How to Load a Rom with Fastboot
As always, we are not responsible for any damaged or problem that can be caused by fallowing this tutorial.
Before we start:
Before we start we need to have the Fastboot installed (“
Check this tutorial“).
You need to have the Rom, Recovery, SPL, and Radio that can work together. The most important is that the
“Radio + SPL” are compatible. (If Radio and SPL are not compatible your phone will be bricked, and there is now way back!!!).
Let’s Start:
- Copy the files into the same folder you have the “Fastboot” program.
- Turn-on your phone by pressing “Power + Back” for several seconds, you should get the “Fastboot” Screen.
- Connect the USB of the phone to the PC. (The screen should change from “Fastboot” to “Fastboot USB”.
- Open a CMD Window in your PC, and go to the directory where you have the “Fastboot” and the files you want to load into the phone.
- Now enter the command as fallows (If you don’t need to upgrade Radio + SPL skip this step)
- Fastboot flash radio [Radio_Filename.img]
- Fastboot flash hboot [spl_Filename.img]
- If you don’t need to update recovery, skip this step
- Fastboot flash recovery [Recovery_Filename.img]
- Now let’s load the new ROM
- Fastboot erase system [–w is you want to wipe user data also]
- Fastboot update [Rom_Filename.zip] [–w if you want to erase user data also]
- Another way wipe data (It should be written in the page you downloaded the Custom Rom you want to load)
- Reboot the phone
That’s it; you have a new Rom in your phone.
Any Question, problem or Remark, please comment.
Ok, Tried this on my magic because I cant boot into recovery. Just wiped my system, and now I can’t flash a ROM!? I get this error:
tools pjamessteven$ ./fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
sending ‘recovery’ (4520 KB)… OKAY
writing ‘recovery’… INFOsignature checking…
FAILED (remote: signature verify fail)
Peter-Stevens-MacBook:tools pjamessteven$ ./fastboot flash recovery recovery.imgsending ‘recovery’ (4520 KB)… OKAY
writing ‘recovery’… INFOsignature checking…
FAILED (remote: signature verify fail)
It was CM6, whats wrong here? I cant use my phone now
go to the XDA-developers.com forums if you have any questions. they are crazy smart there.
We need to flash mulitple devices using Fastboot command. There is a option -s but still im not able to run the commnad using -s option
Any anyone pls help for command -s
In your intro you say “there is now way back”. The typo could get people to think there’s no danger
There is NO way back, of course
Whoops: didn’t find expected signature
read_central_directory_entry failed
error: Segmentation fault
Dear sir. I’m trying to flash
fastboot update update.zip
And have an error that missing some 2 files android-info.txt and android-product.txt. The firmware that I flash is the original one. The device is Kindle Fire.