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Dont ever use rom manager

dont ever use rom manager to install recovery its 99% hard brick
SO TO BE SURE DONT USE ROM MANAGER ON YOUR MINI
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apklike18 said:
dont ever use rom manager to install recovery its 99% hard brick
SO TO BE SURE DONT USE ROM MANAGER ON YOUR MINI
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thx for the info, but it's to late, I made it today and my mini is bootlooping...

:c sooo many people are bricking their phone whith rom manager
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I have flashed CWM via RomManager multiple times, with no problems. You only brick your device if you flash CWM that is for other devices. You can't blame RomManager for your foolishness.

For install CWM via ROM manager you need stock rom with stock recovery and with root????
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gabrielking9 said:
For install CWM via ROM manager you need stock rom with stock recovery and with root????
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You need root i think but dont try it dont risk it just use theupdte zip
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Reminders:
*Dont even use rom manager
* read instructions carefully
*use the search function
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But we have official CWM
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Well, official CyanogenMod always have this app as the updater but I always uninstall them.

i dont know why the developers include Rom Manager even they know that it won't work and cause bricking problems

CWM supports galaxy mini!!! Dony choose different device.
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Thanks for letting me know, I was about to try it.

Help for mini-bricks
Like others, I wish I'd read this post before I hard-bricked my phone :crying:
In my case, I just selected the "Reboot into Recovery" option, where I planned to do a nandroid backup. The screen went black and I was hard-bricked.
Anyway, I thought this might be a good thread to repost the information that restored my galaxy mini to good health.
Remove the battery, SD card and sim card.
Hold down the "Download" key combination - Volume-down + Home + Power.
While continuing to hold all three down, insert the battery (almost impossible without a friend).
Continue to hold all three down, and in about a minute, you should get you into "Download" mode, from where you can use ODIN to re-flash your phone with a stock rom.
If this doesn't work at first, keep trying; I tried it several times without success, took it to a local techo who took it to a big city techo, and it was only when they both gave up that I tried this technique again in desperation - and fortunately this time it worked.
Also, the drama was not quite over yet for my phone. When I tried to flash a stock Gingerbread rom via Odin, it failed.
That was solved by first flashing ARM11boot_GT-S5570.tar (attached) in the "Boot" section (everything else blank except for TASS_V1 ops file, which is included in the standard rom). For more information, see this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1588892
After that, I successfully flashed stock Gingerbread. And finally installed CWM Recovery properly following this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1342190&highlight=cwm+recovery
BE WARNED: On the thread about ARM11boot_GT-S5570.tar, there is a warning from kitrax59:
be careful on flashing the bootloader buddy.. it can hard brick your phone.. DO IT AT YOUR OWN RISK..
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Of course, if like me, your phone was already hard-bricked, you haven't got much to lose
Anyway, I hope this helps someone else with a Rom Manager inspired hard-brick!

bump, so it won't get lost

[GUIDE] Flash Clockworkmod recovery on Galaxy Mini/Pop
apklike18 said:
dont ever use rom manager to install recovery its 99% hard brick
SO TO BE SURE DONT USE ROM MANAGER ON YOUR MINI
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I'm guessing that a lot of these problems have a similar cause to mine, where I saw a reference to ClockWorkMod Recovery, searched for that on Google Play, and Rom Manager was the only relevant result returned.
There is an excellent guide to installing CWM Recovery by Bunnybugs_007 here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1342190
Just wondering if there is a "sticky" function on xda? Making threads such as this one and Bunnybugs' more prominent would save a lot of heartache and hard bricks.

Still not working
even tried jtag
pls help

HetBolt said:
Still not working
even tried jtag
pls help
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If you used ROM manager and bricked your device. Theres no way. Give it to the service center and they would replace the motherboard.

Hah I flashes cem recovery via ROM manager nothing happened .....maybe I was lucky cause I first installed it via of in and then via ROM manager just to see what happens ....
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hsay said:
Hah I flashes cem recovery via ROM manager nothing happened .....maybe I was lucky cause I first installed it via of in and then via ROM manager just to see what happens ....
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Lucky dude ! LUCKY ! LUUUCKY !
Also, bump the thread for making it useful for future.

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F4uzan said:
Lucky dude ! LUCKY ! LUUUCKY !
Also, bump the thread for making it useful for future.
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Wat lucky,for me nothing happens too.. I think rommanager is good but extremely USELESS..
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Keep bumpin'
Preventing many bricks.

A custom ROM! A custom ROM! My phone for a custom ROM!.!

Okay, I have no idea why, but my phone doesn't seem to like any ROM except for the stock. Every ROM, every update I've tried, has just gone and bricked my phone. I'm a newbie as far as development goes, but I do know my way around flashing, applying updates from SD and stuff. And I'm careful not to mess with files designed for the other ace. I also follow instructions to the letter. I'm as scared of bricks as anyone else.
So I was wondering whether any of you could help me out here. Do tell me if it's better to stick with the stock ROM though. Awaiting a reply.
Cheers
EDIT:
Okay, I downloaded this iDroid ROM from here
My phone's kernel version says 2.6.35.7([email protected] #201209221033), but there's absolutely no change. Any ideas on what to do now? Still waiting for a reply. :-\
Still struggling to find a proper non-stock ROM that works on my phone X-(

kittuboy said:
Okay, I have no idea why, but my phone doesn't seem to like any ROM except for the stock. Every ROM, every update I've tried, has just gone and bricked my phone. I'm a newbie as far as development goes, but I do know my way around flashing, applying updates from SD and stuff. And I'm careful not to mess with files designed for the other ace. I also follow instructions to the letter. I'm as scared of bricks as anyone else.
So I was wondering whether any of you could help me out here. Do tell me if it's better to stick with the stock ROM though. Awaiting a reply.
Cheers
EDIT:
Okay, I downloaded this iDroid ROM from here
My phone's kernel version says 2.6.35.7([email protected] #201209221033), but there's absolutely no change. Any ideas on what to do now? Still waiting for a reply. :-\
Still struggling to find a proper non-stock ROM that works on my phone X-(
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Well firstly ask why yourself why you want to flash a particular custom ROM? Does it have features you need etc? If not then stock is fine and there are many ways alter the appearance of your phone without flashing a new custom ROM via apps in the play store.
As always prior to flashing a custom ROM make sure you have all the tools and knowledge to flash back to stock if anything goes wrong. OK so by the sounds of it you have installed RB,s kernel but have not installed IDroid ROM, tell us how you tried to flash and that will give us more of an idea where you are going wrong.
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Viprdxd said:
Well firstly ask why yourself why you want to flash a particular custom ROM? Does it have features you need etc? If not then stock is fine and there are many ways alter the appearance of your phone without flashing a new custom ROM via apps in the play store.
As always prior to flashing a custom ROM make sure you have all the tools and knowledge to flash back to stock if anything goes wrong. OK so by the sounds of it you have installed RB,s kernel but have not installed IDroid ROM, tell us how you tried to flash and that will give us more of an idea where you are going wrong.
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Why the custom ROM: I was told by a friend (who uses a Galaxy Y) to use one, so as to make the phone less laggy. And I like to have my devices looking a little different from what everyone uses. Pardon me
EDIT: And yes, I do have the firmware required to flash back, as well as Odin. I've flashed before, so you could say I'm not a total waste there And I seem to have trouble understanding the difference between ROM and kernel.... could you please explain it to me? At least I'll know where I'm going wrong.

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1976674
[PORTED][ROM]Jelly Blast V3.0.4 [29/11/2012]try flashing this from.
It is good method I hope u know then to
1.download the from from the link.
2.install it using cwm recovery.
3.then press wipe data/reset.
4.then go to the advanced menu and clean the dalvik cache.
5.reboot and enjoy
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vkv.5991 said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1976674
[PORTED][ROM]Jelly Blast V3.0.4 [29/11/2012]try flashing this from.
It is good method I hope u know then to
1.download the from from the link.
2.install it using cwm recovery.
3.then press wipe data/reset.
4.then go to the advanced menu and clean the dalvik cache.
5.reboot and enjoy
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Booted. First off the bat, crashed MMS app. Within seconds, crashed phone app. :crying: And where did my status bar go off to?? :crying::crying: Disappointed, am going to try RazoDroid! :crying:

kittuboy said:
Booted. First off the bat, crashed MMS app. Within seconds, crashed phone app. :crying: And where did my status bar go off to?? :crying::crying:
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On which firmware you are?
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Try fixing permissions in cwm
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Did you ROM wipe. Before you install custom ROMs?
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kittuboy said:
Booted. First off the bat, crashed MMS app. Within seconds, crashed phone app. :crying: And where did my status bar go off to?? :crying::crying: Disappointed, am going to try RazoDroid! :crying:
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Kitt explain to us how you are doing your flashes and let us know what firmware your running. To advise we need as much info as you can give.
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The standard procedure I follow:
1. Download the flashable zip to my phone SD card.
2. Reboot into stock recovery, enter clockworkmod through its zip file
3. Backup just in case, install the zip through cwm or stock recovery, whichever the dev advises
4. Reboot

Update: managed to get RazoDroid working. Firmware XXLD2, Rafael Baugis kernel (obviously, duh ) and no problems so far!

Just because you're probably not following the instructions correctly doesn't mean it's the developer's fault, and that you should be 'disappointed'.

True. I do my best to follow instructions, but I may have overlooked something somewhere. And no, I'm not blaming any devs, not intentionally anyway, because I don't have any rights to.... At the end of the day, I did manage to make something work, and now I'm happy with it, so all I can say is peace out
Running RazoDroid ROM on Rafael Baugis kernel, somehow managed through without bricking phone for the nth time

TWRP problem with flashing.

I downloaded TWRP from google play and it installed ok but when I try to install I swipe but it just reboots the phone.
Any suggestions?
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List everything you've done to your Phone right up to installing it.

XperienceD said:
List everything you've done to your Phone right up to installing it.
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I rooted my phone and tried to install CWM on locked bootloader but it doesnt install but I can flash zips when trying to install from pc.The phone reboots into CWM recovery and I can flash this way. I do this each time I want to flash.
I installed TWRP manager from playstore and tried to flash but everytime I swipe the phone just turns off.
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TWRP Manager requires that you have TWRP installed already. It is just an interface to use functions of the recovery that you already flashed. It does not install TWRP for you. It uses openrecovery scripts that are not compatible with CWM recovery, so that's why nothing happens when you try to install zips via the manager.
I don't mean this in a bad way at all, but by seeing some of the threads you have created in this forum, perhaps it's best that you go back to stock and don't mess with your phone in this way. It seems that you are unable or unwilling to research what you're doing before jumping in with both feet and just run here afterwards expecting to get your problems resolved by people that do bother to read up on these things.
This is just meant as a friendly piece of advice before you manage to permanently brick your expensive phone
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kingvortex said:
TWRP Manager requires that you have TWRP installed already. It is just an interface to use functions of the recovery that you already flashed. It does not install TWRP for you. It uses openrecovery scripts that are not compatible with CWM recovery, so that's why nothing happens when you try to install zips via the manager.
I don't mean this in a bad way at all, but by seeing some of the threads you have created in this forum, perhaps it's best that you go back to stock and don't mess with your phone in this way. It seems that you are unable or unwilling to research what you're doing before jumping in with both feet and just run here afterwards expecting to get your problems resolved by people that do bother to read up on these things.
This is just meant as a friendly piece of advice before you manage to permanently brick your expensive phone
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Thanks for your reply.
I have searched and read up but asking questions and getting a reply helps a lot when I am unsure on certain things.
I have rooted my phone without any problems and it was easy and have many apps running which are only available on root.

Hardly without problems!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2372435
Don't forget that anyone can look at your post history
Anyway, my point is that you should research more thoroughly before proceeding with modding your expensive device. It is possible that you could do something that will cause an unrecoverable brick.
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kingvortex said:
Hardly without problems!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2372435
Don't forget that anyone can look at your post history
Anyway, my point is that you should research more thoroughly before proceeding with modding your expensive device. It is possible that you could do something that will cause an unrecoverable brick.
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That was my own error and using a pc which has a mind of it's own, used my new one and it was resolved instantly.
I do jump in without reading, I will not do so anymore.

[Q] Xperia SP Bootloop help

Hello everyone, this will be my first post here, so I'm pretty much a newbie as I was only recently introduced to the world of Android (and only been using IOS for a few months before that!). So to keep it brief, this is my situation;
- Recently rooted my phone - No problems there
- Used root access apps such as Superuser, Titanium back up to name some from the top of my head.
- Got interested in ROMs and Kernels (mostly kernels, wasn't really going to install a new ROM)
- During my research, came upon Pimp my ROM, downloaded it and checked it out (This is where the problems come in)
- Looked through the options it gave me, much of it I didn't understand, so I left most of the options untouched.
- What I did change was the Density option and the tweak options (to decrease data loading times, faster performance etc).
- After making all my selections, I rebooted via the reboot option, but not before creating a rescue package supposedly.
- After the reboot, it went into a slight bootloop that lasted around 30 seconds before booting in. I found the density change to my disliking, so changed it to another setting.
- After rebooting it a second time, it was now permanently stuck trying to boot.
So that's my current situation. I've tried researching the issue on google and xda forums, but there doesn't seem to be a lot of information on the SP. The only thread directly stating a bootloop problem on xda I could find, I couldn't make heads or tails from the posts.
I've tried playing around with Sony PC companion, flashtool, sdk manager (adb). But the main issue seems to stem from the fact that these programs don't recognize my phone at all. I understand I'm supposed to fastboot it or boot into recovery, however it seems my method of trying the combo keys doesn't seem to work.
This is my phone's information;
Xperia SP (C5306)
Bought through fido (Canada)
Bootloader unlock: no (checked after rooting)
Rooting method from Doomlord's Easy Rooting Toolkit
Please let me know if you require more info and I'll be sure to provide it.
Any help would be greatly appreciated and even more so if you could take the time to explain to me any methods you suggest in simple terms (like I'm 5) as I'm rather new to Android/IOS. Thank you again!

How long did you try to boot your phone?
Do you have CWM? Maybe I can upload a rescue package for you...
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sonyxperiaplayer said:
How long did you try to boot your phone?
Do you have CWM? Maybe I can upload a rescue package for you...
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This problem occurred last night and after recalling something about maybe draining it's battery would somehow fix the issue, I left it on the bootloop until it ran out. Alas it proved no use and I am currently still stuck on the bootloop screen. I had never heard of CWM until you mentioned it now. I'm currently skimming over it's info at the moment, but I assume I must somehow have it installed onto my phone? Though it does sound extremely helpful I would definitely use it if I recover my SP.

Wraid said:
This problem occurred last night and after recalling something about maybe draining it's battery would somehow fix the issue, I left it on the bootloop until it ran out. Alas it proved no use and I am currently still stuck on the bootloop screen. I had never heard of CWM until you mentioned it now. I'm currently skimming over it's info at the moment, but I assume I must somehow have it installed onto my phone? Though it does sound extremely helpful I would definitely use it if I recover my SP.
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If you don't have CWM, the recovery package will be of no use. You should read up on it, its really important in risky situations.
The only way now is to flash an FTF, I will find a guide on how to do it. Surely you don't mind to lose all your data?
There is still some hope though, that you can recover your phone without losing anything.
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Here are the instructions, view the Flashtool section : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2354704
You can try unticking the 'Wipe Data' option on the configuration page, then it will not wipe your data and internal SD Card.
Try that and booting it to see if it was fixed. If not, then go for a full flash (just follow ALL the instructions there)
***ATTENTION! IT WILL WIPE YOUR INTERNAL SD CARD!*** not the SD card that you can remove
Sony phones are UNBRICKABLE for normal users! Don't worry! The worst thing that could happen will be losing all your stuff, but that's not bad compared to bricking your phone.
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sonyxperiaplayer said:
If you don't have CWM, the recovery package will be of no use. You should read up on it, its really important in risky situations.
The only way now is to flash an FTF, I will find a guide on how to do it. Surely you don't mind to lose all your data?
There is still some hope though, that you can recover your phone without losing anything.
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Here are the instructions, view the Flashtool section : http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2354704
You can try unticking the 'Wipe Data' option on the configuration page, then it will not wipe your data and internal SD Card.
Try that and booting it to see if it was fixed. If not, then go for a full flash (just follow ALL the instructions there)
***ATTENTION! IT WILL WIPE YOUR INTERNAL SD CARD!*** not the SD card that you can remove
Sony phones are UNBRICKABLE for normal users! Don't worry! The worst thing that could happen will be losing all your stuff, but that's not bad compared to bricking your phone.
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Thanks! I will try your solution and give a update. I don't mind losing the data on the phone since it's new and I barely have anything on it. It does give me some reassurance when you say Sony Phones are hard to brick!

Update: Phone was flashed and successfully booted! Thanks for your help! I've fixed my phone and gained new understanding on flashing! Kudos!

Wraid said:
Update: Phone was flashed and successfully booted! Thanks for your help! I've fixed my phone and gained new understanding on flashing! Kudos!
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No prob. When you face a bootloop or anything that bricks your phone, use this.
This is why Sony phones are unbrickable!
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PureXaudio and ota update

I have purexaudio installed and I know that the dev wont make instructions how to uninstall it. Firmware is .423 and I was wondering if anyone has worked out how to uninstall it like in an easy way so you can get ota update working again?
The thing Im trying to avoid is downloading a, rather "huge" in my case, stock rom where I will also lose all data or progress on my current apps unless I do backups.
So, any work arounds?

When you flash any rom with flashtool you won't lose data.
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ST4YSTR0NG said:
I have purexaudio installed and I know that the dev wont make instructions how to uninstall it. Firmware is .423 and I was wondering if anyone has worked out how to uninstall it like in an easy way so you can get ota update working again?
The thing Im trying to avoid is downloading a, rather "huge" in my case, stock rom where I will also lose all data or progress on my current apps unless I do backups.
So, any work arounds?
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Stop lying for Zero, he did wrote how to "uninstall", maybe you should read the first post again.

Dsteppa said:
Stop lying for Zero, he did wrote how to "uninstall", maybe you should read the first post again.
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I don't think there's an instruction to uninstall. Zero even says he won't give instructions to uninstall. There's only a zip which resets the volume to stock values. I'm assuming volume is stock but the mod is still there . But then again op can just use flashtool to flash new firmwares.
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ST4YSTR0NG said:
I have purexaudio installed and I know that the dev wont make instructions how to uninstall it. Firmware is .423 and I was wondering if anyone has worked out how to uninstall it like in an easy way so you can get ota update working again?
The thing Im trying to avoid is downloading a, rather "huge" in my case, stock rom where I will also lose all data or progress on my current apps unless I do backups.
So, any work arounds?
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joejoe23 said:
I don't think there's an instruction to uninstall. Zero even says he won't give instructions to uninstall. There's only a zip which resets the volume to stock values. I'm assuming volume is stock but the mod is still there . But then again op can just use flashtool to flash new firmwares.
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ZeroInfinity said:
NOTE 3: PLEASE! FOR YOUR OWN SAFTEY, MAKE A NAND BACKUP FOR YOUR ROM! I WILL NOT BE GIVING INSTRUCTIONS TO UNINSTALL.
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A simple back-up would've helped.

You had to make a backup before flashing it. Zero wrote only to revert the VOLUME back to normal.
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I know I had to make a simple backup before flashing but I didnt since I didnt have access to my pc and really had no space left on my phone.
Thats why Im asking if there is any other way.