Hey guys I have been working on building a ROM based on the current OTA, pre-rooted and deodexed and a few other perks thrown in. At any rate, this is my first ROM and while I would be comfortable flashing a ROM for experimenting with to my Kindle or my Dinc because they have bootloaders that are worth something, the problem with the D2G is that if I get caught in a bootloop I don't know what to do because as far as I know there is no way to access CWM from outside of rebooting to it from a rooted ROM. Does anyone know what to do because I would like to get this development rolling but I would rather not run the risk of bricking my phone if I can help it. Thanks!
In other words, in the case that i get a bootloop how would I go about recovering my device? flash a stock update.zip through stock recovery?
OTA updates can only be installed on top of stock firmware they are made for. If there are altered files in /system that are on the check list, it won't work.
Read this for information on reflashing: http://droid.koumakan.jp/wiki/SBF
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Hey guys, it seems as though things are a bit more complicated in the Tablet world. My Android phones I rooted right away and put CWR on right away however it seems as though the latest and greatest Android updates from Asus won't work if you do so. Are there available stock roms that are released that you can flash straight to the device while keeping CWR?
Oh the Galaxy S which I use, many people released rooted stock roms where you can flash if you so choose. I haven't seen any CWR flashable stock Android 3.2 roms for the Transformer.
Absolutely not, based on your question.
You should only root if you are not satisfied with stock roms or wish to run apps that require root (superuser permissions) - and of course are willing to assume the possibility of voiding your warranty or damaging your device. If you really want the flexibility and are willing to assume the risk, then, there are rooted stock roms available. Please check the developers forum for possible roms.
Good luck with whatever you decide.
If you want to root, for whatever reason, and just keep stock there is a zip file that is released in this forum to do updates with CWR. I rooted my tf just so I could easily change my speaker settings and do backups. Just put the zip on your sd card and boot into recovery and the latest updates are applied, nice and easy. The zip update was out the day before my tf downloaded it so they come out pretty quick.
The zip is in this thread...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1234734
Cheers.
Rooting is more of a personal question. There's no definite reason to root unless you want to improve something. By stock roms I'm assuming you mean official updates from Asus, so the answer is no.
There are 3 different roms for the Transformer that are CWR flashable...I have no idea where you are looking.
Hey everyone. First of all, thank you very much for your help here if you're able!
Now, on to this:
I have a Droid 2 Global right now, rooted and running Fission ROM. (Recovery is ClockworkMod v5.0.2.3) Fission is, well, out of commission as it would seem, and I'm looking to upgrade to some Gingerbread.
Thing is, I haven't flashed more than one ROM onto this phone before and I'm coming from the HTC EVO 4G -- so I'm a little nervous about messing anything up as there was a much heavier amount of steps involved in rooting and flashing to this D2G than there was for the EVO!
Needless to say, I'm terrified of messing up. Here's my question:
1. If I load a new ROM onto my SD card, do a factory data reset, clear cache and dalvik, can I flash a new ROM from the recovery, no problems? Or would there be more steps needed?
2. This isn't as relevant I guess, but is it possible to unroot this phone safely and update to the VZW OTA Gingerbread? I'm probably not gonna worry about this if it's possible to just flash another ROM as asked in my first question, but it's worth noting.
Thank you guys so much, I've been super antsy with this phone lately. Any help is completely appreciated!
If you really want Gingerbread, with corresponding kernel patches and stuff, you have to update to VZW's latest firmware (4.5.608) as all modern Gingerbread ROMs use it as the base. They won't work on Froyo base.
The safest and cleanest way to get the phone to update is to flash an SBF image and then update to 4.5.x. Do note that this will clear any CDMA programming you probably have done to get it to work on Sprint Nextel. You'll need to reprogram the phone while still running 2.4.x.
Please also note that using custom ROMs is always a risk as there's always chance you'll need to flash an SBF to recover from a bad build, etc., so if to flash the phone to Sprint you need to contact Sprint themselves (i.e. you cannot do it yourself), this might turn into a real hassle.
Stock 4.5.608 is very stable and fast, especially with bloatware frozen.
Ah, sorry, I should have clarified further! It's on Verizon Wireless right now, so it's operating on Verizon still and has not been flashed to Sprint. (I had to go and change my provider logo -- if only I could have two!)
Also, thank you for your quick reply! I do have two more questions now, though;
1. If I flash another Froyo ROM, would I be able to do so in recovery off of the SD card? Rather, is it only Gingerbread that would need to be done with an SBF?
2. I was reading about SBFs earlier and was about to try the process, but I found that it was in .exe format. Would I need to be using a PC to do this? I have a Mac currently, though I would have access to a PC certainly if it were necessary (since it seems like this might be my best bet).
Regarding the OS question: there's sbf_flash utility available for both Linux and MacOS X. It's more easy to use, and is overall more “sturdy” (no problems with missing drivers leading to SBF process aborting in the middle).
Going through SBF is only required to update to Gingerbread (which is indeed highly recommended; Froyo ROMs are mostly outdated), because for that, you need a clean 2.4.330 system. If you can access ClockworkMod on your Froyo ROM, you definitely can install any Froyo-based custom ROM.
Thank you again. I think I will flash an SBF and update through VZW, it sounds like my best plan!
I'm searching to see if I can find the right SBF utility to download (for MacOS X), but I'm having a bit of trouble--do you happen to know where I can find it or have a link? In the meantime I will keep going through the forums!
http://blog.opticaldelusion.org/2011/04/universal-binaries-running-same.html
OK, so I've got a totally stock ROM and I've unlocked the bootloader, put TWRP custom recovery on and rooted mt Nexus 5 and all is going well.
The only thing is I know there is at least one OTA update and because of the changes I've made I cannot get them.
Try as I might, I cannot find anywhere to download the OTAs and flash them manually. I have seen this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=47128349&posted=1#post47128349 which says it lists the updates available but it makes no mention of which one I need or if I need both of them or which order to do them in if I need to install them all.
Can anyone help? I've been doing this since Eclair and have installed many custom ROMS on many different phones but this is the first time I've come up against something I need some help with.
If someone can point me in the right direction I'd be very grateful.
Cheers.
Hi all...
OK, so I've rooted and ROMed a few phones in the past, and I generally know what I'm doing. However, I think I may have gotten a little bit overconfident this time and not done enough research...
I had a friend give me one of these phones and I decided that before making it my daily driver, I was going to install CM11. The phone was given to me unrooted with the stock 4.3 ROM. So, I found a guide to root the 4.3 version of the phone w/o triggering the warranty killbit, and that all went well. Once rooted, I decided to use Clockwork ROM Manager to throw CM11 on it. I installed CM and, without giving it a second thought, told it to flash the latest CM recovery (apparently my root method had come with TWRP). When I rebooted, I expected to see the nice recovery screen I was used to, but instead I was informed that I needed to take my phone to the nearest Verizon store and have them restore it (no thanks). I can, however, still get in to the Odin downloader, but this is uncharted territory for me. Assuming everything is OK with my firmware, what is the best/fastest way to recover from this point? I think I understand how Odin works, but I don't know much about it. Can I use Odin to flash the latest TWRP and fix it that way? Would it be better to try and flash completely back to stock and start over? If I'm forced to use Odin anyway, can I just flash CM11 from there? I have no idea what to do...
I would greatly appreciate any guidance anyone of you ROM wizards is willing to part with...
Fix with this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2586319
Then read all of this, no AOSP on 4.3:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2639337
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I want to install a custom Lollipop ROM on my phone, but even after days of sifting through years and various iterations of information and methods, I'm pretty confused.
I have a Razr Maxx HD. I believe the model is XT926M. I bought my phone in December 2012 from Verizon and it's running Android 4.1.2 OTA (stock) currently. The currently installed ROM is 9.18.94.XT926.Verizon.en.US. I'm not using a custom recovery. The bootloader is UNLOCKED and the phone is rooted! I used the Motopocalypse exploit method from around April of 2013. I've been extremely happy with the stability of 4.1.2, after the lockup/freeze/crash bug was fixed, which is why I haven't been quick to upgrade to anything else until now. I've also been afraid to mess with the phone out of fear of doing something wrong and creating more trouble for myself than it is worth (such as a soft brick from a failed OTA upgrade). I've seen enough posts about something going wrong or experiencing glitches in flashing methods which required workarounds that I want to ask before taking any action.
So, now I want to install a recent ROM free of Verizon's bloatware, in this case CM12. However, I can't seem to find any solid guide targeted at my scenario. Most of the information I find is either outdated (old methods, old software), or for the XT925 rather than the XT926(M), or the wrong country/carrier. Additionally, I know the newer ROMs are only available for KKBL, but I'm pretty sure that I'm still on JJBL if I'm on 4.1.2 OTA, and I can't find any recent or relevant guide for getting me out of where I am starting. If I was already on KKBL, I know all I would need to do is install a custom recovery and then install a custom ROM, but I'm at a disadvantage because I'm not even there yet and it's probably the part that's confusing me most.
I don't care about losing any data on my phone - I want to start completely fresh. The only thing I've done is create a nandroid backup (using the Online Nandroid app) for both CWM and TWRP recoveries. What next?
I don't know where to begin. Can someone help steer me in the right direction? I'd greatly appreciate it if you could be as specific as possible with versions and/or links to files I would need. Thanks!