Well, I am new to this forum because I recently bought a Galaxy Player. This is my first Android device and I have rooted it using SOC. I have installed clockworkmod but there is no option for the Galaxy Player. I have downloaded the ICS rom for the 5.0 USA version and I am just a complete noob to custom roms. Can anyone direct me to a goods tutorial on this or just a quick rundown on how to do it, I am just a really confused 14 year old... Thanks
mrjaredbeta said:
Well, I am new to this forum because I recently bought a Galaxy Player. This is my first Android device and I have rooted it using SOC. I have installed clockworkmod but there is no option for the Galaxy Player. I have downloaded the ICS rom for the 5.0 USA version and I am just a complete noob to custom roms. Can anyone direct me to a goods tutorial on this or just a quick rundown on how to do it, I am just a really confused 14 year old... Thanks
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just pretend you didn't do any of that and...
1. download odin3 v1.3 (windows application)
2. download the samsung usb drivers and install them, i can't remember where i got them
3. plug phone into usb, turn off while plugged in, turn back on while holding volume down (maybe it was up?)
4. go into odin and click the pda button and select...
5. this file and press "start" (i think that's what it's labeled)
6. the phone will reboot itself back to normal
7. copy this zip onto your sd.
8. turn the phone off, and turn back on while holding volume up
9. back that **** up, i dunno what the hell it's labeled
10. wipe data/cache/dalvik (dalik is under advanced)
11. choose to install zip from sd, choose the "this zip" from step 7
12. choose install from zip again -> ICS ROM you downloaded
13. reboot, try out ICS for 2 seconds
14. turn off, boot into recovery (the volume up + power **** we keep doing)
15. install from zip -> Google Apps zip
16. reboot and enjoy ICS and google apps and all the other cool stuff the internet has to offer
Thanks! Very well written, I'll try it out later tonight.
I have installed it successfully, however I don't think it detects my internal SD card. Do you know why that is?
mrjaredbeta said:
I have installed it successfully, however I don't think it detects my internal SD card. Do you know why that is?
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idk what you mean by "it" nor do i pay attention to my internal at all since i have 32gb external
I meant the device doesn't detect it, and I do not have an external at the moment.
mrjaredbeta said:
I meant the device doesn't detect it, and I do not have an external at the moment.
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yeah, idk i haven't even noticed so i'm not the person to ask i guess.
mrjaredbeta said:
I have installed it successfully, however I don't think it detects my internal SD card. Do you know why that is?
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This is why you should always read the entire post when you download a ROM. That issue is mentioned several times through the thread, and it has yet to have been resolved to the best of my knowledge. But always look into what your flashing, otherwise you'll probably end up with a really shiny paperweight on your hands.
Yes, I should've looked at the whole thread but I f'd it up badly now... So, I read what you said about the "SD card problem in the thread" and I took a look and saw that you had to switch around /emmc (I think?) and /sdcard around in the vold.fstab file in the /etc directory. SO, I was stupid and extracted the whole .zip of the ROM, changed the contents in the vold.fstab file, re-zipped it up, and tried to flash it again. Unfortunately, I tried to flash but this is what CWM Recovery said:
-- Installing: /emmc/ICS/3-31.zip
Finding update package...
Opening update package...
Installing update...
Installation aborted.
... It's probably because the signature verification failed (because of no signature). And I was also being so stupid as to deleting the original ROM off of my SD card... I also note that I am doing this all from an internal, I do not have an external... This is what I am going to:
Get an external microSD and microSD reader for the PC
Put the original ROM on it
Flash it from the external
I am guessing that it would work from that way, as I probably f's up the internal. Can someone clear this up? Will this method work?
Disregard my last post, I am all set back to the stock ROM with no problems. Anyways, thanks for the support, and I will always try to look at the whole thread before flashing a new ROM.
Here
Check here this forum has a lot of custom roms for the SGP player and a lot of smart people who explain it as good as M.I.T.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/forumdisplay.php?f=1423
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I just currently opened my box fresh out and installed z4root to root it... Sucess!
Now im trying to downgrade as i am "supposed" to according to this thread.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1036956
This is what is in my about screen under settings so you know what version ect i have http://img546.imageshack.us/img546/1476/20110427032325.jpg
from the aforementioned thread i downloaded the 4349_Downgrade.zip and placed it on my sd card... Renamed it update.zip and closed usb connection, and then powered off and powered up first pressing and holding the "+" on the volume rocker on the top of the tab. and then pressing power.. When i say "+" i mean Volume + witch is on the top left of the tab closest to the right in the direction of the search home menu and back keys...
When im holding this combo of buttons the screen boots up after a second or two says recovery key detected or whatever in the top left for a few seconds and then goes to the g tablet white screen... THen it shows a box with a downarrow on it and a progress bar for a few moments and then shuts off and reboots into the homescreen.......
I read in this forum a topic how the guy experienced the same results but turned out he was holding the Volume - key... I made certian i wasent doing what he did and literally just held the Volume + key on the right edge with the tip of my nail and held power... Same results..
I have tried with the program root explorer going into the file manager... (Why is there a file called sdcard2?? never seen that before) i go into /sdcard find the update.zip i put from the renamed 4349 file and then back up to the "/" dir and mount as r/w and paste the update.zip in there then mount as r/o back out to home power off.. i repeate the aforementioned process and still the excat same thing...
The origonal update that was put on there when i first put in my newly formated fat32 sd card i deleted.. i have searched and search and have no idea what is wrong or how to fix this... Certianly i couldnt be the only one with this issue?
Please help, im just killing time sitting here waiting for help lol.... Thanks..
My end result is im trying to get CWM 08 on there and a great and stable rom witch i choose that RC1 of vegan.. Unless u know of a better one. And once this is all done is there a good kernal i should be flashing? Why and how do i do it.?
Thank you in advance..
1) The downgrade is only necessary if you were on 4349 to begin with.
2) what you described is exactly what should happen in stock recovery for 3588 and older.
3) No... it is not exactly what others have said about holding the wrong volume key because when you do hold the wrong one the screen goes black after a few seconds.
4) SDCARD is your internal storage. SDCARD2 is the mount point for your external (MicroSD Card) storage.
5) It sounds like nothing is wrong...
6) Install CWM... http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=865245
Ooook
The thread i mentioned in my first post the first link if u click it the title of tje topic reads
[STICKY] [ATTENTION] - 3991 and 4349+ VIEWSONIC-LOCKED BOOTLOADER INFO here
Also it has a link to a pic of my about phone so cant u tell from that?
I am lost i did excatly to a T as described in the tutorial in step 6 in your reply and im getting the same thing i hold down volume + it says recovery key detected for a few secs in goes to gtablet screen and flashes to that down with a down arrow.....
What am i missing? Surely i dont have the only tablet with this problem..
Yes, I can... Your TAP UI version is 3391... LOWER than what you are trying to downgrade to. So you don't need to. You are seeing exactly what is supposed to happen with the version you have. This is the normal behavior for that version.
The only thing you are missing is the knowledge that nothing is wrong...
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=892090
There is nothing wrong with your tablet.....[mod edit]
K J Rad said:
Yes, I can... Your TAP UI version is 3391... LOWER than what you are trying to downgrade to. So you don't need to. You are seeing exactly what is supposed to happen with the version you have. This is the normal behavior for that version.
The only thing you are missing is the knowledge that nothing is wrong...
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Then why can i not flash CWM? I went to your link tried both internal and sd files mounting on "/" and on "/sdcard" /update.zip or /recovery.zip in either folder and im still getting the same issue when i hold Volume + and power...
I cannot get CWM and a Rom on there.
thebadfrog said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=892090
There is nothing wrong with your tablet.....just your knowledge
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From what i gather from that link is that i am to take the files insides cwmod_microsd.zip witch are update.zip and recovery folder that houses command and physically take the microsd card out and mount on my computer witch is technicly SDCARD2 and place those files in that root directly... and then the power down insert card and vol up and power.....
I am getting the same issue same box and same nothing.
Most likely because you aren't following the directions. Take some time to learn at least the basics about your tablet. Then read the instructions again.
you can do it on either the internal or external. It depends on what the line in the command file says. Once you boot once whether sucessful or not the command file is deleted. Your making this harder than it is
Then what am i missing? I got this tablet yesterday at 2 pm and stayed up till 3 am trying to get CWM on it!
I cant imagine what im missing, ive read dozens of posts tried atleast 15 times putting either the downgrade or cwm sdcard update files in the internet "/" or "/sdcard" or "/sdcard2"
And yes i noticed that it deletes the update and recovery folder if i drop it in /sdcard2 or "/", ill put the files there either directly to sd card from the computer or thru root explorer and when i hit vol + and power it does the same thing.
This has to be the most frustrating tablet/ android device ever!
The last time i had something this hard was when i bricked my iphone in early 09 and figured out i had to reload the ipw file via a brand new install of itunes from a virgin computer (that computer turned out to be me using the librarys lol)
so i just got both the internal and external cwm files from this post
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=865245
and put them in both /sdcard and /sdcard 2 for some reason when i used root explorer i noticed that for somereason in /sdcard2 there was a recovery/recovery/command so i pulles recovery to /sdcard2/recovery and pasted it there and deleted the other recovery folder.. re did the whole process and low and behold i was lookin at a CWMN screen! so... i have no idea, but if i ever meet the man who created the Vewsonic g tab ill kick him in the nuts.
Now i followed this guide
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=865245
and i mounted the usb put the Vegan Rc1 rom in the ROMS folder and choose zip from sd and installed... and im just stuck at the view sonic screen, so i powered off did a wipe data factory reset and wipe cache and then went to advanced and fix permissions... Then to choose install from sd card choose my vegan rom and installed then backed out to home and hit restart and again its been ten mins or so and im still staring at a viewsoniv screen still..... Is this normal or any more suggestions?
There is a fix but as much trouble as you had installing clockwork I'm suggesting you avoid that fix so I'm not even saying the name. Stick with froyo roms
Thats not very helpfull... Just please tell me what it is i can ifgure it out on my own, i obviously did with the CWM now i just cant get the rom installed for some reason i have a tablet that just boots to the view sonic screen at the moment
Just to update...
I fixed it. THanks for your help and no thanks for your sarcasim.
Was stuck at the viewsonic birds screen
So i did so more, searching... its now 5 am and figured out what nvflash is and
via this thread http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=861950
and making sure u extract EVERYTHING in all the zip files with the exception to the USB folder u drop in the nvflash folder as directed, because if u dont u will get a error when u run nvflash_gtablet.bat
Once that is complete follow this thread
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=865245
Word for word to install Vegan from stock... It may save a lot of confusion to just nvflash from stock and then drop the CWM recovery and update on the sd card and go that route..
Hope this helps and newbs...
See...the search function does work
First, nothing in this post is my own work. I just wanted to compile the information for everyone else who is surely wanting to know if the 4g LTE tab can run Netflix.
Step 1 - Root:
1. Download the file from THIS THREAD POST to your Tab10.1 (anywhere should work, I went with the /sdcard folder on my tab)
2. Power Down Tab
3. Power On and when you see the Samsung Text Hold Power + Volume UP (From This Post)
4. Select the Android+Box (Volume up to switch, then volume down to select)
5. Chose "apply update from /sdcard" and select the .zip file you downloaded in step 1 (When finished, the tab will automatically reboot).
6. Verify Root - You should see SuperUser in your apps when your tab finishes rebooting.
Step 2 - Asus Transformer Patch
1. Download the Transformer Patch from THIS THREAD
2. Install Patch - I chose to use Root Explorer to manually move the libnvomx.so file into my /system/lib folder, but you could also reboot into recovery and apply the .zip file that way instead (steps 2-5 above).
3. Reboot - If you manually move the .so file you will need to reboot, using the recovery it should reboot for you when finished.
4. Watch Movies
If anyone has trouble with this Please Do Not Email Me
I am really not a pro at troubleshooting, I was just willing to take a shot at rooting and found out that it worked. Hopefully this will ease other people's minds about getting root and netflix on your Verizon Tab 10.1
Also it is worth mentioning that I did all of this without using ODIN or KIES or ADB Shell or any of those other scary things. I chose not to try to install Rom Manager of Flash Clockwork Recovery as I had heard they may cause troubles.
I noticed that you mentioned using an SD Card multiple times in this post, but the 4G LTE version doesn't support SD Cards (doesn't even have the slot).
Why the discrepancy?
dfxdeimos said:
I noticed that you mentioned using an SD Card multiple times in this post, but the 4G LTE version doesn't support SD Cards (doesn't even have the slot).
Why the discrepancy?
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He probably meant place it on the root of the drive of the tab. When you plug in your tab to your computer, you should be able to view your files there. Add the zip file to the root of that drive. Hope that makes sense.
dfxdeimos said:
I noticed that you mentioned using an SD Card multiple times in this post, but the 4G LTE version doesn't support SD Cards (doesn't even have the slot).
Why the discrepancy?
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True. I was torn with how to describe the location and decided to use SD Card to be in line with the "\sdcard" which is still in use in the file system for the tab
I guess I've been explaining the root / recovery process on the OG Droid for so long that I still toss references to "root of the sd card" and "install zip from sd".
I'll edit the original post for clarity.
Question (and thanks this is very helpful!). I'm going to do the same as you I think and stick with custom rom and no cwr. So if you need to unroot for warranty return or whatever, and we've only done the steps in this post, what do we have to do to unroot? Thanks!
This worked very well...it was almost too easy. Thank you for sharing the info.
Does it work on the wifi only model? P7510?
CSGirl said:
Question (and thanks this is very helpful!). I'm going to do the same as you I think and stick with custom rom and no cwr. So if you need to unroot for warranty return or whatever, and we've only done the steps in this post, what do we have to do to unroot? Thanks!
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Not 100% sure CSGirl... in my experience, the person making the determination about warranty approvals would be the in-store rep. In that case you should be fine by just using root explorer and deleting the SuperUser app. The permissions would still be there I suppose, but the store guy wouldn't see the telltale app.
Someone else could probably give a better answer.
If you open up the .zip file for rooting and go into \meta-inf\com\google\android and open the updater-script file you can see everything that is getting changed, I guess you would just have to change that back.
Also, @wiibrewer, I have no idea
Well how about is there any reason it should not work on the wifi model?
wiibrewer said:
Well how about is there any reason it should not work on the wifi model?
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None that I can think of...
I know that Droid-Life posted this file for the special edition wifi tab: Search "Galaxy Tab 10.1 Rooted" post from May 2011
You might try that too.
4g LTE Recovery Mode
Good Morning: Thank you for your postings. I have a new Verizon Galaxy Tab 10.1 4g LTE. I am not able to get the device into recovery mode. Is there a procedure for rooting that can eliminate that step or is there an alternate way to get in to recovery mode? Any assistance will be appreciated.
I found that the volume up button is the one closest to the power button and not the actual volume button if that solves your problem
Verizon 4g LTE Tab root
Hi there,
I just bought a samsung Galaxy 10.1 4G LTE tablet.
Model #SCH-I905 Running adroid version 3.1
And I cannot get to Step #5
My volume and power buttons are on the left side of the tablet.
I copied the the file Samsung_Galaxy_Tab_10.1_root zip file
onto the main root directory, but when I power down the tablet
and select the android box icon on the left - my screen goes blank
and cannot get to the next step witch is to apply the update from SD card and to choose the zip file.
Can someone please help me, it is driving me crazy! I have tried over and over too many times with no success.
My compter is running wondows 7 64bit
Thanks!
Did you rooted the tab because,mine runs just fine i rooted then i flashed the CMW recovery after
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Is this still working for anyone else? It was working fine for about a week but now I'm getting "connection failed" when starting Netflix. Poo it was nice while it lasted.
Sent from my Samsung Galaxy Tab 10.1 using Tapatalk
Edit: nevermind it must have been something on their end its working now.
i have another issue where i can get into recovery but when i go to apply the update i get the error e:unknown volume for path sd card and nothing is displayed in the file list even though i have the file on the root of it. Any help would be appreciated.
Link to exploit.zip is broken
The link to exploit.zip from the other post is broken. Anyone know of another link?
Same problem
lagqboy said:
Hi there,
I just bought a samsung Galaxy 10.1 4G LTE tablet.
Model #SCH-I905 Running adroid version 3.1
And I cannot get to Step #5
My volume and power buttons are on the left side of the tablet.
I copied the the file Samsung_Galaxy_Tab_10.1_root zip file
onto the main root directory, but when I power down the tablet
and select the android box icon on the left - my screen goes blank
and cannot get to the next step witch is to apply the update from SD card and to choose the zip file.
Can someone please help me, it is driving me crazy! I have tried over and over too many times with no success.
My compter is running wondows 7 64bit
Same problem here.
I can boot to Download mode and use Odin3 but can't boot to recovery mode... I get a blank screen with slight edge glow. So the older way to root won't work either, since you can't get to Recovery mode to finish the job.
Any suggestions? Would a Factory data reset work.
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The link from step 1 is broken. Can you please upload a new copy?
dfxdeimos said:
The link from step 1 is broken. Can you please upload a new copy?
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The link to the exploit file is now working in the linked post. Thanks.
I am unable to get into recovery on my 10 G2.
Tried the following ways:
1. vol down + power, and then holding vol button: No use. Its just booting up normally
2. vol up + power: No use. Its not even powering up.
I am trying to get into recovery to install SDE. Can anyone here please help me.
Mine is a 8 GB model with no micro SD card inserted.
To install the sde you don't need to go into the recovery.
Download the aos file, put it on the internal memory and the android will do the rest.
And the correct order is power on, and then Volume+
fzelle said:
To install the sde you don't need to go into the recovery.
Download the aos file, put it on the internal memory and the android will do the rest.
And the correct order is power on, and then Volume+
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Thank you fzelle. When I read on archos site, it said something like I got to flash it from recovery only. But thanks for clearing me up. I'll try this method.
diablo009 said:
Thank you fzelle. When I read on archos site, it said something like I got to flash it from recovery only. But thanks for clearing me up. I'll try this method.
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For some reason, it is just booting up :-(
Did you get the message that a new firmware is there and if you want to install it from android?
After that is done SDE is installed and after that it will boot into Archos Android.
You have to reboot and hold vol+ and then you can select to boot the Developer edition.
Thank you so much for your patience. Let me put down in exact steps:
1. Downloaded the aos file
2. Connected 10 G2 to computer
3. Mounted it
4. Copied the .aos file to the base folder in the disk drive that's visible in "my computer"
5. Unmounted
Nothing picked up at this point.
6. Powered off
7. Powered on
Still no use! It is still not picking up SDE.
Edit:
For some reason, my tablet does not seem to pick up any AOS files . It is picking up IMG files though.
Do I need to put in a SD card? I have loaded the aos file into the root of internal card.
Internal is the right place.
Did you see to it that you could see the extension of the file?
Is it renamed by your browser?
fzelle said:
Internal is the right place.
Did you see to it that you could see the extension of the file?
Is it renamed by your browser?
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I downloaded it on my computer, and copied to the root of my G2 (no external card inserted). The extension is "aos".
I know it has recovery mode since it flashed a rooted rom in arctools, and see it is going to recovery. But I am not able to force it to recovery mode manually.
G2?
There is either a gen8 or gen9, not g2
It says Arnova 10 G2. On the back, its written as 101c (10 in big letters, 1c in slightly smaller size letters).
Its clear now.
You do't have a gen8, so everything you read here is not fr you.
fzelle said:
Its clear now.
You do't have a gen8, so everything you read here is not fr you.
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Oh. I always thought 101c was gen 8. My bad.
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I am now making post that there really shouldn't be any need for, because all that's in here is already covered elsewhere. 100% Apparently not easy enough to find for newcomers, so I'm making an attempt to help info collection.
NOTHING here is my work! All I’ve done is trying to make easy to follow instructions to other people’s hard work. Those people deserve your thanks, not me!
I’m a newbie myself and that’s why I can say that this really is very easy! If I can do it without problems, so can you! I try not to chat away too much in the instructions. Make regular searches, here or Google for more info. I found it, so surely you can too! Any questions? Well, being a noob myself I probably can't answer. Google is a very good friend of mine though...
Please do not ask questions through pm. It's better if people that know more than I do get a chance to answer them in the thread instead!
You need to know how to burn an sd image. Separate instructions to that after the other instructions if you don’t.
Step 1: Establish what it is you want to do! Choose A, B or C
A: You do not want to touch the internals of your NT but want to try CM10 anyway
B: You want to stay in the BN environment but would like to be able to install apps from elsewhere (for example Google Play Store)
C: You want to get rid of BN and install CM10 instead.
A: Run CM10 from sd card – no root required
This should work on 8GB Tablet as well as 16GB
When you boot into the card you’re running Android ICS. Remove the card and you’ll boot to internal BN operating system. (Or keep the card in, boot to Cyanoboot Menu and choose “internal boot”)
Ready-made card image download links to be found here: http://iamafanof.wordpress.com/2012/11/18/cm10-0-jellybean-sdcard-img-for-nook-tablet/
It’s a large download (around 500 MB), but it is a ready-made sd card image. As it says in the instructions there, you’ll more than likely want to expand the user partition to take full advantage of the card, but that’s covered in his instructions.
There are other, more manual ways to make these cards as well. Also covered both in that blog and here at XDA! Go search!
B: Root the Tablet
This works on both 8GB and 16 GB Tablet.
“Rooting” is like unlocking your device, giving you access and control over it. You’re still running BN operating system though. Several excellent root guides here on XDA.
For example: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1488035
Or http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=21275927#post21275927
The first one (Brian’s) require a 2 GB card the other one (Albert’s) just needs a very small card. (I think 128 MB would do, but I don’t have any that small to try)
Both give good instructions in their topics.
Both install gApps.
If you want to block OTA updates from BN, go to Play Store and find NT Hidden Settings. Even if it got installed with the root it’s probably not latest version and doesn’t have the Block OTA function.
C: Installing CM10 internally
***8GB owners must make sure to use ROM that works with their device!***
Since I’m a noob I look for easy way, and this is very easy and needs very little know-how!
***Warning! CWM is a very powerful tool. Do not "wander around" and "experiment" with stuff without doing proper research! Seriously! DON'T!***
1. You need a bootable CWM card. Instead of making my own I use Albert's root image from B (above) because this image includes CWM 5.x.x. I use this to flash a higher version CWM internally. I erase the zip files from the card to make room for a flashable CWM 6.x.x
2. Find a flashable CWM 6.x.x I found mine through http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1640958
I use the one named "flash_cm9-10_cwm v6...." Download and copy to your sd card.
3. Boot into the sd-card and it should take you to CWM 5.x.x. environment.
I guess a backup of you current system would be a good thing (even though I admit to skipping that myself). To backup you'll probably need another card if you're using "The Albert Card" now, because I doubt it's enough room on that.
You navigate with the volume rocker, go back to previous menu with “power” and confirm choices with “n”
Choose “install zip from card” – “choose zip from card” – your CWM zip
See warning above!
4. Power off and prepare your sd card for ROM flashing. (If you’re working with just one card you will need to format it with SD Format or similar to get it back to full capacity.) Put your CM10 ROM zip and the appropriate gApps zip on the card.( It doesn’t matter if there’s other stuff on the card, so you don’t have to format it because of that!). I will not link to a specific ROM. Make your own choice but be sure it works for your model and also make sure you use the right gApps!
5. Reboot into Cyanoboot. This took me a couple of attempts to get right.
From powered down device, press power and right after that press and hold "n", You should boot into Cyanoboot and get the boot menu. Choose "Internal recovery" and you should get into new CWM
6. I don’t know how much clearing is needed, but I prefer to clear pretty much everything to make sure of a clean install. Cache and Dalvik I always clear.
***DO NOT format anything unless you knwo what you're doing! *** (See Satan's posts below)
7. Flash ROM and gApps same way as you flashed the CWM 6.x.x (install zip from card – choose zip from card) reboot and go!
How to burn an sd-image:
I use Win32Diskimager. Download link in Albert’s root topic (and numerous other places!!)
Unzip into a folder.
(I also copy my various img files to that folder to have them easily available)
No need to install, just run by doubleclicking the EXE in the folder.
Make sure the device letter really is your sd card.
Click on the blue folder and navigate to your img file, choose it and “write”.
It will take some time if it’s a large img, but that’s what the progress bar is there for, isn’t it?!
Nice work ,
But you should add 'do not format any partition ' warning. Android users coming from other devices might do this by default during flashing rom.
Almost every one with bricked tablets has tried formatting partitions.
Sent from my ST21a
Thanks Satan! I did not know that! Will do!
Good
Veronica had made sticky thread to reduce number of bricked tablets, but looks like some people missed it.
To be more specific,
Do not format rom, boot, bootdata, and factory.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1644862
satan89 said:
but looks like some people missed it.
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It looks like a lot of people miss a lot of things...
satan89 said:
Good
Veronica had made sticky thread to reduce number of bricked tablets, but looks like some people missed it.
To be more specific,
Do not format rom, boot, bootdata, and factory.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1644862
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+1000
Do not format especially the rom partition and, most critically, the factory partition which respectively contain a set of small files with device-specific unique data (not only Serial No. but also MAC address, public/private key certificates, etc.) and the backup archive copy of the same data files (/factory/romdata.zip).
Unfortunately, I've seen some "unbricking" tools (including some that are very frequently cited/recommended on these NT forums) reformat/zero-out and flash over these 2 partitions. The end result being, even in the event the "bricked" NT gets "restored to stock", depending on the specific tool used it could be carrying device-specific data of someone else's (e.g., tool developer's) NT.
EXACTLY!
satan89 said:
Good
Veronica had made sticky thread to reduce number of bricked tablets, but looks like some people missed it.
To be more specific,
Do not format rom, boot, bootdata, and factory.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1644862
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I think this is exactly what happened to my NT. Took me weeks of researching (I don't have a lot of free time) to figure out how to restore my 16GB NT.
Help
Im trying to single boot CM10 from sd card without touching nook os. I am using guide (CM10.0 Jellybean SDCard IMG for Nook Tablet (12/31) FINAL)
I have tried for hours using different methods also and cant even get it to boot to CM, no CM logo at all. I have a BNTV250 NT on 1.4.3. I have tried multiple sd cards, I am using a Sandisk 8gb class 6.
In a nutshell all I should have to do is
-Format the card with SD formatter,
-Extract the (Extract cm10_xxxxxx_sd_hd.img from cm10_xxxxxx_sd_hd.7z/rar)
-Use Winimage to write the image to the SD card, correct??
The Nook still refuses to boot into Cyanogen, just boots up normal every time!
same with every procedure i have tried,
Any pointers????
Have you tried putting the sd-catd in the powered down Tablet and then insert the charger cable, connected to the charger?
Many Tablets have difficulties booting into sd other ways,
asawi said:
Have you tried putting the sd-catd in the powered down Tablet and then insert the charger cable, connected to the charger?
Many Tablets have difficulties booting into sd other ways,
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No, I have not, will try now.........ty
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HOLY ****!!!! I LOVE YYOU!!:laugh::laugh::laugh::laugh::highfive::victory:
That worked, I cant believe it. Why is this not written anywhere??
LOL! :laugh: Glad you got it working!! :good:
Any clue of how to get rid of booting that way? I'm not always with a USB cable witj me.
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I've never had to do it that way myself so I really don't know. You could try pressing the "n" buttons right after the power button and holding it for a few seconds.
Actually not being able to boot into SD card easily is the reason some install internally instead.
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asawi said:
I've never had to do it that way myself so I really don't know. You could try pressing the "n" buttons right after the power button and holding it for a few seconds.
Actually not being able to boot into SD card easily is the reason some install internally instead.
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Tried doping that with no luck. After 8 or 10 attempts magically boots todo cm. Thanks.
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Alright, just got cwm 6.x installed and now ready to install rom, just wanting to verify that I should still "wipe data/factory reset" and "wipe cache partition"? That is different from "formatting" correct? I don't wanna brick this thing without confirmation. Thanks for the awesome guide!
edit: Ignore the wipe question, found it, thank again for the guide, I will let you know how the install goes!
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Alright, just got cwm 6.x installed and now ready to install rom, just wanting to verify that I should still "wipe data/factory reset" and "wipe cache partition"? That is different from "formatting" correct? I don't wanna brick this thing without confirmation. Thanks for the awesome guide!
edit: Ignore the wipe question, found it, thank again for the guide, I will let you know how the install goes!
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Thank you very much for putting this together, it was very helpful!
Sorry for the noobish question, I've looked for an answer but I haven't been able to find one thus far.
To the best of my knowledge, I have successfully unlocked the the booter and flashed a custom recovery. I also believe I have superuser installed (this was accomplished through TWRP).
The problem I run into is with flashing a custom rom. The first step always includes places the zip of the rom onto the sd card (or virtual sd card as I believe it is in this case) of my HTC One. I don't know how to accomplish this. I cannot browse the internal memory of the HTC One through my computer- whether it is in boot mode, recovery mode, or just booted regularly with USB debugging on or off. How do I get the actual zip ONTO the device?
The main thing I want to accomplish is to remove blinkfeed and change the theme of my device to be more minimalistic. I'm sure I can find a rom out there that does this, I'm just running into problems with this particular step. Should I be able to browse the memory of my device via the PC, or is there a different method of getting the zip onto my device entirely?
Thank you for the help
Either download it on to the phone directly or move it on to your phone from your pc via usb
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Sorry for the noobish question, I've looked for an answer but I haven't been able to find one thus far.
To the best of my knowledge, I have successfully unlocked the the booter and flashed a custom recovery. I also believe I have superuser installed (this was accomplished through TWRP).
The problem I run into is with flashing a custom rom. The first step always includes places the zip of the rom onto the sd card (or virtual sd card as I believe it is in this case) of my HTC One. I don't know how to accomplish this. I cannot browse the internal memory of the HTC One through my computer- whether it is in boot mode, recovery mode, or just booted regularly with USB debugging on or off. How do I get the actual zip ONTO the device?
The main thing I want to accomplish is to remove blinkfeed and change the theme of my device to be more minimalistic. I'm sure I can find a rom out there that does this, I'm just running into problems with this particular step. Should I be able to browse the memory of my device via the PC, or is there a different method of getting the zip onto my device entirely?
Thank you for the help
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you don't need to flash a rom to remove Blinkfeed. Download Nova launcher or Go EX launcher from Google play and that will solve your Blinkfeed issue.
do you have the proper drivers installed on your pc? Normally when I plug my phone in, HTC SYnc starts up and shortly after a small window pops up with my Ones internal storage.. I click on that and it takes me right to the root of my sdcard (internal storage).
Btonic said:
Sorry for the noobish question, I've looked for an answer but I haven't been able to find one thus far.
To the best of my knowledge, I have successfully unlocked the the booter and flashed a custom recovery. I also believe I have superuser installed (this was accomplished through TWRP).
The problem I run into is with flashing a custom rom. The first step always includes places the zip of the rom onto the sd card (or virtual sd card as I believe it is in this case) of my HTC One. I don't know how to accomplish this. I cannot browse the internal memory of the HTC One through my computer- whether it is in boot mode, recovery mode, or just booted regularly with USB debugging on or off. How do I get the actual zip ONTO the device?
The main thing I want to accomplish is to remove blinkfeed and change the theme of my device to be more minimalistic. I'm sure I can find a rom out there that does this, I'm just running into problems with this particular step. Should I be able to browse the memory of my device via the PC, or is there a different method of getting the zip onto my device entirely?
Thank you for the help
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Although I suggest using the cable you could also put the rom in googledrive, or any other cloud storage site. Then download to /sdcard/downloads folder using an app like EZ File Manager. Now the rom is on your phone. Just might take a little while depending on the size of the file.
Btonic said:
Sorry for the noobish question, I've looked for an answer but I haven't been able to find one thus far.
To the best of my knowledge, I have successfully unlocked the the booter and flashed a custom recovery. I also believe I have superuser installed (this was accomplished through TWRP).
The problem I run into is with flashing a custom rom. The first step always includes places the zip of the rom onto the sd card (or virtual sd card as I believe it is in this case) of my HTC One. I don't know how to accomplish this. I cannot browse the internal memory of the HTC One through my computer- whether it is in boot mode, recovery mode, or just booted regularly with USB debugging on or off. How do I get the actual zip ONTO the device?
The main thing I want to accomplish is to remove blinkfeed and change the theme of my device to be more minimalistic. I'm sure I can find a rom out there that does this, I'm just running into problems with this particular step. Should I be able to browse the memory of my device via the PC, or is there a different method of getting the zip onto my device entirely?
Thank you for the help
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You've done the hard parts unlocking the bootloader and rooting the device. Assuming you have custom recovery installed like TWRP or CWM, flashing new roms is easy in comparison.
You can download these rom zip files directly to your phone off a browser link or FTP or google drive and all those downloads should default to your downloads directory on your storage. You can store them basically anywhere but I created a folder in the main directory to store all my custom rom and kernel zip files and gave it a name I remember. Then when you flash the rom you have to enter custom recovery first, and from there find that directory, pick whatever zip you want to flash and do it. The exact step by step process is more detailed but thats what the online instructions and tutorials are for, i found youtube really helpful because you get to see exactly what they are doing step by step and then after that, its easier to following the vague sounding text-only instructions in the threads here, which can sound a little cryptic for noobies
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getting rom onto phone
Assuming you already downloaded the ROM zip onto your computer and are connected to your phone via USB cable
...go to the ROM zip on the computer,
R click on the ROM zip that should bring up a box with multiple options
somewhere in that box should be option to Send To and find HTC One,
click on it and you will be good to go,
it may also bring up an options box about "...this file contains media files, should media files be sent to media section of phone" choose No
Boot into recovery follow dev's reco for flashing ROM
Hope this helps