I tried approximately 22 times to install from multiple sources but the zip file is just not showing up!!!!! Can someone please help or give a step by step guide? I really want this ROM on my phone
You need to expand the rar file you've downloaded to extract the zip inside. Place that zip on your external then it should show
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Tiplite2004 said:
You need to expand the rar file you've downloaded to extract the zip inside. Place that zip on your external then it should show
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can you expand on that? I don't fully understand what you mean
Then get out of here lol
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Here, i made the zip for you http://www.megaupload.com/?d=HFFEYG2Y. Just download boot into recovery and you should see it.
The reason your phone couldn't find it before is because it was in a RAR format and when in CWM only ZIPS are recognized for installing
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it still didn't show up
abraxo said:
it still didn't show up
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I've seen this type of download before and it says the zip itself (named boot) is a .img and when I put it into the SD it shows up as a very small (4,000 KB) zip file. it doesn't show up in CWM.
Did you try repacking it as zip?
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I am trying to flash GSBv2.1 and after I move the file to the sdcard folder and reboot into recovery, the file does not show up in the flash zip section of recovery. Thanks in advance.
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Have you checked to make sure the zip file is in the root of the sd card (ie not in a folder)?
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whoxp said:
I am trying to flash GSBv2.1 and after I move the file to the sdcard folder and reboot into recovery, the file does not show up in the flash zip section of recovery. Thanks in advance.
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Also, did you use the Safely Remove Hardware notification icon in the lower right corner (assuming we're talking from Windows)? This isn't always necessary, but it doesn't hurt and makes sure all files were done being written to the SD card before telling you it's okay to dismount the SD card from the computer.
I did have it in the root folder and I downloaded it directly to my phone using wifi, so no windows. I ended up getting it to work by deleting the last file I added to my root before this one then it showed up. But it wouldn't show up when I removed older roms that were in my root. Which still has me confused.
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whoxp said:
I did have it in the root folder and I downloaded it directly to my phone using wifi, so no windows. I ended up getting it to work by deleting the last file I added to my root before this one then it showed up. But it wouldn't show up when I removed older roms that were in my root. Which still has me confused.
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There definitely is a limitation on the total number of files which it will display.
From the way you describe it, it sounds like it displays in descending order of timestamps, and when the "scroll buffer" fills up, the first few lines that are displayed - including the newest ROM you had downloaded - scroll right off the top and are no longer visible.
In any event, now you know what the problem is - it can only display a certain number of .zip files total.
Yeah, that makes sense and is exactly what I was thinking until I tried deleting 7 or 8 zip files and rebooted to check. It then showed a lot less zips in recovery but the most recent one still was not there. Then I deleted the second most recent zip and then it showed up.
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And,comes another guide from me.... I was actually extracting a stock firmware and this came into my mind
Ok,I made this guide since the process of extracting firmware is a bit confusing sometimes.So,lets start with it
What you would need:
1.7zip or any other zip utility
2.Stock Firmware
3.MagicISO
4.Nothing else
Tutorial:
1.Start off by downloading a stock firmware,for this guide,we assume its DDKQ8
2.You will get 2 files, S5830DDKQ8_<bla bla>.tar.md5 and SS_DL.dll
3.Ignore the second file,we only need the first file which has an extension of .md5
4.Now its not possible to extract the file with the current extension.
5.So,rename the file S5830DDKQ8_<bla bla>.tar.md5 to S5830DDKQ8_<bla bla>.tar
6.Now,the file is extractable,so extract it.
7.You will get approx. 9 files: arm11 boot,amss,csc.rfs and various others.
8.Delete all the files except boot.img and system.rfs.These are the only files we need.
9.Now,using MagicISO,open up system.rfs and extract it.
10.Make a new folder named Rom_working
11.Now,move the boot.img there
12.Make a folder called system
13.Move all contents of system.rfs to this this folder.
14.Now all you need is a META-INF folder to complete the rom.(Unless you messed up)
Thats it! Pretty easy huh,this is something really basic,but a few people get confused on extracting it anyway.Its just meant to be a basic guides for those people.If you want to get more info on making a rom,refer this guide which i wrote a few months ago.Hope this helped you guys out.
NOTE: I am not responsible if you mess up your phone or w/e happens to it.Btw,<bla bla> stands for the rest of the filename
thanks for that,, i was woundering how it was done,, i ended up using a nandroid backup with kitchen to make my own lol
How can I root the rom??
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Where do we get a META-INF folder?
Do we use CWM recovery to restore with the new folder?
lypang said:
Where do we get a META-INF folder?
Do we use CWM recovery to restore with the new folder?
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You can get a META-INF folder by creating one yourself
I don't understand your 2nd question though
dredremon said:
How can I root the rom??
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Take su bin file from a rooted rom and insert it in your rom.Done.
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Where do we get a META-INF folder?
Do we use CWM recovery to restore with the new folder?
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Make one yourself,refer other stock roms for the path,then get the update binaries and script from BlackHawk (if stock ONLY).
okay, this is to flash via CWM is not it? how to change the kernel?
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modolheula said:
okay, this is to flash via CWM is not it? how to change the kernel?
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Kernel is in boot.img. If u want to change kernel, you should change the boot.img
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okay, I'm trying to find out about the boot.img .... thanks for sharing knowledge
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Well, on Linux I usually do this: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=28933492&postcount=3
Hmm is it possible to extract a stock ROM from the phone itself? Or not extract but get the stock ROM as zip (with those md5 files, etc) so that it can be flashed via Odin on another phone?
It's because i can't find anywhere to download the stock ROM i had...
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Millenium3 said:
Hmm is it possible to extract a stock ROM from the phone itself? Or not extract but get the stock ROM as zip (with those md5 files, etc) so that it can be flashed via Odin on another phone?
It's because i can't find anywhere to download the stock ROM i had...
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Many ways:
1.Adb pull /system
2.Manual copy and paste with file xplorer
3.Use Qtadb and copy /system
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Prawesome said:
Many ways:
1.Adb pull /system
2.Manual copy and paste with file xplorer
3.Use Qtadb and copy /system
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Y U No like cwm backups ?
Prawesome said:
Many ways:
1.Adb pull /system
2.Manual copy and paste with file xplorer
3.Use Qtadb and copy /system
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Thanks i will try and post if i have any problems
madman said:
Y U No like cwm backups ?
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I want to flash the rom in another phone... or maybe it works by copying the backup files cwm made into the another phone? But anyways i tried to restore the stock rom once but it failed.. but thanx
PS: i actually thought the thread was the guide for my question
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Prawesome said:
Many ways:
1.Adb pull /system
2.Manual copy and paste with file xplorer
3.Use Qtadb and copy /system
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ok sorry for late reply
after pull /system how can i make the stock ROM flashable through ODIN on another phone?
or at least another way to flash the rom? adb push?
Millenium3 said:
ok sorry for late reply
after pull /system how can i make the stock ROM flashable through ODIN on another phone?
or at least another way to flash the rom? adb push?
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For Odin flash,refer freeyourandroid.com.
For CWM flash,take updater script and binary from Blackhawk and put it in your rom
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dredremon said:
How can I root the rom??
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Download root file with su and extract it you will find the files you need there.
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can some1 tell me what i did wrong? I made a flashable zip, and after installation phone is not booting.
TechNoJerky said:
can some1 tell me what i did wrong? I made a flashable zip, and after installation phone is not booting.
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Logcat or it didn't happen
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Re: [DEODEX][P769V20D]CWM Backup Stock Fully Deodexed Locked Bootloader
How do I flash this via cwm? I tried putting the file into sdcard/clockworkmod/backup and choosing restore in cwm but nothing.. then file disappears. Do I need to zip the file first or?.. I really need this.
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HD_Status said:
How do I flash this via cwm? I tried putting the file into sdcard/clockworkmod/backup and choosing restore in cwm but nothing.. then file disappears. Do I need to zip the file first or?.. I really need this.
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Did you download the one here on the forums are they with the dup extension? if so if wont work dont even try...
carloswii5 said:
Did you download the one here on the forums are they with the dup extension? if so if wont work dont even try...
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Yes from the Android development section, and I don't understand what you mean. I am however on the exact same version p76920d
Edit: It is a .tar.gz file.
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Yes from the Android development section, and I don't understand what you mean. I am however on the exact same version p76920d
Edit: It is a .tar.gz file.
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ok all you have to do is put the file it should be in a folder already and if its in a zip or rar extract it then put in sdcard then put it in the folder clockworkmod which should be on your sdcard already then inside the backup folder and if you dont have any do the following
on the root of your sdcard make a folder called "clockworkmod" no caps then inside that another folder called "backup" then inside that one put the extracted filed then boot to recovery and choose restore from external sdcard and you should see the file
GoodLuck
carloswii5 said:
ok all you have to do is put the file it should be in a folder already and if its in a zip or rar extract it then put in sdcard then put it in the folder clockworkmod which should be on your sdcard already then inside the backup folder and if you dont have any do the following
on the root of your sdcard make a folder called "clockworkmod" no caps then inside that another folder called "backup" then inside that one put the extracted filed then boot to recovery and choose restore from external sdcard and you should see the file
GoodLuck
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I will try that method.
So the path should look like this? root/clockworkmod/backup/thefile.tar.gz?
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HD_Status said:
I will try that method.
So the path should look like this? root/clockworkmod/backup/thefile.tar.gz?
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correct but the tar files must be inside a folder so to be more exact
root(externalsd)/clockworkmod/backup/folder(you can name it whatever)/all the tar files and etc
carloswii5 said:
correct but the tar files must be inside a folder so to be more exact
root(externalsd)/clockworkmod/backup/folder(you can name it whatever)/all the tar files and etc
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That's what I thought. Because when I backed up my current rom. It was in a folder. So either method would've worked I just didn't create an extra folder. Thanks.
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That's what I thought. Because when I backed up my current rom. It was in a folder. So either method would've worked I just didn't create an extra folder. Thanks.
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No Prob :victory:
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No Prob :victory:
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Okay I'm lost again. It found the file via cwm. But now I get md5 sum mismatch??
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HD_Status said:
Okay I'm lost again. It found the file via cwm. But now I get md5 sum mismatch??
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He Probably did the backup with artas recovery so you might have to use that one but im not sure...
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He Probably did the backup with artas recovery so you might have to use that one but im not sure...
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But I did the same method for cwm.
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HD_Status said:
But I did the same method for cwm.
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Wait you dont have unlocked bootloader do you? ((extra info)and so you know when you flash a recovery to unlocked bootloader it registers as a P760 phone and artas recovery registers as a P769) it all depends how he did the backup thats why you get md5 mismatch but then again sometimes it acts really stupid but ask him what recovery he used to backup artas or unlocked bootloader
The backup file that you downloaded will have a specific folder name. Usually the date and time it was made. You will get a mismatch if you modify the folder name. Just extract the backup to the backup folder.
sdcard/clockworkmod/backup/date and time/files
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The backup file that you downloaded will have a specific folder name. Usually the date and time it was made. You will get a mismatch if you modify the folder name. Just extract the backup to the backup folder.
sdcard/clockworkmod/backup/date and time/files
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Thats actually not true i always modify the name of my backups and i never get md5 mismatch
carloswii5 said:
Thats actually not true i always modify the name of my backups and i never get md5 mismatch
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Then its probably as you said, backup compatibility.
Or the files are actually corrupt.
If you feel like living on the edge, you can modify the nandroid.md5 file to match the md5 of the files that have a different number. I do this when I want to install a different boot or recovery img that was not backed up with the original.
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Or check if the md5 numbers are actually correct. Type (in a terminal)
md5 <name of file>
Example
md5 recovery.img
and compare that number to the number found in the nandroid.md5
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Ok so i did search to see if i could figure this out on my own but failed miserably so maybe i cold get some help here?
i download a rom to my download folder boot into recovery go to flash said rom but it is not there. reboot system search with file explorer and the rom zip is there. Any reason why its a no show?
If you ever used a 4.2 Rom it makes a "0" folder. So if you see that folder put the roms in that folder and then your recovery should see it
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I use oi file manager to copy from downloads to 0/downloads. Its easy, no pc needed. I bounce between 4.2 an 4.1 all the time
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This is my first time trying to root my Micromax Canvas HD.
I am trying to install CWM recovery using this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2167621
However I am stuck in the second step itself. I have extracted the "Kernel Source" SouceCode(IQ451_4.1).zip file. But I am not able to find any recovery.img file to replace. What is the problem here? Have I downloaded the wrong file? Should I download something else?
While trying to extract the zip file, Winrar asked me if I want to rename the duplicate files, because there were a few files with the same name but different size. I asked Winrar to rename the files. Is this a problem?
I am completely new to this field, so I am not exactly sure what I am doing wrong.
Any help regarding this problem would be of great help to me. Please tell me of the things that need to be taken care of before rooting my phone.
Thanks a lot.
sudhingr8 said:
This is my first time trying to root my Micromax Canvas HD.
I am trying to install CWM recovery using this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2167621
However I am stuck in the second step itself. I have extracted the "Kernel Source" SouceCode(IQ451_4.1).zip file. But I am not able to find any recovery.img file to replace. What is the problem here? Have I downloaded the wrong file? Should I download something else?
While trying to extract the zip file, Winrar asked me if I want to rename the duplicate files, because there were a few files with the same name but different size. I asked Winrar to rename the files. Is this a problem?
I am completely new to this field, so I am not exactly sure what I am doing wrong.
Any help regarding this problem would be of great help to me. Please tell me of the things that need to be taken care of before rooting my phone.
Thanks a lot.
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Use mobile uncle tools instead of the above method.. Download recovery... Rename it to recovery.img... Place it in sd card... Not in any folder.. Just inside sd card.. Open mobile uncle tools... Update recovery.. It automatically detects the file in sd card... Select... Flash...reboot.. Done...
Hit thanks if this helped..
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$hino said:
Use mobile uncle tools instead of the above method.. Download recovery... Rename it to recovery.img... Place it in sd card... Not in any folder.. Just inside sd card.. Open mobile uncle tools... Update recovery.. It automatically detects the file in sd card... Select... Flash...reboot.. Done...
Hit thanks if this helped..
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Is there no other solution? Will I be able to use the files that I have already downloaded?
I have tried loading the recovery.img file through the Flash tool, but it asks me to select the path for the PRELOADER..
How do I find the preloader file?
You can use the downloaded file... Why do you want to use the flash tools method when the thing can be done in 2 clicks..
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just use Framaroot app and then Rashr app
sudhingr8 said:
Is there no other solution? Will I be able to use the files that I have already downloaded?
I have tried loading the recovery.img file through the Flash tool, but it asks me to select the path for the PRELOADER..
How do I find the preloader file?
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U need to root chd to install custom recovery. To do so download framaroot app from framaroot.net . Then to install custom recovery just use Rashr (search it in google play)