Hi,
I have a SGS2, I was trying to get rooted but it didn't seem to work. I flashed the rooted kernel and during the process it said that /sdcard couldn't be mounted. I rebooted and some root functionality seemed to be possible. Rom Manager would start and clockwork manager was generating lots of SU prompts. When I restarted the phone again though, all this was gone and I was getting "SU binary not found".
I tried flashing the kernel again but no change. Seemed that something had messed up in the rooting procedure and after a bunch of googling I couldn't figure out what.
So I booked into CWM and after reading instructions here for doing a full wipe, I did a factory reset, system wipe, cache wipe and dalvik cache wipe.
I'm now a bit stuck and feel a bit stupid for not thinking ahead. What do I need to flash (in Odin I guess?) to get my phone running again.
Eventually I want to run the CM9 nightlies via RomManager, but how I get from my current wiped state to being rooted on any rom and then able to run rommanger I don't know.
At the moment my phone just boots to the SGS logo + yellow triangle.
Any help really appreciated. Thanks
Hi, can you identify your phone to be an i9100 or i9100G?
If your phone can boot into recovery, get the correct version here for i9100 or i9100G. Use adb to push the flashable zip into your sdcard, then install it from there.
If cannot enter recovery, try boot into download mode, flash CF-Root with ODIN, you should be able to get into recovery after that. Follow the instruction above to get CM9.
ksilver89 said:
Hi, can you identify your phone to be an i9100 or i9100G?
If your phone can boot into recovery, get the correct version here for i9100 or i9100G. Use adb to push the flashable zip into your sdcard, then install it from there.
If cannot enter recovery, try boot into download mode, flash CF-Root with ODIN, you should be able to get into recovery after that. Follow the instruction above to get CM9.
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Thanks for helping me - much appreciated
I'm pretty sure my phone is a i9100.
I could get into recovery mode, (CWM v5.0.2.7) but when the phone was plugged into my computer via usb, I got the message that the device had malfunctioned so I flashed CF-Root (CF-Root-SGS2_XX_XEO_LPQ-v5.3-CWM5) again. I've still got the same issue.
I've never used adb to transfer files, but I tried something called Quick ADB Pusher - but it doesn't recognise my device (presumably because the reported malfunction means I'm not connected). Assuming this is my own oversight, is there a good idiot-proof guide to using ADB to get the CM9 onto the phone for installation via CWM.
Thanks
Since you're not confident with adb, I would suggest flash Siyah kernel 4.1.5 tar version with ODIN. It is the latest supported version for ICS. The CWM recovery that comes with it support USB storage mount, with this you can simply boot into recovery, mount USB storage, and then transfer the cm9 flashable zip file with your computer.
ksilver89 said:
Since you're not confident with adb, I would suggest flash Siyah kernel 4.1.5 tar version with ODIN. It is the latest supported version for ICS. The CWM recovery that comes with it support USB storage mount, with this you can simply boot into recovery, mount USB storage, and then transfer the cm9 flashable zip file with your computer.
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Thank-you so much - this worked perfectly for me
Just in case anyone is reading this and knows even less than me - this is exactly what I did:
1. Downloaded Siyah kernel
2. Flashed using Odin (reboot in download mode, select the siyah tar file in the "pda" box of Odin and press start.
3. Reboot phone into recovery mode, did factory data wipe as instructed on siyah install page.
4. In recovery mode selected mount/storage options, then mount usb storage - then plugged phone into laptop.
5. After driver installed, the phone appeared in "my computer"
6. I deleted everything and dragged CM-10 rom zip file and google apps zip file (available from CM10 thread) onto phone.
7. Exited usb mode on phone and then used the install from zip on internal SD card to install first CM10 rom, then gapps.
8. Rebooted.
All done Thanks again.
hi guys
i have got s3 with 4.1.1 stock. i rooted my device with siyahkernel and flashed cwm touch recovery and i download ms team hd 5.0 rom from this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1886332 and placed it in external sd. i have used SGS3 Ultimate Kernel Cleaning Script and try to install zip from external sd card but, howevet it succesfully installed the custom rom, when the phone reboot it stuck in recovery. whether if i choose the stock kernel or siyahkernel in the beginning of the installation, it didn't change.
i had installed stock 4.1.1 with odin 3 times and root again but nothing changed. any idea what to do?
pitbull112233 said:
hi guys
i have got s3 with 4.1.1 stock. i rooted my device with siyahkernel and flashed cwm touch recovery and i download ms team hd 5.0 rom from this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1886332 and placed it in external sd. i have used SGS3 Ultimate Kernel Cleaning Script and try to install zip from external sd card but, howevet it succesfully installed the custom rom, when the phone reboot it stuck in recovery. whether if i choose the stock kernel or siyahkernel in the beginning of the installation, it didn't change.
i had installed stock 4.1.1 with odin 3 times and root again but nothing changed. any idea what to do?
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Try put the zip file in internal and flash it mate.
Rooted Galaxy S3 i9300
I have TeamWinRecoveryProject recovery installed.
However I wiped a ROM that failed to install (CM Nightly 10.1), and when I went to restore a backup, they weren't there.
Now I'm stuck, as I have no ROM to run, and no backups to restore.
Starting up the phone normally gets me nowhere, and in recovery mode there's no ROM to flash.
How can I flash a ROM from my computer? or is there a way to get the backups back?
Thanks, Charlie.
This guide will teach u how to flash a custom rom from adb.
Why don't u just copy a rom .zip file to your sdcard and flash??
I booted into recovery after flashing a kernel and was asked for a password. Without it i couldn't mount the internal sd card.
any suggenstions?
i flashed a stock rom via odin then re rooted and flashed custom recovery. i could the restore my nandroid.
panic over.
Hello all.
I got a old gt i9100 from my friend.
I successfully flashed syiah(im not sure with the spelling) kernel and rebooted into recovery mode and flash something but any time i selected flash zip from sdcard it said sdcard not found.
I checked sdcard is detected when just using.
Can you tell why and give some ways to solve?