I have benn "flashing" roms for many many years. I'm used to the 'recovery' install method. But now I am being asked to create a special sd card to install some roms.
I have tried many times to get this to work.... to no avail. So I've given up.
Are we ever going to see an HC rom I can install from my device?
Thanks
Matt
The thing is that in order to install some of these ROM's, you have to wipe System & Boot, so it would wipe your recovery before being able to install the ROM.
So by burning a recovery on the SD card, it allows you to install the ROM's.
Btw, you need to post this in the General section, but I'm sure the thread will either be moved or deleted.
What method are you using?
sudermatt said:
I have benn "flashing" roms for many many years. I'm used to the 'recovery' install method. But now I am being asked to create a special sd card to install some roms.
I have tried many times to get this to work.... to no avail. So I've given up.
Are we ever going to see an HC rom I can install from my device?
Thanks
Matt
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the sd card this is confusing at first but it is so much easier
i installed HC on my nook using a CWM bootable sd card and an update.zip provided by samualhaff, i didnt even have to root my stock copy to install HC
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Let me start by saying I currently own a rooted evo and have flashed many roms, kernels, and such. My girlfriend just purchased a used nexus 1. The phone is/was rooted, but the previous owner kept the sd card. Can I just install a new sd card and maintain root? Do I need to reinstall a new recovery? Where should I start? Thanks in advance for any advice anyone may have to offer.
My mistake there is a sd card in it. Only a couple files on it labeled android and such. Cyanogen is currently running on it. When I boot into recovery there no install from zip option or anything like that. Rom manager is still on the phone. How can I reinstall clockwork mod recovery options?
Just tap the first box you see, 'install clockwork mod recovery'
Awesome thanks for your help. That's what I thought but wasn't sure if I had to install to the as card first. Thanks again!
(beware, noob here )
So, I've decided to flash CM7 nightly #127 (which seems to be the latest build) to my O2X...
I am completely new to this, so I am going to follow this tutorial: http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/LG_Optimus_2X:_Full_Update_Guide
As of now, I've successfully rooted my device using SuperOneClick (so much easier than the method described in CM tutorial), and I made some backups with Titanium Backup.
On the forums here I read you need to also use NVFlash... That it is better that Rom Manager.... But there is no mentions of it in the official CM tutorial... All I found was this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1054492 but I'm not sure of what it does, and if it is necessary to use it when flashing CM...
So, what should I do? I already installed ROM Manager and flashed the recovery thingy... All I need is a external sd card (which I going to get today) to make the Nandroid backup, copy the CM zip on it and Flash it...
Is this procedure risky? Do I absolutely need to do it with NVFlash? Is it ok to do this as I already set up Rom Manager?
Any help will be greatly appreciated!!!
Thanks!!
NVflash is not necessary, in fact not even needed. Just need the cm7 zip file which needs to be renamed to 'update.zip' and put it in the root of the sd card. I think it's possible to flash using the internal sd card but I'm not sure. Once you flash that, you should flash the gapps file using 'install zip from sd card' using clockworkmod. Both of these flashing methods using CWM. I didn't use ROM manager, I just booted into CWM recovery and then flashed it. ALWAYS make a full rom backup before flashing and you should be safe and yes it's very safe.
Nv-flash is only needed when you have to restore your phone from some thing close to a absolute brick (when you have flashed some thing wrong or done some thing really bad, and it don't start by any means). That's when nv-flash is used to restore it as an last option. When nothing else works then you use it.
The metod described in the update guide is more advanced and yea its a bit of pain. But at the same time you do gain some practice on things that might be needed to do later in case you have problem with your phones. Things that people here on this forum almost assume that you know how to do. Also it works on all current known firmware for LGO2X. At least follow the steps until you have the adb set up. It might save you the frustration when you sit there and have problem with the phone.
Flashing is easier and faster with the rom manager app. Just remember to move your backups from titanium to the external sd as well. You don't want to lose those backups, right?
Last but not least.
Welcome to the living hell of always flashing the latest firmwares =D
And constant hunt for the highest ver numbers!
PS: Its safe as long as you remember "BACKUP BACKUP BACKUP"
Thanks for the replies
I have now successfully flashed the latest CM nightly build !!! And it rocks !!! I can't believe how sluggish my phone was with the official firmware... It is just crazy...
I had a few issues though:
- When I flashed CM (after data/cache wipe / factory reset), I couldn't find anything on my external SD card... To access the CM zip, I had to navigate to the internal SD card, and there I had a "_ExternalSD" folder... a bit weird...
- I exported all my contacts' numbers on the SIM card before flashing, but CM did not find anything... Hopefully I had a backup on my desktop, and had to manually re create all contacts (good thing I don't have too many...)
- I flashed the latest google App from http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/Latest_Version#Google_Apps but the Market is the old version (2.x)
Other than that, I am now a happy CM user... No way I go back to official LG bloatwares!!!
BEC0MM said:
Thanks for the replies
- I flashed the latest google App from http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/Latest_Version#Google_Apps but the Market is the old version (2.x)
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You can flash (with CWM recovery same procedure that you used to flash CM7) latest Market from here:http://www.mediafire.com/temasek (Go to Misc Folder)
Temasek is a very active guy and has many goodies to share !
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You can flash (with CWM recovery same procedure that you used to flash CM7) latest Market from here:http://www.mediafire.com/temasek (Go to Misc Folder)
Temasek is a very active guy and has many goodies to share !
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Thanks a lot for the tip
Should I uninstall (somehow) my previous Google apps, or can I just flash the new version on top of the old?
I just saw that a new CyanogenMod nightly build has been released (#146) and I'm eager to update (from #127).
But I am wondering if I need to go through the whole process again (Nandroid backup, clear data/cache, wipe, flash CM, flash google apps)...
Or can I just go to recovery mode (from Rom manager) and flash the latest CM build??
Thanks in advance for your answer!!
NVFlash is used kinda like fastboot for our device (Cyanogen said so in the RC1 forum), a just in case scenario. As if in rom manager gives you an endless bootloop and you can't boot into recovery mode. You can use the NVFlash CWM or rom manager, I actually never use rom manager; I just uninstall it.
As far as the CM Wiki goes, I'm trying to change it to include NVFlash but the wiki people are a bit strict on what gets linked to what...
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Or can I just go to recovery mode (from Rom manager) and flash the latest CM build??
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Yep, that's all you need to do.
Hi,
everything was fine until I have performed a restart to my nexus one CM7 and then repetitive restarts started taking place. nothing recent has been done except the regular updates.
I have booted into CWM in order to restore from a previous backup but unfortunately when i enter all the options of the CWM i get a black page with the ROM manager logo.
could you please help me out on how to restore my phone, or at least how to flash a new ROM from zero via ADB or so
Thanks,
There are many ways but you really can't flash a rom easily with ADB. Read the tutorials if you need to learn how to flash a rom. But you should be fine if you just wipe and flash whatever rom you want.
Please look at Nexus One Wiki, section "Unroot/restore", PASSIMG method.
Link to Wiki in my signature.
zeekabal said:
Hi,
everything was fine until I have performed a restart to my nexus one CM7 and then repetitive restarts started taking place. nothing recent has been done except the regular updates.
I have booted into CWM in order to restore from a previous backup but unfortunately when i enter all the options of the CWM i get a black page with the ROM manager logo.
could you please help me out on how to restore my phone, or at least how to flash a new ROM from zero via ADB or so
Thanks,
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Sounds like a corrupted sd card maybe. Do you have EXT partition? try format the sd card, new sd card or even try booting without an sd card to see what happen.
Had this happened once when i was on CWM, my EXT got corrupted and it was endless bootloop. Format my sd card, use Amon Ra to partition to Ext4 again and all was good.
Hi All! So I got a Nook HD+ for Xmas and am trying to put the new KitKat os on it. For some background, I have a pretty decent grasp of IT and have worked in tier 1 support roles before. I have been trying to follow along with the post here " http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2579945" and I am having pretty crappy luck. I have tried several variation at this point but can not get things installed correctly onto the nook. My next step is to try going back to square one, I restored the nook from the original back up.So I'm ready try again. I would like to install KitKat over riding the OS that comes on the Nook so I have access to the internal HD and an micro sd card to expand onto. I'm not sure from reading several posts but using "succulent (aka Iamafanof) " blog it should be possible I believe correct? I have found some decent guides on how to do this with Jelly Bean but having never done this before I get lost in some of the rhetoric and short hand I find in the blog. Advice? Criticism? Thoughts?
Thanks from a newb in the arena of flashing roms.
Big Mike
1) probably help if you post in the appropriate thread.
2) are you rooted?
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...but can not get things installed correctly onto the nook.
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Probably a bit too vague for anyone to offer any real help.
Are you using a KitKat-friendly recovery to flash?
To me, the easiest way to me to install it is to copy the KitKat rom (http://goo.im/devs/succulent/ovation/cyanogenmod/internal//cm_ovation_11.0_03JAN2014_HD.zip) and the PA Gapps (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2397942) and the TWRP (http://goo.im/devs/succulent/ovation/recovery//flash_recovery_ovation_TWRP_2.6.3.0_internal.zip) or CWM (http://goo.im/devs/succulent/ovation/recovery//flash_recovery_ovation_CWM_6.0.4.5b_internal.zip) to your internal storage. Boot off your bootable CWM SDcard. Format /system, /data (excluding /data/media, there should be an option to wipe data without wiping /data/media) and /cache, then flash the TWRP or CWM saved on your internal storage. Reboot the device and press and hold power+vol. down momentarily when the Nook logo first appears to get into recovery. You should be looking at whichever recovery you flashed at this point. Then from there, flash the kitkat rom and the gapps, reboot and you're done (aside from deleting the installation zips if you don't want to keep them for emergencies). If you want to use ART then enable it and reboot again, preferably before you install more apps.
You might wanna install this build posted here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2600572 instead. I think it's a bit more stable and smoother.
I would like to install a custom ROM, namely CarbonRom Kitkat or AOSB, but as I was told, I need another recovery to do this. So, I tried installing another recovery, but apparently, the device must be rooted. I tried following this guide, but I'm stuck, because when I enter the stock recovery, and select the Apply update from external storage option, no files appear, even though I copied the root.zip file into literally every possible location. Yet, the only selectable thing that apperas is ../ which, of course, takes me back to the previous screen. Just out of curiosity, I tried installing the other recovery without rooting, but same results, no files appear while in recovery.
Because of this, I'm unable to root my device, thus, install a new ROM. I'm not quite the expert on the topic, I tried my best, but I'm stuck. I would really appreciate some help. Thanks!
edgeofmystery said:
I would like to install a custom ROM, namely CarbonRom Kitkat or AOSB, but as I was told, I need another recovery to do this. So, I tried installing another recovery, but apparently, the device must be rooted. I tried following this guide, but I'm stuck, because when I enter the stock recovery, and select the Apply update from external storage option, no files appear, even though I copied the root.zip file into literally every possible location. Yet, the only selectable thing that apperas is ../ which, of course, takes me back to the previous screen. Just out of curiosity, I tried installing the other recovery without rooting, but same results, no files appear while in recovery.
Because of this, I'm unable to root my device, thus, install a new ROM. I'm not quite the expert on the topic, I tried my best, but I'm stuck. I would really appreciate some help. Thanks!
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Known problem, do repartition of the SD card. Not format. There is a guide for it, just search "repartition sd card" here on xda. Backup data from it, it will be lost.
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shut_down said:
Known problem, do repartition of the SD card. Not format. There is a guide for it, just search "repartition sd card" here on xda. Backup data from it, it will be lost.
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Thanks a lot, it solved everything. For some reason it didn't even occur to me that the SD card might be the root of the problem.