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Flashing a ROM

Nevermind, I figured out what I need to do. If this post could be deleted..

Shaihalud9 said:
I know this is a dumb question, and Ive searched this forum, but wasnt able to find anything, nor in the wikis either.
Ive rooted my hero, and now Id like to start flashing ROMS, but have no clue how to go about doing this.
Where do I start? What do I need?
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The info is around. Just choose which rom you want download it put on the root of sdcard,power of phone, hold home key and hit the power button. That should bring up the recovery menu, you will probably have to wipe then choose flash zip from sdcard.Once that is done reboot phone.enjoy...

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Look at the third.
http://lmgtfy.com/?q=How+to+install+a+custom+rom+on+sprint+htc+hero
Also...Do you have a custom recovery http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=4898505&postcount=1

Yes I flashed the 1.6.2 recovery file and have a nandroid backup.
I booted into the recovery screen, had no option to wipe, just install zip from SDcard, so I did that, it installed, THEN I had an option to wipe, as well as flash zip from SDcard, and first option under wipe was data/factory reset.
And thanks for the LMGTFY, but my specific recovery screen had a different option than what I found on google so I thought Id ask before I bricked my phone.
rebooted, it went into this endless reboot cycle, so I rebooted back into recovery, wiped, reflashed the ROM and rebooted and everything appears to be working now.

[Q] Installing CyanogenMod on Nexus S 4G?

I am a total noob and am having trouble installing CyanogenMod onto my Nexus S 4G. I barely rooted the darn thing, and I am using a guide that involves ROM Manager. It says I have to mount the SD card using ROM Manager, but I can't figure out how to. If there is a better way to install CyanogenMod, please tell me, because all the guides I have been finding are way too technical for me to understand, and I have been trying. Any help is appreciated.

Can you tell us which guide you are using and which step you are on? I think you must mean ClockworkMod not ROM Manager.
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If you already have clock work then all you have to do is drag and drop cyanogen into the root of your sd card. Then flash through clock work.

ht tp://ww w.redmondpie.com/install-cyanogenmod-7.1-gingerbread-rom-on-nexus-s-4g-how-to-tutorial/
That's the guide I was using, I got stuck on step 4.
Is the rom the .zip file I downloaded from the cyanogen site, or is it inside the folder?

The rom is the zip file. Boot into recovery and select choose zip from sd and navigate to it and install it.make sure to do a back up and wipe cache,dalvic and do a factory rest before flashing the rom
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Paleryder said:
make sure to do a back up and wipe cache,dalvic and do a factory rest before flashing the rom
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Can you explain this part more? Is this the part of the guide that says "make a nandroid backup"?

1. Mount USB and drag and drop cm7 zip & Google apps into root of SD card.
2. Turn off nexus.
3. Boot into fastboot by holding volume up and then power button.
4. In fastboot go to recovery (power button is used as enter button, volume buttons represent up and down)
5. In recovery go to backup and restore and back up your current rom.
6. Go back and then wipe data factory reset and also wipe cache.
7. Go to advanced -> Wipe delvik cache.
8. Go back and then go to install zip from SD, find cm7 flash it, then flash Google apps. You can flash kernel right now if you want.
Hope this clears anything up
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I got to your step 5, but when I choose Recovery, after showing the Google logo it briefly shows a box and an arrow coming out of the box and an Android logo, then the box changes to a triangle with an exclamation mark. It stayed like that so I just rebooted the phone.

seb0910 said:
I got to your step 5, but when I choose Recovery, after showing the Google logo it briefly shows a box and an arrow coming out of the box and an Android logo, then the box changes to a triangle with an exclamation mark. It stayed like that so I just rebooted the phone.
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That means you don't have Clockwork recovery installed. You need to download the latest Clockwork recovery image and place it in the tools folder of your Android SDK Folder(wherever you placed it). Then press shift and right click on the tools folder and select "open command prompt here". Then boot your phone into bootloader by pressing volume up and power button at the same time. Connect your phone to your computer via usb cable and in the command prompt you opened type: fastboot flash recovery name of recovery image here.img and press enter and you will see in the command prompt window it will say sending image. When it is done scroll down to recovery on your phone using the volume buttons and press power to enter. Your phone will reboot into Clockwork recovery and from there you can continue on the previous posts steps. Hope this helps. You can download the latest Clockwork by going to this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1078213 and clicking on the brown "CWM Recovery" under 'How to: Root the Nexus S 4G'.

well I'm pretty sure I do have clockwork because there's a folder on my phone that is called clockworkmod, and I did root the phone successfully at the very least, but I'll try putting a new one there.

seb0910 said:
well I'm pretty sure I do have clockwork because there's a folder on my phone that is called clockworkmod, and I did root the phone successfully at the very least, but I'll try putting a new one there.
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Alright here is a little run down on whats going on with your ns4g, you probably already flash clockworkmod on your nexus, but what samsung did was that it will try to revert back to the stock recovery. So what you have to do is flash Clockworkmod again to make it stick. Honestly it is good that it doesn't stick because then it would be easier to unroot the phone.
So now you have 2 different options on how to flash clockworkmod. 1) you can do it through fastboot but you have to have adb set up. I'm not sure what method you used to root your phone so i am just assuming.
2) you can download rom manager and flash clockwork through there. (Honestly i haven't done it through this method so i cant tell you of the pros or cons that are attributed with this).
NOTE: If you dont have super user yet it would be a prime time to flash it once you got CWM going.
For me, I only needed to flash clock work twice through fastboot in order to make it stick.
Good luck.

The guide I originally was using for this had me using rom manager, but it kept telling me I had to mount the SD card even though it was shown up in my computer.
If I were to flash clockwork again with adb setup, how would I do that? Sorry to be so asky, I just want this process to end correctly.

You have to set up adb if you don't have it already, go to ns4g development and go to vandam's thread that has all the list of rom's and rooting guides. Check out wolverines rooting guide, he goes indepth on how to set up adb. It make take awhile to set up but learning how to work in fastboot is essential in rooting the nexus.
Good luck
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Well it was confusing and I almost asked for help again, but I finally got it flashed again and now cyanogen is working. I really appreciate the help and for pointing neon the right direction. As a final note, is there anything else I should know, like updating or something, just general knowledge (basically, "now what?")?

seb0910 said:
Well it was confusing and I almost asked for help again, but I finally got it flashed again and now cyanogen is working. I really appreciate the help and for pointing neon the right direction. As a final note, is there anything else I should know, like updating or something, just general knowledge (basically, "now what?")?
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Did you get all the Google Apps installed too? That's the only "unusual" aspect of CyanogenMod.

Yep I got the Google apps.

Congrats dude its good you got it all working, BTW when ever you switch roms like from CM7 to miui you always have to wipe data, cache, and delvik cache. Delvik cache is in the advanced tab of CWM. If your just up updating from different versions of the same rom, you just need to wipe cache and delvik cache. That's about it, the hard part is done, enjoy flashing.

chewbz said:
Congrats dude its good you got it all working, BTW when ever you switch roms like from CM7 to miui you always have to wipe data, cache, and delvik cache. Delvik cache is in the advanced tab of CWM. If your just up updating from different versions of the same rom, you just need to wipe cache and delvik cache. That's about it, the hard part is done, enjoy flashing.
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Actually if you are updating from different versions of the same rom, you don't need to wipe anything, you just flash it.

Need help with my Bravo

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.

FanDroid09 said:
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.

BravoMotorola said:
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.

[Q] How to reflash kernel r14?!?!

Hello,
I got an HTC HD2
MAGLDR v27 BOYPPC rom v27, everything works great except for the wifi.
I have been told that i have to reflash kernel r14 from tyung.
I tried but i failed.
I have red the thread about the kernel but i don't get it.
Can someone please help me?

You need to be more specific first of all... I am going to assume you have MAGLDR opposed to clk. I am going to also assume you have performed all the steps prior to installing a new rom? Demanding help with no supporting information gets you nothing.
Now...
1. You need to get the kernel zip on your SD card. You do this by going to tytungs kernel thread, click on download the kernel you want, save it to your computer.
2. Move the kernel zip from your computer to your SD card.
3. Reboot your phone and hold the power button to boot into recovery.
4. In the recovery menu clear cache partition
5. Go into advanced and clear dalvik cache
6. Now go and install the kernel zip just as you did the rom itself.
7. Reboot phone
8. You are done
9. Hit My Thank You Button

akapaul26 said:
You need to be more specific first of all... I am going to assume you have MAGLDR opposed to clk. I am going to also assume you have performed all the steps prior to installing a new rom? Demanding help with no supporting information gets you nothing.
Now...
1. You need to get the kernel zip on your SD card. You do this by going to tytungs kernel thread, click on download the kernel you want, save it to your computer.
2. Move the kernel zip from your computer to your SD card.
3. Reboot your phone and hold the power button to boot into recovery.
4. In the recovery menu clear cache partition
5. Go into advanced and clear dalvik cache
6. Now go and install the kernel zip just as you did the rom itself.
7. Reboot phone
8. You are done
9. Hit My Thank You Button
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Thank you for the fast respond.
I said i used the MAGLDR version.
Anyhow, i did the things you said.
I always clear my phone also with task 29 and such.
I reboot the phone, but the startup animation keeps on going. It does not freeze.
I would like to thank you but there is no thanks button????

Nevermind, i found the thanks button!
But the phone is still in startup mode.

it's probably because you need to delete the initrd.gz file located in the .zip archive in order to flash it over a rom different than Tytung's NexusHD2. (see here)

Ah, i will try it now!

IT WORKED
Thank you!
I had red the whole thread but i didnt get it.
Thanks allot!
Now you got 2thanks! ;D
You made my day

glad to have been of help

Hijmans said:
Thank you!
I had red the whole thread but i didnt get it.
Thanks allot!
Now you got 2thanks! ;D
You made my day
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Glad you got it working! I forgot tytung uses his on initrd.

akapaul26 said:
I am going to also assume you have performed all the steps prior to installing a new rom?
Now...
1. You need to get the kernel zip on your SD card. You do this by going to tytungs kernel thread, click on download the kernel you want, save it to your computer.
2. Move the kernel zip from your computer to your SD card.
3. Reboot your phone and hold the power button to boot into recovery.
4. In the recovery menu clear cache partition
5. Go into advanced and clear dalvik cache
6. Now go and install the kernel zip just as you did the rom itself.
7. Reboot phone
8. You are done
9. Hit My Thank You Button
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hey all, 2 questions if I may ask
1. if u run allready the [06 Nov 2011][MAG/cLK] NexusHD2-Gingerbread V3.2a (GWK74)(Android 2.3.7)[tytung_r13] u need to do steps 4-5, or u can go flash kernel immediately from zip file in sd card? all things are working fine atm and dont want to mess them up
2. there r 2 kernels regarding my rom if I am not seriously mistaken
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1258110
a. kernel_tytung_r14_update.zip.
b. kernel_tytung_r14_callrec_update.zip.
which one I have to use? (i think the first)
ty for your replies

[Q] L7 Cyanogenmod10 BOOTLOOP

okay so i have rooted my p700, installed CWM, and flashed cm10... after that i rebooted my phone (i needed to in order to get link2sd to recognize my external sd), after that the CM went into a bootloop!! which got me very angry (considering it came at a very bad time)... so i reflashed it a number of times even tried older builds...still all i get is a hot processor and a bootloop....i have gone through so many forums, scavenged the whole internet for methods on fixing it but still no luck...anybody have anyway of fixing this? and one more thing after i formated my sd (trying to make partitions for link2sd i lost my backup )

try download latest CM10 and reflash it . Make sure follow the steps correctly
How to Install::
Download the ROM
Put it on your phone root
Reboot In Recovery(MAKE A BACKUP BEFORE DOING ANYTHING!)
Wipe Data/Cache,Wipe Cache,Wipe Dalvik Cache(Which you can find in Advanced)
Select Install ZIP from SDCard
Select the ROM and let it install,then also Install GAPPS.

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slingswish said:
try download latest CM10 and reflash it . Make sure follow the steps correctly
How to Install::
Download the ROM
Put it on your phone root
Reboot In Recovery(MAKE A BACKUP BEFORE DOING ANYTHING!)
Wipe Data/Cache,Wipe Cache,Wipe Dalvik Cache(Which you can find in Advanced)
Select Install ZIP from SDCard
Select the ROM and let it install,then also Install GAPPS.
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I did that and i got a blck screen with both the menu and back button lighten up,rebooted 2 and now i got the CM animation screen, not sure but i think its in a bootloop again been there for 3mins

Wierd
I just noticed that if i pull my sd-card out during the booting process the bootloop ends! wierd huh, anyway around it?