Root help with rooting
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first off lets verify that you have s-off. go to hboot (bootloader) by power off then press and hold power+vol down. at the top of the screen does it say s-off or s-on? also download terminal emulator from the market. load it up and type su if you get # then you are rooted.
ok so i would not use rom manager to start with. rom manager is buggy and has been known to create more problems then it is worth. do everything manually in recovery. also clockwork mod especially version 3 and up use a different script (edify) then what most custom roms are using so you may have problems flashing certain things. clockwork mod 2.6 however uses both edify and amend (most roms use this) same goes for amon ra 2.3. most of us here uses amon ra 2.3(that is what i use). you can get them along with instructions in ref#1 of my sig.
ok so here are the steps to manually flash a rom
1.MAKE A NANDROID BACKUP. THEY WILL BE YOUR FRIEND.
2.wipe dalvik cache, cache, and system.
3.i do an extra step and use Calkulin's_FORMAT_ALL.zip. it basically wipes system and both caches for you. i like a really clean slate. this step is optional
4.select install .zip from sd card and find and select your rom
now the first boot should take anywhere from a few minutes to no more then 10 minutes. it needs time to build dalvik cache.
hope that helps
first off lets verify that you have s-off. go to hboot (bootloader) by power off then press and hold power+vol down. at the top of the screen does it say s-off or s-on? also download terminal emulator from the market. load it up and type su if you get # then you are rooted.
ok so i would not use rom manager to start with. rom manager is buggy and has been known to create more problems then it is worth. do everything manually in recovery. also clockwork mod especially version 3 and up use a different script (edify) then what most custom roms are using so you may have problems flashing certain things. clockwork mod 2.6 however uses both edify and amend (most roms use this) same goes for amon ra 2.3. most of us here uses amon ra 2.3(that is what i use). you can get them along with instructions in ref#1 of my sig.
ok so here are the steps to manually flash a rom
1.MAKE A NANDROID BACKUP. THEY WILL BE YOUR FRIEND.
2.wipe dalvik cache, cache, and system.
3.i do an extra step and use Calkulin's_FORMAT_ALL.zip. it basically wipes system and both caches for you. i like a really clean slate. this step is optional
4.select install .zip from sd card and find and select your rom
now the first boot should take anywhere from a few minutes to no more then 10 minutes. it needs time to build dalvik cache.
hope that helps
ardchoille
Android Expert
+1 for doing everything manually in recovery. You learn a lot more and something may happen that keeps you from using the phone's UI so learning the manual way now will benefit you in the long run.
Nandroid backups are vital, in my opinion. If something goes wrong you'll be stuck if you don't have an available backup to restore. I had a bad flash once and would have been up the creek if I hadn't had a backup to restore.
Nandroid backups are vital, in my opinion. If something goes wrong you'll be stuck if you don't have an available backup to restore. I had a bad flash once and would have been up the creek if I hadn't had a backup to restore.
give it a few more minutes. if it still is going then go ahead and pull the battery and reboot it.
nice!!!!! yeah wiping is key to a lot of issues. that is why anytime i flash i double wipe. i manually wipe then use caulkin's. never had any issues.
ardchoille
Android Expert
Yes, as ocnbrze suggested, CM7 takes a bit longer than most other ROMs to get to the home screen. I'm thinking it takes longer to build its cache because CM7 is compiled from source - a big step coming from most other ROMs.
you need to download the gapps file. here it is:Downloading GApps... just flash it no need to wipe anything.
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