yashsingh1/xdaforums huggingface dataset:
[Galaxy S II General] :
cwm problem

hi, I have downloaded ROM Manager and when I go to recovery setup/install or update ClockworkMod Recovery, I have to confirm phone model, and my sony xperia tipo is not on the list, and when I click Device Not Listed Above, they ask me have I installed ClockworkMod based recovery manually, i click No, and then they say me that ROM Manager will not work on my phone. Can you please tell me how can I install that manually?

please answer me, thank you
[Galaxy S II General] PenguinxEnjoi:
What lines in build.prop to edit to spoof my device so that the play store thinks I'm using a GS3.
[Galaxy S II General] travellinground:
Since AdFree is gone from the Play Store might be worth updating the link on the front or putting in the other options too.
[Galaxy S II General] Rebelpriest:
Very Nice Post & descriptive !!! Good Job:good:
[Galaxy S II General] demonish:
An excellent job you have done. Very great guide! Many thanks! :)

Skickat från min GT-I9100
[Galaxy S II General] bigjasty:
efs folder s4

When following link to download efs, it says its only for a handfull of devices, S4 is not one. Is there a link to the S4, not created, or not necessary? Thanks for helping this 1st time root guy!!
[Galaxy S II General] jwt131:
Galaxy S4 freezes when turning on!?

I just rooted my Galaxy S4 (model SGH-I337 AT&T) (I have not installed any ROMS either) and I went to back it up once more in recovery mode but when it went to reboot, it froze. It booted up normally but then froze when the AT&T logo is spinning. I can take the battery out and turn it on but the same thing happens. When I go to recovery mode to reboot, same thing happens. I have wiped cache partition and rebooted, same thing. I have restored my 2 backups, one failed and the other the same thing happens, I have rebooted to bootloader but that brings me to a screen saying downloading... with a android guy then the only way to get out of that is taking the battery out. I have wiped data/factory reset and still the same thing. Nothing is working! Please help. I am very knew to rooting by the way. I have Clockworkmod recovery too by the way if that matters. Thanks in advance.
[Galaxy S II General] jwt131:
Galaxy s4 freezes

Hey I was wondering if you could help me with my Galaxy S$. Im brand new to rooting by the way. I have an AT&T Galaxy s4 (SGH-I337) and I just rooted my phone and installed clockworkmod recovery. I went to backup and then when I rebooted it freezes at the AT&T logo. Ive wiped data/factory reset, wiped caches, etc ive done everything and it freezes at the same spot. I have no ROMS as I had just rooted, just stock 4.2.2. Then I saw a youtube vid on how to unroot/unbrick using ODIN and it was working perfectly until it went to reboot.(I am nearly positive I downloaded the right firmware too) It said pass﻿ then when it was rebooting it froze in the exact same spot (also instead of the normal bootup it still had the "custom" and an unlocked lock that Ive had since I rooted) and now I can enter STOCK recovery mode but not the clockworkmod one. I can wipe data/factory reset but when I wipe cache, it fails reboots and the same thing occurs. Basically when I turn it on it will freeze at the AT&T logo (EXACT spot every time) and I can enter stock recovery mode but cant wipe cache. I can also enter download mode and ODIN works except whenever it reboots or turns on it freezes.Please help! I would greatly appreciate it. Thanks.

Also if you cant help, I would love to hear who/where I can go to to fix this. I have been up all night and watching youtube vids and readin forums but cant find a solution. I am very new to rooting but made sure I followed procedures correctly. Also do you know how/why this happened. I backed up in clockwork mod then rebooted and then all of a sudden this problem arises. What happened!!! Thanks again .
[Galaxy S II General] biepurity:
I'm using Android Music Player ;)
[Galaxy S II General] Painterface:
download efs pro. that will backup your efs folder.

I just went through doing all that so if you have any questions, feel free to ask, or check out the thread here on xda(just search for efs pro...the creator is active in answering questions on it)
[Galaxy S II General] gastonw:
Ktool works better for EFS back ups.

Sent from...this is not even my S2
[Galaxy S II General] JR318:
Do you know if CWM for the galaxy s2 will with the SCH-R760X? When I download the app Rom manager it said it was incompatible and just wondering if I flash this with odin if I will have a trouble with it. Ktools isnt compatible either with my version and im wanting to backup everything before I flash to many times. I have the free titanium backup but not sure if it backs up efs file.
[Galaxy S II General] cl.kao1:
great guide, thanks.

i wanted to ask something here, i'm using GT-i9100G with andrioid version 4.0.3

can i follow this guide to root my phone? will it brick if it was for i9100 or i9100G?
[Galaxy S II General] Spartyx:
Be carefull, i9100G doesn't accept the i9100's rom. But the i9100p does.

So follow the right topic.
[Galaxy S II General] Suxter:
thanks:)
[Galaxy S II General] sotra:
Thanks to all supplying the very useful info in this thread.

I'm completely new to this, but managed to root my a20x/h7206, but now I'm stuck.

Started reading the rooting for newbies and installed ROM manager to try and get cwm recovery installed, but it says my device is unsupported.

If anyone could tell me how to get cwm installed and which custom ROM to install/use that would be great. At the very least I would like to put apps on micro SD and overclock it, but any other suggestions would be highly appreciated.
[Galaxy S II General] jan_resty:
thanks it helps me a lot :)
[Galaxy S II General] MrXdaTech:
Cant Decide

Hi all,

I am stuck in a situation where i am wanting to root my Nextbook tablet but i am scared that I am going to brick it because it is my first root and it is my only tablet. Please help (FYI: I am a noob when it comes to software) and can anyone recommend a good way to root this with a low risk of bricking it. thanks:fingers-crossed::good:
[Galaxy S II General] muzaffarkhan95:
Nexus 4

are there any mods for themes of cwm recovery as twrp has a mod of themes????

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ye41iIVPY3A <--- try this! dnt worry if anything happen XDA people are here to help you!
[Galaxy S II General] APrimz:
I rooted my Samsung Galaxy Ace, what can I do now?

Hi Hulk,

I rooted my Samsung Galaxy Ace GT-S5830i (Android version: 2.3.6) yesterday but now I'm stuck on what to do next. I want to get the best out of the phone but I don't really understand how to do this.

I have superuser installed and I installed ROM Manager but I don't know what to do now. I have researched and have seen that you need to backup the current ROM in order to install a new one and I tried this using ROM Manager but it says "no back ups found" after I back it up and when i tried to do the ClockworkMod Recovery it says "Unsupported Device". Is there any other way that I can back it up that supports my device. I'm new to rooting and I would like to know everything useful that I can do now that I have rooted my phone. Please help me. Thank you.
[Galaxy S II General] johnjackjack:
adonis pit. wanamlite 3.4

Hello. thanks for the new beginners thread.

i just rooted my galaxy s4 i9500 android 4.3. Now im trying to install custom rom wanamlite 3.4. In the installing steps, i have to flash adonis pit through odin. what is that? What is adonis pit? i couldnt find it anywhere. Please help and explain something to me (maybe in a simple language)

many many thanks..

(I have rooted my phone. install twrp recovery. do a nandroid backup.)
[Galaxy S II General] Wisdomfalcon:
GREAT step by step directions need help!!!

Clockwork Mod Recovery (CWM) I have downloaded and installed ROM MANAGER however the program does not support my device was hoping some one who has the knowledge can help me with this. My device is a UNOBOOK model number is UBT081X Android version 4.0.3 kernel version 2.6.34 xinxiwei@releasecode#7 build number V0.12-MAG.CPT-V902.112-ICS-20120906. Thank you
[Galaxy S II General] Astralogic:
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[Galaxy S II General] Astralogic:
OK it seems you can't actually delete posts :/

I am about to root my phone (Sony Xperia T), I just want to remove ads and bloatware to make my phone perform better and increase it's battery life.

Could someone tell me how to do just that please? The full guide seems a bit overkill for just that purpose.
[Galaxy S II General] EpicDemoMan:
Need some help..

I've just rooted my ZTE T83 and i'm not sure how to put it into recovery mode, all help is appreciated.

Thanks.
[Galaxy S II General] karan72:
reg lavairis504q rom change

im new here ,rooted my lavairis504q and im not able to change rom with uncle tool or rom manager CWM not work,kindly help me
[Galaxy S II General] reqx:
Good guide. Thanks :)
[Galaxy S II General] 99doomsday@Jame Harper:
can someone give me a useful way to root the a1-830?

I've been looking for a way to root the a1-830, but none of them work....so please, can someone put am actual root guide for that device please? And can someone build a cwm recovery for it as well, please?

--thankyou,

James Harper

99doomsday799@gmail.com
[Galaxy S II General] Schkisz:
ok, i have one quick question..... i have rooted an i9100 and thru rom manager was able to flash cwm recovery.... now i want to install kitkat to my phone, and i need kitkat compatible cwm, which i have downloaded... the question is wether can i flash new recovery thru old one, or do i really need odin to do that?
[Galaxy S II General] pl4sMa:
It's fine to update from the recovery itself.

Just take note that you need to reboot it to recovery again.
[Galaxy S II General] Schkisz:
ok took some time and finally managed to update recovery... i have installed it in old recovery 4. smth. smth, and installed zip from SD card (didnt rename it to update.zip...is this mandatory???),and now i have cwm 6.0.4.5 or smth now when i want to reboot system it just gets to the first animation of samsun galaxy i9100 and then shuts down.... i can go to recovery, but thats it... maybe should i downgrade the recovery or is there anything else i can do?
[Galaxy S II General] knuckles1978:
Just install your new ROM from recovery.

If you don't have your new ROM on your phone, you have two options. Either you can put it on a micro SD card then put the card into your phone and flash it, or you can adb push the ROM from your PC to the phone internal memory.

If you're a beginner though, probably the quickest and easiest way is to just put it on a micro sd.

Once you have the ROM file stored in the phone ready to flash, then boot into recovery, wipe cache, wipe dalvik cache, wipe data, wipe system, and then choose install from zip and select your ROM file.

You will need to reinstall your apps.

You can try keeping your apps by not doing the wipe data, but there's a chance that the ROM may not boot and you'll have to go back and do it anyway.
[Galaxy S II General] Schkisz:
thanks for your reply! =)

i think putting rom on sd is easier way even if you're an expert... =) that i'm familiar with tho (i'm using my Desire S saga, galaxy is my girlfriends and i wanted her to have a kitkat rom on her phone)... i just forgot to make a backup... =) in recovery mode if i go to install zip from sd card, in sdcard0 (thats phone's internal memory) i can see that all files from stock rom are still there, so there wasnt made any wipe or format, so basically my question would be if i can restore my stock rom with downgrading recovery, or there is no way to do that, and i have to flash whole new rom with complete system format/wipe data/dalvik?

cuz basically i just need contacts stored on phone and camera pictures in my backup, rest is needless... =)

thanks again
[Galaxy S II General] knuckles1978:
You probably could just downgrade your recovery and it would work again if that was all you had changed. Or it may just bootloop.

But your contacts are backed up to Google anyway yes? And your pictures you can remove from the phone in its current condition, so I think this would be a safer way..
[Galaxy S II General] Schkisz:
i'll just rephrase the question.... =) will the data on sdcard0 partition (internal memory of the phone) be fromatted or will it stay untuched? does flashing the rom need only rom storage partition, that is separated from internal memory (sdcard0), or does flashing new rom fromat sdcard0 partition too?

and my girl is a little bit of paranoid of google account and dont wanna sync contacts there... i have to make her change her mind here.... =)

can i move files in form partition to partition thru recover or is it impossible? or only through adb or odin?
[Galaxy S II General] knuckles1978:
Ahh.... Flashing a ROM does not delete your photos, unless you choose 'wipe SD card'

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You will lose the contacts though if they weren't backed up to Google servers
[Galaxy S II General] Schkisz:
great, thanks, so i'll have to go back to get them contacts, then just flash new cwm again... no sweat, easy as cake =) with my htc (which i have unlocked with unlockdev s-on) it was not that easy at start and still i have to flash boot.img through adb...
[Galaxy S II General] knuckles1978:
Yeah, I've only had one or two HTC phones to do, but they are more of a pain with bootloader unlocking, s-off, and flashing boot.img's.

More steps needed with HTC than there are with many other types of phone.

Anyways, hope it all goes well. Any problems then feel free to drop me a PM and I'll try my best to help.
[Galaxy S II General] Schkisz:
lol guess it aint that easy... guess i cant flash recovery from external sdcard.... how can i transfer files to internal storage? =)
[Galaxy S II General] knuckles1978:
Hmm most recoveries will let you flash from external SD, that's strange.

Anyway, does your recovery not have a built in file browser that you could use to move the file?

If not, then your only option is to use adb to move it.
[Galaxy S II General] Schkisz:
i thought that too, and when i flash zip from sdcard in recovery it immediately turns to that one, but when i reboot recovery it get back to 6.x.x.. twrp.... but no problem, everything is okay now, screw the contacts, we can always get them back, got a new rom (c-rom) and me and my girl we both happy =)

p.s. htc recovery doesn have the options to move files, and i didnt see it here either... so i stayed with newer recovery... =)
[Galaxy S II General] Tobias4X:
Have searched the thread but apparently it hasnt been mentionend before: App Quarantine has saved my back from very annoying integrated apps that were really annyoing and i wanted to hide, freeze and never see again nor let anything run from them ^^

play store: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.ramdroid.appquarantine
[Galaxy S II General] knuckles1978:
I do the same and more with titanium backup. It's a paid app though, but it does a lot.
[Galaxy S II General] Kareen:
I have an S4 Active, which I rooted using ActiveRoot. Is this guide still up-to-date, as far as my phone model goes? Super n00b question, I know. I just want to get the most out of my phone. I came over from Apple, so this is all new to me...
[Galaxy S II General] F3N!X:
I think that the following threads will be really more useful to you because you will see or discuss about informations better related to your own device, but yes the basics are the same :)

About rooting the S4 Active

[GUIDE] Root for Galaxy S4 Active! (SGH-i537 ~ AT&T) [UPDATED 7/8/2013 @ 10PM MST] (beware, it could be only for AT&T models, read carefully)

About CWM custom recovery for S4 Active

[Recovery][CWM][6.0.5.0 With Swipe Gestures!][Un-official][Stock 4.4.2 compatible]

ClockworkMod Recovery for Galaxy S4 Active (int'l)[Unofficial]

You should also look to more generic guides available in the Galaxy S4 forums, by "generic" I mean that it could cover all models of S4 including Active. This kind of tutorials should be more present in S4 forums. Just be careful if you have a mentioned specific version bought through restrictive providers such as AT&T, Verizon, etc... If a guide doesn't cover a model or is reserved to a specific model, I'm sure it will be explicitly written somewhere in the guide ;)

Welcome to the Android community! :highfive:
[Galaxy S II General] Kareen:
Thanks, I really appreciate it!
[Galaxy S II General] Sivaas:
Ok so I am new to the rooting and android world. I have however jailbroke the several iPhones that I have owned. Anyways I have the samsung mega 6.3 running 4.2.2 modle number sgh-I527 but I am rooted. I downloaded all the above mentioned apps and tbey state my version isnt compatible. Is there any way to make my device compatible? Or am I just SOL with a rooted phone I cant do anything "extra" with.
[Galaxy S II General] sumit yadav:
Is it possible to upgrade kernel from 3.0.64(cm) to 3.4(custom) of galaxy s2 gt-i9100???
[Galaxy S II General] mansaini:
I have searched for cwm recovery for my micromax a46. But there is no one. Can i install cwm's touch recovery?
[Galaxy S II General] mechelle75@gmail.com:
Clockworkmod

There is no clockworkmod for my model phone. At&t Sm-n900a

I installed twrp but I don't see my model there. So what do I do now
[Galaxy S II General] ndogis2cool4school\:
You need to unlock your bootloader

Used-Nexus 5 DU Rom
[Galaxy S II General] hka2000:
Any ideas on how to download cwm or twrp on lg g3 because it is not available on the app? Help is appreciated
[Galaxy S II General] alienflorina:
google services

Hello, had my phone routed and got cm12.1 . Was wondering if I could get rid of google services, I think that this rom can run without google services.. Can anyone who has tried it what impact it will have to my phone?

thanks
[Galaxy S II General] :
You can run the rom just fine without google services. Just flash rom with no gapps.

If you mean using gapps without google services, it's not really possible as most of the google apps need play services to work properly
[Galaxy S II General] alienflorina:
Thanks, I meant just exactly that. Run the rom without google services.. I wanna try because from what I hear they are very resource hungry.. and I can live without playstore, youtube app, google maps which I suppose will not work that way.
[Galaxy S II General] simke MD:
For people who change their minds.

One question or tutorial,rooted phone installed some custom rom and now i want back to stock rom.Odin or cwr ....?thanks
[Galaxy S II General] yoco007:
Hi! I'd like to ask for your help! I'm complete noob at this. I have no idea what I must do to flash my old Galaxy S2. Currently I'm using S5 and I'm happy with it, but S2 I'd like to give to my father. The phone itself is in great condition, the only problem is that it lags when opening aps and such. The rom is original, I only updated it every once a while.

So I'm wondering if someone can help me get through this? I don't need it to be latest build, for me it's more important stability.

Any help would be much appreciated!

:o
[Galaxy S II General] y300owner:
So I have this phone to fix of Co worker. All I know it's rooted and has this recovery which I have no idea what it is. It's like terminal based, nothing like TWRP which I'm familiar with. Any know what I should do? I don't exactly know I can wipe from it.

What in my mind right now is to get clockwork zip file and flash it. I hope it is compatible with the device
[Galaxy S II General] josemsa455:
So I rooted my Galaxy Tab 3 7.0

Yes I know its pretty dumb to root a tablet but eh. In the process of rooting, instead of using CWM recovery I used TWRP and I cant seem to change it. Is that bad?
[Galaxy S II General] Bokelo:
After rooting.

I rooted my device using Kingroot version 4.8.5 139. I have tried installing superuser and CMW but they are not working. Please help. Thank you.
[Galaxy S II General] Saber:
Hi,

The easiest way of getting cwm is to flash philz recovery onto your device. This will need to be done using ODIN. After that, you will be able to flash ROMs and etc.

Please note that newer supersu versions will not work on our device. It is best to find a custom kernel or ROM that has supersu bundled.

gsstudios
[Galaxy S II General] Blinky050505:
Just got root

Hi I have just got root access on huawei y635 lo2 I have downloaded ROM manager but it won't allow me to do the cwm setup. It keeps asking if I have internet connection and space on SD card both of which I have. I would really grateful if someone could help. Thanks in advance.
[Galaxy S II General] sgeto:
I was thinking to make my kernel a little bit more insecure by adding a few lines to the default.prop file found inside the boot.img.

What would you say is the most straightforward way of doing this (unpacking, editing and repacking)?

I am using official CM 12.1 kernel with isorec (twrp) support

Thanks a lot!
[Galaxy S II General] rsilgurgaon@gmail.com:
Thanks for this Superb Guide for beginners Like me. I have rooted my SGS2 I9100 with PhilZ Touch 5 Build Version 5.08.5 - i9100 CWM Base Version 6.0.3.3. with Stock ROM

the details of my handset are as below (after running the *#1234# code) :

PDA : I9100XWLST

PHONE : I9100XXKH3 (Changed to this, from I9100DDLS9, after trying Overheating Fix)

CSC: I9100DDLSE

Build Info : Moday, April 22 16:44:57 KST 2013

Android Version : 4.1.2

Now I have few queries :

1. How to get back to Phone version i9100DDLS9

2. I would like to upgrade to KitKat. Can I do it.?

3. Do I need something more to do with Kernel change / Re-partition / or anything else.

I have taken backup using Recovery mode (Volume up + Home + Power).

Thanks to you all : -)
[Galaxy S II General] dsouzavivian13:
TWRP recovery

I have heard that twrp is better than cwm recovery. Please tell me how to install twrp on Samsung s2.
[Galaxy S II General] blue whale:
I have cm 13 on my i9100 and I have root through activating the dev options, but with supersu itself, supersu always fails to install.

is there a kernel with supersu while being compatible with cm13?
[Galaxy S II General] Saber:
Yes, dorimanx kernel is the only kernel that will allow you to install supersu. I highly recommend staying on the default CM kernel as dorimanx kernel is no longer updated and bugs still exist.

Saber.
[Galaxy S II General] jstvj:
Firstly, I'm finding it difficult to determine what the exact contents of the internal storage are. Some things should and are on SD card, but to my untrained mind they seem to be taking up space in the internal storage. Anyway, most of my internal storage was all but used up (16GB) so I took the plunge and rooted the tablet. I managed to free up some space and the first thing I did was install Titanium. When I did a backup I found that the internal storage had increased again due to the backup. Having done a lot of reading, I understand Titanium back up goes to SD card by default, so I'm confused. However, I deleted the first backup, put a new folder on SD card called Titanium Backup. I chose that new folder as the new file location and ran backup again. Low & behold, its gone back into internal storage and my new SD card folder is empty. I'm tired and obviously I'm doing something stupid but I don't know what, can you advise me please. Also, disabling did nothing, so I would like to get rid of all the bloatware, which was my original reason for rooting. However, apart from a few obvious things, I don't know what else is safe to delete. Is there a list somewhere or could some provide a list of safe deletions, as I don't want to mess it up. Thanking you in advance for any help you can give me.
[Galaxy S II General] jstvj:
Update= Busybox

Having taken a break from all the searching, I have just read that Busybox is needed, which can be installed by Titanium from the trouble shooting section. I will give that shot in the morning ?