I have a TMO S5 that I use on AT&T. It is rooted and right now I'm using the AT&T stock rom and is working ok. I have not tried any non stock because of the Know fuse, but today I just decided that I don't care anymore about that.
Is there any way to flash custom roms using FlashFire or do I have to flash a custom recovery like TWRP?
If so what is the best and easiest way to flash twrp recovery?
Thanks in advance
chiquito3 said:
I have a TMO S5 that I use on AT&T. It is rooted and right now I'm using the AT&T stock rom and is working ok. I have not tried any non stock because of the Know fuse, but today I just decided that I don't care anymore about that.
Is there any way to flash custom roms using FlashFire or do I have to flash a custom recovery like TWRP?
If so what is the best and easiest way to flash twrp recovery?
Thanks in advance
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Best way is custom recovery. Research which you feel most comfortable using then find instructions to use Odin for install. Once you have a custom recovery, you're ready to flash any compatible custom ROM you want. Just make sure to always make a backup.
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Custom recovery is great, you just need to do research on which recovery to get (CWM,TWRP,Philz) and you should also consider what type of custom rom you want to get (Touchwiz,Cyanogenmod, etc)
With Custom Recovery, you can backup your current rom and restore it if the Custom Rom isn't exactly your cup of tea without losing most of your data.
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Hi all. I am very familiar to android but this will be the first device I root and flash. I'm with bell mobility. I've been doing a lot of reading here lately and want to root and for now keep stock rom. I want to try ktoon kernel as well but haven't made up my mind about that.
I have some questions I need help with before I take any of this on. I understand that in order to flash a custom kernel I need to use cwm and I'm comfortable rooting and installing cwm. I want to be able to go to complete stock if I need to. My question is about getting that back. If I flash cwm but want to go back to 3e recovery will this work by simply flashing the bell stock rom previously posted by adamlange? Also I understand the custom kernel has modified wifi and bt drivers. If I flash the stock rom will this flash the stock kernel back as well. If not how do I flash the stock kernel through Odin? Will this stock kernel contain the drivers I need for wifi and bt? What are the main benefits of custom kernels? Is there any way to flash the custom kernel through Odin if I don't want to install cwm without tripping the counter?
I thank everyone in advance for helping me.
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I'm sorry if this is a stupid question, but I need to install only a recovery, because a custom rom brings ROOT. I'll use ODIN, where I can find recoverys in tar format, because the one I have, is the site of ClockworkMod and is in zip.
Thanks to all.
ferrarinews said:
I'm sorry if this is a stupid question, but I need to install only a recovery, because a custom rom brings ROOT. I'll use ODIN, where I can find recoverys in tar format, because the one I have, is the site of ClockworkMod and is in zip.
Thanks to all.
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why do you need a recovery if you are not going to install custom roms. You already have the stock recovery to whatever you are going to do
ferrarinews said:
I'm sorry if this is a stupid question, but I need to install only a recovery, because a custom rom brings ROOT. I'll use ODIN, where I can find recoverys in tar format, because the one I have, is the site of ClockworkMod and is in zip.
Thanks to all.
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Lol, you must know that CWM is integrated into the kernel, so if you need CWM you must install a custom kernel(insecure kernel) having CWM, and all custom kernels are made to enable rooting, trying to push CWM into stock kernel(secure kernel) is pretty dangerous and you might brick your phone, and stock has its on recovery mode which you can use. Anyway before performing any wipe or factory reset check whether if you have super brick bug if you are running ICS 4.0.4, and stupid question or not try including more details about your phone.
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king_below_my_lord said:
Lol, you must know that CWM is integrated into the kernel, so if you need CWM you must install a custom kernel(insecure kernel) having CWM, and all custom kernels are made to enable rooting, trying to push CWM into stock kernel(secure kernel) is pretty dangerous and you might brick your phone, and stock has its on recovery mode which you can use. Anyway before performing any wipe or factory reset check whether if you have super brick bug if you are running ICS 4.0.4, and stupid question or not try including more details about your phone.
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Ok.
Before anything thanks.
I want to install a CUSTOM ROM, like cyanogem, slim bean, etc. So your idea is install a kernel, but I can install recovery and then custom rom, right?
And this insecure kernel, can you give me the link to download?
Thanks.
P.S. - My SII have Gingerbread 2.3.5. original, I don't have touch in nothing.
ferrarinews said:
Ok.
Before anything thanks.
I want to install a CUSTOM ROM, like cyanogem, slim bean, etc. So your idea is install a kernel, but I can install recovery and then custom rom, right?
And this insecure kernel, can you give me the link to download?
Thanks.
P.S. - My SII have Gingerbread 2.3.5. original, I don't have touch in nothing.
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I suggest you to update your phone to official ICS before flashing an insecure kernel
Do I need to root the stock rom after unlocking the bootloader? I just want to unlock the bootloader, install custom recovery and flash a rom to get verizons bloated junk out a here. Thanks
gris1016 said:
Do I need to root the stock rom after unlocking the bootloader? I just want to unlock the bootloader, install custom recovery and flash a rom to get verizons bloated junk out a here. Thanks
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What u mean by root the stock Rom?once u r unlocked and rooted just back up ur stock Rom. Then flash away
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I was just wanting to get off the stock rom, the one out of the box from verizon. Do i have to root the stock rom from verizon, or can i just flash a rom through recovery with out rooting the original stock rom? I know most custom roms have root baked in. I dont want to back up verizons junk. I was just wondering if i could skip rooting the stock setup. Thanks
If you are replacing the ROM, you don't need to worry about rooting the stock ROM. You may still want to use fastboot to flash a root enabled kernel however.
Due to our unique Dev unlock flashing a custom ROM (that is root enabled) won't also flash the kernel on the dna. You must flash kernels in fast boot instead of recovery.
Some things that require root in androide, also require a kernel that is root enabled.
I would also encourage you to make a backup of your stock rom in recovery.
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i was just curios. Thanks for responding
You don't have to use fast boot. You can put the flash_image binary in system/bin and use that from the terminal for the *.img part
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Hello everyone, greeting from Turkey!
First of all im a newbie for android rooting and romming etc. I ve always used stock roms since ive got this phone. Now Im running a I9100 (int.) with stock Turkish 4.1.2 (XXLS8) on it and i ve rooted it via superuser.zip with my stock recovery.
What i want to do is to install CWM and want to flash a RELIABLE and Long Battery life rom. Are there anyways for me to install a CWM without using odin (via stock recovery). And can you please suggest me a good rom for daily usage. (i want to use vanilla android btw [just like nexus]).
Thank you for your helps.
I don't know much about roms/kernels for the international version, but you will need to flash a stock kernel with cwm and then just choose a rom from your development thread and follow the instructions, don't forget making backups and reading a lot, you can start from flashing cyanogenmod.
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I don't know much about roms/kernels for the international version, but you will need to flash a stock kernel with cwm and then just choose a rom from your development thread and follow the instructions, don't forget making backups and reading a lot, you can start from flashing cyanogenmod.
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The thing is i dont have the CWM on my phone, its only the Rooted Stock Recovery.
Uhm i believe that we can flash a philz via stock. Is that true?
Euphorium7 said:
The thing is i dont have the CWM on my phone, its only the Rooted Stock Recovery.
Uhm i believe that we can flash a philz via stock. Is that true?
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As i said i dont know about international version kernels, but it should have a tag like "stock kernel" or something like that if its for stock, just install it and you will have cwm, if its not stock it wont be installed anyway.
Dakura said:
As i said i dont know about international version kernels, but it should have a tag like "stock kernel" or something like that if its for stock, just install it and you will have cwm, if its not stock it wont be installed anyway.
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I know but am i able to flash a kernel via stock rom or do i need to use odin?
Euphorium7 said:
I know but am i able to flash a kernel via stock rom or do i need to use odin?
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You can flash a kernel for stock roms via stock recovery, you don't need to use odin, just read the instructions.
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You can flash a kernel for stock roms via stock recovery, you don't need to use odin, just read the instructions.
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Thanks for your helps
I can't seem to find a way to flash a new ROM on this phone. I've used everything Rom manager to Loki and I just can't seem to find a way to flasha a new ROM onto this phone. Do you guys know any way to flash a new ROM onto the S4 running 4.4.2?
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I can't seem to find a way to flash a new ROM on this phone. I've used everything Rom manager to Loki and I just can't seem to find a way to flasha a new ROM onto this phone. Do you guys know any way to flash a new ROM onto the S4 running 4.4.2?
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You can only flash through Safestrap if you are on NC5. Trying to flash via other ways such as Rom Manager, CWM, or TWRP is going to brick your phone. If you read any of the threads on your device, you would know this.
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