Windows-only instructions...Linux users who have followed my previous SDK tips should be able to figure it out pretty easily. This will erase all of your programs, settings, data, etc. Backup, backup, and backup before attempting.
- Download the Android SDK and ClockworkMod Recovery Z71 v2.5.1.0.
- Extract the SDK to c:\. Copy the recovery img to c:\android-sdk-windows\tools\.
- Hook your Blaze up to your computer via USB, turn off the phone. Turn it back on in fastboot mode (red 'end call' button + volume down + power). When it hangs at the Cincinnati Bell logo you're where you need to be.
- Open up a Windows command prompt and type:
cd c:\android-sdk-windows\tools\
fastboot flash recovery clockwork-z71.img
fastboot reboot - The phone will reboot normally. Download CyanogenMod ROM 6.1 RC3 and the signed Google Apps. Mount your SD card (may require unplugging from computer and plugging back in to get the right USB Connected icon in Notifications), copy the ROM and Google Apps to the root of your SD card. Safely unmount the SD card from your computer (system tray - safely remove hardware - Eject Qualcomm HSUSB Device) and Turn off USB storage (Notifications) on your Blaze.
- Turn the phone off again and back on into recovery mode (camera + volume up + power). ClockworkMod Recovery appears.
- To nagivate in the recovery menu use the volume buttons and the trackball to select. Let's start by doing a backup in case something goes wrong. Select backup and restore and then backup. This can take a few minutes.
- When complete, select install zip from sd card then choose zip from sd card. Selecting the last one there is tricky because it skips ahead two with each press of the volume button and this menu screen has an even number of options. The trick is to hold down the volume button and you'll notice it only goes down one. But if you release it goes down one more. So while holding volume down such that you're on choose zip from sd card, press the trackball to select. Use this trick where ever needed to get through these menus.
- Select update-cm-6.1.0-RC3-Z71-signed.zip. Select the Yes option to confirm. When you're returned to the menu it's done. Select choose zip from sd card again. This time select gapps-mdpi-tiny-20101020-signed.zip and confirm.
- Press the back button (far right soft button at bottom of screen) to return to the main menu. Select wipe data/factory reset and confirm.
- You're done! Select reboot system now and you can enjoy Android 2.2 on your Blaze. Root is automatically enabled.
Thanks to CyanogenMod team for porting 2.2 to the Z71 line and this author for pointing it out. GPS and flash are fixed in this latest RC. If you notice any other problems, let someone else know! I'm selling my Blaze on eBay (I've since upgraded to Sprint's Evo 4G). So if you'd like a rooted 2.2 Blaze without any of the hassle of doing it yourself, buy mine on eBay!
You sir are awesome. Thank you very much Sean.
ReplyDeleteI'm having issues with the drivers I believe.. I'll report back but I have yet to be able to get this thing to start correctly.
ReplyDeleteOk I got it, very nice by the way.. I wasn't able to use xp to install it with svc. pack 3 etc.. I was able to use Windows 7 Ultimate 64bit though without a hitch well after copying over the rut folder for the driver, over to my desktop and pointing towards it for Windows when it wanted to install a driver for the phone.
ReplyDeleteI need to see if my phone is running at 600MHz etc. and play around with it a little still. Thank you again Sean.
Ok, so I've been messing around with it tonight and I noticed that now my connection status thing at the top shows an H and the up down arrows and my network name at the lock screen says Unknown. I can make calls and down apps etc.. Is that a good thing because when I looked it up I see that it's "HSDPA" a faster 3G basically?
ReplyDeleteThe camera appears to be working better now, very nice. Thank you for your help Sean. I like all the apps that are built in to the rom too.
I get stuck at < waiting for device >... :\
ReplyDelete@Blake either your phone's not in the right mode or you have a driver problem.
ReplyDeleteso is this possible with a mac or will i have to use a pc
ReplyDeleteYou'll have to use the Mac SDK (http://dl.google.com/android/android-sdk_r08-mac_86.zip) and the rest should be pretty much the same. Use terminal in place of cmd and make sure where ever you install the SDK is in your path.
ReplyDeleteWould this automatically root the device? Or do we need to root it first, then proceed with the update?
ReplyDeleteAutomagically
ReplyDeletealright im sorry but im new to all this and been looking into this update for awhile. I just had a few questions, what do you mean to copy the sdk to c:\ and would it be different with a mac. I understand that i have to use terminal to do these commands but i just dont understand what that means. I think i got everything else i just want to make sure i know what im doing before i do this
ReplyDeleteI've been in the process of rooting the blaze for a while, but every time, when I am told to go to recovery mode, it hangs at the Cincinnati Bell logo, and just sits there. Any help is appreciated.
ReplyDelete@Cody install the apple version of the Google sdk from the link I provided for you. Put the recovery img in the tools folder of where ever it installs to.
ReplyDelete@paravorheim Sounds like the clockwork recovery img wasn't copied right, or you're going into fastboot mode instead of recovery mode.
@Sean I don't think it didn't copy right, since the terminal outputted success, and I also tried ROM Manager instead, just in case. Neither work.
ReplyDeleteWhat do I do? It seems like the update and everything worked fine, but at the final step, the reboot, it gets stuck at the android screen!
ReplyDeleteTry restoring from backup.
ReplyDeleteYeah, but then I don't have the update :(
ReplyDeleteI like the fact that I can over clock my cpu now, WOOT! I can set it to 806MHz!
ReplyDeletehow do we download flash player 10.1? i downloaded the flash player showcase that requires the 10.1 flash player and when i opened it said i didn't have it and there was a little link to the android market. When i clicked on it, it sent me to the market and a message popped up and said the item couldn't found or something like that
ReplyDeleteTry googling for the apk file and post the link here when u find it
ReplyDeletehttp://www.megaupload.com/?d=HO8UZSDW
ReplyDeleteyou have to wait a little bit, after you pull it up through apk installer there will be two flash files. The first one doesn't work but the second one does
I've been trying to do this all night and I can't get into backup mode now that I have the clockwork recovery manager installed, I just hang at the Cincinnati Bell screen. Any help for me? Running windows 7 64 bit on my computer, my phone is still on 1.6, and is rooted (not sure if this was necessary couldn't get the image to load because I had it in the wrong directory so I tried installing it through rommanger.) It isn't booting into fastboot mode, so the computer doesn't recognize it and the reboot command doesn't work to turn it off.
ReplyDeletewhen I say it isn't booting into fastboot I don't mean that it isn't capable of booting into fastboot, rather the recovery mode isn't booting into fastboot instead of recovery.
ReplyDeleteis anyone else having problems with like the screen freezing. Like the power and volume keys work but its like the phone doesn't respond to touch
ReplyDelete@gidhart idk I went from 2.1 to 2.2. Maybe try going to 2.1 first.
ReplyDeleteI'm at the same spot as gidhart. I am on 2.1 though. How can I reinstall drivers for 64-bit? I've ran through everything in the x64.rar from the 2.1 post.
ReplyDeleteThanks for all the help btw!
Sean, I am new at this too. I tried to use the windows command prompt but it gave the message "the path could not be found". I tried that several times without success. Thanks for the help.
ReplyDelete@husam
ReplyDeletemake sure your android SDK is in your c:\ drive. Go to My Computer and you'll see it on the side then you should be good. Just drag or paste it in that then put your clockwork img in your tools.
Okay, I've done something wrong. It won't even go into recovery mode, it just flashes the Cincinnati Bell screen and reboots.
ReplyDeleteAny advice?
Do I have to have Windows 7?
ReplyDelete@Joe should work on other systems as well
ReplyDelete@Blake make sure you're holding all three buttons down the entire time, not just letting one or all go once the phone shows signs of life.
That's what I'm doing. I start it up and then it appears as if I take out the battery and it restarts into a loop (if I keep holding the buttons). Is there any way I can reinstall the recovery mode or something?
ReplyDeleteis it alright to delete the update and google apps off your sd card after the update or will it mess up everything up
ReplyDeleteYou can delete after installation.
ReplyDeleteWill everything be stock android or will it have a skin?
ReplyDeleteI hope it will be a lot faster right??
ReplyDeleteI'm doing the froyo update for the blaze. I'm fine until I get to where you say to select backup and restore there is no option to backup and restore what do I do?
ReplyDeleteMy options are:
reboot system now
apply sdcard:update.zip
wipe data/factory reset
wipe cache partition
Download nb0 from sdcard
which should I choose?
When I choose applysdcard:update.zip, it says:
failed to open /sdcard/update
no such file or directory
HELP!!!
Ok, so me and my friend got Cyanogen to run successfully on the phone. The biggest, and deadliest, problem of the ROM is that when you power down the phone (as in turn it off completely), and power the phone on, it just hangs at the Cincinnati Bell screen, requiring us to recover and re-flash the phone. In other words, I can't turn the phone off because of that.
ReplyDeleteAnyone know a fix to this?
Looks like there's a new version out - grab it and the Google Apps at http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/files/category/37-z71-variants/
ReplyDeleteLet us know if the power issue is fixed in this release!
Okay, so I've been working on and off with trying to get my friend's cincinnati bell blaze rooted and updated to cyanogenmod's 2.2 build.
ReplyDeleteOnce I install the recovery image, reboot, and copy the files to the root of the sd card, I turn off the phone. Then I hold the camera button, volume up button, and power button to get into recovery mode. The problem is, every time I do this, it hangs at the cincinnati bell logo, just like I booted into fastboot again. I KNOW it's not fastboot because I held a different combination of keys for that. Now, when we boot back into the device to use it, albeit on its slow 1.6 OS, the android market doesn't even work.
Can someone please tell me what is going on with my process?
@para try going to 2.1 first. I didnt test 1.6->2.2
ReplyDeleteWhen I try going into recovery mode, it just reboots. I hold the camera and volume up, and try rebooting into recovery but nothing works.
ReplyDeleteIs there anyway I can make sure my recovery partition is still there?
@Blake yes. you'll need to put the phone into FTM mode and connect via SDK. Follow this guide: https://docs.google.com/View?docID=0AS0vn8iv_zrVZGhyeGg3Z25fMGYzdmZobWNm&revision=_latest&hgd=1
ReplyDeleteAgain, make sure you're holding the buttons along with power the entire time until you see recovery or whatever mode you're trying to get into, then release.
I'm sure I am holding all three buttons, but the screen makes a kind of purple tint and reboots.
ReplyDeleteI can get my phone into FTM mode, but I'm not sure what to do with my SDK after that. I'm using Vista 64-bit
adb devices
ReplyDelete..make sure it sees your phone while it's in FTM..
adb shell
cat /proc/mtd
..mtd3 should be recovery..
It shows up when it's not in FTM, but nothing comes up when it is. Do I need to install drivers for FTM mode?
ReplyDeleteFollow the guide I posted...no drivers needed in Linux...just add to /etc/udev/rules.d/51-android.rules:
ReplyDeleteSUBSYSTEM=="usb", SYSFS{idVendor}=="0489", MODE="0666"
Will everything be stock android or will it have a skin? I hope it will be a lot faster right??
ReplyDeleteOk, so me and my friend got Cyanogen to run successfully on the phone. The biggest, and deadliest, problem of the ROM is that when you power down the phone (as in turn it off completely), and power the phone on, it just hangs at the Cincinnati Bell screen, requiring us to recover and re-flash the phone. In other words, I can't turn the phone off because of that.
ReplyDeleteAnyone know a fix to this?
Will everything be stock android (vanilla) or will it have a skin? I hope it will be a lot faster right??
ReplyDeletealright I'm very new to this and i'm wondering if I do this will I be able to use the SUT tool to reinstall the "official" 2.1 .nb0 if i decide that I do not like 2.2? or if 2.2 doesn't work well on my phone?
ReplyDeleteYes
ReplyDeleteIs anyone else having camera problems? My video works, but whenever I take a picture, the screen just goes black
ReplyDeleteYou can fix the camera issue now. There's a fix over at cyanogen. Basically the camera is calling for the camera sound and it never plays it making it lock up. You can probably turn the noise off and it will work again is mu guess.
ReplyDeleteI've had some issues with stability with the 2.2 upgrade. Sean said you could go to the official 2.1 with the SUT. I tried it, but couldn't get it work. Anyone else tried this and if so, how did you get it to work? When it reboot, it boots to clockwork and nothing I do there seems to make it work.
ReplyDelete@paravorheim
ReplyDeleteDid you find a solution? I am having the same problem upgrading from V1.6.
@Sean
Do you know where I can find the info to upgrade from 1.6 to 2.1
Option 1) Go to store
ReplyDeleteOption 2) Follow instructions at http://sean-feeney.com/2010/09/android-21-update-1-eclair-on.html
@Sean
ReplyDeleteThanks for responce, what I forgot to mention is that my phone is a Z71 stright out of a box, not tied to any network in the UK. Do you think if option 2 work with my phone?
Option 1 I presume, the store is Blaze store?
I have not been albe to get flah 10.1 to load on the blaze with 2.2 any help?
ReplyDeleteOk So I'm using mac... so far all I need to know is what do i type into the terminal and when I copy the clock work image to SDK/tools do I want it to just be a saved binary file image with the name clockwork-z71.img
ReplyDeleteAlso a problem I keep getting is when I copied all of the file on a disc and brought them down to the pc to try this (i can't hook the pc to the internet so i basically use it to do this kind of stuff) when I'd try to fast boot I'd hold down all three buttons then it would hang on the CBW screen on the phone and in the command prompt it would say waiting for the device and nothing would happen I'm sorry Sean I'm like derr lost Would you mind winging a step by step for me in Mac OSX 10.5.8 language =( honestly the whole reason I'm doing this is to spite CinBell cause they lied and told me it had 2.2 on it and part of the reason for me getting a new version of the same phone i had that broke (blaze) was Lefty trackball/screen control and overclocking my processor on a phone (zoom zooom!)
ReplyDeleteDownload android sdk for mac and update paths accordingly. Fastboot command will be the same you just need to find where it installed to.
ReplyDeleteSean,
ReplyDeleteI am new to android and want to upgrade my Blaze to Froyo but when I type into the command prompt it says it cannot open clockwork-z71.img what am i doing wrong? or am I missing something in the instructions?
You probably missed the step, "Copy the recovery img to c:\android-sdk-windows\tools\" or forgot to cd into that directory before doing the fastboot command.
ReplyDeleteWhen you get to step 5 you might want to use the latest CyanogenMod which includes Android 2.3. Info and download link for that at http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/topic/15836-cyanogenmod-7-for-z71-v700-rc2-3072011/
@ Sean,
ReplyDeleteOk I got the command prompt to work up until after I type clockwork-z71.img then it says waiting for device it won't let me type fastboot reboot as instructed
Is your phone connected via USB and hung at the Cincinnati Bell logo prior to running the fastboot command?
ReplyDelete@Sean
ReplyDeleteYes it is. I type
fastboot flash recovery clockwork-z71.img
it says
waiting for device
Probably a driver issue. Reboot and try again, if still no luck uninstall and reinstall Android SDK.
ReplyDeleteI just extracted android sdk to C:\ I didn't install anything do I have to use th esdk manager and install everything first?
ReplyDeleteI realize. I might be asking some ignorant questions but as I said Ian new to this.
ReplyDeleteAt the point when your phone is hooked up to your computer and it reboots into the right mode and it's hanging at the CBW logo, Windows should prompt you that it is installing drivers. Sounds like maybe that driver installation did not go well?
ReplyDeleteI got it upgraded to gingerbread. The only problem so far is on restart it hangs at the Cincinnati bell screen and the last call I got it shit down when I hung up and wouldn't restart until I pulled the battery.
ReplyDeleteThat's good to hear. I suggest you post the bugs you find to the CyanogenMod Z71 forums, maybe they can fix.
ReplyDeleteAfter Rooting and installing update my computer only recognizes my phone as an ADB interface. I no longer have access to the sd card or anything else. is there a way to make it start recognizing it again?
ReplyDeleteWorked like a charm my friend thanks a bunch now I have speech to text
ReplyDeleteHi... I have Moto xt3 and i have tried the clockwork method for ROMs...but din like CM cos its buggy... so wanted to try out nb0 method... I gwt the foll error in SUT... Please help me...
ReplyDeleteUpdate process fails with below error!
Error Code: 0xf626
Error: Task 1 of 2, Download Image
(QC,OEM,AMSS,APPSBT,aBOOT,aSYS,aRCV,aSPL,aHID) fail,
Error = QPD_ERROR_ARMPGR_hello_TBUFFER(0xF626).
Init Mode = Emergency Download Mode.
hey.
ReplyDeletemy name is alexis and i own a Cincinnati blaze. i recently used your page to update my phone to 2.2 and i love it; but since i've updated my pone turns of and for no reason ? also, it takes forever to receive messages. & on my front screen where its suppose to say Cincinnati bell it says unknown ?
Try downloading the ROM and flashing again. Sounds like your image was corrupt or something. Also if you backed up you can alternately restore to what you had before.
ReplyDelete@Alexis, I had same issue until I downloaded later version of 2.2. I have since downloaded the gingerbread version available at http://forum.cyanogenmod.com/topic/15836-cyanogenmod-7-for-z71-v700-rc2-3072011/
ReplyDeleteThe links for 2.3 and the apps are at the bottom. Make sure to reset to follow instructions given on that link.