WARNING: Dont touch Rom Manager

codeknight11 · Oct 18, 2012

Since a last few days, I've been seeing a lot of threads in Q&A where users are complaining that their device stopped working after flashing recovery via ROM Manager. I created this thread so that people dont end up bricking their devices. ROM Manager does not work on ace. Do NOT trust any sites telling you to flash CWM recovery via Rom Manager. We have a working and stable unofficial CWM recovery already, you can download it from here - http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?p=18167974

Note to MOD - Please sticky this thread and copy it to Android Development section if possible.

gagdude · Oct 18, 2012

ROM Manager is pretty much a fail for ALL devices. After I got my first Android, and was a n00b of rooting, I used ROM Manager to dl and flash CM7. Guess what?
Bootloop. Never touched it again. Of course, it was only a soft brick, and it was a simple fix, but since it was my first ever ROM and first ever Android and first ever root, naturally I freaked

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Prawesome · Oct 18, 2012

Shouldn't this go in General section?

POTATO!!!!

eagleeyetom · Oct 18, 2012

Yes. It's a General thread. The ROM Manager thing is posted across this forum many times, so I don't see the point of making a sticky. About Q&A questions - there always were newcomers and always will be.

codeknight11 · Oct 18, 2012

Prawesome said:
Shouldn't this go in General section?

POTATO!!!!

I know. I thought of putting it in development section because many people dont read general section before rooting. A lot of other device forums have similar types of thread in Development and Original development section. So, I felt like creating one for ace too.

codeknight11 · Oct 18, 2012

As for the sticky thing, a lot of people dont care to go through the guides properly. A warning thread especially for Rom manager would make sure no one uses rom manager. I created this thread ecause a lot of people were ending up bricking their devices. If its useless, mod can delete it.

Shivam Bector ^_* · Oct 18, 2012

I agree with tj_droid, there are more and more cases coming up where the users try to flash cwm with rom manager and hard brick their phones! Threads like this could save many Ace's!

+1 to make it sticky!

Cryss · Oct 18, 2012

First thing i do when i finish installing CyanogenMod roms is deleting Rom Manager, haha

Poshlad · Oct 18, 2012

Galaxy Ace Killed Dead

I hard bricked my Ace a couple of weeks ago. It has been sent for repair as it is still in warranty. I would have really appreciated this thread.

mordigan · Oct 20, 2012

Thanks to this!..I was wondering what could be the other use of that "Rom Manager"

i mean it also contains how to back up and flash rom like in CWM..but i didn't know that its dangerous if i use this to flash..

anyway thanks so much..:good:

BhawaniSingh · Oct 30, 2012

I also bricked my ace but it was brand new (bricked within 2 days of buying). So they replaced it. I think i was lucky

RatusNatus · Oct 30, 2012

BhawaniSingh said:
I also bricked my ace but it was brand new (bricked within 2 days of buying). So they replaced it. I think i was lucky

Once they knew that you rooted your phone they'll send you the bill.
You'll pay for it.

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BhawaniSingh · Oct 30, 2012

RatusNatus said:
Once they knew that you rooted your phone they'll send you the bill.
You'll pay for it.

Sent from my SGH-I777 using xda app-developers app

This all happened a year ago.
And i don't think they will send me the bill now.

Moreover they never tried to repair their devices they just throw them in trash.
According to manufactures repairing a device is more costlier than making a new device

Shimmar · Nov 2, 2012

Don't inatall rom manager

I too bricked my lovely ace because of rom manager ! hard brick !! had to go to service center.. don't ever use it if you love your ace.. if you want a custom rom use cwm which can be downloaded from the following thread :
http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=1034145

press thanks if i helped...

Sumitchauhan · Nov 15, 2012

cwm manager

friends,
Does CWM manager which came pre-installed with a custom rom can brick Ace?

gagdude · Nov 15, 2012

Sumitchauhan said:
friends,
Does CWM manager which came pre-installed with a custom rom can brick Ace?

It's still ROM manager, still same problems
I'm guessing it's cyanogenmod? Since I know they bundle in ROM manager. Just uninstall the app

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venomate · Nov 15, 2012

Ok now that I've bricked my Ace, I have a question. If I take it in to a repair shop to have it Jtagged for repair (full brick, no response at all) can they save the software that was loaded on my phone or does the process eliminate the entire phone's contents and return it back to factory state? I had a lot of stufff on it, that I should've backed up and didn't....

hooked_on_droid · Nov 27, 2012

be a whole lot easier if google play would show it as not being compatible. it would save alot of Ace's

acikspingebu · Dec 2, 2012

what happen if we touch?

hooked_on_droid · Dec 2, 2012

It will brick your Ace.

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