So I unlocked my HTC ONE X Rogers and I am un-certain as to what is the next step before I can try to get CM10 on my phone. I've yet to find a guide for this anywhere that is 100% accurate.
If anyone would be able to kindly point me in the right direction I'd appreciate it a lot. Thanks in advance.
Killustration said:
So I unlocked my HTC ONE X Rogers and I am un-certain as to what is the next step before I can try to get CM10 on my phone. I've yet to find a guide for this anywhere that is 100% accurate.
If anyone would be able to kindly point me in the right direction I'd appreciate it a lot. Thanks in advance.
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You unlocked what, the bootloader? If so, your next step would need to be to flash a custom recovery (twrp) via fast boot. After that step, you drag over a SU zip to your sdcard, and flash that via recovery. Then you have successfully rooted and installed a Recovery. If you need a step by step, follow the guides on the development stickies. I personally rooted and unlocked my cousins Onex yesterday using the methods on one root.com.. even though I'll probably be slapped around for admitting that on xda lol
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InflatedTitan said:
You unlocked what, the bootloader? If so, your next step would need to be to flash a custom recovery (twrp) via fast boot. After that step, you drag over a SU zip to your sdcard, and flash that via recovery. Then you have successfully rooted and installed a Recovery. If you need a step by step, follow the guides on the development stickies. I personally rooted and unlocked my cousins Onex yesterday using the methods on one root.com.. even though I'll probably be slapped around for admitting that on xda lol
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Okay, so 1 Unlock Bootloader check.
2) Flash twrp via fast boot.
3) Drag SU zip(?) no idea.
Killustration said:
Okay, so 1 Unlock Bootloader check.
2) Flash twrp via fast boot.
3) Drag SU zip(?) no idea.
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First and foremost make sure that you properly mount and unmount the device from your computer not doing so will cause your internal memory to get corrupted. I have made that mistake twice even knowing about it. This means on your computer think of your phone as a USB drive.
Once you have flashed recovery,
You need to flash the boot.img that comes with the ROM that you want to install. (I have used X-factor tool, simply extract the boot.img from the zip package and put it in /data/kernel/ then from the menu select "install kernel using this command" and press Install)
Then reboot your device into recovery
mount your sdcard
upload your ROM to your phone, and GApps that will work with your ROM
unmount
Install your ROM.
Install your Gapps ( or you can reboot and then install them)
It has worked for me.
I hope that helps you.
XRACER said:
First and foremost make sure that you properly mount and unmount the device from your computer not doing so will cause your internal memory to get corrupted. I have made that mistake twice even knowing about it. This means on your computer think of your phone as a USB drive.
Once you have flashed recovery,
You need to flash the boot.img that comes with the ROM that you want to install. (I have used X-factor tool, simply extract the boot.img from the zip package and put it in /data/kernel/ then from the menu select "install kernel using this command" and press Install)
Then reboot your device into recovery
mount your sdcard
upload your ROM to your phone, and GApps that will work with your ROM
unmount
Install your ROM.
Install your Gapps ( or you can reboot and then install them)
It has worked for me.
I hope that helps you.
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Why do I need X-Factor tool? is it not a matter of copy paste I guess? a bit confused on this front.
Mounting my sd card - how do I do that?
Link to Gapps download? or do I just install them via play store?
I am afraid to do all these steps. haha sorry for all the questions if I seem like a total idiot.
Killustration said:
Why do I need X-Factor tool? is it not a matter of copy paste I guess? a bit confused on this front.
Mounting my sd card - how do I do that?
Link to Gapps download? or do I just install them via play store?
I am afraid to do all these steps. haha sorry for all the questions if I seem like a total idiot.
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It is not a simple matter of just copy paste "to an extent" the tool gives the user a GUI to simplify the process this is the thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1952426 you need to go to his website to download the tool. It just makes it easier for people who are not too comfortable with the command prompt.
This tool goes from a locked phone to unlocked and rooted in "easier" to follow steps.
You unlock your boot loader,
Then Flash your Recovery
Then Flash your boot.img
Then install your ROM and Gapps and you are done.
About mounting/unmounting, if you have installed the recovery image (I use TWRP) when you enter recovery there is a menu, one of the options is Mount, if you click on that (and you have your phone connected to the computer via USB) then there will be several options, you want to mount your sdcard, if there is an "x" is already selected and just press "mount" then the system will mount your device as a external drive. At that point you copy your ROM and GAPPS to the phone.
To properly unmount think of your phone as a USB drive, on your computer screen (WIN) go to the notification and righ-click on the "USB" attached and select eject OR go to your "computer" window and right click on the drive that is your phone and the select eject. Once you have done that then on your phone you click unmount.
press the back arrow and go back to the main menu from there for to "Install",
select your ROM which should now be in your phone now and
slide to install.
Then to install your GApps follow the same install but this time select the gapps zip.
A link to the Gapps i can't give you since it depends on your rom if you are using CM10 just search CM10 gapps download and that will take you to the CM website.
after that reboot and you should be good.
Everyone is confusing you in this thread. Download twrp. Install. Put ROM and gapps on SD card. Boot into twrp. Install ROM then gapps. That's it
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XRACER said:
It is not a simple matter of just copy paste "to an extent" the tool gives the user a GUI to simplify the process this is the thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1952426 you need to go to his website to download the tool. It just makes it easier for people who are not too comfortable with the command prompt.
This tool goes from a locked phone to unlocked and rooted in "easier" to follow steps.
You unlock your boot loader,
Then Flash your Recovery
Then Flash your boot.img
Then install your ROM and Gapps and you are done.
About mounting/unmounting, if you have installed the recovery image (I use TWRP) when you enter recovery there is a menu, one of the options is Mount, if you click on that (and you have your phone connected to the computer via USB) then there will be several options, you want to mount your sdcard, if there is an "x" is already selected and just press "mount" then the system will mount your device as a external drive. At that point you copy your ROM and GAPPS to the phone.
To properly unmount think of your phone as a USB drive, on your computer screen (WIN) go to the notification and righ-click on the "USB" attached and select eject OR go to your "computer" window and right click on the drive that is your phone and the select eject. Once you have done that then on your phone you click unmount.
press the back arrow and go back to the main menu from there for to "Install",
select your ROM which should now be in your phone now and
slide to install.
Then to install your GApps follow the same install but this time select the gapps zip.
A link to the Gapps i can't give you since it depends on your rom if you are using CM10 just search CM10 gapps download and that will take you to the CM website.
after that reboot and you should be good.
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Alright the only thing I am missing is GApps - where to find the right one? I've found a few on the forums but I am un-sure which one?
http://goo.im/gapps/gapps-jb-20121011-signed.zip
Alright, I wiped, installed both. and awaiting boot. so far I see "Cyanogen mod 10" with a circle and am pretty freaking excited. lol
Killustration said:
Alright the only thing I am missing is GApps - where to find the right one? I've found a few on the forums but I am un-sure which one?
http://goo.im/gapps/gapps-jb-20121011-signed.zip
Alright, I wiped, installed both. and awaiting boot. so far I see "Cyanogen mod 10" with a circle and am pretty freaking excited. lol
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yes those gapps are good,
No you do not need to do any of that since you are doing a clean install.
IF you see the circle then you are almost there !!!!
area51avenger said:
Everyone is confusing you in this thread. Download twrp. Install. Put ROM and gapps on SD card. Boot into twrp. Install ROM then gapps. That's it
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IMHO, Not everyone is as well versed as you are in this process, sometimes they need a more detailed description, anything that can me it easier for new user i think is generally better received.
telling him, install TWRD, install ROM install gapps, and you are done, doesn't help much if he is not familiar with any of this.
XRACER said:
yes those gapps are good,
No you do not need to do any of that since you are doing a clean install.
IF you see the circle then you are about 95% there only thing you need is the apps and you are done!!!!
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I wiped prior that should be alright though right? Not like it can hurt I don't think haha
When I did it on the menu, I wiped, then installed GApps then afterward I hit back, and selected CM10 and installed - is this okay?
The CM10 Screen is still showing, spinning for awhile now - how long does it take normally?
Killustration said:
I wiped prior that should be alright though right? Not like it can hurt I don't think haha
When I did it on the menu, I wiped, then installed GApps then afterward I hit back, and selected CM10 and installed - is this okay?
The CM10 Screen is still showing, spinning for awhile now - how long does it take normally?
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It shouldn't take that long maybe a few seconds
make sure that you installed CM10 first
and then the apps,
Also did you flashed your boot.img? it happened to me that it would not load unless i flashed the boot.img initially.
XRACER said:
It shouldn't take that long maybe a few seconds
make sure that you installed CM10 first
and then the apps,
Also did you flashed your boot.img? it happened to me that it would not load unless i flashed the boot.img initially.
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Do I have to unzip it and put it on the sd?
I just tried to do CM10 alone, selected install from the list(its still zipped) then reboot and now it's at the circle again.
Killustration said:
Do I have to unzip it and put it on the sd?
I just tried to do CM10 alone, selected install from the list(its still zipped) then reboot and now it's at the circle again.
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Well that is one weird step that has worked for me,
if you are using the X-factor tool, you extract the boot.img from the zip and put it in the folder ...\data\kernel\ within the x-factor folder in your computer not the phone.
Put your phone into fastboot mode (it should display fastboot USB)
Then you run the tool and on the left bottom side there is a menu, select "using this command" and press either install or flash i don't remember
Then try to reboot if your system load then you are good to go if not
then reisntall the ROM and the gapps
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if you are not using the X-factor tool then reboot into fastboot
unzip the boot.img in the same folder where you have fastboot (forgot make sure the DOS prompt is in the right folder where fastboot and boot.img are)
and run this command
fastboot flash boot boot.img
and then
fastboot reboot
if the system doesn't come up then reinstall the ROM and the gapps
Killustration said:
I wiped prior that should be alright though right? Not like it can hurt I don't think haha
When I did it on the menu, I wiped, then installed GApps then afterward I hit back, and selected CM10 and installed - is this okay?
The CM10 Screen is still showing, spinning for awhile now - how long does it take normally?
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Had a friend end up with the spinning circle splash. All he did was flash the boot.img again and it booted.
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XRACER said:
Well that is one weird step that has worked for me,
if you are using the X-factor tool, you extract the boot.img from the zip and put it in the folder ...\data\kernel\ within the x-factor folder in your computer not the phone.
Put your phone into fastboot mode (it should display fastboot USB)
Then you run the tool and on the left bottom side there is a menu, select "using this command" and press either install or flash i don't remember
Then try to reboot if your system load then you are good to go if not
then reisntall the ROM and the gapps
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if you are not using the X-factor tool then reboot into fastboot
unzip the boot.img in the same folder where you have fastboot (forgot make sure the DOS prompt is in the right folder where fastboot and boot.img are)
and run this command
fastboot flash boot boot.img
and then
fastboot reboot
if the system doesn't come up then reinstall the ROM and the gapps
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Did all that. Still stuck on "CyanogenMod" spinning circle. : /
Perhaps I have the wrong version on my phone of CM10 ?
I have the Rogers HTC ONE X
Details:
soft #: 1.94.631.3
SDK: 4.11
Ver; 4.0.3
Sense: 4
HTC ext: HTCExtension_403_1_GA_4
Kernel: 3.0.8-01169-g209f9dc
[email protected] #1
SMP PREEMPT
Baseband: 0.18as.32.09.28L_10.103.32.24L
Build #: 1.94.631.3 CL76063
Browser ver: WebKit/534.30
Perhaps I don't have the right version - can anyone hit me with a link to the stable most recent build? I believe I got the "Evita" version on the cm dl site.
This is the one I downloaded Version 10.
Killustration said:
Did all that. Still stuck on "CyanogenMod" spinning circle. : /
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hmmm...
revise the process again,
if your recovery is working
then flash your boot.img (make sure that you are actually flashing the boot.img) if you are not doing it properly then you will remain in the booting logo.
with X-factor make sure the boot.img is in the \kernel\ folder that is where the tool will look in order to flash if nothing is there then nothing will be flashed.
Flashing manually you need to make sure your boot.img is in the same folder as your fastboot script and then you need to run the command stated in the previous reply.
Then reboot, this has always been the main problem you need to make sure you are actually flashing the boot.img and then reboot your phone.
If the still no loading
then go into recovery
install your ROM
then install your gapps
If I select the one I put on my SD card, should it be a zip, or the boot.img file only ? maybe that's where I am messing this up?
Edit: Nope, .zip only lol
I am still at the spinning circle. . .
I put the boot.img in my C:\hox (containing adb, adbwinapi.dll, boot.img,fastboot, Unlock_code)
and shift - Right click ->Open command from here, then did the commands you mentioned previously.
Then from there, spin circle.
Then I try to go in to recovery and install the rom from there and still after reboot spin circle.
Killustration said:
If I select the one I put on my SD card, should it be a zip, or the boot.img file only ? maybe that's where I am messing this up?
Edit: Nope, .zip only lol
I am still at the spinning circle. . .
I put the boot.img in my C:\hox (containing adb, adbwinapi.dll, boot.img,fastboot, Unlock_code)
and shift - Right click ->Open command from here, then did the commands you mentioned previously.
Then from there, spin circle.
Then I try to go in to recovery and install the rom from there and still after reboot spin circle.
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the evita version is the correct for the US and Canada versions,
try cleaning your cache
also what version of TWRP are you using?
try using twrp 2.3.1.0
in your phone only .zip
on your computer you use the .img for flashing
XRACER said:
the evita version is the correct for the US and Canada versions,
try cleaning your cache
also what version of TWRP are you using?
try using twrp 2.3.1.0
in your phone only .zip
on your computer you use the .img for flashing
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Where do I get that? It brings me to some goo manager? what's this? eughhh haha
Related
Hello,
I was trying to install Ubuntu on my nexus S. While installing i used the command
"fastboot flash boot bootUbuntu.img" instead of fastboot boot bootUbuntu.img.
I realized this later.Now i am not able to boot the Android 2.3 version also.
I had unlocked my bootloader using fastboot oem unlock
i am able to run the clockworkMod Recovery using the command "fastboot boot recovery-clockwork-3.0.0.5-crespo.img"
i am also able to boot in the fastboot mode.
In the fast boot mode it shows "no boot or recovery img"
I am also downloading the 2.3.3 version. Willl that help me?
please please pls help.
just use recovery and restore one of your nand backups.
I never took a backup.
Now all i get is while switching on the cell,is the fastmode displaying "no boot or recovery image found"...
sandyridgeracer said:
I never took a backup.
Now all i get is while switching on the cell,is the fastmode displaying "no boot or recovery image found"...
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You need to flash a recovery, then use that to flash any rom (which will contain a boot img as a part of it).
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matt2053 said:
You need to flash a recovery, then use that to flash any rom (which will contain a boot img as a part of it).
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I am new to android. Can you give me the detailed steps how to solve my problem.
I can connect my phone in fastboot mode via the command line(Windows).
By "you need to flash a recovery" , did you meant "fastboot boot recovery-clockwork-3.0.0.5-crespo.img"
And i am not able to get anything by what you said "then use that to flash any rom (which will contain a boot img as a part of it)"..
Sorry for the inconvenience...Thanks once again...
Assuming your pc detects your phone and thd recovery file is in the same folder as your fastboot. Type this in:
Fastboot flash boot xxxxx
Xxxxx is your recovery.img file name. After that just install a new rom. Hope that helps.
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1. Download ClockworkMod recovery and place the .img file in the tools folder of the Android SDK.
2. Put phone in fastboot mode.
3. On computer do:
Code:
fastboot flash recovery c:\android\tools\recovery-clockwork-3.0.2.4-crespo.img
***Note that when you do the above you need to include whatever file path and file name is correct based on your setup.***
4. After it flashes, press volume down to get to recovery, and press power button to choose recovery. After a minute or two, ClockworkMod will appear.
5. Use volume down to navigate to Mounts and Storage and power to select it.
6. Use volume down to navigate to mount USB storage and power to select it.
7. Use windows explorer to copy a flashable zip of a rom or stock rom onto your sd card.
8. Choose Go Back from CWM on your phone, back to Mounts and storage menu.
9. Choose Go Back again to the main ClockwordMod menu.
10. Choose "install zip from sdcard."
11. Choose the flashable zip file you put on your sdcard in step 7. Select YES when prompted.
12. Reboot system now.
This will get your phone back into working order. If you still want help installing Ubuntu on your NS, I'm afraid I cannot help with that.
Well now i am getting some hope.But i am still stuck at step 7.From where do i copy flashable zip or a stock rom.
I downloaded android 2.3.3 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=965478
Will that help....
sandyridgeracer said:
Well now i am getting some hope.But i am still stuck at step 7.From where do i copy flashable zip or a stock rom.
I downloaded android 2.3.3 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=965478
Will that help....
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Yes, download it to your computer then, in CWM, mount phone as USB storage. Then on your computer copy that file, and open the E:\ or F:\ drive or whatever your phone mounted as, and paste it. Then unmount and continue with the steps.
it seems it's not working 4 me...while installing from zip file(Android 2.3.3),it says that installation failed
i exactly dont remember the exact error but it something said about "could not find /system/build.prop"..
I was able to install the cyanogenmod 7 for nexus S...
sandyridgeracer said:
it seems it's not working 4 me...while installing from zip file(Android 2.3.3),it says that installation failed
i exactly dont remember the exact error but it something said about "could not find /system/build.prop"..
I was able to install the cyanogenmod 7 for nexus S...
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It sounds like the zip file of 2.3.3 that you downloaded was either a bad download or not a proper flashable zip. Do you still want to go back to Stock?
OK so if you still want to go back to stock, boot up CyanogenMod, download ROM Manager and then open it. Choose Download ROM, then choose Stock Images. There you should find a Stock 2.3.3 ROM you can download and flash. Then you will be back on completely stock, unrooted OTA.
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if you want to keep it simple and go back to stock unrooted OTA as @matt2053 suggested, do as he said and download ROM Manager, follow his @matt2053's instructions and flash the downloaded Stock 2.3.3 image with ROM Manager.
however, if you wish to keep your current data on the phone, and not flash a new rom, you can download a custom kernel from the development forum here at XDA, and flash it via Clockworkmod recovery as a .zip file and the phone should boot up.
Thanks a lot guys...
Just one quick question,is it possible to use cyanogenmod 7 as well as android 2.3.3 simultaneously..while rebooting can i get a 'grub' kind of thing on my phone...
CM technically is based On Android 2.3.3. But I don't know of a way to set up a "dual boot" environment on the Nexus. You can on the HTC HD2 but that's the only phone I know of.
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How do I revert back after one-click root to the stock everything including radio, rom, build, etc. I am currently running Cynagon mod RC1 7 and have had numerous issues, I would just like a clean, simple cut answer so I can give this to someone for the holidays, any help would be mightly appreciated, as i've asked this in the past and can never seem to get a clear cut answer, thanks.
wierd165 said:
How do I revert back after one-click root to the stock everything including radio, rom, build, etc. I am currently running Cynagon mod RC1 7 and have had numerous issues, I would just like a clean, simple cut answer so I can give this to someone for the holidays, any help would be mightly appreciated, as i've asked this in the past and can never seem to get a clear cut answer, thanks.
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Just flash a full rom, it should restore the radio, the recovery, and the OS. Then do a reset to factory defaults if you are paranoid.
Get the proper rom for you phone here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1063664
If you're on T-Mobile, you have an i9020-T, this should work for you. It is the full 2.3.6 image.
http://android.clients.google.com/p...a25375426.signed-soju-ota-189904.1ada2537.zip
Is this also working if you're coming from stock unrooted ICS 4.0.3 ?
And
Is there any risk of loosing IMEI if you're going full ROM ?
mahanddeem said:
Is this also working if you're coming from stock unrooted ICS 4.0.3 ?
And
Is there any risk of loosing IMEI if you're going full ROM ?
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I have reverted back from 4.0.3 yesterday by reflashing the full 2.3.6 rom without any issues. I'm not sure I understand what you mean by losing IMEI.
My phone works just fine after doing this (more than once!).
pcbroch said:
Just flash a full rom, it should restore the radio, the recovery, and the OS. Then do a reset to factory defaults if you are paranoid.
Get the proper rom for you phone here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1063664
If you're on T-Mobile, you have an i9020-T, this should work for you. It is the full 2.3.6 image.
http://android.clients.google.com/p...a25375426.signed-soju-ota-189904.1ada2537.zip
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Ok here's my problem i did the ics update earlier before you told me this and still having issues, now when I go to recovery I get a android with his chest open with a red caution sign on it...how could I just format everything, essentially make it the way it was out of box so I could start over...because of all the issues I'm currently having.
When you get to that point, you need to hold down power then press vol up. Then you will be able to flash the zip. You need to put the zip on the phone first though, unless you have CWM recovery, in which case you can mount the sdcard section and move it across then, and flash it after.
OK thanks...Just please let's summarize this
1.You were on I9020T bone stock , unrooted
2.You had GB 2.3.6
3.You updated manually (or OTA) to 4.0.3
4.You decided to revert to GB 2.3.6
5.You used exactly the same method of manual update (stock recovery after copying the .zip file and in this case the full ROM of 2.3.6 to SD)
6.You followed the stock recovery steps and chose the .zip 2.3.6..
7.After everything was setup , you booted into GB 2.3.6 without any problems
Is that right ? or better if you make the exact detailed steps you did to revert to GB 2.3.6 would be apreciated
Thanks
furiannn said:
When you get to that point, you need to hold down power then press vol up. Then you will be able to flash the zip. You need to put the zip on the phone first though, unless you have CWM recovery, in which case you can mount the sdcard section and move it across then, and flash it after.
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Tried, but then I get this error:
--Install /sdcard ...
Finding update package...
Opening update package...
Verifying update package...
Installing update...
assert failed: !less_than_int(1316544229. getprop("ro.build.date.utc"))
E:Error in /tmp/sideload/package.zip
(Status 7)
Installation aborted.
Any help?
I think u need a custom recovery to be able to revert back to gingerbread
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Raver27 said:
I think u need a custom recovery to be able to revert back to gingerbread
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how would I go about flashing the custom recovery? I tried to flash another full rom package with the recovery in it and like i said i got that error...
Do you have a folder in windows where you have been flashing stuff from, using fastboot?
If so, just get this recovery image http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=988686
Download either the blue or green 5023 image. Doesnt matter which just changes colour of mod place the file in the same folder as the fastboot.
Next, with the phone off and after attaching the phone to USB, turn it on while pressing vol-up and power. You should see the boot option screen, the fastboot screen. Leave the phone there.
Now go back to cmd window in windows, and browse to the folder where you have all the fastboot files and where you have put the above image file. Then type in the following:
fastboot flash recovery <image name.img> (without the < >)
press enter and it'll flash the recovery and then you can install the old version of android
furiannn said:
Do you have a folder in windows where you have been flashing stuff from, using fastboot?
If so, just get this recovery image http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=988686
Download either the blue or green 5023 image. Doesnt matter which just changes colour of mod place the file in the same folder as the fastboot.
Next, with the phone off and after attaching the phone to USB, turn it on while pressing vol-up and power. You should see the boot option screen, the fastboot screen. Leave the phone there.
Now go back to cmd window in windows, and browse to the folder where you have all the fastboot files and where you have put the above image file. Then type in the following:
fastboot flash recovery <image name.img> (without the < >)
press enter and it'll flash the recovery and then you can install the old version of android
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I don't believe I have a folder as such, being a person who is not familiar with the lingo, etc of all this i rooted it with one-click mod, and just flash things through this, are you saying I can flash things externally? sorry to sound like a bum, but i'm trying to understand thanks.
No problem, we're all noobs once, hell i still am and only just coming to terms with it all! Just need to do a bit of researching, but heres the basics...
fastboot lets you flash stuff to the phone from windows, when the phone is attached to the USB and is in fastboot mode (just turned on, from vol-up/pwr).
Can unlock the boot loader and flash recovery images from there. Once thats done, most other stuff can be done from within the new recovery mode, clockworkmod being the one that everyone uses.
over at nexusshacks it's explained really well how to root your phone. And he provides a zip with everything you could want. That zip is the folder I was talking about in the last post. It comes with drivers to install when you first plug the USB in and the PC recognises the phone. Download the pack, install them drivers and then go back to my last post and take it from there
http://downloadandroidrom.com/file/NexusS/rooting/nexussrootnew.zip
EDIT: Also do a full wipe/data reset just before you flash the new rom
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No problem, we're all noobs once, hell i still am and only just coming to terms with it all! Just need to do a bit of researching, but heres the basics...
fastboot lets you flash stuff to the phone from windows, when the phone is attached to the USB and is in fastboot mode (just turned on, from vol-up/pwr).
Can unlock the boot loader and flash recovery images from there. Once thats done, most other stuff can be done from within the new recovery mode, clockworkmod being the one that everyone uses.
over at nexusshacks it's explained really well how to root your phone. And he provides a zip with everything you could want. That zip is the folder I was talking about in the last post. It comes with drivers to install when you first plug the USB in and the PC recognises the phone. Download the pack, install them drivers and then go back to my last post and take it from there
http://downloadandroidrom.com/file/NexusS/rooting/nexussrootnew.zip
EDIT: Also do a full wipe/data reset just before you flash the new rom
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I'm using clockwork right now, but it seems to be corrupted, im running 4.0.3 right now on a full rom package, so your saying I should still do this? I think i may have done all that before, as the phone is rooted, but I used the one-click method instead.
Just download that file and then you'll have what you need on your pc to do what i mentioned above. Plug the phone in and reflash the new recovery which will not harm it, and then you'll be able to stick gingerbread or ICS back on. You gotta try things out otherwise you'll not understand what is going on. I dont know of any one click thing that will let you go back to default as it was before. After it flashes the new recovery, scroll down to "recovery" on the screen and press the power button, dont restart the system.
In hindsight, while the one click methods are easy to use, theyre getting used by people that dont do the necessary research to learn about the rooting and flashing process. This means you end up skipping so much that you learn about the whole rooting and flashing proocess when doing it manually, which in turn means you have more trouble getting out of it if you want it back to the way it was! No offence intended here, but you just need to man up and do it! All will be well
Ive looked around the internet, and here, and cant really figure something out. Do I have to install CM10 from fastboot or can I just install the zip using TWRP?
I ask because I tried installing the stable version of CM10 using TWRP and when I reboot I just get the spinning Cyanogenmod logo for a long time. Nothing ever happens.
Am I doing something wrong?
Did you make a backup of your stock Rom? Log into that. Get flashimagegui and use on the cm10 zip then boot back into twrp and install the zip.
Or
Open the cm10 zip on your computer. Extract boot.img. put your phone in fastboot. Put the boot.img in your fastboot folder and type fastboot flash boot boot.img
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Did you make a backup of your stock Rom? Log into that. Get flashimagegui and use on the cm10 zip then boot back into twrp and install the zip.
Or
Open the cm10 zip on your computer. Extract boot.img. put your phone in fastboot. Put the boot.img in your fastboot folder and type fastboot flash boot boot.img
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Thanks a lot. I will do that right now. Appreciate the help.
Is flashimagegui an android app? Thats the only reference to it I can find.
Yes it is. There is a donation version on play store. Or there's an xda free version if you search the forums
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Well, looks like something might have gone wrong and I fear I might be SOL. I used flashimagegui then returned to TWRP to install CM10. I still got the spinning log. I went to restore my backup and I cant boot back into my back up. During bootup a HTC logo comes up with some red text (like its going to go into revocery) and then the screen goes blank. Nothing happens after that. If I turn off the phone and power on again, the same thing happens. I can turn it off then and go through the steps to get back into recovery. I have no idea what do to now. Any recommendations?
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Well, looks like something might have gone wrong and I fear I might be SOL. I used flashimagegui then returned to TWRP to install CM10. I still got the spinning log. I went to restore my backup and I cant boot back into my back up. During bootup a HTC logo comes up with some red text (like its going to go into revocery) and then the screen goes blank. Nothing happens after that. If I turn off the phone and power on again, the same thing happens. I can turn it off then and go through the steps to get back into recovery. I have no idea what do to now. Any recommendations?
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what version of hboot is on your device? if it is one of the later ones (1.12+) then you'll need to flash the boot img seperately. If this is the case, (and it sounds like it , as the same thing happened to me and the symptoms where the same).
Extract it from the ROM that you are flashing (open the zip file and drag out the boot.img). Then while TWRP is running, connect the USB cable to your comp and fire up a terminal (you'll need ADB/fastboot set up and working - search google or XDA for how to do it in your operating system).
Once you have adb/fastboot working and TWRP running -> at a terminal (or command prompt on windows) use adb to push the rom onto the sdcard, and then reboot to bootloader and select fastboot.
run "fastboot flash boot boot.img" without the quotes. This should write the kernel image to the boot partition, and then you should be able to load TWRP to (wipe cache/dalvik and then) reflash cyanogen mod.
Good luck
If you can still boot into recovery, you're fine. Manually flash the CM10 boot.img with fastboot, do a full wipe in TWRP and then reinstall the CM10 zip + gapps. Should be good after that.
Thanks for the info, from both of you. Im going to try that right now.
Im trying to flash the boot.img file, but I keep getting an error. Any ideas?
Heres what I get
C:\adt-bundle-windows\sdk\platform-tools>fastboot flash boot boot.img
sending 'boot' (5248 KB)...
FAILED (data transfer failure (Unknown error))
finished. total time: 0.016s
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did you do a factory reset from the bootloader by any chance? this can corrupt the sdcard, and might cause this. only use the factory reset from recovery.
if you did, try this (http://forums.team-nocturnal.com/showthread.php/1050).
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Check that it says fastboot usb on your phone. You might not be in fastboot mode.
Otherwise, maybe try a different USB port on your computer, I've had issues trying to get it to detect through a usb hub, so plug it directly inot the computer to rule this out.
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did you do a factory reset from the bootloader by any chance? this can corrupt the sdcard, and might cause this. only use the factory reset from recovery.
if you did, try this (http://forums.team-nocturnal.com/showthread.php/1050).
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Check that it says fastboot usb on your phone. You might not be in fastboot mode.
Otherwise, maybe try a different USB port on your computer, I've had issues trying to get it to detect through a usb hub, so plug it directly inot the computer to rule this out.
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I didnt use the factory reset option from the bootloader. Being that I didnt, should I still try the directions on the link you gave?
When I go into fastboot is start off just saying "fastboot". If I press the volume up or down button is changes to "fastboot usb". I didnt even think about trying a different usb port, I will see if that makes a difference.
JohnnyDanger said:
I didnt use the factory reset option from the bootloader. Being that I didnt, should I still try the directions on the link you gave?
When I go into fastboot is start off just saying "fastboot". If I press the volume up or down button is changes to "fastboot usb". I didnt even think about trying a different usb port, I will see if that makes a difference.
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can you get into TWRP? if you can, go to the mount menu and see if you can unmount and then remount the sdcard. If you can do this, then you have no need to do the team-nocturnal sdcard fix.
I was able to unmount and then remount the sdcard. Actually, when I went into Mount menu in TWRP to begin with it gave me the option to Mount, then unmount. Is that the same thing? Does that mean my sdcard is not mounted and should I mount it in TWRP?
I was finally able to flash the boot.img. I then went into TWRP to install CM10. It installed and now is back into the spinning logo. Im ready to give up on this. Any more suggestions?
Just a thought, should I be removing the boot.img from the CM10 zip Im trying to install?
No don't remove it. Did you wipe data/system before installing. And wipe cache/dalvik after? Also the first boot could take up to 5 minutes sometimes
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No don't remove it. Did you wipe data/system before installing. And wipe cache/dalvik after? Also the first boot could take up to 5 minutes sometimes
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Ive been trying to install the latest stable build of CM10. I decided to try the most recent Nightly now. That seemed to work. The spinning just stopped and Im on the welcome screen. FINALLY! Thank you guys for all the help. Never had such a hard time with installing a custom rom before.
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Ive been trying to install the latest stable build of CM10. I decided to try the most recent Nightly now. That seemed to work. The spinning just stopped and Im on the welcome screen. FINALLY! Thank you guys for all the help. Never had such a hard time with installing a custom rom before.
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No worries man, good luck with your One X, I hope the worst is behind you now.
If you are feeling confident, there is a method to downgrade your hboot so you don't need to stuff around flashing the boot image separately. This however does involve bricking and then de-bricking your device, and you'll need a linux computer to pull it off, so this isn't for everyone.
Apparently I just have tons of regular SD cards laying around and none of the micro variety. Ive rooted and put custom roms on 6 phones and kindle fires in the last two weeks so it seems a bit strange that this device would be the only one that would be different, but everything ive been able to read uses a micro card. Any info would be really appreciated. Thanks! (using US wifi board by the way)
Nada?
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You sure can.
Unlock the boot loader, ( note doing so will wipe all data from your device )
Reboot into android download a ROM and place on internal memory.
Fast boot flash a custom recovery ( see my SIG for twrp recovery for xoom)
Boot into the custom recovery ( see my SIG for my YouTube videos, there is a quick video on how to enter recovery)
Once in twrp recovery select install and the flash your ROM from internal memory.
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You sure can.
Unlock the boot loader, ( note doing so will wipe all data from your device )
Reboot into android download a ROM and place on internal memory.
Fast boot flash a custom recovery ( see my SIG for twrp recovery for xoom)
Boot into the custom recovery ( see my SIG for my YouTube videos, there is a quick video on how to enter recovery)
Once in twrp recovery select install and the flash your ROM from internal memory.
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I used The Lord all in One tool to unlock the boot loader. Im pretty sure that worked, device was seen and after it rebooted its like a completely wiped machine.
Now, then I reboot into recovery all i get is the green droid on its side with the warning triangle. I went to the TWRP post in your sig and there are 4 different install methods. I cant get any of them to work, but I havent tried option 2 because I dont have any idea how to use the adb commands. The windows script adb never sees my device although the LAIOT adb script does. I guess Im stuck on how to get TWRP onto this damn thing.
Roseysdaddy said:
I used The Lord all in One tool to unlock the boot loader. Im pretty sure that worked, device was seen and after it rebooted its like a completely wiped machine.
Now, then I reboot into recovery all i get is the green droid on its side with the warning triangle. I went to the TWRP post in your sig and there are 4 different install methods. I cant get any of them to work, but I havent tried option 2 because I dont have any idea how to use the adb commands. The windows script adb never sees my device although the LAIOT adb script does. I guess Im stuck on how to get TWRP onto this damn thing.
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download this zip Install_Scripts_v2.3.3.0.zip - 10.03 MB
and extract
open your cmd ( command prompt )
cd ( change directory to where you extracted the above zip)
now connect your tablet to pc,
from the cmd type
Code:
adb devices
ensure that your pc sees your device, should read out sn#
now click the runme.bat
and follow onscreen instructions.
once the recovery img has been flashed ( you can verify on the xoom's screen.)
from the runme.bat select option 3 to reboot, you MUST reboot straight into recovery ( again see video for video steps here http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=koxgbdQuzOQ ) and flash rom, if you dont catch the boot process in time it will boot into android, and the custom recovery you just flashed will be replaced by the stock android recovery, and you will need to repeat the whole process. after you flash the rom your custom recovery will stick and you will be good from here on out
Hey, thanks for all your help. I finally got it going, and im really glad I wont have to do all of that stuff again, but your help was greatly appreciated.
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Hey, thanks for all your help. I finally got it going, and im really glad I wont have to do all of that stuff again, but your help was greatly appreciated.
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Hi,
I finally managed to update my Moto G to 4.4.2 by flashing stock rom. However, before I did that, my phone was rooted and I used Titanium Backup to back up some files. I then copied that folder to my PC. Now, I have tried to root the phone again using superboot, but my screen goes purple literally 2 seconds after I load superboot and then I have to switch it off and back on again. It hasn't installed SuperSU so I'm assuming my phone isn't rooted any more. I am a total noob in these matters and I really do appreciate all the help given on this site.
I would greatly appreciate if you can help me by getting my files from Titanium backup back up again, and how to re-root my phone. I have searched the forum but I didnt find anything too similar to my situation and I don't understand a lot of the terminology. It took me a really long time to even learn how to flash the stock rom!
So I would appreciate any help. Thank you
Root option 2 doesn't work either. It just says "waiting for device" at the first stage. When I click on recovery, it says no command. USB debugging has been enabled. Im confused!
Put latest superSU zip on /sdcard on phone. Copy across to phone using USB or use airdroid app. Search internet for superSU zip by chainfire developer.
Flash custom recovery CWM (search forum for it). Be sure to get the one for 4.4.2 bootloader.
Boot into CWM recovery (boot to bootloader and choose recovery option using UP volume button) and choose to flash a zip file and then pick the superSU zip.
You are now rooted and have a custom recovery.
For titanium backup, either copy to phone using USB or use airdroid app.
If you still have probs then let me know and I can give more detailed instructions tomorrow when I am at my laptop along with links to files needed.
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Put latest superSU zip on /sdcard on phone. Copy across to phone using USB or use airdroid app. Search internet for superSU zip by chainfire developer.
Flash custom recovery CWM (search forum for it). Be sure to get the one for 4.4.2 bootloader.
Boot into CWM recovery (boot to bootloader and choose recovery option using UP volume button) and choose to flash a zip file and then pick the superSU zip.
You are now rooted and have a custom recovery.
For titanium backup, either copy to phone using USB or use airdroid app.
If you still have probs then let me know and I can give more detailed instructions tomorrow when I am at my laptop along with links to files needed.
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Thank you very much for your help. Just a few questions if you dont mind. How do I put the SuperSU zip on the /sdcard part of the phone? When I access my phone via the pc, i cant find that folder.
Also, how do I go about flashing the custom recovery CWM. I don't know how to do this. The rest I should be OK with.
Thanks again pal
Go to android development section and follow the cwm 6.0.4.6 guide you can get the latest supersu from chainfire website just DL the zip plug your phone in and open your device and place the zip there. Then when you flash cwm don't reboot just move on to updating SD card and flash the super Su zip
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Thank you very much for your help. Just a few questions if you dont mind. How do I put the SuperSU zip on the /sdcard part of the phone? When I access my phone via the pc, i cant find that folder.
Also, how do I go about flashing the custom recovery CWM. I don't know how to do this. The rest I should be OK with.
Thanks again pal
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When you access phone via PC do you see a list of directories, eg data, documents, pictures. If so that is the sdcard. Just put the superSU zip in any folder, or just copy it across so its not even in an actual folder. As long as its on there its fine.
If you don't see the folders then maybe you don't have the right drivers for the phone. In this case may be easiest to use airdroid app.
You may need drivers for fastboot below though anyway - not sure on windows as I use Linux. Bit of reading on forums should help with that.
CWM - have you used fastboot before? Basically fastboot is a program you put on your PC to allow you to flash images to your phone. You will enter a command like
fastboot flash recovery cwm.img
Where cwm.img is the CWM recovery file. You need to be in the bootloader to allow the phone to accept fastboot commands. The cwm.img is then flashed to the phones recovery partition.
Check the forums for a link to a fastboot program, that's the easiest way to get it.
Honestly, thank you so much for your help guys, a special thanks to you scott. I kinda understand now!
Now, I did all that, but I got a problem. When I try to flash CWM by using "fastboot flash recovery recovery.img"
On my phone, it says mismatched partition size (recovery). Also, a bit off topic but when I try to restore factory settings, the phone doesn't do it properly. The android logo comes up....then it disappears, then appears again and disappears and so on.
Have I messed something up?
The partition mismatch is fine try factory reset on the phone setting not by recovery and see if that works
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Thank you so much guys. Got it sorted now. God bless
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