I just rooted my phone using 'jeboo_kernel_i9100_v1-2a' kernel.
But now i want to install CM11 Rom on my rooted phone.
What should I do??
Please help me with the whole procedure. As this is my first experience with rooting.
Hi sly, I think you already have the basic flashing knowledge and after you do it once you will get to know it's easy.
First make a rom backup of your rom you have now(optional if you want to go maybe back, but its recommended for first time.)
Then download the latest recovery version, twrp or clockworkmod for the S2
Download cm11
Flash the newest recovery,
Reboot into recovery
Format data/factory reset
Wipe /system
Wipe /dalvik-cache
Flash cm11
Flash kitkat gapps
Reboot.
Enjoy cm11.
The reason why you need latest recovery is because cm11(kitkat) needs selinux enabled recoveries, else it will say something like aborted, set_metadata_recursive failed.
Goodluck with flashingcm11!
You can also download light gapps, also from me incase if you don't want all that bloatware from the gapps.
I hope you understand me, I can't give you all the links so you also have to search a bit in the android development forum also and read maybe some threads in general and you will be an experienced flasher/S2 owner. That I'm not posting the links of these easy things is also to help you :good:
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Hello everyone,
I'm just about to go out of my mind, haha. I've successfully rooted my phone and I am interested in installing a new, custom ROM. However, I want to be 100% sure that I am not leading myself into the path of bricking. I have a couple questions that I think are basic enough, but haven't found an answer to anywhere online.
1.) Do I need a specific kernel and/or firmware in order to install a custom ROM?
2.) These are my specs for my phone
Android 2.3.3
Baseband: I9100DXKI1
Kernel: I9100DXKI2
Looking at my specs, will I be able to install this rom: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1198334 ?
Will any other ROM work for my phone? Now that it is rooted, am I freely able to install any ROM using clockworkmod or odin without having to change the kernels?
I'm very new to this and I'm hoping somoone can help me out with this.
Thanks a ton in advance!
Just rooting is not enough to install custom rom. You need to install clockworkmod recovery either through rom manager or flash a custom kernel which has CWM.
You can flash any kernel compatible with your device (for example, you cannot flash I9100G kernel/firmware on I9100 model).
You can get a lot of information here at xda. All the developers here are very friendly and co-operative.
You're good to go. Backup apps and some data using Titanium backup and/or My Backup Pro or something like those. Then boot into recovery, make a nandroid backup (can be found in the recovery menu), and flash the rom of your choice. You can flash any rom you like, just don't forget to wipe! This is also an option in recovery, wipe data/factory reset. You can also wipe dalvik-cache (found under 'advanced'). Have fun flashing!
Thanks for filling me in guys. I do have CWM installed on the phone, so I'll back up and try to flash. We'll see if I don't brick the phone somehow, haha.
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Thanks for filling me in guys. I do have CWM installed on the phone, so I'll back up and try to flash. We'll see if I don't brick the phone somehow, haha.
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Well obviously you wont, all you can do with flashing a wrong rom is getting boot loop, you can always restore your previous rom via nandroid backup. Happy flashing
Hi guys,
Yesterday I did some research on which custom ROM to install (I need to get my android version from 2.1 to 2.2 or higher). Various topics about custom ROMS are available here but the instructions aren't always as clear for a newbie.
Fyi: I got a HTC Hero.
In another topic I read this:
Wipe
Flash ROM
Don't reboot
Flash kernel
Reboot
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So firstly I'll make a backup of my contacts and of my contents of the phone, I guess?
How do I flash the current ROM?
Why is not rebooting a pointer? Is it that dangerous?
I have no idea what flashing the kernel is, or how I should do this.
And last, I think I know how to reboot, hopefully.
Furthermore, after downloading the custom ROM I want, I put it on my SD card or something I guess?
Thanks for the help guys!
Little update: downloaded ClockworkMod and tried to instal, but I already got an error. Failed to extract or something like that.
Well install cwm for your device
You can reboot by pulling out your own battery and put it back on
Flashing rom means flashing the whole os
Flashing the kernel means just flashing a part os
Both have similar installation procedures
YA YOU NEED TO COPY THE ZIPS TO SD
BE sure to flash a rom that's meant for your device (important)
sent from cyanmobile powered Beni
Hey guys
I'm trying to flash my S II I9100G with cMIUI, which doesn't work. The phone gets stuck during booting right after the installation. I've been messing around with this problem for a couple of hours by now, been googling a lot and yet I have not found a solution.
What I did in order to flash the ROM:
1) I installed the latest German stock ROM (ICS) using Odin.
2) I followed this tutorial (root using SU-BB-Installer.zip and flash CWM recovery kernel 6.0.1.2 via kTool): http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2065581 So far everything works fine. I have root access now.
3) Downloaded the cMIUI 2.10.19 zip from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1804619
4) When I tried to flash cMIUI from Recovery and toogle signature verification "on", it told me "signature verification failed". I ignored that message and installed it anyway.
5) Installation ran smoothly. After finishing it, the phone wanted to reboot. It now got stuck in the booting screen. I can not get the ROM booted.
I don't think it's cMIUI-caused, because I tried to flash a clean CM10 and still had the same problem (even though it didn't fail signature verification). Here are some more things I tried:
- installed clean stock ROM via Odin, again. Then followed all above steps exactly as described above, except for using Odin for flashing CWM Recovery instead of kTool
- again, clean stock ROM. After rooting, I then tried to install cMIUI via ROM Manager v5.5.2.3. Unfortunately, ROM Manager doesn't identify CWM recovery and keeps asking me to install the Recovery-System with ROM Manager. When I try that, there apparently "is no official CWM Recovery available" for my model. So, ROM Manager is no option
As described in the following thread, I can not use the ClockworkMod Recovery 6.0.1.2 kernel on aosp based ROMs like cMIUI and CM: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1631934 So that probably is the cause of my problem. Can you tell me what kernel I can use, instead? Or is there another way to flash that ROM? Via Odin, for example...
Thanks for your help in advance. Very much appreciated!!
Regards,
Daniel
What Codeworkx is saying in that thread is, that you cannot use that kernel when you are already on a aosp based rom. So you can use that recovery.
Something you didn't mention, did you do a full wipe from within the recovery? If you didn't do that, then thats probably the source of your problems.
1. Flash a stock rom true Odin.
2. Flash the recovery (you don't need to root your rom after)
3. Wipe system/factory reset
4. Wipe cache.
5. Download the rom again to make sure you the download went well.
6. Toggle signature verification off.
7. Flash Miui
8. Reboot and wait.
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What Codeworkx is saying in that thread is, that you cannot use that kernel when you are already on a aosp based rom. So you can use that recovery.
Something you didn't mention, did you do a full wipe from within the recovery? If you didn't do that, then thats probably the source of your problems.
1. Flash a stock rom true Odin.
2. Flash the recovery (you don't need to root your rom after)
3. Wipe system/factory reset
4. Wipe cache.
5. Download the rom again to make sure you the download went well.
6. Toggle signature verification off.
7. Flash Miui
8. Reboot and wait.
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Thank you so much! Wiping helped. :good: Why didn't I try that before :silly:
Awesome, now I can finally enjoy cMIUI. It's really great! (except for crashing galery/camera app when starting cam from lock screen. but who cares )
Thanks dude! :highfive:
Hello,
I am really a beginner with flashing roms and I just flashed my first CWM and CM 10.1 rom.
But the version I chose has a few bugs, so I want to flash a different CM version. should I do it the same way as I changed from the stock ROM to CM 10.1, by moving it to root path and then via recovery choose install zip from sd card? What I also don't know is what will happen with the GAPPS. I flashed it right away the first CM flashing. but will I need to flash GAPPS again?
Also, If I want to change from non-touch CWM to touch-CWM, I do it via Odin in the same way I first flashed the non-touch CWM? Will that over-write the existing CWM?
Sorry I am really a beginner, but at least I flashed the first rom
Thanks to everyone who helps :good:
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Hello,
I am really a beginner with flashing roms and I just flashed my first CWM and CM 10.1 rom.
But the version I chose has a few bugs, so I want to flash a different CM version. should I do it the same way as I changed from the stock ROM to CM 10.1, by moving it to root path and then via recovery choose install zip from sd card? What I also don't know is what will happen with the GAPPS. I flashed it right away the first CM flashing. but will I need to flash GAPPS again?
Also, If I want to change from non-touch CWM to touch-CWM, I do it via Odin in the same way I first flashed the non-touch CWM? Will that over-write the existing CWM?
Sorry I am really a beginner, but at least I flashed the first rom
Thanks to everyone who helps :good:
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Yes, all you said is the correct way. Its that way itself.
To sum it up, if you want to flash a different CM, reboot into CWM recovery, Wipe Data/Cache/Dalvik cache and flash the zip package and flash the gapps and do a wipe data/cache/dalvik cache again. Yes you need to flash GAPPS each time when you install CM.
For changing recovery, if you have another version installable via Odin, then you can go on with it, and it will replace your existing recovery.
Be sure to check this Table to know which GAPPS should be installed for which CM version.
Happy Flashing!
Any ideas why this could happen?
What I do everytime:
Flash XXLPB with ODIN 1.85, root with CF-Root v5.2 CWM, reboot, all fine.
Then I flash for ex. Carbon ROM Nighlty, GAPPS, reboot and it's stuck at triangle screen. Can't go to recovery, only download mode works.
I also tried "old" Carbon 1.8, and even other ROMS that worked like a charm some time ago.
All started when I tried yesterday to flash 4.3 Carbon nightly over 4.2.2 (1.8) Carbon w/o wiping...
Please help as for now I'm stuck with my 3310 xD
Back to stock via Odin/download mode (you don't really have another option), make sure you do a wipe/factory reset, try flashing the rom again.
I tried 4-5 times, and always the same is coming out! Is there any minimum requirement for flashing let's say 4.2.2? Shouldn't matter, right?
It shouldn't matter but we see cases on here all the time where for whatever reason, Odin flashes don't take on the first/second.....eighth (as an example), and for whatever reason, the ninth flash works. In other words, you need to persevere. Try different stock roms for your carrier (different Android versions, not just the recent ones - but don't use 4.0.4 in case you forget when you re-root your phone & do a wipe which will brick your phone). And keep trying. There's no easy fix for these situations unfortunately (search for Hopper8's 'Odin won't flash' thread, there's stuff in that thread you can try).
Actually the ODIN flash of the stock rom always works. But then I flash a rom through CWM and it bricks...
Is there a way to flash those roms with ODIN?
No. Almost all custom roms are CWM flashable.
OK...What I suggest you do is this...
*Clean install of stock with wipe/factory reset.
*Root your phone by flashing a custom kernel like PhilZ or Siyah (or Dorimanx).
*Do not flash a separate CWM or any other mod after you've rooted the phone.
*Read the first page of the thread devoted to the rom you want to flash very carefully. Flash the rom with CWM/follow the instructions to the letter (do not use Rom Manager or the CWM app from your homescreen; boot the phone into recovery & flash that way).
If you're seeing specific errors in CWM having done those steps (And do them again now even if you've done them previously), you need to tell us exactly what's going wrong in CWM. We're not mindreaders.
Edit - Your phone isn't bricked. Bricked phones don't boot. At all.
Thanks for the detailed answer.
Actually that's what I'm doing every time!
I'm trying to install 4.3 nightly build of carbon
I tried also stable build which was working well before...
There are no specific instructions, but I think it's pretty much standard:
1. Wipe Data/Factory Reset
2. Flash zip
3. Flash GAPPS
4. Wipe Dalvik Cache
5. Reboot
Thanks!
EDIT: After flashing the custom rom the phone doesn't boot, it gets stuck at kernel panic upload mode. Once I managed to get into CWM but there I couldn't perform any action, it was freezed.
Hi Again,
it looks like everything worked fine. Maybe I had a strange version, or the CWM was to old (5).
Now I could flash what I wanted and it's not stuck at boot anymore!
Thanks for the help!
Perseverance is a beautiful thing.