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Flashing new recovery isnt working.

Hey, I am trying to successfully get a new ROM, and in all the forums and such I have read tell me that with the Desire Z/G2 I need to flash the newest ClockWorkMod recovery. So i have downloaded a couple different recovery .img files.
Now when i use Emulator, i put in;
su
flash_image recovery /sdcard/recoveryname.img
and it says
flash_image: not found
I dont understand why ROM Manager doesnt give the newest recovery file as an option.
Can anyone help me in this situation?
Thanks

mobilemidget said:
Hey, I am trying to successfully get a new ROM, and in all the forums and such I have read tell me that with the Desire Z/G2 I need to flash the newest ClockWorkMod recovery. So i have downloaded a couple different recovery .img files.
Now when i use Emulator, i put in;
su
flash_image recovery /sdcard/recoveryname.img
and it says
flash_image: not found
I dont understand why ROM Manager doesnt give the newest recovery file as an option.
Can anyone help me in this situation?
Thanks
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Did u delete the name on the recoveryname.img upon flashing??
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Download Root Explorer and navigate to /system/bin
Make sure /system is mounted in r/w then take this attached file, unzip it, and place it inside of /system/bin
Go back into terminal and try that command again.

ok so I installed root manager, and put the flash_image.zip in the system/bit, and tried it again with the terminal emulator, but i still have no results, it says after the pause when you plress enter after the flash_image prompt, your supposed to reboot the phone and it should start with the new recovery, but when i open ROM manager it staill shows V 2.5.... If i did somthing wrong i cant figure it out., Please help.
Thanks

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w4QViSam2og&feature=youtube_gdata_player
Follow these instructions. You can't go wrong. Make sure you back out of the app and go back in. It sets the cursor to the correct posistion. All you have to do is put the .img in the root of your sd. Hope this helps, it did for me.
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wait, so why aren't you just flashing the recovery through ROM manager? Are you trying to install CWR 3.0+?

yes I am trying to flash cwm 3.0, and it is not an option with ROM manager. I will try the Youtube instructions. Thanks

Ok so I tried the instructions with the Youtube video, and when i do the cmd promt in Terminal i get this;
Cant open device: "/dev/block/mmcblk0"
error in reading mbr!
failed with error: -1
I have the recovery.img file (not zip) on the sd card, I used root mamnager to put it in the bin file within system. but the instructions on the video say to use astro and it doesnt give an option to go as deep as root manager.
Thanks

Yes unzip it but make sure its in the root of your sd. That means not folders at all. That's the command that he is making in the video. I don't think you can flash cwm 3.0 in rom manager, only revert back to earlier recoveries, for froyo roms.
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Make sure the file is named what your commanding it to be. Make sure its recovery.img no caps.
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OK so I am trying this too. I am putting the recovery image directly to the root of my sd and I can see that it's there. But in TE, I put in the commands and it tells me
flash_image: not found
It's there!!!! I can see it when I have my phone connected. What am I doing wrong?
Edit: I am running stock rooted. Does this have something to do with it?

Rooted running a stock rom? Honestly I can't tell you all I know is I'm running custom rom. If I had to guess I would say it doesn't. All I can say is I had issues until I watched the video, sorry I can't help more. Only thing I would say to do is wipe everything you did and try redoing it.
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I can say you should only have one .img in your sd to not confuse it. I'm pretty sure you can use command prompt on your pc if you have access to one.
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Ok, I think I am getting somewhere, I was searching my sdcard on my computer, and I realised that the root of my sdcard is not called "sdcard" so in the command i was doing it wrong, It is called "HTC DESIRE" so i did it in Emulator and it worked i rebooted my phone in recovery and I am now rocking the new ClockworkMod Recovery 3.0.0.5...
Thanks all for the help, Hope what i discovered helps someone else.

Wait, Wait, Wait... I just screwed it up again... I went into ROM Manager after I successfully flashed 3.0.0.5. and it was not showing that in ROM Manager, so I tapped on flash latest recovery, and damnit... it replaced all my hard work with the 2.5 recovery... I have tried to repeat the flash process a few times with 3.0, and i have not been successful... Help... I dont know what to do now!!!

Instead of flashing the recovery in rom manager, after you've inputted the
su
# flash_image recovery sdcard/recovery.img
you can just type in after it
# reboot recovery
and it will reboot you into CWM 3.0. Be sure to perform a nandroid backup under 2.2 first and when you want to go back to a froyo rom, you'll have to flash the 2.5 recovery image again.

Yes, you will not see it in rom manager. Just reboot into the recovery and if you see orange and cwm 3.0 your good. Just repeat the steps.
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mobilemidget said:
Hey, I am trying to successfully get a new ROM, and in all the forums and such I have read tell me that with the Desire Z/G2 I need to flash the newest ClockWorkMod recovery. So i have downloaded a couple different recovery .img files.
Now when i use Emulator, i put in;
su
flash_image recovery /sdcard/recoveryname.img
and it says
flash_image: not found
I dont understand why ROM Manager doesnt give the newest recovery file as an option.
Can anyone help me in this situation?
Thanks
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"flash_image: not found" means that you do not have the 'flash_image' binary installed. Follow the guide here to get 'flash_image' installed on your device (the 'flash_image' binary is attached).
As for why ROM Manager not giving the newest recovery as an option, ROM Manger isn't fully compatible with the latest recovery as it just came out. The latest recovery (I'm assuming you're referring to v3.x) is only for Gingerbread based ROM's, if you're trying to install a Froyo based ROM then you should be using recovery version 2.x.

OriginalGabriel said:
"flash_image: not found" means that you do not have the 'flash_image' binary installed. Follow the guide here to get 'flash_image' installed on your device (the 'flash_image' binary is attached).
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I will try this tonight, thank you. I haven't run into this in any of the tutorials I've read though. I appreciate it.

Hey everyone I found a site that shows me how to flash CWM 3.0 through ROM Manager,
http://www.addictivetips.com/mobile/how-to-install-clockworkmod-recovery-3-using-rom-manager/
However, it is not working for me, if anyone has been successful in doing it this way please let me know cause evrything i try this i still am left with CWM 2.5. I really want to try the new Cyanagen nightly ROM, but i need to have 3.0... I had it once when i was doing it through terminal, however stupid me went back into rom manager and ruined what i did, and could not redo it... i am getting frustrated.
Please Help me.
Thanks

root 2.3.4

Hi i just update to 2.3.4 and try to root it and work fine with me
Download this file and move it to your NS
http://www.mediafire.com/?0a4abln7x3gjgrv
after your flash the recovery then ..
On your phone, use the volume key to highlight "recovery". Press power to boot into recovery.
in the recovery screen, select mounts and storage
mount /system
mount /data
go back, and choose install zip from sd card
choose "choose zip from sd card"
pick the su package zip file you copied over earlier
choose Yes
when done, reboot.

Thanks ,i will try it how is the battery life?
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it is for the i9023??

So after I flash 2.3.4 update, all I have to do is reboot and flash SuperUser again, and then Nexus S is re-rooted again?? Thanks!

amjad_2020 said:
Hi i just update to 2.3.4 and try to root it and work fine with me
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Sorry, but how can I get the custom recovery back? With stock recovery I can't flash this file

I have a custom kernel. How do I Install 2.3.4
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italia0101 said:
I have a custom kernel. How do I Install 2.3.4
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You have to go back to stock GRI40, i.e. with a Nandroid restore?! But this will be the correct thread for you: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1055591&page=12

kevin_ngckk said:
Thanks ,i will try it how is the battery life?
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hehe how on earth can someone provide real feedback on battery life 2 seconds after installation?
Thanks for sharing, I'll wait for Team Douche to implement this on CM7.

Trouble
Hi guys
I have some problems with root on 2.3.4
Probably I can not have any permissions for programms, such as ShootMe (for examle). Do you?

smlmn said:
Hi guys
I have some problems with root on 2.3.4
Probably I can not have any permissions for programms, such as ShootMe (for examle). Do you?
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That probably means your phone is no longer rooted. Download 'Root Checker' from the Market to check, but if you installed 2.3.4 ROM, your phone should be un-rooted though.

jungbum said:
That probably means your phone is no longer rooted. Download 'Root Checker' from the Market to check, but if you installed 2.3.4 ROM, your phone should be un-rooted though.
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I've already install this zip su-2.3.6.1-ef-signed.zip for rooting after update
In my app organizer I can see Superuser, but Root Checker also said me that I dont have root

smlmn said:
I've already install this zip su-2.3.6.1-ef-signed.zip for rooting after update
In my app organizer I can see Superuser, but Root Checker also said me that I dont have root
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Yes, same here SuperUser ist still available, but without any function

on nexus s 9023 ??
what about it ?

maybe try to download busybox from market and apply busybox.. then the system will be rooted properly..

jamallj said:
maybe try to download busybox from market and apply busybox.. then the system will be rooted properly..
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No sorry. It's not possible to install busybox without root

smlmn said:
I've already install this zip su-2.3.6.1-ef-signed.zip for rooting after update
In my app organizer I can see Superuser, but Root Checker also said me that I dont have root
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That means you're not rooted.. you have to root again.

bolabola118 said:
That means you're not rooted.. you have to root again.
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I've tried to reroot again and totally get result
But I also done that:
!Once you are in recovery mode, select the relevent mounts and storage by Mount / System and Mount / data.
(I can not post links)
Thx

Handymeister said:
Sorry, but how can I get the custom recovery back? With stock recovery I can't flash this file
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Same situation/problem

For those stock rooted but bootloader locked 2.3.3 users that previously rooting using CWM recovery to update and superuser root method.
You can root the same way...but save the trouble of fastboot recovery step via PC which novice users could be stuck on getting fastboot usb driver to work properly.
0) Just installed ROM Manager (From Market) into your phone
1) Store both 2.3.4 update.zip and SuperUser.zip into SDCard
2) Run ROM Manager
3) Activate CWM Recovery
=> Make sure recovery is installed succesfully..check ROM Manager screen which tell whether the installation is successfully done.
4) Reboot recovery from ROM Manager App
5) Follow thread #1 on the rest
6) After applying update.zip..do not reboot...do a system mount from CWM Recovery then apply SuperUser.zip ..after completing all steps..do a reboot..
Voila your 2.3.4 is installed and rooted..

Thanks, but this way comes to late for me and some other users. We've flashed the update without rooting.
And now we need another way for root ...

[Q] Have root access but still S-ON !

I was on Unrooted Gingerbread & successfully downgrade to Froyo.After that I installed visionary14 & moved "root"folder to the correct path.Then I temp rooted & did terminal emulator commands to get s-off.I saw permision denieded lines on TE.(I've attach the screen shot).As it say,i power off my phone & boot into bootloader.It still show S-ON!Then I exit bootloader & power on phone.Open visionary & temprooted again & click ATTEMPT ROOT.Then device rebooted.I have SU permission but still S-ON!Whats wrong?Please help!Even I installed viaionary ,reboot phone still have root access but NOT S-OFF!Help me to get s-off.
TIA!

Type "su" before entering those commands and you should be good.
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Nicgraner said:
Type "su" before entering those commands and you should be good.
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Thank you for helping me!I typed as you said,now I can see differnet lines (see attachment) ,but still S-On!What is now?It show "No such file or directory" to "wpx.ko",no.Is this the problem?I mean it doesnt take wpx file?But it is in the "root" folder!

hmm trying rooting using the gfree method...

saranhai said:
hmm trying rooting using the gfree method...
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Yahooooooo!It worked!Gfree worked!My Glacier has 0.86.0000 bootloader!Thanks man!By the way,i have just 2 more question .Im gonna install rooted version of official GB.So
1 How I do that?Can I install it like when I upgrade froyo to unrooted gb before?I mean put PD15IMG.zip in the root of sd card>boot to bootloader>update?Is that way?
2.Can I uninstall Visionary now?
Can I intall any custom theme on this s-off froyo?
Thanks

crazykas said:
Yahooooooo!It worked!Gfree worked!My Glacier has 0.86.0000 bootloader!Thanks man!By the way,i have just 2 more question .Im gonna install rooted version of official GB.So
1 How I do that?Can I install it like when I upgrade froyo to unrooted gb before?I mean put PD15IMG.zip in the root of sd card>boot to bootloader>update?Is that way?
2.Can I uninstall Visionary now?
Can I intall any custom theme on this s-off froyo?
Thanks
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1. download the ROM you're going to flash, place it in the ROOT of your SDcard, not in any folders, then download ROM Manager (from market), flash clockworkmod recovery, then reboot into recovery, DO A NANDROID BACKUP!!, wipe data, cache, dalvik (under advanced menu), flash your ROM.
2. yes
no, the only theme available is Androidian on the market for "custom theme"...
that's why i don't really like the stock ROM...
but you can try my StockMOD ROM here:
StockMOD ROM v1.4
it includes ADW Launcher (not in the latest, try v1), so theming is easy
hope this helps...

I think you should try this good luck. Bro http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=9551846
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Please help with updating...I feel like such a noob, and I feel shame...

Hey all...I'm sorry for sounding like such a noob (trust me i'm not as big as one as you may think) I'm just having a hard time grasping the idea of updating my Nexus. Let me explain:
I'm currently running stock rom but have Matr1x kernel on my phone. The only thing I've changed so far are a few icons (by pulling files from the nexus toolkit, replacing the icons and pushing them back to my phone).
I would prefer not to have to go through and redo all my icons, and would just like to get 4.2 onto my phone.
I looked over the directions on how to do this, but for the life of me (and IDK why) i can't seem to get my head around it...and it's making me feel real real stupid...
can someone please explain to me like i'm 5 how to do this? Or maybe just point me in the direction of a youtube video that will walk me through it...?
Thanks in advance and sorry for being such a noob...

Why not just backup the apk's+data you edited, save them to your computer, flash the stock images, root and restore the apps+data?
Edit: And flash a 4.2.2 kernel.

estallings15 said:
Why not just backup the apk's+data you edited, save them to your computer, flash the stock images, root and restore the apps+data?
Edit: And flash a 4.2.2 kernel.
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Do I backup via toolkit or with titanium backup?
Also, i tried getting back to stock but for some reason couldn't get it to flash the img file...idk what i was doing wrong...maybe u can give me some pointers on it.
Idk y i'm having such trouble with this, i've been on android since the very begining (had a g1 2 months after it came out)...I guess I was just spoiled with my vibrant being so easy...

zbt1985 said:
Do I backup via toolkit or with titanium backup?
Also, i tried getting back to stock but for some reason couldn't get it to flash the img file...idk what i was doing wrong...maybe u can give me some pointers on it.
Idk y i'm having such trouble with this, i've been on android since the very begining (had a g1 2 months after it came out)...I guess I was just spoiled with my vibrant being so easy...
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First of all, ditch the toolkit. You don't learn anything when you use toolkits. Probably why you're in the situation you're in.
Backup with titanium, or just make a nandroid and use titanium to extract the apps later.
To flash stock images:
Reboot into bootloader.
Open command prompt and "cd" to the directory where fastboot lies.
Type these commands -
fastboot flash system system.img
fastboot flash boot boot.img
Optional -
fastboot flash bootloader bootloader.img
fastboot flash radio radio.img
Then reboot

estallings15 said:
First of all, ditch the toolkit. You don't learn anything when you use toolkits. Probably why you're in the situation you're in.
Backup with titanium, or just make a nandroid and use titanium to extract the apps later.
To flash stock images:
Reboot into bootloader.
Open command prompt and "cd" to the directory where fastboot lies.
Type these commands -
fastboot flash system system.img
fastboot flash boot boot.img
Optional -
fastboot flash bootloader bootloader.img
fastboot flash radio radio.img
Then reboot
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Here's where the confusion lies...what do u mean cd where fastboot lies...I know how to cd, but not sure what you mean by where the fastboot would be...

zbt1985 said:
Here's where the confusion lies...what do u mean cd where fastboot lies...I know how to cd, but not sure what you mean by where the fastboot would be...
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I extract the adb folder from the android SDK and drop it in C:\.
So for me, it's "cd C:\adb"
I believe in the SDK it's in platform-tools or some such jazz. You can always do a search on your computer...
You have installed the android SDK, right? If not, your toolkit might have the adb and fastboot files in it. Grab them from there. Make it work. You can do it.

estallings15 said:
I extract the adb folder from the android SDK and drop it in C:\.
So for me, it's "cd C:\adb"
I believe in the SDK it's in platform-tools or some such jazz. You can always do a search on your computer...
You have installed the android SDK, right? If not, your toolkit might have the adb and fastboot files in it. Grab them from there. Make it work. You can do it.
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Yes I have the SDK as I use eclipse to complie the apps i make (i cheat)...
I see adb.exe, but not the folder for adbe...
Thanks for all the help man, I hit the thanks button for u!

zbt1985 said:
Yes I have the SDK as I use eclipse to complie the apps i make (i cheat)...
I see adb.exe, but not the folder for adbe...
Thanks for all the help man, I hit the thanks button for u!
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There should be a fastboot.exe and a few .dll files, as I recall.
Could someone upload all the latest files needed for adb and fastboot in a zip for him? Won't take you 5 minutes. I'm not by my computer.

Why not flash CM10.1 or latest Xylon.
Back up apps with titanium, flash ROM, flash gapps, restore via titanium.
Or do you want stock?
[Nexus⁴]

dEris said:
Why not flash CM10.1 or latest Xylon.
Back up apps with titanium, flash ROM, flash gapps, restore via titanium.
Or do you want stock?
[Nexus⁴]
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I wanted stock...i only want this for 1) getting updates faster than cm 2) being able to update the hard way and not be a kiddy about it...
Better for me to learn...

http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2145848
Scenario #3
Continue to section C.
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just follow efran's guide, he got the step by step: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2010312

gravitysandwich said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2145848
Scenario #3
Continue to section C.
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That's what is confusing me...
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Download this http://d-h.st/iy0. Unzip it. Plug your phone I'm the computer, go to the directory where you installed the toolkit. (Right click on the shortcut/properties it should say it there) go in the directory, FLASH ITEMS HERE folder. Put the boot.img and system.img in there. (Radio.img is optional). Open the toolkit and go to flash images. Flash boot.img first. The directions should be on the toolkit. Then system and etc... Make sure you put it in fast boot or type no when the toolkit asks if your in fastboot mode. This will NOT delete your data. When you flashed everything, go to settings on your phone. (If there is a bug with updating it through settings, clear cache and data for Google services framework and force stop it. Then go to cache on root explorer (/cache) and delete the corrupt/partial update and try Again). Once you reboot, cwm will ask if you want to install update. Hit yes and install untrusted package. Then it will try to replace cwm with stock recovery so hit no. If you lost your root then get supersu from the play store and install the binaries via cwm.
Hope this helps.
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Btw I chose to flash it through toolkit because I was afraid you would've got the commands mixed up and you would never get it. One day you probably will
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Muchos gracias.
Would thank but on my phone
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zbt1985 said:
Muchos gracias.
Would thank but on my phone
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You can thank you your phone.

So it worked? Your welcome. I'm guessing you lost root. Here is the zip if you need it
http://download.chainfire.eu/314/SuperSU/UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.20.zip
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gravitysandwich said:
So it worked? Your welcome. I'm guessing you lost root. Here is the zip if you need it
http://download.chainfire.eu/314/SuperSU/UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.20.zip
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Haven't had a chance to try it, doing it now...thanks!

Wiped my D800 without backing up my rom. I can only get into TWRP.

I just got the D800 and rooted it. I went in to flash Energy Rom and it got stuck in a boot loop so I went into recovery and wiped it hoping to start from scratch. Stupid me not backing anything up. It wiped everything, including the rom installation file. Anyone know a way to mount or transfer a rom installation file into a D800 in recovery mode?

captaininsano said:
I just got the D800 and rooted it. I went in to flash Energy Rom and it got stuck in a boot loop so I went into recovery and wiped it hoping to start from scratch. Stupid me not backing anything up. It wiped everything, including the rom installation file. Anyone know a way to mount or transfer a rom installation file into a D800 in recovery mode?
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Does your recovery have built in mtp or adb?
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xmayhemreturnsx said:
Does your recovery have built in mtp or adb?
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I used the ioroot method that used adb. I'm not sure if that answers your question.

captaininsano said:
I used the ioroot method that used adb. I'm not sure if that answers your question.
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What recovery are you using?
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xmayhemreturnsx said:
What recovery are you using?
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Team Win Recovery Project v2.7.0.0

captaininsano said:
Team Win Recovery Project v2.7.0.0
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Install kouch universal adb drivers on your computer. Then go on twrp van click advanced and select adb sideload. Then download minimal adb and fastboot( look it up on Google). Then move the Rom you want to use into the same folder as the adb folder. Hold shift and right click then select open command line here. Type in "adb devices" to see if your device is listed. Then type "adb sideload YOURROMNAME.zip" make sure use the name of the zip folder you downloaded.
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xmayhemreturnsx said:
Install kouch universal adb drivers on your computer. Then go on twrp van click advanced and select adb sideload. Then download minimal adb and fastboot( look it up on Google). Then move the Rom you want to use into the same folder as the adb folder. Hold shift and right click then select open command line here. Type in "adb devices" to see if your device is listed. Then type "adb sideload YOURROMNAME.zip" make sure use the name of the zip folder you downloaded.
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It worked! You saved my phone! Thank you, Thank you so very much. You fixed my stupid mistake.

captaininsano said:
It worked! You saved my phone! Thank you, Thank you so very much. You fixed my stupid mistake.
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No problem. Glad I could help.
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captaininsano said:
It worked! You saved my phone! Thank you, Thank you so very much. You fixed my stupid mistake.
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In addition, I would like by on recommend that you flash this recovery. All you have to do is go into twrp and flash the new recovery. Make sure you download the one that is for your device. With this twrp MTP is automatically enabled. You can move files to the SD card via twrp.
http://blastagator.ddns.net/twrp/2-8-7-1.php
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