Root [MetroPCS/CDMA] ROM for SG3

[jtw1216]

I'm using the bakedbeans with the Linaro kernel. My baby kicks some serious ass. But not all phones are the same. You will see that all over the place. What works on mine may not work on yours.
I like bakedbeans cause I can pretty much customize the look of everything.

 

[monica12]

yeah in recovery it wont let me flash the rom or anything ...

 

[jtw1216]

Maybe the download is bad. erase it & redownload it

 

[airtioteclint]

Are you sure you have successfully installed recovery? Does it say TWRP when you boot into recovery?

 

[monica12]

I click the 3 little dots and click installopenrecovery script .. and it takes me to the download .. and nothing happens after

 

[airtioteclint]

This is a known issue with downloading from goomanager on 4g. You will have to switch to wifi or jist keep trying with 4g it works sometimes.

Or you can download twrp tar file and flash it via odin.

Or just use rom manager and flash cwm. It works just as well.

 

[jtw1216]

Ok. Mine doesn't have the 3 lil dots. try opening goomanager then the menu button & install the script that way.

 

[monica12]

Ok I finally got CWM to work and I installed a ROM aokp/4.1.2 and its just stuck at loading screen says " Initiating Swagger"

 

[airtioteclint]

Patience...

 

[jtw1216]

good. glad you have it working. just remember that on the initial boot it will take a while

 

[monica12]

Ok i just thought it was odd for it to take 5mins + but I'm new

 

[jtw1216]

lol that's ok. I freaked out the first time I rooted my esteem. there is some great help on here. go through some of the threads like I did & read up on what some of the issues people were having & how they were solved.
good luck & have fun.

 

[monica12]

I think it's because I forgot to wipe date etc etc damn

 

[jtw1216]

did you make an nvbackup?

 

[monica12]

No :/ I got so caught up on how to fix this I forgot

 

[jtw1216]

ok go into that thread & follow the instructions. it's pretty important you do that right away.

 

[monica12]

It's possible even if the phone is stuck on the loading screen??

 

[airtioteclint]

If your phone is still stuck on loading screen take out the battery. Put back in and try turning on. If still stuck after that then do same thing but hold down home button, volume up key and power button to boot back into recovery. Reflash the rom making sure to wipe, factory, cache, dalvik and system this time.

 

[jtw1216]

it's still loading? that should be done by now.

 

[monica12]

If your phone is still stuck on loading screen take out the battery. Put back in and try turning on. If still stuck after that then do same thing but hold down home button, volume up key and power button to boot back into recovery. Reflash the rom making sure to wipe, factory, cache, dalvik and system this time.

When i do that it just turns the phone off and back on and back to the loading screen

 

[airtioteclint]

You gotta time it just right. Let the buttons go when you see the boot screen and press all three again just for good measure. It usually takes me a few tries too.

 

[monica12]

So i've been trying i have the phone off and held the buttons down when it says samsung i let go?

 

[monica12]

Ok I got the rom loaded and all now theres no app store :S

 

[nuttmeg]

Ok I got the rom loaded and all now theres no app store :S

you have to flash the google apps known as gapps, http://chiwen.shabbypenguin.com/Android/d2mtr/InvertedGappsFINAL.zip , but honestly you should have read everything at least 3 times before attempting anything, and dont be in a hurry to do anything or skip any steps.

 

[monica12]

Yeah I notice that's why I'm trying to get back to stock everything. I was perfectly happy with stock :S