Hi, I recently flashed cf-root after buying my gs2. I installed rom manager and flahed cwm 4.0.0.2 from there. However now when I reboot into recovery I get the custom cwm that comes with cfroot 4. If I pull the battery in the custom cwm when I put the battery back in I get cwm 4.0.0.2.
Does anyone know how I can remove the custom cwm or both and then flash cwm 4.0.0.2?
Thanks in advance.
Can nobody help with this?
Yes, in the menu move to reboot using volume keys and hit home
Failing that, odin a stock rom to recover
pulser_g2 said:
Yes, in the menu move to reboot using volume keys and hit home
Failing that, odin a stock rom to recover
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I flashed my stock kernel but restarting into recovery from rom manager still goes to the custom cwm.
In the original Galaxy S, Samsung bundle the kernel & the recovery in the zImage file in the stock firmware so that might be the case here too. Download the original from samfirmware.com, remove everything from the tar file except zImage and flash the tar as PDA through Odin
Can you not just fake-flash the CWM 4.0.0.2 recovery through the custom CWM (through an update.zip or whatever) as that is what ROM Manager does anyway
viva.fidel said:
In the original Galaxy S, Samsung bundle the kernel & the recovery in the zImage file in the stock firmware so that might be the case here too. Download the original from samfirmware.com, remove everything from the tar file except zImage and flash the tar as PDA through Odin
Can you not just fake-flash the CWM 4.0.0.2 recovery through the custom CWM (through an update.zip or whatever) as that is what ROM Manager does anyway
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I tried flashing the zip from the custom cwm but it says unable to verify whole-file signature.
I odin'd Lightening rom 1.4 and now it seems im just left with the real CWM. yey!
Thanks for all your help.
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Hi guys,
I've rooted my Galaxy S2 using CfRoot. To disable the yellow warning triangle, I flashed with original kernel. Since, the root is enabled even after reverting back to stock kernel, do I need to flash insecure kernel image again using CWM manager?
Will I be missing anything by not doing it? Because, all the apps that needs root access are working fine.
Thanks,
baskCoder
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You will lost clockworkmod recovery and the ability to use the CWM manager app.
So you will lose the ability to flash stuff from CWM zip, also nandroid backup.
But if these are not important to you then you shouldnt have any problems using the stock kernel.
Usb jig is the real simple way of removing triangle and setting custom rom counter to zero .
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veyka said:
You will lost clockworkmod recovery and the ability to use the CWM manager app.
So you will lose the ability to flash stuff from CWM zip, also nandroid backup.
But if these are not important to you then you shouldnt have any problems using the stock kernel.
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You are partially correct.
baskcoder, you did it correctly.
flash rooted kernel that has CWM APP using ODIN
boot phone into Android then reboot back to download mode
flash stock kernel using ODIN
boot phone back into Android
copy the rooted kernel of your choice (recommend using speedmod kernel by hardcore) into your phone using USB storage mode file can be either zImage or *.tar format
run CWM App in your application list, yes, it is still there as long as you don't wipe the userdata partition.
select flash kernel, then select either the zImage or *.tar file
CWM App will just wipe out the boot partition, then extract zImage from the *.tar file, then copy the contents inside zImage to the boot partition.
Because CWM App does not use Download mode to flash the kernel into the boot partition of your ROM, the yellow triangle exclamation will not appear, it will also not add to the custom binary counter either.
Thanks for the reply guys. I tried all the applications that need root access. They are working fine. What feature will I miss if I don't flash with modded kernel? Sorry, I'm new to this.
Thanks for the reply.
baskcoder said:
Thanks for the reply guys. I tried all the applications that need root access. They are working fine. What feature will I miss if I don't flash with modded kernel? Sorry, I'm new to this.
Thanks for the reply.
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Clockworkmod recovery, the ability todo nandroid backup (full system snapshots), and the ability to flash zips via CWM recovery.
I am having an issue with flashing CWM via Odin and keeping it there. I flash CWM via ODIN, I've tried 3 diff versions of CWM , Red One, Voodoo (blue one) and the 3.0.0.8 via rom manager (orange one) each time i flash one, i can boot into after flashing it via ODIN, but when i reboot the phone. CWM is gone and its back to the factory samsung recover "for all devices" nonsense. I have been able to obtain root by flashing via the SU zip method and I have root, i just can't flash a rom b/c cwm wont stick....any ideas? search returns nothing!
Thats because you need a modified kernal for cwm to stick.
Here is the modified stock kernal for a froyo rom. put this in the pda function of odin.
http://goo.gl/QCYxT
droidstyle said:
Thats because you need a modified kernal for cwm to stick.
Here is the modified stock kernal for a froyo rom. put this in the pda function of odin.
http://goo.gl/QCYxT
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you my friend have received a thanks, and are a great asset to these boards. It would have been easier for you to tell me to "research" but instead, you took the time to even give me a link.
+1 to you.
I appreciate the kind words sir, thanks!
even though i have flashed the kernel you have provided, my phone contiues to boot into stock recovery. (also thanks to providing the download link and thanks to person who asked question)
daskydivr said:
even though i have flashed the kernel you have provided, my phone contiues to boot into stock recovery. (also thanks to providing the download link and thanks to person who asked question)
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did you odin a cwm recovery after the modified stock kernal?
Make sure your battery is removed when entering download mode to flash cwm via odin.
Once it shows successful, remove the cable.
insert battery and immediately enter cwm using the 3 finger method.
Flash a custom stock kernel.
choose "reboot system now"
let the system boot up.
then boot back to cwm recovery and flash your rom of choice.
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did you odin a cwm recovery after the modified stock kernal?
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ok now im odin the gingerbread leak, but i want Cyanogenmod, ill get a cwm recovery and try again or could you provide a link with one please?
daskydivr said:
ok now im odin the gingerbread leak, but i want Cyanogenmod, ill get a cwm recovery and try again or could you provide a link with one please?
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If you want cm7 dont odin the gingerbread leak...Follow this guide.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1212239
thanks im trying it out now!
hi guys i am in a very bad situation my friend asked me to put hebrew on his galaxy s 2 , so as a good friend i tried to help him idownloaded the orange zip file and use odin to flash it and now it got stuck on the boot screen i can go into download mode but i dont know how to bring it back to life
please help
thanks
Zip files are not meant for ODIN.
ODIN normally flashes tar files which has only the necessary files and no scripts inside.
Clockworkmod is used to flash zip files.
I think you used PDA button on ODIN to flash *.zip file.
Find a kernel with cwm , codeworkx's kernel or siyah kernel.
Flash using PDA of odin.
If it doesn't work, flash an entire stock rom using odin, download from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1075278
Then flash a kernel with cwm, and flash hebrew zip in recovery
thanks for the reply I have one more question do I need a USB jig and also what custom binary count for mine says 2
is that a problem
If you can get into download mode, you don't need a jig. The binary count shows the number of times you flashed from download mode. It's not a problem, but it's a proof that you did, and it probably means your phone lost its warranty.
You dont need a jig if you can get into download mode but it will reset the binary counter for warranty purposes
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Zip files are not meant for ODIN.
ODIN normally flashes tar files which has only the necessary files and no scripts inside.
Clockworkmod is used to flash zip files.
I think you used PDA button on ODIN to flash *.zip file.
Find a kernel with cwm , codeworkx's kernel or siyah kernel.
Flash using PDA of odin.
If it doesn't work, flash an entire stock rom using odin, download from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1075278
Then flash a kernel with cwm, and flash hebrew zip in recovery
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Well, some people put the .tar's inside a zip to compress it, so it might be a Odin file after all.
Open the zip file, and if there is just ONE file there, extract it and flash it with Odin. If there are alot of files/folders, it's for CWM
so i rootes my bell sgs2 but never really thought about custom roms. now i want to get a custom rom going but when i try to get to recovery mod it just goes into the stock recovery program so installing the roms fail. when i rooted i flashed the rooted cf-root kernal then flashed the stock to get rid of the yellow triangle but still have root. did i mess up CWM some how?
if i need to reinstall can you give me steps on how to do so?
Thanks
Sounds like you got rid of clockwork flashing the stock kernel, reflash CF and you will have what you need to install roms. To get rid of the triangle you either need to follow these instructions or do it the easy way and buy a jig from ebay for a couple of quid.
http://www.forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1103399
(1) Make sure you have CF-Root flashed (see the first post). You must have the "CWM Manager" app available.
(2) Make sure you have the same version of CF-Root extracted until you have the zImage file. (ZIP --> extract --> TAR --> extract --> zImage).
(3) Push the zImage file to /sdcard . It must still be called zImage !
(4) Find an original Samsung signed stock kernel (preferably from the same stock firmware you have, but it's not terribly important)
(5) Reboot into download mode (adb reboot download, or boot the device with home and volume-down pressed)
(6) Fire up ODIN, and flash the Samsung kernel
(7) Boot the device with the stock kernel. CWM Manager will still be available.
(8) Start CWM Manager, select Flash Kernel, and select the zImage from CF-Root you previously put on your SD-card. The kernel will flash and the device will reboot.
(9) You will now notice you no longer have the warning triangle during boot, but you are actually running CF-Root with all it's goodies!
(10) In the future, if you only use the Flash Kernel option inside CWM Manager instead of ODIN, the triangle will not return, neither will your flash counter increase. But keep in mind, that CWM Manager can only handle a direct "zImage" if you are NOT running a kernel with full busybox support (this is currently needed for flashing kernels out of .TAR and .ZIP files)
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mick1mouse said:
Hi all, thanks for viewing this thread
- I flashed my friend's Bell SGS2 i9100M to CM9 a while back, but now he wants to go back to stock and needs to make use of his warranty because of the battery charging problem even when it's is not plugged in
- I need to flash his phone back to Bell stock firmware UGKG2, but I do not have the necessary firmware (PDA) .tar file to flash back to stock via Odin. I've checked Intratech's thread but multiupload is down so I cannot download the .tar files
- However, I have the stock ROM in .zip file, the kernel, modem and CSC in .tar file
- Unfortunately, I did not make the nandroid backup before flashing CM9 on his phone
- I currently do not have his phone with me, but he will be coming over in a few hours
So my questions are:
1) Is it okay to just flash the stock ROM .zip file via recovery from CM9? (After the standard procedures of wiping system, data, cache, etc.)
2) Will the CM9 kernel recovery flash the stock ROM .zip file? I think it might give some e: (some sdcard) error, I'm guessing... If so, will flashing a custom Gingerbread kernel then flashing the stock ROM .zip file via CWM work?
3) If 1 & 2 don't work, does this mean I absolutely have to flash back to stock via Odin?
I've also got an usb jig prepared
Thanks in advance
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Hey,
like u said, the .zip includes .tar files.
.tar files always must flashed via odin!
Only way to to it via phone is using odin on phone, but I'm not up to date how is the status and if it's really working.
So to be sure:
1) make a full wipe (like u said above with formatting system, cache etc.)
2) Put files in Odin and flash
3) Flash cf-root or kernel to get CWM back (if u want)
CHEERS
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mick1mouse said:
the .zip file does not have the .tar files, it is CWM flashable; it has the META-INF folder, system folder, zimage, etc.
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Oh ok. Didn't read carefully, sorry.
So dunno where u got it from, but if it is a source u trust, it should work.
... should be like flashin CM or any custom Rom
Much success!
CHEERS
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