info you need and your phone is rooted you will need clock work mod a.k.a recovery. Once your phone is rooted and you have clock work mod flashed the FIRST step you need to do is make a back up. To me it dosent sound like you have clock work mod on your phone, you probaly have Rom manager app which is useless without root, you can't root through cwm. It's just root then cwm. If you use a app that roots your phone and dosent work then you probaly have a locked bootloader, google search on how to root galaxy ace or search here, I don't have a galaxy ace but a lot of members here do so I assume its pretty easy to get it rooted
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I flashed CWM from the CWM .zip file downloaded from internet not by the app..! So i didn't needed to root first ..!!

Did you read my post?
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[Q] please i need expert answer to this root question?

i recently rooted my device (gt n8000) using root inject method with a 1gb download by max on this forum.
i installed the european version and from that tutorial i learnt i only got root not clockworkmod recovery.
i want to install the updated unofficial jelly bean 4.2.1 as seen from this link
alaxy-note101-n8000-android421-jellybean-cyanogenmod101-official-417872.htm
but i will need to have cwm recovery to do that.
my question is do i unroot and reroot using cwm method or can i install cwm recovery directly without unrooting? if yes please how and where can i download it. Thanks

Root has nothing to do with CWM, CWM is a custom recovery which will replace the stock recovery.
Just download the latest version and install it using ODIN. Remember one thing uncheck autoreboot when you are flashing CWM and then before you start the note in normal mode boot into cwm by pressing power+volumeup button.
Once you do that copy the zip file on your sd card.
Also remember you will need to do a complete wipe and hence will lose all data so make sure you do a nandroid back or a titanium backup

what am trying to say is how do i install clockworkmod recovery on my rooted note 10.1.

You need to download ODIN
Install all the drivers on your pc (if you have kies installed it must have done it)
Download latest CWM image file
Start ODIN on you pc
Boot into download mode by pressing Power+volumedown key and when u see the warning sign press volume + key
Connect you Tablet with Pc using the usb cable
load the img file by clicking on PDA, make sure you uncheck autoreboot, and all other options around it then click on Start it will flash cwm
once you do that it boot into recovery mode
The other way is to download rom manager or install it from google play but it is a paid app

Remember though that the flash counter will increase so you will need to run triangleaway app after to reset counter.
I tend to find though that triangleaway works but when the tab resets, using the JB rom, the flash counter goes up to 1 again...

MobileODIN will also flash a recovery perfectly well... and it WON'T trip the flash counter.
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Since i actually rooted using a rooted injected ics firmware....When i update to jellybean via OTA will the root be gone?
i actually prefer the root injected method

ultramag69 said:
Remember though that the flash counter will increase so you will need to run triangleaway app after to reset counter.
I tend to find though that triangleaway works but when the tab resets, using the JB rom, the flash counter goes up to 1 again...
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It goes up to one again because you are using custom recovery if you used cf root method you will get the original recovery back and the counter will not rise to one again
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[Q] General Question About Odin and CWM

Hi
I plan on buying a new Galaxy Tab 2 and I've figured out how I plan on rooting it. I've found several guides that say you should install CF-AutoRoot via ODIN then install CWM then install custom rom. I haven't rooted an Android device before but I've viewed a ton of tutorials on how to do it.
However, I've gotten the lastest CWM build for my device on their website and created an ODIN flashable package with it. Couldn't I just flash my ODIN CWM packaged that I made then install a rom since roms come rooted or don't they?

vlamnire said:
Hi
I plan on buying a new Galaxy Tab 2 and I've figured out how I plan on rooting it. I've found several guides that say you should install CF-AutoRoot via ODIN then install CWM then install custom rom. I haven't rooted an Android device before but I've viewed a ton of tutorials on how to do it.
However, I've gotten the lastest CWM build for my device on their website and created an ODIN flashable package with it. Couldn't I just flash my ODIN CWM packaged that I made then install a rom since roms come rooted or don't they?
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hi
usually it's like this:
1- flash your custom recovery by odin
2- write your root file by custom recovery
or
just flash cf auto root by the stock recovery that the phone has.
it depends on your phone and your procedure you choose...

vlamnire said:
Hi
I plan on buying a new Galaxy Tab 2 and I've figured out how I plan on rooting it. I've found several guides that say you should install CF-AutoRoot via ODIN then install CWM then install custom rom. I haven't rooted an Android device before but I've viewed a ton of tutorials on how to do it.
However, I've gotten the lastest CWM build for my device on their website and created an ODIN flashable package with it. Couldn't I just flash my ODIN CWM packaged that I made then install a rom since roms come rooted or don't they?
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You just need to flash the cwm via Odin. Then insert the Rom you want to flash in your internal or external ad card. Access cwm recovery. Do a full data, cache, dalvic cache wipe. Then flash Rom and then gapps.
No need to root if you want to install a custom Rom coz most of it comes pre rooted.
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jabrif said:
You just need to flash the cwm via Odin. Then insert the Rom you want to flash in your internal or external ad card. Access cwm recovery. Do a full data, cache, dalvic cache wipe. Then flash Rom and then gapps.
No need to root if you want to install a custom Rom coz most of it comes pre rooted.
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Thank you I was just wondering that. I was confused because every tutorial I found for installing a custom ROM they always used some sort of thing to root first but logically that didn't make any sense to me. Because to install a ROM you have to wipe everything so you wouldn't have root access left. And I looked in the zip files for the rom I want to install and under xbin there was su which is the root command and saw busybox.

I don't think they come rooted
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