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I've been scouring over this website (SO much great information!), but am overwhelmed. I'm wondering if anyone would be so kind as to give me sort of the idiot's guide to root/rom my phone.
I have the straight talk galaxy SCH-S968C. It is running 4.1.2, is there anyway that I can get this to update to 4.4? After my research I'm pretty sure I can figure out how to root it (haven't done this yet, because I'm a little terrified).
Then is it possible to some how update it to 4.4. If this is possible, how do I do it?
Thanks for any help. I really do appreciate it!
I bit the bullet and rooted the phone. Wow could that have been any easier?!
I guess now what do I do?
Thank you so much for any help!
MrsELF said:
I bit the bullet and rooted the phone. Wow could that have been any easier?!
I guess now what do I do?
Thank you so much for any help!
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Unsure about the straight talk version of the S3 and I'm not even sure what version it's currently on. I know the VZW S3 ended up being on 4.4.2 but the ST version may of been different
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MrsELF said:
I bit the bullet and rooted the phone. Wow could that have been any easier?!
I guess now what do I do?
Thank you so much for any help!
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ShapesBlue said:
Unsure about the straight talk version of the S3 and I'm not even sure what version it's currently on. I know the VZW S3 ended up being on 4.4.2 but the ST version may of been different
From my Wicked S3 on SOKP
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here you guys go
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2516498&page=30
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Dummies Guide?
N_psycho_PD_uh? said:
here you guys go
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2516498&page=30
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Thanks! That wasn't the thread I was following to figure out how to upgrade, I had read that previously but didn't realize it had derailed to roms. I'm still making my way through it (only on page 33). I'm wondering is there a newb guide to this, like a Dummies Guide To Flashing Roms? I'm a somewhat technical person, but I've never worked on phones before. I'm stuck at this 4.1.2 version, and I would REALLY love to be at anything other than this. I just am beyond terrified of bricking my phone.
I have my phone rooted. I took a backup, I have terminal emulater, EZ - recovery, Clockwordl Mod, and superuser installed. I downloaded google apps (gapps-kk-20140105-signed) and cm-11-20140916-SNAPSHOT-M10-d2lte. I'm just unsure of my next steps. I just want re-assurance before I continue, I really don't want to brick my phone. Thanks again!
I would truly appreciate any and all help. Thanks!
MrsELF said:
Thanks! That wasn't the thread I was following to figure out how to upgrade, I had read that previously but didn't realize it had derailed to roms. I'm still making my way through it (only on page 33). I'm wondering is there a newb guide to this, like a Dummies Guide To Flashing Roms? I'm a somewhat technical person, but I've never worked on phones before. I'm stuck at this 4.1.2 version, and I would REALLY love to be at anything other than this. I just am beyond terrified of bricking my phone.
I have my phone rooted. I took a backup, I have terminal emulater, EZ - recovery, Clockwordl Mod, and superuser installed. I downloaded google apps (gapps-kk-20140105-signed) and cm-11-20140916-SNAPSHOT-M10-d2lte. I'm just unsure of my next steps. I just want re-assurance before I continue, I really don't want to brick my phone. Thanks again!
I would truly appreciate any and all help. Thanks!
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if you are rooted, have custom recovery installed and made your backup of your stock firmware in recovery(MAKE SURE YOU DO THIS SO YOU DONT HAVE PROBLEMS) , then all you have to do is put your CM ROM and your Gapps on your extsd card where you can find it, if you put it in a folder then remember which folder it is so you can find it, when you have it there then make sure your battery is fully charged, when its charged then boot to recovery, in recovery select install zip, then select install zip from sd card, then find your ROM and select it, then yes-install zip, it will then flash your ROM, whe its done do the same to flash your Gapps, when its done go back to main menu in recovery and select wipe data/factory rest, when its done select wipe cache, when done select advanced, then select wipe dalvik cache, when done go back to main menu and select reboot, let it load, it will be slow at first because it has to load everything you just flashed, just give it a minute, if it takes to long then just power it down and reboot, when it does boot you'll have to do your setup wiz like you did whe you first got the phone, finish setup, ENJOY your new ROM.
**now that you have custom recovery then anytime you find a rom for your phone that you want to try all you have to do is download your ROM and Gapps, place them on extsd like I instructed, then boot recovery and repeat what you just did but remember to make a backup of what you are running at the time BEFORE you flash the new, that way if you have problems with the new or if it won't boot then all you gotta do is boot to recovery select restore then restore the backup you nade and you'll be good again, I told you this just in case you have problems in future or want a new ROM. Good luck!
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MrsELF said:
Thanks! That wasn't the thread I was following to figure out how to upgrade, I had read that previously but didn't realize it had derailed to roms. I'm still making my way through it (only on page 33). I'm wondering is there a newb guide to this, like a Dummies Guide To Flashing Roms? I'm a somewhat technical person, but I've never worked on phones before. I'm stuck at this 4.1.2 version, and I would REALLY love to be at anything other than this. I just am beyond terrified of bricking my phone.
I have my phone rooted. I took a backup, I have terminal emulater, EZ - recovery, Clockwordl Mod, and superuser installed. I downloaded google apps (gapps-kk-20140105-signed) and cm-11-20140916-SNAPSHOT-M10-d2lte. I'm just unsure of my next steps. I just want re-assurance before I continue, I really don't want to brick my phone. Thanks again!
I would truly appreciate any and all help. Thanks!
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the rom you will be using will need to be worked with our simple fixes, make sure you have a dead sim, you might try the d2lte ROMs if you can deal with 3rd party apps instead of stock, just follow what the guys are doing in the thread
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by the way, I didn't send you to the thread for the ROMs themselves I sent you there to pick through the members posts about what was working, what wasn't and how to straighten the issues out so you could decide which ROM you were comfortable with.
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if you are still unsure then the thread where you got your ROM should have a walthrough in the Original Post, all threads with ROMS should have walkthroughs with the links for your resources.
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so are you good yet? just checking in on you
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thanks!
N_psycho_PD_uh? said:
if you are rooted, have custom recovery installed and made your backup of your stock firmware in recovery(MAKE SURE YOU DO THIS SO YOU DONT HAVE PROBLEMS) , then all you have to do is put your CM ROM and your Gapps on your extsd card where you can find it, if you put it in a folder then remember which folder it is so you can find it, when you have it there then make sure your battery is fully charged, when its charged then boot to recovery, in recovery select install zip, then select install zip from sd card, then find your ROM and select it, then yes-install zip, it will then flash your ROM, whe its done do the same to flash your Gapps, when its done go back to main menu in recovery and select wipe data/factory rest, when its done select wipe cache, when done select advanced, then select wipe dalvik cache, when done go back to main menu and select reboot, let it load, it will be slow at first because it has to load everything you just flashed, just give it a minute, if it takes to long then just power it down and reboot, when it does boot you'll have to do your setup wiz like you did whe you first got the phone, finish setup, ENJOY your new ROM.
**now that you have custom recovery then anytime you find a rom for your phone that you want to try all you have to do is download your ROM and Gapps, place them on extsd like I instructed, then boot recovery and repeat what you just did but remember to make a backup of what you are running at the time BEFORE you flash the new, that way if you have problems with the new or if it won't boot then all you gotta do is boot to recovery select restore then restore the backup you nade and you'll be good again, I told you this just in case you have problems in future or want a new ROM. Good luck!
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the rom you will be using will need to be worked with our simple fixes, make sure you have a dead sim, you might try the d2lte ROMs if you can deal with 3rd party apps instead of stock, just follow what the guys are doing in the thread
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by the way, I didn't send you to the thread for the ROMs themselves I sent you there to pick through the members posts about what was working, what wasn't and how to straighten the issues out so you could decide which ROM you were comfortable with
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if you are still unsure then the thread where you got your ROM should have a walthrough in the Original Post, all threads with ROMS should have walkthroughs with the links for your resources.
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so are you good yet? just checking in on you
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Thanks. I haven't had a chance try to put the rom on yet. I was working on this in early october and hadn't recieved any response back (that's why the rom and gapps are probably old - I'm assuming I'll need newer versions). I saw that there was a newer gapps in that thread posted. So thanks for that. Again I was not following that one earlier. I had read it but that was when I was trying to root not upgrade. I'll need to go through that thread again to see what roms people are using. I'm okay with using 3rd party apps (as long as everything works). And I need to find myself an old sim card. I think I've got an old phone laying around somewhere.
To the bolded, no there was no walk through (at least that I saw). It was chunks here and there but nothing really step by step. I know I'm a newb, but I'm pretty technical person I just like having instructions before I do things (unless I had a phone that i didn't care about wrecking!).
Thanks again for the help. I'm still nervous about doing this though!
@MrsELF you are rooted and have recovery so the hard and risky part is over, all you need now is your rom and gapps then put them on extsd like I said, then I literaly gave the instructions step by step word for word leaving nothing out or skipping anything, would you like me to give you a link for detailed instructions of what your recovery is, the funtions and features it has and how they are used? Do you want me to find you a tutorial on flashing a rom? Honestly, you are passed the dangerous part so relax. Your risk comes involved if you have a problem in the process before you get recovery installed, you have recovery so you have nothing to worry about now because you have your nandroid backup so even on the off chance that you have a problem your backup ccan be easily restored and you will be fine, that's why its called "RECOVERY" its a safety net, so even if you flash the wrong thing don't panic, its very simple, boot to recovery and restore your backup and threat eliminated. The CM11 and the CM12 are good roms but the CM12 is still buggy but getting better, CM11 2/17 nightly (I think) is stable with the third party apps. I think we are close to getting the stock MMS working, but we are still missing something, anyway, all the d2lte roms are supposed to be fine with the apps and sim, you can actually download as many as you like and try each one, flash one then test drive it, if you don't like it select another and flash it, test drive it and so on till you find the one you like, reading isn't going to find it for you, you'll just have to see how they each "feel".Actually your rom might work as it is because the older d2vzw roms work fine, the problem didn't start til the d2lte roms because that's when they merged all the builds for all the different S3s into one, that's why we have bugs because the devices are not all the same, if you'd like you can get on another device so we can comm back and forth through your flashing. You really do have no reason to be nervous now.
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[/COLOR @MrsELF, the tapatalk app makes navigating these forums a lot easier, it also gives you acces to every forum site for android devices, there are many, XDA is the top of the game in my opinion but you CAN sometimes find things on other sites that you won't find here
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Rom manager makes it easier to find and download roms for your device because it will only give you a list of roms that work for your device so you don't have to pick through the crowd of other ROMs for other devices.
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@MrsELF you are rooted and have recovery so the hard and risky part is over, all you need now is your rom and gapps then put them on extsd like I said, then I literaly gave the instructions step by step word for word leaving nothing out or skipping anything, would you like me to give you a link for detailed instructions of what your recovery is, the funtions and features it has and how they are used? Do you want me to find you a tutorial on flashing a rom? Honestly, you are passed the dangerous part so relax. Your risk comes involved if you have a problem in the process before you get recovery installed, you have recovery so you have nothing to worry about now because you have your nandroid backup so even on the off chance that you have a problem your backup ccan be easily restored and you will be fine, that's why its called "RECOVERY" its a safety net, so even if you flash the wrong thing don't panic, its very simple, boot to recovery and restore your backup and threat eliminated. The CM11 and the CM12 are good roms but the CM12 is still buggy but getting better, CM11 2/17 nightly (I think) is stable with the third party apps. I think we are close to getting the stock MMS working, but we are still missing something, anyway, all the d2lte roms are supposed to be fine with the apps and sim, you can actually download as many as you like and try each one, flash one then test drive it, if you don't like it select another and flash it, test drive it and so on till you find the one you like, reading isn't going to find it for you, you'll just have to see how they each "feel".Actually your rom might work as it is because the older d2vzw roms work fine, the problem didn't start til the d2lte roms because that's when they merged all the builds for all the different S3s into one, that's why we have bugs because the devices are not all the same, if you'd like you can get on another device so we can comm back and forth through your flashing. You really do have no reason to be nervous now.
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[/COLOR @MrsELF, the tapatalk app makes navigating these forums a lot easier, it also gives you acces to every forum site for android devices, there are many, XDA is the top of the game in my opinion but you CAN sometimes find things on other sites that you won't find here
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Rom manager makes it easier to find and download roms for your device because it will only give you a list of roms that work for your device so you don't have to pick through the crowd of other ROMs for other devices.
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I truly appreciate the help! I just need to find the rom that I know want to use. You say the riskiest part is over.... Well that happened to be the EASIEST part! It seriuosly took like two seconds to root the phone. I just am nervous that I'm not finding the "correct" rom for my phone. And it's like I need to find a half an hour of my time to attempt to do this once i find an old sim card.
Random question for you, I read in that thread you linked, that you haven't rooted/flashed your phone. Is there a reason why?
my pc is fritzed, everything else I have is rooted and tweaked out to the max not just custom flashed, I'm getting impatient though, I'm ready to get on a ROM and do some tests and work some bugs out, why? I would also love to get my hands on the stock firmware for my device first because I have the H2 device and since there is no root for H2 without downgrading to H1, if I downgrade I will lose the stock H2 with no way to get it back, ill be on H1, it would be nice to have the H2 stuff to work with because it has upgrades over the H1, modem and things like that plus my device has 2Gb RAM where yours has 1Gb
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if you would like to ask the other guys questions that are actually on the roms then you can type thier name in with a mention and they will get a notification telling them that you mentioned them and they'll check and they'll probably be more than glad to answer you, you do that by adding the @ to their name like this: @MrsELF, give it a try if you'd like to ask one of them wgat they are running, you can be sure that they are running the best and easiest choice, so you might want what they have
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you actual flashing will only take like five minutes maybe ten, it will take you longer to get your download than it will to flash, once you boot to recovery it only takes a minute or two to flash each zip so its not a long process
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@N_psycho_PD_uh? Thanks for the help. I think I'll stick with the ones i've got downloaded then, and use the third party apps. Until the newer ones become more stable. Do you happen to know with the ROM I've got downloaded if I need the extra sd card? Just wondering because if I don't then I can try doing this shortly.
Also it's been awhile since I've looked at all this, so I was just making sure I had everything on my phone that i needed and the unbrick image. I ran this dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0 of=/sdcard/Unbrick.img bs=4096 count=50000 to make a backup (from terminal emulator). Where on earth did the unbrick.img go? I can't seem to find it anywhere on my sdcard. But it actually looked like it did run the command. I'm slightly confused.
MrsELF said:
I truly appreciate the help! I just need to find the rom that I know want to use. You say the riskiest part is over.... Well that happened to be the EASIEST part! It seriuosly took like two seconds to root the phone. I just am nervous that I'm not finding the "correct" rom for my phone. And it's like I need to find a half an hour of my time to attempt to do this once i find an old sim card.
Random question for you, I read in that thread you linked, that you haven't rooted/flashed your phone. Is there a reason why?
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rooting and recovery on your device just happens to be easy, don't be fooled its not so easy on a lot of devices, you just got lucky and got an easy one, actually this device can be rooted, recovery and rommed all without using a pc even once, therez an app called towelroot that is just a 1 click and its rooted, EZ recovery is a 1 click for recovery and ROM Manager is an app that lets you find a ROM, download it and boot straight from ROM Manager into recovery without having to use the buttons to boot there then it flashes whst you selected, easy as pie, plus no risk because the apps won't dont even make it possible to choose or do wrong, just a few clicks and a few minutes and your full custom all without touching a pc but I'm not so fortunate because I have the H2
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@N_psycho_PD_uh? A couple of questions:
1. I ran this to get the unbrick image (this is the backup that I would need to restore it right?) dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0 of=/sdcard/Unbrick.img bs=4096 count=50000
Or is there a different backup I need to take? I saw on some other video or someplace, that if you boot into recovery mode, you can take a backup from there. I don't see that option.
2. When I go into recovery mode, it doesn't look like the video I watched or what you described. I would think i should see a "install from zip" option but there isn't. Here is what I have:
reboot system now
apply update from ADB
apply update from external storage - I'm assuming I'd pick this one, and when I do I can then navigate to the place where I have my ROM stored.
wipe data/factory reset
wipe cache partition
apply update from cache.
Sorry for the dumb questions and hand holding
ETA: I have ROM Manager installed, but I don't think i actually have clockwork mod installed.... Looks like I need to figure out how to install that.
ETA: I know how to install it, but I have to figure out what phone model to use.
MrsELF said:
@N_psycho_PD_uh? A couple of questions:
1. I ran this to get the unbrick image (this is the backup that I would need to restore it right?) dd if=/dev/block/mmcblk0 of=/sdcard/Unbrick.img bs=4096 count=50000
Or is there a different backup I need to take? I saw on some other video or someplace, that if you boot into recovery mode, you can take a backup from there. I don't see that option.
2. When I go into recovery mode, it doesn't look like the video I watched or what you described. I would think i should see a "install from zip" option but there isn't. Here is what I have:
reboot system now
apply update from ADB
apply update from external storage - I'm assuming I'd pick this one, and when I do I can then navigate to the place where I have my ROM stored.
wipe data/factory reset
wipe cache partition
apply update from cache.
Sorry for the dumb questions and hand holding
ETA: I have ROM Manager installed, but I don't think i actually have clockwork mod installed.... Looks like I need to figure out how to install that.
ETA: I know how to install it, but I have to figure out what phone model to use.
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the unbrick img was a good idea, if you want to be sure you did it right then go to the XDA home page and click the xda search box and type How to unbrick sch-i535, that will take you to a post with detailed instructions on how to make and use the unbrick.img
you have your stock recovery still so use either Rom manager or EZ recovery apps to find your CWM (clockworkmod) you are looking for the one for the verizon s3
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go in your terminal emulator and type command "adb reboot nvdata backup" that will nake a backup of your imei for restoring data connectivity if something happens, you shouldn't need the unbrick and the nvdata backup though, but they are nice to have, you can do a search on each for more instructions on how to make and use them, what gave you the idea to make your backups? I saw that you've been to AA51, did you read my OP there or something?
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I deleted that OP because with the fixes that we found the dangers that I had listed in my OP are no longer a problem.
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N_psycho_PD_uh? said:
the unbrick img was a good idea, if you want to be sure you did it right then go to the XDA home page and click the xda search box and type How to unbrick sch-i535, that will take you to a post with detailed instructions on how to make and use the unbrick.img
you have your stock recovery still so use either Rom manager or EZ recovery apps to find your CWM (clockworkmod) you are looking for the one for the verizon s3
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go in your terminal emulator and type command "adb reboot nvdata backup" that will nake a backup of your imei for restoring data connectivity if something happens, you shouldn't need the unbrick and the nvdata backup though, but they are nice to have, you can do a search on each for more instructions on how to make and use them, what gave you the idea to make your backups? I saw that you've been to AA51, did you read my OP there or something?
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I deleted that OP because with the fixes that we found the dangers that I had listed in my OP are no longer a problem.
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Thank you SO much!
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Thank you SO much!
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I'm not sure about the older roms and the sim card. Did you find your unbrick.img?
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Yes I did somehow it was on my phone and not the sdcard.
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I'm not sure about the older roms and the sim card. Did you find your unbrick.img?
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I gotta give it to ya, you're being thorough and doing your reasearch and not only looking to flash but also preparing solutions for any problems you may have and how to get it back, that's good, that's what I did when I did the research for this device, there are three completely different versions of the sch-s968c and the differences matter when flashing, H1 is fine but with the H2 there is one with a qcom chipset and one with a Exynos chipset and that matters, so I gathered all my pieces before going any further, the only thing you don't have that I do are the camera files from the thread and the modem file, those are tricky to use but I think you can handle it, btw there is a link in the thread that takes you to detailed unbrick instructions.
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Yes I did somehow it was on my phone and not the sdcard.
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yes operations like that are written to internal sd from terminal emulator, you can actually use an app called Titanium Backup to nake your emulator a system app instead of a user app
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N_psycho_PD_uh? said:
the unbrick img was a good idea, if you want to be sure you did it right then go to the XDA home page and click the xda search box and type How to unbrick sch-i535, that will take you to a post with detailed instructions on how to make and use the unbrick.img
you have your stock recovery still so use either Rom manager or EZ recovery apps to find your CWM (clockworkmod) you are looking for the one for the verizon s3
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go in your terminal emulator and type command "adb reboot nvdata backup" that will nake a backup of your imei for restoring data connectivity if something happens, you shouldn't need the unbrick and the nvdata backup though, but they are nice to have, you can do a search on each for more instructions on how to make and use them, what gave you the idea to make your backups? I saw that you've been to AA51, did you read my OP there or something?
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I deleted that OP because with the fixes that we found the dangers that I had listed in my OP are no longer a problem.
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One last thing @N_psycho_PD_uh? I started searching for adb reboot nvdata backup. I can't find much about it. What exactly does this do? How do I restore if I need it? Where is the file stored? I was able to get CWM installed, and i took a backup from the recovery mode. Should I still backup the IMEI? I'm assuming so, but just figured that the backup I took from the recovery should be fine if I need to restore, right?
N_psycho_PD_uh? said:
I gotta give it to ya, you're being thorough and doing your reasearch and not only looking to flash but also preparing solutions for any problems you may have and how to get it back, that's good, that's what I did when I did the research for this device, there are three completely different versions of the sch-s968c and the differences matter when flashing, H1 is fine but with the H2 there is one with a qcom chipset and one with a Exynos chipset and that matters, so I gathered all my pieces before going any further, the only thing you don't have that I do are the camera files from the thread and the modem file, those are tricky to use but I think you can handle it, btw there is a link in the thread that takes you to detailed unbrick instructions.
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yes operations like that are written to internal sd from terminal emulator, you can actually use an app called Titanium Backup to nake your emulator a system app instead of a user app
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Like I said I work in a tech field, I've had to restore in the past (not phones but other systems), and not having the proper backups make restoring a nightmare. So I have found (from past experience) it is SO much easier to be prepared for the worst to happen, and be happy when you don't need to use those files
Thanks again for all your help and guidance I really do appreciate it.
Sort of a noob here, but I was interested in flashing a nightly for my OPO but don't know exactly how. Couldn't find another thread like this so I was wondering if anyone could give some insight? Thanks!
CM11 ROMs or CM11S?
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CM11 ROMs or CM11S?
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https://download.cyanogenmod.org/?device=bacon
These right here.
That's CM11, why exactly do you want this over CM11S? If anything you're losing functionality. I'll give instructions, I'm just curious as to why you want it
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That's CM11, why exactly do you want this over CM11S? If anything you're losing functionality. I'll give instructions, I'm just curious as to why you want it
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Thanks for the quick response. The main reason I want to experiment with nightlies is that I want to be on the cutting edge of all of the possible features implemented in the new versions. Also, to my knowledge, CM11S is the same as CM11 only with a light few added features. I would just like to know how to do it so that if I want at any time, I can do it (assuming you give me correct instructions lol).
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That's CM11, why exactly do you want this over CM11S? If anything you're losing functionality. I'll give instructions, I'm just curious as to why you want it
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Losing functionality? How so?
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Thanks for the quick response. The main reason I want to experiment with nightlies is that I want to be on the cutting edge of all of the possible features implemented in the new versions. Also, to my knowledge, CM11S is the same as CM11 only with a light few added features. I would just like to know how to do it so that if I want at any time, I can do it (assuming you give me correct instructions lol).
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Go to my guide thread, link is in my signature.
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Losing functionality? How so?
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Would it be this section? Sorry for the n00b question.
NizzleFish98 said:
Thanks for the quick response. The main reason I want to experiment with nightlies is that I want to be on the cutting edge of all of the possible features implemented in the new versions. Also, to my knowledge, CM11S is the same as CM11 only with a light few added features. I would just like to know how to do it so that if I want at any time, I can do it (assuming you give me correct instructions lol).
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Of course I'll give you correct instructions
So, starting off, you will lose everything so back any pictures, music, videos, photos or any data. Next, download the latest nightly/milestone and some google apps, and you can do the other stuff while these download. So, go to developer options in settings(if you don't have it, go to about device and tap on the build number near the bottom about 8 times or whatever it is and enable advanced reboot. After this, connect your phone via USB and hold the power key and reboot to bootloader. After that, open command prompt (I'm assuming you have a PC and not a Mac or Linux) and type the command "fastboot oem unlock" this will make the phone like new and unlock the bootloader. Once it reboots, skip through the setup and once again enable advanced reboot and then reboot to bootloader. Download a recovery, I recommended twrp and once it has downloaded, open command prompt again and type the command "fastboot flash recovery" don't press enter yet, drag and drop the file from downloads and into command prompt and then press enter. It will show progress and eventually show "DONE" and once this is complete, use the command "fastboot reboot" and copy the CM11 nightly and Google apps zips to the internal storage via USB. After this, hold power and press reboot then reboot recovery, not bootloader, your phone will reboot and show the Team Win logo. Tap "wipe" and choose "advanced wipe" and tick "cache", "dalvik cache", "data" and "system" then tap the wipe button. Do not wipe "internal storage". Once it has wiped everything, go to install and choose the CM nightly and flash this, then the same with the Google Apps zip. After these both flash, press the "home" key, not "reboot system" and go to wipe once again, advanced wipe and tick all the boxes except "system", after this you can tap "reboot system" you should boot into CM11 if my instructions were thorough enough. If you want any help, just ask. I'll be here. Sorry if there are any grammar mistakes, I've typed this all on my One and my thumbs now hurt, I'd appreciate a like but I'm not begging for it. Good luck [emoji4].
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Thanks for the quick response. The main reason I want to experiment with nightlies is that I want to be on the cutting edge of all of the possible features implemented in the new versions. Also, to my knowledge, CM11S is the same as CM11 only with a light few added features. I would just like to know how to do it so that if I want at any time, I can do it (assuming you give me correct instructions lol).
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Losing functionality? How so?
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Go to my guide thread, link is in my signature.
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I actually haven't tried CM11 official nightlies, I just expected CM11 to not have the official camera (CameraNext) and I thought it might not have the screen off gestures and OnePlus One specific mods. Correct me if I'm wrong.
Thanks to everyone!
Thanks guys! WIll try and see how everything goes! Appreciate the help!
Quick n00b question: Let's say I install a nightly today, will there be an update for the one for tomorrow? Or do I have to manually flash it?
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Thanks guys! WIll try and see how everything goes! Appreciate the help!
Quick n00b question: Let's say I install a nightly today, will there be an update for the one for tomorrow? Or do I have to manually flash it?
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Usually, since its the OnePlus One, there's a nightly every single day and An M build every month. There's a built in "cm updater" in settings so its easy. I'll always be here if you need anything .
NizzleFish98 said:
Thanks guys! WIll try and see how everything goes! Appreciate the help!
Quick n00b question: Let's say I install a nightly today, will there be an update for the one for tomorrow? Or do I have to manually flash it?
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You might want to skip the 10/27 nightly. I've heard it has issues with the sensor from multiple people. Once you manually flash the first nightly, all can be updated manually though you can set the cm updater (in about->cyanogenmod updates) to check for updates at a set interval, and have it notify you when a new nightly is out. Then you can download and flash it directly via the updater if you choose. Downloading the zip manually is also an option. The CM updater doesn't check nightlies by default though.
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Would it be this section? Sorry for the n00b question.
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Yes that's the right section.
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I actually haven't tried CM11 official nightlies, I just expected CM11 to not have the official camera (CameraNext) and I thought it might not have the screen off gestures and OnePlus One specific mods. Correct me if I'm wrong.
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You don't lose any functionality at all. It's actually more up to date than CM11S. It doesn't have the CM11S camera but you can install it easily. It has all gestures.
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You don't lose any functionality at all. It's actually more up to date than CM11S. It doesn't have the CM11S camera but you can install it easily. It has all gestures.
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I didn't know that! Thanks for the info. How's the battery life vs CM11S though? Every ROM I've tried (with stock kernel) has nowhere near as good battery life as stock.
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I didn't know that! Thanks for the info. How's the battery life vs CM11S though? Every ROM I've tried (with stock kernel) has nowhere near as good battery life as stock.
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I get better battery life on CM11. I'm running official Nameless ROM (not on XDA) at the moment and get fantastic battery life with their stock kernel (which has excellent features for a stock kernel).
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I get better battery life on CM11. I'm running official Nameless ROM (not on XDA) at the moment and get fantastic battery life with their stock kernel (which has excellent features for a stock kernel).
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If I have the time I'll test. Thanks
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Of course I'll give you correct instructions
So, starting off, you will lose everything so back any pictures, music, videos, photos or any data. Next, download the latest nightly/milestone and some google apps, and you can do the other stuff while these download. So, go to developer options in settings(if you don't have it, go to about device and tap on the build number near the bottom about 8 times or whatever it is and enable advanced reboot. After this, connect your phone via USB and hold the power key and reboot to bootloader. After that, open command prompt (I'm assuming you have a PC and not a Mac or Linux) and type the command "fastboot oem unlock" this will make the phone like new and unlock the bootloader. Once it reboots, skip through the setup and once again enable advanced reboot and then reboot to bootloader. Download a recovery, I recommended twrp and once it has downloaded, open command prompt again and type the command "fastboot flash recovery" don't press enter yet, drag and drop the file from downloads and into command prompt and then press enter. It will show progress and eventually show "DONE" and once this is complete, use the command "fastboot reboot" and copy the CM11 nightly and Google apps zips to the internal storage via USB. After this, hold power and press reboot then reboot recovery, not bootloader, your phone will reboot and show the Team Win logo. Tap "wipe" and choose "advanced wipe" and tick "cache", "dalvik cache", "data" and "system" then tap the wipe button. Do not wipe "internal storage". Once it has wiped everything, go to install and choose the CM nightly and flash this, then the same with the Google Apps zip. After these both flash, press the "home" key, not "reboot system" and go to wipe once again, advanced wipe and tick all the boxes except "system", after this you can tap "reboot system" you should boot into CM11 if my instructions were thorough enough. If you want any help, just ask. I'll be here. Sorry if there are any grammar mistakes, I've typed this all on my One and my thumbs now hurt, I'd appreciate a like but I'm not begging for it. Good luck [emoji4].
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I actually haven't tried CM11 official nightlies, I just expected CM11 to not have the official camera (CameraNext) and I thought it might not have the screen off gestures and OnePlus One specific mods. Correct me if I'm wrong.
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I just used this to update to the CM12 nightlies. Phone was already rooted, so I had to selectively apply what instructions I needed, but it worked a charm! Thank you!
Also, when I booted up to CM12 it noticed that I had backed up my phone... Does CM recognise when there is a nandroid backup on your phone and load up the data by itself? Because if so, that is so freaking useful.
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Also, when I booted up to CM12 it noticed that I had backed up my phone... Does CM recognise when there is a nandroid backup on your phone and load up the data by itself? Because if so, that is so freaking useful.
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It isn't recognising a nandroid backup. Android has a built in backup/restore feature, in order to restore apps it downloads them from the Play Store. Restoring a nandroid backup across different ROMs, and especially across different Android versions, would be disastrous.
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It isn't recognising a nandroid backup. Android has a built in backup/restore feature, in order to restore apps it downloads them from the Play Store. Restoring a nandroid backup across different ROMs, and especially across different Android versions, would be disastrous.
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Ok. That makes sense, and that's what I thought, I just have never experienced it before so it came as a surprise!
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I just used this to update to the CM12 nightlies. Phone was already rooted, so I had to selectively apply what instructions I needed, but it worked a charm! Thank you!
Also, when I booted up to CM12 it noticed that I had backed up my phone... Does CM recognise when there is a nandroid backup on your phone and load up the data by itself? Because if so, that is so freaking useful.
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It's all good man. I'm here to help.
Does anyone out there have any new knowledge about repairing a corrupt data partition? I've received help from several of the Dev's out there but I'm still corrupt and bound to ROM's that don't touch my data partition. Ruu doesn't do the trick or anything else I've tried. It would be nice if I could flash a GPE ROM and some of the other stuff out there. Thanks! It's been a while since I brought this up so I thought I would give it another shot. I found this link interesting. Any thoughts?
I assume you've tried the partition fix zip and or repair in twrp?
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Does anyone out there have any new knowledge about repairing a corrupt data partition? I've received help from several of the Dev's out there but I'm still corrupt and bound to ROM's that don't touch my data partition. Ruu doesn't do the trick or anything else I've tried. It would be nice if I could flash a GPE ROM and some of the other stuff out there. Thanks! It's been a while since I brought this up so I thought I would give it another shot. I found this link interesting. Any thoughts?
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If twrp doesn't do it..I have more manual methods that work too.
In twrp, go to wipe, advanced. Select data and hit the repair file system option.
If that doesn't work pm me.
Thanks Dottat. I should have linked my previous help threads to this post. Yes, I've tried TWRP's repair feature and nearly everything you can imagine on this. It's been this way for a while now. I'll pm you when I get off work later and maybe figure something out. I'm thinking it's going to be something similar to the link in my post because I've tried nearly everything else via yours, Scott's, TT, DH and everyone else in the world lol! Appreciate it.
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I assume you've tried the partition fix zip and or repair in twrp?
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Yes...Thanks man
Duckman_UF said:
Thanks Dottat. I should have linked my previous help threads to this post. Yes, I've tried TWRP's repair feature and nearly everything you can imagine on this. It's been this way for a while now. I'll pm you when I get off work later and maybe figure something out. I'm thinking it's going to be something similar to the link in my post because I've tried nearly everything else via yours, Scott's, TT, DH and everyone else in the world lol! Appreciate it.
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As long as you can boot to TWRP (for ADB purposes) we can perform a manual fix (note that this will wipe data and system). Are you able to backup anything at all now?
I can teamviewer it if you need help.
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As long as you can boot to TWRP (for ADB purposes) we can perform a manual fix (note that this will wipe data and system). Are you able to backup anything at all now?
I can teamviewer it if you need help.
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Yes, I can backup whatever I have running. I'm running the latest Skyfall rightnow. One of the few I can flash because it doesn't mess with my data partition. I'm going to PM you. Thanks !
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Yes, I can backup whatever I have running. I'm running the latest Skyfall rightnow. One of the few I can flash because it doesn't mess with my data partition. I'm going to PM you. Thanks !
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What time are you available tomorrow ? Unless you are ready soon
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I assume you've tried the partition fix zip and or repair in twrp?
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Where do you find the partitionfix.zip?
Here.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/4aago54h78ftnfm/partition_fixer.zip?dl=0
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You can also try the repair partition in twrp, but in the end you may have to format partition and start from stretch.
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Here.
https://www.dropbox.com/s/4aago54h78ftnfm/partition_fixer.zip?dl=0
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You can also try the repair partition in twrp, but in the end you may have to format partition and start from stretch.
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Did you test this zip on this phone?
So I needed a recovery install so I could install Xposed Framework so I could activate a module. I already had PingPongRoot. I tried a variety of things and soft bricked, but came back unscathed. I had tried Odin-flashing TWRP 3.0 (without a prior version) and it caused a bootloop.
So I found TWRP 2.8.6 and everything was great again! Until I decided I could now update to 3.0... because something had to go wrong.
I rebooted into TWRP, which updated successfully and every time I clicked "Install" on the left, it asked if I wanted to "Wipe" everything. I thought the guy who made this build was just screwing with people. But my whole phone is doing it. I noticed another thread topic mentioning this was caused by TWRP 3.0, but it was for a tablet. Another person had the problem installing Chainfire. I've tried the *#2663# code and nothing happens.
I noticed people on a couple of threads having an X-axis inversion. I don't know if it's a misnomer, but I THINK I'm having a Y-axis inversion, whereby touching the left of the screen clicks the right and vice versa. It's inverted around the Y-axis. Does that make it the former or the latter?
Regardless, I tried re-flashing TWRP 2.8.6, re-flashing the stock ROM and it's still there... And of course, in my impatience (my Achilles heel), I said, inversion be damned, I can now install the Xposed Framework since I technically have TWRP now! Annnnnnd I'm in a boot loop again. I can still get back to Download and Recovery modes, but can't load the system.
I have a Sprint G920P Samsung Galaxy S6 with 5.0.2. firmware (I'd like to keep it there). Let me know if there is any information needed that I did not provide.
Can anyone help me? It's very disturbing and I'm becoming increasingly more worried the longer I can't fix it. Never seen this before! Thanks, you guys always have an answer!
This TWRP.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=60081458
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Oh, and it's inverted along the X-axis.
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DarryDoo said:
This TWRP.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=60081458
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Oh, and it's inverted along the X-axis.
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Yes, that one. The one that caused this issue. Do you mean to say this one will fix it? I followed the links to the download and I already had it downloaded... Sorry, I don't think I understand.
I'm flashing the stock ROM back again and I finally got my system to load again. I could try flashing 3.0.2. again and report back.
Update: OH! IT WORKED! Why did it work? I used the EXACT same file as before - not re-downloaded, but actually the same file... I'm confused.
And now, I attempt to reboot INTO recovery to install the Xposed Module. Wish me luck!
Luck!
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Usually the axis inverts because Edge TWRP gets flashed on Flat, and vice versa.
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Okay, so I wouldn't mark this thread as "fixed' just yet. Although this is kind of a different topic.
I got my touch reverted, but if I try to boot into recovery, TeamWin flashes for a split second and then my phone restarts again leaving me the choice of repeating this event or letting the system boot.
Should I start a new topic, continue this one, or just go figure it out on my own? I'm up for any.
Flashing 2.8.6 couldn't... hurt, right? I mean, that one worked.
Update: Flashing 2.8.6 worked great. Tried to install Xposed Framework, stuck in a bootloop again... Going to cry. Thanks all! All DarryDoo.
Update 2: OK, you can deem this fixed or closed or answered. I give up on TWRP. I'm going to try CWM! Goodnight everyone!
There's also an Arter TWRP out there, you could try it. Just choose the right one for your phone. http://arter97.com/browse/exynos7420/kernel/21.1/
I'm unsure why you're having trouble with TWRP.
Also, are you using Wanam's Xposed?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3180960
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DarryDoo said:
There's also an Arter TWRP out there, you could try it. Just choose the right one for your phone. http://arter97.com/browse/exynos7420/kernel/21.1/
I'm unsure why you're having trouble with TWRP.
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Is it telling that my phone model isn't on that list of Arter TWRP? No G920P. Or am I not seeing it?
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Also, are you using Wanam's Xposed?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=3180960
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And no, the suffix on my Xposed files are "zerofltespr." I'll try this Xposed Framework** after I test out, well... Possibly CWM*. But only because I don't see my model on that TWRP list.
*Funny enough, that link to Xposed says CWM is a prerequisite. Perhaps it's just the dev's preference.
**I also just noticed this Xposed is for 5.1/6.0, not 5.0.2. The title also says x86. My model is ARM64 as far as I know. I'll look for one for mine.
Again, thanks for not giving up on my situation.
Edit: Huh... CWM isn't a competing program to TWRP, is it? I think I'm thinking of CyanogenMod, not Clockwork Mod. Oops. Guess it's back to trying TWRP!
I have a oneplus one that I just returned to stock using the method in this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/onep...stock-t2826541
Problem is that at some point, while it was rooted, I used this method to make my phone microphone work (changing the build.prop file): https://forums.oneplus.net/threads/f...-issue.284449/
If I had remembered that I'd done that, I might have just left the phone alone. So, now that I'm back to stock and unrooted, my microphone doesn't work and I can't use the above method to make it so. Is there a solution out there I can use without going back to root?
My exact problem with the mic is that when I talk into the phone, the person on the other end can't hear me but I can hear myself (echo) in my earpiece. I can hear the person on the other end fine. If I switch to speaker phone I still have the same issue. Any help would be appreciated.
You'll need to go root again. Lucky this isn't too hard especially if you maintained a custom recovery. If not, then you will have to use adb. Or bacon root toolkit (the easy way).
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Not really what I wanted to hear, but I guess I gotta do what I gotta do. How can I tell if I maintained a custom recovery or not? I don't think I did.
And can I root without installing a custom recovery or custom rom? All the guides I've found so far talk about all these steps and unlocking the bootloader.
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Not really what I wanted to hear, but I guess I gotta do what I gotta do. How can I tell if I maintained a custom recovery or not? I don't think I did.
And can I root without installing a custom recovery or custom rom? All the guides I've found so far talk about all these steps and unlocking the bootloader.
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You can use KingRoot to root without custom recovery. After changing the values you can then unroot it to get future OTA updates
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Not really what I wanted to hear, but I guess I gotta do what I gotta do. How can I tell if I maintained a custom recovery or not? I don't think I did.
And can I root without installing a custom recovery or custom rom? All the guides I've found so far talk about all these steps and unlocking the bootloader.
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Just boot into recovery (power off then power on pressing volume down+power) and see what you get.
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Just boot into recovery (power off then power on pressing volume down+power) and see what you get.
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I got Cyanogen Recovery. Options are "reboot system now", "Apply update", "factory reset", and "advanced".
So I used the baconroot toolkit to unlock the bootloader. Then rooted it with a custom recovery. My phone is now stuck in the bootloop. I can boot into TWRP, which I know is a good thing. Just not sure what to do next now to fix it. I'm doing some searching on the forums, but if someone can point me in the right direction, it would be appreciated.
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So I used the baconroot toolkit to unlock the bootloader. Then rooted it with a custom recovery. My phone is now stuck in the bootloop. I can boot into TWRP, which I know is a good thing. Just not sure what to do next now to fix it. I'm doing some searching on the forums, but if someone can point me in the right direction, it would be appreciated.
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Recovering from this will require fastboot magic. The bacon root toolkit should've already gotten your drivers all setup. Now search the web for how to push and install files from your computer in fastboot mode.
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Oh, you can boot into TWRP! Nevermind, just follow the steps to a clean install of your ROM (which one is it, btw?)
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Recovering from this will require fastboot magic. The bacon root toolkit should've already gotten your drivers all setup. Now search the web for how to push and install files from your computer in fastboot mode.
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Oh, you can boot into TWRP! Nevermind, just follow the steps to a clean install of your ROM (which one is it, btw?)
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Clean install of my ROM from TWRP is good because I failed to mention that I can't get into fastboot mode. The ROM I had was the factory image from this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-one/general/guide-return-opo-to-100-stock-t2826541
What steps do I take to do a clean install of that?
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Clean install of my ROM from TWRP is good because I failed to mention that I can't get into fastboot mode. The ROM I had was the factory image from this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/oneplus-one/general/guide-return-opo-to-100-stock-t2826541
What steps do I take to do a clean install of that?
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I'm assuming you've tried to follow the steps given in the link you just sent?
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I'm assuming you've tried to follow the steps given in the link you just sent?
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Yes and no. Turns out I was actually able to boot my phone into fastboot mode. So I did that, used the baconroot toolkit option of "flash stock + unroot" and I was back to the start. My device now has an unlocked bootloader, but I think I have issues with the tamper bit. When I get my device info the "Device tampered" is set to "false" and the "device unlocked" is set to "true". I know they should both be true, but I can't for the life of me figure out how to use the zip file to change the tamper bit. I did it before, but I'm just not figuring it out this time. I hate doing this stuff.
I think once the tamper bit is correct I should be able to go back to baconroot to root and reinstall the custom recovery.
Update: I finally figured this out, now rooting with bacon root, hoping it works.
I'm all set, now to make the adjustments so my microphone works. Thanks to everyone that helped!
So, I forgot that one of the reasons I unrooted was because I couldn't update and I was tired of getting notices that there was an update and not being able to execute it.
So I now have cyanogen OS version 12.1 and I have a notice for an incremental update. I made sure that "update cm recovery" was unchecked so that I didn't lose root, hit the update button and I got the error message "error executing updater binary in zip '@/cache/recovery/block.map' "
From what I could find it looks like I need to download and flash the update rather than using the OTA updates. Is that correct? Can I update to 13 or 14 or are there issues with those roms? where do I go to get these downloads? when I flash updates does it wipe my phone? will I have to reinstall all my apps and settings?
I really dislike doing this stuff. I can do it, but I hate it. any very clear step by step instructions would be GREATLY appreciated.
anonymous93 said:
So, I forgot that one of the reasons I unrooted was because I couldn't update and I was tired of getting notices that there was an update and not being able to execute it.
So I now have cyanogen OS version 12.1 and I have a notice for an incremental update. I made sure that "update cm recovery" was unchecked so that I didn't lose root, hit the update button and I got the error message "error executing updater binary in zip '@/cache/recovery/block.map' "
From what I could find it looks like I need to download and flash the update rather than using the OTA updates. Is that correct? Can I update to 13 or 14 or are there issues with those roms? where do I go to get these downloads? when I flash updates does it wipe my phone? will I have to reinstall all my apps and settings?
I really dislike doing this stuff. I can do it, but I hate it. any very clear step by step instructions would be GREATLY appreciated.
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So sounds like you just wiped everything and your phone is back to stock now, but I'm getting the impression you still have a custom recovery or modified system partition and the OTA updates don't like that. So yes, you'll need to flash updates in your recovery. It's not as bad as it sounds.
And about Android versions available to you, the stock COS (which might actually say "CM..." when you check your Android version in "about phone" in settings - confusing, I know) can normally receive the OTA updates (except in the cases mentioned above) or you can get the official updates online in zip form and flash them yourself (even with the stock recovery -which I'm pretty sure you have still, unless one of your methods to fix the phone installed a custom one like TWRP or CWM). The other ROM/OS options you have are about as plentiful as the stars in the heavens (since android is open source). I personally like to stick with CM especially since they do what they do very well and they have a particular interest in there OnePlus One. They just released CM 14 nightlies (which basically means it's the latest version of the OS, bugs and all, built every day). Though, to be honest, this CM 14 nightly is ridiculously stable for a freshly released nightly. At this point, though, cyanogen hasn't implemented a fair number of their customizations that are in their previous versions. So if you want the best complete CM experience right now, go with CM 13.
And to answer your question, updates like the ones that are OTA, don't wipe your data or storage. However, if you switch from COS to CM, you'll have to clean install and that will lose your data at the least (your internal storage can usually be kept between ROMs if you've got a custom recovery).
Sorry, in throwing a lot at you right now. Probably just created more questions than answers...
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Thanks for your help and the explanations. When you talk about COS vs. CM is that Cyanogen OS vs. Cyanogen Mod?
I was able to root and I have TWRP installed. In about phone it says "Cyanogen OS version" is "12.1-yog4pas1n0". That's the Cyanogen OS correct?
Where do I go to download the update for 13 (whatever matches what I already have) and is there a guide for doing that? I'm reading about updating to 13 and everything I see (so far) states that the update has to happen with stock recovery. Is there an option to run the update with TWRP?
Wait a minute... If I unroot but keep the bootloader unlocked then it won't wipe my phone and I'll be able to take the ota updates right? What about the change I made to the build.prop file for my phones microphone? Will that get wiped if I unroot? That's the big question.
Nevermind about unrooting. After some searches it seems that a full unroot would require a rest which would delete the mod I made for the microphone. I found that supersu can "unroot", but it's not actually a fill unroot which means that I still probably wouldn't be able to do the ota updates.
Maybe I need to gain a better understanding of your original problem... But I think that there are plenty of ROMs out there that have addressed microphone issues with the OnePlus One (I think a lot of the problems come from it having 2 noise cancelling mics). Not 100% sure if cyanogen ever implemented a fix for the mic in later updates - probably a good thing to look into. Otherwise, look into alternative ROMs. I personally don't have issues with the latest CyanogenMod nightlies, but it almost seems like there are differences between OnePlus ones (inconsistency in the manufacturing process, perhaps).
Oh, and yes when I say COS and CM, they are cyanogen OS and CyanogenMod, respectively.
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And if you don't want to use something potentially as unstable as a nightly, CyanogenMod also has snapshots that are more like monthly, stable versions.
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Maybe I need to gain a better understanding of your original problem... But I think that there are plenty of ROMs out there that have addressed microphone issues with the OnePlus One (I think a lot of the problems come from it having 2 noise cancelling mics). Not 100% sure if cyanogen ever implemented a fix for the mic in later updates - probably a good thing to look into. Otherwise, look into alternative ROMs. I personally don't have issues with the latest CyanogenMod nightlies, but it almost seems like there are differences between OnePlus ones (inconsistency in the manufacturing process, perhaps).
Oh, and yes when I say COS and CM, they are cyanogen OS and CyanogenMod, respectively.
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And if you don't want to use something potentially as unstable as a nightly, CyanogenMod also has snapshots that are more like monthly, stable versions.
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I'm pretty sure my problem is related to the 2 noise cancelling mics issue. It works great with the build.prop changes. Once I get an update installed on my phone I'll have to see how the microphone works.
So if I want to go to cyanogenmod 13, I would have to wipe my device and install that OS. When I do a backup in twrp, can I restore that backup (i.e., all my apps & settings) once the new os is installed? Or does that option restore the old OS?
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I'm pretty sure my problem is related to the 2 noise cancelling mics issue. It works great with the build.prop changes. Once I get an update installed on my phone I'll have to see how the microphone works.
So if I want to go to cyanogenmod 13, I would have to wipe my device and install that OS. When I do a backup in twrp, can I restore that backup (i.e., all my apps & settings) once the new os is installed? Or does that option restore the old OS?
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A backup in TWRP (or nandroid backup) is like a perfect picture of what you phone was running just before you booted it into recovery. So when you restore one of them, it is like the phone steps back in time to when you made the backup, restoring the system (read: OS), data (read: apps), and cache.
In other words, you do a backup so that you always have something you can restore if you break your phone/have boot loops or what have you when flashing new ROMs.
If you go from COS to CM, it will require a clean install which means you will need to setup your phone the way you like it again. That being said, there is an app called Titanium backup that doesn't work the same as a nandroid, but can backup your apps and data and is capable of restoring them from one ROM to the next. It's not always perfect, but it can do a lot.
I personally have just chosen to embrace the chance of needing to start fresh every once in a while. I use Nova launcher and I have a Kustom LWP, both of which I made backups of in their respective app settings. I save those backups and whatever else I want to internal storage and I just don't wipe that partition in TWRP. To be safe, I also keep backups in the cloud. Everything else I just download again from the play store and setup the way I like.
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Well, its looking more and more like I might go to cm. Once I do that will I still have to wipe my phone to flash updates? Or will I still have to do that for updates every once in a while?