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Hi all, I have recently (yesterday) managed to install ANdroid on my HD2 and must say I am really pleased with it!. Just 2 things that I'm stuck with.
1, I followed this guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=893948 to be able to get android on and used the nand android rom as described. I then started adding loads of apps and quickly ran out of space. Can I use apps2sd with this rom and is so how do I go about it?. Do I have to reflash the rom again, or is there another way?.
If I have to reflash the rom then I would like to find a rom that is as close to stock sense but has the working flip clock. Anyone have any to recommend???.
Either I'm getting thick in my old age or it was alot easier to Root and Rom my Wildfire that I had previously.....
Any help/advice would be much appreciated.
Thanks Scotty.
What Rom are you using? Apps2sd will be in the title of the roms that support it, you need to partition some of your SD to ext4, you can do this via cwm (clockwork mod) then the roms that support it will automatically install apps to SD this is a good Rom http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1010498
In cwm go to advanced then partition, you will lose everything on your SD tho so back it up, your SD really needs to be at least a class 4 ideally 6 8 or 10 tho
Edit/ 1gb partition is plenty, any more will cause problems
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hi all... i got a wildfire 1 week before with android 2.2 and hboot 1.01.0002, then i downgraded it to 1.01.0001 using goldcard method, and s-off(making hboot 6.01.1002???) it with alpharevex( unrevoked cant do it for me, stuck in "waiting for root.....", even though i used the custom test version meant for wildfire (3.2 beta test)) AND alpharevx flashed it with cwm v4.0.1.4. then rooted it with ginger break .
then i tested it with cyanogen7 build 711211 nightly, ruymanca v6 final, with buzz kernal 2.6.32,hcdr kernal v4.2 beta using install zip method. but i cand do it with sone zip like ovc jacob 2.6.32 v1 and some other zip( kernal overclocking zips) and also wild puzzle rom v.8, cwm saying some script error in which the support of these scripts have been removed since cwm changed its version to support gingerbread recoveries. so i cant do it from cwm 4.XXX. then i loaded cm7 and installed rommanager 4.3.2.4 premium. but rome manager always said to flash cwm , though i have the latest cwm in my phone. so i flashed once again with a cwm 2.5.0.7, and booted to recovery and tried to install the previously failed zips, this time cwm can do it with out any error. but after loading the flashed rom, i once again rebooted to recovery. and the cwm is again back to v4.0.14!!!!!!!!!! . what had i done?? previously i boot it into cwm 2.5.07 and now its back to 4.0.1.4!
now i want to get some help from u people..
Q1) why cant i downgrade cwm to 2.5, i dont really like cwm v4.xxx, coz i think there are some bugs in it, taking long time to do things and fix permission works rarely. but with v2.5 it is smooth, also support old scripts.
Q2) is there any advantage in using new cwm?
Q3) why rommanager cant detect the new cwm, saying to flash it with old cwm? the manual flash override function never worked for me!!!
Q4) is there any way to add support to old scripts to new cwm?or how can i do updates from that kind of zips?
Q4) is there any problems with mixing up(flashing) different kernals and roms? i know what is a rom, but know little about kernal.
Q5) what is the best radio update i can get, i need good network and a good battery life. i am not locked to any network, and i want 2 use different networks sim. if i flash a radio, will i be locked to any frequency?
pls help me in finding ans for these, as i am a newbe to android, my previous experience was with a x10 mini of my friend, which we flashed with cwm and rooted, all with the help of xda lessons. thanks to all who make xda the best.
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Q1) why cant i downgrade cwm to 2.5, i dont really like cwm v4.xxx, coz i think there are some bugs in it, taking long time to do things and fix permission works rarely. but with v2.5 it is smooth, also support old scripts.
Q2) is there any advantage in using new cwm?
Q3) why rommanager cant detect the new cwm, saying to flash it with old cwm? the manual flash override function never worked for me!!!
Q4) is there any way to add support to old scripts to new cwm?or how can i do updates from that kind of zips?
Q4) is there any problems with mixing up(flashing) different kernals and roms? i know what is a rom, but know little about kernal.
Q5) what is the best radio update i can get, i need good network and a good battery life. i am not locked to any network, and i want 2 use different networks sim. if i flash a radio, will i be locked to any frequency?
pls help me in finding ans for these, as i am a newbe to android, my previous experience was with a x10 mini of my friend, which we flashed with cwm and rooted, all with the help of xda lessons. thanks to all who make xda the best.
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1. On wildfire, flashing secondary recovery from rom manager is only temporary. That means it comes only when you reboot to recovery from the option in rom manager itself. Alternatively, you can boot into 4.x recovery and first install the update.zip (created by rom manager on the root of sdcard) which gives you temporary 2.x recovery to flash old files. That is not a bug in 4.x but amend scripting files (older) are not supported by 4.x recovery.
2. Yes there is. The most important is to get rid of the offline charging bug (apart from newer recoveries add new features.)
3. Rom manager can flash 2.x and 3.0.0.6 recoveries on sdcard (at the moment). However it can't replace the original recovery on wildfire. It can only flash and boot into a temporary recovery ( by reading from a file on sdcard).
4. Yes you can. The 2.x recovery can flash amend files only whereas 3.x or higher recovery can flash edify files only. There is an appliaction called "amend to edify converter". Google it.
--as far as you use wildfire kernels, I think there wont be any problem using them with any wildfire rom.
5. If your wildfire is A3333 one then flash the latest radio that ends with 20.10. You won't loose any frequency. But you will loose some frequency on flashing it if your wildfire is A3335 one.
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how can i know if mine is a3333 or a3335?
thank u for such a fast reply buddy.
i searched xda and find most of my ans from a thread named "complete wildfire index". u people are so much supporting. no question why xda is the greatest android forum. thank u all
also xda apk is not working??? in my phone, it takes too much time to load!!!!!!!!.why is it so? i realy want it,so that i can stay tuned. ls help
Remove your battery cover and the battery. The model will be written just above your IMEI number there. Also, XDA App does indeed take a long time to load, especially for the first time, it's pretty normal I will assume.
For checking A3333 or A3335 see under the battery (ofcourse on the phone) or on the purchase box.
And regarding xda android app, verify that you have decent internet connection like atleast edge. And when opening app everytime, it takes lot of time because it loads all the forums by default. What I suggest is, open the app for 1st time, and login with your account. Then add your desired forums to "favourites". Then enter the app settings and set the default view to "favourites". From now it wont take that long time during app startup. I too use xda app from mobile always. Waiting for few more updates of it (like thank button and etc..).
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Hey i flashed the latest radio,it workz like a cham. And i think it gives me more range(catches network signals more good)i assume so.is it right? And abt xda, lol i am in the track now, workz nice now.just i gave it some time 2 load.and every thing is ok.
Now i hav another question, what is the benifit of ext4 over ext3.i am now using ext3,with a2sd script,and moves almost all my app using app2sd to my sd,having 512mb ext3 and 64mb swap, i am using windows and so i cant realy partition sd to ext3,though i wish 2 have 1gb ext 3,i had done above partition using rom manager,and the max size it showed me is 512mb for my 8gb class 4 card, also what is the benifit of giveing more swap space?
I tried 2 move dalvic cache to sd, but it gave me frequent restarts, and phone behaves crazy when i remove the sd, so i avoided that, and reinstalled cm7 latest build and aplied a2sd script in it along with ram optimizing script,now itz fine. But i never find the support of a2sd script for wildfire in face book support page of the script developer, any body tried this in wildfire? 4 me i find no problem at all. Pls info me if it has any prblm.
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Any one pls help, coz i am realy confused titanium backup shows 493 mb free on my a2sd partition which is a 503 mb full size one, but i have about 40 app installed on my card,and i use a2sd script and not a2sd app to move apk's to card, also my current rom is cm7.0.3, in which i set the default memory for installations as sd. But where are the apks installed in my card,if it is not in a2sd partition!!!???.
Pls anybody help me.
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Sorry for the new thread, but I can't post in the dev section yet - this is really a follow up to http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1258855 - maybe someone can move it?
I just used the following zip file and it worked well:
CM Nightly 257 Version (Upgrades from Gen1 to Gen2 & installs latest CyanogenMod nightly build - all in one)
Download: cm7-n257-blade-gen1-to-gen2-tpt.zip mirror
Download size: 107.8 MB
MD5: 813ba810ca0a596da4eb6ea7e47205a1
SHA1: 11030dff7b48c79463185b25fc848d488fe77768
A couple of things that weren't clear from the Instructions section (which presumably apply rather to the non all-in-one versions - haven't tried personally) were
a) Does not "reboot into ClockworkMod recovery", rather direct into CM Nightly 257, and
b) Wipes data - presumably must have done because the boot into CM was successful.
This is all very good and nicely automated; could just amend the instructions to be something like:
It should take a few seconds to flash the new Gen2 firmware (you should see some green text), then it should either reboot into ClockworkMod recovery, use that to wipe data & then install your Gen2 rom (for the custom and stock versions), or reboot into CM Nightly 257, no need to wipe or install the CM rom oneself (for the all-in-one).
All in all a great piece of work.
New here and also wish i could post on that thread as i found it extremely useful and it persuaded me to make the jump and finally upgrade my San Francisco.
It honestly feels like a new phone now, after running stock orange 2.1 since i got it about 10months back with some tweaks to launcher etc. I wish id done this a lot sooner. I also used the nightly 257 rom.
I was also (initially alarmed!) a little confused about the points a) and b) you raised above as mine also seemed to skip those steps and just launch straight into the mod. All well and good though this has now left me wondering if the step b was vital. Prior to this on a fresh start and after using Advanced Task Killer to kill all the crap id be looking at around 300mb free memory. Since the new ROM i now have 173mb free in Advanced Task Killer. Odd since i dont have a fraction of the amount of stuff on the phone considering all the stuff that came preloaded with Orange etc.
I dare say the new OS may have a larger footprint. Though my main concern is that as I somehow skipped the part where it says
"then it should reboot into ClockworkMod recovery, use that to wipe data & then install your Gen2 rom." I wonder if this means not all the old ROM has been erased and results in my limited memory.
If i check under Settings > Storage it gives me 294 Total with 203 free under internal storage. Wish id thought to check this value prior to install...
That aside it all works great and im delighted with it.
OK, what do you want free memory for? You should realise that is memory that you have paid for which isn't in use - wasted memory in other words. Android 2.3 uses more ram, when nothing else wants to use it, in order to make your phone run faster, that is a good thing. If you want to use an app which requires a lot of memory then android will free it automatically.
Don't use task killers, they harm system performance by working against Android's own memory & task management system (which is better than any task killer), reduce battery life, cause bugs & you wont get any support at all from anybody involved with Cyanogenmod if you use one.
The all in one version that includes a rom starts straight into that rom, that should be pretty obvious.
It will wipe your data, if you're updating from Android 2.1 then it'll wipe everything. Otherwise it'll miss any apps on your sd card, that's the only reason i say to wipe data - if you're coming from stock Android 2.1 then you can't have any apps on your sd card, so it makes no difference.
Stock Android 2.1 phones have 207mb internal storage ( /data) in total, you gain almost 90mb. The stock Orange bloat apps use up more room (dalvik cache) too, so you end up with much more room to install your own apps & games.
Unable to convert Gen1 -> Gen2 via TPT
Hi all,
I didn't want to start new thread, so I'll post here. In short - I'm unable to convert my Gen1 Blade to Gen2 using wbaw's TPT method.
I followed instructions carefully, tried 2 different zips (Gen1-to-Gen2-TPT-v10-custom, cm7-n257-blade-gen1-to-gen2), used 3 different microSD cards (1GB, 2GB, 8 GB class 4) and still nothing.
Image folder is on the card, all MD5s do match, I turn off the phone, wait few sec (I even took the battery out few times), press and hold menu&vol+ and then power, red power led is on, then green robot shows up, and... nothing, no green text on the screen, just few seconds later my Gen1 ROM is booting.
Any ideas?
make sure that you keep holding menu & vol+ when you press power. that's the only thing i can think of, unless your phone is already gen2. a few sd cards dont work with it, but it shouldn't be that hard to find one that does.
Thanks for the answer, wbaw.
I am holding both - menu (the one in the middle, between home and back) & Vol+ - then I press and hold power, after few seconds I let the power go but keep holding the other two. After few another seconds (while green robot is visible) a regular boot animation shows up.
My phone is definitely Gen1, as I recently installed G1 ROM (mmhmp) and previously used Mr. Pigfish, both report Gen1.
I just reformatted my stock Transcend 2GB card in CWM, put only 'image' folder with all files (MD5s are ok) and still no go. What the hell?....
Btw. I'm using 3.0.2.8 CWM. Does it make any difference? I'm running out of ideas.. what else can I check?
No idea then, sounds like you're doing everything right. The flashing should happen before the green robot shows up, if the robot comes up straight away then it's already failed to flash anything & you have to try again. It's a zte flashing program, built into one of the first bootloaders (the green robot is displayed by a later bootloader), you need to be holding vol+ & menu when you turn it on & for about a second after that, then you can let go. You should see some green text, or maybe just a black screen, then after a minute or two a big version of the green robot & clockworkmod 5.
Clockworkmod is irrelevant, it's a different zte flashing process.
Only thing I can suggest is try another sdcard. I know a few people have reported it didn't work with their sdcard, but it was only a few people & it worked with the 2nd or 3rd sdcard they tried. I got a verbatim 2gb with my phone, that works, sandisk 8gb class 2 works too & so does my new 16gb class 10 verbatim.
If everything fails & you must update to gen2, then there are some windows software phone update packages that let you update your phone using your windows pc. Those packages & instructions are in the zte blade section at modaco.com. It's a bit harder, slightly riskier, but hopefully it'll work.
I just tried another card, some noname 512MB from my old Nokia (I didn't even realized I have so many microSD cards...) and unfortunately this one is also no good. Damn....
So, TPT is built-in and should work with all Gen1 ZTE's no matter what ROM or CWM I'm using, right? Is there any possibility I accidentally removed/erased or destroyed part of it?
I didn't even flash that much, from stock Blade (well, I removed simlock), I installed CWM and went to Swedish Spring (half a year ago). Now I've decided to move forward, installed Gen1 MMHMP, but decided to give CM a try. As you can see not much of a history, therefore I'm even more surprised TPT is not working in my case...
Is there a way to tell this flasher actually works? Something other than just putting gen-to-gen converter image? Any troubleshooting you may think of?
Edit: Tried another card (that's already 5th card!!), 8GB class 4 - no go... I don't think it's a problem with microSD card anymore... it has to be something else.
It turns out TPT is not available on my Blade (some European versions lacking TPT were reported). Anyway, I have successfully converted to Gen 2 using Windows/FTM method. I didn't find it hard, it's just a bit more hassle with repeated flashing. All went good, no need to fear.
Thanks!
Hi, sorry to thread hijack the thread hijack, but I too have a question about this process and can't post in the dev forum.
I just followed the all-in-one process on my girlfriend's brand new stock Orange San Francisco, and it worked flawlessly. I'm now wanting to do the same to mine, but it isn't stock; it has ClockwordMod (3.x, I think) and a FlibbleSan ROM from Modaco installed (Gen1).
What (if any) different steps do I have to take to get everything rolling on my own device? Apologies if it's a stupid question, I was just spooked by the parts about not using it on operator upgraded 2.2 devices and wondered if the same disclaimer applied to user updated phones.
(Merry Christmas )
Never mind, I took the plunge and everything works fine.
Random Reboots after Upgrade
Can't post in Dev forum either so posting here.
I had updated my blade last year from Orange stock to JJF, still GEN1.
I followed the all-in-one process to get to GEN2 CM7 build 257 and all has worked well.
The only issue I am seeing now is random reboots every day or so.
Any ideas? Known issue or fix?
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Can't post in Dev forum either so posting here.
I had updated my blade last year from Orange stock to JJF, still GEN1.
I followed the all-in-one process to get to GEN2 CM7 build 257 and all has worked well.
The only issue I am seeing now is random reboots every day or so.
Any ideas? Known issue or fix?
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Have you changed anything under performance tab in CM settings?
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Have you changed anything under performance tab in CM settings?
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No, just done the update?
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No, just done the update?
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You did a wipe before flashing right?
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You did a wipe before flashing right?
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There was no option to wipe, it just updated from gen1 to gen2 and booted up after restart from what I can recall.
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There was no option to wipe, it just updated from gen1 to gen2 and booted up after restart from what I can recall.
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Ok so I used ROM Manager and installed CyanogenMod 7 V7.1.0 as that is meant to be stable, wiped data/cache/etc via the process.
All was well until I needed to make a call, screen keeps going black and I need to remove battery to resolve?
Any ideas?
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Ok so I used ROM Manager and installed CyanogenMod 7 V7.1.0 as that is meant to be stable, wiped data/cache/etc via the process.
All was well until I needed to make a call, screen keeps going black and I need to remove battery to resolve?
Any ideas?
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Sounds like you need to calibrate the proximity sensor. I think there should be a ZTE Blade settings app that you use to do it.
Probably better to flash one of the latest self-compiled versions of CM7. Its been a while since nightlies were made, but lots of new stuff has been added/fixed since 7.1.0 RCs/stable.
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Ok so I used ROM Manager and installed CyanogenMod 7 V7.1.0 as that is meant to be stable, wiped data/cache/etc via the process.
All was well until I needed to make a call, screen keeps going black and I need to remove battery to resolve?
Any ideas?
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Like Amphoras says calibrate your proximity sensor in the ZTE Blade Settings app. That should do. If you still have a problem,flash the 257 nightly or any other ROM if you don't like CM.
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this might be a bit offtopic but is there a way to tell from the packaging if the phone has amoled or tft? I suppose tft is best?
I did everything needed. When i use de DFT flasher i finally got a working image file (The DFT desire rom). But i have no CWM available anymore.. When i converted the IMG files from the DFT install to upgrade.zip and installed it. It worked, well the install did. But as soon as i run the phone i get errors. The same kind i got when i started useing the eclipse mod (3.52). Which is weird. Since i cannot locate the problem. why do all these errors keep comming up.
Other then that i was kinda happy with the stock desire rom which runs completely from the HD2 internal memory, but the i tried makeing changes in the system folder and it seems i have no superuser abilities. So why is this? Or do i need to root this standard desire rom and if so. How does that work cause i imagine its different from the way you would root a untouched phone. Weird enough it does show a superuser icons in my list of programs.
Im almost there i need to figure out these minor tweaks to fully enjoy all those nice roms out there.
Hope anyone is out there to get a light shining on it
That's a really old rom and flash method,,thereare no other roms that work that way.it was the original proof of concept .
Find any other rom,findout what popartition size it requires, use the nand toolkit to set that size, which will apply cwm too, thenflash the rom from within cwm.
Here is the problem every flash I do with a rom. I end up getting errors after the boot. I have a 8gb sd card. Formatted to 2048 ext 4 and 128 swap (useing cwm).
For now I'm running the DFT Rom. I edited the install and added the cwm img aswell. So now o can boot CWM to even though useing the DFT Rom. I used CWM to root the DFT Rom. To be honest for now it will do. But I'd love to have some more eye candy. But I can get the toms installed. After installing CWM 3 TIMES with different sizes and useing the CWM to install 3 different roms I get the same error on every install. I assume something goes wrong accessing the ext4 partition on the sd card. But I have no idea.
I suppose there is no 400mb Rom with sense 3 or 3.5 that runs without sd ?
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You say that you get the same error each time, but you haven't actually mentioned the error message (as far as I can see). What is the error that you get?
Its the same kind of errors I get from installing the eclipse Rom.
Com.xxxxxxx.xxxxx
Errors. That they stopped for some reason. Xxxxx is Google and phone and all kinds of programs. I just don't understand why flashing with CWM keeps going wrong. But I updated a couple of things and installed su.2.xxxxx.signed.zip and a couple of changes o wrote. With CWM and that all works fine.
I just think that for some reason when booting the first time all those Roma that need ext4 on sd. For some reason can't find them.
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Dear All,
After losing my Samsung Galaxy Note in Amsterdam during a heavy weekend I am back on my girlfriend's old ZTE Blade and have been trying to update it a little.
I downloaded the KonstaKang ROM and GApps to the ext. Sd card and booted into clockwork mod recovery (I rooted and flashed a custom rom for her when I gave it to her originally).
I did the full wipe just to make it all as clean as poss and went to install the new rom but ran into some problems.
Firstly the sd card could not be accessed. It was if it was not mounted. I tried various things including mounting it in mounts and storage, restarting recovery, reformatting the sd in another android and the pc etc. Eventually (it felt random) it let me choose zip from sd.
Thats when the rom was selected but it then told me that the rom was (bad) and would not install. Again I redownloaded it and another rom and also a new version of cwm. Still nothing would work it was all (bad).
Out of frustration I kept trying and eventually it changed its mind and let me install the rom. After installation I attempted to reboot system but it just hanged at the boot logo and would go no further.
I have tried all the above multiple times and all combos of things I can think of to get it to work but no luck. The phone randomly seems to decide if the .zips are (bad) but at least it allows me to access them now. Ive also tried installing the other rom and new cwm but nothing will work. Boot logo and nothing more.
Anyone have any ideas what might be wrong? Whats the best way to get a rom on this old blade?!
Many thanks x
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Well, first, you have an S3. Why use the Blade?
Second, have you looked into TPT + ROM? Also, what Gen blade is it? Once you can get something stable like cm7 booting, we can progress further
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Well, first, you have an S3. Why use the Blade?
Second, have you looked into TPT + ROM? Also, what Gen blade is it? Once you can get something stable like cm7 booting, we can progress further
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Well I believe it is a gen2 blade. I vaguely remember having to update it from gen1 but I cant be 100% sure. It was a long time ago!
I am using my girlfriends s3 to get on these forums so unfortunately I cant keep it!
I havent looked at tpt + rom and am unsure what that is at the moment . I shall have a read.
I must also say that I managed to install a new version of cwm but still no luck with any roms.
I am loading new roms on the ext sd from this s3 or through my pc I was wondering if the files were getting corrupted somehow. My pc doesnt see the phone so I have to use a card reader.
So yes roms are still saying 'cant open... (bad)' error when trying to install...
Thanks for your reply
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Out of frustration I kept trying and eventually it changed its mind and let me install the rom. After installation I attempted to reboot system but it just hanged at the boot logo
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I also have realised since installing new version of cwm that it never actually let me install it just restarted recovery and didnt show the error log.
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