I just purchased the Sprint variant of the HTC One Max and decided to unlock the bootloader to root it. I followed the instructions up to the point where I have to have to run the fastboot command in CMD. The example shows the CMD changing its directory to \Android. When I try to do this, I'm given the error: "The system cannot find the path specified." I tried just doing fastboot command, but came back with "fastboot is not recognized..."
Any help with this would be greatly appreciated.
P.S. Android SDK, Java Runtime, and HTC Sync are all installed and updated.
Thanks in advance!
bb2si said:
I just purchased the Sprint variant of the HTC One Max and decided to unlock the bootloader to root it. I followed the instructions up to the point where I have to have to run the fastboot command in CMD. The example shows the CMD changing its directory to \Android. When I try to do this, I'm given the error: "The system cannot find the path specified." I tried just doing fastboot command, but came back with "fastboot is not recognized..."
Any help with this would be greatly appreciated.
P.S. Android SDK, Java Runtime, and HTC Sync are all installed and updated.
Thanks in advance!
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You need to run cmd prompt as admin and CD to wherever the platform tools folder is installed (part of the sdk)...
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dottat said:
You need to run cmd prompt as admin and CD to wherever the platform tools folder is installed (part of the sdk)...
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Thank you for the quick reply.
This worked, but when I attempt to run the command for the fastboot I get an error saying "The program can't start because AdbWinApi.dll is missing from your computer."
Was this something that was supposed to be installed from one of the Android SDK installs?
bb2si said:
Thank you for the quick reply.
This worked, but when I attempt to run the command for the fastboot I get an error saying "The program can't start because AdbWinApi.dll is missing from your computer."
Was this something that was supposed to be installed from one of the Android SDK installs?
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Sounds like part of it didn't install correctly. Rinse and repeat. Maybe something got hosed in your earlier attempts.
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dottat said:
Sounds like part of it didn't install correctly. Rinse and repeat. Maybe something got hosed in your earlier attempts.
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I happened to have found the file in a different folder. Should I just drag and drop it into the adt folder?
bb2si said:
I happened to have found the file in a different folder. Should I just drag and drop it into the adt folder?
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Which folder and what else was in it ?
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dottat said:
Which folder and what else was in it ?
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It was in the sdk\platform-tools folder.
Does the command line have to be directed to the folder containing the fastboot application file? Inside said platform-tools folder is the fastboot file as well as the ApbWinApi.dll file.
OH! I think I got it! I'll report back with final details...
Keep your fingers crossed!!!
bb2si said:
OH! I think I got it! I'll report back with final details...
Keep your fingers crossed!!!
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Lol....didn't I say platform tools the first time ? Good luck man...
Btw if you get it working you just learned one of the most important prerequisites for android modding.
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Lol....didn't I say platform tools the first time ? Good luck man...
Btw if you get it working you just learned one of the most important prerequisites for android modding.
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Yep! Unlocked the bootloader successfully! Now, I'm trying to Root and the instructions I'm following are good, but I'm stuck again - It says to run CMD and use the command "adb devices." It comes back with nothing found, yet, according to the instructions my phone's serial number should be listed. I placed the Superuser.zip file in the phone's storage (per requisite) and tried to run the command with the phone on normally and again in the bootloader.
No luck... Suggestions?
Edit: USB Debugging wasn't on... Trying again...
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Yep! Unlocked the bootloader successfully! Now, I'm trying to Root and the instructions I'm following are good, but I'm stuck again - It says to run CMD and use the command "adb devices." It comes back with nothing found, yet, according to the instructions my phone's serial number should be listed. I placed the Superuser.zip file in the phone's storage (per requisite) and tried to run the command with the phone on normally and again in the bootloader.
No luck... Suggestions?
Edit: USB Debugging wasn't on... Trying again...
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If you are unlocked you can simply download a custom recovery for your phone into your fastboot directory and boot your phone to boot loader (fastboot) mode. Flash your recovery using your appropriate fastboot command. Then boot to your new custom recovery and flash the su.zip you copied to the phone from recovery.
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If you are unlocked you can simply download a custom recovery for your phone into your fastboot directory and boot your phone to boot loader (fastboot) mode. Flash your recovery using your appropriate fastboot command. Then boot to your new custom recovery and flash the su.zip you copied to the phone from recovery.
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Everything went smoothly! I am now rooted and excited to get to work!
Thank you for your time and help!
bb2si said:
Everything went smoothly! I am now rooted and excited to get to work!
Thank you for your time and help!
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Good deal. You may want to investigate s-off'ing that thing too while you still can. Just make sure you download the right version for your phone and run as admin
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2525375
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Good deal. You may want to investigate s-off'ing that thing too while you still can. Just make sure you download the right version for your phone and run as admin
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2525375
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Would that solve my next problem? (I'm such a sputz)
I'm rooted, but I can't uninstall anything with Titanium Backup. The last time this happened on my S3 I was told to install SuperSU and install updated binaries. I did that, but when I reboot and go back into SuoerSU it acymts as if it never happened. Apps I uninstalled are still present, too.
Would S-offing solve this?
Edit: Also, I get an annoying pop-up when I start the phone up that says vDN client has failed. Even before I unlocked and rooted. Any way to stop this?
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bb2si said:
Would that solve my next problem? (I'm such a sputz)
I'm rooted, but I can't uninstall anything with Titanium Backup. The last time this happened on my S3 I was told to install SuperSU and install updated binaries. I did that, but when I reboot and go back into SuoerSU it acymts as if it never happened. Apps I uninstalled are still present, too.
Would S-offing solve this?
Edit: Also, I get an annoying pop-up when I start the phone up that says vDN client has failed. Even before I unlocked and rooted. Any way to stop this?
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You need to flash an insecure boot.img to disable system write protection. S-off would allow you to recover your phone using both signed and unsigned ruu. The advantage of that is when you hose your phone and there's not a current ruu for the version your phone is on - s-on user would be screwed because you cannot downgrade. Just one of many reasons.
The fc problem I'm not sure. If you aren't using that app you can disable it in the stock app manager. Same goes for stuff you might normally remove with tibu. Be warned too that future otas will likely fail if system apps are missing.
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bb2si said:
Would that solve my next problem? (I'm such a sputz)
I'm rooted, but I can't uninstall anything with Titanium Backup. The last time this happened on my S3 I was told to install SuperSU and install updated binaries. I did that, but when I reboot and go back into SuoerSU it acymts as if it never happened. Apps I uninstalled are still present, too.
Would S-offing solve this?
Edit: Also, I get an annoying pop-up when I start the phone up that says vDN client has failed. Even before I unlocked and rooted. Any way to stop this?
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i have noticed someelse posting about the vDN client failing.. it your providers bloatware if i remember correctly and i think @dottat has a good suggestion! disabled it
So I somehow lost root privileges... After S-offing, I was asked to update the SU binary through the Superuser app (not SuperSU) and I did so. When the install finished, I went into Titanium Backup and was told I'm not rooted.
Went back into Superuser and it didn't prompt for an update, but SuperSU did. Attempted and failed.
Went into recovery and tried to recover root - no luck.
HALP!
bb2si said:
So I somehow lost root privileges... After S-offing, I was asked to update the SU binary through the Superuser app (not SuperSU) and I did so. When the install finished, I went into Titanium Backup and was told I'm not rooted.
Went back into Superuser and it didn't prompt for an update, but SuperSU did. Attempted and failed.
Went into recovery and tried to recover root - no luck.
HALP!
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Easy...Download this and flash in recovery
http://download.chainfire.eu/382/SuperSU/UPDATE-SuperSU-v1.93.zip
Make sure you aren't running both supersu and superuser. I prefer supersu
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Huzzah! Thanks again! Hopefully I can actually freeze/remove system apps without them being brought back after a reboot. Also, in the picture provided, what is that icon in the notification bar just right of the GPS icon? And, is there any way to hide some of the icons?
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Don't use Superuser by ChainsDD anymore.. Personally I would love to continue to use it but he is basically no longer supporting his Superuser app and binary and hasn't updated it in a very long time. SuperSU by Chainfire is constantly being updated therefore made to work with all current versions of Android.. Quite frankly it's all the same basically anyways I just liked the skull and cross bone look lol... Chainfire is a monster as well and has a ton of root related apps and cool things going on. ChainsDD I guess passed the torch on to Chainfire???
bb2si said:
Huzzah! Thanks again! Hopefully I can actually freeze/remove system apps without them being brought back after a reboot. Also, in the picture provided, what is that icon in the notification bar just right of the GPS icon? And, is there any way to hide some of the icons?
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Also I have no idea what that icon is next to the GPS icon.. You must be on Sprint, I'm on Verizon and I don't think I've seen that icon before..
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So, my phone is stuck in a boot loop. I can restore factory setting but first i want to back up my data .. specifically my text messages and pictures. They are very important. Is there a way i can do that ?
the bad news is Im not rooted. now im trying to find ways to save data from my the phone before i do a factory reset. i hope i can sort it out.
Thanks,
runingwild said:
So, my phone is stuck in a boot loop. I can restore factory setting but first i want to back up my data .. specifically my text messages and pictures. They are very important. Is there a way i can do that ?
the bad news is Im not rooted. now im trying to find ways to save data from my the phone before i do a factory reset. i hope i can sort it out.
Thanks,
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Your pictures should be on your SD and unaffected, but without root I'd say goodbye to your messages.
XperienceD said:
Your pictures should be on your SD and unaffected, but without root I'd say goodbye to your messages.
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so is there no hope even by using ADB commands for example, or some other way? :crying:
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runingwild said:
so is there no hope even by using ADB commands for example, or some other way? :crying:
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I think, without root, you can't view /data, but you can try.
If you can, the sms should be located in this .xml: er /data/data/com.android.providers.telephony/databases/mmssms.db
Then backup it via adb, reflash your rom and replace the file with the backuped one.
If you can't access /data, maybe you can root/flash cwm to your phone too, if it's bootloped? (Phone specific, so I don't know.)
Good luck.
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cakebomb said:
I think, without root, you can't view /data, but you can try.
If you can, the sms should be located in this .xml: er /data/data/com.android.providers.telephony/databases/mmssms.db
Then backup it via adb, reflash your rom and replace the file with the backuped one.
If you can't access /data, maybe you can root/flash cwm to your phone too, if it's bootloped? (Phone specific, so I don't know.)
Good luck.
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thanks for the advice,
and how can i view the .xml file? (im not experienced with android..)
btw, its an Htc Desire S. yes its stuck in bootloop now
runingwild said:
thanks for the advice,
and how can i view the .xml file? (im not experienced with android..)
btw, its an Htc Desire S. yes its stuck in bootloop now
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Connect your phone to your computer, start adb shell and type in su and then cd data
If you can view the directory by typing in ls you should be able, to copy the .xml to your computer.
Sorry for the late reply.^^
cakebomb said:
Connect your phone to your computer, start adb shell and type in su and then cd data
If you can view the directory by typing in ls you should be able, to copy the .xml to your computer.
Sorry for the late reply.^^
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ok thanks. i downloaded SDK, then installed ADB package. But now i click on Adb icon and it wont open. what am i doing bad??
runingwild said:
ok thanks. i downloaded SDK, then installed ADB package. But now i click on Adb icon and it wont open. what am i doing bad??
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You have to open cmd.exe and navigate to the location, where the adb file is located.
Then type in ‘adb shell’.
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You have to open cmd.exe and navigate to the location, where the adb file is located.
Then type in ‘adb shell’.
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when i type in adb shell, it says Error: device not found, while the phone was in the boot menu.
Is it maybe because im missing drivers? I googled a bit and now i have the driver i need, its .exe file , what should i do with this file? if i double click on it, i get an error message.
thanks
runingwild said:
when i type in adb shell, it says Error: device not found, while the phone was in the boot menu.
Is it maybe because im missing drivers? I googled a bit and now i have the driver i need, its .exe file , what should i do with this file? if i double click on it, i get an error message.
thanks
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Yes, the drivers could be the problem or maybe (but I don't hope so) the phone isn't recognizable in this mode via adb.
If you're using Windows, go to the device manager and check, if there's a android thing with a exclamation, then refresh the driver of this, if it's possible. Simply via right click etc. (Of course, if the device is connected.)
And have you tried this here? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=15585507&postcount=2
btw: Your phone seems to don't boot up since a few days, do you don't need it? Another idea is, maybe you can backup all your files via fastboot/download mode or something else, but you'll have to post this question in the device specifically forum, because it's different on phones.
Okay, one more time good luck.
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cakebomb said:
Yes, the drivers could be the problem or maybe (but I don't hope so) the phone isn't recognizable in this mode via adb.
If you're using Windows, go to the device manager and check, if there's a android thing with a exclamation, then refresh the driver of this, if it's possible. Simply via right click etc. (Of course, if the device is connected.)
And have you tried this here? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=15585507&postcount=2
btw: Your phone seems to don't boot up since a few days, do you don't need it? Another idea is, maybe you can backup all your files via fastboot/download mode or something else, but you'll have to post this question in the device specifically forum, because it's different on phones.
Okay, one more time good luck.
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yes, in the device manager there is an android thing with a yellow exclamation. i clicked on refresh the driver and i get the window asking me where i want to get the driver from. since i have the driver in an Sd card, i´ll try that tomorrow.
well, i do need the phone, but now im using my old one. until i can finally fix this issue.
What did you mean with the Fastboot mode? when im in the boot menu, i can select Fastboot, but it wont help much, because it will just start the booting again (bootloop). but i dont know if this is what you meant with fastboot.
thanks
runingwild said:
yes, in the device manager there is an android thing with a yellow exclamation. i clicked on refresh the driver and i get the window asking me where i want to get the driver from. since i have the driver in an Sd card, i´ll try that tomorrow.
well, i do need the phone, but now im using my old one. until i can finally fix this issue.
What did you mean with the Fastboot mode? when im in the boot menu, i can select Fastboot, but it wont help much, because it will just start the booting again (bootloop). but i dont know if this is what you meant with fastboot.
thanks
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Okay, but you can also let Windows automaticly search the internet for the drivers.
About fastboot, I don't know if you can backup files with this. (Normally you can use this to flash boot.img etc.) And I don't know, how it works on your device, so ask in your device forum.
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adb is not recognizing the device, so im giving up on recoverying the phone data. I tried a factory reset to fix the bootloop but it aint working either. So now i can only think of sending it to the Htc technical center, the phone is under warranty.
runingwild said:
adb is not recognizing the device, so im giving up on recoverying the phone data. I tried a factory reset to fix the bootloop but it aint working either. So now i can only think of sending it to the Htc technical center, the phone is under warranty.
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Okay.
Are you talking about flashing stock rom, when you said factory reset?
If not, maybe this helps. (There's a link to flash stock rom in this thread.)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1186401
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Okay, just wanted to put this info here for easy reference. Feel free to correct anything I may have wrong.
*Based on my experiences performing the operation on windows 7 x64.
1. Install the LG USB driver for windows found under the software tab from their site here
2. Download and extract the English version of the root optimus g created by fiddy619 from here
3. Set USB debugging on and attach your phone to usb, then put it in MTP/Media Sync mode. Next, open a command prompt and navigate to the "stuff" sub-directory of the extracted file. Run the command "adb devices" to make sure your phone has been detected. Go back to the main directory and run the RootOptimusG.bat file.
4. When prompted on your phone choose restore data. Leave your phone plugged into USB until the program tells you it is finished! Sit back and let the magic happen. Your phone will reboot. Mine acted weird for a few seconds after it rebooted, the buttons at the bottom were going on and off and the screen was flickering. Just be patient and give it a couple minutes if needed.
5. When prompted that all is complete you can disconnect your phone from your computer and open the Play store to get the update for SuperSU
Now you are ready to unlock!
should be a sticky.
Thanks!
I followed the thread to root no fiddy619 instructions. I did use MTP.
But instead of Command prompt, I just double clicked the BAT file. and it run without problems, I think.
I have the SuperSU icon on my phone.
How can i make sure it was rooted?
p.s
The unlock also ran without problems.
karelson said:
I followed the thread to root no fiddy619 instructions. I did use MTP.
But instead of Command prompt, I just double clicked the BAT file. and it run without problems, I think.
I have the SuperSU icon on my phone.
How can i make sure it was rooted?
p.s
The unlock also ran without problems.
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well if you have the supersu then it should be rooted. also if you now have it unlocked then it is rooted because i dont think you can unlock unless you root. also please search around the forums about what apps to not remove after root. a lot of people have noted issues after removing google apps.
showstopper03 said:
well if you have the supersu then it should be rooted. also if you now have it unlocked then it is rooted because i dont think you can unlock unless you root. also please search around the forums about what apps to not remove after root. a lot of people have noted issues after removing google apps.
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Great Thank You.
karelson said:
Great Thank You.
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actually it looks like V.05 you can uninstall any app without fear of security warnings. Please read all of this link for more info on it.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2001655
Correct, you can just double click the bat file...my steps vary because I included a check to make sure adb is recognizing your device properly.
karelson said:
I followed the thread to root no fiddy619 instructions. I did use MTP.
But instead of Command prompt, I just double clicked the BAT file. and it run without problems, I think.
I have the SuperSU icon on my phone.
How can i make sure it was rooted?
p.s
The unlock also ran without problems.
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Bumping this back to the top until stickied.
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IrateCustomer said:
Bumping this back to the top until stickied.
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Mine is stuck at "Select Restore Data" from my Phone step ... not sure whats going on.
kirdroid said:
Mine is stuck at "Select Restore Data" from my Phone step ... not sure whats going on.
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I tried unrooting and re-rooting just to test our guides here and I am stuck at this step too. Obviously I can simply flash su in CWM but I wonder why this is happening.
carrett said:
I tried unrooting and re-rooting just to test our guides here and I am stuck at this step too. Obviously I can simply flash su in CWM but I wonder why this is happening.
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Go to general-developer options- set desktop backup password. Set the password and then use that when you run the script and restore from desktop backup screen shows up.
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kirdroid said:
Go to general-developer options- set desktop backup password. Set the password and then use that when you run the script and restore from desktop backup screen shows up.
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If that worked for you, I'm happy for you. I am at this time unable to find a way to unroot and then re-root aside from restoring a backup in CWM or flashing a superuser zip in CWM. This could be because of a "bug" in our rooting script, in SuperSU's un-rooting function, or just an incompatibility between the two. Either way, I think this rooting mechanism works for more virgin LGOGs than not.
worked for me, easy peasy.
When i run the script it gives an error saying that i'm missing backup-restore.apk and /system/bin/ric does not exist. Any ideas as to why this is?
nice. thank you.
aznracer62 said:
When i run the script it gives an error saying that i'm missing backup-restore.apk and /system/bin/ric does not exist. Any ideas as to why this is?
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That is probably because your phone is not rooted yet. I got that too as I was rooting it. Worked great.
I'm trying to root. USB debugging is on, connected as MTP. Run ADB, run adb-devices, returns an empty screen.
Try to run the script, it tells me "please check setting again"
HALP.
bebop_ said:
I'm trying to root. USB debugging is on, connected as MTP. Run ADB, run adb-devices, returns an empty screen.
Try to run the script, it tells me "please check setting again"
HALP.
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Also need to allow "unknown sources" in security settings.
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Also need to allow "unknown sources" in security settings.
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I had that checked as well.
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I had that checked as well.
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Do you have lg usb drivers installed?
So, i was in recovery to restore to a previous backup. I was wiping my system to prevent errors but unfortunately i wiped EVERYTHING, including the backup and the OS. So, i kept it in recovery till i got home hoping to just mount my storage and transfer a ROM over and ten install..sounds easy enough. However, i plug my phone in and click mount storage and it doesn't mount with twrp, or even clock work mod.
Soo....i have no OS, can't mount my storage..and i'm stuck.
Can i flash a ROM through command line? If so, how? And why isin't my Droid DNA mounting?
Wttttfff help asap please!
Aaannd...now i'm stuck in the boot screen and it won't turn off.
Just use either adb push or adb sideload
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Nice! forgot about those commands, however it's telling me that adb is not a recognized command. I've forgotten how to fix that? Can you help with that?
Adb sideload starts up and says daemon not running, then start's it succesfully. then says device not found. I'm pretty sure i don't have the right drivers for my DNA, can you point me in the right direction for that?
I really need help, i don't think i can even turn on usb debugging because i have no OS to boot into.
FIXED. I got this
soundofcarnage said:
FIXED. I got this
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What steps did you take?
I looked a little more into ad sideload. I sideloaded a zip of the Rom I wanted and then chose to flash through sideload.
You pretty much:
Download your rom and put it into your fasboot directory oin your.
Boot into recovery and choose "install" then "install zip from sideload"
It should say to now type into command promt "adb sideload romfilrname"
It then loads it, and you just hit flash after it loads.
soundofcarnage said:
I looked a little more into ad sideload. I sideloaded a zip of the Rom I wanted and then chose to flash through sideload.
You pretty much:
Download your rom and put it into your fasboot directory oin your.
Boot into recovery and choose "install" then "install zip from sideload"
It should say to now type into command promt "adb sideload romfilrname"
It then loads it, and you just hit flash after it loads.
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with no o/s and im pretty much on the same boat, how did you get adb to read your device? when i type in adb devices it gives me a blank list of devices
It worked for without ever actually listing my device.
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It worked for without ever actually listing my device.
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Oh okay, this is basically my last step. Im stuck on cannot read sideload. is it because of the romfilename? or am i missing something.
IceAzures said:
Oh okay, this is basically my last step. Im stuck on cannot read sideload. is it because of the romfilename? or am i missing something.
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Are you adding .zip after filename?
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rsims26 said:
Are you adding .zip after filename?
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no ill try that
IceAzures said:
no ill try that
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That's kinda necessary.
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Sorry if i am making things complicated. I havent done adb since January to unlock bootloader and install custom recovery
IceAzures said:
Sorry if i am making things complicated. I havent done adb since January to unlock bootloader and install custom recovery
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you have old adb
just adb push it and then flash in recovery
adb push some_damn_rom.zip /sdcard/
beaups said:
you have old adb
just adb push it and then flash in recovery
adb push some_damn_rom.zip /sdcard/
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The longer this happens the more i feel like an idiot. I can't push anything either. Where in sdk is a new adb and how much more will it help?
IceAzures said:
The longer this happens the more i feel like an idiot. I can't push anything either. Where in sdk is a new adb and how much more will it help?
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hmm thought I replied.
cwr has issues with adb
download twrp recovery and flash it - http://techerrata.com/browse/twrp2/dlx
beaups said:
hmm thought I replied.
cwr has issues with adb
download twrp recovery and flash it - http://techerrata.com/browse/twrp2/dlx
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You did, there's 2 different threads he's posting in.
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So I rooted my phone with a locked bootloader using this method http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2173465 and went ahead and installed CWM recovery, and then tried to flash this rom http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2428306
After my phone rebooted, I keep on getting this LG Security Error and cannot boot into the phone. I've tried to use the fastboot method to try and flash a new kdz, however I keep on getting stuck at the waiting for device part.. would appreciate it if anyone could help me to just restore my phone to factory settings?
cosmictrips said:
So I rooted my phone with a locked bootloader using this method http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2173465 and went ahead and installed CWM recovery, and then tried to flash this rom http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2428306
After my phone rebooted, I keep on getting this LG Security Error and cannot boot into the phone. I've tried to use the fastboot method to try and flash a new kdz, however I keep on getting stuck at the waiting for device part.. would appreciate it if anyone could help me to just restore my phone to factory settings?
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Sounds like you made a serious error and didn't do any research before proceeding. Did you install the LG drivers prior to doing anything with the phone? If not, you have just bricked your device. L9RecoveryInstaller.apk is the ONLY way at the moment to successfully install CWM on the P769 if the bootloader is locked. I don't have all the answers myself as I'm fairly new to this device, P769, myself. There may be someone here with a little more insight as to how to fix your issue, but if you didn't install LGs drivers beforehand, I'd say your device is bricked. Sorry.
You'll need to use fastboot to flash ICS u and x. Then go into upgrade mode by holding volume up and plugging the phone to the computer. Upgrade mode should pop up and you're ready to flash any kdz using the offline flash method.
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Or simply unbrick using the lgupdate tool. Why not go the easy way?
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cosmictrips said:
So I rooted my phone with a locked bootloader using this method http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2173465 and went ahead and installed CWM recovery, and then tried to flash this rom http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2428306
After my phone rebooted, I keep on getting this LG Security Error and cannot boot into the phone. I've tried to use the fastboot method to try and flash a new kdz, however I keep on getting stuck at the waiting for device part.. would appreciate it if anyone could help me to just restore my phone to factory settings?
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security error should appear when some system mod was been wrong (sorry bad english)
you should re-flash the firmware with kdz(this time flash a firmware with cwm and root included)
AXD96 said:
security error should appear when some system mod was been wrong (sorry bad english)
you should re-flash the firmware with kdz(this time flash a firmware with cwm and root included)
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L9 P769 is a much different creature than the other P76X variants. CWM CANNOT be installed on the recovery partition unless the bootloader is unlocked. There are very few people here who have managed to unlock the bootloader on this device ( P769 ). Any attempt to modify the bootloader, boot partition, or recovery ends in "LG Security Error". As per my previous post, the only way to get CWM on this device with a locked bootloader is with the L9RecoveryInstaller.apk.
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L9 P769 is a much different creature than the other P76X variants.
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Creature is right! What a nightmare this thing is!
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N00BY0815 said:
Or simply unbrick using the lgupdate tool. Why not go the easy way?
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This will not work until u use fastboot to flash ICS xand u. It will not reconize the phone until this is done.
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Where is L9RecoveryInstaller.apk?
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Where is L9RecoveryInstaller.apk?
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This post
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This post
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Thanks although CWM installed fine with this apk, however on boot up (with vol - pressed) it doesnt go into recovery mode
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Thanks although CWM installed fine with this apk, however on boot up (with vol - pressed) it doesnt go into recovery mode
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Do you have busybox installed and or do you have multiple copies of busybox installed?
If you don't have busybox, install it from the Play Store. Make sure it installs to /system/xbin.
If you have multiple copies, which I did when I had this error, use the busybox installer to uninstall all copies of busybox and then use the installer to reinstall busybox to /system/xbin.
You may need to run L9RecoveryInstaller again. It will say there is a recovery installed just reinstall anyway.
Reboot and try again.
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Do you have busybox installed and or do you have multiple copies of busybox installed?
If you don't have busybox, install it from the Play Store. Make sure it installs to /system/xbin.
If you have multiple copies, which I did when I had this error, use the busybox installer to uninstall all copies of busybox and then use the installer to reinstall busybox to /system/xbin.
You may need to run L9RecoveryInstaller again. It will say there is a recovery installed just reinstall anyway.
Reboot and try again.
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Yes that worked!! Thanks! Looks like we can't get CM11 onto this phone yet...currently on 20h...can the bootloader be unlocked at all...?How to get rid of all tmobile bloatware?
seshsud said:
Yes that worked!! Thanks! Looks like we can't get CM11 onto this phone yet...currently on 20h...can the bootloader be unlocked at all...?How to get rid of all tmobile bloatware?
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Cm11 is available, yes some people can unlock the bootloader. Theres a few threads about removing tmobile bloatware, along with solutions to the other questions I answered. Simply search your question and you'll find a solution. THEN if you can't find the solution by searching make a thread to ask about it. Goodluck if you try unlocking the bootloader, its quite a journey!! If you can't unlock it or the process scares you out of trying search Kuma ROM. Goodluck!
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This will not work until u use fastboot to flash ICS xand u. It will not reconize the phone until this is done.
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Hi, I'm in a similar boat as the OP, successfully rooted the device but didn't realise I needed an unlocked bootloader to flash a recovery. Now I get Security Error.
Now, I keep seeing "ICS x and u" on this forum, and have no idea what it is. Yet people keep saying it like it's obvious.
Is this it? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=44144663
If so, obviously I can't follow the steps because my phone won't boot up past the splash screen. And said phone isn't recognized by ADB at the moment, because I can only figure out how to boot it into S/W update mode.
Currently I can't even use the L9RecoveryInstaller.apk, because, again, can't boot up. Help?
Alucai Vivorvel said:
Hi, I'm in a similar boat as the OP, successfully rooted the device but didn't realise I needed an unlocked bootloader to flash a recovery. Now I get Security Error.
Now, I keep seeing "ICS x and u" on this forum, and have no idea what it is. Yet people keep saying it like it's obvious.
Is this it? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=44144663
If so, obviously I can't follow the steps because my phone won't boot up past the splash screen. And said phone isn't recognized by ADB at the moment, because I can only figure out how to boot it into S/W update mode.
Currently I can't even use the L9RecoveryInstaller.apk, because, again, can't boot up. Help?
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You'll need to use fastboot to flash the x and u images. They are included with the tools. Search the General section.
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N00BY0815 said:
Or simply unbrick using the lgupdate tool. Why not go the easy way?
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C this doesn't work. It gets stuck at 4 percent during the sw upgrade process.:crying:
Hello guys I have a serious problem
First of all my smartphone:
HTC One M7
I'm not that good at rooting an stuff so I try out alot of things. So I rooted my phone and put cyanogenmod on it with the special software from the main-site (thats the software for dummies where it does everything by itself)
so then it was rooted and unlocked and had cyanogenmod on it. The main reason for me to do this was to be able to delete those annoying preinstalled apps like the google app itself (seriously if I wanna google something I aniway open the browser...) aniway I also deleted a few other apps and it worked just fine for like a half year.
Then I decided to check if I could delete something else and decided to delete (I'm not a 100% sure if it was this but I'm pretty sure) a part of the google settings app with a root app deleting app.
afterwards everything was still working fine except that I cant open Play store, when I do try to open it it pops up and imediately closes again without a error message or anithying (its also still opened in the "taskmanager" but if i try to open it from there the same thing happens) also I cant create any more google accounts or can install any kind of app nothing of that seems working. So afterwards I decided to try many things out to get the probelm away myself, first attempt was to newly install the cyanogenmod, with didn't work because I couldn't install the neccessery app on the phone.
then I tried flashing new roms by downloading various snapshots and nightly versions of CM (I coudln't find a stable version of CM for my HTC One M7) onto my phone an flashing them using recovery.
this actually worked and In the end I had those versions on my phone but the problem with the playstore and installing apps was still there. also in the setup of CM it asks to create a google account and when i press the button I get habtic feedback that I pressed it but nothing at all happens and if i then try to create a new google account in the settings it also just doesn't open anithyng.
I think the only way would be to flash a rom from the PC by using something like Odin but I havent found any way to make it work so I'm asking you if any of you has an idea what to do...
o and another piece of information wich might be useful: the google settings app is still there but with alot less options.
thanks already for every answer I get
Sounds like you uninstalled something from the gapps package. Try reaching gapps and see if that fixes it.
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Sounds like you uninstalled something from the gapps package. Try reaching gapps and see if that fixes it.
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Thanks for your answer.
The question for me is how to install those Gapps I found some on the internet downloaded them and installed them from the recovery it aqctualli did something but the problem was still there.
was it the wrong way to install it over the recovery or is it something else?
Kyotai said:
Thanks for your answer.
The question for me is how to install those Gapps I found some on the internet downloaded them and installed them from the recovery it aqctualli did something but the problem was still there.
was it the wrong way to install it over the recovery or is it something else?
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Be sure to download the ones suggested by CM for your Android version. Wipe /system, reinstall rom then flash gapps.
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Be sure to download the ones suggested by CM for your Android version. Wipe /system, reinstall rom then flash gapps.
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Thanks alot for the idea, I tried it out but sadly it didn't work, or better said it says it succesfully installed the Gapps but I dont have them...
Kyotai said:
Thanks alot for the idea, I tried it out but sadly it didn't work, or better said it says it succesfully installed the Gapps but I dont have them...
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It might be something corrupt on your data partition then. Wipe data and start the rom fresh.
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It might be something corrupt on your data partition then. Wipe data and start the rom fresh.
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Well... after wiping all data in the recovery I wanted to start up the phone again to put the roms on it again but now it gets stuck in the HTC startupscreen (the one where you see a fullbright white screen with the green HTC logo)...
Kyotai said:
Well... after wiping all data in the recovery I wanted to start up the phone again to put the roms on it again but now it gets stuck in the HTC startupscreen (the one where you see a fullbright white screen with the green HTC logo)...
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Why would you boot to install the rom? You would flash in recovery.
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Why would you boot to install the rom? You would flash in recovery.
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of course I would but I cant put the rom onto the phone via usb as long as it isn't started up (or is there a way to do this?)
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of course I would but I cant put the rom onto the phone via usb as long as it isn't started up (or is there a way to do this?)
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You could adb push the files while in recovery.
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You could adb push the files while in recovery.
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I know I know its my fault but isn't there an easier way to do this by just flashing FROM the pc with something like Odin or is this just not possible with my smartphone?
because it doesnt matter which rom I have on it later.
The reason I ask for this is, is because I never got an answer if its even possible because even setting up a connecting over adb seems like a lot of work after googling it
Kyotai said:
I know I know its my fault but isn't there an easier way to do this by just flashing FROM the pc with something like Odin or is this just not possible with my smartphone?
because it doesnt matter which rom I have on it later.
The reason I ask for this is, is because I never got an answer if its even possible because even setting up a connecting over adb seems like a lot of work after googling it
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No system like Odin. You could run an ruu zip via fastboot and it would flash the stock image.
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No system like Odin. You could run an ruu zip via fastboot and it would flash the stock image.
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This sounds exactly like a good solution I googled around alot and found out many ways but sadly till now I havent figured out a way to make it work right now I tried out this two ways:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2251800
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=40712553#post40712553
I always succesfully got the phone into the RUU mode (where there is a silver HTC logo ond black ground) and then I tried flashing the stock RUU Rom but it somehow did not work I think its because my phone isnt the sprint one as suggested the problem is I have no Idea what kind of phone I have there are so freakin many when searching for the right rom I only know that I have a normal phone from Switzerland (in europa) without T-mobile sprint ATAT or whatever those things are called but there are like hundrets of versions there...
but like I said I'm going to try it out right now with another version which might be the right one gona write the feedback right after doing so.
Kyotai said:
This sounds exactly like a good solution I googled around alot and found out many ways but sadly till now I havent figured out a way to make it work right now I tried out this two ways:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2251800
and
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=40712553#post40712553
I always succesfully got the phone into the RUU mode (where there is a silver HTC logo ond black ground) and then I tried flashing the stock RUU Rom but it somehow did not work I think its because my phone isnt the sprint one as suggested the problem is I have no Idea what kind of phone I have there are so freakin many when searching for the right rom I only know that I have a normal phone from Switzerland (in europa) without T-mobile sprint ATAT or whatever those things are called but there are like hundrets of versions there...
but like I said I'm going to try it out right now with another version which might be the right one gona write the feedback right after doing so.
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http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=60723956
That is the ruu for vzw. Use the zip to flash in ruu mode. Warning this will wipe your phone clean.
To know your phone model just type the below command and remove your info and serial from the string that prints in cmd and paste the info here. I can let you know the model through that command.
Fastboot getvar all.
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Uzephi said:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=60723956
That is the ruu for vzw. Use the zip to flash in ruu mode. Warning this will wipe your phone clean.
To know your phone model just type the below command and remove your info and serial from the string that prints in cmd and paste the info here. I can let you know the model through that command.
Fastboot getvar all.
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I tried out the getvar all command and it spit out this stuff:
http://snag.gy/weN0Z.jpg
then I went over here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2428276
And downloaded the first one with 6.09.401.11
But just as with the other ones it always got out the error message:
FAILED (remote: 12 signature verify fail)
Kyotai said:
I tried out the getvar all command and it spit out this stuff:
http://snag.gy/weN0Z.jpg
then I went over here:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2428276
And downloaded the first one with 6.09.401.11
But just as with the other ones it always got out the error message:
FAILED (remote: 12 signature verify fail)
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You are s-on. Download a signed ruu for the cid HTC__102
Edit: try https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B17smFr95pleSFhvZHd2a0RkTFE/view?pli=1
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Any luck?
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Going to try it out right away
Kyotai said:
Going to try it out right away
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Like written before I was sticking to this plan here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2251800
And this is the whole outcome:
http://snag.gy/86bjp.jpg
the sending sparse zip and stuff never showed up before but it still gave out error messages and I dont know why...
Unfortunately if an ruu won't work, the next thing you can do it adb. It isn't that scary or difficult. Below is a very detailed guide that simplifies it. It helps you install ADB to your PC and gives the basic commands you can do. The one you want is: adb push filename /directoryonandroid while in recovery and it will send your rom zip to your phone then it is just a simple install.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=879701
EG: in this example the rom I want to install is in the directory c:/adb
Code:
CD C:/adb/
Adb devices
(Verbose showing the computer recognizes your phone)
Adb shell
su
Adb push rom.zip /sdcard/
(Verbose of the command working or failing)
Then you go to the root of your sdcard and install the rom like normal in recovery. Be sure you are in recovery when doing adb commands. The reason I did adb shell and su command is because I was sending a file to the root of SD and sometimes that would need root. You could try pushing the file without root.
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