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I don't know why people try these shitty toolkits. It takes like 5 minutes to do yourself manually.

Download and install the Android SDK.

adb reboot bootloader fastboot oem unlock

Download the CWM image from here

fastboot flash recovery recovery*

Boot into recovery

adb push whatever-rom-you-want.zip /sdcard/

Flash it and you're done.

Koush, dev of ClockworkMod, has created something similar a while back. Never used it though: DeskSMS

Here's my "quick rooting guide" for any Nexus device (no need for toolkits, this is very easy):

1- Set up Android SDK (adb command) and fastboot command on your computer.

2- Get the appropriate CWM img file: http://www.clockworkmod.com/rommanager

3- Get the SU Chainfire zip file and copy it to your phone's internal storage: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1538053

4- Put phone in USB Debugging mode.

5- Reboot into bootloader mode: adb reboot bootloader

6- Unlock bootloader: fastboot oem unlock

7- Flash Recovery: fastboot flash recovery recovery-file.img

8- Reboot into Recovery: manually choose Recovery from the Bootloader menu.

9- Flash SU zip file while in Recovery.

10- Reboot phone, install ROM Manager, flash Recovery again from within Rom Manager app to be sure it "takes".

Helium

Play Store Link

See this article for detailed instructions:

How to Backup Apps and Data without Root using Helium Android App

To confirm:

• You installed a nightly build of CarbonROM for your VZW LG G2 vs980 (NOT d800/801/802)
• Performed a factory reset from Recovery
• Installed the KK-GAPPS-20140105-signed.zip
• Then rebooted the phone?

Are you still using the stock recovery or are you using Clockwork Mod Recovery or TeamWin Recovery?

The most stock JB feel would be Bugless Beast (BB).

1. Install the SDK, and get adb working.
   
2. Install fastboot as well.
   
3. Get the appropriate CWM img file: http://www.clockworkmod.com/rommanager
   
4. Get the SU Chainfire zip file: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1538053 (Copy the zip file onto your phone’s internal storage.)
   
5. Reboot into boot loader: adb reboot bootloader
   
6. Unlock bootloader: fastboot oem unlock
   
7. Flash recovery: fastboot flash recovery recovery.img
   
8. Reboot to bootloader: fastboot reboot-bootloader
   
9. Go into recovery, flash SU zip file, reboot phone.
   
10. Use ROM Manager app to flash recovery again to make sure it "sticks".

Sound works fine on Codeworx CM10

Well if it is the I9020T then it should work for you (pull the battery and look for the model number to be sure). If it isn't the I9020T then your mileage may vary and just because it worked for someone else doesn't mean it will work for you.

1. If you do have the I9020T, I would do a full factory reset to stock 2.3.6 and then apply the update.zip that way (if you have Titanium Backup use it backup your current apps before you reset your phone so that so you can quickly reinstall all your apps after the upgrade).

2. After the update is boot to the bootloader screen by holding "volume up" and "power" while the phone is off. Stay on the screen while you run the next step in ADB.

3. Download the latest update of Clockwork Recovery update, place it in ...\androidsdk\platform-tools and flash using adb. For example I have my AndroidSDK folder stored directly on my C: drive so to flash the custom recovery I would open Command Prompt and type:

>cd c:\androidsdk\platform-tools\

>fastboot flash recovery recovery.img

1. Once the flash completes, boot into recovery, select "mounts and storage", and then "mount usb storage".

2. Copy the newest version of Superuser from your computer to the root of your SD card, "unmount" the storage on your phone and flash the su-bin-3.0.3[...].zip file using the traditional flash .zip method, and reboot your phone. Setup your phone. Download Root Explorer and Rom Manager from the Market. Open Root Explorer and navigate to \etc, mount as R/W, and find the file "install-recovery.sh" rename that file as "install-recovery.sh.bak". Open Rom Manager and reflash recovery using the top menu option.

Now redownload Titanium Backup and restore your apps.

Firstly, why cheats? Is backup considered cheating at all?

The driver I installed is the Samsung Drivers in

Http://www.clockworkmod.com/carbon/drivers/

Does it need to be installed on my phone?

I've been running it since Codeworkx posted it, it's definitely much better. After closing all recent apps I'm back up to ~360MiB free memory.

Link here

Another suggestion: CWM Touch Recovery is significantly easier to use. Aside from that, these instructions seem reasonably similar to what I did a few months ago.

I'm sorry you had some hiccups. Good luck tomorrow!

Flashing Android phones is pretty easy (especially once you get comfy with Clockworkmod Recovery) and since you have a Nexus Phone it's probably as easy as it gets.

If you have your phone working with fastboot, and what you have is a fastboot image, it's as easy as running the following in a command-line window:

fastboot update rom-update.zip

Where rom-update.zip is the rom to flash.

I suggest heading to XDA. You have a lot to learn, but the phone is surprisingly open.

What I can tell you right away is that you don't have to flash Clockworkmod recovery for an alternate and better recovery console, like you would on most devices.

The Galaxy Nexus can boot from code hosted outside the phone itself, so if you boot your phone in fastboot-mode

adb reboot bootloader

Then you can boot your phone into clockworkmod recovery without altering or modding the phone at all

fastboot boot recovery-clockwork-5.5.0.2-maguro.img

This ofcourse requiers your bootloader to be unlocked. Unlocking your bootloader is very easy, but beware that it will wipe your entire phone and everything on it. You only have to do this once, and the process can be reversed later if you for some reason feel like doing it:

fastboot oem unlock

Confirm on the phone using the volume keys to change option and power-key to select.

If you have any questions, please check on XDA and post there, rather than here.

But there you go. You should now be on your way to mod-dom ;)

Koush's website shows the fascinate at 3.0.0.8. IIRC there is an issue getting the newer recoveries to flash, so it gets in through a roundabout way. It reboots into the older recovery with an auto switch to go into the newer one that is saved somewhere in the ROM. I don't think the recovery partition of the phone can handle the newer recovery.

EDIT: You are correct though. When doing the 3 finger salute you start with 4.0.1.0, and rebooting from the ROM gives you 5.0.2.7. I also got "can't mount" errors for the following....

• /cache/recovery/command
• /cache/recovery/log
• /cache/recovery/last_log

and "can't open" on...

• /cache/recovery/log
• /cache/recovery/last_log

Rebooting from ROM manager or long press leaves a command file in the cache that forces it to the newer recovery saved somewhere in the ROM.

I'm sure if there were a way to force the new one as default it would be done by now, but it seems that this is what we have to work with for now.

Blame Samsung, not the dev's

EDIT2: formatting

Try flashing the stock ROM with odin, then make a backup Link to stock ROM http://galaxys4root.com/galaxy-s4-stock-firmware/

After that you should be able to flash clockwork recovery with Odin after you change the IMG file to a md5 Clockwork: http://www.clockworkmod.com/rommanager Md5 file changer: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=2281287

I have had a lot of problems with twrp and CyanogenMod 12.1

Also ignore the offer to fix root with clockwork

I'm honestly not sure how to do a complete backup. I just took a chance that it would work at the first try. I did use Helium to backup everything I could. You will need the desktop app to make it work though.

edit: I found this one as well ... Simple ADB Backup ... I haven't used it, but it looks to do exactly what you want. The only caveat is it still isn't making an actual 'image' type backup,but short of a custom recovery, I don't think anything can do that.

/edit

Not quite one click, but there is always Helium

Helpful instructions can be found at here.

I'll be honest, I paid for it early on to support the dev (when it was still called Carbon), but still use Titanium Backup (requires root and is done on the device, so it doesn't meet any of your criteria).

This only backs up your apps though, if you're looking for an 'image' type backup, this won't help.

Flash clockwork mod, this upgrade script is probably only compatible with clockwork mod. Download the recovery here: http://www.clockworkmod.com/rommanager Use this guide to flash the recovery http://androidforums.com/cdma-evo-3d-all-things-root/385358-how-manually-flash-recovery-image-via-fastboot-sd-card.html

Yep. Mostly because this is the only thing I can flash.

When I try to flash CM10, I get this: assert failed: getprop("ro.product.device") == "d2att"

Two lines below I see something that sounds like operation aborted.

I'm currently trying to put the cellphone 100% back to stock and I'll start over. I don't get where I can find the "real" clockworkmod? I say this because the one I found was in a tutorial video on youtube and the guy made a little zip package with Odin. When I do a research, all I can get is this and there is no download link for cwm: [http://www.clockworkmod.com/rommanager/developers/d2att?name=Samsung%20Galaxy%20S3%20(AT%26T)]

Assuming you have fastboot set up seen as you can check adb then just:

• Download the flashable zip from here and place on internal storage

• Download recovery image from here

• Reboot into bootloader

• "fastboot devices" to make sure it's showing up

• Flash using "fastboot flash recovery recovery-image.img"

• Reboot into recovery ("fastboot reboot-bootloader" then select recovery)

• Flash the superuser zip you downloaded

You now have root

go on your phones xda forums and check, i think cwm touch was at least 5.8 if not higher. apparently its above 6.x now

http://www.clockworkmod.com/rommanager/

when you install the rom from the forums just read through, the rom publisher will say very explicity what version he recommends

Sounds like you've wiped /system. You can update your recovery by downloading the right image from here and then doing it manually.

You need fastboot set up on your computer (comes with the Android SDK). Boot into the bootloader and run "fastboot flash recovery your-recovery-file.img".

It is pretty darn close. If i were you i'd download the new CWM and flash that through ODIN then you'll need the su3.0.7 that's what I used and it worked like a charm, although SU did have to run about four times to successfully install.

Stock recovery, phone is on, you have a ClockWorkMod recovery file in the same directory (on your computer) as your fastboot.exe:

adb reboot bootloader

fastboot boot recoveryfilename.img

(this boots the recovery instead of flashing it over your stock recovery)

adb shell mount /system

adb shell rm /system/bin/su

adb shell rm /system/app/Superuser.apk

adb reboot

Here's the direct download for ROM Manager and Clockwork Recoveries. Luck you, the touch recovery is available for your device.

Apparently that update guide I linked to lists a really old version of Clockwork Recovery.

Once you install ROM Manager you should be able to flash the recovery without using ADB. But it's still not a bad idea to have it around. Just download and install the Android SDK from Android.com for either Windows or Linux, it has all the tools for ADB. Here's an excellent dummies guide for ADB.

SNS Is Samsung Nexus S. Don't worry, I derped on that too XD This is the best guide for getting a custom rom onto the Nexus S. Follow the same steps, but use CyanogenMod 9 instead of 7.1 :P

EDIT: you can also install the clockworkmod touch recovery instead of the standard recovery. download here

Using ClockworkMod Recovery, I can backup my current ROM and settings. This creates an exact copy of the ROM on your SD card. All settings can be restored.

That's what I use when testing out a new ROM, so that I can always restore back to the previous ROM. Everything is backed up -- SMS, Call logs, etc.

http://www.clockworkmod.com/