I partitioned my SD card via ROM Manager yesterday to get more space for apps. I'd made a complete backup of the SD card before partitioning and put it on my PC. After the partitioning which went without probs I pasted everything back on the card. But I noticed that the ClockworkMod backups were not there. They were still on the PC but had not been transferred over, so I manually put them in the ClockworkMod folder.
But now I'm not able to go into recovery mode any more. The phone just gets stuck on the screen with an exclamation point icon. Holding power and volume up button to display the system recovery interface doesn't work either. The only solution is to pull the battery. The bootloader is unlocked.
Also, I've tried a few apps (z4root & Universal Androot) to root the phone without luck. I'd really like to root it to see if I can use RomManager to flash a recovery image.
I'm currently running on stock ROM version FRG83D but would prefer to go back to Cyanogen as I like the trackball wake, etc.
Please help me find a solution to this...
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Hi team,
Having some trouble rooting my g1 and upgrading to CM 4.2.4
I have been following a tutorial from here: http://androidandme.com/2009/08/news/how-to-root-a-t-mobile-g1-and-mytouch-3g-android-phone/
... to achieve my goal. Followed all of the steps fine and to a tee. Installed all of the suggested files from the suggested places.
Succesfully upgraded the radio image, then moved onto upgrading the SPL. Ran through and rebooted phone, until the never ending "Formatting Cache" notice came up on the automatic boot into the Recovery Mode.
(FYI: radio and SPL images were from http://code.google.com/p/sapphire-port-dream/)
Moved on to installing CM 4.2.4 after realising that the format was complete... Alt-W then Install from zip. Installed CM. Waited for prompt for completion... pressed reboot... then the boot hangs on the G1 startup screen.
Only way I could get out was to remove the battery. Went through the process again (Alt-W, SPL install, reboot, Alt-W, CM install, reboot, hang) numerous times, all with the same outcome.
Only thing that I can think of that I am doing wrong is pulled straight from CyanogenMod Wiki explanation: "I've noticed on some devices that when you fresh install the first time and you update with the rooted adp package from htc, reboot and then update to latest CM, some people get stuck at the tmobile logo. What I did was install the rooted adp package from htc, reboot and sign in all the way to home screen, then rebooted and installed the latest CM. That should get you past the first screen freeze if it happens to you."
As I am a noob, I have been unable to try this for the following reasons: 1. Where can I find the HTC rooted adp? and 2. How do I get this image onto the SD card when I can't boot in? I have tried without booting and my computer won't let me access via USB...
I was going through the process from factory settings. Is this my problem... Very confusing.
Realise that there are currently two active threads running in this section that are similar... but these guys seem to have done the wrong thing and are trying to right the ship... I can't seem to figure where I've gone wrong.
Thank you in advance for your assistance.
As well: could booting with camera + power get me into the Dreaming.nbh OS to get HTC root OS onto the SD card?
http://developer.htc.com/adp.html
Download the 1.6 recovery image. It is actually the 1.6 Android Dev Phone ROM, flash that via recovery console... then flash the cm update. Make sure you wipe before you start flashing.
As well, do you have your SD card partitioned? It would be a good idea to do that as well. Two ways to do it, manually, or download and update to RA's recovery image 1.2.3:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=566669
I would update to that recovery first, use the option to part my SD card, upgrade to ext3, wipe, flash 1.6 recovery, flash cm update, good to go!
Thanks for the quick reply! Very handy info... How do I get the images onto my SD card without being able to boot though?
Do you have another device like a camera, or mp3 player that can take a microsd? If so just hook it up and transfer.. otherwise you may need some additional devices.. I bought an adapter so my sd can plug directly into a usb.. other than those couple options, I haven't any more suggestions to offer ya. If you cant get past the boot screen to mount, I don't see how you can do it through your G1.. there might be some terminal commands you can try to mount to a computer.. but that's beyond me.
Nathanial said:
Thanks for the quick reply! Very handy info... How do I get the images onto my SD card without being able to boot though?
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You take it out of the phone, while the battery is pulled, put it in an micro SD card reader, plug that into your computer, tada! If you computer doesn't have a slot for the standard SD card adapter, you can get microSD to USB adaptors most everywhere that sells electronics.
Or if you have cyan's recovery installed... you can hold Home+power
go to console, press enter and type
ums_enable
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and it will mount the sd on your pc.....
put ums_disable to unmount
Sorry to be a noob, but what benefit does partitioning do?
If you have an EXT3 partition, you will have app2sd. If you also have a linux-swap partition, you will be able to have a swap file (in simple terms its like adding more ram)
The ext partition is for apps2sd, and the Linux-swap partition is to give a little extra memory for the ROM.
Thanks for all of your help lads! Up and running. Muchly appreciated!
hi guys,
1st time poster here.
Managed to get a Nook Color and followed VG's guide to doing the CM7 on SD card install.
Works fine (went with CM7 build 113), established wifi connection, installed CWR 3.2 (the one built within RM) then used ROM manager to download GAPP. Went to install it via ROM Manager...reboots, looks like its going into recovery mode but this is what I get (see attached pic). It just shuts itself down and I can't do anything...
I've tried manually going into recovery mode, and I still get the same thing.
What gives? If someone could give me a pointer on how to fix this so I can install GAPP and Dalingrin's OC kernels that'd be much appreciated!
If you're using VG's method, you need to manually copy the gapps file into the /boot partition of the sdcard. Easiest way is to shutdown the NC, pull the card and stick it back into your computer and copy gapps do the partition that auto-mounts in Windows (assuming that's your pc's OS).
VG's recovery boot is telling you that it didn't find any files to install, so it shuts down. That's normal behavior.
Is it possible to do this on the nook?
I've got the files on the nook but I can't seem to access the boot partition.
I tried putting the SDcard into my PC but Windows doesn't recognise the partition and keeps wanting to format it...
OK, I tried booting into recovery mode WITHOUT the SD card in. Well it went into CWR...
Seems like CWR has flashed itself onto the internal storage of the NC. That's no good since I don't want to disturb the stock BN install!
I need to figure out how to move the gapp zip file into the root path or boot partition of the SD card as file manager will not let me do it....sigh...
Finally worked it out.
Not sure why I couldn't use the SD card in my laptop. Anyway I booted into CWR, inserted SD card into Nook, then mounted USB storage...from there I copied the zip files I needed onto the boot partition and voila! sweeet
I have frozen home.apk and did a factory reset. so the debug mode is unticked and i have rooted my phone with cwm installed. I cant use my phone now cos i dun have a home.apk. Does anyone know what should i do? Help. Please.
Reflash it?
i dun actually know,
i know there are 2 methods, one is using kdz and the other is using Smartflash
can you tell me, thanks!
Oh! Ok! So... you said you had CWM installed. This means you can access it by keeping the power button + volume down pressed. Am I right? How did you install this CWM? Was it through ROM Manager? Did you perform a full backup of your system? Do you have any ROM's in your internal memory? Do you have an external SD card? (this is almost like a doctor's appointment! )
i have an external sd card
the original lg v20l is installed
cwm was installed before i made a factory rest
i can access cwm
Just push in another launcher with adb
If it was me I would put a custom ROM in the sd card, boot into CWM and flash it, since you haven't performed a full system back up.
Or, if you know how to use adb you can do as Herrhuk suggested.
However I strongly recommend that you perform a full system backup using CWM as soon as you have your phone working properly.
Hey folks,
So Cyanogenmod 10 stable was released today, and I was planning on putting it on my phone. I'm running Cyanogenmod 9.1 right now, with the kernel that came with it, I think. I have not made any adaptationts to just the kernel, only when it was adviced in the guide for flashing CM9. So I backed up my apps with Titanium Backup, transferred all backups to my pc, backed up my photo's. You know, the usual riddle.
Then I booted into recovery to create a full backup image just to be sure. It did it's thing, and after the backup finished, I think the device either rebooted or I clicked reboot system. From there on, it started to act strange (the battery icon started showing up, for instance). The normal boot screen wouldn't show up, so I assumed that that was happening because I still had the usb cable plugged in. I unplugged the cable and waited for the phone to do something, nothing happened.
Then, I removed the battery, and tried booting the device. Didn't work. Using the 3 button combo to get into recovery no longer worked either. So, here's what I did:
1. I put the device into download mode.
2. I installed hardcore's kernel through this method. Like I had done before.
Now I am able to get into recovery again, but the thing is... This kernel won't allow me to flash .zip files from my external sd-card, and I have no idea how to get the new CM10 files on my internel sd, because my phone won't boot. Restoring the last nandroid backup also fails, because it can't find the /data, /system etc folders.
Also, I just noticed that when I plug the device onto the power net, the battery icon appears with the "processing" animation in it. It does not show how full or empty the battery is.
Any ideas on how to flash my phone back to CM9, or CM10 while we're at it? I'm assuming that flashing a recovery that allows flashing of files on my external sd will put me back into business, but I'm not sure if that'll work. Any ideas?
Thanks!
Hi all,
been a while since upgrading and always seemed to get help, so now im stuck i thought id bob back and ask again.
my friends father passed away recently, leaving his mobile locked with all family photos stored on the device, the device has no sim card as this has been cancelled and no memory card, the photos are on the actual phone.
the phone works but when powered on it prompts for the pin code. i dont want to try too many attempts and lock the phone. ive tried download mode, then connecting to PC, i can see the memory card but says please insert when i click it.
on my older phone i had CWM recovery installed and could mount the the storage card, will this work for the internal storage too ??
i dont need the phone, i just cant risk loosing precious photos...is installing CWM an option or is there another way of accessing the memory card while still locked.
the only information i have is that is a Galaxy s I9000, i have no idea which version of andriod is running
thanks for reading and hopefully someone can help
cheers craig
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2244741
Thanks pryerlee
ive been reading and trying to get the adb method 2 to work but i either get unable to CD system or device offline when i type adb devices ive used linux mint 15
ive also tried window 7 but cannot connect or get same. i read further down and one member stated the USB debugging has to be ticked. i obviously cannot do this.
the only way i can get a connection is through the android recovery by hol vol up, menu and power it on. i can list files but i cant access the system directory or the sdcard.
i would like to be able to install CWM then i can try method one to unlock the phone or just mount the storage and hopefully recover the photos that way.
any advice on which update.zip i need to install CWM
thanks in advance...
you could try aroma file manager as it works from recovery, just download the file to the sdcard then install it from recovery that way you can get into system files, but saying that if you can't access the sdcard from recovery then I can't see it working, but no harm in trying. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1646108