Hello again, everyone. This is going to be another one of my easy-to-understand, simplistic type tutorials. For all of the people that might not have an extensive knowledge of android and how to operate basic linux devices, this is going to be a noob level how-to on flashing roms. Most of these directions also go for kernels (not 100% of the time, but most), so just ask if you need help.
Alright, I'm going to assume that you're already rooted and have s-off, as well as a custom recovery menu, if not this tutorial will mean nothing to you. Go read my root tutorial if you need to accomplish this task.
My root tutorial: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1228566
How to flash roms:
(Step 1) Finding a rom. May sound easy, but you have to figure out what you want, and more importantly, what you need. There is a very diverse selection of roms here on xda so reading up shouldn't be too much homework for y'all. If you're not willing to do this little amount of work to just read and see what you want and need, then you are hopeless in the first place. I will, however, help you if you are putting a significant amount of effort into this process.
(Step 2) Downloading the rom. This is not hard at all. I get all of my roms and kernels (not including my own) from xda, and downloading has always been a breeze. I can't remember now if you need to sign up for xda or not in order to access downloading. If so, then you should sign up anyway, xda is great! The easiest way to download roms is to download them on the computer then plug your phone in as usb drive and just place them on the root of you sdcard. There is another way though, and it isn't much more difficult. Just go to the market and download the xda app, you don't need the premium (unless you want it) the free version is good enough. The app is pretty much just a mobile translation of the actual site, so finding something on the app that you found on the computer isn't too much of a pain. Once you have found it in the app, just download it, and it should be placed in the folder sdcard>downloads.
(Step 3) Making a backup. Go into recovery by powering down the phone and holding volume down and the power button until the hboot menu appears. Make sure before you actually power down the phone, that you have fastboot turned off. If it is on, then the phone will automatically do the fastboot procedure, instead of going to the hboot menu. How to turn off fast boot: home>menu>settings>applications>fastboot. Make sure that it is unchecked. Okay, at this point we are at the hboot menu. It may check for an image, but shouldn't find one. Just let it do its thing. Volume down to recovery and select it by hitting power. The phone should reboot into recovery. This next part may have some variation because there are a couple of different custom recoveries. Most of them are all going to operate the same though. Once you are in recovery, volume down to "backup/restore". Select it. ALWAYS MAKE A BACKUP BEFORE FLASHING ANYTHING, I AM NOT RESPONSIBLE FOR ANYTHING THAT GOES WRONG!! Now select "backup". It will start backing everything up. It usually takes about five minutes so be patient, if it looks like it froze then just wait it is probably just rendering. After it has completed go back to the previous menu and proceed to the next step.
(Step 4) Flashing the rom. To do this, have the phone in recovery and volume down to "install zip from sdcard". Select this then volume down to and select "choose zip from sdcard". Now navigate to where you put the file and select it. If you did the method of downloading it on the computer then putting it on the root of the sdcard, then it should be on the current menu. If you downloaded it using the method of the app, then it should be in a folder called "download/". Finding it is really simple, just navigate the folders until you see it. Once you have found it, select it and install it. This process might take a couple of minutes. Once it has completed, you can select the reboot phone option and power that baby up.
(Step 5) Troubleshooting. If you are in a bootloop, (a bootloop is when the phone is stuck booting up) then just take the battery out, put it back in and power it up to try again. If it fails again, then go back into recovery. (like we did before^) This is the reason we made a backup. Just volume down to "backup/restore" select restore and select the image you would like to restore. Again, this may take a few minutes, just let the phone work. After it is done you can just boot it up and it is like you never did anything. If this happens, then this whole process was a fail. But, on the bright side, you made the backup (hopefully) and avoided having to flash a stock RUU or bricking your phone. Just try again with more roms, you'll get the hang of it.
Here is a very good aosp rom that I, in know way, take credit for: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1178834&highlight=omgb
This rom was created by user: r2DoesInc
I am in no way affiliated with this user and have no right over his/her rom.
Remember, the rom page will probably have directions also. If it calls for specifics, then make sure to carry out those specifics!
Congratulations, you now know how to flash roms, even if you are a noob!
Thank you so much xda for making this site where fellow androdians can come together and help one another.
Thank you to all my supporters and I hope you all found this tutorial to be quite resourceful.
Post all of your questions and statements here. If I don't immediately respond that means I am asleep, at school, or at work. Yes, I am just a high school student, but that in now way makes me any less eligible of being a genius than anyone else.
soo pumped
finally got my evo 4g root tried miui thought it was incredible...until i tried cm7 rc1.....completely flawless but i cant find the savaged kernel to pair it....
You should try that rom that I linked. It's really refreshing to experience true gingerbread 2.3.5. I love it and I use it as my daily rom. But cm7 is pretty amazing also.
dont know why i was so dumb i went with rc1... rc4 is even better ...what link? ill check it out i just am still confused about flashing a rom and kernel i know fn noob haha
sorry for the edit i meant to say im confused about flashing them both because the evo has been out for so long but it seems like there isnt that much for them or way too much there isnt really an optimal flash yet with both kernel and rom
I think it's a little bizarre to assume that someone can root the phone, s-off, and get a custom recovery on the phone but not flash a rom.....
deathsled said:
I think it's a little bizarre to assume that someone can root the phone, s-off, and get a custom recovery on the phone but not flash a rom.....
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Haha, I agree. But still, if you used revolutionary to root, like in my tutorial, then it was all automated. By using that method, the user doesn't have barely anything to do except for some small stuff like taking out the battery and turning some functions off. I'm just being helpful because I too was once a noob.
This was super helpful thanks for the guide
Spectacles, Testicles, Wallet & Watch, evO²·³·³
infamousteeboy said:
This was super helpful thanks for the guide
Spectacles, Testicles, Wallet & Watch, evO²·³·³
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Gracias. Hit that thanks button if it helped!
Thank you for posting this guide, as this helped me to install MIUI.
YouThere said:
Thank you for posting this guide, as this helped me to install MIUI.
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You are very welcome. Hit the thanks button if ya want.
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Gracias. Hit that thanks button if it helped!
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I'll have to do it tomorrow...I got hit with
"You are only limited 5 thanks per day"
LOL but I will hit the thanks for sure in the morning!
Spectacles, Testicles, Wallet & Watch, evO²·³·³ *ROOTED*
infamousteeboy said:
I'll have to do it tomorrow...I got hit with
"You are only limited 5 thanks per day"
LOL but I will hit the thanks for sure in the morning!
Spectacles, Testicles, Wallet & Watch, evO²·³·³ *ROOTED*
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Thank you...
Well what happens when your SD won't mount as disk drive
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I am new, but I have a question why you didn't mention wiping things before flashing the rom? While I saw many other tutorials emphasized on wiping menu in the recovery mode.
Is that really a necessary step or not?
yww325 said:
I am new, but I have a question why you didn't mention wiping things before flashing the rom? While I saw many other tutorials emphasized on wiping menu in the recovery mode.
Is that really a necessary step or not?
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It is necessary, believe me. Wiping everything in recovery except for SD card is important between ROM switches. Otherwise you will run into so many issues.
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thank you.
ceng7904 said:
Post all of your questions and statements here. If I don't immediately respond that means I am asleep, at school, or at work. Yes, I am just a high school student, but that in now way makes me any less eligible of being a genius than anyone else.
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Once you have successfully flashed a ROM do you need to keep the Zip file for it on your SD Card in order for it to work or can you delete the zip file?
scrappa_doozie said:
Once you have successfully flashed a ROM do you need to keep the Zip file for it on your SD Card in order for it to work or can you delete the zip file?
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You can delete the Zip off your card once you are done flashing!
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Thanks for posting this guide. It was huge helping me Root my first phone! I spent a ton of time researching, trying to soak it all in before I attempted to root and this thread was awesome!
Thank you
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I have successfully flashed my Sprint THC hero with no problems.
My issue though is flashing the phone to 2.1d. i can't for the life of me follow these directions and I am really stumped on the process of doing a nandroid and flashing the ROM.
I downloaded the nandroid from this site but not sure where I put the directory with the files at. Can anyone break this process down into "ejpyle terminology"?
My problems are:
- where to copy the nandroid directory
- where to put the 2.1d ROM
- do i need this busybox that everyone is talking about?
Successfully flashed what? And what method.
If you mean you successfully ROOTED your Phone then huzzah, that's step one complete.
Part of the rooting process should include putting a recovery image on the phone. If you did that correctly then do this, power off the phone.hold down the home button and power it back up. In a few seconds you should boot into a recovery menu with options to do a nandroid backup/restore turn on the usb connection to move files to the phone from your pc, and flashing a zip. If you don't have this recovery menu then you need to install it.
I don't think you have downloaded a Nandroid, I think you have downloaded an "update.zip" as we so affectionitly call them around here. This is a term used from the first set of recovery tools we had, where we had to rename update files update.zip to be loaded. Thankfully the recovery software has been updated to let us store and use multiple files.
So you probable have fresh-cdma-hero-2.0d.zip downloaded.
Plug your phone into USB and set it to Mount SD Card or what ever it says in 1.5
Copy this file to the root of the sdcard. don't put it in to any folders just F:\ or whatever the drive letter is.
THEN
Unmount the sdcard or turn off the disk drive mode (Cant remember what 1.5 calls it)
THEN
Power off the phone.
Power the phone back on whilst holding the home key. When you feel the vibration (let your girl hold it if she wants ROFL) let go and it will boot into recovery.
THEN
Go to Wipe...do Factory Reset
THEN
Wipe dalvik
THEN
Go back to Flash Update from SDcard
Select the update file above and hit the home key to flash it.
The phone SHOULD install and go back to the main screen of recovery.
THEN select
Reboot
THEN
Wait a hell of a long time 10+ minutes is NOT uncommon (it has to rebuild dalvik and other stuff)
THEN
When the phone boots hit Always Allow for the memory settings app.
THEN
Setup all your google info again.....
THEN
You should be good to go
AND DEN????????
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
EDIT:
I am SURE that I left a step out above, just go with the flow and wipe everything under the wipe menu. It's laid out so a monkey can do this stuff...hence the reason I am able to.
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Successfully flashed what? And what method.
If you mean you successfully ROOTED your Phone then huzzah, that's step one complete.
Part of the rooting process should include putting a recovery image on the phone. If you did that correctly then do this, power off the phone.hold down the home button and power it back up. In a few seconds you should boot into a recovery menu with options to do a nandroid backup/restore turn on the usb connection to move files to the phone from your pc, and flashing a zip. If you don't have this recovery menu then you need to install it.
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thank you thank thank you... you have me going in the right directions.
Quesion..what is the best (most reliable without as many bugs) ROM to load that is 2.0-1?
ejpyle said:
thank you thank thank you... you have me going in the right directions.
Quesion..what is the best (most reliable without as many bugs) ROM to load that is 2.0-1?
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Not to be rude, because you seem like a decent enough person, but please read http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=668905 before asking anything else. Most of your answers are there, and 'search' will find the rest.
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I don't think you have downloaded a Nandroid, I think you have downloaded an "update.zip" as we so affectionitly call them around here. This is a term used from the first set of recovery tools we had, where we had to rename update files update.zip to be loaded. Thankfully the recovery software has been updated to let us store and use multiple files.
So you probable have fresh-cdma-hero-2.0d.zip downloaded.
Plug your phone into USB and set it to Mount SD Card or what ever it says in 1.5
Copy this file to the root of the sdcard. don't put it in to any folders just F:\ or whatever the drive letter is.
THEN
Unmount the sdcard or turn off the disk drive mode (Cant remember what 1.5 calls it)
THEN
Power off the phone.
Power the phone back on whilst holding the home key. When you feel the vibration (let your girl hold it if she wants ROFL) let go and it will boot into recovery.
THEN
Go to Wipe...do Factory Reset
THEN
Wipe dalvik
THEN
Go back to Flash Update from SDcard
Select the update file above and hit the home key to flash it.
The phone SHOULD install and go back to the main screen of recovery.
THEN select
Reboot
THEN
Wait a hell of a long time 10+ minutes is NOT uncommon (it has to rebuild dalvik and other stuff)
THEN
When the phone boots hit Always Allow for the memory settings app.
THEN
Setup all your google info again.....
THEN
You should be good to go
AND DEN????????
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
EDIT:
I am SURE that I left a step out above, just go with the flow and wipe everything under the wipe menu. It's laid out so a monkey can do this stuff...hence the reason I am able to.
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You rock....You just taught a death and blind monkey how to do it. Thanks man!!!!! I will be sure to have my wife hold the phone for the vibrate thing. LMFAO
ejpyle said:
thank you thank thank you... you have me going in the right directions.
Quesion..what is the best (most reliable without as many bugs) ROM to load that is 2.0-1?
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There is no best one. The 2.1 ROMS are all very stable. Just avoid the ones that say {DEV} in the thread title because they are under development and likely have lots of stuff broken in them.
Decide what you want for yourself, beauty, speed, both? A good hint is to look for the ROM threads that have the most pages attached to them these are the ROMS that have the most discussion and help within them.
ejpyle said:
You rock....You just taught a death and blind monkey how to do it. Thanks man!!!!! I will be sure to have my wife hold the phone for the vibrate thing. LMFAO
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DO NOT FLASH THE 2.1 Signed RUU Test ROM
OR I WILL FIND AND KILL YOU!
gunnyman said:
There is no best one. The 2.1 ROMS are all very stable. Just avoid the ones that say {DEV} in the thread title because they are under development and likely have lots of stuff broken in them.
Decide what you want for yourself, beauty, speed, both? A good hint is to look for the ROM threads that have the most pages attached to them these are the ROMS that have the most discussion and help within them.
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thanks man, if I win the power ball lottery I will be sending you all a private message.
one more quickie though, If Sprint releases the 2.1 before I become eligible for AARP will I have to flash back to the 1.5 version before updating my device with it?
Kcarpenter said:
I don't think you have downloaded a Nandroid, I think you have downloaded an "update.zip" as we so affectionitly call them around here. This is a term used from the first set of recovery tools we had, where we had to rename update files update.zip to be loaded. Thankfully the recovery software has been updated to let us store and use multiple files.
So you probable have fresh-cdma-hero-2.0d.zip downloaded.
Plug your phone into USB and set it to Mount SD Card or what ever it says in 1.5
Copy this file to the root of the sdcard. don't put it in to any folders just F:\ or whatever the drive letter is.
THEN
Unmount the sdcard or turn off the disk drive mode (Cant remember what 1.5 calls it)
THEN
Power off the phone.
Power the phone back on whilst holding the home key. When you feel the vibration (let your girl hold it if she wants ROFL) let go and it will boot into recovery.
THEN
Go to Wipe...do Factory Reset
THEN
Wipe dalvik
THEN
Go back to Flash Update from SDcard
Select the update file above and hit the home key to flash it.
The phone SHOULD install and go back to the main screen of recovery.
THEN select
Reboot
THEN
Wait a hell of a long time 10+ minutes is NOT uncommon (it has to rebuild dalvik and other stuff)
THEN
When the phone boots hit Always Allow for the memory settings app.
THEN
Setup all your google info again.....
THEN
You should be good to go
AND DEN????????
HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
EDIT:
I am SURE that I left a step out above, just go with the flow and wipe everything under the wipe menu. It's laid out so a monkey can do this stuff...hence the reason I am able to.
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I hope the possible step left out above does not give me "another" bricked phone.
ejpyle said:
I hope the possible step left out above does not give me "another" bricked phone.
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I think I may have left out a step if you have apps on your sd card...
NOT WAIT I LEFT OUT THE DO A NANDROID BACK UP FIRST!!!!!!!!!!! DO THAT FIRST!!!! HOLY CRAP I HOPE YOU HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING YET!!! DO A NANDROID!!!!!!!
Nope no chance at all of that as far as I can tell.
The only bricks we have seen are from people downloading GSM software or dropping a brick on their phone...that sounded funnier in my head.
smw6180 said:
Not to be rude, because you seem like a decent enough person, but please read http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=668905 before asking anything else. Most of your answers are there, and 'search' will find the rest.
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Because you too seem like a decent person I will share this with you....
I followed a thread on here at the beginning of march to install a ROM and the directions (which I followed exact) bricked my phone. I spent hours reading up on this website to find out after the fact that the RUU might have a bug and some users will have issues. With that said, I decided to ask questions. This site has a lot of cleanup going on (no disrespect to anyone here as you are all VERY intelligent) and I do not think that someone as myself would be comfortable just "searching" for the answer without asking questions first with respect to the experience we have had in the past.
Kcarpenter said:
I think I may have left out a step if you have apps on your sd card...
NOT WAIT I LEFT OUT THE DO A NANDROID BACK UP FIRST!!!!!!!!!!! DO THAT FIRST!!!! HOLY CRAP I HOPE YOU HAVEN'T DONE ANYTHING YET!!! DO A NANDROID!!!!!!!
Nope no chance at all of that as far as I can tell.
The only bricks we have seen are from people downloading GSM software or dropping a brick on their phone...that sounded funnier in my head.
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LOL I have not done it yet. I am about to copy this nandroid - file name "nandroid-2.0.zip" to my SDCARD. then i will do it.
ejpyle said:
LOL I have not done it yet. I am about to copy this nandroid - file name "nandroid-2.0.zip" to my SDCARD. then i will do it.
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So you have gotten me curious now, where did you pick up that file at?
My only guess is that someone has posted a nandroid of their device and zipped it. Most of the Rom downloads are ROMNAME.zip....
You can always try to load it, it won't load if its not setup properly inside for a rom.
And about your going back to 1.5 to update to sprints 2.1:
IF YOU UPDATE TO SPRINTS OTA 2.1 UPDATE YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO ROOT AGAIN UNTIL SOMEONE FINDS ANOTHER EXPLOIT!!! WHICH COULD BE NEVER!!
Kcarpenter said:
So you have gotten me curious now, where did you pick up that file at?
My only guess is that someone has posted a nandroid of their device and zipped it. Most of the Rom downloads are ROMNAME.zip....
You can always try to load it, it won't load if its not setup properly inside for a rom.
And about your going back to 1.5 to update to sprints 2.1:
IF YOU UPDATE TO SPRINTS OTA 2.1 UPDATE YOU WILL NOT BE ABLE TO ROOT AGAIN UNTIL SOMEONE FINDS ANOTHER EXPLOIT!!! WHICH COULD BE NEVER!!
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I got it from here....
http://dx.infernix.net/nandroid-2.0.zip
when you boot into recovery, what do you see?
If you rooted correctly and put a recovery image on there there isn't anything else you have to do to enable Nandroid.
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I got it from here....
http://dx.infernix.net/nandroid-2.0.zip
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Ok, so this leads me to another question. Where is the thread that links to this download?
The reason I am worried about this file now that I see it:
It's only 942kb - WAY to small for a rom or nandroid.
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when you boot into recovery, what do you see?
If you rooted correctly and put a recovery image on there there isn't anything else you have to do to enable Nandroid.
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I had a triangle with an exclamation point.
I am copying the recovery to my SDCARD now... recovery-RA-heroc-v1.5.2
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I had a triangle with an exclamation point.
I am copying the recovery to my SDCARD now... recovery-RA-heroc-v1.5.2
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1.6.2 is the latest. Not a whole lot different from 1.5.2 but some bugs where fixed and you can get the nifty Green Nexus Carebear back ground.
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1.6.2 is the latest. Not a whole lot different from 1.5.2 but some bugs where fixed and you can get the nifty Green Nexus Carebear back ground.
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I copied everything you indicated to my card. When I press HOME and PWR together I get a triangle with an exclamation point. Did this monkey not do something right?
Hello guys,
please dont think i am lazy, i have read most of the topics here but i am now just more confused then before. There are so many solutions, do's and dont's that i have no idea how to do it.
I have managed to root my streak running android 2.2
I would like to flash it with a newer custom rom but i have no clue how to do it. Could please someone tell me step by step. I have downloaded half of the links shown here in the forum but still have no clue.
Also, could someone tell me what rom to pick. I wanted to flash the streakdroid 2 but i have read so many comments about low performance and other problems. Any other rom recommended.
Any help is greatly appreciated and i hope one day to be able to help others.
TIA
Ok first things first you need to flash streakmod or clockworkmod via fastboot. I prefer streakmod as I sometimes get errors with nandroiding on clockwork. Follow the guides for flashing custom recoveries in the threads for them. Once you've got a custom recovery just place the rom of your choice onto the root directory of your SD card (not in a folder). Then boot into recovery by holding volume up + power. At the first screen select option 2. The screen will turn black, press power. Once in the custom recovery select install update. Navigate to the custom rom and select it. Wait a minute for it to complete then select reboot. You're all set. I recommend booting back into recovery and doing a nandroid back up after you get everything set up. As far as roms go, I'd go for dj-steves 1.9.0 its the best IMO. Good luck!
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Use StreakMod Recovery if you want a custom ROM, To flash a stock ROM you use the stock recovery. See this thread for a tool to help you flash the recovery you need. The latest version of StreakMod eliminates the step of hitting the power button and the nandroid backups work.
For stability use the latest Strekdroid Froyo version (1.9.0), SimpleStreak or a stock ROM. Read the development section here for other options.
Here is a page of Streak related links, lots of stuff there you may want to look at.
dosada said:
Hello guys,
please dont think i am lazy, i have read most of the topics here but i am now just more confused then before. There are so many solutions, do's and dont's that i have no idea how to do it.
I have managed to root my streak running android 2.2
I would like to flash it with a newer custom rom but i have no clue how to do it. Could please someone tell me step by step. I have downloaded half of the links shown here in the forum but still have no clue.
Also, could someone tell me what rom to pick. I wanted to flash the streakdroid 2 but i have read so many comments about low performance and other problems. Any other rom recommended.
Any help is greatly appreciated and i hope one day to be able to help others.
TIA
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I don't have time to go into detailed steps for you right now, but here is what I can recommend:
Download and uncompress MultiRecovery Flasher from here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1000455
Flash StreakMod Recovery.
Download Simple Streak from here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1113256
Save this on the root of your sd card. For ease of use you can rename it update.zip
Install the drivers on your computer (assuming windows) for the Dell Streak. You can get them here:
ftp://ftp.dell.com/Handheld/R288920.exe
Reboot into fastboot mode. To do that, with the phone off, hold down the power button and the camera button at the same time. When the white screen comes on, release the buttons and then touch the fastboot "button" when presented on the screen. Now plug the usb cord in and the bottom of the phone should say something along the lines of Fastboot Mode or similar.
Run the MultiRecover Flasher and choose StreakMod Recovery. When this is done (it takes less than 1 minute normally), you need to boot into your new recovery. With the phone shut off, hold the power button and both volume buttons at the same time. When the screen with the 4 choices appears, choose option #2 (should be something about upgrading using update.pkg or similar). StreakMod will load. Browse the options here to see what's available. Go into advanced, then nandroid and make a full nandroid backup. This will take 5 - 10 minutes or so. Then do a data wipe/factory reset. Then the option to apply update.zip from sd card. If you had named your rom to update.zip and put it in the root of the sd card, choose update.zip from sd card again. If not, choose the other option and be presented with a list of files/folders on your sd card. Find your rom's .zip file and apply it. When it's done choose reboot now and enjoy. If you run into problems booting the first time, shut the phone down (it may require a battery pull to do so) and power on using the power button and both volume buttons and choose factory reset at that menu (this is the one you used to get into StreakMod recovery earlier). The device will end up rebooting twice (you really can't tell since it's always the Dell Logo, just takes longer) and you should be good to go.
If you have any questions, post them here and someone will be happy to help you along. I'm not an expert by no means, I've just done this several times as I like trying out the different Roms. The nandroid backup and restore options in Streakmod recovery is a godsend. If I install a rom and have problems, I can revert to what I had (settings, apps, layouts, everything) in just a few minutes with no computer required, all from the phone. Learn to love it.
I get so sick of all these retarded questions and threads.I have never seen anything like this...where EVERYTHING IS ANSWERED,EXPLAINED and still people say "Don't think I am lazy".
I know,if you don't have anything nice to say,don't say it...but this is way too much.
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I get so sick of all these retarded questions and threads.I have never seen anything like this...where EVERYTHING IS ANSWERED,EXPLAINED and still people say "Don't think I am lazy".
I know,if you don't have anything nice to say,don't say it...but this is way too much.
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I agree with you to a point, however when I bought my Streak back in February the first thing I did was come to this forum as I remembered it from my AT&T Tilt days. I started reading...alot. I got more and more confused myself. I read stuff like 318, 309, UK versions, US versions, etc. I didn't know what was compatible with what. I read more, and finally attempted something and it worked and I was hooked. But mind you, I'm a computer geek and understand how things work in the computer world. At work, I'm surrounded by people who don't and it amazes me how much hand holding I have to do for basic tasks. So I get it when people say they are confused. My rationale behind giving the OP the instruction that I did is that once he does it one time, he'll get more comfortable, understand the process a little more, and maybe start to understand some of the other stuff. Then who knows, in a couple months he may be motivated to make the next bada$$ rom for our loved devices. It could happen... ;-)
We all have to start somewhere.....and this forum is the place for it to happen, because of its wonderful, selfless members who are willing to lend out a helping hand expecting nothing in return.
Thank you so much guys. Got it all working and flashed the rom i got recommended, works perfectly.
I really havent been lazy. You just have ro understand that the start,is really hard for a beginner. I need to get into some basics, to understand what and why. I have flashed hundreds of wm phones but this is something different. I prefer to ask and be on the save side. How does it help either of us if i brick the device and ask after?
I really appreciate the people which dont get tired explainig something for the tenth time, this are the people which make this as big as it is.
Again, thank you so much for helping. I hope i ll be able to return the favor one day.
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strick242 said:
I agree with you to a point, however when I bought my Streak back in February the first thing I did was come to this forum as I remembered it from my AT&T Tilt days. I started reading...alot. I got more and more confused myself. I read stuff like 318, 309, UK versions, US versions, etc. I didn't know what was compatible with what. I read more, and finally attempted something and it worked and I was hooked. But mind you, I'm a computer geek and understand how things work in the computer world. At work, I'm surrounded by people who don't and it amazes me how much hand holding I have to do for basic tasks. So I get it when people say they are confused. My rationale behind giving the OP the instruction that I did is that once he does it one time, he'll get more comfortable, understand the process a little more, and maybe start to understand some of the other stuff. Then who knows, in a couple months he may be motivated to make the next bada$$ rom for our loved devices. It could happen... ;-)
We all have to start somewhere.....and this forum is the place for it to happen, because of its wonderful, selfless members who are willing to lend out a helping hand expecting nothing in return.
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Motivation and Impressive!! +1
Sent from my Dell Streak while away from alienware
A good friend of mine supposedly shut off his A500 during a upgrade/update. The unit still powers on but all I can get it to show is "boot verified failed..." in the upper-left corner of the Acer screen. I've downloaded several ROMs and tried reflashing from the SD card but no luck in reviving this. All I get is the Android triangle. I've reformatted the SD card. I've tried the Vol + power + screen lock stuff, too. I can't get to any other screen to change any settings... period. Many of the ROMs that I would like to try are dead links now that the government has shut them down. This is a US unit. Would someone be kind enough to direct me to where I can get the right stock ROM so I can at least get this thing running for him?
Hi ..
Not sure what he done.But it sounds like this will fix this issue for you..
Just follow this link good luck
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1307539#
erica_renee said:
Hi ..
Not sure what he done.But it sounds like this will fix this issue for you..
Just follow this link good luck
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1307539#
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Thanks for your response and it DOES look like it would work... IF I could access anything on the tablet - like enabling USB Debugging, etc. I can't get to it. What I need is something I can flash or boot right from the SD card as that's the only thing I have access to.
with this you do not need to have access to nothing. Download the file From the thread above to your windows pc. OPEN THE Zip file. it will have all the tools and A VERY DETAILED set of instructions. Find the instruction file and fallow it.
Many people have used this with ease. If you want help just flashing another.zip file. post the rom that was on the tablet . the recovery installed as well.
erica_renee said:
with this you do not need to have access to nothing. Download the file From the thread above to your windows pc. OPEN THE Zip file. it will have all the tools and A VERY DETAILED set of instructions. Find the instruction file and fallow it.
Many people have used this with ease. If you want help just flashing another.zip file. post the rom that was on the tablet . the recovery installed as well.
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OK, I tried it out and it doesn't pick up the tablet as I don't think USB debugging is enabled and I have no way to enable it. That's why I'm asking for a method to flash it from the SD card.
BTW, I found the S/N inside the SD card door.
You could try decrypting one of the update roms;
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1113878
Note that some are encrypted, and you have to de-crypt with the tool listed there.
Extract and copy the update.zip. Copy to SD.
Boot by vol- or vol+, and see if it will install.
There are a couple of other tips in the threads, like toggling the button for Portrait lock, to force the tab to start formatting.
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You could try decrypting one of the update roms;
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1113878
Note that some are encrypted, and you have to de-crypt with the tool listed there.
Extract and copy the update.zip. Copy to SD.
Boot by vol- or vol+, and see if it will install.
There are a couple of other tips in the threads, like toggling the button for Portrait lock, to force the tab to start formatting.
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Thanks VERY much! I swear I must have tried these before and they didn't work. However, I missed one important step - unzipping the update.zip from the file! DOH! I feel really stupid but the tablet is running 100% perfectly.
Again, my most sincere thanks!
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Thanks VERY much! I swear I must have tried these before and they didn't work. However, I missed one important step - unzipping the update.zip from the file! DOH! I feel really stupid but the tablet is running 100% perfectly.
Again, my most sincere thanks!
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Hey, really, it's no problem. Glad we all could help get you up and running.
No, I haven't used that method, since my HTC desire. Same principle though.
I'd tell you the principle behind it, but it's rather long.
Glad you got it going.
My pals and I, are launching a new site. Hopefully it will be for people not so technically PHD'd with android. Not quite so technical as XDA. You're more than welcome to place some info, when we launch. It's more community orientated, so a different venue.
XDA, is, and always will be the place to come for the really technical stuff. As you see, there are users here, which will give you what they know. May not always be the fix, but, some people here "do" care.
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Hey, really, it's no problem. Glad we all could help get you up and running.
No, I haven't used that method, since my HTC desire. Same principle though.
I'd tell you the principle behind it, but it's rather long.
Glad you got it going.
My pals and I, are launching a new site. Hopefully it will be for people not so technically PHD'd with android. Not quite so technical as XDA. You're more than welcome to place some info, when we launch. It's more community orientated, so a different venue.
XDA, is, and always will be the place to come for the really technical stuff. As you see, there are users here, which will give you what they know. May not always be the fix, but, some people here "do" care.
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Be happy to check it out. While I don't have a lot of tech savvy in Android, XDA has been my "go to" for almost all things Android for MY A500. While I can't contribute much (if anything ), I have sure picked up a wealth of help/tips here.
gjtoth said:
Be happy to check it out. While I don't have a lot of tech savvy in Android, XDA has been my "go to" for almost all things Android for MY A500. While I can't contribute much (if anything ), I have sure picked up a wealth of help/tips here.
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Hey, we all start "somewhere".
Androidtabletgeeks.com And remind you, it is not competition. Just an alternative.
Officially, it has not launched. Still working on tutorial videos and such. Like I said, it's a different venue.
We all start somewhere......
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Hey, we all start "somewhere".
Androidtabletgeeks.com And remind you, it is not competition. Just an alternative.
Officially, it has not launched. Still working on tutorial videos and such. Like I said, it's a different venue.
We all start somewhere......
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I peaked very nice.hope you don't mind.
Did not reg.
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I peaked very nice.hope you don't mind.
Did not reg.
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No problem. Still have tons of video tutorials to make.
Moscow Desire said:
You could try decrypting one of the update roms;
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1113878
Note that some are encrypted, and you have to de-crypt with the tool listed there.
Extract and copy the update.zip. Copy to SD.
Boot by vol- or vol+, and see if it will install.
There are a couple of other tips in the threads, like toggling the button for Portrait lock, to force the tab to start formatting.
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MD, i was unable to download any of the 3.0.1 update files. When i click on the link it takes me to some xml tree. is there any other place where i could download?
Bricked??
Hello All,
I was running ICS ota on my a500, I am trying to boot with recovery, and it gives me an icon of android with gears and reboots, with the following error:
Not legal! Abort
The blob package is not official ~Abort!
After which it just shows the word android and blinks every few seconds.
My a500 was not rooted.
I tried afew things posted on the forums, civato method, downloading a previous OTA and running it. nothing works.
Please help....
When i start up normally the screen shows the word ANDROID and stay`s on that.
volume down and power android puppet with exclamation mark.
Volume up and power give`s me the menus skrilax bootloader V6 reboot- fastboot mode – Boot recovery – Set Boot secondary Kernel image – Set Debug mode on – Wipe cache.
I have tried all options.
Finally holding reset and power button down and after 3 sec release power and 1 sec after that the reset
When I use Blackthund3r`s flashtool v0.4 I get the message no APX mode devices are connected.
Can you help me out? Preferably whit a Dutch recover.
Many thanks in advance
Hey there. I rooted my Vibrant successfully, but realized I left some important things out. I used this guide to root my Vibrant: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=723479
The problems:
1) I can't nandroid (not that I need to, I only have 4 apps)
2) I would like to install either Miui v4 or CyanogenMod 9 but cannot as my recovery screen does not show me the options to do so (I only get the 4 options you normally would get unrooted, such as "Reinstall Packages"), so I'm stuck with the lame default homescreen.
3) I'm currently on 2.1-update1; should I upgrade to 2.2? If so, must I unroot to upgrade, and then reroot? And if this were the case, how do you unroot, and can I reroot using the same method in the link above?
Also, I was looking at this guide: http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/wiki/Sa...te_Guide#Installing_the_ClockworkMod_Recovery
and noticed the line "This guide assumes the Samsung Vibrant already has Android 2.2 build UVKB5 already installed on it."
Does this mean 2.2 is required to install the CWM Recovery?
Thank you.
I'm not sure how you don't have CWM recovery if you followed the guide as it is written. Maybe its because the 2.1 is updated? I would do the following and see if that's all it takes. You definitely don't want to update to stock 2.2 via Kies or anything of that nature.
Worst case scenario, we can have you Odin back to stock JFD. You'll be smooth sailing from there.
Search the forums and find the update.zip for CWM for our Vibrant.
Put that on the lowest level of your INTERNAL storage. Not your microsd card. For example f:\update.zip
Now go to your boring 4 option stock recovery and select reinstall packages. It will reboot to the same boring screen. Select reinstall packages again, and it will reboot into Clockwork Mod Recovery.
Let me know if that does anything for you. Also what version of stock recovery do you have?
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Search the forums and find the update.zip for CWM for our Vibrant.
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Can pull that directly from my signature, if OP wants. (Only works on Eclair [JFD] build btw)
Also OP, You will have to have a ROM that you are going to want to flash saved on your Internal SD card. Jsut download it, put in a folder and follow the ROM OP's instructions. Since you are fresh and new, I would NOT suggest flashing anything of ICS or JB until you get the hang of things first.
Read, read and then read somemore. When it comes time to flash ICS or beyond, there is a guide in my signature. Good luck and make sure to hit Toast's "Thanks" button. He is a good asset to have around here.
Wow! I was hesitant to even check today, let it alone this early! Did not think that I would have two very useful replies waiting for me. Thanks guys, much appreciated!
I'll try the Odin thing out first before I even try to flash (you need root first before flashing, I'm assuming). Just out of curiosity, what is JFD and Odin? I'm still gonna try it out using the guides found here, but just curious.
EDIT: Damn, it worked like a charm! Now I have CWM. The mistake I made was that I only installed the Superuser/ROOT and not both. Gonna play with it for a bit now
I'm glad that your issue was solved
If you have any other questions/issues feel free to hit us up. We tend to lurk around these parts from time to time.
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Toast6977 said:
I'm glad that your issue was solved
If you have any other questions/issues feel free to hit us up. We tend to lurk around these parts from time to time.
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Thank you for teaching me the etiquette around here as well
I have this shinny new powerful phone and I have no idea what to do with it. I've never got too deep into cell phones. But I want to get the most out of this phone. I pay a lot to be able to use it and I want to get the most enjoyment out of it. I've had it a while now and I haven't really done much to it.
I want to get rid of programs that is just taking up space. I want to get the best apps, learn about the phone. Customize it in cool ways.
Should I root it? Am I too much of a noob and or have too good of a phone to even need to worry about it?
Will you guys hold my hand and walk me through this phone or link me to some "lg g2 starter guide" threads to really have fun with this phone?
Thanks
Aye! First of all, welcome to the G2 community!
It's 4 in the morning for me right now, can we 'go for a walk' after I get my sleep?
Just wanted to reply so you won't feel lost and lonely, been there, done that.
In the meantime, enjoy your G2 first for what it is right now.
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I feel the exact same way! Except I've had the phone for one month now.
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Thanks. I bought my phone about two weeks ago. Switched from sprint to verizon after 7 years with sprint
honestly the phone is fast enough by itself with amazing battery, but if you like to get into flashing things first off
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2449670 this will teach you how to install TWRP. after that just download a rom of your choosing, more than likely the developer already root the rom for you so you dont need to do it. enjoy from there. make sure you know how to enter TWRP the hard button way... for tmobile is hold down and power button, once LG logo flash quickly let go and press the two button again. thats tmobile though.
I'm a bit of noob to the whole custom ROMS thing as well. I was just wondering what is a good program to make a back up before rooting and installing new ROMS?
TWRP (Team Win Recovery Project) and CWM (Clockwork Mod) both have backup utilities baked in. The stock full system backup will be quite large. Aside from being a best practice, it's too large to archive on the device, in my opinion. I would recommend offloading it to your PC and learn how to put it back using ADB (Android Debug Bridge) and the TWRP sideload feature in the event of a soft brick condition. Recommend you also backup and save your EFS/IMEI.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2451390
First step, ioroot.
Read and re-read on how to root and flash if you've never rooted or flash ROMS before to reduce to risk of bricking.
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G1_enthusiast said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2449670 this will teach you how to install TWRP. after that just download a rom of your choosing.
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Hi. As someone who has very little understanding about this stuff, I'm struggling to get any use out of that guide. Is anyone else finding this?
For example:
"Ok, so if you look in the download page for your device and you are getting a zip file, this is a flashable zip, but it cannot be treated the same as an IMG file in this guide. You need to flash an older one that is a .img file, and then use that to flash the newer zip."
I have no idea how to do what it says in that last sentence, or what it even means.
Then where it starts describing option one, I don't understand what it's telling me to do. What does it mean to "push" the loki patch and the img? Where am I supposed to type that stuff in the code box?
I figured I'd just get my g2 rooted and back it up, then start reading about the stuff I didn't understand. But just getting started seems really complicated, and I'm struggling find the info I need to understand that guide. Is there a more detailed, baby step guide for idiots out there? Or can someone just quickly explain the things I mentioned about that guide?
Thanks for replies.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=45692679. If you need root, try this guide.
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