Noob to Rooting - Need Some Advice

[Wildo6882]

Ok, so I have a Verizon S4 that I just rooted with the tool that is posted in this forum. I know I have root access, but now I'm not 100% sure what to do. I downloaded CleanRom, but I'm not sure what I really need to do next in the course of events. If someone could point me in the right direction or give me a real quick tutorial, I would be forever in your debt - maybe even toss ya a beer on PayPal or something. Ha!

 

[Golfdriver97]

Ok, so I have a Verizon S4 that I just rooted with the tool that is posted in this forum. I know I have root access, but now I'm not 100% sure what to do. I downloaded CleanRom, but I'm not sure what I really need to do next in the course of events. If someone could point me in the right direction or give me a real quick tutorial, I would be forever in your debt - maybe even toss ya a beer on PayPal or something. Ha!

You are missing something. Most ROMs like a custom recovery, like TWRP or Clockwork Mod. I personally prefer CWM, but that's me. Now, since you rooted successfully, I would figure out how to flash CWM, and then, before anything else....make a back up of your current ROM. This will prevent future headaches.

Second, double check to make sure you downloaded the proper file for your device. Meaning the file for the model number and your model number match exactly. (Never flash international ROMs...very bad things happen).

OK...now, copy your ROM file to your SD card (many ROMs prefer externals) and reboot into recovery. Then select, clear cache partition, wipe data/factory reset (gonna suck I know, but this step is highly, HIGHLY recommended), and then select install zip from sd card.

 

[Wildo6882]

You are missing something. Most ROMs like a custom recovery, like TWRP or Clockwork Mod. I personally prefer CWM, but that's me. Now, since you rooted successfully, I would figure out how to flash CWM, and then, before anything else....make a back up of your current ROM. This will prevent future headaches.

Second, double check to make sure you downloaded the proper file for your device. Meaning the file for the model number and your model number match exactly. (Never flash international ROMs...very bad things happen).

OK...now, copy your ROM file to your SD card (many ROMs prefer externals) and reboot into recovery. Then select, clear cache partition, wipe data/factory reset (gonna suck I know, but this step is highly, HIGHLY recommended), and then select install zip from sd card.

Thanks for the quick response! Well I used the tool that's in this forum, which was incredibly easy to use. I think there's always to install CWM or TWRP through that tool. Would that be the way to go?

So then I would just install that, backup my current ROM, and follow the rest of your instructions?

 

[Golfdriver97]

Thanks for the quick response! Well I used the tool that's in this forum, which was incredibly easy to use. I think there's always to install CWM or TWRP through that tool. Would that be the way to go?

So then I would just install that, backup my current ROM, and follow the rest of your instructions?

For the recovery, I would double check this against the unlockr website and qbking77 on youtube just to make sure.

Once you have the recovery set, then yes. Backup, wipe, and install in recovery mode.

Sent from a M.O.A.R. Galaxy S3

 

[Golfdriver97]

My apologies...getting tired and not thinking clearly.

Sent from a M.O.A.R. Galaxy S3

 

[Wildo6882]

My apologies...getting tired and not thinking clearly.

Sent from a M.O.A.R. Galaxy S3

No problem at all. I'll look into this and I appreciate all of your help!

 

[Golfdriver97]

No problem at all. I'll look into this and I appreciate all of your help!

If you choose CWM your steps would be to reboot into recovery>install zip from SD card>choose zip from external> select appropriate file. If the file name is long, complicated, or just plain full of just characters, I would rename it via PC to make it easier to load.

 

[Wildo6882]

If you choose CWM your steps would be to reboot into recovery>install zip from SD card>choose zip from external> select appropriate file. If the file name is long, complicated, or just plain full of just characters, I would rename it via PC to make it easier to load.

So I downloaded ROM Manager, booted into recovery and tried to make a backup of my stock ROM before doing anything else, but it said that if failed. Now when my phone rebooted it says I'm almost out of storage space. I'm rebooting to see if it clears that up, but I don't know why it wouldn't complete the backup.

 

[Golfdriver97]

So I downloaded ROM Manager, booted into recovery and tried to make a backup of my stock ROM before doing anything else, but it said that if failed. Now when my phone rebooted it says I'm almost out of storage space. I'm rebooting to see if it clears that up, but I don't know why it wouldn't complete the backup.

When it reboots, go into Settings>Storage and see how much remaining space you have. Post a screen shot.

 

[Wildo6882]

When it reboots, go into Settings>Storage and see how much remaining space you have. Post a screen shot.

I got the memory cleared up, but haven't been able to get a backup created.

 

[Golfdriver97]

I got the memory cleared up, but haven't been able to get a backup created.

OK. I was asking for the screen shot to see what your internal memory is.

 

[Wildo6882]

OK. I was asking for the screen shot to see what your internal memory is.

I deleted some stuff and it cleared up. Looks like the backup wouldn't finish because it was storing to the device storage, and not the SD card.

 

[Golfdriver97]

I deleted some stuff and it cleared up. Looks like the backup wouldn't finish because it was storing to the device storage, and not the SD card.

That is typical. I move the backup to my card.

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[bhp090808]

I got the memory cleared up, but haven't been able to get a backup created.

Make sure youre backing uo to external sd as the backups for the s4 are around 3 gigs in size

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