How to: flash ota killer zip? - Thunderbolt Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

I'm new to the thundbolt. I purchased a rooted thunderbolt which after activation keeps prompting me to update. Is there no method of freezing the ota with this device? Best way is to download the zip which I did ? But how do you go about flashing it so it will stop the ota ? Thanks for all your help !
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Reboot into recovery. Choose install from SD card or flash a zip. Find the file and flash it then wipe cache and dalvik cache and rebooy
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Is it suppose to be upgrading upon reboot ? Thanks

Haha yea. That's android building caches. Comes with ics and up
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disconnecktie said:
Reboot into recovery. Choose install from SD card or flash a zip. Find the file and flash it then wipe cache and dalvik cache and rebooy
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This was immensely helpful. I had forgotten how to do this as I hadn't flashed my phone in ages.
Thank you!

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How to update

i was just wondering how to update to the nightlys? what do i have to do? I dont have rom manager so i cant do it that way..
Just download, flash them using recovery and you are ready.
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_Arjen_ said:
Just download, flash them using recovery and you are ready.
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so just like i would with a rom?
When i do that it says.. E: Error in /sdcard/cm_p500_fll.24.zip
FreakAphex said:
so just like i would with a rom?
When i do that it says.. E: Error in /sdcard/cm_p500_fll.24.zip
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Bad download likely. Remember to wipe cache and Dalvik.
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Curiousn00b said:
Bad download likely. Remember to wipe cache and Dalvik.
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dude i suggest you to download rom manager (it's free ) and download your rom put into your sd-csrd.
after downloading rom manager
1.open click flash clockwordmod
2. choose your phone carefully
3. click on install from sd card in rom manager
4. boot into recovery
5.wipe cache and Dalvik and battery ststs in advace(navigate through volume button)
6. select install from sd card
locate cm_p500_fll.XX.zip and press search button and wait
you may see install from sd-card complete.
reboot n enjoy
Actually, the nightly updater thru ROM manager is broken, it's been broken since like 24, same weekend download/Changelog servers went down
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Paulenski said:
Actually, the nightly updater thru ROM manager is broken, it's been broken since like 24, same weekend download/Changelog servers went down
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you can manually download from pc and then boot
FreakAphex said:
i was just wondering how to update to the nightlys? what do i have to do? I dont have rom manager so i cant do it that way..
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you need to do only one thing. read.
and you need not do another thing, create new thread about it.
another thing you might want to do, download properly, wipe all, format system, data, cache, dalvik, etc. and flash ROM normally.
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Anything necessary to do in cwm after flash a modem in cwm?

I want to try different modems. As far as I know, the modem file (zip file) can be flashed in CWM recovery mode.
Do I have to do something else after apply the zip update in CWM? For example, factory reset?
apple2101 said:
I want to try different modems. As far as I know, the modem file (zip file) can be flashed in CWM recovery mode.
Do I have to do something else after apply the zip update in CWM? For example, factory reset?
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No? If it just says flash in cwm just flash it why would you have to factory reset?
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You don't hit update zip. U hit flash zip, either from internal or external sd card . It's considered good practice to wipe the cache when flashing a different modem if I'm not mistaken.
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Phalanx7621 said:
You don't hit update zip. U hit flash zip, either from internal or external sd card . It's considered good practice to wipe the cache when flashing a different modem if I'm not mistaken.
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+1 Always a good practice to wipe ur cache and wipe ur dalvik cache don't want any cache dingleberries for surprises
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brandonarev said:
+1 Always a good practice to wipe ur cache and wipe ur dalvik cache don't want any cache dingleberries for surprises
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Never forget to wipe your cache
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Help cwm cannot backup

Hi im new to flashing roms. I rooted my samsung galaxy s2 a few days ago, and I just installed rom manager and installed cwm. The problem is I cannot do a nandroid backup using rom manager, whenever I try it takes me to cwm recovery, when I backup using cwm it never backsup properly, it showes the backup that I created but when I try to restore it says md5 mismatch. How can i fix this promlem? Please help me.
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Turn the phone off then Hold Power, Home Button, and the Volume Up Button
That puts me into odin mode what should i do after that?
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samsunggalaxys2canada said:
Hi im new to flashing roms. I rooted my samsung galaxy s2 a few days ago, and I just installed rom manager and installed cwm. The problem is I cannot do a nandroid backup using rom manager, whenever I try it takes me to cwm recovery, when I backup using cwm it never backsup properly, it showes the backup that I created but when I try to restore it says md5 mismatch. How can i fix this promlem? Please help me.
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Did you renamed the backup folder of your Nandroid Backup?
I havent renamed the backup file yet. Should I rename it?
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What root method did you use? Rom manager does not play well with many cwm included in kernels, like cf root. Better use cwm and uninstall rom manager to check if that's the case
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I used a cf root kernal to root my phone, but i installed cwm from rom manager.
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Did your cf root kernel already have cwm?
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No it didnt have cwm
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Try changing kernel to one with cwm like siyah(ICS) or speed mod(GB) then create a backup from recovery? If you do change kernel remember to wipe cache and dalvik cache!
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UltimateAnas said:
Try changing kernel to one with cwm like siyah(ICS) or speed mod(GB) then create a backup from recovery? If you do change kernel remember to wipe cache and dalvik cache!
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Where can i find these kernels, and how can i wipe the cache and dalvik cache?
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Are you on ice cream sandwich or gingerbread? And cache and dalvik cache can be wiped from recovery:
In recover it should say 'wipe cache partition' and then go to advanced and select wipe cache partition.
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UltimateAnas said:
Are you on ice cream sandwich or gingerbread? And cache and dalvik cache can be wiped from recovery:
In recover it should say 'wipe cache partition' and then go to advanced and select wipe cache partition.
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I am on ice cream sandwich, and im supposed to wipe the cache and dalvik cache before i flash the kernal right?
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Use siyah kernel, type that into Google and it's gokhanmoral, although make sure you choose the S2 one...you have an i9100 right? And it's recommended yes!
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Yes i have i9100
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Great so know you can either download siyah.tar and flash using Odin or you can download siyah.zip and flash using cwm(remember to wipe cache and dalvik cache)
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UltimateAnas said:
Great so know you can either download siyah.tar and flash using Odin or you can download siyah.zip and flash using cwm(remember to wipe cache and dalvik cache)
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Thank you, I can now backup my phone
I have one more question how can i remove the yellow triangle, should i just flash the stock kernal?
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No, that removes root, use a USB jig to get rid of it or you can use triangle away app by chain fire
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Two roms tried...

And both are getting stuck at the boot logo screen.
I was running liquid ics for a while, did a reset and deleted all data which put me back to stock GB, tried that for a day, then tried to reinstall liquid ics and got stuck on the boot logo. I also tried twisted umbrellas latest and I'm having the same problem
I have tries flashing both multiple times and battery pulls. Any ideas guys?
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Have you tried to wipe everything but SD card? .. (if you on 4ext recovery its easy). Then go to tools and wipe 3ext system and data. Then flash the roms.
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bradg24 said:
Have you tried to wipe everything but SD card? .. (if you on 4ext recovery its easy). Then go to tools and wipe 3ext system and data. Then flash the roms.
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Noob here. Where do I find tools?
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I did wipe all data factory reset and then was on stock GB again. I tried to install another rom and got stuck on the boot logo.
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You need to wipe cache and dalvik cache as well. That will boot loop you every time.
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After it boot looped a couple of times I deleted both of those and it still Was a no go.
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I got it! I forgot to format the system.
1 factory reset wipe data.
2 wipe dalvek cache
3 format system.
Oops.
I will let you guys know what I think of TU rom.
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[Q] Cyanogen Mod boot loop! Help!

So I just flashed the latest nightly (that is all they have for the S4) onto my S4 and it is stuck in a boot loop. My phone is fully rooted and I have clockworkMod recovery 6.0.3.2. I power on the device and The cyanogenmod logo spins and continues to do so. Not sure what to do now.
Boot into recovery and do a wipe/factory reset. Wipe dalvik and cache. See if it boots after that.
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hexitnow said:
Boot into recovery and do a wipe/factory reset. Wipe dalvik and cache. See if it boots after that.
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Trying that right now! Well whaddya know It worked! THANKS
No prob
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root
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No prob
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I thought we just had root?

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