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Familyguy1 said:
Which should be done through the computer right?
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Nope, from the phone. Boot into recovery by powering the phone down. Then, Vol Up + Power will get you into recovery. If this boots into your phone, then shut it down again, and try Vol Dn + Power, then at the menu, choose Recovery, wait a few moments, then you'll be in the Amon Recovery partition. This is where you'll see the choices for wiping, flashing, backup/restore, etc.
 
LED said:
Nope, from the phone. Boot into recovery by powering the phone down. Then, Vol Up + Power will get you into recovery. If this boots into your phone, then shut it down again, and try Vol Dn + Power, then at the menu, choose Recovery, wait a few moments, then you'll be in the Amon Recovery partition. This is where you'll see the choices for wiping, flashing, backup/restore, etc.
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So after I get it rooted, yet before I flash a ROM?
 
Well I managed to figure it all out, rooted using the one click method and flashed plain jane 2.0. One thing I'm not sure of though is whether or not a2sd Is actually working. All apps are loaded and only 83 mb of internal memory are used. I have no idea how to put in commands so is there another way to check?
 
LED said:
Nope, from the phone. Boot into recovery by powering the phone down. Then, Vol Up + Power will get you into recovery. If this boots into your phone, then shut it down again, and try Vol Dn + Power, then at the menu, choose Recovery, wait a few moments, then you'll be in the Amon Recovery partition. This is where you'll see the choices for wiping, flashing, backup/restore, etc.
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When I try this it just boots into the phone normally. Do I press Vol up and power(The red?) at the same time or one then the other?

I am using the one click method
 
Familyguy1 said:
When I try this it just boots into the phone normally. Do I press Vol up and power(The red?) at the same time or one then the other?

I am using the one click method
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Yes, push them at the same time. If it isn't working, then push Vol Down + Power, wait a couple seconds, you will see a menu, choose "recovery", and wait a few more seconds. You will then be in the Recovery menu.

Edit: power = red
 
LED said:
Yes, push them at the same time. If it isn't working, then push Vol Down + Power, wait a couple seconds, you will see a menu, choose "recovery", and wait a few more seconds. You will then be in the Recovery menu.

Edit: power = red
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Ok I did that and backed it up. To get a custom ROM ,do I start up the phone normally and then download a rom and then go back into recovery to "install" that custom ROM?
 
Familyguy1 said:
Ok I did that and backed it up. To get a custom ROM ,do I start up the phone normally and then download a rom and then go back into recovery to "install" that custom ROM?
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Yes, you can either download the ROM to your computer, then transfer the zip file to the phone's sdcard while it is mounted, or you can use the phone's browser to download the ROM directly to the phone. Either way, you need to make sure the zip file(s) are at the "root" (top level - not in a folder) of the sdcard. If you download using the phone, you'll have to use a file manager to move the zip file to the root level, because the phone downloads to a folder called "downloads" on your sdcard by default.

Once you have your zip file in place, boot into recovery and choose "Wipe". You need to wipe "factory" and wipe "dalvik cache". Once you've done those, back out to the main menu, and choose "flash from zip file".
 
LED said:
Yes, you can either download the ROM to your computer, then transfer the zip file to the phone's sdcard while it is mounted, or you can use the phone's browser to download the ROM directly to the phone. Either way, you need to make sure the zip file(s) are at the "root" (top level - not in a folder) of the sdcard. If you download using the phone, you'll have to use a file manager to move the zip file to the root level, because the phone downloads to a folder called "downloads" on your sdcard by default.

Once you have your zip file in place, boot into recovery and choose "Wipe". You need to wipe "factory" and wipe "dalvik cache". Once you've done those, back out to the main menu, and choose "flash from zip file".
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So it wipes everything correct? even "people"?

I am using File Manager, so how do I do move the file to the root level?
 
Familyguy1 said:
So it wipes everything correct? even "people"?

I am using File Manager, so how do I do move the file to the root level?
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Contacts are wiped, but all "Google" contacts in your phone are synced with google mail, so you won't lose those. Check your phone and be sure all your contacts are labeled "Google".

Which app are you using for a file manager, it'll be easier to help you if I know which one.
 
Just started the one-click root. After saying OK to disclaimer, phone is sitting in white screen saying 'Loading ...' for 20 minutes....
 
Familyguy1 said:
As in the regular people thing? Then yeah.
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Just to be sure we're on the same page, go to your contacts, then hit menu > view. A screen will appear that will tell you how many "google" contacts you have, and how many "phone" contacts you have. If you have 1 or more phone contacts, then those will not sync with gmail.
 
LED said:
Just to be sure we're on the same page, go to your contacts, then hit menu > view. A screen will appear that will tell you how many "google" contacts you have, and how many "phone" contacts you have. If you have 1 or more phone contacts, then those will sync with gmail.
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I have all of them as Google.

Should I change them to phone contacts
 
Familyguy1 said:
I have all of them as Google.

Should I change them to phone contacts
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Nope, don't change them.. you want them to be google contacts. This means when you switch roms (or factory wipe), those contacts will sync back to your phone and you won't lose them.

Just noticed in my previous post, i stated phone contacts will sync with gmail... that was a typo... I meant to say that those will NOT sync with gmail.
 
I just read in another thread that you can export your contacts to your SD card as a CSV file, then delete all your contacts then import from the just saved CSV file as Google contacts.
 
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