I've taken a long, winding, occasionally interrupted road to rooting my Xoom 3G and by way of the "ROM Manager" app managed to get EOS 1.0 on there. It's clearly ICS and seems fairly stable, if not very stable. The problem with all of this is I never really felt like my brain was absorbing everything I was doing so I almost feel like I accidently rooted and flashed my Xoom, or watched myself do it. I'd like to flash more and better ROMs; I'd like to play around with different recoveries; I'd like to back my stuff up like a mature adult; I want to root my other devices; I want to do all these great things, but don't feel like I've really learned enough do anything. I don't even know if I could redo what I've already done without messing something up. Please, make me not dumb!
well first off always make a backup just incase.... but since youve got a custom rom installed , installing another rom is easy.
download the rom you want to flash boot into recovery , make a nandroid backup, then install the rom youve downloaded, id recommend eos's jb rom its awesome, pretty straight forward as youve done the hard part already,
other devices i cant comment as their all different for rooting and installing recovery etc, but once youve got recovery installed its same procedure for installing a rom, but always do plenty of reading and be sure what youre doing,
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There you go,
This could be handy saving you lots of search,
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=29123283
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Thanks for the quick reply. More questions. What is nandroid and how do you back it up? Where do I find a complete list of Xoom ROMs (or at least the jb one you mentioned)? I always hear about CM -- have they done anything for Xoom? Do I need an sdcard anymore now that I'm rooted? What are some essential apps?
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@wesamothman Thank you for the link. So I'm on the right track with eos. That jb update sounds very appealing, but which one should I grab for my US 3g Xoom?
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@wesamothman Thank you for the link. So I'm on the right track with eos. That jb update sounds very appealing, but which one should I grab for my US 3g Xoom?
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That would be mz601 jellybean link from the post I shared.
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I can't seem to get the url to work, but even if I find it -- I have a US 3G Xoom -- will it work, or will I have to stick to ICS until I upgrade to 4G?
Links seem OK, but yea, they are EU versions.
On that related thread, please ask if that ROM will work on your US device although I believe it will.
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Well just got my Inspire 4g, I went from atrix, LG thrill, then my inspire I really love it! Within 30 minutes of owning it Im rooted and running miui.us flawlessly so far.
My main question is that I see Rom manager says Desire HD can I use it still or do the two phones run on different stuff?
Also can I flash DHD roms I've read I can with an audio fix where can I find that or ...
thanks guys!
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Well just got my last att phone I went from atrix, LG thrill, then my inspire I really love it! Within 30 minutes of owning it Im rooted and running miui.us flawlessly so far.
My main question is that I see Rom manager says inspire can I use it still or do the two phones run on different stuff?
Thanks guys!
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uuuuhhhhhhh..........
come again?
Lol dry I was soon tired when I posted
(Cut and dry) can I use the desire hd rom manager is saying I have that instead of a inspire lol wow dry that I got my word so screwed up guys
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You will be fine.
Inspire is basically a desire. Do of your talking about when you update cw, it says desire, then yup your fine.
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Lol thanks my damn spell Check on this thing is driven me insane
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So I've read that I can flash any DHD roms but I need an audio fix.. is this correct? And if so can someone point me in the right direction? Thanks I still haven't flash DHD CWM in Tom manager I just wanted some more input comen from the LG thrill flashing o3d cwm wouldn't work due to radios
Let me know thanks!
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So I've read that I can flash any DHD roms but I need an audio fix.. is this correct? And if so can someone point me in the right direction? Thanks I still haven't flash DHD CWM in Tom manager I just wanted some more input comen from the LG thrill flashing o3d cwm wouldn't work due to radios
Let me know thanks!
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why dont you just browse the dev forums here and flash something that is already converted to work with the inspire?
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why dont you just browse the dev forums here and flash something that is already converted to work with the inspire?
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I feel a shameless plug coming on...
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nah, i was going to let this one ride
Lol Thanks for your answer but maybe you don't understand I'm running miui with stable oc and all..My question wasn't if I could download Rom in our dev section I was asking if rom manager worked with flashing on phones I would like to make something if it doesn't work on our phone .
Example.
I don't know if anyone has an Acer a500 but in the market they have a premium app called Acer recovery. That APP downloads/flashes roms, recovery files, themes, kernels, fixxes, and other needs that is what I would like to do for this device.
Sorry for the confusion.
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rom manager works just fine....even my rom is in there.
Yea I just seen that sorry I'm new to inspire but I'd like to create somthing that has those Roms plus these on xda but I'm sure id get shot down with the quickness since Rom manager seems to rule..
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dincdoes.me said:
Yea I just seen that sorry I'm new to inspire but I'd like to create somthing that has those Roms plus these on xda but I'm sure id get shot down with the quickness since Rom manager seems to rule..
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you can create whatever you like, it has been tried before, but the de-facto happens to be rom manager.
i would go out on a limb by saying that 85% of flashing is done via downloading the rom zip to the phone and booting into recovery. its kind of what people have been bred to do at this point. rom manager doesnt work well every time, so creating something unique would be a hard niche to snag
Yea I agree I use Rom manager only for a couple of roms back with the incredible but all ways wanted something else.. that I can grab links from the net. Id like to do an app that would do webhosting with updated regularly updated Roms, kernels, radios, themes you know how it is checking xda and Rom manager for stuff it gets tedious and would be great for a app that gives u everything with a push of the button of course is have to find help for such an app great idea ill start development as soon as I can.
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you can create whatever you like, it has been tried before, but the de-facto happens to be rom manager.
i would go out on a limb by saying that 85% of flashing is done via downloading the rom zip to the phone and booting into recovery. its kind of what people have been bred to do at this point. rom manager doesnt work well every time, so creating something unique would be a hard niche to snag
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Got to agree with PG. I even tell people that use certain rom's to avoid rom manager as it doesn't always work. As for another app of this sort, the hard part is getting the Dev to update it. Mainly sense you can't just add everything without asking permission from each of the dev for the rom, theme, kernel, ext.
Being that the Skyrocket is my first android-based phone, i'm still fairly new to this. Currently, I have NexusMod4 running on my phone. Say I wanted to flash a different rom or even the ICS leak etc.. what would be the best way to do this? Do I just go ahead and flash it or do I have to uninstall the current or anything like that? Also, what should be backed up? Everything? Lol. Apps can be backed up and restored via Titanium Backup, correct? Help a noob out.
hi there, can you just advise on this: when you flash a ROM do you lose all of your phones UI ( TW on Samsung phones for example).
thanks in advance
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ok guys
One. Search is your friend it would have answered your questions so please in the future try to do so
Two. When installing a new rom its like installing a different version of windows so when you do your wipes its like formatting a hard drive so yes you loose all of the old data including whatever ui was on the old rom.
Three. Backups are important many make a full one of the stock setup and archive it somewhere safe for those oh **** moments lol and many like to flip between roms by backing up their favs and restoring them as their fancy is stricken.
Four. Yes tibu is good for backing up apps me personally I use system tuner pro for this purpose among many others. Hope this helps out
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thanks nrm. appreciated buddy. any thoughts on downgrading to the crap that is ics for gs2. i'm talking about Three network official one from those lazy TWATS at Samsung! thanked in advance
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thanks nrm. appreciated buddy. any thoughts on downgrading to the crap that is ics for gs2. i'm talking about Three network official one from those lazy TWATS at Samsung! thanked in advance
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Not sure I understand your question but I would say be appreciative to dg for finding the leak for your guys gs2 yes there is risk involved just like everything we do here but as far as goint to ics look in your forums for info on that
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I have a rooted Droid X. I know what apps I would load on that. I just got a Xoom. It is coming with 4.0.4 on it. What apps should I load first (prior to rooting)? Will most of the things that I use on my Droid X work with the Xoom? Is there something like to Voodoo Rootsaver that I would use on the Xoom? After the OTA updates on the Droid X clobbered Root and SBF ability, I've gotten VERY careful. (I didn't take the OTA )
I wouldn't load any apps prior to rooting due to the fact you have to unlock your bootloader which wipes your entire data partition.
After rooting and installing a custom recovery (I recommend TWRP because I use it on my Atrix, GS3, and Xoom) and then install the jellybean version of TeamEOS rom.
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The Xoom is not listed as a supported device on the TWRP site. You are using it (trouble free)? I see a lot of people saying good things about the EOS Jelly Bean ROM. Do they have a "stable" version as well as "nightlies"? This tablet will be my "daily driver", until I get used to moving around in it. So I would like a little stability at first, otherwise I can't tell if a problem is coming from my ignorance or the ROM.
TWRP is in the development section. And I've had no problems with it.
For JB EOS there is not a "stable" but the nightlies seem to be solid from my 2+ weeks of usage.
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TWRP is in the development section. And I've had no problems with it.
For JB EOS there is not a "stable" but the nightlies seem to be solid from my 2+ weeks of usage.
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I'll +1 that... Been using TeamEOS for over a week, no problems, and Devs are still full steam ahead on it.
For recoveries I *just* switched to Rogue Recovery (which is built on CWM). Before that I was using straight CWM.
Your OP question, if you KNOW you're gonna Root and flash a custom ROM, yeah I wouldn't load any apps until that's done. Then you can run TB or something to preserve your apps through future flashes.
Can someone tell me how I can install stock rooted from my phone?
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Can someone tell me how I can install stock rooted from my phone?
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afaik, root or rooted packages require a computer.
if you're looking for a how to do it..see my how to thread
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My phone is already rooted though. I am just trying to go back to stock and keep my phone rooted without using a computer can you help me with that?
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I am not aware of a CWM flashable back-to-stock zip. You need to use a computer and either Odin or Heimdall it back. Qkster said to look at his thread and I recommend following that advice. His Heimdall package works pretty well.
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dman's uclb3 CWM flashable
I have never used it, but dman's uclb3 is CWM flashable. You might want to read the thread carefully as always.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=22775901
When I asked recently about the confusing (to me) comments about video near the beginning of that thread, it was clarified that video depends on the kernel, and those comments do not apply if you have the latest GB kernels from Entropy or Zen ( which have no video problems)
Others are welcome to chime in if I have missed something important.
Man, I've been through about every post there is about the infuse on every site you can imagine. You know you're at the right place when every other site either quotes somebody from here or just straight up links you back to xda. If you can't find what you're looking for with a simple search on here then you shouldn't be doing what you're trying to do or you have a truly unique problem which is rare.
To get to the point, I don't think you can flash back to stock from cwm but if you succeed in doing so, please post your results and how you did it. If you're trying to fix a bad flash or getting the phone ready to sell or for any other reason, there is no replacing odin in my opinion. I know that flashing a ROM from cwm is super easy, but odin is just a hair less easy. Even if you have to borrow a computer, it should take no more than 10 minutes including download time. Thats my two cents. Take it or leave it. Best of luck to you.
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To get to the point, I don't think you can flash back to stock from cwm
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Just curious - do you have some reservation about the cwm flashable stock GB linked above?
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Just curious - do you have some reservation about the cwm flashable stock GB linked above?
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Jelly bean ROMs use a different system partition that cwm can't change. If you flash the stock ROM you will get stuck at the Samsung screen.
If you are in jelly bean you need to Odin or heimdall back to stock.
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Just curious - do you have some reservation about the cwm flashable stock GB linked above?
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Lol. No sir. I honestly have no reservations about anything on this site. I am constantly in awe of all that goes on here. Had I done my due diligence and researched the link you provided (which I will be directly after this post) my view on the matter could have been altered. I know my stats don't show it but my response was purely spoken from my own experience as well as reading those of others. Thank you for calling me out though. I will check out that link post haste.
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I'll give it a try. Do you know if there is a ROM I need to be on to get a clean install?
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electricpete wrote:Just curious - do you have some reservation about the cwm flashable stock GB linked above?
cjpwedge wrote:Lol. No sir. I honestly have no reservations about anything on this site. I am constantly in awe of all that goes on here. Had I done my due diligence and researched the link you provided (which I will be directly after this post) my view on the matter could have been altered. I know my stats don't show it but my response was purely spoken from my own experience as well as reading those of others. Thank you for calling me out though. I will check out that link post haste
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No worries, I wasn’t taking offense to your comments. I was fishing for information about possible limitations of dman's uclb3 CWM flashable GB package (That info did come later in csandman1977’s post where he identified that package won’t work when coming from Jelly Bean.). Please don't hesitate to share your experience and thoughts here.
im smexyy wrote:I'll give it a try. Do you know if there is a ROM I need to be on to get a clean install?
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I think you’re talking about dman's uclb3 CWM flashable.
As identified by csandman above, it won’t work coming from Jelly Bean. I’m not sure about ICS.
I’m pretty sure it would work fine coming from any Froyo or GB Rom.
I'm somewhat a noob to custom ROMs, and looking for a bit of information before I decide to flash a new one. I have a Verizon Droid MAXX Developer Edition (XT1080) with the current KitKat 4.4 installed. I'm looking to try the nightly CM11 out. I have already unlocked the bootloader, its not rooted just yet though.
In another forum thread located here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2654816
A user posted a link to http://download.cyanogenmod.org/?device=moto_msm8960dt (3 downloads, I'm not sure which one to choose for my device)
I'm wanting to know if this build would work on my phone before I flash and possibly mess something up, and also does Verizon work okay on this build. Is there anything else I should know before flashing a ROM (I'm somewhat tech savvy, so the process seems pretty straight forward, but any advice is appreciated)
I would have posted the question in that thread but I didn't want to break any rules, which says to Q/A here.
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I'm somewhat a noob to custom ROMs, and looking for a bit of information before I decide to flash a new one. I have a Verizon Droid MAXX Developer Edition (XT1080) with the current KitKat 4.4 installed. I'm looking to try the nightly CM11 out. I have already unlocked the bootloader, its not rooted just yet though.
In another forum thread located here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2654816
A user posted a link to http://download.cyanogenmod.org/?device=moto_msm8960dt (3 downloads, I'm not sure which one to choose for my device)
I'm wanting to know if this build would work on my phone before I flash and possibly mess something up, and also does Verizon work okay on this build. Is there anything else I should know before flashing a ROM (I'm somewhat tech savvy, so the process seems pretty straight forward, but any advice is appreciated)
I would have posted the question in that thread but I didn't want to break any rules, which says to Q/A here.
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Obviously you need to have a custom recovery installed and get root. All three of those builds are for our phone. They are "nightlies" that get updated, well, nightly. I ran the 2/19 build for a little while and it worked pretty well. GPS was the only thing that didn't work and I think there is a work around for that. Active notifications and touchless controls are not part of cm.
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I'm not worried about GPS or the Motorola controls.
Do you recommend a good recovery to flash? Also I've seen people posting problems when rooting this phone with 4.4 installed.
Any reason why you reverted back? Didn't like it?
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I'm not worried about GPS or the Motorola controls.
Do you recommend a good recovery to flash? Also I've seen people posting problems when rooting this phone with 4.4 installed.
Any reason why you reverted back? Didn't like it?
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I use TWRP. No problems rooting the Dev edition on 4.4 the problems are all with the consumer edition. I've never been a big CM fan plus I like having a working GPS, and I just didn't feel like going through the steps to get it working
CM seems to be good for my first custom ROM, but for future references do you recommend another ROM? I've seen that PACMAN ROM posted a bunch, but it looks pretty buggy.
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CM seems to be good for my first custom ROM, but for future references do you recommend another ROM? I've seen that PACMAN ROM posted a bunch, but it looks pretty buggy.
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CM 11 is pretty much it for our phones right now. You can flash the firmware for the Moto X and try those ROMs though.
One last thing as far as rooting goes. Do I use rock my moto to root. Also if I should decide to keep my stock ROM are there any advantages to rooting other than apps like titanium backup etc?
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Read my thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2645122
then try to install cyanogen (i already did)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=50515668
So with xposed you can customize a current ROM without having to flash to cyanogenmod? I like the stock ROM but I'd like to be able to change certain designs (example: change the way my notification bar looks. Maybe battery icons and change menus within settings. Etc ) Just trying to really see the benefit of flashing another ROM if what I'm wanting to do can be done through a 3rd party program.
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Just root and use xposed. I used to put custom ROMs on other phones. For this xposed is all that's necessary
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Just root and use xposed. I used to put custom ROMs on other phones. For this xposed is all that's necessary
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When I first installed CM11 it looked almost exactly like my stock set up using the Google launcher and xposed. The only advantage CM provides that I can see is the ability to tweak the kernel settings, if you are into that sort of thing.
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I appreciate all the help so far. I think I will try xposed out and see what I can tweak as far as display settings.
I'm assuming no custom recovery is required for this, only rooting. I like some aspects of cyanogenmod but for this also being my work phone, I don't want to risk messing up my network settings etc.
When you root, can you still update your stock OS? Or do you need to unroot before each update?
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I appreciate all the help so far. I think I will try xposed out and see what I can tweak as far as display settings.
I'm assuming no custom recovery is required for this, only rooting. I like some aspects of cyanogenmod but for this also being my work phone, I don't want to risk messing up my network settings etc.
When you root, can you still update your stock OS? Or do you need to unroot before each update?
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You need to unroot and be completely stock
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