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[Q] at a loss - first root and custom rom install problems

so just rooted my HOX last night using the new 2.20 method
finally got the bootloader unlocked and installed twrp
figured out how to use twrp and tried to install paranoid rom...
from what i read on another thread i was to extract the boot.img from the rom zip and flash that boot.img from the pc
then restart in recovery/twrp and install the paranoid rom zip
restarted my phone and got to the loading screen for the paranoid rom but just hags
restarted in recovery/twrp and restored my backup
for some reason the restore didn't work and got the endless boot
went back into twrp and did a factor wipe which i think also removed my backup (which didn't work the 1st time anyways)
so now what lol? help.. basically all i can do now is get into twrp - is there a stock backup file i can use to restore from twrp?

you always need to "fastboot flash boot boot.img" from bootloader anytime you are flashing a new rom or backup you are restoring, but you should already know this if you could read.
also make sure you flash gapps if you are flashing a aosp rom.
also NEVER factory reset in bootloader which will corrupt your sdcard.
what you need to do now is what i said above, then rewipe everything in twrp, mount your sdcard in twrp and copy a rom from your pc to your sdcard, unmount sdcard from pc then unmount from twrp, then you can install rom and gapps if its a aosp rom. if you didnt already "fastboot flash boot boot.img" you can reboot into bootloader and run the command instead of reboot system.

DvineLord said:
you always need to "fastboot flash boot boot.img" from bootloader anytime you are flashing a new rom or backup you are restoring, but you should already know this if you could read.
also make sure you flash gapps if you are flashing a aosp rom.
also NEVER factory reset in bootloader which will corrupt your sdcard.
what you need to do now is what i said above, then rewipe everything in twrp, mount your sdcard in twrp and copy a rom from your pc to your sdcard, unmount sdcard from pc then unmount from twrp, then you can install rom and gapps if its a aosp rom. if you didnt already "fastboot flash boot boot.img" you can reboot into bootloader and run the command instead of reboot system.
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yeah i did the fastboot flash boot boot.img for the paranoid rom - i think my problem was that i left the boot.img in the zip
rezipping now and trying to mount
goot tip on the factor reset from bootloader to bad i already did it lol

i have never modified the actual rom zip before and have never had a problem. it just takes a little longer to install. i am a md5 junkie and never modify offical releases.

DvineLord said:
you always need to "fastboot flash boot boot.img" from bootloader anytime you are flashing a new rom or backup you are restoring, but you should already know this if you could read.
also make sure you flash gapps if you are flashing a aosp rom.
also NEVER factory reset in bootloader which will corrupt your sdcard.
what you need to do now is what i said above, then rewipe everything in twrp, mount your sdcard in twrp and copy a rom from your pc to your sdcard, unmount sdcard from pc then unmount from twrp, then you can install rom and gapps if its a aosp rom. if you didnt already "fastboot flash boot boot.img" you can reboot into bootloader and run the command instead of reboot system.
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k think the sdcard is corrupt since i did do the factor reset from bootloader..
getting unable to mount sdcard
failed to do a system wipe because of this as well
:crying:

Plug it in to.computer.and enter twrp. When comp recognizes it, it'll ask to format the disk drive (sdcard).. then use instructions above
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InflatedTitan said:
Plug it in to.computer.and enter twrp. When comp recognizes it, it'll ask to format the disk drive (sdcard).. then use instructions above
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worked..
setting up cm10 right now but i dont have a recovery backup to fall back on
how do i go about doing this or should i just make a backup of the cm10 rom in twrp

probably in backup =)

Good job bro. Just *dont* do anymore factory resets in bootloader. Enjoy the Roms. Be careful with cm10 though. I been hearing of a few glitches in it. If anything arises, ask first and don't freak out
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InflatedTitan said:
Good job bro. Just do do anymore facto resets in bootloader. Enjoy the Roms. Be careful with cm10 though. I been hearing of a few glitches in it. If anything arises, ask first and don't freak out
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*don't *factory

DvineLord said:
*don't *factory
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Lol, edited
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So far so good with latest cm10 nightly.. Only crashed once when loading camera.
Now how do i get the default software back on my phone as a backup? Download 2.20 ruu.. Flash.. Then backup in twrp.. Then re flash cm10 from backup?
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silent1643 said:
So far so good with latest cm10 nightly.. Only crashed once when loading camera.
Now how do i get the default software back on my phone as a backup? Download 2.20 ruu.. Flash.. Then backup in twrp.. Then re flash cm10 from backup?
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Well. That's a HUGE pain, and I'll tell you why
If you wanted a backup of stock, you would have to do this
1. Relock Bootloader
2. Run RUU
3. Unlock Bootloader
4. Flash TWRP
5. Backup your ROM
6. Wipe your System
7. Factory Reset
8. Flash CM10 boot.img
9. Flash CM10
10. Flash Google apps
and after that.. you have a stock backup, and you are back on CM10.. Now what if you wanted to revert to stock? Well... Sigh
1. Wipe System
2. Factory Reset
3. Flash boot.img from your backup
4. Flash your backup
and now you are back to your stock backup..
What's easier though.
1. Download a stock rooted ROM
2. Wipe system
3. Factory Reset
4. Flash the boot.img from stock
5. Flash stock
6. Make a backup
From here you can either keep stock, or go back to CM10. but, if switching between CM10 and your stock backup, you should wipe system and factory reset. you will need to flash the boot.img every time you switch

Stock rooted rom? Isnt that the ruu
Or are you talking about sense roms based off stock.
I basically want to be able to flash back to stock if i ever sell the phone
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silent1643 said:
Stock rooted rom? Isnt that the ruu
Or are you talking about sense roms based off stock.
I basically want to be able to flash back to stock if i ever sell the phone
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A stock rooted rom is.. a stock ROM with root installed.. some of them have removed AT&T apps (what we call bloatware)
You can't get root on a stock ROM unless you unlock your bootloader, flash twrp, then flash su.zip
If you want to sell the phone.. just relock the boot loader and run the RUU

Thanks!
Enlightened... If i may how do i handle nightly builds with cm10?.. The rom itself can check for updates but i also see them posted on the url link.. Whats the best way to keep flashing night lies without setting up my settings each time.. Should also mention already backing apps up with titanium pro with Dropbox
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silent1643 said:
Thanks!
Enlightened... If i may how do i handle nightly builds with cm10?.. The rom itself can check for updates but i also see them posted on the url link.. Whats the best way to keep flashing night lies without setting up my settings each time.. Should also mention already backing apps up with titanium pro with Dropbox
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You can try an 'upgrade' which means you just flash overtop of your installation. I don't know if this will keep your settings. What it may do is break some stuff, if that's the case, do not report errors unless you have a clean install.
Your best bet is to find your favorite/stable nightly build and stick with it for a while

Good advice will stick with current until something major is updated in cm10..
But essentially i could make a backup of my current cm10 install and try other roms.. Then restore from backup to revert to cm10 with all my settings intact
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silent1643 said:
Good advice will stick with current until something major is updated in cm10..
But essentially i could make a backup of my current cm10 install and try other roms.. Then restore from backup to revert to cm10 with all my settings intact
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Yes. But don't forget to flash the boot.img for your CM10 backup before flashing the backup.

The boot.img that came with the cm10 zip or the boot.img from the twrp cm10 backup
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CWM recovery problems and how to install .img recovery files

Two questions:
1. How do i flash the new touch recovery without using rom manager (.img file from clockworkmod site)?
2. I installed the latest non touch recovery (with rom manager) but it's causing me problems. Every time i install a new rom I can't boot into recovery. I had to use LG flash tool to reinstall the stock v21e gingerbread and start all over again. Then i installed CM10 (which didnt work) and recovery didn't work again so i had to flash with LG flashtool again. Why is this happening?

With Cm10 I also had problem entering recovery, to enter recovery I've had to remove usb cable, then hold power button for 10sec( to have phone completely off) and then hold 3D+vold down+ power. Was releasing power when have backlight and holding buttons until entering recovery. Hope it will help. For me it works.
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Have you tried an older recovery? I'm on CWM 5.0.2.0. Installed with Recovery Manager: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=23474089

The older recovery works fine, but that's not the point. I cant think of a single reason why is this happening with the newest version.
So does anyone know how to flash those .img files? Maybe from terminal emulator?
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Stinger2U said:
The older recovery works fine, but that's not the point. I cant think of a single reason why is this happening with the newest version.
So does anyone know how to flash those .img files? Maybe from terminal emulator?
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Yeah, you need to use Terminal emulator.
Instructions:
1. Put it on the root of the internal sdcard
2. Open Terminal App
3. Run :
Code:
su
Then
Code:
dd if=/sdcard/recovery.img of=/dev/block/mmcblk0p6 bs=4096
4. Reboot and now it would work !

^ Don't know why, but it didn't work for me. Maybe it's needed to install the regular non-touch recovery and then the touch one?
Edit: Nope, that wasn't it. Is CWM 6.0.1.9 for our phone broken? I can't get it to work whatever I try (Recovery Manager or flashing thru Terminal). So I got back to CWM 5.8.1.5 Touch.

I managed to get the latest recovery running. But as soon as I install another rom it stops working. Weird.
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What are you using to install them? Cuz it sounds like you are installing some recovery in the system partition like the ics temp ones
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idriff said:
What are you using to install them? Cuz it sounds like you are installing some recovery in the system partition like the ics temp ones
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I used rom manager and terminal emulator. I still haven't tried the latest touch recovery. I'll keep the older version until this gets fixed.

Stinger2U said:
I used rom manager and terminal emulator. I still haven't tried the latest touch recovery. I'll keep the older version until this gets fixed.
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i have the same problem with my p920, flashing the newest CWM 6.0..1.9 and trying to reboot into it bricks the device...
i wanted to try out CM10, but i'm stucked on the lg logo after flashing it ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=35439373&postcount=721 )

At first this thread in the wrong section .
Try this (it's toooo easy) . It worked for me (in GB ) :-
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1598320
And about flashing the .img . you can flash the .img with omap4boot when the phone in fastboot mode ( this what you should do with ICS) .
Maybe change the twrp.img or cwm.img with the recovery you want to flash . Maybe I'm not sure .
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I had the same problem.
The latest CWM recovery (6.0.1.9) bricked my phone upon restart.
I had to flash a new rom to get it working, tried to entrer CWM recovery and it bricked again.
Finally reverted to stock recovery, i'm thinking about flashing CMW 5 again.
Can someone tell me which is the latest 5 version?

^ 5.8.1.5 Touch.
I couldn't make CWM 6.0.1.9 to work (non-touch and touch). Managed to boot into it temporarely, but that's all.

i am using CWM 6.0.1.9 with no problem. it works fine, also i am using CM10.

Corvus Corax said:
^ 5.8.1.5 Touch.
I couldn't make CWM 6.0.1.9 to work (non-touch and touch). Managed to boot into it temporarely, but that's all.
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Thanks Corvus.
Can you or someone else tell me where to download the non-touch version of it?
I've searched through xda and google and could not find it.

daniel.mota said:
Thanks Corvus.
Can you or someone else tell me where to download the non-touch version of it?
I've searched through xda and google and could not find it.
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I think that you can find it in the Recovery Toolkit here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=24820818

Corvus Corax said:
I think that you can find it in the Recovery Toolkit here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=24820818
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I used that one to flash stock recovery, it works great.
But I think it includes CWM Recovery version 5.2.0.7, not 5.8.1.5.

daniel.mota said:
I used that one to flash stock recovery, it works great.
But I think it includes CWM Recovery version 5.2.0.7, not 5.8.1.5.
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It's possible. I didn't use non-touch recovery in a while.

Corvus Corax said:
It's possible. I didn't use non-touch recovery in a while.
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I prefer non-touch, I find it more reliable.

If you have any problems with ClockworkMod 6.0.1.9
You can not install the CM10 or Jelly Bam
You have the bootloader locked.
I had the same problem and I unlocked the bootloader.
Now everything works perfectly.

Cyanogenmod 10 Problem p920

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbO6zCdJNEM

I think it's because you were from ICS ! All user had ICS have the same problem.

If you were on ICS downgrade with BOOTV21E , when cwm starts factory reset, boot android, go to settings,format internal SD, reboot in cwm, install CM zip with modified boot.img, install gapps zip, get in download mode and flash v21a fls or any other compatible baseband.
That's it.

I've already done the downgrade! Then I followed this guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2037287 ... and finally I installed the V21A (bin and fls)

xbsall said:
If you were on ICS downgrade with BOOTV21E , when cwm starts factory reset, boot android, go to settings,format internal SD, reboot in cwm, install CM zip with modified boot.img, install gapps zip, get in download mode and flash v21a fls or any other compatible baseband.
That's it.
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can you give me CM.zip with modified boot.img

Hey guys I have the same exact issue, did you solve it? Can you make a tutorial? Thanks.

fabersantucci said:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EbO6zCdJNEM
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u can only flash cm10 with nontouch recovery
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pota-- said:
u can only flash cm10 with nontouch recovery
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Hi Pota,
I have for the first time installed the latest CM10 using CWM (no-touch) but.... after instalation the phone don't pass the LG logo.
in CWM I have wipe cache and data.
the Rom installed was GB 21E and never have installed ICS.
What am I missing to make CM10 work?
Thanks

[Q] Patching ICS .BIN fils with CWM

Is there a way to patch a ICS BIN file of the ROM with CWM?
s.t. lilke this in the past:[TOOL] LG-P970 ROM COVERTER Automatic converter from KDZ to BIN/FLS + ROOT

You could patch it but you will have to change bootladers to wkparks and patch it with signed cwm from dexter. I don't think it is worth of trouble it easier after flashing flash all of it via fastboot, and then flash SU via CWM.
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iodak said:
You could patch it but you will have to change bootladers to wkparks and patch it with signed cwm from dexter. I don't think it is worth of trouble it easier after flashing flash all of it via fastboot, and then flash SU via CWM.
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i just wanted to make the "First ICS 4.0.4 Full 3D ROM Ported From SU760" with CWM in SU inside to be easy for me when i switch between ICS and GB (i have very unstable ICS on all basebands till I install over it another custom ROM). And i do this often.

TWRP

Hey guys i am having little problem to get TWRP to run my device. the thing is like this I have flashed the ICS P920/P925 SU760 XBSA ICS 4.0.4 Custom Full 3D ROM so i would like to Flash the V5 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1963847
but we all know that it need to be with TWRP then it will work so 2days now i been searching way on how to install twrp so i come up with this one http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1808585 i tried this with a terminal app, but after it done it shows me this as on my screen shot.
but nothing happen to my device no TRWP was installed anywa please any one please tell me if there is another way to install TWRP. so i can flash the version .
My Device is already ROOTED by the way.

That Recovery is for GB :/
You need this one: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=33809758
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TMProduct1onZ said:
That Recovery is for GB :/
You need this one: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=33809758
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Thanks mate, i fallow that guide and it works fine although i had little hard time to do it, and for some reason when i flash TWRP Recovery my phone goes to boot loop and at the end i decide to flash CWM recovery and it work fine, and i flashed the V5 of XBSALL its all done now. so THANK YOU.