Im not getting any of the DX flashing and everything.
Currently I'm Rooted on the Official OTA 2.2 Froyo.
I removed some bloatware & im stilling Running that official Froyo.
I want to beable to flash a ROM like FlyX or something out there.
But my question is if I'm rooted but I'm the OTA version do i just use the Bootstrap App & ROM Manager to get to another ROM. Or Am i Missing something?
I looked at guides & tutorials but there all broken or jus dont collaberate to make sense To My Situation... Any Help Pleasee?
Find the rom you want to try and there should be instructions in that thread. You usually have to get to clockworkmod recovery by bootstrap recovery then reboot recovery, do some wipes,mount, and install zip from sdcard. Just make sure you follow the instructions or you can brick your Dx
Ok- I was also VERY confused by some of the Android terminology and specifically the DX terminology.
Like SysA said- each custom rom may not have the exact instructions for loading. Some files are built in such a way as to eliminate the need to "mount system" or "clear cache". That is why every thread I have seen has their own separate instructions.
Download the file from the link that is provided in the thread (I am hearing a lot of good things about the ApeX rom and AOSP rom). From your phone or computer (but obviously the file has to be on the sdcard (I always put it on the root of the sdcard)
I know for me the whole "Clockwork Mod" and "bootstrapper" thing was very confusing. So I will try and explain it (forgive me if you all ready got it figured out). There is an app in the market called "Droid X Bootstrapper". You need that. You don't have to have "Rom Manager". I have used it to download some things but I never use it for installation. I do all my installation from "Droid X Bootstrapper". So- get "Droid X Bootstrapper", get the rom you want to install. Open Droid X Bootstrapper, hit "Bootstrap Recovery" (you should get a 'Success' notification). Hit "Reboot Recovery". Your phone will reboot into recovery mode (duh). Don't start installing anything.
Before you do your installation make sure to make a backup of what you currently have in case something goes haywire. The volume rocker key is for up/down. The camera button is for enter. the back button is for back. I believe the back up is something simple like... Backup/Restore (enter). Backup (enter). I would go ahead and reboot before I continued with the installation- I am just crazy like that.
Then just start the process over, except you are already backed up so just follow the instructions from the Rom Developer.
It process will go something like this...
1. Open Droid X Bootstrapper.
2. Hit Bootstrap recovery (get success notice).
3. Hit Reboot Recovery.
4 The phone reboots into recovery.
5.Navigate to mounts and storage.
6. FORMAT system.
7.Format/wipe data.
8. Format/wipe cache.
9. mount /system <<<-- THIS IS A CRUCIAL STEP, (in roms that include this instruction) please don't miss it or you will have to SBF.
a. hint- the screen will say "Mount Sytem" already. You want to move the cursor down to that option and hit enter (the camera key) and it will now read, "Unmount System"
10. Return to previous menu (with the back button)
11. Install .zip from sd card
12. Choose ApeX
13. Install!
This is just an example. Not all installations are exactly like this. Some do not require the scary "Mount System" instructions. Hope that helps a little.
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Here's the background: I have a droid x, rooted with the latest z4root. Previously deleted some of the bloat (and yes, completely deleted with no backup).
As most of you know, I cannot use the official ota update from verizon (continually fails to install whether I keep root on or off). Currently have system version 2.3.15 mb810 verizon.en.us and (if it means anything), android version 2.2.
To further complicate this, I have no access to any kind of windows machine, pure Mac only.
Here's the $ 64,000 question; can I simply revert to a factory wipe (to reload all the crap I deleted), update via the official update and then reroot via z4root? Do I need to make a backup of some sort and if so, using what? Or, am I going to lose all data to date?
Any help will be greatly appreciated by this very non-technical, wanna-be rooter.
Please, no flames regarding the winbloze ...
Again, thanks in advance if you have the patience to try and help me. I'm terrified of bricking my phone.
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PMs are fine, too
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Factory reset will only delete user data, it doesn't reinstall stock apps.
You will lose your apps and data with this method, but it's the cleanest way to do it. If you choose not to wipe data you may end up with an unstable phone. To be honest since you're coming from a stock image rather than one of the "roms" around here you might be able to get away with it. Just skip step 6. I'm still going to go with the clean route though.
Make sure your phone is fully charged!
1) Get Titanium Backup and back up all your app data.
2) Get Droid X Bootstrapper and install it.
3) Get Rom Manager, goto Download Roms and get the stock 2.2 image. Remember where it downloads to!
4) Go into Droid X Bootstrapper and reboot into (clockworkmod) recovery. In recovery you use the volume up/down keys to go up/down, the camera key to select and the back button to go back.
5) In recovery go into backup and restore, and make a backup. When it's done hit the back button to get to the main menu.
6) Choose to wipe data and then also wipe cache.
7) Go into mounts and storage, mount system and data (you'll know they are mounted because the option will now say "unmount system")
8) Choose install zip from SD card, and pick the image that Rom Manager downloaded.
9) Reboot system
If you get stuck in a boot loop, pull the battery out. Put the battery back in, and then hold down the home and power buttons until a triangle with an exclamation point pops up. Press the search button to get into the stock recovery. Wipe data/cache.
Try the sbf file for your version. Way more simple than the post above and you will be able to upgrade with the new OTA.
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Why bother getting back to a stock .15 build in order to update when you can just go straight to the 2.3.340 and get the same result quicker without having to unroot and then reroot?
My Droid World has all of the necessary pieces in zip files to upgrade the bootloader, kernel, radio, and system. Just flash them in the order that they appear on the post restart between each update.
MDW Update Post
He has a Mac.
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He has a Mac.
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They aren't sbf files so it doesn't matter, it can be done entirely from the phone. It's just a series of zip file that need to placed on the sd card and installed via clockwork recovery.
Whoops! That's what I get for only reading the first half of your post
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Why bother getting back to a stock .15 build in order to update when you can just go straight to the 2.3.340 and get the same result quicker without having to unroot and then reroot?
My Droid World has all of the necessary pieces in zip files to upgrade the bootloader, kernel, radio, and system. Just flash them in the order that they appear on the post restart between each update.
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I've downloaded all the files and moved them to my SD card. When I reboot into recovery and select update.zip I get an error saying it can't find the file. I don't see update.zip anywhere on my SD card. Do I need to have this on my card before installing the .zip files?
Are you using the droid x bootstrapper and rebooting into recovery , also mounting system?
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use the "choose zip file" option instead of the "update zip file" option.
seems the same but is different .
So i bricked my phone trying to deodex with 928 method as shown in the below steps.
B. DEODEXING:
1. Now that your phone is rooted, you can now download and install clockworkmod’s “Droid X Recovery Bootstrap” app in the app market. Do not use this program after installing just yet! There are a few more steps!
2. Download but DO NOT UNZIP 928’s BlackGlass Theme here: 928Droid Themes for the Droid X This program will automatically Deodex your Droid X and install the custom BlackGlass Theme. There is another option to manually deodex your phone but that’s a far more complicated option compared to this alternative.
3. Place your DROID X into “USB Mass Storage” mode (originally it was PC MODE but now we need to switch to USB Mass storage in order to access the SD Card storage).
4. Drag and drop the zipped 928 BlackGlass onto your sdcard. You can make a separate folder for this on your SD Card labeled “custom themes/roms” and place the file there. You will later access this file through Bootstrap Recovery in order to install the custom ROM/Theme (or any other ROM or theme hereinafter).
5. Open the Bootstrap app in your app drawer and press “Bootstrap Recovery”. Click “Allow” if the Superuser Permissions window pops up. Make sure to do this step before rebooting. Some users have been having issues with the phone not rebooting into recovery and it's usually because they skipped this step
6. Press “Reboot Recovery” and your phone will reboot into recovery mode.
7. Allow the recovery mod to boot (it will take less than a minute after the Motorola logo pops up). You should see a series of options in green font.
8. Use volume up/volume down buttons on the phone to control scrolling and use the red camera button to select a particular option. Use the phone’s back function (second button from right on front of phone) to move back to previous screen options. Scroll down to “Backup and restore” and backup your current stock froyo. This process takes a very long time so be patient with it. I recommend that you Backup the first time you try modifying your phone in any way because if you brick, you're going to lose everything! I’m personally skipping this step because I’ve done it before and the backup process takes a very long time.
9. Select “install zip from sdcard”
10. Select “choose zip from sdcard” and find “928DroidBlackGlassX-DroidX-OTA2315-DeOdexEERR-THEME.ZIP”
11. Confirm the install by scrolling down to “Yes-Install 928DroidBlackGlassX-DroidX-OTA2315-DeOdexEERR-THEME.ZIP”
12. If you’re watching the install process you will see various commands running such as “removing odex files” etc. etc.
13. Go back to the main screen and select “reboot system now” and wait for the phone to reboot. That’s it! Your Droid X is now fully deodexed and you have 928’s BlackGlass Theme installed!
14. You can go download “ROM Manager” from the app market and go download more custom ROMs or themes but make sure to only dl and install DEODEXED ROMs!!! If you install a ROM that is not compatible with a deodexed phone your Droid X will brick!
15. If you want to download and install different ROMs and Themes you can do this by following steps 2 through 11.
I was running 2.2.1 root. RSDLite keeps erroring out while trying to SBF
What error are you getting with rsd lite?
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I was getting a error about downloading ram from the bootloader or something of the sort. I Finally got it to go through, then i tried the manual deodex method and it errored out on the SyncML.odex file. THen i realized there wasnt root anymore, or bootstrapper. I guess the SBF wipes that stuff out? So i re rooted, got recovery reinstalled. And im restoring my backup i did. I figure after the backup is up and running ill try the manual deodex again.
Now that I have my Bravo back from the factory for repairs, I have two things I'd really like to accomplish with it, but am not feeling nearly confident or knowledgeable enough to go ahead, so any help you all may lend would be most appreciated.
1. My phone is rooted and running Eclair; I have not attempted updating to Froyo because, as I understand it, doing so is not possible on a rooted phone. Is that correct? To compound things, I have been unable to unroot this phone using SuperOneClick (which is how I rooted it originally), so on that front I'm stuck. I did do a stock restore, but all that did was remove the non-stock apps, leaving Superuser still installed.
2. I have bought BandroidX's Bravo Recovery from the market, but again, don't really have a clue how I would best use it to eventually flash his custom ROM. So, if anyone here would be willing to help me out through my maze, I'd be most grateful.
Well, not that anyone was going to actually reply, but never mind. My searching shows that several Bravos have been bricked when either using Bravo Recovery, or the custom ROM. I'll just keep it as is and my next Android phone will get modded.
Let me help you, but please simplify your request its too much to read.
My native language is not english and I get tired and also I lose the idea of what you are trying to say.
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EDIT: I read it all , well you just need to download the SBF file which is stock froyo and flash it with RSD Lite.
Of course you will lose all your data and everything you have installed on your phone. Then you can begin from 0 and do whatever you want.
Can you make me a favor please? download Sideloader Enabler for Bravo from the market and rip it (I mean copy it to your phone or PC) and upload it please, I cant do it because I live outside US.
Thanks.
Okay i can give you fairly simple to follow instructions if you want to flash a ROM to your phone. I highly recommended that you try Bandroidx's bravo RC2 rom, it is a smaller file and you'll see a major speed improvement over eclair.
1. make 100% sure you are actually rooted. (download a root only app and see if it successfully gains root access when you open it).
2. download the zipped file of whatever rom you want to use
3. plug in your phone and copy your zipped file to your phones sdcard
4. open bandroidx's recovery app, press the bootstrap recovery option, let it do its thing. once its successful go ahead and hit the reboot recovery option.
5. after it boots you'll now be in a small text menu with some different options, scroll down to the advanced option (using volume keys) and select it with the power key, then scroll to wipe dalvik cache. let it finish, head back to the main menu.
6. now select wipe cache partition, let it finish
7. now select wipe data/factory reset, let it finish
8. now select install zip from sdcard, you'll be presented with your sdcard contents, locate the zipped file that you copied earlier and select it. Let it do its thing.
9. once its completely finished you can select reboot system now
your phone will reboot normally now... GIVE IT TIME, this first boot can take up to like 10 min. You'll be fine if you follow these instructions.
*if you mess something up and your phone doesn't boot up or bootloops, dont panic. post it up and i can give you instructions on flashing back to stock with RSD lite.
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Okay i can give you fairly simple to follow instructions if you want to flash a ROM to your phone. I highly recommended that you try Bandroidx's bravo RC2 rom, it is a smaller file and you'll see a major speed improvement over eclair.
1. make 100% sure you are actually rooted. (download a root only app and see if it successfully gains root access when you open it).
2. download the zipped sbf file of whatever rom you want to use
3. plug in your phone and copy your zipped file to your phones sdcard
4. open bandroidx's recovery app, press the bootstrap recovery option, let it do its thing. once its successful go ahead and hit the reboot recovery option.
5. after it boots you'll now be in a small text menu with some different options, scroll down to the advanced option (using volume keys) and select it with the power key, then scroll to wipe dalvik cache. let it finish, head back to the main menu.
6. now select wipe cache partition, let it finish
7. now select wipe data/factory reset, let it finish
8. now select install zip from sdcard, you'll be presented with your sdcard contents, locate the sbf file that you copied earlier and select it. Let it do its thing.
9. once its completely finished you can select reboot system now
your phone will reboot normally now... GIVE IT TIME, this first boot can take up to like 10 min. You'll be fine if you follow these instructions.
*if you mess something up and your phone doesn't boot up or bootloops, dont panic. post it up and i can give you instructions on flashing back to stock with RSD lite.
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Uh, yeah I don't think you flash "sbf" files with cwm...lol.
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Uh, yeah I don't think you flash "sbf" files with cwm...lol.
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ya really sorry man... it was a long post and i made an error, i should have said "zipped file" like i did in the line directly below it... but thank you soooooooooooo much for pointing it out because it really compromised the integrity of the instructions...lol.
Soooo........?
Did you do anything? I haven't seen or heard of one of our Bravo's still on Eclair. Wow. The times. Above anything I would say if you can just do a OTA Update. To my knowledge it doesn't matter if your rooted or not if you have a stock rom. You might lose the root though. S1C it back to rooted and you'll be fine.
Hi, I have this ROM http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQvrEH74dgI, my question is how to install the google apps (2nd link). Thanks.
Boot into recovery (power on holding the Power and Volume Down button) and in the recovery screen, select "install zip from sd".
Select internal or external storage/sd and browse to the file, select it with the power button. It'll do its thing and after, I would clean the dalvik cache and reboot.
I assume you've got a custom recovery already installed, since you've got the custom rom already installed.
I did this
Before proceeding, please keep in mind that your handset will be wiped clean of all data so make a backup of your data. Also, the steps below require your handset to be rooted with a custom recovery installed. If your handset is not rooted, I’d recommend you not to flash this ROM since its not meant for amateurs.
Step 1: Download CM9 Alpha 4 for Epic 4G from here or here. Also download the supplementary Google Apps package from here.
Step 2: Boot into CWM Recovery, and select the ‘Wipe data/Factory Reset’ option. Then navigate to Mounts and Storage and select the ‘format /system’ option.
Step 3: After you have formatted all the partitions on your Epic 4G, select the ‘install zip from SD card’ option, and then select the CM9 Alpha 4 zip file. Once the CM9 file has been flashed, again select the ‘install zip from SD card’ option, and this time select the Google Apps zip file package.
When the flashing process is complete, simply reboot your phone and wait for it to boot into CM9. Keep in mind that the first boot might take sometime, so please be patient.
Do NOT restore your app data backup. Doing so can lead to instabilities, and other issues. Also, please don't complain about feature X or Y not working. The ROM is in Alpha for a particular reason.
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But my phone is still stucked at its starting window for more than 20 minutes :?
My phone got stucked ! It stucks at the staring window, and doesnt want to load
define "starting window"
Like this, but instead of all the things it says, mine says just "Unlocked" in the upper left corner. I have tryed this http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wQvrEH74dgI (rom + gapps), and this guide http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1302423 + this for the apps http://knowmydroid.com/blog/install-android-4-ice-cream-sandwich-cm9-on-samsung-epic-4g.
Hi all,
I have a Nexus 7, rooted, running stock 4.1.1 rom, and just installed TWRP 2.1.1
I have been reading this thread, http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1779092 , however I cannot post on the thread due to being a new/low post count member.
I read that, and it does happen, that each time I reboot, the stock recovery reinstalls itself.
I attempted to follow this....
NOTE: The stock ROM may automatically replace TWRP with the stock recovery. To prevent the stock ROM from replacing TWRP, boot TWRP, go to the mount menu and mount system, press the home button, then press Advanced -> File Manager. Browse to /system and select the file named recovery-from-boot.p then choose to rename the file to recovery-from-boot.bak
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but it doesn't seem to work.
Firstly, when I go to the "Mount" menu, there is only 3 entries.....1 large button which says "Mount USB Storage", and 2 boxes which are selected with a cross in the box, "Unmount Data", and "Unmount Cache". If I do press Mount USB Storage I can only Unmount it to return to menu.
So regardless of that part, if I then go to the file manager, and browse to the system folder, the folder shows up empty, and the only thing showing is a Bin subfolder (also empty)
any ideas whats wrong?
Use the one-click root tool. Install TWRP via GooManager. Profit.
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Use the one-click root tool. Install TWRP via GooManager. Profit.
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hi,
yeah I did use the tool, all is rooted fine. If you install TWRP from GooManager, and then press to reset to recovery, TWRP loads fine. Once you reboot again however, the stock roms overwriting the TWRP so it no longer works each time. The steps there were supposedly to stop this from happening, from within TWRP, however the options aren't even there. Sadly, I can't post in the TWRP thread due to having less than 10 posts
How r u booting into recovery? Do u power off then use button combo? I use quickboot from market. Its free and boots u into recovery without having to manually turn off the device. I had the same exact issue u drescribe when attempting to follow op instructions. I couldn't do it so I said what the hell, let me see if I boot into recovery using quickboot it overwrites. I was happy to discover that it didn't.
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Hi.
I booted into recovery directly from the GooManager option which restarts it into it for me. After a reboot though choosing the same option gives the official recovery I presume (android robot with chest open and exclamation mark)....until I tell it to install the OpenRecoveryScript again
I'm not familiar with Quickboot - take it its just a button to press to get it into recovery the same way as the GooManager option of "Reboot Recovery"?
I'm looking at this TeamEOS nightly build at the moment, toying with the idea of whether to stick with stock rom or flash their custom rom over it.....hard call as its still early days for the roms I think, but if spend ages again installing my apps, will have to do it again afresh when do eventually change the rom
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Hi.
I booted into recovery directly from the GooManager option which restarts it into it for me. After a reboot though choosing the same option gives the official recovery I presume (android robot with chest open and exclamation mark)....until I tell it to install the OpenRecoveryScript again
I'm not familiar with Quickboot - take it its just a button to press to get it into recovery the same way as the GooManager option of "Reboot Recovery"?
I'm looking at this TeamEOS nightly build at the moment, toying with the idea of whether to stick with stock rom or flash their custom rom over it.....hard call as its still early days for the roms I think, but if spend ages again installing my apps, will have to do it again afresh when do eventually change the rom
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Yes quickboot is as u describe. I know what u mean about starting to flash. It's a bit early for me considering conditions of the roms ( early stages). I am getting tempted tho...lol. won't be long I'm sure.
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Yes quickboot is as u describe. I know what u mean about starting to flash. It's a bit early for me considering conditions of the roms ( early stages). I am getting tempted tho...lol. won't be long I'm sure.
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yup....just installed Quick Boot (Reboot),
chose Recovery, and again its rebooting back to the original recovery instead of the TWRP.
Guess I'll have to flash to a custom rom to get around it if want it sorting now....or wait till I have the minimum post count to post on the main TWRP thread
Not end of the world to reinstall apps and games I guess when the custom roms are more mature, so long as I remember to use Titanium Backup to save my games progress
you need to rename the recovery-restore.sh file in /system/etc/ (I forget the name offhand - if you look at the filenames there you'll figure it out). It restores the stock recovery at every reboot unless deleted or renamed. Then flash your 3rd party recovery.
Hi,
thats the trouble.....I use the file manager in TWRP, and I can't see that file anywhere.
The TWRP page says to go to /system......but when I go there its empty, only one subfolder, /system/bin, which also shows up empty