Hi, I want to upgrade my brother's Optimus G to Jelly Bean, so he can flash ROMs that require you to be on JB. He's rooted on ICS. I recently attempted to upgrade. I was sure that the OG won't let you upgrade with missing system files, so I restored the default boot animation, and "host files" through AdAway. Then, I protected root with OTA root keeper, and started the update. It gave an error and failed at 3%. There were no other system files modified or removed. Is there anything else that could be causing this?
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Possibly a bad download. Might check the MD5 hash/checksum and possibly redownload the ROM. You said you were using ad away and had some stuff hid...did you restore everything? Try uninstalling that program and following the wipe instructions for the ROM.
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WarEagleUS said:
Possibly a bad download. Might check the MD5 hash/checksum and possibly redownload the ROM. You said you were using ad away and had some stuff hid...did you restore everything? Try uninstalling that program and following the wipe instructions for the ROM.
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A bad download of the OTA, you mean?
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If your main goal is to flash roms, why not just use the teenybin and then flash a JB Rom of your choice.
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If your main goal is to flash roms, why not just use the teenybin and then flash a JB Rom of your choice.
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Yes, ROMs such as Shelnutt2's CM10.1, which require you to be on JB.
What is "teenybin"?
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2230994
It flashes the partition that is needed to flash JB Roms.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2230994
It flashes the partition that is needed to flash JB Roms.
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So, how would I go about using it?
I'll be a dead man if I hard brick my brother's phone.
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So, how would I go about using it?
I'll be a dead man if I hard brick my brother's phone.
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Ask for help in that thread. Once you get Lgnpst working and installed it is incredible easy.
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Yes. That does happen a lot.
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So, how would I go about using it?
I'll be a dead man if I hard brick my brother's phone.
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You shouldn't have any issues with teenybin at all.
Teenybin is just what its namer implies a small .bin file (so to speak) that pushes what you need on the phone and fixes issues. Go to that thread and get LGNPST as well. Directions are there bud.
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Im needing to force an app onto this phone without rooting it is there anyway to do it at all?
First time post and I searched over and over couldn't find a similar thread or a site to help
What do you mean forcing it onto the phone?
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It wont install on there at all and I found ways of forcing apps onto a phone through /system/apps but you have to be rooted to do it and its not my phone I'm needing to do this on so cant root it
It depends on the app
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Coruptyd said:
It wont install on there at all and I found ways of forcing apps onto a phone through /system/apps but you have to be rooted to do it and its not my phone I'm needing to do this on so cant root it
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like stated it depends on the app, what app is it if you dont mind me asking. might be an app that requires root maybe??
Got "allow unknown sources" checked?
It is the default photo wall 1.0 live wallpaper for the galaxy note and need it on the gs2galaxy
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Yea always the first thing I check
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Yeah I don't think you're gonna get that to work
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Coruptyd said:
Im needing to force an app onto this phone without rooting it is there anyway to do it at all?
First time post and I searched over and over couldn't find a similar thread or a site to help
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Rooting is fun
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Well I have talked her into rooting so I will be able to get the wallpaper on there now lol
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Coruptyd said:
Well I have talked her into rooting so I will be able to get the wallpaper on there now lol
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You hope you can. It might not work
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Nick281051 said:
You hope you can. It might not work
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Maybe not, but there's a chance. He'll have to manually install it as a system app though...
Even if he doesn't get it to work, he can always just extract the wallpapers from the apk.
I'll write your next thread title for you.
"OMFG Guys SGS2 Sucks I Bricked My Phone!"
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Hi guys and gals. I just received a good deal on an HTC Rezound. (Love that phone btw) I got it from a guy that already had s-off and locked boot loader. Which from what I read is a good thing. I am wanting to out it to stock.
So I downloaded the stock recovery ph98img.zip (think that's what it's called) ran it, says update successful I reboot the phone and it comes up with a 7.11 mb ota to prepare for ics. I take that ota its gets to the stock recovery goes about 1/4 of the way thru the green process bar and stops and a red triangle comes up and fails I have to do a battery pull.
I am just wondering what I'm doing wrong. I don't have a PC at the moment. So I'm kind of at a loss.
I know the importance of reading before asking so believe me I did lots of reading. But if i did miss something please let me know.
I appreciate anything anyone can offer to help!!
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If all you want is the ics ota I would just run the RUU
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Its funny I have tried downloading that at work and thru my phone and its always so slow or unsuccessful download. I have thought about that though. Thank you
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Schnider said:
Its funny I have tried downloading that at work and thru my phone and its always so slow or unsuccessful download. I have thought about that though. Thank you
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which ruu or you using to download? i used the androidpolice one, worked fine for me.
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which ruu or you using to download? i used the androidpolice one, worked fine for me.
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Yeah the android police one. On my Maxx with 4G turned on it gets about halfway there and the unsuccessful. Screw it lol I will just flash one of the Devs great roms!! Not sure what the problem is. I will try again on the computer tomorrow and see what happens.
Oh and Happy Labor Day everyone!!
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Uploading the RUU now. Give me a minute
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http://db.tt/3NWDGfoW
1. Rename PH98IMG.zip
2. Flash in bootloader
3. ????
4. PROFIT!
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Uploading the RUU now. Give me a minute
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http://db.tt/3NWDGfoW
1. Rename PH98IMG.zip
2. Flash in bootloader
3. ????
4. PROFIT!
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Thank you so much!! This download is flying. You guys are the best!!
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Hey guys another question...when I flashed this RUU it went thru everything and found it.
But it would System-Fail-UZ and wouldnt boot up. tried 3 times everytime it failed on system only. And it also said tampered on top...
I was able to flash twrp recovery and got another rom installed but I was wondering why it did that?
To flash ruu you have to have the bootloader in locked state
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To flash ruu you have to have the bootloader in locked state
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I understand.
I am locked and s-off.
Thank you guys for all your help. I believe I had a bad download before its working fine now!
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That's my fault. Should have posted the md5. I apologize.
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Hey no biggie got myself out of it and I got it working thank you again for helping me out. Got me alot farther then I was. Plus its another lesson I have learned in android.
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You are most welcome
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Just wondering if the Thunderbolt had to be activated before rooting or not.
Anyone know?
I plan on rooting one for my mother in law but she hasn't activated it yet for service.
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Mine was rooted when I activated it. I ended up unrooting because there were problems with my activation unrelated to being rooted. Just makes sure you're on the latest firmware first.
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Thanks man.
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No problem. The reason you should stick with the stock ruu is because if they need software info it will match. I doubt they will hut you never know.
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No problem. The reason you should stick with the stock ruu is because if they need software info it will match. I doubt they will hut you never know.
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I probably will just root it anyways. If something weird happens, I'll just unroot it and start over.
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So it IS safe to root before activating?
Just double checking.
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RBarnett09 said:
So it IS safe to root before activating?
Just double checking.
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Yes but stay on a stock rom just to be safe.
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Yes but stay on a stock rom just to be safe.
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Yeah, just until it gets activated, then I can change over to a different ROM.
Thanks again man.
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RBarnett09 said:
Yeah, just until it gets activated, then I can change over to a different ROM.
Thanks again man.
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Yea. I remember on the Eris it wasn't possible to activate on anything but a stock rom. On this I'm not to sure so I would go with a sense 2.1 for sure.
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I can say if you have verizon you might wanna wait on rooting even if you root but have a stock rom because i sat in their store over an hour and a half one day setting up a new sim card with a samsung stratosphere i rooted and it had the tweaked rom and stock rom and had to unroot cuz their computer couldnt connect to device right and finally after 8 new simcards i just unrooted used my backup of original factory firmware i took before flashing customized stock rom.... I know im a lil late on this but my advice is root it after its been activated...save yourself hassle and embarrassment knowing they are not supposed to help you when your device is rooted...
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I can say if you have verizon you might wanna wait on rooting even if you root but have a stock rom because i sat in their store over an hour and a half one day setting up a new sim card with a samsung stratosphere i rooted and it had the tweaked rom and stock rom and had to unroot cuz their computer couldnt connect to device right and finally after 8 new simcards i just unrooted used my backup of original factory firmware i took before flashing customized stock rom.... I know im a lil late on this but my advice is root it after its been activated...save yourself hassle and embarrassment knowing they are not supposed to help you when your device is rooted...
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This is the reason I never go in the store. I've never had a problem activating a rooted phone. That is why I always suggest going back to a stock firmware though because cm roms and other aosp roms have trouble activating most of the time.
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I deferred the update until 2/25 the latest it would allow me to put it off. I eventually want to root and use a custom Rom I am coming from the Motorola droid x2 and CM7 and know nothing about HTC phones. Should I let the update go through or is there something I should do to stop it?
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If you haven't unlocked your bootloader and you let it go through then you will not be able to root your device for the time being.
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Root it now and update later
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I deferred the update until 2/25 the latest it would allow me to put it off. I eventually want to root and use a custom Rom I am coming from the Motorola droid x2 and CM7 and know nothing about HTC phones. Should I let the update go through or is there something I should do to stop it?
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Do not allow the OTA to go thru. Root your phone and install the Mod by Justin (nitsuj) to get rid of the ota notification. If you want to root and not change your stock DNA it is possible. Then you can flash the custom rom of your choice later. My advice is to read up on all roms and kernels. How-to's before you root and make your decision on the best route to go. If you need help look for a RD/RC (Recognized Dev/Contributor) and some one will be happy to assist you. Or you can always post openly in the Q&A sections.
I have unlocked the BL installed cwm rooted and now have s-off what file do I need to stop the ota?
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kc9bvl said:
I have unlocked the BL installed cwm rooted and now have s-off what file do I need to stop the ota?
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There is a mod in the development section for this
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kc9bvl said:
I have unlocked the BL installed cwm rooted and now have s-off what file do I need to stop the ota?
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There's a thread in the dev forum.
And even if you don't block it. If it tries to install it it will not work.
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There's a thread in the dev forum.
And even if you don't block it. If it tries to install it it will not work.
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So I really need to do nothing at this point?
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So I really need to do nothing at this point?
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yea if you have a custom recovery it wont even install... i forgot about this part lol
Can you use mobile Odin to go back to stock? I did it this way in my gs3 just curious if you could on note 2.
Thanks!
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Did you even look in the mobile Odin thread? It says right in the op our device is supported if you have an unlocked boot loader.
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Did you even look in the mobile Odin thread? It says right in the op our device is supported if you have an unlocked boot loader.
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Yes I did and thanks. I know it is supported but wondering if anyone has tried it.
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If I had to guess I would say it wouldn't work for going back to stock or if it does you may have issues. May work for the alternate restore but not sure.
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If I had to guess I would say it wouldn't work for going back to stock or if it does you may have issues. May work for the alternate restore but not sure.
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Flashing a rom with mobile odin isnt the most advisable thing to do. Just an FYI
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Flashing a rom with mobile odin isnt the most advisable thing to do. Just an FYI
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How come?
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fbm111 said:
Yes I did and thanks. I know it is supported but wondering if anyone has tried it.
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Okay your question didn't sound like that. You coukd have just asked if anyone had used it. I used to use it myself
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How come?
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Trips your flash counter! Also a higher risk of bricks if the ROM builder goofed up.
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Trips your flash counter! Also a higher risk of bricks if the ROM builder goofed up.
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Understand that. But is stock rom, ie back to factory then won trip counter and no chance of bricks right? Or am I thinking wrong?
Thanks!
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fbm111 said:
Understand that. But is stock rom, ie back to factory then won trip counter and no chance of bricks right? Or am I thinking wrong?
Thanks!
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Long as it is a completely stock image it won't. I don't think the route 66 version does either
Won't brick your device long as it is a .tar.md5 file or you make sure MD5 matches. Should be a tar.md5 file though.
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