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[Q] Need help with ROM Manager

Ok so I'm new to flashing a ROM, and Im having a little problem with ROM Manager. Ive been trying to make a backup of my current ROM prior to flashing to a new ROM. However when I choose the option to backup current ROM it shows me the name of the backup and then reboots my device (Samsung Captivate) into recovery mode. Not really sure what it wants me to do there so I choose to reboot the device, I then check to see if it made the backup and nothing??? Im not sure what it is that Im doing wrong but Im sure I must be missing a step. The phone is rooted, running 2.2 other than that nothing else has been moded. If any of you can help me I would appreciate it, I just dont want to move forward with flashing a ROM before Ive backed up the current ROM. I have made a backup of all apps and data using Titanium.

Xanaki said:
Ok so I'm new to flashing a ROM, and Im having a little problem with ROM Manager. Ive been trying to make a backup of my current ROM prior to flashing to a new ROM. However when I choose the option to backup current ROM it shows me the name of the backup and then reboots my device (Samsung Captivate) into recovery mode. Not really sure what it wants me to do there so I choose to reboot the device, I then check to see if it made the backup and nothing??? Im not sure what it is that Im doing wrong but Im sure I must be missing a step. The phone is rooted, running 2.2 other than that nothing else has been moded. If any of you can help me I would appreciate it, I just dont want to move forward with flashing a ROM before Ive backed up the current ROM. I have made a backup of all apps and data using Titanium.
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When it goes into recovery, is it the ClockWorkMod recovery menu? Green text? If it isn't getting there you need to install it from ROM manager first or just install it off an update.zip file that is floating around XDA and other sites. Once that is setup, you can run the backup through ROM Manager. It should boot into a recovery mode and then start doing a lot of writing of files to your new backup directory.
Post back if you are still having problems.

I did select the option for flashing ClockWorkMod recovery and chose the Captivate as my device. It did say that it sucessfully downloaded the file and Im assuming that it meant it installed it. And to answer your question I think I can safely say that no its not clockwork recovery when it reboots as it does say at the top of the screen "Android Recovery" so Im pretty sure that ClockWork is not installed. But I will look for that update.zip file and try to install it that way...

Xanaki said:
I did select the option for flashing ClockWorkMod recovery and chose the Captivate as my device. It did say that it sucessfully downloaded the file and Im assuming that it meant it installed it. And to answer your question I think I can safely say that no its not clockwork recovery when it reboots as it does say at the top of the screen "Android Recovery" so Im pretty sure that ClockWork is not installed. But I will look for that update.zip file and try to install it that way...
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I'm sorry, you are looking for recovery-update.zip. I would try to run the ROM Manager install again and see what happens. I haven't had to play with the Android Recovery in quite some time but if the recovery-update.zip file is in the root of your sd card, you should be able to install it through the Android recovery. I'll keep looking. If I can find the file on my phone, i'll post it. Good luck.

If this is your first time booting into CWM recovery it will go to the base recovery first. Then you need to "reinstall packages". That will replace the recovery file with the CWM recovery file and return to the main menu. Then choose reintall packages one more time and it should bring you to CWM recovery instead of the base one. From then on it should bring you directly to the CWM recovery.
As for the backup it's done from CWM recovery. So once you get thru the steps above you will see backup and restore options on the recovery menu and you can go thru that process.

There may be some help in here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=734163
First try to flash it again through ROM Manager.

mxracer101 said:
If this is your first time booting into CWM recovery it will go to the base recovery first. Then you need to "reinstall packages". That will replace the recovery file with the CWM recovery file and return to the main menu. Then choose reintall packages one more time and it should bring you to CWM recovery instead of the base one. From then on it should bring you directly to the CWM recovery.
As for the backup it's done from CWM recovery. So once you get thru the steps above you will see backup and restore options on the recovery menu and you can go thru that process.
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DUH...I thought there was another step. Thanks mxracer. Give that a go and see if you get what you are looking for.

Thanks!! Trying that now

Ok still having a problem, I followed the instructions just as posted but this is what I get:
-- Install from sdcard --
Finding update package...
Opening update package...
Verifying update package
E:failed to verify whole-file signature
E:signature verification failed
Installation aborted.
Ok so what do I do? Im thinking I need to find that recovery-update.zip you were talking about?

Xanaki said:
Ok still having a problem, I followed the instructions just as posted but this is what I get:
-- Install from sdcard --
Finding update package...
Opening update package...
Verifying update package
E:failed to verify whole-file signature
E:signature verification failed
Installation aborted.
Ok so what do I do? Im thinking I need to find that recovery-update.zip you were talking about?
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That update.zip should have been placed there by ROM Manager. Possibly try uninstalling & reinstalling ROM manager. Else, that update.zip should be somewhere. I'd grab the one off my phone but I'm not entirely sure which one it is. My ROM already had CWM with it. I'll try to look for a correct update.zip but I'm at work so I'm not going through XDA all day.

trekie86 said:
That update.zip should have been placed there by ROM Manager. Possibly try uninstalling & reinstalling ROM manager. Else, that update.zip should be somewhere. I'd grab the one off my phone but I'm not entirely sure which one it is. My ROM already had CWM with it. I'll try to look for a correct update.zip but I'm at work so I'm not going through XDA all day.
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you missed the part where he said he was running 2.2?
2 words:
3e recovery

trekie86 said:
DUH...I thought there was another step. Thanks mxracer. Give that a go and see if you get what you are looking for.
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Pirateghost said:
you missed the part where he said he was running 2.2?
2 words:
3e recovery
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Not sure what it is that you're saying I need to do, what is 3e recovery?

Xanaki said:
Not sure what it is that you're saying I need to do, what is 3e recovery?
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this will explain and provide a fix for you....
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=909213

Pirateghost said:
you missed the part where he said he was running 2.2?
2 words:
3e recovery
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You're right, I did miss that. Haven't had to do anything with 3e recovery before. Xanaki, are you on Rogers with their official 2.2 or the leaked AT&T 2.2?

Pirateghost said:
you missed the part where he said he was running 2.2?
2 words:
3e recovery
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I missed it too. The above post regarding 3e recovery is what you need to do, one of the phones I have I need to do the same process after flashing back to stock. Sorry for the confusion.

Been having a similar issue when it takes you to stock recovery, I hold down both volume buttons and power until I see AT&T let go of power it usually takes me to clockwork recovery menu, I then select whatever I want to do backup, recover, or install from sd.
I don't know why it started doing that but that's what I found works. Hope it helps.

trekie86 said:
You're right, I did miss that. Haven't had to do anything with 3e recovery before. Xanaki, are you on Rogers with their official 2.2 or the leaked AT&T 2.2?
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Im on the leaked AT&T version of 2.2 not Rogers. I haven't had the chance yet to try the recovery method mentioned but I plan on doing so today, I will update as to if this works or not. Also I did read somewhere that flashing a new Kernal might resolve this issue, I do have SGS Kernal Flasher but I dont have another Kernal to flash to...

Can't boot into Clockworkmod

First off, this is the first Samsung I've ever rooted (for a friend). I have experience on HTC, Moto, and LG and from what I've read the Captivate isn't much different. So I rooted the phone with Superoneclick (after attempting manual root but my computer thought the rage file was a virus, so I'm now on my laptop) and attempted to enable non-market apps. It always fails and I noticed that somewhere in the code it's saying that it doesn't have root shell. So I tried running root shell several times and it always freezes until I give up and cancel it. So I decided to go ahead and make a backup before I start messing with anything that I may not be able to reverse (manually allowing non-market apps).
I downloaded Rom Manager, flashed Clockworkmod recovery and rebooted....into stock recovery. I've tried installing different versions of Clockwork with no luck either. From what I've read, that SHOULD work. Am I wrong? Maybe I'm overlooking something. Rom Manager shows that I have the most current version installed. Am I supposed to do something special to install a custom recovery? Thanks and please don't flame.

joshw0000 said:
First off, this is the first Samsung I've ever rooted (for a friend). I have experience on HTC, Moto, and LG and from what I've read the Captivate isn't much different. So I rooted the phone with Superoneclick (after attempting manual root but my computer thought the rage file was a virus, so I'm now on my laptop) and attempted to enable non-market apps. It always fails and I noticed that somewhere in the code it's saying that it doesn't have root shell. So I tried running root shell several times and it always freezes until I give up and cancel it. So I decided to go ahead and make a backup before I start messing with anything that I may not be able to reverse (manually allowing non-market apps).
I downloaded Rom Manager, flashed Clockworkmod recovery and rebooted....into stock recovery. I've tried installing different versions of Clockwork with no luck either. From what I've read, that SHOULD work. Am I wrong? Maybe I'm overlooking something. Rom Manager shows that I have the most current version installed. Am I supposed to do something special to install a custom recovery? Thanks and please don't flame.
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Easiest advice would be to odin 1 click back to stock and start over if thats acceptable.

Make sure you have the latest busybox installed
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When rom manager boots you into stock recovery go to "reinstall packages" twice, that will boot up cwm. All rom manager does is download an update.zip that contains cwm and you have to manually flash it the way I described.
If the phone is running froyo and you try to reinstall packages that aren't a signed zip you will get a e: signature verification error use this to work around that http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1052991

When you install Rom manager and install clockworks it will reboot to normal recovery, there you hit install, or flash package i cant remember exactly. You might need to do it once or twice before it goes in to clockwork.

Thanks everyone. The 2nd time worked like a charm....now to allow non-market apps and unlock it.
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I was able to allow non-market apps but non of the automated apps or programs can seem to unlock the phone. I do not have a T-Mobile sim card to test but I believe I've found a way to unlock it using a hex editor. Anyone know of an app or other method to test to see if it's unlocked (without a T-Mobile sim card)?
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Enter this code in your dialer:
*#7465625#
If it says all the locks are off then you're unlocked

Ok, here's what I get:
Personalizatiob Status
Network Lock
[OFF]
Network Subset Lock
[OFF]
SP Lock
[OFF]
CP Lock
[OFF]
...so I guess I'm good to go, thanks!
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Ginger-Root Resource Thread: How-To + Issues + Fixes

Ok so I have successfully rooted my phone after updating to Gingerbread. However, I had a few issues and had to read through a bunch of different posts to get there. So I'm bored and decided to consolidate everything into one.
If anyone has any other issues or fixes post them here and I will update the OP.
Credit goes to mtmichaelson and all those who helped get this working
http://androidinvasion.us/forum/index.php/topic,77.0.html
Here it is:
1. ROOT PROCESS
A. Get back to Stock:
-download the stock Zv4 ROM zip from here and put it on your external SD card- http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1326893
-Back up all your apps in titanium (important: USER apps only, no data or system apps)
NOTE: It has been reported that restoring apps and data in titanium may cause some issues coming from Froyo to Gingerbread. I backed up my user apps only for easy re-install and NO data or system apps. It worked without a problem.
-MAKE SURE YOU HAVE 4G ENABLED
-boot into recovery (CWM)
-backup?
-factory reset
-select "install ZIP from SD card" in CWM, and install the stock ZIP from the link
-re-bootyour phone (you will have to re-activate it as well)
-install revo toolkit from here if it was wiped with the system reset - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1144951
-press "install recovery" and then !!!Revo Stock!!! to go back to stock recovery and wait for it to complete
B. Update to Zv6 then Zv7 (Gingerbread)
-manually search for the update and install it (this will install the v6 update)
-once that installs, manually search again to install the gingerbread update
NOTE: Some people still can't get gingerbread. Verizon has not finished rolling the update out to everyone yet.
Now here is where it gets a little dicey...
C. Rooting Your Gingerbread Phone
-pick up the rooting package from mtmichaelson here - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1326509
-follow the instructions he has on that page to obtain root
-Two issues arose for me from this point on.
2. ISSUES
A. Drivers Issue
-The first issue was that some people, including myself, couldn't download the esteem drivers.
-Some people were able to get the drivers from this page to work - http://androidnerds.net/2011/10/08/lg-esteem-oneclickroot-now-ready/.
-I was not able to get my computer to recognize my phone using the above drivers either. I would run the root command from the downloaded package and it would get stuck at "running daemon something something".
-What I did was manually uninstall the LG drivers from my computer and deleted everything "LG related"
-Then I got the drivers from the LG website at this link - http://www.lgforum.com/resources
-Scroll down to the Verizon section and download the "LG_VZW_UNITED..." drivers.
-Your phone should be recognized using the drivers from one of these links.
B. Superuser/Root access Issue - NOTE: this should be fixed now with mtmichaelson's newest root method found here - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1326509
-The second issue that came up was that the previous superuser app I had installed stayed on my phone after the updates, even though I lost root.
-The root command from the LG Esteem page would think I had root, but I actually didn't get root access.
-Apparently this issue came up on the Esteem previously and someone wrote a fix for it here - http://androidforums.com/esteem-all...-w-superuser-3-0-6-binary-3-0-3-download.html. It will uninstall the old superuser and install the new version.
3. INSTALL CWM RECOVERY
-mtmichaelson's new rooting package should automatically install CWM recovery on your phone now.
Old method:
-To get CWM back on your phone it's the same process as before the update. Get the Revo Toolkit from thecubed here and follow the instructions - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1144951
-There is sometimes an issue where the recovery does not install correctly and gives a fatal error. If this happened, make sure you have version 1.17.1 of busybox installed at system/bin. This worked for me and I got it installed correctly.
...And you should have root after trying a combination of the above. Hope this helped.
-If you have READ through this and still have any issues you can get more personalized help on the IRC channel here.
-Again I did not help with any of this, I'm just consolidating info. If you want to thank someone, thank mtmichaelson and everyone else who helped figure all this out.
-I will keep updating this as new issues arise.

Thank you for compiling this information, it is a useful reference for people to have. I know that the drivers issue took me quite a while to work out even though it is pretty simple. Hopefully this helps others to get rooted with much less trouble.

Quick question using that stock ROM will it completely unroot me?
Also a bit confused with me running revolt does that mess up me just flashing that and it has the stock boot image.
I've Revolted have you?? Sent via tapatalk plugin.

i'm having issues with CWM... i flashed back to my stock+root backup and every time the OTA update tries to install it boots to clockwork. ran the exitrecovery.zip in clockwork and it still boots to clockwork. i cleared the cache/dalvik again, the OTA is downloading gonna try it again...

xjli said:
i'm having issues with CWM... i flashed back to my stock+root backup and every time the OTA update tries to install it boots to clockwork. ran the exitrecovery.zip in clockwork and it still boots to clockwork. i cleared the cache/dalvik again, the OTA is downloading gonna try it again...
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Hey guys, I have a new package for root for those having problems. I need testers though. If you can come on irc in about 20 minutes. It has the drivers in it also.
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xjli said:
i'm having issues with CWM... i flashed back to my stock+root backup and every time the OTA update tries to install it boots to clockwork. ran the exitrecovery.zip in clockwork and it still boots to clockwork. i cleared the cache/dalvik again, the OTA is downloading gonna try it again...
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You need to use Revo toolkit to get cwm off and the stock recovery back on. from there it will run fine. Then you just have to reroot using MT's modified rooting .bat file

Haro912 said:
You need to use Revo toolkit to get cwm off and the stock recovery back on. from there it will run fine. Then you just have to reroot using MT's modified rooting .bat file
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How? I'm pretty good at this stuff but i feel like a moron bc i can't figure this out.

xjli said:
How? I'm pretty good at this stuff but i feel like a moron bc i can't figure this out.
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Got it. I guess the first release of revo toolkit didn't have the flash stock recovery option. Can't wait to finally have gb on this thing..

Still reboots to cwm... it won't flash stock recovery. Any ideas?

xjli said:
Still reboots to cwm... it won't flash stock recovery. Any ideas?
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Go into revotoolkit, Click install clockwork recovery, it should pop up to choose !!revo_stock!! or 4.0.0.2. Choose the revo stock. After it runs, click to check which recovery is installed and make sure it says revo stock, then reboot.
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mtmichaelson said:
Go into revotoolkit, Click install clockwork recovery, it should pop up to choose !!revo_stock!! or 4.0.0.2. Choose the revo stock. After it runs, click to check which recovery is installed and make sure it says revo stock, then reboot.
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It doesn't..still says 4.0.0.2... how long should it take to 'install?'

OP updated for the new packages from mtmichaelson

xjli said:
It doesn't..still says 4.0.0.2... how long should it take to 'install?'
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It depends on you connection speed. If it's 3g a while. I recommend doing it on 4g or wireless. You also need busybox installed in the right location. Install the version 1.17.1 in system/bin. The newer versions of busybox may work now but they previously did not.

jrf28 said:
It depends on you connection speed. If it's 3g a while. I recommend doing it on 4g or wireless. You also need busybox installed in the right location. Install the version 1.17.1 in system/bin. The newer versions of busybox may work now but they previously did not.
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Righto. Only slow 3g in my silo of an office :-/ ill let it go for a while.

Just reinstalled busybox... got it!

The only issue I'm having is getting CMW to stick. I install it, reboot into recovery, and it's there. Reboot, open RevoToolKit, check version, and it says none installed. Hmmm. Trying to install again and see...

borborpa said:
The only issue I'm having is getting CMW to stick. I install it, reboot into recovery, and it's there. Reboot, open RevoToolKit, check version, and it says none installed. Hmmm. Trying to install again and see...
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It looks like it's a common problem. I haven't installed the ROM yet but mt's new gingervolt rom is supposed to make CWM stick - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1326542

Ok so I'm a complete and utter noob when it comes to CWM etc. Never had an android device before this one, never flashed a ROM.
I've got a pretty good grasp of whats going to be happening here, but I'm a little skiddish.
I'm on stock GB with root, at the point where i'm supposed to install CWM with the RevoToolkit. In the RevoToolkit instructions, thecubed says "If no version is listed, STOP and post here.". Well, no version is listed, presumable because i'm on a GB stock recovery. Do I stop here, or do I proceed with installing clockwork recovery?
Specifically, RevoToolkit reports "Version Not Found".
Advice?

i_t_n said:
Ok so I'm a complete and utter noob when it comes to CWM etc. Never had an android device before this one, never flashed a ROM.
I've got a pretty good grasp of whats going to be happening here, but I'm a little skiddish.
I'm on stock GB with root, at the point where i'm supposed to install CWM with the RevoToolkit. In the RevoToolkit instructions, thecubed says "If no version is listed, STOP and post here.". Well, no version is listed, presumable because i'm on a GB stock recovery. Do I stop here, or do I proceed with installing clockwork recovery?
Specifically, RevoToolkit reports "Version Not Found".
Advice?
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I had the same thing I got all pissed and thought I was screwed then someone mentioned the GB thing. You'll be fine if you flash cwm. Just flash cwm, boot into it, make a backup in cwm, flash gingervolt, and reboot. everything will work fine

Haro912 said:
I had the same thing I got all pissed and thought I was screwed then someone mentioned the GB thing. You'll be fine if you flash cwm. Just flash cwm, boot into it, make a backup in cwm, flash gingervolt, and reboot. everything will work fine
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Awesome, thank you for the quick reply. Another stupid question that i'm sure is answered somewhere on here, but what exactly will I lose when flashing a ROM, and what will I be able to restore back with a backup?

Help with cwm recovery install and wsod

Hello
I finally got bored with my phone and decided to try some custom roms. Im not new to flashing roms but this was my first attempt with the vivid.
I unlocked my bootloader and s-off my phone using the Juopunutbear trick. I updated the hboot and perm-rooted the device. I did this all following the superguide instructions.
This is where I think I messed up. I tried to use the rom manager to back up my phone and install cwm which im thinking i shouldnt have. I installed the app and hit flash clockworkmod recovery. I got confused on what to do after that.
I can boot into the phone fine with no issues but I can not hboot into recovery it just hangs on the htc white screen.
I dont know where to go from here. can i salvage this process or step back in someway? Also did I install cwm or not complete the process or was it already installed as part of the superguide perm root instructions? Im a little confused on the whole recovery part.
Thanks for the help

Either flashimagegui from the themes and apps thread...
Or manually fastboot flash recovery *image name*
I recommend twrp...
Easy way to get it..
Download goomanager from the market... Open... Grant root...
Hit the menu capacitive button... Choose install openrecovery script...
Download it... Trying to flash it with goomanager is broken... Use either method mentioned above
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Thanks for the reply. I ended up re-rooting the phone(Step 4 superguide) and that gave me access to the recovery menu again.

Yeah, don't use rom manager it's old and outdated

[Q] Need RUU for Three UK HTC One

Ok, so I'm a total noob with android, having just recently converted from my iPhone to my HTC One. I decided to root my phone a few days ago, using Hassoon2000's All-In-One Kit, and everything went smoothly without any problems. However, I decided to try and flash a ROM to disable system write protection because I couldn't update SuperSU. I used this video here
Anyway, after flashing, my phone tried to boot up and got stuck at the "HTC One, quietly brilliant" screen, and won't go any further, but I can still get into the bootloader and CWM recovery. I was told to run the RUU for my phone to unroot and unbrick, so I downloaded the file and ran it. When it was installing, I noticed that the ROM that the RUU was installing was an older version than the one on my phone, and the RUU then gave me error 131.
I'm in a dead end here, I honestly have no idea what to do, but my guess is that the RUU that I got was outdated, so I need a newer version of the Three UK HTC One RUU. Can anyone help me out here?

There is no Three RUU - Three have yet to release it. Which rom were you trying to load? Use the toolkit to sideload the rom in recovery then once you've got your phone working again, transfer the CWM nandroid backup for 3 UK from the page you've just linked to. Place it in your clockworkmod backup folder then restore it in recovery. This will get you back to stock rom if you still want it, not stock recovery though.
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redbull123 said:
There is no Three RUU - Three have yet to release it. Which rom were you trying to load? Use the toolkit to sideload the rom in recovery then once you've got your phone working again, transfer the CWM nandroid backup for 3 UK from the page you've just linked to. Place it in your clockworkmod backup folder then restore it in recovery. This will get you back to stock rom if you still want it, not stock recovery though.
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The file I was trying to install is linked in that YouTube video. Also, when I tried to sideload viperROM, recovery just said "unable to mount /data" and the sideload failed. I also tried using TWRP recovery to flash the ROM, it said there was no OS when I was trying to reboot.

ChanTheNoob said:
The file I was trying to install is linked in that YouTube video. Also, when I tried to sideload viperROM, recovery just said "unable to mount /data" and the sideload failed. I also tried using TWRP recovery to flash the ROM, it said there was no OS when I was trying to reboot.
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Use this guide to push a rom to your phone, then flash it in recovery:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2325853
Also, you know that you install viper 1.0 first then to the updates one at a time in order? Just checking, apologies if you already knew that.
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redbull123 said:
Use this guide to push a rom to your phone, then flash it in recovery:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2325853
Also, you know that you install viper 1.0 first then to the updates one at a time in order? Just checking, apologies if you already knew that.
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I did this, and then when I went into recovery to look for the ROM, I couldn't find it, and noticed that it said "Internal Storage 0 MB". Do you think I could have messed up my partitions when I originally tried to disable write protection?