[Q] Installing CWM on galaxy mini 2.3.4 - Samsung Galaxy Mini

Hi all!
I'm going to flash CWM recovery on Samsung galaxy mini (stock 2.3.4) and I'd like to ask a couple of questions.
I'm going to follow this tutorial http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1529863
Is it okay?
1. Do I have to root the device before flashing CWM with odin? Phone isn't rooted now, it's completely stock.
2. Can I install ANY custom rom with CWM? eg. CM9 or 10?
3. I want to make sure that if i want to install a custom rom, first I flash CWM with odin, then custom rom with CWM. Do i have to do something else?
I'm asking these questions because I don't want to brick my phone on my first time flashing something.. I want to be sure.

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aamojj_ said:
Hi all!
I'm going to flash CWM recovery on Samsung galaxy mini (stock 2.3.4) and I'd like to ask a couple of questions.
I'm going to follow this tutorial http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1529863
Is it okay?
1. Do I have to root the device before flashing CWM with odin? Phone isn't rooted now, it's completely stock.
2. Can I install ANY custom rom with CWM? eg. CM9 or 10?
3. I want to make sure that if i want to install a custom rom, first I flash CWM with odin, then custom rom with CWM. Do i have to do something else?
I'm asking these questions because I don't want to brick my phone on my first time flashing something.. I want to be sure.
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Better to root the phone before installing clockwork mod
once clockwork mod is install u can install any custom rom just u need to download that rom put it sd card and follow the tutorial given below each rom (most of them have Same tutorial)
u need to flash through odin only once just to root or else when u phone gets bricked

rupesh1718 said:
Better to root the phone before installing clockwork mod
once clockwork mod is install u can install any custom rom just u need to download that rom put it sd card and follow the tutorial given below each rom (most of them have Same tutorial)
u need to flash through odin only once just to root or else when u phone gets bricked
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Okay, thanks very much for your help!

if you want to be on stock then root first before flashing CWM as after flashing CWM you may not be able to root your phone.
If you want to flash custom rom then there's no need to root your phone.
Just boot into cwm wipe data
flash rom
again wipe data and then reboot
remember that wiping data is needed before and after the flashing process.

Ok, I'm going to flash CWM tomorrow
Thanks for help!
E: Succesfully installed CWM on my SGM!!

Enjoy and play more with your rom
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[Q] [Q&A]stuck in samsung logo!

Hi everyone,
I tried installing custom rom cyanogenmod 7.2, creed even chocobread with cwm recovery but im still stuck in samsung logo.My phone was previously android 2.2.1.Is it necessary to upgrade to stock gingerbread first and then install cwm recovery and flash custom gingerbread ROMs??
Pls help.
thinkfreedom said:
Hi everyone,
I tried installing custom rom cyanogenmod 7.2, creed even chocobread with cwm recovery but im still stuck in samsung logo.My phone was previously android 2.2.1.Is it necessary to upgrade to stock gingerbread first and then install cwm recovery and flash custom gingerbread ROMs??
Pls help.
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You will always have that problem coz the ROMs you flashed requires GB. so go flash GB first before you install CWM and custom ROMs..
thinkfreedom said:
Hi everyone,
I tried installing custom rom cyanogenmod 7.2, creed even chocobread with cwm recovery but im still stuck in samsung logo.My phone was previously android 2.2.1.Is it necessary to upgrade to stock gingerbread first and then install cwm recovery and flash custom gingerbread ROMs??
Pls help.
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it should be 2.3.4 before you installing CWM
HERE IS WHAT YOU NEED:
1. YOU NEED TO FLASH YOUR PHONE TO GINGERBREAD 2.3.4
2. AFTER FLASHING STOCK ROM, ROOT IT!
3. INSTALL CLOCK WORK MOD
In this part, it is now the installation of your CUSTOM MADE ROM
1. Wipe Dalvick Cache
2. Wipe Data/Reset
3. Wipe Cache
4. Install Zip from sd card then locate the zip file
5. YOUR GOOD TO GO!
BTW: Always wait for the rom to load, it may take awhile to load if it is installed for the first time
Like If this helped you THANKS
What's your model number? ?
You need to flash GB-
Using Odin multi downloader+tass and also need CWM(for flash CM)...
Sent from my GT-S5570 using XDA
Thanks buddies...but already found a way out now my phone is working.

[q] stuck plzz help abysskernel !!!!

HI, guys i had perfectly fine working note but some how wanted to flash abysskernel to overclock downloaded and flashed it on ICS stock rom....and crap now m stuck at boot of my galaxy note .....stuck at boot animation of custom logo not going further. i downloaded costom logo abysskernel and flashed it through cw mod.
plz hellp all tech giants and masters here as i dont want to format my phone a lot of stuff is thr...please tell me how to go back to previous state without losing data. i have tried wiping cache and dalvic cache but still stuck at boot....HELP!!!
abyss kernel cannot use with ics since it is a gingerbread kernel. a ics is required to have a ics kernel for it to work. what can you do is if you have a nandroid backup, just restore it using the abyss or if you are running a stock ics, just find a compatible ver of cfroot ics kernel and flash it via abyss.
STONEMF2 said:
HI, guys i had perfectly fine working note
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if it ain't broken, do NOT fix it!!!
newbee
janice1234 said:
abyss kernel cannot use with ics since it is a gingerbread kernel. a ics is required to have a ics kernel for it to work. what can you do is if you have a nandroid backup, just restore it using the abyss or if you are running a stock ics, just find a compatible ver of cfroot ics kernel and flash it via abyss.
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hey thanx mate thats what i am asking how to restore my phone in previous state.
i do have cwm but my backup there is not working .....it says md5 check failed so i cant do a restore from old backup plz tell how to restore from abyss or else tele me how do i go abt cfroot ics kernel. actually im new to all this so it might take a lil more questions..
STONEMF2 said:
hey thanx mate thats what i am asking how to restore my phone in previous state.
i do have cwm but my backup there is not working .....it says md5 check failed so i cant do a restore from old backup plz tell how to restore from abyss or else tele me how do i go abt cfroot ics kernel. actually im new to all this so it might take a lil more questions..
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First of all, if anything goes wrong, this is your safest way to not cause any additional harm to your device: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=18981227&postcount=4
But since your backup is not working, you don't want to employ this method right now.
So you just follow the advice of janice1234 and find a compatible (with your ICS version) cf-root kernel (v5.6!) here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=26746339&postcount=7, copy it to your external sd via anything that lets you access it (e.g. adapter or another phone) and flash the kernel with abyss.
While you're in the dev section you could do some more reading, for example all the information chainfire provides in his cf-root kernel thread...
color_hunta said:
First of all, if anything goes wrong, this is your safest way to not cause any additional harm to your device: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=18981227&postcount=4
But since your backup is not working, you don't want to employ this method right now.
So you just follow the advice of janice1234 and find a compatible (with your ICS version) cf-root kernel (v5.6!) here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=26746339&postcount=7, copy it to your external sd via anything that lets you access it (e.g. adapter or another phone) and flash the kernel with abyss.
While you're in the dev section you could do some more reading, for example all the information chainfire provides in his cf-root kernel thread...
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hi got all u told me just one more thing how to flash wia abyss.....dont know how to ...i know how to flash via cw recovery touch i have it but from theer cf root have .tar file and it cannot be flashed through cw recovery so how to flash cf root from recovery. thas all i need to know.
thanx
You need to download a rom that can be flashed through cwm / abyss red. Try criskelo v7 ics. Download to your pc, copy it to your SD card using SD card reader) then reboot into recovery and flash it. If you have stock ics, I would do the 3 wipes first before flashing the new rom. Make sure you are doing all of this from abyss 4.2 cwm and not ics cwm.
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Usually people run into this problem the other way around.
Anyway, once you have downloaded the .zip file there is no need to unzip it, since the .zip is exactly what you need to flash in CWM as it can't handle the bare .tar.
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hi guys thanx a lot for your help i got my phone working by flashing cf root ....but i dont know y some how my WIFI is not connecting ...i mean it stucks at obtaining ip address......strange it never happned before...is thr any issue with settings or clashing of drivers or something plz help!!!!

cwm recovery

hello,
i have a few questions
1. is there any problem if i install cwm recovery to rooted galaxy ace?
2. can i go back to the original stock recovery after i install cwm recovery?
3. the latest verion of cwm recovery is 5.0.2.6? this is what i found http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=18178563&postcount=13
4. after i install cwm recovery can i install rom manager and flash roms, or odin mobile pro?
thx
ps. my phone has only root
avyrez said:
hello,
i have a few questions
1. is there any problem if i install cwm recovery to rooted galaxy ace?
2. can i go back to the original stock recovery after i install cwm recovery?
3. the latest verion of cwm recovery is 5.0.2.6? this is what i found http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=18178563&postcount=13
4. after i install cwm recovery can i install rom manager and flash roms, or odin mobile pro?
thx
ps. my phone has only root
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1- no problem at all.
2- yes. Flash stock rom with odin.
3- yes.
4- stay away from rom manager, it bricked ace.
one more thing... i see in the post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=18178563&postcount=13 that the falsh is with the old veriosn recovery.. if i have stock rom i need only to boot in stock rom and update from zip file: recovery-clockwork-5.0.2.6-galaxyace-fix.zip . correct?
Questions 1-3 have been answered.
To flash a rom, download it from xda.
It will be a ZIP file.
Go to recovery, do the wipes, install the Rom, gapps if you whish, reboot. First Boot might take a while. No worries.
For detailed instructions see the thred of the Rom of your choice.
Cheers!
Sent by my SGS i9000 running CM10 ;->
what version its suitable for samsung galaxy ace
Odin3-v1.85 or Odin_Multi_Downloader_v4.42?

lol help

hey guys,, i seem to have stuffed the recovery of my phone,, i stupidly installed cwm on my phone without root, but when i reflashed with odin the stock recovery works but when i install cwm, it doesnt go into recovery
CWM doesn't require root!
Try to reflash a stock rom. Not the one package file but the whole rom.
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i have tried, once i flash cwm it doesnt boot into recovery,, ill try redownload and see if that helps
finally got it to work, i found a odin flashable cwm and it now works
ok now that i have cwm semi working on my phone, its now very difficult install roms, the only rom i can get to work on my phone now is stock,,, i now cannot flash cwm from recovery otherwise i get cwm bootloop only flashing by odin works, all custom roms get bootloop no matter how many times i flash and wipe data/cache,, i think my phone is stuffed
You sure you're installing cwm and roms for your device? What model ace do you have? (Not the i model right?)
dxppxd said:
You sure you're installing cwm and roms for your device? What model ace do you have? (Not the i model right?)
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yeah mate im sure, i know what im doing, but it just doesnt seem to work anymore lol,, i have the T model
Make sure it is Just the "S5830" Any other then your in the wrong thread.
Tbh The order i do it, Flash the latest stable stock rom Via odin, Flash update {Any Kernel} (On phone) Then Reboot into CWM To flash a rom.
JDMBrooksy said:
Make sure it is Just the "S5830" Any other then your in the wrong thread.
Tbh The order i do it, Flash the latest stable stock rom Via odin, Flash update {Any Kernel} (On phone) Then Reboot into CWM To flash a rom.
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yes it is, im not a noobie,, done that too,, im trying to flash cm9 b10 now but its stuck at samsung, and yes i have done data wipe and cache wipe
Only way i can think of is:
Flash new software with Odin: http://www.4shared.com/rar/FCyxijg8/odin_s5830_package.html
Then flashing "CWMRecovery" {AttacthMent} as an update through stock recovery as an update
Then reboot into CWM Recovery To wipe data Etc Etc, Then flash what ever ROM you want..
please more info man really not helping.
JDMBrooksy said:
Only way i can think of is:
Flash new software with Odin: http://www.4shared.com/rar/FCyxijg8/odin_s5830_package.html
Then flashing "CWMRecovery" {AttacthMent} as an update through stock recovery as an update
Then reboot into CWM Recovery To wipe data Etc Etc, Then flash what ever ROM you want..
please more info man really not helping.
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ok ill try to remember what i did to stuff the phone,, ,i flashed my phone with s5830xwkt7 the rooted and flashed cwm 5,, i went to flash a custom rom but chose the wrong one and took the battery out,,, booted into cwm and did a full wipe and flashed the custom rom,, tested the rom and went back to stock rom, done root and installed cwm 5 again then went to reboot back to cwm for flash oc kernel and it started to bootloop after the samsung logo,,, its all fixed for now but im sure it will happen again
winxuser said:
ok ill try to remember what i did to stuff the phone,, ,i flashed my phone with s5830xwkt7 the rooted and flashed cwm 5,, i went to flash a custom rom but chose the wrong one and took the battery out,,, booted into cwm and did a full wipe and flashed the custom rom,, tested the rom and went back to stock rom, done root and installed cwm 5 again then went to reboot back to cwm for flash oc kernel and it started to bootloop after the samsung logo,,, its all fixed for now but im sure it will happen again
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Flash "Root" After Flashing "CWM" See if that helps? if not please try the order i have gave, or try looking for different resources.
The Sources i have given you are working fine for my Ace.

Galaxy mini recovery

I'm currently on cwm 4 but have heard it didn't support charging would you recomment me to download rz recovery even taken into consideration the bugs
And whenever I am in cwm 4 (I'm on stock Rom) it says can't mount recovery last log
Do I need to root again after flashing custom Rom as I've got superuser.on stock Rom
And last question do I need to back up.imei I've got bml5.IMG but I'm bot going to be unlocking only flashing roms
ti0 said:
I'm currently on cwm 4 but have heard it didn't support charging would you recomment me to download rz recovery even taken into consideration the bugs
And whenever I am in cwm 4 (I'm on stock Rom) it says can't mount recovery last log
Do I need to root again after flashing custom Rom as I've got superuser.on stock Rom
And last question do I need to back up.imei I've got bml5.IMG but I'm bot going to be unlocking only flashing roms
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u r rooted automatically while flashing custom rom.
about imei, u dont need to, but if u want it to, so go ahead.
ti0 said:
I'm currently on cwm 4 but have heard it didn't support charging would you recomment me to download rz recovery even taken into consideration the bugs
And whenever I am in cwm 4 (I'm on stock Rom) it says can't mount recovery last log
Do I need to root again after flashing custom Rom as I've got superuser.on stock Rom
And last question do I need to back up.imei I've got bml5.IMG but I'm bot going to be unlocking only flashing roms
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Root will probably be with u even if you flash a new rom.
If not it means that your root is not compatible with the rom and u might have to change it
how do you backup imei as havnt discovered efs partition on sgm
You can Store the file in your sdcard.
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To be rooted there must be superuser.apk inside new rom, because by installing new boot.img and clearing data the whole internal memory will be overwritten.

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