[Q] flshing custom rom from SD card - Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting

my phone is not booting.I have to install a custom rom.how can I install it from external SD.the system recovery isn' reading it.

Aditya3 said:
my phone is not booting.I have to install a custom rom.how can I install it from external SD.the system recovery isn' reading it.
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There are infinite posts regarding how to install a custom rom. Firstly you have to root ur phone then install a custom recovery like cwm or twrp and then you have to flash a new rom. system recovery can be used to install recovery like cwm. google it.

santhosh502 said:
There are infinite posts regarding how to install a custom rom. Firstly you have to root ur phone then install a custom recovery like cwm or twrp and then you have to flash a new rom. system recovery can be used to install recovery like cwm. google it.
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You don`t have to have root before flashing a rom as most custom roms are prerooted allready, you just need a custom recovery

gee2012 said:
You don`t have to have root before flashing a rom as most custom roms are prerooted allready, you just need a custom recovery
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Oops.. My bad. I thought the device is to be rooted for custom recovery to be installed. :good:

santhosh502 said:
Oops.. My bad. I thought the device is to be rooted for custom recovery to be installed. :good:
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No biggie, we keep learning

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Custom Recovery

Hi, I have a Galaxy S2 with stock ROM 4.0.3 and stock Recovery. I wanted to know if there is a way of flashing Custom Rom without rooting the phone or ADB. Would this method work? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1501719 I would just proceed till the step "Choose CWM.zip and wait until CWM recovery appear." Would this work? i need custom recovery so i can flash a custom ROM.
Thanks again
No you cant flash a Custom ROM from stock recovery, you need a custom recovery and root access on your phone for flashing custom roms
the method you linked is only for rooting, the recovery appearing is only a temporory one from which you can only install SU-Busybox-Installer.zip.
masantula said:
Hi, I have a Galaxy S2 with stock ROM 4.0.3 and stock Recovery. I wanted to know if there is a way of flashing Custom Rom without rooting the phone or ADB. Would this method work? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1501719 I would just proceed till the step "Choose CWM.zip and wait until CWM recovery appear." Would this work? i need custom recovery so i can flash a custom ROM.
Thanks again
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hey u have 2 root ur phone 2 install custom rom's and that method in the link is ok
after that u downld latest CWM recovery.zip by searching the same on the thread and install 2 get the CWM in ur app drawer
masantula said:
Hi, I have a Galaxy S2 with stock ROM 4.0.3 and stock Recovery. I wanted to know if there is a way of flashing Custom Rom without rooting the phone or ADB. Would this method work? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1501719 I would just proceed till the step "Choose CWM.zip and wait until CWM recovery appear." Would this work? i need custom recovery so i can flash a custom ROM.
Thanks again
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I didn't test it myself, but I think that it will work.
If the custom ROM is provided as Odin-flashable tar file, you don't need a CWM recovery to flash it. Just put the ROm tar file into PDA section of Odin and flash it to your phone.
Only if the custom ROM is available as CWM-flashable zip file, you need to flash a kernel containing CWM recovery first.
I prefer to flash CF-Root kernel from Chainfire with Odin. It contains CWM Manager app and CWM recovery of cause.
When you are in doubt, stick to the flashing instructions of the ROM developer - usually in the corresponding ROM thread.
P.S.:
As soon as you have CWM recovery, create a nandroid/system backup.
So you will be able to go back to your current system, if something goes wrong with the new ROM.
Good luck !
Oh cool, lemme try it
masantula said:
Hi, I have a Galaxy S2 with stock ROM 4.0.3 and stock Recovery. I wanted to know if there is a way of flashing Custom Rom without rooting the phone or ADB. Would this method work? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1501719 I would just proceed till the step "Choose CWM.zip and wait until CWM recovery appear." Would this work? i need custom recovery so i can flash a custom ROM.
Thanks again
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All you need to do is download cwm recovery from here http://clockworkmod.com/rommanager in your SD card and flash the Dowloaded zip from stock recovery .
Once you flash, your stock recovery will be converted to cwm recovery
After that flash any custom rom of your choice. Simple and short
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ZACQ8 said:
No you cant flash a Custom ROM from stock recovery, you need a custom recovery and root access on your phone for flashing custom roms
the method you linked is only for rooting, the recovery appearing is only a temporory one from which you can only install SU-Busybox-Installer.zip.
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No you can flash any ROM you want, just like any other cwm.
I have used it multiple times, but the Queston is can you do it the first time, before you choose that busy box installer.
Edit: yes you can flash any rom just fine
Pressed quote twice..
safepacket said:
All you need to do is download cwm recovery from here http://clockworkmod.com/rommanager in your SD card and flash the Dowloaded zip from stock recovery .
Once you flash, your stock recovery will be converted to cwm recovery
After that flash any custom rom of your choice. Simple and short
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Oh okay, so if i flash the ZIP file my Stock recovery will change to CWM recovery, sweet..thats simple caz i just wanted custom recovery so i can flash custom rom....Thanks again Will follow your method..
ZACQ8 said:
No you cant flash a Custom ROM from stock recovery, you need a custom recovery and root access on your phone for flashing custom roms
the method you linked is only for rooting, the recovery appearing is only a temporory one from which you can only install SU-Busybox-Installer.zip.
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Thanks for that info, i thought this would work...gracias..
masantula said:
Oh okay, so if i flash the ZIP file my Stock recovery will change to CWM recovery, sweet..thats simple caz i just wanted custom recovery so i can flash custom rom....Thanks again Will follow your method..
Thanks for that info, i thought this would work...gracias..
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2 different statements quoted above ....
please let me know if you flashed a custom rom successfully without rooting (flashing busybox installer zip) the phone.
goodluck...
ZACQ8 said:
2 different statements quoted above ....
please let me know if you flashed a custom rom successfully without rooting (flashing busybox installer zip) the phone.
goodluck...
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I'm not following the step i had asked about, i am going to follow the steps that safepacket told me about. seems simple and direct..
masantula said:
I'm not following the step i had asked about, i am going to follow the steps that safepacket told me about. seems simple and direct..
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exactly that is the step you asked about, will not work.....
I can confirm it works.....
Flashed new dx9 after full wipe.
From recovery choose the cwm zip
From that touch cwm flashed aosp rom.
So it works just fine.
atifsh said:
I can confirm it works.....
Flashed new dx9 after full wipe.
From recovery choose the cwm zip
From that touch cwm flashed aosp rom.
So it works just fine.
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Oh cool, that's good to know, gracias...now i have plan B if the first doesn't work for me. Gracias

Instaling Clockwork Recovery after Root?

I've just rooted my phone using this method:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1501719
To install ROM's (and in particular Cyanogen 7), I need Clockwork Recovery installed..yes?
I can't seem to find the obvious way to do this, but, can I simply use stock recovery, to run the CWM.zip in the above method to get to Clockwork Recovery - and then install Cyanogenmod?
white43 said:
I've just rooted my phone using this method:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1501719
To install ROM's (and in particular Cyanogen 7), I need Clockwork Recovery installed..yes?
I can't seem to find the obvious way to do this, but, can I simply use stock recovery, to run the CWM.zip in the above method to get to Clockwork Recovery - and then install Cyanogenmod?
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Chech here
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1103399
The bedt way to hsve ur cellphone root
Using XDA Premium over Resurrection Remix ICS, the Best Rom ever made
Simple method root and cwm all in one .
Root + CWM .
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1103399
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Hmmm, nobody actually really answered my query there.
The phone is already rooted.
In the method I followed, you used stock recovery, to load Clockwork Recovery. I'm simply asking, can I use this method to install custom rom?
white43 said:
Hmmm, nobody actually really answered my query there.
The phone is already rooted.
In the method I followed, you used stock recovery, to load Clockwork Recovery. I'm simply asking, can I use this method to install custom rom?
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If ur phone said that is root and u have cwm yes u can install custom tom. Do u can go into recovery ?
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You boot into stock recovery. You then select a file called CWM.zip and this temporarily loads Clockwork. On a reboot, you'd still have stock recovery.
Yes you can flash custom ROM using that temp cwm, I do it all the time
white43 said:
You boot into stock recovery. You then select a file called CWM.zip and this temporarily loads Clockwork. On a reboot, you'd still have stock recovery.
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I didn't try in that way. If u want give it a try i prefer the way that a post u before
Using XDA Premium over Resurrection Remix ICS, the Best Rom ever made
1) place your ROM zip to SD card root, again flash CWM zip from stock recovery,
and install zip from SDcard,
2) or you flash CF-root CWM version from CWM after flashing CWM zip, to get pemenent CWM
3) flash CF-root TAR file from ODIN to get CWM, no matter you already rooted
Excellent. Thanks guys.

CWM flashable zip and root fix for some rom ( locked bootloader)

Hi today i bring you fix for root problem on some rom
(1) Download the files from this thread and put them in your phone memory
(2) Flash the rom and uncheck reboot option at the end so the phone does not reboot it stays in recovery flash the files i have provided CWM.zip and superuser3.1.1.zip then reboot your phone you should have CWM and full root now
CWM http://www.mediafire.com/?nm4txl531uqtapy
superuser 3.1.1 http://www.mediafire.com/?22zetxlmoh2hgj2
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Noob question
Sharaz22 said:
Hi today i bring you fix for root problem on some rom
(1) Download the files from this thread and put them in your phone memory
(2) Flash the rom and uncheck reboot option at the end so the phone does not reboot it stays in recovery flash the files i have provided CWM.zip and superuser3.1.1.zip then reboot your phone you should have CWM and full root now
CWM http://www.mediafire.com/?nm4txl531uqtapy
superuser 3.1.1 http://www.mediafire.com/?22zetxlmoh2hgj2
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Sorry for this question but I do not have any customization on my XS. I have copied the CWM.ZIP and ROM.ZIP files on SD card. Could you please suggest how can I flash ROM.ZIP as I do not have any custom recovery installed.
p.s. The bootlocker is also locked.
sozofriend1234 said:
Sorry for this question but I do not have any customization on my XS. I have copied the CWM.ZIP and ROM.ZIP files on SD card. Could you please suggest how can I flash ROM.ZIP as I do not have any custom recovery installed.
p.s. The bootlocker is also locked.
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This is a fix only for who is installing custom ROMs without custom kernel. To install recovery, search for it.
I have had a problem, after flashing Rom, before flashing your zips I wiped cache, and started this problem in recovery:
Can't mount CACHE/recovery/log
then after flashing your zips phone stuck reboting at logo sony, so I have to start from zero, do you know why have that ocurred, is it because wiping cache?
Can i use this method to flash cm10 without custom kernel?
rumkugel13 said:
Can i use this method to flash cm10 without custom kernel?
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No, CM10 requires the CM10 kernel, no work arounds, sorry.
fareeed said:
No, CM10 requires the CM10 kernel, no work arounds, sorry.
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for the xperia sspeed rom for example, you can also use the stock kernel, but why can't i use it for cm10?
That's a stock based rom so you can use the stock kernel. Whereas CM10 is AOSP based so many things in the Kernel are different for example Wi-Fi modules as well as other things
Sharaz22 said:
Hi today i bring you fix for root problem on some rom
(1) Download the files from this thread and put them in your phone memory
(2) Flash the rom and uncheck reboot option at the end so the phone does not reboot it stays in recovery flash the files i have provided CWM.zip and superuser3.1.1.zip then reboot your phone you should have CWM and full root now
CWM http://www.mediafire.com/?nm4txl531uqtapy
superuser 3.1.1 http://www.mediafire.com/?22zetxlmoh2hgj2
Don't forget to hit Thanks if this has helped you
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HaiI am using Miui 2.9.14 rom in my Xperia S, I dont see CWM, I have installed rom manager and searched to install CWM but rom manager says Unsupported device ( LT26i does not have an officially supported CWN yet.)
What should I do to install CWN...?
dhanasekar_83 said:
HaiI am using Miui 2.9.14 rom in my Xperia S, I dont see CWM, I have installed rom manager and searched to install CWM but rom manager says Unsupported device ( LT26i does not have an officially supported CWN yet.)
What should I do to install CWN...?
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Back to stock, install CWM again, install MIUI and before reboot, install CWM.

[Q] am i ready for custom rom

well i just rooted my phone using method 1 of universal root method i.e: using stock recovery for updating supersu. well my question is after i do the temporary cwm is it ok to intall a custom rom from there ? or i have to do the cf_root for custom rom ?
0zair said:
well i just rooted my phone using method 1 of universal root method i.e: using stock recovery for updating supersu. well my question is after i do the temporary cwm is it ok to intall a custom rom from there ? or i have to do the cf_root for custom rom ?
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Yes, aslong as you have cwm you can then flash zip of your choice. The zip will also flash new kernel which has perm cwm.
Depending on which rom you flash, afterwards I would then go back into recovery (cwm) and flash Siyah kernel.
TheATHEiST said:
Yes, aslong as you have cwm you can then flash zip of your choice. The zip will also flash new kernel which has perm cwm.
Depending on which rom you flash, afterwards I would then go back into recovery (cwm) and flash Siyah kernel.
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Thanx case solved even though the rom didnt work i know it takes abt 5-10 mins after new rom bt it took more then 20 and it didnt go past the new boot image.. Ill try a new rom

[Q] cwm root access possibly lost error

Ive rooted my sgs3 I9300 on 4.3 n flashed cwm....while in recovery mode I get dis root access possibly lost error wen I hit reboot sys now..?how do I fix dis....wil dat affect flashing of custom rom on my phone
[email protected] said:
Ive rooted my sgs3 I9300 on 4.3 n flashed cwm....while in recovery mode I get dis root access possibly lost error wen I hit reboot sys now..?how do I fix dis....wil dat affect flashing of custom rom on my phone
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No it won't affect custom roms because they are already rooted..Most people don't realize that if you are planning to flash custom roms you don't need to root because like I said above they are already rooted.
You only need to root if you are staying on stock rom and need to backup system files/Data or mess about with anything that is to do with the system.
custom rom
Thnx 4 reply....but wat I mean is if I flash custom rom with that error in cwm, will dat cause any problem in flashing. ..the error only occurs while rebooting...nowhere else like wipe cache, factory reset or install zip etc...so shd I go ahead n flash custom rom with dat error still there??
[email protected] said:
Thnx 4 reply....but wat I mean is if I flash custom rom with that error in cwm, will dat cause any problem in flashing. ..the error only occurs while rebooting...nowhere else like wipe cache, factory reset or install zip etc...so shd I go ahead n flash custom rom with dat error still there??
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No don't worry about it. It will come up everytime you reboot out of CWM recovery.
Its safe to ignore or flash PHILZ where it doesn't come up if your concerned about it.
custom rom
Thnx....will ignore dat error and flash hypermax v9 rom....can u suggest any rom for my gs3 dat is s5 inspired??
[email protected] said:
Thnx....will ignore dat error and flash hypermax v9 rom....can u suggest any rom for my gs3 dat is s5 inspired??
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No sorry i can't, i only use temaseks cm11.
cwm error
Ok....thnx....
twrp over cwm
Darke5tShad0w said:
No sorry i can't, i only use temaseks cm11.
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So hw do I flash twrp or philz over current cwm??
[email protected] said:
So hw do I flash twrp or philz over current cwm??
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Just install it like a normal Rom zip, it will overwrite the old one.
philz
Darke5tShad0w said:
Just install it like a normal Rom zip, it will overwrite the old one.
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I got dis md5 file of philz recovery. ...wat if I flash it with odin...will it overwrite current cwm??
Sorry to ask u so mny quesns
[email protected] said:
I got dis md5 file of philz recovery. ...wat if I flash it with odin...will it overwrite current cwm??
Sorry to ask u so mny quesns
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Yes it will,flash away
Sent from my GT-I9300 using XDA Free mobile app
philz recovery
andjeomilosrdja said:
Yes it will,flash away
Sent from my GT-I9300 using XDA Free mobile app
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I flashd philz recovery using odin...it replaced cwm but I am still getting d same root access possibly lost error wen I hit reboot sys now. ....also it says rom may flash stock recovery on reboot....wat now?? Plzzz help...I am eagerly waiting to flash custom rom
[email protected] said:
I flashd philz recovery using odin...it replaced cwm but I am still getting d same root access possibly lost error wen I hit reboot sys now. ....also it says rom may flash stock recovery on reboot....wat now?? Plzzz help...I am eagerly waiting to flash custom rom
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If running stock rom it has the ability to replace the recovery with a stock one. Follow the instructions to stop this when presented with it. But since you are flashing custom you can ignore it.
Do a backup, reboot into recovery, flash custom recovery if needed. Do a nandroid backup, wipe /data /system cache and delvik cache, install rom, install gapps, be happy ?
thnx
Darke5tShad0w said:
If running stock rom it has the ability to replace the recovery with a stock one. Follow the instructions to stop this when presented with it. But since you are flashing custom you can ignore it.
Do a backup, reboot into recovery, flash custom recovery if needed. Do a nandroid backup, wipe /data /system cache and delvik cache, install rom, install gapps, be happy ?
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Thnx a lot.....so dat root access possibly lost error is nothing to be concerned about then???
Flashing custom rom will go successful? ?
[email protected] said:
Thnx a lot.....so dat root access possibly lost error is nothing to be concerned about then???
Flashing custom rom will go successful? ?
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Yip nothing to be concerned about, flash your custom rom and all will be good.
philz recovery
Darke5tShad0w said:
Yip nothing to be concerned about, flash your custom rom and all will be good.
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Thnx buddy. ..wil try n inform

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