[beginner] I need help installing CM 11 on my S3 Mini - General Questions and Answers

Hello guys I've been wanting to install CM11 on my S3 Mini but I don't know exactly how to. I've read and watched many guides on it, but none of them teach every step and assume you know how to install CWM and TWRP when I know nothing about it. I'm basically looking for a step by step guide in how to install CM11 from start to beginning on a vanilla S3 Mini.

yeung107 said:
Hello guys I've been wanting to install CM11 on my S3 Mini but I don't know exactly how to. I've read and watched many guides on it, but none of them teach every step and assume you know how to install CWM and TWRP when I know nothing about it. I'm basically looking for a step by step guide in how to install CM11 from start to beginning on a vanilla S3 Mini.
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Get a custom recovery on your S3 mini by following this easy guide
http://techbeasts.com/2013/10/24/in...samsung-galaxy-s3-mini-i8190nl-how-to-guide/
After doing this succesfully do you come back here and ask me for the next step
Whenever you look to the stars, think of one of them as my soul.

It says to backup your "information" before rooting my phone. Does rooting reset my phone and do I need to backup my data?

I've decided not to install CM11 on my phone. **** is too dam hard.

yeung107 said:
It says to backup your "information" before rooting my phone. Does rooting reset my phone and do I need to backup my data?
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You need to backup your data if you want to restore it later because when you flash a rom like CM11 on your S3 mini will all apps and their data be resetted.
If you don't need that data then you're good to go for the next step in the guide.
yeung107 said:
I've decided not to install CM11 on my phone. **** is too dam hard.
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@the_Victorian check this out

No, young grasshopper! We can help you I'm relatively new myself, but I've got experience with Samsung devices. Feel free to ask if you wanna give it another go!

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[Q]Can someone help out an Android/Smartphone Noob

Hi there, I am new to the xda forum although I have been reading on it for quite some time. I understand all the work and time that the developers and others put in here and I would like to say thanks.
Ok so, I just bought my first smartphone(infuse) and I am wanting to root it. I have read alot on here (extremely informative forum) and have decided that by rooting I would be able to accomplish some things I wouldnt otherwise be able to do. I was hoping that some folks here would help shed some light on a few things for me. I keep reading about titanium backup and 3emod recovery and I was wondering if those are needed before I try to root my phone or if those are for rom flashing and kernels. Are there are any key things that I need to do like back up my original settings or something on my stock phone before I root it? If so, could you please explain the easiest way of doing this. Again, I am not wanting to flash roms(waiting for GB), just to root.
From what Ive read it seems all you have to do is install some samsung drivers(kies) and run a superoneclick program and thats that. Is it really this simple?
LightItUp said:
From what Ive read it seems all you have to do is install some samsung drivers(kies) and run a superoneclick program and thats that. Is it really this simple?
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yup. it's that simple
LightItUp said:
Hi there, I am new to the xda forum although I have been reading on it for quite some time. I understand all the work and time that the developers and others put in here and I would like to say thanks.
Ok so, I just bought my first smartphone(infuse) and I am wanting to root it. I have read alot on here (extremely informative forum) and have decided that by rooting I would be able to accomplish some things I wouldnt otherwise be able to do. I was hoping that some folks here would help shed some light on a few things for me. I keep reading about titanium backup and 3emod recovery and I was wondering if those are needed before I try to root my phone or if those are for rom flashing and kernels. Are there are any key things that I need to do like back up my original settings or something on my stock phone before I root it? If so, could you please explain the easiest way of doing this. Again, I am not wanting to flash roms(waiting for GB), just to root.
From what Ive read it seems all you have to do is install some samsung drivers(kies) and run a superoneclick program and thats that. Is it really this simple?
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If all you want to do is "root" your phone. Yes, install the samsung drivers ( I downloaded kies mini and it installed them for me, from samsung ) And hook the phone up with usb debugging checked and use the superoneclick, it really is that simple.
Titanium backup is great so you don't have to go and redownload all your apps again, even saves the information, like if you were 8 levels into a game. Very useful app.
3emodd is used to get to the clockwork mod so you can install "roms", since you don't want to do this don't worry about it.
Hope this helped.

Noob question - How to install CWM recovery?

I'm coming from an iPhone and have been reading and re-reading threads on rooting to make sure that I do it correctly. I think I'm all set to use Odin and have all the files downloaded. Seems pretty straightforward.
The only question I have is; how do I get CWM recovery installed?? I had a Droid X years ago and bought Rom Manager Premium, can I download and use that??
Thanks.
P.S. Sorry if this is a super noob question. I just don't wanna brick my phone.
follow my guide in the developoment section or click link in sig...all you do is download the ez recovery app from playstore..you must be rooted first!
droidstyle said:
follow my guide in the developoment section or click link in sig...all you do is download the ez recovery app from playstore..you must be rooted first!
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I just went to the play store and looked at that ez recovery app, friggin sweet!!! Thanks!
I'll root and backup later on today!! This app makes it easy cause I'm not familiar with adb commands.
I just came from a Verizon HTC Rezound to the Verizon Samsung GS3, and I am a bit confused at the differences between the two. It appears things like rooting and ROM flashing are done WAY differently on the S3. I managed to get it rooted and have TB and SU working without an issue, and I was able to flash a custom recovery with ROM Manager, but still have some confusion about the inner workings of this phone.
1. Does this phone have an HBOOT?
2. Can I do Nandroid backups on this phone?
3. What is this flash counter I keep seeing mentioned?
Thanks in advance.
wmaudio said:
I just came from a Verizon HTC Rezound to the Verizon Samsung GS3, and I am a bit confused at the differences between the two. It appears things like rooting and ROM flashing are done WAY differently on the S3. I managed to get it rooted and have TB and SU working without an issue, and I was able to flash a custom recovery with ROM Manager, but still have some confusion about the inner workings of this phone.
1. Does this phone have an HBOOT?
2. Can I do Nandroid backups on this phone?
3. What is this flash counter I keep seeing mentioned?
Thanks in advance.
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I know he probably should have created a new thread for this question. However, I too am curious as to the answers to these questions. Is there anyone familiar with HTC devices that can explain the differences? Especially 2 and 3 as the term flash counter has me rather frightened. I am looking to purchase a new phone and really want the GS3 but not if I can only flash the ROM a few times.
toolfan2k4 said:
I know he probably should have created a new thread for this question. However, I too am curious as to the answers to these questions. Is there anyone familiar with HTC devices that can explain the differences? Especially 2 and 3 as the term flash counter has me rather frightened. I am looking to purchase a new phone and really want the GS3 but not if I can only flash the ROM a few times.
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Yeah, don't jack my thread!!!
After finding out the issue was a bit of user error I got CWM to flash correctly.
toolfan2k4 said:
I know he probably should have created a new thread for this question. However, I too am curious as to the answers to these questions. Is there anyone familiar with HTC devices that can explain the differences? Especially 2 and 3 as the term flash counter has me rather frightened. I am looking to purchase a new phone and really want the GS3 but not if I can only flash the ROM a few times.
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if you follow the methods in my guide you wont trip the flash counter...most new android devices have a counter that counts how many times custom software was flashed on the device. there are ways to reset it aswell...best advice is to start doing alot of reading! my guide will get you where you want to go, but i dont have the time or patience to explain all the differences between samsung and htc for flashing roms. i will say samsung is much harder to brick thanks to odin.

Rooting and then recovering to stock - How to?

I am thinking of rooting my note 10.1 (GT-N8010). I understand how to root it, since I have read through a few threads about that, but my question is about when, or IF, I'd want to return the software to stock. I have never done this before, so I need practically all help and tips regarding reversing the rooting.
1. What must I do BEFORE rooting the tablet?
2. After I have rooted it and installed a rom, How do I unroot the tablet and install stock android?
Again, I need all tips and please don't use abbreviations. Thank you
Sari95 said:
I am thinking of rooting my note 10.1 (GT-N8010). I understand how to root it, since I have read through a few threads about that, but my question is about when, or IF, I'd want to return the software to stock. I have never done this before, so I need practically all help and tips regarding reversing the rooting.
1. What must I do BEFORE rooting the tablet?
2. After I have rooted it and installed a rom, How do I unroot the tablet and install stock android?
Again, I need all tips and please don't use abbreviations. Thank you
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If you make a nandroid backup right after you install your custom recovery going back to stock is as easy as flashing the nandriod any time you want to go back.Alternatively,you could download the stock rom from http://www.sammobile.com and flash the md5 file in odin to get back to stock.Read up on this stuff in the 10.1 general and development forum threads because there is way too much information to type it all in this post.You will find everything you need to know in these threads including walk through videos.

[Q] *[ROM] CyanogenMod 10 for Allwinner a13 [08/28/13]

Hello.
I wouldn't say I'm a noob, but maybe I am. Lol
I got a Hipstreet Aurora, HS-7DTB6-8GB, last year. Wasn't it's biggest fan, so I didn't use it. I recently got a Samsung Tab 3 7.0, of which I've rooted and flashed cwm recovery on it. I haven't flashed a rom on it yet, kinda waitin for CM to release for it.
Anyways, I decided to give my kid the Hipstreet. Then did some research on it and realized that I can root it and flash recovery on it as well.
So I rooted with Tasslehoff's rooting tool and flashed CWM recovery 6.0.2.8. Now I would like to install CM10 as found in original thread,
"http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2343531"
Here's my question, and maybe here is the noob in me, I don't fully understand the specs laid out in the thread and what will work and what won't.
Can I install CM10 through the recovery in the state I have the tablet right now? Or is there things I have to be careful of. I don't feel like bricking it and going through those motions again.
At this point, can I just:
wipe/factory reset
wipe cache partition
*not sure if the delvic needs to be wiped*
install CM10 from sd
install google apps
install patch
reboot
and it's good?
Or am I going to have complications if I run it like that?
PLEASE HELP
just follow the instruction and it will be fine
iwjosi said:
just follow the instruction and it will be fine
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I understand installing. I've done it on my kids Captivate. Im stuck on using terminal to figure out the modules, to see if I require touchscreen, g-sensor, and camera patches. I dont want to flash cm and g apps and not do the required patches. I inputed 1smod in terminal and said not found. Then entered getevent and it started running crazy script endlessly (didnt wait super long to see if it stopped). This is the part of the thread I did not understand. The module/terminal codes...
I figured it out and now it is runnin cm10. I looked up tutorial on android terminal. :good::good:
chubbs_aj said:
I figured it out and now it is runnin cm10. I looked up tutorial on android terminal. :good::good:
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May I ask how well the tablet is working with the CM10?
bigbigbuddy said:
May I ask how well the tablet is working with the CM10?
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Its running the same really. Even with the performance cranked up to 1008 CPU. It has a lot of lag and is finicky. In a nutshell... I bought my daughter a tab 3, lol. Now the all winner is my experiment tablet. But if all you have is an all winner, then I would suggest converting it as it gives you more freedom with the system itself. Like getting rid of garbage apps and such...

[Completed] [Q] backup / root / custom rom for Nexus 4

I'm trying to backup my Nexus 4 and then install Cyanogenmod. I am a complete beginner to all this, and I have never had anything other than Stock Android on my phone - it is 100% stock and has never been rooted or anything. So I really have no clue about it.
I have googled a bit, and it's confusing, because most articles about this phone are 2-3 years old and I'm not sure how it is nowadays. I did find this program on the PC called "Nexus Root Toolkit", which I guess I should be using? I've seen somewhere, that I need to create a backup of my stock phone (Android 5.1.1), before I attempt to do anything. However, if I click "Create Nandroid Backup w/ Custom Recovery" on Nexus Root Toolkit, it says my device needs to be "unlocked", but if I want to unlock it using this Toolkit, it says, unlocking will wipe my data. So I'm completely confused about what to do now.
Is there maybe a current guide (at least for Lollipop) on the Nexus 4, that explains EVERYTHING from backup to flashing the ROM, step by step, for someone who's never done this before? Or could someone help me out here? Thanks a lot!
jb91 said:
I'm trying to backup my Nexus 4 and then install Cyanogenmod. I am a complete beginner to all this, and I have never had anything other than Stock Android on my phone - it is 100% stock and has never been rooted or anything. So I really have no clue about it.
I have googled a bit, and it's confusing, because most articles about this phone are 2-3 years old and I'm not sure how it is nowadays. I did find this program on the PC called "Nexus Root Toolkit", which I guess I should be using? I've seen somewhere, that I need to create a backup of my stock phone (Android 5.1.1), before I attempt to do anything. However, if I click "Create Nandroid Backup w/ Custom Recovery" on Nexus Root Toolkit, it says my device needs to be "unlocked", but if I want to unlock it using this Toolkit, it says, unlocking will wipe my data. So I'm completely confused about what to do now.
Is there maybe a current guide (at least for Lollipop) on the Nexus 4, that explains EVERYTHING from backup to flashing the ROM, step by step, for someone who's never done this before? Or could someone help me out here? Thanks a lot!
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Hello, and welcome to XDA! You should find everything you need in this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-4/help/guide-ultimate-nexus-4-root-guide-t2018179. And you can post questions in the thread if needed.
Good luck!

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