Hello all!
I had a friend who recently bought a GT540 and I've been doing some research on how flash some custom roms for her.
With every android phone I've had in the past, the method was pretty simple. I rooted the device, installed clockwork recovery, and then flashed a custom rom zip from clockwork recovery.
For the GT540 though, I keep seeing things about something called "fastboot" which I am unfamiliar with. Subsequently for the custom roms available, I see that some roms like swift have separate files. One for recovery and one for fastboot. I'm assuming that each file is for each method.
Question: My question is, do I have to deal with "fastboot" and "KDZ" or can I just install clockwork on it and flash roms zips from my sd card from recovery like I have been doing with all my other android phones?
Thank you everyone for your help, I know that this was a very long and tedious question!
kweng_ca said:
Hello all!
I had a friend who recently bought a GT540 and I've been doing some research on how flash some custom roms for her.
With every android phone I've had in the past, the method was pretty simple. I rooted the device, installed clockwork recovery, and then flashed a custom rom zip from clockwork recovery.
For the GT540 though, I keep seeing things about something called "fastboot" which I am unfamiliar with. Subsequently for the custom roms available, I see that some roms like swift have separate files. One for recovery and one for fastboot. I'm assuming that each file is for each method.
Question: My question is, do I have to deal with "fastboot" and "KDZ" or can I just install clockwork on it and flash roms zips from my sd card from recovery like I have been doing with all my other android phones?
Thank you everyone for your help, I know that this was a very long and tedious question!
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You can read about what fastboot is here. With the GT540, you must flash a 'fastboot KDZ' which activates fastboot. Then you use fastboot to flash recovery. I have a tutorial link in my signature that explains how to install fastboot, recovery AND custom ROMs.
Hope it helps.
Well the reply is going to be very long too.... Anyway the swift does not come with a recovery partition so u have to flash a kdz that "unlocks it" so after doing this you have a recovery partition but no recovery. so u have to flash another kdz to get fast boot. Using fast boot u can flash a recovery to use like u would said.
At this point u can flash rom via fast boot or recovery.
So you could say fast boot is only needed once to flash the first recovery. But since it is there we might as well use it. Fast boot uses .img files while recovery uses .zip files. Our recovery can only be flashed thru fast boot.
Last thing the kdz part is a killer. It killed my phone and some others. Well need more help just ask.
effortless. said:
Fastboot is on most phones (mainly HTC, although more manufacturers use it too), it is a way to flash boot/system/data images. With the GT540, you must flash a 'fastboot KDZ' which activates fastboot. Then you use fastboot to flash recovery. I have a tutorial link in my signature that explains how to install fastboot, recovery AND custom ROMs.
Hope it helps.
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Don't u have to flash a clockwork kdz????
bs828 said:
Don't u have to flash a clockwork kdz????
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Nope. You just need to flash the fastboot KDZ and then flash a recovery image through fastboot.
Just a question. What partitions are recovery and fastboot in?
jhonnyx1000 said:
Just a question. What partitions are recovery and fastboot in?
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Recovery is on partition mtdblock2 (/dev/block/mtdblock2) which is not mounted in android, and fastboot is part of the bootloader.
OK
I think I'll be able to find it on Mount Manager. Thanks
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So does it matter which recovery image i use to flash a new rom. Im looking to flash a cyanogenmod rom but want to use Amon's recovery.
I assume its no problem and that this is a stupid q!!!
mwade12001 said:
So does it matter which recovery image i use to flash a new rom. Im looking to flash a cyanogenmod rom but want to use Amon's recovery.
I assume its no problem and that this is a stupid q!!!
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It doesn't matter which Recovery image you use, as long as it allows you to flash Update.zip in the menu.
Hello!
I am sorry if this question was posted before, I just wasn't able to find it.
I'd like to know if it is possible to install ClockWorkMod recovery using ROM Manager or I have to do it in fast boot anyway?
My friend has this phone and I wouldn't like work with fasboot and things like that I've never heard about, because it seems more complex than the methods of installing a custom recovery for my Optimus One.
Again I'm sorry if it's a noob question.
As far as I know ROM Manager is not working on GT540.
pRo_lama said:
As far as I know ROM Manager is not working on GT540.
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I think we should contact Koush and see if we can get ROM Manager to support our device, but add a warning about flashing fastboot ROMs first (as we need them for recovery to work, lets just say its our version of the Nand Lock )
you can install recovery with root tool box or you can use terminal emulator.
I use yaffs expert.I update recovery very easy
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No, you will have to use fastboot or flash_image.
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Incorrect
I flashed the LG Optimus One P500 Recovery image on ROM Manager and then restarted it via ROM Manager. It got stuck, so I flashed a LG GT540 compatible ClockworkMod Recovery image via fastboot and now I can use ROM Manager (for fixing permissions, booting into recovery, etc.)
I think you can flash Recovery ROMs via KDZ Updater
jhonnyx1000 said:
I flashed the LG Optimus One P500 Recovery image on ROM Manager and then restarted it via ROM Manager. It got stuck, so I flashed a LG GT540 compatible ClockworkMod Recovery image via fastboot and now I can use ROM Manager (for fixing permissions, booting into recovery, etc.)
I think you can flash Recovery ROMs via KDZ Updater
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Yeah thas is how I done it, sort of. I flashed the GT540 recovery in fastboot, and then in ROM Manager I pressed menu and there was an option to override so I chose Optimus One and it worked fine.
Someone
Someone contact the developers and provide support?
i need help! when i was using jromflasher and wipe everything and boot loop. i only see google with white letters and black background. i did not put custom rom on the nexus 7. how can i fix this?
GiantsFan91 said:
i need help! when i was using jromflasher and wipe everything and boot loop. i only see google with white letters and black background. i did not put custom rom on the nexus 7. how can i fix this?
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sigh, you uninstalled the operating system... you can't just use the tool without flashing a custom rom i think. you seems to be able to boot into bootloader, so use this tool: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1766475 and you should be back running in no time.
Billchen0014 said:
sigh, you uninstalled the operating system... you can't just use the tool without flashing a custom rom i think. you seems to be able to boot into bootloader, so use this tool: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1766475 and you should be back running in no time.
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i am able to boot into bootloader or cmw but i did not put custom rom in it. i use this tool...same happen.
you will have to flash a rom to use your phone again.. so if you have a custom recovery you can use adb to transfer a rom to your internal sd card and flash it in recovery or you you can use the toolkit to flash stock in fastboot mode
k786 said:
you will have to flash a rom to use your phone again.. so if you have a custom recovery you can use adb to transfer a rom to your internal sd card and flash it in recovery or you you can use the toolkit to flash stock in fastboot mode
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how can i do adb? im not sure if the nexus 7 is on usb debugging. its really messed up.
Hi guys, I've accidentally flashed a p4wifi aokp milestone6 on my nexus S (didn't pay enough attention)
Now my phone boots correctly, but I can't mound sdcard, and this happens on recovery too
Is there anything I can do? I can't flash back any roms
P.S: It seems that I have my old rom installed (aokp jb), that's what the Info says
Flash back the stock Rom buddy it ill help you
shazzy1 said:
Flash back the stock Rom buddy it ill help you
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But How? I can't copy it
what version of recovery do you use?
Use odin man
I use CWM. I think that I can solve everything if I format the sd, but I really need to access it to save some files first
I use cwm 6.0.1.3 version and has problem mounting sd thats why i asked you. Try to flash a 5 version with fastboot to mount sd.
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fastboot
fastboot can update rom too.
fastboot flash [partition name] [image name]
three partition, system boot radio, needed for rom flashing.
fastboot flash system filename.img
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot flash radio radio.img
Never had any problem with mounting sdcard with cwm, it would be way too coincidental that it stopped working just exactly when I flash a wrong rom.
And I have 5.5.0.4...
In theory, flashing the wrong boot.img could create a missmatch on the mount points. If all else fails you can fastboot in the various partitions directly to correct.
i have this problem too on my brother's gnex.
i currently downloading stock factory image to flash from fastboot.
just try that.
hope we can get back our usb storage.
if you found another way please share.
thanks.
Hi all, I met a problem after flashing cm-11-20141028-NIGHTLY-mb52x.zip.
I cannot enter Custom Recovery (TWRP) any more. Other functions are OK, but I cannot upgrade to new ROM now.
Is there a simple way to restore Custom recovery in CM11?
Otherwise, I will have to use the method: "flashing stcok ROM (Android 2.3) -> root -> 2nd Init -> flashing Custom recovery", to restore it.
Thanks in advance.
hi, don't know if you still need an answer but you can try this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2708771
Hi jh20, thanks for the information.
I checked the post you provided. However, my problem is that I cannot enter the Custom Recovery anymore, let alone flashing another ROM.
jh20 said:
hi, don't know if you still need an answer but you can try this:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2708771
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perhaps i should explained a little more. these are based on memory as i haven't done these a while now.
cwm recovery had been permanently removed from cm11, and you can only flash cm10 and not anything earlier (cm7 or cm9) with cm11's twrp because of ext4 partition. so as long as you can still get into twrp, you can flash cm10 which still has both twrp "and" cwm recovery. cm10's cwm recovery allows you to repartition it back to ext3 and hence allows you to flash cm7.
i did a little google on how to revert from cm10, and here are the hits:
https://www.google.com.au/search?q=...hannel=sb&gfe_rd=cr&ei=rXBiVP7-GqGN8Qfiz4HYCw
and the first one on xda:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2095518
if you need more just read the other posts. hope they help.
Thanks a lot, jh20.
I think I made a mistake in the post, that I was not use CWM recovery in CM11, it is TWRP recovery instead. I've update my post to reflect this.
So the problem is that I cannot enter TWRP recovery any more, and cannot flash another ROM or anything via TWRP recovery.
Is there a simple way to restore TWRP recovery, otherwise I have to start from scratch by flashing stock ROM, ...
I'm not trying to go back to CM7.2.
jh20 said:
perhaps i should explained a little more. these are based on memory as i haven't done these a while now.
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if you need more just read the other posts. hope they help.
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swest said:
So the problem is that I cannot enter TWRP recovery any more, and cannot flash another ROM or anything via TWRP recovery.
Is there a simple way to restore TWRP recovery, otherwise I have to start from scratch by flashing stock ROM, ...
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Sorry, not with my knowledge. So unless some experts/developers here have any ideas, you might have to start from scratch.