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[Q] Restore samsung default recovery

I rooted and installed clockwordmod recovery using the information on this forum, now I want to revert to stock recovery. I followed the instructions on this page
showthread.php?t=731989
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and did a master clear and the regular flashing process. Everything seems to be working fine except when I reboot into recovery mode and select reinstall all packages i get this error:
e: can't open /sdcard/update.zip.
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I tried two different Odin packages I897UCJF6 and I897UCJF1, both give me the same issue.
I think my only option is to use a nandroid backup from a fresh install, can anyone send me a link to one please.

If you did a master clear it deleted everything on your /sdcard volume... so of course it isn't finding an update.zip package there =P

if your recovery is black screen w blue letters, That is samsung recovery.

Zilch25 said:
If you did a master clear it deleted everything on your /sdcard volume... so of course it isn't finding an update.zip package there =P
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I dont think theres supposed to be an update.zip on the factory device, besides odin is supposed to be a complete image
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using XDA App

iamamp3pimp said:
if your recovery is black screen w blue letters, That is samsung recovery.
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I can get to samsung recovery, but when I click reinstall packages it fails if there isn't an update.zip file in the /sdcard directory.
I poked around the clockworkmod update.zip and found out it deletes the /cache/recovery/update.zip and installs a modified /sbin/recovery; among other things, but I think those are the files that are most important to me right now, are those files not restored by Odin?
btw I'm new to android but I'm a linux admin and programmer so I have a basic understanding of how this works, now to just dig deeper and find out where it's going wrong.

Odin will wipe everything on your NAND clean, this does not include the /sdcard area (internal Sdcard)
Doing a master clear wipes everything including your internal sd (so if you had already had a clockwork backup it would have gotten wiped as well)
Rom Manager/Clockwork creates a folder on your /sdcard called /sdcard/clockwork, and within that folder all of your images are stored. Clockwork uses and update.zip file to install itself on boot up (through stock recovery)
I'm not entirely sure what answer you're looking for though, so I figured I'd just lay out a few facts in hopes that one of them might help

Thanks for the reply, I know the basics of how clockworkmod/nand work. What I'm trying to do is restore my phone to factory condition, Odin restores everything except the recovery manager, for some reason I'm stuck with the modified recovery that needs an update.zip. Before I made any changes, when my phone was new, if I booted into recovery and selected reinstall packages it would run the default att/samsung recovery program and reinstall default packages(as far as I can remember, please tell me if I'm just imagining this, ive been flashing and reflashing my phone countless times so I could be really confused), thats what I wan't to happen, now it just gives me the error:
e: can't open /sdcard/update.zip.
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I don't recall my stock phone doing that, otherwise I wouldn't of had to return my first phone , black screened it on the first day I had it lol.

tbae2 said:
I don't recall my stock phone doing that, otherwise I wouldn't of had to return my first phone , black screened it on the first day I had it lol.
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lol thanks, do you mean that it didn't try to reinstall the packages?
And could someone else with a stock AT&T Captivate please confirm, I'm not ready to admit that I've gone completely crazy....

Just so I understand. You go to recovery and it tries to install an update.zip without you doing anything? This isn't normal.
I'd do another odin and a master clear. That really should do it.

gunnyman said:
Just so I understand. You go to recovery and it tries to install an update.zip without you doing anything? This isn't normal.
I'd do another odin and a master clear. That really should do it.
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No, he is saying that when he first got the phone it used to reinstall the stock packages when he selected reinstall packages. Now it doesn't and instead just says it can't find update.zip. He just wants to make sure that on a stock recovery it's not supposed to install anything when he selects reinstall packages.

If you did a master clear and have not manually put an update.zip file back into the root of the sdcard, then you will always get that message because the file does not exist. If you ran the 1 click odin and restored the phone, then you are back to stock. No further actions necessary.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I897 using XDA App

gunnyman said:
Just so I understand. You go to recovery and it tries to install an update.zip without you doing anything? This isn't normal.
I'd do another odin and a master clear. That really should do it.
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I've done a few master clears using odin. It's not trying to install an update.zip without me doing anything, the way I remember it on the stock phone when you select reinstall packages it will reinstall the default att packages, am I wrong about this?

kaiserman023 said:
I've done a few master clears using odin. It's not trying to install an update.zip without me doing anything, the way I remember it on the stock phone when you select reinstall packages it will reinstall the default att packages, am I wrong about this?
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You are wrong about this. Selecting reinstall packages tells the phone to look for an update.zip file.

alphadog00 said:
You are wrong about this. Selecting reinstall packages tells the phone to look for an update.zip file.
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Solved. Thankyou
Turns out there was nothing wrong with the phone just me, I've been trying to fix something that isn't broken!!!

alphadog00 said:
You are wrong about this. Selecting reinstall packages tells the phone to look for an update.zip file.
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this......

Lol Jeez with all the hard issues we get around here it's the simple questions that confuse the crap out of us

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[Q] How to Root Optimus 2x ?

I recently bought LG Optimums 2X. Now I wanna ..
1. Root It
2. Install GB
3. Install CM
Gimme Easy steps to do those. and are there any risk of doing above tasks ?

The Easiest way I found to root my O2x was using SuperOneClick
The post should give you the info you require
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=803682

waynefox said:
The Easiest way I found to root my O2x was using SuperOneClick
The post should give you the info you require
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=803682
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Thanks. Will this work perfectly with V10D ? No Issues after Rooting ?

lkhz said:
Thanks. Will this work perfectly with V10D ? No Issues after Rooting ?
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rooted my o2x with superoneclick, no issues. bb622 v10d

Don't see why it should. It is not the rooting that does anything to the phone. It just gives additional access. It is what you do with it that can (potentially) harm the phone.
Also, when you install CM you automatically get GB as that is what the CM is essentially.
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php?title=LG_Optimus_2X for more details.

mparack said:
Don't see why it should. It is not the rooting that does anything to the phone. It just gives additional access. It is what you do with it that can (potentially) harm the phone.
Also, when you install CM you automatically get GB as that is what the CM is essentially.
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Thanks. Can I install CM using internal SD card ? Its also error free ?

Yes I did that

lkhz said:
Thanks. Can I install CM using internal SD card ? Its also error free ?
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Thats what I did today, just got my phone today.
I did have problems installing the CWM for some reason. or at least, difficulty getting into recovery mode. First, on my phone I had to reboot after rooting, even though it said it worked fine. Reboot the phone of course.
To reboot into recovery, hold down the volume and power buttons practically until you are in CWM itself. Release the power button first though, before you are actually in. You may need to pull the battery a few times to get this right. use the volume keys to navigate CWM, and the power button to make a selection.
Make sure to perform a backup immediately, from within CWM. You never know!
I also got into a reboot loop with CM7. Solution was to wipe again, and then reflash.

I had no problems
Installed CWM, open ROM manager, flash it, boot into it, make backup, wipe everything, install from sd

How do I root if I can't get into the settings on my phone?

You can't, you have to get into settings and turn on USB debugging to root.

Ok so how do it get the settings to work again? I get a force close every time.

Try clearing the data for 'Settings' in the app manager.

Thanks Everyone. I have successfully rooted using SuperOneClickv1.9.5
Now I need help on Installing CM.
* Anyone got easy steps to do that ?
* Will it work with V10D perfectly ?
* Can I do it without External Memory card ?

Easy steps? Sure.
Install ClockworkMod recovery (internal version from Dev forum)
Copy CM and gapps zips to your internal card
Boot to recovery, take backup, wipe, flash CM, flash Gapps.
Reboot
Muck about with the mount points to get the internal card on /sdcard/
Enjoy.

Rusty! said:
Try clearing the data for 'Settings' in the app manager.
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Err, app manager where's that?
Not to worry, done a factory reset! Fresh start now then.

I've just twigged that it was crap advice anyway, as it's in settings.

No worries mate, thanks for your help anyway.

[Q] Rooted, no SU Binaries

Hi. I have Android 2.3.6 on my Galaxy Ace. I wanted to root it with upd_1.zip. I used the stock recovery. It said installation complete, so I rebooted. The Superuser icon has appeared in my app drawer so I was very happy that it was successful, but my SuperUser says that I haven't got SU binaries, so I haven't got any root access. I've searched for similar problems, but I didn't find any. What do I do now?

adi9981 said:
Hi. I have Android 2.3.6 on my Galaxy Ace. I wanted to root it with upd_1.zip. I used the stock recovery. It said installation complete, so I rebooted. The Superuser icon has appeared in my app drawer so I was very happy that it was successful, but my SuperUser says that I haven't got SU binaries, so I haven't got any root access. I've searched for similar problems, but I didn't find any. What do I do now?
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Sorry buddy, never heard of such an issue. I guess you try to Unroot and Root again. U may try xda for some better Root procedure or search my blog www.andro-sapien.blogspot.in.
Do let me know if it is sorted out by Re-Rooting.

pls help
So, I unrooted and rooted and there's the same issue. Original Superuser says - Checking available version failed, so I tried to delete the app data - that didn't work. I updated the Superuser and it says that I doesn't have SU binaries.

adi9981 said:
So, I unrooted and rooted and there's the same issue. Original Superuser says - Checking available version failed, so I tried to delete the app data - that didn't work. I updated the Superuser and it says that I doesn't have SU binaries.
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Try this:
https://hotfile.com/dl/178579596/5420e4d/acegingerroot.zip.html
or
https://hotfile.com/dl/180452656/3c2538d/gingerbred-2.3.6-root.zip.html

I actually have a similar sounding problem but arrived at it differently.
My phone had been rooted and working OK for over a year. At some point the latest superuser binary stopped functioning with adb wireless.
So I downloaded SuperSU a few months ago and it's different binary fixed that particular issue. So all was working fine until failing to update that binary today. I'm now in the same boat as you but don't have a clue how or why.

This 2 files are the same as my upd_1.zip. The very same. My upd_1.zip has xbin with busybox, su etc. but it doesn't want to be flashed for some reason. The only files in my xbin folder (in the phone) are : busybox, dexdump, although I flashed the other needed binaries. What is this? Is this my phone's fault?
@edit : Can I flash CWM without those binaries?

adi9981 said:
This 2 files are the same as my upd_1.zip. The very same. My upd_1.zip has xbin with busybox, su etc. but it doesn't want to be flashed for some reason. The only files in my xbin folder (in the phone) are : busybox, dexdump, although I flashed the other needed binaries. What is this? Is this my phone's fault?
@edit : Can I flash CWM without those binaries?
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Yes you can, and then you can try to flash root again.
If not you can flash CF-Root (only for Gingerbread!!) maybe it works :S
1º Flash via recovery CWM
http://www.mediafire.com/download/u331vcwkr36c28n/CF-Root-S5830-v3.7-b84.zip
2º Flash via CWM APP, it'll fix the bootanimation
when your android will boot, go to CWM app (in your drawer) and select "Flash kernel" and select this file
http://dfiles.eu/files/1sfl9qotm

I flashed CWM Recovery, and now when I select install zip from sdcard and select root file, it says error 7 - update aborted.
@edit - I found the AceGingerRoot.zip. Is it legit and can I install it on GT-S5830 (it has different MD5 than upd_1.zip and root.zip).

adi9981 said:
I flashed CWM Recovery, and now when I select install zip from sdcard and select root file, it says error 7 - update aborted.
@edit - I found the AceGingerRoot.zip. Is it legit and can I install it on GT-S5830 (it has different MD5 than upd_1.zip and root.zip).
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,,,
I've always used Acegingeroot to get root permissions... do what you consider more solutions, impossible

Acegingerroot didn't worked. No errors at all, but still no root access.

adi9981 said:
Acegingerroot didn't worked. No errors at all, but still no root access.
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What rom are you using?
Is GT-S5830 your device model?
Did you try CF-Root b84?
Have you got enough free internal memory?
if you have Thinkfree installed, try to delete it flashing this file before flashing root file:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1281452&d=1345874726

Viper The Ripper said:
What rom are you using?
Is GT-S5830 your device model?
Did you try CF-Root b84?
Have you got enough free internal memory?
if you have Thinkfree installed, try to delete it flashing this file before flashing root file:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1281452&d=1345874726
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I use the stock ROM - GINGERBREAD.XWKTQ (from the Polish mobile network Play Mobile)
Yes, I have GT-S5830 (checked twice in settings and on box)
No, i didn't tried it.
I have 54 MB left.
I have ThinkFree.
Is ThinkFree Office the problem?

adi9981 said:
I use the stock ROM - GINGERBREAD.XWKTQ (from the Polish mobile network Play Mobile)
Yes, I have GT-S5830 (checked twice in settings and on box)
No, i didn't tried it.
I have 54 MB left.
I have ThinkFree.
Is ThinkFree Office the problem?
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The last firmwares haven't enough space in system partition to push correctly root files, I don't know about your rom, I'm using KTM form Spain as base and I've never had a trouble, but if your problem is that your rom is using all the internal memory (system partition) you couldn't push root files, so you can try deleting ThinkFree from the system partition and then try to root your phone...

Viper The Ripper said:
The last firmwares haven't enough space in system partition to push correctly root files, I don't know about your rom, I'm using KTM form Spain as base and I've never had a trouble, but if your problem is that your rom is using all the internal memory (system partition) you couldn't push root files, so you can try deleting ThinkFree from the system partition and then try to root your phone...
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Hey, but when I have got CWM flashed, can I flash a custom ROM without those binaries? I just wanted to root my Ace because I wanted to have ICS.

adi9981 said:
Hey, but when I have got CWM flashed, can I flash a custom ROM without those binaries? I just wanted to root my Ace because I wanted to have ICS.
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umm I think, yes... I've read post where people have flashed CWM and then a custom rom, but I wouldn't advise you to do it directly... anyway you can try it if you want and report then what happened

Actually, I'm gonna wait till more people on forum will help me. I don't want to risk so much. I don't know what can I do.

refreshing, waiting for help

adi9981 said:
refreshing, waiting for help
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LOL! Well thought out! I wouldn't do it either
if upd_1, acegingeroot, and cf-root didn't work and you want to root your device, the best way is to use Odin and to flash a fresh stock rom which it allows you to flash this files

Viper The Ripper said:
LOL! Well thought out! I wouldn't do it either
if upd_1, acegingeroot, and cf-root didn't work and you want to root your device, the best way is to use Odin and to flash a fresh stock rom which it allows you to flash this files
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OK. I'm gonna do that, but can you post me some links with download and instructions for my Ace?
And - if I flash a new ROM with Odin, will my CWM recovery disappear?
Oh, I found my ROM on Samfirmware from Play Mobile (XWKTQ 2.3.6), so there's no point of installing it right? I need just a fine ROM with polish language.
EDIT - I almost forgot - I didn't tried the Delete_thinkdroid.zip thingy. I'm gonna flash it now and post the results.
EDIT 2 - WHAT?! I flashed Delete_thinkdroid.zip and it didn't even deleted it. I still have ThinkFree and it's working! Guess i'm gonna need that new ROM. It seems that my ROM just refuses to use recovery flashing in any way.

adi9981 said:
OK. I'm gonna do that, but can you post me some links with download and instructions for my Ace?
And - if I flash a new ROM with Odin, will my CWM recovery disappear?
Oh, I found my ROM on Samfirmware from Play Mobile (XWKTQ 2.3.6), so there's no point of installing it right? I need just a fine ROM with polish language.
EDIT - I almost forgot - I didn't tried the Delete_thinkdroid.zip thingy. I'm gonna flash it now and post the results.
EDIT 2 - WHAT?! I flashed Delete_thinkdroid.zip and it didn't even deleted it. I still have ThinkFree and it's working! Guess i'm gonna need that new ROM. It seems that my ROM just refuses to use recovery flashing in any way.
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...what a strange situation xDDD
CWM will disappear, but you can flash it again after flashing a stock rom so no problem
You can use whatever rom you want, here it is the tutorial http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1034145
This thread will be usefull too, he wants to change his andorid version too http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2297704

[Q] TWRP recovery and clock work mod recovery

Hi I had clockwork mod recovery on my HTC one. I wanted to get TWRP so I flashed the image-not realizing it's just an image lol. Excuse me if I sound so n00bish. Now in TWRP there's no files what so ever. Does anyone know how to fix this or do I need to start from scratch again.I would H8 to do this. Please advise me.Thank you in advance

intramorph said:
Hi I had clockwork mod recovery on my HTC one. I wanted to get TWRP so I flashed the image-not realizing it's just an image lol. Excuse me if I sound so n00bish. Now in TWRP there's no files what so ever. Does anyone know how to fix this or do I need to start from scratch again.I would H8 to do this. Please advise me.Thank you in advance
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Just flash the recovery again.

rider5512 said:
Just flash the recovery again.
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ummm that may sound easy to you but not so easy for me especially cause I tried putting the clockwork recovery folder into the TWRP one and then deleted it by mistake. Now i installed Rom manager and installed clockwork from there. My phone's still backing up the system. Is this a good thing ? =) sorry for stupid questions. I'm not sure how to
now my phone rebooted and seems to have the clockwork recovery back . Can I unistall the Rom manager from my phone now?
Please let me know if it's safe to uninstall Rom Manager from devise now?

intramorph said:
ummm that may sound easy to you but not so easy for me especially cause I tried putting the clockwork recovery folder into the TWRP one and then deleted it by mistake. Now i installed Rom manager and installed clockwork from there. My phone's still backing up the system. Is this a good thing ? =) sorry for stupid questions. I'm not sure how to
now my phone rebooted and seems to have the clockwork recovery back . Can I unistall the Rom manager from my phone now?
Please let me know if it's safe to uninstall Rom Manager from devise now?
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Rom manager is just an app that lets you manage things easily...as long as the recovery is flashed nothing will happen if you delete the app

intramorph said:
ummm that may sound easy to you but not so easy for me especially cause I tried putting the clockwork recovery folder into the TWRP one and then deleted it by mistake. Now i installed Rom manager and installed clockwork from there. My phone's still backing up the system. Is this a good thing ? =) sorry for stupid questions. I'm not sure how to
now my phone rebooted and seems to have the clockwork recovery back . Can I unistall the Rom manager from my phone now?
Please let me know if it's safe to uninstall Rom Manager from devise now?
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It takes a while to perform a backup but let it go, it's a good idea to do full backup at regular intervals.
Keep rom manager and use it. I've used it since I've been on android. It's the best tool for backing up, restoring and managing your backups.

ffersida stood
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Rom manager is just an app that lets you manage things easily...as long as the recovery is flashed nothing will happen if you delete the app
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Okay thank you for you support. This helps a lot. Especially cause I used to have an iPhone and knew everything about it.Feels weird to be so helpless when I'm new at this android stuff =)

intramorph said:
Okay thank you for you support. This helps a lot. Especially cause I used to have an iPhone and knew everything about it.Feels weird to be so helpless when I'm new at this android stuff =)
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Don't worry..... it won't be long before you're wondering why you didn't make the switch a long time ago

WalkerBlue J00T Stock Rom (Rooted)

Welcome to a world of
New its Walker Blue Part 2
I am not responsible for warranty use at your own risk!
Im bring you guys walker-blue stock rooted rom for the J00T T-Mobile Version
The rom will needs to sit for maybe 5
mins before you see it boot up
INSTRUCTIONS
Backup any important data! Phone storage will be wiped
Nandroid backup is recommended! (=
1. Download and put on external SD card
Rom:https://www.androidfilehost.com/?fid=529152257862715229
2. Boot into recovery, and wipe entire phone Wipe > Advanced Wipe > Davik / Art Cache, Cache, Data,system
3. Install the files ROM
4. Reboot your Rom
5. Then there you go
Donations
walkerblue2023: On My Page

What are the features? Is it just stock rooted?

Yes it just stock rooted

walkerblue2023 said:
Yes it just stock rooted
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Is it the latest update?

xxxericxxx said:
Is it the latest update?
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Yes .....donate to my paypal.....beer me ....thanks

if I put this on do I have to install dm-verity package after or not, has anyone tried this?

xxxericxxx said:
if I put this on do I have to install dm-verity package after or not, has anyone tried this?
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you can do it before

So I just was trying to backup everything in recovery and it starts up fine and starts saying md5 blah blah, then fails every time. Says failed to mount data, invalid argument. ..I was doing this in preparation for flashing the new rom you ported (v3) already did a titanium backup and saved to my drive, just trying to make life easier just in case.

fullofhell said:
So I just was trying to backup everything in recovery and it starts up fine and starts saying md5 blah blah, then fails every time. Says failed to mount data, invalid argument. ..I was doing this in preparation for flashing the new rom you ported (v3) already did a titanium backup and saved to my drive, just trying to make life easier just in case.
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You need to format your data in twrp or change your syorage location to ext sd not internal
Thanks to Zach ?

is there an md5 for the zip? Think I am already to give it a try but need to make sure it downloaded correctly.

walkerblue2023 said:
You need to format your data in twrp or change your syorage location to ext sd not internal
Thanks to Zach ?
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Thanks guys, I formatted and it works, flashed he v3 custom ROM.i tried 3x and I get the SuperSU file to flash successfully or so I thought, but once it boots up I have the rom but no root..Need help please

xxxericxxx said:
is there an md5 for the zip? Think I am already to give it a try but need to make sure it downloaded correctly.
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yes

fullofhell said:
Thanks guys, I formatted and it works, flashed he v3 custom ROM.i tried 3x and I get the SuperSU file to flash successfully or so I thought, but once it boots up I have the rom but no root..Need help please
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this rom comes rooted

I accidentally posted that post in this thread, it was supposed to be the notexperience ROM.i can't get that SuperSU file to work.it flashes but nothing.it even installs the application,but says binary is not found

fullofhell said:
I accidentally posted that post in this thread, it was supposed to be the notexperience ROM.i can't get that SuperSU file to work.it flashes but nothing.it even installs the application,but says binary is not found
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him that is weird try superuser 2.79 but not the srt version

walkerblue2023 said:
him that is weird try superuser 2.79 but not the srt version
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Ok I'll check it out, caleb told me to use the update one 1.51, I tried that and the one you listed with the ROM.. (Notexperience v3)..No dice.Like I said it says they flash successfully both, but no luck. The one caleb said at least installs the app and u see it in the app drawer. I'm at am empasse

what is the md5, you should put it on first page, would help rule out problems installing.

xxxericxxx said:
what is the md5, you should put it on first page, would help rule out problems installing.
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bad idea will make the boot slower in TWRP and plus its runnning t-mobile lastest update so you should be good!

I hope you are confused. You can write the numbers of the md5 of the zip you uploaded on the first page, not adding one for twrp to check, but so that people can still use a checker before they try to install it and say you messed something up when it was just a bad download

xxxericxxx said:
I hope you are confused. You can write the numbers of the md5 of the zip you uploaded on the first page, not adding one for twrp to check, but so that people can still use a checker before they try to install it and say you messed something up when it was just a bad download
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Don't use it if you don't trust it