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Ok Fellas! just got my phone last night, rooted it installed the stock froyo JK4.
I come from htc desire so my recovery was bit different installed rom manager & got cloworkmod 2.5.1.2.
Downloaded a rom on phone, rebooted into recovery, but this recovery has purplish text instead of green & there is no install from SD. I cant think of any thing at the moment can some one please help, I wanna install some other rom, other than the stock froyo. PLEASE HELP.
You need to install clockwork revory if you go to the rom manager application there will be an option to flash clock recovery right at the top when you open the application hope this claers things up
yep i did sir, but still there is no option to install from sd, it only allows me to install as update.
from teh rom manager im selecting Galaxy S I9000 for clockwork recovery and it successfully downloads and when i press reboot into recovery its still takes me to the purple screen....i think this means that im not able to get into clockwork recovery any help.??
you have to select 'install update.zip' the first time, this will install clockworkmod and then you can proceed.
The problem is your using 3e recovery and cwm will not work with 3e.
To get 2e recovery you will have to use odin and flash a kernel that has 2e recovery, I suggest hardcores kernal as it comes with cwm already , from there you can install what ever custom rom you want using.the update.zip or installing zip from sd.
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FuryriderX said:
you have to select 'install update.zip' the first time, this will install clockworkmod and then you can proceed.
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Hey man as per your instructions i got the clockwork dome thru rom manager and rebooted into recovery. I pressed update and i ran for a bit but then gave an error about the signature of the package and installation aborted. Pls help.
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Samdroid_G_S said:
The problem is your using 3e recovery and cwm will not work with 3e.
To get 2e recovery you will have to use odin and flash a kernel that has 2e recovery, I suggest hardcores kernal as it comes with cwm already , from there you can install what ever custom rom you want using.the update.zip or installing zip from sd.
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Hey man you sound pretty helpful would you direct me in a direction for those recovery files ur talking about and some sorta guide. Much appreciated eh.
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the best way to get clockwork working on i9000m (personally i believe)
is to flash the kernel for Speedmod... you should see it in development forum... just flash that kernel with odin
and your recovery will work fine
danial.aw said:
the best way to get clockwork working on i9000m (personally i believe)
is to flash the kernel for Speedmod... you should see it in development forum... just flash that kernel with odin
and your recovery will work fine
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Hey man thanks alot, do you mind pasting a link here. If you kindly can please and thanks again.
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There are a few things i could suggest.
1. Keep your flashing to a minimum if you have the i9000m. There is a high probability that your phone's memory card is defective and you'll ruin it by accessing it more often. Froyo broke lots of bell phones, and being a rom junky means more flash activity. I am on my second phone, but some people are up to their fifth. Flash a good stable rom and dont go too crazy flashing after that
2. download ODIN, and most 3rd party kernels have 2e i think (http://touristinparadise.blogspot.com/2010/11/samsung-galaxy-s-download-speedmod.html) - pretty sure speedmod does. voodoo also does, all kernels can be found in the dev section easily
Just make sure you download the ODIN version of the kernel and not the CWM file, because since you dont have CWM already, you'll not be able to use it.
There is a problem with USB mounting your sd cards on your pc without patching, since you are running a stock 2.2, so you would need the patch unless you go to a 2.2.1 rom
3. 2.2.1 runs nicer than 2.2, but i havent flashed to a JPY because i am paranoid about my second i9000m dying before i get a backup phone . You may want to flash a jpy mod (like doc rambone's, or darky's), but if you have battery life problems flash a different modem, like the JK4 modem used in bell's latest official rom
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Hey man thanks alot, do you mind pasting a link here. If you kindly can please and thanks again.
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You can find the thread here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=822756
You can find the instructions here for ODIN http://touristinparadise.blogspot.com/2010/11/samsung-galaxy-s-how-to-install.html
Just read through that all the answers your looking for are there ;p.
pervert said:
There are a few things i could suggest.
1. Keep your flashing to a minimum if you have the i9000m. There is a high probability that your phone's memory card is defective and you'll ruin it by accessing it more often. Froyo broke lots of bell phones, and being a rom junky means more flash activity. I am on my second phone, but some people are up to their fifth. Flash a good stable rom and dont go too crazy flashing after that
2. download ODIN, and most 3rd party kernels have 2e i think (http://touristinparadise.blogspot.com/2010/11/samsung-galaxy-s-download-speedmod.html) - pretty sure speedmod does. voodoo also does, all kernels can be found in the dev section easily
Just make sure you download the ODIN version of the kernel and not the CWM file, because since you dont have CWM already, you'll not be able to use it.
There is a problem with USB mounting your sd cards on your pc without patching, since you are running a stock 2.2, so you would need the patch unless you go to a 2.2.1 rom
3. 2.2.1 runs nicer than 2.2, but i havent flashed to a JPY because i am paranoid about my second i9000m dying before i get a backup phone . You may want to flash a jpy mod (like doc rambone's, or darky's), but if you have battery life problems flash a different modem, like the JK4 modem used in bell's latest official rom
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Oh crap! really, i think imma sell this phone rite away then, cus coming fro desire im a rom junky. I guess this aint the rite phone from me.
Yeah, there are massive known problems with internal memory on these phones. I'm already on my second, and if i have more issues, i'll be buying the international i9000 from ncix.com. same phone, no internal memory problems.
Hey guys, I'm very much a newbie here so bear with me. I upgraded to the 2.21version about a month ago when some upgrade came out. Thinking it was an official upgrade I did it. I flashed the phone and it seemed to work ok. The problem is the camera doesn't work rendering my bar code not to work either. It seems ok other than that item, but would really like to get the camera up and running, and since Samsung doesn't seem to have the real 2.2 upgrade any time in the near future, I would like to fix this without flashing it again. What can I do to fix? Phone info is Model number sph-d700 baseband version s:d700.0.55.dk28 kernel version 2.6.32.9 fyoyo.dk28
Thanks in advance
Mike
mazspeed said:
Hey guys, I'm very much a newbie here so bear with me. I upgraded to the 2.21version about a month ago when some upgrade came out. Thinking it was an official upgrade I did it. I flashed the phone and it seemed to work ok. The problem is the camera doesn't work rendering my bar code not to work either. It seems ok other than that item, but would really like to get the camera up and running, and since Samsung doesn't seem to have the real 2.2 upgrade any time in the near future, I would like to fix this without flashing it again. What can I do to fix? Phone info is Model number sph-d700 baseband version s:d700.0.55.dk28 kernel version 2.6.32.9 fyoyo.dk28
Thanks in advance
Mike
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well, are you rooted? i would suggest you follow this guide to get back to stock
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=773032&highlight=brick
and also, this thread will get moved because it is placed in the wrong section, just a heads up in case you come back and cant find it! it will be moved to the general section
Wow, lot to try and decipher. I'm not sure how or what I should do. everything works but the camera. Is this a bad build or bad software download?
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Wow, lot to try and decipher. I'm not sure how or what I should do. everything works but the camera. Is this a bad build or bad software download?
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well, are you rooted? it might just be the build. there are alot of different 2.2.1 builds out there for the epic. if you are rooted, you can just flash another rom, it will fix the issue. if you arent rooted, you will have to follow that guide to get back to stock. and i know its alot to decipher, but just take it ONE STEP AT A TIME. i would search for youtube videos on how to do it too, thats what helps me the most.
Ok, sorry for the dumb question, but how do I know if I am rooted?
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Ok, sorry for the dumb question, but how do I know if I am rooted?
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download the app "superuser" from the market, then download "android terminal emulator" from the market, open the terminal emulator, type "su" hit enter, and if you are rooted, a pop up will come up and say "blabbity blah is asking for superuser permission, accept? hit accept. if it worked, you should see this in the terminal emulator now "#" without the quotes, that is how you know if you are rooted. if nothing happens in terminal emulator, you are not rooted.
If there is a newer version, I would not mind going to that, if there is. I did do this about a month ago.
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If there is a newer version, I would not mind going to that, if there is. I did do this about a month ago.
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even if there is, you would have to go back to stock and then flash it through odin man
It said "not found" in the blue screen of su. I can only post every 5 min, bear with me, and thanks again for the help. What's next? Ok, going back to stock would be fine till samsung finally goes to a new version. If I go back to stock, will I lose everything? I did download Ti backup and it doesn't work. It says "please verify if the rom is rooted". And then it doesn't work. I guess I could have checked there to see if it was rooted.
he does not have to "go back to stock" to flash a different 2.2 build through odin, im sorry but that made entirely no sense
Check this link
Here this link should give you a better understanding of how to go back to stock.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/wiki/index.php?title=Samsung_Galaxy_S/SPH-D700#Odin_Stock_Flashing
Look under the section for odin stock flashing. And btw DK28 is not officially by samsung. It is a leaked build and they do recommend against not installing it since it is not finalized. The current most official kernerl is DI18 so you should grab the tar.md5 for that rom version and flash back to stock using odin. If you still want to try unofficial froyo roms make sure you use the one click root and recovery method to make sure you are rooted after going back to stock DI18. Then you are free to flash any froyo roms you want. Hope this helps man.
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he does not have to "go back to stock" to flash a different 2.2 build through odin, im sorry but that made entirely no sense
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my understanding of odin is that in order to update builds, you have to downgrade. like 3/4's of the roms here make you unroot/downgrade, then re-root in order to install them.
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my understanding of odin is that in order to update builds, you have to downgrade. like 3/4's of the roms here make you unroot/downgrade, then re-root in order to install them.
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I have been flashing for a while and never had to downgrade to update builds. If you have already flashed to the leaked stock DK28 you can install as many DK28 based roms as you want through clockwork mod as long as you wipe data/cache. You are definitely right in regards that he should odin back to stock Eclair DI18 since he is having camera issues because that definitely might help as it has helped me many times.
Ok, is there a newer build than what I have now, and if I can run it, how do I do that? Thanks again guys for all the help. I really do appreicate it.
I don't mind trying newer builds, and since this build is well over a month old, I would think there would be newer ones, maybe?
Please post questions in General section.
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Ok, is there a newer build than what I have now, and if I can run it, how do I do that? Thanks again guys for all the help. I really do appreicate it.
I don't mind trying newer builds, and since this build is well over a month old, I would think there would be newer ones, maybe?
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Okay i think you may be a little confused. There is no newer build. There is ONE stock DK28 leaked build which is what i assume you have. Now there are custom roms BASED on that leaked build which have various customizations and whatnot. You are more than welcome to flash a custom rom of your liking but they are not "newer builds", just customized roms based from the ONE leaked DK28 build.
Your best bet is to go back to di18 and wait on the ota. Stay there a little bit and do some more reading and learn a little more before you start doing this stuff. Learn about rooting and flashing roms. If you didn't know if you were rooted or not then most likely you were not. Use Odin to go back to di18. I know ut sucks losing all your data but in doesn't take that long to set your phone back up. Good luck.
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Okay i think you may be a little confused. There is no newer build. There is ONE stock DK28 leaked build which is what i assume you have. Now there are custom roms BASED on that leaked build which have various customizations and whatnot. You are more than welcome to flash a custom rom of your liking but they are not "newer builds", just customized roms based from the ONE leaked DK28 build.
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This guy is right. What you have is most likely the stock version of the DK28 build. That version is known to have many issues. Being on that stock build of DK28 according to the info you posted, you are welcome to flash a customized DK28 ROM that has addressed these issues.
Again, you will not be required to downgrade your build in order to flash any customized ROM based on the same build (DK28)
For practical purposes, to flash (install) a custom ROM you WILL be required to be "rooted" and install a program onto your phone that gives you the ability to flash. The program that is universally used is called "ClockworkMod Recovery" and employs a simple "one-click" method to install onto your phone. This one-click method also gives you the root access on your phone that is required to flash a ROM. You can find the program and instructions on how to install it here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=770388
Customized ROMs can be found in the Epic 4G Android Development section of this forum. Note that you will ONLY be looking for ROMs based on your DK28 build. ALL of these ROMs will require you (on your stock DK28 build) to do a complete wipe of the data from your phone. Your data can and should be backed up however, and the ClockworkMod Recovery mentioned above allows you to do both the data backup and data wipe.
Instructions on how to install ROMs are often included in their post. They should look something like this:
1. Download the DK28 ROM you want (it will come in .zip format) and move the .zip file to main (base/root) folder of your phone's SD card.
2. Using ClockworkMod Recovery, BACKUP your data by selecting "Backup and Restore" and then "Backup"
3. Using ClockworkMod Recovery, WIPE your data by doing ALL of following:
a. Select "wipe data/factory reset". Do this three times (3x)!
b. Select "wipe cache partition". Do this three times (3x)!
c. Select "advanced" and then "wipe dalvik cache". Do this three times (3x)!
4. Using ClockworkMod Recovery, FLASH (install) the ROM you downloaded by selecting "Install zip from sdcard" and then selecting the ROM's .zip file in the root folder of your sd card.
5. Using ClockworkMod Recovery, select "reboot system now" and WAIT for phone to boot. This will take longer than a normal boot up.
I find these ROMs work well for me:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=878944
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=861367
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=869295
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=856715
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This guy is right. What you have is most likely the stock version of the DK28 build. That version is known to have many issues. Being on that stock build of DK28 according to the info you posted, you are welcome to flash a customized DK28 ROM that has addressed these issues.
Again, you will not be required to downgrade your build in order to flash any customized ROM based on the same build (DK28)
For practical purposes, to flash (install) a custom ROM you WILL be required to be "rooted" and install a program onto your phone that gives you the ability to flash. The program that is universally used is called "ClockworkMod Recovery" and employs a simple "one-click" method to install onto your phone. This one-click method also gives you the root access on your phone that is required to flash a ROM. You can find the program and instructions on how to install it here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=770388
Customized ROMs can be found in the Epic 4G Android Development section of this forum. Note that you will ONLY be looking for ROMs based on your DK28 build. ALL of these ROMs will require you (on your stock DK28 build) to do a complete wipe of the data from your phone. Your data can and should be backed up however, and the ClockworkMod Recovery mentioned above allows you to do both the data backup and data wipe.
Instructions on how to install ROMs are often included in their post. They should look something like this:
1. Download the DK28 ROM you want (it will come in .zip format) and move the .zip file to main (base/root) folder of your phone's SD card.
2. Using ClockworkMod Recovery, BACKUP your data by selecting "Backup and Restore" and then "Backup"
3. Using ClockworkMod Recovery, WIPE your data by doing ALL of following:
a. Select "wipe data/factory reset". Do this three times (3x)!
b. Select "wipe cache partition". Do this three times (3x)!
c. Select "advanced" and then "wipe dalvik cache". Do this three times (3x)!
4. Using ClockworkMod Recovery, FLASH (install) the ROM you downloaded by selecting "Install zip from sdcard" and then selecting the ROM's .zip file in the root folder of your sd card.
5. Using ClockworkMod Recovery, select "reboot system now" and WAIT for phone to boot. This will take longer than a normal boot up.
I find these ROMs work well for me:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=878944
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=861367
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=869295
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=856715
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does he still have to flash the DK28 modem?? i am totally new to odin, im coming from 4 HTC devices, so ODIN is like new territory to me.
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does he still have to flash the DK28 modem?? i am totally new to odin, im coming from 4 HTC devices, so ODIN is like new territory to me.
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He does not have to flash the DK28 modem because he's already on it. This is indicated by his baseband version being S:d700.0.5S.DK28
Hey everyone I just recently rooted my phone and I'm new to the while roms and flashing roms. Can someone give me a breakdown on how and what I should use to flash roms. My friend told me its risky business
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Look in the sticky on this forum "Fascinate Sticky Roll-Up Thread **Check this thread BEFORE posting**"
It has all the links and info you need to get started.
You're going to need ROM manager and cwm installed.
P.s. for future reference this kind of post belongs in "general" not "development"
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1. You need ROM Manager. It can be downloaded from the market. Free or paid both work.
2. Use ROM Manager to install the ClockWorkMod recovery. NOTE: after you install the recovery, there will be something named update.zip on the root of your sd card. Don't **** with that..
After you have CwM (as you'll see it called, and not to be confused with CM -- or CyanogenMod) you can 'flash' ROM or kernels (or anything else) via update_packages.zip. You find the package you want, put it on the root of your sd card, and then use ROM Manager to reboot into recovery.
You can put things on your sd card by simply mounting it on your pc and dragging the file over. This may also be a good time to download the android sdk, or at least adb (android debug bridge) and install it and get it working. This is strongly recommended as it can save your ass. For this to work you must also enable usb debugging under Applications (strangely) then Development in your settings menu.
Finally, I strongly recommend the voodoo lagfix. It makes your applications load faster and puts a permanent CwM recovery on your device. This means you can boot into a useful recovery just by holding both volume buttons and the power button. Alternatively, if you have adb set up you can type "adb reboot recovery"
This is the general outline of things. It is safe so long as you read everything 3 times over before you get greedy and start messing with your phone and most importantly, don't do something if you don't know what it's going to do..
All of this is documented on this site and in these forums for get digging through the stickies!!
Sweet thanks. How exactly do you put on the the voodoo lag fix and where can I get it cause I have seen a ton different voodoo kernals
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The Voodoo lag fix is installed automatically when you flash any Voodoo kernel. Just make sure you flash a Voodoo 5 kernel, not an old version 4 one, as those have issues. I would recommend one from Adrynalyne or jt1134, which can be found in the dev forum.
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dcow90 said:
1. You need ROM Manager. It can be downloaded from the market. Free or paid both work.
2. Use ROM Manager to install the ClockWorkMod recovery. NOTE: after you install the recovery, there will be something named update.zip on the root of your sd card. Don't **** with that..
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You will also need to flash CWM using Odin. Flashing through ROM manager alone won't install
I think that's why it hasn't been working then cause I haven't flashed through odin I tried that jt voodoo kernal and it kept on failing when i attempted to flash it
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I am a newbie needing some help. I rooted my vibrant months ago to have the ability for wifi tethering. It went flawlessly. I initially wanted to wait for the official update. Since it doesn't seem to be coming any time soon I decided I prefer to install a rom myself. I decided to install cyanogen because I've heard good things. I went to the instructions and was instantly bombarded with technical lingo o did not understand, starting with nandroid backup. Well I have rom manager, I did a full backup of my current rom but I couldn't find it on my sd card. I tried to download black hole from rom manager and it just took me to recovery with no options except the normal ones, at this point I felt over whelmed and gave up. I am wondering if anyone can simplify this for me and recommend the best rom? Thanks!
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Unroot and wait for the OTA. 2.2 OTA is out now. Seriously.
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I would either do like the previous post advised and get the official update that is out. From everything I am hearing it is self updated (you have to do it) through Samsung mini kies. Tmonews.com covered the issue, and what you had to do. If you dont want to do that, and want to keep it rooted and put a rom on it, PM me and I will give you further directions and my personal opinion about what rom would be good.
Good luck.
I had a similar issue at first with the recovery. Open rom manager and flash clockworkmod recovery. After that's complete reboot phone into recovery. It might load the regular recovery, if so, use your volume keys until you get to install packages and then click the power button. After that it should run the clockworkmod recovery.
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No need to unroot, you NEVER need to unroot, at least with this phone, dunno about others.
Do what xdefied said about recovery.
cynogen is if you want a stock google experience. The official 2.2 update is out, download mini kies or full and update. Go with custom roms if you want a slightly modified samsung experience. Once you get clockwork recovery working it'll be a snap, choose file in rom manager and you're done.
P.s. Wrong section
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Thanks for the replies. I know I have a lot to learn but I have to start from somewhere, and I just appreciate the people willing to give a total newbie advice and it's good to know I'm not the only one to have problems initially downloading from rom manager.
I've been reading through (been out a while) and all I can see is video this and video that.
Are there any text based instructions for rooting/new rom/ etc. anymore for those of us who can actually read and don't have time to sit through an unnecessary video?
assuming you are running gingerbread? grab a rom/kernel with superuser and put on sd card. flash cwm with odin with reboot unchecked. after odin is done disconnect usb and pull battery. replace battery and boot into recovery(vol down,camera power all together) you should be in cwm not stock recovery. if stock recovery then repeat. flash your rom/kernel.it is all in this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1357655 i recommend reading through not just op.
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flash cwm with odin with reboot unchecked.
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No, only reboot should be checked. There's no reason to repartition the nand since it still has the same partitions sizes the pit file will allocate and reset f. time (or whatever it is) is pretty much useless. Reboot needs to be checked so you don't need to pull the battery and risk something going wrong. Just let the phone boot and make sure all is good before booting into cwm.
if phone reboots it will overwrite recovery. if you leave reboot checked you have to 3 finger as soon as screen goes black after flashing recovery. unless you are using an odin flashable rom with root then yes only reboot checked. there are many options that is why video is good.
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assuming you are running gingerbread? grab a rom/kernel with superuser and put on sd card. flash cwm with odin with reboot unchecked. after odin is done disconnect usb and pull battery. replace battery and boot into recovery(vol down,camera power all together) you should be in cwm not stock recovery. if stock recovery then repeat. flash your rom/kernel.it is all in this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1357655 i recommend reading through not just op.
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This is exactly how I do it too. Fewest steps possible.
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Here's a guide I threw together a while back..
Biggest thing not mentioned is "make sure reboot is not checked" when flashing recovery.
(Otherwise, as already mentioned, the stock kernel will overwrite recovery if you let it boot normally.)
It really doesn't get much simpler.
PS- it's an old guide so feel free to substitute a newer CWM recovery version and rooted kernel (than what is referred to).
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Hey nubecoder, wassup? Yeah have reboot unchecked was mentioned above you in the post I quoted. Only way to fly...LOL.
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Wow. This is definitely a different XDA than when I stopped frequenting the place; not one person attacked me for asking a question! (yeah...haven't posted a new thread in quite some time)
Thank you, all. I'll add that to my text instructions.
othan1 said:
Wow. This is definitely a different XDA than when I stopped frequenting the place; not one person attacked me for asking a question! (yeah...haven't posted a new thread in quite some time)
Thank you, all. I'll add that to my text instructions.
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Yeah...lol...we keep the hungry lions in the Development thread...don't ask a question there that has been posted...anywhere...LOL.