Guest kkid106 Posted October 19, 2011 Report Share Posted October 19, 2011 What can be done to minimise the chance of bricking an android phone whilst flashing a custom ROM? Also, what can be done once bricked? can it be recovered or not? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest plegdroid Posted October 19, 2011 Report Share Posted October 19, 2011 depending on your phone, always have a backup that you can always flash back to if anything goes wrong with the new flash, learn how to flash a recovery via fastboot and adb for the times you think you may have bricked your phone, follow the install instructions to flash the rom and the most forgotten thing is to make sure your battery will last until the new rom is installed. there's probably lots more stuff I've not even thought of, but if in doubt ,always read the instructions. :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kkid106 Posted October 19, 2011 Report Share Posted October 19, 2011 depending on your phone, always have a backup that you can always flash back to if anything goes wrong with the new flash, learn how to flash a recovery via fastboot and adb for the times you think you may have bricked your phone, follow the install instructions to flash the rom and the most forgotten thing is to make sure your battery will last until the new rom is installed. there's probably lots more stuff I've not even thought of, but if in doubt ,always read the instructions. :) how do you make these backups? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest plegdroid Posted October 19, 2011 Report Share Posted October 19, 2011 how do you make these backups? what phone you got?:) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kkid106 Posted October 19, 2011 Report Share Posted October 19, 2011 (edited) what phone you got?:) Orange San Francisco / ZTE Blade (Gen1) OLED, not TFT i think too Edited October 19, 2011 by kkid106 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest plegdroid Posted October 20, 2011 Report Share Posted October 20, 2011 morning, have a read of the following guide on how to install clockworkmod recovery on to your phone http://sanfranciscoandroid.co.uk/android/how-to-install-clockworkmod-recovery-on-the-orange-san-francisco-zte-blade/ :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest kkid106 Posted October 21, 2011 Report Share Posted October 21, 2011 so this makes a backup of my phone which I can recover to if all goes wrong? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest plegdroid Posted October 21, 2011 Report Share Posted October 21, 2011 yes that is correct :) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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