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[Q] rom manager won't flash cw or amon on g1

Hey guys I'm very new to all this, I just used the z4root (Permenent root) method on my g1 dream and I would like to try a new rom on it but for some reason rom manager will not flash clockwork mod recovery or amon on it, it keeps saying that an error has occured when trying to access special privileges or something like that. does is matter if I'm using the free version or not? and do I need to put a custome hboot or bootloader on the phone as well? I've been reading for the last two days through these forums and I'm really lost and confused on how to do this. I understand that I must flash the rom from the custom recovery but can I get to the recovery through the hboot/bootloader once the custom recovery is flashed? Please help anyone. I appreciate it.

Never used z4 so cant really help there but i do know that you need a custom recovery to flash anything. So the question is can you get a recovery flashed. Can you boot into the os and log in? if so maybe you can get a terminal from the market and flash amonra from there with the instructions in his op. Not sure but worth a try.

z4root dont work proplerly try unviersal androot

Cool, hey johnson8 I really appreciate your help...so you're saying that the z4root has something to do with my phone not being able to download three recovery?
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milk10man said:
Cool, hey johnson8 I really appreciate your help...so you're saying that the z4root has something to do with my phone not being able to download three recovery?
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It might. I rooted mine the one click method a long time ago. Before these apps came out. Never liked rom manager either to be honest. I would try the androot the other Guy suggested really. See how it goes
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Just tried it and it worked just fine...just flashed froyo yoshi...been booting for around 5 minutes...should I wait longer or pull the battery?
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milk10man said:
Just tried it and it worked just fine...just flashed froyo yoshi...been booting for around 5 minutes...should I wait longer or pull the battery?
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I give it 10 before I do anything
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Waited for 15 and still nothing...trying super froyo.v.8 been about eight mins and the same thing..could it be my boot loader or should I use amon ra instead of clockwork to flash? A little frustrating...Dangit!
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milk10man said:
Waited for 15 and still nothing...trying super froyo.v.8 been about eight mins and the same thing..could it be my boot loader or should I use amon ra instead of clockwork to flash? A little frustrating...Dangit!
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Go to ezterry thread on 14 MB hack and fastboot flash new amonra recovery the radio and spl. Follow all instructions in there and try again. That will get u a good recovery new radio/spl and more ram comes with it. The new roms need that combo.
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Oh, ok that sounds awesome! I'll give it a shot and let you know what happens...thanks so much...you rock!
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Sorry about all the questions..but I'm not sure about how to find that thread...where would I locate out in this forum?
Thanks again.
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It's alright. I was new once. G1 development section. Probably 2nd page
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okay. I really do appreciate your time.. thank you so much.
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No prob. Let me know how it goes or if u need any help. I'm here
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Boot into fastboot and post the info in top left corner. Radio/spl ect.
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Ok sir I found the thread but I have no idea of where to get the radio/fastboot and all the other stuff you mentioned in order to flash them..as I said...I'm very new at this..btw..does this process require me to type any code..the thought of that scares me to death
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Well. Not code but commands. Google how to set up sdk. I'm about to drive home from Tennessee. If u need help I can help when i get home.
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ok I'm home
This is the guide you need to set up adb on your computer.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=532719
If you have any questions i will try to help. After this is done you should be set up to run adb and fastboot commands from your pc.
Do everything in this guide except the recovery image. You will be doing that via ezterry's thread with amonra recovery. Hope this helps. Let me know if you have any questions. Good luck

Ok will do..I appreciate all your help and have a safe trip..
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No problem. I check frequently so if u have any questions I'll try to answer promptly. Also u will see shadowch31 in ezterry's thread among others. He can help guide as well. Just follow instructions exactly and don't freak out and pull your battery during any of the process even if it looks hung. Good luck
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[Q] custom rom installation problems vivid

Hi, i tried to install a custom rom in my htc vivid , when the rom was flashed the phone restarts and stays in the htc screen. how can i do ?

yamil76 said:
Hi, i tried to install a custom rom in my htc vivid , when the rom was flashed the phone restarts and stays in the htc screen. how can i do ?
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Retrace your last steps, what rom were you flashing?
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I had the same problem and was somewhat freaking out for a few hours today. You need to install clockworkmod most likely. Get the data from the clockworkmod thread over in the development subsection, and use the fastboot flash recovery command to install it.
I'm about to go to sleep, but if you can get to fastboot don't freak out like I did. PM me if you can't figure it out by tomorrow. I can try my best to help (although I admit I'm also very noobish in many ways)

theres a clockworkmod recovery for vivid ?

yamil76 said:
theres a clockworkmod recovery for vivid ?
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Yes, in the development section.
Not trying to sound like an a-hole but people really need to read and ask questions before they try to start doing these things to their phone.
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pside15 said:
Yes, in the development section.
Not trying to sound like an a-hole but people really need to read and ask questions before they try to start doing these things to their phone.
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This.
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android is optimizing applications every reboot?

I just rooted my htc vivid and i am on the stock rom for some strange reason every time i reboot the phone it optimizes the apps . I thought it was supposed to do this once after it rebuilds the cache . Any on know how to fix this? or is this normal

De-odexed ROM
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Ok will it hurt to run it this way
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You would have root/unlock bootloader... Then install a recovery... Then flash a deodexed ROM
I recommend reading the stickied superguide...
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rignfool said:
You would have root/unlock bootloader... Then install a recovery... Then flash a deodexed ROM
I recommend reading the stickied superguide...
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Already done the first two steps ill take a look
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android is upgrading
i upgrade mine and i get every time that i restart 2 messages,first android is upgading and then android is optimizing applications.never unlocked the bootloader and only heve installed stock rom by flashing RUU,ANY IDEA WHY AND HOW TO FIX THIS PROBLEM?

It's not a problem... It's the way ice cream sandwich works
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From what I understand, this is completely normal, Gingerbread used to do this every time it booted, what it is basically doing is building/updating the DALVIK cache for the JIT compiler. ICS does the same thing but it actually shows you what it is doing instead of just making you look at an emotionless boot-screen.

Go to menu then power then enable fastboot. From then on ice will only optimize after a cache wipe. Or fresh install and such
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See
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I just clicked that check mark and it still does it. But its working I have stock and its rooted so if I ever can figure how to flash the deodex stock ill try that
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zombieguy85 said:
I just clicked that check mark and it still does it. But its working I have stock and its rooted so if I ever can figure how to flash the deodex stock ill try that
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Just curious. Why go out of your way, to possibly screw up something that is working? It does take about an extra minute or two to boot up, but what would you be doing with that extra time.

Yea you got a point thanks ill leave it alone lol
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It's actually not a normal Ice Cream Sandwich thing (on every boot), but rather a bug in the ICS release from HTC. It should only do it once on first boot up or after a dalvik cache wipe. As far as I know, it's been reported to them many times as a bug. Who knows when they'll fix it.
But yes, a de-odexed ROM would get rid of this.

Jirv311 said:
It's actually not a normal Ice Cream Sandwich thing (on every boot), but rather a bug in the ICS release from HTC. It should only do it once on first boot up or after a dalvik cache wipe. As far as I know, it's been reported to them many times as a bug. Who knows when they'll fix it.
But yes, a de-odexed ROM would get rid of this.
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If I used the hansoontool and did root and unlocked how do I tell if I have the New hboot
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Got 3 vivids in the house and they all do the same.
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zombieguy85 said:
If I used the hansoontool and did root and unlocked how do I tell if I have the New hboot
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Are you running Ice Cream Sandwich 4.0.3? If so, you have new HBOOT.

Flashed your stock rom. And all is good now thanks everyone
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*** SOLVED ****
Download RE Explorer then press the little button up right "R/W" to gain write privilege and then go to:
system/framework and delete "com.google.widevine.software.drm.jar" and the below .odex file then go to: system/etc/permissions and delete "com.google.widevine.software.drm.xml"
That's it! Restart and the issue is gone...say thanks please
Note: if it doesn't work your system rebuilds the files on start up, do the same from the file manager of your recovery...guaranteed!

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Update Directory

I just got the ics update (just took back to stock) and was wondering what folder I should look for to copy the update directly to my sd card?
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ichefae85 said:
I just got the ics update (just took back to stock) and was wondering what folder I should look for to copy the update directly to my sd card?
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So your phone is on Gingerbread? And you downloaded the official stock ICS update rom?
What is the file name that you downloaded? How big is it?

It was on gingerbread but my mom thought she was helping and went and did the install so I think it may have deleted the file now
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ichefae85 said:
It was on gingerbread but my mom thought she was helping and went and did the install so I think it may have deleted the file now
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So she "did" the install on your phone (over the air update?) but the install didn't start yet? I don't think the situation is clear yet. What would you like to do, and what symptoms are getting in your way?

LaZiODROID said:
So she "did" the install on your phone (over the air update?) but the install didn't start yet? I don't think the situation is clear yet. What would you like to do, and what symptoms are getting in your way?
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I had it downloaded and just set to install later but while my mom was using my phone saw the update and hit install now. So now phone is running 4.0. What I was winding to do was try and extract the update to use for later if I needed to.
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ichefae85 said:
I had it downloaded and just set to install later but while my mom was using my phone saw the update and hit install now. So now phone is running 4.0. What I was winding to do was try and extract the update to use for later if I needed to.
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Just do this if you want to ever go back to ics stock
1) Download this ruu: http://dl3.htc.com/application/htc_vivid_att_RUU_3.26.502.56_US.exe I got the download from here http://www.htc.com/us/support/htc-vivid-att/software-updates
2) just double click file it downloads when ever you want to go back to stock...it will walk you through the process
Extra info:
-ruu stands for Rom update utility
-it is the official stock ics
-no, your warranty won't be voided by using it...
-it can only be used on windows
-it will delete all your apps and everything (except for stuff on your sd and external sd...like any thing you downloaded from a browser or put on your phone through USB)
-it takes a while...if it gets stuck do not unplug just wait it out
-if your freaking out cause its taking so long just ask in the q&a section for advice
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Phone stuck at splash screen please help!

I've followed the instructions below for installing jelly bean and my phone will do everyhing but once I flash the jelly bean ROM (and I've tried 3 different ones) they all get stuck at the boot screen. The phone is unlocked, rooted, has ext4recovery, blackrose, sd partitioned . Current ROM is cm 10 and its sitting at the cm screen. It will go into fastboot. Everything was done according to the instructions. What is missing. Please help me. Been working on it for hours.
Thank you
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Is your partition layout 268/168/0? Can't really read it on that small picture. If it is, then there's your problem. Or do you have an ext-partition for A2SD on your µSD-card for userdata?

Unfortunately, no it is an 8. Darn. I also do not have that other thing you asked installed on the card.
I just can't quite understand why it appears that everything is set up right but just gets stuck at that boot screen.
Please if you can help, it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
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So it's 268/160/8 ? Then there's still your problem. It should be 268/8/160 [system/cache/userdata].

Thank you soooo much!! I have a question. How do I change it ? I wonder how come it isn't right.. But, most importantly I am grateful for you helping me.
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You can change it by using blackrose.exe or by flashing one of these partition layouts in your recovery.
I believe they are not all on the front page, so search inside that topic too if you can't find your preferred partition layout.

tennisjunkie said:
Unfortunately, no it is an 8. Darn. I also do not have that other thing you asked installed on the card.
I just can't quite understand why it appears that everything is set up right but just gets stuck at that boot screen.
Please if you can help, it would be greatly appreciated. Thanks
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Resize BlackRose (system : 260, cache: 8 , the rest will automatically be set to userdata).
And install 4EXT recovery on your phone and re-partition your SD card. That is what tommert38 has mentioned over there. You need atleast 1 GB of space in order to install apps onto your SD card.

recovery flashable zip of 260/8/168
https://m.box.com/view_shared/1a8e9a4f78aad37b92b4
read the OP n page 13 of the hboot thread mentioned by tommert38
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OK. I'm gonna try to flash one of the layouts. Will I still need that program on the card as well? App2sd?
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tennisjunkie said:
OK. I'm gonna try to flash one of the layouts. Will I still need that program on the card as well? App2sd?
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No, you would not need that. a2sd comes with the JB Rom you are going to flash be it Evervolv or Vijendrahs

tennisjunkie said:
OK. I'm gonna try to flash one of the layouts. Will I still need that program on the card as well? App2sd?
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buddy thats not a program. its hboot.zip. u need to place it on sd card and boot into recovery and choose install zip from sd. but remmeber to read the instructions that i mentioned in my previous post first
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OK. I went back and saved hboot to sd card then followed instructions exactly. When I flashed the hboot it quickly flashed a screen and all I saw was installation aborted then it rebooted me back to the fastboot menu. Any suggestions???
Thank you
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OK. I got it to take the new hboot!!!! Thank you guys so much. Now I'm gonna flash the ROM. Very awesome!
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glad u got it working.... njoy jellybeans
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tennisjunkie said:
OK. I got it to take the new hboot!!!! Thank you guys so much. Now I'm gonna flash the ROM. Very awesome!
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Nice, enjoy dude!