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So I recently rooted my mytouch4g, after rooting my phone I learned how to load roms ect. As I found myself getting carried away loading this ROM, that theme whatever it may have been. Recently I have been having trouble booting up Roms and restoring backups off my phone is there anyway to just compleatly wipe my phone and start over?!

Hi, welcome to xda
You can, you need to enter recovery and do all the wipes there. You can do a factory reset trough settings and then the wipes
I am sure you can find instructions in your device section, should you need any

Thanks man new to the fourm and love my device.
I didnt know that through clockwork from the boot menu when i whiped the cash and factory restor that was all the data from the phone. It could just be the rooms I was trying to use...Seems to be the trend with most anyways.
Thanks again man.

and i'd recommend you install quick boot so you can directly launch into recovery mode

Siresmokalot said:
and i'd recommend you install quick boot so you can directly launch into recovery mode
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And where might I find this?

I'm retarded forgive me. Haha
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I'm retarded forgive me. Haha
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understanding one's limitations is the 1st step to learning

[Q] Help! Messed Up! Need to reset!

So I'm a noob to all this rooting biz, but had done tons of jailbreaks so thought this would be similar. It's not!
I rooted my phone (Samsung Infuse) and was going to flash MIUI on it. It wouldn't work, so I gave up and went to the 'Download Roms' or whatever section in Clockworkmod and thought all of those would work for my phone.. So I tried downloaded Darky rom, and once it downloaded and flashed, the phone is now stuck on
'Galaxy S'
GT-19000
Samsung
When I take the battery out and go to do a reboot or hard reset, it shows the reg samsung logo for a second then glitches to that galaxy s **** and it doesn't work. I can't even get it into recovery mode!
I have a Mac and I don't know what to do. Please help me asap. I just got this phone 3 days ago. And if I can't fix this myself, will my insurance/30-day return still be valid or will this **** up my warrantee?

use this.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1116251

Is it Mac compatible?

itsjaylin said:
Is it Mac compatible?
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I believe so. It's what everybody uses when they mess something up. I'm in windows. But a lot of here use mac too. Just try it out. Follow the directions closely, and you'll get you phone back to stock.
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Next time read before you flash anything lol
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Well i'm borrowing my aunts pc real quick to try this.. Have you ever heard of it workin for this particular case?

Also, I don't have the 3 button method on my phone. So how am I supposed to put the phone in download mode?

Yeah your particular case happens tons of times. And like I said, follow the directions exact and you will get your phone back to use.
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jayson94538 said:
Yeah your particular case happens tons of times. And like I said, follow the directions exact and you will get your phone back to use.
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Ok, we'll see.. But if it doesn't work, would I be able to get a new one if I have ensurance? I've also had it less then 30 days

itsjaylin said:
Ok, we'll see.. But if it doesn't work, would I be able to get a new one if I have ensurance? I've also had it less then 30 days
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It WILL work if you do it right. And no because rooting your device or flashing roms voids your warranty.
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Well then I sure hope this works..

It worked! But should it have downloaded these extra tools and added a launcher?

itsjaylin said:
It worked! But should it have downloaded these extra tools and added a launcher?
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I believe that after it has done its thing, the phone should have rebooted into recovery mode and showing an option to delete all user data or factory reset. If not, try manually going into recovery mode:
1. Turn off phone.
2. Hold down both up and down volume keys and the power key.
3. Let go of the POWER key when you see the samsung logo pop up. (keep holding the volume keys until it boots into recovery)
4. Now go down to where it says delete all user data or maybe it says factory reset. Something along those lines. Let it do its thing and then
5. Reboot system.
After doing so, you will lose root and all of data. Re-root, add the custom recovery. And READ READ READ. The only roms you can flash from recovery mode is gtg's roms. So check out all roms in the development section here. Read the differences and flash away
I'm currently on miui and I'm loving it because it's very customizable. But battery life sucks on it.
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jayson94538 said:
I believe that after it has done its thing, the phone should have rebooted into recovery mode and showing an option to delete all user data or factory reset. If not, try manually going into recovery mode:
1. Turn off phone.
2. Hold down both up and down volume keys and the power key.
3. Let go of the POWER key when you see the samsung logo pop up. (keep holding the volume keys until it boots into recovery)
4. Now go down to where it says delete all user data or maybe it says factory reset. Something along those lines. Let it do its thing and then
5. Reboot system.
After doing so, you will lose root and all of data. Re-root, add the custom recovery. And READ READ READ. The only roms you can flash from recovery mode is gtg's roms. So check out all roms in the development section here. Read the differences and flash away
I'm currently on miui and I'm loving it because it's very customizable. But battery life sucks on it.
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Thank! I fell asleep downloading Odin, just so I could get it back to norm this morning..

itsjaylin said:
Thank! I fell asleep downloading Odin, just so I could get it back to norm this morning..
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Did you get it to work?
And sorry for the typo above, I meant to say that the only roms you can flash through rom manager is gtg's infused roms.
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Yes I got it
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Its because darkys rom is for i9000 and that is i9000 boot screen your looking at...do not try to flash anything for infuse off of rom manager...use infuse development thread.....you should be able to hold vol u vol down(at the same time) and power for about ten seconds and that will put you back into recovery....then if you are in green cwm go to mounts and storage...mount usb drive....and you can download a rom from our thread and put it on your sd card without having to reboot....wipe everything and flash rom that you downloaded...if you have red cwm...go to apply update zip..choose it...and flash it...now u have green recovery...hope that helped..
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Root sidekick quick and easy. One click with recovery

Guys so i wanted to root my phone and
1) i just didnt have to patience to do all the work
2) i didnt get some stuff
3) and i wanted to do this quickly and effectively
i found this youtube video after like an hour of searching and it worked GREAT. [Video and end of post]
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pretty much the instructions are to:
Download the drivers first *NECESARRY*******IMPORTANT. this is one of the ke things cause without this is wont work in the beginning
*JUST A MENTION*
i tried doing this on my 64 bit system and it wasnt as easy when i did it on my 32 bit.
so it could have just been my comp.
just a heads up.
64 bit driver:
http://drivers.softpedia.com/get/MOBILES/Samsung/Samsung-Galaxy-S-USB-Driver-for-Windows-x64.shtml
32 bit.
http://drivers.softpedia.com/get/MOBILES/Samsung/Samsung-Galaxy-S-USB-Driver-for-Windows-x86.shtml
After that you're going to download this file:
http://tinyurl.com/Sidekick4GALLinOne
this is the file/folder whatever that will root your sidekick and add the CWM.
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^REQUIRES WINRAR^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
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Ok so to start rooting and the CWM
1) You're going to install the the driver that you download...64 bit or 32 bit etc.
2) after that you're going to set your phone to "USB DEBUGGING" when connect and ofcourse
connect your phone
after that your open up the folder thats called "sk4g root with good recovery"
3) ignore everything you see and just go straight to run.bat
4) click it and then wait, "Press any key to continue" press anything
5) let the thing run and you should be set at the end.
ENJOY
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your phone will reboot during the process and that is ok
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if your doing this to install a new rom i recommend ayoteddy's GingerCloneV2. if great and has barly any glitches
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SOURCE AND VIDEO:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wYC8XRqM-no&feature=channel_video_title
(this is not my video)
ENJOY YOUR SIDEKICK!

this has been covered already in the dev section and has been sticked
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Aw man. I got all hyped cause I couldn't find any other post like it....oh well.
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Ok, i ran the bat file, it did its thing, waited till it reboot, i didnt get a chance to get rom manager till later today, so ive rebooted the phone couple times since then. But now i got rom manager and flashed CW and...... hit reboot into recovery and........ stock recovery pops up.

Reinstall. Packages
PM FOR PSN NEED THE RUN PSN

BAleR said:
Ok, i ran the bat file, it did its thing, waited till it reboot, i didnt get a chance to get rom manager till later today, so ive rebooted the phone couple times since then. But now i got rom manager and flashed CW and...... hit reboot into recovery and........ stock recovery pops up.
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You cqnt just flash cwm from rom manager, you have to trick the phone into booting into a cwm "clone" there is a thread on how to do his, I am in class now, but when I get out I will post the link, or you may be able to find it.
Edit here u go http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=
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help plz
AFAinHD said:
You cqnt just flash cwm from rom manager, you have to trick the phone into booting into a cwm "clone" there is a thread on how to do his, I am in class now, but when I get out I will post the link, or you may be able to find it.
Edit here u go http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=
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that link its not longer working ... never mind i have it its true just go to reinstall packages and done thanks

Beware! Softpedia installs malware on your computer.
The file 'C:\Users\\Sk4g_root_with_good_recovery\Sk4g root with good recovery\rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin'
contained a virus or unwanted program 'EXP/Agent.5392' [exploit]
Action(s) taken:
The file was moved to the quarantine directory under the name '4a696fda.qua'.
Just sayin'.

Lol that is from the super click website it root phone
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For everyone that reads this thread, i no longer have a sidekick, i recently just got my android phone after it was stolen (hence no replies from me or anything) sorry. But on to the point, this thread is old and i do not have anymore knowledge of this phone. So if theyre are problems in the future from this thread, i wont be able to help you much. Sorry.
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mksin11 said:
For everyone that reads this thread, i no longer have a sidekick, i recently just got my android phone after it was stolen (hence no replies from me or anything) sorry. But on to the point, this thread is old and i do not have anymore knowledge of this phone. So if theyre are problems in the future from this thread, i wont be able to help you much. Sorry.
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This phone doesn't have much of a life left anymore anyway. Most people have already left. The phone was a great idea, just needed to have better specs and have a more open source. Right now its just on it's last breath. Kinda makes me sad, the keyboard was amazing. The doubleplays keyboard doesn't even compare. But I couldn't handle how slow a single core CPU is. As with most people.
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Dead Link
mksin11 said:
After that you're going to download this file:
http://tinyurl.com/Sidekick4GALLinOne
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The link is dead. Could you possibly reupload it, or direct me to where I can find it?
Thanks!!!

[Q] Getting Infuse into CWM

First off, i'm sorry if there are posts on this. I searched this site and Google to find my answer. I tried flashing the Infused rom first, the flash didn't work, I was stuck in boot loop. I eventually used Odin to get back to stock. I decided to go with the SuperCM7 instead to try my luck with that. I am rooted and have installed CWM through rom manager(galaxysi9000 as im sure you all know. I'm trying to follow the steps on infinitybiff's post(directions for flashing....) Anyways when i try to go into CWM recovery, i'm taken to the standard android <3e> recovery screen. Should I try downloading CWM to my sdcard and trying that? Any suggestions would be great!

Just manually replace the recovery file.

Could you guide me through that? Sorry im a noob.
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What file do i replace. I know how to find my recovery file(system/bin/recovery). Do i replace that?
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forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1107881
Should help.
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Thanks... Although for some reason my phone wasn't booting up. Now trying Odin again, but its getting stuck at factory.fs.rfs or whatever it is. Hopefully didn't brick my phone.

no soup for you.
sorry had to do it. Seinfeld was a good show.

Hahaha, yes Seinfeld was a good show. No worries got my phone up and running, now to try this flashing crap again... OK, update.zip is on my INTERNAL SD CARD and still not booting into CWM. On the verge of giving up.

Did you try to manually replace the recovery file yet? ROM Manager doesn't always seem to work for it.

My method :
Flash the kernel+cwm by sgs kernel flasher apps.
if your rom.
Froyo > Community kernel v8
GB > Infuse-GB 1.0 kernel

verticae said:
forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1107881
Should help.
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I prefer method 1 in that thread. Always works for me.

[Q] Can't access /system from recovery !

Hi guys.
I have some problems with my recovery, here is my story.
I was running last TWRP, and while doing an update of my favorite ROM, the installation was stuck at fomatting system... I tried to reboot several times and nothing to do it couldn't work.
So I installed (in a dirty way) CWM to try it. Formatting seemed to work and it's still working (or at least it's written that the operation is done) BUT when I want to update my ROM and when the script needs at the beginning to format system, it's stuck for several minutes. Sometimes it works only after 3 or 4 times (or maybe it's because I don't wait enough) and so then everything works out but I've got a message like "the error was system", can't remember sorry, if you need what is exactly written I'll tell you.
So why should I do ?
Thanks.
Hope you understood me, my english kinda sucks..

I think your best bet at this point would be flashing the factory images and starting fresh. I don't use twrp myself, but for what I've read here, it's best to let it finish what it's doing and not reboot.
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adrman said:
I think your best bet at this point would be flashing the factory images and starting fresh. I don't use twrp myself, but for what I've read here, it's best to let it finish what it's doing and not reboot.
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Well when it's endless I can't let him finish I guess...
I don't know why system image would change anything because it has nothing to do with recovery. Maybe you meant stock recovery and then put back CWM ?

Up please I need an answer

Tomatot- said:
Well when it's endless I can't let him finish I guess...
I don't know why system image would change anything because it has nothing to do with recovery. Maybe you meant stock recovery and then put back CWM ?
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Same thing happened to me. In fact posted a similar post earlier. I used the nexus recovery tool once to get back to stock and that worked but erased everything on my phone.
Did it one other time successfully flashed one rom and then some thing happened but this time I had a backup in twrp and was able to restore that.
The only thing now is my battery won't charge past 77%.
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You guys really need to understand what you're doing before flashing. Start with these
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=47025283
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=47096456

jd1639 said:
You guys really need to understand what you're doing before flashing. Start with these
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=47025283
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=47096456
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Yeah that is a great how to but I've already rooted and unlocked phone. I understand how to flash roms, I have at least 10 android devices in my home that I flash roms to.
I know the process, it is the same on most devices. The problem with this one is when you go to flash a new rom it says it can't mount system and gets stuck in endless install.
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nelomen said:
Same thing happened to me. In fact posted a similar post earlier. I used the nexus recovery tool once to get back to stock and that worked but erased everything on my phone.
Did it one other time successfully flashed one rom and then some thing happened but this time I had a backup in twrp and was able to restore that.
The only thing now is my battery won't charge past 77%.
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I had the same issue flashing elemental kernel. After the reboot I couldn't access my SD and my baseband weren't recognised. So I reloaded a nandroid backup but the issue was still present. I have never encountered a so strange problem. Resolved reverting to stock and reflashing elementalx.

jd1639 said:
You guys really need to understand what you're doing before flashing. Start with these
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=47025283
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=47096456
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You must be kidding me... Did you even read my post ?

Tomatot- said:
You must be kidding me... Did you even read my post ?
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Twrp system may not automatically mount. From twrp select mounts and system. Or reboot recovery.
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jwhyte said:
Twrp system may not automatically mount. From twrp select mounts and system. Or reboot recovery.
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I tried that when I shaving that problem but system would not Allow me to mount system. It would let me check off everything but that.
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nelomen said:
I tried that when I shaving that problem but system would not Allow me to mount system. It would let me check off everything but that.
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You can try flashing twrp with adb again? Not sure why it wont mount system.
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jwhyte said:
Twrp system may not automatically mount. From twrp select mounts and system. Or reboot recovery.
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I'll try that but it's weird because it never happenned to me before and now it's happenning to me every time.

Tomatot- said:
I'll try that but it's weird because it never happenned to me before and now it's happenning to me every time.
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I have already gone back to stock completely and started all over to verify I did everything correct. I got sane results not sure if Tomatot has tried more than once.
Not sure if it makes a difference but my N5 is the t-mobile store version.
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Mine is from Google Play. Today I flashed a ROM and before I mounted system. The installation was very long (more than usual i'd say) but it finally worked !

Tomatot- said:
Mine is from Google Play. Today I flashed a ROM and before I mounted system. The installation was very long (more than usual i'd say) but it finally worked !
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Glad to see yours is working. I was able to flash the stock 4.4.1 but it was still feeling a little wonky. Battery got stuck again this time at 35% so I used nexus tool to return to stock completely but still same issue with battery. I think I'm going to lock it and exchange it at the T mobile store.
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Here is what's happenning :
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Formatting /system (takes about 5 minutes)
Extracting /system
Symlinking
Flashing boot.img
Yeah !
Script succeeded : resultat was [/system]
Can it help you guys ?