How To: Load a Custom ROM on the Motorola CLIQ
February 20, 2010 in Android How To's, Featured, How To's, Motorola DEXT/CLIQ How To's, Video
I. Before You Begin
1. You MUST have done the rooting procedure successfully. Visit our How To Root the Motorola CLIQ Procedure and follow it entirely, then come back to this procedure.
II. Flash a Custom Recovery Image
1. Download the CLIQ custom recovery image and then save it to the SD card of your CLIQ (NOT in any folders just on the card).
2. Plug in your phone via USB and make sure USB Debugging is checked on (Settings>Applications>Development>)
3. Open your command prompt on your computer and type the following with hitting enter at the end of each line:
cd\
cd c:\AndroidSDK\tools\
adb shell flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery-RA-cliq-v1.5.2.img
4. Once it finishes, close the command prompt.
III. Flashing the Custom ROM
1. Download the ROM you want from our ROMs Section, and save it to the SD card in the CLIQ (NOT in any folders, just on the card itself) just as it is downloaded, do NOT extract it, leave it as a .zip file.
2. Boot into recovery mode by holding down Power and the Camera button until the phone tells you to let go. Then push Volume Down to get to recovery.
3. In recovery mode you should see a list of options. Select Wipe Data, then select Apply Update.zip and choose the ROM file you just placed on the SD card.
4. The phone should flash the ROM and then you can select Reboot and you are all set!
Kimbo said on January 19, 2011
I could not get this to work on my Cliq to save my life. I finally narrowed it down to the customer recovery image not being flashed to my phone – ADB never said it worked, but never gave me an error message, either. I saw Stephen Coley’s tip about using Droid Explorer, and that did the trick. Thank you Stephen!
Swinbob2 said on May 21, 2011
i have exactly the same problem, whats droid explorer please help
Kimbo said on January 19, 2011
I could not get this to work on my Cliq to save my life. I finally narrowed it down to the customer recovery image not being flashed to my phone – ADB never said it worked, but never gave me an error message, either. I saw Stephen Coley’s tip about using Droid Explorer, and that did the trick. Thank you Stephen!
andrew said on January 23, 2011
whenever i put my motorola cliq xt on recovery mode, there is always a picture of a phone with an exlamation mark with a triangle instead of the android guy and the menu. What should i do?
Alex Micklewright said on February 2, 2011
press alt and L to choose which zip to flash
andrew said on January 23, 2011
whenever i put my motorola cliq xt on recovery mode, there is always a picture of a phone with an exlamation mark with a triangle instead of the android guy and the menu. What should i do?
Heismyrock7 said on January 23, 2011
Hey i just want to know if my phone is rooted. It loads up orange now ( it was on the 2.1 update ). I have a terminal , but when i type in su , it sais permision denied. Please help, i Just want to know if it is rooted or not.:(
Heismyrock7 said on January 23, 2011
How do i know if it rooted or not!!!!!??????????????????????????????????????? PLEASE HELP
Robertlrobb said on February 3, 2011
ok i have a motorola cliq i had it rooted at one point now its stuck in recovery mode and will not to anything. Just a blue screen that says security on, fastboot disabled gives build date etc.. but will not do anything but that. please help me out if anyone has any ideas
skjfei said on February 14, 2011
Hold the power button for 30 secs. Then play with removing the battery. It happened to me with nothing showing up on my screen, but I was still able to tap.
greg said on February 23, 2011
After I wipe data and complete the apply update.zip step, there is no option to select the rom i chose for the phone. the only options i have are wipe data, apply the zip, and reboot. where did i go wrong?
Jemorris1129 said on April 30, 2011
did you ever figure out whats going on? Cause mine is doing the same thing. Im sure it is something simple I am missing and just not catching onto… but I want to get this figured out…… if any one can help that would be amazing. theunlockr or any one… even email if need be or post on here. doont care, email is jemorris1129@gmail.com
Deitz101 said on June 7, 2011
you’ll want to flash a custom rom like Armon RA or clockwork. the customs will let you do alot more while you are in recovery mode… (youtube!!)
Deitz101 said on June 7, 2011
Looks like you might need to flash a custom recovery… that one that your looking at is just the boot loader…
Tandrews93 said on March 5, 2011
i went through this hole thing and now my phone says it wont writ radio image …. what can i do?
superfigjam said on March 16, 2011
how to bypass the welcome screen which says press on android to start. My touch Screen is not working.
I sthere any keyboard shortcut…???
Cute said on March 17, 2011
No i dont think there is a keyboard shortcut unless theunlockr can figure something out…:pppp
Fighttoby said on March 19, 2011
im trying to flash recovery on my moto cliq
but it keeps saying device not found
watts wrong or watt did i do wrong
boobies said on April 14, 2011
was on android 1.5. rooted it using superoneclick. but 1.5 dun have ROM Manager. So how do i get a custom rom flashed into my dext?
'Zaria Hunte said on April 25, 2011
E:Can’t open /sdcard/update.zi[ (No such file or directory) Installation aborted.
help.
and no i havent typed in update.zip.zip
i just renamed the rom to update.
tried both capital and common u.
tried to put it on the internal mem card and external and both.
nothing worked…
Torticho said on May 1, 2011
everything perfect. only problem my home button does not work. any help here?
Patrick Alvarado said on May 18, 2011
ok i do everything as said but problem is once try to boot in recovery screen goes black after says “volume down press” and doesnt go fromthere on! HELP PLEASE!
Dave said on May 25, 2011
What I found that worked for me was:
Change the recovery filename from “recovery-RA-cliq-v1.5.2.img” to just “recovery.img”
Go into the adb shell using the “adb shell” command from your Android SDK directory in the command prompt
Then type “flash_image recovery /sdcard/recovery.img”
Then reboot your phone into recovery mode, which should give you the custom recovery menu.
Julian said on June 18, 2011
someone help me please i try to root my phone and when i put it on it says ** security on, fastboot disabled ** what should i do?
Rod Davis said on June 26, 2011
Anyone having problems with “No such file or directory,” make sure the USB connected is set to Charge Only, NOT USB Drive.
Valentina Diaz said on July 25, 2011
hello there
great post! very user friendly…
i have trouble when i do the backup it stays in sort of loop and it never finishes. i had to teke the battery off to get out of recovery mode, and star again.
i downloaded an other revovery (j_rood’s v2.0) and the same thing happened..
Welcomechsm said on August 22, 2011
thankyou for the great guide
dolen said on August 22, 2011
i’ve made it this far, lol. as i go into my comand prompt i get as far as putting image recovery coammad, but it says no such file or directory. i’m sure i’m probably entering the path wrong. a little help would be appreciated
Adelle Frank said on September 4, 2011
Suggested instruction update to flashing custom ROM:
Step 3. Choose Wipe.
Step 4. In this submenu, choose Wipe data/factory reset. [Optional, In same submenu, choose "Wipe Dalvik-cache".]
Step 5. Go back and choose “Flash zip from sdcard”, which will let you choose the ROM zip file you placed on your SD card earlier. This will take a while, so wait patiently.
Step 6. When this is done, Go back and Choose “Reboot system now”. This will also take several minutes, so wait patiently.
guest said on September 7, 2011
i get permission denied after i type in “su” when i got the “$”
Helper said on October 1, 2011
it wasnt working for me until i found this
SuperOneClick type on google or youtube
this roots your phone for you plz check youtube for more details
i do not take any responsablitie for this
Domino said on October 2, 2011
when i try to do the recovery image it says no such file or directory what should i do
Alise9086 said on October 4, 2011
how do i get an operating system for my phone? i did the super wipe and now i need an operating system to flash onto my phone but i have no idea how to get 1
Anthony said on February 4, 2012
i cant download the recovery file -___- megaupload is down forever