So i just decided to join the rest of the world and get myself a rectangle. so i researched the 1 to 200 dollar range for weeks until i found my new shiny metal friend with great specs and a price that wouldn't keep me up at night. the le max 2 x829. but i love tech and was really looking forward to pushing this phone and learn about all it could do! i was really excited.
Until i started to learn about the many confusing programs needed to install custom roms or make a recovery file. things like that All of which need like 6 different programs all of which seem to need some other program in order to functional. I can't seem to even find a starting point! I HAVE NEVER FELT THIS STUPID IN MY ENTIRE LIFE. Someone please help. what programs do i need for a new os ? How does adb fit into the chain of programs needed to mod android? is twrp the first program needed? how does it all sort...fit to gather? Thanks for any help!
Man, honestly this forum is made to help people, but also people should use the search button. This question has been answered a million times already.
Long story short:
- Connect the phone to the PC and install the drivers (including ADB)
- Unlock bootloader (usually it's already unlocked)
- Download TWRP on your PC
- Install TWRP following the developer's steps
- Download your custom ROM
- Put the ROM on the internal memory
- Boot into TWRP
- Install the new ROM according to the instructions given by the developer and you're done...
valy_cta said:
Man, honestly this forum is made to help people, but also people should use the search button. This question has been answered a million times already.
Long story short:
- Connect the phone to the PC and install the drivers (including ADB)
- Unlock bootloader (usually it's already unlocked)
- Download TWRP on your PC
- Install TWRP following the developer's steps
- Download your custom ROM
- Put the ROM on the internal memory
- Boot into TWRP
- Install the new ROM according to the instructions given by the developer and you're done...
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including adb? what other drivers do i need? xposed? supersu? ...i have done my research by the way...its just not making alot of sense..thats all. i know all you old pros have probably been at it for years but i never even held a smartphone until 6 days ago ha ha
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Man, honestly this forum is made to help people, but also people should use the search button. This question has been answered a million times already.
Long story short:
- Connect the phone to the PC and install the drivers (including ADB)
- Unlock bootloader (usually it's already unlocked)
- Download TWRP on your PC
- Install TWRP following the developer's steps
- Download your custom ROM
- Put the ROM on the internal memory
- Boot into TWRP
- Install the new ROM according to the instructions given by the developer and you're done...
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Also how do you download twrp on you're pc ? it won't let me i have it on my phone but it just keeps leading me to a website to download again.
Serialjwalker said:
Also how do you download twrp on you're pc ? it won't let me i have it on my phone but it just keeps leading me to a website to download again.
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Do you have it installed on the phone or just downloaded? If it's installed, jump over that step. If it's just downloaded, connect the phone to the pc by cable, transfer the files :cyclops:
I understand your concern. It's because there are a few ways of doing it, and so novices might be confused when comparing two different tutorials.
This one is very complete: https://forum.xda-developers.com/le-max-2/how-to/protocol-backup-stock-rom-flash-stock-t3517151
1. Connect your phone, it is supposed to install drivers automatically.
1.1 If not, you'll need to google it, but I believe this toolkit will help you. In fact, this tool is capable of doing all the process for you by simply clicking on some buttons.2. Install ADB Drivers. There are a few options and it is basically
2.1 @greenManGaming recommends 15 seconds ADB installer.
2.2 (Alternative) Minimal ADB and Fastboot. I've used this one.
2.3 (Alternative) ADB and Fastboot (newer) or Universal ADB and Fastboot (older) from the same dev.
OBS: I'm not sure if the toolkit requires or not one of these options to work properly or if it already does this task.3. Download TWRP (on your computer).
3.1 Follow the instructions from the official page. In short, put the img into the ADB folder.4. Follow the commands in the the tutorial mentioned.
4.1 In short, unlock the bootloader, boot twrp, complete backup, reboot into the system, copy the backup to your PC/Cloud service, get back to fastboot mode, flash twrp, then flash your ROM.
OBS: Suggestion for only booting TWRP at the first time is perfectly optional, you can flash it since the beginning but in this case you wouldn't be able to backup the original recovery and everything as the phone came, in case you need go back to request an RMA.
razmth said:
I understand your concern. It's because there are a few ways of doing it, and so novices might be confused when comparing two different tutorials.
This one is very complete: https://forum.xda-developers.com/le-max-2/how-to/protocol-backup-stock-rom-flash-stock-t3517151
1. Connect your phone, it is supposed to install drivers automatically.
1.1 If not, you'll need to google it, but I believe this toolkit will help you. In fact, this tool is capable of doing all the process for you by simply clicking on some buttons.2. Install ADB Drivers. There are a few options and it is basically
2.1 @greenManGaming recommends 15 seconds ADB installer.
2.2 (Alternative) Minimal ADB and Fastboot. I've used this one.
2.3 (Alternative) ADB and Fastboot (newer) or Universal ADB and Fastboot (older) from the same dev.
OBS: I'm not sure if the toolkit requires or not one of these options to work properly or if it already does this task.3. Download TWRP (on your computer).
3.1 Follow the instructions from the official page. In short, put the img into the ADB folder.4. Follow the commands in the the tutorial mentioned.
4.1 In short, unlock the bootloader, boot twrp, complete backup, reboot into the system, copy the backup to your PC/Cloud service, get back to fastboot mode, flash twrp, then flash your ROM.
OBS: Suggestion for only booting TWRP at the first time is perfectly optional, you can flash it since the beginning but in this case you wouldn't be able to backup the original recovery and everything as the phone came, in case you need go back to request an RMA.
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more questions....twrp will only load onto my phone and not my pc? also there are no adb driver folders just an exe. what do i do about that?
someone tell me how to delete this thread...i am just going to sell my smartphone i can't look at it anymore. every thing i try to do with it it resists every single inch of the way. nothing works according to instructions. i thought this would be fun but its hell... i give up! ...it wins going to trade this thing for the first 30 dollar burner phone i can find
Huge drama for nothing. Sell the thing, it's obviously not for you. If you can't follow some simple instructions, then it's better to sell it to some guy who likes to try at least.
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Huge drama for nothing. Sell the thing, it's obviously not for you. If you can't follow some simple instructions, then it's better to sell it to some guy who likes to try at least.
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maybe they are laid out to be simple but nothing is working as instructed. i have been at it for a week . so far installing firefox is the best i can seem to do lol simple? theres nothing simple about the gangbang of programs you need to do stuff on these phones. none of which can actually be compelled to function under any circumstances at least for me.
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maybe they are laid out to be simple but nothing is working as instructed. i have been at it for a week . so far installing firefox is the best i can seem to do lol simple? theres nothing simple about the gangbang of programs you need to do stuff on these phones. none of which can actually be compelled to function under any circumstances at least for me.
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If you are not familiar with giving commands with command prompt, installing drivers and needed software (android studio or minimal adb install) then you are in for a challenge, if you are not willing to learn its better to sell the phone or use it with de preinstalled android.
i find myself quite skilled( have flashed several brands of phoned in the last 5 years) and it took me a couple of days to figure out what to do and how to install twrp and my first rom, there are no one click shortcuts for this phone
Why need to install rom? It already work.
Serialjwalker said:
more questions....twrp will only load onto my phone and not my pc? also there are no adb driver folders just an exe. what do i do about that?
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Did you try watching different videos to have a big picture of the process? It would be the first step. Even if you don't understand English, simply watch it. You'll see what would happen after each action.
Then check the written tutorial. Not a big issue at all. Really. Even for newbies, I've been one when I had a Galaxy 5, my first android that doesn't even needed to flash a custom ROM.
Whether you think you can, whether you think you can't, you're right.
The command to load the TWRP will be done on your PC, however, only your phone will load it. In short, you'll be commanding your phone through your PC.
When you install Minimal ADB and Fastboot, it will install its files in a default folder. Inside its default folder is where you should place the TWRP image.
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I recently purchased a used Galaxy tab 10.1 I/O, and it had already received the 3.1 OTA update.
Now i want root access for various reasons, and can't seem to find a clear guide on how to do so.. I've found plenty about how to do so on the original 3.0 rom, and that it will carry through the 3.1 update, or for the regular version Galaxy Tab 10.1, but it's my understanding the ROMs were fairly different between the I/O and the retail version and that attempting to cross-pollinate root methods may not be a good idea
although I've rooted and ROMed my fair share of HTC devices and Nooks i'm a little more apprehensive with this unit, as it's my first android device to lack an SD card slot of some sort, so bricking seems like a much worse possibility
The best guide ever is in the development section, it works for your device.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1239185
follow the guide its very easy and worked fine for me
I Return triumphant, and gentlemen, i must say you were incorrect.
The I/O edition does not give you the option to access recovery at any point, even with the Pwr+VOL DN boot.
You can put it into download mode, and certianly use ODIN to install the recovery rom, but you will have no method to actually access recovery to push zip files.
thanks to some quick self education on using fastboot, i was able to root successfully.
To those of you in a similar situation who stumble upon this thread, i invite you to visit:
http://droidbasement.com/db-blog/?p=2439
There you can download CWM in a .img format for use with fastboot.
This link is where you can download fastboot:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=596615&d=1305443483
and you'll need to install PDANet for Android to get the fastboot drivers:
http://junefabrics.com/android/
I belive you'll also need ADB installed from the Android SDK. i do have it installed on this computer, but did not use the ADB command at any point, just fastboot.
Instructions:
1. Download fastboot, PDANet for android, and the recovery image. You'll also need "Samsung_Galaxy_Tab_10.1_root.zip" found in Root.zip from the retail version instructions.
2. Copy the "Samsung_Galaxy_Tab_10.1_root.zip" to the tablet, and and power it off. Disconnect the USB connection
3. Unzip fastboot zip into it's own folder, and then copy your recovery.img file into the same folder.
4. Start the install of PDANet. It will ask you if you want to install drivers about half way through. say yes, and select "Samsung" when the time comes. it will install some drivers and then ask you to try and connect. windows may flare up and say they're unsigned. accept anyway.
5. watch this friendly video on how to start fastboot on your tablet:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sR7vE4IueaU
"fastboot!"
Basically the same as the steps outlined for the retail version, but you will go to the usb icon instead of the box.
6. once the tablet is in fastboot, connect the USB cable. PDA net will recognize it as an ADB connection and try and load itself. it will fail, that's fine. Let the installer exit completely.
7. Open a command line in windows, and get it to the directory fastboot.exe and your recovery image are in.
8. run your fastboot command. i only used it temporarlily, so my command was:
"fastboot boot recovery-cwm_5.0.2.7-sam-tab-10.1.img"
9. the tablet should now boot into the recovery image presented. hooray! follow the remaining instructions from the retail version root, using recovery to load the "Samsung_Galaxy_Tab_10.1_root.zip" and reboot.
10. Once you've done all that, select to reboot. The tablet will reboot. i took the opportunity to disconnect the cable.
11. "Superuser" should now be in your apps, and you're rooted!
Extra Step: Download "Rom Manager" by clockwork from the android market, and install it. from here, opt to flash recovery. Once that's complete, you can now access recovery by launching that program and simply hitting "Reboot into Recovery"
I have no use for this myself but it's not often someone comes back and posts a complete howto on solving their own initial issue. I wish more people would do this. Thanks button clicked.
I just ran into this exact problem and only found this thread after figuring it out on my own. I figured my IO tab just didn't like having clockwork mod installed, but it certainly booted it. I nearly ruined it by accidentally wiping my rom trying to get it to boot at all. I had to repush my install files to the insternal memory using adb after I was able to boot into recovery with fastboot.
I haven't looked around too much (seeing as I only JUST got the damn thing to boot a rom) but is there a fix to that, perhaps installing the retail bootloader?
I'd hate to have to use fastboot everytime my rom doesn't boot. I've gotten used to wiping and installing roms from wherever I am on my other android devices.
I'm not familiar enough with the device to be able to give you a definite answer, but i imagine adding a bootloader from the retail version would give you the recovery option instead of fastboot.
personally, i'm a little more fond of having fastboot around right now, as it's easy enough to get into recovery when flashing things with it, and the bootloader for the I/O is unlocked... i can think of a few fun things to do in the future if i can load any ROM i want into memory, test it, and move on if it's no good... i may even give some of the ICS dailies a try thanks to this.
Always several ways of doing things... glad you got it worked out.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=15735928&postcount=2
RootzFan,
that method is flashing an entirely new rom, down to 3.0, just to gain root access and open recovery so you can then return to 3.1.. it has the added byproduct of installing touchwiz.
IMHO, my way is a little cleaner as there is actually zero flashing needed, and you get to keep everything active and installed.
i recommend just going for custom roms - it comes already rooted - yBoot into recovery and flash a custom ROM
I have the IO tab myseldf and have been flawlessly running GalaxyTask custom ROM - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1340064
shane86 said:
I recently purchased a used Galaxy tab 10.1 I/O, and it had already received the 3.1 OTA update.
Now i want root access for various reasons, and can't seem to find a clear guide on how to do so.. I've found plenty about how to do so on the original 3.0 rom, and that it will carry through the 3.1 update, or for the regular version Galaxy Tab 10.1, but it's my understanding the ROMs were fairly different between the I/O and the retail version and that attempting to cross-pollinate root methods may not be a good idea
although I've rooted and ROMed my fair share of HTC devices and Nooks i'm a little more apprehensive with this unit, as it's my first android device to lack an SD card slot of some sort, so bricking seems like a much worse possibility
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oh, def not the best method... just saying it is nice that there are alternatives.
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Fun Stuff.
So guys, I'm new to this and thought I would jump in at the deep end.
I unlocked my HTC One X+ easily and set about rooting.
I've got TWRP installed but it keeps telling me it needs to install superuser before it can root.
I have totally wiped the phone, how come if Im not rooted?
How do I get an OS and indeed the kernel or ROM onto the phone?
Its and International OX+, I've got the right kernel... what do I need to do?
It was locked to O2 if that makes a difference
I followed the instruction in Hasson but then wiped the OS
I know its a simple procedure but can someone walk me through it please
So I've downloaded Kernel 3.1.10-ge7581e4
I have no idea what to do next, come on guys I know its not difficult for you guys.
eskimosound said:
So I've downloaded Kernel 3.1.10-ge7581e4
I have no idea what to do next, come on guys I know its not difficult for you guys.
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If you wiped as you said, you need to push with adb a rom of your choice to the internal memory of the phone and then install it within twrp.
Please read instructions 2 or 3 times before attempting anything, seems like you rushed and now you're temporarily without phone till you flash a rom on it again. I doubt any root guide tells you to wipe the phone, your own fault on this.
To sum it up:
Put a rom's zip of your choice in the internal memory with adb push
flash the rom within the twrp recovery (install option)
flash the kernel for the specific rom with fastboot (each rom has a guide and download for it)
You can now search about it more easily, plenty of posts and info about this.
dan_alexandre said:
If you wiped as you said, you need to push with adb a rom of your choice to the internal memory of the phone and then install it within twrp.
Please read instructions 2 or 3 times before attempting anything, seems like you rushed and now you're temporarily without phone till you flash a rom on it again. I doubt any root guide tells you to wipe the phone, your own fault on this.
To sum it up:
Put a rom's zip of your choice in the internal memory with adb push
flash the rom within the twrp recovery (install option)
flash the kernel for the specific rom with fastboot (each rom has a guide and download for it)
You can now search about it more easily, plenty of posts and info about this.
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Thanks, I did indeed rush into it but I have been meaning to do it for a year and just thought go for it, I know its all salvageable..ish!
So yep, I've got the ROM I want but don't understand the kernel, I see no guide to download it, all I know is I took a note of the Kernel before I wiped my phone and I have managed to find the exact kernel.
The ROM or RUU as it is, is an O2 UK version, I figure it must be the one I want as it was an O2 phone in the UK.
I still don't know what folders to put things in, TWRP can't see a boot.img that I have on the phone when installing, it can only see it through file explorer.
And then, every time I power down the phone TWRP asks to install Superuser, its cant, theres nothing to install it to, so it just keeps asking.
This is all because I hated the Sense 5 update, indeed Im till looking for the Sense 4 ROM fo HOX+
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Thanks, I did indeed rush into it but I have been meaning to do it for a year and just thought go for it, I know its all salvageable..ish!
So yep, I've got the ROM I want but don't understand the kernel, I see no guide to download it, all I know is I took a note of the Kernel before I wiped my phone and I have managed to find the exact kernel.
The ROM or RUU as it is, is an O2 UK version, I figure it must be the one I want as it was an O2 phone in the UK.
I still don't know what folders to put things in, TWRP can't see a boot.img that I have on the phone when installing, it can only see it through file explorer.
And then, every time I power down the phone TWRP asks to install Superuser, its cant, theres nothing to install it to, so it just keeps asking.
This is all because I hated the Sense 5 update, indeed Im till looking for the Sense 4 ROM fo HOX+
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Sigh, if you had read carefully you'd know that boot.img need to be flashed through fastboot and not from recovery. Every rom has this info or a batch file for this.
So what exactly are you trying to do? Root the stock rom that came originally with the phone or installing a custom rom?
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Sigh, if you had read carefully you'd know that boot.img need to be flashed through fastboot and not from recovery. Every rom has this info or a batch file for this.
So what exactly are you trying to do? Root the stock rom that came originally with the phone or installing a custom rom?
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Lols, thanks dan, I hope you don't hate me!
Root the stock ROM
For starters..
The boot.img is the Android Revolution HD
The RUU is O2 UK
I do realise they are two different ways of installing an OS, I would just like one of them to work!
So think install RUU, then kernel
But put them where and how
I bought the Android Hackers book, but theres nothing about HOX+ in it, and seeing as that's the only phone, I've got to practise on I thought I would ask you specifically.
eskimosound said:
Lols, thanks dan, I hope you don't hate me!
Root the stock ROM
For starters..
The boot.img is the Android Revolution HD
The RUU is O2 UK
I do realise they are two different ways of installing an OS, I would just like one of them to work!
So think install RUU, then kernel
But put them where and how
I bought the Android Hackers book, but theres nothing about HOX+ in it, and seeing as that's the only phone, I've got to practise on I thought I would ask you specifically.
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I see, the easiest ways would be to use a custom rom now. For example, the one you already got the kernel from(android revolution hd)
To root you dont need to install a kernel... just to flash the supersu zip. Using a custom rom's kernel with stock rom might not be a good idea.
Another simple way would be to restore stock rom back to start and try rooting again, this time reading everything carefully
So the two easiest ways i think:
1) flash a custom rom following the instructions they provide in the initial posts for that rom
2) run the o2 correspondent RUU to restore stock rom (you'd need to relock the bootloader), also reading carefully posts in the forum about restoring to stock
Without getting into too much detail, these are the simplest options.
All the info required to do these are on these forums
Aaarrghhh, its driving me insane as I knew it would, just like XP, Vista Seven and Eight!!!
So Im back to being up all night learning..
Well have installed SDK correctly but device is not seen, no serial, nothing.
I can get it to fastboot though, however I don't know any commands so I cant get it to work
Windows 7 keeps moaning about an mpt file which I downloaded and dont know where to extract it to
All I need to do is copy a few files to the phones sd card and install them right?
Whys that so difficult?
I don't know the difference between a rom an ruu and a boot image, in that I don't know where they should all be placed.
Why cant twrp copy and paste from pc...
So Hassooon works sort of but still none the wiser.
Am following tutorial but fastboot commands are not working
Still cant find right driver.....
So CMD lines not working 100%
So am downloading drivers in sdk manager
And how do I flash the supersu zip?
Still no luck with driver, im on windows 7 32bit
OK I cant push using adb it cant find the file or directory,
Hassooon cant detect the phone as cant windroid universal
I dont think the phone is rooted even though i have twrp on it.
Thus can I have wiped the os?
If not can i restore it?
No I didnt make a backup rom..
mmm a zip on the phone doesnt load in bootloader, count that be my os?
Guys, im stranded in the water here...
On boot im getting...
Failed to open usb master mode
[Preload] Failed to open usb master mode
loading PM35IMG.zip image...
Failed to open usb master mode
please plug off usb
Whats PM35IMG.zip?
Is that the OS?
Am I saved?
Is it easy to get that file to unzip and load?
Can anyone help?
So now I need the right RUU.....
2.17.206.3
Is there anyone out there that can help please?
So have managed to install superuser and root my phone, all instructions for doing this were wrong including Hassoon, had to have the phone in System screen to do it, not bootloader or recovery.
Now cant get adb to push file to sdcard...
Man alive, how to make something very easy, sound very difficult.
Would any of you experts care to help?
Just trying to install a ROM.zip to Root and place the boot img in right place.
Well, the instructions are dire but after 10 days of persistance have installed Android Revolution HD 8, finally my phone is up and running better than the bloated os that came with the phone so, you can call this thread resolved.
Hi all,
I'm trying to install Cyanogemod on my i9100 (S2 intl). I'm quite experienced with flashing, rooting and Cyanogenmod in general as I've had it on both my Nexus 7 and my S3 for years. For the S3 I flash it via Heimdall cmd line; quite simple. For the S3, the recovery downloads as an img and just works. But for the S2, Clockworkmod's Recovery downloads as a zip, and not one of the tutorials explain how to use it. Do I flash the whole zip, just part of it or do I need to convert the zip to something else? And is kernel the correct partition to use?
The wiki guide doesn't give any help whatsoever. Everyone talks about zImage, but no where can I find what this is. There's a link on the wiki to download an img but it's broken and I can't find the image anywhere else. I think the wiki needs updating.
Drat, I can't put links in yet. I did have "wiki guide" linked.
I also posted my question to the Cyanogenmod forums, and they replied more quickly. This surprised me a bit; I may be a new account, but I've been a huge fan of XDA-Developers for a long time, and I was expecting a super quick answer. Maybe I posted in the wrong section for this, haha
For future reference, and to provide an answer for this question (and for ways around simple problems after that too):
forum.cyanogenmod.com/topic/96781-how-to-flash-latest-cwm-recovery-via-heimdall/
Turns out I was using the wrong kind of file for flashing via Heimdall. So glad my S3 was easier than this to flash Cyanogenmod.
So problem solved Any questions, I would be happy to elaborate.
1) This phone was released over 3 yrs ago, the S2 forums simply don't see the traffic they saw even 12 mths ago; 9 hrs is nothing.
2) Also, very very few people here use Heimdall as most are running Windoze machines. On Windoze you use Odin, there's no need to complicate things by attempting to use Heimdall.
So that's why you ended up with the first world 'problem' of not getting a response after 9 hrs.
You can elaborate on exactly what you did if you want; you never know, someone might come here one day & actually search for info rather than posting a thread purely because they can and expecting an immediate response.
1) This phone was released over 3 yrs ago, the S2 forums simply don't see the traffic they saw even 12 mths ago; 9 hrs is nothing.
So that's why you ended up with the first world 'problem' of not getting a response after 9 hrs.
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I guess so. I hope you didn't think I was being too serious; I was only joking that I expected a reply that quickly Some areas of this site, people often reply in minutes, that's all
2) Also, very very few people here use Heimdall as most are running Windoze machines. On Windoze you use Odin, there's no need to complicate things by attempting to use Heimdall.
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Really? I'm using Windows and I've never had any problems with Heimdall. In fact, I found Odin to be buggy and confusing. Heimdall seems far better (it's not leaked software, for a start), and I like the cmd-line interface.
You can elaborate on exactly what you did if you want; you never know, someone might come here one day & actually search for info rather than posting a thread purely because they can and expecting an immediate response.
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I can't tell if you're annoyed that I didn't search or if you're joking. In fact I did search but couldn't find any information. And I wasn't going to elaborate here because all this info is in the Cyanogenmod forum thread, but if you insist:
1) Begin by reading the instructions on the wiki page: wiki.cyanogenmod.org/w/Install_CM_for_i9100
1-a) This means READ THE WARNINGS
2) When it tells you to download the recovery, ignore - the link is broken. Download from here: forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s2/orig-development/kernel-clockworkmod-recovery-6-0-2-9-t1118693
3) Extract the zImage file from inside and continue with the wiki instructions
4) When it tells you to click replace driver (which, btw, is badly worded - you must select "Install Driver" from the drop-down and it'll turn into "Replace Driver"), use the up-down arrows next to WinUSB to select libusbK. Otherwise you may get errors with Heimdall
5) After flashing the first CWM recovery, if you want to flash CM11, download the newer CWM from here: forum.xda-developers.com/galaxy-s2/development-derivatives/cwm-clockworkmod-recovery-kit-kat-4-4-t2628412
5-a) Start your S2 into Recovery and connect it via USB. On your PC, open a cmd and check that your device is showing up properly (adb devices). It it's not, download and install the Samsung USB drivers from here forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2038555 or here forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2038555 (or Google it - they're everywhere)
5-b) Use "adb push [recovery-zip-name-here] /emmc"
5-c) On your S2, find and flash the new recovery zip, then reboot into recovery again. You'll now be using the newer CM11-compatible CWM recovery
5-d) Now the device will no longer show up in ADB, even with the drivers installed (if it does for some reason, you can ignore this step). Open Device Manager on your PC and find either something called "i9100" or "Unknown Device" (of which there may be many on some computers - you'll have to work out which). Right-click > update driver software > browse my computer > let me pick > have disk.
5-e) Browse to the file and click ok "SAMSUNG\USB Drivers\16_Shrewsbury\ssadadb2.inf". This folder is normally in Program Files (not x86)
5-f) Continue by clicking next or whatever it is (I forget) to finish the installation of the driver. Test that it was successful (after it's finished) by doing "adb devices" again
6) If you're using the older CWM recovery: Use "adb push [cm<11-zip-name-here] /emmc" and flash it via the recovery
7) If you're using the newer CWM recovery: Use "adb push [cm11-zip-name-here] /storage/sdcard0" and flash via recovery
8) Push the correct gaps package (if using CM11, remember the warnings on the wiki - get the one that's small enough to fit on the S2's system partition) and flash it
9) At this point, you should be safe to wipe the cache and do a factory/data reset. I didn't (not immediately - I did a little later on), and just booted up, and it worked fine, but you'll probably want to do it at some point anyway to get rid of the crapps that are probably still on your S2 and it wipes all your data and settings, so best to do it now
10) Reboot an enjoy a freshly CM'd device! Remember that the first boot can take 5-10 mins. I'm currently using cm-11-20140609-SNAPSHOT-M7-i9100.zip, and so far it's been very stable, fast and reliable, only I've had issues trying to connect to the wifi. As there was a new snapshot released yesterday, I'm going to be updating to cm-11-20140708-SNAPSHOT-M8-i9100.zip shortly
There. It's not a complete beginner's guide, but it may help someone who's having problems with their S2 and Cyanogenmod. Hopefully this will show I don't expect anyone here to do all my work for me or to be at my beck and call; I should rarely be taken too seriously, and while I was genuinely surprised that no one replied faster, it was entirely a happy, curious surprise, not in any way an annoyed or unhappy surprise. Kinda feel like I got off to a bad start with that post
If anyone has any specific questions, I'll be happy to elaborate
Very good! Thanks!
btw, did you ever solved the wifi problema?
Genialt said:
Very good! Thanks!
btw, did you ever solved the wifi problema?
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You're very welcome
What wifi problem? I've had no issues with the wifi (although, having said that, I don't believe I've actually tested the wifi with the phone since we're just using it as a 3G tether).
I need to get my phone back to the original stock Android since Cyanogenmod wrecked it by disabling the phone dialing keys, but I can't because fastboot isn't working. What do I do? Apart from the number keys not working, everything else on the phone is fine.
I've spent 15 hours on this so far and if it doesn't get solved I have to throw my phone in the trash. I've read every word and gone through every step of the how-tos linked below, over and over and over and over.
In the command prompt my commands and responses are:
fastboot devices -> 'fastboot' is not recognized as an internal or external command, operable program or batch file
fastboot-windows devices -> nothing happens
fastboot-windows oem unlock -> <waiting for device>
http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-4/general/how-to-how-to-flash-factory-image-t2010312
http://forum.xda-developers.com/nexus-4/general/tutorial-nexus-4-update-to-4-4-kitkat-t2534160
http://forums.androidcentral.com/ne...s-4-factory-image-restore-13.html#post3938684
Nexus 4
CyanogenMod 11.0 installer xnpq32p
Android 4.4.4
Do you HAVE fastboot on your computer and are in the correct directory to run the commands? Are you in the right mode on the phone? Check the Device Manager for driver errors?
But why not just update CM? There's obviously something that went wrong there because certainly CM doesn't usually have issues with the Dialer. Or just flash a stock rom in recovery.
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Do you HAVE fastboot on your computer and are in the correct directory to run the commands? Are you in the right mode on the phone? Check the Device Manager for driver errors?
But why not just update CM? There's obviously something that went wrong there because certainly CM doesn't usually have issues with the Dialer. Or just flash a stock rom in recovery.
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Yes I had the tool.
Took half a day but I finally found Minimal ADB and Fastboot tool. Fortunately I sensed that everything must to be saved and extracted into one single folder, and the tool installed there - which the step-by-step guides either omit to mention or are vague about.
The dialer problem happened immediately upon installing CM, for the first time, the other day. So that was the latest version. Others have reported the same problem in the past and no one at CM replied. I'm leaving the country on a long trip and can't play with this any longer. I need a completely 100% working phone immediately.
If I had known that a so-called 'factory reset' does nothing of the kind, and getting back to stock is a such massive undertaking, I never would have considered messing with this.
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Yes I had the tool.
Took half a day but I finally found Minimal ADB and Fastboot tool. Fortunately I sensed that everything must to be saved and extracted into one single folder, and the tool installed there - which the step-by-step guides either omit to mention or are vague about.
The dialer problem happened immediately upon installing CM, for the first time, the other day. So that was the latest version. Others have reported the same problem in the past and no one at CM replied. I'm leaving the country on a long trip and can't play with this any longer. I need a completely 100% working phone immediately.
If I had known that a so-called 'factory reset' does nothing of the kind, and getting back to stock is a such massive undertaking, I never would have considered messing with this.
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It's a factory DATA reset, not a restore your operating system option. It works exactly as it should, by removing user data and settings.
But for future reference, this is why you do a backup in recovery - so you can switch back in time of want or need.
times usbeae
es0tericcha0s said:
But for future reference, this is why you do a backup in recovery - so you can switch back in time of want or need.
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- What do you mean by "backup in recovery"? What is that, and where is it?
- What do you mean by "switch back"? Switch back to what? The original state precisely as it was when I opened the box? Because ideally - if I ever root again - that is what I would like to be able to do in a simpler way than removing a bunch of drivers then installing new ones then enabling and disabling and re-enabling USB debugging then running ADB and fastboot and typing commands.
I guess I'm not clear on how it's possible to install Cynanogenmod by downloading an installer, click on two or three things, bam you're done - whereas removing it is an order of magnitude more complicated.
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- What do you mean by "backup in recovery"? What is that, and where is it?
- What do you mean by "switch back"? Switch back to what? The original state precisely as it was when I opened the box? Because ideally - if I ever root again - that is what I would like to be able to do in a simpler way than removing a bunch of drivers then installing new ones then enabling and disabling and re-enabling USB debugging then running ADB and fastboot and typing commands.
I guess I'm not clear on how it's possible to install Cynanogenmod by downloading an installer, click on two or three things, bam you're done - whereas removing it is an order of magnitude more complicated.
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Well I would never have reason to use an installer (I prefer the "old school" manual methods) but CM couldn't install without a custom recovery, so not really sure how you don't know about that...? You can get to recovery from the bootloader screen accessed while off from Power + Vol Down for a few seconds. In recovery you can flash another rom or a stock based one. If you are S-On, you still need to fastboot flash the boot.img though. Have you checked your Device Manager for driver errors? I never have luck with this vintage of HTCs in fastboot on my Win 8.1 PC. I never have issues in Win 7 though. I actually keep a POS WIn 7 PC around just to work on HTCs.
So yea, the installer is helpful in making it simple to install, however, since you went the "easy" route, it seems like you missed out on a lot of reason to read through some threads and get some idea on what exactly you're doing and what's been done to the phone. It's best to walk before you run.
This thread may help you with your fastboot issues
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2277112
so i guess the next step would be to root and install custom recovery. so i have 2 very important questions, the first being is there an easy one click root option and if so what is it? ive downloaded king root but dont want to use it if its not going to work. The second question is can someone point me in the direction of a custom recovery for this phone? please and thank you!! note- this is my primary phone so im trying to be extra careful but i have looked everywhere and am running out of patients with this whole processs and am on the verge of trial and error
update: rooted with kingroot on first try....so far so good. now if someone could if possible point me in that same direction i asked to be pointed in in the post above?
heathurrlovelynn said:
update: rooted with kingroot on first try....so far so good. now if someone could if possible point me in that same direction i asked to be pointed in in the post above?
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Which model is your phone?
Surnia or otus?
For surnia twrp recovery:https://forum.xda-developers.com/mo...quid-twrp-recovery-moto-e-lte-t3137649/page38
I don't think you looked hard enough.
The typical topics you need are right there..
There is no 1 click solution either.. you have to learn this stuff.
It's better that way though.
Until you know how to fix things don;t meddle with anything.
I would advice looking at unlocking your bootloader first.
Then install TWRP (so you can make a backup ASAP)
Then look at custom stuff like Logo's / animations + Root etc.
Random INFO:
Hold down power + volume down to get into Bootloader mode.
Marshmallow needs a patched Bootloader that SuperSu "systemless" can do for you.
Marshmallow needs MTPEabler on XDA i think LOL
Learn Fastboot and driver installs and how to flash the stock firmware by cmd line.
I would bet everyone one of us has bricked their phone so get ready for it.
Your phone needs to be in Android mode to connect normaly with MTP on windows etc.
That will let you have ADB access and move stuff on and off the SDCard or internal storage.
That is an easy driver to install.. sometimes the 2nd driver needs to be installed manually via windows etc.
That Fastboot driver is needed for Fastboot.. which you will have to start the phone in Bootloader mode to use stuff like fastboot flashing firmware commands.
2 major modes and 2 drivers for different purposes.
Take notes ..i did