[Q] Wifi Retail - Non TW Stock - Galaxy Tab 10.1 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

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I have searched the forums extensively, and i'm finding it all awfully confusing, so i'm posting a thread to get a definitive answer in laymans terms I can understand.
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From what I can tell, if I grab "[ROM]Stock US Retail WiFi " the file from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1171089, it will revert me to stock honeycomb without touchwiz. My question is, how do I go about it? I am currently running retail 3.1 with touchwiz, non rooted, default recovery. How can I flash this file using the default recovery? I'd really like to remain unrooted with default recovery.
Bottom line, I would like as vanilla a honeycomb experience possible

You need to root your Tab.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=17070949
Then flash that rom you linked to in your post.
Sent from my Galaxy10.1 TouchWiz/ADWex equipped Starship.

Yeah I don't think there is a way to do this without being rooted and without Clockwork Recovery.

The stock non touchwiz ROM you are mentioning is an Odin based ROM. So you can directly flash it with Odin software. No need to root or install custom recovery.
Sent from my GT-P7510

OK, so I took the plunge last night and everything worked perfectly. I didn't even need to root! YMMV of course, but this is what I did.
1) Downloaded the "filesfordummies.zip" from the Android Dev sticky
2) Flash the cwm recovery file via odin
3) Copied the stock honeycomb ota file onto my tab
4) Rebooted into CWM
5) Install zip from sdcard
6) Wipe Dalvik, Cache, Restore factory
7) Booted the tab and ran through the initial setup
8) Rebooted into download mode
9) Flashed stock recovery
What do I have now? A perfectly vanilla copy of android with stock recovery that didn't require rooting at all ty for the help guys!

rayleterleir said:
OK, so I took the plunge last night and everything worked perfectly. I didn't even need to root! YMMV of course, but this is what I did.
1) Downloaded the "filesfordummies.zip" from the Android Dev sticky
2) Flash the cwm recovery file via odin
3) Copied the stock honeycomb ota file onto my tab
4) Rebooted into CWM
5) Install zip from sdcard
6) Wipe Dalvik, Cache, Restore factory
7) Booted the tab and ran through the initial setup
8) Rebooted into download mode
9) Flashed stock recovery
What do I have now? A perfectly vanilla copy of android with stock recovery that didn't require rooting at all ty for the help guys!
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nice and straightforward way!

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[Q] able to get in to CWM but can't boot into TNT 4.4

I installed CWM and TNT 4.4.0; and was able to boot once(first time). But once I powered down the gTab, It goes in to boot loop. I am able to boot into CWM and able to connect to my pC via USB Mass storage using CWM; please help me correctly install the TNT app.
thanks in advance,
I hope this helps!
Check out this thread and make sure you read the comments because you installed CWM.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=842000
Also, if you decide to upgrade to a custom ROM, you don't have to install CWM. You can do it in standard recovery, but there is another thread it in both:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=842004
Good luck!
i would try re-flashing the rom. maybe even re-download it to ensure that the file isn't incomplete or corrupt.
can I just install tntlite 4.3 or something that is older and upgrade to 4.4? Since I have the CWM installed already?
At this point I do get the Bootloader and mount error E: can't mount /dev/block/mmcblk3p2
Perhaps a good course of action would be:
1> Boot into CWM then partition the sdcard to 2048/0.
2> Follow direction in the second post to return to stock rom, then re-flash the rom using standard recovery (not with CWM).
If that does not work, then use nvflash method to return to stock and start over again http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=861950. I had to do this several times to get my gtablet functions the way it should.
Hope this helps.
tboneuncw said:
. . .
Also, if you decide to upgrade to a custom ROM, you don't have to install CWM. You can do it in standard recovery, but there is another thread it in both:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=842004
Good luck!
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yes, I preferred the standard recovery method to install rom too. However, I have not been able to search for a method to install latest kernel without the use of CWM. Do you have a method?
mydave1 said:
Perhaps a good course of action would be:
1> Boot into CWM then partition the sdcard to 2048/0.
2> Follow direction in the second post to return to stock rom, then re-flash the rom using standard recovery (not with CWM).
If that does not work, then use nvflash method to return to stock and start over again http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=861950. I had to do this several times to get my gtablet functions the way it should.
Hope this helps.
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What does partitioning of 2048/0 do?
use4all,
To answer your question, it may fix it.
When I hear boot loop, I think partition problem because partitioning often
does fix it.
1. Flash the tablet back to stock. Use the files in the instructions:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=861950
2. Install ClockWorkMod (CWM)
3. Reboot into CWM and go to the Advanced Menu -- Repartition to 2048 and 0, Fix Permissions
and Wipe Dalvik Cache. Return to Main Menu and Wipe Cache
and Wipe Factory Data.
4. Shut down and repeat Step 1.
5. At this point if all has gone well, you should have a "stock" working
tablet with "Bekit 1105" (AKA Stock Version 2638 on it.
6. Set up the wifi and almost immediately you should get an OTA (over the air)
Update notice. Do it and when you finish you should have a Stock 3588
tablet.
From there, you can move carefully to where you want to go and hopefully
won't have any more boot loops. I know this is a long process -- and once
in a while it doesn't work -- but I've done it with folks a pile of times and I
think it is the best procedure for your situation.
Good Luck,
Rev
2048/0 is an SD repartition. Think of it as a troubleshooting task just before having to resort to nvflash. It will wipe both /sdcard and /data, so keep that in mind.
Also, btw, if you have TNT Lite 4.3.0+, you can toggle back and forth between standard and cwm - it's called the "3588 Recovery Pack". Read my first post for details.
Ok, thanks for the help. I got to Stock ROM now.
Before I jump into reinstalling 4.4, let me ask this:
do I just copy the 4.4 into the GTab? and boot? or is there something I need to do before that?
4.4 install is just like the 4.3 install - just read my first post for details.
Thank you all for your help. I am up and running on TNTLite4.4. Love it so far..

[Q] HELP: I cannot get vibrant to boot into CWM

I have successfully been able to root and install everything on my Mytouch4G just fine, however, when I tried to install my wife's Vibrant, I am stuck. Here is what I have done:
1) I rooted successfully using superoneclickv1.9.1
2) I installed ROM Manager and also downloaded the Auxora ROM to get ready to install
3) When I flash CWM recovery, it says current and latest recover is 2.5.1.2 (concern here that my mytouch says 3.0.2.4 - do different phones install differently with CWM?). When I look at all CWM recoveries I also notice there is two seemingly more current versions available 2.5.1.3 and 2.5.1.4. I have left it at .2 but wondering why all the versions.
4) When I reboot into recovery, I always get the stock recovery and have not been able to get CWM recovery so I am unable to flash my Auxora ROM. I ran update packages numerous times, and get a signature verification error. I have tried a recovery 3e patch that does not work either. I also gave a try at downloading and SDK, but received temp root errors (phone is already rooted).
After reading many posts, I cannot seem to get a direct answer on what I should do to get CWM to actually boot properly, so I can flash a ROM. Someone said to flash the stock JDK rom, but if I can't boot into recovery, how can I flash anything.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
You need to get a program for your pc called odin to get back to stock. you can find that and instructions on how to use it if you search for the daily updated vibrant bible its GREAT
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=849028
going to stock eclair heres a a great guide
So going back to stock eclair will then allow me to install CWM recovery then load roms?
Every once n a while I haft do the install packages thing twice before it gives me clockwork green
. Hope this helps.. o n btw u should look at some of the other roms in the bible before u try auxora
yes u should go back to stock eclair for every rom, in my opinion. Then after that do the 3 button combo and install packages and u will have to do it twice and then the green screen will kick in and ready to rock a new rom.
i hope this helps
What is your current firmware?
I see you posted over in the "NOOB GUIDE" thread, you should really try to root using the method posted there and not any one click root apps.
This should be the root method everyone uses:http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=723479
After root your phone recovery should be blue. Choose "reinstall packages" gives you green recovery(this may need to be repeated multiple times to work possibly including flashing CwMRecovery with ROM manager. I recently did it 5 times b4 i got green recovery)Once you access green recovery chose "apply sdcard:update.zip" go into advanced and choose "reboot recovery" This should give you red recovery. Do a nandroid backup and flash away. Good luck!
Another option you could do is to download SGS kernel flasher from the market and flash a voodoo injected kernel with that app. Then when you boot into recovery you will have red voodoo recovery and you can flash away.
Odin to stock the best way to flash a new rom
Sent from my SGH-T959 using XDA Premium App
jman531 said:
So going back to stock eclair will then allow me to install CWM recovery then load roms?
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The stock 2.2 that Samsung distributed with their Kies tool has a recovery that checks signatures. Everything earlier does not check signatures. So either use something earlier to get CWM running, or use a ROM that doesn't have the stock 2.2 recovery in the first place, or mod your recovery using the method described in http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=833423
Using Odin to go back to stock Eclair between your flashes of modded roms has the benefit of taking care of this, and also can clear up left over bits and pieces that may interfere with the proper function of your new ROM.
ok, i followed the instructions and am back to eclair, however, whenever I install packages, it just reboots the phone, not even back into stock recovery. I use the 3 key method and get into recovery, run install packages, and the phone just boots back up...its like it isn't running the update.zip file...
UPD: When i load rom manager and try to reboot into recovery, it says the application superuser permissions has stopped unexpectedly and keeps force closing now....titanium backup wont run now either, my root permissions seem whacked after going back to eclair?
UPD2: I followed instructions to unroot and reroot here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=739300
It removed superuser, then added it back again, but I still get the unexpected error and it appears my root is not in place. I am back to eclair, and now need a certain way to get my root fixed, so I can try and flash CWM recovery. Without root working, it is not letting me. My wife hates me now for doing this to her phone, so those of you that are married, I would appreciate your assistance to get back on her good side...before Mother's day...please? =)
Ok, thanks for all the help, however, I am really back where I started. I can only get stock recovery, and for the life of me, cannot get CW recovery to load. I used ODIN to go back to eclair on the vibrant, have a good root on the phone now, and no matter how many times i reinstall packages i cannot get clockworkmod recovery to load, ever. Any more thoughts out there?
I had this trouble a few months back. Things to check before going into recovery:
You gotta have root access.
Make sure you have debugging on
Install busybox FIRST
Try uninstalling Rom manager and reinstalling the latest version.
apply the recovery for vibrant and let it boot into recovery.
When it boots into recovery Don't try to install packages yet. Just reboot.
Look here for the files:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=833423&highlight=3e+recovery
When it boots up push the update.zip to the sd card on the phone, not the external card.
Run the script and it should reboot back into recovery.
You should now be able to install packages.
This way has always worked for me.
starkiller86 said:
I had this trouble a few months back. Things to check before going into recovery:
You gotta have root access.
Make sure you have debugging on
Install busybox FIRST
Try uninstalling Rom manager and reinstalling the latest version.
apply the recovery for vibrant and let it boot into recovery.
When it boots into recovery Don't try to install packages yet. Just reboot.
Look here for the files:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=833423&highlight=3e+recovery
When it boots up push the update.zip to the sd card on the phone, not the external card.
Run the script and it should reboot back into recovery.
You should now be able to install packages.
This way has always worked for me.
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thanks...It is rooted, but not sure about busybox...the stock recovery is 2e now since I went back to eclair, so not sure i should follow that link as it talks about modifying 3e and making it backwards compatable. I did use that process before I went back to eclair, and it didn't work for me. I have uninstalled rom manager, and reinstalled...and it is different in that it shows a flashed recovery 2.5.1.2, and never asks me for my phone type anymore...it used to ask me and i had to select vibrant....is the recovery supposed to be 2.5.1.2? when I show all recoveries it lists .1, .2, .3, .4 so wondering if I should use .3 or .4...why does it stay at .2?
starkiller86 said:
I had this trouble a few months back. Things to check before going into recovery:
You gotta have root access.
Make sure you have debugging on
Install busybox FIRST
Try uninstalling Rom manager and reinstalling the latest version.
apply the recovery for vibrant and let it boot into recovery.
When it boots into recovery Don't try to install packages yet. Just reboot.
Look here for the files:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=833423&highlight=3e+recovery
When it boots up push the update.zip to the sd card on the phone, not the external card.
Run the script and it should reboot back into recovery.
You should now be able to install packages.
This way has always worked for me.
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OK>>> I GOT IT... Thanks to everyone who helped...Here is what was needed:
1) Install ODIN, install back to eclair
2) uninstall ROM Manager, reinstall
3) I needed to select the 2.5.1.2 recovery from the list again (this was important as it somehow knew of the previous load, but files were missing, or something was just wrong.) It finally loaded properly, and asked for phone type again, so selected vibrant
4) I rebooted into recovery, and instead of install packages, i rebooted once, as starkiller suggested
5) After reboot, went back into recovery from rom manager, and this time installed updates, and it showed that it replaced the recovery with CWM.
6) It rebooted into stock recovery however, so I once again selected install updates, and it went right into CWM recovery, and now I am flashing happy!!!
Thanks again everyone...this was soooooo different than my mytouch4g!
If you have the Kies update of Froyo, the 3e mod will sometimes not work. I've gotten to CWM though , but its best to downgrade then flash a ROM from there.
I just wanted to bump this thread because it really helped me.
I've messed around with numerous android phones, and I've never had thie issues I've had with this phone getting into recovery to flash ROMs
Thank you!

[Q] Cannot install Cyanogen... Confused with all the infos!!

I know it's been adressed many times in different ways, but the info I found yet is not clear so I need a little help! I am trying to install the latest stable Cyanogen mod, using Gingerbread 2.3.7.
I have a Galaxy SII from Bell that I rooted and unlocked when I got it last november. It came on 2.3.3 and I flashed an official 2.3.4 on it, mainly to improve the battery life (and it worked). I did that using Odin and it went well.
Now I try to install Cyanogen mod through ClockworkMod ROM manager, I download and launch the install from ROM manager but on restart the install fails because of the classic 3E recovery message that says the whole signature cannot be verified.
I was having doubts if my phone was even rooted, but since it is still unlocked and software like Titanium backup runs fine, I guess that confirms it!! I am not sure what route to take from here...
Right now here are the phone details...
GT-i9100 on 2.3.4, FW I9100XXKG2, Kernet 2.6.35.7-I9100XXKG2-CL375027 [email protected] #2
I'll appreciate any help!!!!!!
JFChamp said:
Now I try to install Cyanogen mod through ClockworkMod ROM manager, I download and launch the install from ROM manager but on restart the install fails because of the classic 3E recovery message that says the whole signature cannot be verified.
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Looks like you are yet another that has not followed the instructions and flashed a cwm and root kernel .
Root + CWM .
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1103399
OR are not following the instructions posted .
First time flashing CyanogenMod 7 to the Samsung Galaxy S II, or coming from another ROM?
Root the device and install ClockworkMod Recovery. Instructions are available here.
Perform a NANDroid backup of your current ROM.
Format the system, data & cache partitions of your device.
Perform a factory reset.
Flash CyanogenMod.
Clockwork mod recovery see
NEW HERE
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1134290
The instructions work as i have just installed by following the instructions in reply to an exact same post .
jje
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Thanks jje... The instructions did work! Tough I tought I had bricked my phone at one point, on the final restart it would get stuck at the Samsung logon screen, but I forced it back in recovery, re-flashed from the zip and then it booted in CyanogenMod!!!
I really appreciate your reply

[HELP] Attempted installing paranoid, resulted in always booting to CWM instead.

I tried following this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1580070
"INSTRUCTIONS" part:
* RECOVERY: FACTORY RESET IF YOU WERE USING ANOTHER ROM!
* RECOVERY: Install Rom: Download
* RECOVERY: Install Gapps, ALWAYS-EVEN FOR UPDATES: Download (find the latest one that carries the "jb" tag)
* RECOVERY: Wipe Cache Partition
* RECOVERY: Wipe Dalvik Cache
* Reboot and enjoy
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did all the above, never forgot any of the 3 wipes/resets that were necessary.
used this rom file:
http://goo.im/devs/paranoidandroid/roms/i9100g
(latest one)
for my Galaxy Samsung S II GT-i9100g.
I had CWM and also had a rooted android 2.3.
first boot it showed me the normal samsung boot screen, for 45 minutes....
so I restarted and the phone gave me the same behaviour..
so I removed the battery to turn off the phone, and attempted to reinstall the whole thing, going through this process again from scratch
not forgetting any of the wipes etc...
now every time I boot it, it leads me to CWM instead of the normal boot screen and the expected paranoid rom eventually...
I followed this path because CM 10 failed me because upgrading from 2.3 to 4.x requires going through something that is called "stock" or as I think it actually is - google's /manufacturer's original firmware/rom production line thingy
and after that it needs me to re-enable root on that stock rom all over again. And only then I may attempt to install CM10...
so I picked paranoid instead, because in it's instructions is showed me no such constraint. heck it can't give me that constraint because there is no "stock" of android 3.x for smartphones
but then this issue happened... so I need your help.
I found similar search results but couldn't figure out their solutions or how whatever triggered that same problem (which isn't mentioned in those threads) is related to what I did to my phone... (so that I will not repeat the same mistake)
your help is much appreciated as I need it so so much!
Huh?
Just flash a stock ROM, get back on your feet and go CM or paranoid.
Sent from the little guy
gastonw said:
Huh?
Just flash a stock ROM, get back on your feet and go CM or paranoid.
Sent from the little guy
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by "flash"ing you mean the option "install from a zip file" in CWM in recovery mod?
if I have some rom, the only way for me to install another would always be by going through that middle step of also installing a 'stock' rom as well?
there is no way around it?
installing a 'stock' rom, wouldn't it make me loose my root I have on the phone and force me to root it all over again before I can continue install anything at all?
thats the reason I wanted to try out the paranoid way of doing this instead of the CM10, because I have no interest in rooting my already rooted phone and I hoped that paranoid does not need me to go to stock first....
Couple of things:
Stock: why, when in trouble, we suggest stock?
Stock is the original state of the phone.
Samsung write it for our device to work flawless, so, by flashing stock we can check if our device is fully functional.
Imagine you flash a custom ROM and you lose IMEI, you go "wtf?" right?
In order to check if your EFS folder is f&#cked up, you flash stock and check if your IMEI is still there.
We can always use stock to take a long breath "phew, we're fine" after a f*&k up.
You can flash stock via CWM (zip file), Odin (tar file, md5) and mobile Odin (tar, zip and md5).
CWM: custom recovery, you can get it by flashing a custom kernel or by flashing it via stock Recovery (generally comes with BusyBox and SuperUser app, which gives you Root).
Odin: Just download any version and follow directions.
Mobile Odin: Well, this is a hell of an app, you need Root to run it.
It does all that Odin does, plus it roots your ROM (only stock ROMs) while it's flashing it, all by itself. Costs 5 bucks, but it's damned worthwhile.
Wanna know the best scenario?
You get M.O Pro, you get a nandroid back up online app, you get CWM zip files (sitting on your SD).
With that line up, you can flash whatecer the hell you want and you will ALWAYS have root.
Sent from the little guy
some questions
ONE QUICK IMPORTANT QUESTION BEFORE THE REST:
If I use mobile odin, will I be able to use it to install stock rom and also root it at the same time?
SECOND IMPORTANT QUESTION:
you said I could flash whatever I want and still have root, but my problem was not 'not having root', it was not having the flash process complete successfully... how do I attack that?
THIRD IMPORTANT... info... :
My "BUILD" version is "GINGERBREAD.XXKL5", isn't that a 'stock' one?
If you don't have a lot of time,
then the rest of this post is not as important as the 2 questions above...
gastonw said:
Couple of things:
Stock: why, when in trouble, we suggest stock?
Stock is the original state of the phone.
Samsung write it for our device to work flawless, so, by flashing stock we can check if our device is fully functional.
Imagine you flash a custom ROM and you lose IMEI, you go "wtf?" right?
In order to check if your EFS folder is f&#cked up, you flash stock and check if your IMEI is still there.
We can always use stock to take a long breath "phew, we're fine" after a f*&k up.
You can flash stock via CWM (zip file), Odin (tar file, md5) and mobile Odin (tar, zip and md5).
CWM: custom recovery, you can get it by flashing a custom kernel or by flashing it via stock Recovery (generally comes with BusyBox and SuperUser app, which gives you Root).
Odin: Just download any version and follow directions.
Mobile Odin: Well, this is a hell of an app, you need Root to run it.
It does all that Odin does, plus it roots your ROM (only stock ROMs) while it's flashing it, all by itself. Costs 5 bucks, but it's damned worthwhile.
Wanna know the best scenario?
You get M.O Pro, you get a nandroid back up online app, you get CWM zip files (sitting on your SD).
With that line up, you can flash whatecer the hell you want and you will ALWAYS have root.
Sent from the little guy
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the saddest part is that I couldn't figure out most of what you just said
what is 'nandroid'? 'flashing'? do you mean like dd in linux? copying to the entire flash storage device?
'IMEI'? huh..? O_O
at the moment I was able to 'get back on my feet', I restored everything back to normal with manual copying of important parts of the CWM corrupted backup from this week, and old stuff for a CWM backup made few months ago.
now that I am at a 'normal' state.. I want to install paranoid or CM10 on my GT-I9100g.
which one of those 2 does not force me going through installing stock?
I have this fear of installing stock that it will take away my root and that I will have to use adb from command line to re-enable root afterwards, which I have bad experience with.
I need to know a few things before I attempt to install stock via CWM,
will installing stock disable my root? will installing stock disable my ability to load recovery boot menu CWM?
is 'root' an attribute or state that belongs to the running rom itself after boot has been completed and to that only?
or does it also belong to the state the device is at while in the recovery boot menu CWM ?
I tried messing around with ADB in the past to see if I could root devices via that way but it wasn't very successful so thats why I'm afraid of having to attempt it again.
bumpitybump
even though a year later, I would still love some replies
resurrecting my motivation to do this once again.
copy paste from my other post;
before flashing, you will need these;
-stock rom (get it from Sammobile, sign in and select your country and phone model)
-blazing kernel for recovery (search in XDA)
-custom rom (CM, PA, Supernexus...your choice)
-backup your data
-GApps (get the latest one)
-you must know what are you doing and dont flame/blame other member if something wrong
how to flash;
-make sure you are on latest stock rom (mine is JellyBean 4.1.2), if not like the OP, flash the latest stock rom using Odin;
*reboot your phone in Download Mode
*open Odin and in PDA option select your stock rom and then Start
*if done it will display Done and disconnect your phone, it will boot up
*if bootloop, reboot into Recovery Mode, and then wipe data and cache, and then reboot normally
-after updating your phone to latest stock rom, copy your custom rom, GApps, and Blazing kernel into external SD card, then reboot into Recovery Mode
-choose "apply update from external storage" and choose Blazing kernel, wait for it to finish update
-reboot normally, and then reboot back to Recovery Mode. this time you will notice that your recovery is different from the previous one
-select install zip > choose from external storage/sdcard 1 > and then choose your custom rom. then wait for it to finish update
-repeat the above step to install GApps, and after that reboot normally
-if bootloop, reboot back to Recovery Mode and then wipe data, cache and dalvik and then reboot
-done, now you are running on custom rom
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and about the root, i believe that almost all custom rom rooted

I9300 Internationl ROM/Root Issues...

Hey Guys,
I'm having a bit of an issue. Currently I was running STOCK Android 4.3 JB, have been for a while, it started to get a bit slow & I was wanting to fresh install, but also try out a 5.0 lollipop ROM. I've rooted my phone in the past and installed custom ROMs before without a problem (Revolution Remix + Cyanogenmod 11), however, I decided to try Liquidsmooth 5.0 lollipop. i followed this video,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QquFDFEEKlI
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3/development/rom-liquidsmooth-lollipop-4-0-b1-t2980477
I downloaded both files and copied them onto my MicroSD card.
I backed up my data (contacts, images, files etc..)
Booted into "Recovery Mode", wiping Cache & factory Reset
When to install from SD, located file and it started reading/installing (sorry can't remember exactly what it did), but during process it failed. I went back into Android (had to setup again), Went and made sure Developer Mode and USB Debugging was on, still didn't work.
Went to make sure CWM was installed/update, which it said it was (possibly from previous custom installs?), tried updating, failed. It said
Went and installed 'SuperSU' from Play store, but got this error.
Decided to try re-install STOCk 4.3 JB, I
made sure USB Debugging was on
loaded Odin 3.07 (or was it 3.09) and loaded 4.3 Firmware under PDA (left everything else as is)
Started and let it do its thing. It finished/PASSED and phone restarted.
i went back into the phone, installed ROM manager & SuperSU again to give it another shot... but same problem again, getting the error above.
I'm not sure what's happened and I'm not sure what "solutions" to search for... anyone have any suggestions?
At this stage I'm thinking of just going back to STOCK 4.3, then maybe try again (either with Liquidsmooth lollipop, or, Slimkat 4.4)
Thanks guys, any help would be super appreciated,
Regards,
~ Dave
Le Widget said:
Hey Guys,
I'm having a bit of an issue. Currently I was running STOCK Android 4.3 JB, have been for a while, it started to get a bit slow & I was wanting to fresh install, but also try out a 5.0 lollipop ROM. I've rooted my phone in the past and installed custom ROMs before without a problem (Revolution Remix + Cyanogenmod 11), however, I decided to try Liquidsmooth 5.0 lollipop. i followed this video,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QquFDFEEKlI
http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s3/development/rom-liquidsmooth-lollipop-4-0-b1-t2980477
I downloaded both files and copied them onto my MicroSD card.
I backed up my data (contacts, images, files etc..)
Booted into "Recovery Mode", wiping Cache & factory Reset
When to install from SD, located file and it started reading/installing (sorry can't remember exactly what it did), but during process it failed. I went back into Android (had to setup again), Went and made sure Developer Mode and USB Debugging was on, still didn't work.
Went to make sure CWM was installed/update, which it said it was (possibly from previous custom installs?), tried updating, failed. It said
Went and installed 'SuperSU' from Play store, but got this error.
Decided to try re-install STOCk 4.3 JB, I
made sure USB Debugging was on
loaded Odin 3.07 (or was it 3.09) and loaded 4.3 Firmware under PDA (left everything else as is)
Started and let it do its thing. It finished/PASSED and phone restarted.
i went back into the phone, installed ROM manager & SuperSU again to give it another shot... but same problem again, getting the error above.
I'm not sure what's happened and I'm not sure what "solutions" to search for... anyone have any suggestions?
At this stage I'm thinking of just going back to STOCK 4.3, then maybe try again (either with Liquidsmooth lollipop, or, Slimkat 4.4)
Thanks guys, any help would be super appreciated,
Regards,
~ Dave
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First of all and most important don't use rom manager! it causes more problems than anything else.The best way to install custom roms is to use Cwm,PhilZ or Twrp to install anything!
Flash superSU zip in recovery from here >> http://download.chainfire.eu/696/SuperSU/UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.46.zip?retrieve_file=1 << SuperSU forum here >> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1538053 << Technically you should not need to flash SuperSU because nearly all custom roms come with root built in so you could flash a custom recovery then wipe and flash your rom (but I can see you have been having problems doing that)
What you should do is
(1) Flash a custom recovery with Odin (Recommend PhilZ)
(2) Reboot to custom recovery
(3) Wipe phone
(4) Install custom rom (which is already rooted) from Ext SD card
(5) Reboot (If you get bootloop factory reset/ wipe cache
Also to note PhilZ recovery (which I think is better as more options and is based on Cwm) as a option to fix root in settings.
tallman43 said:
First of all and most important don't use rom manager! it causes more problems than anything else.The best way to install custom roms is to use Cwm,PhilZ or Twrp to install anything!
Flash superSU zip in recovery from here >> http://download.chainfire.eu/696/SuperSU/UPDATE-SuperSU-v2.46.zip?retrieve_file=1 << SuperSU forum here >> http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1538053 << Technically you should not need to flash SuperSU because nearly all custom roms come with root built in so you could flash a custom recovery then wipe and flash your rom (but I can see you have been having problems doing that)
What you should do is
(1) Flash a custom recovery with Odin (Recommend PhilZ)
(2) Reboot to custom recovery
(3) Wipe phone
(4) Install custom rom (which is already rooted) from Ext SD card
(5) Reboot (If you get bootloop factory reset/ wipe cache
Also to note PhilZ recovery (which I think is better as more options and is based on Cwm) as a option to fix root in settings.
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hi tallman, much appreciated for the reply
For some reason I couldnt get Philz Custom Recovery to work with odin, kept getting an error :/ . So I ended up trying TWRP, which worked, I booted into it then installed Liquidsmooth + gapps, all installed ok, but all up it was the same process you mentioned, which I greatly appreciate.
So running Liquidsmooth 5 now with TWRP recovery, though will likely give Philz recovery a shot down the track
Le Widget said:
hi tallman, much appreciated for the reply
For some reason I couldnt get Philz Custom Recovery to work with odin, kept getting an error :/ . So I ended up trying TWRP, which worked, I booted into it then installed Liquidsmooth + gapps, all installed ok, but all up it was the same process you mentioned, which I greatly appreciate.
So running Liquidsmooth 5 now with TWRP recovery, though will likely give Philz recovery a shot down the track
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Good to hear it's working Yes it's worth persevering with PhilZ it's a good recovery although Twrp is not bad either:good:

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