rooted my htc evo 4g with android 2.2 using unrevoked3. Got superuser permissions. All rooted apps work well but I have one main issue. The issue is that when I use the ROM manager to backup current rom the phone cuts off and then goes to the white htc evo screen and stays there. I have to pull the battery and restart my phone so it can work. My understanding is that one must back up current ROM before installing other ROMs. The steps I am taking are as follows: 1. Go into ROM manager 2. Flash clockworkmod recovery 3. backup current rom. This is where my phone gets stuck on the white htc evo page. Someone please help so I can enjoy my phone. Thanks
in rom manager almost at the bottom o the menu there is an option that says flash alternative recovery or something similar and underneath it it says amon ra, flash that recovery it will put amon ra recovery on your phone, after that you reboot into recovery(turn phone off and then turn it on while pressing volume down, once in recovery you go to backup and select all, then back it up and after that you can wipe cache, dalvik, and data(you see those options when you click wipe in recovery mode) then you can go ahead and flash your rom
keyeblackmon said:
rooted my htc evo 4g with android 2.2 using unrevoked3. Got superuser permissions. All rooted apps work well but I have one main issue. The issue is that when I use the ROM manager to backup current rom the phone cuts off and then goes to the white htc evo screen and stays there. I have to pull the battery and restart my phone so it can work. My understanding is that one must back up current ROM before installing other ROMs. The steps I am taking are as follows: 1. Go into ROM manager 2. Flash clockworkmod recovery 3. backup current rom. This is where my phone gets stuck on the white htc evo page. Someone please help so I can enjoy my phone. Thanks
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First of all Welcome! Now, just boot into recovery.Shut phone off>hold down the "Volume -" and press the power button> when in bootloader use the "Volume -" button to navigate to "recovery" and press the power button. You should now be in recovery now read the menus and navigate to where you can back up the rom.
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thanks, but when i followed your instructions it stayed stuck on the htc evo screen
keyeblackmon said:
thanks, but when i followed your instructions it stayed stuck on the htc evo screen
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Okay, so you followed his instructions exactly? When you used rom manager to flash alternate (amon ra) recovery, did that complete successfully? If so, when you shut the phone down, and boot to the bootloader, then selected recovery, is that where you hang at the white htc evo 4g screen? It doesn't successfully boot to recovery, just hangs at the splash screen? If I understand you correctly, and that is accurate, then you should try flashing a recovery from the bootloader. Download the PC36IMG I'll attatch. Place it on the main directory of your SD card. (Now would also be a good time to put the ROM of your choice on your sd card as well). Be sure it's named exactly PC36IMG. Shut your phone off. Hold power and volume down button to get to the bootlaoder. Wait a few seconds and it should ask you to update. Select Volume Up. This recovery is Amon Ra V2.3. Once that's done flashing, don't reboot. Select no on reboot, and then choose 'recovery'. Do you successfully boot to recovery? If yes, go to 'wipe' Wipe data/factory reset, cache, dalvik cache, boot, and system. You can also flash calkulin's format all.zip if you'd like. Once you're done wiping, go back to the main screen of recovery, and select 'flash zip from sd card' and then 'choose zip from sd card'. Then find the ROM that you put on your sd card, choose it, and flash it. Once done, reboot. That *should* work. If that's exactly what you already tried, I apologize, and report back, we'll come up with some other things to try. If you didn't try that, try it step by step.
when i am in recovery the options i see close to what your instructions state is backup/restore. i clicked on that but i dont see a select all. I see nandroid backup, nandroid restore, backup google proprietary system file and restore google prorietary system files. what do i choose. Thanks
keyeblackmon said:
thanks, but when i followed your instructions it stayed stuck on the htc evo screen
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huh.. I'm suspecting its your recovery thats bad. Download THIS and place it on the root of you sd card. Boot the phone into the bootloader by powering the phone down, then press the power and the volume down buttons at the same time> Once the phone boots into the bootloader the phone will automatically recognize the zip file. It will ask if you would like to update, select yes and let it do it's thing and you will be good to go.
you then can follow the instruction we posted earlier and hopefully it'll let you get into recovery mode to backup and flash roms.
keyeblackmon said:
when i am in recovery the options i see close to what your instructions state is backup/restore. i clicked on that but i dont see a select all. I see nandroid backup, nandroid restore, backup google proprietary system file and restore google prorietary system files. what do i choose. Thanks
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That was correct! You want to select 'nandroid backup' > That is what you are creating. Once you select that, it will give you a list of what you want to backup. Check all the boxes, and then select 'perform backup'. It should take a few minutes to complete, and you'll see a bunch of ........ Maybe 4-6 lines of them. Once done, you can then do your wipe and flash your ROM, if you'd like
sorry. i didnt see where you used the arrow to follow the instructions. I followed his (blakeboys) instuctions and i select backup in recovery where do i go from there. the options that i see are nandroid backup, nandroid restore, backup google proprietary system files and restore google proprietary system files. Thanks for responding so fast
keyeblackmon said:
sorry. i didnt see where you used the arrow to follow the instructions. I followed his (blakeboys) instuctions and i select backup in recovery where do i go from there. the options that i see are nandroid backup, nandroid restore, backup google proprietary system files and restore google proprietary system files. Thanks for responding so fast
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See my last post. But you select nandroid backup. Then, as I said, it will ask you what you want to backup. Check every box. Then select 'perform backup'
keyeblackmon said:
sorry. i didnt see where you used the arrow to follow the instructions. I followed his (blakeboys) instuctions and i select backup in recovery where do i go from there. the options that i see are nandroid backup, nandroid restore, backup google proprietary system files and restore google proprietary system files. Thanks for responding so fast
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nandroid backup... and then backup google propritary then wipe the first 3 listed under the wipe menu and also flash the attached zip. Then you may flash the rom of your choice.
it stated that backup is complete. Do I need to reboot the phone? As far as wiping the phone, is that something that i can do in the ROM manager app? I ask these "silly" questions because i am fairly new to this. Some of the language is foreign to me.
keyeblackmon said:
it stated that backup is complete. Do I need to reboot the phone? As far as wiping the phone, is that something that i can do in the ROM manager app? I ask these "silly" questions because i am fairly new to this. Some of the language is foreign to me.
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No you dont need to reboot your phone. No you cannot wipe in rom manger. Do everything in recovery, learn to love recovery. It's your new best friend. Backup, wipe, and flash roms in recovery to save you a headache.
Is your SD card full? I had the same thing happen to me and realized I had no space available. You might try deleting some previous nandroid backups or other large files. If your card isn't full, then the other posters have the right advice.
EDIT: Looks like you got it working before I could submit my post. Hope the rest goes smoothly for you.
phsteve said:
Is your SD card full? I had the same thing happen to me and realized I had no space available. You might try deleting some previous nandroid backups or other large files. If your card isn't full, then the other posters have the right advice.
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No his sd card isn't full or at least shouldnt be since this will be his first nandroid backup.
keyeblackmon said:
it stated that backup is complete. Do I need to reboot the phone? As far as wiping the phone, is that something that i can do in the ROM manager app? I ask these "silly" questions because i am fairly new to this. Some of the language is foreign to me.
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As blakeboy said, forget about ROM manager. You are far better off doing everything manually, in recovery. It's far more reliable, and is very easy to use anyways. And as was already posted, use the CalkulinFormat all.zip before you flash a ROM (after you make your backup, of course)
After wiping do i reboot system now or power off the phone so I can flash the zip you provided. These are the only options I have at this time?
keyeblackmon said:
After wiping do i reboot system now or power off the phone so I can flash the zip you provided. These are the only options I have at this time?
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no, wipe and then flash the zip then flash your rom then reboot
the reason you wipe then flash is because the zip adds extra wiping to ensure a clean flash of the new rom so to minimize the chance of a problems occurring.
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After wiping do i reboot system now or power off the phone so I can flash the zip you provided. These are the only options I have at this time?
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You should be able to go back to the main screen of recovery, and then go to wipe. Do your wipes, and then go back to 'flash zip from sd card' And then choose your rom and flash it. Once it's done flashing, then reboot.
how do i flash the zip file to my sd card if my phone is not showing up on my computer?
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I am currently on EC05 using the prerooted CWM 2.5.
I want to get the syndicate rom on my phone. I know I need CWM 3.0. How do I get CWM 3.0 on my phone?
What steps do I need to take to get CWM 3.0 and the newest EC05 based Syndicate ROM flashed?
Sorry I'm a newbie and have never done any of this to my phone. I know how to use ODIN but have never used CWM.
Thanks for your time.
1.Put the Rom on your SD Card
2.Follow this thread...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=897612
3.Boot into recovery it will be backing up and restoring
then just wipe x3 and Flash the rom BEFORE YOU BOOT UP.
DO NOT BOOT UP W/O FLASHING AN EXT4 Rom or Kernel
Okay thanks for that thread. However I have never used CWM before. I understand placing the ROM on my SD card.
I see that it references EB13, since I'm on EC05 does it make a difference?
1) So I'll download the one-click root zip file. (Even though I'm already rooted does it matter?)
2) I click run.bat and wait for it to finish, then I do the "Three button method" to get into CWM 3. What is the three button method? (Is it the volume up + camera + power button?) It says to wait for everything to happen then do the three button method then wait again? How will I know when I can do the three button method? I assume the run.bat finishes then I do the three button method and CWM does something?
It says to NOT reboot. How do I then flash Syndicate? The thread references flashing an EB13 kernel? Do I simply just replace the EB13 kernel listed with the Syndicate zipped rom? What steps in CWM do I actually do to flash the ROM?
Sorry for the seemingly stupid questions. Just want to make sure I understand what I"m doing before I dive in.
No just put the rom on your SD Card
since you are on EC05 you don't need to bother with switching builds
you just need cwm3 to flash it
so put it on your sd card and run the one click cwm3
then when you boot into recovery
USE THE VOLUME ROCKER TO MOVE UP/DOWN
AND THE CAMERA BUTTON TO SELECT....
Select "Wipe Data/Factory Reset"
do that 3 times...
Then select " Wipe Cache Partition"
do that three times....
Then go into "Advanced" and select "Wipe Dalvik Cache"
do that three times....
Then go to "Install zip from sdcard"
and select the ACS ROM....
After its done select "Reboot phone now"
then enjoy...
Yes after the one click has finished
1. POWER OFF YOUR PHONE
2. HOLD DOWN THE CAMERA+POWER+VOLUME DOWN
when it loads into recovery do this....
USE THE VOLUME ROCKER TO MOVE UP/DOWN
AND THE CAMERA BUTTON TO SELECT....
Select "Wipe Data/Factory Reset"
do that 3 times...
Then select " Wipe Cache Partition"
do that three times....
Then go into "Advanced" and select "Wipe Dalvik Cache"
do that three times....
Then go to "Install zip from sdcard"
and select the ACS ROM....
After its done select "Reboot phone now"
Wonderful thanks for the help.
Any thoughts on whether I should choose the journaling or non-journaling ROM?
Also what about backing up my apps and data? I have titanium backup but have never used it before. I know CWM backs up data as well. When I flash the new ROM is there any settings I need to be aware of to make sure my data is intact? Or is a full wipe my only option?
Instead of starting a new thread could I get nice directions like this?
I am on EB13 using Bonsai 3.0.1. I have clockworks 3.0.6 instead already
Atlienzz said:
Wonderful thanks for the help.
Any thoughts on whether I should choose the journaling or non-journaling ROM?
Also what about backing up my apps and data? I have titanium backup but have never used it before. I know CWM backs up data as well. When I flash the new ROM is there any settings I need to be aware of to make sure my data is intact? Or is a full wipe my only option?
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The non-journalizing roms are the only ones working right now .... so not much of a choice
badbeats said:
Instead of starting a new thread could I get nice directions like this?
I am on EB13 using Bonsai 3.0.1. I have clockworks 3.0.6 instead already
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Thanks for not making a new thread
Here are the steps
Flash the EC05 modem in Odin (UNCHECK EVERYTHING EXCEPT "AUTO REBOOT"), then flash the ROM.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=976194
The link to the modem and odin are under "Installation Notes"
use this thread to learn more bout Odin and how to set it up
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=773032
iSaint said:
Thanks for not making a new thread
Here are the steps
Flash the EC05 modem in Odin (UNCHECK EVERYTHING EXCEPT "AUTO REBOOT"), then flash the ROM.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=976194
The link to the modem and odin are under "Installation Notes"
use this thread to learn more bout Odin and how to set it up
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=773032
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I read a lot of threads today, but I am confused. I have odin up and I just need to know where to put the modem. Is it in pit, or pda or somewhere else?
Oh I just found your other post isaint... I got it now... thanks!
badbeats said:
I read a lot of threads today, but I am confused. I have odin up and I just need to know where to put the modem. Is it in pit, or pda or somewhere else?
Thanks
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Put the modem file in the "PDA" Section
No PIT (Makes it simpler)
check Auto Reboot ONLY
then connect your phone in download mode and run it.
Okay just got home to try this and am having an issue.
I followed the steps and I got to the part where syndicate is installing, the phone rebooted on it's own then was caught in a boot loop. I had to pull the battery to get it to stop. I was able to get CWM 3.0 started so I know I'm not bricked. What should I try next?
Okay never mind, I believe all issues have been solved.
I went back into clockwork and installed the ROM again and it worked this time.
Thanks for your help!!
Atlienzz said:
Okay just got home to try this and am having an issue.
I followed the steps and I got to the part where syndicate is installing, the phone rebooted on it's own then was caught in a boot loop. I had to pull the battery to get it to stop. I was able to get CWM 3.0 started so I know I'm not bricked. What should I try next?
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Did you try reflashing the rom??
Also u are using the orange colored clockwork mod right?
Okay I do have a question after all.
I don't have any contacts or any of my apps. I know clockwork did a backup, how do I import them?
I also did a titanium backup but I have no idea if I did that right or where it is stored.
Thanks for any help....
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Did you try reflashing the rom??
Also u are using the orange colored clockwork mod right?
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Yes I reflashed the rom and all is good. Yes I was in the orange clockwork mod.
Any idea on my latest question about my apps and contacts?
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Okay I do have a question after all.
I don't have any contacts or any of my apps. I know clockwork did a backup, how do I import them?
I also did a titanium backup but I have no idea if I did that right or where it is stored.
Thanks for any help....
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what rom did u come from?
Also to restore data from clockwork goto: Backup/restore/advanced restore and restore data only.
i do think the rom automatically backs up and restores for you unless you came from a non syndicate rom or a old version of syndicate.
For titanium back up: go into the root of your sd card and see if there is a folder called titatanium back up and see if it backed up, if so just in titatanium back up click menu/batch restore all apps and system data
I came from rooted stock EC05.
I will try the titanium thing first and if that doesn't work I'll post back.
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I do have a folder called titanium backup with everything in it hopefully. I will redownload the app from the market and attempt to backup.
Atlienzz said:
I came from rooted stock EC05.
I will try the titanium thing first and if that doesn't work I'll post back.
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well if not then use the nandroid backup and only backup apps and data in titatnanium, no system data, i have mine scheduled everyday at 3am to backup my stuff just in case something gets crapped on, i love titananium, it did take a an hour or 2 to know what to backup and scroll through all my stuff and make a custom filter but it was worth it
Atlienzz said:
I came from rooted stock EC05.
I will try the titanium thing first and if that doesn't work I'll post back.
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I do have a folder called titanium backup with everything in it hopefully. I will redownload the app from the market and attempt to backup.
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u mean restore and also only restore apps with data in the batch mode
I'm still pretty new to Android, coming from BlackBerry. Anyway, I just rooted my EVO using Unrevoked3 and I want to flash to the Mikfroyo ROM, but I'm completely lost on what do next. Do I install Unrevoked Forever on top of unrevoked3 and if so, how do I go about doing that. All I've seen searching threads is that I should probably use ROM Installer, but I guess I'm suppose to have S-ON?.. What's my next step after Rooting with Unrevoked3?
No. You are rooted already. All you have to do now is simply download the Rom you want to flash and place it on your SD card. Afterwards, turn off your phone. Simultaneously press the down volume button and the power button until your phone starts. You will enter the bootloader screen. You should see S-OFF. That means your security is off a/k/a you're rooted. Anyway, if you have a PC36IMG.zip file on the root of your SD card, the bootloader will automatically detect it and prompt you to install. Disregard. Anyway, select recovery and then you will be taken to the recovery screen. I'm assuming you have Clockworkmod as your recovery. Anyway, I don't remember the menu structure of it because I use amon RA as my recovery. Anyway, go to the backup/restore menu and create a nandroid backup of your current setup. In case you don't like the Rom you're about to flash, you can always return your device to the way it was prior to flashing by simply restoring the nandroid backup. After you've made your nandroid backup, go to the wipe menu and wipe EVERYTHING except the SD card itself. Afterwards, flash the Rom you chose and then reboot. Be patient during the first boot after flashing. Enjoy your new Rom..
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I don't have PC36IMG.zip on my card. Is that gonna be a problem? Is there somewhere I can download it?.. I backed up phone numbers and I used exuninstall (I've used before after wiping my phone) to backup my apps (is that pretty much the same as creating a nandroid?)
x313x said:
I don't have PC36IMG.zip on my card. Is that gonna be a problem? Is there somewhere I can download it?.. I backed up phone numbers and I used exuninstall (I've used before after wiping my phone) to backup my apps (is that pretty much the same as creating a nandroid?)
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nope actually saves you some annoyance not having that pc36img.zip on there. a nandroid isn't the same as backing up stuff seperately. nandroid copies exactly what is on your phone's flash memory atm onto the sdcard, in .img formats. these are just in case you don't like the rom you flash. MAKE SURE TO HAVE AT LEAST ONE BACKUP OF THE WIMAX PARTITION WIMAX.IMG IS THE ONLY NON-RECOVERABLE PART OF THE PHONE. for backing up, i'd use titanium backup. just hit menu, batch, and select backup all user apps +data. DON'T BACKUP SYSTEM DATA. just backup contacts by going to the people app, hitting menu, and import/export. choose export, and backup whatever you want.
since you used unrevoked, i assume you are using clockworkmod recovery. this is annoying to both you and developers who enjoy writing in amend scripting (cwm 3.0+ only reads edify, ick). http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=705026 downlaod the pc36img.zip (here's where they come in handy) and put it on the root of your sdcard. then boot into bootloader, and accept the update. say no to the reboot. and choose recovery from the menu. next chance you get, remove or rename the pc36img.zip so it doesn't prompt you to update every time you boot into bootloader. now go to backup/restore, and make a nandroid backup. MAKE SURE YOU ALWAYS HAVE AT LEAST 1 OF WIMAX BACKED UP IN SEVERAL PLACES LIKE PHONE, COMP, ONLINE BACKUP, ETC. IT'S IMPORTANT. then, back out to the main screen, and go to wipe. wipe data, cache, and dalvik cache. do this every time you flash a new rom btw. if you flash something ontop of a rom (theme, kernel, anything else, addon, etc) then just wipe cache and dalvik cache.
so now choose flash zip from sdcard, find the zip on your card, and flash it! it'll install. then choose reboot from the menu, and you're all good.
just ask if you have any other questions.
dk
Just wanna make sure about this..
Should I have both PC36IMG.zip and the mikfroyo on my SD at the same time or should I flash the PC36IMG.zip file and then put the ROM on my SD? And just to make sure I got it, the PC36IMG.zip will replace my recovery with a custom recovery, right?
And I don't need to flash Unrevoked forever?.. The only thing I've done so far is back up apps & numbers, wiped everything from the bootloader with the Clear Storage option, then rooted with Unrevoked3. (I rooted probably 5 mins before my original post)
x313x said:
Just wanna make sure about this..
Should I have both PC36IMG.zip and the mikfroyo on my SD at the same time or should I flash the PC36IMG.zip file and then put the ROM on my SD? And just to make sure I got it, the PC36IMG.zip will replace my recovery with a custom recovery, right?
And I don't need to flash Unrevoked forever?.. The only thing I've done so far is back up apps & numbers, wiped everything from the bootloader with the Clear Storage option, then rooted with Unrevoked3. (I rooted probably 5 mins before my original post)
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It doesn't matter. If you want to put them both on your card you can or if you want to install the PC36IMG and then go into recovery and choose usb/ms toggle(or something like that and delete the PC36IMG and then add Mikfroyo you can do it that way. After that just wipe data, cache and davlik cache and then choose flash zip from sdcard then choose zip then scroll to Mikfroyo and install. Use the volume buttons to scroll and the power button to select. If you leave PC36IMG on the sdcard it is not a big deal other than an inconvenience because every time you boot into bootloader it will scan and ask if you want to update.
PC36img.zip is a file name that your bootloader recognizes as an update to install, so the only reason people say to get rid of it or not is if you have a file named that in root of SD, everytime you go into bootloader, it'll ask to install it.
(I didn't quite get that when I first rooted, so I'm just throwing it out there in case you don't either)
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Read this:
http://noobgui.de/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page
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Read this:
http://noobgui.de/wiki/index.php?title=Main_Page
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thanx i nearly forgot how to unroot again.. thx. now i can warranty my fone for heating up =)
scottspa74 said:
PC36img.zip is a file name that your bootloader recognizes as an update to install, so the only reason people say to get rid of it or not is if you have a file named that in root of SD, everytime you go into bootloader, it'll ask to install it.
(I didn't quite get that when I first rooted, so I'm just throwing it out there in case you don't either)
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I'm confused (sry if I'm just not getting it) do I need to flash PC36IMG.zip if I don't need to update? I'm running the latest version of everything. Wouldn't I be able to just make the backup with nandroid, then install the rom? Or is flashing PC36IMG.zip a must no matter what?
x313x said:
I'm confused (sry if I'm just not getting it) do I need to flash PC36IMG.zip if I don't need to update? I'm running the latest version of everything. Wouldn't I be able to just make the backup with nandroid, then install the rom? Or is flashing PC36IMG.zip a must no matter what?
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First, make sure your battery is AT LEAST at 50% before doing this. You don't want to run out of juice while it is writing or your phone will get bricked.
Secondly, I recommend you use Amon RA recovery. The easiest way to get it is to download ROM manager from the market, and scroll to the bottom of the app options to where it says "flash alternate recovery". This will install Amon recovery over the clockwork recovery that unrevoked installed on your phone. In recovery mode, you use the volume up/down buttons to navigate the menu and the power button to select your choice.
1) Download the rom, and place the zipped file in the root of your SD card.
2) Power off your phone, and power it back while holding volume down to boot into recovery mode.
3) If you haven't already, from here, create a NAND back-up of your phone in case something goes wrong. Make sure you check the box that says Wimax and you back up your Wimax keys, too. (This takes 5-10 minutes; let it finish)
4) From the recovery menu, wipe cache twice, dalvik cache twice, and data. (check advanced for the option to wipe dalvik)
5) From the main recovery menu, choose the "flash zip from SD card" and then look for the rom file you put on your SD card. Highlight it and use the power button to select it and flash it onto your phone. (This will take a while, too.....let it finish)
6) Reboot your phone and enjoy your new rom!
You can follow this process to flash just about any zip file, including custom kernels, miscellaneous fixes, certain themes, custom boot animations, etc. It is recommended that you flash one item at a time. Do not flash a bunch of things without rebooting the phone; do one at a time.
REMEMBER TO DO A NAND BACK-UP FIRST! If anything happens, this will make your life MUCH easier to get your phone back to how it is now without going on a much bigger mission.
I kinda figured that about the battery, cause when I used to flash CFW on my PSP I had to have the battery at least 75%... But what has me confused is the PC36IMG.zip. It wasn't on my SD after rooting, and I'm not trying to update anything, so do I still need to download and flash it or can I just go right to backing up nandroid and instill the rom?
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I kinda figured that about the battery, cause when I used to flash CFW on my PSP I had to have the battery at least 75%... But what has me confused is the PC36IMG.zip. It wasn't on my SD after rooting, and I'm not trying to update anything, so do I still need to download and flash it or can I just go right to backing up nandroid and instill the rom?
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The PC36IMG.zip file is named that way so your bootloader can recognize it. However, you are booting into a custom recovery, not the bootloader, so it doesn't matter if you have that file on your SD card or not. From the way you are talking, it doesn't sound like you even know what is inside that PC36IMG.zip, so I would just delete it. Or is it the rom file itself that is named that way? If so, you can still flash it via recovery even if it's named PC36IMG.zip......that's not a problem.
Just make a NAND back up, wipe and flash the rom. If something goes wrong, you can always power the phone on holding volume down to boot into the recovery to restore your NAND and start over.
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I kinda figured that about the battery, cause when I used to flash CFW on my PSP I had to have the battery at least 75%... But what has me confused is the PC36IMG.zip. It wasn't on my SD after rooting, and I'm not trying to update anything, so do I still need to download and flash it or can I just go right to backing up nandroid and instill the rom?
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Okay, I'm going to try to give it a shot.
For right now, forget the PC36IMG.zip. It was needed to switch recoveries, but it seems like it might be confusing you. Anything that flashes through the bootloader has to be named that, not just recoveries. It is suggested to use Amon Ra because some ROMs won't flash with Clockwork, which is what unrevoked puts on your phone. Amon Ra, in my opinion (and obviously other's) is a better alternative. To get Amon Ra - to avoid any problems with flashing - download Rom Manager if you haven't already. Choose "flash alternate recovery". When it's done, power off your phone then boot into the bootloader. Choose recovery, then do your backup. In Amon Ra, just keep the boxes checked, and then choose backup. After that's finished, go back to nandroid backup & uncheck the boxes that are already checked (with the power button), then check Wimax only and backup again. Once you're finished backing up, wipe & flash.
You don't have to use Amon Ra, it's just highly suggested. It's better to go ahead and do it now, since Ra won't restore backups made with Clockwork and vice versa - it'll save you from having to go back/forth later. Plus, I'm not sure how/if Clockwork backs up your wimax.
Good luck!
PlainJane is right. Forget about the PC36IMG.zip. In my post, I stated, "if" you have a PC36IMG.zip on the root of your hard drive, the bootloader will automatically recognize it and to simply disregard. If you had one, fine and if you didn't have one, fine. Disregard, either way. Remember, I don't know what you may have attempted to flash or the contents of your SD card. I was simply trying to be as thorough as I could. Everyone who has replied to your post has basically told you the exact same thing. Now, disregard any mention of the PC36IMG.zip file and follow the remaining steps and you will be fine.
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plainjane said:
Okay, I'm going to try to give it a shot.
For right now, forget the PC36IMG.zip. It was needed to switch recoveries, but it seems like it might be confusing you. Anything that flashes through the bootloader has to be named that, not just recoveries. It is suggested to use Amon Ra because some ROMs won't flash with Clockwork, which is what unrevoked puts on your phone. Amon Ra, in my opinion (and obviously other's) is a better alternative. To get Amon Ra - to avoid any problems with flashing - download Rom Manager if you haven't already. Choose "flash alternate recovery". When it's done, power off your phone then boot into the bootloader. Choose recovery, then do your backup. In Amon Ra, just keep the boxes checked, and then choose backup. After that's finished, go back to nandroid backup & uncheck the boxes that are already checked (with the power button), then check Wimax only and backup again. Once you're finished backing up, wipe & flash.
You don't have to use Amon Ra, it's just highly suggested. It's better to go ahead and do it now, since Ra won't restore backups made with Clockwork and vice versa - it'll save you from having to go back/forth later. Plus, I'm not sure how/if Clockwork backs up your wimax.
Good luck!
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I also just recently rooted for the first time with Unrevoked, did the back up with Clockwork and can confirm that the folder with the backup has a file called wimax.somecode.img if that's what you're thinking of.
x313x, that page jstalford posted has some great info, and downloading Rom Manager, Titanium Backup and Busybox (was needed for one of those programs, don't remember which) made things much easier.
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PlainJane is right. Forget about the PC36IMG.zip. In my post, I stated, "if" you have a PC36IMG.zip on the root of your hard drive, the bootloader will automatically recognize it and to simply disregard. If you had one, fine and if you didn't have one, fine. Disregard, either way. Remember, I don't know what you may have attempted to flash or the contents of your SD card. I was simply trying to be as thorough as I could. Everyone who has replied to your post has basically told you the exact same thing. Now, disregard any mention of the PC36IMG.zip file and follow the remaining steps and you will be fine.
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Alright, cause right after you someone told me I should download it and gave me a link. That's why I was so confused..
Wait, I just went back to that link and I think the PC36IMG.zip he linked me to is Amon RA (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=705026)
I tried to use ROM Manage to switch from clockwork, but it wont let me push Flash Alternative Recovery. It says: No Alternative Recovery Available
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Alright, cause right after you someone told me I should download it and gave me a link. That's why I was so confused..
Wait, I just went back to that link and I think the PC36IMG.zip he linked me to is Amon RA (http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=705026)
I tried to use ROM Manage to switch from clockwork, but it wont let me push Flash Alternative Recovery. It says: No Alternative Recovery Available
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I understand. Anyway, if you want to flash amon RA, simply download the zip file and place it on the root of your SD card and then power off. Simultaneously press the down volume button and the power button until your EVO starts. The bootloader will automatically detect the zip file and prompt you to install it. Follow the easy prompts to install. Installation of amon RA takes less than 10 seconds. Afterwards, reboot into recovery or to your homescreen.
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ok, i think i'll step out of this thread after this (the dude's got you) but just going to try and clarify what a pc36img.zip is.
a pc36img.zip is what bootlaoder recognizes as an update. it can contain anything. a system, a kernel, a recovery, anything. maybe even everything. so keep them organized. they are all different. like the one i was telling you to flash installed amon-ra recovery. it's helpful to then delete or rename the file, so bootloader doesn't ask you to update next time you boot to bootloader.
is that any better? hah it's sorta hard to explain.
I got it up and running a little bit ago and it's running great with no problems. And it really was as easy as you all said. You guys are awesome, thanks for putting up with me
To make a long story short -- I keep downloading the CM7 ROM using ROM Manager and everything is okay up until the point where I start to download new apps (I usually manage to successfully download Titanium and restore my old apps), where it then shoots me a pop-up that says something along the lines of "android.media had to stop" and I can either force close it or report. This message also pops up when I try to access the sound menu through settings.
Right now I'm restored back to the Sense UI (stock), and have thus rendered CM7 unusable until I figure out what exactly is going on.
Does anyone have any idea of how I can fix this?
Try downloading CM 7.0.2's zip file, and flash it in recovery instead of having ROM Manager install it. Make sure you do: wipe user/factory data reset, dalvik cache before flashing the zip.
RMarkwald said:
Try downloading CM 7.0.2's zip file, and flash it in recovery instead of having ROM Manager install it. Make sure you do: wipe user/factory data reset, dalvik cache before flashing the zip.
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I don't mean to be a pest, but would you mind providing some specific steps for doing that?
As I've mentioned in other posts, I'm fairly new to a lot of this material, and don't want to completely mess up my phone.
Boot into hboot by powering off device, and then press and hold the power button and volume down button st the same time. Scroll down using the volume rocker to recovery and wait for CWM to load. Use the optical device to select clear cache, and after that go back to the main menu and choose advanced and then clear dalvik cache. After this go to the main menu and choose install zip from SDcard. Scroll down to the desired Rom, select it and press yes. After it is done installing go to the main menu and press reboot. After this your phone should have the custom ROM on it.
Note: Make sure the zip is on the root of the sdcard.. like /sdcard/ROM.zip
Hope this helped,
~xirftwx
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Sure, no problems! You'll need to get the zip of CM7 from here.
Then I helped someone do this exact thing, so check it out here, specifically posts #6 and #8. Save the zip file to your SD card, and put it in a place where you know it is at. This would preferably be the root of it, but if you recreate a folder remember that folder's name.
If you're restoring system or app data in titanium backup that's probably the issue. Only restore apps, if that. Best to start out fresh if going from sense>aosp.
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Sure, no problems! You'll need to get the zip of CM7 from here.
Then I helped someone do this exact thing, so check it out here, specifically posts #6 and #8. Save the zip file to your SD card, and put it in a place where you know it is at. This would preferably be the root of it, but if you recreate a folder remember that folder's name.
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First off, thanks for the awesome post. That's just what I need.
Also, I read in the topic you linked to that you use Titanium Backup to back up your apps after you flash the ROM, but you mentioned not to backup the data because that can cause issues. When I had previously attempted to flash a ROM, I had been restoring apps AND data -- do you think that may have been what was causing my problem?
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If you're restoring system or app data in titanium backup that's probably the issue. Only restore apps, if that. Best to start out fresh if going from sense>aosp.
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I wish I had seen your post before making my previous post. I had been restoring my data, as well. So I'm going to flash it via ROM Manager and restore just my apps to see if that is what was causing the issue.
Sounds good, I would recommend doing a complete wipe like the other poster said and then restore only apps after installing the rom, should work better for you. Let us know and if you have any more questions feel free to ask!
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Sounds good, I would recommend doing a complete wipe like the other poster said and then restore only apps after installing the rom, should work better for you. Let us know and if you have any more questions feel free to ask!
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Actually, another quick question:
How do I restore just apps using Titanium? I only see options for apps and data, or only new apps, but nothing about just all apps.
Also, ROM Manager asks me if I'd like to wipe my phone before installing the ROM...is that enough?
Ah you're right, I haven't used titanium in a while but it does say apps and data in the batch menu. I would install the rom, do a backup, then restore the apps (no system data). If you run into issues then restore your backup.
I don't use rom manager, I prefer to do those things manually and it seems like some people have issues when using rom manager as opposed to downloading and installing manually. Here's what I'd do:
Download rom and move to SD card
Boot into recovery (if you're not on a custom rom you can do this by turning phone off and turning back on by holding power and volume down, then select recovery from the menu)
Select backup and restore, then select backup
Now, select wipe data/factory reset, then select wipe cache, then select advanced>wipe dalvik cache. In recovery, you move around using the optical joystick and select by clicking it
After doing those wipes, select install zip from SD, select the rom on your SD card and let install then reboot
Now that you're on cm7, you can reboot into recovery by pressing power, selecting reboot, then recovery.
I would do another backup then try restoring with titanium.
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Hi,
I rooted my phone today using Chainfire's Autoroot. After doing this, I installed CWM on my phone, specifically, CWM Touch 6.0.4.3. After this, I created an image.zip backup of the phone and its data. I then, in order to test it, loaded the image.zip. It said that it was successful, but when it rebooted, it got stuck at the samsung logo. I have tried using to boot into recovery to mess around with CWM, but it does not allow me to boot into recovery. I can boot into download mode however, and reinstalled CWM in the hopes that I would be able to access it, to no avail. I also tried rerooting the phone using CF Autoroot in the hopes that it might do something, however little a chance that may have been. I know that I can flash a stock rom, but I am trying to preserve as much information and data on my phone as possible. Should I attempt to flash a stock rom, reinstall CWM and try to reload the image.zip? Or is there some other route I should take?
Thank you for your time,
Dan
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Hi,
I rooted my phone today using Chainfire's Autoroot. After doing this, I installed CWM on my phone, specifically, CWM Touch 6.0.4.3. After this, I created an image.zip backup of the phone and its data. I then, in order to test it, loaded the image.zip. It said that it was successful, but when it rebooted, it got stuck at the samsung logo. I have tried using to boot into recovery to mess around with CWM, but it does not allow me to boot into recovery. I can boot into download mode however, and reinstalled CWM in the hopes that I would be able to access it, to no avail. I also tried rerooting the phone using CF Autoroot in the hopes that it might do something, however little a chance that may have been. I know that I can flash a stock rom, but I am trying to preserve as much information and data on my phone as possible. Should I attempt to flash a stock rom, reinstall CWM and try to reload the image.zip? Or is there some other route I should take?
Thank you for your time,
Dan
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Try wiping cache and dalvik and reboot
How would I go about doing this? I do not have access to recovery mode. Is there a program I can install to do this? Or can I accomplish this through ODIN? I know how to flash stuff using ODIN but not much else.
MLS_Dumpster said:
How would I go about doing this? I do not have access to recovery mode. Is there a program I can install to do this? Or can I accomplish this through ODIN? I know how to flash stuff using ODIN but not much else.
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With your phone off, press and hold power home and volume up until you see the little blue text at the top then release, will put you in recovery to wipe cache and dalvik
mattzeller said:
With your phone off, press and hold power home and volume up until you see the little blue text at the top then release, will put you in recovery to wipe cache and dalvik
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I accessed the recovery menu using your instructions, and wiped the cache partition. I tried to reboot and I have the same issue. What should I try next? I now have access to that menu if that opens up any possibilities. I am by no means an expert, but it appears as though this is a booting issue. I checked, through the recovery menu, and found all my data still on my phone, which is a good sign, but also leads me to believe that the main issue seems to pertain to the booting process.
Thanks again for your time.
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I accessed the recovery menu using your instructions, and wiped the cache partition. I tried to reboot and I have the same issue. What should I try next? I now have access to that menu if that opens up any possibilities. I am by no means an expert, but it appears as though this is a booting issue. I checked, through the recovery menu, and found all my data still on my phone, which is a good sign, but also leads me to believe that the main issue seems to pertain to the booting process.
Thanks again for your time.
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I would suggest hooking it to your computer, backing up any data you want to keep, do a factory reset
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I would suggest hooking it to your computer, backing up any data you want to keep, do a factory reset
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Whenever I try to hook up my phone to the computer, it doesn't show up on my computer unless the phone is fully booted. How would I go about hooking it up?
MLS_Dumpster said:
Whenever I try to hook up my phone to the computer, it doesn't show up on my computer unless the phone is fully booted. How would I go about hooking it up?
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I use Philz, but somewhere you should see something about mounting USB, once you do that you can back up pictures and files and whatnot
mattzeller said:
I use Philz, but somewhere you should see something about mounting USB, once you do that you can back up pictures and files and whatnot
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We just had a breakthrough; we were able to flash PhilZ touch onto the phone. We mounted the USB, and we were able to access the external sd card, but we still do not have access to the internal sd or boot. Theoretically, because we were able to flash PhilZ, this means the phone still has root access, and therefore, the data is still there. Now we have PhilZ working, would it be possible to make a backup of the data from the internal SD? I am looking in the menu and it gives me the option to backup to sdcard or sdcard1. How should I proceed? Is this the best option?
Thanks!
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We just had a breakthrough; we were able to flash PhilZ touch onto the phone. We mounted the USB, and we were able to access the external sd card, but we still do not have access to the internal sd or boot. Theoretically, because we were able to flash PhilZ, this means the phone still has root access, and therefore, the data is still there. Now we have PhilZ working, would it be possible to make a backup of the data from the internal SD? I am looking in the menu and it gives me the option to backup to sdcard or sdcard1. How should I proceed? Is this the best option?
Thanks!
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Yes, you can make a nandroid from there, so a backup to sdcard1. What exactly are you trying to save?
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Yes, you can make a nandroid from there, so a backup to sdcard1. What exactly are you trying to save?
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As much as possible, most importantly my contacts, and messages. We are backing up to sd card 1 now. Correct me if I am wrong, but our course of action now would be to take the backup and either a. restore it, or b. factory reset, root phone, install philZ again, and restore then, correct? I just want to be very clear with my options before proceeding with either.
Thanks again dude!
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As much as possible, most importantly my contacts, and messages. We are backing up to sd card 1 now. Correct me if I am wrong, but our course of action now would be to take the backup and either a. restore it, or b. factory reset, root phone, install philZ again, and restore then, correct? I just want to be very clear with my options before proceeding with either.
Thanks again dude!
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Contacts are backed up by Google, if you are having a booting problem, backing up and restoring will not fix it. Philz does not need to be re-flashed. If you are currently on stock, reflash a stock ROM without wiping internal storage, go in backup your messages with something like Titanium Backup.
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Contacts are backed up by Google, if you are having a booting problem, backing up and restoring will not fix it. Philz does not need to be re-flashed. If you are currently on stock, reflash a stock ROM without wiping internal storage, go in backup your messages with something like Titanium Backup.
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I understand now what it is we need to do. In the search of a usable stock ROM, we hear it is impossible to flash 4.4.2 without losing all the data on internal storage. Is this true? Is there a way around this? If there isn't a way around it, I understand, but it would just be very inconvenient. How should we approach this?
Thanks again!
Hi, when I got the phone I rooted it by installing TWP recovery, it was all working fine after that until an OTA update popped up, after some research I learned that in order to install OTA updates you need to install stock recovery. Firstly, not knowing entirely what I was doing I installed the stock recovery for the wrong software version. The phone booted however and I tried to install the OTA update, upon restarting I was met with the "red triangle" error screen. I restarted the phone and it booted up fine.
Then having found the correct stock recovery (4.16.401.10) I installed it and ran the update again. It seemed to be going fine with the loading bars moving along nicely when it got stuck on the HTC bootup logo. From here I restarted it and now the phone turns on, shows the htc logo, then gets stuck on a black screen,
Please help, Thanks.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/htc-one-m8/help/boot-loop-problem-t3194508
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/htc-one-m8/help/boot-loop-problem-t3194508
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Hi, thanks for that, I guess I should have searched around harder. One question though, you mention that there is a way to restore just system to keep your data, I don't wanna loose all of my data so I'd like to do that, I'm just not sure how to apply that to your guide, what is it that I have to do differently to keep my data?
Thanks.
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Hi, thanks for that, I guess I should have searched around harder. One question though, you mention that there is a way to restore just system to keep your data, I don't wanna loose all of my data so I'd like to do that, I'm just not sure how to apply that to your guide, what is it that I have to do differently to keep my data?
Thanks.
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2 options :
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In step 8, select dalvik cache, cache, system but don't select data
In step 9, tick only boot & system and don't tick data
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Make a nandroid backup of your current ROM
Do all the steps, once completed the OTA reinstall TWRP and restore only data from your earlier made nandroid backup
Thank you so much, you're amazing. Just creating a backup now. So once I've flashed the stock rom and the TWRP recovery to restore my data, if I then install the stock recovery again, should it all work fine? or does changing the recovery at any point stop OTA updates working?
The reason I rooted my phone to start with was to use titanium backup to restore apps from a previous phone, so if I can get the phone all stock just with my data, then I don't really need root.
Thanks!
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Thank you so much, you're amazing. Just creating a backup now. So once I've flashed the stock rom and the TWRP recovery to restore my data, if I then install the stock recovery again, should it all work fine? or does changing the recovery at any point stop OTA updates working?
The reason I rooted my phone to start with was to use titanium backup to restore apps from a previous phone, so if I can get the phone all stock just with my data, then I don't really need root.
Thanks!
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That's almost same as option 1 above. You need stock recovery for OTA to work.
Most important is the system part must be stock with nothing changed.
Personally, I always do option 2 to make sure OTA is successfully done .. then restore data.
One thing to note ... you don't need to relock bootloader doing all these process.
Also, now that I've created the backup (stored to the phones storage), how do I transfer that to my PC, since the phone doesn't boot, the computer doesn't recognize the storage.
Thanks.
In TWRP you have option to enable MTP then both your internal storage and microSD can be opened on PC
Make sure to use TWRP 2.8.4.0 or newer or latest. I'm still on TWRP 2.8.6.0
It seems I'm on an older version of twrp (2.7.0.2), I made the backup using this version. If I update to a newer version now will the restore work properly?
Thanks.
Usually yes we can restore a backup made with older TWRP version but I'm not so sure about 2.7.0.2 as that is the buggiest TWRP among all versions but very popular because it is included in one very old and not updated toolkit.
Why don't install latest/newer TWRP then redo the backup then transfer to PC.
I'm having trouble viewing files on my pc, I select "mount" from the main twrp menu, it then shows a screen to select which partitions to mount, I tick them, then nothing happens. There's no button to actually start the mount.
I did mentioned enable MTP function ... see below on the right side you should see Disable MTP or Enable MTP (beside Mount USB Storage) .. not those partitions to mount (but in the same screen)
I think you were right about that version being buggy. Those buttons on the bottom were missing. Just installed the latest twrp and I can mount now as the buttons to mount are showing up. Hopefully all will be fine now
Thanks.
Hi, I'm following the guide now and when I try to wipe the phone it doesn't work, I get:
Wipe Complete
Failed
"Unable to mount /cache
failed to wipe dalvik"
This error repeats a few times.
Thanks.
EDIT** scratch that, sorted it
Horray! Everything has now worked out and my phone is back to it's old self with the update, thank you so much ckpv5! you're the best.