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I wanted to change the kernel from my P500 to solve the lag problem and get better overall performance.
I rooted the phone using gingerbreak 1.20
after that i installed from the market Rom manager restarted the phone, and i backup the phone from there.
After that I got stuck with my kernel replacement and I gave up and I wanted to reset the phone to default state. I didn't do anything to my phone.
I unrooted the phone and did the factory data reset.
Now when I reboot the phone and press power+volume down+home I still get the Clockworkmod Recovery boot menu. In an untouched P500 what do you get when pressing that combination? Is there any way to make my phone 100% factory state ?
sorry for my bad english
u should even delete the recovery.....(TO get rid of it)
the recovery is on the sd card, right? i formated the sd card... so there is nothing related to rom manager...
u must try flashing the default rom from the devlopment forum.(KDZ Updater)
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if i wait for gingerbread update will the update solve this?
The Recovery is not on the sdcard.
Go here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1065197
and download the file "Original_Recovery_thunderg.zip" (or something to that effect) and flash it through cwm. This will restore the recovery as it was originally.
The zip is unsigned so you will have to toggle signature verification in cwm recovery.
@mihir he doen't want to get his recovery back(in other word he wants to remove it).
@soberspine http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=944881 check dis thread and install the original rom...
@devil the original recovery zip in the link will restore the condition of the recovery to factory condition, i.e remove it.
this android reminds me of installing windows 95
the new unpdate to gingerbread will come out next month, so the update to 2.3 will get rid of that boot menu and other things that where changed when I installed Rom manager? in other words will the phone go to factory state before rooting/unrooting and stuff.
Yeah most probably the recovery will be cleared if and when you update to gb. But if you want to clear it now use the zip, it works.
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I don't think you'll be able to update to GB from a custom ROM or rooted phone. Even if the option comes up, it is recommended to go back to stock state (without recovery and root) or else it might cause problems.
i didn't installed any custom rom. the only thing I did was to root my phone using gingerbreak and then installed rom manager.
the only thing that changed to my phone is that now it has that boot menu clockworkmod.
now i unrooted my phone.
So it is not safe to make official update even if the only change is that i have on my phone clockworkmode?
Step by step picture guide to completely restore to open-box state using KDZ updater
did this for thousands of times and if you are doubted in any steps feel free to ask me
btw for your question, an un-touched optimus one pressing the recovery combination will result in
a stable image of an android jumped out of a white-rectangular box
a bar at the bottom loading
but that's it, nothing more no matter how long you wait
Also for your updating question:
LG WONT recognize your phone with their official updating tool only when you are ROOTED (so of course when you perform any other steps after rooting, it wont either... e.g. installing custom recovery, flash roms etc)
BUT if you go back to the original thing with KDZ, LG will update anything for you -tested by myself!
thank you for all the clarifications and the tutorial.
I will wait now for the new android 2.3 release and ill do the whole thing then.
It is possible after rooting and installing clockworkmod the phone to work slower?
It feels like the phone is responding slower or maybe is just me imagining things .
hehe. nothing like that.
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thank you for all the clarifications and the tutorial.
I will wait now for the new android 2.3 release and ill do the whole thing then.
It is possible after rooting and installing clockworkmod the phone to work slower?
It feels like the phone is responding slower or maybe is just me imagining things .
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hehe. nothing like that.
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ur welcome
Right, it wont be slower dont worry
Hi
Long time stalker, first time poster here
This is for my SE LW
I installed ICS and have my bootloader unlocked and superuser installed (root function). I have managed to uninstall some system softwares i.e. facebook etc..
Anyway, I was looking to create a backup and I can't seem to jump into CWM (recovery). I turned off the power and initially kept holding the vol down button then changed to tapping the volume down in a zealous manner but it's not working.
I keep getting sent to 'safe mode' ? What is this about?
Is there any other way I can boot into recovery mode? Also when i try and make a back up when my phone is awake, it just reboots and nothing happens
What am i doing wrong... ??
Jay
install this.. https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pvy.CWMinstaler use it and
restart and tap volume UP when booting.
Hi
I installed the addon. It said my phone is rooted. I tried tapping it at the start and then tried to the auto-Magic Nandriod (nandriod backup) but it doesn't work =(
I'm not sure what im doing wrong. In .62 GB version I was able to get into recovery mode easily but for some strange reason ICS isn't letting me...
is it says it is CWM recovery installed also? hm, maybe this app on market is for GB only, try changing the kernel that have root & cwm. try with this kernel. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1705255
Hi
Thanks, I flashed the kernal you told me to post and it worked = )
I wonder why the Kernal I tried didn't work? _ tried the Extended Stock Kernal that was posted by expeacer.
Ok, so I want to begin myself for bbooff ICE HYBROM V1 ROM....
so can i use the stock i flashed (the one you posted) with bbooff ICE HYBROM V1 ROM?
Jay
Hey guys, I know back to soon asking questions for help but honest I couldn't find guides on how to install roms and that I sort of had questions..
1. Will flashing CM 9 rom the stable one have any draw backs on my device? like some apps/function not working, I wanna know..
2. I'm on gingerbread 2.3.3 right now CM 9 is based on ICS, so my question is what do I need for this rom to install on my phone..
3. I've only rooted with CF-root method and I am totally a noob I just rooted to run GS2 repair app cause I somehow had messed up my EFS which I hav fixed now.. so I'm totally a noob and definitely need a guide.. can someone please help me out it would mean a lot to me..
also all the safety tips there please throw them at me.. so I don't end up bricking my phone up.. Thank you so much for your time XDA members and seniors..
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Hey guys, I know back to soon asking questions for help but honest I couldn't find guides on how to install roms and that I sort of had questions..
1. Will flashing CM 9 rom the stable one have any draw backs on my device? like some apps/function not working, I wanna know..
2. I'm on gingerbread 2.3.3 right now CM 9 is based on ICS, so my question is what do I need for this rom to install on my phone..
3. I've only rooted with CF-root method and I am totally a noob I just rooted to run GS2 repair app cause I somehow had messed up my EFS which I hav fixed now.. so I'm totally a noob and definitely need a guide.. can someone please help me out it would mean a lot to me..
also all the safety tips there please throw them at me.. so I don't end up bricking my phone up.. Thank you so much for your time XDA members and seniors..
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1. No. However, Samsung proprietary apps will not work with CM9
2. Since you have ROOT, we can get to work now.
I'll post steps soon
3. You are lucky you got it fixed. Do you have backup of your /efs now?
Swyped from my Samsung Galaxy SII
@Jokesy
Well Sir I have the back up from GS2 repair that initially backed up my corrupted folder and then began the process of replacing the original files with .bak files which worked, I backed up my efs folder again and now I have a copy of it on the PC.. I'm not satisfied to call it a back up... so I'll love it if you help me with that too, right now my phone is totally alright.
Thank you so much for helping me out.
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@Jokesy
Well Sir I have the back up from GS2 repair that initially backed up my corrupted folder and then began the process of replacing the original files with .bak files which worked, I backed up my efs folder again and now I have a copy of it on the PC.. I'm not satisfied to call it a back up... so I'll love it if you help me with that too, right now my phone is totally alright.
Thank you so much for helping me out.
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To backup your /efs again, visit: forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1308546
Although optional, I recommended you flash a Samsung based ICS 4.0.3 ROM before flashing CM9.
I recommend Wanamlite ROM. Download Wanamlite 12.0 here: wanamlite.com/forums/showthread.php?tid=26
Visit CM9 thread, download ROM and Gapps here: forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1419102
Flashing instructions will follow soon
Swyped from my Samsung Galaxy SII
I backed up my EFS folder, just need flashing instructions now..
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Sorry bro for late reply, I've been very busy.
Step 1:
We will need to flash the Samsung ICS ROM (Wanamlite), you downloaded first, like I recommended
- boot to CWM recovery
- backup your present ROM
- wipe data/factory reset
- wipe cache partition
- wipe dalvik cache
- format /system (under mount and storage)
- flash Wanamlite ROM you downloaded
- reboot phone
Use the phone for about 30 minutes to 1 hour then proceed to step two
Step 2:
We will now be flashing CM9
- boot to CWM recovery
- backup your present ROM (optional)
- wipe data/factory reset
- wipe cache partition
- wipe dalvik cache
- format /system (under mount and storage)
- flash CM9 ROM
- flash gapps
- fix permissions (under Advanced)
- reboot phone
Please report feedback.
Swyped from my Samsung Galaxy SII
I'm so sorry for replying late.. I sort of had gotten busy..
so anyhow I did as I was instructed and first installed the wanamlite rom, everything worked smoothly however I didn't like the rom one bit.. it was laggy and boring..
after a little time I decided to install cm9 which was a nightly and after doing everything it didn't work the phone was stuck on the start, I reverted back to the wanamlite rom and then downloaded the stable cm9 and installed it and it worked like a charm and it wasn't that laggy at all,
however after installing it I immediately started to missing some of the samsung features such as, screenshot with home and power button, the choco cooky font and the ringtones, but I love the fact that the vibration was restored which I some how had weakened on my phone (I love texting with that)..
now I've come across new issues and I wanna restore my ability to change brightness from screen, screen shots and of course change the font.. I'd be beyond happy if you can help me out with that...
right now I wanna say thank you so much for helping this noob :3 your the best.
redfeeniks said:
I'm so sorry for replying late.. I sort of had gotten busy..
so anyhow I did as I was instructed and first installed the wanamlite rom, everything worked smoothly however I didn't like the rom one bit.. it was laggy and boring..
after a little time I decided to install cm9 which was a nightly and after doing everything it didn't work the phone was stuck on the start, I reverted back to the wanamlite rom and then downloaded the stable cm9 and installed it and it worked like a charm and it wasn't that laggy at all,
however after installing it I immediately started to missing some of the samsung features such as, screenshot with home and power button, the choco cooky font and the ringtones, but I love the fact that the vibration was restored which I some how had weakened on my phone (I love texting with that)..
now I've come across new issues and I wanna restore my ability to change brightness from screen, screen shots and of course change the font.. I'd be beyond happy if you can help me out with that...
right now I wanna say thank you so much for helping this noob :3 your the best.
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About your problem:
-brightness slider, screen shots (from power button) all can be found under settings, just go there and tweak your device as you please
-Rom Toolbox lite, a free app can help you change your fonts to whatever font you want, and lot more
good luck
I just came here to tell I had found the brightness option in the settings he he Okay now I really like this rom, its lovely.. yeah some little problems but I love it!
and about the font application its safe to use?.. I know very annoying question but I'm just asking cause Its really not that important for me to have a custom font :3
Thank you so much for help I can't tell how happy I am with you helping me out.
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I just came here to tell I had found the brightness option in the settings he he Okay now I really like this rom, its lovely.. yeah some little problems but I love it!
and about the font application its safe to use?.. I know very annoying question but I'm just asking cause Its really not that important for me to have a custom font :3
Thank you so much for help I can't tell how happy I am with you helping me out.
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I've not heard a single complaints account that that app since I've been recommending it.
Swyped from my Samsung Galaxy SII
Well I tired the app worked great for the first two tries but on the third I got stuck on the boot loop, quick googling saved me the horror of starting over as I simply reinstalled the rom without doing any wipes and I'm back on the phone..
yeah on the third try I decided to apply the font I wanted which resided in the system fonts it was by a different name however after the reboot I was stuck..
There could be many reasons behind it.. but I think I shouldn't go taking too much risks over a stupid font..
samsung s3 gt i9300 16gb 4.1.2 xxemb2
i am going to follow this guide to root (the basic one u can find in stickies things )
Step 1. Download Odin3.07 from HERE
Step 2. Power off your Galaxy S3. Then hold down Volume Down, Center Home, and Power buttons together until you see the warning screen.
Step 3. Hit Volume Up button to enter Download mode and connect a microUSB cable from your Galaxy S3 to your computer.
Step 4. Next, download GalaxyS3RootNew.zip, unzip the files and run odin3.07.exe by double-clicking on the file.
Step 5. When ODIN program opens, you should find a highlighted yellow box with a random COM number. If you don’t see this, download and install Samsung USB drivers below:
SAMSUNG_USB_Driver_for_Mobile_Phones.exe
Step 6. DO NOT TOUCH ANYTHING ELSE, hit “PDA” button and select the file CF-Root-SGS3-v6.4.tar.
Step 7. Hit “Start” button. This will install ClockworkMod Recovery on your Galaxy S3 i9300. If you get stuck on this step, just try a different USB port.
Step 8. Once ODIN is done flashing, you will see “PASS!” in green highlighted box.
Step 9. Your Galaxy S3 will reboot once into CWM Recovery and automatically install root and Superuser app.
Step 10. Once your phone reboots, you will find an app called “SuperSU”, this is your superuser app.
Step 11. Download and install Titanium Backup app from Play Store to verify you have root, a Superuser request window should pop up.
my questions are : do i need an external memoory card to root ( i have 3GB free space left)
whats the difference bitween CF-root and CF-autoroot ??
THANKS IN ADVANCE
Hey.
No, you don't need any external card to use root. About 10 MB on your internal card should be fine .
CF-AutoRoot isn't same as CF-Root. If you're not going to change your rom/kernel/recovery/etc and you just want to have your stock rom rooted then CF-AutoRoot suits you best. However, if you want to change your rom/kernel/recovery/etc in future then it's highly advised to use CF-Root which basicly roots your phone and installs custom recovery CWM 5.5 afaik.
If you want to choose second option then I'd recommend flashing modern recovery, for example PhilZ Touch, TWRP or even CWM 6.0.3.0. In fact it won't root your phone but most of the "cooked" roms are already rooted so you just need to reflash rom later or use AutoRoot described above. You can also flash CF-Root and then custom recovery, basicly you don't even need any other recovery than CF-Root but it's highly recommended to do so.
can u please give me the advantages of custom roms in breef , why would i need them for ? all what im thinking about right now is Adblocker and such things ..
and can i use CF root without installing a ROM for the moment ?? thx a lot
and i didnt understand a word in this paragraph
"If you want to choose second option then I'd recommend flashing modern recovery, for example PhilZ Touch, TWRP or even CWM 6.0.3.0. In fact it won't root your phone but most of the "cooked" roms are already rooted so you just need to reflash rom later or use AutoRoot described above. You can also flash CF-Root and then custom recovery, basicly you don't even need any other recovery than CF-Root but it's highly recommended to do so."
what is PhilzTouch ???
By the sound of things I would just root for now for the adblocking and then start reading like mad and getting familiar with all the terminology and methodology before going any further.....this is the bit so many people miss and hence end up with a very expensive paper weight and a lot of disappointment and heartache
Basicly "cooked" roms have newest firmware versions, many tweaks, optimization and many things which full stock roms are missing. I'm not going to list all these things, check yourself if you wish.
@2
There are two ways to "flash" software to your device. Using USB cable and computer (via Odin) or directly from recovery. To do so directly from recovery you need custom (non-stock) recovery which gives you an option to do so. CF-AutoRoot gives you root while CF-Root gives you root + old CWM 5.5 recovery (because CF isn't supporting this method anymore). So basicly if you want to have a great time with your device, flash different roms etc. then you can directly flash modern recovery through odin f.e. PhilZ Touch Recovery without needing to use CF-Root.
All i want now is to have a rooted device on stock .. then i will take my time and read if i wanna add ROM/kernel
what do u think i should do
CF-AutoRoot. Best, easiest and nice solution for rooting full stock rom. You don't need anything else if you're not going to change roms/kernels or whatever.
Just a note that you may want to use the thanks button....it's kind of traditional courtesy when asking for help and receiving it
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JustArchi said:
CF-AutoRoot. Best, easiest and nice solution for rooting full stock rom. You don't need anything else if you're not going to change roms/kernels or whatever.
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Actually i would suggest the op also get a cuatom recovery into his phone.
Cuz if he f*** up his phone real bad and doesnt have a pc with him (cuz otherwise you would have to use odin to flash, or odin mobile from phone but if ure phone doesnt work, u cant) he can still fix things thru recovery.
Other things recoveries are for is making NANDROID BACKUPS. basically an almost total backup of your phone data: it backups rom, kernel , apps and their data, modem, system cache a bunch of technical stuff.
It doesnt backup other files of course (such as music on ur phone or videos or documents) just what is necessary to make the phone run with ur apps.
The reason this backup is important is because if you f*** up your phone real bad (again, phone can be tricky to hande) you can just flash it clean (you internal phone storage, such as music or any folder which doesnt concern rom, or microsd stuff, wont be touched when you choose "factory reset" in custom recovery)
And restore from a backup when your phone was working. Then u reboot and voila, a trip back into the past!
Might i suggest you also backup the efs folder which is found in the root directory. Nandroids DO NOT cover that. And basically for an s3, if you've got root and internal components are not damaged, if youve got the efs you can fix anything....if ya dont - not so much.
Might suggest once more that IF YOU DONT CARE about all this 'faster roms' kernels and mumbo jumbo root stuff, you still flash a recovery: the most stable one is CWM (clockworkmod recovery). To get it just boot into ur rooted phone, install free app from store "rom manager" and install latest version of recovery. you can boot into phone recovery at ANY GIVEN TIME, just follow instructions u can find on google, pressing buttons at same time and ****.
If ure curious, other recoveries exist:
Clockworkmod touch(premium):it's basically cwm just that it's touch. If you want my point of view...having touch on recovery is stupid and useless...recoveries are for fixin or doing important stuff, you dont wanna mess everything up cuz u touched the screen for mistake. Much better to use buttons and be sure.
Twrp...whatever cant remember da name: same thing as cwm touch, only .......i dunno but cwm is better.
Philz Touch(now this is the real ****!):not stable as cwm. It's a mod of cwm with MANY added cool features such as aroma file browser within the rom and look changing and of course touch( all toucb/double tap touch/touch only for scrolling) but the BEST option is BACKUP COMPRESSION. This little guy made me earn 1gb of free-er space out of my nandroid backups i perform onto my microsd. I went fron 3.5gigs to 2.5gigs. Awesome! Plus you can skip md5 checksum...which is a safety thing of course...but it slows down the backup/restore process, for the most daring disabling it spares them some waiting (nandroids are faster than kies from the pc anyways, no more than 20mins guaranteed!).
If ure interested about kernels i suggest:
Siyah kernel (or syiah...never know which)
Perseus kernel.
They both are good and fast, syiah is more performance, but you can get just the same performance on perseus if you handle the tweaking well and yiu get more battery time.
If youre interested about roms:
Foxhound (most complete one for the s3 i believe, it's packing all you need, and of course it's faster than stock samsung rom)
Rootbox(light rom. Its got less features but still fully packed for speed)
Omega (never tried it. Still have to...but it looks like in this rom look-costumization of look is the easiest thing to do. But i believe foxhound to be fully customizable as well...)
others are also
Jellybam
ResurrectionRemix
Hope i helped you get some root **** together
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I totally agree with your point of view but I've been using PhilZ Touch for about a few months now, flashing stuff, making backups and having fun about 1 time per day. Don't call this masterpiece "unstable" because it's based on latest CWM and without any "unstable" thing . I haven't got any problem with that recovery since 4.01 or so.
JustArchi said:
I totally agree with your point of view but I've been using PhilZ Touch for about a few months now, flashing stuff, making backups and having fun about 1 time per day. Don't call this masterpiece "unstable" because it's based on latest CWM and without any "unstable" thing . I haven't got any problem with that recovery since 4.01 or so.
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Totally agree, never had a problem with it
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JustArchi said:
I totally agree with your point of view but I've been using PhilZ Touch for about a few months now, flashing stuff, making backups and having fun about 1 time per day. Don't call this masterpiece "unstable" because it's based on latest CWM and without any "unstable" thing . I haven't got any problem with that recovery since 4.01 or so.
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Impossible, much less than a month ago there was a versione of the recovery (4.8.8.1 i think) in which it did not save any of the recovery settings i had changed, cuz when i rebooted into recovery for backup/restore stuff i had to keep reenabling some features (like max compression, save to excard ecc ecc). Then there was an update (and they changed selection menu to [x] kinda like thing, if u boot into it now u see md5 checksum if enabled has an x) and the recovery rememberes all settings now (all interface tweaks amd stuff).
that's what i meant for unstable, also cuz rom manager doesnt recognize updated version of clockwork...but thats another story.
Thou i do think philz is a masterpiece, but its missing some stuff...for example aroma file manager needs to be included into the recovery already, also it needs its own updating app, also aroma file manager is a bit too low on features for me. like...if im gonna move some pixtures from a folder i wanna see them first...and if my rom isnt working i cant do that with aroma..
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Thanks a lottr guyysss especially u killbubble u really helped me im gona ask u for one more favor
U said install rom manager on ur rooted phone and install CWM (so i guess i should root with CF root rightt???)
And if i chose Philz how can i really get it on my phone ?? Will i find it in Rom manager also??
Thanks in advancee!
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Impossible, much less than a month ago there was a versione of the recovery (4.8.8.1 i think) in which it did not save any of the recovery settings i had changed, cuz when i rebooted into recovery for backup/restore stuff i had to keep reenabling some features (like max compression, save to excard ecc ecc). Then there was an update (and they changed selection menu to [x] kinda like thing, if u boot into it now u see md5 checksum if enabled has an x) and the recovery rememberes all settings now (all interface tweaks amd stuff).
that's what i meant for unstable, also cuz rom manager doesnt recognize updated version of clockwork...but thats another story.
Thou i do think philz is a masterpiece, but its missing some stuff...for example aroma file manager needs to be included into the recovery already, also it needs its own updating app, also aroma file manager is a bit too low on features for me. like...if im gonna move some pixtures from a folder i wanna see them first...and if my rom isnt working i cant do that with aroma..
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4.89.4 (14.03.2013)
- New Custom Install Zip mode: set a default folder to start with + browse backward up to the root
4.88.5
- toggle menus are now formatted to device screen width (right align menu option)
- add 30mn timezone offset
- merge CM 10.1 commit: Fix segfault with dead symlinks in char** gather_files()
- add extra check for carriage return for get_rom_name function: ensures windobe noobs do not get stuck
4.88.2
- fix: ors backup could overwrite an existing folder and end up with mixed old/new backup images
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Impossible, Phil would include it in his changelog . Also I know what you're talking about, it happens when there isn't a folder clockworkmod on /sdcard , sometimes you need to create it manualy but how often do you format /sdcard anyway? Recovery restores it after reboot anyway.
Also autoupdate from one point of view is a nice feature, I totally agree with that but on the other hand it would require many more things included in the recovery because itself it doesn't support many options, that's why it's called recovery, not a software . Personally I prefer having an option to choose, newer version isn't always better, usually yes, but not always . Also recovery just need to "work", flash roms, make backups and eventually some simple other tasks. I don't need anything else .
Just archi can u help me with My question please?? thank u so much
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Just archi can u help me with My question please?? thank u so much
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Root using auto root, then use mobile Odin to flash recovery.img
Or
Root with cf root then just flash Phil's with the cwm recovery that comes with cf root
georgeskhater said:
Thanks a lottr guyysss especially u killbubble u really helped me im gona ask u for one more favor
U said install rom manager on ur rooted phone and install CWM (so i guess i should root with CF root rightt???)
And if i chose Philz how can i really get it on my phone ?? Will i find it in Rom manager also??
Thanks in advancee!
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Doesnt really matter how u root as pong as u do. Once u do run rom manager and update clockworkmod (cuz if u rooted the otherway cwm is probab uoutdated).
If u chose philz just google philz and find the thread (gonna be first on google, if not google philz recovery)
Read the thread well and find i9300 version (best if u choose .zip version flashable with cwm, if not u gotta use tar.gz flashable thru odin) then put it on phone and in recovery flash dat pakage. Then reboot recovery and make sure u configure philz to your liking.
no philz is not included in rom manager.
Rom manager is a weird name, since it's only of use to update to the latest version of cwm, or install it if you still have stock. Thou it does have a list where u can download roms...i dont recommend it cuz it suks..much better for this is goo manager.
But i prefer googling the rom or recovery (if cwm, i would use the app of course) or whatever and downloaing it from source, much safer and has full instructions (needed for some stuff, for example if a rom needs latest gapps cuz not included, apps like rom manager would not tell ya).
Glad to help, if u wanna thank just hit the :thumbup: button...
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Yeah, I don't recommend tools like Rom Manager as well. It's not bad of course but some kind of useless, in my honest opinion at least.
P.S. Like I said if you're going to change rom then you don't need ANY CF-Root, just flash PhilZ (or clean CWM) through odin then flash any pre-rooted rom. CF-Root isn't required here, only if you're not going to change rom, then use cf-autoroot.
I have a Xperia U blocked bootloader rooted and with CWM installed.
I had an ICS .100 ROM installed and working perfectly but I decided I wanted to test Honami Experience ROM. As I had the terminal rooted I just downloaded the Honami Experience V2 ROM for blocked bootloader device, I copied the file to internal storage, I booted to CWM, I did a data/factory reset, wipe cache, wipe dalvik cache, and finally I installed the Honami_Experience_ST25i_v2_LB.zip from SD card.
After the installation finished I rebooted and as described in installation instructions it took some minutes to boot. After that the phone interface is working very smooth but I have lost many functionality: the sim card is not recognized, wifi is not working, cam not working, when I plug USB it is not recognized saying that the drivers can't be installed (in the windows device manager is shown as ST25i but with a warning under other devices), ... So basically the ROM is pretty smooth but useless this way. I'm not sure if I did something wrong though I think it is correct what I did. It is not important anyway just now.
So, my question is, what can I do to restore the mobile. I have already downloaded st25i_6.1.1.b.1.100 generic - user_sony.zip but the problem is that I don't find the way to put it now on the internal memory as the USB connection is not working. I have tried connecting the mass storage from CWM too but with same problem, windows can't install the drivers and in this case in the device manager shows it as Android instead of ST25i but with same warning.
As USB is not working I can't use flashtool to try to restore either.
I'm going to mention too that no matter if I disable the debug mode on the settings, it looks of on the user interface but when I reboot the phone it comes up with debug mode on always.
Any suggestions appreciated. My last solution would be to use bluetooth that seems it is working on the phone. The problem is just in this very moment I have another bluetooth device to send the data and that's why if possible I would like to know of any other way to solve this issue.
Thanks.
You should download file ftf and flash via flashboot mode
flash mode works
After reading another thread I have realized that flash mode works anyway so I have flashed the stock .100 and seems all is working now again.
So I change the question to, What have I did wrong when I installed Honami Experience ROM? I'm not sure what to do when the big Power Off button and Use Phone button appear on screen. I have waited a lot on that screen but maybe I did something wrong. What exactly I have to look at on that screen to be sure all is fine. When I flash the stock .100 I have no problems.
paulsm said:
After reading another thread I have realized that flash mode works anyway so I have flashed the stock .100 and seems all is working now again.
So I change the question to, What have I did wrong when I installed Honami Experience ROM? I'm not sure what to do when the big Power Off button and Use Phone button appear on screen. I have waited a lot on that screen but maybe I did something wrong. What exactly I have to look at on that screen to be sure all is fine. When I flash the stock .100 I have no problems.
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I'm not sure, I also installed Honami v2 this morning but my phone is UB and it works normally. Have you followed the instructions in the topic, instructions for Lock Bootloader , your phone is ST25a or ST25i. you can do it again and report to the topic's owner
and power off and use phone button, it depends on you. if you are doing something, you can choose use to continue and turn off later
hungminhon said:
I'm not sure, I also installed Honami v2 this morning but my phone is UB and it works normally. Have you followed the instructions in the topic, instructions for Lock Bootloader , your phone is ST25a or ST25i. you can do it again and report to the topic's owner
and power off and use phone button, it depends on you. if you are doing something, you can choose use to continue and turn off later
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The phone is ST25i locked bootloader. And on the moment I did the test was rooted, it had stock .100 firmware and CWM Touch 5.5.0.4. Taking that into account I just uploaded the Honami v2 zip file (for locked bootloader), I booted into recovery, wiped everything, I installed the zip from SD and rebooted when installation finished.
The only thing I can't be sure if it is wrong to start from .100 firmware (kernel included). Don't know if that is wrong and I must start with .10 kernel.
Now I have it again with .100 firmware, rooted and with CWM Touch 5.5.0.4 so maybe I can just flash .10 kernel and try again the installation of Honami from CWM.
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The phone is ST25i locked bootloader. And on the moment I did the test was rooted, it had stock .100 firmware and CWM Touch 5.5.0.4. Taking that into account I just uploaded the Honami v2 zip file (for locked bootloader), I booted into recovery, wiped everything, I installed the zip from SD and rebooted when installation finished.
The only thing I can't be sure if it is wrong to start from .100 firmware (kernel included). Don't know if that is wrong and I must start with .10 kernel.
Now I have it again with .100 firmware, rooted and with CWM Touch 5.5.0.4 so maybe I can just flash .10 kernel and try again the installation of Honami from CWM.
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i think you should follow the instructions, flash the .10 kernel first. In UB, I also have to install another kernel to install this rom
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i think you should follow the instructions, flash the .10 kernel first. In UB, I also have to install another kernel to install this rom
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I tried and no way even with .10 kernel same exactly problems, no cam, no wifi, no sim recognized, ... Not sure if I'm going to try anymore. Really the stock .100 is smooth enough.
one more test
I tested once more. Just reread the instructions very very carefully.
- The instructions say that you have to start with 6.1.1.B.1.100 so I was doing it correctly from the beggining.
- The instructions say to root with superuser while I was rooting with supersu so in this last test, though I supposed it was not the problem, I decided to use superuser.
Again, same problems, no wifi, no cam, no sim recognized, ..., so I only can imply that Honami Experience doesn't work on locked bootloader.
If someone has tested too and read this and it is working for him in locked bootloader I would be glad to hear how he did it.
I can't ask for help nor notify it in the developer thread because of the limits imposed by xda-developers forums.
Thanks
Glad I saw this post...
I have a locked bootloader as well, and have been wanting to try various ROMS.
Was thinking about trying this one on the weekend, but now I'm not sure.
Currently using JB eXperience V2, it works well and everything works, but I'm always looking for something new to try.
I'm not savvy enough to fix problems, so would rather flash ROMS with few "bugs"
Sorry I know I didn't answer your question, but it certainly answers mine of if I should flash this ROM or not.
I certainly give credit to all the devs on here though, don;t get me wrong! They work hard!
need to re-flash the 6.1.1.B.1.100 firmware or not?
I wanna try it but have some questions.
Now I am currently on zperience 1.0. Can I install this rom on over it or sould re-Flash the 6.1.1.B.1.100 firmware.
smtsth said:
I wanna try it but have some questions.
Now I am currently on zperience 1.0. Can I install this rom on over it or sould re-Flash the 6.1.1.B.1.100 firmware.
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The instructions say you have to start with 6.1.1.B.1.100 firmware
Always Flash the 6.1.1.B.1.100 firmware before flashing this ROM, then follow instructions
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Same problems on LB
I have LB and i had the same problems with this rom, the wifi didn't work, the screen didn´t turn off. In fact, the same problems. The owner of the roms told me that they are bugs of the rom, i think he will fix it in the v3. As i see it works perfectly on UB, but i'm not going to unlock the bootloader.
incry2 said:
I have LB and i had the same problems with this rom, the wifi didn't work, the screen didn´t turn off. In fact, the same problems. The owner of the roms told me that they are bugs of the rom, i think he will fix it in the v3. As i see it works perfectly on UB, but i'm not going to unlock the bootloader.
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Thanks for the info. In my opinion if the owner of the rom knows about all those bugs he should include the info on the rom thread.
The rom thread shows a list of bugs and if those bugs are only the bugs of the unlocked bootloader version he should have explained better.
When I decided to try I thought it was a full operative rom with just the few bugs that we can read on the thread. But wifi not working, sim not detected, screen not turning off, lock screen not working properly, cam not working, ..., are bugs that can't be ignored. With those bugs, even with only one of those, because all of them are imprescindible features, the rom is useless.
same problem
paulsm said:
The phone is ST25i locked bootloader. And on the moment I did the test was rooted, it had stock .100 firmware and CWM Touch 5.5.0.4. Taking that into account I just uploaded the Honami v2 zip file (for locked bootloader), I booted into recovery, wiped everything, I installed the zip from SD and rebooted when installation finished.
The only thing I can't be sure if it is wrong to start from .100 firmware (kernel included). Don't know if that is wrong and I must start with .10 kernel.
Now I have it again with .100 firmware, rooted and with CWM Touch 5.5.0.4 so maybe I can just flash .10 kernel and try again the installation of Honami from CWM.
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incry2 said:
I have LB and i had the same problems with this rom, the wifi didn't work, the screen didn´t turn off. In fact, the same problems. The owner of the roms told me that they are bugs of the rom, i think he will fix it in the v3. As i see it works perfectly on UB, but i'm not going to unlock the bootloader.
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same problem here. I Just tried 2 times but the problem is same... so waiting for v3