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[Q] Installing CyanogenMod on Nexus S 4G?

I am a total noob and am having trouble installing CyanogenMod onto my Nexus S 4G. I barely rooted the darn thing, and I am using a guide that involves ROM Manager. It says I have to mount the SD card using ROM Manager, but I can't figure out how to. If there is a better way to install CyanogenMod, please tell me, because all the guides I have been finding are way too technical for me to understand, and I have been trying. Any help is appreciated.

Can you tell us which guide you are using and which step you are on? I think you must mean ClockworkMod not ROM Manager.
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If you already have clock work then all you have to do is drag and drop cyanogen into the root of your sd card. Then flash through clock work.

ht tp://ww w.redmondpie.com/install-cyanogenmod-7.1-gingerbread-rom-on-nexus-s-4g-how-to-tutorial/
That's the guide I was using, I got stuck on step 4.
Is the rom the .zip file I downloaded from the cyanogen site, or is it inside the folder?

The rom is the zip file. Boot into recovery and select choose zip from sd and navigate to it and install it.make sure to do a back up and wipe cache,dalvic and do a factory rest before flashing the rom
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Paleryder said:
make sure to do a back up and wipe cache,dalvic and do a factory rest before flashing the rom
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Can you explain this part more? Is this the part of the guide that says "make a nandroid backup"?

1. Mount USB and drag and drop cm7 zip & Google apps into root of SD card.
2. Turn off nexus.
3. Boot into fastboot by holding volume up and then power button.
4. In fastboot go to recovery (power button is used as enter button, volume buttons represent up and down)
5. In recovery go to backup and restore and back up your current rom.
6. Go back and then wipe data factory reset and also wipe cache.
7. Go to advanced -> Wipe delvik cache.
8. Go back and then go to install zip from SD, find cm7 flash it, then flash Google apps. You can flash kernel right now if you want.
Hope this clears anything up
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I got to your step 5, but when I choose Recovery, after showing the Google logo it briefly shows a box and an arrow coming out of the box and an Android logo, then the box changes to a triangle with an exclamation mark. It stayed like that so I just rebooted the phone.

seb0910 said:
I got to your step 5, but when I choose Recovery, after showing the Google logo it briefly shows a box and an arrow coming out of the box and an Android logo, then the box changes to a triangle with an exclamation mark. It stayed like that so I just rebooted the phone.
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That means you don't have Clockwork recovery installed. You need to download the latest Clockwork recovery image and place it in the tools folder of your Android SDK Folder(wherever you placed it). Then press shift and right click on the tools folder and select "open command prompt here". Then boot your phone into bootloader by pressing volume up and power button at the same time. Connect your phone to your computer via usb cable and in the command prompt you opened type: fastboot flash recovery name of recovery image here.img and press enter and you will see in the command prompt window it will say sending image. When it is done scroll down to recovery on your phone using the volume buttons and press power to enter. Your phone will reboot into Clockwork recovery and from there you can continue on the previous posts steps. Hope this helps. You can download the latest Clockwork by going to this thread: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1078213 and clicking on the brown "CWM Recovery" under 'How to: Root the Nexus S 4G'.

well I'm pretty sure I do have clockwork because there's a folder on my phone that is called clockworkmod, and I did root the phone successfully at the very least, but I'll try putting a new one there.

seb0910 said:
well I'm pretty sure I do have clockwork because there's a folder on my phone that is called clockworkmod, and I did root the phone successfully at the very least, but I'll try putting a new one there.
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Alright here is a little run down on whats going on with your ns4g, you probably already flash clockworkmod on your nexus, but what samsung did was that it will try to revert back to the stock recovery. So what you have to do is flash Clockworkmod again to make it stick. Honestly it is good that it doesn't stick because then it would be easier to unroot the phone.
So now you have 2 different options on how to flash clockworkmod. 1) you can do it through fastboot but you have to have adb set up. I'm not sure what method you used to root your phone so i am just assuming.
2) you can download rom manager and flash clockwork through there. (Honestly i haven't done it through this method so i cant tell you of the pros or cons that are attributed with this).
NOTE: If you dont have super user yet it would be a prime time to flash it once you got CWM going.
For me, I only needed to flash clock work twice through fastboot in order to make it stick.
Good luck.

The guide I originally was using for this had me using rom manager, but it kept telling me I had to mount the SD card even though it was shown up in my computer.
If I were to flash clockwork again with adb setup, how would I do that? Sorry to be so asky, I just want this process to end correctly.

You have to set up adb if you don't have it already, go to ns4g development and go to vandam's thread that has all the list of rom's and rooting guides. Check out wolverines rooting guide, he goes indepth on how to set up adb. It make take awhile to set up but learning how to work in fastboot is essential in rooting the nexus.
Good luck
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Well it was confusing and I almost asked for help again, but I finally got it flashed again and now cyanogen is working. I really appreciate the help and for pointing neon the right direction. As a final note, is there anything else I should know, like updating or something, just general knowledge (basically, "now what?")?

seb0910 said:
Well it was confusing and I almost asked for help again, but I finally got it flashed again and now cyanogen is working. I really appreciate the help and for pointing neon the right direction. As a final note, is there anything else I should know, like updating or something, just general knowledge (basically, "now what?")?
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Did you get all the Google Apps installed too? That's the only "unusual" aspect of CyanogenMod.

Yep I got the Google apps.

Congrats dude its good you got it all working, BTW when ever you switch roms like from CM7 to miui you always have to wipe data, cache, and delvik cache. Delvik cache is in the advanced tab of CWM. If your just up updating from different versions of the same rom, you just need to wipe cache and delvik cache. That's about it, the hard part is done, enjoy flashing.

chewbz said:
Congrats dude its good you got it all working, BTW when ever you switch roms like from CM7 to miui you always have to wipe data, cache, and delvik cache. Delvik cache is in the advanced tab of CWM. If your just up updating from different versions of the same rom, you just need to wipe cache and delvik cache. That's about it, the hard part is done, enjoy flashing.
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Actually if you are updating from different versions of the same rom, you don't need to wipe anything, you just flash it.

Xoom

Hi guys!
I know this has prolly been asked alot.
I am a South African user with a Xoom 3G (MZ601)
Where would i start to flash it to ICS? Maybe AOKP or something?
Please assist with the easiest method.
Maybe a thread or so.....
Thanks alot!

^^rac said:
Hi guys!
I know this has prolly been asked alot.
I am a South African user with a Xoom 3G (MZ601)
Where would i start to flash it to ICS? Maybe AOKP or something?
Please assist with the easiest method.
Maybe a thread or so.....
Thanks alot!
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Fair enough. Glad that you decided to flash ICS. Firstly, are you rooted?

wesamothman said:
Fair enough. Glad that you decided to flash ICS. Firstly, are you rooted?
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Hi there
Thank you for helping.
No. I need info to get it rooted and unlocked (If nessecary?)
Thanks for helping mate...
(Ill keep on watching this thread...)

Fair enough. Sorry for my late response. I was in office. Just came home. Listen mate. Just hold on. I will write you a full procedure step by step a d share it with you soon
Sent from my MZ601 using Tapatalk 2

Yes, Let me clarify should you need to:
Definitely root your xoom and upgrade to custom ROM of ICS from Nightlites EOS team. Rooting and upgrading to this custom ROM, umts-everest for your device MZ601 is pretty fast and easy. will help you if you need to.
Note: please read this procedure carefully more than once until you are fully aware of it. If you have any doubts or concerns, just ask to avoid confusion before you apply. This should be followed step by step.
• Your custom ROM will be: Eos-umts_everest-70.zip. This is the latest ROM released on May 11th, 2012. Very stable and everything works with it. No issues found. http://goo.im/devs/teameos/roms/nightlies/umts_everest/
• Your GOOGLE APPs (GAPPs) would be: gapps-ics-20120429-signed.zip http://goo.im/gapps
Full thread in details can be found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1459641
To summarize:
First, download the above ROM and GAPPs and put them onto your xoom internal and external SD card. Put them under /mnt/sdcard for internal sd, and under the root of your external sd card.
To download:
• Get the Motorola USB drivers to your laptop: http://developer.motorola.com/docstools/USB_Drivers/
• Get the Android SDK to your laptop: http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
• Recovery Image: http://goo.im/devs/teameos/recoveries/wingray/eos-recovery-r6.img
• GAPPS: http://goo.im/gapps, your GAPPs would be: gapps-ics-20120429-signed.zip
• ROM: Your custom ROM will be: Eos-umts_everest-70.zip. This is the latest ROM released on May 11th, 2012. http://goo.im/devs/teameos/roms/nightlies/umts_everest/
Steps:
1. Power off your XOOM device.
2. Press and hold the volume down button while pressing the power button at the same time. Note: Even if your xoom starts again, just keep the button pressed until you see "Starting fastboot protocol" on the screen.
3. Connect Xoom to your computer via USB.
4. Open a ‘Command Prompt’ or ‘Terminal’ window on your computer in your sdk/tools folder. This is the sdk you downloaded above.
5. unlock your xoom and flash the recovery image. The recovery image should be in your current working directory where you have command line navigated to:
Type:
adb reboot bootloader
fastboot oem unlock
fastboot flash recovery eos-recovery-r6.img
fastboot reboot
adb reboot recovery
Now, you have your device unlocked and recovery installed.
Reboot your xoom by selecting the option "reboot system now" from recovery. you can navigate up and down using the volume buttons. Once an option is highlighted, press the power button to select, you will still have your old ROM.
To flash the other ROM downloaded above,
1. Boot into recovery by:
i. As soon as you hit the reboot command above, you should see a Motorola logo appear. Wait 3 seconds and tap the Volume down button and the words Android Recovery should appear on the screen. When you see that, tap the Volume up button and you’ll boot into recovery.
2. From within Recovery, perform wipe data, wipe cache, and go to advanced, wipe dalvik cache and battery stats. Don't worry, if the ROM and GAPPs are deleted, which should not be the case, you will have them on your external sd card
Note: wipe data will delete your stuff on the xoom. It would be great if you backup your files that you need to your external sd card before you start any of this procedure.
3. In recovery, navigate to install zip from sdcard > choose zip from sd card and select the EOS ROM you copied to the root of the SD card. Once the files are flashed, DO NOT reboot afterwards. Hold on.
4. Again, from Recovery, choose install zip from sdcard > choose zip from sd card and select the GAPPs you copied to the root of the SD card.
Then hit reboot system now. It will take 2 - 3 minutes for the first reboot. Setup your google account. and you are good to go.
Later reboots will be much faster (around 40 - 50 seconds).
Advice: purchase Startup Manager from the market. Remove unwanted user programs from the startup. That will boost the boot time of your xoom. and don't remove superuser or superSU.
To have better battery life, from the market buy JuiceDefender ultimate. configure it as aggressive. don't worry, it is ok. This will give you around 2 hours of extra battery life than the promised 10 hours. Keep that in the startup.
You may need after that to install terminal emulator from the market if not already installed by the ROM to check if you have root permissions. Just type "su -" you will be prompted with superuser check. Click allow. and then type "id" You will see your id is root.
Should you require further details or assistance, please let me know. And enjoy the best rom customized ever for your device
Best Thanks to TEAM EOS for the great ROMs they provide.
After you are done with all that, let me know and will explain to you how to work with the pre-installed gooManager in the new ROM. It will make your life much easier to upgrade to future releases of your ROM.
NOTE: don't forget to hit the thanks button if you feel kind to
Regads,
Sent from my MZ601 using Tapatalk 2

wesamothman said:
Yes, Let me clarify should you need to:
Definitely root your xoom and upgrade to custom ROM of ICS from Nightlites EOS team. Rooting and upgrading to this custom ROM, umts-everest for your device MZ601 is pretty fast and easy. will help you if you need to.
Note: please read this procedure carefully more than once until you are fully aware of it. If you have any doubts or concerns, just ask to avoid confusion before you apply. This should be followed step by step.
• Your custom ROM will be: Eos-umts_everest-70.zip. This is the latest ROM released on May 11th, 2012. Very stable and everything works with it. No issues found. http://goo.im/devs/teameos/roms/nightlies/umts_everest/
• Your GOOGLE APPs (GAPPs) would be: gapps-ics-20120429-signed.zip http://goo.im/gapps
Full thread in details can be found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1459641
To summarize:
First, download the above ROM and GAPPs and put them onto your xoom internal and external SD card. Put them under /mnt/sdcard for internal sd, and under the root of your external sd card.
To download:
• Get the Motorola USB drivers to your laptop: http://developer.motorola.com/docstools/USB_Drivers/
• Get the Android SDK to your laptop: http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
• Recovery Image: http://goo.im/devs/teameos/recoveries/wingray/eos-recovery-r6.img
• GAPPS: http://goo.im/gapps, your GAPPs would be: gapps-ics-20120429-signed.zip
• ROM: Your custom ROM will be: Eos-umts_everest-70.zip. This is the latest ROM released on May 11th, 2012. http://goo.im/devs/teameos/roms/nightlies/umts_everest/
Steps:
1. Power off your XOOM device.
2. Press and hold the volume down button while pressing the power button at the same time. Note: Even if your xoom starts again, just keep the button pressed until you see "Starting fastboot protocol" on the screen.
3. Connect Xoom to your computer via USB.
4. Open a ‘Command Prompt’ or ‘Terminal’ window on your computer in your sdk/tools folder. This is the sdk you downloaded above.
5. unlock your xoom and flash the recovery image. The recovery image should be in your current working directory where you have command line navigated to:
Type:
adb reboot bootloader
fastboot oem unlock
fastboot flash recovery eos-recovery-r6.img
fastboot reboot
adb reboot recovery
Now, you have your device unlocked and recovery installed.
Reboot your xoom by selecting the option "reboot system now" from recovery. you can navigate up and down using the volume buttons. Once an option is highlighted, press the power button to select, you will still have your old ROM.
To flash the other ROM downloaded above,
1. Boot into recovery by:
i. As soon as you hit the reboot command above, you should see a Motorola logo appear. Wait 3 seconds and tap the Volume down button and the words Android Recovery should appear on the screen. When you see that, tap the Volume up button and you’ll boot into recovery.
2. From within Recovery, perform wipe data, wipe cache, and go to advanced, wipe dalvik cache and battery stats. Don't worry, if the ROM and GAPPs are deleted, which should not be the case, you will have them on your external sd card
Note: wipe data will delete your stuff on the xoom. It would be great if you backup your files that you need to your external sd card before you start any of this procedure.
3. In recovery, navigate to install zip from sdcard > choose zip from sd card and select the EOS ROM you copied to the root of the SD card. Once the files are flashed, DO NOT reboot afterwards. Hold on.
4. Again, from Recovery, choose install zip from sdcard > choose zip from sd card and select the GAPPs you copied to the root of the SD card.
Then hit reboot system now. It will take 2 - 3 minutes for the first reboot. Setup your google account. and you are good to go.
Later reboots will be much faster (around 40 - 50 seconds).
Advice: purchase Startup Manager from the market. Remove unwanted user programs from the startup. That will boost the boot time of your xoom. and don't remove superuser or superSU.
To have better battery life, from the market buy JuiceDefender ultimate. configure it as aggressive. don't worry, it is ok. This will give you around 2 hours of extra battery life than the promised 10 hours. Keep that in the startup.
You may need after that to install terminal emulator from the market if not already installed by the ROM to check if you have root permissions. Just type "su -" you will be prompted with superuser check. Click allow. and then type "id" You will see your id is root.
Should you require further details or assistance, please let me know. And enjoy the best rom customized ever for your device
Best Thanks to TEAM EOS for the great ROMs they provide.
After you are done with all that, let me know and will explain to you how to work with the pre-installed gooManager in the new ROM. It will make your life much easier to upgrade to future releases of your ROM.
NOTE: don't forget to hit the thanks button if you feel kind to
Regads,
Sent from my MZ601 using Tapatalk 2
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Thank you very much for taking the time!
I really do appreciate it!
Im busy downloading! Just one thing, to make sure, my device is Non-US? Will this ROM be okay?

You're welcome. It doesn't matter. This rom is ok...
Mine is non US
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wesamothman said:
You're welcome. It doesn't matter. This rom is ok...
Mine is non US
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Cool man! Lets do this, how is the battery life compared to the stock ROM?

Almost the same as stock. But let me remind you with your ability to do this procedure. If you don't feel comfortable with tech and cmd, you may need to think again and read more the thread I included in my post. I just wanna make sure you do it right without issues and not to blame me with possible brick if it happens if you know what I mean
Mate, just be sure you can do this...
Sent from my MZ601 using Tapatalk 2

^^rac said:
Hi guys!
I know this has prolly been asked alot.
I am a South African user with a Xoom 3G (MZ601)
Where would i start to flash it to ICS? Maybe AOKP or something?
Please assist with the easiest method.
Maybe a thread or so.....
Thanks alot!
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or try this, this tool is really easy to use aswell - just make sure you follow the instructions
http://goo.gl/zFgdo

wesamothman said:
Almost the same as stock. But let me remind you with your ability to do this procedure. If you don't feel comfortable with tech and cmd, you may need to think again and read more the thread I included in my post. I just wanna make sure you do it right without issues and not to blame me with possible brick if it happens if you know what I mean
Mate, just be sure you can do this...
Sent from my MZ601 using Tapatalk 2
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Thanks man!
Im still busy with this......
Wont i need to root the device also somewhere?

^^rac said:
Thanks man!
Im still busy with this......
Wont i need to root the device also somewhere?
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the link to the tool i gave you does everything for your xoom including unlocking bootloader and rooting

^^rac said:
Cool man! Lets do this, how is the battery life compared to the stock ROM?
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Any updates?
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^^rac said:
Thanks man!
Im still busy with this......
Wont i need to root the device also somewhere?
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Of course you have to root it.
well, basically, in the procedure I sent you, you unlock your bootloader first, then flash a recovery.
Through recovery, you flash the ICS rom I mentioned, this ROM is already rooted. Saves you time

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Of course you have to root it.
well, basically, in the procedure I sent you, you unlock your bootloader first, then flash a recovery.
Through recovery, you flash the ICS rom I mentioned, this ROM is already rooted. Saves you time
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Thanks alot! I was about to ask, as im not sure what steps to follow.
Only thing is adb does not see my device?
When i do fastboot reboot, it reboots?
But when i run teh first adb step "device not found"?

Bootloop into recovery
Hi guys
Strange, all worked 100%, recovery installed, rom and gapps installed.
When i reboot it, it boot back into recovery?
Edit, one thing i picked up, if i choose to install .zip from internal sdcard it says "no files found"
Please help guys?

So you installed rom? Did you put the files I told you about in external sd? If yes, choose install zip from external sd.
For rebooting, if it reboots to recovery, it means there is no rom installed. Try flashing the rom again.
Sent from my MZ601 using Tapatalk 2

Which reboot? Don't reboot from adb. Choose reboot system now from recovery after you install the rom and gapps from external sd card.
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So you installed rom? Did you put the files I told you about in external sd? If yes, choose install zip from external sd.
For rebooting, if it reboots to recovery, it means there is no rom installed. Try flashing the rom again.
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Yes, exactly as you did?
The rom and gapps installed 100%? I retried, rewiped etc, nothing?

Hmm. Then you don't have recovery downloaded correctly. Checksum errors. Install another recovery image and redo the flashing.
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Which reboot? Don't reboot from adb. Choose reboot system now from recovery after you install the rom and gapps from external sd card.
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Wooohooooo i downloaded the latest update on that everest site, reflashed, i am in!
Thank you man, i think my ROM download was maybe corrupted or something

Flashing Rom always ends in boot loop?

I have had my N7 for a week now, and have unlocked and rooted it. I flashed the jr5 rom and it worked ok, but i decided I wanted to try the pure AOSP rom, so I did a data/cache/dalvik wipe and flashed the rom. It proceeded to boot and freeze at the Google screen. I rebooted into recovery, and attempted to restore from my backup (failed), flash the jr5 rom (failed), and reflash the AOSP rom (failed). I then decided to follow the instructions on ROOTZwiki and restore back to stock (although still unlocked). I restored to the factory image, and attempted to flash the CM10 AOKP rom, and was again met with the frozen Google screen. I made sure to wipe data and both caches each time i tried to flash a rom, but I always end up stuck at the Google screen. What could be causing this? I would really like to know if anyone has any idea, because I fully plan on running the full version of CM10 when it is released.

By wipe Data you did factory reset in cwm? And what version of cwm are you using?
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By wipe Data you did factory reset in cwm? And what version of cwm are you using?
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yes i did a factory data reset each time. I am currently running v5.8.0.2 of cwm

could that be the problem? that my cwm is just outdated already?

No that shouldn't be causing your problems, although I would recommend flashing TWRP recovery through goo manager.
I would first download a ROM on your computer and check the MD5. Then mount your nexus over USB and copy the new ROM over to the nexus sdcard directory and while its connected use your computer to check the MD5 on your ROM while its on the device. Then wipe data, cache, dalvic cache and system. Then install the ROM and Gapps and reboot. Make sure its only the to, and not a desperate kernel or anything for right now. When you reboot give it 10 minutes or so the first boots are often way long.
If that doesn't do it copy the stuff on your SD card over to your computer and then format the SD card.
To install TWRP, install goo manager from the play store, when you open the app just press menu, you don't need to browse for files or anything. Just press menu and then choose Install OpenRecoveryScript and when its done reboot or reboot to recovery, can't remember which did the trick, and it may take a couple of times.
Also remember that booting through boot loader to recovery requires the USB cord to be connected to a computer to avoid the Google screen looping.
Hope some of this was helpful.
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CharliesTheMan said:
No that shouldn't be causing your problems, although I would recommend flashing TWRP recovery through goo manager.
I would first download a ROM on your computer and check the MD5. Then mount your nexus over USB and copy the new ROM over to the nexus sdcard directory and while its connected use your computer to check the MD5 on your ROM while its on the device. Then wipe data, cache, dalvic cache and system. Then install the ROM and Gapps and reboot. Make sure its only the to, and not a desperate kernel or anything for right now. When you reboot give it 10 minutes or so the first boots are often way long.
If that doesn't do it copy the stuff on your SD card over to your computer and then format the SD card.
To install TWRP, install goo manager from the play store, when you open the app just press menu, you don't need to browse for files or anything. Just press menu and then choose Install OpenRecoveryScript and when its done reboot or reboot to recovery, can't remember which did the trick, and it may take a couple of times.
Also remember that booting through boot loader to recovery requires the USB cord to be connected to a computer to avoid the Google screen looping.
Hope some of this was helpful.
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Thank you for taking the time to help me. Before I do the goo-manager/twrp install, are there any inherent advantages or disadvantages of using twrp as opposed to cwm? Also, I hadn't thought to check md5s after moving the roms, so I will be doing that from now on.

Twrp works just fine.
In your recovery, can you mount and unmount all your partitions without any errors?
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am I finally doing it right?
I flashed EOS rom from a clean system and it worked fine. Decided to have gapps and installed via twrp. This would give me boot loop into recovery no matter wat combination of cache clearing etc used. So finally I did the counter intuitive and installed gapps zip followed by ROM zip. This seems to have worked though it seems backwards to me. Is this the correct procedure?

crache said:
am I finally doing it right?
I flashed EOS rom from a clean system and it worked fine. Decided to have gapps and installed via twrp. This would give me boot loop into recovery no matter wat combination of cache clearing etc used. So finally I did the counter intuitive and installed gapps zip followed by ROM zip. This seems to have worked though it seems backwards to me. Is this the correct procedure?
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no. did the rom already come with gapps? the rom would wipe out whatever gapps you did flash before the rom.

simms22 said:
no. did the rom already come with gapps? the rom would wipe out whatever gapps you did flash before the rom.
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I don't like Twrp not being able to boot into recovery from holding the buttons, especially running into these loops during installs. Had the sameresults with cwm though.Now I am having this boot loop with TeamEOS as well as Skanky (neither package gapps) I however only loop if installing gapps after the rom or wiping caches.
If caches and system are wiped, gapps installed, then the rom I get a functioning system.Can anyone shed some light on what trigers specific loops or how to review tje errors / panics?

I'm reviving this thread since I have a similar issue. I am using TWRP. I have no problem performing a wipe (I do a factory reset, plus dalvik cache wipe), or flashing a new ROM (I've tried SGT7 and PA2.11). I can boot into the ROM fine. Once I try to flash Gapps, I get stuck in a boot loop that ends up going back to recovery. I've tried different combinations of operations, with different versions of gapps, but nothing works. I've tried:
gapps-jb-20120719-signed
gapps-jb-20120726-signed
both from goo.im, MD5 checked, without success. I'm stuck using SGT7, because that one includes Google account, and Play Store, so that can get me going... Only thing, I haven't wiped the data partition, because that's a bigger hassle. Do you guys have any clues as to what I should try next?

spked said:
I'm reviving this thread since I have a similar issue. I am using TWRP. I have no problem performing a wipe (I do a factory reset, plus dalvik cache wipe), or flashing a new ROM (I've tried SGT7 and PA2.11). I can boot into the ROM fine. Once I try to flash Gapps, I get stuck in a boot loop that ends up going back to recovery. I've tried different combinations of operations, with different versions of gapps, but nothing works. I've tried:
gapps-jb-20120719-signed
gapps-jb-20120726-signed
both from goo.im, MD5 checked, without success. I'm stuck using SGT7, because that one includes Google account, and Play Store, so that can get me going... Only thing, I haven't wiped the data partition, because that's a bigger hassle. Do you guys have any clues as to what I should try next?
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Do you flash the rom and gapps and then reboot, or flash the rom, reboot, then flash gapps?

Did anybody get out of their bootloop? I flashed paranoid droid with twrp and I didn't select "signature verification" or "md5 check" as I read before hand on another forum that it wasn't needed and to actually not tick "signature"....so now I'm in a bootloop, volume buttons and power does get me in to a few selections, "reboot", "power off" and "recovery". When I select recovery it just takes me to the black screen with "Google" on it. No idea how to get out of this loop....I'm researching now but I am not understanding much....I'm so use to Samsung devices, getting out of bootloop with those are a piece of cake, this I'm clueless and helpless on. So does anybody have a way for me to either reflash the rom or get me to where I can go back to stock? I used wugfresh to root. Thanks.

dirtyhamster73 said:
Did anybody get out of their bootloop? I flashed paranoid droid with twrp and I didn't select "signature verification" or "md5 check" as I read before hand on another forum that it wasn't needed and to actually not tick "signature"....so now I'm in a bootloop, volume buttons and power does get me in to a few selections, "reboot", "power off" and "recovery". When I select recovery it just takes me to the black screen with "Google" on it. No idea how to get out of this loop....I'm researching now but I am not understanding much....I'm so use to Samsung devices, getting out of bootloop with those are a piece of cake, this I'm clueless and helpless on. So does anybody have a way for me to either reflash the rom or get me to where I can go back to stock? I used wugfresh to root. Thanks.
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Can you get to bootloader?

If your using an older version of cwm it will boot loop and or cuase bad flashes with new builds
Upgrade cwm or just use twrp
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Jordanooo said:
Can you get to bootloader?
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I finally got in, so I'm all set. Thanks! I have no idea why I was having a hard time...twrp wouldn't pop up once I was in boot loader. I must of tried like 20 times. Anyway....I'm in and I just reflashed and it was fine.
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armyboy11b said:
If your using an older version of cwm it will boot loop and or cuase bad flashes with new builds
Upgrade cwm or just use twrp
Sent from my Nexus 7 using Tapatalk 2
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I'm using twrp...for whatever reason I couldn't get it to pop up to reflash. But I'm good now. Thanks!

Liquidsmooth (can't turn on now)

I was use a nexus4tookit v1.3.0 to root my nexus 4 , however I was download a Liquidsmooth and install from sdcard , but now the mobile cannot open , just load in liquid-smooth logo screen, what can I do now? My nexus 4 is JOP40D , Thanks a lot.

You may have a bad download. Check the md5 sum or re download it and try flashing it again.
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Restore the backup you should have made in recovery before you flashed anything.
Hold down power for ten seconds to reboot, then hold volume down to enter boot loader. You can get to recovery from there.

First off. You shouldn't be using a toolkit, they get you from Point A to Point B. But now you are trying to backtrack because your phone won't boot. This is why people shouldn't use toolkits, you are getting to Point B without knowing what you're doing.
Is it stuck at the bootanimation screen? Did you wipe factory settings when flashing the ROM?

estallings15 said:
Restore the backup you should have made in recovery before you flashed anything.
Hold down power for ten seconds to reboot, then hold volume down to enter boot loader. You can get to recovery from there.
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I already unlock the bootloader ， but I can't enter to boot loader now , just can enter to recovery mode or restart boot loader ,power off or start.:crying:

cf017 said:
I already unlock the bootloader ， but I can't enter to boot loader now , just can enter to recovery mode or restart boot loader ,power off or start.:crying:
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If you can get into recovery, you're fine. Is this your first Android phone? Your first step after rooting is always to make a backup.
Anyway, flash Franco's kernel. It plays well with liquid smooth. That should fix you up. You will figure out how if you STOP PANICKING and try.

estallings15 said:
If you can get into recovery, you're fine. Is this your first Android phone? Your first step after rooting is always to make a backup.
Anyway, flash Franco's kernel. It plays well with liquid smooth. That should fix you up. You will figure out how if you STOP PANICKING and try.
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and not use toolkits! take the 15-25 minutes to read whats going on and not click one button to do it all for you
that's why OP is panicing because he didnt manually do it, a toolkit did it for him.

Post sent in error apologies

bash156 said:
Hi I hope you don't mind me messaging you I just noticed your last post that we should use toolkits for our phone can you please tell me what is the best way to do it I apologise for asking this is my first android phone and I'm realising that battery life is crap and I've been reading about people making changes to make their battery life live longer
Regards
Sent from my Nexus 4 using xda app-developers app
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We should use toolkits? I never said a thing about using them. The best way is to NOT use them. If this is your first android phone, it is IMPERATIVE to know simple ADB and Fastboot methods so you won't fall into the common errors when people use toolkits getting them into things they don't understand.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1972508 is a guide to get started after you boot up, you can then proceed to go into the Original and Android dev forums to select your ROM / Kernel that you desire. I'd recommend CM10.1 (jellybro) + Franco Kernel R20. --- so after unlocking bootloader. Put the ROM, Gapps, Kernel on your phone storage using USB cable.
Use computer --- ADB... "adb reboot bootloader"
fastboot flash recovery <nameofrecovery>.img (download TWRP or CWR and put it in same folder as fastboot /platform-tools/ most likely)
boot into recovery (use volume up/down to navigate then power to enter)
wipe factory settings,dalvik,cache
flash rom then gapps then kernel (gapps and kernel can be reversed up to you)
then reboot.
done.

Apologies I meant that we should not be using tool kits my bad
Sent from my Nexus 4 using xda app-developers app

bash156 said:
Apologies I meant that we should not be using tool kits my bad
Sent from my Nexus 4 using xda app-developers app
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He answered your question with great detail. Hit the thanks button.

bash156 said:
Apologies I meant that we should not be using tool kits my bad
Sent from my Nexus 4 using xda app-developers app
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No problem. Just read what I said above, if u have any questions, feel free to ask. It's a very straight forward guide on how to unlock your bootloader. The stuff thats not included in there would be:
- Download ROM, Gapps (optional depending what rom you use. the rom says whether its included or not, if it doesnt say assume its in there), kernel (optional but recommended u switch --- upon flashing a new version u will need to reflash the kernel)
- Flashing Custom Recovery while in Bootloader Mode (which I said in my post on how to do.. basically download TWRP or CWR [you choose, i recommend twrp] and put the .img folder in the same folder as fastboot.exe)
- Use vol up / down to go to recovery in bootloader mode (it says the text on the phone)
- Wipe factory
- Flash ROM, Gapps, Kernel (gapps and kernel order doesnt matter. ROM goes first)
- Reboot to system
..... done.
edit: yeah what estallings said thanks given.

Thank you very much for your help I'm going to try and unlock the bootloader now I'll let you know how I get on to back everything that's on my phone already can I just sync to my Google account
Sent from my Nexus 4 using xda app-developers app

sorry to bother you again thanks to you I have now unlocked bootloader but im finding it confusing on what to do next I havent managed to find the cm 10.1 and franco kernal you talked about is there a link somewhere for them

bash156 said:
sorry to bother you again thanks to you I have now unlocked bootloader but im finding it confusing on what to do next I havent managed to find the cm 10.1 and franco kernal you talked about is there a link somewhere for them
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Original development.

bash156 said:
sorry to bother you again thanks to you I have now unlocked bootloader but im finding it confusing on what to do next I havent managed to find the cm 10.1 and franco kernal you talked about is there a link somewhere for them
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CM10.1 Jellybro: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?goto=newpost&t=2015081
Franco Kernel: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2002782
Download CM10.1 Jellybro + Gapps + Kernel R20.

zephiK said:
CM10.1 Jellybro: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?goto=newpost&t=2015081
Franco Kernel: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2002782
Download CM10.1 Jellybro + Gapps + Kernel R20.
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Hi I did everything you said I flashed the cm10 gapps and kernel now its stuck on the cynogenmod logo I went back to recovery wiped everything and tried to flash cm10 and the rest again and still stuck on the cynogen mod logo have I done something wrong because I dont have anything backed up

bash156 said:
Hi I did everything you said I flashed the cm10 gapps and kernel now its stuck on the cynogenmod logo I went back to recovery wiped everything and tried to flash cm10 and the rest again and still stuck on the cynogen mod logo have I done something wrong because I dont have anything backed up
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When you mean wipe everything... just factory settings, dalvik, cache right?
- Wipe Factory, Dalvik, Cache
- Flash CM10
- Flash Gapps
- Flash Kernel
- Reboot.

zephiK said:
When you mean wipe everything... just factory settings, dalvik, cache right?
- Wipe Factory, Dalvik, Cache
- Flash CM10
- Flash Gapps
- Flash Kernel
- Reboot.
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I always wipe system as well. I used to not do that, but I found less phantom issues appeared if I wiped system.

estallings15 said:
I always wipe system as well. I used to not do that, but I found less phantom issues appeared if I wiped system.
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Interesting. First time I've heard this, I will have to try that sometime although for the last year I've been pretty content with CM + Franco set up. Maybe when a new version of Android comes out, I swap over to that AOSP ROM for a little while but once CM is set, im moving.

Google mail en google play how too install

Hello everybody first of all i want to say thank you for this site:good:
i have a problem on my GT 5360
i need to install google play and google mail i tried a few times but i need that framework and all other stuff to make google play and google mail work again
can someone help me out her how to and wich files i need mail and google play on my phone
i tried a few apk`s but after i installed and reboot i cant add a google account
thx keep up the good work here is appreciated.............. man that last word i like it

You can either
1- download the playstore from Android police website
2- flash gapps if you require framework from following post but you will need to wipe data
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=46893983&postcount=131
3- flash stock rom via odin
4- flash a custom rom

marcussmith2626 said:
You can either
1- download the playstore from Android police website
2- flash gapps if you require framework from following post but you will need to wipe data
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=46893983&postcount=131
3- flash stock rom via odin
4- flash a custom rom
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ok i am a custom rom now i tried option one but i cant make a google account i saw a post but it was to complex to fix
i not understand option 2 i dont have that logo problem
and i use i think a evo rom it works great
so i dont want to flash with odin or any other rom
somebody here knows a better rom here tell me maybey i will trie it:silly:
maybey i will try an other rom any advice would be handy

melchior39 said:
ok i am a custom rom now i tried option one but i cant make a google account i saw a post but it was to complex to fix
i not understand option 2 i dont have that logo problem
and i use i think a evo rom it works great
so i dont want to flash with odin or any other rom
somebody here knows a better rom here tell me maybey i will trie it:silly:
maybey i will try an other rom any advice would be handy
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I use evo4 with the gapps I posted & have no problems signing into playstore
Gapps contains the Google framework with Google signatures allowing you to use Google play services successfully
Reflash the rom & gapps

ok thx i will try it
do i realy need to flash the rom
can i loose my apps when i flash my rom?
i want to fix this are flashing the gapp files not enough?
can you tell me if the evo rom update true your network i see a update section but i nver did a update saw some mods files here
i was wonderinh wich one to use and how the rom updates
thx for your time

oops double post sry

To flash rom or gapps you must wipe data first - all user apps will be lost so make any backups with titanium backup first
With evo updates download them all from op & flash in Cwm with system mounted

marcussmith2626 said:
To flash rom or gapps you must wipe data first - all user apps will be lost so make any backups with titanium backup first
With evo updates download them all from op & flash in Cwm with system mounted
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so i can try to flash the gapps and not the rom i have titanium np
with the evo updates what you mean with op??
sry its late its a few months ago i flashed the rom had some problems but sometime i forget how i did it
but thx to a guy from india that was so kind to tell me how to fix it i fixed it with odin i never heard of it great piece of software
i will look at this but i am to do it right this time because the time i flashed my rom i misunderstood somebody here
english is not my native Language i googled this word :laugh:

melchior39 said:
so i can try to flash the gapps and not the rom i have titanium np
with the evo updates what you mean with op??
sry its late its a few months ago i flashed the rom had some problems but sometime i forget how i did it
but thx to a guy from india that was so kind to tell me how to fix it i fixed it with odin i never heard of it great piece of software
i will look at this but i am to do it right this time because the time i flashed my rom i misunderstood somebody here
english is not my native Language i googled this word :laugh:
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Op stands for original post/poster - you are the op of this thread - It says it next to your name - It also relates to the first posts of a thread
Since you have to wipe data to flash gapps you might as well reflash the rom so you know everything works
For evo do the following
Go into CWM
format system data cache
mount system data cache
flash rom zip
mount system
flash ota 4.1
mount system
flash ota 4.2
format data
Mount System & data
flash gapps
restart

marcussmith2626 said:
Op stands for original post/poster - you are the op of this thread - It says it next to your name - It also relates to the first posts of a thread
Since you have to wipe data to flash gapps you might as well reflash the rom so you know everything works
For evo do the following
Go into CWM
format system data cache
mount system data cache
flash rom zip
mount system
flash ota 4.1
mount system
flash ota 4.2
format data
Mount System & data
flash gapps
restart
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ok i hope i understand all you typed i think so
can i try to only flash the gapps because the google play files and mail is the only think that is not working anymore
if not i try today to fix it like you posted:angel:

melchior39 said:
ok i hope i understand all you typed i think so
can i try to only flash the gapps because the google play files and mail is the only think that is not working anymore
if not i try today to fix it like you posted:angel:
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You can try to just flash gapps but you still need to wipe data then mount system & data before you flash it

marcussmith2626 said:
You can try to just flash gapps but you still need to wipe data then mount system & data before you flash it
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nn i forgot how to get in cwm i have it but its long ago i used it
does the evo rom or kernel has cwm build in or need i flash the zip on my sd
and do i need to use odin to flash?
sorry i totally forgot the procedure because i did it one time a year ago with somebodys help here:good:
so thx that you point me out:cyclops:

Flash temporary cwm zip in stock recovery
Follow instructions on the op of thread
I'm sorry but these questions are trivial & are answered in the what you need to know guides in the sticky threads in general section
Go read them

true flash gapps get gmail

marcussmith2626 said:
Flash temporary cwm zip in stock recovery
Follow instructions on the op of thread
I'm sorry but these questions are trivial & are answered in the what you need to know guides in the sticky threads in general section
Go read them
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i am soory but i want to be sure how to get in stock recovery
am i right to press volume up home power button i made a mistake with this one time i understood somebody not good
then i wiped thinks in the wrong menu i dot want do do this again i dont want to brick an learn to use odin again
last time i flashed my rom with odin but i did it one time so i forget all button combinations

melchior39 said:
i am soory but i want to be sure how to get in stock recovery
am i right to press volume up home power button i made a mistake with this one time i understood somebody not good
then i wiped thinks in the wrong menu i dot want do do this again i dont want to brick an learn to use odin again
last time i flashed my rom with odin but i did it one time so i forget all button combinations
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Like I said - trivial questions like these are answered in the sticky threads at top of general section
Go read
You can also type into Google how to get galaxy y into recovery mode

marcussmith2626 said:
Like I said - trivial questions like these are answered in the sticky threads at top of general section
Go read
You can also type into Google how to get galaxy y into recovery mode
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i know i did it before i post that post
i realy forgot the buttons but
but... if i am right
there are more ways to boot and one time i did it wrong thats why i ask so much
edit
i googled a bit and found this post http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2400951
and i know what i did wrong i did wipe somethink with the odin download mode
but i needed to get in stock recovery mode and flash the rom
i will do this when i wake up again

still i am confused
mm i tell you guys what i think i must do because i am not sure
first must have cwm zip and the gapp file on the root of my sd right maybey a rom too
then i will reboot using the key volume up home and power button
then flash the cwm sorry i only used it almost a year ago
but now i am not sure what to do i think when i flash the cwm zip my phone restarts then in cwm and then i do what marcussmith told me to do
am i right or not
man i feel so noob:silly:

melchior39 said:
still i am confused
mm i tell you guys what i think i must do because i am not sure
first must have cwm zip and the gapp file on the root of my sd right maybey a rom too
then i will reboot using the key volume up home and power button
then flash the cwm sorry i only used it almost a year ago
but now i am not sure what to do i think when i flash the cwm zip my phone restarts then in cwm and then i do what marcussmith told me to do
am i right or not
man i feel so noob:silly:
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Follow these steps carefully :
1;Power off your phone
2.First press Volume up key along with Home button and then hold the power key (In short,press all the three buttons together)
3.When the Samsung Galaxy Young GT-S5360 screen appears,release the buttons
4.Now you're in stock recovery.You've completed 60% of your work :good;
5.In stock recovery,you can't use touchscreen.Use Vol. up and Vol. down keys to move up and down and home button to select your desired option.
6.Press Vol. Down key and select the option 'apply update.zip from sd card'
7.After that you have the contents of your sd card displayed.Select the CWM.zip file you just placed in the root of your sd card.
8.Now you're in CWM 5.0.2.6 recovery mode! Congozz! You just completed 90% of your work.
9.Now go to mounts and storage by using the volume keys and mount system,data and cache
10.Go back and select 'install zip from sd card>choose zip from sd card'
11.After that move down using vol down key and locate your 'Gapps.zip' file.
12.Select the file and then select yes.
13.Wait for the installation to be completed.When it's done,go back and select 'reboot system now'.
14.Wait till your phone boots successfully.
15.Check around if there is any problem or not.
16.If everything is working fine,you just have to press the 'Thanks' button for this very very long post.!

aniket.lamba said:
Follow these steps carefully :
1;Power off your phone
2.First press Volume up key along with Home button and then hold the power key (In short,press all the three buttons together)
3.When the Samsung Galaxy Young GT-S5360 screen appears,release the buttons
4.Now you're in stock recovery.You've completed 60% of your work :good;
5.In stock recovery,you can't use touchscreen.Use Vol. up and Vol. down keys to move up and down and home button to select your desired option.
6.Press Vol. Down key and select the option 'apply update.zip from sd card'
7.After that you have the contents of your sd card displayed.Select the CWM.zip file you just placed in the root of your sd card.
8.Now you're in CWM 5.0.2.6 recovery mode! Congozz! You just completed 90% of your work.
9.Now go to mounts and storage by using the volume keys and mount system,data and cache
10.Go back and select 'install zip from sd card>choose zip from sd card'
11.After that move down using vol down key and locate your 'Gapps.zip' file.
12.Select the file and then select yes.
13.Wait for the installation to be completed.When it's done,go back and select 'reboot system now'.
14.Wait till your phone boots successfully.
15.Check around if there is any problem or not.
16.If everything is working fine,you just have to press the 'Thanks' button for this very very long post.!
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i press the thx button
You can try to just flash gapps but you still need to wipe data then mount system & data before you flash it[/QUOTE said:
marcussmith wrote that i must wipe cache
you say on stap 9 to mount it i think marcus is right or i misunderstood him
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