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I bought a phone that has Cyan 7 on it and im messing around with other Roms which ones are compatible where i can just flash from rom manager? I dont want to mess with Odin and other recoveries.

turn off phone hold volume button down and then power button it should boot to the fastboot screen then you can select recovery

Thanks yea i got that part now i just would like to know which ones can i flash from rom manger? And if i do do i backup and wipe and dalvik everytime? Or just dalvik?

Warning - if you're on CyanogenMod-based roms, you need to stay on that family. This means either CM7 or MIUI. If you want to go to a Samsung rom (i897 or i9000), you'll need to use ODIN to properly repartition your internal SD card.

Ok grt so i can grab the miui from rom manager. Do you know which one i can flash? Do i backup exisiting wipe/cache dalvik everytime i flash?

cell2011 said:
Ok grt so i can grab the miui from rom manager. Do you know which one i can flash?
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Much as I'd like to be able to point you in the right direction, I don't use MIUI or Rom Manager myself. I only know the issues with partitioning. Perhaps someone who uses one or both of those pieces of software can help.

Don't use ROM manager. Just download the latest update from the op of the MIUI thread. Installation instructions can also be found there.

What can i flash through Rom manager then other then Cyano 7 nightly which i am on?

cell2011 said:
What can i flash through Rom manager then other then Cyano 7 nightly which i am on?
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Warning - if you're on CyanogenMod-based roms, you need to stay on that family. This means either CM7 or MIUI. If you want to go to a Samsung rom (i897 or i9000), you'll need to use ODIN to properly repartition your internal SD card.
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You can flash CM7 based roms or MIUI. If you dont know what that means, you dont need to be flashing. Go read.

My reply should have said I don't use ROM manager. I just dl from the ROM thread.

I believe any rom that is listed in rom manager you can use. they are for your phone. I have 2fastroms,MIuI,Oxygen and Cyanogenmod. I tested everyone of them. I normal flash a rom set it up to the way I want it. then when I get sick f it I back it up. Format everything and install a differant rom. when I want to go back to my old rom. I format everything and do a restore

[Q] Do i need to root before installing a ROM?

Hi Everyone,
Im new here and new at using an android phone with ICS.(used to be an iphone user)
The battery life is just horrible. I want to install the ROM by peter alfonso.
My question is do i need to root before installing a ROM?
If so, how to?
Thanks,
johnnski

no, you dont need to root before installing custom roms. but you do need to unluck your bootloader and flash a custom recovery(like cwm or twrp). when you do flash peters rom, youll get root too. his rom has the superuser binaries.

No, you can just flash clockwork mod recovery through fast boot and then flash a pre rooted rom.
Sorted.
You need to unlock your boot loader alright tho and that will wipe your phone, SD card and everything!! Be warned!!
Open command prompt in windows and type on fastboot OEM unlock and unlock the bootloader.
then fastboot flash recovery xxxxx.img (xxxx.img is the name of the recovery you download, most likely cwm5.0.2.0.img)
You'll find it in the forums. Search for it.

the ease is a plus of owning a nexus device

thanks for all your help guys. i was able to flash alfonso's rom successfully, i think.
in the about phone menu, it says 3.0.8+ [email protected] #1, and there's a super user installed on my phone.
But it's the same look as the original ICS. i thought it would have a different look. I dnt know, lol. sorry newbie.
Did i do this correctly?

Yup.
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If it boots you're in the green
If it's not stable, you may just need to wipe and reflash if you didn't do so. You'll probably just want to do a data/factory reset and format /system.

johnnski said:
thanks for all your help guys. i was able to flash alfonso's rom successfully, i think.
in the about phone menu, it says 3.0.8+ [email protected] #1, and there's a super user installed on my phone.
But it's the same look as the original ICS. i thought it would have a different look. I dnt know, lol. sorry newbie.
Did i do this correctly?
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Ya that all seems fine. Congratulations!
Be careful not to get addicted and become a crackflasher!!
If you feel brave you can try flashing custom kernels or even other roms!
Pete's is as close to stock as you can get really, he just makes stable stock roms and kernels.
Gummynexs a nice rom. Customisable too and cyanogenmod style power menu.
Matr1x v15.0 is a good kernel too. Has all the features available
Just boot into recovery and wipe dalvik cache and flash the kernel.

Thanks guys. although im having issues with synching. it won't sync to twitter or facebook. i do not get background updates.

NS 9020t - problem flashing marmite_v4.4 kernel to miui 2.9.7

I'm having a problem flashing marmite 4.4 to the newest miui build (2.9.7).
Basically in cwm recovery and flashed the kernel.
Will say "ununderstandable message 3" and "lid is licked"
Reboot the device and it will get stuck on the miui boot screen.
Tried installing both the "stock OTA" and "All other ROM" version of marmite.
Same message comes up.
Already tried performing a full wipe (actual full restore, format system, format boot), reload the ROM.
Tried wipe cache and dalvic (even though it is not needed)
Just wondering if there is something incompatible or not.
I was able to flash air kernel without issues.
I haven't tried an older version of marmite yet, but will try later.
I'm not blaming marmite, it could be miui as well, or it could be just me.
I'm certain I'm flashing correctly.
I read bedalus' marmite post and saw 2 others with this issue (not same version of kernel or ROM).
The suggestion was that they didn't use the correct kernel for ROM.
I would assume miui would not be categorized as "stock OTA", so I tried "all other ROM" version first"
Am I doing something wrong?

There is a new version 4.5 the message you get I believe is like a joke. It does show however that the installation was successful.
Never experienced boot loops flashing his kernels.
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Actually, I downloaded that one just now to try and same issue.
It will just stall at the miui (ROM) boot screen.
I am trying some other stuff right now as well.
Really want to use this kernel. :good:
I'll report back later.
Thanks for the help.

Good luck. His kernel offers great speed and stability!
Sent from my Nexus S

For marmite 4.5, did a full wipe again, even formatted the SD partition.
So flashed miui 2.9.7.
Booted to the ROM.
Made sure things seem normal in the ROM.
Restarted just to be sure.
Boot back to recovery.
Flashed marmite 4.5
And it is stuck on the miui loading screen again.
Only thing I haven't tried this time is to fix permissions. (didn't wipe cache or dalvic either)
I'll try it again. :laugh:

Since I formatted the SD partition, it should rule out that it was something on the SD card right?
It's time consuming to copy things back to the NS.
I'll try an older version of marmite afterwards and then an older version of miui.
It should tell me what is causing the lock up by then. I think. :silly:
.... yes I have a lot of time ....

I forgot to mention one thing.
I'm flashing the official Chinese version of miui 2.9.7.
Wonder if that's the cause.
I guess I will download the US or UK version to try as well.

Well if your phone boots with original kernel, it must be kernel related. There's no need to wipe anything before flashing a kernel. Just flash it. It could be that the Chinese rom is different from the others, but that's a guess I'm no expert on compatability.
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kwibis said:
Well if your phone boots with original kernel, it must be kernel related. There's no need to wipe anything before flashing a kernel. Just flash it. It could be that the Chinese rom is different from the others, but that's a guess I'm no expert on compatability.
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Took some time to test, but sort of found my answer.
It's the official Chinese miui that's causing the issue.
Well at least some component in the ROM.
I tested with the MIUI UK (miuiandroid) version 2.9.7 and it installed like a charm.
Before flashing the UK version, I tested with earlier versions of marmite (4.3 and 3.5) on the Chinese 2.9.7.
All failed at the ROM boot screen.
I should check with the miuiandroid team and see what they changed that made it different.
When I was testing I did a full wipe, installed ROM, booted ROM, boot to recovery and flashed the kernel.
I didn't even wipe cache or dalvic (which is not needed anyways).
I had to do a full wipe because the ROM just wouldn't boot back up afterwards.
I'm tempted to test with an earlier version of the official Chinese miui and see if it makes any difference.
... too much time and/or no life ... :laugh:

Lol, well it's good you found your answer So its not a waste lf time as you learn from this
Sent from my Nexus S

If you flash air kernel, and if it worked, I guess marmite's boot.img type can cause a problem.
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Articudos said:
If you flash air kernel, and if it worked, I guess marmite's boot.img type can cause a problem.
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Not sure what the boot.img type is, but I'll look it up. Thanks.
I posted on miuiandroid forums and someone replied saying that the Chinese version is odexed and not busyboxed.
UK and US version is definitely deodexed, I downloaded them and checked. I haven't found out how to check busybox.
I have a few choices.
1. I can use the UK or US version, since I was able to flash marmite on them... easy way out.
2. Find out how to deodex the ROM and, I guess, how to add busybox (?)... I get to learn more stuff.
3. Use a way faster ROM (eg. Paranoid Android - great ROM by the way!) and flash marmite on it as well... but really want to use miui again.
Thanks guys for your help though. Really appreciate the information. :good:

Glad you found a solution

[Q] Can't Flash ANYTHING!!!!

Every time I try to flash something my tablet fails, and I have to revert back my backup. It doesn't matter if I download on PC or from the tablet itself. HELP!!!!
Galaxy Tab 2 7.0

Can you post what rom you are using right now, as well as what recovery version.
Also, what rom are you trying to flash ? You are rooted, right ?
If you can post some more details - am sure people will chime in
Good luck,

bill_in_mtl said:
Can you post what rom you are using right now, as well as what recovery version.
Also, what rom are you trying to flash ? You are rooted, right ?
If you can post some more details - am sure people will chime in
Good luck,
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I'm running stock 4.0.4, Rooted, Clockworkmod recovery. I have tried to flash several different roms. Romswell, AOKP, CM nightlies thru ROM manager. all of them fail in recovery. I flash stuff all the time on my SIII so I'm not really a Noob to flashing and what not, but I can't figure this one out. Thanks for any help.

What are you using for recovery? When you say failed what is the error message? Sounds like you should prolly reflash a current official recovery. If by failing you mean it hangs on first boot then your not wiping system before flashing. Factory reset and wipe system before you flash.

Are you by chance running any scripts for sd card swap, etc ?
I am running this script, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1961097 which swaps my 32GB external sd for the internal sd, which runs great - no issues, except with rom manager and flashing from recovery.
I have to go back and de-activate the script, reboot, and then dowload - or transfer file from PC, and it flashes without issue
Otherwise, I have had no flashing issues of any kind - using CWM 6.0.1.5 for the p3113
Good luck,
Bill

[Q] TWRP OTG Can't Install Roms

I'm running the latest MultiROM TWRP v2.7.0 and I'm unable to install roms via USB OTG. I can mount and install other zip files such as kernels, root, or mods just fine. Yet when it comes to flashing a rom (CM11) I get errors saying TWRP cannot open the zip.
Has anyone else experienced this issue?

Hello,
Are you sure the zip isn't broken? Have you tried installing other rom zips?

Hi thanks for the quick response,
Yes I made sure that zip wasn't broken. I had the same rom on my internal storage and simply moved it to my external via usb OTG
I just downloaded 2 roms. One CAF based and the ther CM11 based. I was able to install CAF (Carbon Rom) just fine but I wasn't able to install CM11(CM11 M4).
Any idea why CM based roms can't install via USB OTG?

JustinOkay said:
Hi thanks for the quick response,
Yes I made sure that zip wasn't broken. I had the same rom on my internal storage and simply moved it to my external via usb OTG
I just downloaded 2 roms. One CAF based and the ther CM11 based. I was able to install CAF (Carbon Rom) just fine but I wasn't able to install CM11(CM11 M4).
Any idea why CM based roms can't install via USB OTG?
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Well, how did you make sure it isn't broken? Did you match the md5 and see??
The fact that you're able to flash other roms and not able to flash only the CM zip sounds fishy... You may want to re-download the cm zip and see whether it flashes or not..

vin4yak said:
Well, how did you make sure it isn't broken? Did you match the md5 and see??
The fact that you're able to flash other roms and not able to flash only the CM zip sounds fishy... You may want to re-download the cm zip and see whether it flashes or not..
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I verified the rom wasn't broken by opening the zip file to view the contents. I also did a new download of each rom I attempted to flash.
Here is my order of operations:
1. Format Data and advance wipe everything.
2. Attempt to install CM11 via OTG but failed.
3. Successfully install CAF via OTG
4. Copy CM11 from OTG to internal storage.
5. Successfully install CM11 via internal storage.

Hmmm.. It's really strange... May be someone else with better experience using Multirom might be able to shed some light over this issue...
You could however also ask this in the Multirom thread as you will get replies from people who are using Multirom currently...

Thanks for the suggestion. I'll head that way and see what other users are experiencing.

After you advance wipe and format data you need to reboot back into your recovery. It needs to "reset" since the phone has no OS on it.
Once you rebooted back, go to install and mount your USB otg and flash away.
Hopefully this helps.
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This might be the problem...
Make sure that you installed the latest bootloader, I had the same problems a few weeks ago (with CM11) and installing/flashing this file from recovery solved the problem. Hope this helps.

cgjjaf said:
Make sure that you installed the latest bootloader, I had the same problems a few weeks ago (with CM11) and installing/flashing this file from recovery solved the problem. Hope this helps.
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He is able to flash cm11 through his sdcard successfully ... Problem occurs only when flashed via otg.. So i dont think bootloader's to be blamed here...
-Flowed from an IceCold Hammerhead!

Same problem here with TWRP 2.7.1.1. and pa4.4rc1 rom on otg

TWRP seems to have bad usb-otg support. My files on usb flash become broken after using twrp I've formated it and flashed Philz Touch recovery. Philz handle usb-otg better