Bricked phone - Elephone P8000

Hello,
A friend of mine tried to change from stock ROM to Eragon a few days ago.
He wiped all data and then tried to flash the ROM from Android system recovery but it wont install the ROM.
So now the phone just loads the boot screen when its started but nothing happens after that. I can still get access to Android system recovery.
From what I understand, he should have installed CWM before doing anything really but what's done is done.
Is there a way to save his phone?

Hi,
no worries, it's safe! Just reflash Stock ROM, afterwards CWM and install Eragon.

BlueFlame4 said:
Hi,
no worries, it's safe! Just reflash Stock ROM, afterwards CWM and install Eragon.
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I have downloaded K05TS-A.A.vA0L.E1.150725.zip (Stock ROM Elephone P8000_20150909_Android)
put that on sd card, then I tried to "apply update from sdcard"
then I get "opening update package..." then "installation aborted"
is there something im doing wrong?

You need to use the sp flash tool, there is a guide somewhere so either try the BBS.elephone forum or Google it you will need to install mtk drivers on your PC/laptop...

charliepie said:
You need to use the sp flash tool, there is a guide somewhere so either try the BBS.elephone forum or Google it you will need to install mtk drivers on your PC/laptop...
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Sp flash tool wont start to download.
Is there a certain setting that needs to be on phone, when you just connect it android preloader shows up in drivers quickly and then disappear. But if you hold down Vol - you get "CDC Serial"
But when in fastboot you get android "ADB Interface."
From what I have understood you want to stay in Preloader.
How do I do that?
Have read about sp flash tool, but there seems to be problems with the downloading proces and the mtk drivers.
Any idéas?

Click download first and then connect the phone while it's off. The guide on elephone's site is weirdly explained.

marwall said:
Hello,
A friend of mine tried to change from stock ROM to Eragon a few days ago.
He wiped all data and then tried to flash the ROM from Android system recovery but it wont install the ROM.
So now the phone just loads the boot screen when its started but nothing happens after that. I can still get access to Android system recovery.
From what I understand, he should have installed CWM before doing anything really but what's done is done.
Is there a way to save his phone?
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1. Install drivers on your pc
2. download spflashtool
Turn off phone
3. format all + download K05TS-A.A.vA0L.E1.150725.zip
connect phone to pc while off
4. when its done start phone, takes around 5minutes to boot up.
5. download cwm recovery
6. use Spflashtool again and flash cwm.
7. put eragon 2.5 on your SDcard
8. Restart phone in recovery, turn off, powerbutton + vol up.
9. wipe data / factory and cash, and delvik cash.
10. install eragon 2.5
DONE

Thanks for all your suggestions on how to fix it.
I will try them as soon as possible.

To be clear:
You can only install STOCK ROM with SP Flash Tool
You can only install ERAGON ROM via Recovery
To install ERAGON you need to be ROOT'ed and have working CUSTOM Recovery...

Followed Peinnes list of what to do and it worked!
Thanks alot for the help!

Thx very much for this solution that work fine
Just i lose my imei duration and i fix it via the EngineerMode (*#*#3646633#*#*) connectivity - cds information - radio information - phone 1 - AT+ EGMR=1,7,"IMEI" and for phone 2 AT+ EGMR=1,10,"IMEI" (with the space between + and E and a restart at the evry time), you save me
Have a nice day

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[Q] bootloop and red triangle in recovery mode HELP NEEDED!

Dear guys from XDA,
I think I messed up real good this time. My rooted HTC Desire with a 2.2 ROM wasn't taking the update which I wanted to do. To fix this I tried to manually update my phone by downloading the update on my computer and run it via Recovery mode. I used the option install zip from sd card.
Unfortunately by doing so, I did not realize I deleted my ROM and replaced it with an update. Now I'm stuck with a phone in bootloop and red triangle when trying to access recovery mode to install my older ROM (which I usually did when I messed it up).
I know I can press the volume up button and reboot but then I get stuck into a bootloop. Eventually I have to pull the battery out and I'm back at the beginning. Can't do anything anymore.
I tried many tutorials but I could not fix this, also I'm not really into the 'techy' stuff so can you guys be real clear in your help.
sounds like you're just missing a ROM on your phone. Can't you just download the ROM you want, put it on your SD card and flash that to get back up and running? Or restore a NANDroid backup?
...assuming you mean you rooted your phone and then failed at flashing a ROM..but it sounds like you might mean you attempted to download and OTA update after being rooted?
Download a ROM, put it on your SD card, boot into Recovery (vol. down + power), wipe all data, cache, dalvik, then install the new ROM from the SD card.
Hi,
thx for your reply. I am indeed missing a ROM. The problem is that I can't access the option 'install zip from sdcard' in my recovery mode. I am now trying to rename a ROM as update.zip so I can install that. Any further suggestions?
ErwinVermeulen said:
Hi,
thx for your reply. I am indeed missing a ROM. The problem is that I can't access the option 'install zip from sdcard' in my recovery mode. I am now trying to rename a ROM as update.zip so I can install that. Any further suggestions?
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Can you get into fastboot ? (back button + power)
paul.c said:
Can you get into fastboot ? (back button + power)
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Yes i can enter that. Does that help me?
ErwinVermeulen said:
Yes i can enter that. Does that help me?
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Install HTC Sync, download the RUU which most resembles your original RUU from here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=695667.
Connect your phone via USB in fastboot, and run the RUU.exe you've downloaded. You should be fine.
yes it helps you
you can run a RUU now
just plug phone with usb cable to PC, boot into fastboot mode and execute the RUU.exe
it will go back to stock, you will lose root and custom recovery but at least it will boot up, so you can root again etc.
Thx guys! that did it for me! Really easy job! You have no idea how relieved I am right now. Some tech-guys at my local computer shop told me to send it back to the manufacturer cuz the ROM needed to be synced with the motherboard. I already thought it was a weird story.
Again, thx XDA!

HELP please!my defy is stucked with no rom!!

friends and i mean its stucked deep!
i was running cm7 full63 nightly and some app my brother download stuck the phone.i take it in my hands flash it again with wipes and wasent working good.then i go to the cwm again.i do 4 wipes(factory-cache-davlik-battery)and go to mounds and storage and do format chace-data-system!and that was for defy the death!
it downgrade my cwm from 5.something and i have <3e> and it cant find my rom on apply sdcard;update.zip to flash it,it says ,can't mound cache;recovery/log,it cant do nothink with this cwm!!
please help if you want!thank you!!
use rsd lite to flash a stock froyo rom... start from scratch....
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what is rsd is this rar http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1348587?and how i do it?
ok i have download this rom http://www.mediafire.com/?op47dv8yo8iypj1 and the rsd litev5.6
what steps i must do to flash the rom?
alexanter the great said:
ok i have download this rom http://www.mediafire.com/?op47dv8yo8iypj1 and the rsd litev5.6
what steps i must do to flash the rom?
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Install RSDLite on your PC. Use WinRAR or 7zip to decompress the. gz file you downloaded (there is an sbf file inside - the clean Froyo firmware you want to flash - and save it somewhere.
Take your Defy and press the power and volume up button and release after some seconds so that you enter the bootloader mode (you see some white text on black ground).
Connect the phone via USB with your PC with RSDLite running.
In RSDLite click the button with the three dots and open the sbf file you extracted.
Hit the start button. Now it starts flashing the firmware, takes a couple of minutes.
When it's done the phone reboots and is running a Motorola Froyo firmware (not rooted or something, it can't really be called a ROM). If you want you can root, install CWM again etc and put your ROM in it again.
Almost always when your Defy is doesn't boot anymore or is somehow broken softwarewise, you can use this method to repair it.
thank you for your time.
i have done this steps,i flash this rom with rsd,root it with superoneclick,but i cant install cwm recovery with rom manager so i cant flash cyannogen again.i have found a apk (flipout system recovery)it goes me to recovery but it not working good
how i install the correct cwm recovery for intalling any roms i want?
alexanter the great said:
thank you for your time.
i have done this steps,i flash this rom with rsd,root it with superoneclick,but i cant install cwm recovery with rom manager so i cant flash cyannogen again.i have found a apk (flipout system recovery)it goes me to recovery but it not working good
how i install the correct cwm recovery for intalling any roms i want?
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If you want the recovery menu you need to install 2ndinit. http://goo.gl/5P89P
Open the app and install the recovery menu with it, then reboot (some say it is safer to reboot even two times). You get the blue LED after powering the phone on, you have to press volume down then. There you can get to the custom recovery and wipe data, cache, install zips from SD etc.
Arjoma said:
If you want the recovery menu you need to install 2ndinit. http://goo.gl/5P89P
Open the app and install the recovery menu with it, then reboot (some say it is safer to reboot even two times). You get the blue LED after powering the phone on, you have to press volume down then. There you can get to the custom recovery and wipe data, cache, install zips from SD etc.
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yes it worked!
thank you very much my friend you where very helpfull!danken!!
alexanter the great said:
yes it worked!
thank you very much my friend you where very helpfull!danken!!
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danken?
Arjoma said:
danken?
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i dont now!thanks in german!
alexanter the great said:
i dont now!thanks in german!
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Ah, I almost thought that you meant that It should rather be "Danke"
Ορίστε, κανένα πρόβλημα! ("You're welcome, no problem" in Greek?)
its:παρακαλω κανενα προβλημα!!
i translate it for be sure and it wrote me danken, and made me curious,but i was know it is danke!Danke any way my friend!!

How to root the g510-200

to root your g510-200
Step 1: download and install Huawei drivers on your pc
Step 2: unlock your bootloader at this site http://www.huaweidevice.com/worldwide/servicePolicy.do?method=preUnlock you will have to wait a day or so for your code. follow instructions on that website to unlock your bootloader.
Step 3: download
installTWRPg510.zip
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OR
installCWMg510.zip
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and extract to desktop.
Step 4: go to settings on your phone, enable usb debugging and turn fast boot off. Now connect you phone to your pc in fastboot mode (start phone while holding volume down to enter fastboot mode. phone will stay on boot animation) go to the folder on your desktop and click the install-windows batch file. press any key to reboot. you now have cwm or twrp recovery installed.
Step 5: copy UPDATE-superSU.zip to your sd card and reboot phone into recovery by starting the phone while holding down the volume up button. choose install zip from sd card and flash
UPDATE-superSU.zip
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your phone is now rooted. keep this file in your sd card because some custom roms don't have root and you will need to re-flash this file. if superSU doesnt show up in your apps just download it from marketplace its free.
Step 6: make a back up of your stock rooted rom before you start flashing any custom roms.
I have tested this myself!
I have a g510-0200 with b189 optus firmware and i rooted my phone this way. Then restored it to stock factory b173 rom then rooted it again. So it works very well on both firmwares. :good:
ROMS!!!!
There are plenty of roms to try here! http://www.modaco.com/topic/365268-all-custom-roms-for-huawei-ascend-y300g510/ you can flash y300 (u8833) roms on your g510 too. you can flash custom g510-0100 roms on your g510-0200 phone and visa versa as long as your flashing them in a custom recovery. However if you are downloading factory stock firmware from huawei and installing it via the dload method on your sd card you MUST have the correct firmware eg: g510-0200 on a g510-0200 phone. This is only what ive read and im not willing to brick my phone. correct me if im wrong?
Not able to get into TWRP or CWM
Hey there sonyachin!
I too have the same phone model as yours... Huawei Ascend G510-0200
I have rooted it using another method
But I can't seem to get it in CWM or TWRP...
Will I still able to use your method of getting TWRP or CWM without Unrooting and Re-Rooting again???
It will be really a great help if you can reply fast!!!
Im new to rooting so... Yeah...
Brick Huawei G510
i have an Huawei G510-0100 and unlock the bootloader, run CM11 on it, i came across swapper2 and do a swap on my phone and then after the second reboot i did, the whole screen turns into blue.can't get fastboot and recovery mode anymore. i've tried force updating and normal update with the firmware build number of my phone and so many others but none installed i keep getting failed. Please can anybody help me out on what to do to get my phone working again. i'll be verry grateful for dat, Thanks in advance.... i wish this G510 has a flashtool to recover it
when i try to flash it
it give me this massage,
sending, recovery <7168 kb>...OKAY
writing recovery... FAILED<remot: Commend not allowed>
pls solve this
presleyt9 said:
i have an Huawei G510-0100 and unlock the bootloader, run CM11 on it, i came across swapper2 and do a swap on my phone and then after the second reboot i did, the whole screen turns into blue.can't get fastboot and recovery mode anymore. i've tried force updating and normal update with the firmware build number of my phone and so many others but none installed i keep getting failed. Please can anybody help me out on what to do to get my phone working again. i'll be verry grateful for dat, Thanks in advance.... i wish this G510 has a flashtool to recover it
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Root Access using zxz0O0's Guide

Hi Guys
I've been at this for almost 10 hours now and i need a solution. Every time i try and root through the method below, everything works fine till about step 17 where an error at formatting system pops up every time i try to format the system. Is there a reason why? and i cant access my memory card too from that recovery method.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2642081
han_si said:
Hi Guys
I've been at this for almost 10 hours now and i need a solution. Every time i try and root through the method below, everything works fine till about step 17 where an error at formatting system pops up every time i try to format the system. Is there a reason why? and i cant access my memory card too from that recovery method.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2642081
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Which recovery menu are you using? TWRP or Philz touch? Which dualrecovery did you use? (do not use version 2.7.97)
Hey really appreciate the reply.
So I get through everything correctly till step 13, i run the lockedualrecovery 2.7.92, i run the install.bat file, runs smoothly till it says waiting for device to reboot, where it hangs for a while. I end up unplugging phone, force the phone off, and turn it on again and plug the usb back in, and then it says installation successful...(I have read somewhere the kernel gets the phone to reboot once rooted, but i've waited over an hour and it doesnt reboot, this is why i plugged it off, force it off then on again for the installation successful to come up)
I get through step 14,15 and 16.
Once in step 17, in Philz touch recovery, when i try to format it says error in formatting and has all these errors again when i try to factory reset through Philz Touch recovery. I then try and access my external_sd but my memory card is not readable through it (checked its not in exFAT, it was in FAT32 which is the default windows format).
So i end up booting in TWRP recovery. Tried and installing the 3 files in order that way. Rebooted it in from TWRP and the phone is just dead, Doesn't turn on whatsoever. However i am able to repeat the processes again. Repeated processes almost 5 times now, no luck.
Is my Kernel dead? is there a kernel i can flash to fix so i can restore to factory settings? or is it totally different issue. I hope phone isnt bricked.
Please need your help. Thanks heaps.
Hanafi.
zxz0O0 said:
Which recovery menu are you using? TWRP or Philz touch? Which dualrecovery did you use? (do not use version 2.7.97)
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Use the latest recovery installer 2.7.99
Sent from my D5503 using xda app-developers app
this is frustrating now, how do i just restore back to factory settings. i cant find the option through pc companion, is there a stock rom i can flash?? pls help, thanks
han_si said:
this is frustrating now, how do i just restore back to factory settings. i cant find the option through pc companion, is there a stock rom i can flash?? pls help, thanks
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2631291
han_si said:
this is frustrating now, how do i just restore back to factory settings. i cant find the option through pc companion, is there a stock rom i can flash?? pls help, thanks
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Just start again from step 1 and use a newer dualrecovery (do not use version 2.7.97).

Q Xperia S rooted and bootloader unlocked but cant get in to recovery mode

Hi all
Finally got round to rooting my xperia s and unlocking bootloader with view to installing 4.4.4
Everything has gone fine to the point i tried to install a recvoery
First tried to install TWRP recovery which install went fine but i couldnt get phone in to recvoery so i then installed clockwork mod recovery and still cant get phone in to recvoery.
I installed ROM manager and it shows under recvoery already installed clockworkmod recvoery & TWRP recovery but even when i select boot in to recovery from that phone just turns on as normal.
Have tried holding volume up/down button on sony flash but no good
Have tapped screen when sony logo showing and phone just seems to lock
Anyone got any ideas what i can do?
Thanks
freejack2k said:
Hi all
Finally got round to rooting my xperia s and unlocking bootloader with view to installing 4.4.4
Everything has gone fine to the point i tried to install a recvoery
First tried to install TWRP recovery which install went fine but i couldnt get phone in to recvoery so i then installed clockwork mod recovery and still cant get phone in to recvoery.
I installed ROM manager and it shows under recvoery already installed clockworkmod recvoery & TWRP recovery but even when i select boot in to recovery from that phone just turns on as normal.
Have tried holding volume up/down button on sony flash but no good
Have tapped screen when sony logo showing and phone just seems to lock
Anyone got any ideas what i can do?
Thanks
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Which ROM are You trying to flash? If it is a Kitkat ROM as You mentioned, then first copy the ROM and gapps to phone for flashing purposes .
Now, on PC, extract the boot.img from rom zip and flash it via fastboot. Then flash the ROM via twrp which would be installed from that boot.img!
Mirhawk said:
Which ROM are You trying to flash? If it is a Kitkat ROM as You mentioned, then first copy the ROM and gapps to phone for flashing purposes .
Now, on PC, extract the boot.img from rom zip and flash it via fastboot. Then flash the ROM via twrp which would be installed from that boot.img!
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Thanks m8
Could you tell me what i should type in command prompt for fastboot of the boot.img
Thanks
freejack2k said:
Thanks m8
Could you tell me what i should type in command prompt for fastboot of the boot.img
Thanks
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First connect Your phone to pc. Then type this command:
Code:
adb reboot bootloader
Then Your phone will reboot in fastboot mode(The blue led would be lit.)
If the blue led does not lit up, then disconnect Your phone, power it off. The press volume up button and connect the phone the pc. The phone will have the blue led now.
Then type following command to flash the boot.img:
Code:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
Do note copy the ROM.zip to phone first and then perform above steps.
Mirhawk said:
First connect Your phone to pc. Then type this command:
Code:
adb reboot bootloader
Then Your phone will reboot in fastboot mode(The blue led would be lit.)
If the blue led does not lit up, then disconnect Your phone, power it off. The press volume up button and connect the phone the pc. The phone will have the blue led now.
Then type following command to flash the boot.img:
Code:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
Do note copy the ROM.zip to phone first and then perform above steps.
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Well did that and phone will now only boot to Sony image and just sits on it.
Still cant get in to recovery but can get in to flash mode so tried reflashing this and original firmware but no matter what it just sticks on Sony and wont boot any further than that.
Looks like i got a brick :crying:
freejack2k said:
Well did that and phone will now only boot to Sony image and just sits on it.
Still cant get in to recovery but can get in to flash mode so tried reflashing this and original firmware but no matter what it just sticks on Sony and wont boot any further than that.
Looks like i got a brick :crying:
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You must have not flashed the rom after flashing the boot.img. That's why it used to get stuck on boot logo of Sony. The kernel(boot.img) of any Kitkat ROM won't with JB ROM as far as I know.
Don't worry, there is still hope since You can at least get it to boot up halfway.
That flashing the original ftf is weird. Are You sure the ftf file is proper? Try downloading a new one. or if You were able to successfully able to flash the original firmware according to flashtool, try flashing it again using Sony Update Service(SUS). Can't guarantee the SUS will work or not.
Mirhawk said:
You must have not flashed the rom after flashing the boot.img. That's why it used to get stuck on boot logo of Sony. The kernel(boot.img) of any Kitkat ROM won't with JB ROM as far as I know.
Don't worry, there is still hope since You can at least get it to boot up halfway.
That flashing the original ftf is weird. Are You sure the ftf file is proper? Try downloading a new one. or if You were able to successfully able to flash the original firmware according to flashtool, try flashing it again using Sony Update Service(SUS). Can't guarantee the SUS will work or not.
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Got it all up and running again!!
Used to update service (emma think it was called) and got phone to install recovery then got in to recovery and installed kitkat.
Very happy
Thanks for all the help folks
Mirhawk said:
First connect Your phone to pc. Then type this command:
Code:
adb reboot bootloader
Then Your phone will reboot in fastboot mode(The blue led would be lit.)
If the blue led does not lit up, then disconnect Your phone, power it off. The press volume up button and connect the phone the pc. The phone will have the blue led now.
Then type following command to flash the boot.img:
Code:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
Do note copy the ROM.zip to phone first and then perform above steps.
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Hello.
I'm trying to get this **** working as well, but even though it seems like you gave some crystal clear instructions I still manage to not understand it. I unlocked the bootloader on my S and downloaded. All I really wanted to do was get a good 4.4 ROM running, any chance you could toss an idiot some help?
From what I understand:
1. copy the ROM zip-file over to phone
2. connect phone to pc and fastboot it
3. flash the boot.img from the rom zip-file
4. flash the ROM (how?)
I did a quick google on twrp but don't quite understand what I need it for or if I need it.
EDIT: After a bit of looking, apparently the ROM I'm looking to flash (Paranoid Android) installs twrp when you flash the boot.img. Just in case that changes anything.
Brick?
Hi. So I just tried to flash the boot.img from the latest Paranoid Android, got 0 errors or bad blocks, succesful flash according to cmd. I did fastboot reboot as the guide here says: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1526866
LED notification goes pink for a few seconds, I get the Sony logo then just an infinite black screen. Left it on for about 15 minutes with no success. I tried force rebooting/shutting it down with volup+power for 5/10 seconds, but both of them just result in the phone getting instantly turned back on and going pink LED->Sony logo->black screen. This means I can't (from what I can tell anyway) boot into fastboot (vol-up+connect to USB does nothing, vol-down+connect to USB gets me a green LED for a few seconds but then goes over to pink LED, Sony logo and then black screen).
I would really appreciate any kind of help right now, even just advice on how to turn this phone off would be fantastic, because right now that also seems impossible.
Adyzz said:
Hello.
I'm trying to get this **** working as well, but even though it seems like you gave some crystal clear instructions I still manage to not understand it. I unlocked the bootloader on my S and downloaded. All I really wanted to do was get a good 4.4 ROM running, any chance you could toss an idiot some help?
From what I understand:
1. copy the ROM zip-file over to phone
2. connect phone to pc and fastboot it
3. flash the boot.img from the rom zip-file
4. flash the ROM (how?)
I did a quick google on twrp but don't quite understand what I need it for or if I need it.
EDIT: After a bit of looking, apparently the ROM I'm looking to flash (Paranoid Android) installs twrp when you flash the boot.img. Just in case that changes anything.
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No worries! If You were able to perform upto step no.3 properly, then when You boot into twrp(Press volume up button 2-3 times while booting up), there is an option there called as "Install". In that You select the zip file of the ROM and slide the bar to install it!
Mirhawk said:
No worries! If You were able to perform upto step no.3 properly, then when You boot into twrp(Press volume up button 2-3 times while booting up), there is an option there called as "Install". In that You select the zip file of the ROM and slide the bar to install it!
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Holy **** this might have just done it! It wasn't actually twrp but CWM I believe, but I did manage to successfully flash the ROM. Seems to be working as of right now so fingers crossed and a massive thank you!

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