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I just got my first REAL smartphone, actually it’s still on FedEx truck.
From reading the stickies on this forum, here’s what I gathered so far (and I am starting from scratch – nothing on my phone yet)
1) Root my phone with the ‘OneClick’ tool.
2) Install ROM (I am thinking Cognition, since it’s recommended for beginner).
3) Install Theme (haven’t decide on one yet) – any suggestions?
So, am I missing anything?
You seem to have a good grasp on what you are doing. I do recommend buying/making a Jig to have around just in case.
You're well on your way.
Make sure and read up on bootloaders and the difference between 2.1/2.2 and 2.3 bootloaders as getting this wrong is the main thing that can lead to "big" trouble.
Also take a look at Odin, Odin One Click return to stock and make sure and know the difference between those and the Odin One Click w/3 Button Combo.
thanks guys, i think i have a good idea of what i want to do but i am still struggling to find the details to do the above.
for example, what difference if my phone batch is 1010, or 1012, or older?
do i need to get an microsd card, if so what size/brand?
what sofware do i need to download?
etc, etc. etc.
i will continue to browse through the forums, but if you know of any links please post.
also, what does the jig do? do i need to have one?
thanks
First decide what u want to do, As u stated first root the phone and then u want a custom ROM, So go ahead and try it.
Only thing i will advice start from a froyo rom then to the gingerbread as there would be less chances to brick your phone while flashing the b.loades.
Read the OP properly of the ROM which you want to flash there are many good froyo rom available here. But just be sure what u are doing.
Please for the love of all things unholy, read this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1049294
and if the phone comes with froyo you will need this after rooting before flashing a rom http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1052991
At the start DEFINITE GUIDE TO BRICKING, LOL.
Its just a joke be sure you read it all.
rkkaranrk said:
First decide what u want to do, As u stated first root the phone and then u want a custom ROM, So go ahead and try it.
Only thing i will advice start from a froyo rom then to the gingerbread as there would be less chances to brick your phone while flashing the b.loades.
Read the OP properly of the ROM which you want to flash there are many good froyo rom available here. But just be sure what u are doing.
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thanks, yes from what i've read it's better to stay away from the gingerbread roms - at least for novice like myself.
My personal favorite were Firefly 3.0 and serendipity 6.4 links below.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=900568
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=914284
Again i will say read the OP carefully before flashing.
I have a few Captivates in the family and IMHO the first thinkg to do before flashing anything is to purchase Root Explorer in the market (for around $4) then back up your EFS folder (in the main directory) and save it to a cd so you ALWAYS have a hard copy of it. These files are specific to your phone and if they get screwed up during flashing, you phone may not be able to be used as a phone anymore. The back up copy will save you.
All of the above stuff is good. I was a noob about 6 months ago but I spent hours upon hours of reading and watching videos about flashing and moding. Good luck!
rkkaranrk said:
My personal favorite were Firefly 3.0 and serendipity 6.4 links below.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=900568
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=914284
Again i will say read the OP carefully before flashing.
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thanks, but what do you mean "read the OP carefully"
jack man said:
I have a few Captivates in the family and IMHO the first thinkg to do before flashing anything is to purchase Root Explorer in the market (for around $4) then back up your EFS folder (in the main directory) and save it to a cd so you ALWAYS have a hard copy of it. These files are specific to your phone and if they get screwed up during flashing, you phone may not be able to be used as a phone anymore. The back up copy will save you.
All of the above stuff is good. I was a noob about 6 months ago but I spent hours upon hours of reading and watching videos about flashing and moding. Good luck!
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great, these are what i love to hear.
things to do, or not to do, before modding/flashing.
smokarz said:
thanks, but what do you mean "read the OP carefully"
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the OP is the original post or poster, like your first question is the op, and you are also the op of the thread. in that context he meant the original post, because that will have most of the information about the rom...but i would expand on that to read the op and the a couple of pages in, and also if its a large thread with alot of posts read atleast the LAST 5 or 6 pages also.
anymore terms you are unfamiliar with read the op of this thread carefully: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1093062
thanks for clarying.
just got my phone in the mail.
i looked at the batch number under the battery slot and it shows 1106.
does this mean i have version 2.1 or 2.2? what would be the appropriate app/tool for rooting?
thanks
The batch had nothing to do with the firmware....that just means your phone was built in june of 2011. But since it's a new phone it more than likely has 2.2 confirm this in settings>about phone> firmware version.
Use super one click to root.
BUT FIRST PLEASE READ SOME MORE.
All of the information you are looking is already on here at the very least twice probably WAY more.
it is indeed version 2.2
so i read the first page of this thread and also watched the youtube clip. it looks straight enough to root. but i got a question. should i run the universal root or the captivate root?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=803682&page=442
smokarz said:
so i read the first page of this thread and also watched the youtube clip. it looks straight enough to root. but i got a question. should i run the universal root or the captivate root?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=803682&page=442
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I would use SuperOneClick to root 2.2, however, the only version that was successful for me was version 1.6.5. The newer versions gave me errors or said FAILED when trying to root. For me, it has always worked with 1.6.5
thanks, but i only see v1.7 and v1.95. where can i get v1.65?
also, i do not need the samsung driver for rooting right? only for flashing?
smokarz said:
thanks, but i only see v1.7 and v1.95. where can i get v1.65?
also, i do not need the samsung driver for rooting right? only for flashing?
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You should have the driver installed on your computer for anything you do with the phone. Make sure after you install drivers to plug in your phone to the computer in all the different modes it has - in debugging mode, not in debug mode, in download mode, and connecting as an external drive. The computer will install all the drivers when you do this.
I will try to attach v1.6.5 of Super One CLick. I hope it's ok with the moderators here that I am posting the software. Just unzip the folder and double click the android icon in that folder.
stubled upon this article instructing users on how to get rooted and install ClockWorkMod through ROM Manager? what? are those guys kidding us.. they just want users to brick their mobiles..
so, androidauthority.com - follow this and you got a bricked mobile.
don't kill the business and do not brick users mobile phones.
your article leads users to brick their mobile, which is not kindly at all. or maybe that website is just anti-LG, could be?
Your article is BS and is lousy journalism and untrustworthy.
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You can also download ROM Manager and flash the latest ClockworkMod Recovery, as it should only be a matter of time before we start to see custom ROM’s.
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- this WILL brick users mobile, if possible.
At least they also mention to update supersu ... something I didn't know
Btw: How does CWM work? I have it on my old 2X, but I never quite understood how it works, where it installs itself and why it is model dependent...
voon said:
At least they also mention to update supersu ... something I didn't know
Btw: How does CWM work? I have it on my old 2X, but I never quite understood how it works, where it installs itself and why it is model dependent...
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CWM resides on the 'recovery' partition of the handset. A recovery is used to recover your phone in the event of a failure, or to flash an update. CWM overwrites your 'stock' recovery, and allows you to issue more commands to the phone. The largest benefit to CWM, however, is that it can flash unsigned packages, which is how you install a custom, non-OEM verified ROM
Hope this helps!
This is so true. It happened with the nitro HD as well. They instructed is to push the recovery image to the secondary boot loader causing us to get permabricked; I had to send my phone to lg repair.
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i would have no problems if they instructed on the rooting part alone, but they moved on to how easy it was to get cwm working, thats a bummer.
but ok, i admit, that koush probably would not allow ANY user to install a cwm on a model they did not support anyways. but leading some users to believe it would work.
Dexter_nlb said:
stubled upon this article instructing users on how to get rooted and install ClockWorkMod through ROM Manager? what? are those guys kidding us.. they just want users to brick their mobiles..
so, androidauthority.com - follow this and you got a bricked mobile.
don't kill the business and do not brick users mobile phones.
your article leads users to brick their mobile, which is not kindly at all. or maybe that website is just anti-LG, could be?
Your article is BS and is lousy journalism and untrustworthy.
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- this WILL brick users mobile, if possible.
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Hey Dexter. I write for Android Authority. I did not write he article, but I will look into what you have mentioned and make sure the article gets updated. We can't publish content that could potentially harm a users device due to incorrect instructions. I wish I would have found this earlier. Maybe next time you could reply in the comments on said article so we could resolve the issue. Thanks again for the heads up!
Dexter_nlb said:
stubled upon this article instructing users on how to get rooted and install ClockWorkMod through ROM Manager? what? are those guys kidding us.. they just want users to brick their mobiles..
so, androidauthority.com - follow this and you got a bricked mobile.
don't kill the business and do not brick users mobile phones.
your article leads users to brick their mobile, which is not kindly at all. or maybe that website is just anti-LG, could be?
Your article is BS and is lousy journalism and untrustworthy.
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- this WILL brick users mobile, if possible.
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Dexter, I wrote the article, and it was an honest mistake to include the CWM part. I have addressed the issue in the article. Trust me, I intend to help people, and our website is far from "anti-LG" and I am even further away from "wanting users to brick their mobiles". It was just an incorrect statement, and I meant no harm by posting. My apologies, this was my fault not the fault of Android Authority.
*edit* - also, I do not have the device on hand as I sent it to a co-worker, but could you explain to me why the flashing of CWM would brick your phone? I'm almost positive I did it, and my phone was perfectly fine.
-Clayton Ljungberg
ljungberg3 said:
*edit* - also, I do not have the device on hand as I sent it to a co-worker, but could you explain to me why the flashing of CWM would brick your phone? I'm almost positive I did it, and my phone was perfectly fine.
-Clayton Ljungberg
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Tegra3 devices got a SBK(secure boot key) + encrypted partitions and it has a checksum of boot/recovery partitions, so if changed/updated the device will go into a brick state,claiming you cannot boot (RED big warning).
so with additional hacks , experienced users can unbrick the device using firmware upgraders. but otherwise just sending it back to the shops is the only way out, for regular owners without xda experience.
currently o4x is a locked device for boot and recovery partition changes, so no writing of recovery partition unless its signed with the signature key, which no one would own unless developing for o4x internals.
note/fyi,
the CWM i did, is not an image and its only bootstrap based, using a trick to re-load init process, so it retain the original recovery partition.
Dexter_nlb said:
Tegra3 devices got a SBK(secure boot key) + encrypted partitions and it has a checksum of boot/recovery partitions, so if changed/updated the device will go into a brick state,claiming you cannot boot (RED big warning).
so with additional hacks , experienced users can unbrick the device using firmware upgraders. but otherwise just sending it back to the shops is the only way out, for regular owners without xda experience.
currently o4x is a locked device for boot and recovery partition changes, so no writing of recovery partition unless its signed with the signature key, which no one would own unless developing for o4x internals.
note/fyi,
the CWM i did, is not an image and its only bootstrap based, using a trick to re-load init process, so it retain the original recovery partition.
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Well thank you for clarifying, I must have also installed the bootstrap based CWM, as I did have CWM recovery. I downloaded and assumed that I updated cwm through rom manager. Again, to clarify - I meant no harm in posting the article. I am not anti-LG, and I don't want users to brick their phones. I can say for a fact that the root guide is solid other than the CWM reference (which was one sentence within the entire article, mind you)
ljungberg3 said:
(which was one sentence within the entire article, mind you)
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all it takes is a one-liner!
As i also mentioned previously, i found the article ok, if it was not for the mention of cwm was next step to get it rollling. but good is that you corrected it.
Dexter_nlb said:
all it takes is a one-liner!
As i also mentioned previously, i found the article ok, if it was not for the mention of cwm was next step to get it rollling. but good is that you corrected it.
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Yes, I did correct it. We want to help our readers as much as possible. I hope that you can hold our website in higher regard than you did previously, when you posted the thread.
ljungberg3 said:
Well thank you for clarifying, I must have also installed the bootstrap based CWM, as I did have CWM recovery. I downloaded and assumed that I updated cwm through rom manager. Again, to clarify - I meant no harm in posting the article. I am not anti-LG, and I don't want users to brick their phones. I can say for a fact that the root guide is solid other than the CWM reference (which was one sentence within the entire article, mind you)
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Just thinking...
Could it be that you got hold of one of the developer models, and that's why you were able to install CWM via rom manager??
When we first tried to get root, someone made a guide on here. Turned out it only worked for him because he had an unlocked developers phone running software version V08(someting more I don't remember)...
But as I said, just a thought!!!
m_primdahl said:
Just thinking...
Could it be that you got hold of one of the developer models, and that's why you were able to install CWM via rom manager??
When we first tried to get root, someone made a guide on here. Turned out it only worked for him because he had an unlocked developers phone running software version V08(someting more I don't remember)...
But as I said, just a thought!!!
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I don't have the phone anymore... but I did have a device sent directly from LG as a review device. So, it could have been a dev model.
I always use http://tutznet.com and XDA Developers website for Android Tuts, I have been reading this Android Authority site for a while, looks like one of their writer wrote this crappy article without knowing about it.
Utkarsh.bhatt12 said:
I always use http://tutznet.com and XDA Developers website for Android Tuts, I have been reading this Android Authority site for a while, looks like one of their writer wrote this crappy article without knowing about it.
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Good one. I wrote the first article on the web about how to root the Optimus 4X HD. I even made the video that is in the article, so don't tell me I don't know what I'm doing.
Okay so, since I'm sort of new, I wanted to ask a few questions:
1. Is it possible to root xperia x8 with manufacturing date 11w48? At least at 95% chance. I'm a bit scared of the bricking part...
2. If it is possible, what kind of "ROM" (if I understood correctly) should I get?
3. If I get hard bricked/soft bricked what's the chance my phone will be still usable.
That's about it. Please don't rage at me for "OMG USE SEARCH BUTTON" type of thing.
I have tried doing it but no results found. Just threads and posts of people updating their.. ROMs I gues? Correct me if I typed anything wrong there.
But yeah, help would be appreciated. Thanks!
Jetboard said:
Okay so, since I'm sort of new, I wanted to ask a few questions:
1. Is it possible to root xperia x8 with manufacturing date 11w48? At least at 95% chance. I'm a bit scared of the bricking part...
2. If it is possible, what kind of "ROM" (if I understood correctly) should I get?
3. If I get hard bricked/soft bricked what's the chance my phone will be still usable.
That's about it. Please don't rage at me for "OMG USE SEARCH BUTTON" type of thing.
I have tried doing it but no results found. Just threads and posts of people updating their.. ROMs I gues? Correct me if I typed anything wrong there.
But yeah, help would be appreciated. Thanks!
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1. You can safely root your x8 regardless of when it is manufactured, you will not brick it
2. You have 11w48 so it is very risky to unlock your bootloader, i suggest you flash ROMS that is for stock
3. If you get soft bricked you can flash the stock firmware back using flashtool or SEUS, if it is a hard brick, you need to go to the nearest Service center or use a JTAG
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Thanks a whole bunch. I thought I cannot root because of my manufacturer date. But what is a flash ROM tho?
Jetboard said:
Thanks a whole bunch. I thought I cannot root because of my manufacturer date. But what is a flash ROM tho?
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you can root your phone. but you can't unlock bl.
when you root your phone, you cam install cwm recovery. simply dl a rom for stock kernel and go to recovery and install(flash) the rom. remember to check the instructions first.
Just because i don't doesn't mean i can't.
All what I found until today was that if I cannot unlock BL I cannot install CWM recovery.
Maybe it is related to model - mine is Sony Xperia J. Y2012.
There is no fastboot available.
Am I wrong, can I have CWM, nandroid backup etc on stock ROM as only such one I may flash ?
F308 said:
All what I found until today was that if I cannot unlock BL I cannot install CWM recovery.
Maybe it is related to model - mine is Sony Xperia J. Y2012.
There is no fastboot available.
Am I wrong, can I have CWM, nandroid backup etc on stock ROM as only such one I may flash ?
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this is for x8. not sure how it works on J. but yeah we don't havt fastboot either. but we can install cwm even with a locked bl. again that's for se x8.
edit: my advice is go to your phone's subforum. you'll get your answers there.
Just because i don't doesn't mean i can't.
Thank you. I understand that lot of things is device dependent but thought there are non-breakable rules, like gravity,
and what is possible to do under certain circumstances was one of them.
Need walk through XDA forum once more, maybe there is a hope.
F308 said:
Thank you. I understand that lot of things is device dependent but thought there are non-breakable rules, like gravity,
and what is possible to do under certain circumstances was one of them.
Need walk through XDA forum once more, maybe there is a hope.
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there probably are a few unbreakable rules, but not being familiar with your device i can't guarantee that it's safe or it would work.
Just because i don't doesn't mean i can't.
Despite lot of reading I still am missing knowledge.
Question is:
What is fastboot ?
I found more than one definition of it and compiled into my own.
1.
Of course fastboot.exe is Windows binary (part of flashtool pack) which does certain type of work.
This is not what we are interested in.
2.
I concluded that:
- fastboot is one of modes into what android device can wake up. Just like linux can boot in different ways or Windows into single mode.
- this feature is encoded into boot.img, it is not separate android application.
- boot.img will work only with related kernel.img. They are like love and marriage (which is like horse and carriage - Bundy's).
- Sony sometimes disables stock boot.img to boot into this mode then without replacing boot .img it is impossible.
More comments ?
Fastboot is protocol used to update the flash filesystem in Android devices from a host over USB. It allows flashing of unsigned partition images.
Just because i don't doesn't mean i can't.
Okay, I got one more last question. Is this guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=906195&nocache=1 okay to use for rooting? I'm still trying to find the LATEST safe ones =/ I wonder if this one is okay.
Um, I tried that one it didn't work. It said some stuff are missing, then it exited randomly etc.. Can someone give me a link or a short/long guide which I can use that's latest? I do have some X8 drivers in a .zip file but no idea how to install them. Thanks in advance.
Jetboard said:
Okay, I got one more last question. Is this guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=906195&nocache=1 okay to use for rooting? I'm still trying to find the LATEST safe ones =/ I wonder if this one is good.
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I rooted mine with this
Means its safe
Sent from my X8
Having few issues with the SuperOneClick thing... It sometimes randomly exits, tells me that some stuff are missing etc. Any help? =/
First off, I wanna apologize if the has been discussed.
I see a lot of you broke your device by trying some form of method to fix the device in any fancy way.
I had a friend brick by trying the Cyanoboot method.
First off, assuming you have already got CWM installed via the tutorial that's been posted already.
Secondly, make sure you have some form of way to side load apps onto the device. Be it Dropbox, Google Drive, or maybe your using an ADB method.
Lastly, I have found this to be the easiest way.
So, let's begin. Please make sure you have a way of grabbing ROM Manager, back it up, download an .apk from a Google search or just port it from one device to another via an app.
Once you've found your method of getting the side loaded .apk let's make sure it's installed, any newer version will work(Older versions have been reported of not installing and allowing a proper clean reboot). So let's make sure it's a newer updated version, secondly test it and make sure the version you're using will reboot the device properly without issue. Working? Good.
Now let's use our nifty tool as soon as you have CWM installed, you should get a proper reboot!
This is good.
As a side note, I've had mine give issue and make me wait a few for a full reboot into CWM.
Now you're done!
Flashing ROMs.
It's just as easy as you'd think it'd be as long as you've got a properly packed ROM onto your device.
Note: If you're looking for a tut on porting the ROM, please check the Dev forum as there is a tut posted that is clean and simple using ADB.
Also, there are some that say you can using a cloud storage method.(Try it at your own risk!)
Once you've got your ROM onto Ouya you should check with an explorer to confirm that it was saved onto the device.(I have an issue of downloading things of the Internet with Ouya and them not showing up).
Now, using the method I first mentioned to get into CWM, do so.
You should see an option to search through your internal SD, this would be the next step as we can't/don't have any form of using an external SD, that is if you could connect a flash drive to the back and use it, though I can't confirm it would work.
Lastly, once you've scanned the internal SD and found your ROM, flash it. Sometimes this could take a bit, being my case it took 10m to install Ouya Plus.
If any issues occur, feel free to post and I shall try my best to answer anything!
Ouya-XD said:
First off, I wanna apologize if the has been discussed.
I see a lot of you broke your device by trying some form of method to fix the device in any fancy way.
I had a friend brick by trying the Cyanoboot method.
First off, assuming you have already got CWM installed via the tutorial that's been posted already.
Secondly, make sure you have some form of way to side load apps onto the device. Be it Dropbox, Google Drive, or maybe your using an ADB method.
Lastly, I have found this to be the easiest way.
So, let's begin. Please make sure you have a way of grabbing ROM Manager, back it up, download an .apk from a Google search or just port it from one device to another via an app.
Once you've found your method of getting the side loaded .apk let's make sure it's installed, any newer version will work(Older versions have been reported of not installing and allowing a proper clean reboot). So let's make sure it's a newer updated version, secondly test it and make sure the version you're using will reboot the device properly without issue. Working? Good.
Now let's use our nifty tool as soon as you have CWM installed, you should get a proper reboot!
This is good.
As a side note, I've had mine give issue and make me wait a few for a full reboot into CWM.
Now you're done!
Flashing ROMs.
It's just as easy as you'd think it'd be as long as you've got a properly packed ROM onto your device.
Note: If you're looking for a tut on porting the ROM, please check the Dev forum as there is a tut posted that is clean and simple using ADB.
Also, there are some that say you can using a cloud storage method.(Try it at your own risk!)
Once you've got your ROM onto Ouya you should check with an explorer to confirm that it was saved onto the device.(I have an issue of downloading things of the Internet with Ouya and them not showing up).
Now, using the method I first mentioned to get into CWM, do so.
You should see an option to search through your internal SD, this would be the next step as we can't/don't have any form of using an external SD, that is if you could connect a flash drive to the back and use it, though I can't confirm it would work.
Lastly, once you've scanned the internal SD and found your ROM, flash it. Sometimes this could take a bit, being my case it took 10m to install Ouya Plus.
If any issues occur, feel free to post and I shall try my best to answer anything!
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just as an add: my Ouya did not detect a exFAT MicroSD in a USB reader. Maybe CWM only works with some formats?
glitchhawk said:
just as an add: my Ouya did not detect a exFAT MicroSD in a USB reader. Maybe CWM only works with some formats?
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I do believe there's been a certain format to use, though I'm unaware on how this works.
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glitchhawk said:
just as an add: my Ouya did not detect a exFAT MicroSD in a USB reader. Maybe CWM only works with some formats?
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Ouya-XD said:
I do believe there's been a certain format to use, though I'm unaware on how this works.
Sent from my HTC One VX using xda app-developers app
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FAT32 is more or less the "golden" standard for portable devices. glitchhaw, you are aware that exFAT is one of the most laughably locked down filesystems for portable devices out there, right? If you're being official at all, you have to pay royalties to Microsoft to be able to work with exFAT, and I doubt OUYA built support in for that.
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FAT32 is more or less the "golden" standard for portable devices. glitchhaw, you are aware that exFAT is one of the most laughably locked down filesystems for portable devices out there, right? If you're being official at all, you have to pay royalties to Microsoft to be able to work with exFAT, and I doubt OUYA built support in for that.
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i know that I don't like exFAT and that its annoying and glitchy sometimes with android.. but I don't like the fat32 4gb limit.
i wish CWM/TWRP worked with NTFS or EXT, at least they are more reliable.
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i know that I don't like exFAT and that its annoying and glitchy sometimes with android.. but I don't like the fat32 4gb limit.
i wish CWM/TWRP worked with NTFS or EXT, at least they are more reliable.
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NTFS support can be added at the kernel level, but I don't know of any recoveries that support it, sadly. And that's unfortunately the nature of the beast, and probably why many recoveries will break files up into multiple archives.
Go full *nix and use ext4 like a man... Unless you're a woman, then use it like a woman.
Sent from my SAMSUNG-SGH-I317 using xda premium
I am unable to get the unit to respond to Rom managers attempt at rebooting into recovery, I'll give the command via the app and it will just continue sitting there at the menu. CWM was successfully installed and I made a backup. I downloaded the app to my phone and then TB'd it and sent it to my device. did I miss something?
B4 I updated I needed SU to make the reeboot. Feature work.
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that was my thought, however I just reran the .bat for cwm and flashed that way.
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I am unable to get the unit to respond to Rom managers attempt at rebooting into recovery, I'll give the command via the app and it will just continue sitting there at the menu. CWM was successfully installed and I made a backup. I downloaded the app to my phone and then TB'd it and sent it to my device. did I miss something?
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I'd assume if it's not working that way then to try the ADB method instead, again, please report all issues to me.
Do you have CWM installed, on a final note?
People cry a out signatures, there's no need for one! I love my community and will stand up for it!
App: Quick Boot . reboot into fast boot, recovery, or shut down the console.
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Ouya-XD said:
First off, I wanna apologize if the has been discussed.
I see a lot of you broke your device by trying some form of method to fix the device in any fancy way.
I had a friend brick by trying the Cyanoboot method.
First off, assuming you have already got CWM installed via the tutorial that's been posted already.
Secondly, make sure you have some form of way to side load apps onto the device. Be it Dropbox, Google Drive, or maybe your using an ADB method.
Lastly, I have found this to be the easiest way.
So, let's begin. Please make sure you have a way of grabbing ROM Manager, back it up, download an .apk from a Google search or just port it from one device to another via an app.
Once you've found your method of getting the side loaded .apk let's make sure it's installed, any newer version will work(Older versions have been reported of not installing and allowing a proper clean reboot). So let's make sure it's a newer updated version, secondly test it and make sure the version you're using will reboot the device properly without issue. Working? Good.
Now let's use our nifty tool as soon as you have CWM installed, you should get a proper reboot!
This is good.
As a side note, I've had mine give issue and make me wait a few for a full reboot into CWM.
Now you're done!
Flashing ROMs.
It's just as easy as you'd think it'd be as long as you've got a properly packed ROM onto your device.
Note: If you're looking for a tut on porting the ROM, please check the Dev forum as there is a tut posted that is clean and simple using ADB.
Also, there are some that say you can using a cloud storage method.(Try it at your own risk!)
Once you've got your ROM onto Ouya you should check with an explorer to confirm that it was saved onto the device.(I have an issue of downloading things of the Internet with Ouya and them not showing up).
Now, using the method I first mentioned to get into CWM, do so.
You should see an option to search through your internal SD, this would be the next step as we can't/don't have any form of using an external SD, that is if you could connect a flash drive to the back and use it, though I can't confirm it would work.
Lastly, once you've scanned the internal SD and found your ROM, flash it. Sometimes this could take a bit, being my case it took 10m to install Ouya Plus.
If any issues occur, feel free to post and I shall try my best to answer anything!
If this was useful to you, I can only ask of a favor!
Check out my YouTube channel!
http://WWW.YouTube.com/user/TheDarkRosarySubscribe if you will! I will be covering everything Ouya and doing news soon!
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I have to say this is probably the worst how to/tutorial I have seen on XDA.
If you're intent is to help users inexperienced with CWM, then you need to write clearly defined steps. The whole thing is vague. You don't give links to a single file or other tutorial, a how to shouldn't keep telling people to do a Google search for things. On four steps you make people search for files or another how-to.
What is the new version of Rom manager? How do you make sure it will reboot the device properly? Be specific.
You say flashing Roms is easy as long as you have a properly packed Rom. How does one go about checking that? How do you flash the Rom?
This is what a how-to is supposed to include. This is equivalent to just telling people GIYF and RTM.
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TadeoNYC said:
I have to say this is probably the worst how to/tutorial I have seen on XDA.
If you're intent is to help users inexperienced with CWM, then you need to write clearly defined steps. The whole thing is vague. You don't give links to a single file or other tutorial, a how to shouldn't keep telling people to do a Google search for things. On four steps you make people search for files or another how-to.
What is the new version of Rom manager? How do you make sure it will reboot the device properly? Be specific.
You say flashing Roms is easy as long as you have a properly packed Rom. How does one go about checking that? How do you flash the Rom?
This is what a how-to is supposed to include. This is equivalent to just telling people GIYF and RTM.
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There's no need to bash peoples thread first of all.
And secondly, you'll be reported for this.
As of how to to do this, I can't always "be specific" like you want when I post a good amount of this from my phone, so do be prepared for a tut that's not fully helpful.
Lastly, I HIGHLY doubt that you've read every tut on here, and trust me, I've seen so much worse that go down to the nick of; "If you wipe and install first, this version will fully brick the device, this version will half brick it".
So explain to me, since I've made ROM packages, I've had more tuts than just this, what do you wanna see more in a tutorial from me? Tell me and I'll try my best to help.
Don't go barging in with the intent of anger in mind and begin bashing me to the fullest.
Most people PM me and I give them what they need if they can't find it, as for you? Nuh uh, after this, NO is my final answer.
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App: Quick Boot . reboot into fast boot, recovery, or shut down the console.
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Thanks man, I'll make sure to add it to the OP.
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Ouya-XD said:
There's no need to bash peoples thread first of all.
And secondly, you'll be reported for this.
As of how to to do this, I can't always "be specific" like you want when I post a good amount of this from my phone, so do be prepared for a tut that's not fully helpful.
Lastly, I HIGHLY doubt that you've read every tut on here, and trust me, I've seen so much worse that go down to the nick of; "If you wipe and install first, this version will fully brick the device, this version will half brick it".
So explain to me, since I've made ROM packages, I've had more tuts than just this, what do you wanna see more in a tutorial from me? Tell me and I'll try my best to help.
Don't go barging in with the intent of anger in mind and begin bashing me to the fullest.
Most people PM me and I give them what they need if they can't find it, as for you? Nuh uh, after this, NO is my final answer.
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You reported me for what? That your feelings are hurt?
Ostensibly you created this tutorial to prevent people from bricking their OUYAs. That is why I was expecting a detailed walkthrough and was very disappointed. You created a tutorial on your phone that is lacking vital info that I have already detailed. I did not bash you to the fullest. You admit that your tut is not fully helpful, and I've seen other comments on another tut of yours that were a great deal harsher than mine about your motivation to post a poorly written tut.
I apologize for the severity of my opening line. I was and am annoyed that the "how-to" does not provide any info vital to users so that they don't brick their OUYA. Every time they are sent elsewhere for a file or info there is a risk of getting bad info or a malicious or corrupt apk. I outlined a lot of the information I think should be included. If I had all the answers I'd have included those as well, but I am here because I thought I could learn something. Maybe I still will.
Edit: I see now what type of person you are and how helpful you can be. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=43031832 so the next time you see me ask for help go ahead and flame me. Don't worry I have a thick skin, so I won't feel the need to cry to the mods you hypocrite.
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TadeoNYC said:
You reported me for what? That your feelings are hurt?
Ostensibly you created this tutorial to prevent people from bricking their OUYAs. That is why I was expecting a detailed walkthrough and was very disappointed. You created a tutorial on your phone that is lacking vital info that I have already detailed. I did not bash you to the fullest. You admit that your tut is not fully helpful, and I've seen other comments on another tut of yours that were a great deal harsher than mine about your motivation to post a poorly written tut.
I apologize for the severity of my opening line. I was and am annoyed that the "how-to" does not provide any info vital to users so that they don't brick their OUYA. Every time they are sent elsewhere for a file or info there is a risk of getting bad info or a malicious or corrupt apk. I outlined a lot of the information I think should be included. If I had all the answers I'd have included those as well, but I am here because I thought I could learn something. Maybe I still will.
Edit: I see now what type of person you are and how helpful you can be. http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=43031832 so the next time you see me ask for help go ahead and flame me. Don't worry I have a thick skin, so I won't feel the need to cry to the mods you hypocrite.
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Don't worry, this morning I was frustrated.
I'm sorry, tell me what you think I'm missing and I'll add the quote to the OP.
I plan on doing a video tut though.
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this is the worst tutorial I've ever read on xda. mods please take down this how to brick your ouya tutorial before people start downloading wrong files and bricking there ouya.
Okay where is your full proof method of rooting and installing cwm on the ouya?
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Going by the threads opened/posts by this fellow, maybe a sticky to let people know who to avoid is needed.
OP, maybe your're over-enthusiastic over your new Ouya, but XDA prides itself on people who actually KNOW what they're doing to help, not rambling nonsense.
Hey guys ive been perusing the web for days, i cant seem to find the method that should be used to get a new rom on my phone i have the SM-N950U1.
i am also a linux user and not sure exactly how i should go about flashing when i dont have a windows machine. does any one have a clear start to finish idea how to correctly do this and what i will need to complete the root, flash. im sorry if it covered some where i hae looked but evidently not found a method. any assistance would be very grateful i really dont like proprietry bloatware and i know this is an older phone. thank you all for any assistance!
1. Unlock bootloader.
This will factory reset your phone.
I forgot the exact process of this, was a long time ago when I did this.
2. Flash a Custom Recovery with "ODIN"
"TWRP" is the most common Custom Recovery.
I think ODIN is Windows-only Software, but you could use a VM.
3. Boot into Custom Recovery & flash the Custom_ROM.zip file.
You can try out Custom ROMs from XDA from the ROMs-Section.
I may have forgotten something, so take this with caution
ssokar said:
Hey guys ive been perusing the web for days, i cant seem to find the method that should be used to get a new rom on my phone i have the SM-N950U1.
i am also a linux user and not sure exactly how i should go about flashing when i dont have a windows machine. does any one have a clear start to finish idea how to correctly do this and what i will need to complete the root, flash. im sorry if it covered some where i hae looked but evidently not found a method. any assistance would be very grateful i really dont like proprietry bloatware and i know this is an older phone. thank you all for any assistance!
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First of all the SM-N950U1 (snapdragons soc models) has a permanent LOCKED bootloader so no TWRP recovery.
The post from dreamytom is for SM-N950F/F-DS/N exynos models.
You can only root the SM-N950U1 models, with nougat firmware with root only, depending on the bootloader you are on and if you can find the files needed for it. The thread for that "Extreme Syndicate root thread " has been disconnected and the files taken down, so might want to ask in that thread for someone to share the files for you.
Best of luck!
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Here is the thread.
2023 SM-N950U/U1/W Rev8 One Click Root/Safestrap Inject Method
Root Method For N8 U/U1/W Series Phones Rev8 Bootloader New 1 Click Method Brought To Everyone By oakieville He provide this free of charge so If you like maybe give him a little donation Paypal email is [email protected] Before Starting...
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Thank you guys, ill check that link out now and see what i come up with
by the sounds of it there maybe a new phone in my near future