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[Q] Need help installing Rom.

Phone: Samsung Galaxy S Plus | GT-I9001
Status: Rooted, and Working - Original OS.
Installed: ROM Manger.
Hardware: Internal SD Card - No external
Hi I'm new here, I have rooted my mobile about a year ago, but haven't done anything else to it, but now I want to install a custom ROM on it.
The ROM I want to to install: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2251671
I have looked around for tutorials about installing a ROM, but every tutorial, says something different... I'm total noob to all this, and paranoid, I don't want to **** my mobile up.
I only have an internal SD card on my, read somewhere that it were possible to do it, if you had the latest version of Clock Work Mod.
Hope someone can guide me through wile doing this :/

Reboot to recovery
wipe (factory reset+ wipe dalvik cache)
install zip from sd card and pick your rom
phone will bootloop. dont worry
put the battery off
put it in and flash again

cixty said:
Reboot to recovery
wipe (factory reset+ wipe dalvik cache)
install zip from sd card and pick your rom
phone will bootloop. dont worry
put the battery off
put it in and flash again
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So I can do this, also if I only have a Internal SD? I'm just waiting my phone to be charged to 80% now

Username not valid. said:
So I can do this, also if I only have a Internal SD?
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sure. backup your efs folder just in case.

internalsd sdcard is not need!just copy to your phone and reboot to cmw and 3w and flash!!
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So I can do this, also if I only have a Internal SD? I'm just waiting my phone to be charged to 80% now
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EFS Professional v2.0 does not seem to support my device, what to do :s
Tried another software... N7100 EFS Backup / Restore http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1922473 and it failed...
--- Backup efs image ---
Permission denied
remote object '/sdcard/efs.img' does not exist
Press any key to continue . . .

Username not valid. said:
EFS Professional v2.0 does not seem to support my device, what to do :s
Tried another software... N7100 EFS Backup / Restore http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1922473 and it failed...
--- Backup efs image ---
Permission denied
remote object '/sdcard/efs.img' does not exist
Press any key to continue . . .
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N7100 is a Galaxy Note i think. The only thing you need to backup is a file explorer and root. Just backup your efs folder located in your main system directory. There should be a folder called efs. You can use ES File Explorer for that or nitrality.

My Flash Guide for i9000 if it helps HERE

EwOkie said:
My Flash Guide for i9000 if it helps HERE
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Ty, But I have come ascross this annoying bug/error... I cannot install anything through recovery. It just says etc:
E: error in /cache/update.zip
(status2)
>>> status = 1 <<<
I cannot get ClockWorkMod to be installed correctly. I will continue research tomorrow, I'm damn tired now.

Username not valid. said:
Ty, But I have come ascross this annoying bug/error... I cannot install anything through recovery. It just says etc:
E: error in /cache/update.zip
(status2)
>>> status = 1 <<<
I cannot get ClockWorkMod to be installed correctly. I will continue research tomorrow, I'm damn tired now.
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Seems like something is messed up
Try this:
1. Flash a stock rom with Odin
2. Flash a root kernel for the stock rom
Now you should have everything working.

have you tried to flash cwm via Odin?

Re-Download the file it may have been corrupted
Then follow the guide again.. remember to follow word by word

【E1】 xperia E1 - Androxyde flashtool hints

It is possible to flash stuff with ft in flashmode in win8.1-64. (lights off)
fastboot mode is not so good I believe. (blue light)
PC companion still overflashed (no light) the E1 after messing with ft. I left the bootloader untouched = locked.
overall, I like ODIN & Galaxy better for flashing.
you do need ft ! after ONANDROID restore, you easily get into FC loop. PC 'companion' will let you down. Only FT in flashmode will soft-unbrick your E1 !
though ergonomics in ft is kinda messy. anyway.

General BACKUP hints on E1
conclusion : no nandroid on E1 ! very bad !
solution: we must manually use dd for read write partns !
since E1 does not have CWM or ASR for nandroid backupping, we use ONANDROID after towelroot.
no E1 patch file developed yet, so only SYS and USER partition backup poss.
its nice to have a NANDROID on E1. But its bad that it cannot be restored by NANDROID MANAGER, because that relies on CWM for restore, which is non existant on E1.

hotboot fail
hotbooting E1 stock .elf or .Image kernels fails.
maybe its not proper "boot.img" format
sudo fastboot boot ./kernel_S1-SW-LIVE-B578-PID1-0005-MMC.elf ./kernel_S1-SW-LIVE-B578-PID1-0005-MMC.elf.ramdisk
creating boot image...
creating boot image - 11247616 bytes
downloading 'boot.img'...
OKAY [ 0.347s]
booting...
FAILED (status read failed (No such device))
finished. total time: 6.707s

TA Backup not working

Hello.
I am unable to backup my device TA-partition. I have followed all the instructions as described here.
I have made sure my device is rooted and USB Debugging enabled but I get the following error:
Code:
Waiting for USB Debugging...OK
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FIND TA PARTITION
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Partition found!
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BACKUP TA PARTITION
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dd: can't open '/sdcard/backupTA.img': No such file or directory
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INTEGRITY CHECK
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FAILED - Backup does not match TA Partition. Please try again.
*** Backup unsuccessful. ***
Backup-TA: v9.11
PC: Windows 7 x64
Device Firmware: Stock .205
Can someone please help?

I had similar problem but I already had an old TA backup. Couldn't backup/restore on stock rom. I flashed cm12.1 and it restored successfully, then I flashed stock rom. So try flashing other rom which works on Locked bootloader and try to backup on that rom. for example this rom cm12.0

krek4 said:
I had similar problem but I already had an old TA backup. Couldn't backup/restore on stock rom. I flashed cm12.1 and it restored successfully, then I flashed stock rom. So try flashing other rom which works on Locked bootloader and try to backup on that rom. for example this rom cm12.0
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Ok so something unfortunate happened. I decided to flash CM12 as you suggested. But in TWRP I don't know what but I did something wrong while wiping which soft bricked my phone. I was unable to get into recovery. The phone was stuck at the Sony Logo screen. Fortunately I was able to do a System Repair using Xperia companion and now the phone is back to normal.
Unexpectedly now I am able to backup the TA partition. Maybe factory reset does the trick.
Code:
Waiting for USB Debugging...OK
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FIND TA PARTITION
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Partition found!
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BACKUP TA PARTITION
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4096+0 records in
4096+0 records out
2097152 bytes (2.0MB) copied, 0.783153 seconds, 2.6MB/s
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INTEGRITY CHECK
=======================================
OK
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PULL BACKUP FROM SDCARD
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3978 KB/s (2097152 bytes in 0.514s)
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INTEGRITY CHECK
=======================================
OK
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PACKAGE BACKUP
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7-Zip (A) 9.20 Copyright (c) 1999-2010 Igor Pavlov 2010-11-18
Scanning
Creating archive ..\backup\TA-backup-20160430.184625.zip
Compressing TA.blk
Compressing TA.img
Compressing TA.md5
Compressing TA.serial
Compressing TA.timestamp
Compressing TA.version
Everything is Ok
*** Backup successful. ***

Good for you :good:

Nasty OPTIONS in FLASHTOOL latest versions.

I used v9.22.2 last night...
I downloaded. 266 firmware from Xperiablog.com
1. Then i did USB debugging On
2. Unknown sources ON
3. Installed ADB and Fastboot drivers.
4. Installed Flashtool and then installed fastboot, flashmode, z3+ drivers.
5. Restartded PC.
6. Flashed FTF. 266
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7. I didnt tick at the bottom Disable Final Verification.
8. In the TA exclude i didnt tick any options.
9. In the wipe option i checked them all.
10. In simlock TA i didn't check any option.
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11. Then i started the flash process.
12. A text comes saying that
"FSC found do you want to use this FSC?"
13. I clicked at NO and continued Flashing process.
14. The flash was going smothly but in the log it is writing something to my TA partition 1 and TA partition 2.
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These are the steps i followed,, in flashtool, i used flashtool blog from xperiablog to do this.. But i hav huge doubt in my mind.
As the flashed FTF wasn't mine,
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1. did i did something wrong by not checking TA Exclude option while Flashing?
2. And by saying NO to the FSC found in the FTF.?
3. Did i damaged my DRM keys and TA partition?
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NOW I CANT SEE ANY DRM KEYS AND FOTA PARTITION INFO IN THE DEVICE HIDDEN SETTING MENU, which can be seen by pressing *#*#7378743#*#*
Please help i am little fuc###d up right now.

First thing is the Secret menu code is *#*#7378423#*#* (not *#*#7378743#*#*). then select: Service Tests > Security.
Second thing is you did not done any wrong. The steps you followed is correct.
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If you did not unlock the bootloader, you will not loose the DRM Keys.

I did flash . 266 to backup my TA and DRM keys.
By IOVYTOOL I successfully did backup of my TA image. But I don't know how to backup DRM keys.. I am not getting any posts here @ XDA which tells me how to backup DRM keys.
Any help would be great from your side regarding this!!
Also when I flashed stock ftf . 266 to my device there is an option which says
"FSC Script found, Do You Want To use FSC Script?"
And I clicked at NO and continued the flashing process. In some posts about other Xperia Series some senior member were saying to Allow yes for that FSC Script and on some posts some were saying to NO for that FSC SCRIPT.
So I am litteraly confused right now about my NO to the FSC Script.
Will you please explain this FSC thing to me?
Also the FTF that I downloaded wasn't my self baked from Xperiafirm. Earlier I had Xperia L and at that time some senior devs warned me to Exclude Custom.TA and other TA stuffs if the FTF wasn't created by Self. They said when downloading ftf from Xperia firm by Self the Xperiafirm includes TA files of that connected device in that ftf file and if that FTF will be flashed on some other Device then Exclude TA option must be checked because it will damage your TA partition and DRM keys.
Will you enlighten me about this TA thing to me?

I am not expert to explain this, but, I did everything as you did and successfully flashed .266 FTF file, took backup of TA Partition. Afterwards, BL unlocked, bloatware removed, again after some time Flashed .266, restored TA backup and successfully relocked the BL.
I also clicked on NO for FSC script whicle flashing FTF Files. I never clicked on any Exclusion while flashing.
for backing up TA partition, open command prompt in PC -> change the directory to IOVYTOOL folder -> run the command for backup. TA Partition backup also stored in the same folder. Restoring is also the same, flash .266 FTF File, open CMD Prompt -> change directory to IOVYTOOL folder -> run the command for restore, thats it.

Can someone send me the backup image or bin of NVDATA,persist,proinfo,protect1,protect2, NVRAM and nvcfg?

I Flashed the stock using SP flash Tool and i don't have backup of the partition.
and now i want the file so i can edit it and paste my imei and baseband.
NVDATA, NVRAM and nvcfg
mine boots to recovery and it says unable to mount /nvdata (Permission Denied).
PLZ HELP!

chakrabortyshubham66 said:
I Flashed the stock using SP flash Tool and i don't have backup of the partition.
and now i want the file so i can edit it and paste my imei and baseband.
NVDATA, NVRAM and nvcfg
mine boots to recovery and it says unable to mount /nvdata (Permission Denied).
PLZ HELP!
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No one will provide NVRAM or protected system data.
Is there any alternative way by which you can fix this issue?
Please PM me so that I can coordinate on this thing.

If you wiped those things without making a backup, you're fked. Those files are tailored specifically unique for every device.

bruh you want having someone else's IMEI and SN !!!!

chakrabortyshubham66 said:
I Flashed the stock using SP flash Tool and i don't have backup of the partition.
and now i want the file so i can edit it and paste my imei and baseband.
NVDATA, NVRAM and nvcfg
mine boots to recovery and it says unable to mount /nvdata (Permission Denied).
PLZ HELP!
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try flashing older ROMs like MIUI 12.5 or 13 Global ones via SP flash tool. I were flashed my stolen Redmi 9 many times via SP and never faced issue. also make sure you have right DA and auth file among right rom