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[Q] Help! Messed Up! Need to reset!

So I'm a noob to all this rooting biz, but had done tons of jailbreaks so thought this would be similar. It's not!
I rooted my phone (Samsung Infuse) and was going to flash MIUI on it. It wouldn't work, so I gave up and went to the 'Download Roms' or whatever section in Clockworkmod and thought all of those would work for my phone.. So I tried downloaded Darky rom, and once it downloaded and flashed, the phone is now stuck on
'Galaxy S'
GT-19000
Samsung
When I take the battery out and go to do a reboot or hard reset, it shows the reg samsung logo for a second then glitches to that galaxy s **** and it doesn't work. I can't even get it into recovery mode!
I have a Mac and I don't know what to do. Please help me asap. I just got this phone 3 days ago. And if I can't fix this myself, will my insurance/30-day return still be valid or will this **** up my warrantee?

use this.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1116251

Is it Mac compatible?

itsjaylin said:
Is it Mac compatible?
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I believe so. It's what everybody uses when they mess something up. I'm in windows. But a lot of here use mac too. Just try it out. Follow the directions closely, and you'll get you phone back to stock.
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Next time read before you flash anything lol
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Well i'm borrowing my aunts pc real quick to try this.. Have you ever heard of it workin for this particular case?

Also, I don't have the 3 button method on my phone. So how am I supposed to put the phone in download mode?

Yeah your particular case happens tons of times. And like I said, follow the directions exact and you will get your phone back to use.
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jayson94538 said:
Yeah your particular case happens tons of times. And like I said, follow the directions exact and you will get your phone back to use.
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Ok, we'll see.. But if it doesn't work, would I be able to get a new one if I have ensurance? I've also had it less then 30 days

itsjaylin said:
Ok, we'll see.. But if it doesn't work, would I be able to get a new one if I have ensurance? I've also had it less then 30 days
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It WILL work if you do it right. And no because rooting your device or flashing roms voids your warranty.
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Well then I sure hope this works..

It worked! But should it have downloaded these extra tools and added a launcher?

itsjaylin said:
It worked! But should it have downloaded these extra tools and added a launcher?
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I believe that after it has done its thing, the phone should have rebooted into recovery mode and showing an option to delete all user data or factory reset. If not, try manually going into recovery mode:
1. Turn off phone.
2. Hold down both up and down volume keys and the power key.
3. Let go of the POWER key when you see the samsung logo pop up. (keep holding the volume keys until it boots into recovery)
4. Now go down to where it says delete all user data or maybe it says factory reset. Something along those lines. Let it do its thing and then
5. Reboot system.
After doing so, you will lose root and all of data. Re-root, add the custom recovery. And READ READ READ. The only roms you can flash from recovery mode is gtg's roms. So check out all roms in the development section here. Read the differences and flash away
I'm currently on miui and I'm loving it because it's very customizable. But battery life sucks on it.
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jayson94538 said:
I believe that after it has done its thing, the phone should have rebooted into recovery mode and showing an option to delete all user data or factory reset. If not, try manually going into recovery mode:
1. Turn off phone.
2. Hold down both up and down volume keys and the power key.
3. Let go of the POWER key when you see the samsung logo pop up. (keep holding the volume keys until it boots into recovery)
4. Now go down to where it says delete all user data or maybe it says factory reset. Something along those lines. Let it do its thing and then
5. Reboot system.
After doing so, you will lose root and all of data. Re-root, add the custom recovery. And READ READ READ. The only roms you can flash from recovery mode is gtg's roms. So check out all roms in the development section here. Read the differences and flash away
I'm currently on miui and I'm loving it because it's very customizable. But battery life sucks on it.
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Thank! I fell asleep downloading Odin, just so I could get it back to norm this morning..

itsjaylin said:
Thank! I fell asleep downloading Odin, just so I could get it back to norm this morning..
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Did you get it to work?
And sorry for the typo above, I meant to say that the only roms you can flash through rom manager is gtg's infused roms.
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Yes I got it
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Its because darkys rom is for i9000 and that is i9000 boot screen your looking at...do not try to flash anything for infuse off of rom manager...use infuse development thread.....you should be able to hold vol u vol down(at the same time) and power for about ten seconds and that will put you back into recovery....then if you are in green cwm go to mounts and storage...mount usb drive....and you can download a rom from our thread and put it on your sd card without having to reboot....wipe everything and flash rom that you downloaded...if you have red cwm...go to apply update zip..choose it...and flash it...now u have green recovery...hope that helped..
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Root sidekick quick and easy. One click with recovery

Guys so i wanted to root my phone and
1) i just didnt have to patience to do all the work
2) i didnt get some stuff
3) and i wanted to do this quickly and effectively
i found this youtube video after like an hour of searching and it worked GREAT. [Video and end of post]
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pretty much the instructions are to:
Download the drivers first *NECESARRY*******IMPORTANT. this is one of the ke things cause without this is wont work in the beginning
*JUST A MENTION*
i tried doing this on my 64 bit system and it wasnt as easy when i did it on my 32 bit.
so it could have just been my comp.
just a heads up.
64 bit driver:
http://drivers.softpedia.com/get/MOBILES/Samsung/Samsung-Galaxy-S-USB-Driver-for-Windows-x64.shtml
32 bit.
http://drivers.softpedia.com/get/MOBILES/Samsung/Samsung-Galaxy-S-USB-Driver-for-Windows-x86.shtml
After that you're going to download this file:
http://tinyurl.com/Sidekick4GALLinOne
this is the file/folder whatever that will root your sidekick and add the CWM.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^REQUIRES WINRAR^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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Ok so to start rooting and the CWM
1) You're going to install the the driver that you download...64 bit or 32 bit etc.
2) after that you're going to set your phone to "USB DEBUGGING" when connect and ofcourse
connect your phone
after that your open up the folder thats called "sk4g root with good recovery"
3) ignore everything you see and just go straight to run.bat
4) click it and then wait, "Press any key to continue" press anything
5) let the thing run and you should be set at the end.
ENJOY
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your phone will reboot during the process and that is ok
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if your doing this to install a new rom i recommend ayoteddy's GingerCloneV2. if great and has barly any glitches
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SOURCE AND VIDEO:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYC8XRqM-no&feature=channel_video_title
(this is not my video)
ENJOY YOUR SIDEKICK!

this has been covered already in the dev section and has been sticked
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Aw man. I got all hyped cause I couldn't find any other post like it....oh well.
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Ok, i ran the bat file, it did its thing, waited till it reboot, i didnt get a chance to get rom manager till later today, so ive rebooted the phone couple times since then. But now i got rom manager and flashed CW and...... hit reboot into recovery and........ stock recovery pops up.

Reinstall. Packages
PM FOR PSN NEED THE RUN PSN

BAleR said:
Ok, i ran the bat file, it did its thing, waited till it reboot, i didnt get a chance to get rom manager till later today, so ive rebooted the phone couple times since then. But now i got rom manager and flashed CW and...... hit reboot into recovery and........ stock recovery pops up.
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You cqnt just flash cwm from rom manager, you have to trick the phone into booting into a cwm "clone" there is a thread on how to do his, I am in class now, but when I get out I will post the link, or you may be able to find it.
Edit here u go http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=
Remember to hit thanks!
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help plz
AFAinHD said:
You cqnt just flash cwm from rom manager, you have to trick the phone into booting into a cwm "clone" there is a thread on how to do his, I am in class now, but when I get out I will post the link, or you may be able to find it.
Edit here u go http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=
Remember to hit thanks!
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that link its not longer working ... never mind i have it its true just go to reinstall packages and done thanks

Beware! Softpedia installs malware on your computer.
The file 'C:\Users\\Sk4g_root_with_good_recovery\Sk4g root with good recovery\rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin'
contained a virus or unwanted program 'EXP/Agent.5392' [exploit]
Action(s) taken:
The file was moved to the quarantine directory under the name '4a696fda.qua'.
Just sayin'.

Lol that is from the super click website it root phone
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For everyone that reads this thread, i no longer have a sidekick, i recently just got my android phone after it was stolen (hence no replies from me or anything) sorry. But on to the point, this thread is old and i do not have anymore knowledge of this phone. So if theyre are problems in the future from this thread, i wont be able to help you much. Sorry.
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mksin11 said:
For everyone that reads this thread, i no longer have a sidekick, i recently just got my android phone after it was stolen (hence no replies from me or anything) sorry. But on to the point, this thread is old and i do not have anymore knowledge of this phone. So if theyre are problems in the future from this thread, i wont be able to help you much. Sorry.
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This phone doesn't have much of a life left anymore anyway. Most people have already left. The phone was a great idea, just needed to have better specs and have a more open source. Right now its just on it's last breath. Kinda makes me sad, the keyboard was amazing. The doubleplays keyboard doesn't even compare. But I couldn't handle how slow a single core CPU is. As with most people.
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Dead Link
mksin11 said:
After that you're going to download this file:
http://tinyurl.com/Sidekick4GALLinOne
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The link is dead. Could you possibly reupload it, or direct me to where I can find it?
Thanks!!!

Skyrocket ICS Flash Problem

I don't know where else to turn here. I don't have enough posts to reply to the actual thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1570498
I followed the instructions there, I previously had SkyICS 9.4 on my Skyrocket. Since installing those instructions, I can't boot or do anything else. When I turn my phone on, the Samsung logo pops up for a second, disappears, pops up again, goes to ANDROID logo for a few seconds, then repeats that process or turns off. I can't seem to get to any kind of recovery mode.
I just want to know it's not bricked...
Anyways, if anyone could give me any insight at all, it would be extremely appreciated. If I was too vague in a particular area just ask and I'll answer. I'm not very knowledgeable on this subject.
Thanks for any help.

Did you flash darkside superwipe ?
Oh. And your not bricked yet!
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hcyplr29 said:
Did you flash darkside superwipe ?
Oh. And your not bricked yet!
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No, I read somewhere that I might not need to do that (different site) and I didn't know what it was.
So what do I do now?

You fall into this category. If you don't agree thats ok..
TAKEN FROM THE OP........
[*]The only people who have a hard time flashing are Gingerbread users. Its hit or miss. I dont know what else to do. Most people who cant flash find that Darkside SuperWIPE fixes it and the ROM will flash! (DONT FORGET put on your sdcard before your WIPE)
Whenever I get into a pickle, this is what I do. That script is a game changer .
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hcyplr29 said:
You fall into this category. If you don't agree thats ok..
TAKEN FROM THE OP........
[*]The only people who have a hard time flashing are Gingerbread users. Its hit or miss. I dont know what else to do. Most people who cant flash find that Darkside SuperWIPE fixes it and the ROM will flash! (DONT FORGET put on your sdcard before your WIPE)
Whenever I get into a pickle, this is what I do. That script is a game changer .
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I'm not saying I don't agree with you, you undoubtedly know much more than I. My question is what is my best course of action now? Should I take my MicroSD card out, put the program on it, and put it back in my phone? Would that even help, as I can't get to any kind of boot screen anyways or way to use the software if it were on my phone?

Your phone is still fine.
All you need to do is pull your battery. Now, hold Vol up and down while you put it back in/turn the phone on until the first samsung logo appears. Then let go. This will get you into recovery.
From there, you should be able to wipe data. You can also mount the external SD while in recovery and add Darkside wipe, then unmount and run it from the root menu.
After that, things should be fine to re-flash the ROM

Ok I feel a lot better now, that worked. I'm back to ClockworkMod. Gonna start over with DarkSide. Thank you!
[Edit: Everything worked from there on out, ICS is installed now and has booted fine. Thanks again!]

Clockwork mod

I have rooted and unlocked phone but when it reboots into recovery its not listing all the options that will allow me to flash cm 7 nor cm9. Any help to get past this hurdle would be great thanks
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Although I might be using the wrong recovery file if so direction the right one would be appreciated
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What does it say the recovery version is ?

The first would be recovery 3e no Sig and then I've tried the advice from an earlier post for the galaxy is9000 I do believe. I just dropped 3e and going to try again with simply the is9000
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OK- you are not rooted- you can go to post 2 here and get root and red cwm recovery - thanks to qkster and Entropy
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1524081

i thought that i might have been rooted since i can run diff rom managers, i do have super user access, titanium back up and a few others must have root apps. But i will try and thank you very much sir

If Titanium Backup asked for Superuser permission and you granted and TB did not say you are not rooted then you are correct, you are rooted. My answer still holds to go to post 2 to get the proper recovery.
Edit: + 10 on not using ROM Manager. (from Andros11 below)

Do not use Rom Manager. You can either flash Entropy's DD kernel to get red cwm recovery or look in the iset thread for gtg's guide for installing cwm, and use method 1 which requires you have the 3e modded recovery.
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ok ok for sure thank you very much i was wondering what i was doing wrong so i will take it all back to stock and start from scratch on this one here. But one more question i feel like there is an instability in the os so this what really prompted me to root this phone. The usb works at times, it turns on when it wants, it turns off and locks freezes completely when it wants, to turn it on i have to remove the battery put it back in then when the battery shows i have to plug in to the usb port for the computer to get it to start. Overall i do not know what my friend did to his phone but it's a night mare. have you heard of this occuring with anybody else sir?
But i have managed to unlock and get free wifi hotspot out of it smh

I like your approach, however it sounds like the problems may be related more to:
a : power button may be sticking
b: may have issues with usb connection, either on phone or on computer or both.
Before you go any further, make a backup of the current rom on the phone if possible.

Understood, i will flash the new CWM, back up then progress forward on that note. As for the usb i've used several and the one i am using right now is not registering where it did yesterday, and it is like a females emotions very fickle in nature. I will play with it a lil bit more to see if i can download via usb if not i'll use the sd-ms card to pick up the files and move forward at that point. Thank you very much sir you have been a big !!

[Q] Stuck in Clockwork

hello to all, i was given this phone by a friend cuz its stuck in CWM. im not new to android but i am to this phone( i have a G2x wich was easier by far to figure out). anyways after much searching in these forums i couldnt find anything to do with this problem so here it is.
I am stuck in CWM. i try to flash a rom( i have tried multiple times with different roms) and i get an error 7. does anyone one know what that means, and if so how do i fix it?
ive been trying to re root or revert to stock but adb must have been disabled and or debugging. any help would be awesome. for now ill keep searching and trying to get adb up and going...
i wonder if having lg drivers for my g2x on my comp would mess with adb....
any comments and or suggestions would be greatly appreciated

lmao your lucky your friend never heard of google, but I guess you haven't either haha. Anyway, you need to download a new rom and flash because the one on your sdcard is corrupt

Yup more than likely a bad download or possibly a corrupt partition of sdcard, reformat card, redownload rom, check md5sums
Nope having lg drivers won't effect this phone, but not having the right drivers for this phone is probably why adb doesn't work
Also the g2x is kinda fake rooting funky business, as you found this phone is much different. I would suggest booting into hboot and checking what bootloader you have and if the security flags are still on or not, can make a difference when flashing a rom.
Probably worth your while to read through the stickies and search the forum a bit too
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Lol. Seriously dude. I'm not a noob at flashing Roms. I have tried to flash at least 6 different Roms all ending up with error 7. I'm brand new to this phone so treat me like I need a step by step, but don't be condescending plz.
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demkantor said:
Yup more than likely a bad download or possibly a corrupt partition of sdcard, reformat card, redownload rom, check md5sums
Nope having lg drivers won't effect this phone, but not having the right drivers for this phone is probably why adb doesn't work
Also the g2x is kinda fake rooting funky business, as you found this phone is much different. I would suggest booting into hboot and checking what bootloader you have and if the security flags are still on or not, can make a difference when flashing a rom.
Probably worth your while to read through the stickies and search the forum a bit too
Im gonna have to read the stickies. im gonna have to read the whole forum....dont let the g2xers hear you say its fake flashing lol. first order of buisness is figuring out how to get into this hboot you speak of. everytime i trun the phone on it hits lg splash and then goes straight to cwm
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In my signature you'll see a "Mirrors" link. Go there and at the bottom of Post #1 you'll see HTCdrivers.exe. Grab them & load 'em up. ADB should work for you then. Then issue "adb reboot recovery" from a cmd line and when there go to "mounts & storage" & activate. Copy the ROM you want to your SD card while retaining your boot.img in your ADB folder. Wipe Dalvik twice. format cache & then factory reset. Format system then under "mounts & storage". After ROM has flashed from .zip in CWM leave it there and issue "fastboot flash boot boot.img" fom ADB. Reboot & let it settle. Should work.
Don't turn your phone on.....go to HBoot by holding volume down & power at the same time & bypass boot sequence..

I should also mention the reason why this phone is messed up like it is. It was rooted running a custom Roman and then the previous owner did and total. Is that gonna matter much?
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grantusmantus said:
I should also mention the reason why this phone is messed up like it is. It was rooted running a custom Roman and then the previous owner did and total. Is that gonna matter much?
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I don't think I understand.
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Sounds like maybe he was flashing while unlocked with the kernel going in seperately. Your HBoot will tell you that if it says "S-On".
All that aside, XMC is right though. Somehow your ROM is corrupt.

Sorry my typing sucks. The previous owner did an OTA update. i try to get to hboot but it goes straight to cwm. downloaded the drivers from the link provided even...still no adb devices listed in the device manager or when i type in "adb devices" command. if i can get adb working i can get this all fixed, but ill be a raped ape if i knew what the hell happened to this phone.
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grantusmantus said:
Sorry my typing sucks. The previous owner did an OTA
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Thats where your issues are coming from then. You probably have the ....1313 bootloader with S-On. Reread all your responses here & it should get you there.

Well I wouldn't be the first to say that about the g2x, a friend of mine has one and I needed to root it for him, kinda laughed as I read through the forum on how everything is done there, not saying devs aren't talented just saying the phone is well... I don't know how to say it politely so I just won't
Boot into your bootloader and write down everything on that screen here so we can help, if you get adb running just type
adb reboot bootloader
If not power on while holding volume down and you'll get there
My guess is the phone is s-on and the bootloader was at one point unlocked, glad you still have a recovery though, I warned people about this type of stuff before... not to say that I warned you or your friend, just feels as if people believe me some times
Read last post on page 4 some info about your situation, hell skim the whole thread to understand a bit more about htc phones
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=35743946
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WeekendsR2Short said:
In my signature you'll see a "Mirrors" link. Go there and at the bottom of Post #1 you'll see HTCdrivers.exe. Grab them & load 'em up. ADB should work for you then. Then issue "adb reboot recovery" from a cmd line and when there go to "mounts & storage" & activate. Copy the ROM you want to your SD card while retaining your boot.img in your ADB folder. Wipe Dalvik twice. format cache & then factory reset. Format system then under "mounts & storage". After ROM has flashed from .zip in CWM leave it there and issue "fastboot flash boot boot.img" fom ADB. Reboot & let it settle. Should work.
Don't turn your phone on.....go to HBoot by holding volume down & power at the same time & bypass boot sequence..
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got adb working...well, adb recognizes a device.....it give me no name just a string of numbers and letters
i followed your instructions to the T. got as far as flashing the rom...error 7 again(big suprise lol)after said error, flashing boot.img doesnt work terminal hangs at waiting for device.
In case your wondering what comes before the error 7....here is:
assert failed: getprop("ro.product.device)=="doubleshot"
E:Error in /sdcard/mikTouch.zip
(Status 7)

String of numbers is your phone, that's normal
Flashing boot.img is done through fastboot not adb, did you ever make it into your bootloader? It may help if you do and write down everything here.
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Your gonna laugh at me. Idk what happened, but cwm is gone now. Device isn't recognized by the computer.
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Pull your battery for 15 seconds then pop it back in. Then hold volume down + power & make sure your usb cord isn't plugged in or it will just start booting. That will take you to your bootloader. Write all that down the use volume down to navigate to the "recovey" option. Use power button to select it. From recovey's initial screen use trackpad to to get to the "install from .zip". Next screen select ".zip location" (or something like that). Trackpad down to the ROM.zip file & select. Install. After done...."fastboot flash boot boot.img" then reboot. Let it settle for 5 minutes.

grantusmantus said:
everytime i trun the phone on it hits lg splash and then goes straight to cwm
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You get an LG splash??? The MyTouch 4G Slide is made by HTC, not LG. If you get an LG splash, either you have a different MyTouch phone, or something is seriously wrong.

Fuzi0719 said:
You get an LG splash??? The MyTouch 4G Slide is made by HTC, not LG. If you get an LG splash, either you have a different MyTouch phone, or something is seriously wrong.
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Nice catch Fuzi! That passed right on over my head. Unless the guy before changed the splash screen this is a big UH-OH!!

Fuzi0719 said:
You get an LG splash??? The MyTouch 4G Slide is made by HTC, not LG. If you get an LG splash, either you have a different MyTouch phone, or something is seriously wrong.
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Wow didn't even see that!
Yeah if the phone you have in your hands is made by lg then that's your issue, you have a my touch q or something, this forum is for the HTC made mytouch 4 g slide. If this is the case it makes a whole lot of sense your errors when flashing, not being able to get into bootloader, etc.
The old good news would be you probably didn't brake anything, just find the right forum, put it into download mode and restore with some kinda lg stock thing.
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Lmao. Sorry guys,i wish this was my phone, you guys have a really great community and I was happy to be part of it for the night.
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grantusmantus said:
Lmao. Sorry guys,i wish this was my phone, you guys have a really great community and I was happy to be part of it for the night.
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come back anytime