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Step by Step Guide to Installing CM7

Got PM'd a few times in CM7 Nightly Forum asking for the exact steps I took to get CM7 installed and running well. Learned a bit from trial and error reading the following forum threads:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=973683 (thanks jz0money)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=985463 (thanks kali)
These are the steps I took to get a solid CM7 install - if I made any glaring mistakes or redundant steps, please let me know.
First off, if you haven't already, root your Inspire with attn1's hack kit: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=952352
This looks like a very complicated procedure, but just follow the steps, and you'll be fine. If you have problems, or need help, follow the IRC link in the thread to get some live help. Belac got me out of a jam there during my issues (I was a bonehead and missed a .sh in one of the commands). I am aware of bubby's Easy Root method, but I haven't tried it.
Download the version of CyanogenMod you want from here: http://mirror.teamdouche.net/?device=ace get RC2 or the latest nightly (I choose this option).
Download Google Apps here: http://android.d3xt3r01.tk/cyanogen/...120-signed.zip (I realize this is a link to an older version of gapps - the market will update them to latest version anyway).
Don't extract the .zips - just leave them the way they are.
Put both files on the sdcard in your Inspire where you can find them. I personally keep them in sdcard/@ROMs/Cyanogen (your @ROMs folder will be at the top of the list in CWM - saves excessive Volume Down presses when flashing ROMs)
Open Rom Manager on your phone, and select "Flash ClockworkMod Recovery" to get the latest version of CWM on your phone (3.0.0.6 at the time I'm writing this).
Now, Select "Reboot into Recovery." Your Phone will reboot into ClockworkMod.
First, you're going to backup your current ROM. Volume Down to "backup and restore" and push power. Select "backup" and let the scripts run. This takes 5-10 minutes, so make yourself a drink or something. You'll receive confirmation that the backup is complete.
Volume down until "wipe data/factory reset" is selected, push power, then select "Yes". This process takes a couple minutes. Next, select "Advanced" then Wipe Dalvik Cache" then "Yes". Then, "++Go Back++"
Now its time to install CyanogenMod. "install zip from sdcard" then "choose zip from sdcard", then browse to the location where you put the .zip file. Select the .zip, select "Yes" and then Cyanogen will install. After the scripts finish, "++Go Back++" and "reboot system now"
Enjoy watching the awesome boot image of the skateboarding robot for a bit, until Cyanogen loads. Once you are at the home screen, push the power button and do a normal reboot. Once you are back at the home screen, hit menu, select "Wireless and Networks" and setup your wireless network. Cyanogen needs a reboot after the initial install for wireless to connect.
Now it's time to install Google Apps. Push Power, Select "Restart" then "Recovery" then OK. One of the many benefits of CyanogenMod (and other custom ROMs) is the ability to get into recovery by pushing the power button .
Back in CWM. "install zip from sdcard" then "choose zip from sdcard" and select the gapps .zip from wherever you put it. "++Go Back++" and "reboot system now".
The Google Apps installer should start up - if not, open Market. Select the Google Apps you want, and sign in. If you had installed other apps via the Market, most of them should be downloading on your phone now. If you want to check status, open the Market, hit menu, then select "My Apps."
From here, you should be all set to enjoy the awesomeness that is CyanogenMod.
Thanks again to attn1, Belac, jz0money, and kali

Got stuck. Confused

Full ROM Installation Instructions From Stock:
I'm currently trying to get Infused 1.5 on my Infuse.
1) First get root and install modded 3e recovery.
-done
2) Install ROM Manager from the Market and launch it.
-done
3) Select "Flash ClockworkMod Recovery" and choose "Galaxy S i9000".
-done (I clicked it and nothing happened)
here it is becoming very confusing.
do i donwnload ROM first from the ROM Manager download section (if yes where does it store it)
4) If you've booted into CWM recovery since installing it, skip to step 5. If not, select "Reboot into Recovery". When 3e recovery comes up, select reinstall packages by pressing the power button. You will have to select it twice and then CWM recovery will come up. Select "reboot system now".
- this is too much
5) In ROM Manager, go to "Download ROM", select my section (gtg465x), select the latest release, and hit the download button.
The way i understand it is i download it first and then reboot into 'recovery mode' and from there i locate the ROM and choose flash.
6) When you get to the "Installation Type" prompt, select "Full".
7) Select your addons and follow the on screen prompts.
8) When you get to the "ROM Pre-Installation" prompt, select "Wipe Data and Cache" if you're coming from another ROM (or stock) or want a clean installation. You can uncheck "Wipe Dalvik" as it's included in "Wipe Data and Cache".
9) Press OK and hold your breath. When 3e recovery comes up, just select reinstall packages.
And another thing is how do i check whether i successfully installed 3e. I used a different file explorer, NOT the root explorer so i am a little worried, however, it let me mount as R/W and i managed to rename recovery into recovery.orig in system/bin/ as suggested. They both are in that folder now, the new recovery and the original one.
Please share your thoughts.

After you flashed clockwork mod, select "reboot into recovery" in rom manager. If it brings you to the blue(writing) recovery select "reinstall packages" you my have to do that a couple of times. After that it will bring you into green recovery(clockwork recovery). Then select reboot, after that go into rom manager download the rom you want, select full install, addons, wipe, and then it will restart the phone and start the install process. Since it has a Voodoo kernel it will take up to 15-20 minutes to boot up for the first time. Oh and after you see it saying installing rom, select reboot system then it will bring you to the samsung screen for a while(converting to ext4 voodoo).

4biddenskill said:
Full ROM Installation Instructions From Stock:
I'm currently trying to get Infused 1.5 on my Infuse.
1) First get root and install modded 3e recovery.
-done
2) Install ROM Manager from the Market and launch it.
-done
3) Select "Flash ClockworkMod Recovery" and choose "Galaxy S i9000".
-done (I clicked it and nothing happened)
here it is becoming very confusing.
do i donwnload ROM first from the ROM Manager download section (if yes where does it store it)
4) If you've booted into CWM recovery since installing it, skip to step 5. If not, select "Reboot into Recovery". When 3e recovery comes up, select reinstall packages by pressing the power button. You will have to select it twice and then CWM recovery will come up. Select "reboot system now".
- this is too much
5) In ROM Manager, go to "Download ROM", select my section (gtg465x), select the latest release, and hit the download button.
The way i understand it is i download it first and then reboot into 'recovery mode' and from there i locate the ROM and choose flash.
6) When you get to the "Installation Type" prompt, select "Full".
7) Select your addons and follow the on screen prompts.
8) When you get to the "ROM Pre-Installation" prompt, select "Wipe Data and Cache" if you're coming from another ROM (or stock) or want a clean installation. You can uncheck "Wipe Dalvik" as it's included in "Wipe Data and Cache".
9) Press OK and hold your breath. When 3e recovery comes up, just select reinstall packages.
And another thing is how do i check whether i successfully installed 3e. I used a different file explorer, NOT the root explorer so i am a little worried, however, it let me mount as R/W and i managed to rename recovery into recovery.orig in system/bin/ as suggested. They both are in that folder now, the new recovery and the original one.
Please share your thoughts.
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it's not nearly as difficult or scary as you may think.. If you follow the instructions step by step, you'll have no trouble.

VtHondaGuy08 said:
After you flashed clockwork mod, select "reboot into recovery" in rom manager. If it brings you to the blue(writing) recovery select "reinstall packages" you my have to do that a couple of times. After that it will bring you into green recovery(clockwork recovery). Then select reboot, after that go into rom manager download the rom you want, select full install, addons, wipe, and then it will restart the phone and start the install process. Since it has a Voodoo kernel it will take up to 15-20 minutes to boot up for the first time. Oh and after you see it saying installing rom, select reboot system then it will bring you to the samsung screen for a while(converting to ext4 voodoo).
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"After you flashed clockwork mo......" at this time am I supposed to have downloaded the ROM and keep it in SD card or It doesn't matter when I do it? I am afraid to get stuck.

4biddenskill said:
"After you flashed clockwork mo......" at this time am I supposed to have downloaded the ROM and keep it in SD card or It doesn't matter when I do it? I am afraid to get stuck.
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Doesnt matter... You havent done anything distructive yet
I prefer to have everything dowloaded and ready before starting, incase my internet connection goes down.
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There is a much simpler solution to this.. From stock, simply odin flash the voodoo community kernel and let it do it's thing on bootup. Voila, your rooted, lagfixed, and have red cwm... Stick a ROM on your sd card and flash away.
You can get into red cwm from turning off the phone, holding down both volume keys, press the power button until you see the samsung logo, and continue to hold the volume keys until you see red text
One note, at this point, never use rom manager, unless you want a brick. Green cwm doesn't know how to handle the ext4 partition. Only flash from red cwm.
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I got the .zip infused1.5.0 on my sdcard. How do i flash it? Can i do it from ROM manager?
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4biddenskill said:
I got the .zip infused1.5.0 on my sdcard. How do i flash it? Can i do it from ROM manager?
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Do it from CWM red.
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4biddenskill said:
I got the .zip infused1.5.0 on my sdcard. How do i flash it? Can i do it from ROM manager?
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Go into ROM manager and reboot into recovery. Should take u to red cwm. Then go to install from SD card choose the zip and then select yes then sit back and wait. Once all said and done if asked to reboot then reboot then wait till all rebooted and Bam infused 1.5!
Big dog Infuse I997 running Infused 1.5, Defused 1.4

[Q] How to install GApps(Google Apps)?

I Have Hellfire sandwich running on my rooted G2x, i was looking through it and there arent any gapps installed so i wanted to know where i can DL them?
-Thanks

Download gapps then boot into recovery then navigate to install zip from sdcard then navigate using the volume keys then once you found the gapps file push the power button to flash the zip file then reboot your phone u should have rom manager on your phone to flash it
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It was in the first post of the hellfire ics rom thread. Always check the first couple of posts for extremely relevant information about whatever rom you might be looking at/into.
http://goo.im/gapps/gapps-ics-20120317-signed.zip
Also, aliamin86's instructions about how to do the install is spot on.

A simple search for "Gapps" in the search box would have easily answered your question.

I'd be better to download the Gapps from the Hellfire sandwich thread.

Anthony, they're literally exactly the same thing, the link in Hell's forum just takes you to the same place a Google search would...

Unable to enter recovery mode after jb installation
aliamin86 said:
Download gapps then boot into recovery then navigate to install zip from sdcard then navigate using the volume keys then once you found the gapps file push the power button to flash the zip file then reboot your phone u should have rom manager on your phone to flash it
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I am new to the process of rooting and installing. But I was able to root and install jellybean on my galaxy SL i9003. Now I have an issue. I am unable to enter recovery mode to install gapps. Please help!

How can I enable the "install zip from sdcard" option?
Hello and Thanks in advance. I have a problem and believe me, I havent found a solution here in 2 days and seems like people do it easily but not in my phone... As I know I should:
1. Root -> done
2. Get Gapps to the SDCard -> done
3. go to recovery mode and "install zip from sdcard" -> I dont have this option
* Installing Gapps app by app gives parsing errors, so I want to install the whole .zip (as I see people do).
My setup:
Huawei Y511 + android 4.2.2
I bought a Huawei Y511 in China, so there is no GAPPS (and I cant find a non-Chinese firmware for my phone), then I rooted and used this page tips to download the GAPPS (android 4.2) to the SDCARD. Every post says "go to recovery mode and install the zip". Nobody explains this step, but I installed QuickBoot, which takes me to the recovery mode, but there is no "install zip from sdcard".
I only see "install using ADB", but that seems difficult, I preffer the "install zip from sdcard" option.
(The +Volume button while resetting takes me to a test mode, where I can test stuff, but no recovery options.)
How can I enable the "install zip from sdcard" option? I am missing a step?

[Q] How to fully format my Galaxy Fit

I have a Samsung Galaxy Fit and I want to fully format it and reinstall new ROM.
I have the ROM, Odin, root, etc. but I just want to know how to format my device before I install new ROM in it??

New "custom" rom or "stock" rom??
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Galaxy_Rohit said:
New "custom" rom or "stock" rom??
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Stock ROM.
And please also tell me how to instal CyagonMod on my Galaxy Fit.

To flash CyanogenMod, first of all you should have official (stock) gingerbread firmware(mine was 2.3.6 ddkt3). Then you need CWM recovery. I've Clockworkmod recovery by TJstyle. & then u need an appropriate CyanogenMod rom for Galaxy Fit. (For error free experience I would prefer an Official CyanogenMod rom.)
Follow the steps carefully AT YOUR OWN RISK or else, you'll end up bricking ur Fit.
So, once you have these, then
1. Switch off ur phone & press home+power buttons to enter recovery. (In the recovery screen,use home button for selection & power button for previous menu & volume keys for navigation.)
2. Select "wipe data/factory reset".
3. Select "wipe cache".
4. Select "advanced"->"wipe dalvik cache".
(If u r flashing CyanogenMod first time, goto "mounts & storage" & select "format /system".)
5. Return to main menu & select "install zip from sd" & then "choose zip from sd card".
6. Navigate to that CyanogenMod zip file you've downloaded and select it and confirm the process.
On the contrary, stock firmware has a whole different flashing process.
Hope this helps...!!!
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I have installed ClockWork Mod recovery by TJ_Style but it shows unable to mount system etc.
But I will try it.

Hey! U don't have to mount system. U have to format /system & then proceed flashing CyanogenMod(as told above).
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No Overclocking Possible Allthough Rooted

No overclocking possible allthough rooted
Hi!
I got an old Xoom and I'm pleased with it. I bit on the slow side. So I thought I would overclock it a bit. I unlocked the boot and rooted it. I flashed the recovery-Tiamat-R4c-100611-1150-cwm.img and everything went ok. I installed a cpu overclocking app and granted access to root.
There is no option to get over the 1mhz. only under. So why cant it be overclocked even though it was rooted? What is missing?
regards
ATA

What's the model of your Xoom? MZ601-MZ604 ?

It is a MZ600.

ATA15 said:
It is a MZ600.
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Download this:
TWRP RECOVERY: https://www.dropbox.com/s/kqxehhw8ibbtrih/R.A.H._TWRPv2.6.3.zip?dl=0
and TWRP Bigpart: http://d-h.st/nmP
ROM KITKAT 4.4.4: http://www.duckbox.info/android/omni-4.4.2/latest.php/stingray (for 4G/LTE)
or this
http://www.duckbox.info/android/omni-4.4.2/latest.php/stingray_cdma (for 3G)
Google app: http://duckbox.info/android/pa_gapps-modular-mini-4.4.2-20131215-signed.zip
and Superuser: http://download.chainfire.eu/372/SuperSU/
Put this 5 zip folders on your SDcard.
Start your tab in your actual recovery and install R.A.H TWRPv2.6.3
Reboot and after wait 3 seconds when you see the red logo MOTO then push volume up and after volume down for enter in your new recovery TWRP.
1. Install TWRP BigPart but don't reboot.
2. Go into wipe menu and wipe. go into advanced wipe and tick everything (system, data etc....)except sdcard.
3. Go to reboot menu and reboot into recovery. Disregard the "No OS" warning and don't install SuperSU when asked.
4. When you come back into recovery, it will think your data is encrypted but it's not. Go into wipe menu and "format data". Type "yes" when prompted. When done, go back into wipe menu. Select "Advanced Wipe". Check "system" and "cache" and wipe them.
5. Hit Home then go to reboot menu and reboot recovery. Once again, disregard "No OS" warning and don't install SuperSU when asked
6. When you come back into recovery, go into mount menu. You should see "cache" and "data" checked. "System" will be unchecked. Check it to confirm it mounts, then uncheck it. Congratulations! You are now repartitioned!
7. Go into install. Recovery should show your microsd storage by default. If not, using the navigation panel, navigate to root then go into "sdcard". Install the rom OMNI 4.4.4 don't reboot, return to menu install, install the Pa-Gapp modular and finaly the Super SU.
Reboot the tab.
When you are in this rom go to menu "configuration" last menu "about the tab" and touch 10 times the number of version to be a supper devloper.
The menu up is "performance" you can now put maximum frequence to 1.400 or 1.700

I have put it back to stock and locked it, But I'll try the OmniRom. Just to be certain. The recovery.img inside R.A.H._TWRPv2.6.3.zip is the one that I flash with fastboot instead of the tiamat from cwm that I tried earlier, right?
BTW, when I rooted it I followed this guide
djsmobiles.com/2013/01/how-to-root-your-motorola-xoom.html
Is that the correct method when using the R.A.H._TWRPv2.6.3?