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**[GUIDE] Format SD-card complete, Fresh start after many flashes**

Ok so Ive just completely formatted my SD card and installed the first ROM version/file system on it since the format.
All went very smooth and I would like to share my steps with anyone interested.
1. PHONE: flash collective recovery via latest ROM build FOUND HERE
2. PHONE: reboot into touch recovery
3. PHONE: mount usb storage
4. PC: go online and download latest build (ALSO FOUND HERE) to desktop or wherever, then verify md5 to build download.
5.PHONE and PC: browse through existing file system on phone and backup to desktop on pc, any music/ringtones/pictures/CWM backups/important app data using my best judgement and preserving folder layout by copying the entire folders and subfolders.
6.PHONE: disconnect from USB storage
7.PHONE: enter wipe/format menu within recovery then triple wipe(wipe data, cache, dalvik)
8.PHONE: "format all partitions(except SDcard)"
9.PHONE: "format sdcard" from same wipe/format menu (SCREENSHOT SEEN HERE)
10.PHONE: mount USB storage within recovery again and add the latest build .zip file to the root of your sdcard which should have only one folder now... "4EXT". Do not add it within 4EXT but rather below it on root of card. You should now see the folder "4EXT" and the .zip below it.
11HONE: disconnect USB storage
12HONE: install zip from sd and flash latest build, once prompted, reboot.
DONE - with a super clean sccard and install/flash
once your new file system is in place, set-up and stable ... add back your important folders/files as needed via USB
tips. ALWAYS "EJECT" YOUR USB STORAGE DEVICE FROM PC, THEN PHONE! This simple step can save you a big headache later...
You do not have to use Ascention and can flash the ROM of your choice as long as its pre-rooted
Hope this helps anyone who can use it.
FLAWLESS!!!
credit to collective team for ROM/recovery

Awesome!!! Thx

[Q] In ClockwordMod Recovery but no Cyanogen Mod update zip

Galaxy S2 GTi9100
Hi,
I rooted my phone today and am now trying to install Cyanogen Mod. I followed all steps on their Wiki but now am facing a problem.
- The wiki says "Place the CyanogenMod update.zip file on the root of the SD card. "
- I placed the update .zip file on the root of the external sd card. Seems like that was not what was intended.
- I followed these steps successfully:
Boot into the ClockworkMod Recovery.
Once the device boots into the ClockworkMod Recovery, use the side volume buttons to move around, and either the power button or the trackball to select.
Optional: Select backup and restore to create a backup of current installation on the Samsung Galaxy S II.
Select the option to Wipe data/factory reset.
Then select the option to Wipe cache partition.
Select Install zip from sdcard.
Select Choose zip from sdcard.​- The next step is "Select the CyanogenMod update.zip. "
The problem is I don't see the CyanogenMod update .zip file anywhere in that list. Seems like I may have placed it in the wrong sd card?
When I try and reboot it just comes to the screen with the giant S and goes no further.
How can I resolve this problem?

Adding some more information after reading a few other threads.
- Looks like I placed the cyanogen mod update .zip file in the external sd and not the internal one (stupid!!).
Now I cannot get back inside the phone to try and place it in the internal sd.
How do I solve this?

Connect the phone to the PC and mount usb in recovery. You should see a storage device in windows & then just copy the files on it.

Ok. Just tried that. After I select 'mount usb storage', the next screen says on the top:
USB Mass Storage device
Leaving this menu unmount
your SD card from your PC
I then see an option to unmount.
On Windows explorer, I don't see the device.
Thinking back, I may have unchecked 'USB Debugging' before I started the process (for some reason that I cannot remember now). Would that cause a problem?

USB Debugging should not matter because you're in recovery.

I've not understand at well the question. You want flash the CM9 from clockwork mod? I've a Galaxy Gio, but in my case i have only to:
1 - copy the ROM in the root( after flash with manager of Android, with an SD adapter or in the other possible way)
2 - backup the old rom from cwm;
3 - reboot in cwm and if i have mount errors of /cache /data or some other partition i format it and mount it manually from cwm
4 - flash the zip i've copied at step 1
Then you have to wait and at the end, reboot.
What goes wrong in these steps for you ?
EDIT: If you don't see the .zip try to remove SD and use a SD Adapter, so you can copy files manually. Or if you want use CWM you can mount the device connecting device with USB cable, go in clockwork and do "mounts and storage -> mount USB storage" and copy files in the root "/"

You can use adb push command in recovery to push files to the phone.
You can also use fastboot to flash image files to the phone.

tonystark88 said:
I've not understand at well the question. You want flash the CM9 from clockwork mod? I've a Galaxy Gio, but in my case i have only to:
1 - copy the ROM in the root( after flash with manager of Android, with an SD adapter or in the other possible way)
2 - backup the old rom from cwm;
3 - reboot in cwm and if i have mount errors of /cache /data or some other partition i format it and mount it manually from cwm
4 - flash the zip i've copied at step 1
Then you have to wait and at the end, reboot.
What goes wrong in these steps for you ?
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Step 1 went wrong
I copied the ROM in the external SD instead of internal sd. Now trying the adb option to push the ROM into the device root. Hoping that works.

aharol said:
Step 1 went wrong
I copied the ROM in the external SD instead of internal sd. Now trying the adb option to push the ROM into the device root. Hoping that works.
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With my GIO i copied it in the root of External SD, not internal memory.Can you report link of the guide?

tonystark88 said:
With my GIO i copied it in the root of External SD, not internal memory.Can you report link of the guide?
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Sorry, I'm unable to post the link but it is the cyanogenmod wiki
wiki(dot)cyanogenmod(dot)com(forward slash)wiki(forward slash)Samsung_Galaxy_S_II:_Full_Update_Guide

aharol said:
Sorry, I'm unable to post the link but it is the cyanogenmod wiki
wiki(dot)cyanogenmod(dot)com(forward slash)wiki(forward slash)Samsung_Galaxy_S_II:_Full_Update_Guide
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This guide is same as my gio guide. The ROM goes in the root of external sd, not in internal memory. Try to reinstall CWM if you don't find the zip.

zerox981 said:
You can use adb push command in recovery to push files to the phone.
You can also use fastboot to flash image files to the phone.
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Thank you my friend. This worked!
Little did I realise that this simple sounding statement above would require me to set up a complete android development environment on my computer.
I'm still not sure if all that was needed but I was finally able to get the files on my device by doing an adb push.
Lovely education for me today!

Glad it helped. Sorry I forgot to mention that ... it's kinda natural to me (having the sdk installed).

zerox981 said:
Glad it helped. Sorry I forgot to mention that ... it's kinda natural to me (having the sdk installed).
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I am (or was at the time of this post) a complete noob with no programming qualifications but now I have gone through a crash course.
I now have my S2 running CM7.

[Q] Can anyone boot any Smartphone from the external SD Card?

These are my current problems:
1) I lost my Galaxy S3 overboard!
2) I had not made a backup because I detest Kies. Kies crippled my PC performance and hid my backed up (*.sbu) files from the PC file system.
3) I want to avoid the use of all proprietary software on my PC in order to manage my backups (including OS backups).
Proposed solution:
1) Buy a replacement Smartphone (a Galaxy S4?) which has an external SD Card slot.
2) Flash a custom bootloader with complete Backup / Restore functionality.
3) Backup Function: A complete phone Backup, (i.e. OS, Apps, Data and MyFiles), is made to a new folder in the root of the external SD Card. I can give this folder any name, e.g. “OriginalPhone” or “2013-04-21” etc.
4) A single file in the root of the external SD Card called “current.txt” contains a single folder name - that of the default folder for booting, e.g. “2013-04-21”.
5) Normal Booting uses the files originating from the folder specified in “current.txt”.
6) If there is no change detected in the boot files of the “current” boot folder, the phone boots “normally” from the OS copy in NAND flash if this results in a quicker boot than booting directly from the external SD card.
7) Booting with a combination of keys enables the Bootloader Restore function which allows the user to choose the boot folder to restore from.
8) I can use my PC file manager to manage all OS and data files for archive, backup and restore purposes. I will not need to use any proprietary software!
9) If I lose my phone again, I simply buy the same model as a replacement, change the bootloader, copy my most recent backup folder from my PC to a new SD card, insert the new SD card into the phone, and restore my "complete phone".
Can anyone help me to create a custom bootloader with complete Backup / Restore functionality that can boot any Smartphone from the external SD Card? Thanks in advance!

how to boot my smartphone from external SD card
Menumaster1 said:
These are my current problems:
Hello
It is the second time, I buy a Smartphone and after the garanty time (1 month after it due to software error my smartphone doesn't work anymore.)
I have bougth a honor 7 premium. During installation process may be due to obsolesence programmed or battery low during loading, it stucked I think in boatloader /EMUI (emui install failed error). the honor image stays and also after wipe cash partition and wipe to factory reset, it doesn't start.
I would like to start and if possible flash a new android SW on the honor 7 to be able to connect to it.
Actually I can not connect it with the PC. It is not visible.
Is it possible? Do you have any boot SW I can put on SD card. It would be very helpful.
My wife needs his mobile before leaving for 3 weeks on monday.
Feedback would be very greatfull
thanks in advance
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Deleted Everything off my Moto g.... Now What?

Hi all, i played around with my Moto G a while back, got the bootloader unlocked, put a new ROM on. Did a backup which i wanted to delete but couldnt... everytime i did a fresh install it was still there eating my memory so i wiped everything off my phone using TWRP (internal the lot!) now ive got nothing on my phone, no operating system nothing.
anybody got a tutorial to get it back up and running again? or at least some ideas on how to dispose of it haha.
thanks in advance.
*EDIT*
This post can be deleted now thanks! I have resolved this matter very easily with a very imaginative way that i never thought of. i couldnt reinstall another rom as my computer wouldnt reconise my phone in ADB. but using this method below i was able to very easily...
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Alternate Method : Noob Friendly.
First of all backup your sd card (i.e data/media)
Flash Philz Touch 6.26.6 Recovery
Hope you have OTG cable and a pendrive.
Copy the rom which you want to install on pendrive. Attach pendrive through OTG.
(backup your current rom on usbdisk. For this goto Backup and Storage. Find option backup on storage/usbdisk )
Now, select Wipe Data/Factory Reset. It will ask Wipe to install new rom,tap on it. Say Yes.
After that goto Mounts and Storage and format /data and /data/media (/sdcard). Say Yes.
Done.
Now flash your favorite custom rom.
Select the option install from sdcard. Then select usbdisk. Select your custom rom and install it
*END QUOTE*
so hats off to "amit.lohar"

For future:
If delete info of internal storage, you can recover it with DiskDigger. Root required.
Google Play - DiskDigger:
https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.defianttech.diskdigger&hl=es_419

New to Android Rooting looking for information on Verizon HTC One M8 rooting

Hello all, as the title says, I'm new, both to the site and android rooting in general.
I used the latest sunshine to s-off, although now i read that that wasn't necessary. What I'm trying to do is get rid of the bloatware on my phone and gain a little more control over the device itself. It is a verizon phone on the tmobile network and things like verizon vm and the verizon cloud apps and such are really just taking up space.
So the question is, now that I have s-off'd the device, where do I go next? I managed to get TWRP on there, but I just don't know where to go from there. Yes, I searched the site, Yes I searched Google, and yes, I prayed to the Skating Droid of Legend.
Any advice would be great. All of the information i have found on my own is about 2 years old.

If you already S-OFF'd it, and even got twrp going, I recommend the only thing left to do is downloading a ROM from the Android Development section (in ZIP format), saving it to your phone's internal memory or external sd card, then flashing it via twrp. That way you will have a rooted, pre-de-bloated phone. In my case, the ROM I liked best and that worked fine for me was S-ROM-JW-5.2.5 (doanloaded from this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/ver...ment/romthe-worlds-100-m9-1-32-401-8-t3065304).
I personally selected "Global" during the flashing options, as I do not use Verizon network (I live in Brazil currently). But even so, you can change to/from Global and Verizon (and something else) in the Android settings after you are already set up.
To flash, first place the ZIP file in your phone (do not unzip it). Either internal storage or external sd-card. Then turn the phone off, unplug it (make sure you have plenty of battery like 40% or more just to be safe). Then turn the phone back on booting into twrp (power + down vol, then select Recovery, then Power). Then select "Flash ZIP" and navigate to your ROM ZIP file select it and follow the prompts. Choose "full wipe" when prompted (this will only wipe internal storage system files and apps and such and not your external sd card). After flashing finishes, just let the phone reboot (you can select Reboot while still in the twrp recovery mode).
Do not panic during first boot, it takes several minutes in the HTC logo (like some 5 or 10 minutes) until Android itself shows up and starts building itself into your phone and booting up properly.
Please proceed carefully and just to be safe, before flashing the ROM, make a full BACKUP (theres the Backup utility inside twrp) and save the backup to your external sd card or PC. That way you can recover using that backup if needed (but you should be ok).

gamekill said:
If you already S-OFF'd it, and even got twrp going, I recommend the only thing left to do is downloading a ROM from the Android Development section (in ZIP format), saving it to your phone's internal memory or external sd card, then flashing it via twrp. That way you will have a rooted, pre-de-bloated phone. In my case, the ROM I liked best and that worked fine for me was S-ROM-JW-5.2.5 (doanloaded from this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/ver...ment/romthe-worlds-100-m9-1-32-401-8-t3065304).
I personally selected "Global" during the flashing options, as I do not use Verizon network (I live in Brazil currently). But even so, you can change to/from Global and Verizon (and something else) in the Android settings after you are already set up.
To flash, first place the ZIP file in your phone (do not unzip it). Either internal storage or external sd-card. Then turn the phone off, unplug it (make sure you have plenty of battery like 40% or more just to be safe). Then turn the phone back on booting into twrp (power + down vol, then select Recovery, then Power). Then select "Flash ZIP" and navigate to your ROM ZIP file select it and follow the prompts. Choose "full wipe" when prompted (this will only wipe internal storage system files and apps and such and not your external sd card). After flashing finishes, just let the phone reboot (you can select Reboot while still in the twrp recovery mode).
Do not panic during first boot, it takes several minutes in the HTC logo (like some 5 or 10 minutes) until Android itself shows up and starts building itself into your phone and booting up properly.
Please proceed carefully and just to be safe, before flashing the ROM, make a full BACKUP (theres the Backup utility inside twrp) and save the backup to your external sd card or PC. That way you can recover using that backup if needed (but you should be ok).
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That's extremely helpful, thank you very much.
It turns out that Verizon is much better in my area than T-Mobile, so I wont be removing all the stuff I originally wanted to, however anything that gives me more options and power should I choose to wield it, is a welcome addition.
Thanks again.