sostler

wow Thanks. it worked this time! It froze a couple times for ~20 min each time but I just kept taking the battery out and powering it up again out of frustration and the 4th time it worked!

Thanks, sostler

nuttmeg

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slarabee

Just wanted to add my thanks to this thread. I like my phone a lot more with MetroPCS Easy Wifi and Swipe gone!! Thanks for the great post!!

Maddogf250

Me again, when I down loader the Google aps and tried to unzip it gave me an error. I just upgraded to cm7 everything elice is fine so far. Also I backed up my other sd card that had icarus on it. I placed it on my desktop. How do I transfer my apps back?

nuttmeg

you have to flash the gapps. zip like you did cm7, dont unzip it, just move it to your sdcard and boot into recovery and flash it.

lilflippy

Hi I skip this step to add this Latest Gapps: gapps-gb-20110307-signed.zip

What are the apps included in this so i can install them?

Antone

hate to be a broken record and repeat other posts but I need help and im a little nervous doing this lol....

When i download the cm7 .zip folders off my computer, do I drag the ENTIRE unzipped folder on the main screen ?

im stuck on that part, im not sure if I have to unzip the folder or just install it as is...PLEASE help me out

lilflippy

No you do not have to unzip it. Just drag it over to your sd card

Antone

Also, when trying to install CWM - I get the phone to the huwaei screen, and when I plug the USB in, nothing happens, there's no way for me to drag it over or extract it into the phones folder

Just stays on the Huwaei screen and nothing else

nuttmeg

you suppose to extract the cwm.rar to your desktop, and open it and run fastboot-windows and than run install-recovery-windows, after that finish just pull the battery wait 10 sec and put battery back in and boot into recovery.

the cm7 and the gapps needs to stay zipped, Do Not Extract Them


you need to flash gapps, so you can have your market on your phone and also to get gmail and other google apps.

Last edited by nuttmeg; June 13th, 2011 at 11:32 PM.

meksyk

After reading many times this guide I decided to jumped into it, the problem I have is that my CWM 2.5.1.8 gets stuck at formatting cache (and also restoring), I was able to flash it back to stock, but I really want to try CM7, any ideas what the problem could be?


rgds, Meksyk

nuttmeg

extract this to you desktop and install this version of cwm CWM 3.0.0.5.rar

Antone

Finally did it, I figured it out that once the phone is connected to just extract it lmao..I appreciate it


Also, im doing the cm7 now, and did the restore/backup, i did that, powered off did the volume up thing, and right now it says "Firmware Update Step 2/2 installing"

Is that part of the cm7 ? The screen did say ANDROID THOUGH, AND NOT METRO PCS

nuttmeg

no, sounds like you install 2.2 from metro, to install cm7 you have to vol up, call button, and tap power.


power off phone and reboot into cwm (VOLUME ROCKER UP+CALL BUTTON+POWER)

use your track ball to select (in order) the following commands

wipe data/ factory reset
wipe cache

advanced

wipe dalvik cache

press the back button (the arrow) on your phone.
under mounts and storage, format following...
boot
data
system
cache

press the back button (the arrow) on your phone.

install .zip from sd
chose zip from sd.
choose cm7.zip
choose gapps-cm7.zip

Last edited by nuttmeg; June 13th, 2011 at 11:52 PM.

Antone

weird, I already had 2.2 Froyo...I installed the CWM, and got the black screen with green text, followed those directions, and now its stuck on the metropcs screen

lilflippy

what are the latest google apps? i skipped this step?

nuttmeg

Also, im doing the cm7 now, and did the restore/backup, i did that, powered off did the volume up thing, and right now it says "Firmware Update Step 2/2 installing"


cause cm7 doesnt load that way you said it did when you press vol up, from what i seen you post, you just install metro 2.2 again.


for google maps and stuff like that, and you have to flash it to get market on your phone.

Antone

at the end of cm7 it says "restart system now"

DO I PULL THE BATTERY OR DO I CLICK ON reboot system now ?

nuttmeg

reboot system now...

Antone

nuttmeg thank you for the help thus far, you are a great person.

I just have 1 more question ?

to get the mms fixed what do I do ? From my computer do I click on the link that says to fix it, and then move the files over to my sd folder ?

Im lost on that part..


ALSO, I did reboot now and the screen is staying on the metroPCS screen right now

Antone

now its showing the android guy, and saying Welcome to HUAWEI-M860 touch to begin




Did the set-up screen and still have all my metro apps that I had deleted when i rooted the phone

Last edited by Antone; June 14th, 2011 at 12:16 AM.

nuttmeg

do this turn phone off and boot into recovery, and wipe everything and format boot,data,system,cache.

you need this for mms to work http://www.mediafire.com/?q83m25ls8p5vnvi

Last edited by nuttmeg; June 14th, 2011 at 12:22 AM.

Antone

HUGE HUGE HUGE thank you to nuttmeg for suffering me till 3:30am last night ahaha.

He was able to lead me step by step into turning my phone to CM7 software !

Thanks to you I am having a blast with my new phone, and will be doing my fiance's in a few !

Biggg thumbs up once again

chevelle1313

Hi there.

First off, amazing post! Just started the process and it is quite easy, so props to that.

But...

I cannot get the multiple options for formatting in CWM when trying to install CM6.

The instructions say wipe data/ factory reset and wipe cache which is fine and the options for that are there, but that's where the similarities end.

I don't have advanced or wipe dalvik cache. The only options I do have are "Reboot System", "somethingorother SD card update.zip" (which doesn't get me anywhere and just puts me back to the main menu when I pick it), "Wipe Data/Factory Reset", and Wipe Cache"

I've followed the instructions very carefully so as not to kill my only phone, so everything seems ok so far.

Any help would be much appreciated. And does this mean I have to start all over or just pick up where I left off?

Thanks again!

edit: Forgot to add I do not have the "back up" option either and the text in CWM is blue not green. Relevant?

Last edited by chevelle1313; June 14th, 2011 at 05:42 PM. Reason: forgot point

nuttmeg

you need to fastboot your phone and run this CWM 3.0.0.5.rar if the screen was blue and black instead of orange than you didnt install cwm.

chevelle1313

Ok, and this is a different one than linked in the CWM step? I'll start now.

chevelle1313

So far so good. Thanks you very kindly!

Just for a couple quick questions:
1. Is there anything special I need to do now for Wifi, Market or any of that?
2. I downloaded the CM6 that was posted on the guide. Should I be worried about there being an update or newer version? Or is there a way to get it updated through the rom?
3. Why do you guys rock the casbah so hard?

nuttmeg

lol, no just make sure you make a backup before flashing cm6 just in case, but make sure you download the gapps also, the one for cm6 not the gapps for cm7, and market,wifi,mms and all that will work right after you flash cm6, Good Luck!!!

chevelle1313

Done and done. Damn that was easy. I'm trying to register my phone for CM updates right now, taking a bit but meh.

Now to completely relearn a phone I've had for a while... how awesome is that!

Turning Ghetto Metro in to Radassedness!

nuttmeg

cm updates is not going to work, so save the time registering...

meksyk

Thank you very much, I'm using CM7 now

chevelle1313

Well, I've got another wee problem. Everything s setup perfect with no issues. I can text, get web access, wifi, but I cannot make outgoing calls. My signal has been real spotty and touchy since I got my phone on CM6, but I didn't try to make a call until now and it immediately ends it saying it was lost.

Obviously this is a phone so ideally I'd like to make calls and would hate to have to revert back to the old slowness. So again, any help is much appreciated.

nuttmeg

your welcome!!! Be sure to make a backup of cm7 just in case you try something and it dont work and cause your phone to start boot looping.

nynakedrat

Hey. Just did the CWM Recovery on a Macbook, and had problems on the last step - had to manually load the .sh contents in the terminal, and point them to recovery.img (since the recovery image was not named correctly in the shell)

rlugo29

As of now I run Icarus. I've been wanting to try CM6 but I see that Metro finally released the 2.2 update. So, I'm wondering which is better?

PlayfulGod

CM dominates it!

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i to have a accend and i was wondering how do i go about updating my 2.1 to 2.2 ty

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Glarence111

So none of this is possible without a computer?

kevinrubio

Correct

nuttmeg

you can use terminal emulator but its a difficult task if you are new to this.

rlugo29

WoW!!! Just one opinion? Or did that one opinion sum it up for everybody???

intrdrgn

i havent tried CM6 but i for one have CM7 w/Metro, & it totally ROCKS!!! no plan i going w/2.2 anytime soon. oh by the way my alarm clock started working again, WOOHOO!

BADRATBOY

can any tell me how to edit what permission's apps have. ?

Can0dope

Just want to say thank you to all of you. I've been lurking through the forums for a couple weeks now, trying to get the balls to root/rom my phone... I was planning on doing it this Friday, but got a wild hair last night and did it. So far I've followed the instructions word for word, I'm now on icarus1.1 and loving it. I'll give it a try for a few days then move on to cm6.

Thanks again to all the extremely helpful people here.

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sostler

So I was on here a week back or so trying to get my phone to work because it would keep freezing on the loadup screen and then it finally went through and worked and I thought I was done and even posted on here that it worked but honestly it worked for about 5 minutes and then just started restarting itself and then almost loading all the way up and then restarting again. I kept playing with it and trying CM6 and CM7 but it just keeps freezing on the screen. I finally went back to stock so I could use the phone but I would love to have CM6 or CM7 and have probably tried reinstalling it about 2-3 dozen times hoping it will work but only occasionally get it to the opening screen to push the android guy to set up google befoer it freezes on me again and goes into a restarting cycle.

PLEASE help me if you no what else I can try. I have tried using all the different CWM versions and have been using the newest versions of CM6 and CM7 I can find on the prepaidandroid site.

Thanks, sostler

Glarence111

can you post how to do this? I have no computer and have no access to one for a awhile

nuttmeg

1. You must be rooted.

2. You must be able to copy files to your SD card. If you don't know how to do this you must find out first before attempting this procedure.

3. Download and install Android Terminal Emulator from the Market - Free

4. Create a directory called recovery on your SDCard.

5. Unzip both the recovery.zip and the flashimage.zip attached to this post. Unzipping these will yield 2 files. Recovery.img and flash_image.

6. Copy Both files to your SDCard in the directory /sdcard/recovery
If your SDCard is not in your phone, insert the card before continuing.

7. Open Terminal Emulator and execute the following commands.

$su (enter)

#mount -o remount,exec /dev/block//vold/179:1 /sdcard (enter)

#cd /sdcard/recovery (enter)

#./flash_image recovery recovery.img (enter)

The flash will take approximately 3 seconds

8. Power off the phone.

9. Holding the UP Volume button and END call button and then the power button will boot your phone into recovery mode. From their you can make a backup of your Phone.


flashimage.zip (12.27K)

recovery.zip (3.52MB)

Glarence111

Ok so I tried your emulator idea and the links were dead..i found em on a different forum but its still not working. Im thinking a computers the only way to go. Thanks amyways tho

pcdebb

where can i find an updated link to the gapps? that's the only thing I havent been able to download.

and of course booting to debug mode isnt happening. it just does a regular reboot? i'm doing voldown+end+power. i tap them, i hold them. is booting to debug the same as booting to recovery?

EDIT: I've figured it out and have found success! Just had to put on my geek hat
currently doing initial setup

Last edited by pcdebb; June 18th, 2011 at 03:18 AM.