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Can any android device be flashed with android OS?

What are the limitations of flashing? As in can any android device be flashed with a base version of android? Is it even a possibility to flash a generic rom meant for any device?
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You can only flash Roms that are made for your phone
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[Q] ROM Manager

So I've been trying to find why ROM manager should not be used with this device and I just see that I shouldn't. I came from a MyTouch 4G where that or 4EXT were standard.
What symptoms does ROM manager cause?
I've noticed that any ROM I try to flash that doesn't use aroma installer fails at checking the update package. Is this one and how do I avoid it?
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Rom manager does not support our device so any recovery you flash is going to result in a bricked phone. It's just that simple. Even after installing the correct custom recovery, stay away from it because you won't find any compatible roms either. Not to mention that in order to flash a rom with rom mangler you first have to flash a recovery so it knows which roms to look for.
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I have ROM manager on my phone already. Hasn't seemed to brick it yet. I just can't flash ROMs through it unless they are packaged with aroma. But wiping works fine.
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Chomanator said:
I have ROM manager on my phone already. Hasn't seemed to brick it yet. I just can't flash ROMs through it unless they are packaged with aroma. But wiping works fine.
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How are you using it at all? Doesn't it prompt you to install a recovery?
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He will learn.....soon to be a statistic,wanting to know how to unbrick his phone.

I'm more than prepared to fix a brick.
It flashes through the market app fine using the i9000(?) option. I can then reboot into recovery fine and flash/wipe/mount just fine. Though the model mismatch might also be causing the issue where I can't flash anything not packaged with aroma.
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Chomanator said:
I'm more than prepared to fix a brick.
It flashes through the market app fine using the i9000(?) option. I can then reboot into recovery fine and flash/wipe/mount just fine. Though the model mismatch might also be causing the issue where I can't flash anything not packaged with aroma.
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Your lucky flashing that recovery should have soft bricked your phone. This is not the i9000. That's the galaxy s international version of the phone. Then there's the t959 vibrant. And the t959w for wind Mobile. Which are all slightly different. Like i said really lucky. Sooner or later it's likely to burn you.
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I know this isn't the I9000. Perhaps I should consider dusting off my coding knowledge and make a compatible recovery.
This phone is so much different than my old HTC glacier... -_-
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Chomanator said:
I know this isn't the I9000. Perhaps I should consider dusting off my coding knowledge and make a compatible recovery.
This phone is so much different than my old HTC glacier... -_-
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We have cwm recoveries for the phone they just don't flash thru Rom Manager.
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Given that CyanogenMod is dumping ROM Manager, it seems like energy could be better put elsewhere.
One reference (past the code itself) -- http://en.wikinoticia.com/Technolog...od-rom-manager-abandons-its-own-update-system

Flash rom without root?

Is it possible to flash a custom rom without root? If so, where can I find one?
Thanks for your help!
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No. No custom roms unless you're rooted and unlocked. The closest you'll get are flashing Verizon factory stock roms via Odin, but those are not rooted.
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sombuck said:
Is it possible to flash a custom rom without root? If so, where can I find one?
Thanks for your help!
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What is your purpose to use custom rom without root?? Custom rom, by default required root for all the modded apps to work.

sombuck said:
Is it possible to flash a custom rom without root? If so, where can I find one?
Thanks for your help!
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Umm, why?

I'm new and just trying to learn, that's all. I come from I phone. The S3 un-rooted can already do more than a jailbroken iphone. Almost like learning a new language with the Android and rooting.
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CM11 Nightly not support BT 4.0 low power

Hi,every one,I just change my system to cm-11-20140113-NIGHTLY-xt897 in order to use the ble(bluetooth low engergy) feather,but it seem that ble is not working.I can't use ble scanner or other ble app.Is the drivers problem?or which rom can support ble?thinks

This was on my list to try. Phone spec's say it's got it. Did it work on stock ROM ?
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rbeavers said:
This was on my list to try. Phone spec's say it's got it. Did it work on stock ROM ?
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the newest stock ROM is android 4.1.2,and the ble feature only support by android 4.3+,so the stock ROM can't use this feature

Sounds like we wait for a rom.
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rbeavers said:
Sounds like we wait for a rom.
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yes,i really need a rom that support ble to sync my shine's data:crying:

Unsure where to put this

I'm new to this so I don't actually know where this question would fall under .
But I was just wondering what would happen if I installed a custom ROM over a stock rom
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badass93 said:
I'm new to this so I don't actually know where this question would fall under .
But I was just wondering what would happen if I installed a custom ROM over a stock rom
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the stock rom is gone forever (as far as being on the phone) and the custom rom is your new software,

I understand that part. However I was just wondering if it would brick the device if I did that
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