This is the rom i want:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2258723
I never flashed a rom before but I saw how to do this.
I wiped my caches and wiped deta factory, then I went to select zip files from sd card and there was nothing.
I tried after the wiping to add the ROM file to my sd card again but still i cant choose anything, i dont even see the zip file.
im rooted i have galaxy s3 4.2.2.
Please i really want this rom, and help me step by step because im new to this.
And i would like to know if there is an easy way to do this.
You must put the zip on the internal sd of the phone. CWM not see the externel sd.
maharu567 said:
You must put the zip on the internal sd of the phone. CWM not see the externel sd.
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this is what i do:
i plug my phone to my computer, something pops up i click on the folder then i see folders like deta apps whatsapp and i just drag the file into this folder.
is that wrong?
You have a micro sd in the phone?
maharu567 said:
You have a micro sd in the phone?
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Actually i dont know.
Is that next to the sim card?
And if i dont have it i cant flash a rom?
You can flash a rom. Try to put the zip in the clockworkmod folder. Don't do a full wipe until flash. Wipe cash partition and in advance menu from CWM wipe dalvik cash. After flash do a full wipe.
maharu567 said:
You can flash a rom. Try to put the zip in the clockworkmod folder. Don't do a full wipe until flash. Wipe cash partition and in advance menu from CWM wipe dalvik cash. After flash do a full wipe.
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i dont have a clockwork mod folder.
lmroks said:
i dont have a clockwork mod folder.
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ok. If you have a CWM installed in your phone you can pick the .zip from any folder. Try to put into download folder and try to pick from there. CWM has touchscreen suport. What version of CWM you fave installed?
maharu567 said:
ok. If you have a CWM installed in your phone you can pick the .zip from any folder. Try to put into download folder and try to pick from there. CWM has touchscreen suport. What version of CWM you fave installed?
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Lol I even dont know what is CWM im very new to this... I had an iphone before and i changed to Samsung.
So if you can tell me the stuff that required for flashing a rom would be great.
Like what is CWM, do i need to install it?, where do i install it?
You have to read a lot. In the s3 general section is a thread specially created for noobs like you. Start from there. Any admin to close this thread...
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UNDERSTAND FIRST THE BASICS ,
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this is my second thread, idk what i'm doing or what is wrong with my phone. i thought it could have been bricked but someone said its not bc it goes pass the lg part or whatever. i cnt access privacy settings a msg says it unexpectedly stopped working, my phone doesnt read my sd card. i installed a rom from my phone, i dnt remember the name of it, i just know that my phone is screwed up which is all my fault bc i was told many times not to install roms. i was told to read the general faq's area but its just so foreign to me bc i have no idea what i'm looking for or whats possibly wrong with my phone. this maybe a very long msg about nothing but i need help real bad.
jmoney86 said:
this is my second thread, idk what i'm doing or what is wrong with my phone. i thought it could have been bricked but someone said its not bc it goes pass the lg part or whatever. i cnt access privacy settings a msg says it unexpectedly stopped working, my phone doesnt read my sd card. i installed a rom from my phone, i dnt remember the name of it, i just know that my phone is screwed up which is all my fault bc i was told many times not to install roms. i was told to read the general faq's area but its just so foreign to me bc i have no idea what i'm looking for or whats possibly wrong with my phone. this maybe a very long msg about nothing but i need help real bad.
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can u access phone recovery if yes check ut pm
Question, what phone are you using, and try to remember what rom. Probably on your pc sonewhere... the better you discribe, the better we can help
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its 100% safe to flash a rom if u dont screw up , i think u should have researched a bit before flashing and get knowledge about it, dont worry ur phone will be fine if u can access recovery, other than that last option is lg service center, i think
jmoney86 said:
this is my second thread, idk what i'm doing or what is wrong with my phone. i thought it could have been bricked but someone said its not bc it goes pass the lg part or whatever. i cnt access privacy settings a msg says it unexpectedly stopped working, my phone doesnt read my sd card. i installed a rom from my phone, i dnt remember the name of it, i just know that my phone is screwed up which is all my fault bc i was told many times not to install roms. i was told to read the general faq's area but its just so foreign to me bc i have no idea what i'm looking for or whats possibly wrong with my phone. this maybe a very long msg about nothing but i need help real bad.
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well it seems u had a bad flash if u have recovery installed than try a custom rom .
Boot into recovery.
go to backup and restore -create a backup of your current rom (Note:If already backup has been done then avoid this step, backup created using amonra or thunderg wont support restoring using clockwork)
wipe data/factory reset
wipe cache partition
wipe dalvik cache
mount and storage-format system
go to mount and storage-format sd card
advanced-partition sd card-choose 512 mb (preferable)or 1024 mb (it automatically creates ext 4 partition, class 6/4 is preferred) optional
mount and storage-mount usb storage (make sure usb debugging is enabled)
copy the rom zip file to the root of your sd card
unmount
install zip from sd card-choose the rom zip and install
flashing takes 3-5 min
reboot!
enjoy ur clean rom try mik 6.5.7 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=946354
i followed every step there was, now i think it really might be a brick, its stuck on th tmobile stick together msg. i can access recovery but when i hit reboot it gets pass the lg screen then it stops so i'm done with it
shhbz said:
well it seems u had a bad flash if u have recovery installed than try a custom rom .
Boot into recovery.
go to backup and restore -create a backup of your current rom (Note:If already backup has been done then avoid this step, backup created using amonra or thunderg wont support restoring using clockwork)
wipe data/factory reset
wipe cache partition
wipe dalvik cache
mount and storage-format system
go to mount and storage-format sd card
advanced-partition sd card-choose 512 mb (preferable)or 1024 mb (it automatically creates ext 4 partition, class 6/4 is preferred) optional
mount and storage-mount usb storage (make sure usb debugging is enabled)
copy the rom zip file to the root of your sd card
unmount
install zip from sd card-choose the rom zip and install
flashing takes 3-5 min
reboot!
enjoy ur clean rom try mik 6.5.7 http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=946354
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what happens if you dnt do a backup before the steps you gave me, bc i didn't back up andit doesn't get pass the tmobile but i can still access recovery does that mean it's bricked
jmoney86 said:
what happens if you dnt do a backup before the steps you gave me, bc i didn't back up andit doesn't get pass the tmobile but i can still access recovery does that mean it's bricked
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Nothing. It's OK, backing up a faulty ROM won't help you anyway.
As long as you can boot into recovery, your phone is not bricked.
You still didn't say anything about the most important part: your phone model.
download miks cm7 6.5.7 put it into yours sd card then follow the steps below
1] reebot into recovery
2] wipe all data, dalvik cache, factory reset data.
3] format system data
4] press on install zip from sd card
5] choose zip file
6] choose miks 6.5.7
7] let it flash will take about 4-5 mins
8] reebot system now it will work
this will work on cmw recovery and twrp recovery dont know about amonra recovery.
NOTE:if u can access your recovery your phone is not bricked.
masteryx said:
Nothing. It's OK, backing up a faulty ROM won't help you anyway.
As long as you can boot into recovery, your phone is not bricked.
You still didn't say anything about the most important part: your phone model.
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Even cant boot to recovery, kdz still can fix it...
Btw TS need more reading lessons before installing custom ROM..
Sent from my LG-P500
you sure u using lg p500 if not you have made a terrible mistake
masteryx said:
Nothing. It's OK, backing up a faulty ROM won't help you anyway.
As long as you can boot into recovery, your phone is not bricked.
You still didn't say anything about the most important part: your phone model.
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i have a lg optimus one,, when i download from the this site, files dnt open on my pc
hsingh1993 said:
you sure u using lg p500 if not you have made a terrible mistake
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an optimus t is a p500 correct
jmoney86 said:
an optimus t is a p500 correct
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Optimus T - P509 -
Optimus 1 - P500 -
jmoney86 said:
an optimus t is a p500 correct
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Yes, it's an P500 branded by T-Mobile. So at least we know you're in the right thread.
Next, what's your custom recovery name? Based on this, someone will be able to guide you step by step trough the options. This info is usually displayed at the very bottom of the screen when you boot in the recovery, e.g. mine says "Build: RA-thunderg-2.2.1.b-GNM".
earlier i was getting ready to try out a new ROM on my TB and was in clockwork wiping everything & got to the part where you format /system and i accidentally told it to format /sdcard
at that point everything was wiped(including sd card) so i turned off the phone as i was not at home at the time.
is clockwork still in tact on the phone itself and can i just copy a ROM to the sd card & pop it back in the phone and go from there or is there something more i have to do?
thanks
Yup. You are fine. Pop a ROM on there and flash.
voxigenboy said:
earlier i was getting ready to try out a new ROM on my TB and was in clockwork wiping everything & got to the part where you format /system and i accidentally told it to format /sdcard
at that point everything was wiped(including sd card) so i turned off the phone as i was not at home at the time.
is clockwork still in tact on the phone itself and can i just copy a ROM to the sd card & pop it back in the phone and go from there or is there something more i have to do?
thanks
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you know you can download roms directly from the forums from the browser right? you dont have to wait til you get home. just download it, boot into recovery and flash it
TDubKong said:
you know you can download roms directly from the forums from the browser right? you dont have to wait til you get home. just download it, boot into recovery and flash it
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He wiped the phone, so there's currently no ROM on it.... He also wiped the SD card, so if he by chance had a ROM copied to it that he could flash, well, he doesn't anymore....
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He wiped the phone, so there's currently no ROM on it.... He also wiped the SD card, so if he by chance had a ROM copied to it that he could flash, well, he doesn't anymore....
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When you wipe to factory data reset, wipe dalvik, and cache the OS that was on your phone is still there. I do all of that before I install a new ROM also but it doesnt delete all the data from your phone. I just did it to make sure i wasnt mistaken. He didn't erase the OS he just erased all the user data. it takes a while to reboot but everything works including the browser. so he could use the browser, go to whereever he downloaded the rom from redownload it and install it from whereever he is
That's NOT what he said. Then again, after re-reading it, I think he meant to wipe /system but accidentally selected his SD card.
hallstevenson said:
That's NOT what he said. Then again, after re-reading it, I think he meant to wipe /system but accidentally selected his SD card.
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Ok. Well by now dude is probably home and all is well
I'm having some trouble right now.. I rooted my phone, I put Hellybean onto my microsd card. I booted to android system recovery > reinstall packages, and then i deleted cache, formatted system, deleted the other cache etc.
I tried to find the hellybean zip on my microsd card but it was no where to be found.. So I rebooted my phone and now I have no OS, and when I boot into recovery and go to reinstall packages to try and get back to clockwork mod recovery menu it's not there either (assuming I'm missing the files to go there now).
What can I do guys? Do I need to get 2.3 back on here again and redo everything.. when I get back to where I'm going to flash the hellybean rom how do I find the file on my sd card? I went to SD folder and it wasn't there but I checked my sd card and it is there on the computer.
The ROM zip needs to be on your internal storage.
Mount on your PC, if your internal storage shows move ROM there with update.zip for Clockwork Mod.
Reinstall packages and once in cwm you'll be able to install HB from the zip.
If you can't see internal storage I'd Odin back to stock and then try again.
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The ROM zip needs to be on your internal storage.
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Yeah I've come to realize this
Toast6977 said:
The ROM zip needs to be on your internal storage.
Mount on your PC, if your internal storage shows move ROM there with update.zip for Clockwork Mod.
Reinstall packages and once in cwm you'll be able to install HB from the zip.
If you can't see internal storage I'd Odin back to stock and then try again.
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Sorry I didn't understand what you meant in the beginning. Mount on your pc? Explain a little?
If that doesn't work how do I use Odin to flash back to stock, what do I need to do, i don't need a full detailed guide but just what files and what buttons to press on odin.
There are lots of very detailed Odin guides. Look around. I wasn't real clear at first if you could get in CWM recovery. If you could, then you could Mount Storage and your PC would have seen the internal storage, thus allowing you to put the ROM.zip on it..
Look in the stickies for Odin guide. They are easy to follow. I'd tell you how to do it, but if you read it yourself you'll understand what your doing, and it will help you in the long run.
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I'm having some trouble right now.. I rooted my phone, I put Hellybean onto my microsd card. I booted to android system recovery > reinstall packages, and then i deleted cache, formatted system, deleted the other cache etc.
I tried to find the hellybean zip on my microsd card but it was no where to be found.. So I rebooted my phone and now I have no OS, and when I boot into recovery and go to reinstall packages to try and get back to clockwork mod recovery menu it's not there either (assuming I'm missing the files to go there now).
What can I do guys? Do I need to get 2.3 back on here again and redo everything.. when I get back to where I'm going to flash the hellybean rom how do I find the file on my sd card? I went to SD folder and it wasn't there but I checked my sd card and it is there on the computer.
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It concerns me that you said: "Do I need to get 2.3 back on here again"
The t959 never received an official 2.3 update. Does your device have a front facing camera? If so you have the t959v which is a very different device and is in a different section on xda.
sent from the depths of helly bean
The guide to ODIN back to factory stock is in the first sticky thread of this section: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=849028
But also make sure you are using the Vibrant and flashing roms for it, not the S 4G.
Hey folks!
I've had JellyBAM v6.5 running on my S3 i9300 and wanted to flash to 6.6, but after a one time used DarkyRom (****) i had a folder called Darky that i couldn't delete. So i thought i delete everything, data, cache, and format it.
But right after i pressed format i realised that it was not that smart of me and now i got an phone i can not boot because there is nothing on it.. :/
If i go to mounts and storage I see:
unmount /efs
unmount /cache
unmount /system
unmount /data
unmount /preload
mount /sdcard
unmount /external_sd
So everything is mounted exept the SD Card.. :/
If I go to the "Install .Zip from SD Card" i can go on the internal storage and see only the folder Clockworkmods\ so i can acces it.
But if I try to install JellyBAM.zip i get this message:
--Installing: /external_sd/rom.zip
Finding update package...
Verifying update package...
E:failed to verify whole-file signature
E:signature verification failed
Than i get a other option menu on the top and it says:
Install Untrusted Package?
THIS CAN NOT BE UNDONE.
-No
-Yes - Install untrusted zip
-++++Go Back++++
And if i click Yes- Install untrusted zip, then I get:
Installing Update...
Installation aborted.
What can i do now?
Thanks!
ODIN... Flash a stock rom and then re-root...
You've cleaned out everything on your internal storage anyway, there should be no pics or anything there if you formatted it. What have you got to loose?
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ODIN... Flash a stock rom and then re-root...
You've cleaned out everything on your internal storage anyway, there should be no pics or anything there if you formatted it. What have you got to loose?
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Nothing to lose, i got everything stored on dropbox and google account anyway..
But i didnt want to flash a stock rom.. is there no other way? Because I want a clean as possible install..
Install stock rom... the zip file you have downloaded seems to be broken... so just download the file again and follow the OP instructions.
If there are non just ask how to here
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Kaantjee said:
Nothing to lose, i got everything stored on dropbox and google account anyway..
But i didnt want to flash a stock rom.. is there no other way? Because I want a clean as possible install..
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Put rom on external sd card .
Flash CWM recovery and install rom from recovery may work .
Otherwise build the rom you want into the correct format for Odin flash .
jje
JJEgan said:
Put rom on external sd card .
Flash CWM recovery and install rom from recovery may work .
Otherwise build the rom you want into the correct format for Odin flash .
jje
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I put Jellybam (this: https://get.jellybam.com/?device=i9300) on my Ext. SD card, but like I described above in the first post i get an Installation Aborted message.
Kaantjee said:
Nothing to lose, i got everything stored on dropbox and google account anyway..
But i didnt want to flash a stock rom.. is there no other way? Because I want a clean as possible install..
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If you want a clean install then format and flash stock Rom,reroot, and flash recovery and away you go, doesn't take long
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If you want a clean install then format and flash stock Rom,reroot, and flash recovery and away you go, doesn't take long
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Ok, i've done what you said and have installed JellyBAM again. But now i've lost Clockworkmod Recovery Touch. I have downloaded the recovery from http://www.clockworkmod.com/rommanager but it is an .img file, how can i flash that..?
Thank you..
Kaantjee said:
Ok, i've done what you said and have installed JellyBAM again. But now i've lost Clockworkmod Recovery Touch. I have downloaded the recovery from http://www.clockworkmod.com/rommanager but it is an .img file, how can i flash that..?
Thank you..
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Flash recovery .img with mobile Odin
You can get Mobile Odin Lite (free) from here
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You guys are amazing, thank you all for your help.
The last time I did this was a while back so I didnt know anymore what to do..
Kaantjee said:
You guys are amazing, thank you all for your help.
The last time I did this was a while back so I didnt know anymore what to do..
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Yes, we are, and we continue to be amazing when you tickle the thanks button
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Yes, we are, and we continue to be amazing when you tickle the thanks button
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hehehe.. here you go:good:
my S2 hangs on boot. I only see animation of omega cfw. I have searched different forums here on xda but no solution.
I can flash it but I have birthday pictures of my daughter when she was 1 year and can find it on my computer. I want to make a backup before install another rom. I have cwm but it can't make backup for my pictures I have read,
there is no external microsd installed, all pictures are saved on internal memory.
I have tried to install Siyah kernel with Odin. Now I see Siyah Logo on boot but it flashes continuously.
I am on vacation now, Lucky I have my mini notebook and have internet. I have buy a microsd to backup pictures or flash another rom.
Can anybody tell me with a friendly guide to fix the startup problem or make a backup of my pictures before I flash with a rom?
delimavi said:
my S2 hangs on boot. I only see animation of omega cfw. I have searched different forums here on xda but no solution.
I can flash it but I have birthday pictures of my daughter when she was 1 year and can find it on my computer. I want to make a backup before install another rom. I have cwm but it can't make backup for my pictures I have read,
there is no external microsd installed, all pictures are saved on internal memory.
I have tried to install Siyah kernel with Odin. Now I see Siyah Logo on boot but it flashes continuously.
I am on vacation now, Lucky I have my mini notebook and have internet. I have buy a microsd to backup pictures or flash another rom.
Can anybody tell me with a friendly guide to fix the startup problem or make a backup of my pictures before I flash with a rom?
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All ur Picture's taken on ur phone will be stored in the InternalSdcard (the 11.5gb partition) so installing a rom in no way will delete them
So u can flash the rom without any issue
Sun90 said:
All ur Picture's taken on ur phone will be stored in the InternalSdcard (the 11.5gb partition) so installing a rom in no way will delete them
So u can flash the rom without any issue
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ok then I can copy the new cfw rom to microsd and install from zip option from cwm? Must I do factory reset and clean cache option?
thanks for the quick reply
delimavi said:
ok then I can copy the new cfw rom to microsd and install from zip option from cwm? Must I do factory reset and clean cache option?
thanks for the quick reply
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Yes, for a clean install of the rom, A 'wipe Data/factory reset' and 'wipe cache partition' is a must