hey guys Im a new to the whole rooting and flashing custom roms thing. I love my N1 and I figured it was time to start playing with it more then the usual out of the box customizations.
I rooted the phone using the one click root app:
(cant post the link since Im a new user)
and then installed the Rom Manager.
I then installed the ClockworkMod recovery like it says to do.
Then I performed a Backup of the Current Rom using the Rom Manager
then Downloaded CyanogenMod 6.0.0-RC2 along with the Google Apps add on.
once the download completed it says do you want to do a wipe and also asks option to back up current rom. I checked both boxes and the phone boots into recovery mode.
Now this is where Im confused on what to do. At first I wasnt sure it the Rom manager would auto load the new rom, so I let it sit for like 10 min and realized it wasnt doing anything. Then I pressed the power button and volume at this point it gives me 3 options ..
1) reboot
2) Wipe
3) load update.zip
First I did a reboot ... which did nothing but re boot the phone, then I applied the update.zip and it failed and then I went to the Cyanogen Mod wiki page
on there is said to: "Select the option to Wipe data/factory reset. "
so I did that and then tried to install the update.zip ... which failed ... and basically erased my phone like the noob I am
So can someone please help me and tell me what Im doing wrong? also I installed titanium back up this time around to back up my apps.
Sounds like ClockworkMod Recovery did not flash. Try flashing it again in Rom Manager.
Should have been posted in Q&A
Thank you. Ill try that.
Sorry for not posting in Q&A as i didnt know about it ... Im new here so please forgive me.
Might be Clockworkmod ROM Manager...
I had all sort of problems with 2.1.0.5 and can't use any of the backups I created with it (they just hang when I try to restore them).
Everything seems OK with 2.1.0.6 though...
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I reflashed Clockworkmod and that fixed it ... it flash the CyanogenMod rom, but once I was on there the radio wouldnt work, to I went back in re flashed the recovery.
danger-rat said:
Might be Clockworkmod ROM Manager...
I had all sort of problems with 2.1.0.5 and can't use any of the backups I created with it (they just hang when I try to restore them).
Everything seems OK with 2.1.0.6 though...
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You had issues too? I couldn't restore any of my backups the other day as well.
Yeah, I was having random problems with my backups... took me a while to realize it was only my newer backups.
Finally worked out that it was the version of ROM Manager. Older versions work great, as does the latest...
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Vegas_Sirk said:
I reflashed Clockworkmod and that fixed it ... it flash the CyanogenMod rom, but once I was on there the radio wouldnt work, to I went back in re flashed the recovery.
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CM requires the 4.06.00.12_7 radio. Go to settings - about and look at the baseband version, that is your radio version. Also keep in mind most ROM's will not setup your APN, you will have to do that manually. I thought CM did, but I have not used it in a while. I am addicted to Enomther's ROM.
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i cant back up my modaco rom in rom manager, i see titanium back up so i wonder, will this back up my rom too?
sheek360 said:
i cant back up my modaco rom in rom manager, i see titanium back up so i wonder, will this back up my rom too?
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No you need root and http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=611829 for rom backup.
Titanium is for apps+data , but not roms.
i am rooted, i was running cyanogen and wanted to play with modaco rom. kinda wanted to see what was so great about sense ui.
how can i back up this modaco rom then? rom manager isnt allowing me to, i get as far as renaming the back up. i even flashed clockwork recovery again and rebooted. any ideas?
sheek360 said:
i am rooted, i was running cyanogen and wanted to play with modaco rom. kinda wanted to see what was so great about sense ui.
how can i back up this modaco rom then? rom manager isnt allowing me to, i get as far as renaming the back up. i even flashed clockwork recovery again and rebooted. any ideas?
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Ohh, I don't know anything about clockwork recovery, sorry.
I have always used RA-nexus-v1.7.0 (the link) it's very easy to flash via fastboot.
Never had any problems with it.
I have been googling and I'm under the impression that nandroid can actually back up roms. Is this true?
That's exactly what nandroid is for. Backing up roms. A full system backup in case something goes wrong when you are flashing a new rom, or if you want to test something new, then revert back to exactly how you had it.
Yeah, nandroid is great for backing up and restoring the current state of your phone.
Rom manager works very well too. I have it installed and let it install its own clockwork recovery needed for its automatic changes. But it is good and even has a one button option to flash amon-ra back on if you need it.
Rom manager also has automated nandroid backing up which is nice and lazy.
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ok i figured it out, its a weird procedure. i went to rom manager and chose to back up current rom. nothing happened. i turned the phone off and then went to recovery by holding the volume key and power button. then it started backing up. weird?
ok so i have rooted my device today, now im trying to install darky's official port rom on my captivate, how do i install it from the recovery mode without hurting and bricking my phone in anyway. I saw a bunch of youtube videos which said to make a backup then wipe data and then installl the zip from sd.
Is this way correct or do i have to do something with odin3 with this rom?
Owais1437 said:
ok so i have rooted my device today, now im trying to install darky's official port rom on my captivate, how do i install it from the recovery mode without hurting and bricking my phone in anyway. I saw a bunch of youtube videos which said to make a backup then wipe data and then installl the zip from sd.
Is this way correct or do i have to do something with odin3 with this rom?
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If your phone is rooted and you have CWM on your phone just get to recovery and select install zip from sd card. Select where you put the ROM zip and select it. Simple as that. You can make a backup prior to installing the ROM from ROM manager if you want to do so. I personally do not do it anymore because I change so much and there are issues for restoring if you are not on the same kernel from the backup.
that failed
i tried that twice, installation aborted both times
It shouldn't have. You didn't rename the file to update.zip did you? Are you only rooted with no previous rom?
This is my captivate. There are many like it but this one is mine.
problemmmmm
ok by mistake i touched some touch buttons and it rebooted my phone and is stuck on recovery, everytime i restart/reboot in recovery.
should i pull the battery?
i can get
i can get into download mode
I would use odin one click to flash to 2.1. Then get into recovery mode and flash the rom.
This is my captivate. There are many like it but this one is mine.
can you
can you please guide me through it,like tell me what i have to do since i know nothing about this,
will this work
will this fix it:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDtxnH4lFuk
fixed it
fixed it thanks for ur help though
Owais1437 said:
fixed it thanks for ur help though
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Sorry I had to get some sleep. What process did you do to fix your issue? And yes the video was what I was meaning for flashing using odin one click. Glad you got it fixed.
This is my captivate. There are many like it but this one is mine.
I have been flashing the newest roms since i got my captivate back in august and i have had no major problems. i have been running assonance 5.0 since it released and wanted to flash assonance 5.2. I do the same flashing routine ive done 30+ times yet the rom wont flash. i have tried flashing back to assonance 5.0 yet still no results. has anyone experienced this?
Have you tried flashing back to stock and starting from scratch?
More details. What us happening
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I have flashed back to stock 2 times. After choosing the rom in rom manager the phone goes to the recovery screen. I hit reinstall packages and it reboots. Phone is rooted. Ive done the process 30+ times no problem. Still no luck flashing a rom. Can't reboot into clockwork recovery either.
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I am having the same problem.
I just fixed it, after you choose reinstall packages, it will put you back into the default recovery screen (it did for me) I chose reinstall packages again, and it worked. I like the new version, it talks during the installation (dono if it was ROM manager or what but the first time I did this it didn't talk, it was probably cognition though)
Yep. Most times with ClockworkMod you have to choose reinstall packages twice.
You were hearing voodoo voices, just the lagfix that DG uses in Cognition.
edit: lol, nevermind, just read that you fixed it.
jagris said:
I am having the same problem.
I just fixed it, after you choose reinstall packages, it will put you back into the default recovery screen (it did for me) I chose reinstall packages again, and it worked. I like the new version, it talks during the installation (dono if it was ROM manager or what but the first time I did this it didn't talk, it was probably cognition though)
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Man thank you so much!
Ive been rebooting my phone over and over and have reflashed through odin like 10 times, I was going nuts trying to figure out wtf was wrong with it and why it wasnt going into clockwork recovery mode, never thought to do it twice.
(beware, noob here )
So, I've decided to flash CM7 nightly #127 (which seems to be the latest build) to my O2X...
I am completely new to this, so I am going to follow this tutorial: http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/LG_Optimus_2X:_Full_Update_Guide
As of now, I've successfully rooted my device using SuperOneClick (so much easier than the method described in CM tutorial), and I made some backups with Titanium Backup.
On the forums here I read you need to also use NVFlash... That it is better that Rom Manager.... But there is no mentions of it in the official CM tutorial... All I found was this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1054492 but I'm not sure of what it does, and if it is necessary to use it when flashing CM...
So, what should I do? I already installed ROM Manager and flashed the recovery thingy... All I need is a external sd card (which I going to get today) to make the Nandroid backup, copy the CM zip on it and Flash it...
Is this procedure risky? Do I absolutely need to do it with NVFlash? Is it ok to do this as I already set up Rom Manager?
Any help will be greatly appreciated!!!
Thanks!!
NVflash is not necessary, in fact not even needed. Just need the cm7 zip file which needs to be renamed to 'update.zip' and put it in the root of the sd card. I think it's possible to flash using the internal sd card but I'm not sure. Once you flash that, you should flash the gapps file using 'install zip from sd card' using clockworkmod. Both of these flashing methods using CWM. I didn't use ROM manager, I just booted into CWM recovery and then flashed it. ALWAYS make a full rom backup before flashing and you should be safe and yes it's very safe.
Nv-flash is only needed when you have to restore your phone from some thing close to a absolute brick (when you have flashed some thing wrong or done some thing really bad, and it don't start by any means). That's when nv-flash is used to restore it as an last option. When nothing else works then you use it.
The metod described in the update guide is more advanced and yea its a bit of pain. But at the same time you do gain some practice on things that might be needed to do later in case you have problem with your phones. Things that people here on this forum almost assume that you know how to do. Also it works on all current known firmware for LGO2X. At least follow the steps until you have the adb set up. It might save you the frustration when you sit there and have problem with the phone.
Flashing is easier and faster with the rom manager app. Just remember to move your backups from titanium to the external sd as well. You don't want to lose those backups, right?
Last but not least.
Welcome to the living hell of always flashing the latest firmwares =D
And constant hunt for the highest ver numbers!
PS: Its safe as long as you remember "BACKUP BACKUP BACKUP"
Thanks for the replies
I have now successfully flashed the latest CM nightly build !!! And it rocks !!! I can't believe how sluggish my phone was with the official firmware... It is just crazy...
I had a few issues though:
- When I flashed CM (after data/cache wipe / factory reset), I couldn't find anything on my external SD card... To access the CM zip, I had to navigate to the internal SD card, and there I had a "_ExternalSD" folder... a bit weird...
- I exported all my contacts' numbers on the SIM card before flashing, but CM did not find anything... Hopefully I had a backup on my desktop, and had to manually re create all contacts (good thing I don't have too many...)
- I flashed the latest google App from http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/Latest_Version#Google_Apps but the Market is the old version (2.x)
Other than that, I am now a happy CM user... No way I go back to official LG bloatwares!!!
BEC0MM said:
Thanks for the replies
- I flashed the latest google App from http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/Latest_Version#Google_Apps but the Market is the old version (2.x)
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You can flash (with CWM recovery same procedure that you used to flash CM7) latest Market from here:http://www.mediafire.com/temasek (Go to Misc Folder)
Temasek is a very active guy and has many goodies to share !
Striatum_bdr said:
You can flash (with CWM recovery same procedure that you used to flash CM7) latest Market from here:http://www.mediafire.com/temasek (Go to Misc Folder)
Temasek is a very active guy and has many goodies to share !
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Thanks a lot for the tip
Should I uninstall (somehow) my previous Google apps, or can I just flash the new version on top of the old?
I just saw that a new CyanogenMod nightly build has been released (#146) and I'm eager to update (from #127).
But I am wondering if I need to go through the whole process again (Nandroid backup, clear data/cache, wipe, flash CM, flash google apps)...
Or can I just go to recovery mode (from Rom manager) and flash the latest CM build??
Thanks in advance for your answer!!
NVFlash is used kinda like fastboot for our device (Cyanogen said so in the RC1 forum), a just in case scenario. As if in rom manager gives you an endless bootloop and you can't boot into recovery mode. You can use the NVFlash CWM or rom manager, I actually never use rom manager; I just uninstall it.
As far as the CM Wiki goes, I'm trying to change it to include NVFlash but the wiki people are a bit strict on what gets linked to what...
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Or can I just go to recovery mode (from Rom manager) and flash the latest CM build??
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Yep, that's all you need to do.
Samsung Captivate
GB 2.3.7
Cyanogen 7.1.0
Interested in flashing Cyanogen Nightly Builds in hopes of fixing a few bugs, so I used ROM Manager to try to backup current rom.
I get a message saying I must have ClockworkMod Recovery installed before continuing, and that I can install it through ROM Manager.
When I click install and choose Samsung Captivate from the drop-down menu, I get a message saying Samsung Captivate does not have an officially supported ClockworkMod Recovery yet.
What’s my next move?
First, Uninstall ROM manager it hasn't really worked since Android 2.1
So...you're on cm7.1 now? Just hold the power button and boot into recovery.... "backup and restore" is the section you're gonna use to make a nandroid.
If you're on stock you'll need to flash a custom kernel using Odin to get cwm before you can flash anything.
Thanks
Yeah, forgot about the issues I had with Rom Manager and Captivate while I was trying to flash cm7. It is now uninstalled. Also, didn't realize "backup" was an option in recovery menu. Finished with that part. Still not sure if flashing cm7 nightly builds is the way to go. Unclear about what I may lose in the process. Still reading up on it. Thanks again.
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Yeah, forgot about the issues I had with Rom Manager and Captivate while I was trying to flash cm7. It is now uninstalled. Also, didn't realize "backup" was an option in recovery menu. Finished with that part. Still not sure if flashing cm7 nightly builds is the way to go. Unclear about what I may lose in the process. Still reading up on it. Thanks again.
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You won't lose anything, and it's the way to go. Flash ahead.
So reboot into recovery, choose install from sd card, find the file and flash it? Seems straight forward enough. Thanks
cbnuthak said:
So reboot into recovery, choose install from sd card, find the file and flash it? Seems straight forward enough. Thanks
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Yes, exactly like that. Additionally, it's always a good idea to do a nandroid in case anything goes wrong
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OK. Done. Everything looks the same. Time will tell if any of the minor problems I was having have been fixed.
On another note, Rom Manager mysteriously reappeared among my apps. If Rom Manager doesn't support Captivate, why is it included in cm7 nightly builds? Also, can't figure out how to uninstall it like I did previously. I guess it's not hurting anything, just sitting there.
Never mind. I see how to uninstall it using Titanium.