Hello. I have a stock S2 S959G that hasn't been rooted and am interested in installing my 1st ROM. I have read Mr.Cook's thread (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1982571), I feel pretty confident in trying to root my phone. However, after reading other threads on xda, I am under the impression that I don't need to even root my phone when installing newer ROMs. Instead all I need to do is install TWRP recovery, download ROM, compatible gapps, and I'm good to flash?
I know its not that simple and any step by step instructions on how to flash the latest the newest TWRP, ROM, and gapps available for my phone would be greatly appreciated. Apologies in advance for being the newest of noobs.
*Edit: I was successful in installing TWRP 2.7.1.0 found in Mr.Cooks link. Still no success with the zip file for the 2.8.7.0v.*
I found (what I believe is the latest recovery for my phone) TWRP 2.8.7.0 in this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s2-att/development/mtp-twrp-2-8-7-0-i777-s959g-t3212309
Of course the TWRP found in this thread is a .zip file and odin doesn't recognize .zip files. I read on how to change it .tar or other usable file but it seems that you need a Linux machine.
I also tried the download twrp link in Mr. Cook's thread I linked in the OP. Unfortunately when I tried to download to the phone in ODIN it tells me the MP5 is invalid. I tried it again and it said complete write failed. Could it be the version of ODIN I am using is to outdated (1.85)?
*Edit: Found the answer to ODIN failing due to complete write in this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s2/help/solved-help-completewrite-operation-t1157231*
Again any help provided would be greatly appreciated.
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I've been searching all over the forums for hours and I can't seem to get a viable solution to my problem. Here's what happened:
New Samsung Galaxy S2 AT&T
I used the cyanogenmod wiki site to flash clockworkMod recovery:
not realizing that there was a separate page specifically for the S2 for AT&T....so end result is ClockworkMod recovery 4.0.1.4 instead of 5.0.2.3 using Heimdall suite. I don't know if this makes a difference
So with reboot my back and search buttons wouldn't work so I did a factory reset, now I'm stuck in boot loop
Went into CWM recovery, did clean wipe, but it won't let me flash any zip files (gives "no file or directory" error and installation aborted)
I never flashed any ROM's, just the CWM recovery
I don't know what to do. Please help.
I apologize if this is answered elsewhere, but I made an honest effort to search for it.
just follow this thread...http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1309301 and flash 3 .tar files in odin...
Thanks for the reply zking. I actually saw that thread but wasn't sure if it was applicable. I'm a little confused. I've flashed CWM recovery before on other phones (G1 and G2) without any problems, but those required that I rooted them as well. The cyanogenmod site for the SII seemed (at least to me) to have indicated that root may not be necessary to flash a ROM. Is this true or am I just misinterpreting?
So as it stands, my phone is not rooted. Can this be reason I'm having a problem with CWM recovery? It's not giving me a mounting error, just says file doesn't exist, when I know it's there. Is it looking for .tar format?
and when you say flash 3 .tar files in odin....which files are you referring to (may be dumb question)
First flashed the required firmware from here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1075278
than root accordingly as mentioned here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1126522
after rooting as per the above method you ll have CWM recovery installed...and you can start using it accordingly.
Don't listen to zking. He's getting you to flash more wrong firmware to your phone. Go to the AT&T forum and download the correct cwm from there. The AT&T version of the phone doesn't work with I9100 firmware.
Sent from my GT-I9100
Yes, I did read other posts before posting myself, and I still have no clue what to do.
I have CWM v5 something, along with an associated SuperSU I have installed onto my phone.
I have the newest CVM 6.0.3.1 version .img file installed from their website.
What do I do now?
ROM Manager doesn't work, as my device is not listed.
I don't know where my /sdcard/ folder is located so I can't drop the .img file into that folder, and can't use a line of code for the terminal emulator.
Help!!
Stefan_S said:
Yes, I did read other posts before posting myself, and I still have no clue what to do.
I have CWM v5 something, along with an associated SuperSU I have installed onto my phone.
I have the newest CVM 6.0.3.1 version .img file installed from their website.
What do I do now?
ROM Manager doesn't work, as my device is not listed.
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You should be able to use the same method as you did when you first installed CWM, do you remember how you got the rom manager up originally? Did you flash it over usb (fastboot method)?
What phone btw?
Fixed it
Tried a bunch of methods,
Went into GS3 Toolkit and got a new-ish version of CWM (6.0.2 something, not the newest 6.0.3.1).
Regardless, this was an upgrade from my 5.x.x.x version, which allowed me to install the stable build of CM 10.
I have a Samsung Galaxy S3 SGH-I747m with Rogers.
People should really create tar files from the img files.. but anyways, i got it !
Hello to everyone
I am the proud owner of a galaxy S3 - i9300 since couple of days (got s2 before) and I would like to install a custom rom. Right now it is official JB. So first I tried to follow the guide from here the galaxys3root.com - galaxys3root.com/galaxy-s3-root/how-to-root-galaxy-s3-jelly-bean-or-ics
I finished installing, everything said ok but SuperSU said "“There is no SU binary installed, and SuperSU cannot install it. This is a problem!”. However I was able to enter recovery mode and see that cwm was installed. I repeated the procedure - same result. I tried using the CF-Auto-Root-m0-m0xx-gti9300.tar.md5, it said ok, finished, all green but again i had no root access (cwm still there, root checker said no root and supersu dissappeared).
The ultimate goal for me is to install CM11 rom with kitkat. So please clear some things for me (almost beginner level):
1. do i really need root from now on?
2. can i just reboot into recovery, wipe data/factory reset and install ROM? (all from the device, no odin)
3. is it a better solution to flash stock firmware through odin and start rooting all over again ?
4. Why don't I have root access since I followed all the indicated steps?
One detail that might matter is that now my cwm is version 5.5.0.4 CF v.1.5
Thank you for any help (and again, beginner+1 language please)
Visit CM and CF autoroot site you will find the answer to your questions.
All you need to install CM is recovery, so if you can get into that you are golden and don't need root on your current rom because its going to be over written with CM anyway
Thank you for your replies!
IOU-1, I did some research over the internet and I still do but I'm looking for some straight-on answers right now.
Darke5tShad0w, thanks for your help - right now I have cwm 5.5.0.4 - can you point me towards how to update to newer one? (I cannot do it through play store since I don't have root access).
Ok, I've found the cwm update: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2052091 I think this should work.
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Thank you for your replies!
IOU-1, I did some research over the internet and I still do but I'm looking for some straight-on answers right now.
Darke5tShad0w, thanks for your help - right now I have cwm 5.5.0.4 - can you point me towards how to update to newer one? (I cannot do it through play store since I don't have root access).
Ok, I've found the cwm update: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2052091 I think this should work.
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Try this since your goal is to install CM-ROM http://wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/CyanogenMod_Installer
Sorry I dont have alot of time today to be able to find you a link for the updated version.
Few things you can do here,
Use the link IOU-1 posted, I forgot about this yesterday then update CWM with rom manager
Try to flash cm with current CWM, if it works update it with rom manager
Search the forums and find the correct cwm post and update manually
Ok, thanks to everyone for their answers.
I fixed it and I'll say how so anyone in my position will do the same.
As a reminder, I tried to root but all I succeded to do is get cwm installed but no root (so no rom manager or any other root app installed).
What i did was to update cwm manually from within it, with zip install from this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2052091
After that I simply installed CM11 - zip install - and now I have root and everything is running smoothly.
Again thanks - and good luck to all.
Hey All,
Yesterday I started looking at flashing a custom ROM onto my Galaxy Mega (I9205) but I'm having real issues. I've tried multiple ROMs and recoveries and I run into errors every time. Hopefully I'm being a moron and have missed a step somewhere but I really don't think that's the case. I've trawled these forums to see if I can work out why this might be happening but with no luck.
The procedure I've used so far:
Use ODIN to flash custom recovery (tried both CWM and TWRP from http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2369998)
Factory Reset, clear cache and dalvik cache.
Install ROM from recovery (I've tried PAC-man, CyanogenMod and LiquidSmooth.)
Errors have ranged from generic failures to "incorrect device" type messages and "Status 7".
A curious issue I ran into was with PAC-man. When I tried to flash the meliusltexx version, the install script detected my device as the melius3g. I can say categorically that my device is the I9205 NOT the I9200. I removed the assert section from the updater script and although the script now runs, it fails later in the process.
I've attached a log from the last attempt I made. This was using TWRP to flash pac_meliusltexx-nightly-20140306.
Thanks for any advice in advance.
I'm not the best at helping at problems, but I give it a try.
I noticed you used the TWRP from a pretty outdated thread.
Silesh.Nair has a few download links in his signature, which leads to the most updated recovery.
Also Philz Recovery (the one I use the most) has a separate thread.
Have you tried those recoveries too? Maybe you should flash them through odin first, and then install the roms.
Brilliant that did it. Used Philz recovery and ROMs are now installing correctly. Where do you find info on things such as the latest recoveries? I've been searching and the most up to date I came up with were the ones mentioned in the original post.
Thanks a lot for your help - glad it turned out to be something simple.
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Brilliant that did it. Used Philz recovery and ROMs are now installing correctly. Where do you find info on things such as the latest recoveries? I've been searching and the most up to date I came up with were the ones mentioned in the original post.
Thanks a lot for your help - glad it turned out to be something simple.
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We are here to help. Glad I helped! I had the same problem, and I found Philz recovery the original development (Philz Recovery Have fun with flashing, and don't forget:
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I recently purchased a Samsung Galaxy SII, GT-I9100 and have been trying to install LineageOS using this guide:
https://wiki.lineageos.org/devices/i9100/install
I'm at the point where I need to flash TWRP. I've downloaded TWRP 3.2.3.0 and using Heimdall, I'm able to successfully flash the image to my phone, Heimdall's output doesn't mention any errors. However, when I afterwards shut down the phone and then reboot to recovery mode, it's still the old stock recovery present.
I have spent the entire weekend trying to troubleshoot a ton of things and trying many suggested solutions, some not working, others throwing me further down the pit of despair. One of the things I've tried was to flash CF Root. My build number ends in KWMS2, so I've been trying to find a CF root build for that but the only thing I found was this post:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s2/help/cf-root-download-ms2-t2880023
Which then had a link to SuperSU which I sideloaded with adb, but that didn't do anything. I also found this post:
https://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=35682278&postcount=4
And flash the CF Root image, but that also didn't help with TWRP. I've also looked at the CF Root site but it doesn't list the GT-I9100 and Firmware.Mobi lists all i9100 versions as incompatible with CF-Auto-Root (which I'm assuming is the same as CF Root).
So because of all the trouble I've had, I'm now stuck with a phone that can boot into download and recovery mode, but can't actually boot into Android and that won't install TWRP for some odd reason.
I hope someone can tell me, in detail, what I'm supposed to do to get TWRP to actually work and not just being flashed, because I'm at my wits end.
Follow this guide (the post literally one below yours!) and you will be up and running in no time.
https://forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s2/help/guide-tutorial-samsung-galaxy-s2-i9100-t3538601