How I went from rooted stock 4.5.9.1 to Cyanogen Pre-Beta - Atrix 4G General

Hey,
I am in the process of going from stock (rooted) GB and wanted to document my steps. I am not a developer, I have no idea what I am doing, everything here is from links/guides elsewhere.
If you know of a faster/easier way to do it, please respond and I will update as required!
How can I Backup text messages/missed calls etc to cyanogen?
My System:
AT&T Atrix 4g with Stock Gingerbread OTA update (rooted)
Windows 7 x64 laptop
Guide:
My general understanding is as follows:
1. Unlock Phone
2. Download and Install CWM
3. Install Cyanogen
1. To unlock the phone we need to first get a few applications installed, I am running windows 7 so below are the files.
RSDLite 5.3.1 link
x64 Windows drivers
AT&T Unlocker
After downloading, install the first two packages, the third package will be used to unlock your bootloader:
Open a command prompt window
On Windows, press Start and type “cmd” then press the enter button
Type the following command. Your directory will be the folder where you extracted the Fastboot package.
(Example: cd C:\Users\Kenneth\Desktop\fastboot-package)
cd your directory here
Power down your Atrix device
Hold the power button and the downward volume button until you see “Fastboot”
Let go of the buttons and press the upward volume button once
You will now see “Starting Fastboot protocol support”
Plug your device into a USB port in the back slot of your computer
Front slots sometimes do not have enough power to stay connected to the device.
Type the following command:
fastboot oem unlock
You will now receive a warning along with a unique device ID
Type the following commands using your unique device ID in place of the ####:
fastboot oem unlock ####
fastboot reboot
Wait for your device to reboot. Congratulations! You now have an unlocked bootloader!
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2. CWM
CWM Download
how to install:
Windows:
unzip recovery-en-goapk.zip to D:\
open a CMD in windows.
fastboot flash recovery D:\recovery-en-goapk.img
Linux:
unzip recovery-en-goapk.zip to you home
mot-fastboot flash recovery ~/recovery-en-goapk.img
mot-fastboot reboot
3. Install Cyanogenmod
Download:
Cyanogenmod *REQUIRED*
GOOGLE Applications *Install if you want Market, Gmail, etc*
Restart into CWM
Wipe Dalvik
Wipe cache
factory/data reset
flash pre-beta.zip
wipe Dalvik
wipe cache
factory data/reset
reboot
IT COULD TAKE A LONG TIME TO BOOT, JUST WAIT UP TO AN HOUR
*Cyanogenmod*
Thanks to OP's and posters in the following locations:
http://briefmobile.com/how-to-unlock-the-atrix-4g-bootloader
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1136261
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1138541
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1206026

was this honestly needed?

You forgot the part where you have to flash pudding, which will softbrick your phone temporarily. This happens to all phones on stock GB when attempting to unlock them.
RSD flash the pudding sbf
phone will error with 0x1000 No OS found
choose fastboot
enter the documented unlock commands

firefox3 said:
was this honestly needed?
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If it stops ONE person from asking for a guide on how to do this... it was needed.

how to install:
Windows:
unzip recovery-en-goapk.zip to D:\
open a CMD in windows.
fastboot flash recovery D:\recovery-en-goapk.img
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This section has always bothered me because it can be confusing. Instead of referencing D:\ at all simply telling users to extract the img to the folder where they've installed the fastboot package would be clearer. Also at least some mention should be made of the fact that there is now a second CWM option running around in the dev forum which works with rom manager. It can be installed in exactly the same way as Tenfar's but to get it to work with rom manager you need to install the generic rom manager CWM through rom manager first, and then install the CWM version available in the dev forum.

sjbayer3 said:
How can I Backup text messages/missed calls etc to cyanogen?
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search for mybackup root in the market. its free. =]

Congrats on being one of the few newbies who know how to read instructions.

It does help and I used rom manager to reinstall the updated version of cmr-at&t cmr- 4.0.1.4.atrix2 it has an sd.ext to view files in external sd and an. Asks if you want to delete s-ext during data factory reset just say no or you will ! fubar if that's were your .zip files are
Sent from outerspace from an unlocked alienv3 overclocked /faux123 kernel
Thanksyou. for all the great work !!!!!!!!
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[GUIDE] [NS4G] Simple Root/Unroot

This guide is the easiest way to root and unroot your nexus s 4g. If you follow the instructions well you should be fine, included is odin and the files needed if something goes wrong, but it shouldn't as my 11 year old sister could follow them correctly. READ ENTIRE POST BEFORE ASKING QUESTIONS PLEASE.
If your pc doesn't recognize your phone in fastboot make sure your sdk is up to date including thirdparty installs, and download pdanet trial version and those drivers will work. get drivers here http://hotfile.com/dl/92897696/7ae5290/drivers.rar.html
or if your not comfortable installing drivers download pdanet here and install as it will automatically install drivers for you
http://www.junefabrics.com/android/download.php
ROOTING..................
Ok download the files attached and extract them. For the first part for rooting you will need the:
superuser.zip
recovery3101.img
-Ok put the superuser.zip on the sdcard of your phone.
-Power off phone, when off hold volume up and power button to get to bootloader.
-Go the the tools folder of your android sdk and open command prompt and enter the following command: (easiest way is to hold shift and right click on tools folder and hit the button that says "open command window here" then type these command...
fastboot devices (make sure your device shows up, if not your drivers aren't installed)
fastboot oem unlock
-this will unlock the bootloader and you should follow the prompt and accept (volume up, then power button)
-Some have reported unlocking the bootloader erases sdcard..if so when you reboot after unlocking make sure to put superuser.zip back on sdcard.
-this should reboot your phone, now power off, when off hold volume up and then power button to get back to bootloader.
-place the recovery3101.img in the tools folder and type the following command
fastboot flash recovery recovery3101.img
-You should see it say flash ok in the command prompt, now scroll down (on phone) to recovery and hit the power button (ok button)
-Go to flash zip from sdcard and select the superuser.zip and let it flash.
-when done reboot phone, sign into google accnt, download rom manager, open up rom manager go down to All clockworkmod recoverys and flash 3.1.0 (the newest recovery doesn't work for me as my phone can't get into recovery that is why we are flashing the other one )
-All set you can flash other roms, MAKE SURE TO CREATE BACKUP OF YOUR CURRENT STOCK ROOTED ROM FIRST.
UNROOTING.........
Get files http://www.4shared.com/file/N5g8Hav_/root.html?]
-download and extract files, we will be using odin, the 3 tar files.
-extract tar files to desktop along with odin.
-run odin and in the files section select the boxes bootloader, pda, phone.
-click the buttons next to each and direct it to the .tar files we extracted to desktop, so....
click the bootloader box, direct it to sph-d720-bootloader.tar ...then..
click the pda button direct it toward the sph-d720-pda.tar....then..
click the phone button and direct it toward sph-d720-phone.tar....
-now turn off your phone, when off hold volume up and volume down buttons simultaneously, then quickly press the power button....a huge yellow triangle will pop up and say "downloading'.......
plug your phone via usb to computer....odin should automatically see it.....click the start button in odin and let it do its thing and bam...all set.
If you want stock recovery too place the recovery.img in tools folder, open command prompt..type the following command..
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
Done.
Ill give this a try when I get home....but I'm sure you need to make sure you have all the correct drivers installed...or when you run the fast boo command it won't recognize your phone is connected.
Subbed for when I have time.
Since the NS4G doesn't have a SD Card where do you put the superuser zip?
This will work for the 3g version, correct?
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yes it should work for 3g
where the files to download?dont see the links
dodgeram02 said:
where the files to download?dont see the links
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Links are right under the post, i'll post the unroot guide tonight as i am at work and cannot do it.
need some help..when i hook my phone to my computer which has windows vista 32..i get a found new hardware that pops up SM BUS CONTROLLER..why is that..but if i go into my DEVICE MANAGER under OTHER DEVICES it has a question mark next to SM BUS CONTROLLER...and at the top of the list i do have ANDROID PHONE.when i expand that there is ANDROID COMPOSITE ADB INTERFACE...this crap is driving me crazy tried everything....HELP.....
I have rooted a EVO IPHONE AND ETC..but for some reason I just cant get this thing to root or to comunnicate to my computer.
MAKE SURE PDANET IS INSTALLED http://api.viglink.com/api/click?fo...ers&txt=http://www.fileserve.com/file/5bgRBX5
OR HERE http://hotfile.com/dl/92897696/7ae5290/drivers.rar.html
dodgeram02 said:
need some help..when i hook my phone to my computer which has windows vista 32..i get a found new hardware that pops up SM BUS CONTROLLER..why is that..but if i go into my DEVICE MANAGER under OTHER DEVICES it has a question mark next to SM BUS CONTROLLER...and at the top of the list i do have ANDROID PHONE.when i expand that there is ANDROID COMPOSITE ADB INTERFACE...this crap is driving me crazy tried everything....HELP.....
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install pda net before doing this root process..
ok i got it figured out but when i do the RECOVERY STEP I GET A "!"IN A TRIANGLE.
-place the recovery.img in the tools folder and type the following command
fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
-You should see it say flash ok in the command prompt, now scroll down (on phone) to recovery and hit the power button (ok button)
this part isnt workin for me.........
dodgeram02 said:
ok i got it figured out but when i do the RECOVERY STEP I GET A "!"IN A TRIANGLE.
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redownload the files....
Just in case i reuploaded the recover.img and named it recovery3101.img
place in tools folder and type
fastboot flash recovery recovery3101.img
and should flash just fine...
DUDE YOUR THE MAN!!!!!!GOT R DONE...you been very helpful....out of trying all the other damn ROOTING GUIDES yours was the FASTEST AND THE EASIEST......Thanks bud!!!!
dodgeram02 said:
DUDE YOUR THE MAN!!!!!!GOT R DONE...you been very helpful....out of trying all the other damn ROOTING GUIDES yours was the FASTEST AND THE EASIEST......Thanks bud!!!!
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No problem.
I can't seem to get this to work. I have Win7 64 and I used PDAnet to install the drivers but when I get to the part where I have to type "fastboot oem unlock" the command prompt just says < waiting for device > and there is nothing on the Nexus S 4g other than the normal fastboot options for me to select.
DarkManX4lf said:
I can't seem to get this to work. I have Win7 64 and I used PDAnet to install the drivers but when I get to the part where I have to type "fastboot oem unlock" the command prompt just says < waiting for device > and there is nothing on the Nexus S 4g other than the normal fastboot options for me to select.
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Make sure you installed the right drivers....reboot computer, make sure you opened the command prompt in the tools folder as that is where the fastboot commands are located....also it will automatically reboot in the "unlock bootloader menu" you don't select anything...until that menu comes up..make sure your sdk is updated as well..even third party installs..
I want to thank you, these are great instructions so far. I have been trying for days, got my phone unlocked by a mistake, had to Odin back (came from Epic so know and love that system), but it stayed unlocked.
I cannot get it rooted. Used your instructions and get to second part - cannot install fasboot recovery.
My files are in tools listed as recovery-clockwork-3.1.0.1-crespo4g. I ran fastboot, came up with a large square of instructions, not ok, with command and option. So I tried again. nothing
Then went to phone with it connected, tried to select from card the su file. It goes to yellow triangle and finally get back to a reboot.
I am so close, can you help with what I am doing wrong? It is not rooted and cannot get it to do anything.
nmoreman said:
I want to thank you, these are great instructions so far. I have been trying for days, got my phone unlocked by a mistake, had to Odin back (came from Epic so know and love that system), but it stayed unlocked.
I cannot get it rooted. Used your instructions and get to second part - cannot install fasboot recovery.
My files are in tools listed as recovery-clockwork-3.1.0.1-crespo4g. I ran fastboot, came up with a large square of instructions, not ok, with command and option. So I tried again. nothing
Then went to phone with it connected, tried to select from card the su file. It goes to yellow triangle and finally get back to a reboot.
I am so close, can you help with what I am doing wrong? It is not rooted and cannot get it to do anything.
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MAKE SURE IT IS UNLOCK BY TYPING
FASTBOOT OEM UNLOCK
JUST TO BE SURE ITS UNLOCKED.
to open the command prompt for fastboot when you see the tools folder in android sdk folder hold shift, right click on tools folder and choose option "open comand prompt here"
first use the recovery3101.img i provided. Flash that by typing
fastboot flash recovery recovery3101.img
command prompt will say flash ok...look at your phone..scroll down to recovery option and hit the power button..should load you into clockwork recovery....let me know if you get that far..

Idiot proof root

Finally S-Off. Thanks to alpharev (generous donation on its way)
Now first problem;
I am the least tech savvy guy on the planet. If not, around London
As you see, the problem is me. So I need a genuine idiot proof step by step guide.
Can someone recap everything in a simple way please?
Backup, root, overclock etc...
Anyone who helps will receive a guaranteed prayer from a religion of their choice
download eclair rom from shipped roms, install it, then download unrevoked, root with it and youll get custom recovery also with unrevoked, after that follow some other guides how to properly flash a custom rom thru that recovery.
(before the rooting part, install htc sync to get all the needed drivers. WARNING: before using unrevoked to root the device, uninstall just htc sync but everything else that was installed with it - leave it installed. btw im atheist )
Sent from my HTC Wildfire using Tapatalk
What I've found so far is;
I need to "root" my phone. Root means gaining superuser access right? (froyo 2.2. hboot 1.01)
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1130044
Link above supposed to do the job.
-After rooting the phone I need to "nandroid" backup my phone. Nandroid will appear in the boot menu when I root my phone right? wrong?
i didnt do any backups xD, i just soffed, installed 2.1 wwe ruu, rooted with unrevoked and flashed cm7
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The phone is not rooted. ROMs are rooted. You can very well follow that guide, but, I used Fastboot to install ClockWorkMod Recovery (Which is having all those options you are listing - ie Nandroid, Install ZIP From SDCard etc).
The Fastboot method needs just one command to install Clockworkmod Recovery, but needs to have Android SDK installed. If you are willing to do that:
- Download Android SDK - http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
- Download ClockworkMod Recovery - http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1014498
- Extract the Recovery.img file from the 2nd link, and place it in your SDK Setup Path / Tools (eg: C:/android-sdk-windows/tools)
- Open a Command Window (cmd)
- Browse to the tools folder in this Command Window
- Type the command fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
- It will install ClockworkMod Recovery, you are done.
Then, simply follow Part 3 of this guide to install Custom ROMs and Stuff:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=824396
smokzye said:
i didnt do any backups xD, i just soffed, installed 2.1 wwe ruu, rooted with unrevoked and flashed cm7
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long winded way of doing it
we need a step by step with pics or at least a video on youtube, theres nothing there at teh moment.
Once you have S-OFF follow these steps:
1. Get fastboot.exe, CWM and the su binary from the attachment below, make sure you extract the archives.
2. Download Android SDK from here: http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
2. Install SDK to C:/, place fastboot.exe and the recovery.img in android-sdk/platform-tools
3. Shut down phone, get into bootloader (volume down + power button)
4. Select FASTBOOT using volume keys, press power button (you are now in fastboot mode)
5. Connect phone to computer, select disk drive.
6. Open cmd, type cd C:/android-sdk/platform-tools
7. now type "fastboot flash recovery recovery-clockwork-4.0.0.2-j_r0dd_mod-buzz.img" (no quotes)
8. Now you should have Clockworkmod installed, but still no root so:
9. Copy su-2.3.6.1-ef-signed to sdcard.
10. Get into bootloader again, select recovery.
11. Select "install zip from sdcard", confirm with trackball.
12. Scroll down to su-2.3.6.1-ef-signed, confirm the install, now you are rooted!
13. Do a nandroid backup from clockworkmod.
14. Repeat steps 9-12 but use the ZIP of ROMs, Kernels or Radio if you wish. Wipe all data before installing a fresh rom (ty calyxim ^^)
Complete list for ROMs/Kernels/Radio here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1029318
I hope this is clear enough?
Thanks mate. Worked wonders. In what religion would you like your prayers?
I would like to make an addition to step 14; Wipe all data before installing a fresh rom
This is the most idiot proof way i could find, and that i could use lol..... big props to Nejc121
nejc121 said:
Okay, it took me some trying and stuff but I finaly found a way!
Okay, this is going to be simple step-by-step
FirsT: Copy this to the root of your SD card: http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=548407&d=1300751790
Second: Go into HBOOT and click yes when it asks you to update (note: Please make sure your SD card is FAT32 and not FAT, it must be FAT32 for this step to work.
Third: Remove the img file from your sd card and add this file: http://bit.ly/su2361ef
Fourth: Go into HBOOT and click Recovery!
Fifth: Click install zip from sdcard (or some thing like that)
Sixth: Click choose zip from sdcard
Seventh Locate your zip and let it update
AND YOU'RE DONE!
Have fun being free!
If you're having problems with the HBOOT not detecting the .zip update, please check if you SD card is FAT32.
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smokzye said:
download eclair rom from shipped roms, install it, then download unrevoked, root with it and youll get custom recovery also with unrevoked, after that follow some other guides how to properly flash a custom rom thru that recovery.
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NOPE. Wrong way after alpharev S-OFF.
smokzye said:
i didnt do any backups xD, i just soffed, installed 2.1 wwe ruu, rooted with unrevoked and flashed cm7
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Have u done S-OFF with xtc clip or alpharevX. Let me know what u did including complete rooting process.
how do I get in to HBoot, when I press vol down and power nothing else happens beside to lock the phone and go to vibra mode
Make sure it's vol-, because the phone vibrates if you're holding vol+ and power...
7. now type "fastboot flash recovery recovery-clockwork-4.0.0.2-j_r0dd_mod-buzz.img" (no quotes)
when I write that in to cmd and press enter is wrtitten "waiting for device" for long time
When i do that i have phone still in hboot usb plug
Should I reboot and write in normal phone mode or .....?????
Try renaming 'recovery-clockwork-4.0.0.2-j_r0dd_mod-buzz.img' to 'recovery.img'. I had to do this in Linux, but worked fine after.
rupa30 said:
7. now type "fastboot flash recovery recovery-clockwork-4.0.0.2-j_r0dd_mod-buzz.img" (no quotes)
when I write that in to cmd and press enter is wrtitten "waiting for device" for long time
When i do that i have phone still in hboot usb plug
Should I reboot and write in normal phone mode or .....?????
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installing and uninstalling htc sync helps. just to extract drivers I suppose...
Clockwork mod doesn't work properly for me. Whenever I select any option the menu disappears and the background just sits there. I can click really fast and it will just reappear and disappear rapidly.
Fix?
rupa30 said:
7. now type "fastboot flash recovery recovery-clockwork-4.0.0.2-j_r0dd_mod-buzz.img" (no quotes)
when I write that in to cmd and press enter is wrtitten "waiting for device" for long time
When i do that i have phone still in hboot usb plug
Should I reboot and write in normal phone mode or .....?????
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That wait is normal if it below 2-3 min. But if it takes longer u should check the drivers.
That wait generally occurs if u connect the device after entering the command (happens to me everytime). If it is so, shouldn't disconnect the device and wait for a while till it detects.
If it is not so and wait is longer, then go for reinstalling the drivers.
Sent from my HTC Wildfire using XDA App
rupa30 said:
how do I get in to HBoot, when I press vol down and power nothing else happens beside to lock the phone and go to vibra mode
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This occurs when pressing vol down + power on a full booted phone.
U should not do this. Switch off the device and then hold vol down + power. There goes into hboot mode. And for that recovery installation u should go into fastboot mode though from there.
as it was now clear, the waiting shouldn't be there now. Enter fastboot mode and try it
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AloneInShadow707 said:
Once you have S-OFF follow these steps:
1. Get fastboot.exe, CWM and the su binary from the attachment below, make sure you extract the archives.
2. Download Android SDK from here: http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
2. Install SDK to C:/, place fastboot.exe and the recovery.img in android-sdk/platform-tools
3. Shut down phone, get into bootloader (volume down + power button)
4. Select FASTBOOT using volume keys, press power button (you are now in fastboot mode)
5. Connect phone to computer, select disk drive.
6. Open cmd, type cd C:/android-sdk/platform-tools
7. now type "fastboot flash recovery recovery-clockwork-4.0.0.2-j_r0dd_mod-buzz.img" (no quotes)
8. Now you should have Clockworkmod installed, but still no root so:
9. Copy su-2.3.6.1-ef-signed to sdcard.
10. Get into bootloader again, select recovery.
11. Select "install zip from sdcard", confirm with trackball.
12. Scroll down to su-2.3.6.1-ef-signed, confirm the install, now you are rooted!
13. Do a nandroid backup from clockworkmod.
14. Repeat steps 9-12 but use the ZIP of ROMs, Kernels or Radio if you wish. Wipe all data before installing a fresh rom (ty calyxim ^^)
Complete list for ROMs/Kernels/Radio here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1029318
I hope this is clear enough?
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i get waiting for device..... after v long
which drivers shud i reinstall?
and anyway, how to enter fastboot mode? after i select the fastboot mode what do i do? it still stucks at the hboot screen

Step by step procedure to root mz604 and flash ics custom rom

Note: please read this procedure carefully more than once until you are fully aware of it. If you have any doubts or concerns, just ask to avoid confusion before you apply. This should be followed step by step.
• Your custom ROM will be: http://goo.im/devs/teameos/roms/nightlies/wingray/
• Your GOOGLE APPs (GAPPs) would be: gapps-ics-20120429-signed.zip http://goo.im/gapps
Full thread in details can be found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=20479464
To summarize:
First, download the above ROM and GAPPs and put them onto your xoom internal and external SD card. Put them under /mnt/sdcard for internal sd, and under the root of your external sd card.
To download:
• Get the Motorola USB drivers to your laptop: http://developer.motorola.com/docstools/USB_Drivers/
• Get the Android SDK to your laptop: http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html • Recovery Image: http://goo.im/devs/teameos/recoverie...ecovery-r6.img
• GAPPS: http://goo.im/gapps, your GAPPs would be: gapps-ics-20120429-signed.zip
• ROM: http://goo.im/devs/teameos/roms/nightlies/wingray/
Steps:
1. Power off your XOOM device.
2. Press and hold the volume down button while pressing the power button at the same time. Note: Even if your xoom starts again, just keep the button pressed until you see "Starting fastboot protocol" on the screen.
3. Connect Xoom to your computer via USB.
4. Open a ‘Command Prompt’ or ‘Terminal’ window on your computer in your sdk/tools folder. This is the sdk you downloaded above.
5. unlock your xoom and flash the recovery image. The recovery image should be in your current working directory where you have command line navigated to:
Type:
adb reboot bootloader
fastboot oem unlock
fastboot flash recovery eos-recovery-r6.img
fastboot reboot
adb reboot recovery
Now, you have your device unlocked and recovery installed.
Reboot your xoom by selecting the option "reboot system now" from recovery. you can navigate up and down using the volume buttons. Once an option is highlighted, press the power button to select, you will still have your old ROM.
To flash the other ROM downloaded above,
1. Boot into recovery by:
i. As soon as you hit the reboot command above, you should see a Motorola logo appear. Wait 3 seconds and tap the Volume down button and the words Android Recovery should appear on the screen. When you see that, tap the Volume up button and you’ll boot into recovery.
2. From within Recovery, perform wipe data, wipe cache, and go to advanced, wipe dalvik cache and battery stats. Don't worry, if the ROM and GAPPs are deleted, which should not be the case, you will have them on your external sd card
Note: wipe data will delete your stuff on the xoom. It would be great if you backup your files that you need to your external sd card before you start any of this procedure.
3. In recovery, navigate to install zip from sdcard > choose zip from sd card and select the EOS ROM you copied to the root of the SD card. Once the files are flashed, DO NOT reboot afterwards. Hold on.
4. Again, from Recovery, choose install zip from sdcard > choose zip from sd card and select the GAPPs you copied to the root of the SD card.
Then hit reboot system now. It will take 2 - 3 minutes for the first reboot. Setup your google account. and you are good to go.
Later reboots will be much faster (around 40 - 50 seconds).
Advice: purchase Startup Manager from the market. Remove unwanted user programs from the startup. That will boost the boot time of your xoom. and don't remove superuser or superSU.
To have better battery life, from the market buy JuiceDefender ultimate. configure it as aggressive. don't worry, it is ok. This will give you around 2 hours of extra battery life than the promised 10 hours. Keep that in the startup.
You may need after that to install terminal emulator from the market if not already installed by the ROM to check if you have root permissions. Just type "su -" you will be prompted with superuser check. Click allow. and then type "id" You will see your id is root.
Should you require further details or assistance, please let me know. And enjoy the best rom customized ever for your device
Best Thanks to TEAM EOS for the great ROMs they provide.
After you are done with all that, let me know and will explain to you how to work with the pre-installed gooManager in the new ROM. It will make your life much easier to upgrade to future releases of your ROM.
Note: if you are coming from eos rom, there is no need to wipe data. Wipe cache and dalvik are enough.
If you are coming from another rom other than eos roms, or rooting for the first time, wipe data is needed as well. Enjoy...
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Great guide! I was waiting for someone (I was too lazy myself) to create a guide that skipped right to the good stuff: Custom Roms.
One thing though: After "fastboot flash recovery eos-recovery-r6.img" aren't you supposed to reboot, and then immediately go into recovery, just so that the system doesn't bring back the old one? Or am a dreaming things (again)?
Hi yosterwp. My pleasure to be part of xda community mate.
Well, after flashing recovery, within adb, I am asking to reboot fastboot and and rebooting recovery. Then rebooting system is mentioned there. That is why I am asking to use the volume button and power button combinations to prevent it from going to old rom and directly go to recovery to flash eos rom
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wesamothman said:
Hi yosterwp. My pleasure to be part of xda community mate.
Well, after flashing recovery, within adb, I am asking to reboot fastboot and and rebooting recovery. Then rebooting system is mentioned there. That is why I am asking to use the volume button and power button combinations to prevent it from going to old rom and directly go to recovery to flash eos rom
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Ahh, efficient and direct for the noob in all of us! I expected nothing less from you; great job!
At step 1 of "To flash the other ROM downloaded above", I get this:
http://i.imgur.com/lsItx.jpg
What am I doing wrong?
EDIT: If it helps, when I flash the recovery image, I get this:
http://i.imgur.com/BdZRM.jpg
Is that right?
Also, when I try to enter recovery, I get this:
http://i.imgur.com/pWUZS.jpg
(and before I get that I get the same Android outline with 2 spinning cogs inside, then it changes to that)
I don't actually get into recovery (first image I posted) until I press the Vol Up and power buttons at the same time.
EDIT 2: Disregard all that!
I got it all working using this, and XxLordxX's Lord AIO Tool.
Installed the ROM and GAPPS from this though.
ICS looks so damn nice on this I LOVE ANDROID!
Hey. I am happy you got all that working
For the previous images you posted, it seems boatloader was not unlocked and that is a pre-requisite for Recovery installation.
Now that it is working, Enjoyyyyyyy ICS
wesamothman said:
Hey. I am happy you got all that working
For the previous images you posted, it seems boatloader was not unlocked and that is a pre-requisite for Recovery installation.
Now that it is working, Enjoyyyyyyy ICS
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Hmm. I ran through the bootloader unlocking on the device, changing the option with the arrow keys then it said
"Formatting UDA" then said it was finished..
Anyway, it's working now, and CWM works (obviously, as I now have the custom ROM installed).
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EDIT -- never mind got it figured out!
ok i did these two steps
adb reboot bootloader
fastboot oem unlock
and the device rebooted back into HC like it was when i took it out of the box
now when i run adb devices it doesnt see it and if i do adb reboot bootloader it says device not found
dodgefan67 said:
EDIT -- never mind got it figured out!
ok i did these two steps
adb reboot bootloader
fastboot oem unlock
and the device rebooted back into HC like it was when i took it out of the box
now when i run adb devices it doesnt see it and if i do adb reboot bootloader it says device not found
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Cool. Now ICS is ON?
wesamothman said:
Cool. Now ICS is ON?
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yeah i found the thread to put the US rom on it, got the official HC from motodev and updated it OTA to ICS 4.0.4!! patiently waiting for JB now
Spanish Xoom?
Hi.
I have an Spanish Xoom Wifi, and I'm concerned about if this ROM (wingray):
- will work in my european/spanish XOOM?
- will allow me to change language and keyboard layout to Spanish?
- can this "english" ROM "brick" my device ? (I don't know if flashing an US or NON-Spanish rom in my Spanish device can brick it).
Thanks.
NoP_Compiler said:
Hi.
I have an Spanish Xoom Wifi, and I'm concerned about if this ROM (wingray):
- will work in my european/spanish XOOM?
- will allow me to change language and keyboard layout to Spanish?
- can this "english" ROM "brick" my device ? (I don't know if flashing an US or NON-Spanish rom in my Spanish device can brick it).
Thanks.
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Yup. It works well on your device.
For spanish keyboard, get smartkeyboard and spanish addon. Enjoy.
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Device Not found
I've installed the SDK and Motorola USB drivers as instructed.
When I attach the Xoom, I hear the device connect chime. I even saw the fastboot driver message say "complete" with the happy green checkmark.
However, when I run:
adb reboot bootloader
I get error: device not found.
I tried the LIAOT tool and it also hangs up looking for the device.
Thx for any advice.
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I've installed the SDK and Motorola USB drivers as instructed.
When I attach the Xoom, I hear the device connect chime. I even saw the fastboot driver message say "complete" with the happy green checkmark.
However, when I run:
adb reboot bootloader
I get error: device not found.
I tried the LIAOT tool and it also hangs up looking for the device.
Thx for any advice.
What does adb devices say? Use another USB port and use the USB cable it came with
Hahleq said:
I've installed the SDK and Motorola USB drivers as instructed.
When I attach the Xoom, I hear the device connect chime. I even saw the fastboot driver message say "complete" with the happy green checkmark.
However, when I run:
adb reboot bootloader
I get error: device not found.
I tried the LIAOT tool and it also hangs up looking for the device.
Thx for any advice.
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I've installed the SDK and Motorola USB drivers as instructed.
When I attach the Xoom, I hear the device connect chime. I even saw the fastboot driver message say "complete" with the happy green checkmark.
However, when I run:
adb reboot bootloader
I get error: device not found.
I tried the LIAOT tool and it also hangs up looking for the device.
Thx for any advice.
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You need to make sure that usb debugging check box is checked under settings.
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rooted, flashed
Hi everyone.
I would like to thank you for all the developers here, for the information on how to do it. Without you guys I would stuck with stock honeycombe 3.2 here in the UK. I have been waiting for an official update OTA ics 4.0 for months, but still no sign if other Xoom users will ever get it.
Did it first time rooted, flashed, now running team eos wingray 4.0.4 ics, on my xoom mz604, what a huge improvement.
Thank you again for all of you!
We are here one community to help out. By the way jellybean is out for your device if you are interested.
Sent from my Xoom using Tapatalk 2
wesamothman said:
Note: please read this procedure carefully more than once until you are fully aware of it. If you have any doubts or concerns, just ask to avoid confusion before you apply. This should be followed step by step.
• Your custom ROM will be: http://goo.im/devs/teameos/roms/nightlies/wingray/
• Your GOOGLE APPs (GAPPs) would be: gapps-ics-20120429-signed.zip http://goo.im/gapps
Full thread in details can be found here: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=20479464
To summarize:
First, download the above ROM and GAPPs and put them onto your xoom internal and external SD card. Put them under /mnt/sdcard for internal sd, and under the root of your external sd card.
To download:
• Get the Motorola USB drivers to your laptop: http://developer.motorola.com/docstools/USB_Drivers/
• Get the Android SDK to your laptop: http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html • Recovery Image: http://goo.im/devs/teameos/recoverie...ecovery-r6.img
• GAPPS: http://goo.im/gapps, your GAPPs would be: gapps-ics-20120429-signed.zip
• ROM: http://goo.im/devs/teameos/roms/nightlies/wingray/
Steps:
1. Power off your XOOM device.
2. Press and hold the volume down button while pressing the power button at the same time. Note: Even if your xoom starts again, just keep the button pressed until you see "Starting fastboot protocol" on the screen.
3. Connect Xoom to your computer via USB.
4. Open a ‘Command Prompt’ or ‘Terminal’ window on your computer in your sdk/tools folder. This is the sdk you downloaded above.
5. unlock your xoom and flash the recovery image. The recovery image should be in your current working directory where you have command line navigated to:
Type:
adb reboot bootloader
fastboot oem unlock
fastboot flash recovery eos-recovery-r6.img
fastboot reboot
adb reboot recovery
Now, you have your device unlocked and recovery installed.
Reboot your xoom by selecting the option "reboot system now" from recovery. you can navigate up and down using the volume buttons. Once an option is highlighted, press the power button to select, you will still have your old ROM.
To flash the other ROM downloaded above,
1. Boot into recovery by:
i. As soon as you hit the reboot command above, you should see a Motorola logo appear. Wait 3 seconds and tap the Volume down button and the words Android Recovery should appear on the screen. When you see that, tap the Volume up button and you’ll boot into recovery.
2. From within Recovery, perform wipe data, wipe cache, and go to advanced, wipe dalvik cache and battery stats. Don't worry, if the ROM and GAPPs are deleted, which should not be the case, you will have them on your external sd card
Note: wipe data will delete your stuff on the xoom. It would be great if you backup your files that you need to your external sd card before you start any of this procedure.
3. In recovery, navigate to install zip from sdcard > choose zip from sd card and select the EOS ROM you copied to the root of the SD card. Once the files are flashed, DO NOT reboot afterwards. Hold on.
4. Again, from Recovery, choose install zip from sdcard > choose zip from sd card and select the GAPPs you copied to the root of the SD card.
Then hit reboot system now. It will take 2 - 3 minutes for the first reboot. Setup your google account. and you are good to go.
Later reboots will be much faster (around 40 - 50 seconds).
Advice: purchase Startup Manager from the market. Remove unwanted user programs from the startup. That will boost the boot time of your xoom. and don't remove superuser or superSU.
To have better battery life, from the market buy JuiceDefender ultimate. configure it as aggressive. don't worry, it is ok. This will give you around 2 hours of extra battery life than the promised 10 hours. Keep that in the startup.
You may need after that to install terminal emulator from the market if not already installed by the ROM to check if you have root permissions. Just type "su -" you will be prompted with superuser check. Click allow. and then type "id" You will see your id is root.
Should you require further details or assistance, please let me know. And enjoy the best rom customized ever for your device
Best Thanks to TEAM EOS for the great ROMs they provide.
After you are done with all that, let me know and will explain to you how to work with the pre-installed gooManager in the new ROM. It will make your life much easier to upgrade to future releases of your ROM.
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AFTER adb reboot bootloader shows me adb not found in command prompt
some archive txt tells me that adb si moved and i need to donwload platforms tools via sdkmanager....is this correct?
thanks for the guide! i need some help with this!
MARIANOTE said:
AFTER adb reboot bootloader shows me adb not found in command prompt
some archive txt tells me that adb si moved and i need to donwload platforms tools via sdkmanager....is this correct?
thanks for the guide! i need some help with this!
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Check step 4. Your Cmd have to be in SDK/tools, wherever that us, example, c:/SDK/tools/
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[GUIDE] Upgrading your Verizon r800x to CM9

Recently I posted about Sony/Verizon finally allowing meid unlock of the r800x.
I thought I'd come back and write up a little guide to help those of you that are wanting to upgrade your Verizon r800x device to a fresh install of CM9.
Things You'll Need
Unlocked Bootloader
Xperia Fastboot Drivers
Android SDK
Cyanogenmod 9 (I used the 2012-11-25 nightly)
Flash Tool (Links are under installation)
Verizon's 2.3.4 TFT
Gapps for CM9
Keiran & Atarii's CDMA Fix (There are some touchpad fixes out there too but I'm not covering those as I chose not to use them)
Recovery Play
Setup Stage
Download everything listed above.
Install Flash Tool and copy Verizon's 2.3.4 TFT into Flash Tool's firmware folder
You'll want to get Android SDK installed.
In the SDK manager, you want to be sure to have platform tools and Google USB driver checked and installed.
Unlock your bootloader following the steps on Sonys Unlock Bootloader webpage. Congrats your bootloader is now unlocked.
Start your phone and connect your usb connect your SD card to the PC.
Make a folder to store your rom setup files and copy the Cyanogenmod 9 Zip, Gapps, and Keiran & Atariis CDMA Fix Zip to that folder. Unmount USB Storage.
Back up your app data using Titanium Backup or some other tool to your SD card.
Navigate to the install path of your Android SDK and locate the platform-tools folder.
Open up the CM9 Zip file and extract boot.img to the platform-tools folder.
Also copy the recoveryPLAY.img to the platform-tools folder.
Run the command prompt and navigate to your platform-tools folder. Keep the command prompt open throughout this whole guide.
Code:
cd c:\program files\android\android-sdk\platform-tools
for example
Disconnect your USB cord from the phone and shut the phone off. Hold the search button and plug the USB cord back in.
You should see a blue light. If windows can't find the drivers for your fastboot, point it to the platform-tools folder.
Run the following code and when that is complete run the 2nd command:
Code:
fastboot boot recoveryPLAY.img
fastboot reboot
Unplug your usb and press the back/return button on your phone until you see ClockworkMod show.
Navigate to backup/restore and choose to backup your phone (home is up, list is down, search is enter). We are doing this incase something goes wrong with with your Cyanogen install, in which case you will simply restore your phone.
Poweroff the phone.
Start Flash Tool, press the lightning icon and select flash mode. Select Verizon's 2.3.4 TFT and click next.
Hold the back button on your phone, insert the USB cord, and press the power button to start flash mode when flash tool asks you to.
Boot your phone and activate your service using verizons *228 program. After the phone reboots, turn it off.
Back at your command prompt, run the following codes and then immediately unplug the USB cord.
Code:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot reboot
Your phone should start and you should see a FXP boot screen, start pressing the volume down button to enter into recovery.
Navigate through clockworkmod using your vol up/down keys and choose the install zip from SD option (home is enter).
Select choose zip from SD card and navigate to your CM9 zip you copied to your SD card earlier. Select yes.
After install completes, repeat the step above but this time choose your Gapps Zip file.
Lastly repeat the step again and this time choose Keiran & Atariis CDMA Fix Zip.
Reboot your phone and hopefully if everything went well, your phone will start up into the OS after a minute or two.
Go through the setup that pops up (you shouldnt need to activate your service, you did that previously in the fresh 2.3.4 install).
Lastly open up voice dialer and say Open APN and it should come up with an option to Open APNs. Select it.
That should bring you to a screen and there should be an option for Verizon Wireless, select that and return to your home screen. You're done.
If for whatever reason you encounter problems. Boot into recovery and restore your 2.3.4 backup.
I am not responsible for any botched upgrade attempts. You assume the risk when you unlock your bootloader and all modding attempts made on it.
This guide was writen as a suggested route one can take for upgrading your phone and any problems encountered along the way were not my doing.
Search the Xperia Play Forums if you encounter any weird problems.
This is a great guide! Good luck CDMA users! First
Sent from my Xperia Play using xda app-developers app
You'll need a kernel too. Get LuPuS CM9 Kernel, and get rid of the recovery thing. LuPuS comes with it built in.
DubleJayJ said:
You'll need a kernel too. Get LuPuS CM9 Kernel, and get rid of the recovery thing. LuPuS comes with it built in.
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I used the one that game with the cm9 download. But people are free to try whatever they want.
DubleJayJ said:
You'll need a kernel too. Get LuPuS CM9 Kernel, and get rid of the recovery thing. LuPuS comes with it built in.
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how do i get rid of recovery and is this safe? also whats the point?
frozty95 said:
how do i get rid of recovery and is this safe? also whats the point?
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What I meant was, skip the recovery part, and don't flash the kernel that comes with CM9. Get LuPuS CM9 kernel. Has it's own built in CWM (6.0) and it's great. Tons of useful features.
Thanks For The Guide it helped alot!
Help. Bootlooping?
Thanks for writing this guide. I"ve read that the initial boot in to CM9 takes forever, but how do I decide if I've waited too long and I'm bootlooping? Also, all of the procedures I've read talk about fixing a boot loop by returning to the stock firmware. I want CM9 and don't want to return to stock.
dt674 said:
Recently I posted about Sony/Verizon finally allowing meid unlock of the r800x.
I thought I'd come back and write up a little guide to help those of you that are wanting to upgrade your Verizon r800x device to a fresh install of CM9.
Things You'll Need
Unlocked Bootloader
Xperia Fastboot Drivers
Android SDK
Cyanogenmod 9 (I used the 2012-11-25 nightly)
Flash Tool (Links are under installation)
Verizon's 2.3.4 TFT
Gapps for CM9
Keiran & Atarii's CDMA Fix (There are some touchpad fixes out there too but I'm not covering those as I chose not to use them)
Recovery Play
Setup Stage
Download everything listed above.
Install Flash Tool and copy Verizon's 2.3.4 TFT into Flash Tool's firmware folder
You'll want to get Android SDK installed.
In the SDK manager, you want to be sure to have platform tools and Google USB driver checked and installed.
Unlock your bootloader following the steps on Sonys Unlock Bootloader webpage. Congrats your bootloader is now unlocked.
Start your phone and connect your usb connect your SD card to the PC.
Make a folder to store your rom setup files and copy the Cyanogenmod 9 Zip, Gapps, and Keiran & Atariis CDMA Fix Zip to that folder. Unmount USB Storage.
Back up your app data using Titanium Backup or some other tool to your SD card.
Navigate to the install path of your Android SDK and locate the platform-tools folder.
Open up the CM9 Zip file and extract boot.img to the platform-tools folder.
Also copy the recoveryPLAY.img to the platform-tools folder.
Run the command prompt and navigate to your platform-tools folder. Keep the command prompt open throughout this whole guide.
Code:
cd c:\program files\android\android-sdk\platform-tools
for example
Disconnect your USB cord from the phone and shut the phone off. Hold the search button and plug the USB cord back in.
You should see a blue light. If windows can't find the drivers for your fastboot, point it to the platform-tools folder.
Run the following code and when that is complete run the 2nd command:
Code:
fastboot boot recoveryPLAY.img
fastboot reboot
Unplug your usb and press the back/return button on your phone until you see ClockworkMod show.
Navigate to backup/restore and choose to backup your phone (home is up, list is down, search is enter). We are doing this incase something goes wrong with with your Cyanogen install, in which case you will simply restore your phone.
Poweroff the phone.
Start Flash Tool, press the lightning icon and select flash mode. Select Verizon's 2.3.4 TFT and click next.
Hold the back button on your phone, insert the USB cord, and press the power button to start flash mode when flash tool asks you to.
Boot your phone and activate your service using verizons *228 program. After the phone reboots, turn it off.
Back at your command prompt, run the following codes and then immediately unplug the USB cord.
Code:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot reboot
Your phone should start and you should see a FXP boot screen, start pressing the volume down button to enter into recovery.
Navigate through clockworkmod using your vol up/down keys and choose the install zip from SD option (home is enter).
Select choose zip from SD card and navigate to your CM9 zip you copied to your SD card earlier. Select yes.
After install completes, repeat the step above but this time choose your Gapps Zip file.
Lastly repeat the step again and this time choose Keiran & Atariis CDMA Fix Zip.
Reboot your phone and hopefully if everything went well, your phone will start up into the OS after a minute or two.
Go through the setup that pops up (you shouldnt need to activate your service, you did that previously in the fresh 2.3.4 install).
Lastly open up voice dialer and say Open APN and it should come up with an option to Open APNs. Select it.
That should bring you to a screen and there should be an option for Verizon Wireless, select that and return to your home screen. You're done.
If for whatever reason you encounter problems. Boot into recovery and restore your 2.3.4 backup.
I am not responsible for any botched upgrade attempts. You assume the risk when you unlock your bootloader and all modding attempts made on it.
This guide was writen as a suggested route one can take for upgrading your phone and any problems encountered along the way were not my doing.
Search the Xperia Play Forums if you encounter any weird problems.
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swing4thefence said:
Thanks for writing this guide. I"ve read that the initial boot in to CM9 takes forever, but how do I decide if I've waited too long and I'm bootlooping? Also, all of the procedures I've read talk about fixing a boot loop by returning to the stock firmware. I want CM9 and don't want to return to stock.
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I fixed it: I booted in to Recovery mode by holding the volume down button and then I used it to wipe user data. Then rebooted and booted in to CM9 in less than 2 minutes.
Is there any way to do this with out activating your phone? I have a Galaxy Nexus and don't wan to deactivate it just to flash a rom.
LAcube said:
Is there any way to do this with out activating your phone? I have a Galaxy Nexus and don't wan to deactivate it just to flash a rom.
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Um i'd assume so. But this is for the xperia play, not galaxy nexus. Try checking Galaxy Nexus Forums
swing4thefence said:
Thanks for writing this guide. I"ve read that the initial boot in to CM9 takes forever, but how do I decide if I've waited too long and I'm bootlooping? Also, all of the procedures I've read talk about fixing a boot loop by returning to the stock firmware. I want CM9 and don't want to return to stock.
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I fixed it: I booted in to Recovery mode by holding the volume down button and then I used it to wipe user data. Then rebooted and booted in to CM9 in less than 2 minutes.
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Yeah i actually had this happen to me a few times on other roms. It usually boils down to wiping cache/dalvik after the install, and sometimes user data.
No worries, found what I needed.
Nice guide, but going from GB to ICS on XP is more of a downgrade...
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so the Verizon's 2.3.4 TFT both links wont work what can i do ?
dt674 said:
Um i'd assume so. But this is for the xperia play, not galaxy nexus. Try checking Galaxy Nexus Forums
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Sorry, I didn't explain my self right. Since the phone I'm currently using right now is Galaxy Nexus and is activated and my Xperia Play is not in service, is there another way to flash CM9 without having to activate your Xperia Play? (Step 21)
When i do the fastboot flash boot boot.img it says everything did well but my phone wont boot. I dont know what im doing wrong...
The Verizon's 2.3.4 TFT file seems to be down.
the links for verizons android 2.3.4 no longer contain the file. can anybody point me to the right direction where i can obtain the file.
Problem with step 19
Hi guys
flashtool is not recognizing the Verizon's 2.3.4 TFT file. i copied and pasted the file in the firmware of the flash tool but its not showing up in the firmware section. I notices that the file extenetion is .ftf inseted of .tft i changed the extention to .tft but it still didnt show up.
I don't know what tft is (it's FTF) but I have the 2.3.3 (.88) and the 2.3.4 (.57) both on my dropbox account. Just click my link and foloow it to the correct folder and file. Enjoy.

[Tutorial] Root, Unlock, Recovery and flashing a Custom ROM

Just a quick step by step tutorial to get a Custom ROM working on your HTC One or if you just want to unlock and root!
This guide is especially for the new users, experienced HTC users should already be familiar with this process.
Step 1: Unlock
Go on http://www.htcdev.com and create yourself an account on HTCDEV.
Download these adb/fastboot files
Make a new folder on your C:/ drive called fastboot for example.
Extract the zip downloaded in step 2 to the new folder
Go Here http://www.htcdev.com/bootloader/ and select "All Other Supported Models" and "then begin unlock bootloader"
Yes, Tick both Boxes, Proceed
Skip up to step 8 as we have all we need for the first 7 steps
Power off your phone by holding the power button down for 10 seconds
Power your phone on by holding power and volume down
Highlight Fastboot With Volume+or- then press Power
Plug your phone into your PC and open a Command Prompt.
(windows XP - Click Start > Run > type CMD in box then press OK
(Windows 7 - Click Start > type CMD in search box then press Enter)
Change directory to your folder where we put fastboot files cd c:\fastboot
Type this into your command prompt window fastboot oem get_identifier_token
Select & copy the text as per step 9 on the HTCDev website
Paste your identifier token into the box at the bottom and submit
You Will Very Shortly Receive an email from HTCDev with a link to the second part of the instructions and your "Unlock_code.bin" attached
Download the "Unlock_code.bin" from the email and save it to the same folder that we extracted fastboot files to in step 2
Type this into your command prompt window fastboot flash unlocktoken Unlock_code.bin
The Display Will change on your phone, press Vol + to accept and power to confirm.
Step 2: Recovery
Download the Android SDK (optional)
Download the recovery of your choice, here a few links:
- CWM
- CWM 2
- TWRP
Place the Recovery file you downloaded where the fastboot.exe is (Either in the location of your downloaded fastboot drivers or in the Android SDK directory)
Now open the cmd and navigate to the folder where the Recovery File is located or just open a cmd with shift and right click at the correct directory
Now type:
fastboot flash recovery name_of_the_recovery.img
For example:
fastboot flash recovery recovery-clockwork-touch-6.0.2.8-m7.img
Now your recovery is installed
Step 3: Root
This step is only needed if you want a stock rooted ROM, if you want a custom ROM, skip this step.
Now root your phone with SuperSU by Chainfire or SuperUser by koush
Download SuperSU from this link or SuperUser from this link
Flash it with the Recovery:
Power off your device and then hold the VOL DOWN + Power to boot into the Bootloader
Navigate with VOL and Power to Recovery
Now flash the .zip:
- install zip from sdcard
- choose zip from sdcard
- select the downloaded SuperSU/SuperUser zip file and flash it
- Reboot now
Now you are able to flash any Custom ROM.
Step 4: Custom ROM
With htcdev unlock you need to flash the boot.img after every ROM installation
Note: Most of the custom ROMs have a script which lets the boot.img flash automatically with the ROM, so probably the steps after flashing the ROM are not needed.
If you are in a bootlop though, I recommend you to perform these steps and flash the boot.img with fastboot
Download the ROM you want to flash
Open the ROM zip with an archive manager and extract the boot.img out of it and place it in your fastboot directory
Copy the ROM to your sdcard
Now boot into bootloader again (explained above) and choose recovery with your volume keys and power button
In recovery wipe data and cache aka fullwipe before flashing your ROM if you are moving to a new base (for example from CyanogenMod to a Sense ROM, don't forget to backup your data files, like apps) (Often ROM chefs leave a note in their thread if a fullwipe is needed or not, just follow their advices)
Now flash your ROM by installing zip from sdcard
If this is finished, reboot and reboot into bootloader again
Connect your phone to your PC in fasboot mode (choose in bootloader with power button)
Open a cmd in your fastboot folder with your boot.img and type these two commands:
fastboot flash boot boot.img
fastboot erase cache
Then reboot your phone and wait some minutes to see your ROM booted
Enjoy
Video tutorials (for One S but the steps are the same):
Video-Tutorial by Flow-Wolf:
Bootloader Unlock:
Recovery Installation:
Root:
Custom ROM Installation:
I recommend using SuperUser by koush insted of SuperSU. I also made Super Boot to root stock ROM but I need someone with WWE HTC One...
I added a link for koush's SuperUser
hi
i done everything like its writen here, but i cant boot into recovery.. it cames the screen "entering recovery" and then the device is reboot
noob.fl said:
hi
i done everything like its writen here, but i cant boot into recovery.. it cames the screen "entering recovery" and then the device is reboot
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Yes currently the recoveries are not working, be patient until they work, I will leave a note in the OP
thanks for responce - i will wait :laugh:
ist there any other opinion to put the su binary into system? maybee with adb?
noob.fl said:
thanks for responce - i will wait :laugh:
ist there any other opinion to put the su binary into system? maybee with adb?
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adb can't write system on stock, you would need a modified boot.img
noob.fl said:
thanks for responce - i will wait :laugh:
ist there any other opinion to put the su binary into system? maybee with adb?
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I have modified boot.img but it's from .401 ROM. You want to try?
mike1986. said:
I have modified boot.img but it's from .401 ROM. You want to try?
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im since a longer time no more so familar with htc... can it harm my device or it does not care and the one will run? if cot my one since to day, and its a damn expensive device to brick it at first time... but if it works - je i will try
its like all other androiddevices to flash? fastboot flash boot boot.img?
noob.fl said:
im since a longer time no more so familar with htc... can it harm my device or it does not care and the one will run? if cot my one since to day, and its a damn expensive device to brick it at first time... but if it works - je i will try
its like all other androiddevices to flash? fastboot flash boot boot.img?
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There is no chance to brick but there is a chance for bootloop
if got the softwarw nr 1.27.206.1 with kernel [email protected]#1 - will it works with your 401 kernel?
Can you pull the system partition so we can enjoy some stuff from the One on other HTC devices?
tell me how to do and i will share
http://d-h.st/2DO
Unpack and run the runme.bat
Dumping may need a while, upload it to dropbox for example
Imho all devs should work together here instead of trying to be the first guy with a deodexed stock ROM
these are just windowsfiles - does not working on my linux, sorry
torxx said:
http://d-h.st/2DO
Unpack and run the runme.bat
Dumping may need a while, upload it to dropbox for example
Imho all devs should work together here instead of trying to be the first guy with a deodexed stock ROM
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Do i understand it right i do not need to install recovery to get the system dump?
Simply go to your adb dir and type that in terminal:
adb pull /system ./system
optional:
adb kill-server
7za a -tzip system.zip system\ -r (needs the 7za file)
rmdir system /s /q
to pack a zip
simpelsense said:
Do i understand it right i do not need to install recovery to get the system dump?
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no, all through adb
noob.fl said:
these are just windowsfiles - does not working on my linux, sorry
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Using ADB (I assume you already isntalled it)
adb devices
adb pull /system ./system
adb kill-server
It will write it in your ADB folder
torxx said:
no, all through adb
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thought pulling system is a little more magic.

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