Noob Question on Root & CWM

[TPXX]

I just got the drivers for my cx-919 installed in win 7. I am ready to flash the Finless 4.2.2 rom. In reading the instructions it does not say root is required nor clockwork mod. If I want to backup my stock rom before flashing, how do I root and where do I get cwm?

[TPXX]

OK, I found clockwork mod in the forum, but not how to root, at least not reliably. Is there a root thread that works? If so a link would be appreciated.

[gsm44]

OK, I found clockwork mod in the forum, but not how to root, at least not reliably. Is there a root thread that works? If so a link would be appreciated.

I second this .... Got my cx919 with 4.2.2 not rooted
been trying to root & backup my rom before flashing Finless latest rom but without success so far
tried different drivers - device is found in windows but not in TPSparkyRoot.bat for some reason & Finless flash tool keeps giving me errors when I try to use it to flash recovery.img
looks like I am staying with my stock ROM for now

any help appreciated

[FlyNNN]

Just another thread of someone asking for help and none to be found here. The people with the information don't have the time to respond to your silly question.

[gsm44]

Just another thread of someone asking for help and none to be found here. The people with the information don't have the time to respond to your silly question.

We can only hope that some one with a bit of knowledge would respond

[gsm44]

Since no one with knowledge helped I thought I'd reply with what I did since it worked for me

I eventually gave up on rooting this POS but did a back up for stock ROM & flashed with Finless's latest 4.2.2 which is rooted
The CWM came with Finless didn't work for some reason so I re-flashed a cx-919 specific CWM [you will find somewhere on this forum] which worked for me

Now I have a rooted device with CWM

[rich172]

+1...

Hi - i have similar issues on cube u30gt2
i want to backup stock ROM before trying a new ROM or movingup to kitkat.

how did you make the backup? i have specific CWM_zip for my tablet but whatever way i try to get it installed / to run i get nowhere. nearest i got was flashing the unziped recovery.img which i think worked, but cannot get it to boot into recovery to get it running and dump the backup img.... Grrr...

have posted on a couple of threads on the cube tablet forums here but no help as yet ...
maybe i need to look at more noob friendly site....post above not very encouraging....

any help much appreciated !

[gsm44]

Hi - i have similar issues on cube u30gt2
i want to backup stock ROM before trying a new ROM or movingup to kitkat.

how did you make the backup? i have specific CWM_zip for my tablet but whatever way i try to get it installed / to run i get nowhere. nearest i got was flashing the unziped recovery.img which i think worked, but cannot get it to boot into recovery to get it running and dump the backup img.... Grrr...

have posted on a couple of threads on the cube tablet forums here but no help as yet ...
maybe i need to look at more noob friendly site....post above not very encouraging....

any help much appreciated !

I am on my phone at the moment
will reply later with links/details

[rich172]

OK great, thanks!

[gsm44]

Hi - i have similar issues on cube u30gt2
i want to backup stock ROM before trying a new ROM or movingup to kitkat.

how did you make the backup? i have specific CWM_zip for my tablet but whatever way i try to get it installed / to run i get nowhere. nearest i got was flashing the unziped recovery.img which i think worked, but cannot get it to boot into recovery to get it running and dump the backup img.... Grrr...

have posted on a couple of threads on the cube tablet forums here but no help as yet ...
maybe i need to look at more noob friendly site....post above not very encouraging....

any help much appreciated !

If your stock ROM is not rooted then flashing CWM wouldn't work [AFAIK]
If it's rooted then you could flash CWM & use an app to boot into recovery mode or use specific keys for your device to do this.
I gave up on rooting my stock ROM as nothing worked for me & found no help to do this to be honest

I used this tool with detailed instructions by Bob [thanks Bob] to backup my stock ROM & it should work the same way with yours. The most tricky bit is installing drivers for your device but I think any RK3188 drivers should work as long as it's identified by your PC & the tool shows as connected
After backing up your device you could try other ROMs & have the stock ROM to revert to just in case.

Note that Finless ROMs come with CWM & reboot to recovery app already there but for some reason the CWM supplied did not work for me so I flashed cx-919 specific CWM which worked

Hope this explains things

[rich172]

Will try tonite - thanks!

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[rich172]

Re: Noob Question on Root & CWM

Seems to have worked a treat!!
Any way to test/check the IMG files b4 flashing...?

Tempted to try one of the custom Roms and then flash back to stock....

The for the pointer, top tool !!

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