Phone:
Tmobile T959 aka Samsung Vibrant
It is on stock Froyo 2.2
It has the 3E recovery.
I tried on 2 computers but I can NOT connect via USB it gives me USB malfunction error. The phone does charge. I can put it into download mode vie the 3 finger trick. When you connect it does give you the option to click the green Android icon Connect to USB.
I downloaded the latest CM10 ROM but when I was flashing it I came across an error, and now I have no other ROM on my phone so I need to transfer one from my PC, but it doesn't go past recovery mode.
So I flashed Paranoid-Android Jellybean and it just screwed up my phone. I had to use Odin to bring it back to stock. Now I've got it almost back to where I want it but I can't for the life of me get CWM recovery onto my phone.
So I went back to stock rom after trying several rom and I got a update notification so I just downloaded it and then I check with Samsung Kies and I have the latest stock rom.
Now I lost root access so I rooted my phone again and flashed clock work recovery using Odin took out the battery before first reboot so it doesn't overwrite it and reboot directly to clock work recovery!
Messed up things in rom manager on my new rooted Micromax A87! i flashed the recovery into something else by mistake and on that flashing list my phone is not listed to restore default recovery!it doesn't enter recovery mode at all..! wat to do?
So I've found this forum pretty intimidating because certain roms require certain kernels and the root method for my phone didn't supply such kernel.
So this is my phone:
Build FI27.
Rooted.
Custom Agat Recovery.
What I'd like to know:
Safest recovery for flashing most roms.
What roms am I able to flash with this recovery.
My MicroUSB port is broken (well, it works occasionally, but not reliably, and the fixes I've read about haven't really helped. And It's out of warranty.) I charge the battery with an external battery charger.
The phone is not currently rooted and I don't have ClockworkMod Recovery on it.
I do have a microSD card and microSD card reader.
Is it still possible to install a custom ROM?
can someone with stock recovery try flashing this and tell me if you still get the signature verification error?
I have just about given up, but wanted to try one more time.
Boot into recovery by powering on the phone holding both the volume up and power button until recovery comes up.
use the volume keys to navigate and the camera button to select.
Select update and then select the z
This is CWM Recovery v6.0.1.2 It needs some testing and some feedback. I haven't tested every new option yet but the basics seem to work fine. I factory reset and installed 3 ROMs with no problems: Sharp Ver8, My GB ROM, and CM10. I have also restored some very old backups of CM7 and froyo. Let me know how it goes.
If you need any more information it can be found here.