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rglover1168 · #51 (**permalink**) 10-27-2010, 02:57 PM

I have followed the instructions to the letter. I read something about the screen needing to be green or something. Mine is blue is that a problem?
I use the volume up and down key to select wipe data/factory reset (read somewhere to do that 3 times) I'll just as what to do next
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**gTen** · #52 (**permalink**) 10-27-2010, 03:09 PM

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Originally Posted by rglover1168

I have followed the instructions to the letter. I read something about the screen needing to be green or something. Mine is blue is that a problem?
I use the volume up and down key to select wipe data/factory reset (read somewhere to do that 3 times) I'll just as what to do next
Picasa Web Albums - Raymond Glover

Again your booting into STOCK recovery..not clockworkmod recovery...

Clockwork recovery looks like this:

To get into recovery you need to to turn off the phone wait 30 sec...then hold the vol down + camera + power..your phone should turn on and wait till it reaches recovery...

if your recovery text is still blue and not green then ClockworkMod is not installed...follow the wiki link I gave you to install Clockworkmod recovery

rglover1168 · #53 (**permalink**) 10-27-2010, 08:13 PM

I wasn't aware that clockworkmod recovery wasn't installed because I'd never seen the actual screen. Turns out I had to select the run-try-last.bat and wait the additional 60 seconds while the phone reboots then says done. OK so now I have clockworkmod installed as I get the green screen. Now what do I need to do exactly to flash a rom?

Do I even need the Rom manager?

**gTen** · #54 (**permalink**) 10-27-2010, 08:36 PM

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Originally Posted by rglover1168

I wasn't aware that clockworkmod recovery wasn't installed because I'd never seen the actual screen. Turns out I had to select the run-try-last.bat and wait the additional 60 seconds while the phone reboots then says done. OK so now I have clockworkmod installed as I get the green screen. Now what do I need to do exactly to flash a rom?

Do I even need the Rom manager?

Rom manager is not required but it gives you some features like ability to name your backups and stuff. The first step before flashing anything should be to backup what you have now.

If you use rom manager..when it resets the phone, make sure to hold the vol down + camera + power as it boots because rom manager launches the stock recovery by default due to how the stock kernels are.

rglover1168 · #55 (**permalink**) 10-27-2010, 09:42 PM

Having to hold the vol down,camera and power button even after initiating from rom manager is news to me. Also since I didn't know I was in stock recovery that has caused a lot of frustration. Thanks to you however I have been able to at least install clockworkmod recovery and back up my current setup. Now if I can just figure out how to sink my teeth into this baked_snack it'll be all good!

**gTen** · #56 (**permalink**) 10-27-2010, 10:09 PM

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Originally Posted by rglover1168

Having to hold the vol down,camera and power button even after initiating from rom manager is news to me. Also since I didn't know I was in stock recovery that has caused a lot of frustration. Thanks to you however I have been able to at least install clockworkmod recovery and back up my current setup. Now if I can just figure out how to sink my teeth into this baked_snack it'll be all good!

Now that you have installed clockworkmod and made a backup you can install bakedsnacks via the zip install method you heard before.

IF for some reason you have data such as appdata or other data you want to carry over you may want to get Titanium Backup (It requires root and Busy box install) and backup your apps and/or data.

rglover1168 · #57 (**permalink**) 10-27-2010, 11:43 PM

Finally got this mother installed. In case anyone is following this thread and is a noob like me here are the points I missed before gTen's help.
1. The Clockworkmod recovery screen is exactly as shown above.
2. When using rom manager press volume down+camera+power immediately after hitting ok in the program otherwise you will boot into stock recovery.
3. I had to rename the update.zip on the sd card to update.old then renamed custom rom (bakedsnack) to update.zip then copied it to sd card root(not inside any other folder). Bam I'm enjoying the snack. Thanks for all the help gTen!

lazydazed · #58 (**permalink**) 10-31-2010, 05:26 PM

im just getting started..

root - done
clockworkmod - bash face into wall........
i've tried first. tried last. did everything gTen was saying.. and everytime i try adb says i fail, files not found.. any more tips anywhere? im using win7 64bit

**gTen** · #59 (**permalink**) 10-31-2010, 06:22 PM

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Originally Posted by lazydazed

im just getting started..

root - done
clockworkmod - bash face into wall........
i've tried first. tried last. did everything gTen was saying.. and everytime i try adb says i fail, files not found.. any more tips anywhere? im using win7 64bit

Have you tried a different USB port? and do you have all 4 drivers installed?

lazydazed · #60 (**permalink**) 11-01-2010, 01:15 AM

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Originally Posted by gTen

Have you tried a different USB port? and do you have all 4 drivers installed?

Yes.. and What 4 drivers?

i keep getting a file not found failure for /sdcard/zImage permission denied
bmldevice_open failed!
rm failed for /sdcard/local/tme/rageagainstthecage-arm5.bin, No such file or directory...
etc.. etc...

i vaguely remember reading about partitioning the sdcard.. does that need to be done?