Hey there,
My sister has the T-Mobile version
The Official rom is fine, the only problem is that the internal memory fills up and you cannot transfer the apps to the SD Card
My question is
If I install a custom ROM, will it unlock that option? will it then allow me to transfer apps to the sd card?
Thanks
krazyq said:
Hey there,
My sister has the T-Mobile version
The Official rom is fine, the only problem is that the internal memory fills up and you cannot transfer the apps to the SD Card
My question is
If I install a custom ROM, will it unlock that option? will it then allow me to transfer apps to the sd card?
Thanks
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Some of unofficial roms ( CM ,PAC ) have disabled emulated sd so app gets installed in sd card ( external sd ). there will be no storage issue.
rashq said:
Some of unofficial roms ( CM ,PAC ) have disabled emulated sd so app gets installed in sd card ( external sd ). there will be no storage issue.
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awesome, thank you so much, I will get that phone flashed soon.
Now from what i've read you have to unlock the boot loader than you can flash the cutom rom, correct?
does unlocking the bootloader mean rooting the phone? are those the same thing?
And once the boot loaders unlocked or the phone is rooted, can't i just go into the phone's recovery mode and install the custom rom? (after formatting the phone of course)
krazyq said:
awesome, thank you so much, I will get that phone flashed soon.
Now from what i've read you have to unlock the boot loader than you can flash the cutom rom, correct?
does unlocking the bootloader mean rooting the phone? are those the same thing?
And once the boot loaders unlocked or the phone is rooted, can't i just go into the phone's recovery mode and install the custom rom? (after formatting the phone of course)
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>> U can root your phone without unlocking the bootloader but in this case u wont be able to flash custom rom.
>> If u succeed in unlocking the bootloader , u can push custom recovery ( CWM ) using adb and then flash Super-su to root.
In this case u will be able to flash custom roms.
rashq said:
>> U can root your phone without unlocking the bootloader but in this case u wont be able to flash custom rom.
>> If u succeed in unlocking the bootloader , u can push custom recovery ( CWM ) using adb and then flash Super-su to root.
In this case u will be able to flash custom roms.
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i'm debating between these 2 roms
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2411159 or
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2419220
I heard they're pre rooted so shouldn't i just have to unlock boot loader, install cwm then install any of those 2 roms?
i got confused when u mentioned push CWM using adb, whats adb?
and whats super su ?
krazyq said:
i'm debating between these 2 roms
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2411159 or
http://forum.xda-developers.com/show....php?t=2419220
I heard they're pre rooted so shouldn't i just have to unlock boot loader, install cwm then install any of those 2 roms?
i got confused when u mentioned push CWM using adb, whats adb?
and whats super su ?
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Yes custom roms are rooted.
I told you one of the way to root. SuperSu is an app to provide root access to other apps.
U can follow whatever method u r comfortable with.
The process u said : Unlock boot loader > install CWM > Install rom is right.
Make sure to take backup and read all post for whatever method u r following.
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Hy guys!
I came across the problem when i was trying new roms for my Neo. Whenever i flash a new rom I risk that it'll go bootloop because I'm on locked bl. If so i cannot reach recovery again because it is on the /system partition itself which is formatted in the process.
I just wanted to ask if somebody could make a flashable zip for our phones so when i flash a new rom I can flash the recovery straight after the rom.
Why don't u flash a stock rom -> unlock bl -> root to gain CWM -> install ROm
I think wating for sb making Custom Rom for u would take a long time
It's just my opinion :silly:
Install x-parts from the market: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pvy.CWMinstaler&feature=search_result#?t=W251bGwsMSwyLDEsImNvbS5wdnkuQ1dNaW5zdGFsZXIiXQ.. Anyway just make a backup before you flash the rom. Use Flashtool to flash stock firmware, root and install recovery. You can restore your backup from there.:silly:
I just wanted to ask if somebody could make a flashable zip for our phones so when i flash a new rom I can flash the recovery straight after the rom.
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Yes that would be great..they should include CWM in the rom itself..as in automatically install CWM after flashing rom..before the first boot..
If so i cannot reach recovery again because it is on the /system partition itself which is formatted in the process.
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yup thats the problem with locked bootloaders..but if u unlock it then custom kernels will have CWM built-in..
LoneWanderer said:
Yes that would be great..they should include CWM in the rom itself..as in automatically install CWM after flashing rom..before the first boot..
yup thats the problem with locked bootloaders..but if u unlock it then custom kernels will have CWM built-in..
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I know that if I unlock the bl I can flash custom kernels but in service menu I have the line: Bootloader unlock allowed: NO. In that case can I still use the testpoint method?
I know how can i install recovery on the rom itself but as I said the phone can get into bootloops after installations and in that case I have to flash stock, flash neov kernel, root flash original kernel install cwm and start the whole process from the beginning.
Meridani said:
I know that if I unlock the bl I can flash custom kernels but in service menu I have the line: Bootloader unlock allowed: NO. In that case can I still use the testpoint method?
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You can unlock it, but you won't be able to use it(fastboot) until you remove SIM lock (with setool for example-paid, no free way).
Madfysh said:
You can unlock it, but you won't be able to use it(fastboot) until you remove SIM lock (with setool for example-paid, no free way).
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What do you mean by I am not able to use it(fastboot)?
Meridani said:
What do you mean by I am not able to use it(fastboot)?
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You can flash custom kernels only in fastboot mode.. If u dont remove the sim lock then you cant access fastboot mode..
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i need a help i wish install
B eXperience v2 【AROMA】【Fastest+Smoothest】
I do not understand anything of this step:
Now flash Munjenis CWM kernel
First of all..for this step, u need a unlocked bootloader!
i assume if u have asked this question...then u obviously dont have ur phone bootloader unlocked!
my advise-either unlock ur bootloader (involves risk of permanently losing warranty)..else, try out the method to flash the rom on locked bootloader (but u need to be rooted)..
all the steps are same for flashing except u dont need flash the kernel..as a result, u dont get memory tweaks also!
P.S-the step i mentioned for flashing on locked bootloader is rom specific!
dosek15 said:
i need a help i wish install
B eXperience v2 【AROMA】【Fastest+Smoothest】
I do not understand anything of this step:
Now flash Munjenis CWM kernel
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Hi there!
First things first!
I assume you have Stock rom,so the first step is to Root your device.Here you will find a complete guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1886460.
Then you have to install CWM from here...http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2020893
After having installed CWM,make a full back up of your current rom/phone configuration (for safety reasons),it's very easy to do it,from inside the CWM menu.
Then,reboot your phone normally and move the eXperience v2.1 zip file into your internal SD Card (NOT the micro-sd of your phone)
Reboot in recovery mode (CWM) and choose Install zip from SD Card.
This will flash your new rom to your device.
I have used the eXperience v2.1 rom,on locked bootloader,in my phone,for a long time and i can assure you that it is excellent!
Can i flaah any rom using CWM?
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yes, for rom use CWM for the kernel Fastboot
is what I do
evoicyc william
thank you very much I finally installed
I rooted my Sony LwW by the one click root method... :good: But now i wanna flash custom ROMs, and I just have the superuser installed with me.(No busybox nor the CWM)
Shall I unlock the bootloader? Won't there be any probs unlocking it as I am already rooted. And if I unlock it too, which method should I use out of the 3 methods provided here... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1879750
I just rooted my phone, so please let me know how to partition my SD card also..
sankethsampara said:
I rooted my Sony LwW by the one click root method... :good: But now i wanna flash custom ROMs, and I just have the superuser installed with me.(No busybox nor the CWM)
Shall I unlock the bootloader? Won't there be any probs unlocking it as I am already rooted. And if I unlock it too, which method should I use out of the 3 methods provided here... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1879750
I just rooted my phone, so please let me know how to partition my SD card also..
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I feel that unlocking bootloader by official method is good enough and yeah nothing would happen if you unlock your bootloader... you'd just loose your warranty however you can re-lock it back and its 100% safe to unlock and relock bootloaders :good: :angel:
for the CWM what you can do is just download this https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.pvy.CWMinstaler&hl=en and install it (if you are willing to stay in locked bootloader or to have cwm in stock kernel)
if you are willing to unlock your bootloader then just flash a custom kernel and you'd automatically have CWM pre-installed with the kernel
just try searching in google for the latest busybox so that you'd face any conflicts in future
Partitioning SDcard is a bit risky i think.. it'll reduce the SDcard's life...
Regards
Aneel
Install Busybox! it is important for a rooted phone
Lock Bootloader is limited. because some Mods, Kernel, Custom ROMS, requires Unlock BL
best way of Unlocking BL is. (SE Bootloader Unlocking Tool by quangnhut123)
though I still requested for the unlock code here Official SE Code Request because the Unlocking Tool by quangnhut123 doesn't give my code automatically when I put my IMEI
Partitioning SD card. if you wanted to have a partition because you will use Link2Sd, don't. nothing happens there's still some (MB)
left in the internal storage even I created a link, move the Apps to SD card.
Hope I helped!
Mate dont partition your SD card i lost my 16GB SD card due to it :crying: :crying: :crying: :crying:
Just an advice after all your phone your decisions :good:
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sankethsampara said:
I rooted my Sony LwW by the one click root method... :good: But now i wanna flash custom ROMs, and I just have the superuser installed with me.(No busybox nor the CWM)
Shall I unlock the bootloader? Won't there be any probs unlocking it as I am already rooted. And if I unlock it too, which method should I use out of the 3 methods provided here... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1879750
I just rooted my phone, so please let me know how to partition my SD card also..
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If you are unlocking your bootloader the official way like i did ,
U just need to enter your email address and they will provide with you the code in less than a minute.. :good: (fast huhh.)
And read the instruction carefully
in the instruction they will tell you to download a file(software) Named Android SDK (actually its android development kit) , which a huge file more than 400 mb+
Instead you can use this file only 11 mb https://www.dropbox.com/s/a3hph73m9vqz6x1/fastboot with Android USB.zip :laugh:
instruction about the file :-
1. Download and extract the file to C DRIVE (important in c drive not in others).
2. open the fastboot folder in the file and select the operating system which you are using (If you are on win 8 open cmd 7)
switch off your phone and get into fastboot mode by pressing the volume up key while connecting your phone to the PC
You phone LED will glow up Blue
3. Then type fastboot.exe -i 0x0fce getvar version and if you get a response `0.3` or `0.5` you are going well.
4. Now type fastboot.exe -i 0x0fce oem unlock 0xKEY in which KEY (at last) is the unlock key which you will get from the sony.
5. Press enter you are done.
6. Now flash the custom kernel and you will get CWM recovery installed in your phone :good:
Hit thanks if i helped
Thanks To Everyone...
Thanks aneel,bmt25 and mustufa_kheroda for helping me out...
I still got a few queries...
--- How do I know if BusyBox is installed? I just see the installer in my menu.
--- I have the CWM installed via X-parts. And I tried to install the Mobile Bravia Engine 3. But there's no option to turn it On/Off. (I just installed the mod, I did'nt edit any system files)
--- If I flash a custom ROM, will I loose all my data,apps,SD card data? Or does it gets restored to that new custom ROM.
--- I heard unlocking the bootloader wipes all the system data, is it true? Shall I backup before doing so?
Thanks in Advance Fellas..
sankethsampara said:
Thanks aneel,bmt25 and mustufa_kheroda for helping me out...
I still got a few queries...
--- How do I know if BusyBox is installed? I just see the installer in my menu.
--- I have the CWM installed via X-parts. And I tried to install the Mobile Bravia Engine 3. But there's no option to turn it On/Off. (I just installed the mod, I did'nt edit any system files)
--- If I flash a custom ROM, will I loose all my data,apps,SD card data? Or does it gets restored to that new custom ROM.
--- I heard unlocking the bootloader wipes all the system data, is it true? Shall I backup before doing so?
Thanks in Advance Fellas..
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If you download the "Busybox installer" from the playstore and installed it. That should be fine. I got no logo too.
Generally, all customer Rom requires a full wipe.
What I remember after unlocking my LWW it wipes all the data
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Unlocking Bootloader..
bmt25 said:
If you download the "Busybox installer" from the playstore and installed it. That should be fine. I got no logo too.
Generally, all customer Rom requires a full wipe.
What I remember after unlocking my LWW it wipes all the data
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Guys, I tried the easy way, but failed. I pressed the unlock BL button (Easy method) Nothing happend, it just stays there. I think my mobile is not recognised, so is there a way to uninstall the fastboot drivers? I tried the basic way too, but i don't get the reply from the cmd step.(The 0.3 reply)
sankethsampara said:
Guys, I tried the easy way, but failed. I pressed the unlock BL button (Easy method) Nothing happend, it just stays there. I think my mobile is not recognised, so is there a way to uninstall the fastboot drivers? I tried the basic way too, but i don't get the reply from the cmd step.(The 0.3 reply)
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I think you are missing on ADB drivers .??
THIS is the 4 time i am posting this in forums
1. extract the zip file
2. install the .apk on phone and .exe file on pc
3. open the file .exe and follow the instruction.
4. You will get you drivers.
Now try unlocking the boootloader.
Hit thanks if i helped
sankethsampara said:
I rooted my Sony LwW by the one click root method... :good: But now i wanna flash custom ROMs, and I just have the superuser installed with me.(No busybox nor the CWM)
Shall I unlock the bootloader? Won't there be any probs unlocking it as I am already rooted. And if I unlock it too, which method should I use out of the 3 methods provided here... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1879750
I just rooted my phone, so please let me know how to partition my SD card also..
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try flashing kernels
I have used windroid htc one x+ toolkit to unlock bootloader.
It shows a dialogue saying bootloader is unlocked . But in the phone it still shows a locked screen and also showing as s-off
I have root and i am able to use titanium backup.
I have also tried to flash twrp recovery.. but not able to do so.
Can somebody please point me in the right direction..
tonysimonhere said:
I have used windroid htc one x+ toolkit to unlock bootloader.
It shows a dialogue saying bootloader is unlocked . But in the phone it still shows a locked screen and also showing as s-off
I have root and i am able to use titanium backup.
I have also tried to flash twrp recovery.. but not able to do so.
Can somebody please point me in the right direction..
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Try manually follow the instructions from htcdev and let us know which part fails........
[email protected] said:
Try manually follow the instructions from htcdev and let us know which part fails........
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Thank you ..
I was able to flash twrp using Rom toolbox.
now I have twrp but the bootloader still shows as locked.
I tried to install a custom Rom but failed because of my own mistake.. today I will try once more to flash a Rom.
will post it's result..
I think I read somewhere that soff devices can't be unlocked..is this true
tonysimonhere said:
Thank you ..
I was able to flash twrp using Rom toolbox.
now I have twrp but the bootloader still shows as locked.
I tried to install a custom Rom but failed because of my own mistake.. today I will try once more to flash a Rom.
will post it's result..
I think I read somewhere that soff devices can't be unlocked..is this true
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I dont think so....
Can u try using HTC dev and report back....
NOTE UNLOCKING WILL WIPE ALL UR DATA AND SDCARD STUFF FROM UR PHONE....
SO BACKUP
[email protected] said:
I dont think so....
Can u try using HTC dev and report back....
NOTE UNLOCKING WILL WIPE ALL UR DATA AND SDCARD STUFF FROM UR PHONE....
SO BACKUP
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Sure I will try it in the evening.
You can definitely Unlock it using the HTCDEV process , I have a done this. Any ways if you are able to flash a ROM then there is no reason to get it Unlocked, more over S-OFF gives you full control over the device but again it also increases the risk of getting your phone bricked so make sure you use it wisely (knowing what you flash) , so I will say why to beg HTC for some thing they have already provided.
One more thing S-OFF device means you dont need to flash boot.img separately so you dont need to use your PC to flash roms no more.
Waiting to know about your progress on flashing the ROM ..
ethanon said:
You can definitely Unlock it using the HTCDEV process , I have a done this. Any ways if you are able to flash a ROM then there is no reason to get it Unlocked, more over S-OFF gives you full control over the device but again it also increases the risk of getting your phone bricked so make sure you use it wisely (knowing what you flash) , so I will say why to beg HTC for some thing they have already provided.
One more thing S-OFF device means you dont need to flash boot.img separately so you dont need to use your PC to flash roms no more.
Waiting to know about your progress on flashing the ROM ..
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I have now successfully flashed a Rom..initially I tried it without flashing the boot.img and it entered a boot loop.
Then I installed flashify and flashed boot.img that came with the Rom. Then the Rom is working now.
The boot loader is still locked. Has twrp .
tonysimonhere said:
I have now successfully flashed a Rom..initially I tried it without flashing the boot.img and it entered a boot loop.
Then I installed flashify and flashed boot.img that came with the Rom. Then the Rom is working now.
The boot loader is still locked. Has twrp .
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so you mean to say you failed to install the boot.img from the custom recovery ? well that is weird, one more thing since you were in boot loop how did you manage to install flashiffy !
if you may please include the complete flashing steps , will be helpful for my experiments.
ethanon said:
so you mean to say you failed to install the boot.img from the custom recovery ? well that is weird, one more thing since you were in boot loop how did you manage to install flashiffy !
if you may please include the complete flashing steps , will be helpful for my experiments.
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Initially I flashed the Rom alone and it went into bootloop and all buttons became unresponsive .so I waited till the battery ran out and the phone switched off. Then I recharged , entered recovery by vol down + power button.. I had the backup there . So I restored back up.. then phone rebooted normally.. and I flashed boot.img by flashify just because I didn't know any other method... Then from recovery I wiped dalvik cache and system .. flashed the new Rom.. reeboot and fine..
Feel free to ask for any more clarification..
[L9 p769 20h Locked BootLoader]
Is there any way to move apps to external sd card completely or any locked boot loader rom to enable move to sd card
or could i update my android to from 4.1.2 to 4.3 on a locked boot loader
please don't reply telling me to use directory bind or making a 2nd Partition on my sd card. Just want to have that Move to sd card completely working in Settings
Alohaillest_mdx808 said:
[L9 p769 20h Locked BootLoader]
Is there any way to move apps to external sd card completely or any locked boot loader rom to enable move to sd card
or could i update my android to from 4.1.2 to 4.3 on a locked boot loader
please don't reply telling me to use directory bind or making a 2nd Partition on my sd card. Just want to have that Move to sd card completely working in Settings
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1. you cant update to 4.3 with locked boot loader, LG will never update the phone.., so if you ever want to see past 4.3 you have to unlock the bootloader
2. its possible to do what you want but its not all that great, link2sd is alot better.. if you unlock your bootloader than flash a rom say CM 11, that will work perfectly with what you want to do.. but not the current versions
Cobra11Murderer said:
1. you cant update to 4.3 with locked boot loader, LG will never update the phone.., so if you ever want to see past 4.3 you have to unlock the bootloader
2. its possible to do what you want but its not all that great, link2sd is alot better.. if you unlock your bootloader than flash a rom say CM 11, that will work perfectly with what you want to do.. but not the current versions
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So your telling me i can update but only with a unlocked boot loader ?. If so could you show me the easiest way to unlock my boot loader. thank your for your help