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hello everyone I am curious and in need of some help. I noticed that they have a kitkat update for cyanogen, and i would really want to get this on my phone. It says I have to install a cwm. i try to do that and it says my phone needs to be rooted before i can install that, but when i installed cyanogen on my s2 i didnt have that issue. I thought that installing the cyanmod it roots it also. Please help. thanks this is the verizon version.
 
Installing a ROM doesn't root the phone, the ROM you're installing is rooted. (It's the ROM that's rooted, not the phone.)

But these days, some (all? I haven't tried every phone) phones have to be rooted first, before you can install CWM. No problem, though. Download Kingo install it, run it, plug your phone into your computer. When the Root button appears, click it. It'll do stuff (it'll tell you what it's doing, whether you understand it or not, just to keep itself honest for those who understand what's happening), then the Root button will become a Finish button. Click that and you're rooted. Aside from the time to download (the server can be VERY slow at times) and install Kingo, the whole thing takes about 5 minutes and all you do is click a button twice. (If you run Kingo on a rooted phone, it'll unroot it, so don't get rid of it after you root the phone. Keep it in case you want to unroot the phone.)
 
one last question and I couldnt find anything about this but, when i install the cyanomod and they do updated to the version kitkat will i get OTA? I couldnt find anything about this.
 
ok i got it rooted and place the kitkat and gapps on the sd card. i go and do the cwm recovery and go to recovery and it doesnt it goes to a android laying on back with red explaination point
please help
 
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After you get that, and you press POWER+VOL UP do you get into CWM?

Did you flash CWM (or TWRP) with Flashify or FreeGee or some similar tool?

It actually sounds like CWM/TWRP are not installed, I would flash again and then use the command "adb reboot recovery" to force the phone to boot into recovery, if you still get Mike on his back with an open chest plate, you do not have CWM recovery installed.

Remember, when modifying your phone there are several pieces to it, they all need to be done in order for this to work. Rooting is just one step, in this device that opens the door to allow another app to install custom recovery, and from there you can install ROMs.

You will not receive "official" OTAs when on CM, but some aftermarket ROMs do have an OTA system for their own distributions.

Don't confuse the operating system and the firmware. If you phone currently has JellyBean, there is absolutely nothing stopping you from running a KitKat ROM right now, I am doing it myself and it works perfectly. If you want to update to the "official" KitKat release at a later date, you may need to be prepared to restore your phone to factory defaults via LG's Flash tool and a KDZ/TOT ROM image. Once you flash a custom ROM, or even just install recovery, NEVER accept an OTA, it could potentially brick you phone (although most likely it will just fail)... Rooting along will not stop an OTA, but if you have modified any system file, it could potentially fail.
 
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