Full Debranding easy guide & Custom recovery instalation.

[Guest jutley]

Note this guide is if you want to fully debrand your orange phone or are having trouble with fastboot.I would do a factory reset before you do this guide and i have provided a tools.zip file at the bottom of this guide it has all the tools you need for the job enjo :P.:D

Step 1 Download androot here http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=747598

Step 2 Root your phone with it copy it to sd card and install it with a file manager get one from market free or i recomend root explorer its the best once it is installed run it see pic below.

Step 3 Download better terminal cant provide a link for that but i am sure it wont be to hard to find on the market store and then install it.

Step 4 download the custom recovery image here http://loadbalancing.modaco.com/download.p...co-r2-blade.img

Step 5 copy the recovery image to the root of your sd card i presume you all know what root is

Step 6 Start up better terminal and type su to get root permishions.

step 7 Then on the next line type this to push and install the recovery image.

from the start type like this

$su

# flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery-clockwork-2.5.0.9-modaco-r2-blade.img

Don't forget the space between recovery /sdcard once you have typed the line hit enter it will only take a few seconds you can now exit terminal by typing exit or just close it See pic below how to type it.

step 8 Once done exit better terminal and reboot phone whilst holding the down volume button and the power button it boots into custom recovery. Note keep the buttons held down untill you see the recovery menu don't let go of buttons or you will just get green boot logo loop if you messed up restart the procedure.

Navigation in the recovery image as follows:

•Volume Up / Down to move between options

•Home key to select an option

•Back key to go back

step 9 download the Debranded rom here http://android.modaco.com/content/zte-blad...-san-francisco/

rename the file you just downloaded •r5_update_de-orangeated_blade_signed.zip - MD5 : b22584f515db0b4499a7eb1497fa3a2c

to update.zip then copy the update.zip rom to root on sd card enter custom recovery in step 8 above and choose option to update from sd card and chose the update.zip you copied to root.

Step 10 once installed let it reboot and it should be all done if you get stuck on the green man logo for over 5mins do a battrey pull and reboot the phone..

Below are snapshots the first one shows the recovery image on the root of sd card and the update debranded rom aswell and the second pic shows how you should type the commands in terminal from better terminal.Also i have inc 2 pics of the debranded rom 3rd and 4th pics show all the orange stuff removed and the last pic is androot click to root hope this helps goodluck and problems just pm me.

Tools.rar

Edited November 8, 2010 by jutley

[Guest jutley]

Hope this helps beginers and those who can't get adb fastboot to work its just as simple but all done from your phone instead of terminal on computer.

[Guest Rosz]

The procedure looks like old school BASIC spaghetti code :P

Just a joke :D

Nice work :D

[Guest DaveyP]

The procedure looks like old school BASIC spaghetti code :D

Just a joke :D

Nice work :P

Wot like 11 goto 1 :P

Good work jutley

[Guest Rosz]

Wot like 11 goto 1 :P

Good work jutley

Exactly :D

:D :P

[Guest jutley]

:P just got my sanfransico today this guide was great worked first time well done to the man who did this all worked first time with no errors :D

[Guest Rosz]

:P just got my sanfransico today this guide was great worked first time well done to the man who did this all worked first time with no errors :D

I got mine before 3 days ...but tonight I am going to root it and run a custom's ROM...I am wonder which one to choose Sebastian's or Paul's...

I will follow your tutorial :D

[Guest jutley]

I got mine before 3 days ...but tonight I am going to root it and run a custom's ROM...I am wonder which one to choose Sebastian's or Paul's...

I will follow your tutorial :P

use pauls i am using it works great

[Guest Rosz]

use pauls i am using it works great

Ive read about wifi issues and some others.... do you experience them?

Thanks

[Guest jutley]

no i have been using wifi and have had no problems to report :P allways do a factory reset before you install a rom i allways do

[Guest Rosz]

no i have been using wifi and have had no problems to report :D allways do a factory reset before you install a rom i allways do

Thanks for the useful tips :P..I am so glad that I have Linux ( more or less) on my phone...finally.

[Guest Boneyneil]

Hi, Im afraid that I am a REAL noob, so please could you help. This is an excellent tutorial however I am stuck on the terminal instructions. After inputting su, I get the superuser permission. Second line, input the recovery clockwork ok. Next line I get : flash_image partition file.img Then what,has it succeded ? :P

[Guest jutley]

Su

flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery-clockwork-2.5.0.9-modaco-r2-blade.

That it exit the app and reboot and hold down the volume key downwards whilst holding power button and it will boot into custom recovery

[Guest Boneyneil]

Hi, Thanks for replying so quickly, sorry to say that I have followed your post to the letter but all I get is the green android. Here is what I did.

su. next line granted super permission. Typed in flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery-clockwork-2.5.0.9-modaco-r2-blade.img

Exit the app, turned off the phone ,phone back on holding down the vol down button and power button, green android on all time (10) mins . Battery out, switched on again, no clockwork image. Checked Astro file manager and the clockworkmod file is there. Any ideas of what I am doing wrong. Cheers :P

[Guest jutley]

ok from the start type like this

$su

# flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery-clockwork-2.5.0.9-modaco-r2-blade.img

Dont forget the space between recovery /sdcard

[Guest Boneyneil]

ok from the start type like this

$su

# flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery-clockwork-2.5.0.9-modaco-r2-blade.img

Dont forget the space between recovery /sdcard

Thanks for the quick reply, will try right now. Thanks again :P

[Guest Boneyneil]

Thanks for the quick reply, will try right now. Thanks again :D

Sorry now having probs with phone, first attempt didnt work(remembered space) but still only had green man. Now I have uninstalled terminal emulator and reinstalling and will try again :P

[Guest Boneyneil]

Sorry now having probs with phone, first attempt didnt work(remembered space) but still only had green man. Now I have uninstalled terminal emulator and reinstalling and will try again :D

No luck I must be doing something really wrong, tried everything but still getting green man. Thanks for all your help will just have to keep trying Adb access :P

[Guest jutley]

Sorry now having probs with phone, first attempt didnt work(remembered space) but still only had green man. Now I have uninstalled terminal emulator and reinstalling and will try again :P

Can you boot into recovery? if so after flash of your custom rom you should do a battery pull this normally helps getting past the green man.

Edited October 24, 2010 by jutley

[Guest jutley]

ok guy girls etc i have updated the guide with pics and easy instructions i really can't see how you can mess this up its as easy as 123. Please let me know how you found the guide i am constantly updating it if you would like anything adding or find something confusing please let me know.

[Guest Boneyneil]

ok guy girls etc i have updated the guide with pics and easy instructions i really can't see how you can mess this up its as easy as 123. Please let me know how you found the guide i am constantly updating it if you would like anything adding or find something confusing please let me know.

Hi Jutley, :P Yup you guessed it I finally got Clockwork recovery up and running. It was those excellent pics and instructions you posted especially the bit about the Terminal, but most of all the bit where you must hold down the vol and power buttons till you see the clockwork image, it hiccuped a couple of times but I finally got the image running,upside down but no big deal. Thank you for all your help and time spent in helping a SUPER noob like me. :D

[Guest jutley]

Glad to help that's what I am here for glad it worked for you the screen upside down is normal don't worry to much about that and welcome to the world of custom roms :P

[Guest deweylewie]

Could you do a guide on returning the device completely back to stock?

[Guest FrownBreaker]

ok guy girls etc i have updated the guide with pics and easy instructions i really can't see how you can mess this up its as easy as 123. Please let me know how you found the guide i am constantly updating it if you would like anything adding or find something confusing please let me know.

Thanks for all your good work! My SF is arriving shortly. Will try out and report back!

[Guest jutley]

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Thanks for all your good work! My SF is arriving shortly. Will try out and report back!

if i get time i will do a back to stock rom guide and glad to help anyone hope my guide helps you.