hey guys.
i just bought a used Evo from a local. he had the phone flashed by VFC Mobile so it would work on MetroPCS. i have it connected to the network and most things seem to be working fine.
however, I have some (many questions).
1) the phone is running 2.1 - should I consider upgrading to Froyo?
1a. - if I do, does the flashing over to MetroPCS get lost?
2) how do I know if my phone is rooted? (there is an app called #superuser but nothing happens when I start it?
3) if it is, how do i access the adb I keep seeing in instructions to install bootscreens and such?
4) BIGGEST ISSUE HERE: the previous owner of the phone had his gmail account on the phone. until I moved the account over to mine, I was able to use android market. now that the phone is moved over to my account, i can't use android market and i keep getting a message that his gmail account can't log in. i can't seem to remove his account, even though I already added mine.
is there a way (easy or hard) to make my account be the default account?
according to the phone I have to do a full factory reset but then wouldn't I lose the network flash?
5) when researching flashing the phone, i had read there were some problems with MMS. my sister sent me several MMS and none of them arrived. my wife sent me one and it arrived. is this a problem with the MMS part of the flash or something else? can it be fixed?
i have CDMA workshop and not afraid to try things. so shoot any solutions/suggestions to the above questions, or anything else in general i should know (i like modifying my phones so don't be shy).
thanks for the help guys. i'm really enjoying this new phone and I'm looking forward to really making it mine
Please see my answers in RED below
Max_Pain said:
hey guys.
i just bought a used Evo from a local. he had the phone flashed by VFC Mobile so it would work on MetroPCS. i have it connected to the network and most things seem to be working fine.
however, I have some (many questions).
1) the phone is running 2.1 - should I consider upgrading to Froyo? - YES but only after you root 2.1. if you dont, you cant root 2.2 yet.
1a. - if I do, does the flashing over to MetroPCS get lost? - not sure
2) how do I know if my phone is rooted? (there is an app called #superuser but nothing happens when I start it? - if YOU didnt root it, and you just got it,,, what do you think? - Super user, unless applications have already been granted SU access, will appear as if nothing is happening, SU will start to a black screen, you have to push the menu button to see the options - easiest way to tell if you ware rooted is to download something from the market that was designed for rooted phones, look for an app called shootme, its a screen shot app and it will tell you if you are rooted or not. you can also go under settings, then about phone, and software information, you can see what kernel and rom you are using. this is no guarentee because a stock rooted 2.1 rom will not have any indication that its rooted in that menu. try the market app i mentioned.
3) if it is, how do i access the adb I keep seeing in instructions to install bootscreens and such? - LOTS of information here about how to use ADB, start with the threads about how to root your phone, they usually have instructions for ADB
4) BIGGEST ISSUE HERE: the previous owner of the phone had his gmail account on the phone. until I moved the account over to mine, I was able to use android market. now that the phone is moved over to my account, i can't use android market and i keep getting a message that his gmail account can't log in. i can't seem to remove his account, even though I already added mine.
is there a way (easy or hard) to make my account be the default account?
according to the phone I have to do a full factory reset but then wouldn't I lose the network flash? - you can remove the files with ADB but i do not know exactly how, you can also go under settings, then Accounts and Sync and see if there is a google account listed and remove it. - BEST way is to go into Settings--Privacy and choose factory restore, let it do its thing and when it boots up it will ask you to recreate your phone gmal account or just sign into YOUR account, which means you setup the market also
5) when researching flashing the phone, i had read there were some problems with MMS. my sister sent me several MMS and none of them arrived. my wife sent me one and it arrived. is this a problem with the MMS part of the flash or something else? can it be fixed? - Yeah you flashed a f'd up rom or the other owner did. you need to find out what rom you are running via the "about phone' -- Software menu to find out what you need to update to or reflash to
i have CDMA workshop and not afraid to try things. so shoot any solutions/suggestions to the above questions, or anything else in general i should know (i like modifying my phones so don't be shy). - CDMA Workshop isnt going to do you any good except for getting your MSL code which is only good for a couple of things.
thanks for the help guys. i'm really enjoying this new phone and I'm looking forward to really making it mine
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It sounds like you probably need to wipe the phone and flash a new ROM. It will keep all of your sprint information but should reset everything to your google account.
You will need to find out what kind of bootloader/recovery you have first though. To find that out do the following:
With the phone off hold vol down and power till it turns on. It should come up to a white background and text saying it is checking for updates, if it wants to update or reboot tell it No (vol down)
There will be some green text at the top of your screen, that is your hboot version, security settings, radio, etc. This will tell you if your NAND is unlocked or not.
After you get that information scroll down to Recovery using the vol buttons and press the Power button to select it. It will show the EVO splash screen for a second and then go to a black screen with an icon in the middle. Depending on the recovery you will see a menu with green text and Build: ??? at the bottom. If this comes up then that means you are good to go.
If there is no recovery installed you will see an exclamation mark and the phone will freeze, just pull the battery to reset it. Otherwise you can select Reboot or Power Off to get out of there.
In order to use ADB you will need the Android SDK, just install that and there are tons of guides out there on how to use it.
this is what it said when I followed your instructions:
SUPERSONIC EVT2-3 SHIP S-ON
HBOOT-0.79.0000
MICROP-041F
TOUCH PANEL-ATMEL224_16ab
RADIO-2.05.00.06.10
Apr 14 2010, 15:41:34
for recovery i have:
ClockworkMod Recovery v2.5.0.1
and one of the options is "nandroid"...
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before reading your post I had reset the phone to factory. I lost most programs but i didnt install them in the first place so i'm cool with that. however, up until yesterday (today?) i was able to use pandora, go to facebook, use the internet, etc on Metro's network. right now i keep trying and keep getting a data error. even the weather update isn't working.
you mentioned wiping the phone and flashing a new rom. problem is I'M NOT ON SPRINT. THIS IS A FLASHED PHONE TO METROPCS. we need to have this clear before you guys send me to flash a rom that will leave me with a useless phone. can I reflash to metro using a better rom you think?
Max_Pain said:
this is what it said when I followed your instructions:
SUPERSONIC EVT2-3 SHIP S-ON
HBOOT-0.79.0000
MICROP-041F
TOUCH PANEL-ATMEL224_16ab
RADIO-2.05.00.06.10
Apr 14 2010, 15:41:34
for recovery i have:
ClockworkMod Recovery v2.5.0.1
and one of the options is "nandroid"...
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before reading your post I had reset the phone to factory. I lost most programs but i didnt install them in the first place so i'm cool with that. however, up until yesterday (today?) i was able to use pandora, go to facebook, use the internet, etc on Metro's network. right now i keep trying and keep getting a data error. even the weather update isn't working.
you mentioned wiping the phone and flashing a new rom. problem is I'M NOT ON SPRINT. THIS IS A FLASHED PHONE TO METROPCS. we need to have this clear before you guys send me to flash a rom that will leave me with a useless phone. can I reflash to metro using a better rom you think?
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Looks like your NAND is still locked, you should consider fully rooting & unlocking your NAND so you can update your Radio. Once fully rooted Amon-ra is another option for your recovery that is rock solid, apparently clockwork has some bugs in it when it comes to clearing caches. Also it is very important you Do Not Do Any OTA Updates, if you do you will be stuck without root access until someone finds a way to crack it.
As far as flashing a ROM goes I dont think it would hurt anything but I dont have any experience with setups like yours. There's a thread in the dev section that where you might be able to find an answer though. Aparently you're not the only one who had their data stop working on them too.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=704161
Max_Pain said:
you mentioned wiping the phone and flashing a new rom. problem is I'M NOT ON SPRINT. THIS IS A FLASHED PHONE TO METROPCS. we need to have this clear before you guys send me to flash a rom that will leave me with a useless phone. can I reflash to metro using a better rom you think?
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i am not trying to be a **** but why the f**k did you buy a phone for a network to which it isnt supported....
ANY cellular company can tell what phone you are using and kick you and ever EVO off the network if they so desire.
frankly this is an ongoing legal issue with the Fed's i think.
phone companies locking people down to using their network with their phones...
not sure if it is ever going to go anywhere but i think it's bull****, everyone use sims and just get a new sim for your carrier.
but that means all phones would have to be QUAD band if they wanted multi carrier access and that makes phones expensive and i doubt they will ever do it.
have many reasons to stick with MetroPCS while wanting to have the best phone. MetroPCS is inviting their customers to bring ANY CDMA phone to their network and they will happily flash it and connect it for you. problem is if you flash with their service then you lose a lot of features due to their mass-flashing software. so you flash your phone individually and you have all features minus Sprint's 4G (and minus Sprint's PRICE).
anyways, after reading all this and reading online I decided to go and flash it myself. i'm about to finish now...be back in a few to report how it went.
got the phone flashed to ava froyo v5.
this is what's going on after diagnosing what works and what doesnt:
mms out - error sending (generic network error)
mms in - no notification, never arrive
texts out - fine
texts in - fine
internet - fine
internet OVER WIFI - not working (opera mobile works, regular internet explorer wont?)
facebook - fine
email out - sending error (account settings incorrect - incoming server does not accept ssl) - works fine with WIFI
email in - Network Error - works fine with WIFI
weather updates ok
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anyone know how to address these issues?
thanks for the help
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I just rooted my evo 4g using Revolutionary and now I can't receive text messages. I flashed Cyanogenmod 7.0.3.1 and it works great except for the lack of incoming SMS. Outgoing works fine. I restored back to my rooted stock ROM and am not able to receive SMS there either. Any Ideas?
Thanks!
If you're back on the stock ROM (or any Sense ROM), try updating your profile (Settings->System Update). That seems to help some people with the same problem.
scracker16 said:
I just rooted my evo 4g using Revolutionary and now I can't receive text messages. I flashed Cyanogenmod 7.0.3.1 and it works great except for the lack of incoming SMS. Outgoing works fine. I restored back to my rooted stock ROM and am not able to receive SMS there either. Any Ideas?
Thanks!
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Do you have your phone number integrated with Google Voice?
Tried it a couple of times... No luck. Sent one usin a web text service and this is the notification I received to my email account that sent it. Maybe it will help.
"myphone#"@messaging.sprintpcs.com
SMTP error from remote mail server after initial connection:
host mx.messaging.sprintpcs.com [68.28.217.6]:
554 lnxipc006-in.nmcc.sprintspectrum.com
Any other suggestions?
jesuspgt said:
Do you have your phone number integrated with Google Voice?
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Not integrated with Google Voice...
Error 554 means the server rejected the message for some reason. Is there more of the error message you can provide (such as "Service Unavailable", etc)?
I Googled it as it relates to Sprint and saw that it could mean the server was too busy or the message was rejected because the provider (the web text service or your mail server) is on a watchlist. I was able to send one to my phone number @messaging.sprintpcs.com with no issues, using my Gmail account. Windows Live users have supposdly had this problem often.
There could be a temporary outage wherever you are -- but the only other thing you can try is "restoring" your profile.
Dial ##3282# from your phone, go to Edit Mode, put in your MSL (get it using MSL Reader from the Market if you don't already have the MSL), then click "Data Profile". Hit your Menu button and then select "Restore". It will do a few other things like update your PRL if needed, and then try to update the software. After that finishes, reboot and try again.
scracker16 said:
Tried it a couple of times... No luck. Sent one usin a web text service and this is the notification I received to my email account that sent it. Maybe it will help.
"myphone#"@messaging.sprintpcs.com
SMTP error from remote mail server after initial connection:
host mx.messaging.sprintpcs.com [68.28.217.6]:
554 lnxipc006-in.nmcc.sprintspectrum.com
Any other suggestions?
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I did the data restore process at least three times with no luck...
I appreciate the help, thanks.
This is the entire e-mail notification...
"A message that you sent could not be delivered to one or more of its
recipients. This is a permanent error. The following address(es) failed:
[email protected]
SMTP error from remote mail server after initial connection:
host mx.messaging.sprintpcs.com [68.28.217.6]:
554 lnxipc006-in.nmcc.sprintspectrum.com
------ This is a copy of the message, including all the headers. ------
Return-path: <[email protected]>
Received: from nobody by web1.escalatemedia.com with local (Exim 4.69)
(envelope-from <[email protected]>)
id 1Qu8EA-00030d-89
for [email protected]; Thu, 18 Aug 2011 12:26:06 -0700
To: Some Recipient <[email protected]>
Subject: Sent From SprintUsers.com
From: Some Sender <[email protected]>
Date: Thu, 18 Aug 2011 12:26:05 -0700
Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Content-Disposition: inline
Message-Id: <[email protected]>"
Did you find a solution yet? I just helped my friend flash CM on his Evo and he's having the same problem.
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I ran into this problem and was made aware that I wasn't receiving texts just last night after 3 days of friends thinking I was an ass. Anyway, after a ton of attempts I was finally able to solve the problem. Here's what I did:
1. Create a backup of your current rom using clockwork recovery (there's nothing wrong with it so if it's customized the way you want everything minus the SMS bug, you can still have it... this worked for me).
2. Download the 2.2 Froyo stock Ruu: RUU_Supersonic_S_Sprint_WWE_3.7.651.1_Radio_2.15.00.11.19_NV_1.90_release_161482_signed.exe
3. Run the RUU yes, this un-roots your phone, but it kicks it back to Froyo 2.2 which is WAY more stable with the current Cyanogenmod rom.
4. Download Unrevoked 3 flash recovery & run to re-root your froyo HTC Evo, make sure you're patient because it will reboot your phone a couple times.
5. You now have a rooted, stock Evo running 2.2 with fully working SMS, just kick back into recovery mode and load up your original rom (the Cyanogenmod 7 that didn't have working SMS) and everything should work fine. I had a big flood of text messages show up so heads up on that.
It's a little time consuming, but I now have Cyanogenmod 7 running 2.3.3 on my phone with everything working fine now (as far as I can tell). Hope this helps!
BTW I didn't know if I was allowed to post links to the actual files, so just google them... they aren't too difficult to find.
sneakily1 said:
I ran into this problem and was made aware that I wasn't receiving texts just last night after 3 days of friends thinking I was an ass. Anyway, after a ton of attempts I was finally able to solve the problem. Here's what I did:
1. Create a backup of your current rom using clockwork recovery (there's nothing wrong with it so if it's customized the way you want everything minus the SMS bug, you can still have it... this worked for me).
2. Download the 2.2 Froyo stock Ruu: RUU_Supersonic_S_Sprint_WWE_3.7.651.1_Radio_2.15.00.11.19_NV_1.90_release_161482_signed.exe
3. Run the RUU yes, this un-roots your phone, but it kicks it back to Froyo 2.2 which is WAY more stable with the current Cyanogenmod rom.
4. Download Unrevoked 3 flash recovery & run to re-root your froyo HTC Evo, make sure you're patient because it will reboot your phone a couple times.
5. You now have a rooted, stock Evo running 2.2 with fully working SMS, just kick back into recovery mode and load up your original rom (the Cyanogenmod 7 that didn't have working SMS) and everything should work fine. I had a big flood of text messages show up so heads up on that.
It's a little time consuming, but I now have Cyanogenmod 7 running 2.3.3 on my phone with everything working fine now (as far as I can tell). Hope this helps!
BTW I didn't know if I was allowed to post links to the actual files, so just google them... they aren't too difficult to find.
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I could use a link to that stock froyo rom. The only results I get from Google lead me to rooted versions on xda. Thanks for all your help! Ready to fix this issue!
It won't let me post the link because I'm a n00b on this forum. Google search "unroot gingerbread evo" (minus quotes) and look for htcevohacks link and it's on step #4. That's where I snagged it from.
Found The RUU
Fixed the problem on the first try, now to root again!
Thanks for all the help!
Thanks for posting the problem... it made me bust ass to figure out a solution when I ran into the same issue. Glad I could help.
Here is a quick fix. Worked for me instantly.
http://www.evo4gforum.net/htc-evo-4g-general-discussion/sms-issue/
Same thing, but...
Ok... I know, I know, I am a noob. I have searched on xda, androidforums and just plain ol googled it and this seems to be the closest to what I need to do.
I have an HTC Evo 4g, sprint originally but it is flashed to Cricket. it was originally rooted and (flashed?) to CM 7 (not sure which 7.____) supersonic. I downloaded gosms and handcent while looking for something to type Emoji into a certain app I use. They weren't what I wanted so I uninstalled them and got Emoji Keyboard which was closer to what I wanted.
If it wasn't that, I did go into my file manager and on the SDcard only I deleted what appeared to be empty folders. the previous owner didn't wipe the sdcard when he sold me the phone, so I had a lot of app folders I don't use. I did not delete anything that said mms, sms, or anything outside of the SD card!
My phone has not received any sms for over a week and I use the phone for work, I am missing important texts from clients and friends and it's extremely annoying.
ok so I took it to the guy who flashed Cricket to it (the guy who rooted it is out of town) and he said it must have been deleted or overwritten somehow. He put another ROM on it - CM 9 - Deck - running ICS now. That did not fix the problem as I guess it must be in the basic application folder. so my question:
Since this was able to work for CM7, will it work for CM9 also?
I don't have google voice other than whatever came on the phone (or this version of CM9) and when I went to google voice website it said my carrier couldn't do the port. I was gonna see if getting google voice and then uninstalling it would work. so I disabled the google voice application but I'm not sure if that will mess with any other apps... didn't do anything with my problem.
I uninstalled the gosms and the handcent, but they still have folders on the SDcard visible at least.
I went to file manager and in the system/apps/mms.apk I reinstalled that but no visible difference. rebooted and now I have written this post.
also I do not have a backup of the original HTC Sense, or a backup of the CM7 I originally installed... I have a .exe of the CM9 I currently have.
I'm sorry to ramble. please help! I'm sick of searching through threads! :crying:
- Amber
Thanks for the help!!
sneakily1 said:
I ran into this problem and was made aware that I wasn't receiving texts just last night after 3 days of friends thinking I was an ass. Anyway, after a ton of attempts I was finally able to solve the problem. Here's what I did:
1. Create a backup of your current rom using clockwork recovery (there's nothing wrong with it so if it's customized the way you want everything minus the SMS bug, you can still have it... this worked for me).
2. Download the 2.2 Froyo stock Ruu: RUU_Supersonic_S_Sprint_WWE_3.7.651.1_Radio_2.15.00.11.19_NV_1.90_release_161482_signed.exe
3. Run the RUU yes, this un-roots your phone, but it kicks it back to Froyo 2.2 which is WAY more stable with the current Cyanogenmod rom.
4. Download Unrevoked 3 flash recovery & run to re-root your froyo HTC Evo, make sure you're patient because it will reboot your phone a couple times.
5. You now have a rooted, stock Evo running 2.2 with fully working SMS, just kick back into recovery mode and load up your original rom (the Cyanogenmod 7 that didn't have working SMS) and everything should work fine. I had a big flood of text messages show up so heads up on that.
It's a little time consuming, but I now have Cyanogenmod 7 running 2.3.3 on my phone with everything working fine now (as far as I can tell). Hope this helps!
BTW I didn't know if I was allowed to post links to the actual files, so just google them... they aren't too difficult to find.
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xDisso1vex said:
Ok... I know, I know, I am a noob. I have searched on xda, androidforums and just plain ol googled it and this seems to be the closest to what I need to do.
I have an HTC Evo 4g, sprint originally but it is flashed to Cricket. it was originally rooted and (flashed?) to CM 7 (not sure which 7.____) supersonic. I downloaded gosms and handcent while looking for something to type Emoji into a certain app I use. They weren't what I wanted so I uninstalled them and got Emoji Keyboard which was closer to what I wanted.
If it wasn't that, I did go into my file manager and on the SDcard only I deleted what appeared to be empty folders. the previous owner didn't wipe the sdcard when he sold me the phone, so I had a lot of app folders I don't use. I did not delete anything that said mms, sms, or anything outside of the SD card!
My phone has not received any sms for over a week and I use the phone for work, I am missing important texts from clients and friends and it's extremely annoying.
ok so I took it to the guy who flashed Cricket to it (the guy who rooted it is out of town) and he said it must have been deleted or overwritten somehow. He put another ROM on it - CM 9 - Deck - running ICS now. That did not fix the problem as I guess it must be in the basic application folder. so my question:
Since this was able to work for CM7, will it work for CM9 also?
I don't have google voice other than whatever came on the phone (or this version of CM9) and when I went to google voice website it said my carrier couldn't do the port. I was gonna see if getting google voice and then uninstalling it would work. so I disabled the google voice application but I'm not sure if that will mess with any other apps... didn't do anything with my problem.
I uninstalled the gosms and the handcent, but they still have folders on the SDcard visible at least.
I went to file manager and in the system/apps/mms.apk I reinstalled that but no visible difference. rebooted and now I have written this post.
also I do not have a backup of the original HTC Sense, or a backup of the CM7 I originally installed... I have a .exe of the CM9 I currently have.
I'm sorry to ramble. please help! I'm sick of searching through threads! :crying:
- Amber
Thanks for the help!!
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You could wipe the entire fat side of your sd card and it wouldn't affect sms or mms so deleting that stuff is not the problem. Messing around in your root directory is never a good idea if your not really comfortable with it. That may be the issue. Or the Cricket flash wasn't done correctly. If I were you I'd do a nand back up and start over. Flash a stock rooted rom and update the radios. See if that helps. You could try clearing your caches in recovery first too.
Hey folks,
Thanks for taking the time to read/assist. I don't typically do these kinds of posts and am at my wit's end!
Phone's Previous Setup - MIUI Gingerbread, Rooted (but with S-ON after the fact).
What happened:
My HTC Incredible finally got to the point of being practically unuseable with laggy behavior and random restarts and the like, so I decided to complete a reset to factory settings or wipe.
I completed my backups using Titanium (apps) and ClockworkMod Recovery (full backup). After this, I went ahead and opened up Settings and directed the phone to complete a Reset to Factory Settings. It ran through the process, rebooted, and came up jelly. While no custom apps were installed (expected), my folder settings on my main home page were saved, along with some previous text messages. I was pleasantly surprised.
From here, I wished to wipe the SD Card so as to make sure it was clean of any residual folders/files that might cause conflict down the road (based on advice from others). So, headed to the SD card part of the settings. Had to unmount the SD card to format, proceeded to do so.
Here's where things went wonky: Despite receiving a confirmation that the SD card format had proceeded, nothing else ever happened. I attempted to mount the card again w/o luck (kept getting a msg that it was now unmounted). Eventually, I decided to go ahead and restart the phone and see if that helps. Big mistake.
From this point forward, the phone refuses to fully start up into any Android ROM. Initially, it hung on the white HTC Incredible splash screen (yes, even w/ giving it an hour+ of time). I tried wiping and reflashing different ROMS over the period of the day yesterday to no avail.
Doing a full recovery via ClockworkMod (from my backup that I made before and copied back onto the SD card via USB) leaves me stuck on the HTC Incredible white splash screen.
MIUI - 2.2.10
Hangs on white splash screen
No go w/ or w/o SD card installed
MIUI - 2.2.17
Loads past white and MIUI splash screens
Instead of loading into Android homescreen, immediately loads up "Encryption" error and directs to "reset phone."
Repeated restart and attempts of resetting phone don't work
No go w/ or w/o SD card installed.
MIUI - 1.12.9
Hangs on white splash screen.
No go w/ or w/o SD card installed.
CM - 7.1.0
Hangs/loops on CM splash screen.
No go w/ or w/o SD card installed.
CM - 6.1.0
Hangs/loops on CM splash screen.
No go w/ or w/o SD card installed.
I looked into HBOOT options, getting PB31IMG.ZIP and PG86IMG.ZIP.img thinking maybe I could try reverting to stock at a friend's suggestion. HBOOT sees the files and "checks" them, even briefly showing a small vertical blue loading bar at the top-right corner, but never attempts to run/update them as I am lead to expect from all the instructions/encounters I've found on the net suggest. The screen info flashes by so quickly, I can barely read it, but I confirmed that it said "checking" and not updating or such. x.x
I considered trying to flash an updated copy of ClockworkMod Recovery, but I cannot do that w/o being able to load up the phone into Android.
I cannot run anything desktop-side, like ADB, as they all require the phone started up and put into USB-debugging mode.
I've looked into and tried all this and more, but nothing seems to be working.
My next idea is to try to forcibly downgrade the phone. Reasoning being that I read that the HBOOT will not try to update if it senses that the ROM is newer than its default settings(?). So, I need a good choice of "old" ROM that I can attempt to install via the HBOOT or CWM Recovery, and verify I have the correct files for HBOOT to try updating/running.
Again, this is a speculative attempt, but I'm willing to try whatever might work! Otherwise, I've got a fancy brick and my well-being on the line w/ no $$ to replace the phone. x.x
Thanks again for reading and hopefully offering some wonderful assistance! Sorry it's so long!
Feel free to ask Qs if you need clarification on stuff.
wigmuke said:
Hey folks,
Thanks for taking the time to read/assist. I don't typically do these kinds of posts and am at my wit's end!
Phone's Previous Setup - MIUI Gingerbread, Rooted (but with S-ON after the fact).
What happened:
My HTC Incredible finally got to the point of being practically unuseable with laggy behavior and random restarts and the like, so I decided to complete a reset to factory settings or wipe.
I completed my backups using Titanium (apps) and ClockworkMod Recovery (full backup). After this, I went ahead and opened up Settings and directed the phone to complete a Reset to Factory Settings. It ran through the process, rebooted, and came up jelly. While no custom apps were installed (expected), my folder settings on my main home page were saved, along with some previous text messages. I was pleasantly surprised.
From here, I wished to wipe the SD Card so as to make sure it was clean of any residual folders/files that might cause conflict down the road (based on advice from others). So, headed to the SD card part of the settings. Had to unmount the SD card to format, proceeded to do so.
Here's where things went wonky: Despite receiving a confirmation that the SD card format had proceeded, nothing else ever happened. I attempted to mount the card again w/o luck (kept getting a msg that it was now unmounted). Eventually, I decided to go ahead and restart the phone and see if that helps. Big mistake.
From this point forward, the phone refuses to fully start up into any Android ROM. Initially, it hung on the white HTC Incredible splash screen (yes, even w/ giving it an hour+ of time). I tried wiping and reflashing different ROMS over the period of the day yesterday to no avail.
Doing a full recovery via ClockworkMod (from my backup that I made before and copied back onto the SD card via USB) leaves me stuck on the HTC Incredible white splash screen.
MIUI - 2.2.10
Hangs on white splash screen
No go w/ or w/o SD card installed
MIUI - 2.2.17
Loads past white and MIUI splash screens
Instead of loading into Android homescreen, immediately loads up "Encryption" error and directs to "reset phone."
Repeated restart and attempts of resetting phone don't work
No go w/ or w/o SD card installed.
MIUI - 1.12.9
Hangs on white splash screen.
No go w/ or w/o SD card installed.
CM - 7.1.0
Hangs/loops on CM splash screen.
No go w/ or w/o SD card installed.
CM - 6.1.0
Hangs/loops on CM splash screen.
No go w/ or w/o SD card installed.
I looked into HBOOT options, getting PB31IMG.ZIP and PG86IMG.ZIP.img thinking maybe I could try reverting to stock at a friend's suggestion. HBOOT sees the files and "checks" them, even briefly showing a small vertical blue loading bar at the top-right corner, but never attempts to run/update them as I am lead to expect from all the instructions/encounters I've found on the net suggest. The screen info flashes by so quickly, I can barely read it, but I confirmed that it said "checking" and not updating or such. x.x
I considered trying to flash an updated copy of ClockworkMod Recovery, but I cannot do that w/o being able to load up the phone into Android.
I cannot run anything desktop-side, like ADB, as they all require the phone started up and put into USB-debugging mode.
I've looked into and tried all this and more, but nothing seems to be working.
My next idea is to try to forcibly downgrade the phone. Reasoning being that I read that the HBOOT will not try to update if it senses that the ROM is newer than its default settings(?). So, I need a good choice of "old" ROM that I can attempt to install via the HBOOT or CWM Recovery, and verify I have the correct files for HBOOT to try updating/running.
Again, this is a speculative attempt, but I'm willing to try whatever might work! Otherwise, I've got a fancy brick and my well-being on the line w/ no $$ to replace it. x.x
Thanks again for reading and hopefully offering some wonderful assistance! Sorry it's so long!
Feel free to ask Qs if you need clarification on stuff.
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You need to gain s-off again before flashing with clockwork. How come you turned it back on?
"In a nutshell, S-OFF means that the NAND portion of the device is unlocked and can be written to. The default setting for HTC’s devices is S-ON, which means that neither can you access certain areas of the system nor can you guarantee a permanent root. Furthermore, signature check for firmware images is also ensured by the S-ON flag."
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gain s=off boot into CMW wipe data, and factory reset. Flash a new rom of your choice and then boot. should get you back to a working phone.
synisterwolf said:
You need to gain s-off again before flashing with clockwork. How come you turned it back on?
"In a nutshell, S-OFF means that the NAND portion of the device is unlocked and can be written to. The default setting for HTC’s devices is S-ON, which means that neither can you access certain areas of the system nor can you guarantee a permanent root. Furthermore, signature check for firmware images is also ensured by the S-ON flag."
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gain s=off boot into CMW wipe data, and factory reset. Flash a new rom of your choice and then boot. should get you back to a working phone.
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The first time my phone was rooted/flashed, my bf did it for me. He used Unrevoked to root it and install CWM Recovery (v2.5.1.2 presently). I recall conversation being that having S-On would be better security with regards to the cell carrier (e.g., good to leave on, bad if off as they can see you rooted). So I agreed to having it put back to S-On, which I understood he then took care of.
Fast-forward a year and he now tells me he didn't actually end up running the other Unrevoked (Forever) tool to put S-On back in place, but that it simply *was*, so he left it that way. o.o;
Keep in mind, I've flashed 3 different ROMs since he originally rooted and flashed, w/o issues.
I pulled up everything to try re-rooting it again (to gain S-Off), but the instructions required having the phone loaded up and in debugging mode, which I cannot do as I cannot start up the phone past recovery in the first place.
Did I miss something that allows it via recovery? Going to check again in the meantime.
wigmuke said:
The first time my phone was rooted/flashed, my bf did it for me. He used Unrevoked to root it and install CWM Recovery (v2.5.1.2 presently). I recall conversation being that having S-On would be better security with regards to the cell carrier (e.g., good to leave on, bad if off as they can see you rooted). So I agreed to having it put back to S-On, which I understood he then took care of.
Fast-forward a year and he now tells me he didn't actually end up running the other Unrevoked (Forever) tool to put S-On back in place, but that it simply *was*, so he left it that way. o.o;
Keep in mind, I've flashed 3 different ROMs since he originally rooted and flashed, w/o issues.
I pulled up everything to try re-rooting it again (to gain S-Off), but the instructions required having the phone loaded up and in debugging mode, which I cannot do as I cannot start up the phone past recovery in the first place.
Did I miss something that allows it via recovery? Going to check again in the meantime.
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actually its better to keep it s=off so this type of situation wont happen. Your carrier cant see your hboot from my understanding on how this phone works. They dont care if you have root or not, unless you are trying to exchange the phone for another one from them or for insurance reasons. With root you only void your warranty on the phone and not your contract or anything to do with VZW. S=off is just a NAND lock, meaning you cant add your own custom recover to the phone, and you are limited to builds that come from VZW themselves (ie the security signature check).
If you ever want to take the phone back to them because its defective or call insurance then you need to remove root and S=on. but thats the only time you need to toggle the NAND lock.
ok so you will need to ruu to stock, downgrade then gain s=off over again:
for the ruu for GB:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1227279
a guide to do this all after you ruu:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1306400
OMG I may've gotten it!
So I decided to give things another go with attempting to revert to stock again, as at this point, nothing is going to work other than via HBOOT.
I completed another reformat of the SD Card (Fat32) to be on the overcautious side and copied over ONLY the PB32IMG.zip file and restarted into HBOOT.
(Ah.. new user, so not allowed to post the link of where I got it.)
This time, much like before, it scanned, found the file, and did a parsing/loading. However, THIS TIME it actually prompted me to update! I chose yes (Vol+) and let it do its thing.
At this time, I am happy to announce that it actually is back up stock!
Wooohoo! Now to get it back to how I like it again. XD
If nothing else, hope this information helps someone else later on.
wigmuke said:
OMG I may've gotten it!
So I decided to give things another go with attempting to revert to stock again, as at this point, nothing is going to work other than via HBOOT.
I completed another reformat of the SD Card (Fat32) to be on the overcautious side and copied over ONLY the PB32IMG.zip file and restarted into HBOOT.
(Ah.. new user, so not allowed to post the link of where I got it.)
This time, much like before, it scanned, found the file, and did a parsing/loading. However, THIS TIME it actually prompted me to update! I chose yes (Vol+) and let it do its thing.
At this time, I am happy to announce that it actually is back up stock!
Wooohoo! Now to get it back to how I like it again. XD
If nothing else, hope this information helps someone else later on.
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You might have lost root if you did the ruu from hboot. to check download the app "super user" from market that will tell you if you still have root or not.
Alright, now that I'm back to stock and runnin' smoothly, I need to figure out what route to take for rooting and flashing. Everyone talks about Unrevoked3, but I've heard there're other newer tools, too.
What would you recommend?
....also, sorry for the weird delay/disjointed/incomplete responses. I keep forgetting that XDA severely limits my posting capabilities. I wanted to say super thanks wolf, for all your help and sticking with me! Your input is appreciated. And yes, I'm pretty sure I lost all root, etc. It is back to "out-of-the-box" stock as far as I can tell.
wigmuke said:
Alright, now that I'm back to stock and runnin' smoothly, I need to figure out what route to take for rooting and flashing. Everyone talks about Unrevoked3, but I've heard there're other newer tools, too.
What would you all recommend?
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unrevoked3 is the easiest way. but you will need to downgrade to android 2.2 for the security exploit.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1306400
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wigmuke said:
....also, sorry for the weird delay/disjointed/incomplete responses. I keep forgetting that XDA severely limits my posting capabilities. I wanted to say super thanks wolf, for all your help and sticking with me! Your input is appreciated. And yes, I'm pretty sure I lost all root, etc. It is back to "out-of-the-box" stock as far as I can tell.
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lol now worries. easiest way to get to the 10 limit is just pad the count in here. ie just say something 10 times and you are good to go.
synisterwolf said:
unrevoked3 is the easiest way. but you will need to downgrade to android 2.2 for the security exploit.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1306400
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Good news, I'm on 2.2 stock right now (just checked to confirm). So should be able to just go ahead and run Unrevoked3 then.
Also, the most popular recovery I'm aware of is ClockworkMod Recovery. I found that it's up to version 5.0.2.0. Would you recommend anything else or know of a newer version?
Figure if I'm going to do this, might as well do it right.
wigmuke said:
Good news, I'm on 2.2 stock right now (just checked to confirm). So should be able to just go ahead and run Unrevoked3 then.
Also, the most popular recovery I'm aware of is ClockworkMod Recovery. I found that it's up to version 5.0.2.0. Would you recommend anything else or know of a newer version?
Figure if I'm going to do this, might as well do it right.
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Nope I'm RunNing that one and it works well.
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Hello all,
Introduction:
My name is Dev, and I have purchased a phone from Craigslist about a year ago. I used to use Windows Mobile phones. I had no problems with them. I have used the T-mobile MDA, Wing, and Touch Pro 2. They have been good phones for me, until recently. I have always wanted a faster phone and the Touch Pro 2 seemed to be quick enough for me. Nope. It slowed down just like the others. My brother is younger than me, and he has been attracted to the Android market since the T-mobile G1. I never got an opportunity to enter this operating system market. I am very tech savvy however, and it has merely been a case of me not wanting to "change." However, I am past that and I want to contribute to the Android community. My first Android phone is the T-mobile myTouch 3G Slide. (I like sliding phones in case you haven't noticed. I must have the physical keyboard. I text a lot.) I bought it used from Craigslist, and it seemed to work fine then. The previous owner was nice enough to clear all the data off of it, and give it to me fresh. I have been using it since.
Leading into my problem/question:
Lately, however, it has been slowing down too. I want to reset it to a clean slate. I know how to do it. It is in the menus. However, I do not like how this phone has been modified. Why would you modify a phone? I have never had to do this with my Windows phones. There has never been a need to flash any roms or anything. They had updates which were simple to use. Plug the USB into the computer and follow the simple steps. Make sure it doesn't shut off during flash. Simple. I've done this plenty of times with printers, motherboards, CD-ROMs, and all other flashable devices. I understand how big of a risk this is. If the flash doesn't complete (or is the wrong rom), then the device will not work again. Unless, you J-TAG the device and flash it again correctly. But, that requires a lot of work, and a wiring schematic to figure out where the J-TAG ports are. I have learned this information from back in the day when I used to do dish testing. You would flash roms to satellite TV boxes and experiment with new encryption technologies for satellite TV. That being said, I am terrified of flashing phones, because I would have no idea where to look for J-TAG ports for phones, if I mess something up. So, in conclusion, my experience in flashing has been for testing purposes only.
Problem/Question:
How do I figure out what the status of my phone is? It says Cyanogen Mod on start up. My brother tells me this is a very good rom. Who decided that though? Is it a bad idea to go back to stock T-mobile rom? I've always had this thought nagging me to try it and see why people go through all this headache of S-OFF and rooting phones. However, if I go back to the stock rom, will I be able to gain access to the phone's internal memory again? I don't like the idea of losing the S-OFF and rooting privileges the previous owner worked so hard to do. I would like to flash the latest T-mobile rom to the device, but how do I know if it will mess up everything and clash with some code leftover from the modified rom of Cyanogen Mod? Also, how do I backup all my stuff? I want to keep all my setting for the programs I have downloaded from the Google Market. I want to keep my contacts and notes. I want to keep my text messages and MMS messages. I am one of those idiots who keeps all his text messages and MMS messages archived. I go back through the messages from time to time for retrieval of important information I may have spoken about with someone in the past. I know this is a loaded post. I am sorry. If anyone is willing or able to help me, then please pick any point in this post and we'll go from there. This was just an outline of everything so you guys can help me find a starting point.
What I Know About the Phone:
T-Mobile myTouch 3G Slide
Android 2.3.3
Baseband 47.63.35.21U_7.15.35.16
Kernel 2.6.32.17-cyanogenmod-g501281a [email protected] #1
CPU ARMv6-compatible process rev 5 (c6l)
Mod CyanogenMod-7.0.0-Slide
Build GRI40
I believe it is S-OFF and it is rooted. I would like a procedure to verify though. Please.
Memory Card:
Memory card has a lot of folders and stuff on it from which I have no idea. Some of it says nervous stuff like ".android_secure" "clockworkmod" "2111.zip" "signed_Froyo_Slide_Radio.zip" "gapps-gb-20110120-signed.zip" "update.zip" "update-cm-7.0.0-Slide-signed" and "Android" I like it when my memory card is clean with nothing but a few folders like "Pictures" "Videos" "Movies" "Data" "Programs" "Software" "Music" and other general stuff like that. I like this so I can use the memory card elsewhere and know where everything is. Basically, I want to know if I can delete everything without shooting myself in the foot. How do I find out what each .apk is for? Will a stock T-mobile rom come with all the stock backgrounds, contact pictures, and all the other stock goodies? I feel like some of those were on the SD card too.
Things I like:
Speed. I like things to be fast. Utilitarian. I don't want any fancy effects, typically. I like everything simple. For example, my desktops are all using the Classic Windows Theme, and all fade in / fade out have been disabled. I want my phone to be the same way. Nothing I don't need. Minimalistic. I don't like to keep many programs running at once. This was something I liked about the Windows phones. I could click in the upper right hand corner and it would present a list of running programs. I could close specific ones that I did not want to run in the background. Android doesn't seem to have a feature like this, but it does seem like they close if they are not being displayed on the screen.
WIFI
How do I fix the WIFI in this phone? It seems like the radio drivers are wrong are outdated. It keeps dropping the connection immediately after the phone connects to a wireless network. I noticed a thread, but I cannot post to it. I wanted to ask how I would apply this patch to my phone without having a rom or anything. I thought maybe I could boot the phone into the recovery mode, and install the radio drivers maybe? I don't know what I am doing though, and want some guidance.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=1177650
And, why does the GPS take so long to get a fix?
Moderators/Thanks
I am very sorry to anyone and everyone whom I may offend in this post. If all my questions are answered somewhere else, please direct me to the correct area. I have been searching and researching for so long and I don't seem to be getting anywhere. I gave up about two months ago, and now I am back again trying to fix this phone. Please do not be mad at me for pestering you guys with annoying questions from new users like me. I know you guys are tired of answering these questions over and over again. Please. Just give me a little guidance. Thank you so much for any and all help. I really truly appreciate this. Android seems to be a very good operating system, and I am looking forward to all your posts.
P.S.
Sorry about the length of this post. It is my first time.
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Well, for starters, welcome to the myTouch 3G Slide fora, second, yes, your brother is right, you are running the best ROM available at the moment, but your running an older version of itif you like, i can link you to an updated version of the ROM or i can point you to the "Android Development" section of the forum for the myTouch Slide and you can pick one your self, if you need any help with your device, feel free to PM me or reply to this thread at any time, seeing as how iI am one of the last people who actually still support this device for ROMs, i would reccomend my "TeamFreedom LeWaOS" ROM, but im still working out some kinks in it, for now, i will give you the opportunity to update to the latest version of "CyanogenMOD 7.2":
Download the ROM (has fix for WiFi i believe): http://download.cyanogenmod.com/get/RC/update-cm-7.2.0-RC2-espresso-signed.zip
Download for the latest 2.3.3 GAPPS: http://goo.im/gapps/gapps-gb-20110828-signed.zip
Also, here is how to FLASH these ROMs:
Pre-requsite: PLACE "update-cm-7.2.0-RC2-espresso-signed.zip" and "gapps-gb-20110828-signed.zip" on the root of your sdcard
1: Hold the power button on your phone
2: Tap "Reboot"
3: Tap "Recovery"
4: when in "Recovery" use the Volume +/- keys to move and the trackpad to select "Wipe data/factory reset" then select "yes" if necessary
4a: select "Install zip from sdcard"
5: then select "choose zip from sdcard"
6: select "update-cm-7.2.0-RC2-espresso-signed.zip"
7: When finished select "reboot system now"
8: again, reboot into recovery
9: flash "gapps-gb-20110828-signed.zip"
10: reboot system, and enjoy your updated phone, this process overall is the same for all android phones, and for all ROMs
Thank You
Thanks. I will try the new CyanogenMod rom.
Dealing with the performance of your phone, how many SMS/MMS msgs do you have currently? I noticed you said you dont like deleting them. Thing is, if you have a lot of msgs it can significantly impact your phones performance. Obviously it impacts the messaging app but in my experience it can affect the whole system. This may not be the case on CM ROMS but i have noticed it on stock. (i dont use CM much, prefer Sense).
Also u can try overclocking. I like NoFrills app from market. Its free and allows u to select your i/o scheduler and governor.
For backups, hands down Titanium Backup is the best if u ask me (and many others).
Hope this helps a little.
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Update on CM7
Hey, guys.
So, I've updated to CM 7.2.0. Since then, I've been having problems with the touch screen and the phone app. If I use the directional pad, I can highlight the phone app, but when I click on it, it crashes. Also, the touch screen is unresponsive all the time. Sometimes, I will get lucky and when I reboot it, I will get access to the touch screen again. I am wondering if maybe I didn't update the drivers for the touch screen or the phone radio or something. I have a hunch that the phone app is crashing and lagging the whole system, so the touch screen isn't working because of that. When the touch screen does work, the phone app is also working. I am thinking of just flashing the phone with HTC's stock rom and then rooting and s-off it all over again, because I think the previous owner didn't do something right. I want to know if I can just flash the stock rom without any consequences. And, also will I be able to get it rooted and s-offed again? I'm hoping that by flashing the stock rom, I can test my touch screen and phone app with confidence. Maybe the phone app is sending commands for a newer firmware revision, and mine isn't updated to that version yet. Not sure how this works really. Anyways, any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance.
Suggestion. Re-flash the rom, but in recovery go into advanced, wipe dalvik cache. Hit back, now in mounts and storage. Wipe the following, boot, system, hit back wipe/factory reset, wipe cache. Flash rom, then gapps. Reboot. You should be good to go. Hope this helps.
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Oh and to check for S-off reboot to bootloader when holding power, or while phone is off power on while holding vol down. Should say alfarev s-off or unlocked.
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Ran into a wall
Alright, guys.
So, I ran into a wall. It is now completely unresponsive to the touch screen. I had recently flashed it, and I am trying to do what you had suggested, Dvarl. The problem is that I cannot touch the android logo so I can continue onto the Rom Manager where I can flash and reboot into recovery. If I try to go into the recovery by holding the down arrow and power button, then clicking on "Recovery," I get the red triangle logo. It has always been this way. Lastly, my phone is not s-offed. Thanks for helping me out with that. lol Any ideas on how to flash without the Rom Manager recovery flash?
Edit: I think I have found the problem. I think my digitizer is going out. I am going to maybe purchase a new one and see if it fixes the touching problem. I'll keep you guys posted. Thanks for all your help thus far!
For anyone else looking to un-root their T-mobile myTouch 3G Slide, here's the easiest way (that I've found anyways) to get to the latest HTC release for this phone.
Visit the link below, and follow the instructions under the "Android 2.2 System Update for T-Mobile myTouch 3G Slide | 08.09.2012" section. I didn't do anything special before hand, just rebooted the phone into fastboot connected the phone with the usb cable, and ran the .exe file from HTC. Worked like a charm first try.
THIS WILL WIPE ALL YOUR DATA & APPS ON THE INTERNAL PHONE STORAGE! I recommend doing a nandroid backup before doing this, in case you end up hating it and want to re-root and go back to your prior ROM. Also, I took out my SD card during the upgrade. Probably not necessary, but doesn't hurt.
htc.com/us/support/htc-mytouch-3g-slide-tmobile/software-updates
Yes you will loose root (hence the un-root part). But this is actually a very solid update from HTC/T-mobile. It includes a lot of the features I had initially switched to CM6/7 for - such as a Portable WiFi hot-spot. But being fairly unhappy with the stability of CM7 (specifically the random WiFi dropping issues) and not wanting to go back to CM6, I decided to give the latest release from HTC a try and have been surprisingly impressed.
I hated their default launcher, and bloatware (not much you can do about the bloatware without rooting except ignore it), so I installed ADW Launcher free with the Black Glass theme, and spent a few minutes configuring ADW the way I wanted. Maybe when a stable CM9/10 ROM is available I may move back.
Anyways, thought I would share for any of those who may be lost or confused about finding the best method for un-rooting their 3G slide.
Being a developer myself, I quickly wanted to say thanks to all those here who work on the CM builds in their spare time. I know it's tough to fit in the time, and even tougher when you're under-appreciated, under-paid, and worst of all - demanded of. Anyways, thanks for some seriously great work. I wouldn't still be using the slide if it weren't for you guys.
Portable Hotspot Wifi Error
I was able to unroot my phone with your instructions, but now my portable hotspot says, "Error" when I try and activate it. So I went back to cm 7.2 and my hotspot works. I might have the wrong wifi drivers for the stock firmware and am wondering if you know how to fix this. I've also tried erasing the dalvik cache, regular cache, and master reset before unrooting my phone.
Thanks for your post
donothurtme said:
I was able to unroot my phone with your instructions, but now my portable hotspot says, "Error" when I try and activate it. So I went back to cm 7.2 and my hotspot works. I might have the wrong wifi drivers for the stock firmware and am wondering if you know how to fix this. I've also tried erasing the dalvik cache, regular cache, and master reset before unrooting my phone.
Thanks for your post
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You know, I haven't actually had a need to use it yet, but you're right. I tested mine and it's doing the same thing. I'll try a few more things and update this if I ever get it working.
cartpauj said:
For anyone else looking to un-root their T-mobile myTouch 3G Slide, here's the easiest way (that I've found anyways) to get to the latest HTC release for this phone.
Visit the link below, and follow the instructions under the "Android 2.2 System Update for T-Mobile myTouch 3G Slide | 08.09.2012" section. I didn't do anything special before hand, just rebooted the phone into fastboot connected the phone with the usb cable, and ran the .exe file from HTC. Worked like a charm first try....
htc.com/us/support/htc-mytouch-3g-slide-tmobile/software-updates
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This link does not work for me and only brings me back to the main HTC.com Main page, i need to restore unroot so i can give this phone to my brother as a gift and for warranty purposes...???
kaister said:
This link does not work for me and only brings me back to the main HTC.com Main page, i need to restore unroot so i can give this phone to my brother as a gift and for warranty purposes...???
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Looks like they changed their website around. Looks like you can still find the info here: htcdev.com/bootloader/
You'll need to signup, then choose the myTouch 3G Slide from the menu on the right. The next page will have instructions for getting the latest RUU installed.
I have an ATT Galaxy S3, running cyanogenmod 10.0 (10.0.0-datt), installed via clockworkmod recovery (ROM Manager). Everything works beautifully except that I can neither send nor receive text messages.
Now before you yell at me, yes, I checked the other threads, and I'm aware of the wiki entry over at cyanogenmod's site (can't post the URL on account of newness). I did try to update the SMSC number. I get update errors with the bare number and the PDU number. The only option that appears to work is to use the standard ATT smsc number in quotes. That doesn't yield an update error, but on refresh, I see "+13123149810",145 . I have no idea where the trailing comma and 145 come from. They just show up. Don't know if it means anything.
Anyway, I have also tried various combinations of removing the SIM/rebooting etc, though I have not yet tried a full reset. I have also checked the APN stuff, and it appears sound.
Here is another wrinkle. I did at one time run a CM nightly to 4.2, so I have that '0' directory on my SDCard. I haven't observed it to cause a problem otherwise, but...
So the symptom is that if I send a text, it appears to send but never arrives at the receiver's phone. If I send an MMS, it flat refuses to send, saying the service is not activated on the network, which is odd since I have an unlimited plan.
I'm now at a loss, but I don't want to go back to stock, or to do another full reset. Any ideas?
I've run cm10 for a bit it was whatever, but I've never run into these issues your having and I use cwm too. The only thing I can think of right now is maybe something to do with rom manager its just a crappy app its buggy and always gave me problems so I never ever use it! Try downloading it directly from cm and wipe everything and flash again
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thatsupnow said:
I've run cm10 for a bit it was whatever, but I've never run into these issues your having and I use cwm too. The only thing I can think of right now is maybe something to do with rom manager its just a crappy app its buggy and always gave me problems so I never ever use it! Try downloading it directly from cm and wipe everything and flash again
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Well I tried the full deal again. I booted to CWM Recovery and did the wipe/reset, then loaded, respectively, CM10 and GApps. I did not load everything back on the phone or otherwise restore data. No themed Messenger. Still the same deal. Text messages go nowhere and I get 'service not activated on network' for MMS. No difference.
Do I need to get a new SIM? Would that help? Is there a way to debug what's happening when I try to send a text? I have ADB and the whole SDK and am reasonably comfortable at the command line. I just don't have the standard XDA tribal knowledge.
jgoodleaf said:
Do I need to get a new SIM?
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No, that won't really do you any good, UNLESS your sim wasn't provided with the device when you got it.
I would say to ODIN back to Stock, and see if things change back to what they should be. While in stock go ahead and remove that pesky folder you found.
Again see if that changes things.
If things have returned to normal, make your nandroid and then reflash the ROM you were using and see if things are still the same or if you have the ability to send again. If still the same then it's an issue with the ROM, probably in the APN.
MasterDecker said:
No, that won't really do you any good, UNLESS your sim wasn't provided with the device when you got it.
I would say to ODIN back to Stock, and see if things change back to what they should be. While in stock go ahead and remove that pesky folder you found.
Again see if that changes things.
If things have returned to normal, make your nandroid and then reflash the ROM you were using and see if things are still the same or if you have the ability to send again. If still the same then it's an issue with the ROM, probably in the APN.
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I think I'd have tried ODIN by now, thinking along the same lines, except that I don't have any Windows machines in the house, or any immediate access. I have VMWare, but don't trust that where flashing is concerned. I've been trying to figure out if I could use Heimdall, but that looks like a non-starter at the moment. Maybe I'll have to see if I can borrow someone's Windows computer... And just when I thought I was rid of it.