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So far, this is going to be a guide for noobs. Please read through this, and ask any questions that you have. This has been compiled from different guides around XDA, and information has been stripped that does not relate to our phones. More will be put up here when I find it, and all credit will be provided. This will be from 'duh' to 'didn't know that'. The idea is to provide a beginning to end explanation: Stock Incredible to Rooted with custom Rom.
Topics so far - ADB, Rooting (reflash), Unrooting, Nandroid, Remove/Install Apps, roms, kernels...
I'M NOT RESPONSIBLE IF YOU BRICK YOUR PHONE DOING ANY OF THIS.... REGARDLESS OF WHY. Yadda, yadda, yadda...
**********At this point, I'm going to ask that you uninstall HTC Sync. Also, please uninstall HTC Driver... (whatever it's called) Nobody likes them (really though, it will mess up a lot of things. You can install them later when all this is done).**********
1) Setting up ADB
ADB stands for Android Development Bridge. It is used by Android developers for programming. For us, it is used to hack into our phones . For our purposes, just know that it is like the cmd (command prompt) that allows us to send commands to our phone. This is extremely useful when we're in the custom recovery
Download the Android SDK from Google: http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
Unzip to your desktop
Take the "android-sdk-_**-windows" folder and move it to the root of your hard drive (C:\)
** will change, it is revision of SDK, like "r6"
****The below is not necessary, but is useful sometimes if you just want to run "adb shell" from anywhere without going into the sdk directory****
Right click on My Computer and click properties
Select the Advanced Tab or Advanced System Setting (Vista/Windows 7)
Select Environment Variables...
Press New
For Variable Name type: adb
For Variable Value type: C:\android-sdk-_**-windows\tools
****End of the "This is not necessary thing****
Now, we get USB drivers to work. Some use HTC Sync for drivers, however HTC Sync does not like to play nice with the reflash tool (later on this), so we will use the generic google USB drivers.
1. Run SDK Setup.exe
2. If it gives you any error go to settings and click on "Force http//....."
3. Select usb driver package, let it download and install
4. Some say the below step is not needed, but I did this so I'm posting it
Go to tools folder, and edit "android_winusb.inf" (you can do this by opening it via wordpad). Add the following at the end of the [Google.NTx86] and [Google.NTamd64] blocks:
;HTC Incredible
%SingleAdbInterface% = USB_Install, USB\VID_0BB4&PID_0C9E
%CompositeAdbInterface% = USB_Install, USB\VID_0BB4&PID_0C9E&MI_01
%SingleBootLoaderInterface% = USB_Install, USB\VID_0BB4&PID_0C94
Save the file and exit.
5). Plug your phone into PC, when windows asks to install drivers for new found hardware, point the New Hardware Found wizaed to android_winusb.inf that you just edited.
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2) Preparing your phone for ADB
Go to Settings on your phone
Select Applications
Select Development
Make sure 'USB Debugging' is checked
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3) Check if your phone is detected by ADB
Open up Command Prompt (Go to run, type in cmd, press enter)
Type in:
cd C:\**your sdk name**\tools (Press Enter)
adb devices (Enter) You should see your device listed
adb shell (Enter) you should see $ in the next line
**After you obtain root**
su (Enter) you should see # in the next line if you are already rooted
**you may need to allow adb shell to run as root. Look at the phone and see if Superuser.apk is asking for your permission to allow adb root access. Click on "Remeber my selection" and select yes.
Now you are all set to run adb commands as root or as a regular user
**Note: for a list of commands that you can type using adb type "adb" in cmd
All Credit for Topics 1 - 3 go to user XDA member nephron. I mostly copied all of his guide, but updated some information on it to make sense for our phones. Also, removed some stuff I didn't see necessary. Please go to the original thread for the G1: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=532719&highlight=nandroid+guide for a list of further Credits, and for information I've left out. If you like this thread, please donate to HIM
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4) Rooting your phone - READ THIS WHOLE SECTION BEFORE GOING TO ANY EXTERNAL LINKS PLEASE. At this point, running the UnrEVOked reflash3 tool will root your phone and install a custom recovery. To try to make it really easy to understand, recovery allows you to access your phone to make PERMANENT changes (something we can't do while booted yet), flash custom roms, and save your sorry little @$$ if you do something that you weren't supposed to
Ok, at this point, I'm going to ASSUME that you don't have HTC SYNC installed (or uninstalled it), and that you have the Google USB drivers installed (i.e. you read at least some of this post). The first thing we're going to do is:
1) Read this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=6875912&postcount=1
2) If you read #1, you already went here: http://www.unrevoked.com/rootwiki/doku.php?id=public:windows_hboot_driver_install
and downloaded the MODIFIED (i.e. changed, not the same, DON'T SKIP THIS STEP) driver and installed it
3) If you read #1, you already downloaded the reflash tool executable
4) If you read #1, you've already done #2, and 3, and this is just a worthless step of me explaining how important it is that you did #1
5) Lets do this. #1,2,3 and 4 were "get ready" steps. By now, you installed the modified driver, went to the webpage and downloaded the UnrEVOked3 reflash tool. HTC sync is also uninstalled. Plug in your phone (normally booted) to your pc and select "Charge Only" when asked how to connect to PC, and click on "remember my selection". Click Done.
6) Unplug Phone from PC.
6a) If you have double twist installed, at this time open the task manager on your pc, and kill doubletwist.devicehelpder....
7) Run the "reflash_package" executable that you just downloaded. Notice the path that it lists and click "install". This will unzip "reflash.exe" and a bunch of other stuff that is needed to the directory that you just noted. Go to this directory (usually the same one where the executable you just ran is) and run "reflash.exe"
8) Plug in your phone.
9) When the program is finished, you should see koush's clockworkmod recovery on your phone's screen and reflash will say that it's done. Congrats, you have root and a new recovery.
If something went wrong, and you're not on koush's recovery and reflash says it's done, don't worry, just re-run reflash. You can run it as many times as necessary. It will not hurt anything AT THIS TIME (this may change later)
10) Koush's recover works a little differently:
a) Vol+ and - scroll up / down
b) the Power button work as a "Back" button, and will turn off screen if you're at the root of the menu. If your screen goes blank, don't read, just hit Power again
c) To make a selection, click the optical trackpad
11) Reboot your phone by highlighting the selection and choosing it
For the most part, these instructions were written from memory, but all credit goes to UnrEVOked, Shadowmite, and anyone that they've given credit to in original links.
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5) Unrooting - I didn't want to re-invent the wheel, so I'm posting an external link:
http://androidforums.com/all-things...ideo-howto-unroot-incredible-downgrading.html
Just follow the instructions. Credit goes to the OP. If this link ever goes to a 404, pm me and I will find another link with instructions and update this. Also, if you don't understand something, just ask in this thread, someone will answer (maybe even me ).
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6) Whats is a Nandroid Backup?
**Using Koush Recovery:
Power takes you "bacK" in menu's. On root of the menu, it will turn on/off screen. Hit Power again to turn it back on.
Vol+/Vol- lets you scroll up/down through menus
Pushing optical trackpad in makes your selection
Nandroid Backup is a tool allowing your Incredible that has koush ClokworkMod Recovery to create a full system backup and restore it, which, when flashing and testing different roms can be very useful.
A) Creating a Backup using Nandroid
Boot up your phone in recovery (Turn off, then turn on while holding Vol- and Power. Press Vol- once to highlight recovery, hit Power once to go into it)
You will now see your new koush recovery
Scroll down (Vol -) to "nandroid" and select it (press the optical button in)
"Backup" will be highlighted. select it
Let it work, it might take a while for a full system backup
Once its done, your backup is complete and is saved on your sdcard in the "clockworkmod" folder. Normally it's stored in the "nandroid" folder, however our Recovery does things a little differently.
B) Recovering to Your Nandroid Backup
Make sure u made a backup and its in the clockworkmod folder on your sdcard
Boot up your phone in recovery (Explained Above)
Go into "nandroid" in the recovery (also explained above)
Select "restore backup" and select from the backups you have (if you have multiple) that you want to restore; this will do a simple, "restore all" of your latest nandroid backup
:OR:
Select "Advanced Restore", choose from the backups that you have on your SD card, and then what you want to restore. You can individually restore "system", "data", "cache", etc....
In "Advanced Restore", i have not seen a way to restore multiple options (cashe AND system, etc...) Koush, am I missing something?
Let it work
Once its done, restore more options through the Advanced Restore menu, or reboot your phone and your selections will now be restored!
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7) Remove Apps
**Using Koush Recovery:
Power takes you "bacK" in menu's. On root of the menu, it will turn on/off screen. Hit Power again to turn it back on.
Vol+/Vol- lets you scroll up/down through menus
Pushing optical trackpad in makes your selection
1) Go into Clockworkmod Recovery (With phone turned off, Vol - + Power, then Vol - to select recovery, then hit Power)
2) Select "partitions" from menu, then select "mount sytem" You can also "mount sdcard" if you want to back apps up to sdcard
3) Connect Phone to PC
3a) Open a command prompt and navigate to your sdk\tools directory
3b) Type: adb remount (it shoud return successful)
4) Open Adb Shell on your pc (Type: adb shell)
It should automatically show #, otherwise type "su"
Type:
cd /system/app (enter)
5)Type ls (this will show you all of the stuff in the /system/app directory)
6) To "delete" apps, type the following:
/system/bin/mv Your_APP.apk Your_APP.apk.bak (i.e. CityID.apk CityID.apk.bak). If you want to clear up space on your internal storage for whatever reason, you can replace Your_APP.apk.bak with /sdcard/Your_APP.apk.bak (this will move the app to the root of your SD Card instead of just change it's name)
If you don't get errors, you're done.
*This does not delete apps, but changes their file type so they will not show up as an app, in case you want to get them back at any time later you still have them and don't have to frantically post threads on XDA asking for them.
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8) Install Apps to /system/app
**Using Koush Recovery:
Power takes you "bacK" in menu's. On root of the menu, it will turn on/off screen. Hit Power again to turn it back on.
Vol+/Vol- lets you scroll up/down through menus
Pushing optical trackpad in makes your selection
1) Place your app you want to install into the root of your sd card (this is easiest)
2) Go into Clockworkmod Recovery (Explained in 7)
3) Mount system and sdcard under partitions (Explained in 7)
4) Connect Phone to PC
4a) adb remount in command prompt (should sow successful) (again, in 7)
5) Open Adb Shell on your PC
6)
IF NOT at #, type "su" to go from $ to #.
Type:
/system/bin/mv /sdcard/Your_App_Name.apk /system/app/Your_App_Name.apk
7) If you don't get errors, you're done. You can unplug phone, and reboot
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9) Flashing Custom Roms
Download a ROM that you want to try. One of the roms from here are a good starting point: http://inc.sodpit.com/. They are mostly stable might get a few random reboots.
Steps:
1. Download Rom of your choice
1a. Right now, there might be two ROM types, a nandroid backup and an update.zip type file. For right now, I recommend sticking with the update.zip kind. These instructions are meant for it, but I just want you to make sure you know which type it is before you try to flash it.
2. Copy and Paste the downloaded file onto sdcard. Make sure it is not in any directory's of SD card, just on the sdcard (the "root" of it).
3. Verify it's there using Astro or some other File Manager just to be safe.
4. Download and Run Titanium Backup from the Market if you haven't already. (If you don't have it, get it, it's must have for root users.)
a. Select Menu, Batch, Backup user apps. (in Titanium Backup)
b. let it run, this will take some time.
5. When that's done open your command prompt, navigate to your sdk\tools directory, and type "adb reboot recovery" (Not within adb shell, but in command prompt in that directory. I'm not going to explain how to do this because it's already explained above. Also, if you're flashing roms then you're already familiar with it, or maybe you shouldn't be flashing roms ).
6. Do "Wipe data/factory reset" and "wipe cache partition" in Recovery **This WILL WIPE your phone**
7. Select "install zip from sdcard", then select "choose zip from sdcard", then select the name of the zip you want to install.
8. When that's done reboot your phone, once your done setting up all the settings, download titanium backup from the market again, and set that up.
9. In Titanium, Select Menu, Batch, Restore User apps.
After that's done you'll have all your apps that you had before, data included, with a fresh new rom to try out. Hope this helps!!
All credit for these instructions goes to tcbert2010, they were suggested to me, and I liked them. I modified them a BIT, so they make more sense to me and hopefully to you. See post #2 in Original Thread = http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=6953608#post6953608
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10) Installing custom kernels
I'm only mentioning Hydra's kernels. I'm running the Undervolted, NOT overclocked kernel with wireless N to preserve my battery to get more life out of it
**Taken from website's FAQ**
Q: So how do I install the kernel?
A: First step is to either download the kernel zip file straight to your phone, or download it onto your computer and put it on the sdcard of your phone. Next you turn the phone off hold volume down and power at the same time. When the phone is in HBOOT wait a few seconds for it to initialize then hit volume down once and then power to boot into Clockwork recovery. Once in clockwork recovery you want to select "Install zip from sdcard", then "Choose zip from sdcard". You will now see a listing of files on your sdcard select the kernel zip you downloaded, or if you downloaded strait to your phone go to the Downloads folder and select the kernel zip file. The kernel will now install to the phone and once it's done it will say install complete. Now you can hit the power button once to return to main menu and select "reboot system now" . Your phone will now reboot with the new kernel.
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Go to: http://hydrakernel.net/ to download the kernels
Please read: http://hydrakernel.net/faq.htm to educate yourself. It's worth it.
Credit to EJHEART for the wonderful kernels! Where are my 2.2 kernels EJ ?
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Again, if you have suggestions, requests, or whatever please post or PM me.
PM Me if I missed giving someone credit. PLEASE!!!
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Updated with Reflash instructions.
dreamersipaq said:
Help I'm stuck at waiting for system to settle
check these common issues:
- You switched your driver to the one from this post? It's NOT identical to the SDK one.
- You don't have any usb applications that might be taking focus while we are working with the phone right?
- Is the SD card present in the device?
- You did give su permenent access when you allowed it in superuser right?
More to come...
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Good start, iPaq! I just want to plug Linux AGAIN. I had zero problems using reflash for linux and using Gparted in Ubuntu/Debian/Linux Mint mint means one can do all kinds of things that will become helpful very soon if not already (e.g., manipulate ext and swap partitions on the sdacard!). Aside from linux being Android's native file system, using a Linux distro just makes 110% good sense if you plan to do any developing for the DI/Android. Why poeple struggle so much with Windows when Linux is free is beyond me
2 cents deposited!
Additional items to add
1) After I have rooted and reflashed - How do I flash new ROMs
2) After I have rooted and reflashed - Is there an easier way to get back in and get rid of CityID, etc?
3) How do I update to a later version of ClockworkMod
Great topic
Sent from my ADR6300 using XDA App
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jdmba said:
1) After I have rooted and reflashed - How do I flash new ROMs
2) After I have rooted and reflashed - Is there an easier way to get back in and get rid of CityID, etc?
3) How do I update to a later version of ClockworkMod
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1) - Will update soon
2) - I BELIEVE that this works:
1) Go into Clockworkmod Recovery
2) Mount Internal Storage under partitions
3) Connect Phone to PC
4) Open Adb Shell on your pc
Type:
su (will change to #)
cd /system/app
mv CityID.apk CityID.apk.bak
you're done.
Not in front of my phone at this sec, but if mv does not work, try
busybox mv CityID.apk CityID.apk.bak or
/system/bin/mv CityID.apk CityID.apk.bak
*This does not delete it, but changes the file type so it will not show up as an add, in case you want to get it back at any time later.
If I'm wrong please correct me.
3) The easiest way to update recovery at this time is through Koush's Rom Manager. However, at this time I've read somewhere that it's not persistent. Let's give this a few days.
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First Post Updated.
here is my problem, apparently when I got root I didn't push superuser.apk as a system app correctly.
SO, I have root in the OS after each boot, once I install superuser.apk.
Problem is, I can't get back in recovery to fix this. I have gotten into recovery with ADB again (maybe twice in the 2000 times I have tried again), but when I get to the step where you do the update and push the zip file at the same time, it never works now. So I am unable to push the apk as a system file.
So, the unrevoked recovery flash fails because it doesn't have su rights when it gets to the os on reboot.
Anyone want to help me out?
qwho said:
here is my problem, apparently when I got root I didn't push superuser.apk as a system app correctly.
SO, I have root in the OS after each boot, once I install superuser.apk.
Problem is, I can't get back in recovery to fix this. I have gotten into recovery with ADB again (maybe twice in the 2000 times I have tried again), but when I get to the step where you do the update and push the zip file at the same time, it never works now. So I am unable to push the apk as a system file.
So, the unrevoked recovery flash fails because it doesn't have su rights when it gets to the os on reboot.
Anyone want to help me out?
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Take this opportunity to flash up to HBOOT 79, wipe, and re-root. Start fresh. Re-reflash w/unrevoked2. Alles in Ordnung! At least, that solved all of my problems. Start with the big headache to avoid later headaches. Once you have a nandroid of a "proper" root, you'll never have to do the annoying initial root again.
So you can get HBOOT 79 how? by flashing the latest HTC rom RUU?
qwho said:
So you can get HBOOT 79 how? by flashing the latest HTC rom RUU?
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Exactly. Doing will wipe out all userdata, everything not stored online, on your card, or on internal disk. It's really the best way to go, to start fresh and remove all the little variable piecemeal rooting has placed in your path to date.
can you point me to the RUU you would use? I did some searching, here and at htc.com, and I couldn't find an RUU anywhere.
qwho said:
can you point me to the RUU you would use? I did some searching, here and at htc.com, and I couldn't find an RUU anywhere.
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Just down this, run it in Windoze, and before it tries to flash (you don't need your DI connected!), go into your AppData/temp directory, find the ~142mb rom.zip file, rename it to PB31IMG.zip, put it on /sdcard root directory, boot into bootloader, let the card/file get picked up while holding down-volume, ok the flash, no need to ok the reboot, then boot into to recovery and proceed with adb shell/rooting process one
I've been having some trouble with the nandroid step, and creating a backup. I've done everything listed prior to that with success, but when I load into recovery I don't see the option to create a nandroid backup. I have also dl'ed RomManager and have tried to create backups through that.
I also dl'ed the unrevoked reflash and tried running that, but that also fails. I'm not really sure what I'm doing wrong, so any help wold be appreciated!
sanchagrins said:
I've been having some trouble with the nandroid step, and creating a backup. I've done everything listed prior to that with success, but when I load into recovery I don't see the option to create a nandroid backup. I have also dl'ed RomManager and have tried to create backups through that.
I also dl'ed the unrevoked reflash and tried running that, but that also fails. I'm not really sure what I'm doing wrong, so any help wold be appreciated!
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Not sure what you mean. Go into Hboot, and select recovery. When Koush's recovery loads, use Vol- to highlight "nandroid". Click the optical button in, and you'll enter another menu. Select the first option, which should be highlighted by default, which should be "Create Backup" or "Backup Device" or something like that.
Let me know if that works.
When I go into recovery the only options I get are:
Reboot System now
Apply sdcard: update.zip
Wipe data/factory reset
Wipe Cache partition
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E:Can't open /cache/recovery/command
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I'm not seeing anything about nandroid backup. I'm assuming I'm either not doing something correctly (I'm currently not booting into recovery while running reflash.exe) or somehow the clockworkmod isn't correctly installed.
Any ideas? Or what other information could I give you to help better answer my question?
sanchagrins said:
When I go into recovery the only options I get are:
I'm not seeing anything about nandroid backup. I'm assuming I'm either not doing something correctly (I'm currently not booting into recovery while running reflash.exe) or somehow the clockworkmod isn't correctly installed.
Any ideas? Or what other information could I give you to help better answer my question?
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You can't install anything to recovery that will stick until you get root via procedure 1, then reflash with unrevoked 2. Sounds to me like you've gotten ahead of yourself
Hi all,
I'm a beginner to this stuff, so please bear with me. I've gotten an SGS from Optus here in Australia, with Android 2.1. I want to upgrade to 2.2, so here I am on these forums
I confirmed that there was no 3-button combo mode on this SGS, and have successfully installed the fix as detailed here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=785201 (a much more painful process than I thought, having to get a hold of a Windows computer (wasn't comfortable using Windows in a VM to flash my phone, couldn't figure out how to get the 3-button on my SGS with Hiemdall), get the USB drivers from the Android SDK, install Java, stab self with spoon, etc)
Now I've gotten the 3-button combo on the phone, I have read through the FAQ thread (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=723596) and the thread on the newest ROM(?) Doc BUJP8 (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=817703).
Bearing in mind that I have never done this before, what the heck do I do next? I tried putting the BUJP8 file (BUJP8_Doc_V9.zip, renamed to update.zip) on the phone storage in a folder titled 'sdcard', rebooted with ADB and got told that the phone couldn't extract the update.zip file. Is that correct? Do I need any other files to update my phone from 2.1 to 2.2?
Edit: The phone tells me "E:Can't open /sdcard/update.zip (No such file or directory) Installation aborted."
I'm rather frustrated and grumpy I know that I'm missing something, so if you can please let me know what to do next, that would be excellent!
From the threads installation instructions. This rom works fine on Optus (I'm using it as well) with Dark Theme.
BTW, don't rename the Doc ROM to update.zip. You need to use the clockwork file as update.zip (see below)
Good luck
Installation Steps (Read this very carefully!)
01. Download the ROM (which you seem to already have downloaded) and put it on your internal sdcard.
02. Download clockworkmod recovery from here: http://koush.tandtgaming.com/recoveries/recovery-clockwork-2.5.1.2-galaxys.zip
You *need* Clockworkmod, this won’t work with stock recovery.
03. Rename the clockworkmod recovery file to “update.zip” and put it on your internal sdcard.
*SKIP THIS STEP AS YOU'RE COMING FROM AN OFFICIAL OPTUS ROM WITH NO TWEAKS*
04. If you had Voodoo installed prior to installing this ROM (Eclair or Froyo), make sure you still have the "disable lagfix" folder inside "/sdcard/Voodoo". If you’re coming from sztupy’s kernel, make sure you have disabled all Lagfixes from CWM.
05. Shutdown phone, wait for it to power down, then boot the phone into recovery mode (press volume up, keep it pressed, then press home button, keep it pressed, then press power button, keep it pressed until you see the Galaxy S screen. Release all three buttons when you see it).
06. Select “apply sdcard:update.zip” (use volume rocker to move up and down, and home button to select). Clockworkmod recovery will boot now (you may have to do apply update.zip twice for Clockworkmod to show up).
07. Once in Clockworkmod, select “install zip from sdcard” (use volume rocker to move up and down and the back button to select).
08. Select “choose zip from sdcard” and then select the ROM zip package. Then choose yes.
09. The update will start (will take some 5 minutes) and during the flashing you will see some strange big characters on the screen, don’t worry, that’s normal. After the process finishes, you will be dropped back into Clockworkmod recovery. From there, choose go back, and then reboot phone.
10. The first boot will take some time as the ROM will deodex
11. After the phone boots up, shutdown phone again, and then boot into recovery. The phone will boot DIRECTLY into Clockworkmod. From there, select "advanced ULK features", then "Lagfix options". You can select any of the lagfix schemes (description here). I recommend NO-RFS advanced EXT4 (others are known to have issues and may cause loss of data)
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Woot! All working now The trick I hadn't worked out from all the instructions was to put the update.zip file in the root of the phone storage as seen by Windows, as it wasn't clear if I should have created a folder called 'sdcard' and putting update.zip there or not.
So once I worked out that putting update.zip in the root of the phone storage was the correct thing to do, I could finally get the recovery mode and have the phone successfully see 'update.zip'!
The phone has booted, and I've shut it down and gone back to clockwork, but there isn't a 'NO-RFS advanced EXT4' option for lagfix - the closest is 'NO-RFS advanced (a=e4)' - is this the EXT4 option, just badly rendered?
daehenoc said:
The phone has booted, and I've shut it down and gone back to clockwork, but there isn't a 'NO-RFS advanced EXT4' option for lagfix - the closest is 'NO-RFS advanced (a=e4)' - is this the EXT4 option, just badly rendered?
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Good to hear you got it sorted.
And yes. That's the right EXT4 option
try this
http://webtrickz.com/how-to-update-...oid-2-2-froyo-via-kies-anywhere-in-the-world/
I did
Hope someone can help me here...I already rooted my CDMA HTC Hero and was in process of installing the CM6 zip file from my sd card through ClockworkMod Recovery...After rebooting, It just shows the HTC screen and it just sits there. I took the battery out and reset back to the original...I am running 2.15 update and a build of 2.32.651.2...This is my first time rooting/modifying a phone...Thanks
douglaspott said:
Hope someone can help me here...I already rooted my CDMA HTC Hero and was in process of installing the CM6 zip file from my sd card through ClockworkMod Recovery...After rebooting, It just shows the HTC screen and it just sits there. I took the battery out and reset back to the original...I am running 2.15 update and a build of 2.32.651.2...This is my first time rooting/modifying a phone...Thanks
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How long did it just sit there? Starting up a new ROM the first time sometimes takes a few minutes or more. It it's not rebooting itself, let it sit and load.
maybe
douglaspott said:
Hope someone can help me here...I already rooted my CDMA HTC Hero and was in process of installing the CM6 zip file from my sd card through ClockworkMod Recovery...After rebooting, It just shows the HTC screen and it just sits there. I took the battery out and reset back to the original...I am running 2.15 update and a build of 2.32.651.2...This is my first time rooting/modifying a phone...Thanks
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more info is needed to help you. What steps did you take EXACTLY? get long winded. Like what root method, what recovery, what wipe process, what flash process, etc.
Okay...I used Z4Mod and went with a permanent root (seemed to be successful)...I grabbed the free version of ROM manager from the mkt place...I then flashed Clockwork Recovery in ROM Mgr...Finally, I selected "Install ROM from SD Card." A prompt showed up and I selected "Backup Existing ROM" and "Wipe Data and Cache." After checking OK, it rebooted and froze on the HTC screen for 15+ minutes two times. I have two zip files on my sd card: "update-cm-6.1.0-RC1-Heroc-signed.zip" and "gapps-mdpi-20101213-signed.zip" This is as far as I could get...thanks!
Well when you chose to backup existing rom that was good. When you chose to wipe data that was bad. Now your phone can't boot into anything because you wiped all of your data. But you were smart and made a backup. A general rule of thumb at least IMO
Is only wipe data if your flashing a new rom or having trouble with an exiting one. With that being said. Just boot into recovery by
Holding home and power until you see your recovery
Then look for an option that says install update zip from sd or update from sd. I don't use clockwork mod but I'm sure its something to that effect. Then choose install from sd or what ever the option was. Then you should see your two rom zips on your sd choose which one to install,let it finish and reboot. Being a fresh install it might take a minute. Or if you want to go back to your factory rom just look for an option that says restore and choose your backup you made when you used rom manger. Hope this helps good luck.
Yea its me Again With the
Modified Hero-
douglaspott said:
Okay...I used Z4Mod and went with a permanent root (seemed to be successful)...I grabbed the free version of ROM manager from the mkt place...I then flashed Clockwork Recovery in ROM Mgr...Finally, I selected "Install ROM from SD Card." A prompt showed up and I selected "Backup Existing ROM" and "Wipe Data and Cache." After checking OK, it rebooted and froze on the HTC screen for 15+ minutes two times. I have two zip files on my sd card: "update-cm-6.1.0-RC1-Heroc-signed.zip" and "gapps-mdpi-20101213-signed.zip" This is as far as I could get...thanks!
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Instead of installing from ROM Manager, select the option to Reboot Into Recovery.
From there, select Wipe Data/Factory Reset, then select Wipe Cache Partition, then go into Advanced and select Wipe Dalvich Cache.
Once those steps are complete, go back to the main menu and select Install zip from SD Card, then select Choose zip from SD Card. Find the CM zip and select it.
Once it completes, select Install zip from SD card again, find the gapps zip and select it.
Go back to the main menu again, and select Reboot now.
That's an old build of 6.1 anyway, grab the "stable" release instead.
Thanks for all of your assistance. Where can I find a current, stable 6.1 download file? I will replace it on my sd card before going forward.
Also, how do I get to the boot/recovery screen? When I choose recovery, it freezes with the HTC screen...I have success getting the phone back to original when I select fastUSBboot, or something similar to that...
Trying powering off, then press and hold the Home button while you press and release (don't hold) the Power button.
If that doesn't work, try pressing the volume up button while pressing the Power button.
Turn off the phone and hold volume down and power. A white screen will appear from there press the home button. It will take a good 15 to 20 seconds to get into recovery. Are you waiting long enough???
Or power off phone and hold power and home untill it boots into your recovery remember it takes a few seconds 10 to 15 seconds
Yea its me Again With the
Modified Hero-
I selected the home key to get into recovery...after 10+ minutes of showing the HTC screen, I think there is something wrong. This goes back to the same issue when I originally attempted to install the CM ROM - it was supposed to reboot into recovery but instead restarted into a frozen HTC screen. What ele can I do? Can I just go back to original and try all over again? I had to take the battery out and reset the device...
After Fastbooting, I lost network access and can't get into the marketplace...When I go into ROM manager to restore the backup, it just sits and looks like it is working on it...How long should this take? Is 10 min too long?
So your able to boot into your rom right.??? So just go to rom manger and choose flash alternate recovery. Place a different recovery on your sd and flash it. Or just flash the clockwork recovery. Basically I think you need to get into recovery first.
Yea its me Again With the
Modified Hero-
I think you're right as far as getting into recovery being the key...Since my network is down, I had to try "Flash Alternative Recovery," but it showed "An error occurred while flashing your recovery" ...Is there another alternative to getting a new recovery installed?
My network connection just started working...I had to uncheck and recheck the connect to network...Clockwork recovery finally worked and I was able to install 6.0 and the Google apps...Thanks for all of your help! I do have one additional question - How do I set up my apps to store on the sd card instead of the internal memory? Thanks again
I'm having a similar issue as OP.
This is my first time trying to load CM7 on my Hero CDMA. I rooted my phone successfully and then installed Amon_Ra's Recovery (v1.6.2) and wiped the data/Dalvik-cache and then flashed CM7 and Google Apps. Everything seemed to install without problem.
However, when I reboot the device it doesn't get past the initial "HTC" screen.
I then attempted to use adb to look at the logs but when I boot into recovery mode and enable USB mode, the computer doesn't recognize an HTC device/serial:
c:\Android\android-sdk\platform-tools>adb devices
* daemon not running. starting it now on port 5037 *
* daemon started successfully *
List of devices attached
000000000000 recovery
and trying to access the logs or run shell commands through adb fails.
It's been stuck on the "HTC" logo for 10 minutes; I'm not sure if I just need to wait it out or if something has gone awry. Did I just brick my phone or can this be salvaged?
I managed to flash whatever I had backed up from nandroid, but it's incredibly unstable. Took several resets and almost an hour stuck on the "HTC" splash screen before booting. I have missed calls and can make them, which is a good sign, but I'm repeatedly hit with an error "The application Setup Wizard (process com.android.setupwizard) has stopped unexpectedly. Please try again.".
I can't post pastebin links since I'm new, but I have dumps of logcat and /proc/last_kmsg.
At this point I'd be happy to either get CM working OR revert back to a stable stock ROM.
How did you root ???
Also what's your baseband/ radio ??
Also what hboot are you currently on ??
Root-Hack_Mod*Always\
I needed to have a phone so I took it back to Sprint and they were able to do a factory reset. So while I'm glad it's not bricked, I'd prefer to have a better ROM on here.
I rooted using the following set of commands:
adb push asroot2 /data/local/
adb shell
chmod 0755 /data/local/asroot2
/data/local/asroot2 /system/bin/sh
mount -o remount,rw -t yaffs2 /dev/block/mtdblock3 /system
cd /system/bin
cat sh > su
chmod 4755 su
Firmware version 1.5
Baseband version: 1.04.01.09.21
Kernel version: 2.6.27-533ce29d [email protected]
Build number: 1.56.651.2 CL85027 release-keys
Software version: 1.56.651.2
Hardware version: 0002
I'm not sure how to find out the hboot version.
When you first rooted or before did you make a backup/nandroid ?? Also after you rooted did you flash a recovery ??
Root-Hack_Mod*Always\
Hello,
I tried installing a custom ROM on my 7310 and it had issues. I have tried installing the original ICS from the sammyfirmware site using ODIN. Now I have a boot loop. I think I need to repartition, but when I click the repartition checkbox in ODIN I get an error.
Do I need to repartition? If so, how do I do it? If not, how do I fix this error?
Thanks.
A few questions:
spazlon said:
I tried installing a custom ROM on my 7310 and it had issues.
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What did you try to flash and how did you try doing it (CWM, ODIN, ...)?
What 'issues'?
I have tried installing the original ICS from the sammyfirmware site using ODIN. Now I have a boot loop.
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How far into the boot sequence does it get?
Are you able to get into recovery?
If so, what recovery do you have (Stock vs CWM)?
Have you tried seeing what is causing the boot-loop using adb?
Do I need to repartition? If so, how do I do it? If not, how do I fix this error?
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This is an action of last resort. Exhaust all other avenues first.
boscorama said:
What did you try to flash and how did you try doing it (CWM, ODIN, ...)?
What 'issues'?
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I used CWM to flash AOSP 4.1.2. It seemed to work fine for a day or two, but then it needed charging (as normal). I let it charge over night and in the morning it had less battery. I figured the charger or cable were flaky so I tried another set on another outlet and same thing. Then it finally ran out of battery. I let it charge again over night and when I tried to turn it on it was really slow. The boot animation was only 1 frame every couple seconds. It would eventually boot all the way up, but it was still REALLY slow. So I went into CWM and reflashed the same ROM. Then I got a boot loop of the boot animation. I couldn't get into CWM any more, so then I went into download mode and flashed the official firmware and flashed it with ODIN.
boscorama said:
How far into the boot sequence does it get?
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Now when I turn it on it just says, "Firmware upgrade encountered an issue. Please select recovery mode in Kies & try again."
I can flash again with ODIN and it will get to the Samsung boot animation and just pulse SAMSUNG.
boscorama said:
Are you able to get into recovery?
If so, what recovery do you have (Stock vs CWM)?
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If I hold power and volume down I can get into download mode or Samsung recovery, not CWM, and power with volume up doesn't do anything.
boscorama said:
Have you tried seeing what is causing the boot-loop using adb?
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I don't know anything about adb and I'm not sure what I would be looking for. Is there a tutorial I can follow somewhere?
Thanks for any help!
This worked for me with similar problem
Hi Spazlon,
Sorry I'm not allowed to post links yet as I am also very fresh. But I've underlined the addresses so you should be able to find them
I just spent the best of 2 days trying to solve a similar issue - my 8.9 P7300 kept running in boot loop. It had been running ICS stable for several weeks, then suddenly started to loop boot for no good reason. Anyway - you need two programs installed on your computer as well as USB drivers for your tablet. The two programs are Odin and SDK developer package. Odin3 v 1,87 and 1.85 are found here: filecrop.com/Odin-1.87 - try some of the links, one of them should work without having to type a password. The SDK is found here: developer.android.com/sdk You can find more about how to use the developer package on that site as well, but I installed as support for Android 2.1 through to 4.1
Also install the USB driver files for your tablet on your PC. For example from here: xpdrivers.com/usb/_1_24.cfm?gclid=CL2iDs7MCFWF7cAodxFYANQ
You also need the following recovery files which you can find by searching the developer forum for galaxy tab 8.9:
ClockworkMod_Recovery_v5.5.0.4.tar
P73xx_Stock_Recovery.tar
Clockwork_Recovery_6.0.0.8_GT-P7300.zip
and finally a ROM of your choice, for example the ICS rom cm-9-20121028-NIGHTLY-p5.zip that I just used. You can find the latest official ICS ROM's here get.cm/?device=p5
Now - hold down the volume down button on one of the boot cycles. You should now get into a menu with two choices - Download and Recovery. Default is "Download" - if you press volume down you switch between the two choices. Press volume up to select the choice you want.
First you want to select the "Download" option. Then connect your tablet to your PC. The drivers should now install and your tablet should read that you are connected.
Now start Odin3. Click the PDA button and select your P73xx_Stock_Recovery.tar file. Then press Start.
Once finished the tablet will reboot, and you now need to once again get into the recovery menu. Now select the recovery option, not the download menu. You get into the stock recovery menu where you navigate with the volume buttons and select choices with the power button. Do a full factory reset and wipe the cache. WARNING - you will loose ALL your data, but it'either that or stick to a bricked tablet so.... You will also loose your root access,m which is why the next step is needed.
Now that everything is wiped clean you can use Odin again in "download mode" to install ClockworkMod_Recovery_v5.5.0.4.tar with the same procedure as before. You now have root access.
Reboot again and once again into the recovery mode (not download mode). Once you get into the CWM recovery menu you are ready for the final step, which is to install your new operating system.
Go to your SDK installation folder and find the folder named "platform-tools".
First you want to copy two files into this folder (provided you want to install Cynaogen Mod 9):
Clockwork_Recovery_6.0.0.8_GT-P7300.zip
and
Your ROM file of choice
Press shift and right-click in that folder and select "Open command window here". In the command prompt write
adb shell
Note - I had some problems here which was caused by lack of permissions. On your tablet in the CWM menu there should be a choice under the advanced menu for fixing permissions. Use that and you should be able to get into the terminal shell afterwards with the adb shell command
Now write the following command sequence:
• mount /data (don't worry if you get an error message - it means the folder is already mounted)
• cd /data
• mkdir media (if you get an error message saying the folder already exists, that's also OK!)
• exit
• adb push Clockwork_Recovery_6.0.0.8_GT-P7300.zip /data/media
Now you may have to wait a little while until your command prompt is back confirming that the file was uploaded.
Now on your tablet go to the menu point "install zip from sdcard" and find your CWM file that you just uploaded and run that.
Reboot once again into the "recovery mode" - we are now nearly finished.
Run the above push command again from the computer terminal window, this time to upload the ROM file you want to install. (the command is adb push [filename].zip /data/media)
Now on your CWM recovery menu once again run the zip file you just uploaded from the "install zip from sdcard" menu
When completed and you now reboot you should have a completely fresh android installation. Hope this helps.
Remember to mark this thread with solved if it works!
Thanks to kallt_kaffe and all the others who helped me through their various posts (hope that coffee isn't getting too cold again), as well as the following web sites that indirectly helped me resolve this issue googleymind.com/2011/11/guide-so-you-think-you-bricked-your.html#.UJUNN8XAd8G and galaxytabhacks.com/galaxy-tab-10-1-hacks/how-to-root-galaxy-tab-10-1-the-easy-way/
Good luck.
Thanks! I'll give this a try when I get home. I'll let you know how it works out.
Don't ever try to 'repartion unless you really know what you're doing. You're soft bricked. Repartion and you'll hard brick.
I'd go back and get hc from sammobile and flash that with Odin. Ics has had some problems.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727 using xda app-developers app
jd1639 said:
Don't ever try to 'repartion unless you really know what you're doing. You're soft bricked. Repartion and you'll hard brick.
I'd go back and get hc from sammobile and flash that with Odin. Ics has had some problems.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I727 using xda app-developers app
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Agreed - my procedure avoids manual repartitioning - I tried lots of other procedures but none worked. I think my data partition had become corrupt because I kept getting error messages. My first try was to recover with my cwm recovery file I made originally but I kept getting back to the boot loop .
spazlon said:
Hello,
I tried installing a custom ROM on my 7310 and it had issues. I have tried installing the original ICS from the sammyfirmware site using ODIN. Now I have a boot loop. I think I need to repartition, but when I click the repartition checkbox in ODIN I get an error.
Do I need to repartition? If so, how do I do it? If not, how do I fix this error?
Thanks.
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I always got something like that ...
After bootloop just go to recrovery mode then factory riset ... its 100% WORK
Sent from my GT-P7300 using xda premium
I followed the steps outlined by mobjunky and was able to get an official Honeycomb ROM installed, boot the official and copy my custom ROM and CWM 6.0.0.8 on it. Then install CWM 5.4.0.4 followed by 6.0.0.8.
Now my problem is that any custom ROM I put on there just does a boot screen loop. I tried CM10 and the latest AOSP. To install the ROMs I just booted into CWM, installed the ROM from zip, then installed the gapps. I've tried with and without formatting the cache, user data, and Dalkiv, same results.
What am I doing wrong? I have loaded tons of ROMs on this before without any issues, then all of a sudden I can't get anything except official loaded.
spazlon said:
I followed the steps outlined by mobjunky and was able to get an official Honeycomb ROM installed, boot the official and copy my custom ROM and CWM 6.0.0.8 on it. Then install CWM 5.4.0.4 followed by 6.0.0.8.
Now my problem is that any custom ROM I put on there just does a boot screen loop. I tried CM10 and the latest AOSP. To install the ROMs I just booted into CWM, installed the ROM from zip, then installed the gapps. I've tried with and without formatting the cache, user data, and Dalkiv, same results.
What am I doing wrong? I have loaded tons of ROMs on this before without any issues, then all of a sudden I can't get anything except official loaded.
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Sorry - being a newbie myself I'm at a loss. It worked a charm for me.
spazlon said:
I followed the steps outlined by mobjunky and was able to get an official Honeycomb ROM installed, boot the official and copy my custom ROM and CWM 6.0.0.8 on it. Then install CWM 5.4.0.4 followed by 6.0.0.8.
Now my problem is that any custom ROM I put on there just does a boot screen loop. I tried CM10 and the latest AOSP. To install the ROMs I just booted into CWM, installed the ROM from zip, then installed the gapps. I've tried with and without formatting the cache, user data, and Dalkiv, same results.
What am I doing wrong? I have loaded tons of ROMs on this before without any issues, then all of a sudden I can't get anything except official loaded.
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did a format /system before installing the custom roms? This is an important step.
prince93 said:
did a format /system before installing the custom roms? This is an important step.
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This fixed it. Never had to do it with any of my other devices. CM10 loaded quickly after that. Loving how fast JB is!
Thanks!
Sent from my GT-P7310 using Tapatalk HD
It worked
mobjunky said:
Hi Spazlon,
Sorry I'm not allowed to post links yet as I am also very fresh. But I've underlined the addresses so you should be able to find them
I just spent the best of 2 days trying to solve a similar issue - my 8.9 P7300 kept running in boot loop. It had been running ICS stable for several weeks, then suddenly started to loop boot for no good reason. Anyway - you need two programs installed on your computer as well as USB drivers for your tablet. The two programs are Odin and SDK developer package. Odin3 v 1,87 and 1.85 are found here: filecrop.com/Odin-1.87 - try some of the links, one of them should work without having to type a password. The SDK is found here: developer.android.com/sdk You can find more about how to use the developer package on that site as well, but I installed as support for Android 2.1 through to 4.1
Also install the USB driver files for your tablet on your PC. For example from here: xpdrivers.com/usb/_1_24.cfm?gclid=CL2iDs7MCFWF7cAodxFYANQ
You also need the following recovery files which you can find by searching the developer forum for galaxy tab 8.9:
ClockworkMod_Recovery_v5.5.0.4.tar
P73xx_Stock_Recovery.tar
Clockwork_Recovery_6.0.0.8_GT-P7300.zip
and finally a ROM of your choice, for example the ICS rom cm-9-20121028-NIGHTLY-p5.zip that I just used. You can find the latest official ICS ROM's here get.cm/?device=p5
Now - hold down the volume down button on one of the boot cycles. You should now get into a menu with two choices - Download and Recovery. Default is "Download" - if you press volume down you switch between the two choices. Press volume up to select the choice you want.
First you want to select the "Download" option. Then connect your tablet to your PC. The drivers should now install and your tablet should read that you are connected.
Now start Odin3. Click the PDA button and select your P73xx_Stock_Recovery.tar file. Then press Start.
Once finished the tablet will reboot, and you now need to once again get into the recovery menu. Now select the recovery option, not the download menu. You get into the stock recovery menu where you navigate with the volume buttons and select choices with the power button. Do a full factory reset and wipe the cache. WARNING - you will loose ALL your data, but it'either that or stick to a bricked tablet so.... You will also loose your root access,m which is why the next step is needed.
Now that everything is wiped clean you can use Odin again in "download mode" to install ClockworkMod_Recovery_v5.5.0.4.tar with the same procedure as before. You now have root access.
Reboot again and once again into the recovery mode (not download mode). Once you get into the CWM recovery menu you are ready for the final step, which is to install your new operating system.
Go to your SDK installation folder and find the folder named "platform-tools".
First you want to copy two files into this folder (provided you want to install Cynaogen Mod 9):
Clockwork_Recovery_6.0.0.8_GT-P7300.zip
and
Your ROM file of choice
Press shift and right-click in that folder and select "Open command window here". In the command prompt write
adb shell
Note - I had some problems here which was caused by lack of permissions. On your tablet in the CWM menu there should be a choice under the advanced menu for fixing permissions. Use that and you should be able to get into the terminal shell afterwards with the adb shell command
Now write the following command sequence:
• mount /data (don't worry if you get an error message - it means the folder is already mounted)
• cd /data
• mkdir media (if you get an error message saying the folder already exists, that's also OK!)
• exit
• adb push Clockwork_Recovery_6.0.0.8_GT-P7300.zip /data/media
Now you may have to wait a little while until your command prompt is back confirming that the file was uploaded.
Now on your tablet go to the menu point "install zip from sdcard" and find your CWM file that you just uploaded and run that.
Reboot once again into the "recovery mode" - we are now nearly finished.
Run the above push command again from the computer terminal window, this time to upload the ROM file you want to install. (the command is adb push [filename].zip /data/media)
Now on your CWM recovery menu once again run the zip file you just uploaded from the "install zip from sdcard" menu
When completed and you now reboot you should have a completely fresh android installation. Hope this helps.
Remember to mark this thread with solved if it works!
Thanks to kallt_kaffe and all the others who helped me through their various posts (hope that coffee isn't getting too cold again), as well as the following web sites that indirectly helped me resolve this issue googleymind.com/2011/11/guide-so-you-think-you-bricked-your.html#.UJUNN8XAd8G and galaxytabhacks.com/galaxy-tab-10-1-hacks/how-to-root-galaxy-tab-10-1-the-easy-way/
Good luck.
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WOw! This fixed my Tablet! thank you ever so much!!
mjramos15 said:
WOw! This fixed my Tablet! thank you ever so much!!
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mobjunky said:
Hi Spazlon,
Sorry I'm not allowed to post links yet as I am also very fresh. But I've underlined the addresses so you should be able to find them
I just spent the best of 2 days trying to solve a similar issue - my 8.9 P7300 kept running in boot loop. It had been running ICS stable for several weeks, then suddenly started to loop boot for no good reason. Anyway - you need two programs installed on your computer as well as USB drivers for your tablet. The two programs are Odin and SDK developer package. Odin3 v 1,87 and 1.85 are found here: filecrop.com/Odin-1.87 - try some of the links, one of them should work without having to type a password. The SDK is found here: developer.android.com/sdk You can find more about how to use the developer package on that site as well, but I installed as support for Android 2.1 through to 4.1
Also install the USB driver files for your tablet on your PC. For example from here: xpdrivers.com/usb/_1_24.cfm?gclid=CL2iDs7MCFWF7cAodxFYANQ
You also need the following recovery files which you can find by searching the developer forum for galaxy tab 8.9:
ClockworkMod_Recovery_v5.5.0.4.tar
P73xx_Stock_Recovery.tar
Clockwork_Recovery_6.0.0.8_GT-P7300.zip
and finally a ROM of your choice, for example the ICS rom cm-9-20121028-NIGHTLY-p5.zip that I just used. You can find the latest official ICS ROM's here get.cm/?device=p5
Now - hold down the volume down button on one of the boot cycles. You should now get into a menu with two choices - Download and Recovery. Default is "Download" - if you press volume down you switch between the two choices. Press volume up to select the choice you want.
First you want to select the "Download" option. Then connect your tablet to your PC. The drivers should now install and your tablet should read that you are connected.
Now start Odin3. Click the PDA button and select your P73xx_Stock_Recovery.tar file. Then press Start.
Once finished the tablet will reboot, and you now need to once again get into the recovery menu. Now select the recovery option, not the download menu. You get into the stock recovery menu where you navigate with the volume buttons and select choices with the power button. Do a full factory reset and wipe the cache. WARNING - you will loose ALL your data, but it'either that or stick to a bricked tablet so.... You will also loose your root access,m which is why the next step is needed.
Now that everything is wiped clean you can use Odin again in "download mode" to install ClockworkMod_Recovery_v5.5.0.4.tar with the same procedure as before. You now have root access.
Reboot again and once again into the recovery mode (not download mode). Once you get into the CWM recovery menu you are ready for the final step, which is to install your new operating system.
Go to your SDK installation folder and find the folder named "platform-tools".
First you want to copy two files into this folder (provided you want to install Cynaogen Mod 9):
Clockwork_Recovery_6.0.0.8_GT-P7300.zip
and
Your ROM file of choice
Press shift and right-click in that folder and select "Open command window here". In the command prompt write
adb shell
Note - I had some problems here which was caused by lack of permissions. On your tablet in the CWM menu there should be a choice under the advanced menu for fixing permissions. Use that and you should be able to get into the terminal shell afterwards with the adb shell command
Now write the following command sequence:
• mount /data (don't worry if you get an error message - it means the folder is already mounted)
• cd /data
• mkdir media (if you get an error message saying the folder already exists, that's also OK!)
• exit
• adb push Clockwork_Recovery_6.0.0.8_GT-P7300.zip /data/media
Now you may have to wait a little while until your command prompt is back confirming that the file was uploaded.
Now on your tablet go to the menu point "install zip from sdcard" and find your CWM file that you just uploaded and run that.
Reboot once again into the "recovery mode" - we are now nearly finished.
Run the above push command again from the computer terminal window, this time to upload the ROM file you want to install. (the command is adb push [filename].zip /data/media)
Now on your CWM recovery menu once again run the zip file you just uploaded from the "install zip from sdcard" menu
When completed and you now reboot you should have a completely fresh android installation. Hope this helps.
Remember to mark this thread with solved if it works!
Thanks to kallt_kaffe and all the others who helped me through their various posts (hope that coffee isn't getting too cold again), as well as the following web sites that indirectly helped me resolve this issue googleymind.com/2011/11/guide-so-you-think-you-bricked-your.html#.UJUNN8XAd8G and galaxytabhacks.com/galaxy-tab-10-1-hacks/how-to-root-galaxy-tab-10-1-the-easy-way/
Good luck.
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Gee thanks. This saved my tab. I'd almost given up on it and then voila.
Basically I want to flash paranoid android on my atrix hd. There are some bugs like gps and camcorder not working. Theres a fix for the gps but I can't understand it. I need someone to help me with that fix, and explain how to install it. I'm on stock jellybean 4.1.1. I haven't rooted nor have I unlocked my bootloader. I've head of recoveries like safe strap but I have no idea what they are nor how they work. So my main request is for someone to help me decipher the following page for a gps fix as most of the things on that page are too complicated for me. Then, hopefully I'll be able to flash this onto it. Any help is appreciated, and thanks in advance.
Thread in question : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2293070
As of right now, there is no fix for the GPS or camcorder. If you flash an XT925 (Razr HD) ROM, you should have working GPS. That is, if you really need GPS, because the only time it doesn't work is when WiFi is off (if WiFi is on, but not connected to a network it still works fine). And we do not need Safestrap anymore, since we now have unlocked bootloaders.
To root your phone, unlock your bootloader, and flash a custom recovery:
REMEMBER THAT BY DOING THIS YOU WILL BE VOIDING YOUR WARRANTY WITH MOTOROLA
Plug your phone into your PC.
To root and unlock your bootloader, you'll need to download Myth Tools from here.
Download the V1.2 from either Dev-Host or Google Docs, it doesn't matter.
Extract the .zip using 7zip or WinRAR or a similar program.
Now go here and download from the first link (Dev-Host again).
Copy the cwm.img that you downloaded from the second link into "Myth Tools - AHD\tools" (you just extracted this is bullet #2) and overwrite the existing one.
Open the file named "MythTools_Launcher.exe", read the warning, type Y, then press enter. The launcher will close, open it again with the same file.
Press 1, then enter twice. Then click install. (If the launcher ever closes, just re-open it. If the command prompt stays open and issues a bunch of confusing commands, don't touch it, just wait.)
Press 6, then enter, and a browser window will open. Click "Download for Windows" (I'm assuming you're using Windows), then install it as you install any program.
Press 4, then enter twice. THIS WILL VOID ANY WARRANTY YOU MAY HAVE It will now root your phone, providing you, and apps that you allow, with full root access to your phone's filesystem. Don't touch it until it's done. Once the command prompt window closes or returns to the menu, continue this "guide."
Press 5, then enter twice. THIS WILL VOID ANY WARRANTY YOU MAY HAVE It will now unlock your bootloader, allowing you to flash a custom recovery, such as ClockworkMod (CWM), as well as custom ROMs through that custom recovery.
Congratulations, you have now rooted your phone, and unlocked your bootloader!
Back in the menu, press 3, then enter, then 1, and enter again. This will flash ClockworkMod recovery onto your phone (the absolute latest version that was built specifically for our device by mattlgroff, which we downloaded and overwrote earlier)
Congratulations, you now have ClockworkMod installed on your phone. Power your device completely down, then hold the power button and both volume buttons to boot into the custom recovery. If it brings you to a black screen with white text, (vol. down scrolls, vol. up selects) go down to "Recovery" and press volume up.
To flash another ROM (Paranoid Android in this case):
THIS IS ASSUMING YOU HAVE AN EXTERNAL SD CARD AVAILABLE AND CAN WRITE TO IT FROM YOUR PC, if you do not, let me know and I can type up new instructions.
Download the ROM and GAPPS from step 3 of this post. DO NOT EXTRACT THESE Once they have finished downloading (be sure your browser or download manager did not receive an error while downloading), move them from your PC to your external SD card.
Boot into your custom recovery, which we flashed above. In CWM (the screen the with grey background and Android Batman in the background) volume up/down both scroll and power selects, all menus loop from top to bottom and bottom to top.
Scroll down to "backup and restore" then select "backup to external sdcard". It will backup all your personal data to your sdcard to be restored to later if need be.
Scroll to "wipe data/factory reset" and select it. Scroll to "Yes -- delete all user data" and select it, any "No" option will go back. (yes, this is tedious, but you will have to do this anytime you want to format, wipe, or flash anything).
You can now select "mounts and storage".
Scroll to "format /system" and select it. Scroll to "Yes - Format" and select it.
Now back in the "mounts and storage" screen, scroll down to "mount /system" and select it.
Now comes the fun part. Scroll to "+++++Go Back+++++" then "install zip from sdcard".
Select "choose zip from external sdcard" and navigate to the location where you moved the ROM and GAPPS zips to.
Select "pa_qinara-3.56-26MAY2013-185039.zip" the "Yes - ________". (the line is just me being lazy and tired)
You're now back at the main menu or the "choose zip from external sdcard" menu (if you're not in this menu, go to it). Navigate back to where the files are and select "pa_gapps-full-4.2-20130524-signed.zip" then "Yes - ________". (just me being tired again)
Now you're almost done. If you're not at the main menu, select "+++++Go Back+++++" until you are.
Select "wipe cache partition" then "Yes - ________". (still tired)
Back at the main menu, select "advanced" then "wipe dalvik cache" then "Yes - _______" (you don't get how tired I am) Now select "+++++Go Back+++++"
Now you're done flashing Paranoid Android! Select "reboot system now" and you're good to go.
Good luck, and enjoy Paranoid Android!
If you don't have an external SD card, let me know and I'll write up instructions for you. Whether you need it or not, I may add it tomorrow after school, it's getting kinda late and I'm really tired.
If I made any mistakes, please let me know!
OK I am a noob just got my first android device in April . You can download and install clock word mod ROM manager from the play store . You have to root your phone first . I have tried every ROM for the HD and I go back to clean ROM everytime , it is 4.1.2 and everything works . You don't need to unlock your boot loader to install safe strap and flash ROMs but you do have to root .
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Just power and volume up to get to cwm . Power and volume down for fast boot mode
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superp32 said:
OK I am a noob just got my first android device in April . You can download and install clock word mod ROM manager from the play store . You have to root your phone first . I have tried every ROM for the HD and I go back to clean ROM everytime , it is 4.1.2 and everything works . You don't need to unlock your boot loader to install safe strap and flash ROMs but you do have to root .
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---------- Post added at 04:34 AM ---------- Previous post was at 04:28 AM ----------
Just power and volume up to get to cwm . Power and volume down for fast boot mode
Sent from my MB886 using xda app-developers app
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How are you going to give directions for safestrap and cwm.. Lol
But to op unlock your bootloader and install cwm then flash an xt925 rom and the gps will work.. Unfortunately no blue tooth audio or camcorder though. Only way those will work is with a 4.1 based rom.
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I wasn't giving instructions for both just letting him know that safe strap will work without having to unlock the bootloader . Sorry if it seemed other wise .
superp32 said:
I wasn't giving instructions for both just letting him know that safe strap will work without having to unlock the bootloader . Sorry if it seemed other wise .
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ROMs with custom kernels such as CM, AOKP, and AOSPA will not work with Safestrap, and tru3gam3r wants to run AOSPA.
penser said:
ROMs with custom kernels such as CM, AOKP, and AOSPA will not work with Safestrap, and tru3gam3r wants to run AOSPA.
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My bad I should have been more clear . If you want a ROM that has everything working then you can use safe strap and use one of the 4.1 ROMs without having to unlock the boot loader . Like I said I'm a noob sorry.
Since this is a noob thread.
I do want to say that you should always have a fully working nandroid backup that you created with clockwork mod. This way, if you are in a situation that you need that working rom you can always recover very quickly.(within maybe 5 mins)
I typically keep a "stock" nandroid backup on the external SD card for those times when I can't deal with any bugs and just need things to work...
In most threads, it always says in all caps to make your backup before flashing. This is important for these types of scenarios...as well as many other reasons...
maamdroid said:
Since this is a noob thread.
I do want to say that you should always have a fully working nandroid backup that you created with clockwork mod. This way, if you are in a situation that you need that working rom you can always recover very quickly.(within maybe 5 mins)
I typically keep a "stock" nandroid backup on the external SD card for those times when I can't deal with any bugs and just need things to work...
In most threads, it always says in all caps to make your backup before flashing. This is important for these types of scenarios...as well as many other reasons...
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Yeah, I had a stock nandroid, but it was from our old CWM that had weird dates/times so I was like "I have no idea what any of these are (I had around 7) and I don't feel like restoring each one, so I'll just delete them all. That sounds good." Luckily I haven't need to use it yet.