Can anyone give me a detailed step-by-step guide on how to flash clockwork recovery to my cousin's Verizon Fascinate? He's tried using ROM Manager, each time it says flash is successul but reboots to stock recovery. I've Googled it and it looks like it has to be done with a computer? All of the Odin stuff is a bit confusing, so can anyone point us in the right direction? Any help would be greatly appreciated. The more detailed the guide, the better.
Sizent from my Drizoid.
There is a pretty good step by step to get you started in the evil fascination thread in the development section
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You can't flash CWM with ROM Manager. You need to flash the recovery kernel with Odin, as well as flash a patched/custom kernel to the standard kernel partition.
1. Download Odin 1.3, CWM recovery kernel for Odin, and Custom/Patched kernel
2. If the custom/patched kernel is in zip format, transfer it to your sd card
3. Pull the battery from the phone, hold in on the Volume Down button, and plug in the USB cable that should also be plugged into your computer. Make sure to continue holding the volume down button while plugging in the USB cable.
4. Phone should now be in download mode. Open Odin and verify that your phone is recognized.
5. Click the PDA button and browse to the CWM kernel you downloaded (.tar or .tar.md5 file) then click start.
6. If the patched/custom kernel you downloaded was in .tar or .tar.md5 format, repeat steps 3-5, this time select the patched/custom kernel and flash it.
7. Put the battery back in. If you downloaded a cwm zip file for the kernel, boot directly into recovery by holding both volume keys while pressing the power button. If it doesn't boot into recovery, you'll have to re-flash CWM and retry. Flash the kernel zip in recovery. If you already flashed a patched/custom kernel via Odin, you don't have to boot to recovery and can just start the phone up normally.
See here for a general overview of the Odin flashing process. It says modem, but just replace the modem file with the kernel/recovery file as the procedure is the same regardless.
Thanks for the help.
Sizent from my Drizoid.
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So after installing miui I noticed my sd card became corrupt. So I reinstalled to Dl09 and re rooted to cyanogenmod 7 test build 10. My phone began starting with the corrupt sd card error mesage in cwm regarding it cant mount cache.
"E:Can't mount /cach/recovery/command"
along with log and last_log.
I look to my sd card but no files or subfolder or folders are on it! I am stuck in a bootloop but can get to download mode. But I think my usb debugging isnt on because odin isn't recognizing my phone. Anyone been having this problem?
Thanks,
Scott
Reinstall drivers, get a different cable like blackberry for 1$ on amazon
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tried it with different usb and different computer same result.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1124391 should fix all your problems
A fix.
I am all too familiar with this error. Follow these instructions TO THE LETTER.
1. Download: mediafire.com/?6x5utoca59et7o9 (CWM ALL.tar v2.5 red [ODIN flashable]), minus.com/m3yQWm9wg/ (Stock Gingerbread ROM), View attachment cwm4_fixed_for_cm7-BWM.zip (put on your MicroSD card), mediafire.com/?429fcpdtpckkcea (Odin v1.83), and mediafire.com/?r2mi80911vgjjjz (Atlas 2.2 pitfile).
2. Put your phone into download mode and open Odin.
3. Check repartition in Odin.
4. Click PIT and select the Atlas pit file. Click PDA and select the stock ROM.
Click start. (it will take 5 minutes)
5. Boot the phone up, then shut it down.
6. Put it into download mode and open Odin again.
7. Select CWM-ALL.tar with the PDA button and click Start.
8. Three-finger into recovery.
9. Select "chooze zip from SD card" and navigate to cwm4_fixed_for_cm7- BWM.zip. Confirm install.
10. Power off, then install custom ROM of choice.
+++NOTE: When you install a rom, the errors will return if you three-finger into CWM. ALWAYS use the shutdown menu.+++
IMPORTANT: if you want to install Teamhacksung's ICS build PLEASE contact me and I will give you instructions! It is tricky to do and you will probably mess up. This method has NOT been tested with anything besides the above ROM.
P.S: If you're in a hurry, you might be able to flash CWM4 directly through Odin (google the filename for the .tar version), but I never tried this.
Can anyone help me with flashing kernel, Siyah 3.0 (My phone is on ICS)?
If not liked then how to get back on stock kernel?
Simple download tar file of karnel.
Switch off phone.
Go to download mode.
Start odin.
Select pda option n select siyah karnel tar file.
Click on start.
If u not like siyah karnel..go back using same methos flashing stock karnel.
Press thanks if i helped u.
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sunny_ag said:
Can anyone help me with flashing kernel, Siyah 3.0 (My phone is on ICS)?
If not liked then how to get back on stock kernel?
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Method 1 (easiest in my opinion)
1. Open the .tar.md5 file with the firmware you are using.
2. Extract zImage and put it on the sdcard.
3. Use CWMManager from within the rom and use the 'Flash a kernel' option, the device will autoreboot
Method 2
1. Download a kernel in a CWM compatible .zip
2. Reboot to clockworkmod recovery
3. Use 'install zip from sdcard' option and select the appropriate .zip file
4. Reboot device
Method 3
1. Get the stock kernel for your firmware in .tar format from this thread
2. Reboot into download mode
3. Open Odin and click on PDA and select the .tar file you just downloaded and click start. Device will auto reboot
Method 4 (Paid app)
1. Get stock kernel in .tar file.
2. Open Mobile Odin and select Kernel and the .tar file
3. Reboot device
In case you don't know how to get on Download mode: Hold together :
Power Button, Home Button and Volume Down button for some seconds.This will boot you into Download Mode.Same combination but Volume Up instead will boot you to your Recovery Mode.
sunny_ag said:
Can anyone help me with flashing kernel, Siyah 3.0 (My phone is on ICS)?
If not liked then how to get back on stock kernel?
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Back up your current Kernel with with hellcat's K-Tool,
this will dump your kenrel on the SD card root as a "zimage" this can be restored with the same tool if something goes wrong with installed custom kernel.
Better immedietly after dumping the kernel, just put it in a folder on the SDcard with name Stock kernel or somthing, to avoid miximg up with other "zimage"s and accedental flshing.....
thanks everyone for helping...
Have been trying to install I9100XXLSJ in rooted SGSII that had I9100ZSKG2 in it. I did a data/factory reset. The phone goes into Android recovery mode <3e> which I understand is a problem. Using SuperOneClick I confirm the phone is rooted and cable is working. So I attempt to get CWM working again by reinstalling. Using either Oden 1.85 or 4.43 I follow the instructions. It appears as though Odin cannot see the phone and gets stuck at <ID:0/010>SetupConnection..
Also I had seen some instructions to get ROM Manager via the Playstore, etc. However I then also discover I have lost any sort of input device, and there is no Swype listed in the apps either, even under disabled apps. So I cannot enter anything when I reboot into the phone either.
So after 2 days and dozens of pages I'm looking for any suggestions.
Ist of all do not use rom manager unless the rom specifically requests it as sgs2 does not like it.
using odin flash siyah kernal 4.1.5 which will root your phone and install cwm. use this http://www.gokhanmoral.com/public/files/siyahkernel/v4/Siyah-s2-v4.1.5.tar
then using the cable and root directory of your computer which should see the phone drives as usb removeable drive copy the rom zip fileadded link on your sdcard.
then using volume up + home key + power boot into cwm recovery mode.
use install zip, install from sdcard, navigate to where the zip file is, click on it say yes.
let it install, then cleck go back, reboot system now and your done and the rom should be properly installed.
Cosmic Blue said:
Ist of all do not use rom manager unless the rom specifically requests it as sgs2 does not like it.
using odin flash siyah kernal 4.1.5 which will root your phone and install cwm. use this
then using the cable and root directory of your computer which should see the phone drives as usb removeable drive copy the rom zip fileadded link on your sdcard.
then using volume up + home key + power boot into cwm recovery mode.
use install zip, install from sdcard, navigate to where the zip file is, click on it say yes.
let it install, then cleck go back, reboot system now and your done and the rom should be properly installed.
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THanks for that. I tried to do that. I get the message "E:Unable to open /sdcard/selfu (no such file or directory). Again, the problem appears to be that the phone goes into system recovery 3e and not CWM when I press volume up + home key + power
I want to go back to stock rom. So I downloaded a zip file of the firmware.
Please give me the detailed steps to flash the rom without bricking it. My externel sdcard is unable to mount in CWM.
Any kind of help will be much appreciated.
thank you.
First download and install odin from here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1738841
1. If it is in zip extract it using 7zip,winrar.....
2. Open Odin3 (Run As Administrator).
3.Shut down your phone than put your device in download mode. To do so, press Vol-Down And Home And Power Button all together and when it vibrates release Power (It might not work in first time,so try it three four time before posting again)
Button. You should have a triangle with an android janitor while it's saying downloading.
4. You should see a blue rectangle with COM:xx and saying Added. It means that your device is ready to be flashed!
5. Go into the PDA section and select your .tar file.
6. Dont check any option (F.reset time and Auto reboot are checked by default if not than check them).
7. Now click Start.
8. When it's finished, it should say that it's done with a green box and your device should reboot by itself
Good luck:good:
Thanks for your concern but i don't have the .tar file so i'm unable to flash it via ODIN. Can you give me the instruction to flash .zip file through CWM recovery. And what should i do if my external sd is unable to mount?
sandy-13 said:
Thanks for your concern but i don't have the .tar file so i'm unable to flash it via ODIN. Can you give me the instruction to flash .zip file through CWM recovery. And what should i do if my external sd is unable to mount?
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To flash through CWM you dont need external SD card. You can just copy the file in to Internal SD and flash it.
And for installing stock firmware, you cant just simply do it via CWM, you have to go for Odin only.
For this you need to download your original firmware from sammobile or in xda forums you can find it. Take a research, the above post will help.
I want to put a new ROM on my phone but I'm having trouble booting/rebooting into CWM, not sure what I need to do to get it to work. Here are all the methods I've tried...
Using ROM Manager to install new ROM package:
Try to do ROM Installation, select packages and options I want
Press "Reboot and install" button
Phone starts to reboot
Samsung logo flashes once
CyanogenMod start screen comes up, boots into OS, not Recovery mode. Nothing was wiped, installed, or changed at all.
Using ROM Manager to reboot into recovery:
Go into ROM Manager, select "Reboot into Recovery"
Phone starts to reboot
Samsung logo flashes once
Samsung logo flashes twice
CyanogenMod start screen comes up, boots into OS, not Recovery mode.
Rebooting from Power menu on the phone:
Choose "Reboot," then "Recovery" from Power menu
Phone starts to reboot
Samsung logo flashes once
Samsung logo flashes again
CyanogenMod start screen comes up, boots into OS, not Recovery mode.
Power down, then hold Power + Vol Up + Vol Down:
Phone starts to reboot
Continue holding these 3 buttons
Samsung logo flashes once
Continue holding these 3 buttons
Samsung logo flashes twice
Let go of the buttons because it should now be booting into Recovery
Samsung logo flashes third time
CyanogenMod start screen comes up, boots into OS, not Recovery mode.
And here are my phone particulars:
Code:
[B]Recovery[/B]
ClockworkMod 6.0.1.0
[B]Kernel version[/B]
3.0.64-RB11-SHIFT-1.1
[B]CyanogenMod version[/B]
11-20140402-UNOFFICIAL-i777
Any ideas what I need to do to boot into Recovery?
I don't think Rom Manager is compatible with the SGH-I777. Do a Google search on mobile Odin and install the shift kernel again.
You can't use rom manager. There's a warning thread stickied at the top of this forum titled "[A] Rom Manager ******WARNING READ THIS BEFORE******."
The answer depends on which phone you have, SGH-I777 OR SGH-S959G (the straight talk version) for which see this thread.
State which phone you have, and we can give you additional guidance as needed.
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You can't use rom manager. There's a warning thread stickied at the top of this forum titled "[A] Rom Manager ******WARNING READ THIS BEFORE******."
The answer depends on which phone you have, SGH-I777 OR SGH-S959G (the straight talk version) for which see this thread.
State which phone you have, and we can give you additional guidance as needed.
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I have the SGH-i777. I thought by posting in this forum it would be implied that that's the one I'm talking about. Sorry for not being clear on that.
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I have the SGH-i777. I thought by posting in this forum it would be implied that that's the one I'm talking about. Sorry for not being clear on that.
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The SGH-S959G has exactly the same hardware as the SGH-I777. The only difference is that the partition table is slightly different. Those who have that phone also use this forum. Since you have the SmartTalk icon in your profile, I thought there was some chance that you might have that instead of the I777.
On the SGH-I777, the recovery is compiled into the kernel, and therefore is loaded into the kernel partition with the kernel. There is not a recovery in the recovery partition, and that is why rom manager will not work with this phone, and in fact has caused some rather severe problems for some folks.
Since you currently have cyanogenmod, and can not boot into recovery, you will need to use desktop Odin with download mode to load a new firmware onto your phone. So your best route will be to flash the phone back to stock using desktop Odin, root with Framaroot using the Aragorn exploit, and then use Mobile Odin Pro, or Mobile Odin Lite to flash a custom kernel containing ClockworkMod recovery. Then you can flash whichever custom firmware you want.
You can find the stock firmware in the Download Repository, which is also linked in my signature. Flash the I777UCMD8 Stock Binaries (Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean) which is near the bottom of the page. Odin3 v1.85 is recommended for this phone, although any version of Odin should work. There is a link for it near the top of the page. Download mode is, while powered off, hold pwr and vol - while plugging the usb cable into the phone.
Then, after rooting and installing Mobile Odin, you should flash the AJK v4.9 No Swap kernel. Download the CWM flashable .zip file, open it in an archiving program such as 7zip, and extract the boot.img. You can not flash the zip file with mobile odin, so you will need to flash the boot.img, which Mobile Odin will recognize. However, since you are not flashing the support files for the kernel, if you boot into the stock jellybean system at this point, the buttons will not work. So, after flashing the kernel with Mobile Odin, you should boot directly into recovery, and flash the full AJK v4.9 zip file to get the buttons working with the stock firmware. Or you can flash the custom firmware of your choice at this point and skip the above step.
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creepyncrawly said:
The SGH-S959G has exactly the same hardware as the SGH-I777. The only difference is that the partition table is slightly different. Those who have that phone also use this forum. Since you have the SmartTalk icon in your profile, I thought there was some chance that you might have that instead of the I777.
On the SGH-I777, the recovery is compiled into the kernel, and therefore is loaded into the kernel partition with the kernel. There is not a recovery in the recovery partition, and that is why rom manager will not work with this phone, and in fact has caused some rather severe problems for some folks.
Since you currently have cyanogenmod, and can not boot into recovery, you will need to use desktop Odin with download mode to load a new firmware onto your phone. So your best route will be to flash the phone back to stock using desktop Odin, root with Framaroot using the Aragorn exploit, and then use Mobile Odin Pro, or Mobile Odin Lite to flash a custom kernel containing ClockworkMod recovery. Then you can flash whichever custom firmware you want.
You can find the stock firmware in the Download Repository, which is also linked in my signature. Flash the I777UCMD8 Stock Binaries (Android 4.1.2 Jelly Bean) which is near the bottom of the page. Odin3 v1.85 is recommended for this phone, although any version of Odin should work. There is a link for it near the top of the page. Download mode is, while powered off, hold pwr and vol - while plugging the usb cable into the phone.
Then, after rooting and installing Mobile Odin, you should flash the AJK v4.9 No Swap kernel. Download the CWM flashable .zip file, open it in an archiving program such as 7zip, and extract the boot.img. You can not flash the zip file with mobile odin, so you will need to flash the boot.img, which Mobile Odin will recognize. However, since you are not flashing the support files for the kernel, if you boot into the stock jellybean system at this point, the buttons will not work. So, after flashing the kernel with Mobile Odin, you should boot directly into recovery, and flash the full AJK v4.9 zip file to get the buttons working with the stock firmware. Or you can flash the custom firmware of your choice at this point and skip the above step.
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Ah, gotcha - thanks for clearing that up.
Thanks for these very clear instructions - I used them to successfully flash the UCMD8 binary from the Download Repository, and I'll be leaving that on for now as I'm not using this phone too much anymore. The only thing I also had to do was, after flashing the binary, boot into the stock recovery and do a factory reset + wipe cache from there, then restart. It worked flawlessly after that.
Thanks so much for your help, creepy!