Shabbypenguin

Download here

youll need this Flash_image

if you are feeling frisky you can use joeykrims Flash_image GUI app found here i offer no support for this app, i dont even know if it will work but all rights says it should.

Credits:
utkanos
chris41g
divinebovine for testing
slutyman for msging me, otherwise i would have NEVER heard about this phone :P

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Last edited by Shabbypenguin; March 13th, 2013 at 05:18 PM.

Shabbypenguin

slutyman

link is a 404

slutyman

i get



c:\android\platform-tools>adb shell
$ su
su
# ./data/local/tmp/flash_image recovery /data/local/tmp/recovery.img
./data/local/tmp/flash_image recovery /data/local/tmp/recovery.img
./data/local/tmp/flash_image: permission denied
# /data/local/tmp/flash_image recovery /data/local/tmp/recovery.img
/data/local/tmp/flash_image recovery /data/local/tmp/recovery.img
/data/local/tmp/flash_image: permission denied
# /data/local/tmp/flash_image recovery /data/local/tmp/recovery.img
/data/local/tmp/flash_image recovery /data/local/tmp/recovery.img
/data/local/tmp/flash_image: permission denied
# /data/local/tmp/flash_image recovery /data/local/tmp/recovery.img
/data/local/tmp/flash_image recovery /data/local/tmp/recovery.img
/data/local/tmp/flash_image: permission denied
# /data/local/tmp/flash_image recovery /data/local/tmp/recovery.img
/data/local/tmp/flash_image recovery /data/local/tmp/recovery.img
/data/local/tmp/flash_image: permission denied
#

divinebovine

First, you have to know where you've put flash_image...is it in ./data/local/tmp/flash_image or is it in /data/local/tmp/flash_image (those would be the same if you're currently in / but different if you're not). Then you need to chmod 0777 /data/local/tmp/flash_image (or chmod 0777 ./data/local/tmp/flash_image if that's where it is).

giantpune

Well now I'm jealous. You guys got root like 2 days ago and you already have a recovery. Us poor OE users have had root for months now and still have no custom recovery.

Did you come across any issues with the phone acting like it didn't want to boot the recovery? These two phones seem relatively similar in how they are configured. Maybe you learned something in your experience that we can use.

slutyman

alll we need is a custom rom and kernal anyone no how to build any??

Shabbypenguin

diff OEM's the optimus elite has secureboot thus preventing cwm from being flashed. i havent forgotten about you guys either as slutyman can attest to :P

from a quick glance around there is no kernel source, ergo no custom kernels

slutyman

so cane we build a rom or is that a no?

Shabbypenguin

yea doing a rom is easy and you dont need kernel source for that

slutyman

would it be possable to port a rom from the optimus v? like harmonia or gingersnap?

Shabbypenguin

no you need to make roms for this device

slutyman

okay thanks for every thing man we can not thank you enough this phone would be dead without root and cwm all we need is a rom

b_randon14

Anyone know the keypresses for recovery with the power off?

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b_randon14

Kernel source would be quite nice!

Shabbypenguin

"hold Home button, press power button, keep holding Home button until recovery menu shows up" - divinebovine

also please try to stay on topic guys. this thread is for cwm, yall have a whole forum to chat about other stuff :P

divinebovine

So, noob question here...when I run ROM Manager and try to do anything it says:


I imagine I don't want to just choose "Install" and let it install one that won't work. What do I do?

slutyman

click cancel

varenHjames

wont the built in recovery work? i mean, just to clarify, what is the purpose of installing a custom recovery? would this just be for if i delete something i shouldn't? so, i wouldn't do this if it is still working as wanted?

slutyman

bob may have found the kernal sorce code

divinebovine

Well, yeah, I clicked cancel obviously, but then I can't use ROM Manager...I was hoping there's some way I could make ROM Manager notice that I've installed a CWM recovery image.

b_randon14

Custom recoveries allow you to flash custom roms. With the stock recovery you can only wipe the data from the phone!

Let's hope we got kernel source!!

slutyman

so does anyone have system.img?

Shabbypenguin

rom manager support is coming, but it will be rather pointless IMO since you cant download any roms from it.

divinebovine

I see. I'm not experienced with ROM Manager but I thought it promises a variety of functions, not just downloading and installing ROMs, and I was hoping to use some of the other functions.

Shabbypenguin

you can download install roms, or make nandroids with custom names

varenHjames

stupid question...how do you move about the custom recovery? like i cant just tap it and i have no arrows on my keyboard ??

thanks tho, this worked like a charm.
but for future reference ^^^

divinebovine

Volume up = up
Volume down = down
Enter = enter
Back = back

gamingwiz

I don't know how to get or use adb? Can someone help please?

varenHjames

Download PdaNet
this is the driver needed for adb/sdk to recognize your phone. download the appropriate one.

http://developer.android.com/sdk/index.html
this is where to find sdk which includes adb for android. follow the guide on that site, and questions, feel free to reply back into here.

Last edited by varenHjames; September 30th, 2012 at 11:56 AM. Reason: more explanation

gamingwiz

do i type adb or adb shell?

gamingwiz

Sorry i got it on now thank you all!

b_randon14

Hey shabby, to you have your sources posted to github for the cwm and our device tree. I'm going to work on ironing out done cwm issues I've noticed.

And now that we have a stock system dump I'm going to try to make a stock rom if I can find the free time!

LeaderRider

Can't you port CM7, CM9, or CM10 to a stock ROM?

theminor19

okay i have just bought this phone for my girlfriend. have it rooted, but then wanted to get cmw on it. Is there anyother way to get cmw on beside abd? i know nothing of this program. the flash image gui says the venture isnt compatable? Any help here?

varenHjames

yea, but it would have to be with the terminal emulator. beyond knowing that, i dont know anything. adb is far easier, and really is a good tool for android phones.

theminor19

maybe another day when i have more time, but today just wasnt the day been in bed most of it sick, and dont have the speed required to download huge files, but i might tomorrrow. just need to go to the coffee shop downtown, but would someone who does know how explain hot to do it with the terminal emulator. Pm me so we dont conjest the forum. Please and thank you

LeaderRider

I just ported a CM7 rom. Anyone wanna test?

slutyman

^^^i to try (:

LeaderRider

It's only about 64-67mb, and I ported it from our brother in hardware, the Optimus V (it has MSM7627 also)

divinebovine

It wouldn't be congesting the forum, it'd be useful for somebody in the future.

In the first post at the top of this thread you'll find the link for flash_image (not flash image gui). You'll need that, the image, and a terminal emulator.

You'll also need to know where you have flash_image and the image. Then, at the terminal:

su
chmod 755 /data/local/tmp/flash_image
/data/local/tmp/flash_image recovery /data/local/tmp/recovery.img

This assumes that you've placed flash_image and the image in /data/local/tmp.

Dracable

i was able to flash cwm on my venture via fastboot after i had already got it stuck in a bootloop. just waitin on that stock rom to get back up and goin!

theminor19

im getting error opening /data/local/tmp/recovery.imgfailed with error -1 any clues what to do?

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Edit1: I think i figured out my error here. the recover .img is named CMW-recovery. so ill try that. something simple, but will make all the difference. sorry people for being new to doing this stuff

Edit2: Yup that was it i have it installed now. thank you soo much divinebovine

Last edited by theminor19; October 17th, 2012 at 12:53 PM.

SimsKITblue

which program was used to do this? the venture wasn't on the recovery list and it says not to use ROM manager. what about ROM toolbox or system ROM toolbox?

I know how to read the code and I found the emulator in ROM toolbox app. It is like dos mode on the computer but what/where is chmod or is that being created i saw that in the root browser while i was poking around. this is a new language after all. lol i am reminded of learning Spanish, Portuguese, and French at the same time.

Last edited by SimsKITblue; October 19th, 2012 at 11:41 PM. Reason: update

Dracable

on ur computer, download android sdk. rom manager doesnt work for the venture as of yet. android sdk is a tool used mainly for communicating between the phone and your pc. sdk contains adb and fastboot, both of which can be used to flash a custom recovery. if i remember right, chmod is a command used to change permissions.

SimsKITblue

adb isn't installing on my computer. the dialog to install the PHONEs software isn't coming up. i know that it is reading the phone but when i connected it the first time i think i toggled don't now ask to install again since the software wasn't found. I cna't remember if a simple reboot will allow me to see that dialog again.

Dracable

PDAnet
The link above is to a program called PDAnet. Download it and install it to your windows pc. PDAnet is a program that is designed to allow you to tether your internet to your computer from your phone, but it is an easy way to install the drivers you need for ADB, as they are included in the install. if an adb driver is already on your computer, it might prompt u that there is already an existing driver. if that happens, just choose the option to reinstall the driver anyway.

Android SDK
Above is the link to Android SDK, just in case u dont have it installed yet. This will include the programs that you need including adb and fastboot.

divinebovine

chmod is equivalent to the Windows command cacls (and kinda similar to the much less powerful DOS command attrib). It gets installed when you install busybox, which is the first thing that's recommended to install after rooting (in every howto/auto-rooting program I've seen).

You need to go into device manager, find your phone (should show up as an error), and delete it. Then install PDANet (linked in Dracable's post), which is the only known way to get drivers that work for this phone. Turn on USB debugging in your phone before you do that, and don't mount the phone's USB Mass Storage MicroSD card on the computer.

SimsKITblue

downloaded all that i had sdk already i was working on an app. none of it worked. not even the alternatives i found. i can't get the prompt to stay open. i am running xp not windows 7 or vista.

oh i had usb storage on. Ok can you give me a step by step after i turn on my phone and reboot my computer. I think i have something out of order. i am not finding my phone in the device manager.

Last edited by SimsKITblue; October 20th, 2012 at 07:59 AM.

SimsKITblue

ok so i got it installed but where is pdanet on my phone is it in my files do i need to look in the development menu in phone settings?

when i try to connect through the icon in the system tray i get HTC Sync error = -1