Root Trying to flash a new ROM.

[ladybugkg]

I used ROM manager and flashed Fresh a few days ago with no problems. I wanted to see what another ROM would look like so I tried to flash another but the phone keeps going back to Fresh. What am I doing wrong?

 

[MizzouBrent]

I would stay away from ROM Manager altogether. Go into bootloader and flash that way. You can do that by turning off your phone, and then holding the vol down button and power at the same time. I've never tried flashing a ROM with ROM Manager but I've heard it's buggy.

Which ROM are you trying to flash? It should be a zip file. If it's giving you trouble, it's possible that it's a bad download, so you could try re-downloading.

And always, always, always wipe data/factory reset, wipe cache and wipe dalvik cache prior to flashing a new ROM.

 

[ExSaint]

use this: Calkulin\'s_FORMAT_ALL.zip to do a full wipe on your phone. Once that is complete try reflashing the rom. That should work for you.

 

[the hero]

I heard that ever since Android 2.2 came out the ROM Manager app stopped working for some people.

 

[mrphy42]

ROM Manager has been having issues since 2.2. I am having this same issue. It will only flash certain roms (namely those using Edify). I haven't figured out how to overcome this as I have only ever used ROM Manager to flash and don't know any other way. Time to start learning, I guess.

 

[ocnbrze]

i would recommend using either clockworkmod 2.6 or amon ra 2.3(my recommendation). you can get them from ref#1 in my sig.
1)download it
2)rename it to PC36IMG exactly. if you are using windows do not type "PC36IMG.zip" because windows hides extensions.
3)power off then press and hold power+vol down
4)phone should scan for the zip file and you are good to go.

 

[the hero]

i would recommend using either clockworkmod 2.6 or amon ra 2.3(my recommendation). you can get them from ref#1 in my sig.
1)download it
2)rename it to PC36IMG exactly. if you are using windows do not type "PC36IMG.zip" because windows hides extensions.
3)power off then press and hold power+vol down
4)phone should scan for the zip file and you are good to go.

How come it needs to be named PC36IMG exactly?

 

[Xtremedays]

It needs to be named PC36IMG (PC36IMG.zip with the hidden extension) exactly because that is the only file name that the bootloader looks for. You can't flash a new recovery from recovery as its already running it. Recovery has to be shut down to make changes to it.

 

[the hero]

Oh ok. I see now. Thanks.

 

[the hero]

It needs to be named PC36IMG (PC36IMG.zip with the hidden extension) exactly because that is the only file name that the bootloader looks for. You can't flash a new recovery from recovery as its already running it. Recovery has to be shut down to make changes to it.

One more question, I was downgrading my PRI and I read that you had to name it as PC36IMG, but I didn't name it that and was able to downgrade it just fine. Any chance that something could be messed up?

 

[ocnbrze]

i believe that the pri files are just flashed like normal. it is different then installing recoveries. the PC36img file is scanned in hboot not in recovery.

 

[the hero]

Oh okay this makes a lot more sense now.