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I've been reading up about what to do after I tried to "factory reset" my phone and then was stuck at the htc start up soon, which kept looping.
I've been trying to load recovery.img during fastboot (back+power) and then to apply update.zip during recovery (home+power).
However, the problem is that during fastboot, the device isn't recognized (when I go to adb devices on command prompt, no device is listed). I know that my drivers are good bc the device is found when I start up in the recovery mode. I tried to skip the part where I load recovery.img (since when I try to do that, it tells me that it can't be loaded), and to go straight to apply update.zip, but then the phone tells me that update.zip is either bad or can't be mounted.
I have a Rogers Magic (32A). I am a complete newbie, so any help would be greatly appreciated. I should also say that before I tried to do the factor reset, the phone was on the hero rom loaded by a previous user.
try this:
boot in recovery:
fastboot boot recovery.img
then, push update.zip on your sd card ( need a good rom in the tools folder on your computer)
adb shell mount /sdcard
adb push update.zip /sdcard
and apply update.zip with the recovery menu.
thanks for your reply, but it didn't work:
first, it said "cannot load recovery.img"
and then when I tried to mount, it said "mount: mounting dev/block/mmcblk0p1 on /sdcard failed: Device or resource busy"
replace recovery to correct path to your recovery image. (your phone mut be in fastboot mode power with back button pressed)
ex:
fastboot boot c:\sdk\tools\recovery-RAv1.2.1G.img
then your phone must boot on recovery and you could push update.zip
thanks so much. I figued it out - just a simple problem of the update.zip file being corrupt.
pato17 said:
thanks so much. I figued it out - just a simple problem of the update.zip file being corrupt.
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i am having the same issues.
any help?
beastmods said:
i am having the same issues.
any help?
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What exactly have you tried to do?
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Hi. My magic is having the same issues. Although I believe it is my own doing. I was going to create a gold card and I flashed the sappimg.zip, I can boot the phone into fastboot but it us not seen, when I run the fast boot command it just says waiting on device..
I can boot the phone up normally but it does not want to connect to the market our link my gmail account to it..
All to jailbreak... Any ideas?
Edit....
I must have had a poor internet connection last night. I have got the market working.
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I am having the same problem.
I have a 32b on vodafone uk.
all the device adb drivers have installed fine. I have tried this on both my laptop and desktop (win 7) and when the phone is turned on - it shows fine under adb devices.
When i boot to fastboot, the phone doesnt show, and therefore i cannot load a custom rom.
Trying to root the phone I have so far used the goldcard method to downgrade to get back to 1.5, if i try to flash the recovery img from the phone (using flash rec) then when i boot to recovery (home+power) it hangs on the vodafone screen - this is why i wont to flash from fastboot.
any ideas?
Thanks
phone rooted?
FlashRec is out of date, I'm pretty sure. Is your phone rooted already, or are you at stock?
Hello all,
So I've been digging through the site for a week or so before i made the plunge to Root my stock Magic. I bought at v1.5, updated to 1.6 (before I new I wanted to Root). I have since gone back to 1.5, created back up with Cyanogen, Flashed, Wiped and am now at the point where Im trying to load my new Rom (Cyanogen's latest) via update.zip.
Problem is, Im using a mac so there is no zip extension by default. I add the extention, plug the SD into my phone, boot to recovery and attempt to install but I fails displaying: "E:Can't access open/sdcard/update.zip (bad) Installation aborted"
Any idea's? I've seen a couple recommenations to rename minus "zip" or reformat the SD card. None of which have helped. Im currently sitting at v1.5 rejecting the Tmobile 1.6 system update messages a couple times an hour!!! *sigh*
if your using a recent recovery rom you should have choose zip option
so just download cy rom leave name as is then put in root of sd boot to recovery and choose zip
sitimber said:
if your using a recent recovery rom you should have choose zip option
so just download cy rom leave name as is then put in root of sd boot to recovery and choose zip
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Thanks for you response.
I am using CyanogenMod v1.4 Recovery. I have the option to "apply any zip from SD" but nothing is displayed in the list unless its named "update.zip" I had other files on the card that don't show up. In fact, Cyanogen's last update links to a Wiki that doesn't even instruct you to rename the new Rom's to 'update' but again, my SD doesnt display them.
Is the zip on the root of your card? You should probably redownload the CM rom and put that one you redownloaded on your sdcard without renaming it or anything. That might work.
how do you copy the file across
phone in recovery mode or phone fully booted
if the first you will need to reboot back to recovery after you copied it accross to show
you could fully format your card fat32 if your using cy rom mount sd card and copy just the cy rom across to the card remember to backup card first
sitimber said:
how do you copy the file across
phone in recovery mode or phone fully booted
if the first you will need to reboot back to recovery after you copied it accross to show
you could fully format your card fat32 if your using cy rom mount sd card and copy just the cy rom across to the card remember to backup card first
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I tried 2 options. 1)Fully booted via usb into the card and 2)removing card and mounting via a Card Reader to my Mac. In both cases I booted to Recovery Mode on the phone and had the same result.
As far as formating the card, its not stock, its an 8 gig that I formated via the phone's erase/format function. Is that not sufficient?
In regards to cy's ROM Im not able to access it after I backup with the apk i have (never get the "Load Custom Rom" button, which is why im using cynoagens.
Anartic said:
Is the zip on the root of your card? You should probably redownload the CM rom and put that one you redownloaded on your sdcard without renaming it or anything. That might work.
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Yup...had already tried that too. *sigh* SD card wont see anything unless its named 'update.zip'.
try the amon_ra recovery
http://rapidshare.com/files/291689412/recovery-RA-magic-v1.2.3H.img 32a phone
http://rapidshare.com/files/291689411/recovery-RA-magic-v1.2.3G.img 32b phone
Copy recovery-RA-magic-v1.2.3H.img to a location where fastboot can find it.
Boot your Magic into fastboot mode (boot while holding BACK)
Connect your Magic via usb to your pc/mac/...
fastboot devices (to make sure that fastboot "sees" your device)
fastboot flash recovery recovery-RA-magic-v1.2.3H.img (remember to change the H to a G if you have 32b)
when booted to recovery
partition card via this
than go to bottom of menu and select mount sd card
copy file across and reboot back to recovery
select choose.zip and ???????
Ohene10 said:
Im currently sitting at v1.5 rejecting the Tmobile 1.6 system update messages a couple times an hour!!! *sigh*
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I'm assuming the quoted statement above is still true. I flash via a Mac all the time, so here's what I would do if I were you.
Have the phone booted into your standard ROM.
Plug in the USB cable.
Pull the top menu down on your phone and choose Mount USB.
You should see a new volume in Finder on your Mac (Mine is called no name)
Put the TWO files required for Cyanogenmod on the root of that volume (one of the files is called HTCRootedBase something or other.zip and the other is Cyanogen's actual changes)
Power off the phone after the file copy is complete.
Unplug the USB.
Reboot into recovery by holding the Home&Power button.
Choose apply any zip
Select the HTCRootedBase file first.
Let it do its thing.
When it says "Install from SD complete", run apply any zip again.
Choose the Cyanogen zip file.
When it says "Install from SD complete", reboot the phone.
Be PATIENT. It may take 5 minutes for the phone to reboot, but as soon as you see the blue Android logo with the guy on the skateboard you can start doing the happy dance.
sitimber said:
try the amon_ra recovery
http://rapidshare.com/files/291689412/recovery-RA-magic-v1.2.3H.img 32a phone
http://rapidshare.com/files/291689411/recovery-RA-magic-v1.2.3G.img 32b phone
Copy recovery-RA-magic-v1.2.3H.img to a location where fastboot can find it.
Boot your Magic into fastboot mode (boot while holding BACK)
Connect your Magic via usb to your pc/mac/...
fastboot devices (to make sure that fastboot "sees" your device)
fastboot flash recovery recovery-RA-magic-v1.2.3H.img (remember to change the H to a G if you have 32b)
when booted to recovery
partition card via this
than go to bottom of menu and select mount sd card
copy file across and reboot back to recovery
select choose.zip and ???????
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Forgive my ignorance but Im completely new to this. After fastbooting and connecting to my Mac Im stumped....
jsnyng said:
I'm assuming the quoted statement above is still true. I flash via a Mac all the time, so here's what I would do if I were you.
Have the phone booted into your standard ROM.
Plug in the USB cable.
Pull the top menu down on your phone and choose Mount USB.
You should see a new volume in Finder on your Mac (Mine is called no name)
Put the TWO files required for Cyanogenmod on the root of that volume (one of the files is called HTCRootedBase something or other.zip and the other is Cyanogen's actual changes)
Power off the phone after the file copy is complete.
Unplug the USB.
Reboot into recovery by holding the Home&Power button.
Choose apply any zip
Select the HTCRootedBase file first.
Let it do its thing.
When it says "Install from SD complete", run apply any zip again.
Choose the Cyanogen zip file.
When it says "Install from SD complete", reboot the phone.
Be PATIENT. It may take 5 minutes for the phone to reboot, but as soon as you see the blue Android logo with the guy on the skateboard you can start doing the happy dance.
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Unable to install the ROM...same error message: "E:Can't access open/sdcard/HTC_ADP_1......zip (bad) Installation aborted"
can you try another sd card
Ok, problem solved! It seems my Mac was not correctly downloading the files in the zip format even though i was manually changing the extention. Luckily i have Parallels so I downloaded via XP and added the correct zip files to my sd from there and success! Thanks for all your help!!!
glad you got there bet you learned alot about adb recovery because of your little problem
Hi my friends!
Can enyone help me? please?
I have tattoo on factory 1.6., SD card 2 GB kingston!
Then I root him with maverixx root, and then I use custom ROT 1.7 on there http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=723255
Everything gonna great until I want to partition my SD card on ROM manager!
When I think I was partition, phone restart and try to get in recovery mode! But then he only wibrate once a time and frozen first, TATTOO picture on himself!
When I tried to start him normarly, he starting!
But every time I try to get in recovery mode, he do the same thing (restart, vibrate once and frozen TATTOO text on display)!
I tried with adb reboot recovery but its the same thing!
I have nandroid on my sd card!
I also can entry on SD card via USB and also I can conected my phone to my com in deb. mode.
But I cant get my recovery mode!
Can someone please help me? Please! But step by step, my English isnt too good and my knowledge about this, too!
Thanx and best regards from Serbia!
Have you tried installing new recovery via adb?
You can also try to format your sd-card again and if that doesn't work I will recommend you try installing new recovery or reinstalling your recovery as mentioned above.
Thanx for replying!
How to install, reinstal my recovery mode??
now I was format my SD card, and the same thing
and now when I turn on phone in meni I lost ROM manager and superuser adv.
please anyone help??
could I install somehow new Recovery Mode and then istall again custom ROM?
please help
thanx
rista77 said:
Thanx for replying!
How to install, reinstal my recovery mode??
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Here is commands, but can you see your device in adb when connected with usb. Can your phone get to the fastboot screen, I think it is power+vol down button.
Here is the commands you should try:
Via adb:
adb shell
flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img
via fastboot menu as indicated:
fastboot erase recovery
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
Note: You should put the recovery.img in your root folder of the sd card(That is your main menu in your sd card). Also replace "recovery.img" with the name of the recovery img you want to install. The adb commands should be done with phone on as normal but connected to usb.
Example: flash_image recovery /sdcard/Maverix2b.img
Good luck.
rista77 said:
could I install somehow new Recovery Mode and then istall again custom ROM?
please help
thanx
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After you installed the recovery you will be able to reinstall the rom.
timlambo said:
Here is commands, but can you see your device in adb when connected with usb. Can your phone get to the fastboot screen, I think it is power+vol down button.
Here is the commands you should try:
Via adb:
adb shell
flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img
via fastboot menu as indicated:
fastboot erase recovery
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
Note: You should put the recovery.img in your root folder of the sd card(That is your main menu in your sd card). Also replace "recovery.img" with the name of the recovery img you want to install. The adb commands should be done with phone on as normal but connected to usb.
Example: flash_image recovery /sdcard/Maverix2b.img
Good luck.
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it writte:
flash_image: permission denied!
Example: flash_image recovery /sdcard/Maverix2b.img? when I could get this maverix2b.img?in his root folder? recovery.img and then rename it to Maverix2b.img? Sorry about but I trying to understand you good!
and from where to copy recovery.img to root of sd card?
Thanx so much...
I just sucseed
with this thread!
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=603286
I sucseed to put original ROM, but I must put him in FASTBOOT
thanx for help!!!
ok, i was running 2.3.3 on my ns and finally got it unlocked then i decided to go for it and root it. my biggest mistake was not backing up anything after the unlock and then when i was rooting the phone it got stuck in the google screen
now i can get to the bootload screen but when i go to update from sd; it takes me there but i have nothing to back it up from
ive been trying to figure out a way to load a recovery backup to sd but the pc will not read the sd card anymore...
how can i fix this or am i stuck with an expensive paper weight?
please help
Question: Do you have clockworkmod on it?
(I figure you unocked and roote via adb/Fastboot - but if you can do it some other way and you did here they are]
Get ADB and Fastboot - figure out how the commands work (from Terminal/console/Command Prompt).
U need to put the files u want to flash (*.imgs in the same place as fastboot/ADB unless you're good a remembering your paths, if you have OS X simply drag and drop commands and files into terminal)
See if you can find a clockwork recovery image,
Download a stock rom - report back
Basically:
fastboot flash boot example.img
Fastboot flash recover example-recovery.img
that should work. I'll keep an eye on this thread.
After flashing CWR, go to mounts and storage and select mount USB storage, from there you can access your sdcard and copy files over.
The USB storage might take a minute or so to show up on your computer, if you're on windows go to my computer and click refresh until it shows up.
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been trying all day to do this and i cant seem to figure out the command prompt...as many times as i try cant get it to get anywhere.....tomorrow i will post pics of what the phone shows on screen
thanks for all the help
i do have a clockwork recovery but , not in the phone
i know that doesnt do any good and i did move files to adb but still would not do anything
redlilcivic said:
i do have a clockwork recovery but , not in the phone
i know that doesnt do any good and i did move files to adb but still would not do anything
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Are you on a windows PC? If so I can give you all the files necessary and step by step instructions to fix your phone.
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yes i am on windows pc
please send if you can today ....i will not go to sleep until i have this phone up and running again
thanks
redlilcivic said:
yes i am on windows pc
please send if you can today ....i will not go to sleep until i have this phone up and running again
thanks
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Here are the steps to get your phone back up and working:
1.Download this platform-tools.zip and extract it to your desktop
2.Connect your phone to the PC and enter bootloader mode
3.Press and hold Shift while right-clicking the folder you extracted 'platform-tools'
4.Click 'Open command window here' from the pop-up menu. cmd.exe window will open.
5.If the Bootloader is Unlocked continue to the next step. Type in the cmd.exe window 'Fastboot oem unlock' and follow the steps on the phone screen.
6.Type in the cmd.exe window 'fastboot boot cwr.img'.Your phone will restart and enter ClockWork recovery(CWR).
6.In CWR navigate with the volume keys and highlight 'mounts and storage' and select it by pressing the power button.
7.Then navigate down and select 'mount USB Storage'
8.On your PC, go to 'My computer' and press the refresh button until a 'removable disk' drive appears.
9.Double click on 'removable disk', You now have access to your SDcard on your phone!
10.Copy over a flashable .Zip Rom to the SDcard that you want to install on your phone, ie. Stock 2.3.4: Link(only for i9020T and i9023, dont install if you have i9020A), CM7: Link, etc.
11.Select 'unmount' in CWR when done copying files over. Then 'Go Back' to go to the CWR main menu.
12.Select 'wipe data/factory reset' in CWR and confirm with 'yes'
13.Select 'install zip from sdcard', then select 'choose zip from sdcard', then select the zip file you want to install and confirm.
14.Wait until the Rom installation is complete, then 'select reboot system now'.
15.Your phone will reboot and be up and running! Custom Roms tend to take longer to boot so be patient.
Let me know what happens.
WOW !!!
you are the man , i so appreciate it so much !!!
a couple of little things thoug....the android market not in the system and now when i try to mount the phone memory thru the pc wont mount.... do you know why?
thank you so much for all of your help !!!
redlilcivic said:
WOW !!!
you are the man , i so appreciate it so much !!!
a couple of little things thoug....the android market not in the system and now when i try to mount the phone memory thru the pc wont mount.... do you know why?
I suggest flashing cm7 stable.
thank you so much for all of your help !!!
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Are you using CM7 nightly? I think it has a USB mount bug and the google apps including market are not in the CM7 rom and have to be flashed separately from the rom.
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USB Storage won't mount
The usb storage isn't showing up after I run cwm
Another restoration method you could try is using Odin to flash back to stock and retry the whole root process step by step ....I am on my phone right now so its hard for me to dig for threads but I know there are instructions and a stock Odin image floating about
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ok my nexus is bricked and i followed the steps above with no luck. my pc wont recognize my phone, i can access clockword mod, but when i click mount usb storage nothing happens. im stuck at the google screen.
nickcash said:
ok my nexus is bricked and i followed the steps above with no luck. my pc wont recognize my phone, i can access clockword mod, but when i click mount usb storage nothing happens. im stuck at the google screen.
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can you get into fastboot(power on pressing the volume up button and the power button together)?
simms22 said:
can you get into fastboot(power on pressing the volume up button and the power button together)?
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yes, i can access clockwork mod also, but it the usb storage wont show up.....
Follow these instructions:
1. Slap self in head.
2. Power on phone while holding volume up&power button.
3. Now on the pc, Get the fastboot folder to the root of hard drive, I.E. C:\fastboot\. Also add to this folder your *.img files (radio, recovery, boot, system, data, etc.)
4. Open start menu.
5. In search box type cmd and press enter.
6. Now command window is open, type in that
cd C:\fastboot
fastboot flash * *.img
Replace the * with appropriate .imgs.
recovery, system, data, boot, radio.
Example
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
7. Now that that is finished type
fastboot -w
fastboot reboot
8. Now the phone will reboot. BE PATIENT AS THIS MAY TAKE UP TO TEN MINUTES TO FULLY REBOOT INTO ANDROID!!! Disturbing it in anyway can cause corruption. I had this happen to my phone before. Literally walk away and come back in ten. Don't touch it, don't breath on it nothing. If you have any further problems either post here or PM me. Getting the .img files and fastboot is up to you. By the previous replies you should have them already.
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nickcash said:
ok my nexus is bricked and i followed the steps above with no luck. my pc wont recognize my phone, i can access clockword mod, but when i click mount usb storage nothing happens. im stuck at the google screen.
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I think I had the same problem. first you need to check if your pc has the correct driver to accept the nexus s in bootloader mode. when that is done and you have colckword mod , you can but a custom rom on the sd card and flash that, then you'll be able to use your phone again.
Hey,
For starters, xda has been VERY VERY helpful to me over the past few months and I thank everyone who has ever contributed to a question or a discussion I have read.
I have a google nexus 4, and i managed to format the whole phone while i was installing a new rom. Now i can boot into bootloader and CWM but there is no files on the /sdcard/ there so that i can flash the phone
I tried to use the feature "adb push", but it´s not permited as i cannot enable the USB debugging...
I tried these guidelines: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1754018 but they didn´t help.
My phone info is:
Fastboot Mode
Product_Name: mako
HW Version: rev_11
Bootloader_version: makoz101
Signing - Production
Secure boot - enabled
Look state: Unlocked
Any ideas or suggestions are welcome.
Thank You
Boot it to fastboot and flash factory image and you're good to go. You can find instructions in the General section.
andr0idfreak said:
Boot it to fastboot and flash factory image and you're good to go. You can find instructions in the General section.
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Fastboot = Bootloader?
Flash Recovery image, this is what i´m unable to do.
I have tried many methods from the general section, any particular thread do you think is most helpful?
I really appreciate your answer.
You could connect the phone to a PC and use CWM to mount the SD card. Copy a CWM flashable rom (99% of custom roms) to the SD card, disconnect from the PC and use CWM to flash. Job done
madgibbon said:
You could connect the phone to a PC and use CWM to mount the SD card. Copy a CWM flashable rom (99% of custom roms) to the SD card, disconnect from the PC and use CWM to flash. Job done
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In CWM i go to "Mounts and Storage" i see the list:
mount /system
unmount /data
mount /sdcard
format.....
If i press mount /sdcard the screen flashes and nothing happens still says the same "mount /sdcard/"
Any thoughts?
arifagic said:
In CWM i go to "Mounts and Storage" i see the list:
mount /system
unmount /data
mount /sdcard
format.....
If i press mount /sdcard the screen flashes and nothing happens still says the same "mount /sdcard/"
Any thoughts?
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You cannot currently mount SD from recovery. Use adb to push the files you want to flash to your SD, then flash them in recovery.
adb push romname.zip /sdcard/
arifagic said:
Fastboot = Bootloader?
Flash Recovery image, this is what i´m unable to do.
I have tried many methods from the general section, any particular thread do you think is most helpful?
I really appreciate your answer.
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Fatboot = Bootloader, yup! I would read this thread for detailed information.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2010312
If you are not so comfortable with about, you can try out Wug's Nexus Root Toolkit (a bit riskier though) that I have used a couple of times to restore factory images, works fine.
madgibbon said:
You could connect the phone to a PC and use CWM to mount the SD card. Copy a CWM flashable rom (99% of custom roms) to the SD card, disconnect from the PC and use CWM to flash. Job done
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This is the most simple way if you have CWM recovery.
Fixed!
Had the same problem just now and it scared the heck out of me.
Solved it by doing the following (Did this using ClockWorkMod Recovery 6.0.2.3 so some steps may be different from yours)
Boot to recovery
Connect your device to PC
Download and extract this - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1996051
Go to device manager and see that your device has the ! sign
Install the drivers you just downloaded to your device
Rename your rom to update.zip and copy it to where your adb is located
Your device should now be detected by adb so type this - adb push update.zip /sdcard/
In your device, go to install from SD card > apply /sdcard/update.zip
DONE!
Thanks man
I just tried this in boot loader, then i got this error:
http://awesomescreenshot.com/0a3ydrw8d
(Device not found)
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Then i booted into CWM v6.0.1.9 and then the device was found, and it seems like it successfully transfered the file.
http://awesomescreenshot.com/03cydsr1c < which is great, but when i go to "install zip from sdcard" -> "choose zip from sdcard" the screen blinks and at the bottom it says:
- No files found
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I then formated the sdcard from the advanced menu and retried transfering the files and it worked
Fantastic!!! Jusdavis i can´t thank you enough.