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[dibbles]

aardys, on 04 December 2011 - 12:52 PM, said:

did that , still dont work waiting for device , as usual
my phone came unlocked so i dunno if he changed the rom or not

maybe thats the prob , but just cant seen to root it or add clockwork

Ok you said you have done that but done what...?

What mode is the phone in when you are trying to install CWM..?

Please be more explicit and then I can see if I can help or need clarification

[aardys]

dibbles, on 04 December 2011 - 12:58 PM, said:

Ok you said you have done that but done what...?

What mode is the phone in when you are trying to install CWM..?

Please be more explicit and then I can see if I can help or need clarification

sd card in , phone on , usb debug on
pc device manager shows android device and
android composit adb interface
click on the
install recovery windows
just comes up waiting for device

[dibbles]

Check out here shortly it will save repeating it in two places

http://android.modac...-the-zte-skate/

[aardys]

i give up , but thanks anyway

[dibbles]

Ok I'm back in from shopping, rather wet

I will try and help you but first do something for me..

Make sure you have no firewall on your PC which is preventing communications with the phone.

Any drivers you have installed completely remove them from your PC.

Then open device manager.

Watch device manager as you plug in your phone to the PC WITH USB debugging on. Do NOT turn on USB storage

Do not do anything at all at this stage but post back to me when you have done that and we will continue.

Post back what you observe happens in the Device Manager tree.

If you are not sure about anything that I write then please ask and do not guess.

Follow the above steps and we will get there.

Edited by dibbles, 04 December 2011 - 03:20 PM.

[aardys]

dibbles, on 04 December 2011 - 03:16 PM, said:

Ok I'm back in from shopping, rather wet

I will try and help you but first do something for me..

Make sure you have no firewall on your PC which is preventing communications with the phone.

Any drivers you have installed completely remove them from your PC.

Then open device manager.

Watch device manager as you plug in your phone to the PC WITH USB debugging on. Do NOT turn on USB storage

Do not do anything at all at this stage but post back to me when you have done that and we will continue.

Post back what you observe happens in the Device Manager tree.

If you are not sure about anything that I write then please ask and do not guess.

Follow the above steps and we will get there.

ok but just a thought , do i need superboot instaled first as my phone is not rooted

so is it a case of root then add cloclwork ?

[dibbles]

No you do not need superboot at all to install CWM.

[aardys]

dibbles, on 04 December 2011 - 03:24 PM, said:

No you do not need superboot at all to install CWM.

android composite interface comes up
and also zte mass storage

[dibbles]

did you remove all the drivers (eg Handset_USB_Driver.exe) prior to plugging in the phone..?

[aardys]

dibbles, on 04 December 2011 - 03:31 PM, said:

did you remove all the drivers (eg Handset_USB_Driver.exe) prior to plugging in the phone..?

ok clicked install recovery and it seemed to work

got the green droid on the phone then it rebooted ,

but dunno if i have root of not , i have an app that checks for root and it says no root access

[dibbles]

This thread is for installation of CWM in your own thread you wanted to...

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is there a way to instal clockwork recovery without rooting

to check if CWM is installed simply power of the phone and then power it on whilst holding the volume down button or you could use an ADB command to reboot it into recovery from a DOS prompt.

Edited by dibbles, 04 December 2011 - 03:50 PM.

[aardys]

dibbles, on 04 December 2011 - 03:48 PM, said:

This thread is for installation of CWM in your own thread you wanted to...



to check if CWM is installed simply power of the phone and then power it on whilst holding the volume down button.

ah yes it has worked , sorry i thought adding clockwork rooted it by default .

only thing i did diffrent this time was to use the skate usb cable and not the blade usb cable , do you think that was the prob ?

[dibbles]

It very well could be. Not due to one being for a blade and the other for the skate but one simply not working as it should. This happens a number of times. Also I have seen it noted that changing USB ports sometimes helps.

I was going to eliminate the cable and port by seeing what the device manager reported when plugged in and by opening a DOS window and using an ADB command.

Main thing is now you have CWM installed.

[aardys]

aardys, on 04 December 2011 - 03:51 PM, said:

ah yes it has worked , sorry i thought adding clockwork rooted it by default .

only thing i did diffrent this time was to use the skate usb cable and not the blade usb cable , do you think that was the prob ?

oh bugger i got a bit ahead of myself after the clockwork went on ok
i then installed the superuser , and now it hangs at the start sceen and the word android just keeps flashing ,

please dont tell me i just bricked it

[dibbles]

you are a bit dangerous

This thread is for CWM. Please post your issues in the appropriate sticky thread. I will assume that you knew beforehand that there are two types of rooting depending on whether you have a 2.3.4 ROM or a 2.3.5 ROM installed. Using the wrong one will...

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Please put it in big red letters on the first page...

this root flash doesn't work with 2.3.5 skate

....a few people have tried to root on their 2.3.5 skates and after they cannot use their phones!!...stuck on little green man....

[aardys]

dibbles, on 04 December 2011 - 04:32 PM, said:

you are a bit dangerous

This thread is for CWM. Please post your issues in the appropriate sticky thread. I will assume that you knew beforehand that there are two types of rooting depending on whether you have a 2.3.4 ROM or a 2.3.5 ROM installed. Using the wrong one will...

yikes , i didnt look into that fully
i can still get into clockwork and i can read the sd card on the pc , can i just download a rom and then install it from that and reboot , or is it doomed ????

sorry to be a pain but im paniking a bit now

[dibbles]

As long as you can get into CWM do NOT panic

One of your options is to just do what you have suggested. Select a ROM from what is available and install that from CWM after doing your usual wipes etc.

[Nozz]

I posted my question on the Atomic ROM thread but it's maybe got more chance of an answer here:


How can I check if ClockwordMod Recovery has loaded correctly? I followed the unlock tutorial with my brand new, out of the box Monte Carlo, which worked eventually, but have come back later to look at loading custom ROMs. I used the post-unlock folder as mentioned at the end of the unlock tutorial to run 'install-recovery-windows.bat' and the phone went to the green android logo and froze. I removed the battery and stuck it back in and all seems OK, but I don't know if ClockworkMod has loaded.

How can I check? Another poster had the same issue but added a ROM manager app. Should I try this or is ClockworkMod the one to have?

Edited by Nozz, 05 December 2011 - 01:22 PM.

[dibbles]

Nozz, on 05 December 2011 - 01:19 PM, said:

I posted my question on the Atomic ROM thread but it's maybe got more chance of an answer here:


How can I check if ClockwordMod Recovery has loaded correctly?...........

I posted how to check that just a few posts up from yours.!

Edited by dibbles, 05 December 2011 - 01:24 PM.

[Nozz]

dibbles, on 05 December 2011 - 01:24 PM, said:

I posted how to check that just a few posts up from yours.!

Thanks. I read the entire thread, including your post (yesterday 3.16pm) but thought that was a solution for somebody that knew they hadn't installed CWM. I don't know how to even check, so thought I could just look somewhere in the phone.

If not, re-reading your post, can you please tell me about:

1) Uninstalling drivers - so this would just be the Handset USB driver from the unlock tutorial? I've only followed the tutorial, so is this all I've got? Do I have to reinstall after to be able to load ROMs?

2) Where do I find "device manager"? Ignore this - found it.

3) Can you please clarify the comment about USB storage. It's not something I've even seen, so where would I check if it's switched off?

4) Just spotted within that Handset USB driver folder that there's a file called ejectdisk. I've seen that mentioned a few times in other threads but it wasn't something I clicked as part of the unlock process. Is this something I've missed?

Apologies for the potentially stupid questions. Complete newbie here.

Edited by Nozz, 06 December 2011 - 09:20 PM.