I have an S4 with CM10.2 which was done through the CM installer.
Unlike traditional rooting, cyanogen installer roots and installs the cm Rom in a few clicks automatically.
This new method leads me to believe that I must unroot to stock and root manually in order to use a different ROM.?
Or can I go ahead and download a rom, put it in the sd card, boot into the thing, and flash the ROM?
I'm trying to flash foxhound ROM.
Need an answer guys, it's not on Google.
Bumping this.
I don't have an s4 nor have I ever used a oneclickrootmeapp but to my understanding on how the cyanogen installer works is that it flashes clockwork recovery and cyanogenmod + kernel to your device
So I would say 99% sure that no you don't need to do anything special here, steps I would take
Download ROM of choice + gapps or any extras needed
Check md4sums for match
Put on SD
Boot to recovery
Do a nandroid backup
Wipe everything but SD
Flash ROM and whatever else needed
Reboot
And all should be just fine
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i am trying to root my phone for froyo and have done everything up to getting clockwork to install i tried odin no luck, i tried samsung flash update zip no luck any suggestions please. i was following instructions from jt's thread
Thanks
I've had trouble getting certain versions of clockwork to work on the initial flash. And using the Flash Clockwork option from the Clockwork app doesn't work intially for me in any version.
What version are you using?
Also, what version of OS are you running (DL09, EA28, etc.).
I believe adrynalyne mentioned this in one of his posts, but I read some of the new stock kernels don't allow CWM. If it detects this, it will overwrite the Recovery section and get rid of CWM.
If this is what's happening to you, once you install CWM, you have to turn on the phone and immediately go into recovery. You will need to install a custom kernel to allow CWM to stay on there.
Look in the development forum, and there's a thread in there that talks about this. It might just impact certain builds, though, so it might not be what you're seeing.
Yea you odin the cwm and then you load your rom when cwm boots up. Dont use rom manager as it can delete your cwm and you have to reodin it back
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I installed 2.2 ota from verizion then I rooted
Root works
I then installed clockwork from the market and tried to install by flashing from the app.
After I reboot the phone it goes in to the default recovery app and says invalid signature.
How can I get clockwork recovery install with the 2.2 rooted ota update.
Right after you install cwm you have to boot into recovery right after and flash a non stock kernal or cwm wont stick.
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i havent done it personallly after an ota update( i hate vzw) but usually u have to install it through odin.. check noob thread in general
I did reboot in to recovery and thats when it tried to do an install and then told me it had and invalid signature.
Awesome development. Next time, post your question in Q&A.
To fix the problem, you need to flash CWM in Odin. "Flashing" it via ROM Manger only provides the update.zip on the SD Card. You need to flash a custom recovery kernel, as well as a modified regular kernel to be able to use CWM.
What kernel should I flash
I had similar trouble on 2 of our 3 phones. I had to Odin the file several times in a row before it stuck so I could boot into it and select my zip. It was like it wouldn't recognize it if you only did it once. I was probably doing something wrong, but lets just hope the end justifies the means.
Now have 3 phones running the Community Rom and we are hoping our batteries last more then a couple hours. They are certainly faster, my sons was almost unusable and my wife couldn't delete pictures after the OTA.
I still and at a loss for what kernel to flash Im fine with the stock rom. I eventually want to go to CyanogenMod when it it stable for the fascinate.
This might help.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1053567
Try the OTB kernel
You can find it under the fascinate development forum. It's currently one of the first posts.
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How do I flash that kernel to my phone?
Ok, so long story short - I went through a lot of steps to restore my fascinate to stock, and then rooted it through recovery. It worked fine until I installed Rom Manager and now my phone won't boot into recovery again. My question is - did I do something wrong?
I restored my phone to stock using Heimdall
Updated it to the latest version
Rooted it using odin and flashing recovery
then installed Rom Manager
Thank you for all your help guys!!!
kuczynt said:
Ok, so long story short - I went through a lot of steps to restore my fascinate to stock, and then rooted it through recovery. It worked fine until I installed Rom Manager and now my phone won't boot into recovery again. My question is - did I do something wrong?
I restored my phone to stock using Heimdall
Updated it to the latest version
Rooted it using odin and flashing recovery
then installed Rom Manager
Thank you for all your help guys!!!
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download odin (onto pc), a non stock kernel and the recovery.zip that you want to use.(both recovery.zip and non stock kernel on your sd card)
Put your phone in dl mode and flash recovery via odin...when odin is done, immediately three finger boot into recovery and flash non stock kernel, and reboot.
Unless your on cm7 rom manager is useless and will bring more hurt then help, and your recovery is being overwritten by the stock kernel every time you boot which is why you need the non stock kernel...I personally would recommend a rom that contains a kernel...you can find a list of all roms, kernels, and recoveries in the dev section stickies.
Do you know how to properly flash roms, and kernels? I ask because I don't want to get you stuck even worse...if you need step by step instructions I'll reply later when I'm at a pc
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You can give me a few tips and hints. That would be appreciated. Also, I thought the easiest way was through Rom Manager.
On a side note - what would be the most stable ROM to flash to the fascinate?
EDIT: Ok, so I installed PowerWashed 1.2 ROM and can handle this on my own a little bit. I'm still a little unsure on which roms are most stable/trustworthy, but I might stick with this one for a while.
Hi everyone. I'm running Galaxy Ace, stock ROM Android 2.3.4
Never flashed a custom ROM before, so be gentle.
Phone already rooted (I have the superuser icon)
From reading threads here at xda, I have download these 3:
1. ClockWorkModAce.zip
2. recovery-clockwork-5.0.2.6-galaxyace-fix.zip
3. GT-I9100_ClockworkMod-Recovery_4.0.0.2.tar
I'm guessing number 3 is not for galaxy ace, right? So that leaves 1 and 2.
QUESTIONS:
1. Are 1 and 2 essentially the same thing? Which do you suggest I use?
2. These two files are on my laptop. Should I simply copy either one of them to my phone's sd card, turn off phone, boot into recovery by pressing home and power button simultaneously, select "Apply update from sd card", then select either ClockWorkModAce.zip or recovery-clockwork-5.0.2.6-galaxyace-fix.zip?
3. After installing either of the two files, and rebooting, would "nandroid" be on my phone then?
4. I believe nandroid backs up EVERYTHING into sd card (recovery image, right?). Can I then copy it to my thumb drive or laptop so I can erase it from the sd card?
5. If I want to get back to my stock ROM, is it done by booting into the custom recovery (like the clockworkmod) and selecting an option there?
6. After going back to stock ROM, how would I go back to stock recovery too?
7. For clarification, when you guys are saying cwm or clockworkmod, do you mean ROM Manager? Because a lot of guys are warning me against it! I just found out clockworkmod is the name of the developer, not the app.
8. From the ROM Manager page at market.android.com ,
Samsung users: You must flash a Clockwork compatible kernel first (see XDA forums)
Is this really necessary?? So much prerequisites! =P
9. Should I install ICS Beta Full on my Galaxy Ace Android 2.3.4???
10. Already rooted, so how much time will it take from installing cwm to installing the custom ROM? I want to know so I won't panic
11. If I install cwm, does the recovery automatically becomes the custom recovery?
12. What does a full wipe mean and do I do it with the stock recovery or with the custom recovery?
Please be as detailed as possible, and use small words.
Appreciate it guys!
Thanks a lot!
first zip is for cwm4 official one
second is cwm5.. i personally prefer cwm4 as had no problems with it
cwm5 failed to take backup when i tried to several times
and i have flashed all roms that claims to do it with cwm5 with cwm4 with no problems at all
you can copy backup images to laptop but DO NOT modify names of any folder as it will result in mismatch of md5 so copy directly folder as it is without modification
ROM MANAGER IS ***** DO NOT INSTALL ON SGA or else you loose your device damn
you can flash it on stock kernel as well
if you want to go back to stock rom from restoring backup then your backup must be taken after converting filesystem to ext4 or else it will fail..
so before backing up flash cf-root and convert fs to ext4 to save time of flashing stock from odin and then restoring backups
thats your option to install cm9 on phone as its not stable and needs many changes at this time.. if you are ok with bugs then you can
1. yes u should delete it. judging by the name its for sgs2, would brick ur phone instantly if flashing that one.
2. i dont really sure about cwm 5.0.2.6 (ur second file) either it can be flash from stock recovery or not but the cwm 4.0.0.6 (ur 1st file) definitely can. and i think its "install zip from sdcard" in stock recovery to flash it.
3. yes.
4. yes, its located in /sdcard/clockworkmod/backup.
5. yes.
6. by flashing stock rom via odin.
7. nope. here if we said cwm or clockworkmod, its referring to the recovery itself (clockworkmod recovery). rom manager is different thing, a tool used to flash cwm or rom. and yes, u should avoid it as countless sga already bricked because of it. and yes, clockworkmod is nickname of the guy who created it and named it as clockworkmod recovery, and here we just called it cwm.
8. again, avoid using rom manager
and u probably wanna read this
http://www.addictivetips.com/mobile/what-is-clockworkmod-recovery-and-how-to-use-it-on-android-complete-guide/
1.First one is official CWM recovery..Its v4..Second one is unofficial CWM recovery..Its v5..I didnt have any problem with them both..But,you should not rename the backups you take with cwm5,it will give you a md5 mismatch error when you do that..
2.Yes..Just copy the file to the sd card
3.Nandroid is a feature of CWM...So,yes.When you flash cwm,you get Nandroid backup
4.Yes...It backsup everything on your phone.But as amit said,Dont rename them
5.By stock,if what you mean is,an untouched Firmware,like the one you got from the factory..Yes..But if you are going to flash any roms,it may convert the system partition to ext4,which will result in a bootloop if you try to restore the stock you have now.So,a better option will be to flash with Odin
6.If you go back to stock,you would still have cwm as your recovery..If you want your stock recovery back,you will have to do a flash with Odin(But,trust me,You will never feel to go back to a complete stock rom and the stock recovery after you start playing around with the other cm7 roms
7.CWM is a recovery..ROM Manager is an application..ClockWorkMod recovery is not a developer..Koushik Dutta is the developer of both CWM recovery and Rom Manager..If you have any thought about using ROM manager,then i suggest that you clean that thought because ROM manager does NOT support Galaxy Ace and if you use ROM manager to flash a rom,you are going to BRICK your device
8.Nothing like that,from what i know.I never flashed any kernel Right after i rooted my ace,i flashed cwm recovery..I didnt do anything else
9.Its your choice..The Myth Ics is an awesome rom
phew....
Prawesome said:
1.First one is official CWM recovery..Its v4..Second one is unofficial CWM recovery..Its v5..I didnt have any problem with them both..But,you should not rename the backups you take with cwm5,it will give you a md5 mismatch error when you do that..
2.Yes..Just copy the file to the sd card
3.Nandroid is a feature of CWM...So,yes.When you flash cwm,you get Nandroid backup
4.Yes...It backsup everything on your phone.But as amit said,Dont rename them
5.By stock,if what you mean is,an untouched Firmware,like the one you got from the factory..Yes..But if you are going to flash any roms,it may convert the system partition to ext4,which will result in a bootloop if you try to restore the stock you have now.So,a better option will be to flash with Odin
6.If you go back to stock,you would still have cwm as your recovery..If you want your stock recovery back,you will have to do a flash with Odin(But,trust me,You will never feel to go back to a complete stock rom and the stock recovery after you start playing around with the other cm7 roms
7.CWM is a recovery..ROM Manager is an application..ClockWorkMod recovery is not a developer..Koushik Dutta is the developer of both CWM recovery and Rom Manager..If you have any thought about using ROM manager,then i suggest that you clean that thought because ROM manager does NOT support Galaxy Ace and if you use ROM manager to flash a rom,you are going to BRICK your device
8.Nothing like that,from what i know.I never flashed any kernel Right after i rooted my ace,i flashed cwm recovery..I didnt do anything else
9.Its your choice..The Myth Ics is an awesome rom
phew....
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if you want to backupp your stock original firmware and want to restore wit cwm
download cf root
and then use ext4 manager
to convert system to ext4
then wen done you can backupp your stock original rom
and restore it with no problems ( ive used this a lot )
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SGSII styled rom
for galaxy ace
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The Serious MOD V1
fir galaxy ace
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The Serious MOD V0
for galaxy gio
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made by Robinandroid
about number 5 and using odin in general
Hi. Thanks a lot guys for your effort in helping out a newbie.
I'm a bit confused about using odin. Is odin like the "safer" way to flash ROMs?
I know I can flash a ROM via booting into recovery, then "install update from sd card", and selecting the ROM. Does Odin do the same thing? When exactly should Odin be used? Only when I want to go back to my original stock firmware AND the original/stock recovery?
Thanks!
As far I know, ODIN is only for flashing stock ROM's.
And well, even if it can be used to flash custom rom's,please do not use it. ODIN can brick your phone. Flashing via recovery is the most safest way
further clarification
Hey guys, thanks a lot. Please clear these up for me:
1. If I am now on stock ROM (never flashed a custom ROM before), then I flash a custom ROM like TheMyth ICS Beta 2 Full, and wish to go back to my stock ROM (which was backed up with clockworkmod recovery), do I simply boot into cwm recovery and restore the stock ROM or do I use Odin?
2. If I am now on stock ROM (never flashed a custom ROM before), then I flash a custom ROM like TheMyth ICS Beta 2 Full, and wish to try another custom ROM like cyanogenMod, should I just flash cyanogenMod with cwm recovery? Meaning, from TheMyth ICS Beta 2 Full straight to CyanogenMod via cwm recovery? Or do I have to go back to stock ROM, as well as stock recovery, by using Odin, and then flash cyangogenMod via stock recovery?
3. If I am now on stock ROM and wish to upgrade to an official android version thru samfirmware.com, do I simply flash it with the stock recovery or do I have to use Odin?
Thanks a lot guys!
1- yes
2- yes, straight away. no need to go to stock rom
3- odin
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Installation errors.
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What happens is when you get it all setup for the install, and you go and install it, it only wipes the system partition, (appears to anyway). and that is all it will do. I tried it on CWM first, then I saw that it said to use TWRP so I switched and it did the same thing. It did actually extract the files when I switched to TWRP the first time I tried to install it, then it was in a boot loop (I did flash the boot.img) and tried to re-install it. But it did the same thing it did in CWM.
I had the same issue. Both cwm and twrp would only wipe but not install. I got the Rom to install by flashing infernal kernal http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=39831357 first. It also contains the boot.IMG then flashed viperlte. I also verified md5's to before and after transfering to my sd card. Now I got it up and running with no issues.
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Thanks, I'll try that and see what happens.
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Watch out, TWRP wipes can wipe your internal SD card without warning. (When using the Factory Reset) unlike CWM recovery.)
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EDIT: WORKS. Use infernal 4.1 kernel instead of stock kernel if your phone goes into a bootloop. And use TWRP 2.3.3.0.
Hey,
Is there any known reason that the newer TWRP (2.5) doesn't work?
Also, Because I am so new to XDA, I'm not able to suggest this in the development section but it seems to me that the step two on the second post of the thread concerning this rom (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1891202) could specify TWRP 2.3 i.e. instead of saying,
"2 Install a custom recovery. (twrp) "
It could say,
"2 Install a custom recovery. (twrp 2.3)"
Venom will only install on S-off with absolute stock ROM with root. If you have ever installed a JB rom, you cannot roll back to ICS with Venom. Download the stock RUU image, rename to PJ53DIAG.zip and initiate update. Reroot, reflash custom recovery, the bootloader will remain unchanged.
OR..the OBVIOUS & SIMPLEST method!
Restore from your ORIGINAL & first system nandroid. Then flash not just Viper but any ICS custom ROM using Aroma installer.
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Kienan said:
Hey,
Is there any known reason that the newer TWRP (2.5) doesn't work?
Also, Because I am so new to XDA, I'm not able to suggest this in the development section but it seems to me that the step two on the second post of the thread concerning this rom (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1891202) could specify TWRP 2.3 i.e. instead of saying,
"2 Install a custom recovery. (twrp) "
It could say,
"2 Install a custom recovery. (twrp 2.3)"
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Twrp has aroma problems, mdmower posted the fix on venom thread and looks like nuts never updated, if you push mdmowers fix into venom zip it will work
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