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Okay, I have read a lot of threads to try to understand the whole rooting process. Say I'm starting with a fresh 1.5 stock phone. Would this be the process?
1. install the all-in-one auto root script by grdlock
2. do a nand backup??? (still not sure about this part)
3. then flash whatever custom 2.1 rooted rom???
thanks in advance, and sorry if im no where close to being right.
yea pretty much thats about it. u sir have done ur research
T.C.P said:
yea pretty much thats about it. u sir have done ur research
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Okay great. I also read about having to "wipe" while switching out custom roms. So you just can't boot from the recovery, then reflash a custom rom i take it? please explain the wiping; that part is about the only one i'm still sketchy on.
mib12890 said:
Okay great. I also read about having to "wipe" while switching out custom roms. So you just can't boot from the recovery, then reflash a custom rom i take it? please explain the wiping; that part is about the only one i'm still sketchy on.
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You'll see exactly what wiping means when you flash Amon RA's recovery image. To the best of my knowledge and to simplify it for you, it sets the phone back to basically stock like when you programmed it at the store when you bought it. Allowing the ROM you install to do its thing, so to speak.
You'll want to do this in between switching from one rom to another.
Hope this helps, good luck.
LexusBrian400 said:
You'll see exactly what wiping means when you flash Amon RA's recovery image. To the best of my knowledge and to simplify it for you, it sets the phone back to basically stock like when you programmed it at the store when you bought it. Allowing the ROM you install to do its thing, so to speak.
You'll want to do this in between switching from one rom to another.
Hope this helps, good luck.
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So each time you boot from recovery mode it wipes the phone automatically?
mib12890 said:
So each time you boot from recovery mode it wipes the phone automatically?
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No, you will see the option and you have to select it. Its not automatic. Everything will become clear when you install it and finally see the image. Its all laid out for you, and very user friendly.
LexusBrian400 said:
No, you will see the option and you have to select it. Its not automatic. Everything will become clear when you install it and finally see the image. Its all laid out for you, and very user friendly.
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Ok, thanks very much guys. I understand it all now I think. Now it's just waiting and hoping for a downgrade method for the leak, which i stupidly installed.
Umm.. yeah... Dont hold your breath on that one.
Hi,
For now I am stuck on stock GB rom.
My amaze 4G is rooted, and bootloader unlocked (S-on).
I was not able to get the OTA ICS mobilicity to install.
I need my phone to be more energy efficient. Is there a way to do this with a kernel on stock GB rom?
Or some other way?
Also with S-on, can I flash any GB rom whether it be wind, mobilicity, telus or tmobile?
Thanks in advance.
skugpezz said:
Hi,
For now I am stuck on stock GB rom.
My amaze 4G is rooted, and bootloader unlocked (S-on).
I was not able to get the OTA ICS mobilicity to install.
I need my phone to be more energy efficient. Is there a way to do this with a kernel on stock GB rom?
Or some other way?
Also with S-on, can I flash any GB rom whether it be wind, mobilicity, telus or tmobile?
Thanks in advance.
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Ask Dark Nightmare he's a BEAST at these thing also there's like 2 thread about this already update to ICS from GB JUST READ READ RAED n yaaa RAED SOME MORE i always thought Canadians like tyo read my 2ex loved to read maybe cause there girls lol but
use apps from the market like this one https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.latedroid.juicedefender&hl=en juice defender
skugpezz said:
Hi,
For now I am stuck on stock GB rom.
My amaze 4G is rooted, and bootloader unlocked (S-on).
I was not able to get the OTA ICS mobilicity to install.
I need my phone to be more energy efficient. Is there a way to do this with a kernel on stock GB rom?
Or some other way?
Also with S-on, can I flash any GB rom whether it be wind, mobilicity, telus or tmobile?
Thanks in advance.
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Energy Rom seemed pretty efficient on gb, others on your company have used it, so I don't think it should be a problem.
Sent from an Amaaaaaazing place :-D
Dark Nightmare said:
Energy Rom seemed pretty efficient on gb, others on your company have used it, so I don't think it should be a problem.
Sent from an Amaaaaaazing place :-D
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i was gonna say use energy for GB but i didn't wanna be wrong again thanks for helping him bro
Jay_Rulen said:
i was gonna say use energy for GB but i didn't wanna be wrong again thanks for helping him bro
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We tried upgrading him to ICS jay, remember the thread with over a 100 post? Lol Unless we get a mobilicity GB stock ruu magically somehow or my theory actually works, there's no way he can upgrade unless he s-off's the device.
By the way, there's never a wrong answer, if you have an opinion say it, that's why we're all here, to help each other.
Jay_Rulen said:
Ask Dark Nightmare he's a BEAST at these thing also there's like 2 thread about this already update to ICS from GB JUST READ READ RAED n yaaa RAED SOME MORE i always thought Canadians like tyo read my 2ex loved to read maybe cause there girls lol but
use apps from the market like this one https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.latedroid.juicedefender&hl=en juice defender
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I dont like apps like that.
Remember my other thread where I could upgrade to ICS?
Dark Nightmare said:
Energy Rom seemed pretty efficient on gb, others on your company have used it, so I don't think it should be a problem.
Sent from an Amaaaaaazing place :-D
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Thank you I will check out the thread on Energy Rom.
Dark Nightmare said:
We tried upgrading him to ICS jay, remember the thread with over a 100 post? Lol Unless we get a mobilicity GB stock ruu magically somehow or my theory actually works, there's no way he can upgrade unless he s-off's the device.
By the way, there's never a wrong answer, if you have an opinion say it, that's why we're all here, to help each other.
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THIS is WHY i RESPECT YOU s-off is so easy now i let my 6yr daughter do it for my friends amaze even a child can do it hahahahaha but ya i know but i still didn't wanna give him a wrong answer then brick his phone it happened to me when i was on nexus one ahole semi bricked my phone but it was people like you who made me LOVE the xda members so THANKS LIGHT Nightmare lol you don'r scare me anymore hahaha i'm stupid hahaha
Jay_Rulen said:
THIS is WHY i RESPECT YOU s-off is so easy now i let my 6yr daughter do it for my friends amaze even a child can do it hahahahaha but ya i know but i still didn't wanna give him a wrong answer then brick his phone it happened to me when i was on nexus one ahole semi bricked my phone but it was people like you who made me LOVE the xda members so THANKS LIGHT Nightmare lol you don'r scare me anymore hahaha i'm stupid hahaha
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Yea he is definitely a great dude. Makes me feel more welcomed here.
Found the rom here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1362759&highlight=energy
It is dloadng at 1kB/s though 13 days to complete
Jay_Rulen said:
THIS is WHY i RESPECT YOU s-off is so easy now i let my 6yr daughter do it for my friends amaze even a child can do it hahahahaha but ya i know but i still didn't wanna give him a wrong answer then brick his phone it happened to me when i was on nexus one ahole semi bricked my phone but it was people like you who made me LOVE the xda members so THANKS LIGHT Nightmare lol you don'r scare me anymore hahaha i'm stupid hahaha
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Lol at being scared of me, I'm still a kid dude, well kinda, I can legally drink but I don't look like it . Glad to see you guys love it here like I do, Been here a few weeks, probably a month now, I'm no beast, I'm just crazy enough to try things and pass my experience on.
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skugpezz said:
Yea he is definitely a great dude. Makes me feel more welcomed here.
Found the rom here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1362759&highlight=energy
It is dloadng at 1kB/s though 13 days to complete
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It's hosted on a dev site, loads of people downloading, sorry I can't find you a faster link, give it some time or retry downloading, speed should pick up a bit as the load no the server eases.
Dark Nightmare said:
Lol at being scared of me, I'm still a kid dude, well kinda, I can legally drink but I don't look like it . Glad to see you guys love it here like I do, Been here a few weeks, probably a month now, I'm no beast, I'm just crazy enough to try things and pass my experience on.
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It's hosted on a dev site, loads of people downloading, sorry I can't find you a faster link, give it some time or retry downloading, speed should pick up a bit as the load no the server eases.
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Retried and it is going a little faster now.
I also found this rom http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1433078
I think I like it more than the energy rom. It seems a little more complicated to install with faux kernel etc. Also there are no instructions there.
Could you give me some guidance on how to install this?
Also do I need to unlock my bootloader?
skugpezz said:
Retried and it is going a little faster now.
I also found this rom http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1433078
I think I like it more than the energy rom. It seems a little more complicated to install with faux kernel etc. Also there are no instructions there.
Could you give me some guidance on how to install this?
Also do I need to unlock my bootloader?
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You'll need your bootloader unlocked for any rom installation or the recovery won't be able to write certain files. I'll be checking out the other rom in a minute.
Edit: The flashing of that rom is the same as any other, you wipe all partitions then flash the rom, faux kernel is OPTIONAL, you don't have to flash it, but it seems it's a part of the rom, once you're using 4EXT recovery, it's gonna flash the kernel for you, just make sure you make a nandroid backup of your current set up so if the flashing fails, you can always wipe and restore your old system so that you don't end up with an expensive paper weight, always remember to have a backup.
Dark Nightmare said:
You'll need your bootloader unlocked for any rom installation or the recovery won't be able to write certain files. I'll be checking out the other rom in a minute.
Edit: The flashing of that rom is the same as any other, you wipe all partitions then flash the rom, faux kernel is OPTIONAL, you don't have to flash it, but it seems it's a part of the rom, once you're using 4EXT recovery, it's gonna flash the kernel for you, just make sure you make a nandroid backup of your current set up so if the flashing fails, you can always wipe and restore your old system so that you don't end up with an expensive paper weight, always remember to have a backup.
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I can do a nandroid back with rom manager?
Does full wipe actually wipes everything including the OS from the phone?
Should I use Hasoons tool to flash the EXT recovery?
skugpezz said:
I can do a nandroid back with rom manager?
Does full wipe actually wipes everything including the OS from the phone?
Should I use Hasoons tool to flash the EXT recovery?
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Yes, use hasoon's tool and get 4EXT, do the nandroid backup on 4EXT using the backup/restore option, don't use rom manager and yes a full wipe formats all the partitions leaving nothing on the device system partition, you can find that in the format options. Just be sure to flash the new rom before rebooting.
Dark Nightmare said:
Yes, use hasoon's tool and get 4EXT, do the nandroid backup on 4EXT using the backup/restore option, don't use rom manager and yes a full wipe formats all the partitions leaving nothing on the device system partition, you can find that in the format options. Just be sure to flash the new rom before rebooting.
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Thanks, I am going to flash the energy rom right now first. It finished downloading before the others.
skugpezz said:
Thanks, I am going to flash the energy rom right now first. It finished downloading before the others.
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Kewl, happy testing, good idea to test, let's you find something you like easier, :thumbsup:.
Dark Nightmare said:
Kewl, happy testing, good idea to test, let's you find something you like easier, :thumbsup:.
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Flashed the 4EXt and doing nandroid backup now.
Will wipe erase my external sd?
skugpezz said:
Flashed the 4EXt and doing nandroid backup now.
Will wipe erase my external sd?
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Nope.
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Nope.
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Sorry I am confused again . Dont want to brick the phone.
I see allot of wipe options do I select "format all partitions except sdcard"?
Or do I select "wipe/factory reset"?
EDIT: I think I should do factory reset wipe... fingers crossed.
skugpezz said:
Sorry I am confused again . Dont want to brick the phone.
I see allot of wipe options do I select "format all partitions except sdcard"?
Or do I select "wipe/factory reset"?
EDIT: I think I should do factory reset wipe... fingers crossed.
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Nope, wipe all except sd, you did have the rom on your sd card right?
Once wiping, select install from sd card, choose the rom file and let it do it's magic.
Dark Nightmare said:
Nope, wipe all except sd, you did have the rom on your sd card right?
Once wiping, select install from sd card, choose the rom file and let it do it's magic.
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There is no option for "wipe all except sd".
I see "wipe data/factory reset" . Clicking that it asks "wipe data, cache and sd-ext partition?". I have two options yes or no.
Seems it is goign to wipe my sd card.
The rom is on my sd card.
Hi, I have been trying to figure this out for hours.
I flashed cyanogen mod 9 using rom manager from my stock rooted 19300. All went smoothly but now with cyanogenmod 9 Rom manager is really temperamental and keeps not responding when I try to use it.
Anyone any help? Please go easy with the tech terms I am a total beginner.
I also noted cyanogen mod 9 has no file explorer but I found root manager seems to do the trick. Took me a while to figure that out aswell.
Cool ROM though!:good:
Hope someone can help me out.
don't use rom manager, allegedly it's buggy. also, why ICS? we now live in a JB world
Glebun said:
don't use rom manager, allegedly it's buggy. also, why ICS? we now live in a JB world
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It was my first flash. I thought it was fairly new? How do I get JB? Where can I find the ROM file?
Thanks for the reply
So clockwork rom Manager seems to be ok now.
But another issue thats really bugging me is that CW rom manager won't recognise my ext sd card.!
Anyone any ideas
same answer, don't use it. find roms in the roms section
Glebun said:
same answer, don't use it. find roms in the roms section
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Ok cheers, So what would you recommend I use instead for backing up ROM's etc. CWM just makes things so easy for installing ROM's from the phone. Is there another app that will do this.
On cyanogemod 9 CWM seems to be a system app also. So cant really go delete it.
schooner said:
Ok cheers, So what would you recommend I use instead for backing up ROM's etc. CWM just makes things so easy for installing ROM's from the phone. Is there another app that will do this.
On cyanogemod 9 CWM seems to be a system app also. So cant really go delete it.
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Use the recovery menu. What you are doing is not ment to be easy. You have to understand what you are doing or you will end up in an unhappy place now that your warranty is voided.
zelendel said:
Use the recovery menu. What you are doing is not ment to be easy. You have to understand what you are doing or you will end up in an unhappy place now that your warranty is voided.
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Never had warranty in the first place. Have to learn somehow so no point being afraid of it. So what your saying is use cwm manually so to speak instead of backing up roms and flashing new rom through the app?
schooner said:
Never had warranty in the first place. Have to learn somehow so no point being afraid of it. So what your saying is use cwm manually so to speak instead of backing up roms and flashing new rom through the app?
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Yes. Rom manager has caused issues as long as i can remember, to the point that even some devs advice not to use it at all.
schooner said:
Never had warranty in the first place. Have to learn somehow so no point being afraid of it. So what your saying is use cwm manually so to speak instead of backing up roms and flashing new rom through the app?
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Yep CWM recovery as it states on the tin CWM Manager is no longer updated or supported .
jje
Im kind of confused. Is cwm recovery not rom manager? Do i have rom manager or cwm recovery
Im going to attach screen shots.
So is this what i should use? Or is it recommended to use something else.
If i shouldnt use it, what will happen if i delete it seen as it's a system app and what's a good replacement?
schooner said:
Im kind of confused. Is cwm recovery not rom manager? Do i have rom manager or cwm recovery
Im going to attach screen shots.
So is this what i should use? Or is it recommended to use something else.
If i shouldnt use it, what will happen if i delete it seen as it's a system app and what's a good replacement?
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No Rom manager is not CWM recovery. It is an app that is supposed to work with the cwm recovery.
All the options you need are in recovery when you boot directly to recovery from the reboot menu.
zelendel said:
No Rom manager is not CWM recovery. It is an app that is supposed to work with the cwm recovery.
All the options you need are in recovery when you boot directly to recovery from the reboot menu.
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Got it:good: Thanks
First off, thanks so much to anyone who helps me out here, Ive been trying to install the ROM below on my phone for many, MANY hours.
[ROM]KOT49H【4.4.3】AOSP Official Google Edition 【Verizon!】06-13-2014
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2643031
I have:
SCH-I545
4.4.2
VRUFNC5
I managed to get it rooted but I can't for the life of me figure out how to get the phone into a non stock recovery. every time I try, it goes into the stock recovery, even if I choose reboot recovery from rom manager. I tried flashing the rom from the stock recovery but that did not work. If someone could please point me in the right direction for a recovery program (loki) that will work with my phone I would really appreciate it.
Im hoping the problem isn't with the root but I havn't had any other issues. I downloaded:
UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.99r4
Im sorry if this is noob stuff but I used to do it all the time with my old DX and now I can barely get it rooted! (took hours) proper recovery is the next step toward a GPE ROM I hope. Thanks, a bunch, nap time
Tron4949 said:
First off, thanks so much to anyone who helps me out here, Ive been trying to install the ROM below on my phone for many, MANY hours.
[ROM]KOT49H【4.4.3】AOSP Official Google Edition 【Verizon!】06-13-2014
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2643031
I have:
SCH-I545
4.4.2
VRUFNC5
I managed to get it rooted but I can't for the life of me figure out how to get the phone into a non stock recovery. every time I try, it goes into the stock recovery, even if I choose reboot recovery from rom manager. I tried flashing the rom from the stock recovery but that did not work. If someone could please point me in the right direction for a recovery program (loki) that will work with my phone I would really appreciate it.
Im hoping the problem isn't with the root but I havn't had any other issues. I downloaded:
UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.99r4
Im sorry if this is noob stuff but I used to do it all the time with my old DX and now I can barely get it rooted! (took hours) proper recovery is the next step toward a GPE ROM I hope. Thanks, a bunch, nap time
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First off - did you read any of the stickies about our phone? Unless you are on the MDK bootloader, you cannot install a custom recovery nor can you install this rom. You must use Safestrap to load any custom TW rom - no AOSP or CM based roms at this time.
zeb carter said:
First off - did you read any of the stickies about our phone? Unless you are on the MDK bootloader, you cannot install a custom recovery nor can you install this rom. You must use Safestrap to load any custom TW rom - no AOSP or CM based roms at this time.
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Stickies? I'm a long time reader but first time poster because this one did my head in so bad, but I do not know what the stickies are. I'll look for them. So basically your telling me I have to do the whole downgrade method if I want to do this? Or it's just not possible at this time? Thanks for the time.
Tron4949 said:
Stickies? I'm a long time reader but first time poster because this one did my head in so bad, but I do not know what the stickies are. I'll look for them. So basically your telling me I have to do the whole downgrade method if I want to do this? Or it's just not possible at this time? Thanks for the time.
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It is possible to install this rom, you just have to use Safestrap.
This is how to install:
Note: SafeStrap doesn't work with encryption turned on (disabled by default). If you don't know if you don't have encryption on/your phone isn't a business phone (in which case you shouldn't be doing this!!!) then you most likely don't have encryption on!!
6. Use this app to change your SELinux mode to "Permissive" https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mrbimc.selinux, this is required to use SafeStrap
7. Install SafeStrap 3.72 APK from this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2448925, NOT 3.71 FROM THE VERIZON THREAD!!! Then click install in the SafeStrap App
8. Install https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.chainfire.supersu and update your binaries
Then to enter safestrap while rebooting hit menu key, from there you can flash your rom.
Tron4949 said:
Stickies? I'm a long time reader but first time poster because this one did my head in so bad, but I do not know what the stickies are. I'll look for them. So basically your telling me I have to do the whole downgrade method if I want to do this? Or it's just not possible at this time? Thanks for the time.
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Stickies are at the top of each forum because they considered to important enough for all to read........
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wzhigaylo said:
It is possible to install this rom, you just have to use Safestrap.
This is how to install:
Note: SafeStrap doesn't work with encryption turned on (disabled by default). If you don't know if you don't have encryption on/your phone isn't a business phone (in which case you shouldn't be doing this!!!) then you most likely don't have encryption on!!
6. Use this app to change your SELinux mode to "Permissive" https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.mrbimc.selinux, this is required to use SafeStrap
7. Install SafeStrap 3.72 APK from this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2448925, NOT 3.71 FROM THE VERIZON THREAD!!! Then click install in the SafeStrap App
8. Install https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=eu.chainfire.supersu and update your binaries
Then to enter safestrap while rebooting hit menu key, from there you can flash your rom.
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This does not work with safestrap its said over and over in the thread that it will not work. I tried it anyway per what you said and it wont get past the boot animation. You have to have an mdk bootloader and be able to install custom recovery for this to actually work.
techguy2002 said:
This does not work with safestrap its said over and over in the thread that it will not work. I tried it anyway per what you said and it wont get past the boot animation. You have to have an mdk bootloader and be able to install custom recovery for this to actually work.
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thank you for that, which is why I have not messed with safestrap..its one of the first things in the post. so I guess that brings me back to where I started. Do I need to use the down grade method? If I do will it even work? and can somebody please point me in the direction of a proper (loki) recovery that I can flash and will work with my hardware. Thanks
EDIT -
believe me when I say I wouldn't be asking if I hadn't checked hundreds of threads already.
in case it helps, the end goal here is to get the GPE ROM on my phone. I'm rooted with towel. Ive gone in so many circles at this point I need someone who actually has done it or knows what they are talking about. Thanks!!!
Tron4949 said:
thank you for that, which is why I have not messed with safestrap..its one of the first things in the post. so I guess that brings me back to where I started. Do I need to use the down grade method? If I do will it even work? and can somebody please point me in the direction of a proper (loki) recovery that I can flash and will work with my hardware. Thanks
EDIT -
believe me when I say I wouldn't be asking if I hadn't checked hundreds of threads already.
in case it helps, the end goal here is to get the GPE ROM on my phone. I'm rooted with towel. Ive gone in so many circles at this point I need someone who actually has done it or knows what they are talking about. Thanks!!!
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You can't do loki...Please do some reading...unless u have a mdk firmware...u can only do safestrap.
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decaturbob said:
You can't do loki...Please do some reading...unless u have a mdk firmware...u can only do safestrap.
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If I downgrade to MDK firmware (I believe you can with surges method??), then I will be able to do this, correct? (without dealing with safestrap) by "this" I mean of course, finding a different recovery and flashing the GPE ROM.
If you read the top you would know that I spent MANY hours, reading MANY different threads and sites, that is why I am in the help section now. I'm not exaggerating when I say I spent from 11PM last night until 6:30 this morning with only a few breaks. I've flashed and re-flashed a million different files trying to get the results I wanted (bricked several times) and nothing worked, so this is my last resort
Tron4949 said:
If I downgrade to MDK firmware (I believe you can with surges method??), then I will be able to do this, correct? (without dealing with safestrap) by "this" I mean of course, finding a different recovery and flashing the GPE ROM.
If you read the top you would know that I spent MANY hours, reading MANY different threads and sites, that is why I am in the help section now. I'm not exaggerating when I say I spent from 11PM last night until 6:30 this morning with only a few breaks. I've flashed and re-flashed a million different files trying to get the results I wanted and nothing worked, so this is my last resort
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You can NOT downgrade to mdk....u are confusing it with mk2.
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decaturbob said:
You can NOT downgrade to mdk....u are confusing it with mk2.
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I see. So unless someone has a GPE ROM that works with safestrap, I am out of luck until a downgrade method, or some other alternate recovery mthod is found? I appreciate your time and help!
Tron4949 said:
I see. So unless someone has a GPE ROM that works with safestrap, I am out of luck until a downgrade method, or some other alternate recovery mthod is found? I appreciate your time and help!
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Yep
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Understood. The learning curve has been very steep, as the last time I did this stuff there was only one version of each phone, sbf's were still around (don't know if they are or not anymore but it's not what I have to use to unbrick now) etc. Thanks so much for the replies and ill keep my eyes open for solutions as they are developed. I WILL have google play edition on my phone someday, and I thank all the dev's ahead of time for their hard work!
Hi there,
How to enable Adoptable storage on Nougat?
Ive already tried the Root Essentials app with root;
( https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-j5/how-to/guide-how-to-enable-adopted-storage-t3775482 )
But when installing TOMTOM and maps of whole EUROPE; it says that my phone memory 16GB is almost empty...
While I have an samsung 128GB sdcard samsung installed...
Please help;
Added few screenshots about the memory storage;
aygul12345 said:
Added few screenshots about the memory storage;
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Flash a lineage/aosp based rom it can be easily enabled in them. Samsung tw is known for not letting you use adopted storage
garylawwd said:
Flash a lineage/aosp based rom it can be easily enabled in them. Samsung tw is known for not letting you use adopted storage
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Ooh really? I dindt know that, i'm kinda new to the whole modding scene,rooting and stuff..
But dindt know that this is an knowing issue for tw&samsung phones.
Wich Lineage/aosp rom do I need? I already root it and having tw.
Having this phone; J530F Nougat
aygul12345 said:
Ooh really? I dindt know that, i'm kinda new to the whole modding scene,rooting and stuff..
But dindt know that this is an knowing issue for tw&samsung phones.
Wich Lineage/aosp rom do I need? I already root it and having tw.
Having this phone; J530F Nougat
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Well what a rom will do is completely change how the whole phone looks. Some have more customization and others are built for speed. It all depends what you are looking for.
Have a look on YouTube at a few different roms and how to flash a custom recovery before flashing Roms.
This is xda my man, a place where you can learn all this stuff with friendly people to help ya along the way
garylawwd said:
Well what a rom will do is completely change how the whole phone looks. Some have more customization and others are built for speed. It all depends what you are looking for.
Have a look on YouTube at a few different roms and how to flash a custom recovery before flashing Roms.
This is xda my man, a place where you can learn all this stuff with friendly people to help ya along the way
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Thanks,
I want the rom you advise; but is there 1 of that rom?
Want the lineage/aosp but is there different version of it?
Do you have an link for that;
aygul12345 said:
Thanks,
I want the rom you advise; but is there 1 of that rom?
Want the lineage/aosp but is there different version of it?
Do you have an link for that;
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There's a lot of different Roms not just one. Just look them up on xda for your device
garylawwd said:
There's a lot of different Roms not just one. Just look them up on xda for your device
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Do you have suggestions? I want that adaptable storage and want that fast OS/lineage built;
Wich one do you suggest?
aygul12345 said:
Do you have suggestions? I want that adaptable storage and want that fast OS/lineage built;
Wich one do you suggest?
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Lineage 15.1 is always a good starting point as most other Roms will be built from the same device tree as it. For more customization try resurrection remix.
Believe me once you start flashing Roms you will get addicted. Changing the os is almost like changing your phone as it looks so different and operates differently also
garylawwd said:
Lineage 15.1 is always a good starting point as most other Roms will be built from the same device tree as it. For more customization try resurrection remix.
Believe me once you start flashing Roms you will get addicted. Changing the os is almost like changing your phone as it looks so different and operates differently also
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I see;
If I go to https://www.lineageoslog.com/search?q=j5+2017 there is no support for this device;
So wich rom do you suggest for me?
aygul12345 said:
I see;
If I go to https://www.lineageoslog.com/search?q=j5+2017 there is no support for this device;
So wich rom do you suggest for me?
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No dude search here on xda. Here is lineage for your device https://forum.xda-developers.com/ga...evelopment/rom-lineageos-15-1-t3752264/page33
garylawwd said:
No dude search here on xda. Here is lineage for your device https://forum.xda-developers.com/ga...evelopment/rom-lineageos-15-1-t3752264/page33
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Having problems with adoptable storage wanna install extra TomTom maps but it can't..... While I been on lineage
Why isn't let me installing that extra maps,
aygul12345 said:
Having problems with adoptable storage wanna install extra TomTom maps but it can't..... While I been on lineage
Why isn't let me installing that extra maps,
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Then that's a tom tom issue. Some apps force themselves to download only to the phone storage regardless if adopted storage is enabled. Are you sure there isn't a setting in the tom tom app to allow downloading to sd?
If not try this go into developer options and scroll down to the bottom and try enabling "force allow apps on external"
garylawwd said:
Then that's a tom tom issue. Some apps force themselves to download only to the phone storage regardless if adopted storage is enabled. Are you sure there isn't a setting in the tom tom app to allow downloading to sd?
If not try this go into developer options and scroll down to the bottom and try enabling "force allow apps on external"
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Guess what!?! You are totaly right!! Dammm you helped me with this! THANKSSS!!!!!
But what I must do is reinstall the whole app again, and download again the app and the app install now the mapss to the adaptable storage.
But now having some other issue.... is that I put my SD card 128GB out of the phone while the phone was been on.
Now I get an message if am wanna turn on '' Custom binary blocked by FAP Lock "
What does this means? I can't go back to TW. What to do now?
aygul12345 said:
Guess what!?! You are totaly right!! Dammm you helped me with this! THANKSSS!!!!!
But what I must do is reinstall the whole app again, and download again the app and the app install now the mapss to the adaptable storage.
But now having some other issue.... is that I put my SD card 128GB out of the phone while the phone was been on.
Now I get an message if am wanna turn on '' Custom binary blocked by FAP Lock "
What does this means? I can't go back to TW. What to do now?
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Have you tried just to do a dirty flash of your rom? Just flash the rom without doing any wipes and then wipe dalvik cache after. If that doesn't work then I'm afraid you will have to wipe the whole phone and start from scratch here by flashing the stock firmware through Odin. Hopefully a dirty flash of your rom will suffice.
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Have you tried just to do a dirty flash of your rom? Just flash the rom without doing any wipes and then wipe dalvik cache after. If that doesn't work then I'm afraid you will have to wipe the whole phone and start from scratch here by flashing the stock firmware through Odin. Hopefully a dirty flash of your rom will suffice.
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Nothing tried, want to enter TW, but it cant, only in download mode (arrow,volume down) and powerbutton.
To flash an rom, Does it only with TW? or also with Odin?
The last time I did with TW.
aygul12345 said:
Nothing tried, want to enter TW, but it cant, only in download mode (arrow,volume down) and powerbutton.
To flash an rom, Does it only with TW? or also with Odin?
The last time I did with TW.
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You will have to flash the stock firmware which will be a .zip.tar file not a .zip file through Odin and you will also have to flash twrp again in Odin. You've corrupted a lot of things in your phone by removing the SD with adopted storage enabled, you should never do that as you found out the hard way
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You will have to flash the stock firmware which will be a .zip.tar file not a .zip file through Odin and you will also have to flash twrp again in Odin. You've corrupted a lot of things in your phone by removing the SD with adopted storage enabled, you should never do that as you found out the hard way
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Yeah I dindt know that I thought it was possible to take it out... T_T
So I already have the stock firmware, gonna flash to the stock firmware with odin after that flash twrp also with odin.
What is the next step? To flash to Lineage do I need have root acces? because I not sure if I need root acces/flash to flash to an other ROM.
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Yeah I dindt know that I thought it was possible to take it out... T_T
So I already have the stock firmware, gonna flash to the stock firmware with odin after that flash twrp also with odin.
What is the next step? To flash to Lineage do I need have root acces? because I not sure if I need root acces/flash to flash to an other ROM.
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No once you have twrp you can flash whatever you want straight from your phone you don't need root. You could actually try just flashing twrp and then from twrp flash lineage or whatever rom without having to flash the stock firmware through Odin
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No once you have twrp you can flash whatever you want straight from your phone you don't need root. You could actually try just flashing twrp and then from twrp flash lineage or whatever rom without having to flash the stock firmware through Odin
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I see, so flashing an ROM is ALWAYS through TWRP? from my understanding not with Odin?
Taking notes;
Flashing to Stock firm & TWRP is always with ODIN?
Flashing an ROM (non Officialfirmware) it through TWRP?
EDIT; Is there in download screen/ volume down and powerbutton an message;
" Warranty void: 1 (0x0500)
RP SWREV: B2 :K:0 S:0 "
Is there to reset those numbers? What does it mean? sorry for those nooby question.... I'm also learning.