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Fake-flash by Koush, launching recovery without a PC

Now updated and working!
Note: The recommended install method for fake-flash is now 'ROM Manager' on the Android Market.
Koush and I have been working on / stumbling through getting recovery running on a Legend without using a PC for devices rooted with a test image. The same technique also applies to the Desire... and after a lot of work and debugging... presenting...
fake-flash!
Fake-flash using a similar concept to the original root method, it launches a recovery image from the test image recovery, but instead of pushing the files from a PC, the files are extracted from an update.zip on the SD card. Here's how it works...
Preperation
Download the fake-flash update zip from one of the links below
Copy the update.zip to the root of your SD card (the name MUST remain as update.zip)
When you want to launch the recovery image
Turn on your device with 'volume down' pressed and select 'Recovery'
When the exclamation mark appears, press and hold 'volume up' then press 'power'
Select the second option, 'Apply sdcard:update.zip
That's it, ClockworkMod recovery should launch!
Neat eh?
DOWNLOAD
Just to caveat this initial release, we've yet to carry out extensive testing and you are constrained somewhat by the limitations of the stock kernel (e.g. no support for EXT4).
That's it for now... enjoy... i'll update this post as further advances are made. If you'd like to support Koush's work, consider buying 'ROM Manager Premium' from the Android Market.
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E:Error in /sdcard/update.zip
(Status 0)
Installation aborted.

Failed
ive got the same problem. error in /sdcard/update.zip
installation abborted
Could this be due to not having the test image on my phone? as i am running the MoDaCo 2.3 Rom without A2SD.
Help! i was really looking forward to this
Thanks All
Will

i got saem errår Q.Q!

question
What does it really do excatly, i am a newbiee here. Sorry about that.

if your phone is rooted you can flash a new rom without connecting your phone to the computer

It works only on rom 1.22 i think...

you probably need a goldcard for that, so keep it in mind

still not working?

Thread disapeard on modaco :s

To someone this procedure works?
From that that I have understood it is not the FakeFlash of the Desire of the Legend?
And accordingly on the Legend it doesn't work (at least on my Device )
Would like us a FakeFlash I suit for the legend

I cannot make it work.
Just like other i receive this error:
E:Error in /sdcard/update.zip
(Status 0)
Installation aborted.
in the modaco topic (http://android.modaco.com/content/h...unching-recovery-on-your-device-without-a-pc/) is written in bold:
Note: The recommended install method for fake-flash is now 'ROM Manager' on the Android Market.
I tried but ROM Manager:
Clicked on "Flash ClockworkMod Recovery"
it pops up a selection Menu with "Confirm Phone Model" (the only option is HTC Legend)
then it downloads the fake-flash recovery e returns me "Successfully downloaded ClockworkMod recovery".
When i try to reboot in recovery (trough ROM MANAGER options) i receive a blackscreen with a device in background and a question mark. After some seconds it restarts.
Help!

I have the same error.
Anybody asked Koush?
May he works on it?

c1nu5 said:
I have the same error.
Anybody asked Koush?
May he works on it?
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Fake flash have known problems with Legend therefore removed on Modaco
We must wait for fix

We finally figured out why this wasn't working... enjoy!
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I test and....works perfectly. We have now recovery directly from the Legend
I install now ROM Cyanogen 6.0.0a build 19 and works perfectly.
Thanks
V.

I get the same error
E:Error in /sdcard/update.zip
(Status 0)
Installation aborted.
but then I just tapped with a finger on my screen and the menu shows and I can aplay update.zip. And it works great!!! Thank you Paul and Koush!!!

Great!
Installed with "Rom Manager" from market and it works perfectly!

Thank you very much!!

Nice!!
Backup works also
Super!!!
Now I can change between my favorite ROMs without computer.

[Q] "Installation Aborted"

I recently downloaded the newest CoG beta, placed it on my SD Card and selected reinstall packages. It says "Finding Update" and then "Opening Update" but then it gives a red error message telling me the installation was aborted. Am I doing something wrong?

flash with clockwork mod/rom manager.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using XDA App

That means dont use the 3-button combo to enter recovery mode...?

[Q] SGS hangs at splash screen, even after hard reset

Hi, this morning my SGS seemed to have crashed during the night (black screen). Now I cannot boot anymore:
- Turn power on
- Splash screen
- After a minute or so it vibrates once, then later three times (as with some program crashing)
- Screen goes black
- It then stays in some loop of vibrating once and then three times forever
What I have tried:
- Factory reset (volume up+home+power)
- Clear cache and al data
- Remove battery for hours
- Charged battery to 100% and tried factory resets
- Reflash via Odin (Phone is not recognized by Odin)
- Emergency install via Kies (phone is not recognized by Kies)
I have standard ROM (I think JPY), it is rooted.
Anyone an idea?
Thanks!

this is exactly what happened to my phone yesterday... would appeciate any ideas as well

Volume down + power button + home button and than connect it to odin....do you have cwm?
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themate1987 said:
Volume down + power button + home button and than connect it to odin....do you have cwm?
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Yes, I tried to connect to Odin (after switching the phone to download mode with Volume down+home+power, but Odin does not see my SGS.
What is cwm?
Thanks!

For odin: check if you have drivers on pc for your sgs
CWM is clockworkmod recovery. It is a custom recovery that you use to flash unsigned zip files. You can install it via update from regular recovery, app called rom manager and like kernel via odin
dgalama said:
Yes, I tried to connect to Odin (after switching the phone to download mode with Volume down+home+power, but Odin does not see my SGS.
What is cwm?
Thanks!
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Mine did the same thing today but I could not get into recovery. Went into download mode and flashed supercurio's jvk+hacks kernel and now I can boot again. I thought it was a bug with 2.3.3
Guess not. Last thing I did was reboot with quick boot.
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themate1987 said:
For odin: check if you have drivers on pc for your sgs
CWM is clockworkmod recovery. It is a custom recovery that you use to flash unsigned zip files. You can install it via update from regular recovery, app called rom manager and like kernel via odin
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Problem SOLVED!!
Themate1987's triggered me to do some more searching on this forum (' cause I did not know what cwm was) and I found two interesting things:
- SGS is extremely hard to brick (so I decided not to give up yet)
- Some post about a faulty USB cable.
So I exchanged my official Samsung USB-cable for and old Logitech mouse USB cable I found and suddenly my PC saw the phone. Of course I had to install the correct drivers (used my girlfriend's SGS and Kies for that), but after a lot of connects and disconnects I was able to connect the phone to Odin.
Although I prefer standard ROMs I installed a new kernel and Darky's ROM and now I am fine. I might even keep Darky's ROM, because indeed it seems to be extremely fast and has some nice features.
Once again: thanks everyone!

If you want to make it even more fast enable lagfix in recovery
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themate1987 said:
If you want to make it even more fast enable lagfix in recovery
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My Voodoo Control Application (came with Darky's ROM) already says"Status: Ext4 lagfix active"..
I guess all was done automatically.

Yes but turn off lagfix before you flash non-darkys rom
dgalama said:
My Voodoo Control Application (came with Darky's ROM) already says"Status: Ext4 lagfix active"..
I guess all was done automatically.
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My phone is doing the same thing however mine quickly goes to the "ursa minor" screen before doing the one vibe then 3 short vibes. It does this 13 times, then vibes once and restarts. I have tried booting into recovery mode and download mode, and nothing is working. when I pull the batt, plugin the USB cable, hold down the vol - and + and power, then put the batt in, it just stays on the charging screen. I've hunted the threads for 4 hours trying to find a solution, and I don't know what do to. Do I need to make a jig to fix it now?

Pull usb out then pull battery, then replace and try and enter download mode (vol down/power/home)
GTi9000 insanitycm010/insaneglitch

some wat of the same issue
i installed the cm 10.0 by clock work mod with odin ... ran fine for a while then i wanted to back to the older version of os 2.3.6 so i went in recovery mode and clicked restore. ... all went fine till there ( i had backed up before ... ther fore i thought i could restore to the orignal. version )
now the phone is stuck at the loding screen and stays there forever . when i go into recovery mode it says this
E: unknown volume for path [/data]
E:unknown volume for path [/data]
E:unable to process volume ! skipping...
Done!
E:unknown volume for cache[/cache]
'' same here ''
E:unknown volume for path [/cache/recovery/command]
E:can't mount /cache/recover/command
E: cant mount /cache/recovery/log
E:unknown volume for path ..................log
E:cant mount /cache/recover/last_log
..
and when i try installing zip from the sd card i had orignally installed the cm10.0
it says
E:unknown volume for path [/sdcard]
E:cant mount /sdcard
and even doin the restore to factory settings doesnt do ne thing...
please help.. being stuck with out a phone is as i found out much worse then being with out a gf...

wolf.pac said:
i installed the cm 10.0 by clock work mod with odin ... ran fine for a while then i wanted to back to the older version of os 2.3.6 so i went in recovery mode and clicked restore. ... all went fine till there ( i had backed up before ... ther fore i thought i could restore to the orignal. version )
now the phone is stuck at the loding screen and stays there forever . when i go into recovery mode it says this
E: unknown volume for path [/data]
E:unknown volume for path [/data]
E:unable to process volume ! skipping...
Done!
E:unknown volume for cache[/cache]
'' same here ''
E:unknown volume for path [/cache/recovery/command]
E:can't mount /cache/recover/command
E: cant mount /cache/recovery/log
E:unknown volume for path ..................log
E:cant mount /cache/recover/last_log
..
and when i try installing zip from the sd card i had orignally installed the cm10.0
it says
E:unknown volume for path [/sdcard]
E:cant mount /sdcard
and even doin the restore to factory settings doesnt do ne thing...
please help.. being stuck with out a phone is as i found out much worse then being with out a gf...
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Flashing To Original Rom - Using Odin on GT-i9000
Flashing To Original Rom - Using Heimdall on GT-i9000
Enjoy

[Q] XT883 Google Apps!

Hello! i flashed my DROID3 With XT883 Chinese ROM, all is working OK, but i can't found GMS Package for XT883, links in other posts are down. How i can get Google Apps on my XT883?
Thanks!

intfranknet said:
Hello! i flashed my DROID3 With XT883 Chinese ROM, all is working OK, but i can't found GMS Package for XT883, links in other posts are down. How i can get Google Apps on my XT883?
Thanks!
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hi,
you can check out this link.
http://megaupload.com/?d=EMKDELWH

Megaupload has been taken offline by the FBI. We cannot access it.

trisonics1 said:
hi,
you can check out this link.
http://megaupload.com/?d=EMKDELWH
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Exactly! Link doesn't work

Here is a new mirror
http://dl.dropbox.com/u/71053731/GMS_XT883_update_r7.zip

i'm having trouble flashing this file. every time i get this error:
Installing update...
assert failed: getprop("ro.product.model")=="XT883"
&& getprop ("ro.build.version.sdk")=="10"
E:Error in /sdcard/GMS_XT883_update_r7.zip
(status 7)
Installation aborted.
what gives?

chagla said:
i'm having trouble flashing this file. every time i get this error:
Installing update...
assert failed: getprop("ro.product.model")=="XT883"
&& getprop ("ro.build.version.sdk")=="10"
E:Error in /sdcard/GMS_XT883_update_r7.zip
(status 7)
Installation aborted.
what gives?
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i used the same file , u have to use stock recovery to flash gms package to work, volume key up for selection ,volume down for moving down the options
now
power +m>select recovery > then a screen with exclamation mark with show , now press both volume keys same time , then select apply update
from sdcard/ internal storage where you have placed the zip file , and it vl update and install gms package on droid 3.

aryarun said:
i used the same file , u have to use stock recovery to flash gms package to work, volume key up for selection ,volume down for moving down the options
now
power +m>select recovery > then a screen with exclamation mark with show , now press both volume keys same time , then select apply update
from sdcard/ internal storage where you have placed the zip file , and it vl update and install gms package on droid 3.
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this worked.
aryarun, thank you SO MUCH!!!
i have been going crazy between using CWM and TWRP... nothing was working.. lol.

[ROOT] Samsung Galaxy Pocket (GT-S5300)

Hi guys,
Rooting this device is just unfairly easy. What you have to do is download the update.zip for the galaxy pocket (see below) and place it into the root of you phone (I think thats somewhere at /mnt/sdcard (at my phone atleast)). Then put off your phone and boot into recovery mode (VOLUME UP+HOME+POWER). Click apply update from sdcard (navigate with volume, select with home button) and at the top there should be the update.zip . Just select it , press home and wait a little while. Press reboot and BOOOOOM youre rooted. You can check this by searching for the app Superuser between your installed apps.
(download update.zip: http://www.mediafire.com/?oh8h3aob7mja9mk )
Hit thanks rather than typing it
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Thanks alot for this!

NeEkOg said:
Thanks alot for this!
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Hit thanks instead of typing it!

i put the update.zip in my sdcard, however when i try choose external card says "the sdcard its not available (or mounted)" so i did adb sideload update.zip but i get signature error
E: failed to verify whole-file signature
E: signature verification failed
so any advice? thanks

zen kun said:
i put the update.zip in my sdcard, however when i try choose external card says "the sdcard its not available (or mounted)" so i did adb sideload update.zip but i get signature error
E: failed to verify whole-file signature
E: signature verification failed
so any advice? thanks
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try using cwmrecovery

Visit this thread for All-in-One details for Galaxy Pocket GT-5300 Cori
[Guide] Know your Device: Galaxy Pocket GT-S5300

Do put it in SD ( Not in SD-ext) . Also use CWM recovery. If it is nor working , Flash using PC with Odin

With this method, do you still need to put the device into usb debugging mode before you power down, and reboot into download mode?

Good day guys.
I need help in rooting this phone.
I've been trying to do that three-button combo to get in to recovery, but every time I do, the phone just boots straight to Android.
Is there any other way to get to the recovery menu?
By the way, the Vol_Down button is damaged, it cannot be used.

After rooting phone vibrates randomly (one 1 sec vibration followed by 2 shorter vibrations). Any ideas how to solve this problem?

Same problem here with random vibrations after rooting.

i cannot download the link any alternatives?