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Root How to install ICARUS 1.1 by Isaacj87

yo Jazz alot of your advice helped but i have one MAJOR problem...i made it all tha way to the step where i was suppose to FLASH the icarus, but i wasnt able to do it because instead of copying the zip file into my SDcard... I extracted it.
now im only able to go into CWM.. how can i get back to my phone and start back over.
NOTE: I read a previous post about what the same problem but didnt see any new update on it.
Please help. i dont want to have to buy another phone.
Thanks alot!


or if you dont have a card reader, i suggest you revert back to stock and start over.
 
or if you dont have a card reader, i suggest you revert back to stock and start over.


and how would i do that im only able to go to the black screen w/ green words (volume UP, end button, and power). rebooting only takes me to the huawei screen. i believe its doin that because i formatted everything the post told me.
 
how to get it
(instructions please or direct me to a similar post).

Did you make a back up of your rom? If so i'm assuming you took it off the card and put it on your computer but did not put it back on the card after formating it. So you wiped your whole system. You have no os. You need to get a card reader put your backup or put the unzipped icarus file back on the card. Then put the card back in your phone and reflash icarus or restore your back up.
 
ok 2 things lol:
1. i do not have 1 clue what a card reader is or how to get it
2. im not able to mount between the comp and my phone because it STAYS on the huawei screen Forrrrrevvvverrrr... please help me out bro
 
ok 2 things lol:
1. i do not have 1 clue what a card reader is or how to get it
2. im not able to mount between the comp and my phone because it STAYS on the huawei screen Forrrrrevvvverrrr... please help me out bro

A card reader is a device that you use. You take your sd card out of your phone and put it in this device, Sold at your local walmart, then you hook this device to your computer then put the files on the card. Remove said card from the card reader then install the sd card into the phone and reflash. If you have another cell phone you could also put the files on that way.
 
A card reader is a device that you use. You take your sd card out of your phone and put it in this device, Sold at your local walmart, then you hook this device to your computer then put the files on the card. Remove said card from the card reader then install the sd card into the phone and reflash. If you have another cell phone you could also put the files on that way.


ok great. now wat files do i need to put on there because i have someone here right now wit tha same phone and SDcard
 
ok great. now wat files do i need to put on there because i have someone here right now wit tha same phone and SDcard

You need to put either the back up you made of the rom, if you did not make one please make it a habit from now on incase something like this happens again or put the icarus file on the card. Do not extract, unzipp or anything. Just take the ZIPPED file, it comes zipped so don't do anything to it, and put it on the sd card. Dont put it in any file, just on the root(main part) of the card.
 
You need to put either the back up you made of the rom, if you did not make one please make it a habit from now on incase something like this happens again or put the icarus file on the card. Do not extract, unzipp or anything. Just take the ZIPPED file, it comes zipped so don't do anything to it, and put it on the sd card. Dont put it in any file, just on the root(main part) of the card.


ok, the only backup i made was of my pics and music. but in order to get my phone system back running normal what should i take off the other sdcard holder thats here now, instead of buyin a card reader. and once i have these files what i do next?
(by the way man thanks for being a big help)
 
ok, the only backup i made was of my pics and music. but in order to get my phone system back running normal what should i take off the other sdcard holder thats here now, instead of buyin a card reader. and once i have these files what i do next?
(by the way man thanks for being a big help)

There is nothing on the other card you need. You need to use the other phone to put the icarus file on your sd card and put it in your phone and reflash it. If you don't unzipp the file it will flash with no problem. Just act like your phone is not messed up and your just about to flash what did you do. Only difference is your putting the files on your card with a different phone then taking that card and flashing your phone with the files.

After all is said and done you need to back up the rom, in cwm you go to backup/restore and back up the whole rom. You really should have done that before you ever tried to flash but can't live in the past. Just flash the icarus file.
 
and how would i do that im only able to go to the black screen w/ green words (volume UP, end button, and power). rebooting only takes me to the huawei screen. i believe its doin that because i formatted everything the post told me.

Before you do anything else, make sure you are pressing the correct buttons. To install CWM you would use the volume DOWN, end call, and power buttons. Once that is installed, you would boot into CMW using volume UP, make call, and power buttons.
 
There is nothing on the other card you need. You need to use the other phone to put the icarus file on your sd card and put it in your phone and reflash it. If you don't unzipp the file it will flash with no problem. Just act like your phone is not messed up and your just about to flash what did you do. Only difference is your putting the files on your card with a different phone then taking that card and flashing your phone with the files.

After all is said and done you need to back up the rom, in cwm you go to backup/restore and back up the whole rom. You really should have done that before you ever tried to flash but can't live in the past. Just flash the icarus file.

damn man Thanks a whole lot i understand all that! so im going to follow what you just post and update you on what happens... is that cool?
 
ok its restoring the system now! restoring google maps, youtube, galleries, loopt etc.
once done, whats next (not done yet).
 
ok its restoring the system now! restoring google maps, youtube, galleries, loopt etc.
once done, whats next (not done yet).

It's restoring what? Did you make a back up of the stock rom? So you put the back up rom and restored it, i guess??? If that is the case then just start back from the guide on how to flash Icarus, but this time don't unzipp it and you will be fine.
 
ok its restoring the system now! restoring google maps, youtube, galleries, loopt etc.
once done, whats next (not done yet).

i was able to install icarus. "Install from sdcard complete" at the bottom. now i can just finish following the steps, correct?
 
i was able to install icarus. "Install from sdcard complete" at the bottom. now i can just finish following the steps, correct?
Yes, make sure to look over the a2sd section very closely since alot of people seem to have trouble with it. Get titanium back up and check to see if it is working.
 
You can always just put the stock dload folder on the card (Should have before you started, just in case...which makes a good point ---ALWAYS put that dload stock flash folder on the card before doing ANYTHING).
THen go to stock, and usb link to the computer and clean up the card put the zip, etc.


I posted before, but if you think your bricked and have the dload folder on there, you can pull the battery, hold the phone upside-down, battery laying in almost but not making contact, or 2 people 1 ready w/ battery.
Hold Vol up / Call / power THEN drop in the battery.

THIS way the very instant that the phone gets power, it grabs the flash. If you try to put the battery first then press the buttons, it's too late. Get them pressed THEN battery.
This silly thing has gotten me out of 100 times thinking I was totally locked up.

GOOD LUCK.

PS: One other BIG problem you will encounter, depending how far you went with CW, is that card may now have an EXT partition on it (Linux), did you do that part where you click 256 or 512 or whatever and 0 for swap. IF you did, the card has the partition and IF you format it in windows without removing first, it will format at the size minus the size of the EXT (Linux) partition.

You can right click computer, manage, and look at the card if you see a partition that says "Unknown" that's it.

I use UBUNTU, program already on it by default called gparted in the applicaitons to erase, delete this partition, and combine with the main.

www.ubuntu.com, you can download for free the iso, make a CD (not dvd CD), and boot, run the OS right off of the CD.

Just a little note, just in case..
Good luck.jeff
 
3) Connect the phone to the computer via USB and make sure the drivers are installed. Turn the phone off and wait until the battery screen comes out after the Huawei logo then press and hold Volume DOWN, End Key, and Power Button You should see the Huawei logo. Leave the phone like that and move on to the computer.

I'm on this step but the phone continues past the Huawei logo onto a normal boot and then the lock screen.
I'm assuming the phone should stay at the Huawei logo while installing CWM.
Phone is rooted.

Thanks
 
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