Hello! I recently got a replacement for my Optimus V. It was having signal and SMS problems, so they decided to send me a replacement. I noticed this replacement has android 2.2.2 froyo pre-installed. so the first thing I tried was to root it with Rom Tools, but it didn't work, so I looked around and found Gingerbreak. Rooting was successful, and i had SuperUser privileges. So then I tried installing a custom recovery with RomTools, and it still told me I wasn't rooted. So then I tried Rom Manager, and it notified me the custom recovery was flashed, so i rebooted, and i just get a back-lit black screen. So then I tried booting into the bootloader, and it just boots to Android again, any idea why this is happening? Have they locked the bootloader?
I hope not, but that would I explain why I haven't been able to root my wife's "new" replacement phone.
Success!
Finally got my wife's phone rooted using GingerBreak. Restoring her apps (via TiB) as I type this.
FYI, I basically followed these steps: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=13170826&postcount=171
RKBA said:
Finally got my wife's phone rooted using GingerBreak. Restoring her apps (via TiB) as I type this.
FYI, I basically followed these steps: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=13170826&postcount=171
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Not all phones are created equal. Make sure you have a stock 2G SD card formated to the default settings It gets really picky about the sd card some times. The more stuff on your sd card the longer it will take. Turn on USB debugging,your not going to plug it into your PC,but you need to have it enabled or the exploit wont work. Make sure you have a good file manager like Super Manager installed on your phone. Download the Gingerbreak.apk. With the file manager go to sdcard/downloads or download. Move the exploit to the root of the sdcard(somewhere near the bottom of the list of folders). Open up the exploit and select install. Once it's done installing the exploit to your phone select done,exit. Reboot phone. Go to app draw and select the exploit,select run. It might take up to 10 min.for it to run. If it goes 12min.pull battery and try again(it could take several tries). You must reboot after every failed attempt. If you get an error message it does not like your SD card. Reformat to default settings using you computer and try again. If you are using a sd card that is not 2G it might not work. Once it reboots and you are looking at your home screen,you are rooted. Now go to the market and download Busybox installer. With a file manager go and check where su has been installed. It's either /system/bin or /system/xbin. Install Busybox wherever su is. Go back to the market and update Super User. Gingerbreak will not install the proper flash_image to flash a custom recovery, but, You can use ROMTools to flash Xionia recovery,or ROM Manager to flash ClockworkMod recovery. Once you have a custom recovery on your phone you need to make a nandroid backup of your system because now that your ROOTed you now can delete things you may not want to, then it's to late. AHH, But you made a backup that you can restore and your phone is as good as new again....P.S.Sorry no links, till I have 8 or more posts,at least I think that's what it said
awerni said:
Hello! I recently got a replacement for my Optimus V. It was having signal and SMS problems, so they decided to send me a replacement. I noticed this replacement has android 2.2.2 froyo pre-installed. so the first thing I tried was to root it with Rom Tools, but it didn't work, so I looked around and found Gingerbreak. Rooting was successful, and i had SuperUser privileges. So then I tried installing a custom recovery with RomTools, and it still told me I wasn't rooted. So then I tried Rom Manager, and it notified me the custom recovery was flashed, so i rebooted, and i just get a back-lit black screen. So then I tried booting into the bootloader, and it just boots to Android again, any idea why this is happening? Have they locked the bootloader?
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With power on,pull sd card. Put your sd card into PC and copy(don't move anything off the sd card)the contents into a new folder. Put the sd card back into phone with power on. If it boot's up properly let me know. You should be able to power off and on and it boots up properly. Don't do anything more to it until you let me know(your going to have to change some permissions on some files, check Busybox install,etc.).
awerni said:
Hello! I recently got a replacement for my Optimus V. It was having signal and SMS problems, so they decided to send me a replacement. I noticed this replacement has android 2.2.2 froyo pre-installed. so the first thing I tried was to root it with Rom Tools, but it didn't work, so I looked around and found Gingerbreak. Rooting was successful, and i had SuperUser privileges. So then I tried installing a custom recovery with RomTools, and it still told me I wasn't rooted. So then I tried Rom Manager, and it notified me the custom recovery was flashed, so i rebooted, and i just get a back-lit black screen. So then I tried booting into the bootloader, and it just boots to Android again, any idea why this is happening? Have they locked the bootloader?
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With power on,pull sd card. Put your sd card into PC and copy(don't move anything off the sd card)the contents into a new folder. Put the sd card back into phone with power on. If it boot's up properly let me know. You should be able to power off and on and it boots up properly. Don't do anything more to it until you let me know(your going to have to change some permissions on some files, check Busybox install,etc.). If it doesn't work,you can try something else as well.EDIT: Try and see if your phone is still recognized by your computer. It might be,if it is then open up ROMTools and select ROMTools.exe . Type in 2(enter). Type in 2 (enter) Allow SuperOneClick to establish a Shell Root(temporary Root)click ok and close small window but not SuperOneClick. Click on command prompt window to bring it to the front. Type in 4(hit enter key). Let it do it's thing. If it was successful it will say so. Now try and pull SD card out with power on. Put SD card back in with power on.
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I have a fascinate now, I had an eris then an incredible. Anyway, I rooted my eris and my incredible and flashed many roms with much luck. This phone is a little difficult. I can root easily but installing is difficult. I can't install anything from the sd card. I have tried it two different ways in Rom manager (direct install and booting into recovery) If i hold the vol keys and power, unless i apply the update, it wont go to clockwork. It is actually on the stock recovery. Anyway, I just can't figure out how to install anything on this phone from the sd card. I get to the install screen, it finds and opens the packages, but the freezes on the install. I'm terribly annoyed as it is with this phone. I used google all the time, now I'm using a quick search app. ADW launcher the drawer disappears randomly, and I just don't like launcher. So anyway, I can't install anything from sd, so therefore I can't get google search working or setcpu, and cant flash a diff ROM. I must be doing something wrong. Please help!!!
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I have a fascinate now, I had an eris then an incredible. Anyway, I rooted my eris and my incredible and flashed many roms with much luck. This phone is a little difficult. I can root easily but installing is difficult. I can't install anything from the sd card. I have tried it two different ways in Rom manager (direct install and booting into recovery) If i hold the vol keys and power, unless i apply the update, it wont go to clockwork. It is actually on the stock recovery. Anyway, I just can't figure out how to install anything on this phone from the sd card. I get to the install screen, it finds and opens the packages, but the freezes on the install. I'm terribly annoyed as it is with this phone. I used google all the time, now I'm using a quick search app. ADW launcher the drawer disappears randomly, and I just don't like launcher. So anyway, I can't install anything from sd, so therefore I can't get google search working or setcpu, and cant flash a diff ROM. I must be doing something wrong. Please help!!!
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ClockWorks on the Fascinate does not overwrite the stock recovery.
In order to get into CWM, you must run update.zip *every* time you want to get into CWM. This is not likely to change any time soon.
Once in CWM, the back key is the "select" key and the volume up/down are the up/down keys.
First thing is first: i you have rooted, boot into stock recovery, apply update.zip to get into CWM recovery and backup your device.
Then play.
yeah i get that.. after the backup and even wipe data and cache it gets stuck at the install part. I have titanium and always nand but when I install the zip from the sd card it finds the package and opens the package, but then always freezes on the installing the package part. That's where I'm having issues
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yeah i get that.. after the backup and even wipe data and cache it gets stuck at the install part. I have titanium and always nand but when I install the zip from the sd card it finds the package and opens the package, but then always freezes on the installing the package part. That's where I'm having issues
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Having come from the Eris myself, I know your pain. I will suggest, if you attempt to install anything, and I mean **anything** related to voodoo, not only should you back up/nandroid first, but you should probably go ahead and familiarize yourself with Odin and recovery steps. Also, you cannot be patient enough, sometimes takes up to 10 min + for installs/disables. I am in my 2nd 2-day recovery process from removing Voodoo, and I frankly suggest avoiding it altogether.
In Rom Manager (clockwork), did you click on FLash ClockworkMod Recovery and select the Fascinate? If so, and still hanging, I would recommend uninstalling/reinstalling clockwork as a next step. Best of luck!
Right now I'm on the latest radio and android verison. I was planning on getting a TB but my phone went swimming and selling it on ebay was going to help finance my new phone. So now I plan on rooting it and installing XtrSense. I might try the gingerbread ROM too, but for now XtrSense. The only problem is I cannot for the life of me figure out how to do it
So how do I root and install a custom ROM????
Here is what I tried so far:
- Installed the one click root app and ran it.
- rebooted like it said, but it said I had to go into Amon's recovery and install a zip. No where on that thread did it state how to get into Amon's recovery and I don't feel like bricking my phone, so I came to ask for help.
I am a 2 on a 1 to 10 scale of being linux literate, and I am thoroughly confused.
Any help would be great!
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Right now I'm on the latest radio and android verison. I was planning on getting a TB but my phone went swimming and selling it on ebay was going to help finance my new phone. So now I plan on rooting it and installing XtrSense. I might try the gingerbread ROM too, but for now XtrSense. The only problem is I cannot for the life of me figure out how to do it
So how do I root and install a custom ROM????
Here is what I tried so far:
- Installed the one click root app and ran it.
- rebooted like it said, but it said I had to go into Amon's recovery and install a zip. No where on that thread did it state how to get into Amon's recovery and I don't feel like bricking my phone, so I came to ask for help.
I am a 2 on a 1 to 10 scale of being linux literate, and I am thoroughly confused.
Any help would be great!
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It's pretty simple, and it may depend. There are two ways to start recovery:
- with the phone powered off, hold down VolUp while you power up until you see the green-text-on-black-background Amon's Recovery start.
- for some versions of the Eris bootloader, this doesn't work. So, restart into the bootloader by holding down VolDn while powering up. When that starts, there will be a prompt telling you that you can press VolUp to start Recovery. Just press VolUp and you are there.
For the rest of it, assuming that you have already copied the xtrSENSE zip file to the root directory of the SD Card (i.e., not in a folder or subfolder), you can follow the directions in this thread, starting with post number 4. And, yes, the directions in the 1-click app post are a lot more sparse than they probably should be.
So I downloaded the ROM, erased my SD card and put only the ROM on my SD card. When I booted into recovery, i got a phone with a red exclamation mark that is inside of a red triangle. Any Ideas what I did wrong?
I took out the battery and restarted the phone and it works fine still
EDIT: I just re did the instructions for the one click root app. Everything works fine now and I'm happily using XtrSense. Thanks for all the help!
Hi everyone,
I'm trying to update the ROM on my phone, but when the phone started loading up it got stuck at the Thunderbolt screen.
I removed the battery and planned on going into the CWR recovery to either reinstall the ROM or flash to an old one, but I'm not sure how to do that.
Because I have a PG05IMG.zip file on my SD card from flashing a new radio, the bootloader automatically tries to flash that. When I tell it not to update, the only option I have is to reboot the phone.
So how would I go about getting into the CWR recovery since I can't do it through the Rom Manager app since my phone won't load.
Thanks!
You need to put your SD card into a card reader then into your computer to dename or delete the PG05IMG.zip file or you are pretty much stuck.
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Hi everyone,
I'm trying to update the ROM on my phone, but when the phone started loading up it got stuck at the Thunderbolt screen.
I removed the battery and planned on going into the CWR recovery to either reinstall the ROM or flash to an old one, but I'm not sure how to do that.
Because I have a PG05IMG.zip file on my SD card from flashing a new radio, the bootloader automatically tries to flash that. When I tell it not to update, the only option I have is to reboot the phone.
So how would I go about getting into the CWR recovery since I can't do it through the Rom Manager app since my phone won't load.
Thanks!
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gonna have to find an sd card adapter (or another phone that receives micro sd) and remove the PG05IMG from your sd...i made this same mistake before. bootloader will automatically look for the PG05IMG and once it finds it you are stuck.
Use adb to reboot recovery
Thanks guys, I was afraid of that. Guess I'll have no phone until I get into work tomorrow morning. Appreciate the help, and glad to know I'm not the only one that's had to do this.
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Use adb to reboot recovery
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Worked like a charm! I didn't realize I'd still be able to push through adb commands even though the phone was giving me all these force closes. I was able to reload my old ROM and started up just fine. Thanks for the help!
So I started by rooting with Shabby's AIO root. Worked fine.
Today I unlocked, following QBKing's instructional video. No errors.
Then I flashed TWRP using fastboot. No errors.
I'm able to boot, everything seems to work (except 4g of course), but when I boot into recovery, all I get is an android with a yellow triangle. What gives? Can anyone help?
try reflashing the recovery happened to me once when i flashed cwm.
it keeps happening to me no matter how many times i try to flash either one. I'm definitely rooted and unlocked but recovery just wont stick at all, all i ever get is the yellow triangle. Ive given up on it....
I have in my notes to delete "install-recovery.sh" in system/etc and reflash. Couldn't hurt.
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I have in my notes to delete "install-recovery.sh" in system/etc and reflash. Couldn't hurt.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=19650030&postcount=1
I think that the above post is correct, and also remember reading somewhere about it.
And I can do that from Root Explorer? I must admit I'm a little nervous - I'd better make a backup. You guys have done it too?
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And I can do that from Root Explorer? I must admit I'm a little nervous - I'd better make a backup. You guys have done it too?
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I would always do a backup in CWM or bootstrap before trying anything. I've never done this, but you could always try.
I don't currently have the ability to boot into CWM. I suppose I'll try to get into Bootstrap and make a nandroid, if that's possible - I haven't done any of this stuff since around this time last year on my Evo.
Use root explorer. another reason could be your not unlocked. Does your screen say unlocked when you boot?
Mine does say I'm unlocked, I've also deleted that .sh file after backing it up and still nothing. I don't want to go through the whole process of relocking my mopho to get it to work,, but I know that may help. I've done everything I could and read through every thread on it and still no go. I've definitely learned a lot though, lol. I've also figured out how to switch the internal memory sdcard with sdcard-ext to have your actual sdcard be internal. Good stuff, I love xda.
The current procedure seems to be:
moto-fastboot delete recovery
flash recovery
reboot
That gives it time to re-flash stock recovery during the reboot. What if you flashed the new recovery, yanked battery, went to recovery, then flashed CM7 (which apparently doesn't try to replace the stock recovery)?
I've got Bootstrap working. I'll be doing a Nandroid, then trying to rename install-recovery.sh later today. If that doesn't work - all I can do is go back to total stock, unroot, and restart the process. Life goes on.
Mine definitely says "Unlocked" at the top of the screen on boot - and I'm rooted (I can use Titanium Backup and Wifi Tether)
If it's an issue with the order of rooting and unlocking (I saw no error messages at any stage), can we get a warning placed in the pudding / MoPho FAQ thread please, spare someone else the trouble we're going through?
Seeing as I'm already unlocked and rooted via Penguin's AIO root- and backed up through Bootstrap, is there any harm in flashing the system.img used in QBKing77's video? Would that solve my problem and let a normal recovery stick?
Any idea if this would bork my phone? I don't have a backup - but I -do- want to be able to use CM and Miui (hate MotoBlur). If I'm already AIO rooted and QBking Unlocked, is there any harm to flashing system.img, then flashing recovery?
I am having the same issue on my photon. when i boot in to clockworks i see the android recovery, and when i try to select it the triangle pops up with the
android guy then i have to pull battery to restart phone still works thoe. Tom
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This worked on my Xoom. Suspect same/similar will work on Photon. Issue is that recent OTA's add files that overwrite custom recovery with stock recovery if you let the device boot (don't let it boot - or if you do, delete those files, then reflash).
unlock
flash recovery
boot into recovery
root
then while still in CWM, no reboot, but instead:
adb remount
adb shell rm /system/recovery-from-boot.p
adb shell rm /system/etc/install-recovery.sh
reboot with CWM
Only had to flash CWM once.
topeka_tom said:
I am having the same issue on my photon. when i boot in to clockworks i see the android recovery, and when i try to select it the triangle pops up with the
android guy then i have to pull battery to restart phone still works thoe. Tom
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I had the same issue then someone told me to root via Torpedo method. Did that and everything was smooth sailing from there.
Flash over Bootstrap?
With having bootsrap installed, could I use one of romracers CWM installers and flash over bootstrap? Has anyone tried this?
this is what i used. work great
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1250697
moonzbabysh, would you direct me to the thread that shows how to switch the internal and external memory around. I've got a 16gb card but can't put apps on it. Thanks.
I was running The Unofficial rom and liked it. AT&T pushed out the new ICS rom and I wanted to try it. I installed it the way AT&T recommended and got that working. I decided I didn't like that and wanted to go back to The Unofficial. Only problem was, the phone was no longer rooted. I tried to go back and root it, but it didn't work. Now it's stuck on the "Samsung" screen and won't do anything. When using CWM, it won't let me load anything from the SD card. Says SD card is not installed. HELP!!!
Put it in download mode, open odin 1.85 on computer, flash the cwm .tar file on it. Go back into recovery and try to see if it can read your sd card. If all else fails, get into download mode on your phone and do the emergency recovery on Kies.
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Phone doesn't need to be rooted to flash a ROM. All you needed to do was flash cwm and then flash your ROM of choice. What root method did you use?
froidroid said:
Phone doesn't need to be rooted to flash a ROM. All you needed to do was flash cwm and then flash your ROM of choice. What root method did you use?
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I've tried so many different things in the last couple of days that I honestly don't know what all I have tried or not.
As for the emergency recovery, how do I do that? I saw something in KIES about that, but it was asking for some code that I don't have. And do you have a link to the CWM.tar?
Also, I had several ROM's installed on my SD card in the phone, but it won't show any of them when I boot the phone using the "both volume and power button" method. It also won't let me load any of my backups that I had on the SD card. It's almost like the SD card isn't being recognized now or something, although I can connect the phone to my PC laptop and get to all those files through file explorer on the PC. And yes, I'm new and don't have a great grasp on what I am doing. Thanks for the help though!
What I have working right now
Okay, here is the only thing I could find on here that I could actually get loaded to make the phone functional again:
SGH-I717UCLD2-1FB30D08F1D2B2AAAECF49D262E8E707 (from briefmobile.com)
I have it working on the phone, but I have yet to be able to install anything else. When I boot the phone into recovery (volume up+ volume down+ power), it won't give me an option to install from SD card. However I can go to "install update from external storage" and it shows the files on my SD card. If I try to select a .zip file to install a ROM, it says --install SD card ...
I don't know what is going on here. Any help would be greatly appreciated. As for the KIES thing, when I try to update through there, it says I can't update my phone- I'm guessing because I have the wrong baseband version?
You don't have cwm...that is stock recovery.
here is a link to cwm touch, just click anywhere here and grab the Odin version
Once you flash that with Odin, then you should be able to fluah any zip you have.
I finally got it working.
Hey. I appreciate your guys' help but I never could get one of those methods working. Just in case anyone else had the same problem as me, here is where I found the solution that worked for my specific case. It worked the first time and is explained simply enough that even a beginner can figure it out.
http://andr0idtech.blogspot.com/2012/06/how-to-root-install-cwm-on-at-bell.html
Thanks again for the help guys!