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Was using my dad's Desire (I have my own), and thought I would do him a favour by rooting it, so he could backup. I rooted using unrevoked 3.21, and did a backup using ROM Manager. I've heard this is a bad idea, but I never had a problem with my Desire using ROM Manager, and an older version of unrevoked.
Anyway, after the backup, I tried to restart, and it got caught in a boot loop, never getting past the pink circle. (My dad has a t-mobile, HBOOT 0.75, have since upgraded to 0.93 with android 2.2)
My old backup Roms that I did for my desire work fine on his phone, so I have been able to do the above, but I really wanna get his old system back.
I've wiped the cache, done a full wipe, re-rooted, loaded the backup from Rom Manager, and from recovery, and nothing seems to work. The best I can get is looping from the splash screen, but another variation is getting stuck on the pink arrow circle.
So, what is the deal with unrevoked and ROM Manager not working together, when they used to be fine with old versions? Do I have to now backup by recovery alone? But more importantly, is there any way to get my dad's backup back, or is it gone forever?
Please help,
I'm sorry I can't help but here is an advice, never ever use Rom manager. Gives me lots of problems and scared me badly so many times in recovery. Maybe the plain all recovery methods in the clockworkmod would do fine although it has never worked for me. When I use it I still go into boot loops. Try not to use it but maybe that's just for me. Maybe you could try to get the Rom your dad previously used, flash it and on your SD card, there is a folder called clockworkmod, in it there is a folder named backup. From there maybe you could recover your data. I am not sure how but there is always a possibility. Hope that helps!
Thanks for the reply. I've given the phone back to my dad now. He wasn't best pleased about the wipe, but I was able to pull out his contacts from the data.img, which was the most important thing.
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Hey people!
I read a few posts dealing with same error below, but the descriptions of the problem was a bit different so I wanted to be sure.
I'm quite new to this so bear with me. I got an EVO last month (dec 24) and have since wanted to root. I've been reading up on it, and finally decided to root using Unrevoked earlier today. The root process worked perfectly, so I proceeded to create a nand backup and flashed the CM6 Mod using Clockworkmod rom manager app.
I was a bit excited played around with it a bit, and decided to flash the Miui ROM. I placed it on the root of my SD card, and this is where I lost control. I tried to flash using the ROM manager and it never completed, citing an error. I tried to reboot phone but I didnt get past the white HTC EVO 4G screen. I entered bootloader, and I tried to restore my original Nand backup but I keep getting this error, "Error while flashing boot image."
What would be the appropriate (or least risky) course of action? I can mount my SD card on computer through ClockworkMod recovery, should I try placing stock ROM zip or cm6 zip file and try to flash?
I do not think this is a battery issue, I had my phone plugged to charger while trying to flash nand.
I appreciate the help, I know I probably sound like a noob, but for almost a month I was reading, learning and trying to be careful (obviously not enough), once I rooted I got overzealous.
MOD Version is 2.5.0.1
Thanks for all your help,
DJ
I flashed a the recovery, after a few issues...my phone is back up and running...DISREGARD. Sorry for the noob ?.
I'm coming from CM 6.1.2 and have done everything correctly to a freaking T. Has anyone had any problems getting stuck at the Splash screen and getting passed it? I can flash any other Sense ROM just fine but Myn's always gets hung at the Splash screen no matter what radios, kernels, PRIs, etc... Getting frustrated. I spent like six hours yesterday trying to get it to boot.
What recovery are you using? and do you have the newest update from Sprint (radio, prl)
Newest RA... I have every new radio, PRI, NV, Wimax...
Did you wipe everything more than once before flashing the Rom?
I wiped everything via Amon's built in options and Calk's format all .zip.
Did you have any problems updating with Calk's format all .zip?
As long as I'm flashing something other that RLS5 it works great.
Re- download Myn's Rom again. I know it sounds crazy but the download must be corrupted.
Done that, too... It flashed fine on my friends newly rooted EVO. I know that download wasn't bad because we used the same one. Thinking about running an RUU and starting over.
The best one will be the Sprint lover ROM as pcm36img.
I'd have to use that since I run Linux... don't know of an RUU that works on Ubuntu.
okay. report back if it work for you.
DO you know of a root method I won't need to hook my phone up to my computer with? I kinda don't have my cable with me at the office.
rom is already rooted.you can download it to you're phone, weather you are on wifi or 3g/4g.
And are you rooted?
No... if I run a RUU I won't be rooted anymore.
Nope! You will not loose root!.try it out, thank me later
I don't see what harm it could cause... I'm DLing the one you posted in that other thread.
Report back.
Make sure that the file is a pcm36 img.zip and that its in you're sd card.
evolishesh said:
Make sure that the file is a pcm36 img.zip and that its in you're sd card.
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My phone recognizes it and starts to load it then stops... is there another one?
Hi guys, I've had a Bell-branded Desire Z (on AT&T's network) for some time now, but I've never gotten around to rooting / flashing a different ROM on it. Since I have some free time this weekend, I figure I'll finally tackle it. Have a few general questions though:
1) Is the method listed in the guide: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=928160 still the best method for rooting a desire Z? I've heard bad things about visionary, but every rooting method I've read seem to involve it in some way.
2) with S-OFF, am I free to flash any Desire Z / G2 ROM? or will only certain ROMs work with a Bell Desire Z? Any specific recommendation on ROMs? I'm planning on trying out CM7, then going from there
3) What is the best method for backing up my current image + a few other things (mostly contacts and SMS)? Titaniumbackup gets thrown around a lot, but I only have a handful of apps, and really would rather just redownload them then go through the trouble of backing them up
Thanks
http://wiki.cyanogenmod.com/index.php?title=TMobile_G2:_Rooting
that is going to be your safest way to root your vision. eventhough this is longer, there is a lot less chance of bricking your phone. the one you listed is very simple to do, but runs a high risk of turning your phone into a paper weight.
when you do have your phone completely s off, you now have every right to flash kernels, roms, and other things. you can find all of the things i just listed over in the development forum on the g2/desire z. download rom manager from the market. that allows you to back up your current rom, flash the latest recovery and so on. it just allows you to not have to manually install everything. it has the popular g2 roms under the "download rom section".
in terms of backing up everything, there are a few different options. every contact to save is linked to your gmail account, so whatever rom you flash and load youll always have those contacts coming with you. thats the beauty of google and gmail on a android device! but with rom manager, you can back up your current rom and image with that app and save it to your sd card. BEFORE YOU FLASH ANY ROM, OR BEGIN TO START TRYING OUT ROMS, BACK UP YOUR STOCK ROM. whenever i got my g2 when it first came out, i made a nandroid backup of my stock rom and i still have it. when i originally backed it up, i just named it "stock" and havent messed with it since. i just know that i have the stock image(it helps me sleep at night). jk, heh. for your text messages and stuff, download sms backup from the market and you can back everything up through that. all of the apps that you download, including the paid ones of course, travel with you between roms, etc.
i hope i helped ya out, and i wish you luck. if you have any other questions, just shoot me a private message!
Thanks for that;
I actually went ahead and used that method in the guide since upon further research, it seems that visonary was only causing issues when it was use for perm root; temp root, which is what that method uses visionary for seems to work fine.
So did that, reboot into the bootloader, confirmed that I had S-OFF on the first line.
Installed ROM manager from the market
Flashed Clockwork recovery
Booted into recovery and did a system backup to SD card
Rebooted and decided to download the Virtuous ROM from ROM manager
Told it to reboot into recovery and flash that image, wiping all data and settings
Got stuck on an bootup loop (HTC logo + start up sound -> black screen -> HTC logo + startup sound ad infinitum)
Rebooted into recovery, and did a restore from the backup (whew)
Phone seems to be working fine now
Now I'm trying to figure out what went wrong... any ideas?
K, I redownloaded virtuous from XDA, checked the MD5, and tried to flash it again.
Same problem, infinite loop on startup screen.
Do i need to flash the engineering hboot? I was under the impression that that wasn't necessary for using custom ROMs.
Still can't figure out what's wrong.
did you debrand? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=835777
Have you tried flashing through CWM directly? I really don't like ROM Manager for flashing new ROMs and seems to oversimplify the process to allow green users to get on the flashing wagon.
I would boot into CWM (camera + power i think) and do a complete wipe + flash from in there. I have never had an issue with doing things directly from recovery and I have a Bell DZ as well. It's long since lost it's blue and white colours, but that was it's origin
Have fun!
Im new to this stuff here, and i DO want to learn about it as this stuff is very interesting to me! Technology is something i learn very quickly if im directed in the correct direction
The question i have here is about my Desire Z ( Bell Cannada ).
A few months ago we received a OTA update. So its currently running on Android 2.2.1 : Build - 1.84.666.2 CL322105, and its SUPER slow! Is it still possible to root this version?
I want to install the Gingerbread version on my phone, but i cant find instructions to root this OS version to be able to do so.
Or should i wait till the Official gingerbread Os to come out for our phones?
Ive been searching every where's for this info and everything i find is all back dated to last yr and nothing up-to-date after the OTA.
I hope this question is not TOO n00bish as i tried to search every where for it, and ether i could not find it or i did not enter the correct word search to get a result i needed.
Thanks in advance!
Andrew
Edit: NVM my question here.... i have finally found an update post within the wiki ( April 1 2011 )
Sorry for a useless post!
Thank you all for your efforts in posting in this forum! Very informative!
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Have you tried flashing through CWM directly? I really don't like ROM Manager for flashing new ROMs and seems to oversimplify the process to allow green users to get on the flashing wagon.
I would boot into CWM (camera + power i think) and do a complete wipe + flash from in there. I have never had an issue with doing things directly from recovery and I have a Bell DZ as well. It's long since lost it's blue and white colours, but that was it's origin
Have fun!
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heh. that actually worked. Flashed directly from CWM recovery and it booted up with no issues.
Guess I know not to flash from ROM manager anymore
Thanks.
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did you debrand? http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=835777
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You do not need to debrand to flash custom ROMs to the Bell Canada Desire Z.
makken85 said:
heh. that actually worked. Flashed directly from CWM recovery and it booted up with no issues.
Guess I know not to flash from ROM manager anymore
Thanks.
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Interesting, I've flashed many ROMs from ROM Manager on my Bell Canada DZ, and never had an issue. That said, flashing from recovery is really not any harder, so if it works, it works.
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Interesting, I've flashed many ROMs from ROM Manager on my Bell Canada DZ, and never had an issue. That said, flashing from recovery is really not any harder, so if it works, it works.
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Yeah, I assumed that flashing from ROM manager just meant that it rebooted to recovery and flashed it from there. I guess there is a difference.
Either way, been playing with Virtuous 1.0.2 for a few days now, really like this ROM, but I'm itching to try out something different now. Man, I can see this is going to develop into a time consuming hobby.
Plus, I'm going to need a bigger SD card to store all of these ROMs + backup =X
Oh, another noob question; I've come across a few zip files that included a system folder and an META-INF folder. How exactly do I install these?
G2 only works with at&t
alright here it is my t-mobile G2 won't connect to the t-mobile network at all, I've went through 3 SIM cards because this thing use to kill the SIM card from working on other t-mobile phones and it works perfectly fine on at&t network. so I've unlocked so it will work on at&t just to see if it would work. so i gave p and bought a MT 4G, but i still want to know if the G2 is fixable because I'm just about ready to throw in the towel this is what I've tried to resolve the problem called t-mobile they ended up saying just return the phone but i can't since i didn't buy it from them. Called them again got the unlock code. I've flashed the radio a few times. I've also just got the leaked 2.3.3 update and nothing has worked. It find t-mobile network but says your SIM card isn't allowed to connect to this network then after trying again it says unable to connect to network please try again later.
Just so frustrating i don't know what to do just about to say forget it. this thread is my last resort.
also i still have S-OFF
i used this method on my G2 just yesterday and put on CM7.0.3. the only issues i came across were because i restored everything (should have just done apps and app data) using Titanium, which put me in a boot loop. I'm dumb, so i did it twice before i figured out what was the problem. the thread has a comment about how Visionary is dangerous, but the OP responded that since it is only used to gain temp root, there should be no problems.
I rooted my HTC Droid Incredible with Android 2.2 using unrevoked, but did not flash a new rom. Everything worked fine. My SD card crapped out a couple of days ago, so that it becomes corrupt every time the phone reboots. I've since tried to flash skyraider 4.0 and others, but to no avail. I tried to factory reset all of the data on my phone, but it just reboots with all of my information in tact.
Does anyone have any idea what's wrong or what the hell I should do to fix it?
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I rooted my HTC Droid Incredible with Android 2.2 using unrevoked, but did not flash a new rom. Everything worked fine. My SD card crapped out a couple of days ago, so that it becomes corrupt every time the phone reboots. I've since tried to flash skyraider 4.0 and others, but to no avail. I tried to factory reset all of the data on my phone, but it just reboots with all of my information in tact.
Does anyone have any idea what's wrong or what the hell I should do to fix it?
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Well, I have no idea what's wrong, but try mounting the SD card to PC from in recovery and see if that lets you flash
Make sure sd is formatted FAT32
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and if reformatting does not work, swap out sd cards and you should be good as new.
Strange issues!!
I’m in need of some help!! I have a droid inc that was rooted for many months with no issues. I wanted to change the boot animation. To do this I was instructed to get a root explorer which from the market. I need to move the “bootanimation” file from the sd to the “system/media” folder. After doing this the device lost connection to many of the apps. They no longer showed as being installed on the device. I could no longer “install or uninstall” anything. When trying to restore apps from titanium backup I needed to reinstall them because the had lines through them as thought they were not installed, but the apps get stuck on “installing” I tried formatting the card and recopying the data back to it but that didn’t help, so I tried to wipe the device. Doing this I was able to re download titanium backup but still the same problem with the apps getting stuck on install. Finally I unrooted the device back to a stock rom at jonsuh.com/2011/01/unroot-your-droid-incredible/[/url] I now have installed the drivers and ran the unrevoked3 rom but I get hung up on the “installing unrevoked3 service” Please help me to get my dinc back to a working order where I can restore my titanium backup files.