Hi guys, sorry if this is a "noob" question or that its in the wrong section or whatever, I am new here and this is my first post so please bear with me.
So today I was trying to install cyanogen mod which is so hard? And I did something wrong and I went into recovery mode to reset the phone and accidently deleted the OS... Now the phone is pretty much useless. I researched it and they say do a factory reset with odin(whatever that is, I dont know) and then the phone should be back to normal... I dont know how to do this and am panicking! Please help me get my phone back to normal? I wanted to install cyanogen mod because I wanted the theme to be black and white instead of black and cyan like it is on stock and I wanted a new kernel to improve performance and battery life which sucks on a stock nexus 4. Any help much appreciated...
Also, Nexus 4 Toolkit v2.0 doesn't have android 4.3 on it yet? It says it only updates on the pro version? I DESPERATELY NEED HELP PLEASE!
Thank you everyone, sorry for being so noob and urgent, cheers!
valeriee said:
Hi guys, sorry if this is a "noob" question or that its in the wrong section or whatever, I am new here and this is my first post so please bear with me.
So today I was trying to install cyanogen mod which is so hard? And I did something wrong and I went into recovery mode to reset the phone and accidently deleted the OS... Now the phone is pretty much useless. I researched it and they say do a factory reset with odin(whatever that is, I dont know) and then the phone should be back to normal... I dont know how to do this and am panicking! Please help me get my phone back to normal? I wanted to install cyanogen mod because I wanted the theme to be black and white instead of black and cyan like it is on stock and I wanted a new kernel to improve performance and battery life which sucks on a stock nexus 4. Any help much appreciated...
Also, Nexus 4 Toolkit v2.0 doesn't have android 4.3 on it yet? It says it only updates on the pro version? I DESPERATELY NEED HELP PLEASE!
Thank you everyone, sorry for being so noob and urgent, cheers!
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I think you can just flash another ROM and it would work
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wiswis said:
I think you can just flash another ROM and it would work
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That's what I was gonna say. Just download cm 10.2 on your pc an put it on your phone an flash it
chris6278 said:
That's what I was gonna say. Just download cm 10.2 on your pc an put it on your phone an flash it
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My computer cannot detect the Nexus 4... I cant do anything like even load anything... I only go to recovery mode... I don't even know how to flash a rom? I deleted everything so theres no rom to flash anyway and my PC not detecting it is not helping.
Download and install this: http://www.wugfresh.com/
Follow the instructions on the driver installation and choose the RAW drivers. Seem to work better than the other options. Leave the phone in the bootloader. Don't touch the phone besides plugging it into the computer. Once everything is done driver wise, choose Soft-bricked/bootloop. Be sure that you have the factory image from Google itself. Doing this method will reset everything. So be sure to do any backups if you can. I'm not at fault if you ruin your phone even more.
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Flash stock ROM using fastboot. There is a sticky out here on how to. Good luck.
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Thanks, I've tried it but I don't know how to? May you give me steps please? USB Debugging is not on because I cannot access the phone but the phone is still unlocked but it wont work without USB Debugging... Please help me? Please?!
valeriee said:
Thanks, I've tried it but I don't know how to? May you give me steps please? USB Debugging is not on because I cannot access the phone but the phone is still unlocked but it wont work without USB Debugging... Please help me? Please?!
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Click on this link and read the instructions...then read them again and follow to the letter. http://www.wugfresh.com/nrt/ Andel7539 was pointing you in the same direction, just be patient and read the instructions. There is an option to reload the original O/S, then you can move on from there. Odin is a Samsung interface, not what you need for an LG phone. For what it's worth I did the same thing before by accident but had a backup (nandroid) just in case of emergency's which you should also have for situations such as this. When in doubt Google and read, Google and read!
Thank you... I still cannot do it because I cannot enable USB debugging. I've seen all the guides but they all require USB debugging and I cannot get into the phone to enable it? If I try to start the phone up it will just be stuck at the google logo but I can get into the fastboot menu and recovery menu too. Please help?
Also, do I need Cyanogen mod to use kernels? Or do I just need to root? I only wanted Cyanogen mod in the first place for better performance and battery life but I hear there are kernels that allow you to have both? Please guide me through this guys, I am very noob, sorry about this. Cheers!
Just for the record, bootloader/fastboot mode have nothing to do with usb debugging. Do you know at least how to boot to the bootloader? (Power + Volume Keys)
You don't need usb debugging to save your phone. Follow the instructions and you will do it.
And no, you don't need CM to use custom kernels, just a custom recovery to flash them and an version of the kernel compatible with your Android version.
Search about how to install adb on your PC and how to "sideload" zips in it. Then sideload the CM zip. Or search how to use fastboot and use it to flash the google factory image on your phone.
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Gafanhotz said:
Just for the record, bootloader/fastboot mode have nothing to do with usb debugging. Do you know at least how to boot to the bootloader? (Power + Volume Keys)
You don't need usb debugging to save your phone. Follow the instructions and you will do it
And no you don't need CM to use custom kernels, just a custom recovery to flash them and an version of the kernel compatible with your version of Android.
Search aboit how to insta adb on your PC and how to "sideload" zips in it. Then sideload the CM zip. Or search who to use fastboot and use it to flash the google factory image on your phone.
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Thank you guys, I did it! I fixed it with the soft bricked option, thank you guys!
Also, do you guys know how to get a custom recovery? I try to go into recovery mode from the fastboot menu but it comes up with the red triangle on top of the android? I really want to install TWRP or CWM to install a custom kernel, please help?
Cheers!
valeriee said:
Thank you guys, I did it! I fixed it with the soft bricked option, thank you guys!
Also, do you guys know how to get a custom recovery? I try to go into recovery mode from the fastboot menu but it comes up with the red triangle on top of the android? I really want to install TWRP or CWM to install a custom kernel, please help?
Cheers!
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With the fastboot you can do it, or, if you're already rooted or running CM, install GooManager from PlayStore, go to options and select "Install OpenRecovery Script".
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So i tried to root my phone using one of the tutorials and ended up with a padlock screen on my phone. after researching i ALOT i decided on hard reseting my phone from the recovery menu. but all i see now is the google logo i believe i have deleted the 2.3.4 while reseting. can someone guide me from here. i am a n00b and i have had this phone for just 2 days. thanks in advance
anyone who can help?
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anyone who can help?
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Please be more specific.
What tutorial did you use?
Did you download clockwork recovery?
Do you have the superuser zip?
If you can enable fast boot and fastboot flash recovery you should be able to mount your usb storage in CWM and then install a ROM and the su zip.
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Babydoll25 said:
Please be more specific.
What tutorial did you use?
Did you download clockwork recovery?
Do you have the superuser zip?
If you can enable fast boot and fastboot flash recovery you should be able to mount your usb storage in CWM and then install a ROM and the su zip.
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i used the one mentioned in addictive tips website (http://www.addictivetips.com/mobile/how-to-root-nexus-s-with-a-single-click-using-superboot/). i basically followed what these guys had mentioned.
since this failed i read that the other option is to go through fastboot > recovery > and clear everything but this did not change anything.
can someone give me a step by step guideline on how to continue. i dont mind going back to the stock 2.3.4 android. i just bought the phone yesterday
Which version do you have? The sprint or t mobile? Check if you can go into fast boot hold down volume up and then powerbutton. If not you may have to Odin it if not. That super one click looks old..
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chewbz said:
Which version do you have? The sprint or t mobile? Check if you can go into fast boot hold down volume up and then powerbutton. If not you may have to Odin it if not. That super one click looks old..
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I am in Canada but the model is 19020 A. I can get to the fastboot mode but don't know what to do after that.
I have the 4g so I don't want to give you the wrong information and never encountered this situation so sorry dude. Hopefully a more experanced user can help you out.
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Btw if all fails you can Odin it
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its all good thanks for trying to help
If your ROM flashed incorrectly, it would lead to your phone being in a state where it just shows a GOOGLE with a Padlock; kind of like turning on a computer without an operating system.
You would have to read the instructions on rooting your phone, which involves using fastboot and flash recovery from fastboot (All this is in the rooting guide). Simply reflash the recovery so you boot up back in recovery and try flash the rom again.
The same happened to me, I fixed it buy flashing a stock boot.img
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thanks for the replies. how do i flash from the fastboot mode? when i plug it in to my computer i cant see the drive but my computer can detect the nexus s is plugged in
Set up adb first, they have the guides in the dev section, I used wolverines guide, you'll have to look for the software img, I don't know where it is at for the GSM model. Good luck
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Sounds like you're rooted and have recovery installed, but your OS is hosed.
Flash a ROM.
thanks for the replies guys. i have the adb setup on my laptop. i took it to one of the stores and he said he cant reflash it for some reason. he said he needs to get some software off samsung and it will take him a day. my phone is brand new and i didnt wanna trust him. do u guys think i should use odin? one of my friend has a galaxy s and he said odin should work fine on my phone.
Can you get into the ClockworkMod recovery menu? Turn the phone completely off then hold VolUp and Power until you get into Recovery.
If you get there, you're golden. Just download a ROM (I recommend Deck's) and away you go.
i can get into recovery but it gives me option like wipe everything and i selected that. but when i reboot the phone the same locked screen pops up. anyone from toronto here who i can contact?
youngballer said:
i can get into recovery but it gives me option like wipe everything and i selected that. but when i reboot the phone the same locked screen pops up. anyone from toronto here who i can contact?
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Basically with those wipe commands you make the Rom unuseable. You have to flash a new one or apply it via Odin. There are various guides on this forum section. Odin requires less technical knowledge but is a bit more risky then flashing via recovery. Odin and the Roms for that method can be obtained from samfirmware.com. Zipped roms can be found in the development section here.
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Hello, a theme ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1328950 ) did brick my device, am using Task650 version 10 ROM WiFi only model 16GB, i installed the "Layers In Paris V3 theme zip file over his rom and now my device get passed the the booth animation, i wiped/reset factory setting, wiped dalvick, cache, and wiped system, it wouldnt get passed it, now i formatted system from recovery and it won't get passed the Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 writing you see when you power the Tab on, i need help on what to do because i can't even access the memory to load a ROM zip to reflash it.
someone wrote to me "to set up adb which lets you push files to your tab"
So the question is this too
What is adb ? "to set up adb which lets you push files to your tab" When i went to mount SD card in recovery, the systems keep telling me that "E:unable to open ums file lunfile (No such file or directory) Couldn't open directory," Then what do i do to load new ROM and flash it again or get my tablet working ? Please i need help here
Well you've just learned rule #1 the hard way. Always do a nandroid backup from CMW.
You could restore back to stock using ODIN. All the files you need are in the How To Root thread.
Jay Evans said:
Well you've just learned rule #1 the hard way. Always do a nandroid backup from CMW.
You could restore back to stock using ODIN. All the files you need are in the How To Root thread.
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Yes i really learnt it the hard way, besides now i know, but can you provide a link to that thread ? but the tablet wouldn't mount on SD Card anymore ? the computer don't see it as a removable drive like it always does, so how would i restore back to stock when i can't load the zip file ?
install Kies at first
zinty said:
Yes i really learnt it the hard way, besides now i know, but can you provide a link to that thread ? but the tablet wouldn't mount on SD Card anymore ? the computer don't see it as a removable drive like it always does, so how would i restore back to stock when i can't load the zip file ?
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This is the wrong place to ask these questions and there will be people telling you that soon
If you can get into download mode, use Odin to flash stock. Thread below with all info how to do that.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1171089
xpakage said:
This is the wrong place to ask these questions and there will be people telling you that soon
If you can get into download mode, use Odin to flash stock. Thread below with all info how to do that.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1171089
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Stock What ? ROM or recovery and after that, what happens since i have wiped off the OS inside it when i did system/format ? Yes i have kies a long time ago in my computer but Kies doesnt see the tab if i connect it to the computer but i can still go into downloading mode.
zinty said:
Stock What ? ROM or recovery and after that, what happens since i have wiped off the OS inside it when i did system/format ? Yes i have kies a long time ago in my computer but Kies doesnt see the tab if i connect it to the computer but i can still go into downloading mode.
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Odin restore will return your device (ROM AND RECOVERY) back to stock. Just boot your tab into download mode then connect to your computer with odin running and you will see a yellow box showing your device is connected. If it doesn't detect it, you need to get the correct drivers.
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zinty said:
Stock What ? ROM or recovery and after that, what happens since i have wiped off the OS inside it when i did system/format ? Yes i have kies a long time ago in my computer but Kies doesnt see the tab if i connect it to the computer but i can still go into downloading mode.
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Cromius said:
Odin restore will return your device (ROM AND RECOVERY) back to stock. Just boot your tab into download mode then connect to your computer with odin running and you will see a yellow box showing your device is connected. If it doesn't detect it, you need to get the correct drivers.
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And then from the stock ROM listed in the provided link, you will then flash the CWM/Recovery to be able to flash a ROM you want to run/flash.
xpakage said:
And then from the stock ROM listed in the provided link, you will then flash the CWM/Recovery to be able to flash a ROM you want to run/flash.
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Ok thanks so much guys, i have flashed the stock recovery with Odin but it still stops at Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 welcome message and won't open the USB Storage for me to load the stock rom, so how do i flash it into the Tab with this Odin i used to restore stock recovery, please i help me one more time, i have learnt my lessons already
Get an ipad
iaminflames said:
Get an ipad
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Bro, that's not cool, anyone can make a mistake, besides i was only trying to flash a theme, like i always did, no one told me to choose android, i know the best so i went for it, this a place to help everyone not to laugh at them, if you have answers to my last request, please give it to me, thanks.
Ok thanks so much guys, i have flashed the stock recovery with Odin but it still stops at Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 welcome message and won't open the USB Storage for me to load the stock rom, so how do i flash it into the Tab with this Odin i have used to restore stock recovery, please i need help here one more time, i have learnt my lessons already
One more lesson you need to learn is, post in the right section? You think QaA stands for Quinn and Anderson? Since you didnt even manage to read the forum rules and post right it was only a mather of time before you bricked something
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FLASH STOCK ROM FROM ODIN ALSO FLASH FLASH FLASH ODIN ODIN. You should manage the rest
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zinty said:
Ok thanks so much guys, i have flashed the stock recovery with Odin but it still stops at Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 welcome message and won't open the USB Storage for me to load the stock rom, so how do i flash it into the Tab with this Odin i used to restore stock recovery, please i help me one more time, i have learnt my lessons already
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Try going into download and Odin flash the stock ROM again.
If the stock ROM flashed correctly, after up to a 10 minute wait, it should boot into the stock ROM. Then you will go into download again, Odin flash either the recovery from that link or the newer recovery from the below link. You should be able to place the Rom of choice on the SD and flash through recovery.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1090289
norpan111 said:
One more lesson you need to learn is, post in the right section? You think QaA stands for Quinn and Anderson? Since you didnt even manage to read the forum rules and post right it was only a mather of time before you bricked something
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Isn't there also a rule against flaming, and letting mods do the modding?
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iaminflames said:
Get an ipad
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+1. Considering the questions, I think a leappad might make more sense.
Thanks guys, my tablet is back, i really appreciate the help and sorry Admin, i didn't know the right place to put the thread, besides that's the side i visit always, that was why i dropped it there, please for some of us, next time, don't joke about things, no one is perfect. Am so happy, thanks everyone.
I flashed a patch for the tablet UI, but after it installed, it is stuck in CM10 animation. Tried to manually boot into recovery and its stuck on Google with the unlock sign. Imma nubee sorry... Please i really need some help.
Have you tried to hook up to a computer and try command adb reboot recovery?
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I flashed a patch for the tablet UI, but after it installed, it is stuck in CM10 animation. Tried to manually boot into recovery and its stuck on Google with the unlock sign. Imma nubee sorry... Please i really need some help.
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Travisdroidx2 is right. You simply need to connect your N7 to a computer's USB port and then you can access recovery mode via the steps you mentioned or via adb. It's a bug that Google is going to fix eventually (I hope).
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Hi,
If you wish to use Tablet UI, I would recommend you to flash my rom It is called 'SmoothROM'
Thanks
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How?
how do i do the ADB recovery??
Def, i will check out your ROM. post me the thread.
I GOT IT!!
Thank you so much!!
i check the tool box for nexus 7 and did like you said adb recovery and got it to restore.
THANK YOU!! seriously!!
LOVE XDA!!
LOVE ANDROID!!
jamesst20 said:
Hi,
If you wish to use Tablet UI, I would recommend you to flash my rom It is called 'SmoothROM'
Thanks
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I Don't think this is a good time to advertise your ROM.
So I decided to try the ubuntu rom out, and silly me, I wrote on top of the back up I had done of my rom; and now I've got the N7 with the ubuntu rom installed and no back up accesible to backup to an android rom....
Is there a way to flash any rom from the recovery menu? if there's, please tell me how... because the computer doesn't recognize the N7 when I plug it in, so I cant just copy a .zip to flash it...
PLEASE tell me there's a way to undo this and that I have not bricked my device... please, tell me there's a way.... :crying:
Thanks in advance.
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Nexus7/Installation
Bottom of the page guide to revert back to android
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Oh God, thanks.
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Uh if it's rooted thendownload root explorer and then open internal memory and press mount as r/w not sure if it will work also I don't take responcibility of your device so do it on your own risk best of luck :thumbup:
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what do you mean internal memory has turned permanentl?
Need help too please!
I recently rooted my S3 i747 and then installed cyanogenmod 10. Keep in mind I am not a wiz at doing these things, however it did work. Here in lies my problems. 1. I hate this OS with a passion. Its just not what i thought it would be so I would love nothing more than to figure out how to remove it and return to stock firmware or another custom rom. 2. If i stay with this rom (for not being able to figure out how to remove it and install another) I am running out of storage internally. Its a great possibility I could have done something wrong. so with that being said, can anyone help me? I have tried more websites than I care to. thanks so much!
backup?
RicciLeigha said:
I recently rooted my S3 i747 and then installed cyanogenmod 10. Keep in mind I am not a wiz at doing these things, however it did work. Here in lies my problems. 1. I hate this OS with a passion. Its just not what i thought it would be so I would love nothing more than to figure out how to remove it and return to stock firmware or another custom rom. 2. If i stay with this rom (for not being able to figure out how to remove it and install another) I am running out of storage internally. Its a great possibility I could have done something wrong. so with that being said, can anyone help me? I have tried more websites than I care to. thanks so much!
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did u make a backup before flashing cm?? did u flashed a custom recovery like cwm or twrp then flashed cm10?
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ironhide602 said:
did u make a backup before flashing cm?? did u flashed a custom recovery like cwm or twrp then flashed cm10?
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Well what I did was follow along a youtube video... Which in turn may not have been the best idea. I remember doing some sort of back up on clockwork or something like that. I tried to go to recovery mode and restore but that didnt help. Im not sure what all I did to be honest. :/
RicciLeigha said:
Well what I did was follow along a youtube video... Which in turn may not have been the best idea. I remember doing some sort of back up on clockwork or something like that. I tried to go to recovery mode and restore but that didnt help. Im not sure what all I did to be honest. :/
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edit... Pull the battery on your phone and put it back in. Hold up vol, home button and Power till you see the little words in the top left corner. It should say booting recovery really small. at that point take your finger off of the power button only and it will boot into Recovery.
If you have CWM recovery or TWRP you are golden...
Or else... see below
Find your phone in it's section you should be able to find a method using Odin to flash it back to stock and then you can read up and find the way to do everything you want.
Just do your research and look through the forum for your phone type/carrier and you should be able to find all of the information that you are looking for.
Search and you shall succeed!
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Sewrizer said:
why do you guys make things so complicated? the guy wants his phone back to stock.
The only thing you have to do is to go to www.sammobile.com/firmwares. Then put your phone number i9100 in the search box and choose any of the roms below. They are all stock, 2.3/4.x.x etc. The rom is in a zip file, however, you have to extract the tar file inside it.
Power off your phone then, while holding vol down, press and hold power.
Open odin in your pc then connect the phone to pc while being in download mode. press the pda button in odin and insert the .tar rom whoch you have just extracted. press start and you are done.
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Way to jump in 5 days later and after a ton of pm's... and he only wanted more memory to run aps not stock.
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Sewrizer said:
Sorry, I didn't look at the date, but that would have been a good fix.
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Well returning to stock is just as easy as finding a stock ROM in his phones thread and flashing it, it'll be better in the long run that way as well because maybe he'll learn something.
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