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Sent my bricked xoom in to Motorola a few weeks ago, they called today claiming it was not repairable, they are sending it back tomorrow. They didn't mention anything about it being rooted, just stated they will not cover it. I guess I asked for it.....
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evank001 said:
Sent my bricked xoom in to Motorola a few weeks ago, they called today claiming it was not repairable, they are sending it back tomorrow. They didn't mention anything about it being rooted, just stated they will not cover it. I guess I asked for it.....
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It's a sad day for you
This is why I got my 1 year warranty from Bestbuy. They cover it regardless of what I flash.
I wonder if there is any way to pull that off with the best buy warranty, any idea how long it is till you can no longer buy a warranty
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Wow..that must be sad..and that's the reasn why I didn't root my xoom yet even I am eagerly want to root it and upgrade it with android 3.1..cause u know..things might get unlucky...
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evank001 said:
I wonder if there is any way to pull that off with the best buy warranty, any idea how long it is till you can no longer buy a warranty
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You can purchase the Best Buy PSP (their black tie service plan) up until the day you can return your Xoom for a refund (30 days / 45 if you are a silver rewards member). With the Best Buy PSP you can literally trash your Xoom and they'll give you another one (stupid policy IMO). This includes rooting/hacking/flashing/doing whatever the hell you want to it.
dynexell said:
Wow..that must be sad..and that's the reasn why I didn't root my xoom yet even I am eagerly want to root it and upgrade it with android 3.1..cause u know..things might get unlucky...
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You're making a smart decision. Unless you are 110% comfortable with development tools I would always advice against rooting and flashing custom software on your Xoom. In almost every single instance where I've seen someone come post about their bricked Xoom it was obvious that they didn't have the first CLUE what they were doing.
It was bricked by clockwork SD partition for some reason now they say they can't fix it
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To OP, sorry to hear that. I had the same issue as you and the whole process from the day I called to the day I received the new Xoom was 7 days. I was kinda suprised, was thinking that I might have to pay for the repair. Maybe too many bricked Xoom sent in for repair with the same issue.
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How bout that, homeowners covers it with a 50$ deductible, I guess ill be more careful next time
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Does it turn on at all? I mean i am assuming it to be stuck in boot loop or something.
Might you try flashing with RSDlite?
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It was bricked by clockwork SD partition for some reason now they say they can't fix it
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Can't or won't?
I wonder if it would be worth your while calling Motorola and explaining exactly what has happened, mention that you'd be willing to pay for a repair subject to cost? It would be a real shame if they can't help you out.
Motorola had my xoom for 3 weeks. Just got a call.from the customer advocacy office telling me it is not repairable and it is not covered under warranty, I offered to pay and they said no,
it is stuck at MOTO dual core, volume buttons are unresponsive
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evank001 said:
Motorola had my xoom for 3 weeks. Just got a call.from the customer advocacy office telling me it is not repairable and it is not covered under warranty, I offered to pay and they said no,
it is stuck at MOTO dual core, volume buttons are unresponsive
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At this point if you got it covered under homeowners whats the point.
PS: I'd like to know how you got it covered for only a $50 deductable. Is there an addon to your insurance that covers electronics?
Yes there is a home computer and electronics add on for 15 bucks a year. Pretty much equivalent to best buys black tie warranty only better!! I didn't even know I had it till today. I pretty much wanted to post this as a warning, Motorola seems to have had enough but who knows. I figured they would replace it so they wouldn't get any bad publicity since sales are somewhat weak, but I was wrong. Oh well live and learn I guess
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evank001 said:
Yes there is a home computer and electronics add on for 15 bucks a year. Pretty much equivalent to best buys black tie warranty only better!! I didn't even know I had it till today. I pretty much wanted to post this as a warning, Motorola seems to have had enough but who knows. I figured they would replace it so they wouldn't get any bad publicity since sales are somewhat weak, but I was wrong. Oh well live and learn I guess
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Cool, who's your insurance with, I'm interested.
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Yes there is a home computer and electronics add on for 15 bucks a year. Pretty much equivalent to best buys black tie warranty only better!! I didn't even know I had it till today. I pretty much wanted to post this as a warning, Motorola seems to have had enough but who knows. I figured they would replace it so they wouldn't get any bad publicity since sales are somewhat weak, but I was wrong. Oh well live and learn I guess
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So you were hoping they would honor a voided warranty cause sales are weak? Don't want to be dickish but thats the risk we run rooting and flashing. It's like if i bought a new car put a blower on it and blew the motor. I couldn't take it back and say fix it. But glad to hear you found a way to get a xoom.
Not honoring a voided warranty is one thing; we all take on that responsibility the moment we unlock the device. Refusing to repair the device even if you are willing to PAY for the repairs is quite another. Hard to believe the thing is just a throw-away.
I have liberty mutual insurance, I sent it to Motorola not expecting anything but it can't hurt to try, I work in the auto business and we warranty a lot of things that are or should void the warranty but in order to keep happy customers and no bad press we just warranty it, I figured they might just fix it like they have for others, oh well, maybe ill post a YouTube video of it stuck at the MOTO screen and use it for Target practice Haha, or even start a site called WWW.trashmyxoom.com. Haha only thing to do now is laugh it off ....oh and don't do it again!
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Send it to Blendtec and see if it will blend
I just got a used atrix 4g but it says when i boot up.. "sim card is removed or changed. log in to your motoblur account.. um yeah i aint got one what do i do ??
Try this,
http://www.technipages.com/2-ways-to-factory-hard-reset-motorola-atrix.html
It doesn't give you an option to create a new one? All it requires is a working email address.
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It doesn't give you an option to create a new one? All it requires is a working email address.
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Yeah I know. It sucks. But unless you have better luck finding a way to reset blur than I did, I am afraid that is what it is.
I am amazed that someone sold a phone and didn't reset it theirselves. And you probly don't want their crap on your phone anyway. Not to mention, a nice reset will give you that new out of the box experience. So unless you are concerned about keeping the contents of the old user, (sayWHAT?!?) don't sweat it. Takes maybe 5 minutes tops for the reset. And you are in business.
cant u just flash the SBF ?
Go into recovery and I have the option to factory reset from there
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Call me whatever you want, but are we sure this is a purchased phone and not a stolen phone?
Maybe I don't trust people, or whatever, but I just don't see someone selling an atrix, without at least performing a wipe.
For the record, I am not saying the op stole it, just saying it could be.
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I tried the two steps worked like a charm
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DarrellRaines said:
Call me whatever you want, but are we sure this is a purchased phone and not a stolen phone?
Maybe I don't trust people, or whatever, but I just don't see someone selling an atrix, without at least performing a wipe.
For the record, I am not saying the op stole it, just saying it could be.
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not saying it is either way, but the original owner could have wiped, booted up the phone and logged in with their motoblur account to check, and then handed off the phone.
DarrellRaines said:
Call me whatever you want, but are we sure this is a purchased phone and not a stolen phone?
Maybe I don't trust people, or whatever, but I just don't see someone selling an atrix, without at least performing a wipe.
For the record, I am not saying the op stole it, just saying it could be.
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My thoughts exactly.
I actually traded for my iconia tablet. One complaint att added data plan when I called cheapest they said was 45 wth
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l3giticonia said:
I actually traded for my iconia tablet. One complaint att added data plan when I called cheapest they said was 45 wth
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Uhh..no
http://www.att.com/shop/wireless/plans/data-plans.jsp
I kept telling the stupid lady that my brother had same.phone on 2gb for 25 and she said I was incorrect no matter how much I told her. She said 4g absolutely requires and that it was the only one availible. And I told her on the site I saw it and she said I was misinformed. And went ahead and added the stupid package
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Call back and talk to someone else.
She asked two people I kept teling her. I just went to my manage features and switched to 2gb 25 plan
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Hello, I got issue with my phone and can't connect it to any computer, tired all different drives and 5 USB cables on 5 diffrent computers, and can't use Odin to unroot it.
Tried to search at the forums and checked many threads found by google and didn't find way to unroot the phone from SD card.
I will really appreciate if someone can help me with it.
Thanks.
systemhalter said:
Hello, I got issue with my phone and can't connect it to any computer, tired all different drives and 5 USB cables on 5 diffrent computers, and can't use Odin to unroot it.
Tried to search at the forums and checked many threads found by google and didn't find way to unroot the phone from SD card.
I will really appreciate if someone can help me with it.
Thanks.
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Check out this video:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=32dOsaIrdEc
Same problem here, I try to conect my epic to odin and it just won't appear no matter what I do
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You can unroot by following the method in qbking77's video but remember it will not change your modem. If you have the EC05 modem you are good. If you have a leaked GB modem and wish to go to Sprint hope for a lazy tech that won't check your baseband.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1027904
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here's a little tip,
WE DONT CARE IF YOUR ROOTED OR MODIFIED!
squshy 7 said:
here's a little tip,
WE DONT CARE IF YOUR ROOTED OR MODIFIED!
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Really, you can speak for all of sprint people?
I had to go through Asurion and pay $100 because they wouldn't work with my rooted phone when it had a physical defect un-related to any software issue.
I'll be more than happy to work with you to get my $100 back, other than that don't tell people it's ok.
What was the issue you might ask? My phone stopped communicating with any computer, same as OP. They blamed it on me flashing/rooting and therefore wouldn't work with it.
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here's a little tip,
WE DONT CARE IF YOUR ROOTED OR MODIFIED!
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You must mean after Sprint makes them pay the $100 deductible. We were talking about warranty repairs which of course are considered void on a rooted phone.
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It worked, thanks for the video, getting a new phone in a few days.
I've said this several times, so please take it to heart.
As service and repair technicians, our M&P (methods and procedures) states that rooted and modified phones DO NOT void any sort of warranty. This was just recently changed several months ago. It wast publicly announced for obvious reasons. Manufacturer warranty, I can't speak for that. But if you pay for TEP, being rooted DOES NOT void your TEP extended warranty.
Any sprint rep or tech who tells you otherwise and refers you to asurion is WRONG or MISINFORMED or LAZY. Please tell them and their manager to refer to their phone triage M&P.
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Actually, a point of clarification, our M&P never explicitly states anything regarding warranty, rather they hide that fact in verbage.
It states how to troubleshoot and repair a rooted device, and what "tier" it falls into (a quick fix/a free fix if you have TEP or 35 if you dont/a fix that needs claimed with asurion if you have TEP or screwed if you don't). Rooted devices (so long as there's no liquidd damage or accidental damage) fall into tier 2, which means a free fix at the S&R location if you have TEP or $35 if you don't.
Sooo...put 2 and 2 together..this means (implicitly) that root is does not void the terms of your extended warranty through TEP.
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Thank you for that Squishy...it seems a lot of techs didn't get the memo and try to get that $100 deductible. I am sure this info you provided will help a lot of people stuck rooted.
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Thank you for that Squishy...it seems a lot of techs didn't get the memo and try to get that $100 deductible. I am sure this info you provided will help a lot of people stuck rooted.
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No problem
Well it's to keep their exchange rate down, I imagine. That bit of info doesn't come without forewarning, however. Sprint still strongly discourages it.
For instance, latest rumor I heard here is that if you own a 3D and go through HTC's official unlock method, your ESN is flagged in the system for things regarding free tethering and the like. So there is still risk assumed by rooting.
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No problem
Well it's to keep their exchange rate down, I imagine. That bit of info doesn't come without forewarning, however. Sprint still strongly discourages it.
For instance, latest rumor I heard here is that if you own a 3D and go through HTC's official unlock method, your ESN is flagged in the system for things regarding free tethering and the like. So there is still risk assumed by rooting.
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Makes me want to keep the Epic forever...lol.
Just bought this hasn't come yet anyone have anything I should know about this tablet
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jayjayjoker2 said:
Just bought this hasn't come yet anyone have anything I should know about this tablet
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Go to toshibathrive forum and tabletrom forums. There is also alot here, but just search.
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just got mine last week with 30% off on a deal. sweet thing, works perfectly
Don't upgrade to 3.2.1. You lose the ability to root. I jumped the gun and upgraded. Bummed!
Same here. Got mine today and updated. One thing to note, within the first hour the thing rebooted and came up asking for a pin which I never set so had to factory reset it. I recommend setting a pin whether you decide to encrypt it or not.
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I upgraded yesterday and noticed my husband's galaxy box said MF3 so I was looking pretty screwed for rooting/roms. Cue today when I notice that my box says MDL! I am filled with hope! Then I realize with dread that my phone made a crazy noise in the middle of the night and I half asleep hit update. Dreaded MF3 now. Ugh. I feel like the world's biggest idiot and I can't reverse.
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Look nto safestrap itll allow u to duel boot a rooted device so as not to touch thestock rom
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Did you get your phone at the AT&T store?
Just asking in case because if you got the phone from Costco by any chance, you can return it without any questions asked and get one that has MDL on it.
deron37129 said:
Look nto safestrap itll allow u to duel boot a rooted device so as not to touch thestock rom
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Oh I will it just seems like the difficulty level has increased a lot. I considered myself fairly tech savvy (coming from a jailbroken iPhone 5) but a lot of rooting information is going over my head
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Wittyusernametaken said:
Oh I will it just seems like the difficulty has increased a lot. I considered myself fairly tech savvy (coming from a jailbroken iPhone 5) but a lot of rooting information is going over my head
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Rooting is very different than jailbreaking and more user involved. Don't feel bad. You'll get it down and then you'll be an Android master.
emckai said:
Did you get your phone at the AT&T store?
Just asking in case because if you got the phone from Costco by any chance, you can return it without any questions asked and get one that has MDL on it.
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Yeah att store think I'm borked cause I could pay the restocking fee but how to exchange?
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If u just got it. Then u have 14 days to return to AT$T without restock fee. But doesn't guarantee u will get lucky with ur next one being MDL either. I bought 1 for each family member (4 total) and received only 1 MDL outta the bunch. But I been reading on the safe strap and it may be easier than dealing with AT$T
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Wittyusernametaken said:
Yeah att store think I'm borked cause I could pay the restocking fee but how to exchange?
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When I had the Lumia 920 and returned it within 14 days, I still had to pay the restocking fee. ($36)
Just say you have some issue with your WiFi and it's extremely weak at your house, but your husbands WiFi strength is full. Basically tell them you have a defective device. They should be able to exchange the phone for you without the restocking fee. If you're brave enough, ask kindly if you could get a phone with the MDL software. If they bring one out that is MF3, ask kindly if they can recheck.
Good luck!
Wittyusernametaken said:
Oh I will it just seems like the difficulty level has increased a lot. I considered myself fairly tech savvy (coming from a jailbroken iPhone 5) but a lot of rooting information is going over my head
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Here you go straight to the point with pictures and videos should be easy enough.
http://gs4.wonderhowto.com/how-to/root-your-at-t-samsung-galaxy-s4-mf3-firmware-0148603/
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When I had the Lumia 920 and returned it within 14 days, I still had to pay the restocking fee. ($36)
Just say you have some issue with your WiFi and it's extremely weak at your house, but your husbands WiFi strength is full. Basically tell them you have a defective device. They should be able to exchange the phone for you without the restocking fee. If you're brave enough, ask kindly if you could get a phone with the MDL software. If they bring one out that is MF3, ask kindly if they can recheck.
Good luck!
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I actually am having a few issues with dropping wifi so I'm going to try my luck and see if I can get an MDL one this afternoon. Thanks. Hoping to avoid the restocking fee
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Good luck! Eager to know how it goes...
Wittyusernametaken said:
I actually am having a few issues with dropping wifi so I'm going to try my luck and see if I can get an MDL one this afternoon. Thanks. Hoping to avoid the restocking fee
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Good luck! I'm also eager to know how it went.
If they tell you it might be the router that is causing the issue, tell them they're wrong because your husbands S4 stays connected all the time and doesn't have any problems.
I took the MF3 uptate by choice just for a new challenge and its actually very easy to root using the card reader exFAT formated SdCard method.Safstrap is also very easy to install and use.its all good reading material here in Xda
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I was sweating bullets. They forced a factory reset and were saying I had to keep the phone and so I pushed the fact that we are a cell phone only house and with no coverage at random it wasn't safe (since we use a mcell tower for coverage) then they approved it and had ONE in back.
Success!!!!
Can anyone tell me how I turn off updates so I stay at MDL and point me to the direction of the best rooting tutorial for slightly techy people? Lol.this was crazy.
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Wittyusernametaken said:
I was sweating bullets. They forced a factory reset and were saying I had to keep the phone and so I pushed the fact that we are a cell phone only house and with no coverage at random it wasn't safe (since we use a mcell tower for coverage) then they approved it and had ONE in back.
Success!!!!
Can anyone tell me how I turn off updates so I stay at MDL and point me to the direction of the best rooting tutorial for slightly techy people? Lol.this was crazy.
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This will get you rooted and a custom recovery. On page 2 post 14 has the option for CWM or TWRP.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2297900
You need Titanium Backup (paid version) to freeze these 3 files.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=41424569&postcount=4
*edit* Whatever you do, do not put the SIM in or setup your wifi until the 3 files are frozen.
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This will get you rooted and a custom recovery. On page 2 post 14 has the option for CWM or TWRP.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2297900
You need Titanium Backup (paid version) to freeze these 3 files.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=41424569&postcount=4
*edit* Whatever you do, do not put the SIM in or setup your wifi until the 3 files are frozen.
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Thank you!! Uh, I connected to the wi-fi for a little bit but I'm still on MDL, I just turned it off, hopefully I was fast enough. I'm rooting right now and then Titanium Backup to freeze the files.
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Thank you!! Uh, I connected to the wi-fi for a little bit but I'm still on MDL, I just turned it off, hopefully I was fast enough. I'm rooting right now and then Titanium Backup to freeze the files.
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Just use the tutorial that is located in the General section.
Root -> Custom recovery (I suggest CWM) -> Custom ROM.
If you use CASUAL to root, Loki and install TWRP after that is complete, download ROM Manager from the playstore and flash CWM. (I've been having boot issues with AOSP (CM10.1) and switching to CWM helped)
If you want a really simple ROM, I suggest CyanogenMod 10.1 RC2 (get.cm) or you could do NIGHTLIES. Up to you.
Glad you were able to get an MDL version!
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If you use CASUAL to root, Loki and install TWRP after that is complete, download ROM Manager from the playstore and flash CWM.
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CASUAL will give the option to install CWM. No need for ROM Manager.
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CASUAL will give the option to install CWM. No need for ROM Manager.
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I don't think it gives you an option to install CWM?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2297900
That is the one I used and it never gave me the option to pick CWM over TWRP.
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I don't think it gives you an option to install CWM?
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2297900
That is the one I used and it never gave me the option to pick CWM over TWRP.
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Go to post 14 in this thread like I said and you'll have the option for TWRP or CWM!