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Unable to install CWM Recovery on rooted stock rom, a little help please?

Hello!
I just got a pretty good deal on a stock Froyo Infuse 4G, so I bought it.
A little help please! I would love to have the stock ATT rom with the ability to overclock the processor. This is was I have done so far.. plrease don't be so hard on me since this is my first non-HTC device lol.
So the first thing I did was install a "leaked" Gingerbread ATT stock rom using a program called Odin. Then, I root it using that Superoneclick software... I actually clicked a million times instead trying to get it working because I had GingerBread instead of Froyo ... but somehow managed to do it, it is properly rooted and well tested. So! now with my rooted device, I downloaded Rom Manager from the market, flashed it succesfully (at least that's what the screen said)... and when trying to boot into CWM Recovery I got the following errors:
verifying update package...
E:failed to verify whole-file signature
E:signature verification failed
installation aborted.
I tried to flash it via RomManager several times, also did it via SD-Card renaming it to Update.zip and flashing it with the stock recovery.. same error. I searched for more information, someone in the forum said the reason could be an incompatible Kernel, so I flashed the Community V8 Kernel... and my device didn't boot past the Samsung screen... but somehow if I tried manaully to get into CWM recovery, it worked! (just the recovery). Flashed a custom rom that I didn't like... then suddenly I lost the CWM Recovery and cannot then bricked it and was unable to flash it again..
I managed to restore the phone to ATT factory condition using a guide here on Xda (this time the phone kept the leaked GB rom)... then rooted it again and haven't done anything else. Mu question is:
How can I keep this stock rom with the ability to overclock the processor? (flashing different kernels just makes it freeze on boot at Samsung logo).
Thanks for your help!::

here a good start by me:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1437548

Thanks, it is a useful link but I still don't find the answer to my question (or maybe I just don't undertand it).
I am beyond frustration... could anyone please tell me what to do to step by step to flash an overclockable Kernel keeping my GingerBread stock ATT rom? like if you were explaining it to a retarded person?
many thanks...

domenicostorino said:
Thanks, it is a useful link but I still don't find the answer to my question (or maybe I just don't undertand it).
I am beyond frustration... could anyone please tell me what to do to step by step to flash an overclockable Kernel keeping my GingerBread stock ATT rom? like if you were explaining it to a retarded person?
many thanks...
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1. You need to restore you phone back to stock using gtg's unbrick or heimdall 1 click. (See my post)
2. ATT's GB latest is not rootable thru SOC. You can use odin to flash an insecure kernel (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1212485) but you will also need to update superuser binaries and busybox as well. Running the insecure kernel for OC, you will lose the video recorder and video player.
It doesn't sound like you can understand enough yet to do this.
3. If you want a stock att and rooted, go to the dev section:
check out zeus stock 5.2, vagabond or victory. These are GB stock base roms with root already done. There is also dman's deodexed, rooted gb uclb3 already with oc kernel...no video

qkster said:
1. You need to restore you phone back to stock using gtg's unbrick or heimdall 1 click. (See my post)
2. ATT's GB latest is not rootable thru SOC. You can use odin to flash an insecure kernel (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1212485) but you will also need to update superuser binaries and busybox as well. Running the insecure kernel for OC, you will lose the video recorder and video player.
It doesn't sound like you can understand enough yet to do this.
3. If you want a stock att and rooted, go to the dev section:
check out zeus stock 5.2, vagabond or victory. These are GB stock base roms with root already done. There is also dman's deodexed, rooted gb uclb3 already with oc kernel...no video
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Thanks for the info!
The first step has been done, restored the phone using Heimdall one click after bricking it, the phone was restored with a UCKJ4 2.36 GingerBread stock ATT rom (Kernel 2.6.35.7-I997uckj4-cl694350) and I am also rooted using SuperOneClick.
I don't fully understand step two, will try it once I get some more knowledge.
Question about the third step... does HDMI work in any of those custom stock roms? I use HDMI a lot.

domenicostorino said:
Thanks for the info!
The first step has been done, restored the phone using Heimdall one click after bricking it, the phone was restored with a UCKJ4 2.36 GingerBread stock ATT rom (Kernel 2.6.35.7-I997uckj4-cl694350) and I am also rooted using SuperOneClick.
I don't fully understand step two, will try it once I get some more knowledge.
Question about the third step... does HDMI work in any of those custom stock roms? I use HDMI a lot.
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My Vagabond ROM runs the stock kernel if you follow directions.
HDMI will work. Battery is excellent. Feel free to check it out

qkster said:
My Vagabond ROM runs the stock kernel if you follow directions.
HDMI will work. Battery is excellent. Feel free to check it out
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Thanks, but is it overclockable?

domenicostorino said:
Thanks, but is it overclockable?
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you cant have your cake and eat it too.
stock kernel = HDMI. no oc
oc = no HDMI, and currently, no video on some rom

What to do next for an ICS ROM ?

I tried many methods mentioned in Road map to install ICS rom. But no success.
Currently : I am at GB 2.3.6 UCLB3 with root and CWM V2.5.1.3
other specs :
Firmware : 2.3.6
Baseband : I997UCLB3
Kernel : 2.6.35.7-I997RUXKG3-CL366622
Buid : Gingerbread.UCLB3
While on Download Mode I get these messages :
custom binary Download : Yes (1 count)
Current Binary : CUSTOM
Please help with next steps to install ICS ROM like AOKP or MIUI. ??
Also suggest for which ICS to go ?

Can u plz provide more details as how u tried to install the ICS and what error u faced ?

rkkaranrk said:
Can u plz provide more details as how u tried to install the ICS and what error u faced ?
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After this I downloaded AOKP ROM and through CWM I flashed. No error Message but got stuck up at SAMSUNG load screen. Tried second time also. No chance.

harismahesh said:
After this I downloaded AOKP ROM and through CWM I flashed. No error Message but got stuck up at SAMSUNG load screen. Tried second time also. No chance.
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Hanging on the Samsung screen is normal when coming to AOKP from Gingerbread, you need to double flash here's how:
Flash the ROM like normal in CWM, when it reboots and you hang at the Samsung screen use the 3 finger method to get into Recovery (hold power & both Volume buttons). Once there go the Mounts and Storage option and format system, data, and cache...then reflash the ROM again (you may also have to flash the latest gapps if your not using an Aroma installer) reboot and you should be gtg.

it doesn't hang for me

harismahesh said:
After this I downloaded AOKP ROM and through CWM I flashed. No error Message but got stuck up at SAMSUNG load screen. Tried second time also. No chance.
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brother did you read the op....but just like Smokestack360 posted....try to read his directions....attention to detail...and you will be GTG!
I don't mean to be an [email protected]@ and I apologize if I do...but this is your investment, your phone....I personally read and re-read...and sometimes get my wife to read it...btw she hates that...LOL,
How to Install - Coming from NON ICS Rom
Download Rom and latest Google Apps and enter recovery
Wipe/Factory Reset
Flash rom zip file
Reboot...will hang on kernel splash screen
Use three-button method to enter recovery mode
Go to mounts and storage and format system, data, and cache
Reflash rom
Flash Gapps
Reboot

Please Guide me to Install MIUI ROM .
Currently I am on :
Currently : I am at GB 2.3.6 UCLB3 with root and stock 3E
other specs :
Firmware : 2.3.6
Baseband : I997UCLB3
Kernel : 2.6.35.7-I997RUXKG3-CL366622
Buid : Gingerbread.UCLB3
I tried with Entropy DD Kernel and it soft bricked my phone. So I reverted back. Then only I saw it wont work for MIUI. Right now i am on stock 3E ( not modified) with root.
Please guide me to put MIUI ROM. I didnt find any help in MIUI ROM thread.

harismahesh said:
I tried with Entropy DD Kernel and it soft bricked my phone. So I reverted back. Then only I saw it wont work for MIUI. Right now i am on stock 3E ( not modified) with root.
Please guide me to put MIUI ROM. I didnt find any help in MIUI ROM thread.
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Use Odin or Heimdall to get cwm recovery then follow the steps in the above posts. I think u might even b able to get cwm recovery via the ROM manager app but think that it isn't the recommended method.
When coming from GB, u have to flash twice. That's why u were stuck at the Samsung logo before.
All ics ROMs are flashed the same way so read through the first posts of dev threads. Although the instructions will b the same as provided above.
Edit: And don't try to use a different kernel right off the bat. The one provided with the ROM is usually provided bc it works best.
Sent from my SGH-I997 using xda app-developers app

benbos_06 said:
Use Odin or Heimdall to get cwm recovery then follow the steps in the above posts. I think u might even b able to get cwm recovery via the ROM manager app but think that it isn't the recommended method.
When coming from GB, u have to flash twice. That's why u were stuck at the Samsung logo before.
All ics ROMs are flashed the same way so read through the first posts of dev threads. Although the instructions will b the same as provided above.
Edit: And don't try to use a different kernel right off the bat. The one provided with the ROM is usually provided bc it works best.
Sent from my SGH-I997 using xda app-developers app
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For Recovery I can use Entropy Daily Driver, But that wont work for MIUI. SO where I can a Kernel which contains CWM for MIUI.

harismahesh said:
For Recovery I can use Entropy Daily Driver, But that wont work for MIUI. SO where I can a Kernel which contains CWM for MIUI.
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If u look in the "ISET Infuse everything" thread that's stickied in the dev section, there is Odin or Heimdall one click which both will give u cwm recovery.
I'm not familiar with entrophy's daily driver but I thought it was just a GB kernel, which is why it wouldn't work with that miui version bc it is ics.
Edit: I know most (and I believe all) ROMs will have a kernel packaged with them so u can just flash the ROM to get a working kernel. But bc it coming from GB, u need to follow the instructions provided above and flash twice. The reason I am saying use Odin is bc u said u have 3e recovery and I believe that u need to get cwm recovery first. I may b wrong about that tho.
Sent from my SGH-I997 using xda app-developers app

benbos_06 said:
Use Odin or Heimdall to get cwm recovery then follow the steps in the above posts. I think u might even b able to get cwm recovery via the ROM manager app but think that it isn't the recommended method.
When coming from GB, u have to flash twice. That's why u were stuck at the Samsung logo before.
All ics ROMs are flashed the same way so read through the first posts of dev threads. Although the instructions will b the same as provided above.
Edit: And don't try to use a different kernel right off the bat. The one provided with the ROM is usually provided bc it works best.
Sent from my SGH-I997 using xda app-developers app
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You've got that wrong
I flashed cm9 on red cwm and it worked without the freeze screem
This kindle is on pure jelly bean

harismahesh said:
Please Guide me to Install MIUI ROM .
Currently I am on :
Currently : I am at GB 2.3.6 UCLB3 with root and stock 3E
other specs :
Firmware : 2.3.6
Baseband : I997UCLB3
Kernel : 2.6.35.7-I997RUXKG3-CL366622
Buid : Gingerbread.UCLB3
I tried with Entropy DD Kernel and it soft bricked my phone. So I reverted back. Then only I saw it wont work for MIUI. Right now i am on stock 3E ( not modified) with root.
Please guide me to put MIUI ROM. I didnt find any help in MIUI ROM thread.
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Read post #4 and #6. That tells you how to flash a cm9 rom. I suggest, based only on my experience, flashing Entropy512's cm 9 build. Again, follow the instructions in post 4 and / or 6. I would not flash the current version of miui 4 as a new build will soon be posted. The instructions for flashing miui are in the OP.

GoSooners345 said:
You've got that wrong
I flashed cm9 on red cwm and it worked without the freeze screem
This kindle is on pure jelly bean
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Sorry, to b politically correct, I should have said the majority of ppl have to flash twice.
Sent from my SGH-I997 using xda app-developers app

Yeah u have to flash it twice to get it work or else u will stuck in blue recovery.
Sent from my GT-I9300 using Tapatalk 2

Change Kernel on JellyBam v4.1.0

As I said: I was wandering if it is possibile to change kernel, I tried this one, installed with aroma, but my Sensation is stuck in a bootloop.
I'm S-on, I tried to flash either with and without the 4ext smart flash with the same result.
Anyone has a solution?

Fulvio93 said:
As I said: I was wandering if it is possibile to change kernel, I tried this one, installed with aroma, but my Sensation is stuck in a bootloop.
I'm S-on, I tried to flash either with and without the 4ext smart flash with the same result.
Anyone has a solution?
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flash the boot.img of the rom manually
see here how
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1631861 (only extra 1step)
otherwise flash another kernel
which kernel did you use?

rzr86 said:
flash the boot.img of the rom manually
see here how
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1631861 (only extra 1step)
otherwise flash another kernel
which kernel did you use?
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Sorry! I forgot to past the link and then I had to wait five minutes to edit my post and, well, I forgot again.
This is the kernel: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1216197 I don't really need it but I would have tried some oc and the sweep2wake function and stuff, so, any other kernel (or even the rom one, if it's possible to set it) is the same to me.
Just to tell you: I flashed Jellybam after a full wipe, and it was working, then flashed the kernel, then, when I got stuck in the bootloop I flashed Jellybam again without wiping, right now all works properly.

Fulvio93 said:
Sorry! I forgot to past the link and then I had to wait five minutes to edit my post and, well, I forgot again.
This is the kernel: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1216197 I don't really need it but I would have tried some oc and the sweep2wake function and stuff, so, any other kernel (or even the rom one, if it's possible to set it) is the same to me.
Just to tell you: I flashed Jellybam after a full wipe, and it was working, then flashed the kernel, then, when I got stuck in the bootloop I flashed Jellybam again without wiping, right now all works properly.
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That kernel is NOT designed for AOSP Jelly Bean ROMs like JellyBAM. That kernel is designed for Sense Ice Cream Sandwich ROMs, so it's to be expected that your phone won't boot after flashing that over JellyBAM. If you want a kernel to use with JellyBAM that has all the features that you just mentioned (Sweep2Wake, OC, etc.) then try my kernel (Sultan kernel). The thread is here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2035897

android1234567 said:
That kernel is NOT designed for AOSP Jelly Bean ROMs like JellyBAM. That kernel is designed for Sense Ice Cream Sandwich ROMs, so it's to be expected that your phone won't boot after flashing that over JellyBAM. If you want a kernel to use with JellyBAM that has all the features that you just mentioned (Sweep2Wake, OC, etc.) then try my kernel (Sultan kernel). The thread is here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2035897
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Yeah well, I was looking at the title of that kernel thread while I realized which was the problem, I'm glad to tell you that I flashed your kernel last night (I'm Italian) and after a whole day using it I have to say that I really like it (even if I've to settle with all the differences between the governors and the best way to set them with aroma).
Thank you!

solved

Ok so im planning on flashing in cyanogenmod v9.1 and then up to ultragen v1.1 with the jb and tw5 taste, now if i do this do i still need to flash in a version of gapps or is there one in the ultragen rom, and in order to do the flashing can i use the cmw-based voodoo lagfix recover 5.0.2.7 to flash in the cm9.1 or do i need to use odin or something, im kinda new to all this, all ive done to the phone so far is recover from soft brick by using odin to flash back to stock and then using some off site instructions to root the phone which also apparently came along with the voodoo recovery, so im basically a noob at this

jimmy2989 said:
Ok so im planning on flashing in cyanogenmod v9.1 and then up to ultragen v1.1 with the jb and tw5 taste, now if i do this do i still need to flash in a version of gapps or is there one in the ultragen rom, and in order to do the flashing can i use the cmw-based voodoo lagfix recover 5.0.2.7 to flash in the cm9.1 or do i need to use odin or something, im kinda new to all this, all ive done to the phone so far is recover from soft brick by using odin to flash back to stock and then using some off site instructions to root the phone which also apparently came along with the voodoo recovery, so im basically a noob at this
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No need to flash the gapps with Utragen ROM its included.
Use CM recovery to flash no need for Odin ... cm 5.0.2.x is fine.
I always go to cm 9 then work up never had a problem.
Ultragen is a very stable ICS based rom .. I used it for awhile.
Be sure you follow the OP`s flashing instructions.
If you want JB try slim 4.1.2 its very stable...if you can live
without GPS.
Sent from my Nexus 7 using xda premium

Thanks, everythings installed and its running beautifullyi thanked your post ill mark this thread as solved

[Q] Do I have to flash a specific Kernel before flashing CM 10.1??

I'm wondering if I have to flash a specific Kernel before flashing custom roms ( CM specifically ). My device is P3110 running stock 4.1.2 . Any help will be much appreciated, thanks guys.
Edit: Does flashing the CM Rom zip file flash the newest CM kernel or should I flash it manually?

kareemgonna said:
I'm wondering if I have to flash a specific Kernel before flashing custom roms ( CM specifically ). My device is P3110 running stock 4.1.2 . Any help will be much appreciated, thanks guys.
Edit: Does flashing the CM Rom zip file flash the newest CM kernel or should I flash it manually?
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kareemgonna said:
I'm wondering if I have to flash a specific Kernel before flashing custom roms ( CM specifically ). My device is P3110 running stock 4.1.2 . Any help will be much appreciated, thanks guys.
Edit: Does flashing the CM Rom zip file flash the newest CM kernel or should I flash it manually?
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You never want to flash a kernel before flashing a rom because the rom will over write the kernel when it installs its own. If you want a custom kernel flash it right after flashing the rom.
All roms come with their own kernel.
Sent from your phone. You should be careful where you leave that thing.

Thanks
Skipjacks said:
You never want to flash a kernel before flashing a rom because the rom will over write the kernel when it installs its own. If you want a custom kernel flash it right after flashing the rom.
All roms come with their own kernel.
Sent from your phone. You should be careful where you leave that thing.
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That's exactly what I needed to know, I have another android device ( Xperia mini pro ) and every time I need to install a custom rom, I have to flash its kernel first. Here it seems like flashing the rom via recovery also flashes the kernel. Thanks for the help appreciated.

kareemgonna said:
I'm wondering if I have to flash a specific Kernel before flashing custom roms ( CM specifically ). My device is P3110 running stock 4.1.2 . Any help will be much appreciated, thanks guys.
Edit: Does flashing the CM Rom zip file flash the newest CM kernel or should I flash it manually?
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The CM zip file has everything it needs. You just need to have a recovery ROM to be able to install CM from recovery. Additionally, you might want to reset various things from recovery before installing CM. Notice that if you reset the internal sdcard you will lose all your data (which might or might not be what you want).