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[Nexus 4 General] maigre:
You have to unlock the device before you can root it. There are tools and guides here to spell out the details, but you'll first need to get into bootloader mode and then execute a command along the lines of

fastboot oem unlock

Only after the phone is unlocked can you proceed to flash custom recovery and super user files, etc. to root the phone. That's from memory, though. Make sure to look around here for a guide that spells out all the details before doing the rest.

Unlocking your phone will delete any data you may have accumulated in the short time you've had the phone, so after you've done that, the phone will be as it was when you opened the box (unless it came with 4.2.1 and you updated to 4.2.2, then it'll still be 4.2.2), other than that it's unlocked.
[Nexus 4 General] yuki71:
many many thanks for that information
[HTC Sensation] MClolwut:
Hey guys,

well I bought off Ebay this phone some weeks ago and I already had some problems which I was able to fix, but now I'm having problems again.

The standard is done, means S-Off, hboot 1.28, 4EXT recovery and JellyBam CFW. It worked now for like a week... haven't even been finishing the contact sorting due that I lost some contacts from the last **** that happened. <.<

Since yesterday evening, without that I did something, it starts to reboot when I hit the "Power"-Button which actually is used to wake it up when the screen turns black. It boots normal, asks me to put in the sim-pin, then it loads and screen turns off (usually due to screenprotect). When I now hit the "Power"-Button it just restarts instead of showing the screen for the protector. I tried already to wipe the cache but it didn't help.

I don't want to reinstall Firmware or something neither do I want to contact the seller. My job requires this phone.

Thx to anyone who might help me.

Cheers
[HTC Sensation] Shree.bhagwat:
Flash a new Rom .... It vll slove ur prob

HIT THE THANKS BUTTON IF I HAVE HELPED YOU

sent form HTC sensation using XDA AAP
[HTC Sensation] MClolwut:
That's not a solution. Isn't normal that I have to plan a new ROM like every week.
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nlygamz:
So as I am don't know how to make a rom, and there are some decent roms for other devices.... i decided to port a rom to our SGSA!!

Before i start with porting this rom i have some queries:

1. http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1908008 <---- using this guide can i port a rom for NEXUS S to SGSA?

2.do i have to take permissions from the people who made the original roms?

3.& as the guide says we need a base rom and a port rom, how do I extract a base rom as they are in md5 format!!

I would appreciate it if some one helped me out as I am keen on porting some roms to our devices
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] shut_down:
For 3. one way is to make backup with CWM and then use Android kitchen. On CWM you will get file system.ext4.tar.a, delete that ".a" and put it in kitchen folder. Just find tutorial how to use Kitchen. But I think it is not that simple as you might thing. BTW I never ported any ROM, so my help is not too relevant. :rolleyes: :cool::cool::cool:
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nlygamz:
what if i use a existent custom rom?
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shaaan:
Ports are generally to be done on cm. You cannot port roms from cm to stock

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[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sami Kabir:
I'm also making a ROM for SGSA and if I find it too difficult then porting one will be my second option....

Yes you need Permission from the original developer before porting....

Sent from my GT-I9070
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nlygamz:
Can you please elaborate or gimme some links which can help me? I am trying to port via this thread http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1908008

if you wanna port, try this method http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1908008
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shaaan:
What are you trying to port?

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[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sami Kabir:
No.. I'm waiting for 18 Feb... as Samsung Ukraine posted that a new firmware would be released..... then I will start my work... if I find it too difficult then I will go for plan B... that is "Porting a ROM"....

And I also have a doubt...

Custom ROMs are specifically made a for a particular phone right? So shouldn't the hardware and specs of that phone and our phone be similar? I mean will a port of S3 ROM work on SGSA??

PS: that guide you are follwing... I already bookmarked it 2 weeks back :p

Sent from my GT-I9070
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lucasleal:
I really wish you can, but (maybe I'm wrong, I'm not God) porting to SGSA right now without a clean ROM like CM is impossible. In other words, we do not have the base rom.
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nlygamz:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2125572 <-----this one

if possible this too: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1992411

the CM10 build we have for our piece can be used as a base rom?
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shaaan:
Paranoid is not something you port. It is better built from source!

The second one you can using cm.

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[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] lucasleal:
Yes, but remember that it has only a few thing working ...
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nlygamz:
ok, I will try the second one first and then the Paranoid if I feel confident enough!

Hopefully updates will arrive making it more better!!
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nlygamz:
so I started the porting process and i am stuck at the part of of the init.d folder!!!

seems that the port rom does not have a init.d folder!!!
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shaaan:
Init.d doesn't matter..

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[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nlygamz:
nearly done! thanks for your help!
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shaaan:
Happy to help!

;)

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[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] nlygamz:
Do you think i should make a new thread for the rom?

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EDIT: as CM10.1 has critical problem....can i use the LQ4 deodexed rom as the base rom?

I am porting this ROM http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1992411

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EDIT 2: STUCK ON A BOOTLOOP !
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sami Kabir:
Yes I think you can open a new Thread on the Dev section.. but be sure to add the word "Port" on the title... ;)

And as far as I know, getting a Bootloop should be a "common" or an obvious thing as the ROM you are porting isn't originally made for our device.. some app or some other ROM file(s) must be causing it...
[Galaxy S Advance I9070 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Shaaan:
Don't make a new thread until it boots.

As far as bootloop is concerned, get a logcat. Logcat can help fix everything!

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[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vp-flash:
Hi, i had see many S3 with Jelly Bean 4.1.2 and have multiview feature. I have same android version on my S2 and i can't find anything related to active multiview.

For S2, this is only available in custom ROMS?

Thanks
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cleverley23:
What rom should i use to get the multiview feature on my s2?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] immortalneo:
Wanam, omega, alliance...

Or try this:

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=39504113

"To err is human, to forgive is divine"

Sent from my SGS II
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cleverley23:
does it matters that my baseband is XXLS8 and my build number XWLSD?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] immortalneo:
You mean for trying the mod I posted, or for flashing a custom ROM?:confused:

That mod is tested and confirmed working on XWLSD build (according to its creator).

As for flashing a custom ROM, it doesnt matter.

"To err is human, to forgive is divine"

Sent from my SGS II
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cleverley23:
i flashed s3 gallery but my gallery says unfortunately stopped.. how can i remove it?
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] immortalneo:
I thought u wanted the multiwindow mod..:confused:

Try clearing data of gallery app. If it doesn't work, try wiping dalvik cache and fixing permissions.

"To err is human, to forgive is divine"

Sent from my SGS II
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] jebuchanan:
I thought the S3 mods were for ICS? (not JB).

Signature

Sent from my Samsung GT-i9100M

ROM NeatRom Lite 4.3 XWLSD

Kernel: Philz 4.90.1 XWLSH (fixed)

Mods:

23 Fancy Toggles blue w/rt clock

Automatic Call Recorder

NeatRom Boot Animation

NeatRom Lockscreen button

Fixes

MW & Ripple Lockscreen On/Off fix

Press Thanks if I helped.
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] immortalneo:
Some of them are... But the mods in the thread above are for JB..

"To err is human, to forgive is divine"

Sent from my SGS II
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cleverley23:
hey man i did what u said but still isnt working
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] immortalneo:
Strange! Many people have tried it out in that thread with success..

If multi window mod doesn't work for u, then I guess u can try flashing a custom ROM.:(

"To err is human, to forgive is divine"

Sent from my SGS II
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] cleverley23:
i unrooted my s2 i9100 and flashed the official uptade I9100XWLSJ and everything works perfect again now i will root it again and i may try only ripple effect this time!! thanks anw you helped me! :good:
[Galaxy S II Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cjen1987:
MultiView Plus light Gapps (4.4.x) here: http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=2589457
[HTC EVO 3D] Trrohn:
Hello. I want to ask, if exist Sense 4.1 for HBOOT 1.53.0007 and where I can find it/ how to flash it. I'm running on this http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1941455 version of ROM. Thx for reply.

Sorry for my bad English. :D
[HTC EVO 3D] EM|NEM:
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1991150

Some people have reported this to be working on 1.53.0007 hboot. You could do a nandroid and try your luck. You might have to flash the boot.img seperately in fastboot
[HTC EVO 3D] Xeri:
Why using HBOOT 1.53.0007? With 1.49.0007 you can flash more ROMs without any problem.
[HTC EVO 3D] Trrohn:
because i cant downgrade my phone from 1.53 to 1.49.. :/ Im newbie in flashing/downgrading.

THX EM|NEM :) I will try it... :)

(EDITED: WORKS....thx so much)
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] udimars30:
Here We have the Root And CWM for Nexus 7 On Android 4.2.2! :cool:

Step 1 - Download Android SDK from the Android Developers website and install with USB drivers. See: How to Set Up Android SDK (Fastboot / ADB) on Windows.

Step 2 - Enable USB Debugging mode in your Nexus 7 tablet.

Step 3 - Download Fastboot and extract it in android-sdk-windowsplatform-tools directory. Create directory if not already there.

NOTE: Skip Steps 1, 2, 3 if you already have them.

Step 4 - Download SuperSU v1.04 (UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.04.zip) and copy it to your sdcard on your Nexus 7 tablet.

Step 5 - Make sure you have backup your data as it will be removed. Then switch OFF your Nexus 7.

Step 6 - Download recovery-clockwork-touch-6.0.2.3-grouper.img and copy/paste it in the android-sdk-windowsplatform-tools directory.

Step 7 - Now go into Fastboot Mode on Nexus 7. How? Press Volume Down + UP + Power key for a few seconds till you see some text on the screen.

Step 8 - Navigate to android-sdk-windowsplatform-tools directory and open Command Prompt (Shift + Right-click > Open Command Prompt).

Step 9 - Type in the following command and press Enter.

Step 10 - Once completed, choose RECOVERY MODE from the Fastboot menu and enter Recovery Mode.

Step 11 - Then scroll down to “flash zip from SD card” and press the Power button to select it.

Step 12 - Press the Power button again and select “choose zip from sdcard”.

Step 13 - Now using your volume keys, navigate to the

UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.04.zip

file that you copied to your SD card and select it using the Power button. Confirm the installation on the next screen and the installation procedure should start now.

Step 14 - After the installation completes, go to “+++++Go Back” and reboot the phone by selecting “reboot system now” from the recovery menu. Then Choose yes flash recovery back (this will make CWM your permanent recovery mode)

That’s it. Your Nexus 7 is now rooted on Android 4.2.2 JDQ39 software version of Jelly Bean and even has a custom CWM recovery installed. Check for the SuperSU app in your apps list to verify. :D

Root and CWM for Nexus 4

Root and CWM for Nexus 10
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] udimars30:
Reserved...
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Nano23:
Thank you a lot...but the link for the fastboot its not aviable
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] udimars30:
link updated :)
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] simms22:
and this belongs in original development how? why not post a thread in original development asking about need for speed too..
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] sicameron32:
Step 4 and step 7

I am a little confused about step 4 as I didn't think any nexus 7's had a SD card slot. I purchased mine right from google. I just put the zip file directly on the device itself and I know from my experience with my old Nexus One that this works too, just wondering who is selling the one with SD card slots. My second question, and really the more important one is step 7. I have tried to make the device go into fastboot several times and when I hold the volume keys down, the device boots to a black screen with no ability to do anything after that. If I mess with the power button (meaning I hold it in for a long time then let it out, and do this several times) I can get the device to preform a normal boot. Any thoughts?
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] poetjazz:
thanks

Thanks its worked for my nexus 7..
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Cosa44:
Thanks a million man! I was having all kinds of trouble updating to 4.2.2 and finally figured that out. Then I was having problems rooting again until I found this. Your method worked great but I used TWRP instead and it still did the trick. Thanks again.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Leonhan:
I tried this but when I want to flash the recovery, my fastboot.exe will then not respond and will try to close. What gives?
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Spenzert:
Just a quick note here, to enter Fastboot Mode you just need to turn the Nexus 7 off, then turn on again, soon as you see the Google logo press the Volume Down key and hold (Hold both Power button and Volume Down Key). :)
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Phr³³k:
No need for holding the power button, the vol down button does the whole trick ;)
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] a.daniel:
worked for me. thanks very much
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] udimars30:
yes you can do that for the normal boot
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] udimars30:
Thanks..

I don't have N7 that's why did not know! :)
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] udimars30:
re-install the fastboot with all it's extensions in the same folder!
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Sib64:
If you want to use fastboot by a easy way, use this guide ;) you don't need adb line command, just fastboot line command and it's an child game by this way ;)

If you have got a problem with your adb or fastboot or recovery....it's very simply and faster ;)

use this:

Download this file "

Fastboot.zip

"

Install this file somewhere in one folder which is named "fastboot" on your PC

=> disk C: root

Unzipped this file on the folder "fastboot" and you will find 3 files:

- adb.exe

- AdbWinApi.dll

- fastboot.exe

and when you need to push something by the bootloader, you can use it.

Don't forget to push on this folder the file that you need. For exemple: boot.img or a recovery.img, etc...

The line command is :

c:\fastboot>

Enter

c:\fastboot>fastboot flash recovery recovery.img

Enter

If you want to flash the "recovery.img" file

If you want to flash a boot.img:

c:\fastboot>fastboot flash boot boot.img

******************************************************************

******************************************************************

If you want to know all lines of command

c:\fastboot>fastboot

usage: fastboot [ <option> ] <command>

commands:
update <filename> reflash device from update.zip
flashall flash boot + recovery + system
flash <partition> [ <filename> ] write a file to a flash partition
erase <partition> erase a flash partition
getvar <variable> display a bootloader variable
boot <kernel> [ <ramdisk> ] download and boot kernel
flash:raw boot <kernel> [ <ramdisk> ] create bootimage and flash it
devices list all connected devices
continue continue with autoboot
reboot reboot device normally
reboot-bootloader reboot device into bootloader
help show this help message

options:
-w erase userdata and cache
-s <serial number> specify device serial number
-p <product> specify product name
-c <cmdline> override kernel commandline
-i <vendor id> specify a custom USB vendor id
-b <base_addr> specify a custom kernel base address
-n <page size> specify the nand page size. default: 2048
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Domx92:
don´t i have to unlock bootloader first ?
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Leonhan:
Yes, it is a prerequisite if you want to root your android device.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vmancini3:
Ok, so I am running the 4.2.2 update, and after jumping through numerous hoops trying to have my device recognized by adb, I just want to make sure that my very first step should be to boot up in fastboot mode and then issue the following command...

"fastboot oem unlock"

???

Then I can go ahead and proceed to flashing the CWM recovery and flashing the SuperSU file...?

EDIT: I've tried multiple times, but everytime I boot into "fastboot" mode, which I guess is another way for saying the bootloader, ADB loses its connection with my Nexus 7! Also, if it helps anyone to know, I'm running Win7 64-bit.....I'm not sure if that matters, but the first time I booted up into fastboot mode, my computer recognized it and installed it as an "Android Bootloader Interface" in the Device Manager! When the device boots up normally, ADB does recognize it again, and it also shows up differently in the Device Manager (Android Composite ADB Interface)! ANY help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated, as I obviously can't issue commands to a device that ADB can't see when it's in fastboot mode!
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] GedBlake:
Hi, vmancini3...

Forget about ADB when your tablet is in FASTBOOT/BOOTLOADER mode...

Here are the salient commands....

fastboot devices

- should return a serial number to confirm your FASTBOOT connection -

fastboot oem unlock

- will unlock the BOOTLOADER and will WIPE and FACTORY RESET THE DEVICE; unfortunate, but necessary :(.

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With the BOOTLOADER unlocked, begin to set up your Nexus 7 again... as though it was a brand new, just purchased tablet... ie., country, regionalization, WiFi key... etc.

Go online with your Nexus 7 browser (Chrome), and download Chainfire's SU Updater .ZIP package from here...

http://download.chainfire.eu/310/SuperSU/UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.04.zip

Upon completion of this download, shut down the tablet.

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Reboot again into FASTBOOT/BOOTLOADER mode... VOL down button + POWER ON button.

From your PC, run this command...

fastboot flash recovery recovery.img

....where the recovery.img is your CWM or TWRP .img file.

Both of which are available here...

CWM -

http://www.clockworkmod.com/rommanager

TWRP -

http://www.teamw.in/project/twrp2/103

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Congratulations.... you've just FLASHED a CUSTOM RECOVERY!!!

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When the self-congratulatory round of self applause has died down:), ... and with the Nexus 7 still in FASTBOOT/ BOOTLOADER MODE, use the VOL buttons to navigate and the POWER button to select... reboot into RECOVERY.

Using the new CUSTOM RECOVERY, flash Chainfires SU updater package that you downloaded earlier... usually found in the /download folder...

Done.

Reboot.

Rooted.

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I really don't understand why some people seem to have a problem with this procedure... it takes less time doing it, than actually describing how to do it.

Rgrds,

Ged.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] vmancini3:
Thank you very much for all of your help, but this procedure is not what I had a problem with... What I had a problem with was being able to detect my device while it was in fastboot mode! Whenever I booted up my Nexus into fastboot mode, the way it was installed in the device manager would change... After 2 hours of trying and trying and trying, the only way I was able to get it to work was to edit the file "android_winusb.inf" (for me i have it located in C:\Android\extras\Google\usb_driver\) and add the following lines to the end of the subsection "Google Nexus 7" in the section "Google.NTamd64"...

%CompositeAdbInterface% = USB_Install, USB\VID_18D1&4E44&MI_01

%CompositeAdbInterface% = USB_Install, USB\VID_18D1&PID_D001

Note: Some people, like myself, may not need to add the first line as it was already there in my situation!

Once I did that, I then went into device manager, right-clicked on my device, chose update driver, and proceeded to update it using the old school "have disk" method. I pointed it to my edited .inf file, rebooted and voila, now when the nexus is in fastboot mode, it is still recognized by ADB! Of course, even though at this point I had already donated almost $5 for the Nexus toolkit, I issued all the commands myself through the command prompt and even flashed the SuperSu zip file using the sideload method simply because I just wanted to try that!

I would like to make it clear that I did find these instructions for editing the driver file here...

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1809195

Also, let me see if I can put a screenshot on here....
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] krkeco:
herpaderp

disregard that I lolcats (can't figure delete either >D) it just wasn't showing on the settings' apps page

Awesome thread, just got through with everything, but the App is missing. Any ideas? My device is wiped, everything ran as I imagine it should have *being my first root I have NO idea what it actually should have been like*

I recovered it twice to see if it was just a flook the first time, but the same thing (didn't) happen/ed the second time.
[Nexus 7 Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] Naikymen:
Flashing recovery img from Ubuntu

It wasn't obvious to me that it could be done so easily from ubuntu! Maybe it would be useful to add it to the fisrt post.

Steps, run these in a terminal:

sudo add-apt-repository ppa:ubuntu-nexus7/ubuntu-nexus7-installer

sudo apt-get update

sudo apt-get install ubuntu-nexus7-installer

(got the stuff from here https://wiki.ubuntu.com/Nexus7/Installation)

And these, just in case:

sudo apt-get install android-tools-adb

sudo apt-get install android-tools-fastboot

sudo apt-get install android-tools-fsutils

Then after rebooting into fastboot mode, open a terminal in the folder that the recovery .img is in and run:

fastboot devices

(to check that the tablet is recognized and properly connected)

fastboot flash recovery recovery-clockwork-touch-6.0.2.3-grouper.img

Voila! Hope i'm not sharing something stupid, this is what i did perhaps there are some unnecessary steps =P